cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
enteral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἔντερον (énteron, “intestine”), + -al.
Senses: synonyms: enteric
antonyms: parenteral
glosses: Of, pertaining to, within, or by way of the intestines; especially, the small intestine.
Derived terms: enterally
enteroenteral
gastroenteral
nasoenteral
Related terms: english: and its derivatives
translation: and its derivatives
word: enter-
english: and its derivatives
translation: and its derivatives
word: entero-
word: gut
word: intestinal
english: and its derivatives
translation: and its derivatives
word: intestino-
X-ray visions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of X-ray vision
yangs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yang
enterocoel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: enterocoels
Etymology: From entero- + -coel.
Senses: glosses: A coelom, in some invertebrates, formed from the wall of the archenteron
Related terms: enterocoelic
enterocoelous
enterocoely
yins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yin
yins
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of yinz.
yoppers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yopper
zero coupon bonds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zero coupon bond
zero points
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zero point
zeunerites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zeunerite
zinkenites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zinkenite
zodiacal lights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zodiacal light
zoisites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zoisite
neighboorhood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of neighbourhood.
amur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amurs
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian аму́р (amúr), from an Evenki language such as Solon amur (“river”). Doublet of Amur.
Senses: examples: text: In the fall of 1972, we obtained a special permit from the Indiana Department of Natural Resources to import 20 amurs for study in indoor aquaria.
ref: 1974, “Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science”, in Indiana Academy of Science, volume 83, 174:
glosses: Any of various hybrids of the white amur that were bred for aquatic weed control.
Related terms: alt: Mylopharyngodon piceus
word: black amur
word: white amur
firewaters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of firewater
locomotes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of locomote
locomoting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of locomote
locomoted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of locomote
locomotions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of locomotion
variedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more variedly
form: most variedly
Etymology: From varied + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a varied manner.
assortedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more assortedly
form: most assortedly
Etymology: From assorted + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an assorted manner.
objectivization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: objectivizations
Etymology: From objectivize + -ation.
Senses: glosses: The process or result of objectivizing.
objectivizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of objectivization
objectivizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: objectivizers
Etymology: From objectivize + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who objectivizes.
objectivizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of objectivizer
objectivities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of objectivity
hellbender
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hellbenders
Etymology: From hell + bender, possibly from hell-bent.
Senses: synonyms: Allegheny alligator
grampus
menopome
hellbender salamander
lasagna lizard
snot otter
spotted water gecko
glosses: A giant salamander (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis) of North America that inhabits large, swiftly flowing streams with rocky bottoms.
glosses: A reckless, headstrong person.
Related terms: hell-bent
highbinder
hellbenders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hellbender
melanite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈmɛ.ləˌnaɪt/
Forms: form: melanites
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A black variety of andradite.
Derived terms: melanitic
topazolites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of topazolite
melanites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of melanite
buckjumper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: buckjumpers
Etymology: From buck + jumper.
Senses: glosses: One who takes part in buckjumping.
examples: text: One of the selectors owned a grey cob, one of the most pertinacious buckjumpers I ever saw, whose performances delayed the starting of the expedition for some little time.
ref: 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 77:
glosses: A horse that buckjumps.
buckjumpers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of buckjumper
grandmama
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grandmamas
Senses: examples: text: “Your grandmama is going to be so impressed by this beautiful, loving family, and beautiful, loving families take boat trips together.” “Do they, though?” “Well, the boat salesman said yes.”
ref: 2024 November 10, Zac Oyama, “National Lampoon's The Odyssey!” (1:56 from the start), in Krapopolis, season 2, episode 6, spoken by Shlub (Matt Berry):
glosses: Alternative spelling of grandmamma.
grandmamas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grandmama
grandmammies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grandmammy
grandmum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grandmums
Etymology: From grand- + mum.
Senses: glosses: Grandmother.
grandmums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grandmum
liquidness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From liquid + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being liquid (flowing state of matter).
topics: business
finance
glosses: The quality of being liquid (easily sold or disposed of).
liquidities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of liquidity
grandmummy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grandmummies
Etymology: From grand- + mummy.
