cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Yiyuan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈiˌjuən/
ipa: /ˈiˌju.ɛn/
enpr: ēʹyüǎnʹ
Etymology: From Mandarin 沂源 (Yíyuán).
Senses: examples: text: For this reason, through consulting services they can make more of their roles, which is one good way to serve society. As for example where CAST sent a food products engineer to some areas in Yiyuan County, Shandong Province, to use the local products of those areas, such as yellow peaches, peanuts, wild jujube, and hawthorne fruit, to make strong efforts at developing production of candy, canned goods, and drinks, from which more than 100,000 yuan was generated in 1986.
ref: 1987 June 5 [1987 January 8], Kuang Yongcheng [0562 3057 2052] [匡永成], “We Should Better Support and Encourage Work in Consulting”, in Science & Technology, China, number JPRS-CST-87-023, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Beijing KEJI RIBAO p 4, translation of original in Chinese, →OCLC, page 92:
english: 匡永成
translation: 匡永成
text: In central Shandong, Qizian Hill Cave (Yiyuan county) in the Tumen karst area yields fauna in infillings at several localities, and in the Xiaya Cave group, situated some 5-15 m above the valley floor, human remains are also known.
ref: 1994, F. Clark Howell, “A Chronostratigraphic and Taxonomic Framework of the Origins of Modern Humans”, in Matthew H. Nitecki, Doris V. Nitecki, editors, Origins of Anatomically Modern Humans, Plenum Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 268:
text: The picture’s geolocation information shows it is on a mountain top in Yiyuan county in Shandong, an eastern province that faces the Korean peninsula across the Yellow Sea.
ref: 2022 May 2, Kristin Huang, “Chinese radar ‘is watching missile threats from Korean peninsula and Japan’”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 May 2022, Military:
glosses: A county of Zibo, Shandong, China.
hart's tongues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hart's tongue
mouse-deer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmaʊs.dɪɹ/
ipa: /ˈmaʊs.dɪə/
Forms: form: mouse-deers
form: mouse-deer
Senses: examples: text: The Mouse-deer are small animals, entirely hornless but with long sharp canines present in the upper jaw of the males.
ref: 1909 September, C[ecil] Boden Kloss, “The Primates, Carnivores and Ungulates of the Peninsular Region”, in Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, number 53, Singapore: […] The Methodist Publishing House, →OCLC, page 43:
glosses: Alternative form of mouse deer.
mouse-deers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mouse-deer
blaow
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /blaʊ/
rhymes: -aʊ
Forms: form: ka-blaow
form: ka-BLAOW
form: KA-BLAOW
Etymology: Onomatopoeia.
Senses: examples: text: Turtle and log explode in a gigantic, echoing splash that coincides with the BLAOW! of the gun.
ref: 1981, Katie Letcher Lyle, Dark But Full of Diamonds, page 34:
text: She took the gun, loaded it, handed it back to Stephen, who got behind a chicken, brought the gun up, aimed, and pulled the trigger, ka-blaow.
ref: 1998, Clyde Edgerton, Where Trouble Sleeps, page 151:
text: Your wrist's bling-bling; my shit's bling-blaow.
ref: 2003, “Poor Lil Rich”, in Curtis James Jackson III, Kevin Risto (lyrics), Kevin Risto (music), Get Rich or Die Tryin', performed by 50 Cent, New York: Shady Records:
glosses: A sudden explosion, gunshot, or similar sound.
Related terms: boom
kaboom
EFVs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of EFV
REM sleeps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of REM sleep
parahippocampi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parahippocampus
cytopathologically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From cytopathological + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In terms of cytopathology.
arbakais
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arbakai
bookteaching
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: In O'Hara' s manual there are several new departures in the bookteaching of art.
ref: 1932, Making Watercolor Behave, page 1:
text: I would suggest discarding bookteaching and, with the money saved, running practical courses.
ref: 1979, Neville Bennett, David McNamara -, Focus on Teaching: Readings in the Observation and Conceptualisation of Teaching, →ISBN, page 10:
glosses: Alternative form of book-teaching.
Yiddishizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Yiddishize
Yiddishizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Yiddishize
Yiddishized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Yiddishize
true strains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of true strain
unstructuredly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unstructuredly
form: most unstructuredly
Etymology: From unstructured + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Without structure.
woodwool
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Four gallons of water was required for satisfactorily rinsing each bushel of pears when woodwool was present in the bottom of the box to prevent bruising, after treatment in one per cent hydrochloric, but only two gallons per bushel were required after treatment in half percent, to avoid injury.
ref: 1916, South Africa. Dept. of Agricultural Technical Services, Science Bulletin - Issue 9, Part 167, page 22:
text: One case of each variety was packed in sulphite paper and woodwool, a $4 bushel case was used, the bunches being wrapped in the sulphite paper and nested in the woodwool.
ref: 1931, Industrial Refrigeration - Volume 81, page 318:
text: J22: Proprietary roof decking with asphalt finish deals with prefabricated roof decking (steel, aluminium, timber, woodwool, etc), together with vapour barriers, insulation and asphalt covering and finishes intalled as a complete roof by a specialist firm.
ref: 2003, Patrick Keily, Patrick H. McNamara, Smm7 Explained and Illustrated, →ISBN, page 199:
text: Woodwool can soften when wet, and might well have been standing out in rainy conditions before concreting started.
ref: 2008, Michael Forsyth, Structures and Construction in Historic Building Conservation, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative spelling of wood wool.
wood wool
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: woodwool
form: wood-wool
Etymology: From wood + wool, due its the softness and appearance of the substance as reminiscent of wool.
[Alt: Wood wool packing material]
Senses: examples: text: Wood wool has been widely used as a space filler for packaging glassware, pottery, ceramics, etc.
ref: 1990, Frank A. Paine, The Packaging User’s Handbook, →ISBN, page 576:
text: The only thing you can't make with wood wool is a head.
ref: 2016, Divya Anantharaman, Katie Innamorato, Stuffed Animals: A Modern Guide to Taxidermy, →ISBN, page 45:
text: Wood wool panels are also manufactured as a composite panel with insulating materials (EPS insulating panels, polyurethane insulating panels, mineral wool insulating panels).
ref: 2017, IBO Österreichisches Institut für Baubiologie und -ökologie, Details for Passive Houses: Renovation:, →ISBN:
synonyms: excelsior
hypernyms: wool
coordinate_terms: sawdust
woodchip
woodflour
wood flour
woodmeal
woodshaving
;
wool
;
cotton wool
;
mineral wool
glosses: Fine shavings or fibers of wood, used as a stuffing, insulating or packing material, as a medical dressing, or combined with glue or cement to provide bulk to a building material.
wood-wool
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The writer has frequently made use of Hartmann's wood-wool as a dressing in his operations on the brain, and as he also induced a number of colleagues to observe its effect, he can speak from experience.
ref: 1894, Medical Summary - Volume 16, page 43:
text: The raw material for wood-wool boards is likely to be 'waste' from other wood processes.
ref: 2002, Tom Woolley, Sam Kimmins, Rob Harrison, Green Building Handbook, →ISBN:
text: If you cannot get hay or wood-wool, several thicknesses of old blankets will do for the nest, and cut-up paper will do for the floor.
ref: 2008, Alan Thompson, Claude Goodchild, Keeping Poultry and Rabbits on Scraps, →ISBN:
text: These individuals also used wood-wool and leaves to Absorb water from the floor or from a container, after which they sucked the water out of the sponging tool.
ref: 2011, Robert W. Shumaker, Kristina R. Walkup, Benjamin B. Beck, Animal Tool Behavior: The Use and Manufacture of Tools by Animals, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative spelling of wood wool.
made you look
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: Tim sat up suddenly and pointed out the window in excitement. “No way! There's one right now!”
Tara leaned over to see. “Really?”
He laughed. “Made you look!”
ref: 2001, Casey Lytle, Alien Encounter: Homeworld: Conclusion, page 45:
text: There were no stains. No blood. By the time she looked over at Walker, she knew he'd gotten what he'd wanted. His self-satisfied grin told her everything.
“Made you look,” he said.
ref: 2008, Gregg Olsen, A Cold Dark Place, page 334:
text: Trish muttered, “By the way, Jason, your sweater is on backwards.”
He glanced down, but his sweater was on properly. He looked back at Trish, who now bore a knowing grin.
“Made you look,” she said in a sly tone.
ref: 2012, Kimberly Chapman, Karen Babcock, Finding Gaia:
text: They don't tend to fall for the whole pointing one way as you run the other way “made you look” ruse.
ref: 2014, Lexi Blake, Steal the Moon, page 7:
glosses: Said after tricking someone into believing there was something to be seen where, in fact, there was not.
two for flinching
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: She ducked. "Two for flinching!" She held out her wrist, and he flicked it twice with his knuckles. Now she swung at him. He didn't duck but his eyelids blinked. "Two for flinching!" Triumphant, she took his wrist and hit it as hard as she could with two extended fingers.
ref: 1974, Jeannie Sakol, New Year's Eve: A Novel, page 304:
text: Another gunshot popped overhead. Joel screamed, waiting for the pain.
