cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
principle of least knowledge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
qualifier: object-oriented programming
glosses: Synonym of Law of Demeter.
synonyms: word: Law of Demeter
Æthiop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Æthiops
Senses: examples: text: He might as well have labor’d to blanch the Æthiop, or to emaculate the Leopard.
ref: 1772, Augustus Toplady, More Work for Mr. John Weſley, page 13:
glosses: Obsolete form of Ethiop.
heptanol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heptanols
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of many isomers of the saturated aliphatic alcohol having seven carbon atoms
gynæcologic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more gynæcologic
form: most gynæcologic
Senses: examples: text: Following this, the extended or more radical abdominal method came into vogue, and until three years ago continental gynæcologic literature was replete with the reports of cases from many clinics; these contained both favorable and adverse criticism.
ref: 1916, John G. Clark, Annals of Surgery, page 602:
glosses: Dated spelling of gynaecologic.
hydroiodide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydroiodides
Etymology: From hydro- + iodide.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A compound of hydroiodic acid with an organic base
gynaecologic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more gynaecologic
form: most gynaecologic
Etymology: From gynaecology + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of gynecologic.
hæmerythrin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hæmerythrins
Senses: examples: text: The most important respiratory pigments are hæmoglobin, hæmocyanin, and hæmerythrin; some others have been named by different authors, but their respiratory significance seems uncertain.
ref: 1906, John Arthur Thomson, Marion Isabel Newbigin, Outlines of Zoology, page 788:
glosses: Obsolete form of hemerythrin.
isopulegol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An unsaturated derivative of menthol (1R,3R,4S)-p-menth-8-en-3-ol
pædobaptist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: II. A second argument on which the practice of immersion is confidently based is the alleged admissions of pædobaptist writers in favour of that mode of performing the ordinance.
ref: 1912, Thomas Smyth, John William Flinn, Jean Adger Flinn, Complete Works of Rev. Thomas Smyth, D.D., page 438:
glosses: Obsolete form of paedobaptist.
pædobaptist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pædobaptists
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of paedobaptist.
maniguette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maniguettes
Etymology: From French maniguette, ultimately from Portuguese malagueta, q.v.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of malagueta.
trigger warning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trigger warnings
Senses: examples: text: One film presentation group for Teeth, which features rape scenes, also chose to include “trigger warnings” and bring in a representative from a sexual assault centre as a resource for the class.
ref: 2013, Aalya Ahmad, “When the Women Think: Teaching Horror in Women's and Gender Studies”, in Aalya Ahmad, Sean Moreland, editors, Fear and Learning: Essays on the Pedagogy of Horror, McFarland & Company, →ISBN, page 69:
text: I applaud the sensitivity and awareness demonstrated by those who take the time to put a trigger warning, for example, on a link posted on Facebook dealing with issues such as sexual abuse or violence.
ref: 2013, Caitlin Still, “The trouble with trigger warnings”, Honi Soit, University of Sydney, week 2, semester 2, page 14
text: In its policies about posting, it asks users to include “trigger warnings” about content that “involves sexual assault or violence towards women and other marginalized groups, which may distress or cause readers to be triggered.”
ref: 2014, Lisa Nakamura, “Gender and Race Online”, in Mark Graham, William H. Dutton, editors, Society and the Internet: How Networks of Information and Communication Are Changing Our Lives, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 87:
synonyms: content warning
glosses: A notice placed before the beginning of media content (usually an online article, e-mail, or post) to warn of potential traumatic triggers it contains.
fœminine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fœminine
form: most fœminine
Senses: examples: text: [T]hey have a power and facultie, by a milde heat of the naturall ſpirits within them, and with a delicate and fœminine tenderneſſe, to concoct, digeſt, change and convert it into another nature and qualitie, for that the paps have within them naturally, the like temperature and diſpoſition anſwerable unto it: […]
ref: 1603, Plutarch, “Of the Naturall Love or Kindnes of Parents to Their Children”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Philosophie, Commonlie Called, The Morals […], London: […] Arnold Hatfield, →OCLC, page 220:
glosses: Obsolete form of feminine.
