cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
dating agency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dating agencies
Senses: examples: text: There are no decent galactic dating services. To have a shot at romance, you need to talk to people.
ref: [2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC:
glosses: A business providing a service allowing people to meet each other for romantic outings.
Denis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛnɪs/
ipa: /dəˈni/
rhymes: -ɛnɪs
rhymes: -iː
Senses: examples: text: Shall not thou and I, between Saint Denis and Saint George, compound a boy, half French, half English, that shall go to Constantinople and take the Turk by the beard?
ref: 1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:
glosses: A male given name from Ancient Greek, a mostly British and Irish spelling variant of Dennis.
glosses: A surname.
-ent
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: enpr: ənt
ipa: /ənt/
note: Indic
ipa: /əɳʈ/
Etymology: From Middle English -ent, also -ant, -aunt, etc., from Old French -ent and its source Latin -ēns (accusative singular -entem), suffix of present participles of verbs in the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th conjugations.
Senses: examples: text: absorbent, efficient
glosses: Causing, doing, or promoting a certain action.
examples: text: agent, deterrent
glosses: One that causes, does, or promotes a certain action.
Related terms: -ant
-ance
-ancy
endomitosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: endomitoses
Etymology: From endo- + mitosis.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A type of cell cycle variation where mitosis is initiated, but some of the processes of mitosis are not completed. This will give rise to either a mononucleated or binucleated polyploid cell. Not to be confused with endoreplication.
Synonyms: endopolyploidy
endopolyploidy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From endo- + polyploidy.
Senses: glosses: The replication of chromosomes without the division of the cell nucleus; generates a polyploid nucleus
Synonyms: endomitosis
endomorphism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: endomorphisms
Etymology: From endo- + -morphism.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: The assimilation of surrounding rock by an intrusive igneous rock.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A homomorphism that maps a system to itself.
Hyponyms: topics: mathematics
sciences
word: automorphism
Derived terms: Frobenius endomorphism
endonuclease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: endonucleases
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any enzyme which catalyzes the cleavage of nucleic acids so as to produce variously sized fragments.
Derived terms: riboendonuclease
Japanese yew
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Japanese yews
Senses: glosses: Taxus cuspidata
Synonyms: sense: Taxus cuspidata
word: spreading yew
Hypernyms: yew
tree
plant
morcellate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: morcellates
form: morcellating
form: morcellated
form: morcellated
form: morcelate
Etymology: From French morceler (“to break into pieces”).
Senses: examples: text: …forceps are then enucleated if its size is small or morcelated by the excision of piece after piece until the remaining small part of the growth can be extracted after enucleaction. A large cavity is left behind which is packed with gauze: in vaginal myomecotomy, a closure of the tumor cavity by suture is usually impracticable.
ref: 1919, Barton Cooke Hirst, Atlas of operative gynecology, Lippincott, page 175:
topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: To break into small pieces, prior to removal
Related terms: morcellation
morcellator
pneumonic device
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pneumonic devices
Senses: glosses: Any device designed for use with or relating to the lungs, such as the iron lung and medical ventilator, or any device used in the field of respiratory therapy.
Planet X
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈplænɪt ɛks/
Etymology: X represents an unknown as opposed to the Roman numeral for 10 (initially, Planet X would have been the ninth planet).
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A hypothetical planet in the Solar system, beyond the currently known outermost planet. (The term was applied to Eris for a short while, when Pluto was still considered the ninth planet.)
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A theoretical planet responsible for reported gravitational perturbations of Neptune's orbit. (This was initially believed to be Pluto. The reported perturbations were an error.)
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A theoretical planet responsible for observed gravitational perturbations of Uranus' orbit. (This planet was discovered and is now known as Neptune.)
Related terms: Nibiru
Tiamat
Planet Nine
endophyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: endophytes
Etymology: From endo- (“inside”) + -phyte (“plant, growth”). The -phyte suffix refers to the microorganism, not the plant within which it grows.
Senses: examples: text: Take a grass from salty coastal soils, grow it without its fungal endophytes, and it won't be able to survive in its natural salty habitat.
ref: 2020, Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life, page 157:
glosses: Any organism (generally a bacterium, fungus or alga) that lives inside a plant.
Synonyms: entophyte
Related terms: endophytic
endosymbiont
endophytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From endophyte + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to an endophyte.
glosses: Growing inside another organism, e.g. of parasites or cancer tumors.
Coordinate terms: exophytic
Derived terms: endophytically
endophyticity
endoplasm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: endoplasms
form: endoplasma
Etymology: From endo- + -plasm.
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The inner portion of the cytoplasm of a cell.
Derived terms: endoplasmic
endoplasmic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -æzmɪk
Etymology: From endoplasm + -ic.
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to endoplasm.
Derived terms: endoplasmic reticulum
endoplasmin
intraendoplasmic
sarcoendoplasmic
endoplasmic reticulum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: endoplasmic reticula
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
synonyms: ER
glosses: A network of membranes within the cytoplasm of cells, where proteins and lipids are synthesized.
