cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
nonsciences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonscience
nonskeletal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + skeletal.
Senses: examples: text: A diagnosis may require nonskeletal imaging.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to those parts of the body which are not skeletal
Derived terms: nonskeletally
Related terms: nonskeleton
nonunidirectional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + unidirectional.
Senses: examples: text: These particles are large enough to settle from air in areas of nonunidirectional flow.
ref: 1999, Thomas A. Barber, Control of Particulate Matter Contamination in Healthcare Manufacturing, →ISBN, page 473:
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Not unidirectional
Synonyms: multidirectional
Derived terms: nonunidirectionally
nucleoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnjuːkliˌɔɪd/
ipa: /ˈnjukliˌɔɪd/
ipa: /ˈnu-/
Forms: form: nucleoids
Etymology: From nucleo- + -oid; thus "like a nucleus".
Senses: topics: biology
microbiology
natural-sciences
glosses: The irregularly-shaped region within a prokaryote cell where the genetic material is localized
Derived terms: internucleoid
intranucleoid
midnucleoid
nucleoidal
nucleoidally
uninucleoid
nucleoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nucleoid
odortaxis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From odor + taxis.
Senses: examples: text: These cells may be activated by physical deformation of the cuticle or chemical stimuli that reach a ciliated dendrite via the opening (e.g., neurons involved in chemotaxis and odortaxis behavior, or nose-touch response)
ref: 2006, Eric James Aamodt (editor), The Neurobiology of C. Elegans, Volume 69, page 5:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
nematology
zoology
coordinate_terms: chemotaxis
glosses: The movement of an organism with respect to, usually towards, a volatile airborne chemical.
Derived terms: odortactic
oligocellular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From oligo- + cellular.
Senses: examples: a primitive, oligocellular organism
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Having few cells
Related terms: oligonuclear
acellular
unicellular
monocellular
multicellular
polycellular
osmosensation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From osmo- + sensation.
Senses: topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
nematology
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
zoology
glosses: The sensory perception of osmotic pressure
Coordinate terms: mechanosensation
Related terms: osmosensitive
osmosensory
osmosensitivity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: osmosensitivities
Etymology: From osmosensitive + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: The mutant strain exhibited reduced osmosensitivity.
topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
nematology
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
zoology
glosses: An organism's degree of sensitivity to osmotic gradients
Related terms: osmosensation
osmosensitive
osmosensory
ranny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rannies
Etymology: From Latin mūsarāneus (“shrew, fieldmouse”).
Senses: examples: text: instead of a caligation or dimness, we conclude a cecity or blindness. Which hath been frequently inferred concerning other Animals, so some affirm the Water-Rat is blind, so Sammonicus and Nicander do call the Mus-Araneus, the shrew or Ranny, blind […]
ref: 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, section XVIII:
glosses: A shrew (the animal).
Derived terms: ranny-gazoo
passaged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of passage
actinologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: actinologists
Etymology: From actinology + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A student of actinology; one versed in the science of actinology.
actinologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of actinologist
passaging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of passage
paleotemperature
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paleotemperatures
form: palaeotemperature
Etymology: From paleo- + temperature.
Senses: examples: text: It is thus possible to use the position of the data on the profile to estimate the palaeotemperature of each sample at 40 Ma.
ref: 1999, S.N. Thomson et al., “Miocene high-pressure metamorphic rocks of Crete, Greece”, in Uwe Ring, editor, Exhumation Processes, →ISBN, page 95:
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: The temperature at a location in the geologic past
Related terms: paleoclimate
paleointensities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paleointensity
paleotemperatures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paleotemperature
paleointensity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paleointensities
form: palaeointensity
Etymology: From paleo- + intensity.
Senses: examples: text: Paleointensity cannot be predicted by theory or from numerical simulation, since the mechanisms involved in the geodynamo are not sufficiently constrained.
ref: 2007, Joseph S. Stoner, Guillaume St-Onge, “Magnetic Stratigraphy in Paleooceanography”, in Proxies in Late Cenozoic Paleoceanography, →ISBN, page 123:
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: The intensity of geomagnetism at a given location at a particular time in the geologic past
paleofield
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paleofields
form: palaeofield
Etymology: From paleo- + field.
Senses: examples: text: In particular, paleofields as high as 300 μT have been reported from the Allende meteorite that formed more than 4.5 x10⁹ years ago
ref: 2003, Michael E. Evans, Friedrich Heller, Environmental Magnetism, →ISBN, page 250:
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A magnetic field active at a particular time in the geologic past
Related terms: paleointensity
paleoenvironmental
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: palaeoenvironmental
Etymology: From paleo- + environmental.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to the environment at a particular time in the geologic past.
