cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
alveolarization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alveolarizations
Etymology: From alveolar + -ization or alveolarize + -ation.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The formation of alveoli.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonology
sciences
glosses: The conversion (over time) to alveolar sounds of sounds with another place of articulation (palatal, labial, etc.).
Derived terms: hypoalveolarization
neoalveolarization
realveolarization
Zeldaesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Zeldaesque
form: most Zeldaesque
Etymology: From Zelda + -esque.
Senses: examples: text: SoulBlazer is a very good game! It is very Zeldaesque.
ref: 1993, John Brooks, “Need another game like Zelda III”, in rec.games.video.nintendo (Usenet):
text: The combat system is unique, somewhat Zeldaesque, but with an experience point system.
ref: 1998, C-Coal, “Final Fantasy Adventure Map”, in alt.games.final-fantasy (Usenet):
text: That game was simply titled "Jurassic Park" as^([sic]) was totally different from the SNES game where you ran around the complex killing raptors and trying to get to the helicopter in a Zeldaesque game.
ref: 1999, Wyvern, “Nostalgia”, in alt.lifestyle.furry (Usenet):
text: You pretty much build your story using timelines (like you would do for a presentation) you can download a demo game from them that is kinda Zeldaesque.
ref: 2001, Scott McDonnell, “game engine?”, in comp.games.development.design (Usenet):
topics: video-games
glosses: Reminiscent of the Legend of Zelda series of fantasy action adventure video games.
Synonyms: Zelda-like
auramine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɔːɹəmiːn/
Forms: form: auramines
Senses: topics: biology
chemistry
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Any of a family of fluorescent dyes used to stain tissues for fluorescence microscopy
Derived terms: auramine O
bioscaffold
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bioscaffolds
Etymology: From bio- + scaffold.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: A naturally derived or artificial structure, implanted in the body, on which tissue grows in the form of a missing or damaged organ etc.; the process being called tissue engineering
bioscaffolds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bioscaffold
caeruloplasmin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Alternative form of ceruloplasmin.
choriocarcinoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: choriocarcinomas
form: choriocarcinomata
Etymology: From chorio- + carcinoma.
Senses: examples: text: When it occurs, choriocarcinoma is thus a double tragedy: an abnormal pregnancy compounded by a lethal malignancy, birth tipped into death.
ref: 2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 135:
topics: medicine
oncology
sciences
glosses: A malignant, trophoblastic cancer, usually of the placenta.
codeletions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of codeletion
geodata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From geo- + data.
Senses: examples: text: Statistical quality control as applied to industrial output is a method that can also be used for the control of geodata.
ref: 2002, Wenzhong Shi, Michael F. Goodchild, Peter Fisher, Spatial data quality:
glosses: Geographical data.
codeletion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: codeletions
Etymology: From co- + deletion.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The deletion of two genes simultaneously
choriocarcinomas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of choriocarcinoma
choriocarcinomata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of choriocarcinoma
itinerates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of itinerate
itinerating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of itinerate
itinerated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of itinerate
pennycresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pennycress
sulphamates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sulphamate
autointeractions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of autointeraction
tinkerbirds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tinkerbird
auramines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of auramine
sonnetlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sonnetlike
form: most sonnetlike
Etymology: From sonnet + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a sonnet.
autointeraction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: autointeractions
Etymology: From auto- + interaction.
Senses: topics: sciences
glosses: self-interaction
rekeyboard
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rekeyboards
form: rekeyboarding
form: rekeyboarded
form: rekeyboarded
Etymology: From re- + keyboard.
Senses: glosses: To input again using a keyboard.
Synonyms: rekey
rekeyboards
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rekeyboard
rekeyboarding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rekeyboard
rekeyboarded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rekeyboard
nonfetishistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + fetishistic.
Senses: glosses: Not fetishistic.
bicuculine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A convulsant alkaloid, found in plants of the family Fumariaceae, that is a light-sensitive competitive antagonist of GABA receptors
biochirality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bio- + chirality.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The chirality of biological molecules; especially the study of the genesis of such chirality.
Related terms: biohomochirality
chiral
chirality
chalcopyrites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chalcopyrite
contorsional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From contorsion + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to contorsion
electrodisintegration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From electro- + disintegration.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The disintegration of an atomic nucleus by collision with an electron
gyroaveraging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of gyroaverage
hyperarcs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hyperarc
microoperations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microoperation
microoperation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microoperations
form: micro-operation
Etymology: From micro- + operation.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Any of several simpler operations that form a more complex machine instruction
Related terms: microoperative
pseudofractal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pseudo- + fractal.
