cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
cryo-processing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: During Sept/Oct. hearings in Saint John, the National Energy Board also learned of Tenneco's conviction that the special tankers carrying 25 Gg of Algerian LNG could best unload at Tiner Point in Bay of Fundy rather than at Sears Island, Me, Lauzon, Que, and Canso, N.S. Dome Pete's track record gives support to the belief that Saint John could become a major centre for petrochemicals and cryo-processing.
ref: 1977, Canadian Chemical Processing - Volume 61, page 62:
text: In the course of autoradiographic processing, the number of silver grains scored over the same surface of the predentine was smaller after cryo-processing than after aldehyde fixation .
ref: 1987, Michel Goldberg, Dominique Septier, Françoise Escaig-Haye, Glycoconjugates in dentinogenesis and dentine, →ISBN, page 32:
text: Thus, cryo-processing was used for fixation (see Fig. 5).
ref: 1998, Ian McNulty, X-ray microfocusing: applications and techniques:
glosses: The act of processing by cryogenic freezing.
cryo-processes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cryo-process
cryo-processes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cryo-process
cryo-processed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cryo-process
cryo-processed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cryo-processed
form: most cryo-processed
Senses: examples: text: Unlike control and cryo-processed grafts, which showed moderate local inflammation and swift resolution of the transplants with phagocytes, high power-lased samples provoked long-terrn purulent reaction around the graft without appreciable phagocytic scavenging of the debris by phagocytic cells.
ref: 1992, Proceedings of Laser-tissue Interaction - Volume 1646, page 118:
text: However, the shape of axons and the composition of the microtubular and neuronal fiber network differ in comparison to cryo-processed specimens.
ref: 2010, Electron Microscopy of Model Systems, →ISBN, page 324:
text: Ridges correspond to the tiny depressions observed in ultra thin sections of cryo-processed samples (Fig. 4).
ref: 2012, Ilse Kranner, Richard Beckett, Ajit Varma, Protocols in Lichenology, →ISBN:
glosses: Having been subjected to cryo-processing.
cryoprocessed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cryoprocess
cryoprocessed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cryoprocessed
form: most cryoprocessed
Senses: examples: text: Indeed, the internal and external architecture of cryoprocessed ameloblasts in transmission electron microscope preparations does not differ significantly from that of the conventionally prepared tissues (Nanci, Kogaya and Kawaguchi, manuscript in preparation).
ref: 1993, Scanning Microscopy, page 174:
text: Neither conventional mitochondria nor a Golgi apparatus were observed in cryoprocessed sporozoites.
ref: 1998, Microbiology - Volume 144, Part 11, page 3250:
text: In a recent morphological study of cryoprocessed human skin prepared using high pressure freezing and freeze substitution, KHGs were completely absent, even though abundant profilaggrin immunoreactivity was detected in the upper living layers and in cornified cells under the same fixation conditions (45).
ref: 2006, Peter M. Elias, Kenneth R. Feingold, Skin Barrier, page 117:
glosses: Alternative form of cryo-processed.
cryo process
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cryo processes
Senses: examples: text: Although charcoal absorbers are mostly designed and used for adsorption not of water, but other substances, water is a residual constituent in charcoal and an alien component permeated in cryo process from outside.
ref: 1991, Progress in Refrigeration Science and Technology:
text: The cryo process relies on partial oxidation of the structure walls, combined with a reduced chemical reactivity due to lower temperatures.
ref: 2001, Uwe F. W. Behringer, Deepak Uttamchandani, MEMS design, fabrication, characterization, and packaging:
text: In the cryo process, after the sedative was administered, the sleeper's blood was removed from the body and stored in tanks attached to the pod.
ref: 2015, Lise MacTague, Heights of Green, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of cryo-process.
cryo process
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cryo processes
form: cryo processing
form: cryo processed
form: cryo processed
Senses: examples: text: The cells are preselected in the light microscope prior to cryo processing.
ref: 1992, European Journal of Cell Biology: Supplement - Issues 36-39, page 61:
text: After cryo processing, the refractive lenticle was freeze dried, which made for easier shipping and lessened the importance of time if the lenticle should be transported elsewhere.
ref: 1998, Lucio Buratto, Stephen F. Brint, LASIK: Principles and Techniques, page 312:
glosses: Alternative form of cryo-process.
cryo processes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cryo process
cryo processes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cryo process
cryo processing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cryo process
cryo processing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Cryo processing increases abrasive wear with one permanent treatment.
ref: 1999, The Logger and Lumberman Magazine:
text: Cryo processing refines and stabilizes the crystal lattice structure and distributes carbon particles throughout the material resulting in a stronger and hence more durable material.
ref: 2013, Susheel Kalia, Shao-Yun Fu, “Cryogenic processing: State of the art, advantages and applications”, in Polymers at Cryogenic Temperatures, →ISBN:
text: On the Web are commercial sites which proclaim to have all the know–how of cryo processing but frankly admit that they do not have any research support.
ref: 2017 May, P.I. Patil, Bimlesh Kumar, R.G. Tated, S.J. Chede, “Experimental Analysis using Established Parameters for Cryogenic Treatment on High Speed Steel Tool”, in International Journal of Advanced Engineering, Management and Science, volume 3, number 5:
glosses: Alternative form of cryo-processing.
