cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
failed state
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: failed states
Etymology: Initially applied to Somalia in the 1990s.
Senses: examples: text: Against these stand the four national security arguments for intervention: fear of a rogue state, fear of a failed state, fear for the neighbours and fear for ourselves.
ref: 2011, Rory Stewart, “Here we go again”, in London Review of Books, 33.VII:
text: In July, the prime minister of the Bahamas, Philip Davis, called Haiti a “failed state,” and told local media that Caribbean leaders are considering opening direct talks with Haitian gang leaders to solve the country’s political crisis.
ref: 2022 September 16, Milo Milfort, Anatoly Kurmanaev, Andre Paultre, “Fuel Hike Plunges Haiti Into Near Anarchy”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
topics: government
politics
glosses: A state that has failed to meet the basic conditions and responsibilities of a sovereign government; one that has lost physical control of its territory, the ability to provide public services, etc.
failed states
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of failed state
oxolinic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A quinolone antibiotic 5-ethyl-8-oxo-5,8-dihydro[1,3]dioxolo[4,5-g]quinoline- 7-carboxylic acid
Derived terms: cinoxacin
cyanogens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyanogen
oxamide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oxamides
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A white crystalline solid, the double amide of oxalic acid, used as a stabilizer for nitrocellulose preparations and as a substitute for urea in fertilizers.
Derived terms: dithiooxamide
oxamides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oxamide
orcinol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: orcinols
Etymology: From orcin + -ol.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A natural phenolic organic compound that occurs in many species of lichen, used in the production of orcein and as a reagent in some chemical tests for pentoses
Derived terms: diorcinol
orciprenaline
resorcinol
orcinols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of orcinol
acidurias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aciduria
ornithines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ornithine
transaminations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of transamination
decarboxylases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of decarboxylase
snipelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈsnaɪp.laɪk/
Forms: form: more snipelike
form: most snipelike
Etymology: From snipe + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a snipe (the bird).
buckwheats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of buckwheat
orsellinate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: orsellinates
Etymology: From orsellinic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of orsellinic acid.
orsellinic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A phenolic carboxylic acid, 2,4-dihydroxy-6-methylbenzoic acid, found in some lichens
Derived terms: orsellinate
oxalyl chloride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An organic compound with the chemical formula (COCl)₂, the diacid chloride of oxalic acid, a useful reagent in organic synthesis.
Synonyms: ethanedioyl dichloride
beechwood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbit͡ʃˌwʊd/
Forms: form: beechwoods
Etymology: From beech + wood.
Senses: glosses: The wood of beech trees (Fagus spp.).
glosses: A wood largely populated with beech trees.
beechwoods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beechwood
orsellinates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of orsellinate
orcin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: orcins
Etymology: From French orcine, from New Latin orcina, from Dutch orseille, from French orseille, from Old French orchel, orseil, from Old Catalan orxella (influenced by dialectal Arabic [script needed] ('urjālla)), from Italian oricello, from Latin ōricilla, diminutive of ōricula (variant of auricula), both diminutives of auris (“ear”)) + illa (a double diminutive suffix) or from auris (“ear”) + cula + illa. The name of the dye was influenced by the visual resemblance of the lichen used in production to a small ear.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The organic compound 3,5-dihydroxytoluene, found in many lichens and synthesizable from toluene.
Derived terms: isorcin
resorcin
xylorcin
orcins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of orcin
catechols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of catechol
resorcinols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of resorcinol
pyrocatechols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pyrocatechol
pyrochemically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From pyrochemical + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a pyrochemical way; by means of pyrochemistry.
catechins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of catechin
acetyl chloride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The acyl chloride of acetic acid, CH₃COCl
showreel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: showreels
Etymology: From show + reel.
Senses: glosses: A video portfolio demonstrating the talents of an actor, director, etc.
showreels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of showreel
nonstaff
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + staff.
Senses: glosses: Not staff (regular employees).
iquiqueite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Iquique (“a place name”) + -ite, after the city of Iquique, Chile.
