cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
face washer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: face washers
Senses: examples: text: She then proceeded to wash under her arms and around her neck and face with a face washer.
ref: 2010, Anna Campen, War, Love and Laughter, →ISBN, page 44:
text: I found a handbag on the main bed and a second bloodstained face washer on the slow combustion stove in the lounge room.
ref: 2011, Peter Baines, Hands Across the Water, →ISBN:
text: I grabbed the towel — which turned out to be about the size of a face washer — and did my best to cover my lower half.
ref: 2012, Jacqueline Harvey, Code Name: Rescue, →ISBN:
text: Drying your entire body with a face washer does not work.
ref: 2012, Rubi Red, Turn Left at the Ocean, →ISBN, page 106:
glosses: A washcloth.
examples: text: When the bolt and nut are tightened, the protrusions are flattened, either by contact with the bolt head or the nut face washer, forming a gap by which accurate measurement of bolt tension can be made.
ref: 1964, Mechanical World and Engineering Record - Volume 144, page 384:
text: The face washer is tapered to provide a uniform flow surface between the backup washer and the face washer.
ref: 1980, Canadian Committee on Forest Fire Control, Reports Tabled at Annual Meeting, page 30:
text: Also I read that the electronic face washer exfoliates your skin, and as all women know, exfoliates is the magic word.
ref: 2014, Lisa Scottoline, Francesca Serritella, Have a Nice Guilt Trip, →ISBN, page 72:
glosses: Any device for washing a face.
face washers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of face washer
Indian agent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Indian agents
Senses: glosses: A person authorized to interact with Native American tribes on behalf of the United States government.
Indian agents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Indian agent
monoamorous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: monamorous
Etymology: Attested since 1992, from monoamor(y) (which see) + -ous, possibly modelled on polyamorous.
Senses: examples: text: That is, if we were monogamous/monoamorous, she would not have had a chance to explore these feelings without threatening the relationship. Our first few threesomes were very much oriented towards Janice, with less attention given to me (which turns out to be okay; as the saying goes, "I like to watch")[.]
ref: 1992 June 10, Jamais A. Cascio=, Bi/Polyamory Blend, alt.polyamory, Usenet
glosses: Being exclusively faithful to one partner; monogamous (especially as contrasted with polyamorous).
monamorous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of monoamorous.
monamory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɒnˈæməɹi/
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of monoamory.
hatfish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hatfish
form: hatfishes
Etymology: From hat + fish.
Senses: examples: text: hanawasutt: hatfish or halibut
ref: 1885, PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY:
text: Noah didn't realize when he stayed on the job-he was then about 600 years old and built the ark and drove the animals in two by two, the hatfish and the kangaroo ——he didn't realize he was laying the foundation for an occupation for old men in New York, several years later.
ref: 1917, Railroad Men - Volume 31, page 137:
text: My Side of the River is a meditation on a sport and a region, a song of praise to the natural wonders of the Catskills — an angling Mecca where brook trout hide in "medicine places," and where "hatfish" and "blueberry trout" can reward the patient fisher.
ref: 2002, Mid Atlantic Fly Fishing Guide, page 11:
glosses: Synonym of halibut.
synonyms: word: halibut
hatfish
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hatfishes
form: hatfishing
form: hatfished
form: hatfished
Etymology: Blend of hat + catfish
Senses: examples: text: If you've never seen the top of your Tinder date's head, he may be hatfishing you.
ref: 2017 August 23, Ben Yakas, “Extra, Extra: Liam Gallagher Ranks His Own Haircuts”, in Gothamist:
text: So basically, if you've got a great job, then fucking hatfish all you want - doesn't matter, Jean will be up for it!
ref: 2017 October 24, Gary Ogden, “'Hatfishing' is yet another dating trend – are you guilty of it?”, in Shortlist:
text: Looks aren’t everything — until you get on this app, where looks just happen to be everything. Be yourself and be honest. Filters and angles can help you look your best, but catfishing and hatfishing are real things.
ref: 2018 February 10, Lady Marmalade, “Things you probably shouldn't mention on your Tinder profile”, in Gauntlet, page 41, column 2:
text: The inclination to hatfish makes sense, given how sensitive men can be about their hair.
ref: 2018 April 3, Brittany Wong, “If You're On A Dating App, Chances Are You've Been Hatfished”, in Huffington Post:
text: You know he ain't hatfishing – there's a glorious grey mane under that woolen number.
ref: 2018 December 5, “'Fuckboy' Daniel Day-Lewis is a late entry for best look of 2018”, in Dazed:
glosses: To hide one's bald spot or bad hair under a hat in a profile picture for online dating.
horned grebe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: horned grebes
Senses: glosses: A type of grebe native to the Northern Hemisphere, Podiceps auritus, that has tufts of feathers during the breeding season positioned like horns on the sides of the head.
