cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
stegging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of steg
nonfundamental
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + fundamental.
Senses: glosses: Not fundamental.
nondiamond
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + diamond.
Senses: glosses: Not of or pertaining to diamond.
thaumato-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Forms: form: thaumat-
Etymology: From Ancient Greek θαυματ- (thaumat-), combining form of θαῦμα (thaûma, “miracle”).
Senses: examples: text: thaumatology
glosses: Miracle; wonder; marvel.
thaumat-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of thaumato-.
penal colonies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of penal colony
nonmanipulable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + manipulable.
Senses: glosses: Not manipulable.
nonwhiskey
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + whiskey.
Senses: glosses: Not of or pertaining to whiskey.
nonmotorcycle
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + motorcycle.
Senses: examples: text: The Motor Company now places ads in many nonmotorcycle publications.
ref: 2001, Barbara Joans, Bike lust: Harleys, women, and American society:
text: His natural ingenuity took him into nonmotorcycle areas as well.
ref: 2003, A. Lindsay Brooke, Triumph motorcycles: a century of passion and power:
glosses: Not of or pertaining to motorcycles.
unspaceworthy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unspaceworthy
form: most unspaceworthy
Etymology: From un- + spaceworthy.
Senses: glosses: Not spaceworthy; unfit for a space voyage.
chrome yellow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chrome yellows
Senses: examples: text: Vincent van Gogh used chrome yellow in many of his paintings.
text: These dully schematic yet sentimental misfortunes surround Van Gogh's “Sower”. He ploughs on, figure accentuated in deep impasto, across a field cast in blue shadow, chrome yellow corn merging with the sun.
ref: 2025 September 13, Jackie Wullschläger, “Portal to an abstract future or dry dead end?”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 15:
synonyms: Leipzig yellow
glosses: A natural yellow pigment derived from lead(II) chromate.
suicide door
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: suicide doors
Etymology: From the safety risks of the door flying open while the car is moving.
Senses: examples: text: She's got whitewall tires and suicide doors / Under the hood, got a four-fifty-four / Well, they don't make 'em like that no more / Not since nineteen seventy-four / Big cars / Yeah, I like big cars
ref: 2002, Heather Myles, “Big Cars”, in Sweet Talk and Good Lies, performed by Heather Myles:
glosses: A car door hinged towards the rear of the vehicle.
Related terms: suicide knob
suicide doors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of suicide door
conic sections
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of conic section
one's socks off
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: I've been working my socks off all week for no reward whatsoever.
text: We had a great time at the ball. We danced our socks off.
glosses: With a large amount of effort or intensity.
Related terms: knock someone's socks off
one's cotton socks off
kickplate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kickplates
form: kick plate
Etymology: From kick + plate.
Senses: synonyms: kickboard
glosses: A usually metal strip mounted at the base of a door to prevent scuffing.
kickplates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kickplate
Wavoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Wavoid
jete
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ʒɛˈteɪ/
Forms: form: jetes
Etymology: Borrowed from French jeté.
Senses: examples: text: Finally one of the first three breaks through the barrier, but instead of a jete, he takes an incredible headfirst dive and slides along the floor.
ref: 1990 April 13, Laura Molzahn, “Priestly Perversions”, in Chicago Reader:
text: While some of the choreography was too obvious, there were stunning visual images throughout, such as Michelangelo (Paul A. Brown) being lifted in a wide jete on the arms and shoulders of a few dancers while the rest of the crowd reached imploring arms up to him.
ref: 1990 August 24, Effie Mihopoulos, “American Jazz Dance World Congress '90”, in Chicago Reader:
text: The men quickly lower their partners from a supported jete to lying flat on the floor with no apparent landing or transition; they swing them around the floor, spinning the women in splits, then on their knees.
ref: 1991 March 1, Cerinda Survant, “American Ballet Theatre”, in Chicago Reader:
qualifier: ballet
glosses: A leap from one foot to the other in which one leg appears to be "thrown" in the direction of the movement.
cookeries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cookery
x86
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: The x functions as a wildcard; the processors immediately succeeding the original 8086 and using the same architecture (with progressively greater expansions) also had names ending in 86 (the 80186, 80286, 80386, and 80486; Intel shifted away from this numerical nomenclature after the 80486, but other manufacturers of x86 processors continued the series with -586- and -686-branded processors).
