cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
find one's voice
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: finds one's voice
form: finding one's voice
form: found one's voice
form: found one's voice
Senses: examples: text: The biggest cheer of the night came shortly afterwards. St James’ Park finally found its voice to welcome back Jonás Gutiérrez into a Newcastle side for the first time since his diagnosis with testicular cancer 17 months ago.
ref: 2015 March 4, Louise Taylor, The Guardian:
glosses: To become willing or able to talk or otherwise express one's opinions.
transmission function
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: transmission functions
Senses: topics: mathematical-analysis
mathematics
sciences
glosses: The mathematical function of an electromagnetic wave is a measure of the change undergone by the amplitude of the wave as it propagates in a given direction, which is also called the propagation constant.
Synonyms: transmission constant
transmission parameter
propagation coefficient
propagation constant
propagation parameter
Hypernyms: function
Hyponyms: generalized transmission function
universal transmission function
transmission functions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of transmission function
annexationism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From annexation + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The tendency or policy of annexing (appropriating) additional territories.
Related terms: irredentism
separatism
welshnuts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of welshnut
sGP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sGPs
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of secreted glycoprotein.
Related terms: alt: glycoprotein
word: GP
cat tongue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cat tongues
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cat's tongue.
cat's tongue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cats' tongues
form: cat tongue
Senses: glosses: A small chocolate bar or (sometimes chocolate-covered) cookie/biscuit which is shaped somewhat like the tongue of a cat.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cat, tongue.
animal crackers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of animal cracker
hard tack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hard tacks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hardtack.
pumelo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pumelos
form: pumeloes
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of pomelo.
pumeloes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pumelo
pumelos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pumelo
pummelo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pummelos
form: pummeloes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of pomelo
shitbrained
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more shitbrained
form: most shitbrained
Etymology: From shit + brained.
Senses: glosses: very unintelligent or senseless
Artesia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɑɹˈtiʒə/
ipa: /ɑːˈtiːʒə/
Etymology: Back-formation from artesian. From having artesian wells in the area.
Senses: glosses: A place in the United States:
A city in Los Angeles County, California.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A town in Lowndes County, Mississippi.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A city in Eddy County, New Mexico.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A former village in Florida. Former name of Port Canaveral.
draconite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: draconites
Etymology: Latin draco (“dragon”), + -ite.
Senses: examples: text: Dracontites is a stone that is forcibly taken from the brain of a dragon, and unless it is torn from the living creature it has not the quality of a gem; whence magi cut it out of dragons while they are sleeping. For bold men explore the cave of the dragons, and scatter there medicated grains to hasten their sleep, and thus cut off their heads while they are sunk in sleep, and take out the gems.
ref: c. 600–625, Isidore of Seville, Etymologies:
text: Reject it not because it proceedeth from one which hath been lewd, no more than ye would neglect the gold because it lieth in the dirty earth, or the pure wine for that it cometh out of a homely presse, or the precious stone aetites which is found in the filthy nests of the eagle, or the precious gem draconites, that is ever taken out of the poisoned dragon.
ref: 1578, John Lyly, Euphues:
text: But there is another thing known about this (Grail) stone, called the Draconite. It is 'endowed with extraordinary powers (potentissimus valde)'.
ref: 1959, C.G. Jung, Aion, Researches into the phenomenology of the self:
glosses: A mythical gemstone taken from the head of a live dragon and believed to have magical properties.
Tularosa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in New Mexico.
Pecos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpeɪ.koʊs/
ipa: /ˈpeɪ.kəs/
Forms: form: Pecos
form: the Pecos
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Pecos, from a Keresan term for the Pecos Pueblo.
Senses: glosses: A river which flows through Texas and New Mexico, a tributary of the Rio Grande.
raw_tags: with the definite article
synonyms: Trans-Pecos
Far West Texas
glosses: A geographic region of Texas, situated mostly west of the Pecos River.
raw_tags: with the definite article
glosses: A city, the county seat of Reeves County, Texas.
glosses: A village in San Miguel County, New Mexico.