Synonyms: Slavonian grebe
Mactan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmak.t̪ɐn̪/
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu, Philippines.
rajahnate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rajahnates
Etymology: From rajah + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office, a state ruled by people of such office).
Senses: glosses: A state ruled by a rajah.
Rajahnate of Cebu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The designated name of an Indianized monarchical polity on the island of Cebu.
defaultly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From default + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In the absence of an alternative; as a standard; by default.
rugbylike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more rugbylike
form: most rugbylike
form: rugby-like
Etymology: From rugby + -like.
Senses: examples: text: (already the rugbylike form of the game was [developing])
ref: 2004, Robert Cowley, What Ifs? Of American History: Eminent Historians Imagine What Might Have Been, Penguin, →ISBN:
text: But perhaps our example of the heart that both pumps blood and is employed in a rugbylike game can still be of help.
ref: 2007, Paul R. DeHart, Uncovering the Constitution's Moral Design, University of Missouri Press, →ISBN, page 60:
text: Now everyone from his table was jigging around in a fearful, nervous rugbylike scrum, while people from other tables were rushing over to shout suggestions.
ref: 2018, Laura Childs, Pekoe Most Poison, Penguin, →ISBN, page 10:
glosses: Similar to or reminiscent of rugby.
rugby-like
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more rugby-like
form: most rugby-like
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of rugbylike.
salorthid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: salorthids
Senses: qualifier: soil science
glosses: A type of soil that is saturated with salt water
Related terms: salorthidic
salorthidic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or characteristic of a salorthid
hypergypsic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hyper- + gypsic.
Senses: qualifier: soil science
glosses: Mostly composed of gypsum
Related terms: gypsiferous
petrogypsic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: qualifier: soil science
glosses: cemented together by gypsum
Related terms: gypsiferous
polysiloxanol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polysiloxanols
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any alcohol derived from a polysiloxane
ethylhexylmercaptoacetate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ethylhexylmercaptoacetates
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The ethylhexyl ester of mercaptoacetic acid CH₃(CH₂)₃CH(CH₂CH₃)-CH₂O-CO-CH₂SH
Synonyms: ethylhexyl sulfanylacetate
ethylhexyl thioglycolate
ethylhexyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ethylhexyls
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any ethyl derivative of a hexyl radical, but especially 2-ethylhexyl
isooctylmercaptoacetate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The isooctyl ester of mercaptoacetic acid
monomethyltin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monomethyltins
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The trivalent organotin radical CH₃-Sn≡
Derived terms: monomethyltin trichloride
thiobispropanoate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any ester or salt of thiobispropionic acid
Synonyms: thiodipropionate
thiobispropionic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The dicarboxylic acid S((CH₂CH₂)₂COOH)₂
deblouses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of deblouse
debloused
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of deblouse
deblousing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of deblouse
thiodipropionate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thiodipropionates
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Synonym of thiobispropanoate.
synonyms: word: thiobispropanoate
answer phone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -əʊn
Forms: form: answer phones
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of answerphone.
foreign trade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
finance
trading
glosses: Trade that is conducted between a nation and other nations.
Lingayat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Lingayats
Etymology: From Kannada ಲಿಂಗಾಯತ (liṅgāyata).
Senses: glosses: An adherent of Lingayatism.
re-add
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹiːˈæd/
Forms: form: re-adds
form: re-adding
form: re-added
form: re-added
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of readd.
dihydroxyketone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dihydroxyketones
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any dihydroxy derivative of a ketone
nonanomeric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + anomeric.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Not anomeric
phenolether
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phenolethers
Etymology: From phenol + ether.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any compound that is both a phenol and an ether
monopropargylic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mono- + propargylic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Containing a single propargyl group
big day
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: big days
Senses: glosses: The day of one's wedding.
glosses: Any day on which something significant or momentous happens.
glosses: A birding event in which teams compete against one another to see as many different bird species as possible in a certain area over the course of a day or part thereof.