Senses: examples: text: The x86 version of Windows 7 only supports a maximum of 4 GiB of RAM; 64-bit Windows can support a lot more.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Any of a family of instruction set architectures based on that used by the Intel 8086 microprocessor.
Specifically, the 32-bit version of the x86 instruction set architecture.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Any of a family of instruction set architectures based on that used by the Intel 8086 microprocessor.
Specifically, the original, 16-bit version of the x86 instruction set architecture.
Synonyms: i386
IA-32
x86-32
Hyponyms: x86-16 (16-bit x86)
x86 64
i386
IA-32
x86-32 (32-bit x86)
AMD64
x64
x86-64 (64-bit x86)
Related terms: x87
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4
nonfolklore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + folklore.
Senses: glosses: That which is not folklore.
protected mode
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An operational mode of x86-compatible CPUs, in which software can use features such as virtual memory, paging, and safe multitasking.
Related terms: real mode
real mode
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
coordinate_terms: unreal mode
glosses: The default operational mode of x86-compatible CPUs, offering direct software access to all memory and peripherals but without the advanced features of protected mode.
lithomania
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From litho- + -mania.
Senses: examples: text: The patriarch most certainly had a method to his lithomania — nothing less than the complete conversion of Alexandria's urban topography.
ref: 2006, Christopher Haas, Alexandria in late antiquity: topography and social conflict, page 207:
glosses: passion for building
meatpuppet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: meatpuppets
Etymology: From meat + puppet, on the model of sockpuppet.
Senses: examples: text: No one can independently have the same opinon^([sic]) as someone else without being a meatpuppet of theirs, eh?
ref: 2004 March 31, James Schrumpf, “Re: OT: Catch-22 on terrorism”, in rec.sport.football.college (Usenet):
coordinate_terms: astroturfer
glosses: One whose sole reason for participating in a discussion or forum is to support, or express agreement with, a friend.
glosses: Alternative form of meat puppet.
meatpuppet
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: meatpuppets
form: meatpuppetting
form: meatpuppetted
form: meatpuppetted
Etymology: From meat + puppet, on the model of sockpuppet.
meatpuppets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of meatpuppet
groinward
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From groin + -ward.
Senses: examples: text: Or he'd have wedged a very sharp pencil between the edge of his desk and his groin, the tip facing groinward, and she'd see him pressing harder […]
ref: 1989, Tracy Kidder, Among schoolchildren:
text: His hand crept further up, groinward, when Mike barged in, growling like an old werewolf.
ref: 1999, Jim Provenzano, Pins:
text: "Are you giving me a pep talk?" I asked. He smiled. "What else are you supposed to do to me today?" I pointed groinward.
ref: 2004, Elinor Lipman, The pursuit of Alice Thrift:
glosses: Towards the groin.
goalwards
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: Ashley Young's ill-advised attempt to dribble out of danger ended in a corner and when Steven Gerrard's delivery was headed goalwards by Daniel Agger, Sturridge deflected it home from virtually on the line.
ref: 2013, Phil McNulty, “Liverpool 1-0 Man Utd”, in BBC Sport:
text: The wing-back Rachel Daly smashed a volley goalwards from a cleared corner, but it was straight at Nnadozie.
ref: 2023 August 7, Suzanne Wrack, “England beat Nigeria on penalties to reach Women’s World Cup quarter-finals”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Alternative form of goalward.
bodylessness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bodilessness
Etymology: From bodyless + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Absence of a body.
bodilessness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bodylessness
Etymology: From bodiless + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Absence of a body.
disembodiedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From disembodied + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being disembodied.
Synonyms: incorporeality
incorporeity
disembodiedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more disembodiedly
form: most disembodiedly
Etymology: From disembodied + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a disembodied manner.
bodyguarded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bodyguard
nonvanilla
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + vanilla.
