cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
taalim
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Arabic تَعْلِيم (taʕlīm, “education”).
Senses: examples: text: Ahmadu Bamba developed a system of education for realizing his philosophy of religion and life which Babou spelt out as comprising three steps: there is taalim, the study of the Qur'an and Islamic science for feeding the brain, then there is tarbiyya, for educating the soul, and finally tarqiyya, only reachable by a small number of people and "gifted disciples" which puts them in a position of leadership.
ref: 2013, Sakah Saidu Mahmud, Sharia or Shura: Contending Approaches to Muslim Politics in Nigeria and Senegal:
text: There are some requirements for hosting the taalim, which moves from one house to another every month by decision of the mosques of the town, village, or neighborhood.
ref: 2017, Pauline Jones, Islam, Society, and Politics in Central Asia:
topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: The study of the Qur'an.
fill-dike
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From fill + dike.
Senses: examples: text: The Anglo-Saxons called February several names: "Sprout-kale," from the sprouting of cabbage or kale, and "Fill-dike," when the rain and melting snow fills the ditches to overflowing.
ref: [2011, Michael Judge, “100 Words Concerning Rain”, in The Dance of Time, →ISBN, page 104:
glosses: Alternative form of February fill-dike.
Related terms: fill-dyke
fill-dyke
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From fill + dyke.
Senses: examples: text: Even Anglo-Saxon spin doctors gave up when it came to giving February a good name. Our ancestors called this dreary month 'Sprout-Kale', on account of cabbages being the only things that were showing signs of life. When they weren't saying things like, 'I'll be glad when Sprout-Kale is over,' they were grumbling, 'Fill-Dyke is wetter than usual' because that was another term they used for this depressing time of year.
ref: 1998 February 24, Susan Crewe, “From the Editor”, in House & Garden (UK edition), volume 53, number 2 (whole number 559):
text: Fill-dyke: February, the month of rainfall
ref: [2016, Melissa Harrison, Rain: Four Walks in English Weather, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of February fill-dike.
Related terms: fill-dike
hitup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hitups
Senses: topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
rugby
sports
glosses: Alternative form of hit up.
hitups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hitup
sidehall
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: A sidehall layout has all the rooms on one side of the hall.
glosses: Having a corridor along one side of a building, rather than the centre.
talliator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: talliators
Senses: glosses: A person that assesses tallage.
talliators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of talliator
slatback
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slatbacks
form: slat-back
Etymology: From slat + back.
Senses: synonyms: ladderback
glosses: A chair whose back incorporates at least two horizontal slats.
pulking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The use of a pulk.
multivolumed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of multivolume.
synonyms: word: multivolume
pilpulic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pilpulic
form: most pilpulic
Senses: examples: text: Teomim uses typical pilpulic methodology in his writing.
glosses: Of or pertaining to pilpul.
parataxonomic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From para- + taxonomic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to parataxonomy
phosphomannan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phosphomannans
Etymology: From phospho- + mannan.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A phosphosugar derived from mannan
photoendosomolytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From photo- + endosomolytic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to photoendosomolysis
photoendosomolysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From photo- + endosomolysis.
Senses: glosses: endosomolysis initiated by light
Related terms: photoendosomolytic
photohemolysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From photo- + hemolysis.
Senses: glosses: hemolysis initiated by light
Related terms: photohemolytic
photohemolytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From photo- + hemolytic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to photohemolysis
photoimmobilization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photoimmobilizations
Etymology: From photo- + immobilization.
Senses: glosses: immobilization (of a surface) by means of light
Related terms: photoimmobilize
photoimmobilize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: photoimmobilizes
form: photoimmobilizing
form: photoimmobilized
form: photoimmobilized
Etymology: From photo- + immobilize.
Senses: glosses: To immobilize (a surface) by means of light
Related terms: photoimmobilization
photoimmobilized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of photoimmobilize
photoimmobilized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Modified by photoimmobilization
Olduvai
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Oldupai
Etymology: From Maasai Olduvai (“the place of the wild sisal Sansevieria ehrenbergii”).