"Two for flinching," a voice said.
ref: 2013, Bill Braddock, Brew, page 75:
glosses: Said after causing someone to flinch in anticipation of an attack, implying that the act of flinching permits the attack to be repeated.
the rubber hits the road
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: It is in these conversations that the rubber hits the road, where the plan gets traction.
ref: 2011, Kevin Murray, The Language of Leaders, →ISBN:
text: We do it in our teaching, which is where the rubber hits the road in the improvisation community.
ref: 2014, Kent De Spain, Landscape of the Now: A Topography of Movement Improvisation, →ISBN:
text: It often tends to be the most controversial field in theology because it's where the rubber hits the road in terms of what the Church says on the hotbutton issues of the day, from abortion and homosexuality to war and the environment.
ref: 2014, John L. Allen Jr., The Catholic Church: What Everyone Needs to Know®, →ISBN:
text: When Senator Barack Obama ran for president, he noted: The mayors have some of the toughest jobs in the country, because that's where the rubber hits the road.
ref: 2014, Robert D. Behn, The PerformanceStat Potential, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of the rubber meets the road.
without batting an eye
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: without batting an eyelid
form: without batting an eyelash
form: without blinking an eye
form: without blinking an eyelid
form: without blinking an eyelash
Senses: examples: text: Now here she was dropping almost $5,000 on a single outfit without batting an eye.
ref: 2015, Allison Hobbs, Karen E. Quinones Miller, Hittin' It Out the Park, →ISBN, page 111:
glosses: Showing no emotional reaction.
without batting an eyelid
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: Amazed though I was that she was au courant, I gave her the answer without batting an eyelid.
ref: 2017, Bertil Dunér, Little Counsellor, →ISBN, page 175:
glosses: Alternative form of without batting an eye.
without batting an eyelash
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: Many accepted her without batting an eyelash.
ref: 2014, Jolie Jaquinta, Red Queen: Book One of the Six Books of Magic, →ISBN:
glosses: Synonym of without batting an eye.
synonyms: word: without batting an eye
without blinking an eye
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: The manager of the store promised to deliver the selected furniture in two hours. After plunking down $11,000 without blinking an eye, Randy escorted Sexy out of the high-end store.
ref: 2015, Allison Hobbs, Karen E. Quinones Miller, Hittin' It Out the Park, →ISBN, page 200:
text: The line in Las Vegas was Denver by three points: Hell, I would have given Seattle two touchdowns without blinking an eye.
ref: 2015, Scott Ludwig, 50 Ways to Leave Your 50'S, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of without batting an eye.
without blinking an eyelid
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: “About forty dollars between us,” John lied, without blinking an eyelid.
ref: 2017, Valerie Pixley, Monkeys in my Garden, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of without batting an eye.
without blinking an eyelash
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: “Twenty-four of course,” said Deborah without blinking an eyelash.
ref: 2013, David Dicaire, James Ericson, Mr. Fish & Other Fantasy Tales, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of without batting an eye.
by thunder
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: "Mr. Pillow, Sir, none of your impertinence, or I will chastise you as well as this fellow." "That's a two handed game, by thunder," said Long Tom, "[…] I dare you to deadly combat. […]"
ref: 1849, Masonic Signet and Literary Mirror, volume 1, page 379:
text: "Have it out with him to-night. Fair and square. Out he goes, Edmund, neck and crop. Out, by thunder."
ref: 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 76:
text: 'Shocking business ... shocking ... miracle none of them died ... never heard the like ... by thunder, it was lucky you were there, Snape ...'
ref: 1999, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 283:
glosses: Used for emphasis, sometimes with a threatening implication.
excl.
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of excluding.
glosses: Abbreviation of exclusive.
excl.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of excellency.
old wise tale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of old wives' tale.
isotopometry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From isotope + -o- + -metry.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Measurement of the relative abundances of a chemical element's isotopes.
Related terms: isotopometric
isotopometric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From isotopometry + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: Let us assume for this example that all naturally occurring molecules are composed only of their most abundant isotopometric elements (i.e. 12 atomic mass units (AMU) for carbon, etc.).
ref: 2002, Michelle Lynn Mills, Mass Isotopomer Distribution Analysis for Measurement of Gluconeogenesis: Validation in Vitro and in Vivo Application in Normoglycemic and Hyperglycemic Rats, page 45:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Of, or relating to isotopometry.
enbian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more enbian
form: most enbian
Etymology: From enby + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Preferring mostly or exclusively non-binary people as romantic or sexual partners.
raw_tags: of a non-binary person
glosses: Between two people who are non-binary.
raw_tags: of a romantic or sexual act or relationship
enbian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: enbians
Etymology: From enby + -ian.
Senses: glosses: A non-binary person who is sexually or romantically attracted to other non-binary people.