Changtai
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /(ˈ)t͡ʃæŋˈtaɪ/
ipa: /t͡ʃɑŋ-/
enpr: chängʹtīʹ
Forms: form: Ch'ang-t'ai
Etymology: From the Postal Map romanization of Mandarin 長泰／长泰 (Chángtài).
Senses: examples: text: Even in Tegal, where the temple still retains its original name, some other deities—Xuantian shangdi, Shennong, and Qingyuan zhenjun (a deity worshipped by the people from Changtai district, Fujian province), etc.—have been introduced.
ref: 1993, Claudine Salmon, “Cults Peculiar to the Chinese in Java”, in Cheu Hock Tong, editor, Chinese Beliefs and Practices in Southeast Asia (Studies on the Chinese Religion in Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia), Pelanduk Publications, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 297:
text: Just north of Zhangzhou city, in Changtai county, a branch of the Anti-Opium Society was established in 1907. Under its leadership, opium dens were shut down, and opium shops were licensed or closed. The only available account of the suppression campaign in Changtai expresses serious misgivings about the effectiveness of the society, however, claiming that what appeared to be progress was simply the transformation of an open trade in opium into an underground commerce.
ref: 2003, Joyce A. Madancy, “Provincial Patterns of Reform Before the Revolution of 1911”, in The Troublesome Legacy of Commissioner Lin: The Opium Trade and Opium Suppression in Fujian Province, 1820s to 1920s (Harvard East Asian Monographs), volume 227, Harvard University Asia Center, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 173:
glosses: A district of Zhangzhou, Fujian, China, formerly a county.
cryo processed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cryo process
cryo processed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cryo processed
form: most cryo processed
Senses: examples: text: However, it is believed that the corrosion localization along the boundaries could be high in cryo processed samples due to high residual dislocation density and a large volume fraction of interfaces in the matrix.
ref: 2007, Sanjeev Kumar, Corrosion Behaviour of Nanostructured Aluminium Alloys Processed by Cryo-Rolling (Masters Thesis, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee):
text: Wound plug formation from a cryo processed sample of Caulerpa prolifera exhibiting presence of little else than a stray membrane.
ref: 2008 August, E. Lavoie-Hodges, E. Dressaire, D. Bell, “TEM Survey of the Cytoplasmic wound reaction of Caulerpa prolifera”, in Microscopy and Microanalysis, volume 14, number S2:
glosses: Alternative form of cryo-processed.
make a noise in the world
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: makes a noise in the world
form: making a noise in the world
form: made a noise in the world
form: made a noise in the world
Senses: glosses: To attract great notoriety.
Schlott
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Schlotts
Etymology: Borrowed from German Schlott.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
rectahedron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rectahedrons
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A six-sided polyhedron whose faces are all rectangular (like a brick, shoe box or matchbox)
Related terms: rectahedral
rectahedral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having the form of a rectahedron
couch lock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A state of extreme lethargy induced by marijuana.
figgle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɪɡəl/
rhymes: -ɪɡəl
Forms: form: figgles
form: figgling
form: figgled
form: figgled
form: viggle
Etymology: From fig (“to move briskly; go to and fro”, a variant of fike) + -le (frequentative suffix). Compare also Middle English fikelen (“to wag the head or tail; fawn”).
Senses: glosses: To fidget about; wriggle
glosses: To potter about seeking a living
Derived terms: figgle-faggle
Related terms: fike
megathread
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megathreads
Etymology: From mega- + thread.
Senses: glosses: An extremely long discussion thread.
Related terms: megapost
megathreads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of megathread
aleurodophagous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Possibly from translingual Aleyrodidae + -o- + -phagous
Senses: examples: text: This review surveys the literature dealing with food relationships of coccidophagous, aleurodophagous and psyllophagous coccinellids.
ref: 2009 November 24, Biological Control, volume 51, number 2, page 232:
text: Saharaoui & Gourreau (1994) list six different diets for lady beetles, which can be aphidophagous, coccidophagous, mycophagous, aleurodophagous, acarophagous and phytophagous.
ref: 2014, R. Canovai, “Ladybirds in Tuscan vineyards (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae”, in IOBC-WPRS, volume 105, page 241:
glosses: That eats whitefly (of the family Aleyrodidae)
algivore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: algivores
Etymology: From algae + -vore.