Derived terms: Lower Pecos
Pecos County
Pecos Spring
Trans-Pecos
west of the Pecos
Yeltsinism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Yeltsin + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: It thus seems that the 'constitutional coup' brought about a 'Yeltsinism without Yeltsin', a surgical operation that aimed at prolonging the life of Yeltsinism, even if this entailed the removal of Yeltsin himself and the institution of measures against the corruption and nepotism that had gone beyond all limits in his immediate entourage.
ref: 2000, Mohamed Sid-Ahmed, Al-Ahram Weekly, Issue No. 464, Putin's impossible equation
glosses: the political and economic policies of Boris Yeltsin, after he became the effective ruler of Russia following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in December 1991
the outward appearance of democracy, while actually concentrating power in a form of authoritarianism
examples: text: All the while, a bogeyman served him well—not a return to communism, Yeltsin’s scarecrow, but the chaos of Yeltsinism.
ref: 2015, Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, CFR, The Resistible Rise of Vladimir Putin
glosses: the political and economic policies of Boris Yeltsin, after he became the effective ruler of Russia following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in December 1991
the economic and social chaos as a result of the decline of the authority of the Russian state
secretaries-general
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of secretary-general; alternative form of Secretary General
Postmasters General
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Postmaster General
authorisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of authorism
residence permits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of residence permit
Elida
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name.
glosses: A ghost town in California.
glosses: A town in Roosevelt County, New Mexico.
glosses: A village in American Township, Allen County, Ohio.
Quemado
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in New Mexico.
glosses: A census-designated place in Texas.
Bayard
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbeɪ.əd/
ipa: /ˈbeɪ.ɚd/
rhymes: -eɪə(ɹ)d
Senses: glosses: An unincorporated community in Sussex County, Delaware.
glosses: A surname from Old French.
glosses: A male given name.
glosses: A hamlet in Saskatchewan, Canada.
glosses: A city in Iowa.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Allen County, Kansas.
glosses: A city in Nebraska.
glosses: A city in New Mexico.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Columbiana County, Ohio.
glosses: A town in West Virginia.
draconites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of draconite
swingout
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: swingouts
Etymology: From swing + out.
Senses: topics: dance
dancing
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The principal dance move in Lindy Hop
swingouts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of swingout
Lindy Hop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Lindy Hops
form: lindy hop
form: Lindy hop
form: lindy-hop
form: lindyhop
Etymology: From Lindy + hop, after US aviator Charles A. Lindbergh who “hopped” the Atlantic in 1927.
Senses: examples: text: The Lindy Hop picked up where the Charleston left off, with the first swing-outs, breakaways and "shine steps" added to a basic off-beat two-step. In its early days the Lindy flourished only in lower strata of society.
ref: 1943 August 23, LIFE:
topics: dance
dancing
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: An American form of dance, from the 1920s, accompanied by jazz music.
wikipedia: Charles A. Lindbergh
ahm
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: “Ahm—why don’t you go back with Dad and Uncle Eugene. I’ll be over in a jiffy…” Gabriel looks up at her confused, but then takes off for his old man.
ref: 2008, Stephen V. Masse, “Tape Twenty-One”, in A Jolly Good Fellow, Boston, Mass.: Good Harbor Press, →ISBN, page 192:
text: “You dwarves really believe in that old hag?” The soldier continued without waiting for an answer. “Ahm… You are dwarfin, pretty miss? I mean, well, you dress dwarfin, but you don’t look it.”
ref: 2012, Tad C. Rhoden, “Night Things”, in Don’t Call Me Hobbit: A Novel, Bradenton, Fla.: BookLocker.com, Inc., →ISBN, page 92:
text: ‘Did you brush your teeth?’ […] ‘Ahm . . . No, my toothbrush . . . ahm . . . fell on to the . . . the ceiling.’ He shook his head at himself.
ref: 2014, Chris O’Dowd, Nick V[incent] Murphy, “Three for a Girl, Four for a Boy”, in The Blunder Years (Moone Boy; 1), London: Macmillan Children’s Books, →ISBN, page 48:
glosses: Alternative form of um.
confined space
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: confined spaces
Senses: glosses: An enclosed area with limited space and accessibility.
Jarales
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in New Mexico.
attorney-client privileges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of attorney-client privilege
court of appeal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: courts of appeal
Senses: topics: law
glosses: An appellate court.
courts of appeal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of court of appeal
anthropologian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌænθɹəpəˈləʊd͡ʒən/
ipa: /ˌænθɹəpəˈloʊd͡ʒən/
Forms: form: anthropologians
Etymology: Blend of anthropologist + theologian.