Derived terms: rough endoplasmic reticulum
smooth endoplasmic reticulum
endoplasma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of endoplasm
endorsee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: endorsees
Etymology: From endorse + -ee.
Senses: glosses: The person to whom something is transferred by endorsement.
endosperm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: endosperms
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The tissue surrounding the embryo of flowering plant seeds, that provides nutrition to the developing embryo; usually triploid.
Derived terms: endospermic
endospermic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From endosperm + -ic.
Senses: glosses: of, or relating to the endosperm
triploid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tri- + -ploid.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Having three sets of chromosomes.
Derived terms: allotriploid
amphitriploid
autotriploid
hypertriploid
hypotriploid
paratriploid
triploidisation
triploidization
triploidize
triploidy
triploid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: triploids
Etymology: From tri- + -ploid.
Senses: glosses: A triploid cell.
glosses: A triploid organism.
Related terms: haploid
diploid
polyploid
endosporium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: endosporia
Etymology: From endo- + spore + -ium.
Senses: glosses: An endospore.
glosses: An intine.
endosporia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of endosporium
intine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: intines
Etymology: From Latin intus (“within”) + -ine.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
palynology
physical-sciences
glosses: The innermost wall of a spore or pollen grain
Coordinate terms: exine
Derived terms: intinal
endostatin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: endostatins
Etymology: From endo- + -stat + -in.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A protein which inhibits the formation of the blood vessels that supply tumours.
endosteum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛnˈdɒsti.əm/
ipa: /ɛnˈdɑsti.əm/
Forms: form: endostea
form: endosteums
Etymology: From end- (“inside, internal, within”) (from Ancient Greek ἔνδον (éndon, “within”)) + Ancient Greek ὀστέον (ostéon, “bone”).
Senses: examples: text: Hyaline cartilage is insensitive, and radiographic changes imputed to it can have no bearing on pain from it unless it is so worn away that the endosteums of the articulating bones are rubbing on each other.
ref: 1992, John McM[illan] Mennell, “The Musculoskeletal System”, in The Musculoskeletal System: Differential Diagnosis from Symptoms and Physical Signs, Gaithersburg, Md.: Aspen Publishers, →ISBN, page 5:
text: The cortical and trabecular endosteums are the inner linings of bone. The osteonal endosteum lines the osteonal canals […] and is the internal lining of bone. It is continuous with the periosteal and cortical endosteums.
ref: 1993, William J. Banks, Applied Veterinary Histology, 3rd edition, St. Louis, Mo.: Mosby-Year Book, →ISBN, page 110:
text: Periosteum and endosteum are connective tissue sheaths of bone. […] The endosteum is a less well-defined layer of connective tissue and osteogenic cells applied to the wall of a bony cavity. / a. The endosteum lies between the bone tissue and the bone marrow. / b. Unlike periosteum, endosteum lacks a distinct fibrous layer.
ref: 1997, Ray C. Henrikson, Gordon I. Kaye, Joseph E. Mazurkiewicz, “Bone”, in Histology (National Medical Series for Independent Study), Baltimore, Md.: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, →ISBN, page 131:
text: The periosteum is constrained and interrupted by tendons, ligaments, and fibrocartilage, whereas the endosteum is awash with hematopoitic bone marrow[…].
ref: 2011, Corey M. Maggiano, “Making the Mold: A Microstructural Perspective on Bone Modeling during Growth and Mechanical Adaptation”, in Christian Crowder, Sam Stout, editors, Bone Histology: An Anthropological Perspective, Boca Raton, Fla.: CRC Press, →ISBN, page 52:
text: Tibial endostea isolated from 19-day-old chick embroys and cultured for 10 days became populated with multinucleated cells that arise from monocytes.
ref: 2014, Brian K[eith] Hall, “Cells to Make and Cells to Break”, in Bones and Cartilage: Developmental and Evolutionary Skeletal Biology, 2nd edition, London: Academic Press, →ISBN, page 255:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A membranous vascular layer of cells which line the medullary cavity of a bone; an internal periosteum.
Derived terms: endosteal
endosteally
endostitis
Related terms: periosteum
endostea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of endosteum
endosulfan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: endosulfans
Senses: examples: text: Diagnostic doses of six acaricides (fenothiocarb, endosulfan, chlorfenapyr, tebufenpyrad, cyenopyrafen and cyflumetofen) resulted in a 68.0~71.8% mortality rate (on average) in the test mite populations, whereas the remaining six acaricides (monocrotophos, omethoate, bifenthrin, abamectin, etoxazole and bifenazate) caused slightly reduced mortality rates (on average 36.5~59.3%).
ref: 2015 November 7, “Phenotypic- and Genotypic-Resistance Detection for Adaptive Resistance Management in Tetranychus urticae Koch”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A toxic chlorinated polycyclic insecticide used to control mites.
endothecium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: endothecia
Etymology: From endo- + theca (“pollen-producing organ”) + -ium.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The tissue found in the walls of anthers, and in moss capsules
Related terms: exothecium
mesothecium
endothecia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of endothecium
endothelioma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: endotheliomas
form: endotheliomata
Etymology: From endothelium + -oma.