Related terms: t4t
Ediacarans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ediacaran
kerabu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kerabus
Senses: glosses: A Malaysian salad dressed with lime juice, sugar and chilli
Saint-Tropez
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsæn tɹəˈpeɪ/
ipa: /ˌsæn tɹoʊˈpeɪ/
Senses: glosses: A town, port and seaside resort on the French Riviera, in the Var department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.
amphibicide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amphibicides
Etymology: From amphibian + -i- + -cide.
Senses: examples: text: The toxicant would need to be relabeled by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for use as a selective amphibicide in static culture ponds before it could become available for use as described here.
ref: 1989, Andrew S. Kane, David L. Johnson, “Use of TFM (3-Trifluoromethyl-4-Nitrophenol) to Selectively Control Frog Larvae in Fish Production Ponds”, in The Progressive Fish Culturist: News and Views from Many Sources on Practical Hatchery Problems, Volumes 51-52, page 212:
glosses: A substance used to kill amphibians.
examples: text: But although I try as much as possible to avoid involuntary amphibicide, EOBM members were out there actually counting and measuring the poor flattened bodies ("female, tibia 34.5 mm"), checking what frogs had last eaten, and mourning the deaths.
ref: 2005, Molly Wolf, White China: Finding the Divine in the Everyday, page 2:
text: Stepping gingerly so as to avoid any inadvertent amphibicide, I eventually found myself at the pond's center, the water now above waist level.
ref: 2015, Scott D. Sampson, How to Raise a Wild Child: The Art and Science of Falling in Love with Nature, page 2:
text: 'The wee girls haven't caught a frog yet, so this talk of amphibicide is all exaggeration.'
ref: 2016, Celia Brayfield, Harvest:
glosses: The killing of an amphibian.
Related terms: amphibicidal
amphibicides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amphibicide
amphibicidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more amphibicidal
form: most amphibicidal
Etymology: From amphibicide + -al.
Senses: glosses: Acting as an amphibicide.
glosses: Of or pertaining to the killing of an amphibian (amphibicide).
EMDR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing.
eye movement desensitization and reprocessing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A form of psychotherapy for the relief of post-traumatic stress disorder.
Synonyms: EMDR
non-metallic metal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: NMM
form: non metallic metal
Senses: examples: text: In this short section, we will show, using photos, how to paint an axe with the technique of Non Metallic Metal, quickly and convincingly by using colors and simple mixtures.
ref: 2016, edited by Luke Yates, Metallics, vol. 2, AK Interactive, page 22
qualifier: roleplaying games; board games; roleplaying games; board games
glosses: A technique used in painting miniatures (figures) to achieve a metallic finish using matte paints rather than metallic paints.
non metallic metal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of non-metallic metal.
NMM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of non-metallic metal.
glosses: Initialism of non-manual markers.
abaecin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: abaecins
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An antimicrobial peptide present in some insects
acclimational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From acclimation + -al.
Senses: examples: text: The first is acclimational responses that allow individuals to change their physiological characteristics in response to environmental changes.
ref: 2000, RL Tracy, “Prevalence of cutaneous evaporation in Merriam's kangaroo rat and its adaptive variation at the subspecific level”, in Journal of Experimental Biology, page 773:
glosses: Relating to acclimation.
Derived terms: photoacclimational
adventicectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adventicectomies
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: Removal of the adventitia
aerosacculitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of airsacculitis.
afimbrial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From a- + fimbrial.
Senses: glosses: Not fimbrial
afimbriate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From a- + fimbriate.
Senses: glosses: Not having a fringe
amnioserosal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From amnioserosa + -al.
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or having an amnioserosa
amnioserosa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amnioserosas
form: amnioserosae
Senses: qualifier: Animal body parts
glosses: An epithelium at the dorsal midline of the blastoderm embryo of some insects
Related terms: amnioserosal
car-free
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From car + -free.
Senses: examples: text: Conceptually, there's a lot to like about the idea of providing car-free transport between towns and cities disconnected from the rail network 50 years (and more) ago - but there are also real and often insurmountable challenges in doing so.
ref: 2021 January 27, Andrew Roden, “Ten rules for rail reopenings”, in RAIL, issue 923, page 32:
glosses: Alternative form of carfree.
angiomodulatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From angio- + modulatory.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the modulation of the action of blood vessels
aptatope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aptatopes
Senses: glosses: The binding-site of an aptamer
Related terms: aptabody
aptatopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aptatope
arginylated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Modified by arginylation
arginyltransferase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arginyltransferases
Etymology: From arginyl + transferase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A transferase that transfers an arginyl group, typically to a protein
aspecifically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From a- + specifically or aspecific + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In an aspecific manner
aureochrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aureochromes
Senses: glosses: A photoreceptor required for photomorphogenesis in stramenopiles
aureochromes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aureochrome
autophagins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of autophagin
bacteriovorous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of bacterivorous.
basewise
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From base + -wise.
