cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
mysophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mysophobias
Etymology: From myso- + -phobia.
Senses: examples: text: Presenting 14 unnerving segments, featured phobias include caetophobia (fear of hairs), henophobia (fear of young virgin girls), coprophobia (fear of feces), mysophobia (fear of contamination and germs), mazeophobia (fear of being lost), astrophobia (fear of celestial objects), mageirocophobia (fear of cooking) and oneirophobia (fear of dreams).
ref: 2018 March 7, Chewie, “Artsploitation Acquires ‘A Taste of Phobia’”, in ScareTissue:
glosses: An abnormal fear of uncleanliness, dirt, or contamination.
wikipedia: mysophobia
Synonyms: rhypophobia
ablutomania
Derived terms: automysophobia
Related terms: mysophobe
mysophobic
microlite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: microlight
Forms: form: microlites
Etymology: From micro- + -lite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A basic fluoride of sodium, calcium, tantalum and niobium that is isomorphous with pyrochlore
topics: archaeology
history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: A microlith
Derived terms: sense: (mineralogy)
word: bariomicrolite
sense: (mineralogy)
word: bismutomicrolite
sense: (mineralogy)
word: microlitic
sense: (mineralogy)
word: plumbomicrolite
sense: (mineralogy)
word: stibiomicrolite
microlight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: microlite
Forms: form: microlights
Etymology: From micro- + light.
Senses: examples: text: I’ve flown in flimsy microlights, soaring serenely above rich farmland. I’ve ridden tactical combat helicopters missions, skimming the desert floor and banking hard around sand dunes.
ref: 2020 December 5, Nic Robertson, “Saudi Arabia has changed beyond recognition. But will tourists want to visit?”, in CNN:
text: One of the things making the trip possible is Rutherford’s microlight aircraft. Microlights are small one or two-seat planes used for leisure or personal transport. If she completes her trip, Rutherford will also claim the record for the youngest person to circumnavigate the world solo in a microlight aircraft.
ref: 2021 August 18, Rebecca Cairns, “This teenage aviator hopes to be the youngest woman to fly solo around the world”, in CNN:
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An ultralight aircraft.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The smallest manned aircraft classification, composed of ultralights and verylights; smaller than light aircraft.
examples: text: "I took $100, bought microlights and made the gloves myself," said Lim.
ref: 2015 June 5, Parija Kavilanz, “His $13 million secret: 'Gloving'”, in CNN:
glosses: A very small light.
Derived terms: microlighting
superintensive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From super- + intensive.
Senses: glosses: very intensive; very thorough.
microfracture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microfractures
Etymology: From micro- + fracture.
Senses: glosses: A very small, or fine, fracture, especially one of a series in bone.
Derived terms: microfracture surgery
microfracturing
abelsonite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Abelson + -ite, after Philip Abelson.
Senses: glosses: A mineral, NiC₃₁H₃₂N₄, forming soft reddish-brown triclinic crystals.
wikipedia: Philip Abelson
Synonyms: nickel porphyrin
gunningite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Dr Henry Cecil Gunning (1901-1991), + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A rare mineral in the kieserite group, having the chemical formula (Zn,Mn²⁺)SO₄·H₂O.
chondrodite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chondrodites
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A nesosilicate mineral with chemical formula (Mg,Fe)₅(F,OH)₂(SiO₄)₂, the most frequently encountered member of the humite group.
Synonyms: word: maclureite
Derived terms: chondroditic
clarkeite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Frank Wigglesworth Clarke (1847-1931), American mineral chemist, + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A uranium oxide mineral of variable composition and uncertain structure, its colour varying from dark brown to orange.
neptunite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neptunites
Etymology: From Neptune + -ite.
Senses: glosses: A black silicate mineral with chemical formula KNa₂Li(Fe²⁺,Mn²⁺)₂Ti₂Si₈O₂₄
umangite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after Sierra de Umango (Argentina) + -ite.
Senses: glosses: A selenide mineral, with chemical formula Cu₃Se₂, blue to red in color.
zhemchuzhnikovite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From the surname of Yury Zhemchuzhnikov, Russian clay mineralogist, + -ite.