Senses: glosses: Having some characteristics (especially the appearance) of a fractal system
residuated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Modified by residuation
subdivergences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subdivergence
tripoles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tripole
tripole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tripoles
Etymology: From tri- + pole.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Any system having three poles
wavepulses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wavepulse
wavepulse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wavepulses
Etymology: From wave + pulse.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A wave of very short duration.
6x6
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɪks baɪ sɪks/
Forms: form: 6x6s
Senses: topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: a six-wheeled vehicle with six-wheel drive (each wheel has powered drive)
Related terms: 4x4
8x8
waitable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more waitable
form: most waitable
Etymology: From wait + -able.
Senses: examples: text: This function cancels a waitable timer operation. The timer remains in its current state and will not restart until explicitly started […]
ref: 1997, Daniel Appleman, Dan Appleman's Visual Basic 5.0 programmer's guide to the Win32 API, Ziff-Davis Press, →ISBN, page 1160:
text: In a [certain] Win32 application, you need to process messages, but you also want to wait for kernel-level waitable objects, and coordinate several activities.
ref: 2005, Alex Martelli et al., Python Cookbook, Second Edition, O'Reilly Media, Inc., →ISBN, page 381:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Implementing a wait/notify functionality.
examples: text: […] ---2 months can change a lot--- bringing up '2 years' is ridiculous. 2 months is waitable.
ref: 2000 September 17, PHill, “Re: Abit KG7 worth the wait?”, in alt.comp.hardware.overclocking.amd (Usenet):
glosses: Worth waiting, reasonable to wait.
raw_tags: of a period of time
examples: text: […] can someone tell me how busy tomorrowland has been is it waitable or does it like take 3 hrs like some were saying to get on RR […]
ref: 1998 July 6, CapnHook, “HELP!!!!!!!!!!”, in alt.disney.disneyland (Usenet):
glosses: Available or accessible within a period of time that is reasonable to wait.
rezident
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rezidents
form: resident
Etymology: From Russian резиде́нт (rezidént). Doublet of resiant and resident.
Senses: topics: espionage
government
military
politics
war
glosses: The head spy in a rezidentura.
WRNS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
military
nautical
politics
transport
war
glosses: Initialism of Women's Royal Naval Service.
daungerous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more daungerous
form: most daungerous
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of dangerous.
cryptococci
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cryptococcus
narcoticize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɑːˈkɒtɪsʌɪz/
Forms: form: narcoticizes
form: narcoticizing
form: narcoticized
form: narcoticized
Etymology: From narcotic + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: He really wished to get up to avoid the annoyance of being forced up, but the wish, of course, narcoticised the effort.
ref: 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 8:
glosses: To drug, narcotize; to render drugged or as drugged.
narcoticized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of narcoticize
narcoticized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more narcoticized
form: most narcoticized
Senses: examples: text: Half narcoticized by the sounds and the knowledge that this was in preparation for departure, Nora spoke to herself […]
ref: 1936, Djuna Barnes, Nightwood, Faber & Faber, published 2007, page 53:
glosses: Drugged, narcotized.
narcoticizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of narcoticize
narcoticizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of narcoticize
modified starch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: modified starches
Senses: glosses: Any of various products, prepared by physical or chemical treatment of starch, that are used as food additives
dysglycaemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dysglycaemias
form: dysglycemia
Etymology: From dys- + glycaemia.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: An elevated (though still relatively low) level of glucose in the blood.
Related terms: hyperglycaemia
extraversion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: extraversions
Etymology: From New Latin extrāversio, from Classical Latin extrā- (“outside”) + versio (“a turning”). Equivalent to extravert + -sion. Popularized as a psychological term by the German works of Carl Jung.
Senses: examples: text: ...the supposed Extraversion or Intraversion of Sulphur...
ref: 1675, Robert Boyle, “Of the Imperfection of the Chymist's Doctrine of Qualities”, in The Mechanical Origine or Production of Corrosiveness and Corrosibility, page 36:
text: I called the hysterical type the extraversion type and the psychasthénic type the introversion type.
ref: 1915, Carl Jung, “On Psychological Understanding”, in Journal of Abnormal Psychology, number 9, page 396:
glosses: Alternative spelling of extroversion.
wikipedia: Carl Jung
Derived terms: extraversive
extravert
extraverted
flourodeoxyglucose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of fluorodeoxyglucose.
homoeostasis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of homeostasis.
mifamurtide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From [Term?] + mur(amyl) + -tide (“peptide, glycopeptide”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A drug, having a phospholipid moiety, used to treat osteosarcoma.
omentectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛktəmi
Forms: form: omentectomies
Etymology: From omento- + -ectomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The excision of the omentum.
orbitomaxillary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪləɹi
-æksɪlɛəɹi
Etymology: From orbito- + maxillary.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to the orbit of the eye and the upper jawbone.
paucibacillary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pauci- + bacillary.
