cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
nephropathology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nephropathologies
Etymology: From nephro- + pathology.
Senses: glosses: The pathology of the kidneys
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Any disease of the kidneys
Related terms: nephropathological
nephropathologist
nephropathological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From nephro- + pathological.
Senses: glosses: Relating to nephropathology
neurocrest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neurocrests
Etymology: From neuro- + crest.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of neural crest.
synonyms: word: neural crest
retirement annuity contract
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: retirement annuity contracts
form: RAC
Senses: qualifier: pensions
glosses: A type of UK pension scheme with specific benefits, sold prior to July 1988, available to the self-employed or employees that were not offered a workplace pension.
Synonyms: retirement annuity plan
RAP
Section 226
s226
Section 620
s620
mumbly Joe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mumbly Joes
form: Mumbly Joe
form: mumbly joe
Etymology: From “Treehouse of Horror VII”, an episode of The Simpsons that first aired in October 1997. In it, Homer Simpson uses the term to refer to real-life politician and then–US presidential candidate Bob Dole.
Senses: examples: text: "Except, um... there's this election next week, so after that, it might not be him anymore. It might be what's-his-name, uh... Mumbly Joe, uh... I saw him on TV the other... uh... Bob Dole!"
ref: 1996 October 27, David S. Cohen, Dan Greaney, Ken Keeler, “Treehouse of Horror VII”, in The Simpsons, season 8, episode 1 (television show), spoken by Homer Simpson (Dan Castellaneta), via Fox:
text: "For instance, Phoenix’s infamous interview with David Letterman, which first introduced a wide audience to Phoenix’s mumbly Joe would-be rap star character, has now been revealed to be a joke that even Letterman himself was in on."
ref: 2010 September 20, Sean O'Neal, “Yes, David Letterman knew that Joaquin Phoenix was not really a crazy rapper”, in AV News, archived from the original on 20 Nov 2019:
text: "Maybe it’s because this version of Hex is a real mumbly Joe (even when he’s yelling), but I did think it was hard to follow what he told Sara about his past."
ref: 2016 November 18, Dylan Todd, Matt Wilson, “‘LEGENDS OF TOMORROW’ POST-SHOW RECAP: SEASON 2, EPISODE 6: ‘OUTLAW COUNTRY’”, in Comics Alliance:
glosses: Someone who mumbles and is difficult to understand when speaking.
wikipedia: Bob Dole
Homer Simpson
The Simpsons
Treehouse of Horror VII
retirement annuity contracts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of retirement annuity contract
retirement annuity plan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: retirement annuity plans
form: RAP
Senses: qualifier: pensions
glosses: A retirement annuity contract.
Synonyms: retirement annuity contract
RAC
Section 226
s226
Section 620
s620
Mumbly Joe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mumbly Joes
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of mumbly Joe.
retirement annuity plans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of retirement annuity plan
mumbly joe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mumbly joes
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of mumbly Joe.
mumbly Joes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mumbly Joe
Mumbly Joes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mumbly Joe
mumbly joes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mumbly joe
Section 226
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Section 226s
form: s226
Etymology: Refers to Section 226 of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1970.
Senses: qualifier: pensions
glosses: A retirement annuity contract.
Synonyms: retirement annuity contract
RAC
retirement annuity plan
RAP
Section 620
s620
Section 620
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Section 620s
form: s620
Etymology: Refers to Section 620 of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988.
Senses: qualifier: pensions
glosses: A retirement annuity contract.
Synonyms: retirement annuity contract
RAC
retirement annuity plan
RAP
Section 226
s226
Section 620s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Section 620
Section 226s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Section 226
s226
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: s226s
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Section 226.
s620
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: s620s
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Section 620.
s226s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of s226
s620s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of s620
gunloops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gunloop
retransits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of retransit
coaling stage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coaling stages
Senses: examples: text: Handsome 3001 gets away from the coaling stage at Mendota, Ill., in 1958 with a 16-car Illini Club excursion loaded with admirers.
ref: 1959, Steam's Finest Hour, edited by David P. Morgan, Kalmbach Publishing Co., page 48 (photo caption)
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: A structure, which took various forms, used to supply coal to steam locomotives.