Senses: glosses: grandmother
grandmommy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grandmommies
Etymology: From grand- + mommy.
Senses: glosses: grandmother
grandmommies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grandmommy
grandmummies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grandmummy
supramundane
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more supramundane
form: most supramundane
Etymology: From supra- + mundane.
Senses: examples: text: [T]here was no very clear vision, to these people, of supra-mundane beings, sitting apart and ordaining the affairs of earth, as it were from a distance.
ref: 1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., page 91:
glosses: Above or beyond the mundane.
Synonyms: supermundane
wildish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwaɪldɪʃ/
rhymes: -aɪldɪʃ
Forms: form: more wildish
form: most wildish
Etymology: From wild + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: Bella Barnes was going to marry a surveyor, a wildish young fellow, but a good one to work as ever was.
ref: 1888, Rolf Boldrewood, Robbery Under Arms:
glosses: Somewhat wild.
Wildish
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
whitethorn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whitethorns
Etymology: From white + thorn.
Senses: glosses: Crataegus monogyna, a hawthorn species native to Europe, northwest Africa and western Asia.
glosses: Bursaria spinosa, a small Australian shrub.
glosses: Vachellia constricta, formerly Acacia constricta, whitethorn acacia, a shrub in the family Fabaceae.
glosses: Senegalia polyacantha, of India
glosses: Ceanothus leucodermis, chaparral whitethorn, a shrub in the family Rhamnaceae.
whitethorns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whitethorn
biorthonormality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From biorthonormal + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being biorthonormal.
unconcluded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + concluded.
Senses: glosses: Not having been concluded.
unwaved
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + waved.
Senses: examples: an unwaved flag
glosses: Not having been waved.
intraorbital
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɔː(ɹ)bɪtəl
Etymology: From intra- + orbital.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Within an atomic or molecular orbital
modulini
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of modulino
wildcraft
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wildcrafts
Etymology: From wild + craft.
Senses: glosses: The harvesting of wild plants to sell or make into saleable products.
wildcraft
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: wildcrafts
form: wildcrafting
form: wildcrafted
form: wildcrafted
Etymology: From wild + craft.
Senses: glosses: To harvest wild plants to sell or make into saleable products.
Derived terms: wildcrafter
orderable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From order + -able.
Senses: glosses: That may be ordered (obtained by placing an order).
glosses: That may be ordered (put in sequence).
Derived terms: nonorderable
unorderable
well-orderable
wildcrafting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of wildcraft
wildcrafts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wildcraft
wildcrafts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of wildcraft
wildcrafted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of wildcraft
wildcrafter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wildcrafters
Etymology: From wildcraft + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who takes part in wildcraft.
wildcrafters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wildcrafter
pathwidth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pathwidths
Etymology: From path + width.
Senses: topics: graph-theory
mathematics
sciences
synonyms: node searching number
vertex separation number
glosses: A measure of a path decomposition of a graph.
Related terms: cutwidth
uniface
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unifaces
Etymology: From uni- + face.
Senses: topics: archaeology
history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: A prehistoric stone tool that has been flaked on one surface only.
photini
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of photino
ureaplasma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ureaplasmas
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: glosses: Any member of the genus Ureaplasma of urease-positive bacteria
Related terms: ureaplasmal
ureaplasmas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ureaplasma
unifaces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of uniface
mineable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mineable
form: most mineable
Etymology: From mine + -able.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of minable.
Derived terms: unmineable
regularizable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more regularizable
form: most regularizable
Etymology: From regularize + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of regularization
equifinal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From equi- + final.
Senses: glosses: That have the same outcome, end or result
Derived terms: equifinally
Related terms: equifinality
equipper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: equippers
Etymology: From equip + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person or organization that equips.
topics: climbing
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Someone who equips a sport route by putting bolts in the rock.
deadlights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deadlight
eviternity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: eternal existence
Related terms: eviternal
raftered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From rafter + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: Inside in the smoky room with the raftered ceiling, it was dark and dismal.
ref: 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 296:
text: O'er sculptured Cloisters, and high-raftered Halls, / By Rivers gliding under ancient Walls […]
ref: 1897, William John Courthope, The longest reign:
text: We stood before a gate, looking into a court enclosed by three walls and roofed by a vine on a raftered trellis.
ref: 1931, William Faulkner, “Mistral”, in These 13:
glosses: Having rafters (often of a specified kind).
raftered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From rafter + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rafter
equippers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of equipper
equiprobably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From equiprobable + -ly.