Senses: glosses: A mineral of organic origin with chemical formula NaMg(FeAl)C₂O₄.8H₂O, forming smoky green crystals with a vitreous lustre.
greenockite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: greenockites
Etymology: Lord Greenock, on whose land the mineral was discovered, + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A rare cadmium mineral that consists of cadmium sulfide in crystalline form.
Related terms: Greenock
meeken
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: meekens
form: meekening
form: meekened
form: meekened
Etymology: From Middle English mekenen, meknen, equivalent to meek + -en.
Senses: examples: text: Tear each other's flesh no more,
But kindly think and speak the same;
All express the meekening power
And spirit Of the Lamb!
ref: 1779, John Wesley, Collection of Psalms and Hymns. The Collection:
text: "Whenever Helen sleeps, her fevered rest meekens her; hence, she re-emerges enfeebled -- her strength, expended; her reserves, depleted."
ref: 2001, Christian Bök, Eunoia:
glosses: To make or become meek or submissive.
jacana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌʒɑsəˈnɑ/
ipa: /ˌd͡ʒɑsəˈnɑ/
ipa: /d͡ʒəˈkɑːnə/
ipa: /ˈdʒækənə/
ipa: /ˌʒæsəˈnɑː/
ipa: /ˌd͡ʒæsəˈnɑː/
rhymes: -ɑː
rhymes: -ɑːnə
Forms: form: jacanas
form: jaçana
Etymology: Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese jaçanã, from a term jasaná in an undetermined Tupian language, perhaps Guaraní jasana.
Senses: glosses: Any of a group of wading birds in the family Jacanidae, usually having long toes and claws, and found throughout the world.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Actophilornis africanus
word: African jacana
taxonomic: Metopidius indicus
word: bronze-winged jacana
taxonomic: Irediparra gallinacea
word: comb-crested jacana
taxonomic: Microparra capensis
word: lesser jacana
taxonomic: Actophilornis albinucha
word: Madagascar jacana
taxonomic: Jacana spinosa
word: northern jacana
taxonomic: Hydrophasianus chirurgus
word: pheasant-tailed jacana
taxonomic: Jacana jacana
word: wattled jacana
palinode
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈpælɪnəʊd/
Forms: form: palinodes
Etymology: From Middle French palinod, from Latin palinōdia (“palinode, recantation”), from Ancient Greek παλινῳδία (palinōidía, “palinode”), from πάλιν (pálin, “again”) + ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”).
Senses: examples: text: ... Balmawhapple could not, by the code of honour, evite giving satisfaction to ... Edward by such a palinode as rendered the use of the sword unnecessary, and which, being made and accepted, must necessarily sopite the whole affair.
ref: 1814, Sir Walter Scott, Waverley; or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since:
text: 2004, Jaspitos, "I Take It Back", in The Spectator (London, UK); Jan 24, 2004.
The more lighthearted palinodes were more successful, such as Geoff Horton's recantation of his youthful view that a martini should be shaken rather than stirred.
text: The close of Sins is as sober as the close of her Address to the Opposers was enthusiastic; it is almost a palinode.
ref: 2008, William McCarthy, Anna Letitia Barbauld: Voice of the Enlightenment, Johns Hopkins University Press, published 2015, page 339:
glosses: An ode or other poem in which the author retracts something said in an earlier poem; (loosely) a recantation.
Derived terms: palinodial
palinodic
palinodist
taras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tara
zykaite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From the name of Dr. Vaclav Zyka, Czech geochemist, + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A dull, soft, translucent greyish-white mineral consisting of arsenic, hydrogen, iron, sulfur and oxygen.
zussmanite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zussmanites
Etymology: Jack Zussman, geology professor and author, + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A hydrated iron-rich silicate, found as a pale green crystal with perfect cleavage.
zippeite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zippeites
Etymology: F X M Zippe, Prague mineralogist, and -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A hydrous potassium uranium sulfate mineral with chemical formula K₄(UO₂)₆(SO₄)₃(OH)₁₀·4(H₂O), forming yellow to reddish-brown monoclinic-prismatic crystals with perfect cleavage and formerly used in the manufacture of paint.
magnesioferrite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: magnesioferrites
Etymology: From magnesio- + ferrite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A magnesium iron oxide mineral, a member of the magnetite series of spinels, which forms black metallic octahedral crystals.