Senses: glosses: Ellipsis of Olduvai Gorge.
glosses: Ellipsis of Olduvai hominid.
glosses: Ellipsis of Olduvai technology (“Oldowan”).
Derived terms: Oldowan
phytometric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From phyto- + -metric.
Senses: glosses: Relating to phytometers, phytometry or to phytometrics
phytometry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From phyto- + -metry.
Senses: coordinate_terms: phenometry
glosses: The measurement of physiological responses of plants.
Related terms: phytometer
phytometric
planchete
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of planchette.
posteriorisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: posteriorisations
Etymology: From posterior + -isation.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of posteriorization.
Related terms: posteriorise
protamer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of protomer.
proximalize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: proximalizes
form: proximalizing
form: proximalized
form: proximalized
Senses: glosses: To make proximal
Related terms: proximalization
body jacket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: body jackets
Senses: examples: text: Young Grimaldi, in a white body jacket, plays off several antics at the end of the first act […]
ref: 1824 May, “The Drama. Covent Garden and Drury Lane”, in The London Magazine, volume 9, page 367:
text: 1896, James O. Lyford, “The Governor’s Horse Guards” in History of Concord New Hampshire, City History Commission, Volume I, Appendix, p. iii,
The uniform of the field was a white dolman, green body jacket and trousers, shako and pompon, gray astrachan fur and gold lace trimmings […]
text: The dazzling white stuff of her body jacket was crossed by a bar of yellow and silver of her scarf, […]
ref: 1896, Joseph Conrad, chapter IV, in An Outcast of the Islands, London: T. Fisher Unwin […], →OCLC, part V, page 374:
text: Two grooms stood ready with silken lead ropes. They were dressed in the Earl’s stable colors—scarlet silk body jackets and long scarlet stockings.
ref: 1948, Marguerite Henry, chapter 22, in King of the Wind, New York: Rand McNally, published 1970, page 163:
text: The soldier was sweating in his body jacket, and carrying an assault rifle […]
ref: 1989, Matthew Hunter, chapter 32, in Comrades, New York: Popular Library, page 263:
glosses: A form-fitting garment covering the upper body, with or without sleeves.
examples: text: For three months after the operation the patient remains recumbent in the original bent jacket. Then he is allowed to walk in a body jacket applied so as to produce a slight list of the trunk toward the convexity of the primary curve.
ref: 1934 October, John T. Saunders, “Lateral Curvature of the Spine Should Be Treated”, in Southern Medicine & Surgery, volume 96, number 10, Charlotte, North Carolina, page 543:
text: When the goal is to provide postural support, slow progression, or postpone (but not prevent) surgery, a polypropylene body jacket, or “clam-shell brace,” may suffice for waking or sitting hours.
ref: 2000, chapter 11, in Harry B. Skinner, editor, Diagnosis and Treatment in Orthopedics, 2nd edition, New York: McGraw-Hill, page 562:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A rigid brace that fits around the torso (but does not cover the neck, arms or legs) to immobilize the spine, reduce curvature, etc.
khusimol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A sesquiterpene alcohol present in vertiver oil
fluoroethoxymethyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any fluoro derivative of an ethoxymethyl radical
non-labial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nonlabial.
non-labial
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: non-labials
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nonlabial.
non-labials
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of non-labial
non-velar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nonvelar.
Psammetichus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /səˈmɛ.tɪ.kəs/
ipa: /səˈmɛ.tɪ.xəs/
ipa: /səˈmɛ.tɪ.kəs/
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Psammētichus, from Ancient Greek Ψαμμήτιχος (Psammḗtikhos), itself from Egyptian p-s-m-T:k (psmṯk).
Senses: glosses: A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by several Egyptian pharaohs.
illabial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈleɪbi.əl/
ipa: /əˈlæebi.ɯ(l)/
rhymes: -eɪbiəl
Etymology: From il- + labial.
