cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
sacque
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sæk/
rhymes: -æk
Forms: form: sacques
Senses: examples: text: “Ay, ay; she wore a flowered silk tabby sacque, on band days,” said Toole, who had an eye and a corner in his memory for female costume, “a fine showy—I remember.”
ref: 1863, J[oseph] Sheridan Le Fanu, “Showing how Poor Mrs. Macnamara Was Troubled and Haunted Too, and Opening a Budget of Gossip”, in The House by the Church-yard. […], volume I, London: Tinsley, Brothers, […], →OCLC, page 281:
glosses: Alternative spelling of sack (“a short, loose-fitting garment for women and children”).
insnare
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: insnares
form: insnaring
form: insnared
form: insnared
Etymology: From in- + snare.
Senses: examples: text: Let theſe / Inſnare the vvretched in the toils of lavv, / Fomenting diſcord, and perplexing right, / An iron race!
ref: a. 1749 (date written), James Thomson, “Autumn”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, →OCLC, page 160, lines 1289–1292:
glosses: Alternative spelling of ensnare.
Derived terms: insnarer
insnares
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of insnare
insnaring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of insnare
insnared
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of insnare
creepify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: creepifies
form: creepifying
form: creepified
form: creepified
Etymology: From creep + -ify or creepy + -ify.
Senses: examples: text: Singer Layne Staley’s dark words further creepify Alice’s sound.
ref: 1993 July, Lorraine Ali, “Alice in Chains”, in SPIN, volume 9, number 4, Camouflage Associates, page 45:
text: McCloy had the power to say yes, but said no / a no that creepifies his name in the time-track
ref: 2000, Ed Sanders, America: A History in Verse, Volume 2: 1940-1961, David R. Godine (publisher), page 95
text: The Halloween section of FabulousFoods has a ton of recipes for both food and beverages, and offers a number of tips to creepify-up anything you’re planning to prepare.
ref: 2004, Rich Gray, Click Or Treat: The Best of Halloween and Horror on the Internet, McFarland, →ISBN, page 25:
glosses: To make creepy; to make annoying, unpleasant, or mildly threatening.
examples: text: But the Gun Dude ends up creepifying me when he tells me to hurry because, ever since the gun ban, the assault weapons have been "selling like hot cakes."
ref: 2002, Harmon Leon, The Harmon Chronicles, ECW Press, →ISBN, page 126:
text: I know I’m at the right place when I see 5 guys pushing a broken down van into the Café Risque parking lot (there’s ample trucker parking, but the prospect of free trucker showers creepifies me).
ref: 2007, Harmon Leon, National Lampoon Road Trip USA: All the Places Your Dad Never Stopped At, National Lampoon, page 295
glosses: To creep out, to give (someone) the creeps.
ELT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ELTs
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
communication
communications
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of emergency locator transmitter.
topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of euglobulin lysis time.
glosses: Initialism of English language teaching.
Related terms: PLB
EPIRB
E911
ELT
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
coordinate_terms: ETL
qualifier: data warehousing
glosses: Initialism of extract, load, transform.
sacr-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sacro-.
sacro-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From sacrum.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the sacrum.
PLB
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PLBs
Senses: topics: communication
communications
glosses: Initialism of personal locator beacon.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of passenger loading bridge, a synonym of jet bridge.
topics: transport
glosses: Initialism of public light bus.
Related terms: ELT
EPIRB
E911
personal locator beacon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: personal locator beacons
Senses: topics: communication
communications
glosses: An emergency location radio beacon.
Synonyms: word: PLB
word: personal location beacon
word: personal locator radio-beacon
word: personal location radiobeacon
Related terms: emergency locator transmitter
emergency position indicating radio beacon
E911
shake-ups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shake-up
underrecruits
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of underrecruit
underrecruiting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of underrecruit
underrecruited
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of underrecruit
hermetic seals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hermetic seal
emergency position indicating radio beacon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: emergency position indicating radio beacons
form: emergency position indicating radiobeacon
form: emergency position indicating radio-beacon
Senses: topics: communication
communications
nautical
transport
glosses: An emergency location radio beacon, used on ships.
Synonyms: word: EPIRB
Related terms: emergency locator transmitter
personal locator beacon
E911
abactinally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /æˈbæk.tən.l̩i/
Etymology: From abactinal + -ly.