Senses: glosses: One base / base pair at a time
biostabilizing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bio- + stabilizing.
Senses: glosses: That confers biostability
butylaldehyde
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of butyraldehyde.
calmegin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A chaperone protein involved in adhesion of sperm to egg
caudoputamen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: caudoputamens
form: caudoputamina
Etymology: From caudo- + putamen.
Senses: glosses: The corpus striatum in rodents
crime-free
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From crime + -free.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of crimefree.
adjustible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more adjustible
form: most adjustible
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of adjustable.
salt-free
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From salt + -free.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of saltfree.
error-free
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From error + -free.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of errorfree.
make-peace
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: make-peaces
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of makepeace.
box tree moth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: box tree moths
Senses: examples: text: According to Fox, most of the new arrivals are entirely benign although one, the box tree moth, will be unpopular with gardeners for its caterpillars’ habit of devouring the leaves of box hedges.
ref: 2018 June 14, Patrick Barkham, The Guardian:
glosses: A moth of the species Cydalima perspectalis, native to East Asia, invasive in Australia were ther feed on box trees.
mint moth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mint moths
Senses: examples: text: Easy to see native pyralids include the day-flying mint moth, which can be found among garden herbs and the small magpie – a surprisingly large black and white moth.
ref: 2018 June 14, Patrick Barkham, The Guardian:
glosses: Any of species Pyrausta aurata of small grass moths, widespread throughout Europe, North Africa, and northern Asia.
debt-free
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From debt + -free.
Senses: glosses: Free of debt, not owing any money.
indistinguishables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of indistinguishable
greater mouse-eared bat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: greater mouse-eared bats
Senses: examples: text: Most at risk are the Scottish wildcat and the once-widespread black rat, while there is only a single male greater mouse-eared bat left.
ref: 2018 June 13, Damian Carrington, The Guardian:
glosses: A species of mouse-eared bat, Myotis myotis, native to Europe.
Nathusius's pipistrelle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Nathusius's pipistrelles
form: Nathusius' pipistrelle
Senses: examples: text: Nathusius’ pipistrelle bat may also be troubled by having to run a growing gauntlet of offshore wind farms on their migration from continental Europe.
ref: 2018 June 13, Damian Carrington, The Guardian:
glosses: A species of pipistrelle, Pipistrellus nathusii, widespread across Europe.
black-and-white ruffed lemur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: black-and-white ruffed lemurs
Senses: examples: text: Rustling branches and a canopy cacophony – part howl, part screech, part snigger – proclaim the presence of black-and-white ruffed lemurs as visitors enter Ivoloina zoological park in eastern Madagascar.
ref: 2018 February 24, Jonathan Watts, The Guardian:
glosses: A species of ruffed lemur, Varecia variegata, endemic to Madagascar.
black-and-white ruffed lemurs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of black-and-white ruffed lemur
chemicophysical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From chemico- + physical.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of physicochemical.
synonyms: word: physicochemical
chemoattachment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From chemo- + attachment.
Senses: glosses: attachment by chemical bonds
clamoxyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Synonym of amoxicillin.
synonyms: word: amoxicillin
VCL
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
qualifier: Delphi
glosses: Initialism of Visual Component Library.
cocrystallised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cocrystallized.
disease-free
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From disease + -free.
Senses: glosses: Free of disease, not having, carrying, or suffering from any disease.
Synonyms: diseaseless
PKD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of polycystic kidney disease.
Derived terms: ADPKD
ARPKD
conoidean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: conoideans
Senses: glosses: Any gastropod mollusk of the superfamily Conoidea
conoideans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of conoidean
cordiomyocyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of cardiomyocyte.
FMX
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
qualifier: Delphi
glosses: Initialism of FireMonkey.
FMX
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
radiography
radiology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of full mouth X-ray.
Asian common toad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Asian common toads
Senses: examples: text: The Asian common toad has invaded so far into the islands of Wallacea in Indonesia that biologists fear they will soon threaten the rare Komodo dragon.
ref: 2018 February 24, Jonathan Watts, The Guardian:
glosses: A toad of species Duttaphrynus melanostictus, widespread throughout South and Southeast Asia.
craniostomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: craniostomies
Etymology: From cranio- + -stomy.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of craniotomy.
cytomeric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of cytometric.