Related terms: coaling plant
coaling tower
neuroferritinopathy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neuroferritinopathies
Etymology: From neuro- + ferritinopathy.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A genetic neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the accumulation of iron in the basal ganglia, cerebellum and motor cortex
ferritinopathy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ferritinopathies
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A disorder in which iron accumulates in the brain.
Derived terms: neuroferritinopathy
neuroglycemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -iːmɪk
Etymology: From neuro- + glycemic.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Relating to neuroglycemia
coaling stages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coaling stage
neuroglycemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Any of several disorders characterised by too much or too little sugar in the brain
neuropsychobiological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From neuro- + psychobiological.
Senses: glosses: neurological and psychobiological
Related terms: neuropsychobiology
nonplasmolyzed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + plasmolyzed.
Senses: glosses: Not plasmolyzed
norcantharidin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From nor- + cantharidin.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The bicyclic anhydride 3,6-endoxohexahydrophthalic anhydride that is an anticancer drug.
nucleoproteic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From nucleo- + proteic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or composed of nucleoprotein
backward in coming forward
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: backward in coming forwards
form: backwards in coming forward
form: backwards in coming forwards
Senses: qualifier: typically in the negative
glosses: shy; reluctant to share one's views
Chessie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: a nickname given to (and used by) the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway.
supraessential
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From prefix supra- + essential, 'highly essential' in multiple contexts.
Senses: glosses: Highly essential, or very essential
glosses: Vitally essential, or existentially essential
glosses: Fundamentally essential, or basically essential
Related terms: superessential
wheel arrangement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wheel arrangements
Senses: examples: text: Among tank engines, the 0-6-2 wheel arrangement was by far the most numerous, there being nearly 450 of this arrangement, which offers the advantage of good power and adhesive weight, coupled with adequate tank and bunker capacity, within a limited compass.
ref: 1939 September, D. S. Barrie, “The Railways of South Wales”, in Railway Magazine, page 161:
text: These were the first class of tender locomotives with this wheel arrangement [4-6-2] in the world, although there is some doubt as to whether the name "Pacific" was given to the type because New Zealand is in the Pacific Ocean or because some similar engines were built a few months later for the Missouri Pacific Railroad.
ref: 1954 August, J. B. Snell, “The New Zealand Government Railways—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 559:
text: Milwaukee Road revived the 4-4-2 type and gave the wheel arrangement its finest hour in 1935 when 7-foot-drivered oil-burners pioneered the Hiawatha.
ref: 1959, David P. Morgan, editor, Steam's Finest Hour, Kalmbach Publishing Co., page 42, photo caption:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: A system of classifying the way the driving wheels and non-driving wheels are distributed under a locomotive.
wheel arrangements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wheel arrangement
anarcho-Bolshevism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anarcho-bolshevism
Etymology: From anarcho- + Bolshevism.
Senses: topics: anarchism
government
human-sciences
ideology
philosophy
politics
sciences
glosses: Anarchism with Bolshevik characteristics.
Derived terms: anarcho-Bolshevik
anarcho-Bolshevist
Milwaukee Road
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: The former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad.
behind the ear
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪə(ɹ)
Forms: form: BTE
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Describing a type of hearing aid with microphone, amplifier, and battery that sit in a unit behind the wearer's auricle, and the amplified sound is passed down a tube into the ear canal.
BTE
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of behind the ear.
BTE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: BTEs
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of Boltzmann transport equation.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A behind-the-ear hearing aid.
BTEs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of BTE
in the ear
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪə(ɹ)
Forms: form: ITE
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Describing a type of hearing aid that fits within the concha of the wearer's ear.
topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
glosses: Describing a maturing/mature cereal crop.
ITEs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ITE
on the nod
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: The New Economic Policy (or NEP) in its rudimentary form was approved almost on the nod and the Leninists won the debate on the trade unions without difficulty.
ref: 2005, Robert Service, Stalin: A Biography, →ISBN:
text: It's because it's quite an extraordinary piece of writing, and had it come with a name more celebrated in literary than artistic circles I would have taken it on the nod, and appreciatively so.
ref: 2006 October 7, Nicholas Lezard, “In bed with Tracey Emin”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
text: For similar reasons, the Conservative Chief Whip was determined not to allow the Bill to 'go through on the nod' and was prepared if necessary to object on the grounds that the Bill raised important issues.
ref: 2012, Roger Davidson, Sexual State, →ISBN, pages 80–81:
text: Finally, if they decided to award a triumph, the petition was presented to the people of Rome for ratification, which always went through on the nod.