Senses: glosses: Having few bacilli
postherpetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + herpetic.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Following infection with herpes
Derived terms: postherpetic neuralgia
brumate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: brumates
form: brumating
form: brumated
form: brumated
Senses: examples: text: My snake is starting to brumate.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
coordinate_terms: hibernate
estivate
glosses: To be in a lethargic state, somewhat analogous to hibernation but not the same. Commonly found in reptiles and in some other animal species, such as bears.
Derived terms: brumation
Related terms: brumal
brume
brumous
brumating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of brumate
brumated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of brumate
calculanda
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkalkjʊˈlandə/
Senses: glosses: plural of calculandum
calculandum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkalkjʊˈlandəm/
Forms: form: calculanda
Etymology: A substantivisation in English of the Latin calculandum (the nominative neuter singular form of calculandus, “which is to be calculated”, “which is to be computed”, the future passive participle (gerundive) of calculō, “I calculate”, “I compute”), on the pattern of analysandum, cogitandum, explicandum, memorandum, etc.
Senses: glosses: An equation, ratio, or other quantitative problem designated for calculation; “that which is to be calculated”.
nonfetishized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + fetishized.
Senses: glosses: Not fetishized.
unfetishized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + fetishized.
Senses: examples: text: What is different, as we have attempted to show, is just how unpassive and unfetishized she is by the camera.
ref: 2004, Susan Hayward, Simone Signoret: The Star as Cultural Sign, page 95:
glosses: Not fetishized.
songsheet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: songsheets
Etymology: From song + sheet.
Senses: glosses: A document containing the lyrics of a song, to be consulted by the singer.
songsheets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of songsheet
whalemeat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From whale + meat.
Senses: glosses: The meat of a whale.
fetishlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fetishlike
form: most fetishlike
Etymology: From fetish + -like.
Senses: examples: text: Because of our overemphasis and fetishlike obsession that associates the size of the penis with personal power, we have simply overlooked the symbolic and deeper significance of the vagina.
ref: 2005, John Bradshaw, Healing the Shame That Binds You:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a fetish.
blubberlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more blubberlike
form: most blubberlike
Etymology: From blubber + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of blubber.
blubberless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From blubber + -less.
Senses: examples: text: Light grey calves are virtually blubberless when expelled from the womb, but still weigh a ton. Mothers move in close to land for nursing.
ref: 2004, Harry S. Pariser, Explore the Virgin Islands:
glosses: Without blubber.
dishwasher-safe
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dishwasher-safe
form: most dishwasher-safe
form: dishwasher safe
Senses: synonyms: word: machine-washable
glosses: Capable of being washed in a dishwasher without being damaged.
ochra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ochras
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of okra.
bacillicide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bacillicides
Etymology: From bacilli + -cide.
Senses: glosses: Any material that kills bacilli.
bacteriemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bacteriemias
Etymology: From bacteri- + -emia.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bacteraemia.
bacterioid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bacterioid
form: most bacterioid
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bacteroid.
bacterioid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bacterioids
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bacteroid.
bacteriolysin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bacteriolysins
Senses: glosses: Any antibody that causes lysis of the cells of a bacterium
bacterioscopic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bacterioscopy + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to bacterioscopy.
Derived terms: bacterioscopically
bacterioscopy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /bækˌtɪəɹ.ɪˈɒskəpi/
Etymology: From bacterio- + -scopy.
Senses: glosses: The use of microscopy to study bacteria.
Derived terms: bacterioscopic
bacteriosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /bækˌtɪəɹ.ɪˈəʊsɪs/
Forms: form: bacterioses
Etymology: From bacteria + -osis.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
medicine
natural-sciences
pathology
sciences
glosses: Any infection by bacteria
Derived terms: photobacteriosis
bacteriotherapy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /bækˈtɪəɹ.ɪəʊˌθeɹ.əpi/
Forms: form: bacteriotherapies
Etymology: From bacterio- + therapy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Any therapeutic use of bacteria
bacteriotoxin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /bækˈtɪəɹ.ɪəʊˌtɒks.ɪn/
Forms: form: bacteriotoxins
Etymology: From bacterio- + toxin.
Senses: glosses: Any toxin produced by a bacterium
glosses: Any material that is toxic to bacteria
bacteriotropic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bacteriotropic
form: most bacteriotropic
Etymology: From bacterio- + -tropic.