zanazziite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Zanazzi + -ite, after P. F. Zanazzi, Italian professor of mineralogy.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A complex phosphate with the chemical formula Ca₂(Mg,Fe)(Mg,Fe,Mn,Al)₄Be₄(OH)₄(PO₄)₆·6H₂O, having a pale to dark olive-green colour.
osarizawaite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after Osarizawa mine, in Akita Prefecture, Japan, + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A greenish-yellow mineral with the chemical formula PbCuAl₂(SO₄)₂(OH)₆, having rhombohedral crystals.
wikipedia: Akita Prefecture
xocomecatlite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Nahuatl xocomecatl (“grapevine”) (alluding to its appearance as a set of green spherules), and -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A telluride mineral found in cracks in altered rhyolite.
åkermanite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: åkermanites
Etymology: Named for Anders Richard Åkerman, a Swedish mineralogist, + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A melilite mineral of the sorosilicate group, containing calcium, magnesium, silicon, and oxygen and having the chemical formula Ca₂Mg[Si₂O₇].
akermanite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: akermanites
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of åkermanite.
CA19-9
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of carbohydrate antigen 19-9, a tumor marker for colon and pancreatic cancer also found in non-malignant conditions.
Synonyms: alt: a
word: sialylated Lewis antigen
stilpnomelane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stilpnomelanes
Etymology: Ancient Greek στιλπνός (stilpnós, “glittering”), and μελανός (melanós, “black”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A metamorphic phyllosilicate mineral of the mica group, having the chemical formula K(Fe²⁺,Mg,Fe³⁺)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₂₇.
santabarbaraite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Santa Barbara + -ite. Named after Santa Barbara in Italy, where it was found.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An amorphous ferric hydroxy phosphate mineral hydrate.
wikipedia: en:Santa Barbara (Ceraso)
xonotlite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Tetela de Xonotla, Mexico, where it was found, and -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A mineral with the chemical formula Ca₆Si₆O₁₇(OH)₂, found in various colours.
trappable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From trap + -able.
Senses: examples: text: If automatic error trapping is on and a trappable error occurs then the program is terminated.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: That can be trapped.
groundcover
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: groundcovers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ground cover.
warrigal greens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: warrigal cabbage
glosses: A leafy ground cover, Tetragonia tetragonoides, that can be eaten as a vegetable.
Jimmer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɪmɚ/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɪmə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɪmə(ɹ)
Etymology: Diminutive of James.
Senses: examples: text: You see, Da Jimmer has been to outer space and he’s different. Very different.
ref: 2001, Escanaba in da Moonlight:
qualifier: North Wisconsin
glosses: Alternative form of James, usually a diminutive, but also occasionally a given name.
cheeselets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cheeselet
sulphonyls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sulphonyl; alternative spelling of sulfonyl.
gats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gat
gats
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of gat
column spaces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of column space
cooptations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cooptation
Chinese mountain cats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Chinese mountain cat
glycosylceramides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glycosylceramide
linguaphiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of linguaphile
short lists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of short list
empty spaces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of empty space
peacekeepings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peacekeeping
ternary complexes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ternary complex
meso-regions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of meso-region
gray jays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gray jay
hair dryers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hair dryer
jojobas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jojoba
great horsetails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of great horsetail
stookers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stooker
birthing chairs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of birthing chair
dynamic systems
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dynamic system
orders of magnitude
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of order of magnitude
absolute errors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of absolute error
social responsibilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of social responsibility
burgees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of burgee
variegated horsetails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of variegated horsetail
pole dances
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pole dance
pole dances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pole dance
foramen ovales
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of foramen ovale
electricity meters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of electricity meter
galleasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of galleass
subject pronouns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subject pronoun
remote controls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of remote control
American hornbeams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of American hornbeam
trouts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trout
trouts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of trout
bolts from the blue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bolt from the blue
renunciations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of renunciation
homonymies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of homonymy
secret admirers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of secret admirer
service lines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of service line
yarrows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yarrow
caziques
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cazique; alternative spelling of cacique.
kvasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kvass
ghost towns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ghost town
pomsets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pomset
significance levels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of significance level
non-goals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of non-goal
banded anteaters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of banded anteater
unsung heroes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of unsung hero
dicasteries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dicastery
TV guides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of TV guide
topographical maps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of topographical map
univariates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of univariate
gearmakers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gearmaker
sialic acids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sialic acid
bowls of cherries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bowl of cherries
busways
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of busway
airdocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of airdock
emergency brakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of emergency brake
American Keudas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of American Keuda
proxy mines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of proxy mine
silapentanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of silapentane
pushing schools
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pushing school
wet dreams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wet dream
hamentashen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hamentash
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of hamantaschen.
time scales
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of time scale
snap rings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snap ring
accountable mails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of accountable mail
solacements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of solacement
red wolves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of red wolf
microlights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microlight
cappae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cappa
chili powder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chili powders
Senses: glosses: Pulverized dry chilis used for culinary purposes.
lousewort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: louseworts
Etymology: From louse + wort.
Senses: glosses: Any of very many semiparasitic flowering plants, of the genus Pedicularis, related to wood betony.
Hyponyms: red rattle
Derived terms: word: beaked lousewort
word: brown lousewort
taxonomic: Pedicularis sylvatica
word: common lousewort
taxonomic: Pedicularis foliosa
word: leafy lousewort
word: red lousewort
taxonomic: Pedicularis tuberosa
word: tuberous lousewort
word: white lousewort
taxonomic: Pedicularis verticillata
word: whorled lousewort
word: yellow lousewort
semiparasitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From semi- + parasitic.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Describing a plant that, although it uses photosynthesis, obtains some nutrition from other plants.
examples: text: The typhoid bacillus and cholera bacterium are semiparasitic.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Having moderate infectiousness for living tissue.
Related terms: holoparasitic
Kelley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kelleys
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish, a less common spelling of Kelly.
glosses: A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
glosses: A minor city in Story County, Iowa, United States.
Derived terms: Kelleys Island
Kelleytown
look what the cat's dragged in
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: look what the cat dragged in
form: look what the cat drug in
form: look who the cat dragged in
Etymology: From the habit of domestic cats of bringing home the remains of killed animals.
Senses: examples: text: Still facing the mirror, he drawled, ‘Look what the cat's dragged in. Where have you been?’ Gabriel rubbed his chin.
ref: 2009, Monica Ali, In The Kitchen, Random House, →ISBN, page 526:
text: “Well, look what the cat drug in, Sam,” says a familiar voice, which comes, of course, from everywhere and nowhere.
ref: 2012, Cory Doctorow, Charles Stross, The Rapture of the Nerds, Tor Books, →ISBN, page 283:
text: ‘Well, well, look what the cat's dragged in,’ Gracey said as he moved the thick stump of his neck from side to side and rubbed the back of it with the great towel of his hand. ‘Nice to see you grace us with your presence, Swift. […]’
ref: 2012, David Park, The Big Snow, A&C Black, →ISBN:
glosses: Used as an ironic acknowledgement of someone's arrival, especially to imply that they are unwelcome or disagreeable in some way.
Related terms: look like something the cat dragged in
look what the cat dragged in
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of look what the cat's dragged in.
longclaw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: longclaws
Etymology: From long + claw.
Senses: glosses: Any of several passerine birds of the genus Macronyx, that have long hind claws
Earle
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Upon reading this, General Washington said, "Mr Earle, your name is not correctly spelled. E-a-r-l is a title of nobility; you should add an e to it."
ref: 1898, Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, page 162:
glosses: A surname originating as an occupation, variant of Earl.
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname.
glosses: A male given name, variant of Earl.
glosses: A place name:
A hamlet and large civil parish (without a council) in northern Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NT9826).
glosses: A place name:
A city in Crittenden County, Arkansas, United States.
glosses: A place name:
An unincorporated community in Scott Township, Vanderburgh County, Indiana, United States.
Derived terms: Earlestown
Earlene
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Outside of that, and having a name like Earlene, what’s her problem?
ref: 1991, Elmore Leonard, Maximum Bob, Dell, published 1992, →ISBN, page 232:
glosses: A female given name from English derived from Earl.
Earline
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Earl + -ine.