Senses: examples: text: A nonvanilla option will be more precisely sensitive to the forward volatility in the market between its inception and its stopping time.
ref: 1997, Nassim Taleb, Dynamic hedging: managing vanilla and exotic options:
text: That's when I started doing a lot more nonvanilla. With Guy, the Marine from LA, I had more of an intellectual relationship.
ref: 1999, Steven Zeeland, Military trade:
text: The nonvanilla sex would probably turn out to be B&D, handcuffs, spanking, and the like.
ref: 2001, Alice Alfonsi, John Scognamiglio, Dark Seductions: Tales of Erotic Horror:
glosses: Not vanilla (standard or mundane, especially of sexual activity); unusual or kinky.
suicide bombers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of suicide bomber
macroprisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of macroprism
macropyramids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of macropyramid
Deringer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Deringers
form: Diringer
Etymology: Borrowed from German Deringer, possibly from Thuringer meaning a person born in Thuringia, formerly a semi-autonomous state in central Germany.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Derived terms: deringer
derringer
Derringer
Deringer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Deringers
form: Diringer
Etymology: Borrowed from German Deringer, possibly from Thuringer meaning a person born in Thuringia, formerly a semi-autonomous state in central Germany.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of derringer.
Derringer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Derringers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of derringer (“pistol”).
deringer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deringers
Senses: qualifier: late 1800s
glosses: Alternative spelling of derringer.
cinegenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛnɪk
Forms: form: more cinegenic
form: most cinegenic
Etymology: From cine- + -genic, by analogy with photogenic.
Senses: glosses: Having an appearance and exhibiting qualities thought to be attractive to film viewers.
democratizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of democratization
democratisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of democratisation
nontrapezoidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + trapezoidal.
Senses: glosses: Not trapezoidal.
sullennesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sullenness
swollenness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From swollen + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being swollen.
Synonyms: bloatedness
swinking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of swink
swinked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of swink
monsterless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From monster + -less.
Senses: glosses: Devoid of monsters.
pyramidlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pyramidlike
form: most pyramidlike
Etymology: From pyramid + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling a pyramid.
s/o
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of someone.
s/o
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of shout out.
related: word: S/O
word: SO
word: s.o.
word: S.O.
glosses: Abbreviation of significant other.
glosses: Abbreviation of son of.
Related terms: sense: son of
english: care of
translation: care of
word: c/o
sense: son of
english: daughter of
translation: daughter of
word: d/o
arseholery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: assholery
Etymology: From arsehole + -ery.
Senses: glosses: Obnoxious behavior.
dickheaded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dickheaded
form: most dickheaded
Etymology: From dick + headed.
Senses: glosses: rude, inconsiderate
glosses: foolish, incompetent
Derived terms: dickheadedly
dickheadedness
fuckheadedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From fuckheaded + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The behavior consistent with that of a fuckhead.
shitheaded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more shitheaded
form: most shitheaded
Etymology: From shit + headed.
Senses: glosses: Foolish, incompetent.
Derived terms: shitheadedly
shitheadedness
Related terms: shithead
machicolates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of machicolate
levelless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From level + -less.
Senses: examples: text: There is a seamless and levelless progression between containing spaces and connective spaces.
ref: 2007, Kas Oosterhuist, Xin Xia, Interactive architecture:
glosses: Having no levels.
nonimportant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + important.
Senses: glosses: Not important.
nonimporting
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + importing.
Senses: glosses: Not importing.
overchlorinated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overchlorinated
form: most overchlorinated
Etymology: From over- + chlorinated.
Senses: examples: text: I don't want to swim in the overchlorinated pool.
glosses: Containing an excess of chlorine.
dance mat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dance mats
Senses: glosses: Synonym of dance pad.
synonyms: word: dance pad
step chart
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: step charts
Senses: glosses: A chart similar to a line graph, but with the line forming a series of steps between data points.
topics: video-games
glosses: A sequence of steps to be performed in a dance game.
deosil
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: Before people started arriving, I began the day as I always did: by sprinkling saltwater widdershins—counterclockwise—around the perimeter of my shop, then smudging deosil—clockwise—with a sage bundle.
ref: 2012, Juliet Blackwell, In a Witch's Wardrobe: A Witchcraft Mystery, New York, NY: New American Library, →ISBN, page 32:
topics: Wicca
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Alternative spelling of deasil.
spalpeens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spalpeen
welfare Cadillacs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of welfare Cadillac
pinacoderms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pinacoderm
corporisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of corporisation
corporization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: corporizations
Senses: examples: text: Mercury in conjunction with Venus and the earth becomes, if we may credit the report of M. de Hagen, the principle of corporization; the Earth per se, is the principle of liberty; and Venus the principle of perfection.... for perhaps it may be found that all the appearances of comets have been subsequent to the conjunction of the 'principles of corporization,' and consequent on the efflux thence emanating.