Senses: examples: text: The fewest algivores occurred in April 1983, only months after a devastating flood. But after that, numbers of algivores went up dramatically in summer 1983 and were relatively high in winter 1994, spring 1995, and again in summer 2012.
ref: 2017, William John Matthews, Stream Fish Community Dynamics: A Critical Synthesis:
glosses: An organism that consumes algae.
Derived terms: macroalgivore
first cousin thrice removed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: first cousins thrice removed
Senses: glosses: great-grandchild of someone’s first cousin
glosses: cousin of someone’s great-grandparent
glosses: great-grandcousin
Related terms: first cousin
first cousin once removed
first cousin twice removed
first cousins thrice removed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of first cousin thrice removed
thrice removed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Separated by three generations of descent
raw_tags: of distant cousins
Vertigoverse
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From vertigo + -verse, after Vertigo, a DC Comics imprint created in 1993.
Senses: examples: text: Mordru is just being reintroduced in the LSH reboot. Universo and Time Trapper have not been reintorduced^([sic]) yet so they're unlikely. Phantom Stranger and Destiny maybe be trapped in the Vertigoverse which may make them unavailable. Dr. Fate isn't around any more. Brainwave and Ultra-Humanite are JSA villains so DC will deny they ever existed. Shazam will probably wind up being an Ally if he's used. Same with the Chief.
ref: 1997 January 20, Christopher L. Tumber, “Re: [OverPower] Which skill will now Dominate Tournaments?”, in rec.games.trading-cards.misc (Usenet), message-ID <5c04oc$soh@freenet-news.carleton.ca>:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: The fictional universe of Vertigo, the DC Comics imprint.
wikipedia: DC Comics
Vertigo (DC Comics)
Hypernyms: DCverse
52verse
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the 52verse
Etymology: From 52 + -verse, after 52, a DC Comics limited series released in 2006. The "52" refers to fifty-two fictional parallel universes in the multiverse.
Senses: examples: text: A second question, once again, haven't read the new stuff, but I saw a reference somewhere to The Authority moving to a "Low Energy Earth" with no heroes... could this be part of the 52verse... a possible Earth-Prime?
ref: 2007 July 16, Duggy, “52verse/Wildstorm”, in rec.arts.comics.dc.universe (Usenet), message-ID <1184642670.175317.11580@i13g2000prf.googlegroups.com>:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: The fictional universe of DC Comics after the conclusion of Infinite Crisis, as shown in the 52 comic book series.
wikipedia: 52 (comics)
DC Comics
Hypernyms: DCverse
tmema
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tmemata
Etymology: From Ancient Greek τμῆμα (tmêma).
Senses: examples: text: The benefit of which I now make such honourable mention is this: that as the books of the New Testament had been divided into those sections (tmemata) which we call chapters, he himself divided, or rather subdivided, these sections into those tmematia, or smaller sections, called, by an appellation more approved by others than by him, versicles; for he preferred calling them by the Greek name Tmematia, or its Latin Sectiunculæ.
ref: 1842, The Christian Remembrancer, volume 3, page 458:
glosses: A segment or section.
examples: text: In the cultures of November and January the tmemata described by Correns were found on the primary protonema after about 2 months.
ref: 1952, Transactions of the British Bryological Society, volume 2, page 80:
text: A tmema cell, formed in the ageing chloronema of moss protonema, represents a means of propagation. It leads to the disruption of filaments into fragments.
ref: 1994, Satish C. Bhatla, Moss protonema differentiation, page 48:
topics: biology
botany
bryology
natural-sciences
glosses: A cell ruptured in setting free a moss-gemma.
algophagous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From algo- + -phagous.
Senses: glosses: That eats algae
Synonyms: algivorous
kleptopredation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From klepto- + predation.
Senses: topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
glosses: A feeding strategy where a predator hunts other predators who have recently fed on prey, thus eating both the prey animal and the prey's own undigested prey/food. The predator chooses prey who have fed recently, and ignores those who have not fed recently.
Hypernyms: sense: feeding strategy
word: secondary predation
sense: feeding strategy
word: indirect predation
Derived terms: kleptopredator
Related terms: kleptoparasitism
alizaric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or derived from alizarin
Derived terms: alizaric acid
boastworthy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more boastworthy
form: most boastworthy
Etymology: From boast + -worthy.
Senses: glosses: Worthy of boasting; deserving of being recognised with pride
clan endogamy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: marriage with others of the same clan
Newton's laser sword
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: All good principles should have sexy names, so I shall call this one Newton’s Laser Sword on the grounds that it is much sharper and more dangerous than Occam’s Razor.
ref: 2004, Mike Alder, “Newton's Flaming Laser Sword”, in Philosophy Now, number 46, →ISSN, pages 29–33:
glosses: Alternative form of Newton's flaming laser sword.