Related terms: paleoenvironment
Electra complex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Electra complexes
Etymology: With reference to Electra of Greek mythology, who killed her mother.
Senses: examples: text: "No plot! Why, dammit girl, it's all plot, woven about that most fascinating of human problems, the Electra complex!"
ref: 1961, Xavier Herbert, Soldiers' Women, Netley, SA: Fontana Books, published 1978, page 234:
topics: human-sciences
medicine
psychoanalysis
psychology
sciences
glosses: The theory that a female's psychological development involves a sexual attachment to the father and jealousy of the mother.
Related terms: Oedipus complex
penetrance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: penetrances
Etymology: From penetrate + -ance.
Senses: glosses: The quality or state of being penetrant; power of entering or piercing; penetrating power.
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The proportion of individuals carrying a particular variation of a gene that also express an associated trait
Derived terms: nonpenetrance
Related terms: penetration
expressivity
penetrances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of penetrance
perinucleolar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From peri- + nucleolar.
Senses: examples: the perinucleolar chromatin
topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to the area within the nucleus and near the nucleolus
Derived terms: perinucleolar compartment
Related terms: perinuclear
best efforts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: best effort
form: best endeavors
Senses: topics: law
glosses: An assurance of good-faith effort to achieve best results under prevailing circumstances.
topics: business
finance
glosses: An effort to sell securities without a firm underwriting.
ULDUSTA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ULDUSTAs
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Acronym of ultimate duty station.
netbook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: netbooks
Etymology: Blend of net + notebook, a trademark registered by Psion.
Senses: examples: ref: 2009 March 4, The net(book) effect, “Joe Brancatelli”, in NBC News:
english: As the line between traditional laptop computers and smartphones blurs and new ideas like netbooks arrive, business travelers face a new series of choices about what to carry on the road.
translation: As the line between traditional laptop computers and smartphones blurs and new ideas like netbooks arrive, business travelers face a new series of choices about what to carry on the road.
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topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An economical notebook computer able to access the Internet.
wikipedia: Psion
Derived terms: smartbook
Related terms: laptop
net computer
subnotebook
ultraportable
B-bender
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: B-benders
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A guitar accessory that enables a player to mechanically bend the B-string up a full tone to C-sharp.
B-benders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of B-bender
perisynaptic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From peri- + synaptic.
Senses: examples: the perisynaptic glial sheath
topics: medicine
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
glosses: Near a synapse
Coordinate terms: synaptic
extrasynaptic
Derived terms: perisynaptically
Related terms: perinodal
parasynaptic
presynaptic
symbole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: symboles
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of symbol.
asearch
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈsɜː(ɹ)t͡ʃ/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)tʃ
Forms: form: more asearch
form: most asearch
Etymology: From a- + search.
Senses: examples: text: Assured henceforth, where'er I go
Asearch tho' loftiest solitude,
Or in the thundering Vatican,
There's naught sublime but Man!
ref: a. 1904, Ira Billman, "The Birthplace of Sublimity", in, 1904, Songs of All Seasons, The Hollenbeck Press, page 181 http://google.com/books?id=sd00AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA181&dq=asearch
text: Great sons were they, when race leapt into moods,
Cultures and teachers even as in our day,—
Who come asearch for truth, discover it,
And so hang new suns 'cross the human way.
ref: a. 1907, Martha Virginia Burton, "Under Gold Helmets", in, 1907, Sons of the Sun, Bessette & Son, page 91 http://google.com/books?id=yIg0AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA91&dq=asearch
text: Swift as light-flash o' storm, swift, swift, / Would I send the wish o' thine asearch.
ref: 1916, Casper Salathiel Yost with Pearl Lenore and Pollard Curran, Patience Worth: a psychic mystery, page 283:
glosses: Searching.
archbishophood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɑːtʃˈbɪʃəphʊd/
Etymology: From archbishop + -hood.
Senses: topics: ecclesiastical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: The rank of archbishop; the state of being an archbishop.
netbooks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of netbook
practic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈpɹæktɪk/
Forms: form: practics
Etymology: From Middle English practic, practik, partly from Old French practique and partly from its etymon, Late Latin prācticus (“active”), from Ancient Greek πρακτικός (praktikós, “of or pertaining to action, concerned with action or business, active, practical”), from πράσσω (prássō, “I do”). Doublet of practico.
