cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
celebretard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: celebretards
Etymology: Blend of celebrity + retard. Celebrity blogger Perez Hilton is credited with coining the term.
Senses: examples: text: Hollywood celebretards Rumer Willis, Vanessa Hudgens, Hania Barton, and Quinn's boy toy, actor/DJ Blake Miller, joined Quinn in sucking down the SoCo and stripping down in the hot tub.
ref: 2009, Zoey Dean, Hollywood Is Like High School with Money [novel], Grand Central Publishing (2009), page 147
glosses: A celebrity regarded as foolish or stupid, especially one noted for episodes of unrestrained, self-destructive behavior.
Related terms: celebutard
celebretards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of celebretard
peenthrug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: nonsensical talk
Mideast
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɪdˈiːst/
ipa: [mɪˈdiːst]
rhymes: -iːst
Forms: form: the Mideast
form: Mid East
Etymology: From mid- + East.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Middle East.
synonyms: word: Middle East
expressis verbis
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Latin expressis verbis (“pronounced with words”).
Senses: synonyms: word: patently
word: unambiguously
word: clearly
word: directly
word: downrightly
word: explicitly
word: expressis verbis
word: expressly
word: patently
word: plainly
word: specifically
word: unambiguously
word: unequivocally
word: univocally
glosses: Expressly; explicitly.
quadricuspid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From quadri- + cuspid.
Senses: synonyms: quadricuspidate
tetracuspid
glosses: Having four cusps.
quadridigitate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From quadri- + digitate.
Senses: glosses: Having only four fingers on a hand, or toes on a foot
Synonyms: tetradactyl
quadriparesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quadripareses
Etymology: From quadri- + paresis.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: weakness or paralysis in all four limbs
Synonyms: tetraplegia
quadripedal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From quadri- + pedal.
Senses: glosses: four-footed
Related terms: quadruped
quadriphyllous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From quadri- + -phyllous.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having four leaves
Synonyms: quadrifoliate
tetraphyllous
quadripolar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From quadri- + polar.
Senses: glosses: Having or involving four poles.
quadrisulcate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From quadri- + sulcate.
Senses: glosses: Having four hooves
quadritubercular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From quadri- + tubercular.
Senses: glosses: Having four tubercles or cusps
Synonyms: quadrituberculate
credentialling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of credential
PICU
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PICUs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of pediatric intensive care unit.
examples: text: Since the writings of Rachlin on 1973, the world of psychiatric intensive care units (PICUs) has continued to advance, bringing new initiatives and many challenges along the way. PICUs contain the most acutely ill of all psychiatric inpatients. […] Aggression is common on a PICU […]
ref: 2017 April 7, Mary Chambers, Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing: The craft of caring, CRC Press, →ISBN:
glosses: Initialism of psychiatric intensive care unit.
Related terms: NICU
CICU
ICU
intensive care unit
intensive care
NICU
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: NICUs
Senses: examples: text: Preterm infants and other infants in the NICU should be placed in the supine position for sleep as soon as the infant is medically stable and significantly before the infant’s anticipated discharge, by 32 weeks’ postmenstrual age. […] Staff in NICUs should model and implement all SIDS risk-reduction recommendations as soon as the infant is clinically stable and significantly before anticipated discharge.
ref: 2011 November 24, “SIDS and Other Sleep-Related Infant Deaths: Expansion of Recommendations for a Safe Infant Sleeping Environment”, in American Academy of Pediatrics, volume 128, number 5, pages 1032, 1035:
topics: government
healthcare
glosses: Initialism of neonatal intensive care unit.
Related terms: PICU
CICU
ICU
CICU
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CICUs
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
synonyms: word: CCU
alt: coronary/cardiac care unit
hypernyms: word: ICU
alt: intensive care unit
word: ward
glosses: Initialism of cardiac/coronary intensive care unit.
Related terms: sense: intensive care unit
word: ICU
sense: intensive care unit
word: MICU
sense: intensive care unit
word: NICU
sense: intensive care unit
word: PICU
sense: intensive care unit
word: SICU
word: cardiac
word: care
word: coronary
word: intensive
word: intensive care
word: intensive care unit
word: unit
CICUs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of CICU
NICUs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of NICU
PICUs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of PICU
ICUs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ICU
computed axial tomography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
synonyms: CAT
hypernyms: computed tomography
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imaging#Noun
glosses: Computed tomography in the axial plane (which was the original type). Sometimes referred to as “computerized axial tomography”.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A scan produced by this technique.
