cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Ring of Fire
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Ring of Fire
Senses: examples: text: The Andes are part of the geological Ring of Fire that circles the Pacific Ocean. The Ring of Fire is a ring of active volcanoes that borders the great continental plates of the Pacific Ocean.
ref: 2003, Charles W. Maynard, The Andes, The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc, →ISBN:
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
volcanology
synonyms: Pacific Ring of Fire
coordinate_terms: Pacific Rim
glosses: An area of frequent earthquakes and volcanic activity, around the Pacific Ocean.
Ring of Fire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: card-games
games
synonyms: kings
glosses: A drinking game in which each card of a pack of playing cards, picked at random from a deck sprawled out in a circle, has a certain consequence (involving drinking, or playing a particular drinking game).
Olympic Rings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: the Olympic Rings
Senses: glosses: A symbol consisting of five interlocking colored rings, each one representing a continent that competes in the Olympic Games.
Panama hat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Panama hats
Senses: examples: text: Mr. Banks’s panama hat was in one hand, while the other drew a handkerchief across his perspiring brow.
ref: 1913, Robert Barr, “In Search of Game”, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad, London; Melbourne, Vic.; Toronto, Ont.: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, →OCLC, page 166:
glosses: A type of brimmed hat braided in Peru and Ecuador with the leaves of Carludovica palmata.
Derived terms: Panama hat palm
spiritual healing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: After conventional medicine failed me, spiritual healing was a desperate last hope.
glosses: A form of alternative medicine in which spirits, normally of the dead, assist in curing the afflicted.
milk crust
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: milk crusts
Senses: glosses: Synonym of cradle cap.
synonyms: word: cradle cap
word-blind
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more word-blind
form: most word-blind
Senses: glosses: Describes a person who suffers from word blindness or alexia.
word blindness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: word-blindness
Senses: glosses: Synonym of alexia.
synonyms: word: alexia
it doesn't matter
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Pronunciation: text: Audio (US)
Senses: examples: text: I’m afraid I’ve broken your mug. – It doesn’t matter; it was old and I was going to throw it away anyway.
synonyms: never mind
no matter
san fairy ann
glosses: It is not important; do not worry (used to reassure or comfort the person to whom it is said).
examples: text: Maybe we could try fixing this part to the … no, wait, it doesn’t matter.
synonyms: never mind
glosses: I withdraw my previous statement (often used if it wasn't heard or understood).
sandwich coin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sandwich coins
Senses: glosses: A coin made from a core of less valuable metal surrounded by outer layers of more valuable metal.
glosses: A sleight of hand trick whereby a coin is sandwiched between two playing cards and apparently made to vanish.
no matter what
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: I'm going running tomorrow no matter what the weather is doing.
glosses: Regardless of, in spite of, whatever.
raw_tags: followed by a phrase
examples: text: This project will be finished by July no matter what.
text: No matter what, it's still a good idea.
antonyms: come hell or high water
come rain or shine
come what may
glosses: Regardless; in any case; even in adverse circumstances.
raw_tags: not followed by a phrase
Related terms: no matter
no matter that
arccotangent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arccotangents
Etymology: From arc- + cotangent.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
trigonometry
glosses: An inverse of the cotangent function. Symbol: arccot
ecological pyramid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ecological pyramids
Senses: glosses: A diagram that shows the relative amounts of energy or matter, or numbers of organisms within each trophic level in a food chain or food web.
disassociative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more disassociative
form: most disassociative
Etymology: From dis- + associative.
Senses: examples: dissociative drugs
dissociative identity disorder
glosses: That disassociates; that causes disassociation
gigaton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gigatons
form: gigatonne
Etymology: From giga- + ton.
Senses: examples: Holonyms: teraton < petaton < exaton (rare) < zettaton (rare) < yottaton (rare)
Meronyms: ton of TNT < kiloton < megaton
glosses: A measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb based on how many billion tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy. (A derived unit for TNT equivalent.)
glosses: One billion tons.
One billion short tons (10⁹ × 2000 lb).
glosses: One billion tons.
One billion long tons (10⁹ × 2240 lb).
examples: Meronyms: kiloton < megaton
glosses: One billion tons.
One billion metric tons (10⁹ × 2204.6 lb).
teraton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: teratons
Etymology: From tera- + ton.
Senses: examples: Holonyms: petaton < exaton (rare) < zettaton (rare) < yottaton (rare)
Meronyms: ton of TNT < kiloton < megaton < gigaton
glosses: A measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb based on how many trillion tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy.
glosses: A measure of the weight of an object based on how many trillions of tons it weighs.
Related terms: doomsday bomb
exaton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exatons
Etymology: From exa- + ton.
Senses: examples: Holonyms: zettaton (rare) < yottaton (rare)
Meronyms: ton of TNT < kiloton < megaton < gigaton < teraton < petaton
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: A measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb based on how many quintillion tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy.
quadrillionfold
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From quadrillion + -fold.