ref: 1812. William Hendry Stowell. The Eclectic review, Volume 8, Part 2, page 973
text: ..to the question, whether at the human death there is an end of the corporization of the soul, whether it does lose all hold upon matter and body...
ref: 1855. The Westminster review, Volume 64, page 539
glosses: Alternative spelling of corporisation.
corporizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of corporization
electrofugality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From electrofugal + -ity.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The condition of being electrofugal
electrofugal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From electro- + -fugal.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing the effects of an atom or group in a molecule on the movement of electrons in neighbouring bonds
Derived terms: electrofugality
electrovalent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more electrovalent
form: most electrovalent
Etymology: From electro- + -valent.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to electrovalency/electrovalence.
ethanediol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: ethylene glycol
eucolloid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eucolloids
Etymology: From eu- + colloid.
Senses: glosses: Any colloid whose particles have a large diameter (typically > 250 nm)
exocharmic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more exocharmic
form: most exocharmic
Etymology: From exo- + charm + -ic, modelled on other scientific terms like exothermic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing chemistry demonstrations that are visually exciting for students.
heteroazeotrope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heteroazeotropes
Etymology: From hetero- + azeotrope.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A heterogeneous (not completely miscible) azeotrope
Derived terms: heteroazeotropic
heterocatenation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hetero- + catenation.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The catenation of two or more different elements or groups
Related terms: homocatenation
heterozeotrope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heterozeotropes
Etymology: From hetero- + zeotrope.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A heterogeneous (not completely miscible) zeotrope
Related terms: homozeotrope
zeotrope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zeotropes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A mixture of liquids that may be separated via the gas phase (i.e. by distillation)
Derived terms: azeotrope
heterozeotrope
homozeotrope
zeotropic
homozeotrope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: homozeotropes
Etymology: From homo- + zeotrope.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A homogeneous (completely miscible) zeotrope
Related terms: heterozeotrope
hexametaphosphate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hexametaphosphates
Etymology: From hexa- + metaphosphate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A cyclic, polymeric anion composed of six linked phosphate groups P₆O₁₈⁶⁻; any salt containing this anion
homocycle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: homocycles
Etymology: From homo- + cycle.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any inorganic compound based on a ring of three or more atoms of the same element
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any organic derivative of such a compound
Related terms: heterocycle
homovalent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From homo- + valent.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Having the same valency/valence.
Related terms: heterovalent
innoculate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: innoculates
form: innoculating
form: innoculated
form: innoculated
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of inoculate.
Related terms: innoculation
intumesce
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪntjʊˈmɛs/
ipa: /ɪntuˈmɛs/
rhymes: -ɛs
Forms: form: intumesces
form: intumescing
form: intumesced
form: intumesced
Etymology: From Latin intumēscō.
Senses: glosses: To swell or enlarge (abnormally)
glosses: To bubble up (as the result of heating)
Related terms: intumescence
intumescency
intumescent
electrovalence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: electrovalences
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of electrovalency.
Nikolayevsk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Russian Никола́евск (Nikolájevsk).
Senses: glosses: Former name of Nikolayevsk-on-Amur: A town in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia, on the Amur River.
glosses: A town, the administrative center of the Nikolayevsky District, Volgograd Oblast, Russia.
glosses: Former name of Pugachyov
Ussuriysk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Primorsky Krai, Russia.
Synonyms: sense: from Mandarin Chinese
word: Shuangchengzi
Related terms: Ussuri
cognitives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cognitive
cokeries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cokery
eddish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛdɪʃ/
Forms: form: eddishes
form: edish
form: edige
form: eatage
form: earsh
Etymology: Uncertain; but probably from Middle English eddish (found often in compounds: e.g. eddish-hen (“eddish-hen, quail”)), ultimately from Old English edisc (“an eddish or aftermath; pasture; enclosed pasture, park”), equivalent to ed- + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: The hay was gathered from the fields, and the cattle turned onto the eddish.
ref: 1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “chapter 1”, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC:
synonyms: aftergrass
aftermath
fog#Etymology_2
glosses: An aftergrowth of grass (or other plants) which grows after it has been mowed; also, a field of such growth.