Senses: glosses: Attracted towards, or targeting, bacteria.
bacteriotropin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An antibody that makes a specific bacterium more susceptible to phagocytosis
bacteritic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bacteritic
form: most bacteritic
Senses: glosses: Caused by bacteria
dipsomaniacal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dipsomaniacal
form: most dipsomaniacal
Senses: examples: text: […]dividing his remaining energies between stints as a tennis pro at ranch-type resorts and then short-run productions at something called the Desert Beat Theater Project, the father, a dipsomaniacal tragedian progressively crippled by obsessions with death by spider-bite and by stage fright[…]
ref: 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 63:
glosses: Pertaining to or suffering from dipsomania.
Oakland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈoʊklənd/
Etymology: From oak + land.
Senses: examples: text: There’s a YIMBY group in Somerville, Massachusetts, and one in Los Angeles; there’s a San Francisco YIMBY party and a YIMBY group in Portland. YIMBYtown, a national conference, will take place in Oakland this month; Helsinki is hosting Yimbycon in August.
ref: 2017 July 5, Alana Semuels, “From 'Not in My Backyard' to 'Yes in My Backyard'”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 17 Aug 2017:
text: We climb up and up into the Oakland hills, high enough we can see them spreading below, strung with roads, crusted with houses, fringed with trees.
ref: 2022, Namwali Serpell, The Furrows, Hogarth, page 178:
text: The California counties include Alameda, Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco, San Bernardino, Ventura and others. Cities include Los Angeles, Oakland, San Francisco, San Diego, San Jose, Long Beach, Malibu, Culver City and Huntington Beach (see the full list below).
ref: 2025 May 30, Mark Sternfield, “Trump administration targets California ‘sanctuary’ cities, counties”, in KTLA:
glosses: The eighth-largest city in California, United States, and the county seat of Alameda County.
glosses: A township in Ontario, Canada.
glosses: A town, the county seat of Garrett County, Maryland, United States.
glosses: A city in Douglas County, Oregon, United States.
Synonyms: word: Oaktown
word: Wokeland
Derived terms: Oakland County
Oaklander
Oakland Park
Related terms: Oaklands
manroot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: manroots
Etymology: From man + root.
Senses: glosses: A flowering plant in the gourd family (Cucurbitaceae), genus Marah, native to western North America.
glosses: Any member of two species of morning glory:
Ipomoea leptophylla.
glosses: Any member of two species of morning glory:
Ipomoea pandurata.
Synonyms: sense: plant of genus Marah
word: wild cucumber
sense: plant of genus Marah
word: cucumber gourd
sense: Ipomoea leptophylla
word: bush moonflower
sense: Ipomoea leptophylla
word: man-of-the-earth
sense: Ipomoea pandurata
word: bigroot morning-glory
sense: Ipomoea pandurata
word: man-of-the-earth
sense: Ipomoea pandurata
word: wild potato-vine
sense: Ipomoea pandurata
word: wild sweet-potato-vine
manroots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of manroot
Tripolis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Latin Tripolis, from Ancient Greek Τρίπολις (Trípolis), from τρι- (tri-, “tri-: three”) + πολις (polis, “city, city-state”). Doublet of Tripoli and Tirebolu.
Senses: glosses: A former district of Arcadia, Greece, around the three cities of Calliae, Dipoena, and Nonacris.
glosses: Former name of Tripoli, various places.
glosses: Former name of Tirebolu: a town in Turkey.
Marchihue
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Marchigüe.
Marchigüe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Marchihue
form: Marchigue
Senses: glosses: A city and commune of Chile.
Marchigue
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Marchigüe.
in-swingers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of in-swinger
downthrows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of downthrow
toe-curling
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more toe-curling
form: most toe-curling
Senses: examples: text: toe-curling embarrassment
text: Toe-curling for some, split-toe shoes have recently been seen in the most high fashion places.
ref: 2020 October 30, Lauren Cochrane, “The return of split-toe footwear leaves fashion world cloven”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
text: It was toe-curling, not-knowing-where-to-look bad television reminiscent of Trump appearing with women who accused Bill Clinton of rape and unwanted sexual advances before he debated Hillary.
ref: 2023 May 11, David Smith, “Toe-curlingly bad television: Trump’s torturous town hall backfires on CNN”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Causing feelings of acute embarrassment.
examples: text: He sipped his wine, flashed a toe-curling smile at the waitress as she picked up his uneaten plate, then gave me a somewhat darker look.
ref: 2007, Keri Arthur, Kissing Sin, →ISBN:
glosses: Causing feelings of arousal or excitement (especially sexual).
Derived terms: toe-curlingly
bandulu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bandulus
form: bandooloo
Senses: glosses: Crime; something illicit; a scam.
glosses: A scammer.
barrenwort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: barrenworts
Etymology: From barren + wort.