Senses: glosses: Any of various mostly benign neoplasms derived from the endothelium of blood vessels or lymph channels.
Derived terms: nevoxanthoendothelioma
endotheliomata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of endothelioma
endotherm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: endotherms
Etymology: From endo- + -therm.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: An animal that maintains a constant body temperature.
Synonyms: homeotherm
Derived terms: endothermal
endothermic
endothermicity
endothermy
Related terms: ectotherm
warm-blooded
ectotherm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ectotherms
Etymology: From ecto- + -therm.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: An animal, such as an amphibian, fish, reptile, or arthropod, which has a limited ability to regulate its body temperature and whose body temperature thus depends on the ambient temperature.
Derived terms: ectothermal
ectothermic
Related terms: cold-blooded
endotherm
fast busy signal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fast busy signals
Senses: topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
telephony
glosses: An audible signal on a voice phone line that sounds more frequently than a standard busy signal, indicating that no transmission path to the called phone number is available.
motion of no confidence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: motions of no confidence
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: A vote of no confidence.
vote of no confidence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: votes of no confidence
Senses: topics: government
law
politics
glosses: A parliamentary motion representing the lack of confidence of a parliament in the standing government. A passed motion of no confidence usually results in the government's fall.
Synonyms: confidence motion
motion of no confidence
no-confidence motion
no-confidence vote
Hyponyms: loss of supply
squop
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /skwɒp/
Forms: form: squops
form: squopping
form: squopped
form: squopped
Senses: qualifier: tiddlywinks
glosses: To play a wink so that it comes to rest vertically above some or all parts of another wink.
Related terms: squopped-out
squopped-up
squop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /skwɒp/
Forms: form: squops
Senses: examples: text: Hold That Squop!
ref: 1962 December 14, Life, page 121:
text: In the Cambridge-improved version of tiddlywinks, potting isn't everything. […] Most of the matches I watched during the tournament were defensive struggles like this one, games that came down to squops, gromps and Bristols.
ref: 2007, Forbes, volume 180, numbers 8-13, page 93:
qualifier: tiddlywinks
glosses: A wink that is squopped.
tiddlywinks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɪdəlɪwɪŋks/
ipa: /ˈtɪdlɪ-/
ipa: /ˈtɪdliˌwɪŋks/
Etymology: From tiddlywink + -s, possibly from tiddly (“(informal) little, tiny”) + wink (“blinking of one eye”), perhaps borrowed from tiddlywink, etymology 1 (“unlicensed beerhouse or pawnshop; game played using dominoes”, etc.). The game was patented by a British bank clerk, Joseph Assheton Fincher (1863–1900), on 19 October 1889, and the name Tiddledy-Winks trademarked by him the same year. Tiddlywinks is the preferred modern spelling; the earliest known use of this spelling dates from 1894.
Senses: glosses: plural of tiddlywink
tiddlywinks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɪdəlɪwɪŋks/
ipa: /ˈtɪdlɪ-/
ipa: /ˈtɪdliˌwɪŋks/
Etymology: From tiddlywink + -s, possibly from tiddly (“(informal) little, tiny”) + wink (“blinking of one eye”), perhaps borrowed from tiddlywink, etymology 1 (“unlicensed beerhouse or pawnshop; game played using dominoes”, etc.). The game was patented by a British bank clerk, Joseph Assheton Fincher (1863–1900), on 19 October 1889, and the name Tiddledy-Winks trademarked by him the same year. Tiddlywinks is the preferred modern spelling; the earliest known use of this spelling dates from 1894.
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tiddlywink
jali
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jalis
form: jaali
Etymology: Borrowed from Gujarati જાળી (jāḷī).
Senses: glosses: A stone screen, perforated or latticed, usually with a geometrical ornamental pattern, used in Indian and Islamic architecture.
Tiddledy Winks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of tiddlywinks This is the spelling originally trademarked in the UK.
tidley winks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of tiddlywinks
Tiddley Winks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of tiddlywinks.
handguns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of handgun
squidger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskwɪd͡ʒə/
rhymes: -ɪd͡ʒə(ɹ)
Forms: form: squidgers
Senses: qualifier: tiddlywinks
glosses: The round disk used to play winks in the game of tiddlywinks.
qualifier: tiddlywinks
glosses: Someone who squidges a wink in the game of tiddlywinks.
squidger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskwɪd͡ʒə/
rhymes: -ɪd͡ʒə(ɹ)
Forms: form: squidgers
Senses: synonyms: squig
glosses: A squirrel.
synonyms: squig
glosses: Someone who walks in wet, muddy patches of mire or bogland to cultivate water-based herbs and plants. Historically referred to as gatherers of seaweed for lime or moss for medical treatment. Certain plants are good for fish and sewage treatment, so people would 'squidge' for reeds and similar plants for these purposes.
kangaroo rat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kangaroo rats
Senses: glosses: Any of many different species in genus Dipodomys, rodents that move about by hopping.