Senses: examples: text: He reached into the wallet he kept chained to his bell loop and pulled out two hundred 1-dollar bills. He said, "My given name's Earl. Earl for a boy, Earline for a girl." I don't know why I said okay, but I did.
ref: 2001, George Singleton, These People Are Us: Short Stories, River CityPress, →ISBN, page 27:
glosses: A female given name from English.
palynomorph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: palynomorphs
Etymology: From palyno- + -morph.
Senses: topics: biology
history
human-sciences
natural-sciences
paleontology
sciences
glosses: An organic microfossil: a particle of 5–500 micrometers in diameter, found in sedimentary deposits and composed of organic material.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any spore (derived from fungi, algae or spore-bearing embryophytes) or pollen grain (derived from seed-bearing embryophytes).
Related terms: palynomorphic
palynomorphological
palynomorphs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of palynomorph
Mabelle
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Mabelle his wife - what an affected way of spelling Mabel. The next moment it seemed pretty and aristocratic, such was the Trimingham spell.
ref: 1953, L. P. Hartley, The Go-Between, Hamish Hamilton, published 1974, page 168:
glosses: A female given name from Latin, variant of Mabel.
longline
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: long-line
Etymology: From long + line.
Senses: examples: text: Strapless longline bra, with wired underbust and flexible boning, smooths womanly curves.
ref: 1953, Farm Journal, volume 77:
text: In the dressing room, the smiling attendant helped her into the longline corset with its built-in bra.
ref: 2007, Solange Ayre, One Thousand Brides, page 5:
topics: business
clothing
fashion
lifestyle
manufacturing
textiles
glosses: longer than usual; especially reaching to the hips
longline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: longlines
form: long-line
Etymology: From long + line.
Senses: topics: fishing
hobbies
lifestyle
glosses: Gear consisting of a long and thick mainline, with baited hooks attached at intervals by means of branch lines called snoods or gangions.
topics: firefighting
government
glosses: A long cable used to raise or lower loads from a helicopter when landing is not possible.
Related terms: sense: pelagic longline
word: hangs near sea surface
sense: demersal longline
word: sets along sea floor
longline
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: longlines
form: longlining
form: longlined
form: longlined
form: long-line
Etymology: From long + line.
Senses: examples: text: The Japanese, always on the prowl for something else to take out of the sea, have been longlining sharks for years, and eating them in a variety of ways.
ref: 1983, Richard Ellis, The Book of Sharks, Knopf, →ISBN, page 144:
glosses: To fish with a line of this kind.
Derived terms: longliner
longline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: longlines
Etymology: Blend of long + slackline
Senses: glosses: A slackline which runs a considerable distance
Related terms: english: in mathematics
translation: in mathematics
word: long line
logomachical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more logomachical
form: most logomachical
Etymology: From logomachy + -ical.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to logomachy.
logomachic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more logomachic
form: most logomachic
Etymology: From logomachy + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to logomachy.
lochea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of lochia.
liquation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɪˈkweɪ.ʃən/
Forms: form: liquations
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin liquātiō.
Senses: topics: engineering
metallurgy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The partial melting of a mixture of metals or ores in order to separate components.
lippitude
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lippitudes
Etymology: From Latin lippus (“bleary-eyed”).
Senses: glosses: soreness of the eyes; blearedness
limacine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more limacine
form: most limacine
Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Limacinae.
Senses: glosses: Characteristic of slugs of the subfamily Limacinae.
Synonyms: limaceous
limacine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: limacines
Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Limacinae.
Senses: glosses: Any slug of the subfamily Limacinae.
limaceous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more limaceous
form: most limaceous
Senses: glosses: Characteristic of slugs (of the family Limacidae)
Synonyms: limacine
level best
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌlɛvl̩ ˈbɛst/
ipa: /ˌlɛv(ə)l ˈbɛst/
rhymes: -ɛst
Forms: form: level bests
Etymology: From level (“well balanced; even, steady”) + best.