Senses: glosses: A person concerned with action or practice, as opposed to one concerned with theory.
Derived terms: chiropractic
practic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈpɹæktɪk/
Forms: form: more practic
form: most practic
Etymology: From Middle English practic, practik, partly from Old French practique and partly from its etymon, Late Latin prācticus (“active”), from Ancient Greek πρακτικός (praktikós, “of or pertaining to action, concerned with action or business, active, practical”), from πράσσω (prássō, “I do”). Doublet of practico.
Senses: examples: text: They that intend the practic cure of melancholy, saith Duretus in his notes to Hollerius, set down nine peculiar scopes or ends […].
ref: , II.i.4.3
glosses: Practical.
examples: text: she vsed hath the practicke paine / Of this false footman [...].
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: Cunning, crafty.
Derived terms: practical
Related terms: practise
permeant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more permeant
form: most permeant
Etymology: From permeate + -ant.
Senses: examples: a permeant ion species
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Able to pass through or into a given semipermeable membrane or polymer.
permeant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: permeants
Etymology: From permeate + -ant.
Senses: examples: text: The overall movement of permeants through a polymer is called permeation, which is a multistep process.
ref: 2004, Kirk et al., editors, Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, volume 4, →ISBN, page 376:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A substance which is able to pass through or into a membrane or polymer.
Related terms: permeable
permeance
permeation
permeative
permeants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of permeant
phosphotransfer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phosphotransfers
Etymology: From phospho- + transfer.
Senses: examples: a phosphotransfer reaction
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A transfer of phosphate groups between two molecules
Derived terms: phosphotransferase
phosphotransference
Related terms: phosphorylation
phosphotransfers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phosphotransfer
photolysed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of photolyse
postcourse
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + course.
Senses: examples: text: We compared precourse and postcourse scores.
glosses: Following a course, such as of training or medical treatment
polystyrenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polystyrene
polymorphs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polymorph
photolyse
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: photolyses
form: photolysing
form: photolysed
form: photolysed
form: photolyze
Etymology: From photo- + lyse.
Senses: examples: text: Then, fluorophores were photolysed by a high-intensity light pulse and influx was monitored at the initial low beam power.
ref: 1986, I. Lang et al., “Molecular mobility and nucleocytoplasmic flux in hepatoma cells”, in Journal of Cell Biology, volume 102:
glosses: To cause photolysis.
Derived terms: photolysable
unphotolysed
Related terms: photolysis
photolytic
photolyze
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: photolyzes
form: photolyzing
form: photolyzed
form: photolyzed
Etymology: From photo + -lyze.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of photolyse.
Derived terms: photolyzable
photolysing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of photolyse
photolyses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of photolysis
photolyses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of photolyse
phycoerythrins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phycoerythrin
phyco-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From combining form of Ancient Greek φῦκος (phûkos, “seaweed”).
Senses: glosses: seaweed or algae.
phycoerythrin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌfaɪkəʊ.iˈɹɪθɹɪn/
Forms: form: phycoerythrins
Etymology: From phyco- + erythr- + -in.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A red, light-harvesting protein found in cyanobacteria, red algae and cryptomonads.
Hypernyms: phycobiliprotein
Related terms: allophycoerythrin
phycobilin
photoreceptive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From photo- + receptive.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Absorbing and using light, especially for sensory purposes
Derived terms: photoreceptivity
Related terms: photoreception
photoreceptor
photosensitive
implicative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more implicative
form: most implicative
Etymology: From implicate + -ive.
Senses: glosses: Tending to implicate or to imply; pertaining to implication.
Synonyms: implicatory
Derived terms: implicatively
implicativeness
Related terms: implicit
implicate
implication
implicitness
imply
postinfection
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + infection.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Occurring after an infection
postinfection
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From post- + infection.
Senses: examples: text: 14 days postinfection the control cell culture exhibited many inclusions that were arranged in clusters of 5 to 10 neighbouring cells.
ref: 1990, A. Clad et al., “Genital Isolates of Chlamydia trachomatis Survive 12 day Antibiotic Treatment in Vitro Due to Delayed Cell Lysis”, in William Robert Bowie, editor, Chlamydial Infections, →ISBN, page 524:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: After an infection
postinfection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: postinfections
Etymology: From post- + infection.
Senses: examples: text: Neurosurgeons must always be aware of the other causes of myelopathy. These conditions include parainfections or postinfections, systemic autoimmune disease, paraneoplastic syndromes[…]
ref: 2009, Remi Nader, Abdulrahman J. Sabbagh, Neurosurgery Case Review: Questions and Answers:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: An infection that arises after a medical procedure.