Derived terms: CAT
CAT scan
CAT scanner
Related terms: sense: other imaging modalities
word: MRI
sense: other imaging modalities
word: fMRI
sense: other imaging modalities
word: PET
sense: other imaging modalities
word: fluoroscopy
CTs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of CT
Halson
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Hal + -son.
Senses: glosses: A surname originating as a patronymic.
Hasson
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Hal + -son.
Senses: examples: text: “This is different than anything we’ve faced before,” said Avi Hasson, the CEO of Start-Up Nation Central (SNC), a non-profit that promotes Israel’s tech industry globally. […] It’s an “all hands on deck situation,” added Hasson of SNC.
ref: 2023 October 13, Hanna Ziady, “‘All hands on deck.’ How Israel’s vital tech sector is navigating the war”, in CNN Business:
glosses: A surname originating as a patronymic.
Hawe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hawes
Etymology: Variant of Haw.
Senses: glosses: A topographic and patronymic surname transferred from the given name.
Hawes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈhɔːz/
Etymology: From Old Norse hals (“neck”).
Senses: glosses: A small market town and civil parish (served by Hawes and High Abbotside Parish Council) in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Richmondshire district (OS grid ref SD8789).
Hawes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈhɔːz/
Forms: form: Haweses
Etymology: From Hawe (“as a personal name”) + patronymic suffix -s.
Senses: examples: text: Mike Hawes, the chief executive of the UK-based Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, said: “Manufacturers are committed to meeting all necessary safety and environmental regulations, but we cannot forecast how this crisis will unfold or what new requirements may be needed.”
ref: 2020 March 27, Gwyn Topham, Fiona Harvey, “Carmakers accused of trying to use crisis to avert emissions crackdown”, in The Guardian:
glosses: A surname originating as a patronymic.
glosses: A township in Alcona County, Michigan, United States.
Derived terms: Hawesville
Hawes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈhɔːz/
Senses: glosses: plural of Hawe
Hawson
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Hawe (“a personal name”) + -son.
Senses: glosses: A surname originating as a patronymic.
Dowe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Variant of Dow.
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
Macadam
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname, an alternative form of MacAdam.
MacAdam
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: MacAdams
form: Macadam
Etymology: A spelling variant of McAdam.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
McAdams
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: MacAdams
Etymology: A variant of McAdam.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
McGaw
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: McCaw
form: Megaw
Etymology: Anglicised from Scottish Gaelic and Irish patronymic surnames derived from diminutives of Adam.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
qualimeter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: qualimeters
Senses: glosses: A device once used to estimate the hardness of X-rays
quantasome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quantasomes
Senses: glosses: Any of an array of particles, on the inner surface of a chloroplast, in which photosynthesis takes place
McCaw
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: McCaws
Etymology: Variant of McGaw.
Senses: examples: text: A native of eastern Oregon, McCaw is a mild-mannered, former high school math teacher who fosters children to help his community.
ref: 2023 March 15, Kyung Lah and Jack Hannah, “Partisan rancor in Oregon spills over into Idaho effort to absorb its rural neighbors”, in CNN:
glosses: A surname from Irish or Scottish Gaelic.
Megaw
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: A spelling variant of McGaw.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
quartenylic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From quartene + -yl + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to quartenylic acid or its derivatives
Synonyms: isocrotonic
Addyman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Addy + man, denoting a servant of a man named Adam.
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
quarternary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of quaternary.
quartisect
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: quartisects
form: quartisecting
form: quartisected
form: quartisected
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of quadrisect.
quasidominance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From quasi- + dominance.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The dominance (repetitive appearance through generations) in a population of a recessive trait because of repeated consanguineous matings.
quasidominant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From quasi- + dominant.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to quasidominance
quebrachine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From quebracho + -ine.
Senses: glosses: An alkaloid, probably identical to yohimbine, from the quebracho tree
quebrith
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: alchemy
pseudoscience
glosses: sulfur
quellung
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quellungs
Senses: glosses: The swelling of the capsule of a bacterium; once used to identify the bacteria
Tombs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Tom + the patronymic suffix -s.
Senses: glosses: A surname originating as a patronymic.
Tombs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Tomb
Tomes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Tom + the patronymic suffix -s.