Related terms: hopping mouse
rat kangaroo
subtropical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɒpɪkəl
Forms: form: sub-tropical
Etymology: From sub- + tropical.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to the regions of the Earth further from the equator than the tropical regions.
topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
glosses: Having some characteristics of a tropical cyclone but also some characteristics of an extratropical cyclone.
raw_tags: of a cyclone
Derived terms: subtropical cyclone
subtropical depression
subtropical storm
subtropical
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒpɪkəl
Forms: form: subtropicals
form: sub-tropical
Etymology: From sub- + tropical.
Senses: glosses: A subtropical plant.
Related terms: subtropics
tropical
weirder
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of weird: more weird
argumentum ad populum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ärgyo͞omĕnʹtəm ăd pŏʹpyo͝oləm
ipa: /ɑːɡjuːˈmɛntəm æd ˈpɒpjʊləm/
Forms: form: argumenta ad populum
Etymology: Latin: argūmentum (“argument”, “proof”) + ad (“to”, “toward”) + populum (accusative singular of populus, “people”, “nation”) ≈ “appeal to the people”
Senses: examples: text: The appeals to the public were also expressed differently: that is to say, much less by fallacious argumenta ad populum that played on the fears of the addressees, than by an appeal to rational insights, humanity and democracy.
ref: 2001, Martin Reisigl, Ruth Wodak, Discourse and Discrimination: Rhetorics of Racism and Antisemitism, page 166:
glosses: A fallacious argument that concludes a proposition to be true because many or all people believe it; it alleges that “if many believe so, it is so”.
Synonyms: sense: “if many believe so, it is so”
word: argumentum ad numerum
sense: “if many believe so, it is so”
word: bandwagon fallacy
vang
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: vangs
form: vanging
form: vanged
form: vanged
form: fank
form: fang
Etymology: From Middle English vangen, southern variant of fangen (“to seize, catch”), from Old English fōn (“to take, grasp, seize, catch, capture, make prisoner, receive, accept, assume, undertake, meet with, encounter”), and Old Norse fanga (“to fetch, capture”), both from Proto-Germanic *fanhaną, *fangōną (“to catch, capture”), from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂ḱ- (“to fasten, place”).
Cognate with West Frisian fange (“to catch”), Dutch vangen (“to catch”), German fangen (“to catch”), Danish fange (“to catch”). More at fang.
Senses: glosses: To take; undertake for.
glosses: To undertake for at the baptismal font; be godfather or godmother to.
raw_tags: as a godparent
vang
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vangs
form: fank
form: fang
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch vangen (“to catch”). Ultimately a doublet of etymology one.
Senses: examples: text: Having the vang and the Cunningham in the right spot can be beneficial.
ref: 2013, Frank Bethwaite, Fast Handling Technique, page 141:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A line extended down from the end of a gaff, used to regulate its position
Hyponyms: boom vang
vang
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: vangs
form: vanging
form: vanged
form: vanged
form: fank
form: fang
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch vangen (“to catch”). Ultimately a doublet of etymology one.
Senses: examples: text: On a catamaran, the curved track has enough beam to allow the mainsheet to vang the boom throughout its entire arc.
ref: 1998 February, Yachting, page 62:
text: The Patented Hoyt Jib Boom adds to offwind speed by vanging the jib and acting as a built in whisker pole.
ref: 1999 January, Cruising World, volume 25, number 1, page 80:
text: We needed to vang the main, pull it down to flatten it, and make it more efficient.
ref: 2018, Henry R. Danielson, Island People: Finding Our Way:
topics: nautical
sailing
transport
glosses: To flatten the sail and regulate its position with such a line.
bandwagon fallacy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bandwagon fallacies
Senses: topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: argumentum ad populum.
argumentum ad numerum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: argumentum ad populum.
bandwagon effect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: bandwagon + effect
Senses: topics: human-sciences
sciences
social-science
sociology
glosses: the observation that people often do or believe what they think many other people do.
Related terms: herd behaviour
herding instinct
herding instinct
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: herding instincts
Senses: topics: human-sciences
sciences
social-science
sociology
synonyms: herd instinct
glosses: A social tendency in humans to identify with and model many behaviors and beliefs after a larger group of individuals with whom they identify.
Related terms: bandwagon effect
herd behaviour
herd behaviour
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: herd behaviours
Senses: topics: human-sciences
sciences
social-science
sociology
glosses: the tendency of a group of individuals (a herd) to react coherently without there being any coordination between them. The term may be applied to animals, or to human phenomena such as stock market bubbles and behaviour in political demonstrations.
Related terms: bandwagon effect
herding instinct
herd instinct
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: herd instincts
Senses: examples: text: But as we've seen at Westminster, the herd instinct is powerful and when the herd moves, it moves.
ref: 7 July 2022, Boris Johnson, resignation speech:
topics: human-sciences
sciences
social-science
sociology
glosses: herding instinct.
gamay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gamays
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Gamay.
brass knuckles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Jacob always carried a set of brass knuckles, just in case he ever got caught up in a bar fight.
glosses: A weapon consisting of a metal reinforcement for the clenched fist, with finger holes molded in.