Senses: qualifier: As seen or measured
glosses: from the end opposite the mouth in a radiate animal (to the other end).
abacterially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From abacterial + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: an abacterially-derived polysaccharide
glosses: Without the presence or use of bacteria.
emergency locator transmitter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: emergency locator transmitters
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
communication
communications
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An emergency location radio beacon, used on aircraft.
Synonyms: word: ELT
word: emergency location transmitter
word: emergency locator transponder
word: emergency location transponder
word: emergency transponder
Related terms: emergency position indicating radio beacon
personal locator beacon
E911
abapically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From abapic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: From the lowest point (on down).
abashlessly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈbæʃ.ləs.li/
Forms: form: more abashlessly
form: most abashlessly
Etymology: From abashless + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an abashless, unabashed manner: unabashedly.
section automatic weapon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: section automatic weapons
Senses: topics: engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
glosses: squad automatic weapon, a class of light machine gun; a machine gun issued to a section of troops, being heavier than the standard assault rifle and personal machine guns issued per trooper.
Synonyms: word: SAW
word: squad automatic weapon
word: light support weapon
Related terms: automatic weapon
squad automatic weapon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: squad automatic weapons
Senses: topics: engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
glosses: A kind of light machine gun; a machine gun issued to a squad of troops, being heavier than the standard assault rifles, personal machine guns, machine carbines, battle rifles issued per trooper.
Synonyms: word: SAW
word: section automatic weapon
word: light support weapon
Related terms: automatic weapon
blownup
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more blownup
form: most blownup
Senses: examples: text: The blownup photographs hung outside the museum.
glosses: Enlarged
zeptoliter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zeptoliters
form: zeptolitre
Etymology: From zepto- + liter.
Senses: topics: metrology
glosses: An SI unit of volume equal to 10⁻²¹ liters. Symbol: z
Derived terms: word: zl
sees through
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of see through
seeing through
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of see through
saw through
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of see through
seen through
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of see through
last in first out
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: accounting
business
computing
engineering
finance
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to any situation where the last to arrive is the first to go, or a data structure where the most recently added item is the first to be retrieved.
adonist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adonists
Senses: glosses: One who maintains that the vowel points of the Tetragrammaton translated "Jehovah" are the vowel points that belong to the word Adonai.
Hebraist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪɪst
Forms: form: Hebraists
Etymology: From Hebra- + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A scholar who specializes in the study of the Hebrew language.
glosses: A proponent of Hebrew as the language of the Zionist movement.
examples: text: The early Americans, inheriting the Hebraist fervour of the English Puritans, had enjoyed a Great Awakening of religious joy.
ref: 2011, Simon Sebag Montefiore, Jerusalem: The Biography – A History of the Middle East, page 404:
glosses: One who has a passion for Hebrew religious texts and traditions.
Related terms: Hebraistic
Hebraistical
Hebraistically
Hebrew
texturally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From textural + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a textural manner, relating to texture.
transfigurate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: transfigurates
form: transfigurating
form: transfigurated
form: transfigurated
Etymology: From Middle English transfigurate, from Latin transfigūrātus, past participle of transfigūrāre.
Senses: glosses: To transfigure or transform.
study circle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: study circles
Senses: glosses: A club or informal group of people sharing knowledge of a specific subject.
twire-pipe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: twire-pipes
Senses: glosses: A pipe through which the blast is delivered to the interior of a blast furnace, or to the fire of a forge; a tuyere.
tweer
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From twee + -er.
Senses: glosses: comparative form of twee: more twee
tweer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tweers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of tuyere.
twyer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtwɪə/
ipa: /ˈtwaɪə/
Forms: form: twyers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of tuyere.
twier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: twiers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of tuyere.
teetotalers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of teetotaler
hypernovae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hypernova
posttranscriptional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + transcriptional.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Subsequent to the transcription of RNA.
Derived terms: posttranscriptionally
monogonont
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monogononts
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any rotifer of the subclass Monogononta.
housebuilding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From house + building.
Senses: examples: text: He says he'll be spending the £5bn available to him to "jump-start" the capital's stalling housebuilding market in pursuit of his target of providing an additional 50,000 "affordable" homes over the next three years.
ref: 2009 January 2, Dave Hill, “Honeymoon over - now mayor faces fight to keep voters sweet”, in The Guardian:
glosses: The building of houses
eurosceptic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eurosceptics
Etymology: From euro- + sceptic.