Derived terms: wheat-eddish
Related terms: edgrow
edgrowth
mouldwarp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈməʊldwɔːp/
Forms: form: mouldwarps
form: modiwarp
form: molewarp
form: moldwarp
form: modiwort
form: moldiwarp
form: moudiwarp
form: moudiwart
form: moudiewarp
form: mowdiwart
form: mowdiwort
Etymology: From Middle English moldewarpe, moldewarp, moldewerp, (also molwarpe, molewarpe), from Old English *moldeweorpe, ("mole"; literally "earth-thrower"; compare Old English wandeweorpe (“mole”)), from Proto-Germanic *muldawurpiz (“earth-thrower, mole”), equivalent to mould + warp.
Cognate with Scots malwart, modewarp (“mole”), Dutch molworp (“mole”), Low German mulworp, molworm (“mole”), German Maulwurf (“mole”), Danish muldvarp (“mole”), Swedish mullvad (“mole”), Icelandic moldvarpa (“mole”).
Senses: examples: text: For either they be puffed vp vvith pride, / Or fraught vvith enuie that their galls do ſvvell, / Or they their dayes to ydleneſſe diuide, / Or drovvnded lie in pleaſures vvaſtefull vvell, / In vvhich like Moldvvarps nouſling ſtill they lurke, / Vnmyndfull of chiefe parts of manlineſſe, / And do themſelues for vvant of other vvorke, / Vaine votaries of laeſie loue profeſſe, […]
ref: 1595, Ed. Spencer [i.e., Edmund Spenser], Colin Clouts Come Home Againe, London: […] T[homas] C[reede] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, signature D3, verso:
text: as the moldiwarp in Æsop told the fox […], you complain of toys, but I am blind, be quiet […].
ref: 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II, section 3, member 1, subsection i:
text: "Yi, an' there's some chaps as does go round like moudiwarps." He thrust his face forward in the blind, snout-like way of a mole, seeming to sniff and peer for direction.
ref: 1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC:
glosses: A mole, Talpa europea.
moudiwarp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mouldwarp.
isodisperse
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From iso- + disperse.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Having particles of the same size
raw_tags: of colloids
top kill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: top kills
Senses: qualifier: oil industry
glosses: a method of closing an oil well, by pumping in drilling fluid (synthetic mud) to shut off the flow of oil, and following with concrete (cement) to plug the hole
Related terms: bottom kill
static kill
well kill
junk shot
blowout
blowout preventer
barkled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɑːk(ə)ld/
Forms: form: more barkled
form: most barkled
Senses: examples: text: 'Aven't you got a drink, Missis, for a man when he comes home barkled up from the pit?
ref: 1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “chapter 2”, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC:
glosses: Encrusted, especially with dirt and grime.
isohydric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From iso- + hydric.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Describing solutions that have the same pH and conductivity, these values remaining constant upon mixing of the solutions
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Describing plants that limit transpiration in order to maintain a constant amount of water in the leaves
junk shot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: junk shots
Senses: qualifier: oil industry
glosses: A method to shut off a faulty blowout preventer (BOP) by injecting the BOP with material that will clog up the innards and result in a choking off of the hole.
Related terms: top kill
isopolyanions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of isopolyanion
isotaxy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: isotacticity
katamorphism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any form of metamorphism that occurs near the Earth's surface
gabey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gabeys
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gaby.
lyotropy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From lyo- + -tropy.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The condition of being lyotropic
Related terms: lyotropic
Rodina
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From romanization of Russian ро́дина (ródina, literally “homeland”).
Senses: topics: fiction
literature
media
publishing
glosses: The Soviet Union.
Synonyms: motherland
metaarsenite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metaarsenites
Etymology: From meta- + arsenite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of several arsenite anions containing multiple arsenic atoms e.g. [AsO₂⁻]ₙ; any salt containing such an anion
Related terms: orthoarsenite
orthoarsenite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: orthoarsenites
Etymology: From ortho- + arsenite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The simple oxyanion of arsenic AsO₃³⁻; any salt containing this anion
Related terms: metaarsenite
metatungstate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metatungstates
Etymology: From meta- + tungstate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any tungstate that contains multiple atoms of tungsten e.g. W₄O₁₃²⁻
Related terms: metatungstic acid
metavanadate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metavanadates
Etymology: From meta- + vanadate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The polymeric oxyanion of vanadium [VO₃⁻]ₙ; any salt containing this anion
microreactors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microreactor
molarities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of molarity
monogranular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mono- + granular.