Senses: glosses: By a multiple of one quadrillion; by a quadrillion times as much or as many.
quadrillionfold
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From quadrillion + -fold.
Senses: glosses: By a factor of one quadrillion.
Related terms: hundredfold
thousandfold
millionfold
billionfold
quintillionfold
bosal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /boʊˈsæl/
Forms: form: bosals
Etymology: From Spanish bosal, variant of bozal (“noseband; slave”). (The sense "noseband" is specifically via Mexican Spanish and was originally found in the Southwestern US.) Doublet of bozal and bossale.
Senses: glosses: A type of noseband used on a horse.
examples: text: At about the same time Christian Georg Andreas Oldendorp, a Moravian missionary in the Danish West Indies, recorded that some Kongos on the island performed "a certain type of baptism on the bosals [recently arrived slaves] who desire it."
ref: 2009, Bernard Bailyn, Patricia L Denault, Soundings in Atlantic History, page 108:
glosses: Alternative form of bozal or bossale (slave born in Africa and recently brought to a colony).
long-acting
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more long-acting
form: most long-acting
Senses: examples: text: I have tried all the medium and short acting non-barbiturate sedatives since the war (including thalidomide) but they don’t work and I don’t trust the newfangled long acting, “safe” analgesics.
ref: 1988, E[dward] J[ames] Moran Campbell, Not Always on the Level, [London]: British Medical Journal, →ISBN, page 194:
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Having a pharmaceutical effect principally in the long term.
Coordinate terms: ultra-short-acting
short-acting
ultra-long-acting
yottaton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yottatons
Etymology: Metric prefix yotta- + ton.
Senses: examples: Meronyms: ton of TNT < kiloton < megaton < gigaton < teraton < petaton < exaton (rare) < zettaton (rare)
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: A measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb, based on how many septillion tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy.
examples: Near-synonyms: see Thesaurus:lot
glosses: A metric fuckton (of material or its weight).
zettaton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zettatons
Etymology: From zetta- + ton.
Senses: examples: Holonym: yottaton (rare)
Meronyms: ton of TNT < kiloton < megaton < gigaton < teraton < petaton < exaton (rare)
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: A measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb, based on how many sextillion tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy.
examples: Near-synonyms: see Thesaurus:lot
glosses: A metric fuckton (of material or its weight).
petaton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: petatons
Etymology: From peta- + ton.
Senses: examples: Holonyms: exaton (rare) < zettaton (rare) < yottaton (rare)
Meronyms: ton of TNT < kiloton < megaton < gigaton < teraton
glosses: A measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb based on how many quadrillion tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy.
superexplosive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more superexplosive
form: most superexplosive
form: super explosive
Etymology: From super- + explosive.
Senses: glosses: Very highly explosive.
superexplosive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superexplosives
form: super explosive
Etymology: From super- + explosive.
Senses: glosses: A very highly explosive substance.
lodgement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lodgements
Etymology: From Middle French logement.
Senses: examples: text: And in thy stead I've got a deal of judgement / Though heaven knows how it ever found a lodgement.
ref: 1819, Lord Byron, “Don Juan”, in Selected Poems of Lord Byron, Ware, Hertfordshire: Wordsworth Editions, published 2006, Canto I, stanza 215, p. 111:
text: Is Envy then such a monster? […] since its lodgement is in the heart not the brain, no degree of intellect supplies a guarantee against it.
ref: 1924, Herman Melville, chapter 11, in Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co.:
text: 1934, T. S. Eliot, Chorus VII from 'The Rock' in Collected Poems, 1909-1962, New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1963, p. 162,
and man without GOD is a seed upon the wind: driven this way and that, and finding no place of lodgement and germination.
glosses: Alternative spelling of lodgment.
Derived terms: allodgement
lodgements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lodgement
supergigantic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From super- + gigantic.
Senses: glosses: Extremely large.
chingas
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: Possibly derived from Spanish chingar (“to engage in sexual intercourse, to fuck”)
Senses: qualifier: Bermuda
glosses: An expression of surprise or wonder. Wow! Awesome!
suprahuman
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From supra- + human.
Senses: synonyms: superhuman
ultrahuman
antonyms: infrahuman
hypernyms: supranatural
supernatural
coordinate_terms: transhuman
glosses: Having powers above and beyond those of a normal human.
Related terms: inhuman
nonhuman
unhuman
superspiritual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more superspiritual
form: most superspiritual
Etymology: From super- + spiritual.