Senses: glosses: With equal probability.
evolvement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈvɒlv.mənt/
ipa: /ɪˈvɑlv.mənt/
ipa: /ɪˈvɔlv.mənt/
rhymes: -ɒlvmənt
Forms: form: evolvements
Etymology: From evolve + -ment.
Senses: examples: text: I'm into the film script with Barbet, 30 or so pages; but I'm surprised—he wants a plot and an evolvement of character. shit, my characters seldom evolve, they are too fucked-up.
ref: 1979, Charles Bukowski, letter, 6 February, in On Writing, Canongate 2016, p. 153
text: Here is an artwork revealing the method of its evolvement, allowing the viewer presence at the moment when the image is caught on the video screen and also when it is transferred onto the surface.
ref: 1983 February 12, F. W. Leupold, “Lesbirotic Electrographics”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 29, page 12:
text: The blessings come in the knowing that the lessons were not in vain, that the hard times and the good times were all leading to the evolvement of the spirit into a master of the highest order […]
ref: 2013, Victoria Cochrane, Raising the Energies of Mother Earth Towards and After Ascension 2012:
glosses: Evolution.
extradural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ʊəɹəl
Etymology: From extra- + dural.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Outside of the dura mater
Derived terms: extradurally
extradural
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ʊəɹəl
Forms: form: extradurals
Etymology: From extra- + dural.
Senses: glosses: Such an injection
Related terms: epidural
extrafamilial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From extra- + familial.
Senses: glosses: Outside a family
faceworker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: faceworkers
form: face worker
Etymology: From face + worker.
Senses: glosses: A miner who works at the face (especially at the coalface)
crazy eights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: We played crazy eights, war, fifty-two card pickup. Rudy flipped the whole deck across the table at me and the cards sailed to the floor, kings, queens, deuces.
ref: 2004, Karen Salyer McElmurray, Strange Birds in the Tree of Heaven:
topics: card-games
games
glosses: A card game in which players try to rid themselves of their cards by playing a matching rank or suit on the previous card played, having to draw an additional card if unable to do this; a player who plays an eight can dictate the suit to be played next.
faggoting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of fagoting.
faggoting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of fagoting.
yellow-necked mice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yellow-necked mouse
faceworkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of faceworker
fibrescope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fibrescopes
form: fiberscope
Etymology: From fibre + -scope.
Senses: glosses: An instrument, consisting of a fibre optic bundle, used to observe inaccessible areas
Related terms: boroscope
sneakbox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sneakboxes
Etymology: From sneak + box.
Senses: glosses: A small boat that can be sailed, rowed, poled or sculled, predominantly associated with Barnegat Bay in New Jersey.
sneakboxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sneakbox
yellowbill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yellowbills
Etymology: Bahuvrihi compound of yellow + bill
Senses: glosses: Ceuthmochares aereus, an African cuckoo with a heavy yellow bill.
yellowbills
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yellowbill
finalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: finalisms
Etymology: From final + -ism.
Senses: glosses: teleology
Related terms: finalistic
quadragenarians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quadragenarian
unkilled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + killed.
Senses: glosses: Not having been killed.
unkilled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From unkill + -ed.
Senses: glosses: past participle of unkill
unculled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + culled.
Senses: glosses: Not having been culled.
semikilled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From semi- + killed.
Senses: glosses: Partly deoxidized to avoid evolution of gas during solidification, but with some remaining carbon monoxide causing blowhole-type porosity.
raw_tags: of steel
Related terms: semikilling
fleawort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fleaworts
Etymology: From flea + wort.
Senses: glosses: Any of various not closely related plants that are supposed to kill or ward off fleas.
glosses: Any of various not closely related plants that are supposed to kill or ward off fleas.
lady's bedstraw (Galium verum).
glosses: A herb, Plantago psyllium, whose seeds are supposed to resemble fleas.
flowerer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flowerers
Etymology: From flower + -er.