Groves' dwarf lemur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Groves' dwarf lemurs
Senses: examples: text: The latest discovery – the Groves’ dwarf lemur from the south of the island – was only confirmed last month, but it may well follow rapidly on to the red list of threatened species.
ref: 2018 February 24, Jonathan Watts, The Guardian:
glosses: A species of lemur, Cheirogaleus grovesi, first formally described in 2017.
dermatolytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From dermato- + -lytic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or causing dermatolysis
desmogelin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of desmoglein.
make-fray
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: make-frays
Etymology: From make + fray.
Senses: examples: text: If brabbling Make-fray, at each fair and size, / Picks quarrels for to show his valiantize,
ref: a. 1656, Joseph Hall, “Satire IV”, in The Works of the English Poets, volume 5, published 1810, page 276:
related: word: makefray
glosses: Someone who instigates quarrels.
Synonyms: breedbate
brewbate
makebate
make-debate
make-debate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: make-debates
form: makedebate
Etymology: From make + debate.
Senses: examples: text: I will now pursue the Subject, and put the Case that you have no Proof that he is guilty, but your Surmizes, or, perhaps, the busy Whisperings of officious Make-debates. In this Case, take care, my Betsey, that you don't, by the Violence of your Passions, precipitate him on the Course you dread, and that you alienate not, by unjust Suspicions, his Affections from you; for then perhaps he will be ready indeed to place them somewhere else, where you may not so easily draw him off; for he will, may be, think, as to you (if he be devoid of superior Considerations) that he may as well deserve your Suspicions, as be tiezed with them without deserving them.
ref: 1741, Samuel Richardson, “Letter LV”, in Letters Written to and for Particular Friends, pages 68–69:
glosses: Someone who instigates quarrels.
Synonyms: breedbate
brewbate
makebate
make-fray
Madagascar periwinkle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Madagascar periwinkles
Senses: examples: text: This is even more apparent outside, where clove and cinnamon trees tower over plants that guides say are vital for the global pharmaceutical industry, such as Catharanthus roseus, the Madagascar periwinkle, which is used in diabetes and cancer treatments, and Mimosa pudica, which is being studied by researchers working on drugs to slow the onset of Alzheimer’s disease.
ref: 2018 February 24, Jonathan Watts, The Guardian:
glosses: The rosy periwinkle, Catharanthus roseus.
dicarboxylase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dicarboxylases
Etymology: From di- + carboxylase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any enzyme that catalyzes a dicarboxylation reaction.
glosses: Misspelling of decarboxylase.
paleopolyploidy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paleopolyploidies
Etymology: From paleo- + polyploidy.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Polyploidy that occurred in the distant past.
Related terms: paleopolyploid
makefray
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: makefrays
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of make-fray.
makedebate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: makedebates
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of make-debate.
makefrays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of makefray
make-frays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of make-fray
make-debates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of make-debate
makedebates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of makedebate
dihaploid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From di- + haploid.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Having two identical copies of each chromosome as a result of chromosome doubling
Related terms: diploid
dihaploid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dihaploids
Etymology: From di- + haploid.
Senses: glosses: A dihaploid organism.
eigenmap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eigenmaps
Etymology: From eigen- + map.
Senses: examples: text: Interestingly, if we compute the Laplace-Beltrami eigenmap of the sphere, its Reeb graph also has a chain structure as in Fig.2(c).
ref: 2008, Dimitris Metaxas, Leon Axel, Gabor Fichtinger, Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, page 150:
text: In this paper, a method of Semantic-based Laplacian Eigenmap (SBLE) is proposed.
ref: 2016, Zhiqiu Huang, Xingming Sun, Junzhou Luo, Cloud Computing and Security, page 551:
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The graph in which data points function as nodes and connectivity between nodes is governed by the proximity or correlation between data points.
electropermeabilize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: electropermeabilizes
form: electropermeabilizing
form: electropermeabilized
form: electropermeabilized
Etymology: From electro- + permeabilize.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of electroporate.
synonyms: word: electroporate
endomucin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From endo- + mucin.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A membrane-bound glycoprotein expressed by endothelial cells
rattle-free
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more rattle-free
form: most rattle-free
Etymology: From rattle + -free.
Senses: examples: text: Some vehicles are more rattle-free than others.
glosses: That does not produce a rattling noise; (especially of a vehicle) not rattling when in motion.
endoturbinate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: endoturbinates
Etymology: From endo- + turbinate.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: ethmoturbinal turbinate
enediynyl
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to an enediyne
Sonoran
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Sonoran
form: most Sonoran
Etymology: Sonora + -an
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the Sonoran Desert or places named Sonora.