ref: 2014, Robin Waterfield, Taken at the Flood: The Roman Conquest of Greece, →ISBN:
glosses: With no discussion or controversy.
examples: text: She was nearly 'on the nod' from all the heroin she had coursing through her veins and couldn't handle a struggle.
ref: 2011, d'Artagnan Rene, The Ivory Tower, →ISBN:
text: After that, Bobby Joe wandered, doing odd jobs, stealing for his daily fixes, moving with one old lady and then another, always more or less in a fog or on the nod and desperate for smack and bread, until he landed in the Evening Star commune out on Milagro's Strawberry Mesa with Lady Elephant, nee Christina Cupcoe, on his arm.
ref: 2013, John Nichols, The Milagro Beanfield War, →ISBN, page 258:
text: ...when an addict admitted that he had gone on the nod in his bed on Christmas Day with a needle still stuck in his arm and his baby daughter asleep on his chest.
ref: 2013, Darren Greer, Still Life with June, →ISBN:
glosses: In a stuporous state following a high from heroin.
Indian madder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Rubia cordifolia (munjeet), now widely distributed at tropical and subtropical latitudes in eastern and southern Africa and Asia, growing at elevations up to 3,500 meters.
glosses: Rubia manjith
glosses: Houstonia purpurea (syn. Hedyotis umbellata), chay, chay-root
oligoarabinosaccharide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oligoarabinosaccharides
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An oligosaccharide composed of arabinose monomers
oligocardia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oligocardias
Etymology: From oligo- + -cardia.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of bradycardia.
synonyms: word: bradycardia
ophiacanthid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌoʊ.fi.əˈkæn.θɪd/
Forms: form: ophiacanthids
Senses: glosses: Any brittle star of the family Ophiacanthidae
ophiacanthids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ophiacanthid
orexogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of orexigenic.
ornamentless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ornament + -less.
Senses: glosses: Lacking ornamentation
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Lacking ornament
Derived terms: ornamentlessness
osteodensitometry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From osteo- + densitometry.
Senses: glosses: The measurement of bone mineral density (as a diagnostic for osteoporosis)
parabasilid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of parabasalid.
given a fig
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of give a fig
squawman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: squawmen
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of squaw man.
squawmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of squawman
parenchymatical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of parenchymatic.
pentoside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pentosides
Etymology: From pentose + -ide.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any glycoside derived from a pentose
pentosides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pentoside
outlawness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From outlaw + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: He had a “Let's Spend the Night Together” swagger that young, lean, and confident men use to get away with murder, though he didn't indulge my mother's high bar of outlawness by pretending to be a killer.
ref: 2014, Brando Skyhorse, Take This Man: A Memoir, page 63:
glosses: The characteristic of being an outlaw.
wheat midge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wheat midges
Senses: glosses: Various dipterous insects of the family Cecidomyiidae (gall midges, gall gnats) that are pests of wheat:
Contarinia tritici (formerly Diplosis t.) that lays its eggs in the flowers of wheat-heads, and whose reddish larvae devour the kernels
glosses: Various dipterous insects of the family Cecidomyiidae (gall midges, gall gnats) that are pests of wheat:
Hessian fly, Mayetiola destructor
glosses: Various dipterous insects of the family Cecidomyiidae (gall midges, gall gnats) that are pests of wheat:
Sitodiplosis mosellana
glosses: Various dipterous insects of the family Cecidomyiidae (gall midges, gall gnats) that are pests of wheat:
Lasioptera obfuscata
Synonyms: sense: Contarinia tritici
word: lemon wheat blossom midge
sense: Contarinia tritici
word: wheat blossom midge
sense: Contarinia tritici
word: wheat yellow blossom midge
sense: Contarinia tritici
word: yellow wheat blossom midge
word: orange wheat blossom midge
word: orange wheat gall midge
word: wheat orange blossom midge
wheat midges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wheat midge
wheatear stitch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wheatear stitches
Senses: glosses: A kind of chain stitch producing a pattern resembling an ear of wheat.
wheatear stitches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wheatear stitch
prison base
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of prisoners' bars (“the game”).
synonyms: word: prisoners' bars
extra: the game
benefit of inventory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: qualifier: Scots law
glosses: A legal privilege whereby an heir secured himself against unlimited liability for his ancestor, by giving up within the annus deliberandi an inventory of his heritage or real estate, which then represented the maximum extent to which he was liable.
hierurgy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hierurgies
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἱερουργία (hierourgía).