Senses: glosses: A theologian of anthropology.
operative clause
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: operative clauses
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A clause (of a judgment, order, resolution, etc.) which requires anything to be done or not to be done.
catfit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: catfits
Etymology: From cat + fit.
Senses: examples: text: "...Wont drink none hisself, and jest let me take one sup and I be dawg ef hit dont look like he'll have a catfit."
ref: 1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Library of America, published 1985, page 29:
glosses: A conniption fit
Synonyms: tantrum
catfits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of catfit
theosophistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more theosophistic
form: most theosophistic
Etymology: From theosophist + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: The debate winds through pantheism and Spinozism, to find expression in the later Schelling, arousing very violent polemics, both from official theology, which cries out atheism, and from agnostic and positivistic thought, which considers this hypothesis a dangerous fall into theosophistic irrationalism.
ref: 2014, Daniela Verducci, “A metamorphic logos for post-metaphysics. From the phenomenology of life and metaphysics”, in Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka, Nazif Muhtaroglu, Detlev Quintern, editors, The logos of life and cultural interlacing, Islamic philosophy and occidental phenomenology in dialogue, volume 7, Dordrecht [u.a.]: Springer, →ISBN, page 23:
glosses: Theosophical.
Derived terms: theosophistical
dropbox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɹɑp.bɑks/
ipa: /ˈdɹɒp.bɒks/
Forms: form: dropboxes
form: drop box
form: drop-box
Etymology: Compound of drop + box.
Senses: examples: text: The two smaller slots are for the dropping of cash or markers into the dropbox when players cash these for casino chips.
ref: 1980, Edwin Silberstang, Playboy's Guide to Casino Gambling, page 363:
text: “The measures include things like enhanced power for poll ‘monitors,’ fewer voting drop-boxes, restrictions on voting by mail, penalties for election officials who fail to purge voters from the rolls, and enhanced power in politicians over election procedures.”
ref: 2021 May 4, Thomas L. Friedman, quoting Kimberly Wehle, “Trump’s Big Lie Devoured the G.O.P. and Now Eyes Our Democracy”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: A box wherein objects can be deposited by one person for later collection by another.
examples: text: A desktop computer leaves changes in a dropbox on the network.
ref: 1997, Alison Balter, Alison Balter's Mastering Access 97 Development, Sams Publishing, →ISBN, page 696:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A computer folder to which files may be dragged and dropped and from which users of other computers on the network can access those files.
examples: text: In 1738, John Kay, a native of Bury (though at the time residing in Colchester) invented the fly-shuttle, and in 1760 his son Robert invented the dropbox, by which patterns of various colours are woven nearly with the same facility as plain calico.
ref: 1869, “The Provincial History of England”, in The Spectator, volume 42, page 1528:
topics: business
manufacturing
sewing
textiles
glosses: An enhancement to a loom that allows patterns of multiple colors to be woven from the same loom.
Hypernyms: box
dropboxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dropbox
suspensive condition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: suspensive conditions
Senses: glosses: Synonym of condition precedent.
synonyms: word: condition precedent
condition subsequent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: conditions subsequent
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A condition depending upon an uncertain event which, if fulfilled, brings an end to an obligation or legal transaction.
Alcmanian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Alcmanian
form: most Alcmanian
Etymology: From Alcman + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or characteristic of the works of Alcman
topics: communications
journalism
literature
media
poetry
publishing
writing
glosses: A verse comprising four dactyls, a dactylic tetrameter.
horsepucky
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of horse pucky.
Alexandrianism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Alexandrian + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The culture (of literature, philosophy, medicine, and the sciences) that developed in Alexandria, Egypt during the Hellenistic and Roman periods.
glosses: Alexandrian Wicca.
Eurafrica
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of Europe + Africa.
Senses: examples: text: The reason for this may be precisely that the conception of Eurafrica always presupposed a Europe more or less in full control of the African scene.
ref: 2015, Kalypso S Nicolaidis, Echoes of Empire: Memory, Identity and the Legacy of Imperialism:
glosses: Europe and Africa, considered collectively.