Senses: glosses: A herb, Epimedium alpinum, once thought to prevent conception
blackpoll
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blackpolls
Etymology: From black + poll.
Senses: glosses: A North American warbler, Setophaga striata, the male of which has a black patch on its head
callisthenics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of calisthenics.
colobine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: colobines
Senses: glosses: Any Old World monkey of the subfamily Colobinae.
conchie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: conchies
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of conchy.
conchiolin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: conchiolins
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of proteins which, together with polysaccharides and calcium carbonate, make up the shells of molluscs.
conchoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: conchoids
Etymology: From Latin concha (“mussel”) (from Ancient Greek κόγχη (kónkhē)) + -oid or directly from Ancient Greek κογχοειδής (konkhoeidḗs), referring to the curved outline of a mussel shell or anything in this form.
Senses: examples: text: The conchoid of a circle with respect to a point on the circle is a cardioid if the fixed distance is equal to the diameter of the circle.
text: The Conchoid of Nicomedes is the conchoid of a straight line with respect to a point not on the line.
text: 1815, Charles Hutton, Pappus, entry in A Philosophical and Mathematical Dictionary, Volume 2, page 147,
He next treats of the properties of the Conchoid, which Nicomedes invented for doubling the cube; applying it to the solution of certain problems concerning Inclinations, with the finding of two mean proportionals, and cubes in any proportion whatever.
text: The classical conchoid construction is a non-orthogonal polar-curvilinear construction in which equal distances along a line are marked off from its point of intersection with a curve for various positions of the line as it rotates about a point.
ref: 1982, J. Lee Kavanau, Curves and Symmetry, volume 1, page 3:
text: These curves are called conchoids of Nicomedes after the ancient Greek scholar Nicomedes. He called them conchoids because the shape of their outer branches resembles that of a conch shell or mussel shell.
ref: 2007, James Stewart, Single Variable Calculus, volume 2, page 662:
text: One of the best choices is the conchoid, according to Newton the simplest curve after the circle.
ref: 2009, Niccolò Guicciardini, Isaac Newton on Mathematical Certainty and Method, page 68:
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Any of a family of curves defined as the locus of points p, such that each p is on a line that passes through a given fixed point P and intersects a given curve, C, and the distance from p to the point of intersection with C is a specified constant (note that for nontrivial cases two such points p satisfy the criteria, and the resultant curve has two parts).
examples: text: Conchoids of sound rock, from a few feet to 20 or more feet in diameter, entirely surrounded by comparatively thin layers of weathered material, were frequently encountered, sometimes in adjacent series.
ref: 1948, Tennessee Valley Authority, “The Hiwassee Valley Projects”, in Technical Report, volume 2, number 5, page 359:
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A conchoidal fracture in rock.
Derived terms: english: strictly a cissoid
translation: strictly a cissoid
word: conchoid of de Sluze
english: not actually a conchoid
translation: not actually a conchoid
word: conchoid of Dürer
word: conchoid of Nicomedes
Related terms: conchoidal
cardioid
cissoid
limaçon
strophoid
diphycercal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Ancient Greek διφυής (diphuḗs, “of double nature”) (compare δι- (di-) and φύω (phúō)) + κέρκος (kérkos, “tail”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Describing a symmetric tail fin in which the vertebral column extends to the tip.
disvalue
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: disvalues
form: disvaluing
form: disvalued
form: disvalued
Etymology: From dis- + value.
Senses: glosses: To regard something as having little or no value.
examples: text: […] five years since there was some speech of marriage
Betwixt myself and her; which was broke off,
Partly for that her promised proportions
Came short of composition, but in chief
For that her reputation was disvalued
In levity […]
ref: c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:
glosses: To undervalue; to depreciate.
disvalue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From dis- + value.
Senses: glosses: harm, demerit
Related terms: disvaluable
ditchwater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ditchwaters
form: ditch-water
Etymology: From ditch + water.
Senses: examples: text: The company, therefore, took their places, and addressed themselves to the serious business of the feast, but were soon disturbed by the hypochondriac, who thrust back his chair, complaining that a dish of stewed toads and vipers was set before him, and that there was green ditchwater in his cup of wine.
ref: 1846, Nathaniel Hawthorne, “The Christmas Banquet”, in Mosses from an Old Manse:
glosses: The stagnant water that collects in a ditch.
Derived terms: dull as ditchwater
gambada
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gambadas
Senses: glosses: gambado (gaiters)
gambusia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gambusias
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: glosses: Any of several livebearing freshwater fish, of the genus Gambusia, that feed on the larva of mosquitos and are used to control them.
gelsemium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gelsemiums
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: glosses: Any of several flowering plants, of the genus Gelsemium, many of which are poisonous.