Senses: glosses: A sacred performance.
hierurgies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hierurgy
hierurgical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hierurgical
form: most hierurgical
Senses: glosses: Relating to hierurgy.
hierurgically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more hierurgically
form: most hierurgically
Senses: glosses: In terms of, or by means of, hierurgy.
tragalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek τράγος (trágos, “goat”) + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: Again, the Trimalconian banquets of the rich, with their voluptuous foods and the tragalism of the orgies too often following are parallels to the crapulous tropes of the Soledades.
ref: 1928, Elisha Kent Kane, Gongorism and the Golden Age:
text: Tragalism may easily stand out as the main feature of the Grecian tales. A rollicking roistering work like The Midnight Court of the Protestant Brian Merriman can still be a schoolboy's text for examination, but only after severe bowdlerisation and expurgation.
ref: 1966, Hedley McCay, Padraic Pearse: A New Biography, page 39:
glosses: lustfulness
penetrating oil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: penetrating oils
Etymology: Called so because of its penetration into the microscopic interstices of rust and of mating metal surfaces, which aids loosening of fasteners.
Senses: synonyms: penetrating fluid
glosses: A type of very low-viscosity oil that evaporates quickly.
Related terms: lubricant
penetrating oils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of penetrating oil
Cochins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Cochin
cockernony
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cockernonies
Senses: examples: text: Her mother [...] sat by the fire in the full glory of a grogram gown, lammer beads, and a clean cockernony, whiffing a snug pipe of tobacco, and superintending the affairs of the kitchen.
ref: 1819, Jedediah Cleishbotham [pseudonym; Walter Scott], chapter XI, in Tales of My Landlord, Third Series. […], volume I (The Bride of Lammermoor), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC, page 305:
text: 1836, Joanna Baillie, The Phantom, Act 1.
And so I will; for here are rosy partners.
Ribbon’d and cockernonied*, by my faith!
Like very queens.
Coil of hair on the top of the head.
glosses: The bunch of hair folded up in a snood worn by a woman.
cockernonies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cockernony
Docker
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɑkɚ/
Etymology: Probably from Old Norse dǫkk (“hollow”) + erg (“hill-pasture”).
Senses: glosses: A hamlet and civil parish (without a council) in Westmorland and Furness district, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district and Westmorland (OS grid ref SD5695).
glosses: A hamlet in Whittington parish, Lancaster district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5774).
glosses: A small town in the Rural City of Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia.
glosses: An English habitational surname from Old Norse.
Tilehurst
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburb in Reading borough, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU6673).
glosses: A civil parish in West Berkshire district, Berkshire, just to the west of the suburb and borough boundary.
surrebound
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: surrebounds
form: surrebounding
form: surrebounded
form: surrebounded
Senses: glosses: To rebound again and again; to give back echoes.
surrebounded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of surrebound
surrebounds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of surrebound
surrebounding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of surrebound
sand cherry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sand cherries
Senses: glosses: Prunus pumila, a North American cherry in the rose family, growing in sandy locations.
sand cherries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sand cherry
marsh-mallow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: marsh-mallows
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of marsh mallow.
rosemallow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rosemallows
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of rose mallow.
rose-mallow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rose-mallows
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of rose mallow.
Kishi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Kissi (“ancient colony”).
Kishi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kishis
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 岸 (Kishi).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Japanese.
Matsuki
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 松木 (Matsuki).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Japanese.
dibses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dibs
Skripal
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Skripals
Etymology: Transliteration of Russian Скрипа́ль (Skripálʹ), from Ukrainian скрипаль (skrypalʹ, “violinist, fiddler”).
Senses: examples: text: A hospital consultant who treated Sergei and Yulia Skripal after they were poisoned with the nerve agent novichok was “gobsmacked” when Yulia woke and began trying to get out of bed four days after the attack.
ref: 2024 October 31, Steven Morris, “Consultant who treated Yulia Skripal ‘gobsmacked’ when she woke up, inquiry hears”, in The Guardian:
glosses: A surname from Russian.
dipteros
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dipteroi
Etymology: From Ancient Greek δίπτερος (dípteros).