Senses: glosses: A surname originating as a patronymic.
Toombes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Tom + the patronymic suffix -s.
Senses: glosses: A surname originating as a patronymic.
quercitannic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Quercus + tannic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to quercitannic acid or its derivatives
Toombs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Tom + the patronymic suffix -s.
Senses: glosses: A surname originating as a patronymic.
Derived terms: Toombs County
querquedule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: querquedules
Senses: glosses: teal (of the genus Querquedula)
Tommis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Tom + the patronymic suffix -s.
Senses: glosses: A surname originating as a patronymic.
Thom
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Thomas.
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
examples: text: Even Cruz ultimately joined the early Tuesday vote to strip the proposal. Only Sen. Thom Tillis, a North Carolina Republican who opposed Trump’s broader budget bill, voted against eliminating the AI provision.
ref: 2025 July 1, Matt Brown and Matt O'Brien, “Senate strikes AI regulatory ban from GOP bill after uproar from the states”, in AP News:
glosses: A male given name of less common usage, variant of Tom.
questin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The substituted anthraquinone 3-methyl, 1,6-dihydroxy, 8-methoxy 9,10-anthraquinone found in some species of Rubiaceae
Frobisher Bay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: The bay is named after Martin Frobisher, and the city is named after the bay.
Senses: glosses: A bay at the southern end of Baffin Island, Canada.
glosses: The former name of Iqaluit, the capital city of Nunavut, Canada.
Synonyms: Iqaluit
McTavish
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: McTavishes
form: MacTavish
form: McCavish
Etymology: Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Tamhais (“son of Thomas”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Scottish Gaelic [in turn originating as a patronymic].
McCavish
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: MacTavish
form: McTavish
form: Mc Cavish
form: Mccavish
form: Mcavish
form: MacCavish
form: Mac Cavish
form: Maccavish
form: Macavish
form: M'Cavish
form: MCavish
form: M'cavish
form: Mcavish
form: MaCavish
form: Cavish
Etymology: Anglicisation of a Scottish Gaelic patronymic surname derived from a Gaelic diminutive of Thomas.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Scottish Gaelic [in turn originating as a patronymic].
MacTavish
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: MacAvish
form: MacCause
form: McCavish
form: MacCaw
form: MacCawis
form: MacCaws
form: Mac Tavish
form: Mactavish
form: Mc Tavish
form: Mctavish
form: McTavish
form: M'Tavish
form: M'tavish
form: Mtavish
form: MTavish
form: MaTavish
form: Matavish
form: Tavish
form: McTavish
Etymology: Anglicisation of Scottish Gaelic MacTàmhais, a patronymic surname meaning "son of Thomas".
Senses: glosses: A surname from Scottish Gaelic [in turn originating as a patronymic].
Related terms: Thompson
Thomson
McComb
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Anglicisation of a Scottish Gaelic patronymic surname derived from a Gaelic diminutive of Thomas.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Scottish Gaelic [in turn originating as a patronymic].
glosses: A city in Mississippi.
glosses: A village in Ohio.
glosses: A neighborhood of Lafayette, Louisiana.
Related terms: McCombe
McCombie
McComie
McComish
McOmie
McOmish
Québec City
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Quebec City.
Quebec City
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈbɛk ˈsɪti/
ipa: /kwɪˈbɛk ˈsɪti/
ipa: /kɛˈbɛk ˈsɪti/
Forms: form: Québec City
Senses: glosses: The capital city of the province of Quebec, Canada.
Synonyms: word: Quebec
english: official in federal and provincial government usage
translation: official in federal and provincial government usage
word: Québec
McCombe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Variant of McComb, anglicised from a Gaelic diminutive of Thomas.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Scottish Gaelic [in turn originating as a patronymic].
McCombie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Combee
form: Cumby
Etymology: Variant of McComb, anglicised from a Gaelic diminutive of Thomas.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Scottish Gaelic [in turn originating as a patronymic].
Derived terms: Barton-McCombie deoxygenation
McComie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Variant of McComb, anglicised from a Gaelic diminutive of Thomas.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Scottish Gaelic [in turn originating as a patronymic].
McOmie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: McOmies
Etymology: Variant of McComb.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Scottish Gaelic [in turn originating as a patronymic].