Senses: examples: text: Lazicius identifies the second part of this interjection with the long high open phoneme y· (as occurring in fy· 'grass'). This interpretation is certainly incorrect since this interjectional ɯ is illabial, whereas y is rounded.
ref: 1952, John Lotz, “Vowel Frequency in Hungarian”, in WORD, volume 8, number 3, published 2015, →DOI, page 227:
text: More refined analyses show that there are differences in the misperception of certain vowels between children and adults. For example, illabial /e:/ tends to be confused with labial /0:/ in adults' perception...
ref: 2001, Charles W. Kreidler, editor, Phonology: Critical Concepts in Linguistics, Volume 6, page 142:
text: Newer studies do not offer any solution to the problem. They are even less informative in that they usually just mention the existence of rare labial variants and the quantitative predominance of illabial ones.
ref: 2013, Bülent Gül, Ferruh Ağca, Faruk Gökçe, editors, Bengü Bitig. Dursun Yıldırım Armağanı, page 552:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Not labial; unrounded or unlabialized.
Derived terms: illabiality
illabiality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈleɪbiælɪti/
ipa: /əˈlæebiɛləti/
Etymology: From il- + labiality or illabial + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: /ɪ/ shares narrowness and illabiality with /i/, but, on the other hand, backness and illabiality with /a/: two traits, that is, in each case.
ref: 1991, Marcel Erdal, Old Turkic Word Formation: A Functional Approach to the Lexicon, Volumes 1-2, page 18:
text: It is significant to note that the illabiality is also reflected in early Christian borrowings such as Fi. pappi ‘priest’ < Sl. păpŭ (trad. popъ); cf. as well as in the unstressed position Fi. Raamattu ‘Bible’ < Sl. grāmătā (trad. gramota).
ref: 2007, Juhani Nuorluoto, “The Interchangeability of the Graphemes <o> and <ъ> in Old Russian Birchbark Documents: A Graphical Effect or a Reflection of Sound Change in Progress?”, in Slavica Helsingiensia, volume 32, pages 184–185:
text: An exception in the context of the generally accepted original illabiality of +lık is L. Johanson and his 1979 study "Die westoghusische Labialharmonie" (here cited after his volume of reprints: Johanson 1991: 26-70).
ref: 2013, Bülent Gül, Ferruh Ağca, Faruk Gökçe, editors, Bengü Bitig. Dursun Yıldırım Armağanı, page 553:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: The state or condition of being illabial or unrounded.
dimethylhexyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dimethylhexyls
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any dimethyl derivative of a hexyl radical
vertiver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vertivers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of vetiver; a fragrant bunchgrass (Chrysopogon zizanioides).
ethoxymethyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ethoxymethyls
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any ethoxy derivative of a methyl radical
psychogenomics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From psycho- + genomics.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: psychogenetic genomics
pyrrothine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pyrrothines
Senses: topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Any of a class of antibiotics derived from dithiolopyrrolone
pyrrothines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pyrrothine
dithiolopyrrolone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dithiolopyrrolones
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any dithiol derived from a pyrrolone
radiculoneuropathy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radiculoneuropathies
Etymology: From radiculo- + neuropathy.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Any neuropathy that also affects the nerve roots
remediatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: That provides remediation
retrogeniculate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪkjʊlɪt
Etymology: From retro- + geniculate.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Behind the lateral geniculate nucleus
ribolyse
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: ribolyses
form: ribolysing
form: ribolysed
form: ribolysed
Senses: glosses: To homogenise in a ribolyser
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To hydrolyse a riboside
Related terms: ribolysis
ribolytic
ribolytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: That ribolyses
glosses: Relating to ribolysis
ribolysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The hydrolysis of a riboside
saliuresis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: saliureses
Etymology: From Latin sāl (“salt”) + -uresis.