Senses: glosses: very spiritual
oorah
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: /ˈu.ɹɑː/
Forms: form: hoorah
form: oo-rah
form: oohrah
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: The official yell for the US Marines.
lemonize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lemonizes
form: lemonizing
form: lemonized
form: lemonized
form: lemonise
Etymology: From lemon + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: Small bits of ice, slightly salted or lemonized, will stop dizziness, headaches and indigestion.
ref: 1918 January 24, Mazdaznan, volume 17, page 228:
text: You can lemonise your lights, And grapefruitise your telly, You can run your hi-fi set on orange mousse.
ref: 1980, The Electrical Review, volume 206, numbers 1-9:
text: Wear gloves at all times if possible, and after each washing rinse with lemonized water, and apply Lemon Lotion.
ref: 1992, Benjamin Darling, Helpful Hints for Housewives: A Treasury of Tips for the Model Homemaker, page 45:
text: Since Italian dishes can be on the oily side, learn to "lemonize" by ordering several lemon wedges that can help emulsify excess oil.
ref: 1999, Ann Louise Gittleman, Super Nutrition for Men: Using Nutrition to Protect, Heal and Supercharge Your Body:
text: Don't forget to "lemonize" when you add your flaxseed oil. Delicious. I encourage you to “lemonize” your salad by simply squeezing a lemon (or lime) over it instead of a restaurant dressing if you haven't brought your own.
ref: 2002, Ann Louise Gittleman, The Complete Fat Flush Program, page 58:
text: Not improbably in Oman itself the citron had been already considerably "lemonized," the latter fruit being more useful.
ref: 2009, Emanuel Bonavia, The Cultivated Oranges and Lemons, Etc. of India and Ceylon:
text: “As my Auntie May Reeding Well used to say, 'When life scurvies you, lemonize it.'”
ref: 2010, Gregory Spencer, The Welkening: A Three Dimensional Tale, page 221:
glosses: To add or apply lemon to.
lick
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɪk/
rhymes: -ɪk
Forms: form: licks
form: licking
form: licked
form: licked
Etymology: From Middle English likken, from Old English liccian, from Proto-West Germanic *likkōn, from Proto-Germanic *likkōną, from Proto-Indo-European *leyǵʰ- (“to lick”). Sense evolution towards violence unclear; not paralleled in any other Germanic language.
See also Saterland Frisian likje, Dutch likken, German lecken; also Old Irish ligid, Latin lingō (“lick”), ligguriō (“to lap, lick up”), Lithuanian laižyti, Old Church Slavonic лизати (lizati), Ancient Greek λείχω (leíkhō), Old Armenian լիզեմ (lizem), Persian لیسیدن (lisidan), Sanskrit लेढि (léḍhi), रेढि (réḍhi).
Senses: examples: text: The cat licked its fur.
glosses: To stroke with the tongue.
examples: text: She licked the last of the honey off the spoon before washing it.
text: Jim closed his eyes and licked his vanilla ice cream cone.
glosses: To lap; to take in with the tongue.
examples: text: "What a curious kind of a fool a girl is! Never been licked in school! Shucks! What's a licking! That's just like a girl -- they're so thin-skinned and chicken-hearted. […]"
ref: 1876, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter XX, in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Hartford, Conn.: The American Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 163:
glosses: To beat with repeated blows.
examples: text: My dad can lick your dad.
glosses: To defeat decisively, particularly in a fight.
examples: text: I think I can lick this.
text: This week, diskery and phono manufacturer spokesmen sounded tempering notes of caution as they discussed the many problems still to be licked in developing truly compatible stereo with fidelity standards equal to those now available in monaural disks.
ref: 1957 December 30, Ren Grevatt, “Concensus Tabs Stereo Disk Still in Research Stage: Diskery and Phono Toppers Sound Tempering Notes of Caution”, in Billboard, page 11:
glosses: To overcome.
glosses: To perform cunnilingus.
glosses: To do anything partially.
examples: text: Now, in this decadent age the art of fire-making had been altogether forgotten on the earth. The red tongues that went licking up my heap of wood were an altogether new and strange thing to Weena.
ref: 1895 May 29, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, chapter XI, in The Time Machine: An Invention, London: William Heinemann, →OCLC:
qualifier: waves etc.
glosses: To lap.
raw_tags: of flame
Synonyms: sense: beat
word: clobber
Derived terms: ass-licker
belick
bootlick
devious lick
facelick
finger-lickin' good
interlick
lick clean
lickdish
licked
licker
lickery
lickety split
lick into shape
lick my balls
lick one's chops
lick one's lips
lick one's wounds
lick out
lickpenny
lickport
lickpot
lick someone's ass
lick someone's balls
lick someone's boots
lickspittle
lick the birse
lick the dust
lick the pants off
lick-twat
lick up
licky
nonlicking
outlick
overlick
relick
lick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɪk/
rhymes: -ɪk
Forms: form: licks
Etymology: Back-formation from hit a lick, which see. Ultimately from liquor.