McComish
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Anglicisation of a Scottish Gaelic patronymic surname derived from a Gaelic equivalent of Thomas.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Scottish Gaelic [in turn originating as a patronymic].
Related terms: McComb
McOmish
McOmish
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Anglicisation of a Scottish Gaelic patronymic surname derived from a Gaelic equivalent of Thomas.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Scottish Gaelic [in turn originating as a patronymic].
Related terms: McComb
McComish
milk-teeth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of milk-tooth
blissom
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: blissoms
form: blissoming
form: blissomed
form: blissomed
Etymology: From Middle English blissomen, of North Germanic origin, related to Old Norse blæsma (“to be in heat”). Compare also Icelandic blasma (“in heat”), Middle Dutch blesme.
Senses: glosses: To be lustful; to be lascivious.
raw_tags: said of a ewe
Synonyms: lust
harlotize
blissom
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more blissom
form: most blissom
Etymology: From Middle English blissomen, of North Germanic origin, related to Old Norse blæsma (“to be in heat”). Compare also Icelandic blasma (“in heat”), Middle Dutch blesme.
Senses: glosses: lascivious
glosses: in heat; said of ewes
Related terms: blissome
bookholder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bookholders
form: book-holder
Etymology: From book + holder.
Senses: glosses: A support for a book, holding it open for reading or copying.
glosses: Someone who holds a book.
examples: text: they are out of their parts, sure: it may be 'tis the book-holder's fault
ref: 1623 (first performance), John Fletcher, William Rowley, “The Maid in the Mill”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
glosses: A prompter at a theatre.
bookholders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bookholder
myophan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From myo- + the root of Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō, “to show”) (for unclear reasons).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: myoneme
spinstress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spinstresses
Etymology: From spinster + -ess.
Senses: examples: text: Let meaner Souls by Virtue be cajold, As the good Grecian Spinstress was of old
ref: 1685, Tom Brown, A Paraphrase on Horace of Vides et Alta:
glosses: A woman who spins.
spinstresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spinstress
churchism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: churchisms
Etymology: From church + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: The appellant's idea of religion , essentially different from churchism .
ref: 1768, Charles Chauncy, A letter to a friend, containing remarks on certain passages in a sermon, page 61:
text: This identification of himself with his denomination is the acme of consecration, and this aborption of individual consciousness in the common and larger consciousness of the Church is a sign of efficient churchism, which, well regulated, may contribute to the enlargement of Christ's kingdom.
ref: 1889 July, “Denominational Consciousness”, in Methodist Magazine and Quarterly Review, volume 71, page 594:
glosses: Strict adherence to the forms or principles of some church organization; sectarianism.
examples: text: Christians resort to churchisms such as: “Let go and let God”; “Love the sinner, hate the sin”; “I have Jesus in my heart”; “God said it. I believe it. That settles it!"
ref: 2012, Bill Foster, Meet The Skeptic: A Field Guide to Faith Conversations, page 12:
text: One churchism (a term or phrase that we use in church that has almost become a cliché) that is used when talking about prayer is the phrase "touch and agree."
ref: 2022, Michele R. Minter Williams, Church Politics:: The Games We Play:
text: Kids kept yelling ingrained churchisms for us to debunk, a la MythBusters: " God helps those who help themselves! " " Cleanliness is next to godliness! " "A gate in Jerusalem was named Eye of a Needle, so it's fine to be rich!"
ref: 2024, Jason Kirk, Hell Is a World Without You:
glosses: A cliché or overused saying uttered in church.
Related terms: High-Churchism
Low-Churchism
blastings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blasting
incoagulable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From in- + coagulable.
Senses: glosses: Not coagulable
Related terms: incoagulability
rendrock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From rend + rock.
Senses: glosses: A kind of dynamite used in blasting.
tesselar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: tessellar
Etymology: From Latin tessella (“a small square piece, a little cube”), diminutive of tessera (“a square piece of stone, wood, etc., a die”).
Senses: glosses: Formed of tesserae, like a mosaic.
chlorophenylhydrazones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chlorophenylhydrazone
endochrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: endochromes
Etymology: From endo- + -chrome.
Senses: examples: text: Endochrome is not always green, but may for example be red or yellow.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any colouring matter within the cells of plants.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: The coloured endoplasm of a cell.
endochromes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of endochrome
etna
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛtnə/
homophone: Aetna
homophone: Etna
Forms: form: etnas
Etymology: After Mount Etna in Sicily.