Senses: examples: text: Carlos ruizite.[…]As platy crystals, up to 200 μm, in iquiqueite found within yellow nitrate ore samples of mainly nitratine, halite and darapskite from the Zapiga district, Tarapacá Province, Chile.
ref: 1996, Mineralogical Magazine, volume 60, page 527:
topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A trigonal-ditrigonal pyramidal yellow mineral containing boron, chromium, hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, potassium, and sodium.
hyalophane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyalophanes
Etymology: From hyalo- (glass) + -phane (“appearing”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A monoclinic crystalline mineral, a barium-rich potassium feldspar.
Synonyms: jaloallofane
hyalophanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hyalophane
scungiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of scungy: most scungy
scungier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of scungy: more scungy
envirofriendly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more envirofriendly
form: most envirofriendly
Etymology: From enviro- + friendly.
Senses: examples: text: Envirofriendly Products Boost Developing Countries' Exports
ref: 1998, United Nations, UN monthly chronicle:
text: ...envirofriendly geodesic domes in the Gobi.
ref: 2002, Adam Davies, The frog king:
text: In this effort, the courts have evolved certain envirofriendly principles and doctrines to help the victims and protect and improve the environment.
ref: 2004, C M Jariwala, Environment and Justice:
glosses: Environmentally friendly.
dopamines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dopamine
Canuckiana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Canuck + -iana.
Senses: examples: text: [heading] Canuckiana
ref: 1888, Dominion Illustrated,, page 199:
text: […] computer-assisted burrowings in the warrens of Canuckiana unearthed many a gem […]
ref: 1996, Bill Casselman, Casselmania: more wacky Canadian words and sayings:
glosses: Canadiana
factivity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From factive + -ity.
Senses: synonyms: factiveness
coordinate_terms: facticity
factuality
factualness
glosses: The state or condition of being factive.
unfacetious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unfacetious
form: most unfacetious
Etymology: From un- + facetious.
Senses: glosses: Not facetious; serious, sincere.
Derived terms: unfacetiously
unfacetiously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unfacetiously
form: most unfacetiously
Etymology: From unfacetious + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an unfacetious way.
Shawism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Shawisms
Etymology: From Shaw + -ism.
Senses: glosses: A belief, quotation, etc. attributed to the Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950).
Shawisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Shawism
Irishly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more Irishly
form: most Irishly
Etymology: From Irish + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an Irish way; in a manner characteristic of the Irish people.
Scottishly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more Scottishly
form: most Scottishly
Etymology: From Scottish + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an Scottish way; in a manner characteristic of the Scottish people.
free spirit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: free spirits
Senses: examples: text: But Lucifer was a free spirit. To serve was to suffocate.
ref: 1904, Jack London, chapter 26, in The Sea-Wolf (Macmillan’s Standard Library), New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC:
text: —“And thou,” said Zarathustra to the wanderer and shadow, “thou callest and thinkest thyself a free spirit? And thou here practisest such idolatry and hierolatry?
ref: 1917, Friedrich Nietzsche, translated by Thomas Common, Thus Spake Zarathustra:
text: Writing in the Victorian era, Scientist Ellis (Psychology of Sex) idolized Casanova as a free spirit, a man who had the courage to live life fully, and as a shining example of "adjustment"—for Casanova adapted himself so easily to his own desires.
ref: 1959 October 19, “Books: Rake's Progress”, in Time, archived from the original on 01 Aug 2012:
text: To many bosses, a beard is a dangerous sign, like a neck tattoo or a pierced nose, that says, “I am a free spirit, not a team player.”
ref: 2011 July 27, Alex Williams, “What Your Beard Says About You”, in New York Times, retrieved 29 Jul 2011:
synonyms: word: eccentric
word: heteroclite
word: individualist
word: eccentric
word: free spirit
word: heteroclite
word: individualist
word: maverick
word: misfit
word: nonconformist
word: offbeat
glosses: One who is a nonconformist or who does not recognize the authority of others.
examples: text: Free spirits sought paradise with the claim that only through the affirmation of sin could one negate it. The partisan of the Free Spirit did not incarnate sin. He […] incarnated God.
ref: 1989, Greil Marcus, “The assault on Notre-Dame”, in Lipstick Traces, Faber & Faber, published 2009:
glosses: A member of the organized heretic movement Brethren of the Free Spirit in opposition of the Catholic Church from the 13th to 15th centuries.
