cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
might as well
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /maɪt æzˈwɛl/
ipa: /maɪzˈwɛl/
Forms: form: minus well
Senses: examples: text: You arrived too early, but since you're here, you might as well come in.
text: Macarons are very difficult to make, so you might as well make plentiful if you do decide to make any.
text: Razors pain you; / Rivers are damp; / Acids stain you; / And drugs cause cramp. / Guns aren’t lawful; / Nooses give; / Gas smells awful; / You might as well live.
ref: 1926, Dorothy Parker, “Résumé,”, in Enough Rope:
text: Oh, and while you're here would you like me to look at your fanny? And the girl, says, Yeah, sure, might as well, and off they go.
ref: 2004, Melvin Burgess, Doing It:
glosses: Used to express somewhat reluctant assent, saying that if one situation exists (or because it does exist), another event or situation that would otherwise be undesirable, difficult, impossible, etc., becomes more feasible or reasonable, or would not make a difference.
examples: text: You're going to tell her what I said about her? You might as well shoot me!
text: What a waste of time this has been. We might as well have stayed at home.
text: Mr. A. Wheeler, and Mr. William Tebb, who, though all were examined and cross-examined on the minutest details, might as well never have appeared so far as any notice in the Final Report is concerned.
ref: 1898, Alfred Russel Wallace, Vaccination a Delusion:
text: "If she makes as much work after she comes as she has before, we might as well give up hope of ever gettin' any rest," sighed Miranda as she hung the dish towels on the barberry bushes at the side door.
ref: 1903, Kate Douglas Wiggin, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm:
text: As far as I'm concerned each day's a rainy day
So it might as well rain until September
ref: 1962, Carole King, Gerry Goffin, It Might as Well Rain Until September:
text: Her words trapped him in the bedroom; he might as well have been hanging on the Chairman's torture wall getting his guts ripped out.
ref: 2006, L.A. Bank, The Forsaken:
glosses: Used to liken one situation to another, typically saying that the existence of one situation is equivalent to the existence of another, usually more extreme, situation.
examples: text: I want to go, and he might as well.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see might, as well.
Synonyms: may as well
as well
Related terms: while one is at it
octyne
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɒktaɪn/
enpr: ŏk'tīn
Forms: form: octynes
Etymology: From oct- + -yne.
Senses: examples: text: This slightly gloomy style of masculine has its origins in Dior's great Fahrenheit, now unfortunately hobbled by European Union restrictions on octyne esters.
ref: 2010, Luca Turin, Tania Sanchez, “Chamade pour Homme”, in Perfumes: The A–Z Guide, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 115:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of many isomeric alkynes having eight carbon atoms and one triple bond
odorise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: odorises
form: odorising
form: odorised
form: odorised
Etymology: From odor + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of odorize.
Derived terms: odoriser
two-body problem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: two-body problems
Senses: glosses: The problem of finding the motion, relative to one another, of two objects, where the position of each affects the motion of the other.
glosses: The problem of obtaining employment for two people who wish to reside near one another.
Related terms: three body problem
chicken or egg question
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chicken or egg questions
Senses: examples: text: The apparent one-to-one correspondence between comets and meteor showers raised a chicken or egg question which was not fully resolved until the middle of the twentieth century.
ref: 2008 March, Steve Batterson, “The Father of the Father of American Mathematics”, in Notices of the American Mathematical Society, volume 55, number 3, page 359:
glosses: Alternative spelling of chicken-or-egg question.
chicken-or-egg question
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chicken-or-egg questions
form: chicken or egg question
form: chicken-and-egg question
form: chicken and egg question
form: chicken-and-egg problem
form: hen and egg question
form: hen-and-egg question
form: hen or egg question
form: hen-or-egg question
form: hen-and-egg problem
Senses: topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A supposed paradox concerning whether chickens or chicken eggs existed first.
glosses: A question to decide which of two interdependent things happened first.
virilescent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛsənt
Forms: form: more virilescent
form: most virilescent
Etymology: From virile + -escent.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Having masculine physical characteristics.