Synonyms: knuckle duster
knucks
knuckles
knuckles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnʌkəlz/
Senses: glosses: plural of knuckle
knuckles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnʌkəlz/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of knuckle
superinfection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superinfections
Etymology: From super- + infection.
Senses: glosses: An infection which follows or occurs during another infection or disease process
Related terms: superinfectious
cobwebsite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cobwebsites
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of cobweb site.
pestles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɛsəlz/
rhymes: -ɛsəlz
Senses: glosses: plural of pestle
pestles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɛsəlz/
rhymes: -ɛsəlz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pestle
confessions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of confession
rankism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹæŋkɪzəm/
ipa: /-ɪzm̩/
ipa: /ˈɹæŋkˌɪzəm/
ipa: /-ˌɪzm̩/
Forms: form: rankisms
Etymology: From rank + -ism, probably by analogy with words like racism and sexism. It was coined by American physicist, author and social reformer Robert Works Fuller (1936–2025).
Senses: examples: text: The grading system is behind most forms of overt rankism in the schools. Many people blame the school entrance examinations, saying that rankism cannot be eliminated as long as the so-called examination hell remains.
ref: 1975, Japan Interpreter, volumes 10–11, Tokyo: Nihon Shakai Shisō Kenkyūsho [Center for Japanese Social and Political Studies], →ISSN, →OCLC, page 80:
text: Rankisms cannot be merely legislated away by an authoritarian system, although legislative efforts can help because they introduce and solidify a third-party socio-cultural role that is watching, judging, and may take action.
ref: 2006 June 6, Stanford Silver, “Applied Conflict Psychology”, in Process Work and the Facilitation of Conflict (unpublished Ph.D. dissertation), Cincinnati, Oh.: Union Institute & University, →OCLC, page 123:
text: Rankism is a degrading assertion of rank. It's what's happening when a person, a group, or nation acts as if it outranks another and attempts to demean, humiliate, or exploit it.
ref: 2012 August 12, Robert Fuller, “Rankism: The poison that destroys relationships”, in The Huffington Post, archived from the original on 16 Mar 2015:
glosses: Abuse, discrimination, or exploitation based on rank.
round the bend
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Forms: form: around the bend
Senses: examples: text: You're bloody berko, Koko! And who's driving? Manny? He's more round the bend than you!
ref: 2005, Henrik Moller, Renaissance, page 263:
glosses: Crazy, mad or insane.
examples: text: Down the hill and round the bends, Thomas and his friends.
glosses: Close to or in close proximity to another location.
examples: text: As the car rounded the bend the mountain chain/range came into view.
text: I had travelled one morning down to Aylesbury, and had left my train, and was about to cross the footbridge, when I heard the imperious whistle of a "B1." I paused, and round the bend came the "Master Cutler" with its engine working absolutely flat out.
ref: 1955 April, W. J. Alcock, “Unforgettable Moments”, in Railway Magazine, page 271:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see round, bend.
endotracheal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -eɪkiəl
Etymology: From endo- + tracheal.
Senses: examples: text: endotracheal anesthesia
text: endotracheal intubation
text: endotracheal tube
synonyms: ET
coordinate_terms: NG
nasogastric
OG
orogastric
glosses: Within, or through the trachea.
endotrophic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From endo- + -trophic.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: obtaining nourishment from within another organism
raw_tags: of some parasitic fungi
ectocommensal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ectocommensals
Etymology: From ecto- + commensal.
Senses: topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
glosses: A commensal organism that lives on the surface of another organism
ectogenous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ecto- + -genous.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Able to survive outside of its host
raw_tags: of a pathogenic organism
Synonyms: exogenous
ectomere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ectomeres
Senses: glosses: Any of the blastomeres from which the ectoderm forms
Derived terms: ectomeric
ectomeric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ectomere + -ic.
Senses: glosses: of, or relating to an ectomere.
ectosarc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ectosarcs
Senses: glosses: The ectoplasm of an amoeba and similar protozoa.
Related terms: coenosarc
perisarc
endosarc
ectothermic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ectotherm + -ic.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
synonyms: cold-blooded
poikilothermic
exothermic
antonyms: endothermic
warm-blooded
glosses: Of or relating to an ectotherm; having a body temperature that varies depending on the outside temperature.
Derived terms: ectothermically
blastoff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blastoffs
Etymology: From blast + off.
Senses: glosses: The countdown and launch of a rocket, missile or spacecraft
Related terms: word: blast off
kshatriya
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkʃat.ɹi.ə/
Forms: form: kshatriyas
form: Kshatriya
form: kṣatriya
form: cshatriya
form: kshatri
form: Khatri
form: chittery
Etymology: From Sanskrit क्षत्रिय (kṣatriya, “(the warrior or military caste or a member of this caste”), from क्षत्र (kṣatra, “rule, dominion, authority”). Akin to satrap.