Senses: glosses: diuresis due to excretion of salt
senkyunolide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: senkyunolides
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The phthalide (3Z,6S,7S)-3-butylidene-6,7-dihydroxy-4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-2-benzofuran-1-one or any of its derivatives that are used to counter migraine
senkyunolides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of senkyunolide
spilomeline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spilomelines
Senses: examples: text: Subobjective 1.1: Conduct integrative taxonomic research of spilomeline genera (Pyraloidea or snout moths).
ref: (Can we date this quote?), United States Department of Agriculture, SYSTEMATICS OF HYPER-DIVERSE MOTH SUPERFAMILIES, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON AGRICULTURAL PESTS, INVASIVE SPECIES, BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS, AND FOOD SECURITY:
glosses: Any moth of the crambid subfamily Spilomelinae
spilomelines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spilomeline
spongiome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spongiomes
Etymology: From spongio- + -ome.
Senses: glosses: A contractile vacuole and the structures that surround it
spongiomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spongiome
Wulipu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: wo͞oʹlēʹpo͞oʹ
Forms: form: Wu-li-p'u
Etymology: From Mandarin 五里鋪 (Wǔlǐpù, literally “five Li relay station for post horses”).
Senses: examples: text: Zuozhong Chu tombs are located in Wulipu town, 45 km south of Jingmen City, Hubei province.
ref: 2009 January 14, “Excavation Report on Zuozhong Chu Tombs in Jingmen”, in The Institute of Archaeology CASS, archived from the original on 05 Feb 2022:
text: At midnight on March 1st, Liu, a bee farmer born in Hubei, and her family finally arrived in the hometown, Wulipu Town, with over 500 boxes of honey.[...]Although the driver is Hubei native, the authority of Wulipu Town insists that only when the driver obtains an effective health certificate can he leave.
ref: 2020 March 6, Yanqing Wang, “第一户湖北籍蜂农已顺利返乡，其他近200户有望近期全部返回 绿会复工部 [The First Beekeeper from Hubei Province Has Returned Without a Hitch, And Nearly 200 Others Are Expected to Return Soon CBCGDF Anti-Epidemic and Resumption Working Group]”, in China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation, archived from the original on 13 Apr 2020:
english: The First Beekeeper from Hubei Province Has Returned Without a Hitch, And Nearly 200 Others Are Expected to Return Soon CBCGDF Anti-Epidemic and Resumption Working Group
translation: The First Beekeeper from Hubei Province Has Returned Without a Hitch, And Nearly 200 Others Are Expected to Return Soon CBCGDF Anti-Epidemic and Resumption Working Group
text: The village of Chenchi is located in the town of Wulipu, Hubei province in central China, with the163 coordinates 111° E and 30° N (Figure 3).
ref: 2020, Fan Yang, Guangqing Chi, Ge Wang, Shirui Tang, Yunting Li, Cong Ju, “Untangle the complex stakeholder relationships in rural settlement consolidation in China: a social network approach”, in Land, volume 9, number 7, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 5:
glosses: A town in Shayang, Jingmen, Hubei, China.
wikipedia: The Commercial Press
Xiandai Hanyu Cidian
statoreceptor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: statoreceptors
Senses: glosses: A sense organ, in some invertebrates, that reacts to changes in spatial equilibration and orientation
statoreceptors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of statoreceptor
subfrontal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ʌntəl
Etymology: From sub- + frontal.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Beneath a frontal region
subperineural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + perineural.
Senses: glosses: Beneath a perineural region
sulfametoxazole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of sulfamethoxazole.
supradentary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From supra- + dentary.
Senses: glosses: Above the dentary bone
taxasphere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: taxaspheres
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
taxonomy
glosses: The community of taxonomic experts
thaumastodermatid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thaumastodermatids
Senses: glosses: Any gastrotrich of the family Thaumastodermatidae
thaumastodermatids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thaumastodermatid
thermoreceptive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From thermo- + receptive.