bhisti
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bhistis
form: bhisties
Senses: examples: text: The finest man I knew / Was our regimental bhisti, Gunga Din[…]'Water, get it! Panee lao! / 'You squidgy-nosed old idol, Gunga Din.'
ref: 1890, Rudyard Kipling, “Gunga Din”, in Barrack-Room Ballads and Other Verses, 3rd edition, London: Methuen & Co. […], published 1892, →OCLC, page 23:
text: He remembered Pam horse-whipping a blackguard of a corporal who was found to have interfered with the bhisti’s sister.
ref: 1992, Kim Newman, Anno Dracula, Titan Books, published 2011, page 122:
glosses: Alternative form of bheestie (“a traditional water-carrier of South Asia”).
neomenthol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From neo- + menthol.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The 1-epimer of menthol.
nerol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nerols
Etymology: Blend of neroli (oil from which it was first isolated) and -ol (“suffix denoting an alcohol”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The monoterpene alcohol (Z)-3,7-dimethyl-2,6-octadien-1-ol, found in many essential oils.
Related terms: geraniol
pedoclimates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pedoclimate
exoterical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more exoterical
form: most exoterical
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of exoteric.
pedoclimatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pedoclimate + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: The morphologic and pedoclimatic features of the DOCG Prosecco area, combined with the genetic characteristics of the Glera variety and desired crop yield of 14–15 t/ha, mean that the choice of a training system is reduced to just a few possibilities: […]
ref: 2014, Diego Tomasi, Federica Gaiotti, Gregory V. Jones, The Power of the Terroir: the Case Study of Prosecco Wine, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 13:
glosses: Relating to pedoclimate.
blankity
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: "Why the blankity blank don't you blankity blank idiots do your work right, and be blanked to you? Going to be all the blankity blanked night getting the blankity blanked log into the lake, you blanked blanks, you? Wait till I show you blankity blank slow-worms how to yank that stick out, and be three times blanked to you?"
ref: 1887 September, H. P. Ufford, “Beaver Notes”, in Outing:
text: […] and my father picked me up and screamed at my mother to get that blankity-blank dog out of our blankity-blank house and take him back where he blankity-blank came from."
ref: 2009, Nancy Rue, Stephen Arterburn, Healing Sands, Thomas Nelson, →ISBN, page 120:
glosses: Alternative spelling of blankety.
colledg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: colledges
Senses: examples: text: As ſoon as hee came thither the Elector made him Maſter of the Colledg of Sapience, which he underwent for about a year and a half.
ref: 1654, Samuel Clarke, The Marrow of Ecclesiastical History, page 783:
glosses: Obsolete form of college.
geats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of geat
masheens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of masheen
fianced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fiance
fiancing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fiance
tranquillizingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more tranquillizingly
form: most tranquillizingly
form: tranquilisingly
form: tranquilizingly
form: tranquillisingly
Etymology: From tranquillizing + -ly.
Senses: glosses: So as to tranquillize; calmingly.
tranquilizingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more tranquilizingly
form: most tranquilizingly
Etymology: From tranquilizing + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tranquillizingly.
tranked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of trank
tranking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of trank
intolerants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of intolerant
Amercia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of America.
ghetto lottery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ghetto lotteries
Senses: examples: text: The experts all agree that sports betting and the numbers game—the ghetto lottery—are the biggest sources of income for the mob, and this money is used to finance other rackets like narcotics, loansharking, pornography, and the infiltration of legitimate businesses and unions.
ref: 1977, Jack Newfield, Paul Du Brul, The Abuse of Power: the Permanent Government and the Fall of New York, Viking Press, page 258. (link)
text: Marcia’s father, known in his neighborhood as “Duke,” became quite a gambler, betting on horses, dogs, boxing matches, and even policy, or “playing the numbers,” which was the ghetto lottery, so to speak.
ref: 2003, Michael Eric Dyson, Why I love black women, Basic Civitas Books, page 234. (link)
text: It's called the ghetto lottery. Perp got handled a little too rough by a cop? He calls the People's Law office and sues the department for millions.
ref: 2009 September 12, “Michelle”, “Garage break-in Final [Rant]”, in chi.general (Usenet):
glosses: A financial windfall obtainable by a socioeconomically disadvantaged person.