Senses: examples: text: The kshatriya could only hope to become a monk in his next life, but given the nature of his daily karma, it seemed unlikely that he could achieve even this limited goal.
ref: 2006, Karen Armstrong, The Great Transformation, Atlantic Books, published 2007, page 307:
text: "Bṛhannaḍā said, 'It is not the habit of a kṣatriya to flee like this; death in battle is preferable to flight in fear.'" (Mahābhārata: "Virāṭa Parva")
glosses: A member of the second-highest of the four castes or varnas in traditional Hindu society: the warrior or military caste.
Derived terms: kshatriyahood
bruxomania
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Derived from Ancient Greek βρυγμός (brugmós, “grinding [teeth]”) + -o- + -mania.
Senses: topics: dentistry
medicine
sciences
glosses: Compulsive grinding of the teeth.
Derived terms: awake bruxomania
nocturnal bruxomania
sleep bruxomania
Related terms: brux
bruxer
bruxism
boanthropy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Many scholars have diagnosed Nebuchadnezzar's illness as a form of insania zoanthropica, such as boanthropy or lycanthropy, where a human being thinks himself or herself an ox or a wolf.
ref: 2001, Mark Mangano, Esther & Daniel, page 211:
topics: human-sciences
medicine
psychiatry
psychology
sciences
glosses: The delusion that one is an ox or cow.
Related terms: anthropic
bovine
Naberezhnye Chelny
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Tatarstan, Russia.
pulmonate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From New Latin pulmōnātus (“having lungs”), from pulmō (“lung”) + -ātus.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Having lungs or similar organs.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Of, relating to, or belonging to the gastropod order Pulmonata (slugs and snails).
pulmonate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pulmonates
Etymology: From New Latin pulmōnātus (“having lungs”), from pulmō (“lung”) + -ātus.
Senses: glosses: A gastropod of the order Pulmonata.
impune
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: impugn
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin impūnis.
Senses: glosses: unpunished
Derived terms: impunely
jerry-built
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Unknown; there are many theories.
Senses: examples: text: 1832, Liverpool Mercury, ‘…members of the Bluebell Club, the Jerry-Building society, &c…’ (via https://theprioryandthecastironshore.wordpress.com/2017/07/06/jerry-builder-origin-of-the-term/)
text: He had tried other building speculations, had run up other “jerry-built” houses, and had failed utterly, hopelessly.
ref: 1859, August 6, Albany Fonblanque, Junr., Once a Week, article Sebastopol Villa
text: Reigns supreme for jerry-built
Houses tricked out with gorgeous gilt,
Like cakes o' gingerbread, that crumble,
And in another century 'll tumble
ref: 1859, L. B. E, Cottoniron; a Poem, part 1, canto 3:
glosses: Built cheaply and shoddily.
Derived terms: jerry-rigged
Related terms: jerry-build
jerry-builder
jerrybuilder
jury-rigged
scratch-built
shoddy
aalii
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɑːˈliːiː/
ipa: /ɑˈliˌi/
Forms: form: aaliis
Etymology: From Hawaiian ʻaʻaliʻi (“name of any of the hardwood shrubs of the genus Dodonaea”).
Senses: glosses: A bushy small tree, Dodonaea viscosa, native to Hawaii, Australia, Africa, and tropical America, having sticky leaves and dark wood.
Synonyms: word: akeake
aaliis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aalii (Dodonaea viscosa).
aals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aal
aasvogels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aasvogel
abacas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of abaca
abamp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæbˌæmp/
Forms: form: abamps
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of abampere.
abamperes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /æbˈæmpɛə/
Senses: glosses: plural of abampere
abamps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of abamp
abandoners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of abandoner
smithsonite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: smithsonites
Etymology: Named after James Smithson (1754-1829) in 1832.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A mineral form of zinc carbonate, ZnCO₃, mined as an ore of zinc or as an ornamental stone.
Synonyms: zinc spar
snap ring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snap rings
Senses: glosses: Synonym of circlip.
synonyms: word: circlip
glosses: Catachresis for lockring.
snowfield
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snowfields
Etymology: From snow + field.
Senses: glosses: A large permanent expanse of snow on a mountain or at the head of a glacier.
Related terms: névé
soapstone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsoʊpˌstoʊn/
Forms: form: soapstones
Etymology: From soap + stone; so called because the archetypal varieties of the stone resemble soap in multiple ways: their feel, appearance, and carvability. First use appears c. 1681, in the writings of Nehemiah Grew.
Senses: examples: text: To have a reliable fire, you'll need to carve a lamp from soapstone (you know what soapstone looks like, right?), render some oil for the lamp from blubber, and make a wick out of a particular species of moss.
ref: 2016, Joseph Henrich, chapter 3, in The Secret of Our Success […] , Princeton: Princeton University Press, →ISBN:
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A soft rock, rich in talc, also containing serpentine and either magnetite, dolomite or calcite.
topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Synonym of saponite.
synonyms: word: saponite
Synonyms: word: soaprock
alt: often synonymous; more information at soapstone § Terminology
word: steatite
soapstone
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsoʊpˌstoʊn/
Forms: form: soapstones
form: soapstoning
form: soapstoned
form: soapstoned
Etymology: From soap + stone; so called because the archetypal varieties of the stone resemble soap in multiple ways: their feel, appearance, and carvability. First use appears c. 1681, in the writings of Nehemiah Grew.