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or functioning as a thermoreceptor
transconjugate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: transconjugates
form: transconjugating
form: transconjugated
form: transconjugated
Etymology: From trans- + conjugate.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: To conjugate genetic material with another bacterium
raw_tags: of a bacterium
Related terms: transconjugant
transconjugation
transconjugated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of transconjugate
transconjugated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Modified by transconjugation
transsarcolemmal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From trans- + sarcolemmal.
Senses: glosses: Across a sarcolemma
trichodiene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The alicyclic sesquiterpene (4S)-1,4-dimethyl-4-[(1S)-1-methyl-2-methylidenecyclopentyl]cyclohexene
ulithiacyclamide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A cyclopeptide present in some ascidians.
unconsecutive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + consecutive.
Senses: glosses: Not consecutive
undervirilised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of undervirilized.
virenamide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: virenamides
Senses: glosses: Any of several cytotoxins that are derivatives of valinamide
virenamides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of virenamide
vomeropterygoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vomeropterygoids
Senses: glosses: The vomer bone and the pterygoid considered as a unit
xenotrichulid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: xenotrichulids
Senses: glosses: Any gastrotrich of the family Xenotrichulidae.
mordern
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of modern.
sub-governorate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sub-governorates
Senses: glosses: An administrative subdivision below the governorate, used in Arabia.
subgovernorate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subgovernorates
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sub-governorate.
flexable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of flexible.
necessarry
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of necessary.
neccessary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of necessary.
equiptment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of equipment.
Zhaoji
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: jouʹjēʹ
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 趙集 /赵集 (Zhàojí).
Senses: glosses: A village in Wulipu, Shayang, Jingmen, Hubei, China.
papyr
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin papȳrus.
Senses: examples: text: But afterwards, for that the boates and veſſels uſed upon this ſea in the paſſage thither, were made and wound of papyr reeds like thoſe of the river Nilus, […]
ref: 1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “[Book VI.] The Iland Taprobane.”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], 1st tome, London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC, page 129:
glosses: Alternative form of papyrus.
litreage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: litreages
form: literage
form: litrage
Senses: glosses: An amount measured in litres.
litrage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: litrages
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of litreage.
literage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: literages
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of litreage.
litreages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of litreage
litrages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of litrage
literages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of literage
crack shot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crack shots
form: crackshot
form: crack-shot
Etymology: From crack + shot.
Senses: glosses: An expert marksman with a gun.
crackshot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crackshots
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of crack shot.
crack shots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crack shot
crackshots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crackshot
slivery
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈslɪvəɹi/
rhymes: -ɪvəɹi
Forms: form: more slivery
form: most slivery
Etymology: From sliver + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Mimi, unfortunately, was not dressed to slide on the slivery surface of new-sawed pine. […] [H]er costume of pink silk and chiffon, not overly voluminous in the first place, mostly was impaled on slivers and left in her wake; […]
ref: 1925, MotorBoating, volume 36, number 4, page 106:
text: As a final touch she made some slivery little brown-and-white-bread sandwiches to go with the Newburg, just for style.
ref: 1937, James Ernest Boyle, The Battle of Milk, page 38:
text: A common defect in copper wire is that of slivers. These may be caused by improperly cast wire bars and/or by improper hot rolling. Horizontally cast wire bars having cold shuts, rough edges and bad sets, will make slivery rod and wire.
ref: 1952, Wire and Wire Products, volume 27, page 78:
glosses: Resembling or full of slivers.
hydromorphic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hydro- + -morphic.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of hydric (“requiring moisture”).
synonyms: word: hydric
extra: requiring moisture
qualifier: soil science
glosses: Formed in the presence of an excess of water
Related terms: hydromorphism
hydromorphy
carimanola
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carimanolas
Etymology: From Spanish carimañola.
Senses: glosses: A fried South American meat pie with cheese in a torpedo-shaped yuca fritter.
carimanolas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of carimanola
tetrapodous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tetra- + -podous.
Senses: glosses: tetrapod; four-limbed
summer penile syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A seasonal pediatric condition characterized by redness, edema and pruritus of the penile skin, usually caused by chigger bites.
diphallic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From di- + phallic.