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Eurosceptic.
eurosceptics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eurosceptic; alternative form of Eurosceptic.
mammograph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mammographs
Etymology: From mammo- + -graph.
Senses: examples: text: Two floors down, in the assembly area for digital mammographs and vascular x-ray systems, it's a mini-UN, with staff from 38 nations working on equipment and components brought from China and India, as well as France, Germany, Hungary, Spain and the US.
ref: 2009 January 2, David Gow, “Interview: The GE man with a UN diplomat's agenda”, in The Guardian:
glosses: A machine for taking X-ray pictures of the breasts (mammaries)
glosses: A mammogram; a picture taken with such a device.
Related terms: mammography
mammographs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mammograph
urgings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Galvanised by this knowledge, the figurine family take to exercise and healthy eating in the park, forming themselves into the key words "Eat" (better), "Move" (more) and "Live" (longer) of the government's urgings and soon the municipal landscape is filled with other happy, healthier families who, incidentally, look even more delicious en masse.
ref: 2009 January 2, Lucy Mangan, “Anti-obesity advert is sweet and easy to digest”, in The Guardian:
glosses: plural of urging
poeticise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: poeticises
form: poeticising
form: poeticised
form: poeticised
Etymology: From poetic + -ise.
Senses: examples: text: What goes into the writer's ear comes out of the characters' mouths edited and poeticised.
ref: 2009 January 2, “Mark Lawson: Big Brother's grandpa”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Alternative form of poeticize.
poeticises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of poeticise
poeticising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of poeticise
poeticised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of poeticise
malates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of malate
gaohu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gaohus
Etymology: From Mandarin 高胡 (gāohú).
Senses: glosses: A two-stringed vertical fiddle-like chordophone (stringed instrument) used as a leading instrument in Cantonese music.
dizi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈdiːdzə/
Forms: form: dizis
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 笛子 (dízi).
Senses: glosses: A transverse flute with a buzzing membrane used in Chinese music, usually made of bamboo.
actorly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more actorly
form: most actorly
Etymology: From actor + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Will it be the technically wondrous charms of "Benjamin Button" or the actorly accomplishments of "Milk" ?
ref: 2009 January 2, David Carr, “I'm Trying to See All These Movies. You Want to Talk? Go Home!”, in New York Times:
glosses: Pertaining or proper to an actor.
Synonyms: actorish
actorlike
actory
adrenalize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: adrenalizes
form: adrenalizing
form: adrenalized
form: adrenalized
Senses: examples: text: Still, this adrenalized jolt of designer nihilism tapped right into late-capitalist disaffection and premillennial anxiety.
ref: 2009 January 2, Dennis Lim, “Journey of a Director, From Night Creature to Tender Time Traveler”, in New York Times:
glosses: American and Oxford British English standard spelling of adrenalise.
Derived terms: adrenalization
hyperadrenalize
hyperadrenalization
hyperadrenalized
overadrenalized
beaklike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more beaklike
form: most beaklike
Etymology: From beak + -like.
Senses: examples: text: a beaklike nose
text: The remaining works concentrate mostly on sketchy pictures of hairless creatures with elongated beaklike and sometimes trunklike noses.
ref: 2009 January 2, Roberta Smith, “Widely Known for Obscurity”, in New York Times:
synonyms: beakish
beaky
glosses: Resembling a beak.
adrenalized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of adrenalize
adrenalizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of adrenalize
adrenalizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of adrenalize
folklike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more folklike
form: most folklike
form: folk-like
Etymology: From folk + -like.
Senses: examples: text: Fortunately, Lucy Wainwright Roche sings and writes gentle, lapping, folklike songs, and her clear, steady voice feels like a beacon of sorts, slicing straight through the room.
ref: 2009 January 2, Amanda Petrusich, Ben Sisario, Jon Pareles, “Pop and Rock Listings”, in New York Times:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Resembling the style of folk music
Synonyms: folkish
folky
gentrifiers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gentrifier
gentrifier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gentrifiers
Etymology: From gentrify + -er.
Senses: examples: text: This real-estate drama, however, has a twist: one of the area's gentrifiers is a stylish new restaurant and performance space opened by Michael Dorf, the founder of the Knitting Factory.
ref: 2009 January 2, Ben Sisario, “Out With the Knit, in With the Wine”, in New York Times:
glosses: An agent of gentrification.
lutelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more lutelike
form: most lutelike
Etymology: From lute + -like.