Related terms: nigger lottery
efficience
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: efficiences
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of efficiency.
phlegmatics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phlegmatic
attemperated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of attemperate
attemperating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of attemperate
attemperates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of attemperate
sturts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sturt
refitter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: refitters
Etymology: From refit + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who refits, or fits out again.
refitters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of refitter
cenotaphic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cenotaphic
form: most cenotaphic
Etymology: From cenotaph + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: Cities without people, of course; empty cities, monuments to monument, a cenotaphic earth.
ref: 2024, Vajra Chandrasekera, Rakesfall, Solaris (2025), page 277:
glosses: Pertaining to or of the nature of a cenotaph.
folioles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of foliole
foliophage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foliophages
Senses: glosses: An organism that feeds on leaves; a folivore.
foliophages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of foliophage
trainspotterish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more trainspotterish
form: most trainspotterish
Etymology: From trainspotter + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: But what makes Fat Lace truly British is its trainspotterish obsession with hip-hop minutiae.
ref: 1999 April, SPIN, volume 15, number 4, page 92:
text: With more than 700 varieties of cheese produced in the UK alone and nearly 400 in France, there is scope for indulgence of trainspotterish proportions as you work your way along the cheese counter.
ref: 2010, John O'Connell, Jessica Cargill Thompson, The Midlife Manual:
glosses: Like a trainspotter; obsessively nerdy
neurotypicals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neurotypical
quebecol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Quebec + -ol?
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A polyphenolic compound extracted from maple syrup
Kartvelians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Kartvelian
Karuks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Karuk
sociocracies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sociocracy
oenanthic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of enanthic.
cousin-aunt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cousin-aunts
Senses: examples: text: Mary is my mother's first cousin. That makes Mary my cousin-aunt. Judy is my dad's first cousin, so for me she is another cousin-aunt.
text: For quotations using this term, see Citations:cousin-aunt.
glosses: Female first cousin of one's parent; one's female first cousin once removed in a higher generation.
Synonyms: second aunt
Coordinate terms: word: cousin-uncle
cousin-aunts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cousin-aunt
cousin-uncles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cousin-uncle
riched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rich
Ambrosian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Ambrosian
form: most Ambrosian
Etymology: From Middle English ambrosien, from Latin ambrosiānus; equivalent to Ambrose + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: the Ambrosian office, or ritual
translation: a formula of worship in the church of Milan, instituted by St Ambrose
english: a formula of worship in the church of Milan, instituted by St Ambrose
glosses: Of or relating to Saint Ambrose.
Derived terms: Ambrosian chant
Ambrosian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ambrosians
Etymology: From Middle English ambrosien, from Latin ambrosiānus; equivalent to Ambrose + -ian.
Senses: glosses: A religious follower of St Ambrose.
gangrening
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of gangrene
Shenstonian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -əʊniən
Forms: form: more Shenstonian
form: most Shenstonian
Etymology: From Shenstone + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to William Shenstone (1714–1763), English poet and landscape gardener.
extraperitoneal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From extra- + peritoneal.
Senses: glosses: Outside the cavity of the peritoneum.
Coromandel gooseberry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Coromandel gooseberries
Senses: glosses: Carambola.
phrenetics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phrenetic
frenetics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of frenetic
windlassed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of windlass
windlassing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of windlass
murrhine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin murrhinus, from murrha. Compare French murrhin.
Senses: examples: murrhine vases, cups, or vessels
glosses: Made of murra; applied to certain valuable vases of great beauty and delicacy used by the luxurious in Rome as wine cups.
murrhine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: murrhines
Etymology: From Latin murrhinus, from murrha. Compare French murrhin.
Senses: glosses: murra
glosses: Alternative form of murrine.
inspecters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inspecter
representants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of representant
divulgated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of divulgate
divulgating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of divulgate
rentee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rentees
Etymology: From rent + -ee.