Senses: examples: text: There is, therefore, no indication that diphallic infants occur in families in which malformations are common, nor is there any record of more than one such anomaly having occurred in the same family; […]
ref: 1895, John William Ballantyne, Teratologia: a Quarterly Journal of Antenatal Pathology:
glosses: Having two phalluses.
Derived terms: diphallic terata
variola ovina
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin [Term?].
Senses: glosses: sheeppox
sentry-go
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: active military duty
Tweddle
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
bravelier
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: comparative form of bravely: more bravely
braveliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: superlative form of bravely: most bravely
roberd
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: roberds
Senses: glosses: chaffinch; robinet
roberds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of roberd
spinning house
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spinning houses
Senses: glosses: A house of correction where delinquent women such as prostitutes were made to work at spinning.
spinning houses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spinning house
dimethylnonyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dimethylnonyls
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any dimethyl derivative of a nonyl radical
trispyridine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: (in combination) Three pyridine groups in a molecule.
domets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of domet
PNCs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of PNC
plate number coil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plate number coils
Senses: examples: text: We have developed other philatelic interests over the years so that it isn't important to us to have every new issue. Or, as Dave Lee suggested in another post, we work a specialty within modern issues such as plate number coils, or transportation issues, etc.
ref: 1997 June 18, WJFIELDS [username], “Re: Why collect new U.S.?”, in rec.collecting.stamps (Usenet):
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
philately
glosses: A United States postage stamp with the number of the printing plate or plates printed on it.
Synonyms: word: PNC
plate number coils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plate number coil
plate block
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plate blocks
Senses: examples: text: I gave up plate blocks long ago, but still obtain PNC's - but only one of each issue and without regard to the particular number.
ref: 1997 June 18, R Sumner, “Re: Why collect new U.S.?”, in rec.collecting.stamps (Usenet):
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
philately
glosses: A block of stamps from the edge of the sheet which shows the plate from which the stamps were printed.
plate blocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plate block
pantoyllactone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The lactone of pantoic acid.
Synonyms: pantolactone
pantoyl lactone
destroyal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: destroyals
Etymology: From destroy + -al.
Senses: glosses: destruction.
butyleneglycol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: butyleneglycols
Etymology: From butylene + glycol.
Senses: examples: .
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A diol of butane.
kindly tenant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kindly tenants
Senses: glosses: A tenant of the same stock as his landlord, or who held his lands in succession, from father to son, for several generations.
kindly tenants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kindly tenant
destroyals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of destroyal
butyleneglycols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of butyleneglycol
katars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of katar
FDCs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of FDC
reconstituents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reconstituent
Skyes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Skye
dissective
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dissective
form: most dissective
Etymology: From dissect + -ive.
Senses: glosses: Tending to dissect.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Referring to a number of individual or separate things rather than a mass (e.g. snowflakes rather than snow).
dissected map
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dissected maps
Senses: glosses: An early form of jigsaw puzzle, made from a map or other picture.
dissected maps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dissected map
southern lapwing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: southern lapwings
Senses: synonyms: Cayenne lapwing
queltehue
treile
teru-tero
glosses: Vanellus chilensis, a wader in the order Charadriiformes, found in Central and South America.
southern lapwings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of southern lapwing
tiuque
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tiuques
Senses: glosses: peregrine falcon
tiuques
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tiuque
black-faced ibis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: black-faced ibises
Senses: synonyms: bandurria
glosses: Theristicus melanopis, a South American bird in the family Threskiornithidae.
treiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of treile
exponible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Able to be, or requiring to be, explained.
Related terms: exponent
gorytine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Belonging to the wasp tribe Gorytini.
reynoldsite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named in 2011 by Anthony R. Kampf, Stuart J. Mills, R. M. Housley, Robert S. Bottrill and Uwe Kolitsch in honour of Robert E. Reynolds (born 1943), former Curator of Earth Sciences at the San Bernardino County Museum.