Related terms: Eurafrican
Plebgate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From pleb + -gate.
Senses: examples: text: In government, meanwhile, Theresa May is the first home secretary in memory not to have appeared petrified of the police, while for many in her party, Plebgate was the moment at which the scales fell from their eyes as far as the cops were concerned.
ref: 2015 August 7, Marina Hyde, “Forget law and order: today’s police officers dream of going viral”, in The Guardian:
glosses: A 2012 scandal in which Conservative MP Andrew Mitchell was accused of swearing at Downing Street police officers and calling them "plebs"; subsequent to Mitchell's resignation, CCTV and other evidence was revealed which appeared to call into question some of the evidence against him.
Synonyms: Gategate
Plodgate
depressionogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more depressionogenic
form: most depressionogenic
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of depressogenic.
-ji
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: From a suffix found in various languages of the Indian subcontinent, e.g. Hindi -जी (-jī), Punjabi -ਜੀ (-jī), etc.
Senses: glosses: An honorific conveying respect.
uncleji
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unclejis
Etymology: From uncle + -ji.
Senses: glosses: uncle (as a respectful term of address)
auntyji
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: auntyjis
Etymology: From aunty + -ji.
Senses: glosses: aunt or older woman (as a respectful term of address)
unclejis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of uncleji
auntyjis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of auntyji
papaji
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: papajis
Etymology: From papa + -ji.
Senses: glosses: papa, father (as a respectful term of address)
mummyji
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mummyjis
Etymology: From mummy + -ji.
Senses: glosses: mummy, mother (as a respectful term of address)
papajis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of papaji
mummyjis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mummyji
linguacultural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From lingua- + cultural.
Senses: glosses: Relating to language and the ways it is used in culture.
Derived terms: linguaculturally
Related terms: linguaculture
sociolinguistics
cyberfuneral
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyberfunerals
Etymology: From cyber- + funeral.
Senses: glosses: A funeral ceremony taking place on the Internet or in cyberspace.
cyberfunerals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyberfuneral
e-invite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: e-invites
Etymology: From e- + invite.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of e-invitation.
synonyms: word: e-invitation
e-invites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of e-invite
e-invitation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: e-invitations
Etymology: From e- + invitation.
Senses: synonyms: e-invite
glosses: An invitation sent electronically by means of computer technology.
e-invitations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of e-invitation
cyberbridges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyberbridge
cyberblackmail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cyber- + blackmail.
Senses: glosses: blackmail carried out via computer technology
chirographically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From chirographic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In terms of chirography, or penmanship.
overcompassionate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overcompassionate
form: most overcompassionate
Etymology: From over- + compassionate.
Senses: glosses: Showing too much compassion.
supermirror
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: supermirrors
Etymology: From super- + mirror.
Senses: glosses: A highly polished surface used in connection with neutron beams.
supermirrors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of supermirror
banworthy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more banworthy
form: most banworthy
Etymology: From ban + -worthy.
Senses: examples: text: It currently meets several banworthy definitions, whether that is uncompetitive (invalidates play styles), unhealthy (restricts the meta), or uber-support (too good not to use).
ref: 2022 February 14, DoubleJ, PokeMMO Forums:
glosses: Deserving to be banned.
voteworthy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more voteworthy
form: most voteworthy
Etymology: From vote + -worthy.
Senses: glosses: Deserving to be voted for.
supersaws
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of supersaw
superplasticization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From super- + plasticization.
Senses: glosses: The use of a superplasticizer.
freeruns
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of freerun
tinker's darn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tinker's damn.
hypertwistors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hypertwistor
juridical person
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: juridical persons
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Synonym of legal person.
synonyms: word: legal person
juristic person
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: juristic persons
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Synonym of legal person.
synonyms: word: legal person
almecillin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From al(lyl) + me(rcapto)- + -cillin (“6-aminopenicillanic acid derivative”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: allylmercaptomethylpenicillin
afterdepolarization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: afterdepolarizations
Etymology: From after- + depolarization.
Senses: glosses: An abnormal depolarization of a cardiac myocyte, potentially leading to arrhythmia.
afterdepolarizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of afterdepolarization
aftercontractions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aftercontraction
en ventre sa mere
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Borrowed from French en + ventre + sa + mère.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: in its mother's womb.
en ventre sa mere
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: Borrowed from French en + ventre + sa + mère.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: in its mother's womb.