Derived terms: free-spirited
dichlorobutane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dichlorobutanes
Etymology: From di- + chlorobutane (di- + chloro- + butane).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of various chloroalkanes with the molecular formula C₄H₈Cl₂, being flammable irritants.
Hypernyms: chlorobutane
dichlorobutanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dichlorobutane
long arm statute
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: long arm statutes
form: long-arm statute
Senses: topics: law
glosses: In the law of civil procedure, a statute which establishes the activities by a potential defendant which will give the courts of a state personal jurisdiction over that defendant.
long arm statutes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of long arm statute
symbolic link
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: symbolic links
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: symlink
soft link
hypernyms: shortcut
glosses: A file that contains a reference to another file or directory and serves as a shortcut to it.
raw_tags: in operating systems derived from Unix
Derived terms: SYLK
long-arm statute
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: long-arm statutes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of long arm statute.
long-arm statutes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of long-arm statute (alternative spelling of long arm statutes).
symlinked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of symlink
symlinking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of symlink
unverbalizable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + verbalizable.
Senses: glosses: Not verbalizable; that cannot be verbalized.
Synonyms: unsayable
unspeakable
unverbalized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + verbalized.
Senses: glosses: Not verbalized.
Synonyms: tacit
unspoken
dichlorophen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An anticestodal agent, 2,2'-methylenebis(5-chlorophenol).
purposeful availment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: In the law of civil procedure, an intentional act by one party directed into a particular state, thereby permitting that state to constitutionally assert personal jurisdiction over that party.
anticestodal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + translingual Cestoda + -al.
Senses: glosses: That serves to counter infection by tapeworms.
anticestodal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anticestodals
Etymology: From anti- + translingual Cestoda + -al.
Senses: glosses: An anticestodal agent.
anticestodals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anticestodal
niclosamide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A teniacide that is especially effective against cestodes that infect humans, also used as a piscicide.
lyricless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From lyric + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without lyrics.
raw_tags: of a song
Synonyms: instrumental
wordless
pyrimethamines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pyrimethamine
organosilicons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of organosilicon
tetramethylsilanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tetramethylsilane
shtupped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of shtup
shtupping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of shtup
shtups
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of shtup
breach of promise
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: breaches of promise
form: breach of contract to marry
form: breach of marriage promise
form: breach of promise of marriage
form: breach of promise to marry
form: breach-of-promise
Senses: examples: text: In all such cases, the wrongful act, is the refusal to pay the money, according to promise; and this breach of promise, is laid in what is called the common breach or conclusion, at the end of the whole declaration.
ref: 1839, Hugh Davey Evans, Maryland Common Law Practice, page 142:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see breach, promise.
examples: text: But suppose an agreement to marry made by a man in Scotland with a minor lady in England, would we decern for damages for breach of promise in such a case?
ref: 1828, Scotland Court of Session, Session Cases: Cases Decided in the Court of Session, volume 6, page 416:
text: A ‘breach of promise’ case being 'played out in the courts' was covered over three consecutive days and given substantial prominence especially on the commercial channels' bulletins (this was the last ‘breach of promise case’ in the state of Victoria, which may account for the sustained coverage).
ref: 1998, John Langer, Tabloid Television: Popular Journalism and the ‘Other News’, page 97:
text: Nevertheless, pointing a finger at young men and punishing them with breach-of-promise lawsuits did little to address the problem of fallen women.
ref: 2013, Mark E. Kann, Taming Passion for the Public Good: Policing Sex in the Early Republic, page 118:
topics: law
glosses: A tort in common law arising when a man withdraws an earlier promise to marry a woman; abolished in many jurisdictions.