From Reynolds + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A triclinic mineral containing chromium, manganese, oxygen, and lead.
rheniite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: So called because of its rhenium content.
Rheni- + -ite
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A triclinic mineral containing sulphur and rhenium.
rhönite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after the type locality in the Rhön Mountains, Hesse, Germany.
Rhön + -ite
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A triclinic mineral containing aluminum, calcium, iron, oxygen, magnesium, silicon, and titanium.
saurognathism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: The peculiar arrangement of the palatal bones in the Saurognathae.
richardsollyite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named in honour of Richard Harrison Solly (1851-1925), British autodidact who described eight new mineral species between 1901 and 1912.
Richard Solly + -ite
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A grey-black monoclinic mineral containing astatine, lead, sulphur and thallium.
rickturnerite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after Rick Turner, former President of the Russell Society and discoverer of the mineral in 2005.
Rick Turner + -ite
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A white or pale green orthorhombic mineral containing chlorine, magnesium, hydrogen, oxygen and lead.
magnesioriebeckite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named in 1957 by Akiho Miashiro for its relationship to riebeckite and its magnesium content.
magnesio- + riebeckite
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A monoclinic mineral containing iron, magnesium, hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, and sodium.
rietveldite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named in honour of Hugo M. Rietveld (1932-2016), Dutch crystallographer
Rietveld + -ite
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A orthorhomic mineral containing iron, sulphur, hydrogen, oxygen, and uranium.
riotintoite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after the type locality: Rio Tinto Mine, Antofagasta Region, Atacama desert, Chile
Rio Tinto + -ite
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A colourless triclinic mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, oxygen and sulphur.
ambivorous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ambivorous
form: most ambivorous
Etymology: From ambi- + -vorous.
Senses: examples: text: Of the insects considered in these studies, acridids, particularly ambivorous species, appear to be distinguished by their relative tolerance to tannic acid.
ref: 2012, Georg G. Gross, Richard W. Hemingway, Takashi Yoshida, Plant Polyphenols 2: Chemistry, Biology, Pharmacology, Ecology:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
synonyms: amphivorous
glosses: That feeds on a variety of foods of different kinds.
agroterror
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From agro- + terror.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of agroterrorism.
synonyms: word: agroterrorism
anteriodorsally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From anterio- + dorsally.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of anterodorsally.
anteriodorsal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɔː(ɹ)səl
Etymology: From anterio- + dorsal.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of anterodorsal.
antigenemias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antigenemia
antiproliferating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + proliferating.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of antiproliferative.
synonyms: word: antiproliferative
elephant race
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: elephant races
Senses: glosses: a situation in which one truck tries to overtake another at a slightly higher speed, blocking the road for passenger car drivers behind
asperparaline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: asperparalines
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of pentacyclic paralytic alkaloids present in Aspergillus spp.
asperparalines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of asperparaline
astrocytical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of astrocytic.
phonotypical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of phonotypic.
autoindexed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From auto- + indexed.
Senses: glosses: automatically indexed (by means of autoindexing)
basidospore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of basidiospore.
benzothiazolium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: benzothiazoliums
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The cation composed of a benzene ring fused to one of thiazolium
bioactivator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bioactivators
Etymology: From bio- + activator.
Senses: glosses: A biological activator (typically for composting)
bioactivators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bioactivator
sinistration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An act of turning to the left.
biocomplex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biocomplexes
Etymology: From bio- + complex.
Senses: glosses: A biological or biochemical complex
blastomer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blastomers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of blastomere.
bronchiocentric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bronchocentric.
carbamoylate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: carbamoylates
form: carbamoylating
form: carbamoylated
form: carbamoylated
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: To react with a carbamoyl group
Derived terms: decarbamoylating
renigs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of renig
scatoscopy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From scato- + -scopy.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of scatomancy (“divination by examining feces”).
synonyms: word: scatomancy
extra: divination by examining feces
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Examination of the feces for diagnostic purposes.
Savigny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A variety of red wine of Burgundy.