Synonyms: in ventre sa mere
helminthism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From helminth + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: Clearly it remains to be proved that shell-fish are altogether unconcerned in the matter of human helminthism; yet I quite believe that danger from this source is limited to certain mollusks living in eastern waters.
ref: 1876, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, volume 12, page 295:
glosses: helminth infection
aftersensation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aftersensations
Etymology: From after- + sensation.
Senses: glosses: A delayed sensation; one arising significantly later than the stimulus that caused it.
aftersensations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aftersensation
afunctional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From a- + functional.
Senses: glosses: Not functional.
Related terms: afunction
aeropathy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aeropathies
Etymology: From aero- + -pathy.
Senses: glosses: illness caused by a change in atmospheric pressure
Related terms: caisson disease
aeropathic
aeropathies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aeropathy
aeropathic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From aero- + -pathic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to aeropathy.
saturation patrol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: saturation patrols
Senses: glosses: A police or military patrol consisting of a large number of officers concentrated in a small geographic area.
saturation patrols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of saturation patrol
nonultrasonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + ultrasonic.
Senses: glosses: Not ultrasonic.
aftersound
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aftersounds
Etymology: From after- + sound.
Senses: examples: text: […] the strings of an instrument, […] being strucken with the hand, do verberate the ayre in its first sound, and are reverberated by the ayre to an after-sound.
ref: 1659, Nathanael Homes, A Sermon Preached before Parliament, London: Edward Brewster, published 1660, page 33:
text: He fired the Winchester twice again, into the distance, then lowered it, the ringing aftersound of the gunfire in his ears.
ref: 1970, Elmore Leonard, chapter 7, in Valdez is Coming, Greenwich, CT: Fawcett, page 132:
text: Edward was awakened that night by a loud clattering noise which left an after-sound of high ringing.
ref: 1985, Iris Murdoch, The Good Apprentice, Penguin, published 2001, Part 2, p. 189:
text: And the aftersound of the music played in the light-filled drawing room would grow closer to pure silence each year, until time ended.
ref: 2021, Colm Tóibín, chapter 18, in The Magician, New York: Scribner:
synonyms: echo
resonance
reverberation
antonyms: foresound
hypernyms: after-impression
glosses: A sound that persists or remains audible after its source has ceased to produce it; the perception of such a sound.
coordinate_terms: prompt sound
qualifier: acoustics
glosses: The second, slower phase of decay in the sound made by a piano string when it is struck.
examples: text: 1881, Louis Lucien Bonaparte, “The simple sounds of all the living Slavonic languages compared with those of the principal Neo-Latin and Germano-Scandinavian Tongues,” Transactions of the Philological Society, 1880-1881, p. 377,
In English I cannot hear the sound of Italian o chiuso, but only that of (o 5) followed by an aftersound, as in home, or without this aftersound, as in more.
text: They [gu and qu] were not groups formed of a guttural stop and the semi-vowel v, but guttural stops with a labial aftersound; the latter receiving a very much weaker articulation than the semi-vowel v.
ref: 1910, Max Niedermann, Outlines of Latin Phonetics, London: Routledge, page 46:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: A weaker sound that immediately follows a more salient one, such as the second, less prominent vowel sound in a falling diphthong.
aftersounds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aftersound
afterimagery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From after- + imagery.
Senses: glosses: afterimages collectively
afterperception
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From after- + perception.
Senses: glosses: perception of something, such as a sound or image, that is no longer present
aftermovements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aftermovement
intextine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: intextines
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of intexine.
transphosphorylases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of transphosphorylase
azalogues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of azalogue
intergonial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + gonial.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Between the gonia in the mandible.
interfoveolar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + foveolar.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Between the foveolae.
foveolar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -iːələ(ɹ)
Etymology: From foveola + -ar.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the foveola.
Derived terms: interfoveolar
juxtafoveolar
parafoveolar
intermammillary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + mammillary.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Between the breasts or nipples
interpapillary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + papillary.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Between papillae
Related terms: transpapillary
lactenin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A nitrogenous substance present in milk, with antimicrobial properties.
laryngocele
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: laryngoceles
Etymology: From laryngo- + -cele.