Senses: glosses: Having grains or granules that are all the same size
nucleofugal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more nucleofugal
form: most nucleofugal
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to a nucleofuge
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: That moves away from a nucleus (of a cell etc)
Synonyms: nucleofugic
Derived terms: nucleofugality
nucleofugality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nucleofugalities
Etymology: From nucleofugal + -ity.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The condition of being nucleofugal.
cymbalum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cymbalums
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cimbalom.
cymbalums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cymbalum
orthoacid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: orthoacids
form: ortho acid
Etymology: From ortho- + acid.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: the member of a series of oxyacids of a particular element that has the highest number of hydroxyl groups
paramolybdate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paramolybdates
Etymology: From para- + molybdate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: heptamolybdate
heptamolybdate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heptamolybdates
Etymology: From hepta- + molybdate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The oxyanion of molybdenum Mo₇O₂₄⁶⁻; any salt containing this anion
Synonyms: paramolybdate
piezochemistry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From piezo- + chemistry.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The chemistry of materials at high pressure
Related terms: piezochemical
irreparate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: ĭrĕʹpərət
ipa: /ɪˈɹɛpəɹət/
enpr: ĭrĕʹpərət
ipa: /ɪˈɹɛpəɹət/
Etymology: Probably ir- + reparate (either etymology 1 or 2).
Senses: examples: text: Unregulated expansion into a region meant by nature to be range country did serious, often irreparate, damage to the land.
ref: 1951, Saturday Review, volume 34, number 2, Saturday Review Associates, page 46:
text: It is with a feeling of real affliction that we heard of the tragical and irreparate loss of President Kennedy.
ref: 1964, Congressional Serial Set, United States Government Printing Office, page 873:
text: Teacher’s union, seeking judicial declaration that public meeting law did not apply to grievance arbitration hearings conducted by union and school board pursuant to agreement, a properly denied preliminary injunction was sought against newspaper representee where court noted its belief that private arguments by public bodies could not be used to circumvent public meeting law but based its ruling on trial court’s finding of no irreparate injury.
ref: 1971, American Law Reports. ALR 3d: Cases and Annotations, volume 38, page 1,582:
glosses: irreparable
polycyclics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polycyclic
pointer finger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pointer fingers
Senses: glosses: index finger
lancier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lanciers
Etymology: Borrowed from French
Senses: glosses: Synonym of lancer.
synonyms: word: lancer
polytroph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polytrophs
Etymology: From poly- + -troph.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any polytrophic organism.
lanciers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lancier
polytrophs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polytroph
labialise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: labialises
form: labialising
form: labialised
form: labialised
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of labialize.
labialises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of labialise
Blackpudlian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Blackpudlian
form: most Blackpudlian
Etymology: Blend of Blackpool + Liverpudlian
Senses: glosses: of or from Blackpool
Blackpudlian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Blackpudlians
Etymology: Blend of Blackpool + Liverpudlian
Senses: glosses: someone from Blackpool
Hartlepudlian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Hartlepudlian
form: most Hartlepudlian
Etymology: From Hartlepool + -pudlian; see Liverpudlian.
Senses: glosses: Of or from Hartlepool
Hartlepudlian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Hartlepudlians
Etymology: From Hartlepool + -pudlian; see Liverpudlian.
Senses: glosses: A native or resident of Hartlepool
wet t-shirt competitions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wet t-shirt competition
wet t-shirt contests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wet t-shirt contest
jetes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jete
pas de chat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pas de chat
form: pas de chats
Etymology: From French pas de chat (literally “cat's step”).
Senses: synonyms: saut de chat
qualifier: ballet
glosses: A sideways jump with both feet brought as high as possible, knees apart, while in the air.
canvassable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more canvassable
form: most canvassable
Etymology: From canvas + -able.
Senses: glosses: Suitable to be canvassed.
noncanvas
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + canvas.
Senses: glosses: Not of or pertaining to canvas fabric.
preinstructional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: pre-instructional
Etymology: From pre- + instructional.
Senses: glosses: Occurring prior to instruction.
elephant bird
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: elephant birds
form: elephantbird
Etymology: Apparently from Marco Polo's description of the legendary roc as being capable of seizing a small elephant.