Related terms: red letter day
big days
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of big day
ditrysian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ditrysians
Etymology: From translingual Ditrysia + -an.
Senses: glosses: Any moth of the order Ditrysia
Hypernyms: eulepidopteran
Hyponyms: apoditrysian
gelechioid
gracillarioid
tineoid
yponomeutoid
cadicone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cadicones
Senses: glosses: An ammonite that has a flattened barrel shape.
Related terms: cadiconic
cadiconic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to, characteristic of, or having the shape of, a cadicone.
cadoceratid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cadoceratids
Senses: glosses: Any fossil ammonite of the family Cardioceratidae
caeculid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: caeculids
Senses: glosses: Any of the trombidiform mites in the family Caeculidae
caenolestoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to or characteristic of the shrew possums of the family Caenolestidae.
shrew possum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shrew possums
Senses: glosses: Synonym of shrew opossum (Caenolestidae)
synonyms: word: shrew opossum
extra: Caenolestidae
calcareocorneous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: calcareous and corneous
calcaxonian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkæl.kəkˈsəʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /ˌkæl.kəkˈsoʊ.ni.ən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Forms: form: calcaxonians
Senses: glosses: Any coral of the suborder Calcaxonia
calcilutite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: calcilutites
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A form of limestone composed of detrital carbonate grains
Synonyms: cementstone
cementstone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cementstones
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Synonym of calcilutite.
synonyms: word: calcilutite
calcirudite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: calcirudites
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A form of limestone that has larger than normal grains
calcretized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more calcretized
form: most calcretized
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Converted into calcrete
callirhipid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: callirhipids
Senses: glosses: Any beetle of the family Callirhipidae
calycinal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Alternative form of calycine.
calyptostase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: calyptostases
Senses: glosses: A stage in the development of some mites in which the instars acquire regressive traits
Synonyms: calyptostasy
Related terms: calyptostatic
calyptostasy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: calyptostasies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of calyptostase.
calyptostatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or characteristic of a calyptostase
camassial
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: camassials
Senses: glosses: A modified form of a premolar tooth having the form of a small canine
camptodromous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Ancient Greek καμπτός (kamptós, “bent”) + -dromous
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: in which the secondary veins curve toward the margins, in some cases becoming nearly parallel with them, and not reconnecting with other veins to form loops
raw_tags: of a leaf
Derived terms: eucamptodromous
capital offence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: capital offences
Senses: glosses: Commonwealth of Nations spelling of capital offense.
capital offences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of capital offence
trunk line
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -aɪn
Forms: form: trunk lines
Senses: examples: text: But the states were generally concerned with the location of trunk lines and left it to cities and counties to worry about branch lines.
ref: 1987, William H. Rehnquist, The Supreme Court:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
coordinate_terms: mainline
glosses: A main railway line which usually forms the backbone of a rail network.
glosses: The main line of a canal, from which other sections diverge.
examples: text: Then he put a trunk line phone call through to the nearest township and asked the Police to send someone out as soon as possible.
ref: 1943, H. Lorna Bingham, The Lost Tribe, Sydney: Winn and Co., page 13, column 2:
glosses: A main telephone line.
Related terms: trunkline
trunk lines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trunk line
hodls
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hodl
hodling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hodl
hodled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hodl
RREF
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Initialism of reduced row echelon form.
Japanese halfbeak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Japanese needlefish
Senses: glosses: Hyporhamphus sajori (Japanese needlefish)
alwayz
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of always.
boo-booing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of boo-boo
alwayez
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of always.
boo-booed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of boo-boo
actinodromous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From actino- + -dromous.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: having palmate veins
Derived terms: palinactinodromous
aphananthous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more aphananthous
form: most aphananthous
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀφανής (aphanḗs) + -anthous.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: inconspicuous
raw_tags: of a flower
mukwa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Inside, your boss settles behind a mukwa desk and gestures for you to take a seat on a chair done up in leather upholstery that softens a frame of the same softly glowing wood.
ref: 2018, Tsitsi Dangarembga, This Mournable Body, Faber & Faber (2020), pages 240–241:
glosses: Rhodesia and Zimbabwe form of mukula.
aphlebia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aphlebiae
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: An imperfect or irregular leaf ending (commonly found on ferns)
aphlebiae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aphlebia
apiphily
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: pollination by bees
arillate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
synonyms: arilled
arillated
glosses: Having arils.