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: A building with double peristyle or colonnade.
Coordinate terms: monopteros
peripteros
pseudodipteron
pseudoperipteros
dipteroi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dipteros
breathe again
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: breathes again
form: breathing again
form: breathed again
form: breathed again
Senses: glosses: To be relieved from an anxiety.
breathe freely
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: breathes freely
form: breathing freely
form: breathed freely
form: breathed freely
Senses: glosses: To be at ease.
breathe upon
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: breathes upon
form: breathing upon
form: breathed upon
form: breathed upon
Senses: glosses: To tarnish or soil.
take to one's bosom
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: takes to one's bosom
form: taking to one's bosom
form: took to one's bosom
form: taken to one's bosom
Senses: glosses: To marry.
glosses: To make an intimate friend of.
thoft
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thofts
Etymology: From Old English þofte. Compare with Swedish toft.
Senses: glosses: A rowing-bench.
thofts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thoft
notebookful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: notebookfuls
form: notebooksful
Etymology: From notebook + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: The locomotive student got a notebookful of individualism in 1944 when Montreal delivered 20 U-1-f Mountains to Canadian National.
ref: 1959, David P. Morgan, editor, Steam's Finest Hour, Kalmbach Publishing Co., page 116:
text: I gathered notebooksful of statistics to prove that indeed babies were getting smaller, women were working harder, nonmilitary men were becoming superfluous, & the rich were going crazy with pleasure .
ref: 1982, Feminary - Volume 12, Issue 1, page 113:
text: In a drawer of my desk were two notebookfuls.
ref: 2010, Rex Stout, Curtains for Three, page 93:
text: The trouble was that he very often said, with an air of resolute conviction, things that simply were not true. Reporters and opposing candidates collected the errors of Ronald Reagan by the notebookful.
ref: 2017, The Presidential Character: Predicting Performance in the White House, by James David Barber, Routledge, →ISBN:
glosses: Written notes that fill a notebook.
fuckles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fuckle
studdle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: studdles
Senses: topics: business
mining
glosses: A prop supporting a platform in a mine.
studdle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: studdles
form: studdling
form: studdled
form: studdled
Senses: topics: business
mining
glosses: To support with such a prop.
studdles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of studdle
studdles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of studdle
recongest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: recongests
form: recongesting
form: recongested
form: recongested
Etymology: From re- + congest.
Senses: glosses: To congest again.
recongests
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of recongest
recongesting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of recongest
recongested
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of recongest
congester
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: congesters
Etymology: From congest + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who, or that which, congests.
congesters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of congester
reconfigurers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reconfigurer
bruitify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bruitifies
form: bruitifying
form: bruitified
form: bruitified
Senses: examples: text: This kind of intemperance hath so strangely bruitified many, that they have been even degenerated into Beasts, only that they have been more unuseful; for hereby they have unfitted themfelves for all kind of service, as if they were born only to eat: but withall, they have prepared themselves for those ruining and slaughtering Judgments which have come upon the City.
ref: 1668, Thomas Vincent, God's terrible Voice in the City, page 110:
text: Nay, indeed it is not Tyrconnel at all, but the shadow only of that Substance , for the Popish Religion he so eagerly embraces hath bruitified him to that degree, that he hath neither Humanity, Mercy, nor Pity left to. ffce Distressed Protestants that you are now generously going to relieve.
ref: 1689, The popish champion:
text: It seeks to civilize and elevate, not bruitify and lower the standards of the great mass of the people.
ref: 1905, The Tailor: Official Organ of the Journeymen Tailors' National Union:
text: To go Against Reason, is worse than to be Without Reason. For a Man to Bruitify himself: — Oh! Do not this Abominable thing!
ref: 1999, Michael Warner, American Sermons, page 232:
glosses: Alternative form of brutify.
bruitifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bruitify
bruitifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bruitify
bruitified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bruitify
wall rocket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wall rockets
form: wall-rocket
form: wallrocket
Etymology: From wall + rocket.
Senses: glosses: Diplotaxis (can refer both to the genus and specific species), native to the western Mediterranean and adjoining regions, used as a leaf vegetable.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Diplotaxis erucoides
word: white wall-rocket
taxonomic: Diplotaxis muralis
word: annual wall-rocket
taxonomic: Diplotaxis tenuifolia
word: perennial wall-rocket
wall-rocket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wall-rockets
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of wall rocket.
wallrocket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wallrockets
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of wall rocket.