Senses: examples: text: The fossil record is also poor for moa and the aepyornid elephant birds, in that both are mainly known from remains that date from historical times.
ref: 2002, Gregory S. Paul, Dinosaurs of the Air: The Evolution and Loss of Flight in Dinosaurs and Birds, page 306:
text: Another very notable feature of Madagascar was the elephant bird (Aepyornis maximus), an enormous relative of the ostrich which reached 3 m in height.
ref: 2009, Jonathan Adams, Species Richness: Patterns in the Diversity of Life, page 242:
text: All^([of order Struthioniformes]) except tinamous are flightless; they include the largest birds ever known (moas and elephant birds) and the largest living bird (Ostrich).
ref: 2013, Roger Safford, Frank Hawkins, The Birds of Africa, volume VIII, The Malagasy Region, page 107:
glosses: Any of the very large extinct flightless birds that make up the genera Aepyornis and Mullerornis within family Aepyornithidae, and lived in Madagascar until the 17th or 18th century; especially †Aepyornis maximus.
wikipedia: Marco Polo
elephant birds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of elephant bird
elephantbird
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: elephantbirds
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of elephant bird.
elephantbirds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of elephantbird
pseudoaxial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: pseudo-axial
Etymology: From pseudo- + axial.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing bonds, in a ring system that does not have a true axis, that are approximately parallel to it (i.e. approximately at right-angles to the ring)
Related terms: pseudoequatorial
curateless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From curate + -less.
Senses: examples: a curateless parish
glosses: Without a curate.
vicarless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From vicar + -less.
Senses: examples: a vicarless church
glosses: Without a vicar.
pseudocopolymer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudocopolymers
form: pseudo-copolymer
Etymology: From pseudo- + copolymer.
Senses: glosses: A form of copolymer that is a mixture of different forms of the same monomer.
Derived terms: statistical pseudocopolymer
pseudoequatorial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: pseudo-equatorial
Etymology: From pseudo- + equatorial.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing bonds, in a ring system that does not have a true axis, that lie approximately in the plane of the ring
Related terms: pseudoaxial
pseudocopolymers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pseudocopolymer
pseudooligomer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudooligomers
form: pseudo-oligomer
Etymology: From pseudo- + oligomer.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A form of oligomer composed of two similar but not identical monomers
pseudoreversible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pseudo- + reversible.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing a reaction (especially a redox reaction) in which the products of the reverse reaction are not identical with the starting materials
Related terms: pseudoreversion
pseudorevertant
pyrosulphite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pyrosulphites
Etymology: From pyro- + sulphite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The anion S₂O₅²⁻; any salt containing this anion
Synonyms: metabisulfite
repeatabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of repeatability
siloxene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: siloxenes
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A compound of silicon, Si₆H₃(OH)₃, that has a planar structure
thermotropy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From thermo- + -tropy.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being thermotropic
Limburger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Limburgers
Etymology: From Dutch Limburger and German Limburger. By surface analysis, Limburg + -er.
Senses: glosses: Ellipsis of Limburger cheese.
glosses: A native or inhabitant of Limburg.
cat-like
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cat-like
form: most cat-like
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of catlike.
aerosphere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aerospheres
Etymology: From aero- + -sphere.
Senses: glosses: atmosphere
bindable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bindable
form: most bindable
Etymology: From bind + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of binding or of being bound
Derived terms: unbindable
contorsion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of contortion.
Derived terms: contorsional
aerospheres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aerosphere
poloidally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From poloidal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a poloidal manner
procaryotes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of procaryote
procaryote
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: procaryotes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of prokaryote.
thermocapillary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From thermo- + capillary.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Describing the effect of surfaces (and hence capillaries) on heat transfer (and on the movement of bodies by such convection)
dehydrogenating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˌhaɪdˈɹɒdʒəneɪtɪŋ(ɡ)/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dehydrogenate
dehydrogenating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˌhaɪdˈɹɒdʒəneɪtɪŋ(ɡ)/
Senses: glosses: That undergoes or produces dehydrogenation
gravimetrical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From gravimetric + -al.
Senses: glosses: Gravimetric.
hexafluorosilicate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hexafluorosilicates
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The anion SiF₆²⁻ derived from hexafluorosilicic acid; any salt containing this anion
preoxidized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + oxidized.
Senses: glosses: oxidized in advance of another process
ultradispersed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ultra- + dispersed.