Disneyverse
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Disney + -verse.
Senses: topics: lifestyle
glosses: The fictional universe of Disney films, TV series, comics, video games, etc.
game overs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of game over
game overs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of game over
Jonagold
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Jonagolds
Etymology: Blend of Jonathan + Golden Delicious.
Senses: glosses: An apple cultivar, a cross between Golden Delicious and Jonathan.
Kemite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kemites
Etymology: Blend of Kemet + -ite; perhaps in analogy with Semite.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Ancient Egyptian (an inhabitant of Ancient Egypt)
synonyms: word: Ancient Egyptian
extra: an inhabitant of Ancient Egypt
Jonagolds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Jonagold
proggier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of proggy: more proggy
proggiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of proggy: most proggy
Elsagate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Elsa + -gate, after the protagonist of Disney's 2013 animated film Frozen whose likeness often appears in the videos.
Senses: examples: text: Just a few months after the Pizzagate debacle, Elsagate was formed with a very similar playbook: a group of amateur sleuths using open-source intelligence to fight a hazily defined evil threatening helpless children.
ref: 2017 December 8, Russell Brandom, “Inside Elsagate, the conspiracy-fueled war on creepy YouTube kids videos”, in The Verge, archived from the original on 08 Dec 2017:
text: Videos that are in the Elsagate category are not hard to identify. Typically, they feature Spiderman^([sic]) and Elsa together and are extremely low-budget videos without much structure or plot.
ref: 2019 August 2, Sherri Gordon, “Keeping Your Child Safe on YouTube After Elsagate”, in Verywell Family, archived from the original on 22 Mar 2020:
glosses: The controversy surrounding supposedly child-friendly videos posted on the Internet that contain themes inappropriate for children, such as violence and sexual situations.
wikipedia: Frozen (2013 film)
tribrac
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tribracs
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of tribrach.
tribracs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tribrac
interdictively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more interdictively
form: most interdictively
Etymology: From interdictive + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an interdictive manner.
antefixal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From antefix + -al.
Senses: glosses: Relating to an antefix.
chyluric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From chyluria + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Having or relating to chyluria.
somital
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From somite + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to a somite.
tarbush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tarbushes
Senses: examples: text: A man in the window, probably in his sixties, wearing a tarbush and a velvet waistcoat, sat alone before a neglected backgammon table.
ref: 2023, Isabella Hammad, Enter Ghost, Jonathan Cape, page 231:
glosses: Alternative form of tarboosh.
tarbushes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tarbush
curanderismo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Spanish curanderismo.
Senses: glosses: Traditional Central American folk medicine, as practised by curanderos.
dioscoraceous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Dioscoreaceae + -ous
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the family Dioscoreaceae.
garrans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of garran
Smyrniote
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Smyrniote
form: most Smyrniote
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Smyrniot.
Smyrniote
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Smyrniotes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Smyrniot.
Smyrniotes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Smyrniote
sunk fence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sunk fences
Senses: glosses: A ditch or watercourse.
sunk fences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sunk fence
caravance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: caravances
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of calavance.
caravances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caravance
garavance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: garavances
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of calavance.
galavance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: galavances
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of calavance.
garavances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of garavance
galavances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of galavance
coup de grace
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coups de grace
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of coup de grâce.
busts up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bust up
busting up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bust up
busted up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bust up
good values
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of good value
comm link
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: comm links
Senses: examples: text: Gillian reached for the comm link, but the carrier wave cut off before she could say another word.
ref: 1983, David Brin, Startide Rising:
glosses: Alternative form of commlink.
comm links
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of comm link
partied out
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more partied out
form: most partied out
Senses: glosses: exhausted from partying
ferryboating
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ferryboat + -ing.
Senses: glosses: Travel by ferryboat.
horologiographer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: horologiographers
Senses: glosses: A clockmaker.
horologiographers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of horologiographer
rouster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rousters
Etymology: From roust + -er. Compare rouser.
Senses: glosses: A roustabout.
rousters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rouster
tmemata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tmema
nightwards
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnaɪtwɚdz/
ipa: /ˈnaɪtwədz/
Etymology: From night + -wards.
Senses: examples: text: The world is swinging nightwards; ’tis October,
And twilight’s on the heights;
The Bluffs, like silent sentries gray and sober,
Stand lonely in the fading evening lights.
ref: 1908, Albert Durrant Watson, The Wing of the Wild Bird and Other Poems, page 18:
text: Even the call, which grew stronger the further nightwards she walked, and the press of earthwarmth it brought with it, even that was a compromise she wasn’t entirely comfortable with. And yet she couldn’t fight it. She couldn’t shut it out like she could the urge to reach, so she knew she’d have to learn to accept it. Perhaps in time she’d even be able to draw strength from it again. She took a small drink from her water-skin, which was still half full, thanks to careful rationing.
ref: 2015, Anthony Eaton, Nightpeople, Univ. of Queensland Press, →ISBN:
glosses: Toward night.
untouchedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more untouchedly
form: most untouchedly
Etymology: From untouched + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: And it must certainly be a man whose heart were dead in him who could watch untouchedly one special secret ritual of chickaree's.
ref: 1947, Alan Devoe, Speaking of Animals: A Book of Nature Studies; Illus. with Photos:
glosses: Without having been touched.
multicharge
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + charge.