Senses: glosses: Something (originally a plant) that flowers (often in a specified manner, or at a specified time)
graminaceous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more graminaceous
form: most graminaceous
Etymology: From Latin grāmen (“grass”) + -aceous.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or resembling a grass.
Synonyms: sense: of, etc, a grass
word: poaceous
sense: of, etc, a grass
word: gramineous
sense: of, etc, a grass
word: graminous
Derived terms: nongraminaceous
fleaworts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fleawort
grapier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of grapey: more grapey
grapiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of grapey: most grapey
grasper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: graspers
Etymology: From grasp + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person who grasps
glosses: A tool used for grasping
glosses: A hand
grassbox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grassboxes
Etymology: From grass + box.
Senses: glosses: The receptacle on a lawn mower that holds the cut grass.
handpump
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: handpumps
form: hand pump
Etymology: From hand + pump.
Senses: glosses: A pump that is operated manually
handstroke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: handstrokes
Etymology: From hand + stroke.
Senses: glosses: The pull on the sally that swings the bell through a full circle
Related terms: backstroke
syntropy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: By surface analysis, syn- + -tropy. First attested in 1871, in the anatomical sense.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A tendency towards complexity, structure, order, organization of ever more advantageous and orderly patterns. Originally coined as a synonym for negentropy
raw_tags: of science
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: The coalescence of two diseases into one.
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: A wholesome association with others.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A formation of a series of similar parts having the same orientation (e.g., ribs, scales).
Related terms: entropy
extropy
negentropy
monopathy
a small matter
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: […] if that it were possible to remove the impediment of the Air, which resisting penetration, doth some small matter retard and impede the motion of the pendulum.
ref: 1662, Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief Systems of the World, Dialogue 2:
text: The socket and spindle being a small matter taper.
ref: 1788, Philosophical Transactions, Royal Society, section 79.4:
glosses: Somewhat; slightly; a little.
Related terms: a little matter
a matter
some little matter
some small matter
relook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: relooks
Etymology: From re- + look.
Senses: examples: text: General Deal said that the interviews were showing widespread dissatisfaction with the quality assurance programs at NASA. […] "It's time for a relook."
ref: 2003 July 17, John Schwartz, “Shuttle Investigator Faults NASA for Complacency Over Safety”, in New York Times, retrieved 18 Jun 2015:
glosses: An additional look or examination.
relook
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: relooks
form: relooking
form: relooked
form: relooked
Etymology: From re- + look.
Senses: examples: text: Obviously, we are going to relook at all these numbers for upcoming consultations.
ref: 2010 July 6, Deborah Fuller, quoted in Leslie Kaufman, “Agency Agreed Wildlife Risk From Oil Was ‘Low’”, New York Times, p. A14
glosses: To look again.
antimonselite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of antimony triselenide + -ite
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An orthorhombic sulfosalt mineral containing antimony and selenium.
argutite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: ? + -ite
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A germanium dioxide mineral.
asisite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Asis, a farm in Namibia where it was mined + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A yellow tetragonal mineral.
andersonite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Anderson + -ite, after Charles Alfred Anderson (1902-1990) of the United States Geological Survey.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A rare uranium carbonate mineral found in sandstone-hosted uranium.
johannite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: After Archduke John of Austria (1782-1859), the founder of the Landesmuseum Joanneum in Styria, Austria + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A rare green uranium sulfate mineral.
tractus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tractuses
form: tracti
Etymology: From Latin tractus.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A tract.
ameghinite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ameghino + -ite, after the Argentine geologist brothers Carlos Ameghino (1865–1936) and Florentino Ameghino (1854–1911).
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A soft monoclinic mineral found in Argentina.
decreasement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈkɹiːsmənt/
Forms: form: decreasements
Etymology: From decrease + -ment.
Senses: glosses: The action or process of decreasing; a decrease; diminution.
examples: text: ... diminishing the velocity with decreasements like to the increasements acquired in the descent
ref: 1662, Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, Dialogue 2:
glosses: That by which something is decreased or diminished; a decrement.