Senses: examples: text: a lutelike instrument
text: And an African ensemble, with Kewulay Kamara narrating and Missia Sarah Dioubate singing to the accompaniment of the lutelike kora and percussion, offered "A Badenya Greeting: Being of One Mother."
ref: 2009 January 2, Allan Kozinn, “Reflecting on Peace in the Quiet Light of Song”, in New York Times:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Resembling a lute in form or sound
trunklike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more trunklike
form: most trunklike
Etymology: From trunk + -like.
Senses: examples: text: The monster had a long, trunklike nose.
glosses: Resembling a trunk or proboscis
winnet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: winnets
Senses: synonyms: dingleberry
glosses: A small piece of faeces stuck to the hairs around the anus of a mammal.
noirish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more noirish
form: most noirish
Etymology: From noir + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: His feature directing career began with the third installment of the "Alien" franchise, and before "Benjamin Button" all his movies were noirish thrillers of a sort.
ref: 2009 January 2, Dennis Lim, “Journey of a Director, From Night Creature to Tender Time Traveler”, in New York Times:
text: It must be acknowledged that the now global recognition his work has received […] has no doubt to do with his works’ noirish mixture of extraordinary artistic delicacy and ultra-creepy subject matter […]
ref: 2011 July 28, Terry Castle, “Do I like it?”, in London Review of Books, volume 33, number 15, →ISSN:
topics: art
arts
broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: Having the character of film noir.
Synonyms: noir
Derived terms: noirishly
noirishness
pulpier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of pulpy: more pulpy
pulpiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of pulpy: most pulpy
woodlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more woodlike
form: most woodlike
form: wood-like
Etymology: From wood + -like.
Senses: examples: text: A prime example is "Ragnarok," with its scattering of airbrushed dots over a rough-textured, woodlike surface.
ref: 2009 January 2, “Art in Review”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling wood, such as in color or texture
thelytoky
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /θəˈlɪt.ə.ki/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek θηλυτοκίᾱ (thēlutokíā), from θῆλυς (thêlus, “female”) + τόκος (tókos, “birth”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A form of parthenogenesis in which females are produced from unfertilized eggs.
splendors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Getting a ticket is one thing, finding a suitable place from which to enjoy the cinematic splendors can be quite another.
ref: 2009 January 2, David Carr, “I’m Trying to See All These Movies. You Want to Talk? Go Home!”, in New York Times:
glosses: plural of splendor
unclassifiable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnˈklæsɪfaɪ.əbəl/
Etymology: From un- + classifiable.
Senses: examples: an unclassifiable mixture of comedy and drama
glosses: Incapable of being classified.
Derived terms: unclassifiably
mycorrhized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mycorrhiza + -ed.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: That has a mycorrhiza (symbiotic relationship with a fungus)
underpriced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more underpriced
form: most underpriced
Etymology: From under- + priced.
Senses: examples: text: Dauman, said the increase was justified because MTV Networks had been underpriced compared with other cable networks with fewer viewers.
ref: 2009 January 2, Bill Carter, “Time Warner and Viacom Reach Agreement on Cable Shows”, in New York Times:
glosses: Having a relatively or abnormally low price.
examples: text: The case that Sunak is underpriced (though still unlikely) to remain prime minister is one I have made before. It rests on: the limited value of voting-intention polls this far out from an election, the competitiveness of his personal ratings with those of the Labour party leader, and the historic rarity of Britain turning decisively left when it isn’t in a good mood […]
ref: 2023 August 8, Janan Ganesh, “The oneness of Ron DeSantis and Rishi Sunak”, in Financial Times:
glosses: Underestimated.
unremarkably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unremarkably
form: most unremarkably
Etymology: From unremarkable + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Cast in dark bronze and resembling Roman antiquities, Riccio's small-scale statuettes, reliefs and oil lamps seem unremarkably modest at first.
ref: 2009 January 2, The New York Times, “Museum and Gallery Listings”, in New York Times:
glosses: In a way or to an extent that is unremarkable.
islandwide
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From island + -wide.
Senses: examples: text: Mr. Obama's determined effort to remain out of power for now extended to Oahu's islandwide loss of electricity last Friday and Saturday.
ref: 2009 January 2, Jackie Calmes, “‘Hail to Chief’ Ambience for President in Waiting”, in New York Times:
glosses: Extending throughout an island.
islandwide
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From island + -wide.