Senses: glosses: Highly dispersed
unsintered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + sintered.
Senses: glosses: Not sintered
double taker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: double takers
Etymology: From double take + -er.
Senses: glosses: Something causing someone to do a double take.
axe-murder
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: axe-murders
form: axe-murdering
form: axe-murdered
form: axe-murdered
form: axe murder
Etymology: From axe + murder or Back-formation from axe-murderer.
Senses: examples: text: So […] the macabre episode of the two Americans axe-murdered […] became another chapter in the bloody annals of the Korean conflict.
ref: 1976 September 20, NEA London Economist News Service, “Touchy Issue: How Should U.S. Define Its Allies”, in Gadsden Times:
text: As it turned out, Mrs. Talbot was a perfectly nice woman, and the students she axe-murdered for her unholy rituals weren't close acquaintances anyway.
ref: 2004, Jeff Strand, Out of Whack, page 21:
glosses: To murder (someone) with an axe.
lobefin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lobefins
Etymology: From lobe + fin.
Senses: glosses: Any of the fish of the class Sarcopterygii.
Synonyms: sarcopterygian
loblolly boy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: loblolly boys
Etymology: From loblolly in the sense of gruel made with seaworthy ingredients.
Senses: examples: text: [T]he carpenter repairing masts and plugging dangerous leaks in the hull, the surgeon attending to the sick. (His helpers were known as loblolly boys, for the porridge they served.)
ref: 2023, David Grann, chapter 2, in The Wager, Doubleday, page 39:
glosses: In 18th- and 19th-century warships, a non-professional (male) assistant to the ship's surgeon.
kissing-bunch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kissing-bunches
Senses: examples: text: The kissing-bunch, of berried holly hung with bright and glittering things, spun slowly over Mrs Morel's head as she trimmed her little tarts in the kitchen.
ref: 1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC:
glosses: A bundle of evergreen leaves or branches, typically with berries, hung up at Christmas-time, under which people may kiss.
lock away
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: locks away
form: locking away
form: locked away
form: locked away
Senses: glosses: To lock up; to lock in a safe place, out of view.
koozies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of koozie
Kooris
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Koori
Koories
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Koori
glosses: plural of Koorie
Lockerbie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the personal name Lockard + the Old Norse suffix byr (“farm”).
Senses: glosses: A town in Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NY1381).
glosses: A surname.
Lockerbie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Lockerbies
Etymology: Named after the Lockerbie Bombing, a terrorist attack on a plane, which happened above the town of Lockerbie.
Senses: examples: text: So is it not prudent to install metal detectors in airports to try to prevent Lockerbies and Oklahoma Cities?
ref: 1996, Joseba Zulaika, William A. Douglass, Terror and taboo: the follies, fables, and faces of terrorism, page 9:
text: Complete bag matching on originating flights would not prevent another Lockerbie and was implemented because it was feasible and minimized delays. Nail clippers on board an aircraft were not permitted for a time,...
ref: 2003, Roger W. Cobb, David M. Primo, The plane truth: airline crashes, the media, and transportation policy:
text: The hidden book - written by Abdullah Azzam - was discovered after they swooped to arrest the monster days before his plan to stage seven Lockerbies.
ref: 2009 September 12, Nick Parker, “Haringey let kid live with bomber”, in The Sun:
glosses: A terrorist bomb attack on an aeroplane.
lock on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌlɒk ˈɒn/
ipa: /ˌlɑk ˈɑn/
Forms: form: locks on
form: locking on
form: locked on
form: locked on
Senses: examples: text: When the triangle came into view, the robot would then 'lock on' and move directly towards it, adjusting its course as it went.
ref: 1997, Phil Husbands, Inman Harvey, Fourth European Conference on Artificial Life, page 356:
text: Glasgow's Sea Darts failed to lock on to the attackers, but the Sea Wolfs from Brilliant shot down one Skyhawk while another attacker crashed while trying to evade the missiles.
ref: 2013, Jim Keys, Fighting Brits, page 255:
coordinate_terms: lock in
;
home in
glosses: To begin tracking a target via an automated system.
glosses: To cause a missile to track (a target).
glosses: To engage in a lock-on protest.
lockram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lockrams
Etymology: From Locronan, the Breton town where it is said to have originated.
Senses: glosses: A type of rough fabric from Brittany.
wikipedia: Locronan