cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
string cheese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: string cheeses
Senses: glosses: Any of various cheeses that can be peeled in strings or strips.
wikipedia: Megmilk Snow Brand
Windoze
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of Windows + doze, suggesting slow performance. First use appears c. 1986. See cite below.
Senses: examples: text: Every point and counterpoint is peppered with derisive terms such as "Windoze," "File Mangler," and "PeeCees."
ref: 1986, PC Communications Corporation, PC Magazine, The Independent Guide to IBM-standard Personal Computing · Volume 15, page 85:
text: I've had it with the Windoze Gestapo. They want to make everyone use Windoze. They have propogandize^([sic]) the public through computer publications and large newspapers.
ref: 1997 February 19, ROWE BOBBY S, “Defend yourself against the Windoze Gestapo”, in alt.destroy.microsoft (Usenet):
text: My big fear was that they'd use some kind of weirdo operating system, but it turned out just to be Windoze. And not Windoze Millennium, NT, or '98, or even '95, but Windoze 3.1
ref: 2006, Anthony McGowan, Hellbent, page 118:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Microsoft Windows.
Related terms: Winblows
Windross
Windross
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of Windows + dross, suggesting an inferior product.
Senses: examples: text: Like Danny, I made the difficult decision to take a close look at Windross at Xmas96. The OS is a monster it's true; but IMHO it also brings alternative ways of achieving your objectives which are, as I have tried to show, not available in the Acorn environment. Recent threads on Acorn v Windross in schools don't seem to focus on this?
ref: 1998 June 10, Martin Birchall, “Sad”, in comp.sys.acorn.misc (Usenet):
text: The Windross user experience is awful. I migrated to the Mac, and while it's amazing to have inDesign, XPress, Photoshop, Acrobat, etc. right there, Mac OS 8/9's GUI was nothing on RISC OS and it's difficult to describe in any meaningful way Mac OS X's GUI is better than Windows - especially as the responsiveness remains poor.
ref: 2003 January 4, David, “Comments about Windross OS”, in comp.sys.acorn.misc (Usenet):
text: I copy the file to a plain Jane Lexar thumb drive, then move the drive to Windoze. Windross does it's^([sic]) usual popup game: "Yay! Look at me! I found something! Yay! It's a USB device! Yay! I'm setting it up now! Yay! Look at me!!"
ref: 2012 November 17, Sinister Midget, “Windwoes Dimwittery”, in comp.os.linux.advocacy (Usenet):
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Microsoft Windows.
Related terms: Winblows
Windoze
Windross
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: A Yorkshire surname; unexplained. P. H. Reaney and R. M. Wilson (A Dictionary of British Surnames) suggest that it is from the late placename Windros Laithe (in Flasby, North Yorkshire), but this is unlikely as it appears to take its name from the surname. May be connected with Windridge, a surname probably from Windrush (in Gloucestershire), though George Redmonds (A Dictionary of Yorkshire Surnames) states that he can find no link between these surnames.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
chlorhexadol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /klɔː(ɹ)ˈhɛksədɒl/
Senses: glosses: A particular hypnotic sedative drug.
embutramide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɛmˈbjuːtɹəmaɪd/
Senses: glosses: A potent sedative drug used for euthanasia in animals.
methyprylon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /mɛθɪˈpɹaɪlɒn/
Senses: glosses: A piperidinedione sedative used for treating insomnia, now less commonly prescribed because of its side effects.
piperidinedione
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: piperidinediones
Etymology: From piperidine + dione.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any derivative of piperidine with two ketone functional groups.
piperidinediones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of piperidinedione
`num`
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: #
form: #
form: #s
Etymology: Derived from the abbreviation lb for Latin libra (“pound”), via the medieval convention of indicating abbreviations with a bar, ℔.
Senses: examples: text: 3#
translation: three pounds
english: three pounds
bold_translation_offsets: 6
12
glosses: Pound (unit of weight).
examples: text: #3
translation: number three
english: number three
bold_translation_offsets: 0
6
synonyms: no.
qualifier: precedes a numeral
glosses: Number.
examples: ref: 1986 December 14, Ben Robbins, “Operator Denies Request For Gay Phone #”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 22, page 2:
text: I have collected U.S. Stamps since I was a boy back in the 1950's. At that time there was a low # being printed and it was affordable.
ref: 1997 June 17, RYankowski [username], “Why collect new U.S.?”, in rec.collecting.stamps (Usenet):
glosses: Number.
examples: text: PTERION#
topics: Scrabble
board-games
games
glosses: In English-language Scrabble, indicates that a word is only found in the British accepted word list and not the North American list.