Senses: examples: text: There should certainly be an etna for getting a hot cup of coffee in a hurry.
ref: 1877, James Baker, Turkey in Europe:
glosses: A kind of small, portable cooking apparatus for which heat is furnished by a spirit lamp.
etnas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of etna
octadecenoyls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of octadecenoyl
conceptious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more conceptious
form: most conceptious
Etymology: From concept + -ious?
Senses: examples: text: Ensear thy fertile and conceptious wombe
ref: c. 1605–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:
glosses: conceivable, fruitful, or aware
tuscor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tuscors
Etymology: See tusk.
Senses: glosses: a tush (canine tooth) of a horse.
tuscors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tuscor
metallicly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more metallicly
form: most metallicly
Etymology: From metallic + -ly.
Senses: examples: metallicly conducting crystals
glosses: Archaic form of metallically.
outlicks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of outlick
outlicking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of outlick
outlicked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of outlick
prephenates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prephenate
stellarities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stellarity
winter swimmer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: winter swimmers
Senses: glosses: One who participates in winter swimming.
Related terms: ice swimmer
winter swimmers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of winter swimmer
blastocytes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blastocyte
pot-girls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pot-girl
malacissation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: malacissations
Etymology: From Latin malacissare (“to make soft”), from Ancient Greek.
Senses: examples: text: All sudden renovation of the body is wrought either by the spirit, or by malacissations.
ref: 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
glosses: The act of making soft or supple.
malacissations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of malacissation
malleates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of malleate
malleating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of malleate
malleated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of malleate
phosphonic acids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phosphonic acid
Afro-Argentinians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Afro-Argentinian
wax-myrtles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wax-myrtle
coauthorships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coauthorship
cube steaks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cube steak
red rockets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of red rocket
lunar years
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lunar year
alligator clips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alligator clip
stelliums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stellium
stellia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stellium
over rates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of over rate
balls and chains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ball and chain
rifled slugs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rifled slug
alternative universes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alternative universe
shopping trolleys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shopping trolley
rail heads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rail head
jive turkeys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jive turkey
queuine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A hypermodified derivative of guanine present in the anticodon of some tRNAs
reselects
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reselect
reselecting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reselect
summer solstices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of summer solstice
hypermodified
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hyper- + modified.
Senses: glosses: highly modified
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: modified at multiple positions
raw_tags: of bases or nucleosides
Related terms: hypermodification
polyvalencies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polyvalency
quica
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quicas
Senses: glosses: A small opossum, Didelphis quica, from Guiana and Brazil
quice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quices
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of queest.
quiddit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quiddits
Etymology: From quiddity.
Senses: glosses: quibble
quinaldic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of quinaldinic.
quinaldinic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪnɪk
Etymology: From quinaldine + -ic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to quinaldinic acid or its derivatives
agency pricing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: media
publishing
glosses: A pricing system in which a supplier sets the price charged for their product by a reseller, with the reseller contractually positioned as an agent of the supplier rather than as an independent broker between supplier and consumer.
quinaldinic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A product of tryptophan catabolism, quinoline-2-carboxylic acid, found in mammalian urine
Synonyms: quinaldic acid
quiname
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Composed of five leaflets growing from the end of a petiole
raw_tags: of leaves
quinaphthol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of quinine + naphthol
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A treatment for typhoid fever etc, prepared from quinine and naphthol sulfonate
quinaquina
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quinaquinas
Senses: glosses: cinchona bark, quinquina
quincewort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quinceworts
Senses: glosses: squinancywort
quindecone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An unsaturated hydrocarbon related to valylene, probably 2-undecylbut-1-en-3-yne
quindecylic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From quindecyl + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of pentadecylic.
synonyms: word: pentadecylic
glosses: Synonym of pentadecanoic.
synonyms: word: pentadecanoic
quininic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kwɪˈnɪ.nɪk/
rhymes: -ɪnɪk
Etymology: From quinine + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Derived from quinine
Derived terms: quininic acid
quinocide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The irritant antimalarial drug 8-[(4-aminopentyl)amino]-6-methoxyquinoline
quinoestradiol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The oestrogen 3-(cyclopentyloxy)estra-1,3,5(10)-triene-16a,17b-diol
quinolinol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quinolinols
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The fungistat and chelating agent 8-hydroxyquinoline (or other isomer)
quinovic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: See under quinine.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to quinovic acid
Synonyms: chinovic
kinovic
quinquedigitate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From quinque- (“five”) + digitate (“fingered”).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of pentadactyl, having 5 fingers.
synonyms: word: pentadactyl
word: having 5 fingers
quinquefoliated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From quinque- + foliated.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having five leaves
quinquelobated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: quinquelobate
qualimeters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of qualimeter
xanthorhamnin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From xantho- + rhamnus + -in.