Senses: examples: text: Then came a pause, each man aiming his level best, as indeed one is likely to do when one knows that life itself depends upon the shot.
ref: 1885 September, H[enry] Rider Haggard, “Solomon’s Road”, in King Solomon’s Mines, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, […], published 1887, →OCLC, page 102:
text: Val walked out behind his mother, chin squared, eyelids drooped, doing his level best to despise everybody.
ref: 1920, John Galsworthy, “Dartie versus Dartie”, in In Chancery (The Forsyte Saga; 2), London: William Heinemann, →OCLC, part II, page 186:
text: ―Say papa, baby. Say pa pa pa pa pa pa pa. / And baby did his level best to say it for he was very intelligent for eleven months everyone said and big for his age and the picture of health, a perfect little bunch of love, and he would certainly turn out to be something great, they said.
ref: 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 13: Nausicaa]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 341:
text: And, of course, a special credit has to go to those Royal Navy officers who saw the situation for what it truly was, and would do their absolute level best to stop it regardless of treaties or other political considerations, eventually forcing the British Parliament to catch up with their own morality.
ref: 2018 December 1, Drachinifel, 12:20 from the start, in Anti-Slavery Patrols - The West Africa Squadron, archived from the original on 29 Nov 2024:
text: The king-to-be is sulking in a carriage beside his mother, who’s doing her level best to prepare her son for what’s to come.
ref: 2022 October 16, Jenna Scherer, “An Enticing House of the Dragon Crowns Westeros’ New Ruler”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 28 Oct 2022:
glosses: The very best that one can do.
Related terms: personal best
lespedeza
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lespedezas
Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Lespedeza.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any of many leguminous plants of the genus Lespedeza, including bush clover.
ledger board
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ledger boards
Senses: glosses: Any of a series of horizontal boards, joined by vertical supports, but especially the topmost rail of a fence or balustrade
learning objective
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: learning objectives
Senses: glosses: Any fact, technique or other outcome that a student is expected to have learnt or achieved by the end of a specific course of instruction
lean and mean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: leaner and meaner
form: leanest and meanest
Senses: examples: text: He's a lean and mean fighting machine.
glosses: efficient because of having nothing in excess of what is needed, and single-minded in one's objective
lacertid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lacertids
Etymology: ]
From translingual Lacertidae.
Senses: examples: text: Lacertid scalation and body forms are similar to those of the teiids, although lacertids are usually smaller.
ref: 1993, George R. Zug, Herpetology: An Introductory Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles, page 427:
text: Lacertids are distinguished by a section of large, flat scales on the undersides of their necks.[…]Teiids are the New World counterparts to lacertids.
ref: 2004, Daniel A. Greenberg, Lizards, page 33:
text: Lacertid teeth are hollow at the base (teiid teeth are solid). Virtually all lacertids are terrestrial or rock-dwelling lizards, although a few species, including Holaspis and Takydromus, climb in vegetation, and at least one species appears to live high in trees.
ref: 2006, Eric R. Pianka, Laurie J. Vitt, Lizards: Windows to the Evolution of Diversity, page 206:
glosses: Any lizard of the family Lacertidae.
Synonyms: sense: lizard of family Lacertidae
word: lacerta
sense: lizard of family Lacertidae
word: true lizard
sense: lizard of family Lacertidae
word: wall lizard
lacertid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lacertids
form: BL Lacertid
form: Lacertid
Etymology: From the name of the first discovered example, BL Lacertae.
Senses: examples: text: In the same diagram a compact galaxy, 3C 371, and a Seyfert, 3C 120, lie very close to the Lacertids.
ref: 1975 July 10, “Quasars and Lacertids show a family likeness”, in New Scientist, page 61:
text: These reliably variable objects included three ROCOSs (OE 400, OI 090.4, and PI034-293) and two lacertids (AO 0235+164 and OJ 287).
ref: 1990, Bulletin of the Special Astrophysical Observatory-North Caucasus, volumes 24-26, page 67:
text: We have identified six radio sources in the Zelenchuk (RATAN-600) catalog with two quasars, two lacertids, and two pairs of galaxies.
ref: 1993, Astronomy Reports, volume 37, American Institute of Physics, page 466:
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A type of blazar (highly variable active galactic nucleus) that lacks spectral emission lines characteristic of quasars.
Synonyms: sense: astronomical object
word: active galactic nucleus
sense: astronomical object
word: blazar
sense: astronomical object
word: BL Lac object
sense: astronomical object
word: BL Lacertae object
lunker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lunkers
Senses: glosses: Anything, especially a sport fish, that is especially large for its type; a whopper.
culturohistorical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more culturohistorical
form: most culturohistorical
Etymology: From culturo- + historical.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to cultural history.