Senses: examples: text: Bitch, pig, pull out with the stick / everything I hit like a lick / We don’t miss
ref: 2018 July 27, “Strip Talk”, Marty Mula (lyrics), 1:52:
text: You see a lick and you rob him / I see a lick then I stop on the block and I pause him
ref: 2019 January 31, Lil Darkie (prod. Wendigo), “rap music” (1:55 from the start):
text: JAEKAE: Free all my G’s, they got locked for licks. Five minutes of fame and I’m hittin’ for six. Past seven, eight, nine, and you’re in my bits.
ref: 2020 January 9, “1AM”, in Nasty, performed by Jaykae and Kida Kudz:
text: Remember on my first lick, got lost in a house / Had to dip, bro, quick, before the dogs came out
ref: 2020 April 7, “Did Alotta”, Kai Bandz (lyrics), 1:07:
text: Is it really necessary how I live the way I do it
I live for the lick – you see me breathing, I just proved it
ref: 2022 January 2, Kruk One, “Intoxicated” (1:55 from the start):
glosses: An instance or opportunity to earn money fast, usually by illegal means, thus a heist, drug deal etc. or its victim; mostly used in phrasal verbs: hit a lick, hit licks
heureka
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of eureka.
ligan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of lagan.
singaras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of singara
singara
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: singaras
form: shingara
Etymology: From Bengali সিঙ্গাড়া (śiṅgaṛa). Doublet of singhara (“water caltrop”).
Senses: glosses: A samosa.
singara
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: singaras
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of singhara (“water caltrop”).
conjugases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of conjugase
conjugase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: conjugases
Etymology: Blend of conjugate + -ase
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of enzymes that promote the hydrolysis of folic acid conjugates and the production of glutamic acid and pteroylglutamic acid
smooth operator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: smooth operators
Senses: examples: text: In Washington he has earned a reputation as a smooth operator who can handle lobbyists, bureaucrats and even Congressmen, with a cool head.
ref: 1986 February 10, “American Notes: Agriculture”, in Time, archived from the original on 21 Dec 2008:
text: Alexander lit up Connecticut for 34 points in a Big East quarterfinal win last week. He is a smooth operator who can score in a variety of ways.
ref: 2008 March 17, Andy Katz, “Tourney Trail”, in ESPN.com, retrieved 13 Oct 2008:
glosses: A person who accomplishes tasks with efficiency and grace, especially one with verbal skills who is persuasive in interpersonal relationships, negotiation, etc.
examples: text: He plays the hospital administrator, a fast-talking smooth operator who cons patients and doctors alike.
ref: 1972 September 29, Fred Wright, “Film Review: Sex Film Minus Punchline?”, in St. Petersburg Independent, retrieved 13 Oct 2008, page 5-B:
text: His eyes are like angels', his heart is cold / No need to ask / He's a smooth operator
ref: 1984, “Smooth Operator”, in Diamond Life, performed by Sade:
glosses: A skillful, manipulative person, con artist, or clever scoundrel.
atmospheric perspective
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The effect on the appearance of an object by the atmosphere between it and a viewer, such as blurring caused by fog.
topics: art
arts
glosses: A technique in which an illusion of depth is created by painting more distant objects with less clarity, and with a lighter tone.
Synonyms: aerial perspective
homologa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of homologon
willowherb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: willowherbs
form: willow herb
Etymology: From willow + herb.
Senses: examples: text: Never had they noticed the roses so vivid, the willow-herb so riotous, the meadow-sweet so odorous and pervading.
ref: 1908 October, Kenneth Grahame, “The Piper at the Gates”, in The Wind in the Willows, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, page 153:
text: And willows, willow-herb, and grass, / And meadowsweet, and haycocks dry, / No whit less still and lonely fair / Than the high cloudlets in the sky.
ref: 1917, Edward Thomas, “Adlestrop”, in Poems, London: Selwyn & Blount, page 40:
text: Their flowers range from the rather formal blossoming of outer London to the wilder flowering of the country, where willow-herb and broom, traveller's joy and campion, go rioting over the chalky banks of the Metropolitan Line.
ref: 1950 July, “Traveller's Joy”, in Railway Magazine, page ii (advertisement):
glosses: Any of several flowering plants, mostly in the genus Epilobium of the family Onagraceae.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Epilobium leptophyllum
word: bog willowherb
taxonomic: Chamerion angustifolium
word: giant willowherb
taxonomic: Lythrum salicaria
word: golden willowherb
taxonomic: Epilobium hirsutum
word: great willowherb
taxonomic: Epilobium hirsutum
word: hairy willowherb
taxonomic: Epilobium palustre
word: marsh willowherb
english: Lythrum spp.; Decodon verticillatus
translation: Lythrum spp.; Decodon verticillatus
word: milk willowherb
taxonomic: Oenothera biennis
word: night willowherb
taxonomic: Chamerion angustifolium
word: rosebay willowherb
taxonomic: Lythrum salicaria
word: spiked willowherb
taxonomic: Epilobium palustre
word: swamp willowherb
taxonomic: Lysimachia vulgaris
word: yellow willow herb
haemopoiesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /hiːmə(ʊ)ˈpiːsɪs/
Etymology: From haemo- + -poiesis.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The production of blood cells and platelets, a process which in adults takes place within the bone marrow.