Related terms: preinfection
postinfective
predoctoral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + doctoral.
Senses: examples: text: a predoctoral fellowship
topics: education
glosses: Prior to receiving a doctorate
Synonyms: predoctorate
Coordinate terms: doctoral
postdoctoral
Derived terms: predoctorally
preterrestrial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + terrestrial.
Senses: examples: text: The System of the World of Laplace is the history of a preterrestrial era, the history of the world before the formation of the planet Earth, or if one prefers, of the Earth in its unity with the Sun.
ref: 1980, Eugenio Donato, “The Museum's Furnace”, in Textual Strategies, →ISBN, page 235:
glosses: Prior to the formation of Earth
examples: text: A plagioclase glass in some chondrites and irons formed by preterrestrial impact between meteorites in space.
ref: 2003, American Geological Institute, Dictionary of Mining, Mineral, and Related Terms, →ISBN, page 333:
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Occurring prior to a meteorite's impact with Earth
Derived terms: preterrestrially
Related terms: postterrestrial
preharvested
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + harvest + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: Subsequently the temperature of the produce must be maintained at low levels (at or near freezing) and in the presence of high relative humidity in order to maintain a level of quality mirroring that of the preharvested product.
ref: 1989, Ib Libner Nonnecke, Vegetable Production, →ISBN, page 150:
glosses: Prior to harvesting; pre-harvest
examples: text: Stem cells from bone marrow that can give rise to new immune cells are taken out from a patient, and then physicians use drugs to purposely obliterate the patient's entire immune system, a strategy called immunoablation. After that, the preharvested stem cells are infused back into the patient, where they can create fresh bone marrow and, it is hoped, a new functioning immune system.
ref: 2008 October 31, Lauren Cahoon, “More Than Skin Deep”, in Science, volume 322, number 5902:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Harvested in advance
Related terms: preharvest
preharvesting
postharvest
common chickweed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: common chickweeds
Senses: synonyms: chicken's-meat
glosses: An herb of species Stellaria media.
glosses: Any of several plants resembling Stellaria media, of species:
Ageratum conyzoides (billygoat weed)
glosses: Any of several plants resembling Stellaria media, of species:
Cerastium (mouse-ear chickweed)
glosses: Any of several plants resembling Stellaria media, of species:
Holosteum (jagged chickweed)
glosses: Any of several plants resembling Stellaria media, of species:
Moenchia (upright chickweed)
glosses: Any of several plants resembling Stellaria media, of species:
Paronychia
glosses: Any of several plants resembling Stellaria media, of species:
Other species in Stellaria
chawbacon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chawbacons
Etymology: From chaw + bacon.
Senses: glosses: An uncultured rustic person.
pyridoxal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pyridoxals
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: One of the three natural forms of vitamin B6
Coordinate terms: word: pyridoxamine
alt: pyridoxol
word: pyridoxine
proteoliposomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of proteoliposome
pyridoxals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pyridoxal
proteoliposome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: proteoliposomes
Etymology: From proteo- + liposome.
Senses: examples: text: The loading of proteins into a proteoliposome is accomplished by adding the chemicals to the buffer at the time the protein is added.
ref: 2005, Larry Barton, Structural and Functional Relationships in Prokaryotes, page 76:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A liposome into which one or more proteins have been inserted, usually by artificial means
Derived terms: proteoliposomal
Maccy D's
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Maccie D's
Senses: examples: text: Mum would kill me if she saw me in Maccy D's for breakfast.
ref: 2004, William Sutcliffe, Bad Influence:
text: We sat in Maccy D's for a little while before she started work in the afternoon.
ref: 2006, Jason Ellis, Banana Skins on the Table:
text: And anyway we went into the service station because he wanted a burger from Maccy D's and I wanted a Coke.
ref: 2007, George Gotts, Cocoa:
text: Tony H said: “Handy for something to eat simply .Great coffee. I like Macky Ds occasionally when I am out and about. It was clean and food was hot. So good!”
ref: 2019 December 21, Elle May Rice, “The best and worst McDonald's in Liverpool as rated by TripAdvisor”, in Liverpool Echo:
synonyms: word: Golden Arches
word: Maccas
word: Maccies
word: Maccy D's
word: McD
word: McDick's
word: McDo
word: McD's
word: McDungheap's
word: McFuck
word: McHell
word: McNiggers
word: McShit
word: McShithole
word: McShits
word: McShittles
word: Mickey D
word: Mickey D's
glosses: McDonald's.