Senses: examples: text: The land should, when procurable on such terms, be rented from the Zemindar, or the person to whom it has been let; and the rentee should engage to plough, and sow the land and reap the crop, […]
ref: 1840, Royal College of Surgeons of England, Papers on the Cultivation of Cotton in India, London, page 62:
text: Where such alarm systems do not exist, it is recommended that a private security force be hired by the rentee.
ref: 1978, John Greenhalgh, Practitioner's Guide to School Business Management, Allyn and Bacon, →ISBN, page 233:
text: These automobiles will be covered for the three excluded perils, if loss is caused by the lessee or the rentee.
ref: 1989, Harry F. Brooks, Donald S. Malecki, Insuring the Lease Exposure, Cincinnati, OH: National Underwriter Co., →ISBN, page 116:
synonyms: lessee
renter
glosses: One who rents (property, etc.) from somebody.
Related terms: renter
rentees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rentee
eulogical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more eulogical
form: most eulogical
form: eulogic
Senses: glosses: Bestowing praise or eulogy; commendatory; eulogistic.
Related terms: eulogically
filletings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of filleting
fillest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: fill + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of fill
cohomologically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From cohomological + -ly.
Senses: examples: a cohomologically trivial envelope
glosses: In cohomological terms.
vampering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of vamper
vampered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of vamper
expecters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of expecter
inelegancy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inelegancies
Etymology: From in- + elegancy.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of inelegance.
havings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of having
nimmers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nimmer
equivalenting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of equivalent
equivalented
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of equivalent
Megaric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Derived from Latin megaricus, from Ancient Greek Μεγαρικός (Megarikós). Also Megara + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to, Megara
Megaric
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Megarics
Etymology: Derived from Latin megaricus, from Ancient Greek Μεγαρικός (Megarikós). Also Megara + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Someone from Megara.
Megarics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Megaric
Hitlerlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Hitlerlike
form: most Hitlerlike
Etymology: From Hitler + -like.
Senses: examples: text: It is not up to the United Nations to say just what the German schools of the future should teach, and we do not want to be guilty of a Hitlerlike orgy of book burning.
ref: 1971, Henry Agard Wallace, Christian Bases of World Order, page 14:
text: He's the master of adult corruptions—not all adult corruptions—but it's funny how Hitlerlike most people are.
ref: 2011, Harold Brodkey, The Runaway Soul:
glosses: Resembling Adolf Hitler (genocidal dictator of Germany) or his actions or policies.
digited
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of digit
digited
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: qualifier: non-native speakers' English
glosses: Having a specified number or kind of digits.
raw_tags: in India
demulcing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of demulce
demulced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of demulce
subfoliate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + foliate.
Senses: glosses: Shaped almost like a leaf; not quite foliate.
maphack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maphacks
Etymology: From map + hack.
Senses: topics: video-games
glosses: A patch enabling a player to cheat by viewing more of the game map than is actually visible to him or her.
Related terms: wallhack
maphacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of maphack
mapinguari
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mapinguaris
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mapinguary.
mapinguaris
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mapinguari
yokest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: yoke + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of yoke
snown
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of snow
resiliences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of resilience
resiliencies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of resiliency
resilence
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: resilences
form: resilencing
form: resilenced
form: resilenced
Etymology: From re- + silence.
Senses: glosses: To subject to gene silencing again.
resilences
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of resilence
resilencing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of resilence
resilenced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of resilence
introvertedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more introvertedly
form: most introvertedly
Etymology: From introverted + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Mind is not always in act, either toward the outer world, or, introvertedly, toward its own states.
ref: 1857, Isaac Taylor, chapter 15, in The World of Mind, London: Jackson and Walford, page 217:
text: […] a person would sit within and against the encircling walls, introvertedly sheltered and alone, looking toward the open sea.
ref: 1959, Theodora Kroeber, The Inland Whale, Bloomington: Indiana University Press, pages 162–163:
text: But there was little joy for him in Alfredo’s musicality. The boy – the man now – played introvertedly, for nobody’s pleasure but his own.
ref: 2010, Howard Jacobson, chapter 2, in The Finkler Question, New York: Bloomsbury, page 60:
glosses: In an introverted manner.
extrovertedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more extrovertedly
form: most extrovertedly
Etymology: From extroverted + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an extroverted manner.
extrospections
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of extrospection
thoroughs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -əʊz
Senses: glosses: plural of thorough
spleening
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of spleen
philosophistical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more philosophistical
form: most philosophistical
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of philosophistic.