Related terms: £
specificness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: specificnesses
Etymology: From specific + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Test Copy for Specificness / Copy, if possible, should be specific.
ref: 1920, James Melvin Lee, Business writing, page 429:
text: Headlines — Specificness / The headline should be specific. Such generalities as Wisdom, The Truth, Character and Reputation, Easy Economies, or Cheapest and Best have little value for the average reader.
ref: 1921, Harry Tipper with Harry Levi Hollingworth, George Burton Hotchkiss, and Frank Alvah Parsons, Advertising, its principles and practice, pages 282–3:
text: To do a naturalistic play you have to respect the specificness of the period, place and social conditions
ref: 1981 August 9, “Stage View; PETER BROOK RETURNS TO CHEKHOV'S VISION”, in New York Times:
text: Definiteness, specificness and genericness
ref: 1984, Rodney D. Huddleston, Introduction to the grammar of English, page 248:
text: A second problem about taking stories as moral examples is their specificness.
ref: 2002, John Goldingay, Approaches to Old Testament Interpretation, page 40:
glosses: Specificity, the state of being specific
Synonyms: specificity
Vickrey
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
dienolate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dienolates
Etymology: From dienol + -ate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any metal derivative of a dienol
dienol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dienols
Etymology: From diene + -ol.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any compound having a hydroxy group directly attached to a diene.
Derived terms: dienolate
dimedone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdaɪmədəʊn/
Etymology: Shortening of the chemical name.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The cyclic diketone 5,5-dimethylcyclohexane-1,3-dione, used in analytical chemistry
epibatidine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A polycyclic alkaloid, obtained from the skin of the poisonous frog Epipedobates tricolor, that is a powerful analgesic
dialane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The aluminium hydride Al₂H₆ that is a dimer of alane found only at low temperatures
fucopeptide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fucopeptides
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of many glycoproteins containing fucose
galactopyranosylamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: galactopyranosylamines
Etymology: From galactopyranosyl + amine?
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any amino sugar derived from a galactopyranose
glycopeptidomimetic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glycopeptidomimetics
Etymology: From glycopeptide + -o- + mimetic.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any mimetic of a glycopeptide
haloquinoline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: haloquinolines
Etymology: From halo- + quinoline.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any halogenated derivative of a quinoline
heptenyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heptenyls
Etymology: From heptene + -yl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A radical derived from a heptene
hexasaccharide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hexasaccharides
Etymology: From hexa- + saccharide.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any oligosaccharide containing six sugar residues
hexenyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hexenyls
Etymology: From hexene + -yl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A radical derived from a hexene.
hexynyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hexyne + -yl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A radical derived from a hexyne.
Derived terms: methohexital
histaminergic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more histaminergic
form: most histaminergic
Etymology: From histamine + -ergic.
Senses: examples: text: The main interest of these results seems to me to lie in the fact that they provide new evidence in support of the importance of antidromic impulses in sensory nerves; the results suggest that these nerves produce dilatation under physiological conditions by liberating histamine. The adjective "histaminergic" is proposed for these nerves.
ref: 1936 May 12, J. H. Gaddum, “The Estimation of Histamine in Blood”, in Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine:
glosses: Of or pertaining to the effects of histamine at a receptor in an affected tissue.
Derived terms: antihistaminergic
nonhistaminergic
homoallylamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: homoallylamines
Etymology: From homoallyl + amine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The primary amine CH₂=CH-CH₂-CH₂-NH₂ or any of its N-substituted derivatives
homoallylglycine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: homoallylglycines
Etymology: From homoallyl + glycine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of homoallyl derivatives of glycine that are used to introduce alkene functionality into proteins
hydroxyamino
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hydroxy + amino.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any hydroxy derivative of an amino radical.
extra-amniotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: extraamniotic
Etymology: From extra- + amniotic.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Between the amnion and endometrium
hydroxyleucine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydroxyleucines
Etymology: From hydroxy- + leucine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of several isomeric hydroxy derivatives of leucine
hydroxymethylation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydroxymethylations
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The introduction of one or more hydroxymethyl groups into a molecule
Related terms: hydromethylation
DNA hydroxymethylation
hella-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From hella.