Derived terms: word: Lower Sonoran
taxonomic: Phaseolus pedicellatus
word: Sonoran bean
taxonomic: Lotus alamosanus
word: Sonoran bird's-foot trefoil
taxonomic: Brahea nitida
word: Sonoran blue palm
taxonomic: Brickellia simplex
word: Sonoran brickellbush
taxonomic: Bombus sonorus
word: Sonoran bumble bee
taxonomic: Ambrosia cordifolia
word: Sonoran bursage
taxonomic: Pectis cylindrica
word: Sonoran cinchweed
taxonomic: Crotaphytus nebrius
word: Sonoran collared lizard
taxonomic: Croton sonorae
word: Sonoran croton
taxonomic: Malacothrix sonorae
word: Sonoran desert dandelion
word: Sonoran Desert
taxonomic: Agastache wrightii
word: Sonoran giant hyssop
taxonomic: Gomphrena sonorae
word: Sonoran globe amaranth
taxonomic: Abutilon mollicomum
word: Sonoran Indian mallow
taxonomic: Indigofera sphaerocarpa
word: Sonoran indigo
taxonomic: Matelea cordifolia
word: Sonoran milkvine
taxonomic: Lampropeltis pyromelana
word: Sonoran mountain kingsnake
taxonomic: Kinosternon sonoriense
word: Sonora mud turtle
taxonomic: Stylocline sonorensis
word: Sonoran neststraw
taxonomic: Solanum lumholtzianum
word: Sonoran nightshade
taxonomic: Quercus viminea
word: Sonoran oak
taxonomic: Sabal uresana
word: Sonoran palmetto
taxonomic: Panicum sonorum
word: Sonoran panicgrass
taxonomic: Diospyros sonorae
word: Sonoran persimmon
taxonomic: Dalea filiformis
word: Sonoran prairie clover
taxonomic: Thymophylla concinna
word: Sonoran pricklyleaf
taxonomic: Argemone gracilenta
word: Sonoran pricklypoppy
taxonomic: Euphorbia micromera
word: Sonoran sandmat
taxonomic: Quercus turbinella
word: Sonoran scrub oak
taxonomic: Coccoloba goldmanii
word: Sonoran sea grape
taxonomic: Crotalus cerastes cercobombus
word: Sonoran sidewinder
taxonomic: Ficus pertusa
word: Sonoran strangler fig
taxonomic: Fleischmannia sonorae
word: Sonoran thoroughwort
taxonomic: Desmodium scopulorum
word: Sonoran ticktrefoil
taxonomic: Justicia sonorae
word: Sonoran water-willow
word: Upper Sonoran
Sonoran
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sonorans
Etymology: Sonora + -an
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Sonora.
eneyne
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eneynes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of enyne.
Modula-2
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Modula + 2.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A programming language descended from Pascal, developed between 1977 and 1985 at the ETH in Zurich.
Hyponyms: Modula
R
Modula-2*
Modula-2+
Modula-GM
Modula-Prolog
Related terms: Active Oberon
Modula
Modula-3
Oberon
Oberon-2
Parallaxis
Umbriel
YAFL
enterochromaffine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of enterochromaffin.
ferrochromes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ferrochrome
fibroadipose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From fibro- + adipose.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Having both fibrous and adipose tissue
Related terms: fibroadipogenic
desert dandelion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: desert dandelions
Senses: glosses: Flowering plants of genus Malacothrix.
mock olive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mock olives
Senses: glosses: A green plum pickled in vinegar.
glosses: Various plants of genus Notelaea, such as large mock olive, privet mock olive, and veined mock olive.
mock olives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mock olive
gadobenate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gadobenates
Senses: glosses: Any salt or ester of gadobenic acid, but especially the gadolinium salt that is used as an MRI contrast medium
garamycin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Synonym of gentamicin.
synonyms: word: gentamicin
Wengerian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Wengerian
form: most Wengerian
Etymology: From Wenger + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Étienne Wenger (born 1952), Swiss-American educational theorist.
examples: text: Is Mkhitaryan a good signing for Arsenal? A classic Wengerian signing – not necessarily what they need, a tricksy ball player who at United could delight but also disappear.
ref: 2018 January 23, Amy Lawrence et al., “The verdict: who has done better out of the Sánchez-Mkhitaryan deal?”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Of or relating to Arsène Wenger (born 1949), French football manager.
glucidic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Relating to glucides
Derived terms: hyperglucidic
gynodioecy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The condition of having some female parts and other hermaphroditic parts.
Related terms: androdioecy
gynodioecious
hemangiogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: hematogenesis and angiogenesis
Related terms: hemangiogenic
caffeine-free
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From caffeine + -free.
Senses: glosses: free of or containing no caffeine.
Synonyms: decaffeinated
heteromultimerize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: heteromultimerizes
form: heteromultimerizing
form: heteromultimerized
form: heteromultimerized
Etymology: From hetero- + multimerize.