Related terms: increasement
altaite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Altai Mountains, where it was discovered + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Lead telluride, an isometric yellowish-white mineral of the galena group.
wikipedia: Altai Mountains
tracti
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tractus
decreasements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of decreasement
ahlfeldite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ahlfeld + -ite, after the engineer Friedrich Ahlfeld.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A secondary selenite mineral found in Bolivia.
auricupride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From auri- + cupride.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A natural alloy of copper and gold, found as a cubic reddish-yellow mineral.
Derived terms: tetraauricupride
tetra-auricupride
algodonite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after the Algodones silver mine in Chile + -ite; the name of the mine comes from Spanish algodones (“cottons”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A hexagonal copper arsenide mineral.
aurostibite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: ? + -ite
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A rare isometric gold antimonide mineral of the pyrite group.
akatoreite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after its type locality: Akatore Creek, Otago Region, New Zealand
From Akatore + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A yellow-orange triclinic mineral found in New Zealand and containing aluminium, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen and silicon.
alamosite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Álamos + -ite, after the locality in Mexico where it was first found, which is in turn from Spanish álamo (“poplar”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A lead-silicon mineral found in Mexico.
alloclasite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: allo- (“different”) + Ancient Greek κλάω (kláō, “break”) + -ite, due to its cleavage pattern distinct from that of marcasite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A brittle monoclinic sulfosalt mineral of the arsenopyrite group.
agrinierite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Agrinier + -ite, after Henry Agrinier, engineer for the Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A mineral often found in the oxidation zone of uranium deposits.
wikipedia: Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique
aguilarite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Aguilar + -ite, after mine superintendent Ponciano Aguilar.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An orthorhombic sulfosalt mineral found in Mexico.
antlerite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Antler mine in Arizona, USA + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A greenish hydrous copper sulfate mineral.
arcubisite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: ? + -ite
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A sulfosalt mineral occurring with cryolite in Greenland.
artroeite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Art Roe (American chemist Arthur Roe) + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A lead-aluminium-fluorine mineral found in Arizona.
artmaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: artmakers
Etymology: From art + maker.
Senses: glosses: One who produces art; an artist.
artmakers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of artmaker
klootchman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: klootchmans
form: klootchmen
Etymology: Borrowed from Chinook Jargon, from Nootka, see below.
Senses: glosses: Woman, wife (especially if Native American).
arcanite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: ? + -ite
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Potassium sulfate.
Synonyms: Glaser's salt
potassium sulfate
sulphate of potash
allophane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈæl.əˌfeɪn/
Forms: form: allophanes
Etymology: From allo- + -phane.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An amorphous hydrous aluminium silicate clay mineral
Related terms: allophanic
siwash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: siwashes
Etymology: Chinook Jargon siwash
Senses: glosses: A Native American.
allophanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of allophane
alforsite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: John T. Alfors (1930-2005) of the California Geological Survey + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A hexagonal phosphate mineral of the apatite group, composed of barium, phosphorus, chlorine, and oxygen.
arthurite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Arthur + -ite, after mineralogists Sir Arthur Russell and Arthur W. G. Kingsbury.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An apple-green monoclinic mineral.
Derived terms: cobaltarthurite
atacamite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: atacamites
Etymology: From Atacama + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A green copper(II) chloride hydroxide mineral, polymorphous with botallackite.
armalcolite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: armalcolites
Etymology: From the names of astronauts (ARM)strong, (AL)drin, and (COL)lins + -ite; it was discovered by the Apollo 11 crew.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An orthorhombic mineral first discovered on the Moon.
wikipedia: Buzz Aldrin
Michael Collins
Neil Armstrong
atheneite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: ? + -ite
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A rare metallic compound usually associated with palladium–gold deposits, chemically similar to graphite.
artinite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Ettore Artini (1866-1928), Italian mineralogist, + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A hydrated magnesium carbonate mineral that forms white silky monoclinic prismatic crystals.
astrophyllite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: astrophyllites
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr, “star”) + φύλλον (phúllon, “leaf”) + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A rare, brown to golden-yellow hydrous potassium iron titanium silicate mineral, visually identical to kupletskite.