Senses: examples: text: Point your little browser toward The Official Petition to Establish ‘Hella-‘ as the SI Prefix for 10^27 if you want your storage space in 50 years to be measured in hellabytes and the universe’s weight in hellagrams. […] One hellameter would be something like a billion light-years, and the limit of the universe as we know it seems to be, well, a fraction of that. […] A hellasecond would be about a two and a half million times the age of our galaxy.
ref: 2010 February 20, Devin Coldewey, “Yes we can make "hellabytes" an SI-recognized term”, in TechCrunch:
text: The universe, he said, is 1.4 hellameters across. The sun's power is 0.3 hellawatts.
ref: 2010 August 10, Carlos Alcalã, “Physics student's prefix idea is 'hella' good”, in Phys.org:
text: Star Trek showed us a world where doors slid open as we approached, where we had small flip-open communicators that let us talk to anyone in the world, where we had wall-size screens and video communication, silver discs that stored hellabytes of data, universal translators, medical beds, desktop computers, tablets that gave us instant access to information, supercomputers that understood speech, and a lot of other technologies we’re still designing and building.
ref: 2012, Mark Clark, Star Trek FAQ: Everything Left to Know about the First Voyages of the Starship Enterprise, Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, →ISBN:
text: We are running out of words to describe how much data we have.[…]MIT’s Andrew McAfee and others have actually proposed that we settle on “hellabyte” – as in, “helluva lot of data,” to describe the next stage of the data deluge.
ref: 2013 October 25, Dominic Basulto, “Welcome to the hellabyte era, as in a helluva lot of data”, in The Washington Post:
text: Really I am sitting at a desk with beautiful reflecting glass I thought I would go through to see if there is something I can use, like in 2010, UC Davis student Austin Sendek started a petition to designate "hella" as the SI (International System of Units) prefix for one octillion (10²⁷). He gathered more than 60,000 signatures and a fair amount of press coverage, but the proposal was officially rejected. However, the prefix has been adopted by Google Calculator and WolframAlpha, where you'll find units like hellavolt and hellasecond.
ref: 2016 November 28, John Bloomberg-Rissman, In the House of the Hangman Volume 2, pages 881-882:
glosses: A proposed synonym for ronna- (10²⁷)
navs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of nav
refback
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: refbacks
Etymology: Blend of referer + back
Senses: glosses: The use of the optional HTML referer header to obtain information about web pages or proxy servers bringing traffic to a web page.
Hypernyms: linkback
Coordinate terms: pingback
trackback
unshriven
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + shriven.
Senses: examples: text: Monaldeschi staggered against the wall, and remained for a few minutes in a state of almost insensibility, when the Chevalier, drawing his sword, pointed to the Father, who stood nearly as pale and aghast as the man whose confession he was called upon so suddenly to receive. The prisoner sprung forwards, and throwing himself at the Confessor's feet, implored him piteously to hasten to Christina, and intercede for his life. At first, the Captain Sentinelli objected to Mantuony leaving the room with his penitent unshriven; but respect for the holy man at last induced him to allow his proceeding on what he warned him would be a fruitless mission.
ref: 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter VI, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 57:
text: In thee there lives the energy / Can make the turf a heaven, / May birds that peck thy candle die / By Parson Rook unshriven!
ref: 1893, Norman Gale, “To a Glow-Worm”, in Orchard Songs, London: [Charles] Elkin Mathews & John Lane; New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, →OCLC, page 100:
glosses: Not shriven.
disso
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dissos
Etymology: Clipping of dissertation + -o.
Senses: examples: text: “I was just annoyed when I worked out all the rounding and I knew it would be 69 – which sucked, because it was so close – but I was also glad that at least I got a 2:1. For a while I didn’t think I’d even get that. I think because my disso just wasn’t that great it dragged my overall percentage down and I couldn’t fix that.
ref: 2020 July 30, Maddy Mussen, “We spoke to people who finished with 69 per cent at uni about how they handled it”, in The Tab:
synonyms: diss
glosses: A dissertation.
desses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dess
Page Down
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Page Downs
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A keyboard key that when pressed scrolls down to the next page of content.
Related terms: Page Up
Page Up
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Page Ups
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A keyboard key that when pressed scrolls up to the previous page of content.