Senses: examples: text: The aglycone of xanthorhamnin is rhamnetin.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A chemical compound found in buckthorn berries (Rhamnus cathartica).
quinquetubercular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From quinque- + tubercular.
Senses: glosses: Having five tubercles or cusps
Synonyms: quinquetuberculate
rhamnetin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An O-methylated flavonol that can be isolated from cloves.
zooanthroponosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zooanthroponoses
Etymology: From zoo- + anthroponosis.
Senses: glosses: The transmission of disease from humans to animals. Specifically it refers to diseases that are primary infections of humans but which can be naturally transmitted to animals. Examples include tuberculosis and human metapneumovirus.
Related terms: anthropozoonosis
amphizoonosis
zooanthroponotic
zoogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From zoo- + -genesis.
Senses: glosses: The theory that the major types of lifeform on Earth evolved separately and independently from each other.
Related terms: zoogenetic
quintan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Recurring every fifth day.
raw_tags: of a fever
quintan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quintans
Senses: glosses: A fever that recurs every fifth day.
Derived terms: quintan fever
quinuclidinyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quinuclidinyls
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: the univalent radical derived from azabicyclooctane
Derived terms: quinuclidinyl benzilate
quirpele
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quirpeles
Etymology: From Tamil கீரிப்பிள்ளை (kīrippiḷḷai).
Senses: glosses: The Indian mongoose
quirpeles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quirpele
quinuclidinyls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quinuclidinyl
quinceworts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quincewort
quisqualate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quisqualates
Etymology: From quisqualic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).
Senses: glosses: Any salt or ester of quisqualic acid.
quisqualic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From taxonomic name Quisqualis (syn. of Combretum), from which the acid was extracted.
Senses: glosses: -2-amino-3-(3,5-dioxo-1,2,4-oxadiazolidin-2-yl)propanoic acid An agonist of some excitatory amino acid receptors
Related terms: quisqualate
quodque
Language: English
Part of speech: det
Etymology: From Latin quod + que.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: each, every
qux
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: Alternative form of quux.
antiseborrheic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: antiseborrhoeic
Etymology: From anti- + seborrheic.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Acting against seborrhea.
volazocine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From [Term?] + -azocine (“narcotic antagonist/agonist”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An opioid analgesic of the benzomorphan class.
lepirudin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌlɛp.ɪˈɹu.dɪn/
Etymology: From lep- (of unknown origin) + -irudin (“hirudin derivative”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A recombinant hirudin derived from yeast cells, used as an anticoagulant.
hair seal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hair seals
Senses: glosses: Any of various seals which have coarse hair rather than fur
glosses: Any of various seals which have coarse hair rather than fur
especially the true seals or earless seals of family Phocidae.
Related terms: earless seal
true seal
phocid
traxanox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The third molecule in the list, traxanox, is not a skeletal muscle relaxant but an antiasthmatic, antiallergenic agent.
ref: 2000, Match, volumes 42-44, page 231:
glosses: An antiallergic drug.
fibrinolysin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fibrinolysins
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An enzyme derived from plasma of bovine origin, or extracted from cultures of certain bacteria, that attacks and inactivates fibrin.
accountants general
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of accountant general
mepenzolate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An antimuscarinic drug.
erfkin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: erfkins
Etymology: From Middle English erfkin, equivalent to erf + kin.
Senses: glosses: Cattle.
callows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of callow
Eiko
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Japanese.
hermae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of herm
Synonyms: sense: rectangular pillar
word: herms
manslaught
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Middle English manslagt, manslaȝt, from Old English mansliht (“murder; killing of a person”), equivalent to man + slaught. Cognate with Middle Low German manslacht, Middle High German manslaht, Danish mandslæt.