sputniks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sputniks
Senses: glosses: plural of sputnik.
fellow-traveller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fellow-travellers
Senses: examples: text: It was a comfortable thing for a social pair of fellow-travellers to get out of their chaise at night-fall, and to find at the inn (it was then kept by a cousin of mine, a Mrs. Cotter), a roaring fire, in a clean, well-furnished parlour, the whitest table-linen, the best beef, the sweetest and tenderest mutton, the fattest fowl, the most excellent wines (claret and Madeira were the high wines then—they knew nothing about Champagne), and the most comfortable beds.
ref: 1848, William J[oseph] O’N[eill] Daunt, Personal Recollections of the Late Daniel O’Connell, M.P., volume I, London: Chapman and Hall, […], page 149:
text: Martin of course is far too dishonest to be outright a crypto or fellow-traveller, but his main influence is pro-Russian and is certainly intended to be so, and I feel reasonably sure he would quislingise in the case of a Russian occupation, if he had not managed to get away on the last plane.
ref: 2016, George Orwell, Peter Davison, George Orwell: A Life in Letters:
glosses: Alternative spelling of fellow traveller.
fellow-travellers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fellow-traveller
fellow travellers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fellow traveller
civil services
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of civil service
run rampant
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: runs rampant
form: running rampant
form: ran rampant
form: run rampant
Senses: examples: text: The weeds have long run rampant in the garden and it would be difficult to regain control.
text: Conditions were horrendous aboard most British naval vessels at the time. Scurvy and other diseases ran rampant, killing more seamen each year than all other causes combined, including combat.
ref: 2012 March 24, William E. Carter, Merri Sue Carter, “The British Longitude Act Reconsidered”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 87:
glosses: To go unchecked or without control; to be wild or excessive.
Related terms: run amok
run roughshod over
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: runs roughshod over
form: running roughshod over
form: ran roughshod over
form: run roughshod over
Senses: examples: text: [I]f the demos really were like a passionate drunk, willing and able to run roughshod over minorities, then it might also be willing and able to run roughshod over the judiciary or the constitution.
ref: 2014, Jacob T. Levy, “The Constitutional Entrenchment of Federalism”, in James E. Fleming, Jacob T. Levy, editors, Federalism and Subsidiarity, New York, N.Y.; London: New York University Press, →ISBN, page 347:
text: The announcement was also a tacit acknowledgment of Facebook’s yearslong failure to control hazardous rhetoric running roughshod on the social network, particularly during the election.
ref: 2021 July 8, Sheera Frenkel, Cecilia Kang, quoting Mark Zuckerberg, “Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg’s Partnership Did Not Survive Trump”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: Synonym of ride roughshod over.
synonyms: word: ride roughshod over
oleic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əʊˈliː.ɪk/
ipa: /əʊˈleɪ.ɪk/
ipa: /oʊˈli.ɪk/
ipa: /oʊˈleɪ.ɪk/
rhymes: -iɪk
rhymes: -eɪɪk
Forms: form: more oleic
form: most oleic
Etymology: From Latin oleum (“oil”), + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to oil, especially to vegetable oil
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to oleic acid or its derivatives
Derived terms: isooleic
myristoleic
nitrooleic
oleamide
oleyl
palmitoleic
palmitoleic acid
olein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oleins
form: elain
form: elaine
form: oleine
Etymology: From oleo- + -in.
Senses: glosses: Any naturally-occurring greasy or oily substance related to fat
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any glyceride of oleic acid
Derived terms: cerolein
monolein
Related terms: diolein
monoolein
oleic acid
oleinic acid
triolein
monoolein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monooleins
Etymology: From mono- + olein.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any monoglyceride of oleic acid
Related terms: olein
diolein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dioleins
Etymology: From di- + olein.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any diglyceride of oleic acid
Related terms: olein
triolein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tri- + olein.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The triglyceride of oleic acid.