Hyponyms: sense: Gelsemium
taxonomic: Gelsemium elegans
word: heartbreak grass
sense: Gelsemium
word: Rankin's jessamine
sense: Gelsemium
word: swamp jessamine
sense: Gelsemium
taxonomic: Gelsemium rankinii
word: Rankin's trumpetflower
sense: Gelsemium
word: yellow jessamine
sense: Gelsemium
word: Carolina jessamine
sense: Gelsemium
taxonomic: Gelsemium sempervirens
word: evening trumpetflower
helenium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heleniums
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: examples: text: Amongst the herbs to be administered when the charm was sung over him were a yew-berry, lupin, helenium, marsh mallow, dock elder, wormwood and strawberry leaves.
ref: 1922, Eleanour Sinclair Rohde, The Old English Herbals, London: Longmans, Green and Co., page 16:
text: Heleniums mostly have an upright habit, though the taller ones may need staking in spring or cutting back by half in early summer to stay that way.
ref: 2016, Nancy J. Ondra, The Perennial Matchmaker: Create Amazing Combinations with Your Favorite Perennials:
glosses: Any of various flowering plants, of the genus Helenium, the dried leaves of which were once used to make a form of snuff.
Synonyms: sneezeweed
Derived terms: helenin
hypericum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypericums
Etymology: From the genus name, translingual Hypericum, itself from Latin hypericum, from Ancient Greek ὑπερικόν (huperikón), from ὑπέρ (hupér, “over”) + ἐρείκη (ereíkē, “heath”).
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any of many flowering plants of the genus Hypericum, St. John's worts.
jumpcut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jumpcuts
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of jump cut.
jumpcut
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: jumpcuts
form: jumpcutting
form: jumpcut
form: jumpcut
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of jump-cut.
jump cut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jump cuts
form: jump-cut
form: jumpcut
Senses: examples: text: Jump cuts used to be considered unacceptable mistakes. Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless (1960) was the first time jumpcutting was used extensively in a narrative film.
ref: 2002, Michael Wohl, Editing Techniques with Final Cut Pro, Peachpit Press, →ISBN, page 57:
topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: A cinematographic edit in which a single continuous sequential shot of a subject is broken into two parts, with a piece of footage being removed in order to render the effect of jumping forward in time.
examples: text: “The advantage of a guy being his size and having quick feet, it’s unexpected,” said Marcel Shipp, the running backs coach. “Guys come in thinking he’s a big, bruising back. Then he’ll hit a jump cut on you and head down the sideline.”
ref: 2015 October 24, Ben Shpigel, “Chris Ivory, a Bulldozing Ballet Dancer, Keeps Defenders on Their Toes”, in The New York Times:
topics: American-football
ball-games
football
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A sudden switch from running forward to running to the side.
Related terms: word: jump-cut
jump cut
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: jump cuts
form: jump cutting
form: jump cut
form: jump cut
form: jump-cut
form: jumpcut
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of jump-cut.
nipplewort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nippleworts
Etymology: From nipple + wort.
Senses: glosses: A flowering plant, Lapsana communis, that yields a milky juice.
ommatophore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɒ.mə.tə.fɔː/
ipa: /əˈmæ.tə.fɔː/
ipa: /əˈmæ.tə.fɔɹ/
Forms: form: ommatophores
Etymology: From the stem form of Ancient Greek ὄμμα (ómma, “eye”) + -phore.
Senses: glosses: An eyestalk.
phascogale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /fæsˈkɒɡəli/
Forms: form: phascogales
Etymology: From genus name, translingual Phascogale (from Ancient Greek φάσκωλος (pháskōlos, “pouch, wallet”) + γαλέη (galéē, “weasel”)), classified 1824 by Dutch zoologist Coenraad Jacob Temminck.
Senses: glosses: Any of several Australian dasyurid marsupials, of the genus Phascogale, the males of which die shortly after mating.
wikipedia: Coenraad Jacob Temminck
Synonyms: pouched mouse
wambenger
Derived terms: brush-tailed phascogale
northern phascogale
red-tailed phascogale
dasyurid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dasyurids
Senses: examples: text: The Tasmanian Devil and the several species of quolls are by far the largest of the dasyurids, but the group is very diverse, and includes about 30 species of small insect-eaters, some not a lot bigger than a mouse.
ref: 1998, Terence Lindsey, Mammals of Australia, New Holland, published 2004, page 22:
text: It was once assumed that dasyurids made little use of visual communications because they are nocturnal.
ref: 2024, David Owen, David Pemberton, Tasmanian Devil, Allen & Unwin, page 67:
glosses: A member of the family Dasyuridae, comprising carnivorous marsupials.