Derived terms: exarillate
bifusiform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: bi- + fusiform
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having the form of two fusiform structures, end to end.
brevideciduous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From brevi- + deciduous.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: briefly deciduous (that loses its leaves for just a few weeks)
moot earth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: moot (“tree stump”) + earth (“soil”)
Senses: examples: text: It is the nature of lime to attract oils, and dissolve vegetable bodies: Hence arise the good effects of lime in the improvement of black moorish land. Moot earth seems to consist of dissolved and half-dissolved vegetable substances, and it is said that lime assimilates the one, and dissolves the other.
ref: 1794, James MacPhail, “Of Manures, Earths &c”, in A Treatise on the Culture of the Cucumber, pages 510–511:
glosses: Soil taken from between the roots of a tree.
pussyhat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pussyhats
Senses: examples: text: The “pussyhat” made its appearance around the country at the Women's Marches of January 21st.
ref: 2017 January 27, Françoise Mouly, “Abigail Gray Swartz's “The March””, in The New Yorker:
text: So late last week the museum put out a call online seeking “pussyhat” donations — for a future exhibition and to create an archive of what the museum calls “the largest example of social activism through craft ("craftivism") in U.S. modern history.”
ref: 2017 February 1, Breg Cook, “Local Museum Seeks To Preserve Pink 'Pussyhats' From Women's March”, in WBUR:
text: Feminists are ditching the pink pussyhats during this year's Womens'^([sic]) Marches across the country for fear that they make some participants feel they aren't welcome.
ref: 2018 January 13, Abigail Miller, “Pink pussyhats are being dropped from Women's March because they 'exclude trans women and women whose private parts are not pink'”, in Daily Mail Australia:
text: Pussyhats arose as an anti-Trump counterpart to the prefabricated “MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN” hats and were featured prominently in the Women’s March of Jan. 21, 2017 – the largest single-day protest in U.S. history.
ref: 2018 February 5, “\#MeToo wins symbol of the year for 2017”, in Stanford Report:
glosses: Alternative form of pussy hat.
pussyhats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pussyhat
Genders
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Genderses
Etymology: From Old French gendre (“son-in-law”) + the patronymic suffix -s.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Old French.
Louisiana Purchase
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The acquisition of the Louisiana territory (828,000 square miles or 2.14 million km²) by the United States from France in 1803.
kaumographers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kaumographer
Kaumagraphs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Kaumagraph
Min Zhong
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Mandarin 閩中 /闽中 (Mǐnzhōng).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Central Min.
synonyms: word: Central Min
bypoll
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bypolls
form: by-poll
Etymology: From by- + poll.
Senses: examples: text: This was perhaps her expression of gratitude for the GJMM on the latter's support for the Trinamool candidate in the Rajgunj assembly bypoll.
ref: 2012, Romit Bagchi, Gorkhaland: Crisis of Statehood, →ISBN:
text: Yet the ruling party has been able to win the Howrah bypoll comfortably.
ref: 2015, Sudip Bhattacharyya, Over The Years:, page 122:
text: Sawant is the widow of former MLA Bala Sawant who died sometime back and due to this this bypoll was held.
ref: 2016, Manish Verma, Current Affairs Manual 2016, →ISBN:
text: The extent of the DMK's alleged vote-buying in the 2009 Thirumangalam bypoll led to observers speaking of excessive cash distribution ahead of elections as the "Thirumangalam" model.
ref: 2017, Milan Vaishnav -, When Crime Pays: Money and Muscle in Indian Politics, →ISBN:
glosses: Synonym of by-election.
synonyms: word: by-election
bypolls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bypoll
by-poll
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: by-polls
Senses: examples: text: EC also served a notice on Karnataka's Primary and Secondary Education Minister Basavaraj Horatti for meeting with teachers and seeking support for his party's candidate for a by-poll in that state.
ref: 2006, Data India - Issues 27-52, page 978:
text: The CEC had the matter enquired and made a press statement that the electoral rolls of Mangaldoi had to be revised before going for the by-poll.
ref: 2007, Braja Bihārī Kumāra, Problems of Ethnicity in the North-East India, →ISBN, page 74:
text: He was given the BSP ticket for the by-poll and the Muslim aristocrat's contest against the Samajwadi Party candidate became a prestigious tussle between the two parties which would signify who had more clout with the minority community.
ref: 2009, Ajoy Bose, Behenji: A Political Biography of Mayawati:
glosses: Alternative form of bypoll.
by-polls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of by-poll
rotationplasty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rotationplasties
Etymology: From rotation + -plasty.