Related terms: olein
oleoyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oleoyls
Etymology: From oleo- + -yl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The univalent carbonyl radical derived from oleic acid
Derived terms: dioleoyl
monooleoyl
undigestible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + digestible.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of indigestible.
glosses: Chemically impossible to digest.
unfenced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + fenced.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: free-range
text: Ireland must have remained utterly unfenced and, therefore, uncultivated, for many a century; and the sparse tribes that inhabited the country must have principally subsisted venatically.
ref: 1858, The Journal of the Kilkenny and South-east of Ireland Archaeological Society:
glosses: Not fenced.
Not enclosed by a fence and thus free to roam over a wider area.
hypernyms: unhampered
untrammeled
coordinate_terms: unfettered
raw_tags: of animals or people
examples: text: The line is unfenced, except in the vicinity of stations, and runs across the treeless Mesaorian plain for the whole distance between Famagusta and Nicosia.
ref: 1941 May, W. Dendy, “The Cyprus Government Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 201:
text: It was a rural railway that served the fertile Fens of Cambridgeshire and Norfolk. But because it flanked public roads and was unfenced (to save costs), it was deemed a tramway and its locomotives had to be fitted with a cowcatcher.
ref: 2023 January 11, Richard Foster, “British Rail's weirdest railways...: Wisbech & Upwell Tramway”, in RAIL, number 974, page 46:
topics: business
real-estate
glosses: Not fenced.
Not enclosed by a fence and thus more easily approachable, visitable, encroachable, attackable, and so on.
synonyms: fenceless
coordinate_terms: word: unmoated
word: ;
word: unwalled
word: wall-less
word: ;
english: sometimes [[coinstantial]] but often not
translation: sometimes [[coinstantial]] but often not
word: untrammeled
word: ;
word: undefended
word: defenceless
word: defenseless
raw_tags: of lands
examples: text: She [Nature] has made the hinder part of the Head, more strong, as being otherwise unfenced against falls and other casualties.
ref: 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 81
glosses: Not fenced.
Without protection.
synonyms: fenceless
;
undefended
defenceless
defenseless
unfenced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From un- + fenced.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unfence
chirosophy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cheirosophy
Etymology: From chiro- + -sophy.
Senses: glosses: palmistry, chiromancy.
Related terms: chirosophic
chirosophical
chirosophist
unexpensive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unexpensive
form: most unexpensive
Etymology: From un- + expensive.
Senses: examples: text: An effectual and unexpensive mode of Protecting Wall-Trees from Spring-Frosts.
ref: 1855, Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society, volume 9, page 205:
glosses: Not expensive; inexpensive.
cosmosophy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cosmo- + -sophy.
Senses: glosses: Knowledge or understanding of the cosmos.
uglily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more uglily
form: most uglily
Etymology: From ugly + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: “One thing at least is certain,” remarked King Helmas, frowning uglily, “and it is that among the Peohtes all persons who dispute our prophecies are burned at the stake.”
ref: 1921, James Branch Cabell, “The Crown of Wisdom”, in Figures of Earth: A Comedy of Appearances, Robert M[edill] McBride & Co., part one (The Book of Credit), page 56:
text: Food was pleasant; the sun hot; and this killing oneself, how does one set about it, with a table knife, uglily, with floods of blood,—by sucking a gaspipe?
ref: 1925 May 14, Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway, London: Leonard and Virginia Woolf at The Hogarth Press, →OCLC:
glosses: In an ugly manner.
kickbacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kickback
telephone kiosk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: telephone kiosks
Senses: glosses: A telephone booth
unaffiliate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unaffiliates
form: unaffiliating
form: unaffiliated
form: unaffiliated
Etymology: From un- + affiliate.
Senses: examples: text: The illegal pressure has forced hundreds of workers to unaffiliate from their unions.
glosses: To discontinue one's affiliation with an organisation.
oligomerisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oligomerisations
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of oligomerization.
misosophy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From miso- + -sophy.