Related terms: Page Down
isoxazolidinone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: isoxazolidinones
Etymology: From iso- + oxazolidinone.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An isomer of oxazolidinone having the carbonyl in a different position in the ring
ketocarboxylate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ketocarboxylates
Etymology: From keto- + carboxylate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of a ketocarboxylic acid
ketocarboxylic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ketocarboxylic acids
Etymology: From keto- + carboxylic acid.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any carboxylic acid having a ketonic carbonyl group, but especially any α-ketocarboxylic acid having the carbonyl group adjacent to the carboxylic acid group
lissoclinamide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lissoclinamides
Etymology: From translingual Lissoclinum + amide.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A cytotoxic cyclopeptide, having 21 amino acid residues, isolated from an ascidian of the genus Lissoclinum.
cyclopeptide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyclopeptides
Etymology: From cyclo- + peptide.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any cyclic peptide
num lock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: num locks
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Alternative spelling of Num Lock.
lysobactin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lysobactins
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: katanosin
katanosin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: katanosins
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Any of a class of cyclic depsipeptide antibiotics isolated from bacteria of the genus Lysobacter.
Synonyms: lysobactin
mesyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmiː.sʌɪl/
ipa: /ˈmiː.sɪl/
ipa: /ˈmɛs.əl/
ipa: /ˈmi.səl/
rhymes: -ɛsəl
Forms: form: mesyls
Etymology: Contraction of methylsulfonyl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The univalent radical CH₃SO₂– of methanesulfonic acid.
Derived terms: alt: mesylate
word: mesilate
mesyl
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmiː.sʌɪl/
ipa: /ˈmiː.sɪl/
ipa: /ˈmɛs.əl/
ipa: /ˈmi.səl/
rhymes: -ɛsəl
Etymology: From Middle English mesel (“leprous, leper”), from Norman mesel (“leprous, leper”), from Old French mesel (“leprous, leper”), from Late Latin misellus (“leper”), from miser (“wretched, wretch”) + -ellus (“-elle”). Doublet of measles.
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of mesel, in its various senses.
mesyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmiː.sʌɪl/
ipa: /ˈmiː.sɪl/
ipa: /ˈmɛs.əl/
ipa: /ˈmi.səl/
rhymes: -ɛsəl
Forms: form: mesyls
Etymology: From Middle English mesel (“leprous, leper”), from Norman mesel (“leprous, leper”), from Old French mesel (“leprous, leper”), from Late Latin misellus (“leper”), from miser (“wretched, wretch”) + -ellus (“-elle”). Doublet of measles.
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of mesel, in its various senses.
mesyls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mesyl
be it as it may
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Even if that is the case; whether that is true or not; nevertheless.
Synonyms: be that as it may
nonetheless
withal
nevertheless
limber up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: limbers up
form: limbering up
form: limbered up
form: limbered up
Senses: examples: text: The swimmer limbered up for a few minutes before the final.
glosses: To stretch one's muscles to make them more limber, usually as a preparation for physical exercise.
examples: text: You need to limber up your wits before the exam.
text: A good massage will limber up the neck and arms.
glosses: To make (someone or something) more limber or flexible.
examples: text: As politicians limber up for European elections in the summer of 2019, the biggest party grouping in the European parliament, the European People’s party, is desperately clinging on to Orbán’s Fidesz party, and has even been making furtive overtures to Poland’s PiS, for fear of the Orbvini camp forming a new alliance to compete with it.
ref: 2018 July 9, Timothy Garton Ash, “Liberal Europe isn’t dead yet. But its defenders face a long, hard struggle”, in The Guardian:
glosses: To prepare; to make oneself ready.
glosses: To attach a limber.
soften up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: softens up
form: softening up
form: softened up
form: softened up
Senses: glosses: To make softer.
glosses: To appease someone in order to make them more receptive to an idea or proposal.
examples: text: That was what Agnes thought at two o'clock in the afternoon, but by evening she had softened up some.
ref: 1994, J.A. Jance, Death of a Snowbird:
glosses: To become less committed to something.
Synonyms: sense: to appease someone
word: to butter up
Derived terms: soften up the ground
neera
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Marathi नीरा (nīrā), from Sanskrit नीर (nīra, “juice, water”), ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *nīr.
Senses: glosses: A sweet sap extracted from the inflorescence of various species of toddy palm and widely consumed in India and other Asian countries, sometimes fermented to produce toddy.
Synonyms: palm nectar
sweet toddy
toddy palm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: toddy palms
Senses: examples: text: The toddy palms and neem trees and mangoes and peepul that were hidden behind the bazaars now become visible and in their turn hide the bazaars.
ref: 1924, EM Forster, A Passage to India, Penguin, published 2005, page 6:
glosses: Any of several species of palm used to produce toddy or palm wine.