Related terms: Savigny-sur-Seille
blankens
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of blanken
bravens
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of braven
brassens
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of brassen
chalkens
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of chalken
gracens
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of gracen
palens
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of palen
latirostrate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more latirostrate
form: most latirostrate
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Having a broad bill.
decitizenise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: decitizenises
form: decitizenising
form: decitizenised
form: decitizenised
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of decitizenize.
decitizenising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of decitizenise
decitizenises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of decitizenise
decitizenised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of decitizenise
etypic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more etypic
form: most etypic
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of etypical.
Taic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Taic
form: most Taic
Etymology: From Tai + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the Tai people or languages.
New Zealand starling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: New Zealand starlings
Senses: glosses: The huia.
New Zealand starlings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of New Zealand starling
panmelodion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A 19th-century keyboard instrument whose tone is produced by wheels rubbing on metal bars.
toddy stick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: toddy sticks
Senses: glosses: A small stick used in mixing toddy.
toddy ladle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: toddy ladles
Senses: glosses: A small ladle for use in mixing or serving toddy.
toddy ladles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of toddy ladle
toddy sticks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of toddy stick
smoaked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of smoak
smoaking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of smoak
countergift
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: countergifts
Etymology: From counter- + gift.
Senses: glosses: A gift given in response to a gift received.
countergifts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of countergift
tongkonan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tongkonans
form: tongkonan
Senses: glosses: The traditional ancestral house of the Torajan people of Indonesia, built on piles, with a large boat-shaped roof.
tongkonans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tongkonan
mashlum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mashlums
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of maslin.
mashlums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mashlum
tim-whisky
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tim-whiskies
form: tim whisky
Etymology: From tim + whisky, from whisk + -y.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tim-whiskey.
Feuillantism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Feuillant + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The beliefs and practices of the Feuillants.
subsimious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more subsimious
form: most subsimious
Etymology: From sub- + simious.
Senses: glosses: Almost simian; almost monkey-like.
nerolidyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nerolidyls
Etymology: From nerolidol + -yl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A univalent radical derived from nerolidol
norreticuline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From nor- + reticuline.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An alkaloid formally derived from reticuline by removing a methyl group from the nitrogen atom
inferiorise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: inferiorises
form: inferiorising
form: inferiorised
form: inferiorised
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of inferiorize.
inferiorised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of inferiorise
inferiorises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of inferiorise
inferiorising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of inferiorise
chamberslide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chamberslides
form: chamber slide
Senses: glosses: A removable polystyrene media chamber (for growing cells) attached to a standard glass microscope slide
chamberslides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chamberslide
chaplin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chaplins
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of bacterial proteins that form fibrils instead of a coiled structure.
chaplins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chaplin
cheirolepidiacean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cheirolepidiaceans
Senses: glosses: Any extinct conifer of the family Cheirolepidiaceae
cheirolepidiaceans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cheirolepidiacean
chemotactile
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From chemo- + tactile.
Senses: glosses: That can sense changes to its chemical environment
Related terms: chemotactic
chromatinisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From chromatin + -isation.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chromatinization.
Derived terms: euchromatinisation
crowd in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: crowds in
form: crowding in
form: crowded in
form: crowded in
Senses: examples: If we're all going to fit in this elevator, we're going to have to crowd in!
glosses: To squeeze a large number of people in a small space.
raw_tags: of a group
Synonyms: overcrowd
coelozoic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: That lives in a cavity (of an animal's body)
cofocal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of confocal.
cyclohexylammonium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyclohexylammoniums
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A cation derived from cyclohexylamine
skate on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: skates on
form: skating on
form: skated on
form: skated on
Senses: examples: I don't know how she skated on those charges, but the jury said not guilty.
glosses: To escape punishment, such as by being acquitted in court.
examples: He's been skating on his friendship with the boss, or he'd have been fired a long time ago.
glosses: To barely hold on or maintain.
raw_tags: from skate on thin ice
Synonyms: get off