Senses: glosses: A congenital anomalous air sac communicating with the cavity of the larynx, which may bulge outward on the neck.
laryngoceles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of laryngocele
alef zero
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of aleph-null.
synonyms: word: aleph-null
Larmorian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Larmor + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Joseph Larmor (1857–1942), physicist and mathematician who made innovations in the understanding of electricity, dynamics, thermodynamics, and the electron theory of matter.
Langya
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: längʹyäʹ
Forms: form: Lang-ya
Etymology: From Mandarin 瑯琊 /琅琊 (Lángyá).
Senses: examples: text: National Day in China is like the Fourth of July at home — firecrackers and fireworks, picnics and outings, patriotic speeches and all the pomp that circumstance can muster. For the foreign experts at Nanjing University it meant an all-day outing to Mount Langya in Anhui Province.
ref: 1985 October 1, James Friend, edited by Beverly Friend, China Journal: A World of Difference, volume I, Lincolnwood, Ill.: Friendly Books, published 2008, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 93:
text: Risesun Real Estate Development Co Ltd
* Says unit signed cooperative development framework agreement with Langya Mountain scenic area management committee
* Says two entities mainly cooperate on construction of service economy demonstration area in Langya Mountain scenic area
ref: 2017 August 9, “BRIEF-Risesun Real Estate Development unit signs cooperative development framework agreement”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 15 May 2022, Financials:
glosses: A district of Chuzhou, Anhui, China.
lamprophiid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lamprophiids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any member of the snake family Lamprophiidae.
lamprophiids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lamprophiid
Lalling
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality in the Lower Bavarian district of Deggendorf in Germany.
Laelaps
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A dog who never failed to catch what he was hunting.
lactonase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lactonases
Etymology: From lactone + -ase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A metalloenzyme, produced by certain bacteria, that targets and inactivates acylated homoserine lactones (AHLs)
Derived terms: lipolactonase
thiolactonase
xylonolactonase
lactonases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lactonase
non-idiomatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + idiomatic.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nonidiomatic (preferred in British English)
stemmatological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From stemmatology + -ical.
Senses: glosses: Relating to stemmatology.
stemmatologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stemmatologists
Etymology: From stemmatology + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who studies stemmatology.
stemmatologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stemmatologist
stemmatologically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From stemmatological + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In terms of stemmatology.
Lachmannian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Lachmannian
form: most Lachmannian
Etymology: From Lachmann + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Karl Lachmann (1793–1851), German philologist and critic, noted for his foundational contributions to the field of textual criticism.
Lachman test
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Lachman tests
Etymology: Named after John Lachman, an orthopaedic surgeon.
Senses: glosses: A clinical test used to diagnose injury of the anterior cruciate ligament. The knee is flexed at 20–30 degrees with the patient supine, and the tibia is pulled forward to assess the its anterior motion in comparison with the femur.
Lachman tests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Lachman test
labrocyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: labrocytes
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A mast cell.
labrocytes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of labrocyte
laboratorian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: laboratorians
Etymology: From laboratory + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: The question now arises regarding the legal status of nonmedical laboratorians in relation to the laws governing the practice of medicine in the different states […]
ref: 1922, JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association:
hypernyms: researcher
scientist
coordinate_terms: clinician
;
laboratory assistant
lab tech
glosses: A researcher or technologist who works in a laboratory: either a research laboratory or a clinical laboratory.
Related terms: word: laboratorial
english: often coinstantial
translation: often coinstantial
word: technician
laboratorians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of laboratorian
linguofacial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -eɪʃəl
Etymology: From linguo- + facial.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the tongue and face.
intergyral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + gyral.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Between gyri.
intermalleolar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -iːələ(ɹ)
Etymology: From inter- + malleolar.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Between malleoli.
reintubation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reintubations
Etymology: From re- + intubation.
Senses: glosses: intubation again; reinsertion of a tube into an anatomical organ
reintubations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reintubation
linguogingival
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From linguo- + gingival.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the tongue and gums.
linebreeding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: linebreedings
Etymology: From line + breeding.
Senses: glosses: A form of inbreeding that may encompass crosses between individuals and their descendants or two cousins, used to increase a particular animal's contribution to the population.
intermammary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + mammary.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Between the mammae.