Skripals
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Skripal
normopnea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: normopnoea
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Synonym of eupnea.
synonyms: word: eupnea
Related terms: normopneic
stencil work
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stencilwork
Senses: glosses: The art of decorating using a stencil.
glosses: A decoration so produced.
stencilwork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stencilworks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of stencil work.
Klingels
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Klingel
nasal cannula
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nasal cannulae
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
synonyms: word: nasal prongs
word: NC
glosses: A device used to deliver supplemental oxygen or increased airflow to a patient in need of respiratory help.
nasal prongs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
qualifier: more common in the Commonwealth
glosses: Nasal cannula.
sketes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of skete
make something of
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: makes something of
form: making something of
form: made something of
form: made something of
Senses: examples: text: My thousand a year is not merely a matter of dirty bank-notes and jaundiced guineas. […] I was determined to make something of it better than a fine old house to live in, than satin gowns to wear; […]
ref: 1849, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], “Further Communications on Business”, in Shirley. A Tale. […], volume II, London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], →OCLC, page 52:
text: "A wife might make something of you."
ref: 1922, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter 8, in The Girl on the Boat:
text: "When you send that message and tell these kids that you can succeed and you can make something of your life, that’s a very important message."
ref: 2011 November 22, Jeff Tully, “Oscar De La Hoya a hit at Boys & Girls Club”, in Los Angeles Times, retrieved 05 Sep 2018:
glosses: To transform (an object or person) into something worthwhile.
examples: text: We couldn't make anything of his last remark.
text: No doubt your head aches, trying to make something of my description.
ref: 1860, Oliver Wendell Holmes, chapter 8, in The Professor at the Breakfast Table:
text: They tried to make something of the communique's vague phrase about maintaining Soviet-American contacts and they implied that President Kennedy now had Premier Nikita Khrushchev's invitation to drop in at the Kremlin for a visit anytime he chooses.
ref: 1961 June 5, Chalmers M. Roberts, “Talks Fail to Evoke Any 'Spirit of Vienna'”, in Washington Post, retrieved 05 Sep 2018:
glosses: To develop an understanding or interpretation of.
examples: text: He's controversial. He's blunt. He could be a good New Yorker. That's my opinion. You wanna make something of it?
ref: 1996 August 21, George Vecsey, “Does Reeves Entertain Death Wish?”, in New York Times, retrieved 05 Sep 2018:
glosses: To insist on or emphatically challenge (a point or topic, especially one which may be a subject of disagreement).
Related terms: make something of oneself
peribuccal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ʌkəl
Etymology: From peri- + buccal.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Surrounding a cheek
pericariditis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of pericarditis.
peropsins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peropsin
peroxidant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peroxidants
Senses: glosses: Any material that causes peroxidation
Derived terms: antiperoxidant
phialidic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to phialides
phosphoether
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phosphoethers
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An ether of a phosphonic acid
photoimage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photoimages
Etymology: From photo- + image.
Senses: glosses: A photographic image
photoimages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of photoimage
photoinstability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photoinstabilities
Etymology: From photo- + instability.
Senses: glosses: chemical instability in the presence of light
Toci
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Toccy
Etymology: Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl Tocih.
Senses: examples: text: The ſame night thee arriued, by order of the murtherer whom they worſhipped, they killed her cruelly; and hauing flayed her artificially asa they could doe, they did clothe a young man with her skin, and thereupon her apparell, placing him neere their Idoll, dedicating him for a Goddeſſe and the mother of their god, and euer after did worſhip it, making an Idoll which they called Toccy, which is to ſay, our grand mother.
ref: 1625, Samuel Purchas, Purchas His Pilgrimes, volume 3, London: William Stansby, page 1004:
glosses: An Aztec goddess.
photostimulator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photostimulators
Etymology: From photo- + stimulator.
Senses: glosses: A device used in photostimulation
Related terms: photostimulatory
phylotaxis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of phyllotaxis.
pinopsins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pinopsin
piperidinic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪnɪk
Etymology: From piperidine + -ic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Derived from piperidine
pistosaurian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pistosaurians
Senses: glosses: Synonym of pistosaurid.
synonyms: word: pistosaurid
pistosaurians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pistosaurian
planigraphy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of planography.