Senses: examples: a multicharge gun
glosses: Involving, or capable of holding, more than one charge.
novercaphobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin noverca + -phobia.
Senses: examples: text: . Or maybe you have novercaphobia—that is, fear of your mother-in-law.
ref: 1999 November 18, DLSprunk, “Fear of YCW?”, in alt.fan.mark-brian (Usenet):
text: I can understand Novercaphobia though. ;) What the evil stepmom.. Look at Cinderella..?
ref: 2000 October 30, dawnems, “WoooooooooooHooooooooo!”, in alt.games.final-fantasy (Usenet):
text: More decades ago than a chimpanzee can count, a widower by the name of Mr. Wellington brought his son, Abernathy, to School of Fear. The boy was in desperate need of help due to a most irrational fear of stepmothers, also known as novercaphobia. But as fate would have it, Mrs. Wellington, then known as Ms. Hesterfield, and Mr. Wellington fell madly in love. Of course, they tried to hide their feelings from Abernathy, but he soon discovered their love letters, which sent him on a downward spiral.
ref: 2013, Gitty Daneshvari, School of Fear: The Final Exam, →ISBN:
glosses: Fear or dislike of one's stepmother.
go one better
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: goes one better
form: going one better
form: went one better
form: gone one better
Senses: glosses: To take a bet and add another to it.
examples: text: Arsenal, who have finished second for the past three seasons, added Spain international Martin Zubimendi to their midfield for £60m this summer as they look to go one better and win the title.
ref: 2025 October 21, Alex Howell, “The evolution of Rice - how midfielder became Arsenal's all-rounder”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: To outdo somebody; to do something that surpasses what came before.
Related terms: do someone one better
one up
Griseldas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Griselda
scheltopusik
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scheltopusiks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sheltopusik.
scheltopusiks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scheltopusik
sheltopusik
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sheltopusiks
form: scheltopusik
form: sheltopusic
Etymology: From Russian желтопузик (želtopuzik), literally "yellow-bellied".
Senses: glosses: Pseudopus apodus, a large glass lizard found from southern Europe to Central Asia.
sheltopusiks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sheltopusik
rhizopodal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Of or pertaining to the rhizopods.
bagel girls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bagel girl
Bagdadian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Baghdadian.
Bagdadian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bagdadians
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Baghdadian.
Bagdadis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bagdadi
Bagdadians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bagdadian
misdreaded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of misdread
reincrudation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: recrudescence
misdreads
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of misdread
misdreading
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of misdread
coregonine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coregonines
Senses: glosses: Any fish of the genus Coregonus.
coregonines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coregonine
manniferous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪfəɹəs
Etymology: From manna + -i- + -ferous.
Senses: glosses: Yielding manna.
supraciliaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of supraciliary
photosculptural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From photo- + sculptural.
Senses: glosses: Relating to photosculpture.
photosculptor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photosculptors
Etymology: From photo- + sculptor.
Senses: glosses: One who carries out photosculpture.
photosculptors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of photosculptor
surmaster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: surmasters
Senses: glosses: A teacher in a school ranking immediately below the headmaster.
surmasters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of surmaster
surmisably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From surmisable + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Such that it can be surmised.
ditetragonal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From di- + tetragonal.
Senses: glosses: twice tetragonal
shrinal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From shrine + -al.
Senses: examples: text: It is certain that, besides her ancient shrinal dedication without the city, St. Sativola had a later or revived veneration accorded to her within the cathedral itself, naturally ambitious of preserving and appropriating her local glory.
ref: 1873, Thomas Kerslake, “The Celt and the Teuton in Exeter”, in The Archaeological Journal, volume 30, page 225:
text: By analyzing the Roman Catholic shrinal renewal that has occurred throughout Chennai, especially at San Thome Cathedral Basilica the tomb site of St. Thomas the Apostle, this project will endeavor to answer the following sets of questions regarding the last decade or so of Catholic renewal and the revival of saint cults in Chennai […]
ref: 2016, Thomas Charles Nagy, Catholic Shrines in Chennai, India:
glosses: Relating to a shrine.
ricinium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ricinia
Etymology: From Latin ricinium.