Derived terms: culturohistorically
life and limb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlaɪf n̩ ˈlɪm/
rhymes: -ɪm
Etymology: A reference to a person risking the loss of their life and injury to their limbs (arms and legs).
Senses: examples: text: Those kids are risking life and limb when they go inside that old abandoned house: it might collapse on their heads.
synonyms: word: life and member
glosses: Existence together with the bodily faculties.
Derived terms: risk life and limb
Related terms: for life
for dear life
kutum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kutums
Senses: glosses: A freshwater fish (Rutilus kutum) native to the Caspian Sea.
killable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: kĭlʹ-ə-bəl
ipa: /ˈkɪl.ə.bəl/
rhymes: -ɪləbəl
Forms: form: more killable
form: most killable
Etymology: From kill + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to be killed.
glosses: Fit to be killed, especially as a source of food.
Derived terms: unkillable
jack-staff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jack-staffs
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of jackstaff.
jackstaff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jackstaffs
form: jackstaves
Etymology: From jack + staff.
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A short spar, at the bows of a ship, that serves as a flagpole to fly a flag (a jack).
in one's own right
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: His parents are wealthy, but he is a millionaire in his own right.
text: "Quarrelous" isn't a misspelling of "querulous" but a word in its own right.
text: Although [John] Peel's grave is the main attraction, Caldbeck is a captivating little village in its own right, with fine views southwards to the Lake District's serried peaks.
ref: 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 100:
glosses: As a consequence of one's own skill, qualification or status, rather than that of another.
indiscreetness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: indiscreetnesses
Etymology: From indiscreet + -ness.
Senses: glosses: indiscretion
stalkerish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstɔːkəɹɪʃ/
Forms: form: more stalkerish
form: most stalkerish
Etymology: From stalker + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: “There was something in the cemetery last night,” she told her Watcher. “I mean, something more than the usual. Something not of the undead family. A big, nasty something. I couldn’t see it clearly, but it was doing the menacing thing behind me. Stalkerish. And it, well, it giggled.”
ref: 1999, Laura Anne Gilman, Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Visitors, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 20:
text: They think it's weird. Some people think it's a cute weird in a quirky way, some a creepy weird in a stalkerish, he's hiding bodies in a barrel way.
ref: 2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 1:
text: His postwar roles, full of myopic obsession, stalkerish derangement, and a desire for vengeance, don't seem like ground Hanks is willing to cover.
ref: 2021 February 9, Christina Newland, “Is Tom Hanks part of a dying breed of genuine movie stars?”, in BBC:
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or resembling a stalker.
Related terms: stalkery
incompetible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more incompetible
form: most incompetible
Senses: glosses: Outside of one's competence
incompetible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more incompetible
form: most incompetible
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of incompatible.
money can't buy happiness
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Forms: form: money cannot buy happiness
Senses: glosses: Money can purchase external things, but true happiness comes from within oneself.
Related terms: unbuyable
invaluable
priceless
unpriceable
cases in point
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkeɪsɪz ɪn pɔɪnt/
rhymes: -ɔɪnt
Senses: glosses: plural of case in point
polarite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: The Polar Ural Mountains in Russia, where it is found, and -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An opaque, yellow-white mineral with a metallic lustre, having the chemical formula (Pd,(Bi,Pb)).
zimbabweite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Zimbabwe, where it was discovered, and -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A yellow-brown mineral with chemical formula (Na,K)₂PbAs₄(Nb,Ta,Ti)₄O₁₈, generally classed as an arsenite.
freieslebenite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Freiesleben + -ite. Named after Johann Karl Freiesleben (1774–1846), Mining Commissioner of Saxony in Germany.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A rare opaque sulfide mineral of antimony, lead and silver with the chemical formula AgPbSbS₃.
nitrammite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: gwihabaite
needle time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: needle times
Etymology: Referring to the stylus needle of a record-player.