Derived terms: zircophyllite
archerite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: ? + -ite
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A phosphate mineral found in guano caves.
anandite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named in 1967 by D. B. Pattiaratchi, Esko Saari, and Thure Georg Sahama in honor of Ananda Coomaraswamy + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A usually monoclinic mineral of the mica group.
wikipedia: Ananda Coomaraswamy
alstonite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: After German Alstonit, from Alston Moor where it was discovered.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An aragonite mineral consisting of an isomorphous mixture of calcium and barium carbonates.
Synonyms: bromlite
bromlite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Bromley + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The mineral alstonite.
aikinite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Aikin + -ite, after Arthur Aikin (1773-1854), English geologist.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A sulfide mineral of lead, copper and bismuth.
griphites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of griphite
mgriite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From MGRI + -ite, from an initialism used for the Moscow Institute of Geological Exploration.
Senses: examples: text: Dimorpheous minerals like bellidoite and berzelianite are as much indistinguishable like intergrowths of the minerals berzelianite, mgriite and lollingite using backscattered and secondary electron images. Optical microscopy is the key to overcome these problems.
ref: 2007, T. Schlothauer, A. D. Renno, G. Heide, Keeping Track of the Selenide Zoo:
topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A copper-arsenic-selenium mineral.
feelable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more feelable
form: most feelable
Etymology: From feel + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being felt.
Synonyms: sense: for some senses of feel
word: tangible
Derived terms: unfeelable
syntropic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more syntropic
form: most syntropic
Etymology: From syntropy + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Exhibiting, or pertaining to, syntropy.
heterostyly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hetero- + -styly.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The condition of having unequal styles
Related terms: heterodistyly
heterostyled
heterostylism
heterostylous
heterotristyly
homopteran
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: homopterans
Etymology: From Homoptera + -an.
Senses: glosses: Any insect of the former hemipteran order Homoptera.
Related terms: homopterous
homotransplant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: homotransplants
Etymology: From homo- + transplant.
Senses: glosses: An instance of homotransplantation (allotransplantation).
glosses: The graft (tissue or organ) transplanted in such an instance: Synonym of homograft (allograft).
incubous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪŋ.kjʊ.bəs/
ipa: /ˈɪn.kjə.bəs/
homophone: incubus
Senses: examples: text: If the apical cell is slightly postically displaced, an incubous orientation of the leaf rudiments ensues […]
ref: 1966 October, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, “Morphology of the Vegetative Organs”, in The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume I, New York, N.Y.; London: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 482:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Describing an arrangement of leaves such that distal (anterior) parts of older leaves overlap the proximal (posterior) parts of younger ones.
Derived terms: incubously
Related terms: incubus
homopterans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of homopteran
handstrokes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of handstroke
enterocoels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of enterocoel
handpumps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of handpump
grassboxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grassbox
graspers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grasper
fibrescopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fibrescope
evolvements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of evolvement
graspingness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From grasping + -ness.
Senses: glosses: the quality of being grasping
halfawake
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of half-awake.
crackerless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cracker + -less.
Senses: examples: text: Dirk slid a crackerless sardine headfirst onto his tongue.
ref: 2006, Michael Scofield, Acting Badly:
glosses: Without a cracker (snack food).
crackerlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more crackerlike
form: most crackerlike
Etymology: From cracker + -like.
Senses: examples: text: Some of the breads are thin and crisp, some are crackerlike, and some are soft and pliable. All are delicious.
ref: 2002, Beatrice A. Ojakangas, Great Whole Grain Breads:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a cracker (snack food).
muttonheaded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more muttonheaded
form: most muttonheaded
Etymology: From mutton + headed.