Senses: glosses: Manslaughter.
slaught
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slaughts
Etymology: From Middle English slaught, slagt, slaȝt, from Old English sliht, sleaht, sleht, slieht (“a stroke, a striking, a flash of lightning, slaughter, murder, death by violence, the deadly stroke of disease, battle, what is to be killed, animals for slaughter”), from Proto-Germanic *slahtō, *slahtiz (“beating, hitting, killing, murder”), from Proto-Indo-European *slek- (“to beat, pound”).
Cognate with Dutch slacht (“slaughter”), German Schlacht (“killing, battle”), Swedish slakt (“slaughter”), Icelandic slátta (“slaughter”). Related to English slay.
Senses: glosses: Killing; slaughter.
Derived terms: english: whence manslaughter
translation: whence manslaughter
word: manslaught
word: onslaught
Related terms: slaught-beam
slaughterdom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From slaughter + -dom.
Senses: glosses: Slaughter; carnage.
iconolatry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌaɪ.kəˈnɒ.lə.triː/
enpr: ī′-kə-nä′-lə-trē
ipa: /ˌaɪ.kəˈnɒ.lə.tɹi/
Forms: form: iconolatries
Etymology: From icono- + -latry.
Senses: examples: text: The opponents of iconolatry, the Sthanakavāsīs (i.e. those who worship only in community-houses and not in temples) maintain, on the other hand, that the cult of idols was not taught by the Tirthankaras.
ref: 1999, Helmuth von Glasenapp, Jainism: An Indian Religion of Salvation, page 430:
text: Illegitimate iconolatry is an image consecrated to the worship of God but not prescribed by the Biblical ritual, e.g., the golden calf. The injunction against the use of illegitimate iconolatry seems clearly reflected in the biblical admonition, Take ye therefore good heed to yourselves -- for ye saw no manner of form on the day that the Lord spoke unto you in Hereb out of the midst of the fire -- lest ye deal corruptly, and make you a graven image, even the form of any figure.
ref: 2010, Martin Sicker, Pondering the Imponderable, page 112:
text: The argument for iconolatry is that images aid worship.
ref: 2016, James E. Smith, The Ten Commandments Reconsidered, page 65:
glosses: The use of images as symbols that provide an inspiration and aid to worship.
examples: text: In the 1950s (his ascent was in 1953), 1960s, 1970s, and possibly beyond, he would surely have commanded supreme admiration, respect, and even iconolatry, especially in his native land.
ref: 2006, Ellis Cashmore, Celebrity Culture, page 243:
text: Complementing the value system of luminosity and iconolatry surrounding Hitler, such shadows suggest the imprint of a story-telling agent, of narratorial scaffolding.
ref: 2010, Aaron Jaffe, Jonathan E. Goldman, Modernist Star Maps: Celebrity, Modernity, Culture, page 161:
text: Even if it took more than twenty years for the crush of iconolatry, wealth and drug abuse to boomerang back at him, the classic trajectory of Elvis' life is clung to popularity as modern tragedy —as if he was meant to die sometime before getting fat, middle-aged and campy, and didn't, and we'll just pretend he did.
ref: 2019, Gerd Bayer, Heavy Metal at the Movies:
text: Further, she had launched the career she had wanted from the first, not that of the singer but the movie star—not a talant star, vocalizing her way through her parts, but a glamour star, setting music aside to provoke the iconolatry centered on charismatic figures who don't have to sing for supper.
ref: 2019, Ethan Mordden, On Streisand: An Opinionated Guide, page 42:
text: She always had some star or celebrity that she was emulating. She tended towards iconolatry.)
ref: 2022, Kate Atkinson, Shrines of Gaiety:
glosses: The veneration of celebrities.
Derived terms: iconolatrous
Related terms: icon
iconoclasm
iconoclast
iconolater
organule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: organules
Etymology: From organ + -ule.
Senses: examples: text: The physical agent must act first on the sense-organules, and these in turn act upon the filaments of the nerve
ref: 1866, Thomas Henry Huxley, Lessons in Elementary Physiology:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: One of the essential cells or elements of an organ.
organules
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of organule
ineffectible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ineffectible
form: most ineffectible
Etymology: From in- + effectible.
Senses: examples: text: There he , in an ineffectible manner , communicates himself to blessed spirits , both angels and men ; and that very vision is no less to them than beatifical.
ref: a. 1656, Joseph Hall, The Soul's Farewell to Earth:
glosses: ineffectual; impracticable
pillwort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pillworts
Etymology: From pill + wort.