Synonyms: dasyure
reactionist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more reactionist
form: most reactionist
Etymology: From reaction + -ist.
Senses: glosses: reactionary
reactionist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reactionists
Etymology: From reaction + -ist.
Senses: glosses: reactionary
salopettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌsæl.əˈpɛts/
Etymology: Loanword from French
Senses: glosses: trousers that form part of a ski suit.
salpicon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: salpicons
Etymology: From Spanish salpicón.
Senses: glosses: A type of stuffing of cooked, diced ingredients with a sauce, used especially for veal
salpingectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sæl.pənˈd͡ʒɛk.tə.mi/
rhymes: -ɛktəmi
Forms: form: salpingectomies
Etymology: From salping- (“of or relating to the salpinx”) + -ectomy (“surgical removal”).
Senses: topics: gynaecology
medicine
sciences
surgery
hypernyms: procedure
operation
surgery
treatment
therapy
coordinate_terms: salpingostomy
salpingotomy
;
oophorosalpingectomy
glosses: Surgical removal of one or both Fallopian tubes.
megasporogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megasporogeneses
Etymology: From megasporo- + -genesis.
Senses: glosses: The formation of megaspores in angiosperms
Synonyms: macrosporogenesis
selenodont
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From selen- + -odont.
Senses: glosses: Describing molar teeth that have crescent-shaped ridges on the crown.
glosses: Of or pertaining to the Selenodonta.
selenodont
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: selenodonts
Etymology: From selen- + -odont.
Senses: glosses: Any animal having such teeth.
glosses: Any member of the Selenodonta.
shockability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From shock + -ability.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being shockable; the capacity to be shocked.
shockable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɒkəbəl
Forms: form: more shockable
form: most shockable
Etymology: From shock + -able.
Senses: examples: text: One answer comes from the fact that it takes a great deal of force to shock quartz. Indeed, until recently, it wasn’t believed that quartz was shockable.
ref: 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 44:
glosses: Able to be shocked.
glosses: Easily shocked.
examples: text: shockable rhythm
text: Ventricular tachycardia (VT) and ventricular fibrillation (VF) are considered shockable and thus require defibrillation.
ref: 2015, Rachel K. Thomas, Elize Richards, Cathy Taylor, Practical Medical Procedures at a Glance, page 67:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Capable of being treated by defibrillator.
silverweed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: silverweeds
Etymology: From silver + weed.
Senses: glosses: Any of several species of low-growing flowering plants, the leaves of which are silvery underneath, some now assigned to the genus Argentina, most previously assigned to genus Potentilla.
glosses: A plant of species Blutaparon vermiculare.
Synonyms: sense: low-growing flowering plants
word: goose grass
Derived terms: word: common silverweed (Argentina anserina
taxonomic: Argentina anserinoides
alt: syn. Potentilla anserinoides
word: New Zealand silverweed
taxonomic: Argentina anserina subsp. groenlandica
alt: syn. Argentina egedei
word: Eged's silverweed
taxonomic: Argentina anserina subsp. groenlandica
word: Pacific silverweed
skinnymalinks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skinnymalinkses
form: skinnymalink
form: skinny malink
Etymology: Uncertain. Possibly from a Scottish children's song, "Skinamalinky Long Leg", about a thin man and his adventures.
Senses: examples: text: 'But she's a skinnymalinks.'
'She had lots of puppyfat before puberty stretched her out. […]
ref: 1995, Emma Donoghue, Hood, Hamish Hamilton, →ISBN, page 202:
text: Too often, the media have played down the positive aspects of bulimia, displaying endless photographs of skinnymalinkses, none of whom look as if they could down more than as^([sic]) dozen tubes of Pringles (haven't you tried them? oh but you must!) without leaving the lavatory in a state of disarray.
ref: 1995 April 9, Wallace Arnold, “Lunch and a little light bulimia with friends”, in The Independent:
text: 'Oh, Lord, you've turned into a right skinnymalinks,' she noticed. 'Is that because of the boyfriend?'
ref: 1999, Marian Keyes, Last Chance Saloon, Poolbeg, →ISBN, page 423:
glosses: A skinny person.
raw_tags: in US
skippet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskɪpɪt/
rhymes: -ɪpɪt
Forms: form: skippets
Etymology: Compare Icelandic skip, English skipper. See ship.