Synonyms: haematopoiesis
chemosymbiotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From chemo- + symbiotic.
Senses: glosses: That utilizes chemosymbiosis.
chemosymbiosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chemosymbioses
Etymology: From chemo- + symbiosis.
Senses: topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
glosses: A form of symbiosis in which a bacterium provides chemically-derived energy and nutrients, often via the oxidation of hydrogen sulfide, to a higher organism
Related terms: chemosymbiont
chemosymbiotic
chemosynthetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From chemo- + synthetic.
Senses: glosses: Using or relating to chemosynthesis.
Derived terms: chemosynthetically
chitooligomer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chitooligomers
Etymology: From chito- + oligomer.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A class of carbohydrate oligomer derived from chitin; chitooligosaccharide
chitooligosaccharide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chitooligosaccharides
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An oligosaccharide derived from chitin; chitosan
Derived terms: acetylchitooligosaccharide
chitooligosaccharidolytic
lipochitooligosaccharide
chitosan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkaɪ.tə.sæn/
Forms: form: chitosans
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An oligosaccharide derived from chitin, sometimes used in the absorption of fat
Derived terms: chitosanase
chitosanolytic
nanochitosan
oligochitosan
circumarctic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: circum-arctic
Etymology: From circum- + Arctic.
Senses: glosses: Lying around the Arctic.
counterillumination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From counter- + illumination.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A behaviour, found in some cephalopods etc., in which bioluminescence is used to provide camouflage when viewed from below.
culex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkjuː.lɛks/
Forms: form: culices
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin culex (“gnat”).
Senses: glosses: Any of various mosquitoes of the genus Culex, some of which carry disease.
Derived terms: culicidal
cytologically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From cytological + -ly.
Senses: glosses: By means of cytology
Derived terms: histocytologically
immunocytologically
demographical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: [dɛməˈɡɹæfɪkəɫ]
Forms: form: more demographical
form: most demographical
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to demography; demographic.
Derived terms: biodemographical
demographically
paleodemographical
sociodemographical
ecophysiology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ecophysiologies
Etymology: From eco- + physiology.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The study of the relationships between, and adaptation of, the physiology of an organism and its environment
Hypernyms: physiology
ectosymbiont
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ectosymbionts
Etymology: From ecto- + symbiont.
Senses: topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
glosses: A partner in a symbiotic relationship that remains on the surface of its host or occupies a body cavity
Derived terms: ectosymbiontic
ectosymbiotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ectosymbiotic
form: most ectosymbiotic
Etymology: From ecto- + symbiotic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to ectosymbiosis or an ectosymbiont.
ectosymbiosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ectosymbioses
Etymology: From ecto- + symbiosis.
Senses: topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
glosses: A form of symbiosis in which a partner (the ectosymbiont) remains on the surface of its host
ehrlichiosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ehrlichioses
Etymology: From translingual Ehrlichia + -osis.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A tick-borne disease caused by infection with bacteria of the genus Ehrlichia.
Synonyms: heartwater
Related terms: neoehrlichiosis
endobiont
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: endobionts
Etymology: From endo- + -biont.
Senses: topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any organism that lives within the body or cells of another organism
Related terms: endobiotic
endocuticular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From endo- + cuticular.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the endocuticle.
endocuticle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: endocuticles
Etymology: From endo- + cuticle.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The inner, elastic layer of the cuticle of an insect
endomycorrhiza
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: endomycorrhizas
form: endomycorrhizae
Etymology: From endo- + mycorrhiza.
Senses: topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
glosses: A form of mycorrhiza in which the hyphae of the fungus penetrate the root cells.
endothermy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From endo- + -thermy.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A form of thermoregulation in which heat is generated by the organism's metabolism.
enteropathogen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: enteropathogens
Etymology: From entero- + pathogen.
Senses: glosses: Any organism that causes disease of the intestinal tract
Related terms: enteropathogenic
epibiont
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: epibionts
Etymology: From epi- + -biont.
Senses: topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any organism that lives on the surface of another living organism
Hyponyms: epiphyte
epizoon
Related terms: epibiota
epibiotic
basibiont
epibiotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From epi- + biotic.
Senses: glosses: Living on the surface of another organism.
Related terms: epibiont
epibiota
epibiotically
endobiotic
exobiotic
endocuticles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of endocuticle
epiparasitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From epi- + parasitic.
Senses: glosses: Describing an epibiotic parasitic relationship.
episymbiont
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: episymbionts
Etymology: From epi- + symbiont.
Senses: topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
glosses: An epibiotic symbiont
episymbiosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: episymbioses
Etymology: From epi- + symbiosis.