Senses: examples: text: The bakery added bread and delivered it islandwide.
ref: 2011, Stormy Cozad, Kauai: 100 Years in Postcards, page 43:
glosses: Throughout an island.
Knudsen flow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Knudsen flows
Etymology: From Martin Knudsen, Danish physicist.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The flow of a gas in which the mean free path of its molecules is much longer than the characteristic dimension of the tube etc that it is flowing through.
wikipedia: Martin Knudsen
Synonyms: free molecule flow
jigsawlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more jigsawlike
form: most jigsawlike
Etymology: From jigsaw + -like.
Senses: examples: text: In this detailed, jigsawlike procedural, which cracks open the unsolved case of the symbol-mad killer who taunted and terrorized the Bay Area in the late '60s and early '70s, the thrill and confusion of the chase gives way to the slow burn and the haunting clarity of defeat.
ref: 2009 January 2, Dennis Lim, “Journey of a Director, From Night Creature to Tender Time Traveler”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling a jigsaw puzzle in form or complexity
wackily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more wackily
form: most wackily
Etymology: From wacky + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: She was wackily entertaining.
glosses: In a way or to an extent that is wacky.
microcrystal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microcrystals
Etymology: From micro- + crystal.
Senses: examples: text: If all crystallization centers are evenly spaced, the resulting microcrystals will form equant, polyhedral blocks of subuniform size such as those observed with the electron microscope.
ref: 1982, Geological Survey Professional Paper, number 1173, page 374:
glosses: A microscopic crystal.
Related terms: microcrystalline
unsilenceable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unsilenceable
form: most unsilenceable
Etymology: From un- + silenceable.
Senses: examples: text: It may be impossible to replace Fela Anikulapo Kuti, the unsilenceable Nigerian dissident who was the patriarch of Afrobeat.
ref: 2009 January 2, Amanda Petrusich, “Pop and Rock Listings”, in New York Times:
glosses: Unable to be silenced
Derived terms: unsilenceably
strain burst
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: strain bursts
Senses: glosses: The sudden fracturing of a rock face (especially in a mine) due to increased pressure
rock face
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rock faces
Senses: glosses: An exposed, roughly vertical expanse of rock
Related terms: snowface
universe of discourse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: universes of discourse
Senses: topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The set of all entities over which quantifiers—including "for all" and "there exists"—range.
Synonyms: domain of discourse
bryalean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bryalean
form: most bryalean
Etymology: Bryales + -an
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to mosses of the subclass Bryales.
plastoglobule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plastoglobules
Etymology: From plasto- + globule.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A globular mass of lipoprotein within a chloroplast.
eyespot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʌɪspɒt/
Forms: form: eyespots
Etymology: From eye + spot.
Senses: examples: text: The eyespot is a complex sandwich of membranes with rows of granules that contain around 200 different proteins, including the same rhodopsins found in the retina of our own eye.
ref: 2011, Terence Allen, Graham Cowling, The Cell: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford, page 12:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any of various primitive light-sensitive organs or regions in many diverse organisms.
synonyms: ocellus
glosses: An eye-like marking on the tail of a peacock or the wing of a butterfly.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A coloured spot in a motile gamete or spore, which is sensitive to light.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of fungal infections of grasses that are characterized by oval spots; strawbreaker.
Derived terms: eyespotted
basal body
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: basal bodies
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A cellular organelle, similar to a centriole, associated with the formation of cilia and flagella.
basal bodies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of basal body
fosmid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fosmids
Etymology: Blend of fertility + cosmid?
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A cosmid related to a bacterial fertility factor
Derived terms: fosmidial
postresonance
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: post-resonance
Etymology: From post- + resonance.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Subsequent to resonance.
circumterrestrial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From circum- + terrestrial.
Senses: glosses: That surrounds, or revolves about, the Earth.
firefountain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: firefountains
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of fire fountain.
fire fountain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fire fountains
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A form of pyroclastic eruption containing magma suspended in gas.
Derived terms: fire-fountaining
Pele-type
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: astronomy
geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Describing an eruption or volcano similar to that of Pele on Io (the moon of Jupiter).
Prometheus-type
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: astronomy
geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Describing an eruption or volcano similar to those on Prometheus (the moon of Saturn).
kilorayleigh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kilorayleighs
Etymology: From kilo- + rayleigh.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A unit of brightness equal to one thousand rayleighs.