Related terms: planigraphic
plattenkalk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plattenkalks
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: a very finely-grained sedimentary limestone
plattenkalks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plattenkalk
plesiosauroid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plesiosauroids
Senses: glosses: Any marine plesiosaur of the superfamily Plesiosauroidea
plesiosauroids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plesiosauroid
postcaniniform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + caniniform.
Senses: glosses: Having the form of a postcanine tooth
prionoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prionoids
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any misfolded protein similar to a prion
prionoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prionoid
proliferational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or causing proliferation
pronosupination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pronosupinations
Senses: glosses: A combination of pronation and supination
propionibacterial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to the propionibacteria
protoglobin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: protoglobins
Etymology: From proto- + globin.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A simple globin, found in some archaea, that can bind oxygen and carbon monoxide
protoglobins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of protoglobin
pyruvoyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pyruvoyls
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The univalent radical derived from pyruvic acid by loss of a hydroxyl group
Related terms: pyruvyl
qullqas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of qullqa
cover name
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cover names
form: covername
Senses: examples: text: By the time that he landed in New York early in June, 1915, Sir Edgar Speyer had good cause to be well aware that the Government was strongly opposed to any communication, direct or indirect, with enemy country and to all attempts to evade the censorship of letters and cables, whether by the use of code words or cover names;
ref: 1922, UK Parliament, Report […] in the Case of Sir Edgar Speyer, London, p. 7
text: 1941, Richard Krebs (as Jan Valtin), Out of the Night, New York: Alliance Book Corporation, Chapter 31, p. 493,
The map of Germany was in my head—its cities, rivers, railroad schedules. I memorized a long string of names and cover names […]
text: […] his headquarters were located, under a cover name, at the air terminal.
ref: 1962, Philip K. Dick, chapter 8, in The Man in the High Castle, New York: Ace Books, published 1988, page 113:
text: ‘That’s a new one for us, isn’t it, Toby? A spy using his own name as a covername? I mean why bother any more? You’re Toby, so we’ll keep it a secret and call you Toby instead. Great.’
ref: 1990, John Le Carré, The Secret Pilgrim, Toronto: Pengin, published 1991, page 150:
topics: espionage
government
military
politics
war
glosses: A name used to clandestinely identify somebody or something for confidentiality.
Synonyms: codename
code name
Hypernyms: name
covername
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: covernames
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cover name.
sponsoned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sponson
sponsoning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sponson
.357
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈθɹiː fɪftiː ˈsɛvən/
Forms: form: .357s
Etymology: Shortening of .357 Magnum.
Senses: glosses: .357 Magnum (a class of firearm cartridge).
examples: text: Estimates of the total population of on duty handguns in the U.S. showed 70 percent of all officers using .38s and 25 percent using .357s.
ref: 1977 July, S. Bergman, E. Bunten, P. Klaus, LEAA Police Equipment Survey of 1972, Volume V: Handguns and Handgun Ammunition, Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, page IX:
glosses: A firearm chambered for .357 Magnum cartridges.
springline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: springlines
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: Alternative form of spring line.
springing line
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: springing lines
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: Alternative form of spring line.
playsheds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of playshed
pentasulfate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pentasulfates
Etymology: From penta- + sulfate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any compound containing five sulfate groups or ions
agak agak
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of agak-agak (“to estimate”).
agak agak
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of agak-agak (“involving guesswork”).
radioadaptation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radioadaptations
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: adaptation to ionizing radiation
glosses: adaptation of a novel, play etc for broadcasting on radio
Related terms: radioadaptative
gatelite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after Pierre Gatel, who was the first president of Association Française de Microminéralogie.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A monoclinic mineral with formula CaCe₃Al₂(Al,Mg)(Mg,Fe2+,Al)(Si₂O₇)(SiO₄)₃(O,F)(OH,O)₂
Derived terms: gatelite group
gatelite supregroup
read length
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: read lengths
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A length of nucleic acid that has been sequenced.
readlength
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: readlengths
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of read length.
rehydratation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of rehydration.
relaxosomal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or composed of relaxosomes
respiroviruses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of respirovirus
rhabomere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of rhabdomere.
rhomalaeosaurids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rhomalaeosaurid
agak-agak
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑɡɑ(ʔ)ˌɑɡɑ(ʔ)/
Forms: form: agak agak
form: agar-agar
Etymology: From Malay agak-agak, a reduplication of agak (“to estimate”).