Senses: examples: text: The ricinium seems originally to have been a garment of general use, a woman's garment analogous to the man's toga.
ref: 2001, Judith Lynn Sebesta, The World of Roman Costume, page 50:
glosses: A mantle worn, mainly by women, in Ancient Rome.
ricinia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ricinium
phaenogam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phaenogams
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of phenogam.
phaenogams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phaenogam
physiurgic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: their natural, or say physiurgic, state
ref: c. 1843, Jeremy Bentham, Chrestomathia:
glosses: Produced by natural causes, without human intervention.
retree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: retrees
Senses: qualifier: paper-making
glosses: broken or imperfect paper
allophylic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Belonging or relating to another tribe
allophyle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: allophyles
Senses: glosses: An Allophylic person.
allosomic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From allosome + -ic.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Relating to an allosome
Philippinist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Philippinists
Etymology: From Philippine + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A linguist who studies Philippine languages.
allothermal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From allo- + thermal.
Senses: glosses: Having an external heat source
Almodovarian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Almodovarian
form: most Almodovarian
Etymology: From Almodovar + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Almodóvarian.
sub-prefecture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sub-prefectures
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of subprefecture.
sub-prefectures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sub-prefecture
Fukien
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfuːˈkjɛn/
ipa: /ˈfuk.jɛn/
ipa: /ˈfuʔ.kjɛn/
ipa: /fʊk̚ˈkiːn/
ipa: /fuːk̚ˈkiːn/
enpr: fo͞oʹkyěnʹ
enpr: fo͞oʹjyěnʹ
Forms: form: Fukien
form: Fukiens
form: Fu-kien
form: Fu Kien
form: Fu kien
form: Fuh-kien
form: Fuh-Kien
form: Fuhkien
form: Fuhkeen
form: Fuhkeën
form: Fookien
Etymology: From the Postal Romanization of the Nanjing court dialect Mandarin 福建 (Fújiàn), from before the modern palatalization of [k] to [t͡ɕ]. Doublet of Hokkien. Compare Spanish Fokien, Portuguese Foquiem.
Senses: examples: text: The Fukiens are to-day the most numerous of the Chinese race in Johore, Kelantan and the Straits Settlements. Taking British Malaya as a whole, there are 39 Chinese in every hundred of the population, while the percentage of Malays is 37.5 ...
ref: 1954, Huang Tsen-ming, The Legal Status of the Chinese Abroad:
text: The differences between South Chinese clans have been jealously kept, particularly among the Fukiens who, in Malaya, are called Hokkien if from the Kiulung Valley near Amoy, Teochiu if from the Han Valley behind Chaochow and Swatow, ...
ref: 1955, Ernest Henry George Dobby, Senior Geography for Malayans:
text: Whereas the Teochews in Thailand and Cambodia, and the Fukiens in the Philippines, Indonesia, Singapore, and Malaysia are the largest groups within their respective Chinese communities and hold the most powerful economic positions, ...
ref: 1993, Tran Khanh, The Ethnic Chinese and Economic Development in Vietnam, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, →ISBN, page 30:
text: The Fukiens were skilled in trading, import and export, building ships and ocean shipping, intermediary business, running hotels and restaurants and manufacturing rubber products.
ref: 2008, Ethnicity and Migration in the Mekong River Delta of Vietnam, 1975-2007:
glosses: A (member of a) group of Han Chinese people whose traditional ancestral homes are in southern Fujian, South China, especially those that ancestrally spoke the Hokkien language.
Fukien
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfuːˈkjɛn/
ipa: /ˈfuk.jɛn/
ipa: /ˈfuʔ.kjɛn/
ipa: /fʊk̚ˈkiːn/
ipa: /fuːk̚ˈkiːn/
enpr: fo͞oʹkyěnʹ
enpr: fo͞oʹjyěnʹ
Forms: form: Fu-kien
form: Fu Kien
form: Fu kien
form: Fuh-kien
form: Fuh-Kien
form: Fuhkien
form: Fuhkeen
form: Fuhkeën
form: Fookien
Etymology: From the Postal Romanization of the Nanjing court dialect Mandarin 福建 (Fújiàn), from before the modern palatalization of [k] to [t͡ɕ]. Doublet of Hokkien. Compare Spanish Fokien, Portuguese Foquiem.
Senses: examples: text: A few more Fukien figures and groups are included in the porcelain showing European influences in Bay VI; and it is curious to note that in several cases the European figure is apparently credited with divine attributes.
ref: 1937, Robert Lockhart Hobson, Handbook of the Pottery & Porcelain of the Far East in the Department of Oriental Antiquities and of Ethnography, page 118:
text: Two of the schools were Cantonese while the other was Fukien.
ref: 1976, Yen Ching Hwang, The Overseas Chinese and the 1911 Revolution, page 9:
text: The most celebrated tea of the Ming period was Fukien tea, grown in the hills of Wu I, which the Chinese believed could purify the blood and renew health.
ref: 2004, Bennett Alan Weinberg, Bonnie K. Bealer, The World of Caffeine:
text: The south is more rural, more provincial, and more Fukien Taiwanese.
ref: 2013, John Franklin Copper, The KMT Returns to Power: Elections in Taiwan 2008 to 2012, page 148:
glosses: Of or relating to the province of Fujian in China, the Fujianese people, or the Hokkien language.