Bennet
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Benedict. See French Benoît, Norman Beneît. Doublet of Benoit and Benito.
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the given name, a less common spelling of Bennett.
examples: text: - - - the triplex, sir, is a good tripping measure; or the bells of Saint Bennet, sir, may put you in mind; one, two, three.
ref: c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:
glosses: A male given name from Latin, in modern use often transferred back from the surname.
glosses: A city in Lancaster County, Nebraska, United States.
rayleigh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rayleighs
Etymology: For Lord Rayleigh, English physicist
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A unit of brightness (of the sky at night) equal to 10¹⁰/4π quanta per square meter per second per steradian
jumped the gun
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of jump the gun
jumping the gun
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of jump the gun
Malia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /məˈliː.ə/
Etymology: Borrowed from Hawaiian Malia (“Mary”) and in some cases from Mālia (“calm”).
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Hawaiian.
Malia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /məˈliː.ə/
Etymology: Borrowed from Greek Μάλια (Mália).
Senses: related: word: Mallia
glosses: A coastal town in Crete, Greece.
jumps the gun
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of jump the gun
off-handed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more off-handed
form: most off-handed
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of offhanded.
examples: text: That's a substantial difference for two almost identical gloves except that one was what collectors call "off-handed." But what about left-handed gloves of left-handed players, ie.^([sic]) Stan Musial.
ref: 1994, Mark K. Larson, The Complete Guide to Baseball Memorabilia, →ISBN, page 133:
text: Some ranged weapons are clearly listed as light off-handed weapons (such as pistols and hand crossbow), and may be used in your off-hand.
ref: 2014, C.N. Constantin, Jason Cable Hall, Dark Revelation - The Role Playing Game - Player's Guide, →ISBN, page 371:
glosses: Involving the use of the left or non-dominant hand.
topics: business
mining
glosses: Offhand.
Beto
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Betos
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Beto.
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Spanish.
buffoonlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more buffoonlike
form: most buffoonlike
Etymology: From buffoon + -like.
Senses: examples: text: Chinese potters copied prints from Europe on the plates that depict buffoonlike Harlequin figures from the popular commedia dell'arte.
ref: 2009 January 2, Wendy Moonan, “Nautical Pack Rat and Sea Dog in Chief”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling a buffoon
Synonyms: buffoonish
cataphoric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cataphora + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to cataphora.
synonymist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: synonymists
Etymology: From synonym + -ist.
Senses: synonyms: synonymizer
synonymiser
glosses: A person who uses or studies synonyms, especially one who curates collections of them.
Jensen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɛnsən/
Forms: form: Jensens
Etymology: From Danish Jensen.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Danish [in turn originating as a patronymic] of Danish or Norwegian origin.
glosses: A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname.
glosses: A female given name transferred from the surname.
Derived terms: Jensen's alpha
Jensen's device
Jensen's inequality
Related terms: Jenson
-wide
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Senses: glosses: Throughout the specified area or thing.
Coordinate terms: all-
pan-
Johansen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Johansens
Etymology: From North Germanic (Danish Johansen and Norwegian Johansen).
Senses: glosses: A surname from the North Germanic languages, Norwegian, or Danish.
Related terms: Johanson
Johanssen
Johansson
Johnson
comparables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of comparable
compromiser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: compromisers
Etymology: From compromise + -er.
Senses: examples: text: The word on Ken Salazar, tapped by President-elect Barack Obama to run the Interior Department, is that he is friendly, approachable, a good listener, a genial compromiser and a skillful broker of deals.
ref: 2009 January 2, “Is Ken Salazar Too Nice?”, in New York Times:
glosses: One who compromises; especially, one who compromises readily
Hansson
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hanssons
Etymology: Borrowed from Swedish Hansson.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Swedish.
compromisers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of compromiser
hypertalented
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hypertalented
form: most hypertalented
Etymology: From hyper- + talented.
Senses: examples: text: But Brian d'Arcy James and the hypertalented Sutton Foster find a sweet, goofy chemistry as an ogre and a princess.
ref: 2009 January 2, “Theater Listings: Jan. 2-8”, in New York Times:
glosses: Extraordinarily talented
Synonyms: supertalented
ultratalented
backcourt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: backcourts
Etymology: From back + court.