Synonyms: word: Mickey D's
alt: Fiji
word: Macca's
word: McD's
word: McDo
kewler
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of kewl: more kewl
kewlest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of kewl: most kewl
microneighbourhood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microneighbourhoods
Etymology: From micro- + neighbourhood.
Senses: glosses: UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, and South Africa spelling of microneighborhood.
microneighbourhoods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microneighbourhood
geocached
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of geocache
kolbeckite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kolbeckites
Etymology: Friedrich L W Kolbeck, German mineralogist, and -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A scandium phosphate mineral.
kolbeckites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kolbeckite
architectures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of architecture
northeast by east
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The compass point halfway between northeast and east-northeast, specifically 56.25°, abbreviated as NEbE.
coffinite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coffinites
Etymology: From Coffin + -ite, after Reuben Clare Coffin, American geologist.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A brown or black uranium-bearing silicate mineral.
coffinites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coffinite
NEbE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of northeast by east.
tyuyamunite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Tyuyamun + -ite after discovery locality in the Tyuya-Muyun, Fergana Valley, Kyrgyzstan.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A very rare uranium mineral, Ca(UO₂)₂V₂O₈·(5-8)H₂O.
tyuyamunites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tyuyamunite
irtyshite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: irtyshites
Etymology: Irtysh river, Kazakhstan, and -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A hexagonal mineral containing sodium, tantalum, niobium, and oxygen.
irtyshites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of irtyshite
northeast by north
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The compass point halfway between northeast and north-northeast, specifically 33.75°, abbreviated as NEbN.
NEbN
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of northeast by north.
prefactor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prefactors
Etymology: From pre- + factor.
Senses: examples: text: The prefactor preceding the sum is the constant density of states associated with two-dimensional motion for each state n of perpendicular motion.
ref: 1980, William E. Carlos, Milton W. Cole, “Band structure and thermodynamic properties of He atoms near a graphite surface”, in Physical Review B, volume 21:
glosses: A coefficient which precedes a given quantity in a mathematical formula
Derived terms: prefactorial
Arrhenius prefactor
Related terms: cofactor
postfactor
ender
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛndə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈɛndɚ/
rhymes: -ɛndə(ɹ)
Forms: form: enders
Etymology: From Middle English endere, ender; equivalent to end (verb) + -er (agent noun suffix).
Senses: glosses: Something which ends another thing.
ender
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛndə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈɛndɚ/
rhymes: -ɛndə(ɹ)
Forms: form: enders
Etymology: From end (noun) + -er (relational noun suffix).
Senses: qualifier: kayaking
glosses: A maneuver in which one uses the pressure of a wave to flip one's kayak end over end.
Related terms: bitter-ender
dead-ender
double-ender
nose-ender
open-ender
rear-ender
tail-ender
Turkishly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more Turkishly
form: most Turkishly
Etymology: From Turkish + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: And the Pope himself, if he were Turkishly inclined, and wished to remove from the malaria of Rome to the delightful climate of Constantinople […]
ref: 1828, The Quarterly Review:
glosses: In a Turkish manner.
enders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ender
qurshes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of qursh
rakis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of raki
pilaus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pilau
nāgas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nāga
mediocrities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mediocrity
nihilistically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more nihilistically
form: most nihilistically
Etymology: From nihilistic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a nihilistic manner.
sics
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: six
sicks
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sic
siccing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sic
stick-in-the-muds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stick-in-the-mud
stick in the muds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stick in the mud
heptameron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /hɛpˈtæməɹɑn/
Forms: form: heptamerons
Etymology: From hepta- + Ancient Greek ἡμέρᾱ (hēmérā, “day”).
Senses: glosses: A literary work whose action covers a period of seven days.
updatable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: updateable
Etymology: From update + -able.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: That can be updated.
updateable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more updateable
form: most updateable
Etymology: From update + -able.
Senses: examples: text: UPDATEABLE FORMAT
ref: 1977, AOPA, The AOPA Pilot, Vol 20. (Aviation), Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, page 57:
text: The most relevant updateable information is …
ref: 2004, Fernando A. Branco, Jorge de Brito, “7.9.4 Updateable Information”, in Handbook of Concrete Bridge Management (Engineering), ASCE Publications, →ISBN, page 187:
text: Updateable views allow DML statements to be executed against the view …
ref: 2004, Robert G. Freeman, “Views”, in Portable DBA: Oracle (Database Management), McGraw-Hill Professional, →ISBN, page 166:
text: … modifications you make to your main installation, the more updateable it is.
ref: 2011 March 28, Moderator, “Mac Updates”, in Insanely Mac:
glosses: Alternative form of updatable.
uploadable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From upload + -able.