Senses: antonyms: philosophy
glosses: A hatred of wisdom.
organolithium
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: organo-lithium
Etymology: From organo- + lithium.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing any organic compound containing a carbon to lithium bond.
organolithium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: organolithiums
form: organo-lithium
Etymology: From organo- + lithium.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any organic compound containing a carbon to lithium bond.
organoruthenium
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From organo- + ruthenium.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing any organic compound containing a carbon to ruthenium bond
organozinc
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: organo-zinc
Etymology: From organo- + zinc.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing any organic compound containing a carbon to zinc bond
organoaluminium
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: organo-aluminium
Etymology: From organo- + aluminium.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing any organic compound containing a carbon to aluminium bond
organoarsenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From organo- + arsenic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing any organic compound containing a carbon to arsenic bond
organocadmium
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From organo- + cadmium.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing any organic compound containing a carbon to cadmium bond
organocopper
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From organo- + copper.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing any organic compound containing a carbon to copper bond
organogermanium
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From organo- + germanium.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing any organic compound containing a carbon to germanium bond
Related terms: organogermane
organolead
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: organo-lead
Etymology: From organo- + lead.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing any organic compound containing a carbon to lead bond
organomercury
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: organo-mercury
Etymology: From organo- + mercury.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing any organic compound containing a carbon to mercury bond.
organomercury
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: organomercuries
form: organo-mercury
Etymology: From organo- + mercury.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of organomercurial.
synonyms: word: organomercurial
organonickel
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From organo- + nickel.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing any organic compound containing a carbon to nickel bond
organopalladium
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From organo- + palladium.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing any organic compound containing a carbon to palladium bond
organotin
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: organo-tin
Etymology: From organo- + tin.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing any organic compound containing a carbon to tin bond
organotin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: organotins
form: organo-tin
Etymology: From organo- + tin.
Senses: examples: text: Although their soil concentrations are low and do not usually exceed the micromolar range, organotins accumulate in plant tissues and trigger numerous changes in their functioning.
ref: 2015 August 29, “Effect of Trimethyltin Chloride on Slow Vacuolar (SV) Channels in Vacuoles from Red Beet ( Beta vulgaris L.) Taproots”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
synonyms: organostannane
glosses: Any compound of this kind.
organotitanium
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From organo- + titanium.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing any organic compound containing a carbon to titanium bond
organosilyl
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From organo- + silyl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing any organic compound containing a carbon to silicon bond
mysteriosophy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek μυστήριον (mustḗrion, “mystery”) + -sophy (“knowledge or wisdom”).
Senses: glosses: Doctrine and knowledge pertaining to secrets and mystery
Related terms: mysteriosophic
orthocarbonate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: orthocarbonates
Etymology: From ortho- + carbonate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any polyether, of general formula C(O-R)₄, formally derived from orthocarbonic acid
orthocarbonic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The hypothetical compound C(OH)₄ known only as its derivatives, the orthocarbonates
orthoester
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: orthoesters
Etymology: From ortho- + ester.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any compound, of general formula R-C(OR^')₃, having three alkoxy groups on a single carbon atom
orthoformate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: orthoformates
Etymology: From ortho- + formate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any orthoester, formally derived from formic acid, of general formula HC(OR)₃
Related terms: orthothioformate
orthoacetate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: orthoacetates
Etymology: From ortho- + acetate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any orthoester, formally derived from acetic acid, of general formula CH₃C(OR)₃
pansophy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈpænsəfi/
Etymology: Originally from Ancient Greek pan- (“all”) + -sophy (“wisdom, knowledge”), then from Latin pansophia to English.
Senses: glosses: Complete and universal knowledge, or a system of such universal knowledge.
orthobenzoate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: orthobenzoates
Etymology: From ortho- + benzoate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any orthoester, formally derived from benzoic acid, of general formula C₆H₅-C(OR)₃
overconcentrated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overconcentrated
form: most overconcentrated
Etymology: From over- + concentrated.