Derived terms: Fukienese
subprefectural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + prefectural.
Senses: topics: government
glosses: Below prefectural level
subprefectural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From subprefecture + -al.
Senses: topics: government
glosses: Of or related to a subprefecture
tree well
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tree wells
Senses: examples: text: First, tree wells are formed when the canopy of a tree prevents snow from accumulating at the base. Tree wells are noted by a deep ring of much shallower snow around the trunk, with walls of snow just beyond the protection of the canopy.
ref: 2012, Eli Burakian, Basic Illustrated Snowshoeing, →ISBN, page 70:
text: Steer clear of the tree wells. They can be really deep and dangerous.
ref: 2013, Elisabeth Barrett, Christmas in Tahoe, →ISBN:
text: We skied back the way we had come for about thirty minutes when I saw her. Mary was hanging upside down by the tips of her skies from a tree well.
ref: 2014, Inspiring Generations: 150 Years, 150 Stories in Yosemite, →ISBN, page 188:
text: Townsend hare inhabit this area, particularly above the cabin, and a skier is likely to have one explode from a tree well and disappear into the whiteness as he skis by. Life is a constant bivouac for them -- they spend days huddled in tree wells during storms -- but I suspect they are as content and warm in their luxurious coats as we are in a cabin.
ref: 2014, Patrick Armstrong, The Log of a Snow Survey, →ISBN:
synonyms: snow well
glosses: A hole or depression in the snow around the base of a tree caused by the tree's canopy preventing the accumulation of snow.
examples: text: A tree well is a great solution to a problem that often arises during excavation of a building, driveway, or road site. When excavated soil is carelessly mounded around the base of a tree, the tree gradually suffocates. Removing this soil from around the trunk and dry-stacking a tree well to retain the soil at a safe distance can save a tree's life.
ref: 1998, David Reed, The Art and Craft of Stonescaping: Setting and Stacking Stone, →ISBN, page 71:
text: Flat surface tree wells create a cleaner architectural effect where trees appear to grow directly out of the pavement.
ref: 2007, Charles R. Hatch, Trees of the California Landscape, →ISBN:
text: Excavate the soil to a depth of at least 1 metre (3 feet) and make sure that the soil in the tree well or within at least 2 metres (6 feet) of the tree is free of rocks and debris.
ref: 2012, Lisa Mummery Gartland, Heat Islands: Understanding and Mitigating Heat in Urban Areas, →ISBN:
glosses: A structure designed to protect the base and roots of a tree, typically used in an urban setting.
tree wells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tree well
Stargateverse
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From star + gate + -verse, after Stargate.
Senses: topics: lifestyle
glosses: The fictional universe of Stargate films, TV series, video games, etc.
wikipedia: Stargate
algivores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of algivore
allophyles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of allophyle
parallel cousin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parallel cousins
Senses: topics: anthropology
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: The child of one's father's brother or of one's mother's sister; a cousin related via same-gender siblings rather than opposite-gender ones (the latter being a cross-cousin).
Related terms: cross cousin
cross cousin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cross cousins
Senses: glosses: The child of a maternal uncle or of a paternal aunt
Related terms: parallel cousin
great one
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: great ones
Senses: glosses: Someone particularly enthusiastic about an activity.
raw_tags: with for
New Harmony
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town and township in Posey County, Indiana.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Union County, Mississippi.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Pike County, Missouri.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Brown County, Ohio.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Bledsoe County, Tennessee.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Smith County, Texas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Washington County, Utah, probably named after Fort Harmony, Utah.
Bat-embargo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -ɑː(r)ɡəʊ
Etymology: From Bat- + embargo, reflecting a morphologic pattern established earlier by such terms as Bat-phone and Bat-signal.