Senses: examples: text: The tibia is rotated 180° and fused to the femur Hillmann and colleagues published a report comparing endoprosthetic replacement to rotationplasty in 67 patients, both adults and children, with malignant tumours of the distal femur or proximal tibia.
ref: 2009, José Cañadell, Mikel San-Julian, Pediatric Bone Sarcomas: Epiphysiolysis before excision, →ISBN, page 49:
text: Rotationplasty, or a turnabout procedure, is a typical option for children with congenital limb deficiencies, specifically PFFD, as well as for those with bony tumors of the proximal tibia or distal femur.
ref: 2014 -, Robert J. Palisano, Suzann K. Campbell, Margo Orlin, Physical Therapy for Children, →ISBN, page 392:
text: Of the three modified amputation techniques listed, the Van Nes rotationplasty leaves the longest residual stump, provides an effective “knee joint”, and is a viable alternative to above-knee amputations in select patients
ref: 2015, Mikel San-Julian, Cañadell's Pediatric Bone Sarcomas: Epiphysiolysis before Excision, →ISBN:
synonyms: Borggreve rotation
Van Nes rotation
glosses: A type of autograft in which a portion of an arm or leg is removed, while the remaining limb below the excised portion is rotated and reattached.
wombat trail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wombat trails
Senses: glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see wombat, trail.
topics: government
politics
glosses: The rural campaign trail, particularly with reference to the National Party.
maktak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of muktuk.
rotationplasties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rotationplasty
horse-comb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɔːsˌkəʊm/
ipa: /ˈhɔɹsˌkoʊm/
Forms: form: horse-combs
form: horsecomb
form: horse comb
Etymology: From Middle English horscomb, horsecombe, horskame, horskambe, from Old English horscamb (“horse-comb, curry-comb”), equivalent to horse + comb.
Senses: glosses: A comb used by horse groomers for combing the mane and tail of horses.
examples: text: A Horſe-comb. Strigilis.
ref: 1675, Christopher Wase, Dictionarium Minus, A Compendious Dictionary English-Latin and Latin-English […] , 2nd edition, page 599:
text: In the reign of Henry V, the service seems to have been changed to the annual delivery of a “horse comb, value four-pence.”
ref: 1837, “Driving to Cover:-Portrait of J. S. W. S. Erle Drax, Esq. Charborough Park, Dorsetshire.”, in The New Sporting Magazine, volume 13, number 79, page 262:
text: After six weeks in Belgium he arrived in England with only two possessions: an aluminium horse comb and a handkerchief.
ref: 2003, Pamela Howe Taylor, The Germans We Trusted: Stories of Friendship Resulting from the Second World War, →ISBN, page 34:
glosses: A curry comb (comb used for brushing a horse's coat)
Lingayatism
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Kannada ಲಿಂಗಾಯತ (liṅgāyata, “Lingayat”) + -ism.
Senses: glosses: A sect of Shaivism whose worship is centered on Shiva's lingam.
banana nose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: banana noses
form: banana-nose
Senses: examples: text: The man with the banana nose was on my right.
ref: 2003, Lawrence Gordon Knudsen, The Clock Struck Terror: A Professor Bates Novel, →ISBN, page 113:
text: Shortly before giving an exam, Throckmorton puts on a pair of Elmo slippers, a banana nose and a funny hat.
ref: 2004 September 14, Valerie Strauss, “Can Exam Anxiety Be Overcome? With Effort”, in Washington Post, retrieved 10 Feb 2018:
text: With his banana nose, hunched shoulders and hustling ways, Matthau's Buttermaker had an unmistakably Nixonian cast.
ref: 2005 July 22, Manohla Dargis, “Film Review: The Kids Are All Right; the Coach Has Problems”, in New York Times, retrieved 10 Feb 2018:
glosses: A large, unusually long nose.
examples: text: But 30 years ago, it was a pleasure to relax at the track—win or lose. The only remark I ever heard made to a jockey by a fan in those days was a friendly "Hey, banana nose" addressed to the great Eddie Arcaro.
ref: 1985 June 30, Robert N. Strauss, “Letters: Ugly Fans at Track”, in New York Times, retrieved 10 Feb 2018:
text: Sometimes the kids at school call me Banana Split, and when my father heard the name, he said, "You mean Banana Nose. You always had a big nose."