Terminalia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: In Ancient Rome, a festival to Terminus, the god of boundaries.
respondences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of respondence
respondency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of respondence.
Æquian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Æquian
form: most Æquian
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of Aequian.
Æquian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Æquians
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of Aequian.
Volscians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Volscian
Aequian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Aequian
form: most Aequian
form: Æquian
Etymology: From Latin Aequi + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining or relating to that ancient people who resided in Italy.
Aequian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Aequians
form: Æquian
Etymology: From Latin Aequi + -ian.
Senses: glosses: A member of the Aequi.
Aequian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Æquian
Etymology: From Latin Aequi + -ian.
Senses: glosses: The Italic language spoken by the Aequi.
seaven
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Senses: examples: text: I ſaw the Trophies of Marius cut anciently in ſtone in honour of that great General, who from a common ſoldier came by his vertue, to be ſeaven times Conſul.
ref: 1670, Richard Lassels, A Compleat Iovrney Through Italy, page 139:
glosses: Obsolete form of seven.
seaventh
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Sozomenus who wrote above twelve hundred years agoe, in his Seaventh Book relates from his own knowledge, that in the Churches of Cyprus and Arabia (places neer to Jeruſalem, and with the firſt frequented by Apoſtles) they had Biſhops in every Village ; and what could thoſe be more then Preſbyters?
ref: 1644, Dudley Diggs, The Unlawfulnesse of Subjects Taking up Armes against their Soveraigne, in what Case ſoever, page 158:
text: [H]e, a lollard indeed over his elbovv-cuſhion, in almoſt the ſeaventh part of 40. or 50. years teaches them ſcarce half the principles of religion; and his ſheep oft-times ſit the vvhile to as little purpoſe of benifiting as the ſheep in thir pues at Smithfield; […]
ref: 1659, J[ohn] M[ilton], Considerations Touching the Likeliest Means to Remove Hirelings out of the Church. […], London: […] T[homas] N[ewcombe] for L[ivewell] Chapman […], →OCLC, pages 57–58:
glosses: Obsolete form of seventh.
suspition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: suspitions
Etymology: From Middle English suspetion, from Latin suspītiō.
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of suspicion.
tragic flaw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tragic flaws
Senses: examples: text: When a heroine's tragic flaw takes the form of uncontrollable love for an outlaw, the paths of momentary glory can lead but to defeat.
ref: 1948 May 31, Harold V. Cohen, "'Green Grass of Wyoming'" (film review), Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, p. 28 (retrieved 5 July 2012)
text: If the jury, who begin their final deliberations tomorrow, find the black All-American hero guilty of murdering his white wife, Nicole Brown, and her friend, Ronald Goldman, they will have concluded that he succumbed to the oldest tragic flaw in the book, the green-eyed monster of jealousy.
ref: 1995 October 1, John Carlin, “OJ's guilt is a black and white choice”, in The Independent, UK, retrieved 05 Jul 2012:
text: The control-freak instinct runs too deep. . . . This runs the risk of becoming a tragic flaw.
ref: 2002 February 25, J. F. O. McAllistair, “Blair the Bungee Jumper”, in Time:
qualifier: chiefly literary criticism
glosses: A personality trait or other characteristic of a real or fictional individual which is immoral, destructive, or otherwise faulty and which leads to the ruin or profound suffering of that individual.
Synonyms: hamartia
yukatas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yukata
AOSD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
qualifier: aspect-oriented
glosses: Initialism of aspect-oriented software development.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of adult-onset Still's disease.
trihalogenomethane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trihalogenomethanes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any compound formally derived from methane by replacing three hydrogen atoms with halogens; especially any haloform
ynediol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ynediols
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An ynol with hydroxyl groups on each side of its triple bond.
ynolate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ynolates
Etymology: From ynol + -ate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any anion derived from an ynol; any salt containing such an anion
uprootings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of uprooting
chlorhydrates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chlorhydrate
diazotations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diazotation
Bowden cables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bowden cable
cœliotomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cœliotomy
FYIANA
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Initialism of for your information and necessary action.