Senses: examples: text: Some backcourts had wee outside buildings. They had caved-in roofs and tile chimneys broke off and all smashed windows.
ref: 2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin, published 2009, page 77:
text: Each unique backcourt was an adventure playground with walls to be climbed, chasms to be leaped and dustbins to be raked through and pillaged.
ref: 2011 January 8, Brian McHugh, The Guardian:
text: 'The locus is Crawford Street?' 'One of the backcourts sir, as far as I understand.'
ref: 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 16:
glosses: A courtyard behind a housing block or tenement building.
examples: text: So the Knicks, who began the season with a depleted frontcourt, have muddled through the last six weeks with a depleted backcourt as well.
ref: 2009 January 2, Howard Beck, “Knicks Will Continue to Be Walsh’s Work in Progress in 2009”, in New York Times:
topics: ball-games
basketball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A team's defensive half of the court; the part of the court where the other team's basket is located, or the guards playing in that area.
Coordinate terms: frontcourt
midcourt
Derived terms: backcourtman
backcourtmate
backcourts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of backcourt
soapmaking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soap-making
Etymology: From soap + making.
Senses: glosses: The business or process of producing soap
sendups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sendup
semirural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ʊəɹəl
Forms: form: semi-rural
Etymology: From semi- + rural.
Senses: examples: text: In Elephant Butte, the couple's main criteria --temperate climate, a semirural location and affordability -- were met.
ref: 2009 January 2, Keith Mulvihill, “Blue Skies, a Small Town and a Big Lake”, in New York Times:
text: 2012, Henry K. Lee, San Francisco Chronicle, June 6, 2012, Sketches of Pleasanton trash-can victim released, link
The body was found May 24 on the 11000 block of Dublin Canyon Road, a semirural area on the outskirts of the city.
glosses: Moderately rural; transcending both urbanity and province; developing
Related terms: exurban
reteam
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reteams
form: reteaming
form: reteamed
form: reteamed
Etymology: From re- + team.
Senses: examples: text: Set in Amritsar, “Rab” reteams the director Aditya Chopra with Shahrukh Khan, Hindi cinema's reigning superstar, and the two deftly and winningly blend comedy and melodrama.
ref: 2009 January 2, “Movie Listings”, in New York Times:
glosses: To team (two or more people) together again.
examples: text: Perhaps in time Almond will find a way to reclaim the Soft Cell momentum, almost ten years after he abandoned the group. Maybe it's a matter of reteaming with David Ball (which doesn't seem likely) or finding better collaborators than those he worked with on this album.
ref: 1988 December 18, Christopher Wittke, “Why I Loved Marc Almond From The Minute I First Read About Him”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 23, page 11:
glosses: To team up again.
restaged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of restage
restage
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: restages
form: restaging
form: restaged
form: restaged
Etymology: From re- + stage.
Senses: examples: text: In 2006 the Wrong Gallery restaged this work at the Frieze Art Fair to much less outcry but with its disturbing questions intact.
ref: 2009 January 2, Roberta Smith, “Widely Known for Obscurity”, in New York Times:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
theater
synonyms: revive
glosses: To stage (a production) again; to bring (a production) to the stage again.
topics: medicine
oncology
sciences
surgery
hyponyms: downstage
upstage
glosses: To stage (a disease, especially a cancer) again; to revise the staging of a case as its course varies.
reteams
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reteam
reteaming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reteam
reteamed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reteam
restages
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of restage
restaging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of restage
restaging
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: restagings
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
theater
glosses: A staging again; thus:
A subsequent performance on the stage.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A staging again; thus:
A revised assessment of disease stage (category of severity), usually cancer stage, as the course of a case changes.
hyponyms: downstaging
upstaging
pierogies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pierogi
glosses: plural of pierogie
glosses: plural of pierogy
nightscapes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nightscape
jump the queue
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: jumps the queue
form: jumping the queue
form: jumped the queue
form: jumped the queue
form: jump queue
Senses: glosses: To move into a queue ahead of others who have been waiting longer or that have a higher priority; push in.
glosses: To receive preferential treatment.
Synonyms: word: cut in
word: cut in line
word: jump the line
word: cut queue
word: push in
word: skip the line
Related terms: queue-jumper
jumping the queue
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of jump the queue
jumped the queue
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of jump the queue
nightscape
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnaɪtskeɪp/
Forms: form: nightscapes
Etymology: From night + -scape.