Hyponyms: Borassus
Caryota
Cocos nucifera
toddy palms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of toddy palm
palm wine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: palm wines
form: palm-wine
Senses: glosses: Any alcoholic drink produced from the sap of palm trees; toddy.
glosses: A genre of popular music most closely associated with mid-20th-century Sierra Leone.
swan dive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: swan dives
Senses: topics: diving
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A forward dive performed with an arched back, the legs together, starting with arms outstretched when jumping, bringing them over the head when landing.
glosses: A similar movement out of the water.
glosses: A sharp drop or steep decline.
Synonyms: swallow dive
nonpalmar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + palmar.
Senses: examples: text: We examined the pattern of response of palmar and nonpalmar sweating to the initiation of exercise and to stepwise changes in work load […]
ref: 1987, Keizō Shiraki, Mohamed K Yousef, Man in stressful environments: thermal and work physiology:
glosses: Not of or pertaining to the palm of the hand.
swan-dive
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: swan-dives
form: swan-diving
form: swan-dived
form: swan-dove
form: swan-dived
Senses: topics: diving
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: to perform a swan dive
glosses: to plummet, drop rapidly
forward dive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: forward dives
Senses: topics: diving
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A dive in which the diver faces the water while taking off, and lands facing forward.
backward dive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: backward dives
Senses: glosses: A dive in which the diver faces away from the water while taking off, and lands facing backwards.
belly flopper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: belly floppers
Senses: glosses: belly flop
belly whop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: belly whops
Senses: glosses: belly flop
belly whopper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: belly whoppers
Senses: glosses: belly flop
monoacylation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monoacylations
Etymology: From mono- + acylation.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: acylation with a single acyl group (where multiple acylations would be possible)
Related terms: monoacylate
methylsulfonyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: methylsulfonyls
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The radical CH₃SO₂- derived from methanesulfonic acid
Synonyms: mesyl
Derived terms: mezlocillin
monoacylations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monoacylation
monobromination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monobrominations
Etymology: From mono- + bromination.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: bromination with a single bromine atom (where multiple brominations would be possible)
monochlorination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monochlorinations
Etymology: From mono- + chlorination.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: chlorination with a single chlorine atom (where multiple chlorinations would be possible)
nonenolizable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more nonenolizable
form: most nonenolizable
Etymology: From non- + enolizable.
Senses: glosses: Not enolizable
nonenyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonenyls
Etymology: From nonene + -yl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A radical derived from a nonene
cut line
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cut lines
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cutline.
norvaline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: norvalines
Etymology: From nor- + valine.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An amino acid 2-amino-butanoic acid that is not found in protein
octadecene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: octadecenes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of very many isomers of an alkene having eighteen carbon atoms and one double bond
Derived terms: octadecenoic
oligophenylene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oligophenylenes
Etymology: From oligo- + phenylene.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any oligomer containing phenylene residues
organosilanol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: organosilanols
Etymology: From organo- + silanol.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any organic silanol
oxasilolane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oxasilolanes
Etymology: From oxa- + silolane.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A saturated five-membered heterocycle having three carbon atoms, one silicon and one oxygen atom; any of its derivatives
oxazolyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From oxazole + -yl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A radical derived from an oxazole
oxoamide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oxoamides
Etymology: From oxo- + amide.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any amide of a ketocarboxylic acid
panisidine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: panisidines
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of three isomeric methoxy derivatives of aniline.
Synonyms: aminoanisole
methoxyaniline
perbromide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: perbromides
Etymology: From per- + bromide.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A bromide having a higher proportion of bromine than any other bromide of the same substance or series.
photoinducible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From photo- + inducible.
Senses: glosses: That supports photoinduction.
Derived terms: photoinducibility
prepacked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + packed.
Senses: glosses: packed in advance
tank town
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tank towns
Etymology: From the practice of steam locomotives stopping at small towns to take on water.
Senses: examples: text: Nothing ever happens in this little tank town.
text: In 1884 four masked bandits held up a Southern Pacific passenger train as it stopped at the little tank town of Panitano for water.
ref: 2004, Thomas Penfield, Dig Here!: Lost Mines & Buried Treasure of the Southwest, Adventures Unlimited Press, page 143:
glosses: A small, unimportant, place.