Senses: examples: text: “And I suppose you're delighted?” “Of course I am.” “Yes, of course you are! I can well imagine that it's your dearest wish to see that unfortunate muttonheaded girl become the wife of a man who lets off stink bombs in night clubs and pinches the spoons and has had three divorces already and who, if the authorities play their cards right, will end up cracking rocks in Sing-Sing. That is unless the loony-bin gets its bid in first. Just a Prince Charming, you might say.”
ref: 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XVII, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:
synonyms: word: addlebrained
word: addlepated
word: airheaded
word: bee-brained
word: beef-witted
word: beefheaded
word: beetle-headed
word: birdbrained
word: blockheaded
word: Boeotian
word: boneheaded
word: boofheaded
word: brainless
word: bubbleheaded
word: buffle-headed
word: bullet-headed
word: cerebrally challenged
word: childish
word: chowderheaded
word: chuckleheaded
word: crackbrained
word: cretinous
word: dense
word: dented
word: dim-bulb
word: dim-headed
word: dim-witted
word: dim
word: doltish
word: dopey
word: dozy
word: drowsy
word: dull-headed
word: dull-minded
word: dull-witted
word: dull
word: dumber than a box of rocks
word: dumb
word: dunderheaded
word: empty-headed
word: fatheaded
word: feeble-minded
word: flea-brained
word: foolish
word: fuzzy-headed
word: fuzzy-minded
word: half-brained
word: half-witted
word: hammer-headed
word: idiotic
word: imbecilic
word: inane
word: insipid
word: intellectually challenged
word: knuckleheaded
word: lamebrained
word: lowbrow
word: lumpish
word: lunkheaded
word: mentally challenged
word: mentally retarded
word: mindless
word: monosynaptic
word: moronic
word: muttonheaded
word: nitwitted
word: numbskulled
word: oafish
word: obtuse
word: peabrained
word: pratty
word: pudding-headed
word: puerile
word: purblind
word: quarter-witted
word: retarded
word: rockheaded
word: sharp as a bowling ball
word: sheep-headed
word: simple
word: slow-witted
word: slow
word: smooth-brained
word: stolid
word: stupid
word: thick-skulled
word: thickheaded
word: thickwitted
word: thick
word: unapprehensive
word: unclever
word: unintelligent
word: unsmart
word: vacant
word: vacuous
word: witless
word: wooden-headed
word: wool-headed
word: woolly-headed
word: woolly-minded
word: dumb as a bag of hammers
word: dumb as a box of rocks
word: dumb as a doorknob
word: dumb as an ox
word: dumb as a post
word: dumb as a sack of hammers
word: dumb as dirt
word: dumber than a rock
word: not the sharpest crayon in the box
word: not the sharpest knife in the drawer
word: not the sharpest tool in the shed
word: thick as a brick
word: thick as a plank
word: thick as champ
word: thick as mince
word: thick as two short planks
word: thick as a whale omelette
word: ass-brained
word: fuckwitted
word: shit-for-brains
word: thick as pig shit
glosses: Being a muttonhead; stupid or foolish.
15 megabytes of fame
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fifteen megabytes of fame
Etymology: By analogy with 15 minutes of fame.
Senses: examples: text: Culture is your friend who likes to draw[…]. / The web is an opportunity to make good our fifteen megabytes of fame. / The more widespread and grassroots the Internet, the more difficult it will be to dominate and control it.
ref: 1995, The New Yorker:
text: Even when the time commitment becomes incredible—some would say insane—they argue they’re “compensated” accordingly, whether in pleasure or new knowledge or what Scholz calls their “15 megabytes of fame.”
ref: 2015 July 22, Caitlin Dewey, quoting Trebor Scholz, “You don’t know it, but you’re working for Facebook. For free.”, in Washington Post, →ISSN:
glosses: A modest amount of fame achieved in the world of computing, as by inclusion on a popular video or audio clip available on the Internet.
to a nicety
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: "Yes, sure's Gord made liddle apples, 'er'll crack up, an' seems ter me thet would soot some people to a nicety."
ref: 1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 197:
text: She gulped like a bulldog trying to swallow a sirloin steak many sizes too large for its thoracic cavity. “You mean there are two of them?” “Exactly.” “And Wilbert isn't the one I thought he was?” “You have grasped the position of affairs to a nicety.”
ref: 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XVII, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:
synonyms: to a hair
glosses: To a fine point, with great exactness or accuracy.
Polish parliament
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Polish parliaments
Etymology: The idiomatic sense is derived from early rules of the Sejm that gave each nobleman who was a member a veto.