Senses: examples: text: Since certain characters are currently exclusive to The Batman, and therefore off-limits for JLU (not to mention Teen Titans--man, the Batman family is getting pretty spread out), I was wondering if any of those characters could appear in the Justice League Unlimited comic?
ref: 2005 August 4, Richmond, “Does the bat-embargo extend to JLU comics?”, in rec.arts.comics.dc.universe (Usenet), message-ID <mCiIe.158498$HI.30430@edtnps84>:
text: But Robin is currently occupied in Teen Titans and I think this is a side effect of the Bat embargo affecting the DCU shows (No Bat-villains in the JLU any more for example).
ref: 2005 October 14, Brian Doyle, “Batman villains Q”, in rec.toys.action-figures.discuss (Usenet), message-ID <434FEA9D.5C6C8C54@nyc.rr.com>:
text: Of course, the bat-embargo works out here since the Batman villians need to survive for Batman Beyond. ;)
ref: 2006 February 9, Astrobiochemist, “Re: JLU Ep 5x12 Alive! SPOILERS AHEAD!”, in rec.arts.comics.dc.universe (Usenet), message-ID <1139534265.256960.25620@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>:
text: Yes it did.I believe the name of that ep was "For The Man Who Has Everything".It had all the main players in it except,Robin.Which was probably due to the Bat-embargo the suits had going on which basically made it impossible for anyone from the Bat-books other than Batman to appear on JLU.
ref: 2007 February 13, George Alexander Jr., “Re: when was the last incredible Superman story?”, in rec.arts.comics.dc.universe (Usenet), message-ID <12024-45D1642A-1219@storefull-3335.bay.webtv.net>:
text: But folks were also irked by the fact that the DCAU's beloved Justice League Unlimited, still in production when The Batman debuted, was forbidden from using most of the Dark Knight's rogue's gallery, since a "Bat-embargo" reserved them for the new series, while Batman Begins made the Scarecrow and Ra's Al Ghul unavailable to either show.
ref: 2017, Joseph McCabe, 100 Things Batman Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die, Triumph Books, →ISBN, page 375:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: A prohibition against having the same fictional characters appearing in multiple DC Comics animated series in the decade of the 2000s, which caused Batman's allies and enemies save for Batman himself to be unavailable for the animated series Justice League (although Joker, Clayface and Firefly made appearances in this show) and Justice League Unlimited, and Robin to be unavailable for animated series other than Teen Titans.
foot-pad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foot-pads
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of footpad.
foot-pads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of foot-pad
amensal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From a- + mensal, from Latin mensa (“table, food”).
Senses: examples: text: Descriptions of the plight of sea turtles in the modern world focus principally on sea turtle–human associations that are either predator and prey or amensal (where one associate is harmed and the other receives no effect).
ref: 2002, Peter L. Lutz, The Biology of Sea Turtles, volume 2, page 356:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Relating to amensalism.
Macrohon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality of Southern Leyte, Philippines.
give one's left nut
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gives one's left nut
form: giving one's left nut
form: gave one's left nut
form: given one's left nut
Etymology: The loss of a testicle would be a high price to pay for something. This synonym of give one's eye-teeth and give one's right arm most likely came after those, having been modeled after them facetiously.
Senses: examples: text: Nick Lazarus would give his left nut to see me convicted and disbarred.
ref: 1997, Carolyn Wheat, Mean Streak, page 18:
synonyms: give an arm and a leg
give/pay a pretty penny
give one's eye-teeth
give one's right arm
glosses: Pay a very high price for something.
œstrone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: œstrones
Senses: glosses: Obsolete typography of oestrone.
sanit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of sanitation.
bismar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bismars
Etymology: From Danish bismer, from Middle Low German bisemer, via a Slavic language from Turkish batman (“a unit of weight”).
Senses: glosses: A kind of steelyard used in Orkney.
bismars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bismar
dame's violet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of dame's rocket (“the plant Hesperis matronalis”).
synonyms: word: dame's rocket
extra: the plant Hesperis matronalis
rhizic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From rhiz- + -ic.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Relating to the root of an equation.
grand vizir
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grand vizirs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of grand vizier.
grand vizirs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grand vizir
seringhi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: seringhis
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of sarangi (“string instrument”).
seringhis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of seringhi
reprehensibleness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From reprehensible + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being reprehensible.
rose veal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From its rosy color; compare rose meat.
Senses: glosses: Veal from calves reared in a relatively humane way (without veal crates) and having a darker pink colour.
harking back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hark back
harked back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hark back
scrotitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From scrotum + -itis.
Senses: glosses: inflammation of the scrotum
NARSID
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: NARSIDs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of non-avalanche-related snow immersion death.
NARSIDs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of NARSID
Esthonian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛˈstəʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /-ˈsθəʊ-/
ipa: /ɛˈstoʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /-ˈsθoʊ-/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Forms: form: more Esthonian
form: most Esthonian
Senses: glosses: Dated form of Estonian.
Esthonian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛˈstəʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /-ˈsθəʊ-/
ipa: /ɛˈstoʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /-ˈsθoʊ-/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Forms: form: Esthonians
Senses: glosses: Dated form of Estonian.
Esthonian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛˈstəʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /-ˈsθəʊ-/
ipa: /ɛˈstoʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /-ˈsθoʊ-/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Senses: glosses: Dated form of Estonian.
Esthonians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Esthonian