Senses: glosses: epibiotic symbiosis
episymbiotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From epi- + symbiotic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to an epibiotic symbiotic relationship.
eurosid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eurosids
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any plant in a clade that includes many taxonomic orders related to the roses
Related terms: rosid
extracellularly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From extracellular + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an extracellular manner.
extraradical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more extraradical
form: most extraradical
Etymology: From extra- + radical.
Senses: glosses: Lying outside of a root.
citrange
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈsɪtɹənd͡ʒ/
Forms: form: citranges
Etymology: Blend of citrus + orange
Senses: glosses: Citrus × insitorum, a hybrid of the sweet orange and the trifoliate orange.
Derived terms: citrangeade
citrangedin
citrangequat
sweet orange
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sweet oranges
Senses: synonyms: coolie orange
glosses: Citrus sinensis, a species of citrus fruit, commonly known as the orange.
fermentatively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more fermentatively
form: most fermentatively
Etymology: From fermentative + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a fermentative manner
glosses: With regard to fermentation
fimbrial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From fimbria + -al.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to the fimbriae
Derived terms: afimbrial
fimbriectomy
nonfimbrial
septofimbrial
suprafimbrial
fimbria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈfɪm.bɹi.ə/
Forms: form: fimbriae
form: fimbriæ
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Late Latin fimbria (“a border, fringe”), from Latin fimbriae (“fibers, threads, fringe”). Doublet of fringe.
Senses: examples: text: When a follicle is mature, the egg within it bursts out of the ovary, and the Fallopian tube's fingerlike fimbria reach out and grab it.
topics: anatomy
biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A series of threads or other projections resembling a fringe.
An individual thread in a fimbria, especially a fingerlike projection around the ovarian end of the Fallopian tube.
topics: bacteriology
biology
microbiology
natural-sciences
glosses: A series of threads or other projections resembling a fringe.
A hairlike appendage found on the cell surface of many bacteria; used by the bacteria to adhere to one another, to animal cells and to some inanimate objects.
synonyms: pilus
Derived terms: word: fimbrial
pink spot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pink spots
Senses: topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
snooker
sports
glosses: The spot on a snooker table where the pink ball is normally placed.
flagellar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to a flagellum
Derived terms: aflagellar
biflagellar
endoflagellar
extraflagellar
intraflagellar
kinetoflagellar
multiflagellar
nonflagellar
paraflagellar
uniflagellar
blue spot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blue spots
Senses: topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
snooker
sports
glosses: The spot on a snooker table where the blue ball is normally placed.
brown spot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brown spots
Senses: topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
snooker
sports
glosses: The spot on a snooker table where the brown ball is normally placed.
glosses: A fungal disease of some plants characterized by brown spots on the leaves
fluxomic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to fluxomics or to fluxomes
green spot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: green spots
Senses: topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
snooker
sports
glosses: The spot on a snooker table where the green ball is normally placed.
yellow spot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yellow spots
Senses: topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
snooker
sports
glosses: The spot on a snooker table where the yellow ball is normally placed.
fluxomics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The study of the flow of fluid and molecules within cells
Related terms: fluxome
fluxomic
metafluxomics
folliculinid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: folliculinids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any marine, ciliate protozoan of the family Folliculinidae.
gammaproteobacterial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌɡæməˌpɹəʊtiəʊbækˈtɪəɹiəl/
Forms: form: more gammaproteobacterial
form: most gammaproteobacterial
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to a gammaproteobacterium
object ball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: object balls
Senses: topics: ball-games
billiards
games
hobbies
lifestyle
snooker
sports
glosses: The ball which the cue ball is intended to hit.
gammaproteobacterium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gammaproteobacteria
Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Gammaproteobacteria.
Senses: glosses: Any proteobacterium of the class Gammaproteobacteria
Related terms: gammaproteobacterial
glomalean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glomaleans
Etymology: From translingual Glomales, synonym of Glomerales.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any fungus of the order Glomerales.
glomalean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more glomalean
form: most glomalean
Etymology: From translingual Glomales, synonym of Glomerales.
Senses: glosses: Characteristic of these fungi.
glucuronidase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glucuronidases
Etymology: From glucuronide + -ase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a glucuronide; a glycuronidase
Derived terms: deglucuronidase
grandmothering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From grandmother + -ing.
Senses: glosses: The grandmotherly behaviour of a grandmother towards her grandchildren.
heterogamety
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heterogameties
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The production of gametes of different ploidy by an individual of one sex of an organism
Related terms: heterogamete
heterogametic
noncustodial parent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: noncustodial parents
Senses: glosses: The parent (either of a separated pair) with whom a child or children do not live the majority of the time.