Senses: examples: text: I am only trying my very best to recall what my granny did.....not agak agak, best of luck!!
ref: 1998 August 23, chong, “Tapai (fermented tapioca)”, in soc.culture.malaysia, retrieved 05 Sep 2018:
text: We fail to estimate how many are present in a HUGE UM*NO roadshow...and we fail to agak-agak the number ppl in and outside of cars crying "repom" slogans on a NOT SO LONG road as Jalan TAR.
ref: 1998, EyEwItNeSs, soc.culture.malaysia, retrieved 05 Sep 2018:
text: When cooking, for example, if asked how much sugar you put in, you could reply 'I just agak-agak.'
ref: 1999, Adam Brown, Singapore English in a Nutshell, Singapore: Federal Publications, →ISBN, page 3:
text: "Don't agak agak or we may end up on the wrong road."
ref: 2004, Uncle Yap, “Star: Damn chun blur sotong kena hantam kau kau”, in soc.culture.malaysia, retrieved 05 Sep 2018:
text: Then we should ensure that they have the necessary quantitative skills so they could think with some degree of precision and not merely agak agak (wild guesses).
ref: 2018, M. Bakri Musa, “Opening Minds Through Education”, in Seeing Malaysia My Way, retrieved 05 Sep 2018:
glosses: To estimate or guess.
agak-agak
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑɡɑ(ʔ)ˌɑɡɑ(ʔ)/
Forms: form: agak agak
form: agar-agar
Etymology: From Malay agak-agak, a reduplication of agak (“to estimate”).
Senses: examples: text: A man who together with his partner - a few years and several hundred sketches ago - came out with the "agak agak" philosophy.
ref: 1972 March 12, Edgar Koh, “the Comedians”, in New Nation, page 7:
text: Instinct and a brash and breezy "agak agak" style is the way men occasional chefs, not professional ones cook.
ref: 1975 January 23, Betty L. Khoo, “When a man wears the apron and cooks to woo”, in New Nation, page 23:
text: Yes, although I would like to think of it as "agak agak figures."
ref: 1991, Kok-Yong Tan, “Currency exchange rates (was Re: Working in Singapore)”, in soc.culture.asean, retrieved 05 Sep 2018:
text: Kelly always said,'We Baba follow the agak-agak principle.'
ref: 2007, Sidney Cheung, Chee-Beng Tan, editors, Food and Foodways in Asia: Resource, Tradition and Cooking, Abingdon: Routledge, →ISBN:
glosses: Involving guesswork.
Related terms: agaration
rhopalial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to a rhopalium
schizomania
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of bipolar disorder.
synonyms: word: bipolar disorder
senktide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A neuropeptide that is a tachykinin receptor agonist
RACs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of RAC
sennidin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sennidins
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of dihydroxyanthrones present in senna
dihydroxyanthrone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dihydroxyanthrones
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of several isomeric dihydroxy derivatives of anthrone
Atlantics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Atlantic
seroenzyme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: seroenzymes
Etymology: From sero- + enzyme.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any enzyme present in blood serum
shoalmate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shoalmates
Senses: glosses: A fish that belongs to the same shoal as another
shoalmates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shoalmate
spiromesifen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The insecticide [2-oxo-3-(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)-1-oxaspiro[4.4]non-3-en-4-yl] 3,3-dimethylbutanoate
spondylolithesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of spondylolisthesis.
striatial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of striatal.
suballele
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: suballeles
Etymology: From sub- + allele.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A subset of an allele, especially one that appears in all forms of the allele
DTAs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of DTA
differential thermal analyses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of differential thermal analysis
subchorionitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subchorionites
Etymology: From sub- + chorion + -itis.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A subchorionic inflammation
subgenotyping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subgenotypings
Senses: glosses: The genotyping of subgenotypes
submicroscopically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From sub- + microscopically.
Senses: glosses: In a submicroscopic manner
sulfonamidic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or composed of sulfonamides
supraoligomer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: supraoligomers
Etymology: From supra- + oligomer.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A protein strand composed of multiples of an amino acid oligomer
Related terms: supraoligomeric
supraoligomeric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From supre- + oligomeric.
Senses: glosses: Relating to a supraoligomer