Related terms: heart balm
digitonin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪdʒɪˈtəʊnɪn/
ipa: /dɪd͡ʒɪˈtoʊnɪn/
Forms: form: digitonins
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A glycoside, obtained from Digitalis purpurea, that is used as a detergent and whose aglycone is digitogenin.
dicofol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An organochlorine pesticide and miticide, chemically related to DDT and especially effective against the red spider mite.
dicrotophos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /daɪˈkɹəʊtəfɒs/
Senses: glosses: An organophosphate acetylcholinesterase inhibitor used as an insecticide.
dimethylglycines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dimethylglycine
dimethylglyoximes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dimethylglyoxime
essayers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of essayer
nonplural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + plural.
Senses: glosses: Not plural.
nonplural
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonplurals
Etymology: From non- + plural.
Senses: glosses: A word or phrase that is not plural.
dichlorvos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From dichlor(o)v(inyl) + -fos (“phosphorous derivative”).
Senses: examples: text: "Degradation of trichlorfon occurs through the splitting of the Phosphorus-Carbon (P-C) bond and through hydrolysis of the poOCH bonds resulting in trace amounts of dichlorvos, a more acutely toxic organophosphate."
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A highly volatile organophosphate, 2,2-dichlorovinyl dimethyl phosphate (DDVP), widely used as a fumigant to control household pests and to protect stored product from insects.
diethoxydimethylsilane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of dimethyldiethoxysilane.
synonyms: word: dimethyldiethoxysilane
meristematically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From meristematic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a meristematic way.
diphenhydramines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diphenhydramine
dimethylfurans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dimethylfuran
diaminobenzidines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diaminobenzidine
cinchocaines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cinchocaine
ferretlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ferretlike
form: most ferretlike
Etymology: From ferret + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a ferret.
Synonyms: ferrety
ferrety
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ferrety
form: most ferrety
Etymology: From ferret + -y.
Senses: examples: text: […] a stoaty-ferrety thing out for a mid-morning jog.
ref: 2017, Geoff Woods, Looking Up, Looking Down, page 217:
glosses: Ferretlike.
cinchocaine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cinchocaines
Etymology: From cincho(namide) + -caine (“local anesthetic”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An amide local anesthetic, the active ingredient in some topical hemorrhoid creams.
Synonyms: dibucaine
nupercaine
dibucaine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dibucaines
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Cinchocaine.
dibucaines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dibucaine
ethoxyethanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ethoxyethane
peep-toe
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having a small aperture at the front where the toes are visible.
raw_tags: for women
of shoes
houseware
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: housewares
Etymology: From house + -ware.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of household goods.
synonyms: word: household goods
abandonable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more abandonable
form: most abandonable
Etymology: From abandon + -able.
Senses: examples: In place of this distinction he suggests a gradation of more or less readily abandonable sentences […]
glosses: Able to be abandoned; suitable for abandonment.
Derived terms: abandonability
dimethyldichlorosilane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dimethyldichlorosilanes
Etymology: From dimethyl + dichloro- + silane.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A tetrahedral organosilicon compound used industrially as a precursor to dimethylsilicone and polysilane compounds.
dimethyldichlorosilanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dimethyldichlorosilane
dimethyldisulphide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From dimethyl + disulphide.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of dimethyldisulfide.
dinoseb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A herbicide of the dinitrophenol family, 2-sec-butyl-4,6-dinitrophenol.
abandonly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more abandonly
form: most abandonly
Etymology: From abandon + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The body, wrapped in many clothes, is borne on a kind of bier, round which men leap wildly and abandonly, trying to touch it.
ref: 1915, Robert Keable, A City of the Dawn:
glosses: In a wild and unrestrained manner; abandonedly.
one-twos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of one-two
difluoromethane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: difluoromethanes
Etymology: From difluoro + methane.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A dihalogenoalkane in which two of the four hydrogen atoms of methane are replaced by fluorine, used as a refrigerant.