ref: 1995, Natalie Goldberg, Banana Rose: A Novel (2011 Open Road Media edition), ch. 2 (Google preview)
text: “How many, young Millar?” asked Flanders, a giant with tight clothes, lambchop sideburns, a ruddy complexion and an enormous nose that defied gravity. The kids called him Banana Nose.
ref: 2003, Sam Millar, chapter 3, in On the Brinks, →ISBN:
glosses: A person having such a nose.
banana-nose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: banana-noses
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of banana nose.
horsehoof
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: horsehooves
form: horse-hoof
form: horse hoof
Etymology: From Middle English hors hof, from Old English hors hōf, equivalent to horse + hoof.
Senses: glosses: The hoof of a horse
horsehooves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of horsehoof
massage chair
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: massage chairs
Senses: glosses: A chair designed so that a massage therapist can easily access the head, shoulders, and back of the seated person.
glosses: A chair fitted with electronic vibrators and motors to provide a massage.
massage chairs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of massage chair
lyric video
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lyric videos
Senses: glosses: A music video in which the words to the song are the main feature.
lyric videos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lyric video
dragon's beard candy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Calque from Chinese 龍鬚糖／龙须糖 (lóngxūtáng).
Senses: glosses: A traditional Chinese sweet similar to halva or cotton candy made from fine white sugar, peanuts, desiccated coconut, white sesame seeds, corn syrup and glutinous rice flour.
blood sugars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blood sugar
kakro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: In any case they became a source of vexation to a certain woman who used to fry kakro, a kind of bun made from a mixture of plantain and corn dough, outside the walls of her house.
ref: 1965, Alexander Coleridge Vanderpuije Baka Tetteh-Lartey, The Schooldays of Shango Solomon, page 14:
text: With Aho's group the younger men ate cooked cassava, peanut and kabana fish, kakro, tarts, beans and abodo
ref: 1970, J. Benibengor Blay, Coconut Boy, page 18:
text: On a bench they lay fresh kakro (gold, crusty, puff balls of crushed plantain and banana), kelewele (crispy fried, yellow and brown slabs of plantain) and several cups of roasted groundnuts.
ref: 1973, Africa Special Report:
text: It is sometimes used as sugar substitute in the preparation ofboodoo (baked corn dough) or kakro (fried corn dough mixed with red plantain).
ref: 1990, Daniel K. Abbiw, Useful plants of Ghana: West African uses of wild and cultivated plants, →ISBN:
glosses: A ball of mashed plantain and corn dough which is then fried.
examples: text: With that Pepe left with the mother's permission to see the woman nearby who was frying balls of kakro which let out an appetising flavour. The woman smiled at Pepe. He smiled back and took a ball of kakro and threw it into his mouth, "Mother will pay for that," he said after munching it. "Where have you been, schoolboy?" the kakro seller asked.
ref: 1975, Selby Ashong-Katai, Confessions of a Bastard: And Other Stories, page 121:
text: Most cucumber cultivars were grown in a large area/many households, except Barse kakro, grown by only two households.
ref: 2005, Bhuwon Ratna Sthapit, On Farm Conservation of Agricultural Biodiversity in Nepal, →ISBN:
text: Authentic kakro ko achar uses mustard oil, which has wonderful preservative qualities and flavor but is hard to find.
ref: 2017, Kirsten K. Shockey, Christopher Shockey, Fiery Ferments, →ISBN:
glosses: A cultivar of cucumber found in Nepal, which is used often fried with sesame, salt, chili, and lemon in balls called ko achar.
craspedodromous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Ancient Greek κράσπεδον (kráspedon, “border, skirt”) + -dromous
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having pinnate veins in which the secondary veins terminate at the margins, often as teeth
raw_tags: of a leaf
Derived terms: semicraspedodromous
cremnophyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cremnophytes
Etymology: From Ancient Greek κρημνός (krēmnós, “cliff”) + -phyte.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any plant that is adapted to growing on cliffs, especially in crevices.
Related terms: cremnophytic
cremnophytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or characteristic of the cremnophytes
cristarque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having a cup-shaped deposit of druse
raw_tags: of a sclereid
distyly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From di- + -styly.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The condition of being distylous
endophloeodal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: That grows within the endophloeum
endospory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Endospory is the complete development of, in this case, the female gametophyte within the original spore wall.
ref: 2006, Michael G. Simpson, Plant Systematics, page 99:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The production of gametophytes within a spore.