Senses: glosses: The Sejm of the Republic of Poland.
examples: text: But the conversation produced no result. In a summit conference the nay-saver is in a position to prevent what his allies desire. An alliance among democratic nations is a Polish parliament in which the liberum veto functions (within certain limits).
ref: 1966, Raymond Aron, Peace and war: a theory of international relations:
glosses: A deliberative but indecisive institution.
malacosteon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek μαλακός (malakós, “soft”) + ὀστέον (ostéon, “bone”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Morbid softness of the bones; osteomalacia.
chequeens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chequeen
Rhinegrave
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹʌɪnɡɹeɪv/
Forms: form: Rhinegraves
Etymology: From Middle Low German ringrave and German Rheingraf, from Rhein (“the river Rhine”) + Graf (“grave, count”).
Senses: examples: text: the Turks daring the Duke daily to a sett battell, who at length drew out his Army, led by the Rhine-Grave [...].
ref: 1630, John Smith, True Travels, Kupperman, published 1988, page 45:
glosses: A German count whose hereditary lands are in the Rheingau area north of the river Rhine, especially one descended from the counts of Salm.
Rhinegraves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Rhinegrave
zanzack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zanzacks
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of sanjak.
zanzacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zanzack
stigmatism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstɪɡməˌtɪzəm/
Forms: form: stigmatisms
Etymology: Derived from Ancient Greek στίγματος (stígmatos, “point”) + -ism.
Senses: topics: engineering
natural-sciences
optics
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Image-formation property of an optical system which focuses a single point source in object space into a single point in image space
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Normal eyesight, anastigmatic state
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: State of having stigmata
Related terms: stigmata
stigmatic
stigmatism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstɪɡməˌtɪzəm/
Forms: form: stigmatisms
Etymology: Rebracketing of astigmatism as a stigmatism.
Senses: examples: text: my stigmatism is so bad when i drive when it’s dark especially with contacts
ref: 2024 March 18, 🌊 (@sabrin7902), Twitter:
text: So apparently I have a stigmatism in my left eye. That's great to know
ref: 2015 March 16, Tyler H (@TylerAHarvey), Twitter:
text: My left eye is short sighted, and my right eye has stigmatism. I can read stuff with my left eye but I can only see far away stuff with my right eye wtffff
ref: 2018 March 16, ⚓️ أحمد Ramahi (@ ramahyy), Twitter:
text: Now add stigmatism (blurred vision) in my left eye after today's visit to the optician hopefully the new glasses and lenses help xx
ref: 2015 March 9, ⚧🇪🇺RachylBond🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️⚧️ (@ RachylBond), Twitter:
glosses: Alternative form of astigmatism.
stigmatism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstɪɡməˌtɪzəm/
Forms: form: stigmatisms
Etymology: Hypercorrect analysis of stigmatism as the nominal form of stigmatise (compare the verb baptise with the noun baptism)
Senses: examples: text: The Movement as we have it was started by a courageous handful of men and women who had had enough of oppression and stigmatism by society.
ref: 1984 February 4, Dorr Legg, “Early Gay Movement”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 28, page 7:
text: Tired of hearing Pot Propaganda & Fear Stigmatism on #Cannabis #Marijuana #CBD #THC it just Validates the Misconception/Misinformation on the God-Given Natural Herb that's been Safer for Thousands of Years, No Trail of Bodies, Safer than 99% of items that effect US Everyday^([sic]) 🤔🇺🇸
ref: 2024 March 16, Kimberly, Advocate & Ability Enabler =) (@AbilityEnabler), Twitter:
text: for me it's that for a while i was insecure about being bi because the stigmatism around us and then i watched greys and callie came around and taught me that it's okay to be bisexual and you don't have to apologize for it, that i get to love and be whoever i want to w/out guilt
ref: 2024 March 23, percy ♡ (@jcksonsdiaz), Twitter:
text: Who's telling you this nonsense? Tall girls are hot as fuck! I'd date a tall girl or a short girl or any height girl! Like this whole stigmatism with height is absurd lol
ref: 2024 March 20, Akua (@ODSTMacintosh), Twitter:
glosses: Alternative form of stigma.