Senses: glosses: To scrub with soapstone.
social insect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: social insects
Senses: glosses: Any insect that shares shelter, defence and food, and reproduces cooperatively
sociobiology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsəʊ.si.əʊ.baɪˈɒ.lə.d͡ʒi/
ipa: /ˌsəʊ.ʃ(i.)-/
ipa: /ˌsoʊ.si.oʊˌbaɪˈɑ.lɑ.d͡ʒi/
ipa: /ˌsoʊʃ(i.)-/
rhymes: -ɒlədʒi
Forms: form: sociobiologies
Etymology: From socio- + biology, popularized by E. O. Wilson's Sociobiology: The New Synthesis (1975).
Senses: examples: text: Sociobiology forms a unifying theory of the social interactions in the human and in the animal world. Its principle unifying human and animal societies is the maximisation of genetic fitness by the individual.
ref: 1999, Peter Koslowski, Sociobiology and Bioeconomics: The Theory of Evolution in Biological and Economic Theory, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 1:
synonyms: biosociology
glosses: The science that applies the principles of evolutionary biology to the study of social behaviour in both humans and animals.
wikipedia: E. O. Wilson
Sociobiology: The New Synthesis
solar cell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: solar cells
Senses: glosses: A semiconductor device that converts the radiant energy of sunlight into electrical energy
Hypernyms: photovoltaic cell
firn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɪə(ɹ)n/
ipa: /fɪɹn/
ipa: /fɪəɹn/
rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)n
Forms: form: firns
Etymology: Borrowed from German Firn, from Alemannic German firn (“last year's”), from Old High German firni (“old”), from Proto-West Germanic [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *firnijaz, *fernaz (“foregoing, previous”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“forth, forward, across, through”); cognate with Old English fyrn (“former”), Old Norse forn (“old”), and Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐌴𐌹𐍃 (fairneis, “old”).
Senses: synonyms: névé
glosses: A type of old snow which has gone through multiple thaw and refreeze cycles and thus is made of numerous small icy grains, though it is not nearly as saturated with water as snowcone slush is; can be hard or somewhat soft depending on recent and current weather conditions.
Derived terms: firnification
sceptical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sceptical
form: most sceptical
Etymology: By surface analysis, sceptic + -al.
Senses: examples: text: But regardless of what they made of phrenology, those who saw craniometry as a means of measuring the relative weight of intelligence and emotion in psychological makeup were generally sceptical as to whether, as Blumenbach and Camper believed, humanity had branched from one ancestral pair into varietal types as a result of colonising different continents.
ref: 2020 October 5, Paul Turnbull, “Thinking About Craniometry- The Racial Turn”, in Paul Turnbull:
text: And according to Hughes, HM Treasury is still sceptical about rail electrification. "It's not because they don't see electrification as a good thing, but I think when you look at it from the UK-wide perspective, if you have £x billion to spend on decarbonisation, you don't necessarily start with rail. Rail's not where you get the biggest bang for the buck in terms of decarbonisation."
ref: 2025 February 5, Peter Plisner, “East West Rail: progress from west to east”, in RAIL, number 1028, page 30:
glosses: Commonwealth standard spelling of skeptical.
oscilloscopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oscilloscope
boa constrictor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boa constrictors
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from New Latin Boa constrictor.
Senses: examples: text: After him followed a blesbok, then an impala, then a koodoo, then more goats, and many other animals, including a girl sewn up in the shining scaly hide of a boa-constrictor, several yards of which trailed along the ground behind her.
ref: 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
glosses: A large tropical American snake, Boa constrictor, that kills its prey by squeezing them.
examples: text: We found boa constrictors or pythons, whip snakes, the handsome but deadly tiger snake, so called from the peculiar marks on its skin[.]
ref: 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 95:
glosses: Any large boa or python.
Hyponyms: sense: Boa constrictor subspecies
english: Boa constrictor occidentalis
translation: Boa constrictor occidentalis
word: Argentine boa constrictor
sense: Boa constrictor subspecies
english: Boa constrictor longicauda
translation: Boa constrictor longicauda
word: long-tailed boa constrictor
sense: Boa constrictor subspecies
english: Boa constrictor ortonii
translation: Boa constrictor ortonii
word: Orton's boa constrictor
sense: Boa constrictor subspecies
english: Boa constrictor constrictor
translation: Boa constrictor constrictor
word: red-tailed boa constrictor
quenchable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more quenchable
form: most quenchable
Etymology: From quench + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to be quenched.
leeches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈliːt͡ʃ.ɪz/
rhymes: -iːtʃɪz
rhymes: -ɪz
Senses: glosses: plural of leech
leeches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈliːt͡ʃ.ɪz/
rhymes: -iːtʃɪz
rhymes: -ɪz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of leech
leeching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -iːtʃɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of leech
leeching
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -iːtʃɪŋ
Forms: form: leechings
Senses: glosses: A medical treatment using leeches.