Senses: examples: text: Artificial light has a pronounced effect on the nightscape.
text: I saw a moon-bathed nightscape.
ref: 1930, Sax Rohmer, The Day the World Ended, published 1969, page xiii. 116:
glosses: The nighttime landscape, or a depiction thereof.
babbies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbæ.biz/
Senses: glosses: plural of babby
boy shorts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of boyshorts.
transport café
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: transport cafés
Senses: glosses: A roadside eating establishment used especially by lorry-drivers; a truck stop.
Kepler shear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Johannes Kepler, German astronomer.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: The effect of differential rotation speeds in the rings of Saturn
wikipedia: Johannes Kepler
tropical arc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tropical arcs
Senses: glosses: A weak aurora above the tropics
Balmer series
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Balmer series
Etymology: For Johann Jakob Balmer, Swiss mathematician.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The set of spectral lines of the hydrogen atom that correspond to transitions involving a principal quantum number n=2
wikipedia: Johann Jakob Balmer
Related terms: Balmer line
Balmer formula
Lyman series
Paschen series
Brackett series
Pfund series
Humphreys series
jovian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Jovian.
Derived terms: superjovian
Doppler velocimetry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A technique used to determine the velocity of fluids using two beams of laser light.
Burgers vector
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Burgers vectors
Etymology: Named after Dutch physicist Jan Burgers.
Senses: topics: chemistry
crystallography
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A mathematical vector that represents the magnitude and direction of the distortion in a dislocation in a crystal lattice.
wikipedia: Jan Burgers
depinning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: depinnings
Etymology: From de- + pinning.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The loss of a one-to-one relationship between the atoms of two surfaces as the surfaces move relative to each other.
depinning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From de- + pinning.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of depin
pierogis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pierogi
perogies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of perogie or plural of perogy
F-box
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: F-boxes
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A structural motif, and associated protein, first identified in cyclin-F.
banku
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A Ghanaian dish of fermented corn and cassava dough formed into a paste cooked by steaming.
Derived terms: banku music
lotus effect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lotus effects
Senses: glosses: The superhydrophobicity associated with the leaves of the lotus plant
carbon sequestration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: biosequestration
text: Carbon sequestration and biodiversity conservation are interconnected. Healthy forests with robust carbon sequestration capabilities also provide habitats for diverse plant and animal species.
ref: 2025, Mohd Nazip Suratman, Seca Gandaseca, Zulkiflee Abd Latif, editors, Forests and Carbon Sequestration, Cambridge Scholars, →ISBN, page 436:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
hypernyms: sequestration#Noun
glosses: The natural removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere by the soil and plants.
examples: Near-synonyms: carbon capture, CC, CCS, CCU, CCUS
hypernyms: sequestration#Noun
qualifier: climate change
glosses: Any of several processes for the removal of excess carbon dioxide from the atmosphere in an effort to mitigate global warming.
DNA snippet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DNA snippets
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A small portion of DNA associated with one or more genes or attributes
anterior cingulate cortex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anterior cingulate cortices
Senses: examples: text: In the study, led by Ryota Kanai of the University College London, people who identified themselves as liberals generally had a larger anterior cingulate cortex — a comma-shaped region near the front of the brain that is involved in decision-making. By contrast, those who identified as conservatives had larger amygdalas — almond-shaped structures that are linked with emotional learning and the processing of fear.
ref: 2011 April 8, Amie Ninh, “Liberal vs. Conservative: Does the Difference Lie in the Brain?”, in TIME:
topics: anatomy
medicine
neuroanatomy
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
glosses: The frontal part of the cingulate cortex.
cingulate cortex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cingulate cortexes
Senses: examples: text: In the study, led by Ryota Kanai of the University College London, people who identified themselves as liberals generally had a larger anterior cingulate cortex — a comma-shaped region near the front of the brain that is involved in decision-making. By contrast, those who identified as conservatives had larger amygdalas — almond-shaped structures that are linked with emotional learning and the processing of fear.
ref: 2011 April 8, Amie Ninh, “Liberal vs. Conservative: Does the Difference Lie in the Brain?”, in TIME:
topics: anatomy
medicine
neuroanatomy
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
glosses: The medial part of the cortex, between the corpus callosum to the cingulate sulcus.
Derived terms: anterior cingulate cortex
posterior cingulate cortex
C fiber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: C fibers
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The slowest of the nerve fibers, unique in being unmyelinated