Senses: glosses: The limit on the amount of airplay of recorded music in any given 24-hour period.
gwihabaite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Gcwihaba Cave in Botswana, where it was found in 1996, and -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A rare ammonium potassium nitrate mineral with chemical formula (NH₄,K)(NO₃), orthorhombic in form and colourless with a vitreous lustre.
Synonyms: nitrammite
hafnon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hafnium + zircon.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A mineral of hafnium silicate ore, having the chemical formula HfSiO₄, produced synthetically by substituting hafnium for the zirconium in zircon.
kornerupine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kornerupines
Etymology: Named after Andreas Nikolaus Kornerup (1857–1883), Danish geologist + -ine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A rare boro-silicate mineral with the chemical formula (Mg,Fe²⁺)₄(Al,Fe³⁺)₆(SiO₄,BO₄)₅(O,OH)₂, some varieties of which are valued as gemstones.
frankhawthorneite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Professor Frank Hawthorne, Winnipeg geologist, + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A monoclinic mineral with the chemical formula Cu₂Te⁶⁺O₄(OH)₂ and a leaf-green colour.
brownmillerite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brownmillerites
Etymology: Lorrin Thomas Brownmiller (1902-1988), American chemist, + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A mineral with the chemical formula Ca₂(Al,Fe⁺⁺⁺)₂O₅, found in metamorphosed limestone.
purpurite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɝp(j)əˌraɪt/
Etymology: From Latin purpura (“purple”) + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A manganese phosphate mineral with a striking purple colour.
zektzerite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From the name of Jack Zektzer, who recognised that the mineral (originally misidentified as morganite) was unknown, + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A mineral of agpaitic granites.
uchucchacuaite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after the discovery locality, Uchuc-Chacua deposit, Catajambo, Peru.
Uchuc-Chacua + -ite
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A mineral with the chemical formula (AgMnPb₃Sb₅S₁₂), often found in hydrothermal deposits.
phillipsite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phillipsites
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A mineral of the zeolite group, a hydrated potassium, calcium and aluminium silicate with monoclinic crystals.
Synonyms: christianite
Derived terms: pseudophillipsite
christianite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Christian + -ite, after Christian VIII of Denmark.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Synonym of phillipsite.
synonyms: word: phillipsite
sulphoaluminate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sulfoaluminate.
sulphoaluminate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sulphoaluminates
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sulfoaluminate.
ye'elimite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Har Ye'elim in Israel, where it was first found in nature, and -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A calcium sulphoaluminate mineral.
pseudophillipsite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pseudo- + phillipsite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A variety of phillipsite containing less silica.
blocage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From French blocage.
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: The roughest and cheapest sort of rubblework, in masonry.
chômeur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃəʊˈmɜː/
Forms: form: chômeurs
Etymology: Borrowed from French chômeur. Coined by Colette Grinevald.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
qualifier: Relational Grammar
glosses: An actant that has been 'demoted' to a less salient syntactic position, such as the agent of a passive clause.
childrenite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Children + -ite after John George Children (1777-1852), its discoverer.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A rare hydrated phosphate mineral with the chemical formula (Fe,Mn)AlPO₄(OH)₂•H₂O, brown or yellow in colour with a vitreous lustre.
juonniite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A form of segelerite in which the iron is replaced by scandium.
overite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A form of segelerite in which the iron is replaced by aluminium.
hang on every word
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hangs on every word
form: hanging on every word
form: hung on every word
form: hung on every word
Senses: glosses: To be completely attentive to what another person is saying.
Related terms: with rapt attention
reel-to-reel tape
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reel-to-reel tapes
Senses: glosses: An audio recording medium consisting of magnetic tape that runs from one reel to another passing the record and playback heads.
Related terms: reel-to-reel tape recorder
reel to reel tape
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reel to reel tapes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of reel-to-reel tape.
moschellandsbergite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Moschellandsberg + -ite, after the town in Germany.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A rare isometric mineral made up of a silver-white amalgam of mercury and silver, having the chemical formula Ag₂Hg₃.
kaatialaite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A mineral with the chemical formula (Fe(H₂AsO₄)₃·5H₂O).
magnetic tape
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: magnetic tapes
Senses: glosses: A type of (usually) acrylic tape with a fine coating of magnetically sensitive material on one side, used for recording audio and other data.
Hyponyms: audiotape
videotape