Derived terms: endosporic
necral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Composed of dead cells
Derived terms: epinecral
hyponecral
epinecral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From epi- + necral.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Above a necral layer
hyponecral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hypo- + necral.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Below a necral layer
epiphloedal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: That grows on the surface of bark
Related terms: endophloedal
endophloedal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: That grows within bark
Related terms: epiphloedal
epruinose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From e- + pruinose.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Not pruinose
excentrically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From excentrical + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of eccentrically.
exospory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The production of spores that germinate to form free-living gametophytes
Related terms: exosporal
exospore
exosporic
exosporous
halonate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having a transparent outer layer.
raw_tags: of a spore
Related terms: halo
induplicately
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: In an induplicate manner
isobifacial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From iso- + bifacial.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having both sides of a similar structure
raw_tags: of a leaf
ballsily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more ballsily
form: most ballsily
Etymology: From ballsy + -ily.
Senses: examples: text: My emotional bottom came when someone ballsily asked to borrow my ID so he could get in!
ref: 2014, Michael Musto, Fork on the Left, Knife in the Back:
glosses: In a ballsy manner.
longicidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Describing dehiscence via longitudinal slits
monostromatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mono- + stromatic.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Being a single cell thick
Related terms: Monostroma
obloid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: obloids
Senses: glosses: oblong in three dimension(s)
obloid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: oblong in three dimensions
phytomelanin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From phyto- + melanin.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A hard, black material that forms a crust on the surface of some seeds
polystemonous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having the number of stamens more than double that of the petals or sepals
ramicaul
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ramicauls
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A stem that bears a single leaf (as in some orchids)
semaphyll
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: semaphylls
Etymology: From sema- + -phyll.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A sepal or similar structure which has become modified to attract pollinators
Related terms: semaphyllous
semaphyllous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more semaphyllous
form: most semaphyllous
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Characteristic of a semaphyll
soralium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soralia
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A cluster of soredia
capitosaur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: capitosaurs
Senses: examples: text: Capitosaurs had pachyostotic (extraheavy) skeletons and probably lived on the bottom of large water bodies as ambush predators.
ref: 2014, Rainer R. Schoch, Amphibian Evolution: The Life of Early Land Vertebrates:
glosses: Any extinct temnospondyl amphibian of the clade Capitosauria.
halticine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: halticines
Senses: glosses: Any hemipteran of the tribe Halticini
luperine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: luperines
Senses: glosses: Any moth of the genus Luperina
thermosbenacean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thermosbenaceans
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of thermosbaenacean.
let he who is without sin cast the first stone
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of let him who is without sin cast the first stone.
postconceptionally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From postconceptional + -ly.
Senses: glosses: After conceiving a child.
spoggy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈspɒɡi/
rhymes: -ɒɡi
Forms: form: spoggies
form: spoggie
Senses: examples: text: When the spoggy flew in at the window and thumped against the pane, Father couldn't touch it.
ref: 1978, Barbara Hanrahan, Where the Queens all Strayed, Brisbane: University of Queensland Press, →ISBN, page 49:
text: A spoggy's nest and (this one's a bit hazy) a piece of cotton wool!
ref: 1991, Span: Journal of the South Pacific Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies, number 31, Wollongong: University of Wollongong, page 96:
text: Blue wrens and spoggies had been nibbling on the food they had left outside.
ref: 2011, K. J. Cherry, A Piece of My Heart, →ISBN, page 68:
glosses: A sparrow.
spoggies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spoggy
glosses: plural of spoggie
turn of pace
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: turns of pace
form: turn of speed
Senses: examples: text: Aubameyang hinted at what he could offer when he showed a fierce turn of pace to escape Davinson Sanchez early on but was barely seen after that.
ref: 2018 February 10, Phil McNulty, “Tottenham Hotspur 1 - 0 Arsenal”, in BBC:
glosses: a quick increase in speed
masteral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From master + -al.
Senses: glosses: Relating to a master's degree or to get a doctorate degree.
masteral
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: masterals
Etymology: From master + -al.
Senses: glosses: master's degree
glosses: doctorate
carinderia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carinderias
form: carenderia
form: calenderia
Etymology: From Philippine Spanish carindería, where the root, Spanish carí, itself is from Tagalog kari (“curry”). Compare Tagalog karinderya.