Derived terms: intermammary sulcus
henpecker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: henpeckers
Etymology: From henpeck + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who henpecks or nags.
henpeckers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of henpecker
henpeckings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of henpecking
usefulnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of usefulness
livebirth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: livebirths
Etymology: From live + birth.
Senses: glosses: The birth of a living fetus.
livebirths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of livebirth
sentinel events
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sentinel event
navel-gazey
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more navel-gazey
form: most navel-gazey
Etymology: From navel-gaze + -y.
Senses: glosses: Self-indulgently introspective.
prefibrillar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + fibrillar.
Senses: glosses: Before the fibrillar stage.
interfemoral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + femoral.
Senses: examples: the interfemoral membrane of a bat
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Between the femurs.
interpectoral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + pectoral.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Between the pectoralis muscles.
misrepresentational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more misrepresentational
form: most misrepresentational
Etymology: From misrepresentation + -al.
Senses: glosses: Relating to misrepresentation.
interfibrous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + fibrous.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Between fibers.
interischiadic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + ischiadic.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Between the ischia.
interiliac
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + iliac.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Between the ilia.
Burghers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Burgher
Tyrsenians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Tyrsenian
Rhaetians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Rhaetian
Raetic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Rhaetic
Senses: synonyms: Rhaetian
glosses: An extinct language once spoken in Rhaetia
Rhaetic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Raetic.
leukopoiesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌl(j)uːkəʊpɔɪˈiːsɪs/
Forms: form: leucopoiesis
Etymology: From leuko- + -poiesis.
Senses: synonyms: leukocytopoiesis
glosses: A form of hematopoiesis in which white blood cells are formed in bone marrow located in bones in adults and hematopoietic organs in the fetus
Related terms: leukopoietic
leukopoietic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: leucopoietic
Etymology: From leuko- + -poietic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to leukopoiesis
leucopoietic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of leukopoietic.
leptophos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An organophosphate formerly used as a pesticide and fungicide.
leontiasis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
qualifier: medical genetics
glosses: A rare medical condition characterized by an overgrowth of the facial and cranial bones, leading to a leonine facial appearance.
Leishman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: leishmaniasis
Leishman stain
Leishman stain
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after its inventor, the Scottish pathologist William Boog Leishman.
Senses: glosses: A stain used in microscopy for staining blood smears, generally to differentiate and identify leukocytes, malaria parasites, and Trypanosoma.
leucyltransferase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From leucyl + transferase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A transferase enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction L-leucyl-tRNA + protein ⇌ tRNA + L-leucyl-protein.
lepromin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A preparation of the leprosy bacillus, used in diagnostic tests to identify what kind of leprosy a person has.
leukocytozoonosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of leucocytozoonosis.
leucocytozoonosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leukocytozoonosis
Etymology: leucocytozoon + -osis
Senses: glosses: infection by Leucocytozoon protozoa
banalness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From banal + -ness.
Senses: glosses: banality
leprechaunism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From leprechaun + -ism.
Senses: qualifier: medical genetics
glosses: Synonym of Donohue syndrome.
synonyms: word: Donohue syndrome
Derived terms: pseudoleprechaunism
Donohue syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after Canadian pathologist William L. Donohue (1906–1985), who discovered it.
Senses: synonyms: leprechaunism
qualifier: medical genetics
glosses: A rare, severe genetic disorder resulting in elfin facial features and an impaired insulin receptor.
leucogenenol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A blood-cell-stimulating secondary metabolite isolated from the mold Penicillium restrictum.
iä
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: /i.ɑ/
Senses: examples: text: Iä! Shub-Niggurath!
glosses: An interjection for summoning an outer deity, glossed over as a cry for food.
Bronze John
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Compare yellow jack.
Senses: glosses: yellow fever
Weinreichian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Weinreichian
form: most Weinreichian
Etymology: From Weinreich + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Uriel Weinreich (1926–1967), Polish-American linguist.
scrub typhus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A form of typhus caused by the intracellular parasite Orientia tsutsugamushi carried by certain mites.
Synonyms: akamushi disease
bush typhus
bush typhus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: scrub typhus
cosmogenous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cosmo- + -genous.