Senses: antonyms: unuploadable
glosses: Capable of being uploaded.
Coordinate terms: downloadable
Related terms: uploadability
uploading
uploadable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: uploadables
Etymology: From upload + -able.
Senses: examples: text: Keep your knowledge providers aware of the multiple ways of getting content into the system, as well as how to make their uploadables findable.
ref: 2006, Searcher: The Magazine for Database Professionals:
text: It's another thing entirely to stake you out at a party, steal your phone, take all these incriminating uploadables, post them on your profile, tag stuff to Miss D, and frame you.
ref: 2014, Sarah Ockler, #scandal, page 190:
glosses: Something that can be uploaded.
deep copies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deep copy
deep copies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of deep copy
deep-copy
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: deep-copies
form: deep-copying
form: deep-copied
form: deep-copied
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of deep copy.
deep-copying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of deep-copy
deep-copied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of deep-copy
deep-copies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of deep-copy
quonks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of quonk
quonks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quonk.
quonking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of quonk
quonked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of quonk
unthink
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unthinks
form: unthinking
form: unthought
form: unthought
Etymology: From un- + think.
Senses: examples: text: They at least had the immense and mighty imagination of which I speak; they could unthink the past. They could uncreate the Fall. With a reverence which moderns might think impudence, they could uncreate the Creation.
ref: 1930, G. K. Chesterton, The Resurrection of Rome:
text: But to do so consistently would require a fairly radical revision of the concept. We should have to unthink as far back as Aristotle […]
ref: 1993, Henning F Harmuth, Information Theory Applied to Space-time Physics:
text: In An Experiment with an Air-Pump, characters repeatedly assert that "once you've thought something, you can't unthink it, can you?"
ref: 2006, Kirsten Shepherd-Barr, Science on Stage: From Doctor Faustus to Copenhagen:
text: "You must learn to edit your thoughts," she said. "Unthink them..."
ref: 2019, Margaret Atwood, The Testaments, →ISBN, page 333:
glosses: To undo the process of thinking.
Related terms: unring
unthinks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unthink
unthought
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unthoughts
Etymology: From un- + thought. Compare Old English unþanc (“disfavour, displeasure, anger, ill-will”).
Senses: examples: text: But without his knowing, they interfere with his research and at the very least call on him to put the results in perspective. This is what we call the “unthoughts” of scientific work.
ref: 2011, Jean-Bernard Ouédraogo, Carlos Cardoso, Readings in Methodology:
text: There is no tapping into some stream of desire yet to be revealed. Desire through cinemasochism resonates again with traditional masochism in the vertigo of being faced with an unthought that cannot be thought and a desire that cannot know itself […]
ref: 2012, Ms Patricia MacCormack, Cinesexuality:
text: Modern thought renounces the pure transparency of the Cartesian cogito in the recognition that the cogito is intrinsically tied to an unthought which escapes the reflection of the cogito even as it makes this reflection possible.
ref: 2013, David Owen, Maturity and Modernity:
text: Given the power of the word, our lack of control over the word once it is spoken, and our even greater lack once it is published, I have often wondered: What may have been the consequences of my many published unthoughts?
ref: 2014, Assoc for Hispanic Theological Education, A Legacy of Fifty Years:
glosses: That which has not been (yet) thought; that which has yet to enter into the mind; a non-existent thought.
unthought
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From un- + thought. Compare Old English unþanc (“disfavour, displeasure, anger, ill-will”).
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unthink
unthought
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + thought. Compare Old English unþanc (“disfavour, displeasure, anger, ill-will”).
Senses: examples: text: For Bion it is not thinking which produces thoughts but unthought thoughts which require an apparatus for thinking them.
ref: 1995, Jane Ellwood, Psychosis: Understanding and Treatment, page 78:
glosses: Not having been thought.
Related terms: unthought-of
unimagined
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + imagined.