Senses: glosses: A small eatery or canteen or cafeteria that serves local (usually Filipino) food
Derived terms: word: carindery
superflyweight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superflyweights
form: super flyweight
Senses: glosses: A weight class of 112 to 115 lbs
Synonyms: junior bantamweight
light bantamweight
northeasterlies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of northeasterly
jab molasie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jab molasie
Senses: examples: text: Images of devils, jab molasie, moko jumbies and bats are the figures that inhabit the Caribbean night. These dark fantasies are allowed free reign to bring into being darker, secret fears. The Carnival allows the opportunity for all these aspects of life to be given visual form.
ref: 1994, Mary L. Gill, Presence, Identity and Meaning in the Trinidad Carnival: An Ethnography of Schooling and Festival (unpublished Ph.D. dissertation), Madison, Wis.: University of Wisconsin–Madison, →OCLC, page 104:
glosses: Alternative spelling of jab molassie.
shelgoose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shelgeese
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sheldgoose.
cremello
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cremellos
Senses: glosses: A horse with a cream-coloured coat due to the presence of two copies of the cream genes
Related terms: english: horse that has one copy of the cream gene
translation: horse that has one copy of the cream gene
word: palomino
cream gene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cream genes
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A gene that is responsible for several pale colourations of horses
mixokinetal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Involving both somatic and oral kinetal elements
kinetal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or by means of, a kinetid.
dialkyllead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any lead cation that has two alkyl substituents
monoalkyllead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any lead cation that has an alkyl substituent
trialkyllead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any lead cation that has three alkyl substituents
diorganolead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any lead cation that has two organic substituents
monoorganolead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any lead cation that has a single organic substituent
tripropyllead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any lead cation that has three propyl substituents
captorhinomorph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: captorhinomorphs
Senses: glosses: Any reptile of the order Captorhinida
carboalkoxyalkyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carboalkoxyalkyls
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any carboalkoxy derivative of an alkyl group
carboalkoxy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carboalkoxys
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any univalent radical of the form R-CO- derived from a carboxylic acid
cardioceratid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cardioceratids
Senses: glosses: Any ammonite in the family Cardioceratidae.
carposporangium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carposporangia
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A sporangium (that contains carpospores) in red algae, a cluster of which forms the cystocarp
Related terms: carposporangial
carposporangia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of carposporangium
carposporophyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carposporophytes
Senses: glosses: An algal sporophyte that is part of a sporocarp
casichelydian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: casichelydians
Senses: glosses: Any extinct turtle of the order Casichelydia
cassiduloid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cassiduloids
Senses: glosses: Any sea urchin of the order Cassiduloida.
catacline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cataclines
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The part of a shell in which the interarea is at an angle of greater than 180° to the plane of commissure
raw_tags: of brachiopods
Related terms: anacline
apsacline
caudothoracic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From caudo- + thoracic.
Senses: glosses: caudal and thoracic
centrospermous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Relating to plants of the order Centrospermae.
centrotylote
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From centro- + Ancient Greek τύλη (túlē, “hump, swelling”) + -ote.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Having a central bulge
raw_tags: of a sponge spicule
cephalized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cephalized
form: most cephalized
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: modified by cephalization
ceratite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ceratites
Senses: glosses: Any ammonite of the order Ceratitida
Related terms: ceratitic
ceratitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or characteristic of the ceratites
cercopoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Relating to or characteristic of the froghoppers of the superfamily Cercopoidea.
cerithioid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Relating to, or characteristic of cerithioideans (gastropods of the superfamily Cerithioidea)
cerithioidean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cerithioideans
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any gastropod of the superfamily Cerithioidea
Related terms: cerithioid
chaetigerous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪdʒəɹəs
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
synonyms: chaetiferous
glosses: That has chaetae
Related terms: chaetiger
chaetome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chaetomes
Etymology: From chaeta + -ome.
Senses: examples: text: In the chaetome (setation) of Phthiracaroidea legs the number of solenidia is given in parenthesis and follows the number of simple setae […]
ref: 2003, “New species of ptyctimous oribatid mites from the Neotropical region”, in Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, volume 49, number 49, page 261:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The bristly hairlike appendages growing from the limbs of various mite species, taken as a single bodily organ.
chalcidoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chalcidoids
Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Chalcidoidea.
Senses: glosses: Any wasp of the superfamily Chalcidoidea