Senses: glosses: To cause or to undergo heteromultimerization
heteroplasmies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of heteroplasmy
heterosubtype
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heterosubtypes
Etymology: From hetero- + subtype.
Senses: glosses: A subtype (serotype) of a virus other than the one responsible for the primary infection
Related terms: heterosubtypic
histoimmunopathological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From histo- + immunopathological.
Senses: topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: histoimmunological and immunopathological
unequivocable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnɨˈkwɪvəkəb(ə)l/
enpr: ŭn'ĭ-kwĭvʹə-kə-bəl
ipa: /ˌʌnɪ̈ˈkwɪvəkbəb(ə)l/
Forms: form: more unequivocable
form: most unequivocable
Senses: glosses: Nonstandard form of unequivocal.
histomophometry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of histomorphometry.
homeothermal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From homeo- + thermal.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of homeothermic.
homotachy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From homo- + -tachy.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: constancy in the rate of genetic evolution over time
Related terms: homotachous
homotachous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Relating to homotachy
hypoimmune
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hypo- + immune.
Senses: topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: Less than normally immune
hypoinflammation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypo-inflammation
Etymology: From hypo- + inflammation.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Less severe than normal inflammation
Related terms: hypoinflammatory
hypoinflammatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hypo- + inflammatory.
Senses: glosses: Less than normally inflammatory
Related terms: hypoinflammation
hypopigmentary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hypo- + pigmentary.
Senses: glosses: Relating to hypopigmentation
snow-free
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From snow + -free.
Senses: examples: text: Our beachfront property is snow-free all winter long.
glosses: Free of or not covered by snow.
camera angle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: camera angles
Etymology: From camera + angle.
Senses: topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: The viewpoint from which something is photographed or filmed.
Synonyms: vantage point
stress-free
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From stress + -free.
Senses: examples: text: NR says that track in the UK is treated to ensure it is stress-free at 27°C - the mean summer temperature.
ref: 2022 July 27, Tony Streeter, “Network News: Record temperatures shut key Anglo-Scottish routes”, in RAIL, number 962, page 7:
text: When running between trains on a tight connection, loaded down with luggage, the unnecessary and thoughtless impediment to stress-free travel could well be another reason for not using CrossCountry services.
ref: 2022 November 2, “Open Access: We need to reinstate our cross-country connections”, in RAIL, number 969, page 63:
glosses: Alternative form of stressfree.
zaffran
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of zafrani.
bluntings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blunting
osteo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Shortening.
Senses: examples: text: The blunting could be caused by endocarditis, an infection of the heart lining occasionally associated with a staph infection which has developed into osteomyelitis. Perhaps her intuition was right. But if Richard had osteo, special treatment was long overdue.
ref: 1965, The Reader's Digest, volume 86, page 148:
text: But my osteo plagued me throughout the rest of my stay at the HNOH, and for several years even after leaving the Home. It wasn't until the discovery of penicillin and the sulfa drugs that I finally beat that condition.
ref: 2000, Sam George Arcus, Deja Views of an Aging Orphan: Growing up in the Hebrew National Orphan Home:
glosses: osteomyelitis
German Democratic Republican
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to the German Democratic Republic.
German Democratic Republican
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: German Democratic Republicans
Senses: topics: history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: A GDR politician.
alpine start
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alpine starts
Senses: glosses: A mountaineer's early start on climbing in the morning, before it is light.
alpine starts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alpine start
Anti-Fascist Protection Wall
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Berlin Wall (from the perspective of East Germany).
synonyms: word: Berlin Wall
extra: from the perspective of East Germany
olonka
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: olonkas
Senses: qualifier: Ghana
glosses: A container, a kind of large metal tin for measuring grains and other items.
olonkas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of olonka
Ghanaianism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ghanaianisms
Etymology: From Ghanaian + -ism.
Senses: glosses: A word or phrase typical of Ghanaian speakers.
Ghanaianisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ghanaianism
deforester
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deforesters
Etymology: From deforest + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who clears an area of forest.
deforesters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deforester
acheke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of attiéké.
attiéké
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acheke
Senses: glosses: Fermented cassava pulp, a side dish in the cuisine of Côte d'Ivoire.
kelewele
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: qualifier: Ghana
glosses: A Ghanaian food made of fried plantains seasoned with spices.
degazettement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: degazettements
Etymology: From degazette + -ment.
Senses: glosses: The process of degazetting.
degazettements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of degazettement
hobless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hob + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without a hob for cooking.
guesstimator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: guesstimators
Etymology: From guesstimate + -or.
Senses: glosses: One who guesstimates.
guesstimators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of guesstimator
ashobi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ashobis
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of aso ebi.
ashobis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ashobi