Hyponyms: weekend dad
homogalacturonan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: homogalacturonans
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A polysaccharide (such as pectin) made up of linked galacturonic acid residues
hydroxyproline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydroxyprolines
Etymology: From hydroxy + proline.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A hydroxy derivative of the amino acid proline found in the structural proteins of connective tissue
hymenopteran
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌhʌɪ.mɛˈnɒp.tə.ɹən/
ipa: /ˌhʌɪ.mɪˈnɒp.tə.ɹən/
ipa: /ˌhaɪ.məˈnɑp.təɹ.ən/
Forms: form: hymenopterans
Etymology: From translingual Hymenoptera + -an, from neuter plural of Ancient Greek ὑμενόπτερος (humenópteros, “membrane-winged”), from ὑμήν (humḗn, “thin skin, membrane”) + πτερόν (pterón, “feather, wing”) + -ος (-os, adjectival suffix).
Senses: topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any insect of the order Hymenoptera: the bees, wasps and ants etc.
Derived terms: microhymenopteran
hymenopteran
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌhʌɪ.mɛˈnɒp.tə.ɹən/
ipa: /ˌhʌɪ.mɪˈnɒp.tə.ɹən/
ipa: /ˌhaɪ.məˈnɑp.təɹ.ən/
Etymology: From translingual Hymenoptera + -an, from neuter plural of Ancient Greek ὑμενόπτερος (humenópteros, “membrane-winged”), from ὑμήν (humḗn, “thin skin, membrane”) + πτερόν (pterón, “feather, wing”) + -ος (-os, adjectival suffix).
Senses: topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: Relating to or denoting hymenopterans.
hyphopodium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyphopodia
Etymology: From hypha + -podium (“leg-like structure”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A hypha, in some ectoparasitic fungi, having a haustorium
ectoparasitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ecto- + parasitic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to ectoparasites.
Related terms: ectoparasitise
inoculum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inoculums
form: inocula
Senses: examples: text: Observers noted that Chinese variolators in Vietnam exhibited one or two slight variations in their practice, however, one constant factor is that they all introduced inoculum into the nasal passages.
ref: 2015, C. Michele Thompson, Vietnamese Traditional Medicine: A Social History, page 82:
synonyms: inoculate#Noun
glosses: The active material used in an inoculation; an inoculant (i.e., a material or a dose thereof).
Derived terms: preinoculum
inoculant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inoculants
Senses: glosses: The active material used in an inoculation; an inoculum
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An alloyant used to refine grains in a cast microstructure.
Synonyms: topics: engineering
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: grain refiner
Derived terms: bioinoculant
nullipotent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Latin roots, Latin nullus (“not any”) + potent (“having power”) – literally, “having no power”.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Describing an action which has no side effect. Queries are typically nullipotent: they return useful data, but do not change the data structure queried. Contrast with idempotent.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Incapable of developing into any cell type; compare pluripotent
Coordinate terms: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: idempotent
topics: biology
natural-sciences
word: pluripotent
Related terms: fixed point
idempotent
impotent
nilpotent
no-op
nullipotence
omnipotent
pluripotent
potent
unipotent
ventripotent
intertaxon
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: inter-taxon
Etymology: From inter- + taxon.
Senses: glosses: Between taxa (or between organisms of different taxa).
flea circus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flea circuses
Senses: glosses: A circus sideshow attraction in which fleas are attached (or appear to be attached) to miniature carts and other items, and encouraged to perform circus acts within a small housing.
intraradical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + radical.
Senses: glosses: within the root of a plant
introgressed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of introgress
introgressed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more introgressed
form: most introgressed
Senses: glosses: Subject to introgression
introgress
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: introgresses
form: introgressing
form: introgressed
form: introgressed
Etymology: From Latin introgredior (“to step in, enter”).
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: To infiltrate the genes of one species into the gene pool of another through repeated backcrossing of an interspecific hybrid.
Derived terms: introgressant
introgression
introgressive
Menominee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Menominees
form: Menominee
form: Menomini
Etymology: Borrowed from Ojibwe manoominii (literally “wild-rice people”); from Ojibwe manoomin.
Senses: glosses: A member of a nation of Native Americans indigenous to what is now Wisconsin.
Synonyms: word: Mamaceqtaw
Menominee
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Menomini
Etymology: Borrowed from Ojibwe manoominii (literally “wild-rice people”); from Ojibwe manoomin.
Senses: glosses: Their language.
glosses: A village in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, United States.
glosses: A city, the county seat of Menominee County, Michigan, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Cedar County, Nebraska, United States.
glosses: A town in Menominee County, Wisconsin, United States, which is coextensive with and consolidated with the county.