POLA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: arts
computing
design
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: Initialism of principle of least astonishment.
Synonyms: PLA
programmable logic array
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: programmable logic arrays
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Is a kind of programmable logic device used to implement combinational logic circuits.
programmable logic arrays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of programmable logic array
principle of least astonishment
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: arts
computing
design
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
synonyms: POLA
principle of least surprise
qualifier: user interface
glosses: A principle that the design should match the user's experience, expectations, and mental models.
devachanic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more devachanic
form: most devachanic
Etymology: From devachan + -ic.
Senses: glosses: pertaining to devachan
Related terms: astral
recopier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: recopiers
Etymology: From recopy + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who, or that which, copies again.
acetalize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: acetalizes
form: acetalizing
form: acetalized
form: acetalized
form: acetalise
Etymology: From acetal + -ize.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: To convert (an aldehyde) into an acetal.
Derived terms: acetalization
reformadoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reformado
reformados
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reformado
redescending
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of redescend
redescended
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of redescend
Messinese
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Messinese
form: most Messinese
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Messina.
drused
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more drused
form: most drused
Etymology: From druse + -ed.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: drusy; having a druse
photolithographing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of photolithograph
photolithographed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of photolithograph
God particles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of God particle
literbike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: literbikes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of litrebike.
literbikes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of literbike
unmarkable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unmarkable
form: most unmarkable
Etymology: From un- + markable.
Senses: glosses: Incapable of being marked.
buttings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbʌtɪŋz/
ipa: [ˈbʌɾɪŋz]
homophone: buddings
Senses: glosses: plural of butting
boundings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbaʊndɪŋz/
Senses: glosses: plural of bounding
allianced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of alliance
alliancing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of alliance
Higgs particle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Higgs particles
Etymology: From being a subatomic particle; named after British physicist Peter Higgs, who proposed its existence.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Higgs boson.
synonyms: word: Higgs boson
Related terms: Higgs boson
Higgs field
Higgs mechanism
newchurch
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From new + church.
Senses: examples: text: The capture of middle and senior management positions in Catholic education by newchurch trendies has a parallel in government education circles.
ref: 1987, Fidelity, volume 7, Wanderer Forum Foundation:
text: […] fanned by applause and encouragement from the secular media and fueled by the newchurch rhetoric
ref: 1987, Fidelity, volume 7, Wanderer Forum Foundation:
text: […] irrespective of the training college being Newchurch modernist, moderate, conservative or traditional.
ref: 1987, J. Haynes, J.F. Archibald, The Bulletin, numbers 5585-5593:
text: Let us keep them from being bullied by "newchurch" priests or intimidated by disapproving co-religionists.
ref: 1999, New Oxford Review, volume 66, American Church Union:
glosses: Describing Christians or forms of Christianity seen as being marked by liberalism, influence from modern concepts and trends, novelty etc. and disregard for established or traditional beliefs and practices.
aldolic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From aldol + -ic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Pertaining to, or derived from, an aldol
allysine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: allysines
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The amino acid 2-amino-6-oxo-hexanoic acid derived from lysine
aminoadipic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From amino- + adipic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to aminoadipic acid or its derivatives
Derived terms: aminoadipate
aminoplastic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aminoplastics
Etymology: From amino- + plastic.
Senses: glosses: melamine/formaldehyde resin
highing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -aɪɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of high
highed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of high
classicalities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of classicality
classicalness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From classical + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being classical.
Synonyms: classicality
piston rods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of piston rod
clivities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clivity
clivity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clivities
Etymology: Latin clivus (“hill”).
Senses: glosses: inclination, slope; ascent or descent; gradient
Related terms: acclivity
declivity
bread and butter pudding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bread and butter puddings
Senses: glosses: A baked dessert made of buttered bread soaked in an egg and milk sauce, usually with dried fruit.