Senses: examples: text: Vpon the banck they sitting did espy / A daintie damzell, dressing of her heare, / By whom a litle skippet floting did appeare
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 14:
glosses: A small boat; a skiff.
glosses: A small, round box used for keeping documents and seals or for covering seals attached to documents
skippets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of skippet
silverweeds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of silverweed
subjunct
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subjuncts
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: An adverb that expresses a condition
Related terms: subjoin
subjunction
subjunctive
adjunct
conjunct
woggish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more woggish
form: most woggish
Etymology: From wog + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: I should have thought that we would have stopped all such woggish activities by now. I mean dancing and things.
ref: 1960, Manohar Malgonkar, Distant drum, Asia Pub. House, page 60:
text: They were too unrestrainedly ethnic, too woggish (from another point of view), not middle-class enough for my father [...]
ref: 1987, Anna Gibbs, Alison Tilson, Frictions, an anthology of fiction by women, Spinifex Press, page 6:
text: Thank God at least you don't speak with a woggish accent.
ref: 2006, Irfan Agha, Uncle Cuckoo, Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie Pub., page 104:
synonyms: woggy
glosses: Exhibiting qualities or behaviour considered characteristic of a foreigner
trachelectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛktəmi
Forms: form: trachelectomies
Etymology: From trachel- + -ectomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The surgical removal of the uterine cervix.
Synonyms: cervicectomy
trachelectomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trachelectomy
trachitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tracheitis.
hyperthymias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hyperthymia
hyperthymic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hyperthymic
form: most hyperthymic
Etymology: From hyperthymia + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Having, or pertaining to, hyperthymia.
justiciaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of justiciary
jumpcuts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jumpcut
Kittitian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Kittitian
form: most Kittitian
Senses: glosses: Kittsian
Kittitian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kittitians
Senses: glosses: Kittsian
Kittitians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Kittitian
long stops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of long stop
secondary drowning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: secondary drownings
Etymology: From secondary + drowning.
Senses: glosses: Asphyxiation caused by irritation of alveoli from the aspiration of liquid, after recovery from immersion into liquid, in the three-day period following the immersion episode.
superelevation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superelevations
Etymology: From super- + elevation.
Senses: glosses: The angle that a gun must be elevated above the line of its target to allow for the effect of gravity on the projectile.
examples: text: In the third place, the superelevation and alignment of the track, theoretically calculated for speeds of 70 to 75 m.p.h., was adequate for the 80 to 85 m.p.h. or so normally attained as maxima over the G.N. main line; but nothing whatever had been done to prepare it for the enormous increment over these figures that this run was to produce.
ref: 1941 June, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 263:
glosses: The cant of a railway track; the difference in elevation (height) between its two edges, as on a curve.
syringa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /sɪˈɹɪŋ.ɡə/
Forms: form: syringas
Etymology: From Dutch or Middle Low German from Latin sȳrinx from Ancient Greek σῦριγξ (sûrinx, “pan pipes”).
Senses: glosses: Sweet mock orange (Philadelphus coronarius).
glosses: Any of the several flowering plants of the genus Philadelphus, such as now in the Western United States Philadelphus lewisii.
glosses: Any of the several flowering plants, of the genus Syringa, such as the lilacs.
unserviceability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From un- + serviceability.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being unserviceable.
woonerf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: woonerfs
form: woonerven
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch woonerf (“living street”).
Senses: examples: text: Other problems cited by Poulton include overall circulation problems, parking problems for service vans, and the difficulty strangers have finding their way around a woonerf.
ref: 1992, Stephen Carr, Public Space, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 142:
text: He and his staff looked worldwide — to Trafalgar Square in London, to the Spanish Steps in Rome — and found that the designs best suited to the intersections were the Netherlands’ curbless woonerfs, which make no differentiation between street and sidewalk.
ref: 2007 July 29, Gregory Beyer, “Where Street, Sidewalk and Sanity Intersect”, in New York Times:
glosses: A street in which pedestrians and cyclists have priority over motorists.
Synonyms: sense: type of street
word: living street
sense: type of street
word: home zone
sense: type of street
word: complete street
sense: type of street
word: shared zone
antilocalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From anti- + localization.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The spreading of an electric charge to areas removed from its originating atom or ion.
cohomogeneity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From co- + homogeneity.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being cohomogenous
covariations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of covariation
deviatoric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From deviator + -ic.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to a deviator
Hanghang
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Hang
hermeticity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hermeticities
Etymology: From hermetic + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: By understanding the package, the leak path(s) into the package can be identified and the correct test method to quantify the dominant leak chosen, thereby determining the hermeticity of the package.
ref: 2013, Suzanne Costello, Marc P.Y. Desmulliez, Hermeticity Testing of MEMS and Microelectronic Packages, Artech House, →ISBN, page 12:
glosses: The condition of being hermetic (airtight).