Senses: examples: cosmogenous marine sediment
glosses: From an extraterrestrial source.
leishmaniosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From leishmania + -osis.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of leishmaniasis.
synonyms: word: leishmaniasis
Related terms: leishmaniotic
lignophagia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ligno- + -phagia.
Senses: glosses: The abnormal behaviour of chewing and eating wood.
leukokeratosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From leuko- + keratosis.
Senses: glosses: leukoplakia
leucoplakia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leucoplakias
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of leukoplakia.
leucoplakias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leucoplakia
leukoderma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leukodermas
form: leucoderma
Etymology: From leuko- + -derma.
Senses: glosses: An acquired cutaneous condition with localized loss of pigmentation of the skin.
Synonyms: vitiligo
leukodermas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leukoderma
postdermabrasion
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + dermabrasion.
Senses: glosses: After dermabrasion.
levarterenol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: norepinephrine
lenticonus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A rare congenital anomaly of the eye, characterized by a conical protrusion on the crystalline lens capsule and the underlying cortex.
biomicroscopically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From biomicroscopic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In terms of or by means of biomicroscopy.
lentiglobus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An eye condition resembling lenticonus but with a bulge that is spherical rather than conical.
lienorenal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From lieno- + renal.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the spleen and kidneys; splenorenal.
target cells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of target cell
Mexican hat cells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mexican hat cell
leptocyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leptocytes
Etymology: From lepto- + -cyte.
Senses: glosses: codocyte
leptocytes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leptocyte
riskware
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From risk + -ware.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Software that may pose a risk to a computer on which it is installed.
Leiotrichi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Ancient Greek λεῖος (leîos) and θρίξ (thríx).
Senses: topics: anthropology
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: human races with smooth hair
Related terms: Ulotrichi
leukorrhoeal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of leukorrheal.
leukorrheal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From leukorrhea + -al.
Senses: glosses: Relating to leukorrhea.
leucosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leucoses
form: leukosis
Etymology: From leuco- + -osis.
Senses: glosses: A leukemia-like malignant viral disease found in animals, particularly poultry and cattle.
glosses: Whiteness of the skin; pallor.
topics: alchemy
pseudoscience
glosses: Synonym of albedo.
synonyms: word: albedo
Derived terms: bovine leucosis
ligandins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ligandin
ligandin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ligandins
Etymology: From ligand + -in?
Senses: glosses: Glutathione S-transferase
linguatuliasis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of linguatulosis.
crypt of Lieberkühn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crypts of Lieberkühn
Etymology: Named after German physician Johann Nathanael Lieberkühn (1711–1756).
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: An intestinal gland.
wikipedia: Johann Nathanael Lieberkühn
crypts of Lieberkühn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crypt of Lieberkühn
Levana
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Latin levare (“to lift”).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: An Ancient Roman goddess involved in rituals relating to childbirth.
leukocytopenia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leukocytopenias
Etymology: From leukocyte + -o- + -penia.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Leukopenia.
leukocytopenias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leukocytopenia
asplenics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of asplenic
leucoerythroblastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of leukoerythroblastic.
leukonychia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of leuconychia.
leucoedema
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From leuco- + edema.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of leukoedema.
leukoedema
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leucoedema
Etymology: From leuko- + edema.
Senses: glosses: A blue, grey or white appearance of the mucosae, particularly the buccal mucosa.
legoglobin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: leghemoglobin
leghaemoglobin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leghaemoglobins
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of leghemoglobin.
leghemoglobin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leghemoglobins
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A hemoprotein found in the nitrogen-fixing root nodules of leguminous plants.
lipomatosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From lipoma (“fat tumor”) + -osis (“disease”).
Senses: examples: text: The accompanying family trees show the occurrence of lipomatosis.
ref: 1957 November 1, John A. Shanks, “Familial Multiple Lipomatosis”, in Canadian Medical Association Journal, volume 77, page 881:
text: The authors report six new cases of epidural lipomatosis--a rarely described entity characterized by increased extradural fat within the spinal canal causing compression of the spinal cord and neurologic deficits.
ref: 1988 November 1, DJ Quint, “Epidural lipomatosis”, in Radiology:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A condition in which multiple lipomas are present on the body.
Derived terms: adenolipomatosis