Derived terms: dichlorodifluoromethane
difluoromethanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of difluoromethane
difunctionally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From difunctional + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a difunctional way.
bifunctionally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From bifunctional + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a bifunctional way.
trifunctionally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From trifunctional + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a trifunctional way.
diazomethanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diazomethane
diazoniums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diazonium
craniofacially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From craniofacial + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a craniofacial way.
embryotoxic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more embryotoxic
form: most embryotoxic
Etymology: From embryo + toxic.
Senses: glosses: Exhibiting embryotoxicity.
Derived terms: nonembryotoxic
abland
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: The Seven Sages
With seven walmes boiland,
The walmes han th' abland.
glosses: blinded; made blind.
denatonium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From denat(ure) + -onium (“quaternary ammonium compound”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A quaternary ammonium cation N-benzyl-2-(2,6-dimethylanilino)-N,N-diethyl-2-oxoethan-1-aminium benzoate; the most bitter chemical compound known, whose salts are used as aversive agents to prevent accidental ingestion of dangerous substances.
Coordinate terms: english: a similar compound without a benzyl group
translation: a similar compound without a benzyl group
word: lidocaine
Derived terms: denatonium benzoate
denatonium saccharide
acetylcholinesterases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acetylcholinesterase
unsolidified
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + solidified.
Senses: glosses: That has not solidified.
uncongealed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + congealed.
Senses: glosses: That has not congealed.
diethanolamines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diethanolamine
IRM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of information rights management.
Related terms: DRM
butadiynes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of butadiyne
bioremediations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bioremediation
unmeditative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unmeditative
form: most unmeditative
Etymology: From un- + meditative.
Senses: glosses: Not meditative.
unbirdlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unbirdlike
form: most unbirdlike
Etymology: From un- + birdlike.
Senses: examples: text: Boshy, elated, improvised a series of unbirdlike notes, startlingly loud, and new to all feathered folk.
ref: 1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 136:
synonyms: unavian
glosses: Not birdlike.
triamcinolone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌtɹaɪˌæmˈsɪn.əˌloʊn/
Forms: form: triamcinolones
Etymology: From [Term?] + [Term?] + -olone (“steroid or steroid-like drug”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A glucocorticoid steroidal drug 9-fluoro-16-hydroxyprednisolone used chiefly in the form of its acetal or acetate derivatives especially in treating skin disorders, asthma, and allergic rhinitis.
Derived terms: triamcinolone benetonide
triamcinolone furetonide
triamcinolone hexacetonide
triamcinolones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of triamcinolone
dichlorodifluoromethane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From dichloro + difluoro + methane.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A chlorofluorocarbon halomethane formerly used as a refrigerant and aerosol spray propellant, now banned in many countries because of its effects on the ozone layer.
dichloroindophenols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dichloroindophenol
dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane
dichlorosilanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dichlorosilane
dichlorobenzenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dichlorobenzene
dichloromethanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dichloromethane
acop
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈkɒp/
rhymes: -ɒp
Etymology: From a- + cop (“crown of the head”).
Senses: examples: text: Marry she's not in fashion yet; she wears a hood, but it stands acop.
ref: 1610 (first performance), Ben[jamin] Jonson, The Alchemist, London: […] Thomas Snodham, for Walter Burre, and are to be sold by Iohn Stepneth, […], published 1612, →OCLC, (please specify the Internet Archive page), (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
glosses: atop
dimethylanilines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dimethylaniline
tetrodotoxins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tetrodotoxin
sokens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of soken
diethylamines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diethylamine
Kongolese
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Kongolese
form: most Kongolese
Senses: examples: text: Even Hilton, who stresses the highly syncretic nature of Kongolese Catholicism, sees Mary as particularly important to seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Kongolese Christianity: […]
ref: 2005, Mark Michael Smith, Stono: Documenting and Interpreting a Southern Slave Revolt, Univ of South Carolina Press, →ISBN, page 114:
glosses: Alternative spelling of Congolese.