Senses: glosses: Any plant of the genus Pilularia of small aquatic ferns. The sporangia are borne in spherical sporocarps ("pills") which form in the axils of leaves.
Synonyms: peppergrass
Derived terms: American pillwort
austral pillwort
Dragon Mountain pillwort
European pillwort
least pillwort
pillworts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pillwort
self-synchronizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of self-synchronize
coherald
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coheralds
Etymology: From co- + herald.
Senses: glosses: A joint herald.
coheralds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coherald
self-synchronizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of self-synchronize
self-synchronizing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Being a uniquely decodable code in which the symbol stream formed by a portion of one code word, or by the overlapped portion of any two adjacent code words, is not a valid code word.
self-synchronized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of self-synchronize
professional politicians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of professional politician
luny
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: loony
loonie
looney
Forms: form: lunier
form: luniest
form: loony
Etymology: Diminutive of lunatic with -y.
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of loony.
luny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: loony
loonie
looney
Forms: form: lunies
form: loony
Etymology: Diminutive of lunatic with -y.
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of loony.
granoliths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of granolith
aush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aash
form: āsh
form: ash
form: āshe
form: ashe
form: osh
Etymology: Borrowed from Persian آش (âš) and Tajik ош (oš), ultimately from Turkic; compare Turkish aş.
Senses: glosses: A variety of thick noodle soups that are commonly served hot in Iranian and Afghan cuisine.
graybodies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of graybody
air strikes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of air strike
fly-posters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fly-poster
blue spots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blue spot
dawn patrols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dawn patrol
megaflares
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of megaflare
asscrack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: asscracks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ass crack.
asscracks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of asscrack
nigger-rich
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The hos were young, nigger-rich and sassy. On a good night these girls age 16 to 23 could earn $80 minimum.
ref: 2004, Red Jordan Arobateau, The Rich/The Poor in Spirit, →ISBN, page 177:
text: My Lord, [they] will go nigger-rich with pink silk shirts and yellow shoes and all like that.
ref: 2014, Gwen Bristow, This Side of Glory:
glosses: Alternative form of nigger rich.
come up roses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: comes up roses
form: coming up roses
form: came up roses
form: come up roses
Senses: examples: text: All of a sudden, or so it seemed, the world had turned around and they were coming up roses. Now, instead of the bottle being half empty it was suddenly half full, and getting closer and closer to the top.
ref: 1978, Hubert Selby, Requiem for a Dream, →ISBN, page 127:
text: "Buck up, mister. Why, with your background, your knowledge, you'll come up roses."
ref: 1985, Stephen Longstreet, Our Father's House, →ISBN, page 233:
text: [E]verything came up roses for Warren Beatty. The all-important New York Times review by Brooks Atkinson called him "earnest and attractive".
ref: 2006, Suzanne Finstad, Warren Beatty: A Private Man, →ISBN, page 221:
glosses: To enter into a condition or situation which is favorable; to develop in a pleasing or advantageous manner.
Related terms: come up trumps
smell like a rose
coming up roses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of come up roses
Babels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Babel
Spiritual
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Spirituals
Senses: examples: text: But in the years that followed, the cause of the Spirituals became championed by far more substantial figures within the church.
ref: 2007, Edwin Mullins, The Popes of Avignon, Blue Bridge, published 2008, page 56:
topics: Christianity
glosses: A member of a branch of the Franciscan order that advocated simple dress and renounced the owning of property.
Spirituals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Spiritual
take the cross
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: takes the cross
form: taking the cross
form: took the cross
form: taken the cross
Senses: examples: text: And in this respect he was not alone; noblemen throughout Europe were forever taking the cross and vowing loudly to set sail for the Holy Land, only to discover any number of good reasons for not actually doing so.
ref: 2007, Edwin Mullins, The Popes of Avignon, Blue Bridge, published 2008, page 63:
glosses: To accept a sign or badge depicting the Christian cross as part of an oath or vow, especially to take part in a crusade.
scorpene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scorpenes
Etymology: From French scorpène; see scorpion.
Senses: glosses: The scorpionfish, a marine food fish of the genus Scorpaena.
scote
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: scotes
form: scoting
form: scoted
form: scoted
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of scoat.
humblingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more humblingly
form: most humblingly
Etymology: From humbling + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a humbling way.
two-line passes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of two-line pass