Senses: glosses: That has not been imagined.
chibouks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chibouk
chiauses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Tuesday, when, after morning prayer, the members, attended by their retinues of scribes, chiauses, &c., took their seats with great ceremony.
ref: 1901, Thomas Henry Dyer, edited by Arthur Hassall, A history of modern Europe from the fall of Constantinople, 3rd edition, volume 1, London: G. Bell and Sons, →OCLC, page 14:
glosses: plural of chiaus
dolmas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dolma
caimacam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: caimacams
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of kaymakam.
caimacams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caimacam
jelicks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jelick
lavashes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lavash
martagons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of martagon
scuzzes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scuzz
scuzzbucket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scuzzbuckets
form: scuzz bucket
form: scuzz-bucket
Etymology: Shitgibbon compound of scuzz + bucket.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of scuzz: An unpleasant or repulsive person.
synonyms: word: scuzz
extra: An unpleasant or repulsive person
scuzzbuckets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scuzzbucket
time sink
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: time sinks
Senses: related: word: time-sink
word: timesink
synonyms: timesuck
time-suck
time suck
glosses: Something that consumes a great deal of time, usually with little or no benefit; a waste of time.
Related terms: money pit
time sinks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of time sink
typosquatter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: typosquatters
Senses: examples: text: However, little has been written about an interesting and growing subspecies of cybersquatter: the typosquatter. Instead of registering domain names containing the trademarks of others, these folks take a lower-risk course of action. They look around and see which Web sites get the heaviest traffic. Then they register, for themselves, domain names that consist of the likeliest typographical errors that users are may make when seeking to access these sites. Domain names like "amazom.com," "dismey.com" and so on.
ref: 1998 September 11, Robert C. Cumbow, “Day of the Typosquatters”, in The Internet Advertising/Marketing Law Report, archived from the original on 03 Dec 1998:
text: The decline in traditional, direct cybersquatting was accompanied by a rise in a form of indirect cybersquatting known as typosquatting. A typosquatter attempts to cash in on the traffic generated by high-volume Web sites.
ref: 2014, Aaron Schwabach, Internet and the Law: Technology, Society, and Compromises, 2nd edition, ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, page 59:
glosses: A person who engages in typosquatting.
typosquatters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Another permutation of this tactic is to register as a domain name the entire address, or URL, of a popular Web site, anticipating that a certain percentage of users will leave out the dot. Thus, "wwwamazon.com" or "wwwdisney.com" become domain names in their own right. There are hundreds of such typographical errors registered as domain names; the majority of them have been registered by just two or three typosquatters.
ref: 1998 September 11, Robert C. Cumbow, “Day of the Typosquatters”, in The Internet Advertising/Marketing Law Report, archived from the original on 03 Dec 1998:
glosses: plural of typosquatter
ghost words
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ghost word
squushing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of squush
squushed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of squush
squshed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sqush
squshing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sqush
squshes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sqush
squshes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sqush
squushes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of squush
squushes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of squush
show and tell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: show and tells
form: show-and-tell
Senses: topics: education
synonyms: show and share
glosses: A school activity in which each student brings an item to school and presents a small speech on it to the class.
Related terms: show, don't tell
mmhm
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: Such errors, since they precede the first reinforcement of a correct response by "mmhm," do not depend on the reinforcement value of "mmhm"...
ref: 1960, American Psychological Association, Journal of Experimental Psychology:
glosses: Alternative spelling of mhm.
stuntperson
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stuntpersons
form: stuntpeople
Etymology: From stunt + person.
Senses: glosses: A stuntman or stuntwoman; a person who performs stunts (for films).
Synonyms: stunt performer
Hypernyms: person
Hyponyms: stuntman
stuntwoman
stuntpeople
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stuntperson
Ebonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Still, denial persists regarding the existence and sociolinguistic vitality of Ebonic language varieties.
ref: 1994, Steven Gregory, Roger Sanjek, Race:
text: […] so that ebonic speakers use a morphology akin to the grammatical structure of the Niger-Kordofanian family.
ref: 1998, Vincent D'Oyley, Carl James, Re/visioning:
text: […] simply uttering, muttering, humming, and hawing incomprehensible ebonic sounds.
ref: 2006, Amy Plantinga Pauw, Serene Jones, Feminist and Womanist Essays in Reformed Dogmatics:
glosses: Employing or pertaining to Ebonics.
Ajaxify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Ajaxifies
form: Ajaxifying
form: Ajaxified
form: Ajaxified
Etymology: From Ajax + -ify.
Senses: glosses: To modify a Web application to use Ajax.
Ajaxifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Ajaxify
Ajaxifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Ajaxify
Ajaxified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Ajaxify
whangee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whangees
Etymology: From Mandarin 黃藜 /黄藜 (huánglí).