Kongolese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kongolese
Senses: examples: text: They can abandon their project now that they know the Kongolese are civilised in a profound, philosophical sense of the word.
ref: 1994, John Conteh-Morgan, Theatre and Drama in Francophone Africa: A Critical Introduction, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 130:
glosses: Alternative spelling of Congolese.
diethyls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diethyl
diethylenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diethylene
diethylanilines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diethylaniline
adjute
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /əˈd͡ʒuːt/
Forms: form: adjutes
form: adjuting
form: adjuted
form: adjuted
Etymology: From Middle French adjouter (modern French ajouter), from Old French ajoster, from Vulgar Latin *adiuxtāre. The spelling was perhaps reinforced by folk-etymological association with Classical Latin adiūtō (“to help”) (which Samuel Johnson gives as the etymology and meaning). Possibly a doublet of adjust.
Senses: examples: text: For there be / Sixe Batchelers, as bold as hee, / Adjuting to his Companee, / And each one hath his Liverie; […]
ref: 1633, Benjamin Jonson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “The Kings Entertainment at Welbeck in Nottingham-shire, […]”, in The Workes of Benjamin Jonson. The Second Volume. […] (Second Folio), London: […] Richard Meighen, published 1640, →OCLC, page 276:
glosses: To add, include.
wikipedia: Samuel Johnson
Derived terms: coadjute
owlishness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From owlish + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: He liked to look with avuncular owlishness over the tops of his specs.
ref: 1956, Saul Bellow, “Isaac Rosenfeld”, in It All Adds Up, page 263:
glosses: The state or condition of being owlish.
Synonyms: owliness
adjutes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of adjute
dichloroacetic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An analog of acetic acid in which two of the three hydrogen atoms of the methyl group are replaced by chlorine.
Synonyms: bichloroacetic acid
DCA
Coordinate terms: word: dichloroacetate
english: coordinate as a base versus an acid, but synonymous in the practical sense that the conjugate base and conjugate acid coexist in solution
translation: coordinate as a base versus an acid, but synonymous in the practical sense that the conjugate base and conjugate acid coexist in solution
word: bichloroacetate
adjuting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of adjute
adjuted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of adjute
dehydrocholic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A synthetic bile acid, manufactured by the oxidation of cholic acid, that acts as a hydrocholeretic
Related terms: dehydrocholate
hydrocholeretic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: That increases the volume of secretion of bile from the liver without increasing the amount of solid matter secreted.
hydrocholeretic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydrocholeretics
Senses: glosses: A substance of this kind.
hydrocholeretics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hydrocholeretic
hygroscopicities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hygroscopicity
neoprenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neoprene
elastodynamically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more elastodynamically
form: most elastodynamically
Etymology: From elastodynamic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In an elastodynamic way.
elastohydrodynamically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more elastohydrodynamically
form: most elastohydrodynamically
Etymology: From elastohydrodynamic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In an elastohydrodynamic way.
elastomerically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more elastomerically
form: most elastomerically
Etymology: From elastomeric + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In an elastomeric way.
Burnsian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Burnsian
form: most Burnsian
Etymology: From Burns + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Robert Burns (1759-1796), Scottish poet and lyricist, or his writings.
Burnsian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Burnsians
Etymology: From Burns + -ian.
Senses: glosses: One who celebrates Burns night.
glosses: A scholar of the writings of Robert Burns.
Burnsians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Burnsian
uncompartmentalised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of uncompartmentalized.
uncompartmentalized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + compartmentalize + -ed.
Senses: examples: Near-synonyms: uncompartmented, compartmentless, unpartitioned, undivided; partitionless, dividerless
glosses: Not compartmentalized.
postdoctorally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From postdoctoral + -ly.
Senses: glosses: After completing a doctorate.
decompartmentalise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: decompartmentalises
form: decompartmentalising
form: decompartmentalised
form: decompartmentalised
Etymology: From de- + compartmentalise.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of decompartmentalize.
decompartmentalises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of decompartmentalise
decompartmentalising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of decompartmentalise
decompartmentalised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of decompartmentalise
decompartmentalize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˌkɒmpɑː(ɹ)tˈmɛntəlaɪz/
Forms: form: decompartmentalizes
form: decompartmentalizing
form: decompartmentalized
form: decompartmentalized
Etymology: From de- + compartmentalize.