Synonyms: bread pudding
bread and butter puddings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bread and butter pudding
bread-and-butter pudding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bread-and-butter puddings
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bread and butter pudding.
spider plant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spider plants
Senses: glosses: Any of several types of plants that have leaves or other parts that resemble spider legs, including:
of genus Chlorophytum (spider lilies)
glosses: Any of several types of plants that have leaves or other parts that resemble spider legs, including:
of genus Chlorophytum (spider lilies)
especially of species Chlorophytum comosum of green and white variegated evergreen perennial plants, grown as houseplants.
glosses: Any of several types of plants that have leaves or other parts that resemble spider legs, including:
of species Saxifraga flagellaris (whiplash saxifrage)
glosses: Any of several types of plants that have leaves or other parts that resemble spider legs, including:
of genus Cleome (spiderflowers)
priviledg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: priviledges
Senses: examples: text: And then, ſince Mr. Gaſcoin tells you, That the Experiment being of it ſelf extraordinary and ſurprizing , and beſides uſhering in new Principles into Opticks, quite contrary to the common and received , it will be hard to perſwade it as a truth, till it be made ſo viſible to all as it were a ſhame to deny it: if he eſteem it ſo extraordinary , he may have the priviledg of making it ſo viſible to all , that it will be a ſhame to deny it.
ref: 1676, Isaak Newton, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, page 561:
glosses: Obsolete form of privilege.
citrals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of citral
desmosine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: desmosines
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A crosslink compound responsible for the rubbery properties of elastin
Derived terms: isodesmosine
piston rings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of piston ring
anæmial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anæmial
form: most anæmial
Etymology: From anæmia + -al.
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of anemial.
anaemial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anaemial
form: most anaemial
Etymology: From anaemia + -al.
Senses: glosses: Rare spelling of anemial.
guanidin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: guanidins
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of guanidine.
anemial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anemial
form: most anemial
form: anaemial
form: anæmial
Etymology: From anemia + -al.
Senses: glosses: Characteristic of anemias; anemic.
Synonyms: anemic
touraco
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: touracos
form: touracoes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of turaco.
anæmias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anæmia
Standard Model
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Standard Model
form: Standard model
form: standard model
Etymology: A proprialization of the collocation standard model, coined by American physicists Abraham Pais and by Sam Treiman in 1975.
Senses: examples: text: I shall call this the standard model (SM). There is promise that this model is part of the truth.
ref: 1977 January 1, Abraham Pais, “Current problems in the weak interactions”, in Symposium on five decades of weak interactions:
text: Prof Mark Lancaster, who is the UK lead for the experiment, told BBC News: "We have found the interaction of muons are not in agreement with the Standard Model [the current widely accepted theory to explain how the building blocks of the Universe behave]."
ref: 2021 April 7, Pallab Ghosh, quoting Mark Lancaster, “Muons: 'Strong' evidence found for a new force of nature”, in BBC News:
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A theory about the electromagnetic, weak, and strong nuclear interactions that mediate the dynamics of the known subatomic particles.
Hypernyms: quantum field theory
chaetodon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chaetodons
Etymology: From the genus name. By surface analysis, chaeto- + -odon.
Senses: glosses: butterflyfish (of the genus Chaetodon)
atom physics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
qualifier: atomic
glosses: Synonym of atomic physics.
synonyms: word: atomic physics
oyster shooter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oyster shooters
Senses: glosses: A cocktail made of oysters, hot sauce, vodka and a variety of other ingredients.
Skeeter
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Skeeter
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From skeeter (mosquito).
Senses: glosses: A popular nickname for individuals with various different first names.
hemorrhagically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more hemorrhagically
form: most hemorrhagically
form: haemorrhagically
form: hæmorrhagically
Etymology: From hemorrhagic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In the manner of a hemorrhage.
Pascal's gamble
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Pascal's wager
voorlesers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of voorleser
chloræmia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of chloremia.
Scottish Folds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Scottish Fold
figurantes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of figurante
semaphorical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more semaphorical
form: most semaphorical
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of semaphoric.
chloremia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chloraemia
form: chloræmia
Etymology: From Ancient Greek χλωρός (khlōrós, “pale green”) and αἷμα (haîma, “blood”). By surface analysis, chlor- + -emia.