Synonyms: Mamaceqtaw
Derived terms: Menominee County
Menominee Range
kinesin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kinesins
Etymology: From kinesis + -in.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of proteins that convert chemical into mechanical energy and power the movement of vesicles and organelles along microtubules
Related terms: -kinesis
-kine
dynein
myosin
lepetodrilid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lepetodrilids
Senses: examples: text: Similar partitioning of microbial food resources was observed for multiple polychaete species within the family Dorvilleidae in methane seep sediments off OR and CA [79 ], and for lepetopsid and lepetodrilid limpets at hydrothermal vents on the east Pacific Rise [80 ].
ref: 2015 July 10, “Biodiversity on the Rocks: Macrofauna Inhabiting Authigenic Carbonate at Costa Rica Methane Seeps”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Any gastropod of the superfamily Lepetodriloidea.
lepetodrilid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more lepetodrilid
form: most lepetodrilid
Senses: glosses: Characteristic of these creatures.
lepidopteran
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lepidopterans
Etymology: From translingual Lepidoptera + -an.
Senses: glosses: Any insect of the order Lepidoptera, the butterflies and moths.
lepidopteran
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more lepidopteran
form: most lepidopteran
Etymology: From translingual Lepidoptera + -an.
Senses: glosses: Characteristic of these insects.
Derived terms: macrolepidopteran
nonlepidopteran
lucinid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lucinids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any bivalve mollusc of the family Lucinidae.
lucinid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more lucinid
form: most lucinid
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Characteristic of these creatures.
suprisingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: Suprisingly, the dog had only three legs.
glosses: Misspelling of surprisingly.
Rgvedic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Rigvedic.
Ṛgvedic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Rigvedic.
cow-wheat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cow-wheats
form: cow wheat
form: cowwheat
Etymology: From cow + wheat.
Senses: glosses: Any of several flowering plants in the genus Melampyrum.
TV tray
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: TV trays
Senses: glosses: A tray on which a meal can be informally served for eating while watching television.
Related terms: TV dinner
lolly ice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lolly ices
Senses: examples: text: I prefer strawberry lolly ices to lemon ones.
qualifier: Liverpool
glosses: Frozen fruit juice on a stick.
Synonyms: sense: frozen fruit juice
word: icy pole
sense: frozen fruit juice
word: paddle pop
sense: frozen fruit juice
word: popsicle
sense: frozen fruit juice
word: ice lolly
confidence artist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: confidence artists
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of con artist.
doups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of doup
pit-eye
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pit-eyes
form: pit eye
Senses: examples: text: The cages came up crammed and crammed again with the men nearest the pit-eye, as they call the place where you can see daylight from the bottom of the main shaft.
ref: 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘At Twenty-two’, In Black and White, Folio Society, published 2005, page 402:
glosses: The bottom of a central mineshaft.
pattress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pattresses
Senses: examples: text: They will be painted black, as will the pattress plates that previous repairers fitted.
ref: 2020 May 20, Philip Haigh, “Ribblehead: at the heart of the S&C's survival and its revival: Ribblehead Viaduct repairs”, in Rail, pages 26–27:
glosses: Alternative spelling of patress.
huqa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: huqas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hookah.
behemothian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From behemoth + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Huge; very large.
glosses: Daunting.
glosses: Greatly important.
macroecology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From macro- + ecology.
Senses: topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
glosses: The study of spatially large ecosystems
macrofilaricidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more macrofilaricidal
form: most macrofilaricidal
Etymology: From macro- + filaricidal.
Senses: glosses: That causes large-scale filaricide
macrofilaricidal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: macrofilaricidals
Etymology: From macro- + filaricidal.
Senses: glosses: Any drug that has this effect
filaricide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: filaricides
Etymology: From translingual Filaria + -cide, type genus of the superfamily Filarioidea.
Senses: glosses: The destruction of filaria.
glosses: A pesticide that kills nematodes of the superfamily Filarioidea.
Derived terms: microfilaricide
Related terms: filaricidal
filaricidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌfɪləɹɪˈsaɪdəl/
Forms: form: more filaricidal
form: most filaricidal
Senses: glosses: That functions as a filaricide
Derived terms: macrofilaricidal
microfilaricidal
metabonomic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more metabonomic
form: most metabonomic
form: metabonomical
Etymology: Back-formation from metabonomics.
Senses: examples: text: The nuclear magnetic resonance metabonomic approach could identify the metabolic fingerprint of exhaled breath condensate in different clinical sets of data.
ref: 2008 October 31, G. de Laurentiis et al., “Metabonomic analysis of exhaled breath condensate in adults by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy”, in European Respiratory Journal, →DOI:
text: AA was administered to rats via drinking water ad libitum. After 16-week treatment, rat serum was collected for metabonomic analysis. Biochemical tests were further conducted to verify metabolic alterations.
ref: 2018 April 16, C Cao et al., “Metabonomic analysis of toxic action of long-term low-level exposure to acrylamide in rat serum”, in Human & Experimental Toxicology, →DOI:
text: Columns with varying polarities, varying internal diameters, and different lengths have been utilized in metabonomic studies.
ref: 2021, Gas Chromatography, page 729:
glosses: Related to or involving metabonomics, the study of biological responses to external stimuli.
Derived terms: metabonomically