Senses: glosses: To restore from a compartmentalized state; to merge back together from a set of categories.
Synonyms: decategorize
decompartmentalizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of decompartmentalize
decompartmentalizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of decompartmentalize
decompartmentalized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of decompartmentalize
diphenylmethanol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diphenylmethanols
Etymology: From diphenyl + methanol.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A secondary alcohol used in perfume and pharmaceutical manufacture, an irritant to the eyes, skin and respiratory system.
diphenylmethanols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diphenylmethanol
diketenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diketene
diethylenetriamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diethylenetriamines
Etymology: From diethylene + triamine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A colourless hygroscopic liquid, an analogue of diethylene glycol.
diethylenetriamines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diethylenetriamine
dehydroacetic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˌhaɪdɹəʊəˈsiːtɪkæsɪd/
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A pyrone derivative used as a fungicide, bactericide, and preservative.
decalins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of decalin
decahydronaphthalenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of decahydronaphthalene
dimethylamines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dimethylamine
unsymmetrically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unsymmetrically
form: most unsymmetrically
Etymology: From unsymmetrical + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an unsymmetrical way.
dimethylnitrosamines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dimethylnitrosamine
dimethylformamides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dimethylformamide
mesitylenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mesitylene
pyroracemic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Pyruvic acid.
pyroptosomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pyroptosome
dichlorofluoromethane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dichlorofluoromethanes
Etymology: From dichloro + fluoromethane.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A particular halomethane or hydrochlorofluorocarbon, a colourless and odourless gas used as a propellant and refrigerant, harmful to the ozone layer.
dichlorofluoromethanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dichlorofluoromethane
anthralin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anthralins
Etymology: From anthra- + -in.
Senses: glosses: Dithranol.
anthralins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anthralin
dithranol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A hydroxyanthrone anthracene derivative used as a medicine for skin affected by psoriasis.
Synonyms: anthralin
dioxathion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From dioxa(ne) + -thion.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: p-dioxane-2,3-diyl ethyl phosphorodithioate, an organophosphate pesticide used as an insecticide on livestock and as an acaricide on citrus fruits, deciduous fruits, and nuts.
gingkoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gingko
diphenylacetylene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diphenylacetylenes
Etymology: From diphenyl + acetylene.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A colourless crystalline material widely used as a building block in organic chemistry and as a ligand in organometallic chemistry.
diphenylacetylenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diphenylacetylene
butylhydroxytoluene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From butyl + hydroxytoluene.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Butylated hydroxytoluene.
divinylbenzenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of divinylbenzene
docosanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of docosane
diquat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diquats
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A contact herbicide that produces desiccation and defoliation.
decaboranes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of decaborane
anthracenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anthracene
phenanthrenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phenanthrene
bronzeworker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bronzeworkers
Etymology: From bronze + worker.
Senses: glosses: A person involved in bronzeworking.
bronzeworkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bronzeworker
bronzeworking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bronze + working.
Senses: glosses: The making of useful or decorative items from bronze.
dodecylbenzene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dodecylbenzenes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A liquid aromatic compound used to prepare the anionic detergent dodecylbenzene sodium sulfonate.
Derived terms: dodecylbenzyl
dodecylbenzenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dodecylbenzene
decabromodiphenyl ether
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A brominated flame retardant with the molecular formula C₁₂Br₁₀O.
DABCO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of diazabicyclooctane.
autohypnosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: autohypnoses
Etymology: From auto- + hypnosis.
Senses: glosses: Hypnosis of oneself.
Synonyms: sense: hypnosis of oneself
word: autohypnotization
sense: hypnosis of oneself
word: self-hypnosis
Related terms: autohypnotic
autohypnotism
doxylamine succinate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A sedating antihistamine of the ethanolamine class.