Senses: glosses: Any of over forty Asian grasses of the genus Phyllostachys, a genus of bamboos, hardy evergreen plants from Japan, China and the Himalayas with woody stems sometimes used to make canes and umbrella handles.
examples: text: “One marble hall, with staircase complete, one butler and three flunkeys to receive a retired sojer who dares to ring the bell. D'you know, old boy, I gave my bowler to the butler, whangee to one flunkey, gloves to another, and there was the fourth poor blighter looking like an orphan at a Mothers' Meeting. …"
ref: 1929, Baldwyn Dyke Acland, chapter 2, in Filibuster:
glosses: A cane made from whangee wood.
ajarred
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: qualifier: perhaps nonstandard
glosses: simple past and past participle of ajar
glosses: Misspelling of ajar.
whangees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whangee
shashlick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shashlicks
Senses: examples: text: So tight a canopy does the trees’ foliage make that you can scarcely see the tall buildings – the statues’ heads, too, are mercifully hidden in the leaves – whilst the quieter streets I walked through rang with footsteps and talk that evening, and smelt of shashlick broiling on smoky fires.
ref: 1992, Philip Glazebrook, “Tashkent”, in Journey to Khiva: A Writer’s Search for Central Asia, New York, N.Y.: Kodansha America, Inc., published 1994, →ISBN, page 89:
glosses: Alternative spelling of shashlik.
graviscalar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: graviscalars
Etymology: From gravi- + scalar.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: a radion
graviscalars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of graviscalar
graviphoton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: graviphotons
Etymology: From gravi- + photon.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: a hypothetical particle that emerges as an excitation of the gravitational field but whose physical properties are virtually indistinguishable from a photon
graviphotons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of graviphoton
ongaonga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ongaongas
Etymology: Borrowed from Maori [Term?].
Senses: glosses: The plant Urtica ferox, a nettle endemic to New Zealand with woody stem and large stinging spines.
ongaongas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ongaonga
breakdancer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: breakdancers
form: break-dancer
form: break dancer
Etymology: From breakdance + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Dr. Herbert Schwartz, an orthopedic surgeon at the University of Chicago Hospital, said he had treated five breakdancers who broke arms trying to support their body weight by standing on one hand.
ref: 1984 June 21, UPI, “AROUND THE NATION; Breakdancing Fad Held To Risk Serious Injury”, in The New York Times:
text: Such scenes were common 15 years ago, when no street corner or subway platform was safe from bandanna-wearing breakdancers and their behemoth boom boxes.
ref: 1998 July 6, Lola Ogunnaike, “NOTICED; Breakdancing Regains Its Footing”, in The New York Times:
text: If the family had owned an allotment or even the smallest patch of grass anywhere on the estate they could call their own, Zoe would have dug a little grave with a spoon, lowered her little friend into the hole and made a headstone with a lolly stick.
Gingernut,
Much loved Hamster,
Expert breakdancer,
And sometime bodypopper.
ref: 2012, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Ratburger, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:
text: An Olympic refugee team breakdancer used the first breaking battle in Olympic history to deliver a message to her home country.
ref: 2024 September 8, Mark Cooper, “Breakdancer Manizha Talash reveals ‘Free Afghan Women’ cape during Olympic performance”, in The New York Times:
glosses: One who breakdances.
Synonyms: breaker
breakdancers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of breakdancer
samiel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /sæmˈjɛl/
Forms: form: samiels
Etymology: From Turkish samyeli.
Senses: glosses: A hot desert wind, simoom.
doojigger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: doojiggers
Senses: examples: text: I knew I'd seen this ribbon doojigger around the house some place but I never expected I'd be able to find it.
ref: 1956, Maritta Wolff, The Big Nickelodeon:
glosses: thingy, thingamajig.
doojiggers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of doojigger
Bama
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈbæmə/
Etymology: Clipping of Alabama.
Senses: glosses: Nickname for Alabama: a state of the United States.
examples: text: Or maybe on a fifty-yard line
Watchin' 'Bama beat the hell out of Tennessee
ref: 2022, “Hell of a Way to Go”, performed by Riley Green:
synonyms: Alabama
coordinate_terms: Bama State
Alabama State
ASU
glosses: Ellipsis of University of Alabama.
Related terms: bamma
sideswiping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sideswipe
sideswiped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sideswipe
Republic of Singapore
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Republic of Singapore
Senses: glosses: Official name of Singapore: a city-state in Southeast Asia.
tricolored
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: tri-colored
form: tri-coloured
form: tricoloured
Etymology: From tri- + colored.
Senses: glosses: Having three colours; tricolor.
tricoloured
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of tricolored.