Related terms: jerkwater town
progestational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pro- + gestational.
Senses: topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Describing the phase of the menstrual cycle before gestation and after ovulation, during which progesterone is secreted.
topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to progesterone.
topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Similar in action to progesterone; progesterone-like.
topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Encouraging or conducive to gestation (said of hormone levels, for example).
topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Relating to the time before gestation; pregestational.
Derived terms: antiprogestational
prosophylline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From translingual Prosopis + Ancient Greek φύλλον (phúllon, “leaf”) + -ine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A particular piperidine alkaloid found in the leaves of mesquite plants (of the genus Prosopis)
pseudooligosaccharide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudooligosaccharides
Etymology: From pseudo- + oligosaccharide.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any oligomer containing residues of both sugars and sugar alcohols.
methorphan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: methorphans
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Either of two isomers of 3-methoxy-17-methylmorphinan
Derived terms: dextromethorphan
levomethorphan
racemethorphan
sphincter of Oddi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sphincters of Oddi
Etymology: After Ruggero Oddi (1864-1913), Italian physiologist and anatomist.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A muscular valve that controls the flow of digestive juices (bile and pancreatic juice) through the ampulla of Vater into the second part of the duodenum.
Derived terms: sphincter of Oddi dysfunction
sphincter of Oddi dyskinesia
metopon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An opiate analogue, a methylated derivative of hydromorphone used as an analgesic.
metoposcopic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to metoposcopy.
glutethimide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glutethimides
Senses: glosses: A hypnotic sedative formerly used as an alternative to barbiturates to treat insomnia.
Derived terms: aminoglutethimide
morphanol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: racemorphan
Derived terms: dextrorphanol
levorphanol
phenylcyclohexylpiperidine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The drug phencyclidine.
navicert
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: navicerts
Etymology: Contraction of navigation certificate.
Senses: glosses: A form of passport permitting a neutral ship to traverse a blockade in wartime.
navicerts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of navicert
carfentanyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of carfentanil.
Drocode
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Shortening.
Senses: glosses: Trade name for the drug dihydrocodeine.
phenylacetone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phenylacetones
Etymology: From phenyl + acetone.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An organic compound, a clear oil used in the manufacture of methamphetamine and amphetamine.
Synonyms: P2P
phenyl-2-propanone
levacetylmethadol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From lev- + acetylmethadol.
Senses: glosses: A synthetic opioid, similar in structure to methadone, used in the treatment of opioid dependence.
xorphanol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From [Term?] + -orphan (“morphinan derivate”) + -ol.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An opioid analgesic of the morphinan family.
racemethorphan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From race- + methorphan.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: The racemic mixture of dextromethorphan and levomethorphan.
dextrorphanol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A psychoactive drug of the morphinan class which acts as an antitussive and dissociative hallucinogen.
morphinan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: morphinans
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The base chemical structure of a large class of psychoactive drugs, consisting of opioid analgesics, antitussives, and dissociative hallucinogens, among others.
Derived terms: dimemorfan
levophenacylmorphan
phenomorphan
morphinans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of morphinan
polygamomonoecious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From polygamous and monoecious.
Senses: glosses: Containing some plants that are polygamous and others that are monoecious, as for example in the case of the coconut palm.
raw_tags: of a species population
levophenacylmorphan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From levo- + phenacyl + morph(in)an.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A morphinan derivative that acts as an opioid agonist.
cyprodime
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An opioid antagonist from the morphinan family.
levallorphan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From lev- + all(yl) + -orphan (“morphinan derivate”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An opioid antagonist from the morphinan family.
antirheumatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antirheumatic
form: most antirheumatic
Etymology: From anti- + rheumatic.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Serving to prevent or counter rheumatism.
antirheumatic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antirheumatics
Etymology: From anti- + rheumatic.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A drug that prevents or counters rheumatism.
antirheumatics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antirheumatic
nonrheumatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + rheumatic.
Senses: glosses: Not rheumatic.
nonstreptococcal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + streptococcal.
Senses: glosses: Not streptococcal.
sinomenine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: translingual Sinomenium n + -ine
Senses: glosses: An alkaloid found in the climbing plant Sinomenium acutum, native to Japan and China, traditionally used in herbal medicine as a treatment for rheumatism and arthritis.