Beckettian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Beckettian
form: most Beckettian
Etymology: From Beckett + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: The Beckettian progression appears occasionally: while Miss Counihan (static) is an omnivorous reader and Murphy (transitional) a strict non-reader, Cooper is an analphabete.
ref: 1968, Robert Ligon Harrison, Samuel Beckett's Murphy; a critical excursion, page 57:
text: This uncertainty often appears in Beckettian criticism—take the Scrutonian hesitation over Beckett's 'characters (if characters they can be called)', or John Pilling's admission that, in Beckett, character can become an 'impossibly complicated matter'.
ref: 2008, Sophie Ratcliffe, On Sympathy:
glosses: Of or pertaining to the novelist and playwright Samuel Beckett (1906-1989) or his writings, noted for their bleak outlook and minimalism.
Beckettian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Beckettians
Etymology: From Beckett + -ian.
Senses: glosses: A scholar of Samuel Beckett's writings.
accipitrary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: accipitraries
Senses: glosses: A falconer.
accipitary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: accipitaries
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of accipitrary.
accipitaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of accipitary
accipitraries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of accipitrary
nullifier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nullifiers
Etymology: From nullify + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who, or that which, nullifies.
topics: government
politics
synonyms: nullificator
nullificationist
glosses: A person holding the belief that states could nullify federal laws within their borders.
nullifiers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nullifier
eponymically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From eponymic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In an eponymic way.
cannister
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cannisters
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of canister.
laryngectomees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of laryngectomee
hoaxees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hoaxee
radicchios
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of radicchio
achelor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: achelors
Senses: glosses: ashlar
achelors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of achelor
acher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: acre
Forms: form: achers
Etymology: From ache + -er.
Senses: glosses: Something that aches.
acher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: acre
Forms: form: achers
Senses: examples: text: It[em]: A nother medow near unto Sea conteining abowt two achers and half.
ref: 1606, “[Donyatt terrier]”, in Notes & Queries for Somerset and Dorset, volume 6, published 1899, page 63:
text: I Mary Littlefejld […] Authorize & Impoure my well beloued brother Fran: Littlefejld Senjoʳ to dispose of my right & Title in yᵗ Land of one Thousand Achers more or lesse lijng at Kenebunke, & belonging to the Towne of Cape Porpus […]
ref: 1662 March 13, Mary Littlefejld, “[Deed]”, in York Deeds, volume 1, published 1887, part 1, folio 150:
text: This Saffron which I here prescribe is planted only for its vertue and profit, which it returneth to the Planter thereof, as in Cambridgeshire and Saffronwalden, where they plant many achers thereof.
ref: 1664, Stephen Blake, The Compleat Gardeners Practice […], page 119:
glosses: Obsolete form of acre.
acher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: acre
Forms: form: achers
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of usher.
achers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acher
acise
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acises
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of assize.
acises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acise
phimoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phimosis
ollying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ollie
psoriases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of psoriasis
unfattened
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + fattened.
Senses: glosses: Not fattened.
bardash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɑːˈdæʃ/
ipa: /bɑɹˈdæʃ/
ipa: /ˈbɑɹˌdæʃ/
rhymes: -æʃ
Forms: form: bardashes
Etymology: From French bardache, from Italian bardassa, perhaps from Arabic بَرْدَج (bardaj, “slave”). Doublet of berdache.
Senses: synonyms: gunsel
glosses: A homosexual kept boy or young man; a catamite.
bardashes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bardash
subnormality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌsʌbnɔːˈmælɪtɪ/
Forms: form: subnormalities
Etymology: From subnormal + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being subnormal.
subnormalities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subnormality
conventionalise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: conventionalises
form: conventionalising
form: conventionalised
form: conventionalised
Etymology: From conventional + -ise.
Senses: examples: text: Speeches during parliamentary debates, however, belong to linguistic action patterns in which interruptions and hecklings (Burkhardt 2004) are generally conventionalised and accepted as facultative reactions […]
ref: 2008, Ruth Wodak, Veronika Koller, Handbook of Communication in the Public Sphere, page 256:
glosses: Alternative spelling of conventionalize.
Derived terms: unconventionalise
conventionalises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of conventionalise