leeched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /liːt͡ʃt/
rhymes: -iːtʃt
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of leech
bonehead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbəʊnˌhɛd/
ipa: /ˈboʊnˌhɛd/
rhymes: -əʊnhɛd
Forms: form: boneheads
form: bone head
Etymology: From bone + head.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonyms: thickhead, numskull; see also Thesaurus:fool, Thesaurus:idiot
text: Musical Potterism, for example, is everywhere rampant. It bobs up in music criticisms and peeps forth in daily intercourse. "Give me good old Mozart," cries the classical Potterite, "and keep your modern kickshaws. Mozart is good enough for me!" Alas, we think Mozart is too good for this bonehead, who no doubt prefers a Broadway comic opera to The Marriage of Figaro.
ref: 1921, James Huneker, Variations, page 248:
glosses: Someone who is thick-skulled, stupid, or stubborn.
glosses: A member of a neo-Nazi, white supremacist, and antisemitic offshoot of the skinhead subculture.
Derived terms: boneheaded
pasodoble
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pasodobles
Senses: examples: text: In “Triana” (named after the Gypsy quarter in Seville), Albéniz conjures guitars and castanets and the dance forms pasodoble and Sevillana with music so evocative that you feel as if you’d just wandered into a fragrant Andalucian (sic; Andalusian) courtyard.
ref: 2008 June 4, Vivien Schweitzer, “Sun, Sherry, Castanets: Musical Postcards From Spain”, in New York Times:
glosses: Alternative form of paso doble (“dance; music”).
paso doble
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paso dobles
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish pasodoble, from paso doble (“double step”).
Senses: glosses: A fast Spanish ballroom dance in double time.
glosses: The music for such a dance, or for a march; used especially at bullfights.
cacodyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cacodyls
Etymology: Ancient Greek κακώδης (kakṓdēs, “evil-smelling”)
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The dimethylarsine radical (CH₃)₂As-
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: tetramethyldiarsine formally derived from two of these radicals; an evil-smelling liquid that spontaneously combusts in air
Derived terms: cacodyl oxide
cacodylate
cacodylic
Related terms: cacodylic acid
dimethyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /daɪˈmiː.θɪl/
ipa: /daɪˈmɛθ.ɪl/
ipa: /daɪˈmɛ.θəl/
rhymes: -ɛθɪl
rhymes: -iːθɪl
Etymology: From di- + methyl.
Senses: examples: text: By analysing data from the James Webb Space Telescope, the researchers found evidence of dimethyl sulfide and dimethyl disulfide in the atmosphere of the planet known as K2-18b. The planet is 124 light-years away; one light-year is equivalent to nearly 6 trillion miles.
ref: 2025 April 18, “Scientists detect strong evidence of life on an alien planet”, in France 24, archived from the original on 18 Apr 2025:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Two methyl groups in a molecule.
Derived terms: acryloyldimethyltaurate
aditoprim
benzyldimethylhexadecylammonium
butyldimethylsilyl
chlorodimethylsilane
deprenyl
dimemorfan
dimenhydrinate
dimetacrine
dimethisterone
dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate
dimethylallyl
dimethylarginine
dimethylbenzylamine
dimethyl butynedioate
dimethyl carbonate
dimethylchlorosilane
dimethyl dicarbonate
dimethyldichlorosilane
dimethyl disulfane
dimethyldisulfide
dimethyldisulphide
dimethyl ether
dimethylfuran
dimethylimidazole
dimethyl ketone
dimethyllysine
dimethylmalonate
dimethylnitrosamine
dimethyl polysiloxane
dimethylpyridine
dimethyl selenide
dimethylserotonin
dimethylsiloxane
dimethylsilyl
dimethyl sulfate
dimethyl sulfide
dimethyl sulfone
dimethyl sulfoxide
dimethyl sulphoxide
dimethyl telluride
dimethyl terephthalate
dimethyltryptamine
dimethyltubocurarinium
dimethylurea
dimetridazole
doxylamine
nitrosodimethylamine
ormeloxifene
tetramethyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tetra- + methyl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: (in combination) Four methyl groups in a molecule.
trimethyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tri- + methyl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Three methyl groups in a molecule.
Derived terms: cetrimonium
cetyltrimethylammonium
tetradecyltrimethylammonium
trimecaine
trimegestone
trimeperidine
trimethylaluminium
trimethylaluminum
trimethylamine
trimethylarsine
trimethylate
trimethylated
trimethylbenzene
trimethylbismuthine
trimethyl borate
trimethylborate
trimethylchlorosilane
trimethylene
trimethylgallium
trimethylglycine
trimethylguanosine
trimethylindium
trimethyl-lysine
trimethylpentane
trimethylphenyl
trimethylphosphine
trimethylpsoralen
trimethylpyridine
trimethylsilyl
trimethyltransferase
trimipramine
pentamethyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From penta- + methyl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: five methyl groups in a molecule
Derived terms: pentamethylcyclopentadiene
hexamethyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hexa- + methyl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: (in combination) six methyl groups in a molecule
Derived terms: hexamethylcyclotrisiloxane
cacodyl oxide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A strong-smelling liquid, ((CH₃)₂As)₂O