Synonyms: cocculine
cocculine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: sinomenine
morphinelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more morphinelike
form: most morphinelike
Etymology: From morphine + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of morphine.
cocoalike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cocoalike
form: most cocoalike
Etymology: From cocoa + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of cocoa.
drotebanol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A morphinan derivative that acts as an opioid agonist and is used as a potent antitussive.
hasubanan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hasubanans
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of alkaloids resembling morphinan.
Related terms: hasubanonine
hasubanans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hasubanan
hasubanonine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A hasubanan alkaloid with possible applications as a painkiller.
flexatone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flexatones
Etymology: Blend of flexible + tone.
Senses: glosses: A modern percussion instrument consisting of a small flexible metal sheet suspended in a wire frame ending in a handle.
flexatones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flexatone
radionic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: He considered Burr's theory of L-fields, to be integral to the workings of radionic rates, an idea developed later by Dr David Tansley.
ref: 2005, Isabel Bellamy, Donald MacLean, Radiant Healing: The Many Paths to Personal Harmony and Planetary Wholeness, Joshua Books, page 56:
text: All of these tests have been conducted by me using special radionic and psychotronic instruments, which I have designed and have made up for these purpose.^([sic])
ref: 2007, Michael Bertiaux, The Voudon Gnostic Workbook: Expanded Edition, Weiser Books, page 490:
text: The Radionic Association of the United Kingdom notes that radionic healers use extrasensory perception (ESP) in addition to a radionics device in their work.
ref: 2011, Lisa Preston, Natural Healing for Cats, Dogs, Horses, and Other Animals, Skyhorse Publishing, page 108:
glosses: Of or pertaining to radionics.
radionecroses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of radionecrosis
radionecrotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From radio- + necrotic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to radionecrosis.
Derived terms: osteoradionecrotic
drostdy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drostdys
form: drostdies
Senses: glosses: A local government district of the Cape Colony (part of modern South Africa).
drostdys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of drostdy
drostdies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of drostdy
tauhou
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tauhous
form: tahou
Etymology: Borrowed from Maori.
Senses: examples: text: Also in this group is the tauhou or silvereye (Zosterops lateralis) and two honey-eaters […]
ref: 1973, Walter Imber, Kenneth Brailey Cumberland, R B Rains, New Zealand: Pacific land down under:
text: There was one tauhou preternaturally wary and, somehow, knowing […]
ref: 1997, Jenny Bornholdt, Gregory O'Brien, Mark Williams, An anthology of New Zealand poetry in English:
glosses: A silvereye, a bird of species Zosterops lateralis.
silvereye
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: silvereyes
Etymology: From silver + eye.
Senses: glosses: A very small passerine bird, of species Zosterops lateralis, native to Australia, New Zealand, and nearby Pacific islands, having a ring of silvery feathers around the eye.
glosses: Any of several birds of the genus Zosterops having a ring of white feathers around the eyes.
Synonyms: sense: Zosterops lateralis
word: blightbird
sense: Zosterops lateralis
word: tauhou
sense: Zosterops lateralis
word: wax-eye
sense: various species of Zosterops
word: white-eye
sense: various species of Zosterops
word: zosteropid
silvereyes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of silvereye
silverily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more silverily
form: most silverily
Etymology: From silvery + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a silvery manner.
jokesome
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more jokesome
form: most jokesome
Etymology: From joke + -some.
Senses: glosses: Marked by joking or jocularity; joky; humorous
Derived terms: jokesomeness
premycotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + mycotic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to a phase of mycosis fungoides in which the patient has areas of red, scaly, itchy skin on areas of the body that are usually not exposed to sun.
rawaru
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Maori.
Senses: glosses: A fish, the blue cod (Parapercis colias).
skidproof
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From skid + -proof.
Senses: examples: text: The deck of a swimming pool for the handicapped should be wide, skidproof, and close to the water surface.
ref: 1969, Edward W Lowman, Judith Lannefeld Klinger, Aids to independent living: self-help for the handicapped:
glosses: Resistant to skidding; nonslip.
snatch defeat from the jaws of victory
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: snatches defeat from the jaws of victory
form: snatching defeat from the jaws of victory
form: snatched defeat from the jaws of victory
form: snatched defeat from the jaws of victory
Etymology: An ironic reversal of snatch victory from the jaws of defeat.