Senses: topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
glosses: The presence of chloride in the bloodstream (which is always true, in some amount or other).
topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
glosses: The presence of chloride in the bloodstream (which is always true, in some amount or other).
The presence of excess chloride in the bloodstream.
synonyms: hyperchloremia
antonyms: hypochloremia
glosses: Synonym of chlorosis
synonyms: word: chlorosis
Derived terms: dyschloremia
normochloremia
chloraemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chloremia.
Rœulx
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A commune in Nord department, Hauts-de-France, northern France.
pantographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pantographic
form: most pantographic
form: pantographical
Etymology: Compare French pantographique.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to a pantograph or pantography.
Derived terms: pantographically
sternally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From sternal + -ly.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: In terms of, or upon, the sternum.
forseek
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: forseeks
form: forseeking
form: forsought
form: forsought
Etymology: From Middle English *forseken (attested in forsoȝt), from Old English forsēcan, forsēċan (“to afflict, attack”). By surface analysis, for- + seek. Compare West Frisian fersykje (“to request, petition”), Dutch verzoeken (“to request, ask, petition”), German versuchen (“to attempt, try”).
Senses: examples: text: Always forseek alternative ways to do pretty much anything.
text: Vartue it's sed (and is an old said saw) Is for hur selfe, to be forsought alone.
ref: 1614, J. Davies, An Eglogue:
text: And also the lay fee, sometime the noble and sometime the commons, without difference, upon chance and displeasure grown, or of truth forsought and feigned, he doth impoverish, destroy, and kill, for none other intent but that he may enjoy and use his foul pleasures […]
ref: 1908, James Gairdner, William Hunt, Lollardy and the Reformation in England: an historical survey:
text: Stoutly undertake. Pierce the fell stratagem. Undo the fraud. Strike hard thine obstacles. So shalt thou bear Thyself to purpose. Hand and heart may ache : But idle whims shall not make thee a gaud. Brave things forseek the bold. On with thee! Dare!
ref: 1919, Melancthon Woolsey Stryker, Vesper bells:
glosses: To seek thoroughly (for); seek out.
forseek
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: The Rani also espoused their cause and marched from Garha to join them. When the astute sultan heard of this, he sent persons to the Rani with a view to inducing her to forseek her design, and thus averted a clash.
ref: 1968, Madhya Pradesh (India), V. S. Krishnan, Madhya Pradesh district gazetteers
text: The play's characters themselves, however, offer a very different estimate: "Forseek all London from one end to t'ther, […]"
ref: 1999, Jeffrey Masten, Wendy Wall, Renaissance Drama 28: New:
text: "I fear your ardor be so hot That it may but yourself consume, Or passion's flame be unallayed, You will forseek a gallet's tomb. […]"
ref: 2002, Luli Gray, Falcon and the Charles Street Witch:
text: For he is often a drunkard and then he neglects and forseeks his lords' goods and cattle or takes it thievishly and spends it.
ref: 2009, Laurel Amtower, Jacqueline Vanhoutte, A Companion to Chaucer and His Contemporaries: Texts and Contexts:
glosses: Misspelling of forsake.
melissene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From melissic + -ene.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: melene
microwebers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microweber
heteroazeotropic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From heteroazeotrope + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to a heteroazeotrope
intermaxillaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of intermaxillary
dresslike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dresslike
form: most dresslike
Etymology: From dress + -like.
Senses: examples: a dresslike costume
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a dress.
gownlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more gownlike
form: most gownlike
Etymology: From gown + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a gown.
gownless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From gown + -less.
Senses: examples: text: [T]wo devil-may-care young men who proved to be gownless undergraduates[.]
ref: 1895, Thomas Hardy, “II-vi”, in Jude the Obscure, London: Osgood:
glosses: Without a gown.
paraphyllum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paraphylla
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A small foliaceous organ between the leaves of some mosses.
paraphyllum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of paraphylum.
lemonal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From lemon + -al.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: citral
anthemed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of anthem
antheming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of anthem
generants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of generant
untakeable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ʌnˈteɪkəbl̩/
Forms: form: more untakeable
form: most untakeable
Etymology: From un- + takeable.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of untakable.