Senses: examples: text: 1874, Illinois sports pages, "but when they [the Whitesocks baseball team] snatch defeat from the jaws of victory there can be little sympathy for their deserved misfortune." (Quoteinvestigator)
text: 1999, Abraham Lincoln removed Gen. Ambrose Burnside from command after the Battle of Fredricksburg (11-15 December 1862), describing his actions as snatching defeat from the jaws of victory—Janis Herbert, The Civil War for Kids. Chicago, Illinois: Chicago Review Press, p. 68.
text: 1999, Daniel N. Nelson, "Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory," Journal of the Atomic Scientists (Chicago, Illinois). October 1992.
text: 2005, William Kristol, "Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory?" The Weekly Standard (Washington, D.C.). 6 September 2005.
text: 2007, William Easterly, "The Ideology of Development," Foreign Policy (Washington, D.C.). June 11, 2007.
... since the fall of communism, the West has managed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, and with disastrous results.
text: 2008, Victor Davis Hanson, "Snatching Defeat from the jaws of victory," National Review (New York, New York). 31 January 2008.
text: 2009, "Teenagers snatch defeat from the jaws of victory," Londonderry Sentinal (Londonderry, Northern Ireland). 22 October 2009.
text: 2010, Peter Roebuck. "Tourists snatch defeat from jaws of victory," Sydney Morning Herald (Sydney, New South Wales). 8 January 2010.
text: This analysis was reflected in the fates of the respective commanding officers. McMorris, who'd managed to, by luck and judgment, retain all of his ships, was made Nimitz's chief of staff. Hosogaya, who'd managed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, was relieved of command and forced to retire to the reserves, where he would never again be allowed an active seagoing command.
ref: 2023 October 4, Drachinifel, 28:18 from the start, in Battle of the Komandorski Islands - Forced to run, yet still they won, archived from the original on 04 Oct 2023:
glosses: To suddenly lose a contest one seemed very likely to win, especially through mistakes or bad judgment.
mopied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of mopy
mopying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of mopy
ptosyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: tosyl (especially p-tosyl)
localness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From local + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Localness and local-sounding speech can become a commodity, and this, as we have seen, can create competition over the control of what localness means or over its uses.
ref: 2004, Ronald K S Macaulay, Carmen Fought, Sociolinguistic variation: critical reflections:
glosses: The state or condition of being local.
Venuslike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Venuslike
form: most Venuslike
Etymology: From Venus + -like.
Senses: examples: text: […] the woman in the middle assumes a classical Venuslike pose, and a leg of one of the figures devolves into cubist abstraction.
ref: 2006, Pauline Frommer, Pauline Frommer's New York City:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of Venus (the goddess); beautiful and voluptuous.
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of the planet Venus.
nonperiphrastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + periphrastic.
Senses: glosses: Not periphrastic.
`gt`
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Forms: form: >
Senses: examples: text: “i mean ubuntu is better than debian anyways, it's even the most mainstream version of desktop linux”
“> ubuntu is better than debian”
glosses: Used to quote a person, especially to emphasize what was said and make fun of the person.
examples: text: “and so i got a mac since they have less viruses[…]”
“> he thinks that macs are virus-free”
glosses: Used to emphasize and make fun of (what the speaker assumes is) a person’s inner thoughts.
examples: text: “so i opened up internet explorer, went to google, and looked it up[…]”
“> using internet explorer in 2020”
glosses: Used to emphasize and make fun of a person’s actions.
examples: text: >be me
>decide to buy CS:GO to see why it's so popular
>get instantly spawnkilled in my first game
>uninstall the game and demand a refund
glosses: Used for storytelling in short, fragmented statements.
examples: text: effort >
text: random hugs >>>>>
text: At the swanky event, the duo is also spotted among a buncha other celebrity attendees and audience members. ¶ These two>>>>
ref: 2024 August 20, Mehera Bonner, “Zoë Kravitz and Channing Tatum’s 3-Year Relationship Timeline: a Retrospective”, in Cosmopolitan, archived from the original on 07 Oct 2024:
glosses: Used to signify enjoyment or appreciation of something (over everything else), often with many repetitions of the symbol.
Language: English
Part of speech: punct
Forms: form: ] [
Etymology: From the vaporwave subculture which uses full-width lettering to write words. This style produces what appears to be spaces between each letter, leading to vaporwave-related terms being spelled with spaces between each letter to replicate this style (for example, the spacing in "ｖａｐｏｒｗａｖｅ", in full-width, is replicated using spaces as "v a p o r w a v e").
Senses: glosses: Used to space out letters in words relating to vaporwave.
raw_tags: punctuation