Senses: examples: text: Sometimes, too, though there be no variation of direction on the horizon, there may nevertheless be a variation of the dip, to wit, when either in a direct meridian line, i.e., on the meridian itself, there projects some magnetically powerful earthmass, or when such elevations have less force than is called for by the general constitution of the globe, or when the energy is overconcentrated in one part, and in another is diffused, as we may see in the Atlantic Ocean.
ref: 1893, Edward Wright, Paul Fleury Mottelay, William Gilbert, William Gilbert of Colchester, Physician of London: On the Loadstone and Magnetic Bodies and on the Great Magnet the Earth, John Wiley and Sons, pages 303-304:
text: Extreme caution must be observed lest the heart by rapid perfusion be subjected to an overconcentrated solution. The experiment should be repeated with different doses.
ref: 1909, Charles Wilson Greene, Experimental Pharmacology: A Laboratory Guide for the Study of the Physiological Action of Drugs, P. Blakiston's Son & Company, page 19:
text: Decreased normal stimulation of the intestine is largely due to an overconcentrated food-supply and diet, lacking in substances that exercise a mild irritant action, such as are found in the indigestible parts of the foods, as coarse vegetable fibers, etc. The addition of these to the diet and regularity of habit are to be advised.
ref: 1912, Delaware State Medical Journal, Delaware State Medical Journal, Delaware State Medical Journal, page 19:
text: He is overconcentrated in work, and socially inert. He bribes his women in order to be let alone.
ref: 1914, The Unpopular Review, Henry Holt and Company, page 304:
text: A large number of cases of asthenopia or eye strain prevailed toward the end of a series of patrols. It is believed that this situation resulted from four factors, excessive use of the eyes, defective lighting, refractive errors, and glare. The majority of the personnel were constipated during patrol, due to lack of muscular activity and excessive consumption of an overconcentrated diet. The chief desideratum for improvement is a proper proportion of roughage. The bulk of the personnel did not have access to the open air during the entire patrol period while at sea, and daylight was not seen during this time. Deterioration of officers and men gradually developed as patrols proceeded. While in general not of a serious nature, it was indicated by loss of weight, pallor, and general loss of tone.
ref: 1920, Washington Institute of Medicine, New York Medical Journal, MD Publications, page 909:
glosses: Excessively concentrated.
overcooled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overcooled
form: most overcooled
Etymology: From over- + cooled.
Senses: glosses: Excessively cooled
Related terms: overcooling
overcooling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From over- + cooling.
Senses: glosses: Excessive cooling of an object, for example an engine or a building.
overpressuring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overpressure
overpressuring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The exposing of something to an excessive pressure
overpressurisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overpressurisations
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of overpressurization.
overpressurization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overpressurizations
Senses: glosses: Excessive pressurization.
physiophilosophy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek physio- (“nature”) + philosophy.
Senses: glosses: A natural philosophy concerning natural history and relationships.
overpressurised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overpressurise
overpressurised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overpressurised
form: most overpressurised
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of overpressurized.
overpressurized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overpressurize
overpressurized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overpressurized
form: most overpressurized
Senses: glosses: Excessively pressurized
overpressurize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overpressurizes
form: overpressurizing
form: overpressurized
form: overpressurized
form: overpressurise
Etymology: From over- + pressurize.
Senses: glosses: To pressurize excessively.
Coordinate terms: underpressurize
physiosophy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek physio- (“nature”) + -sophy (“knowledge, wisdom”).
Senses: glosses: Knowledge or wisdom concerning nature.
oxathiane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oxathianes
Etymology: From oxa- + thiane.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of three isomeric six-membered saturated heterocycles containing four carbon atoms, one oxygen and one sulfur atom
Synonyms: thioxane
oxazine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oxazines
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any unsaturated six-membered heterocycle containing four carbon atoms, one oxygen, one nitrogen atom and two double bonds
Derived terms: benzoxazine
dihydrooxazine
oxazinone
oxepin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oxepins
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The unsaturated seven-membered heterocycle containing six carbon atoms, one oxygen atom and three double bonds; it is tautomeric with the epoxide benzene oxide
oxidisable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From oxidise + -able.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of oxidizable.
oxidised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of oxidise
oxidised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more oxidised
form: most oxidised
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of oxidized.
Derived terms: nonoxidised
unoxidised
oxidises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of oxidise
oxidising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of oxidise
oxidising
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more oxidising
form: most oxidising
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of oxidizing.
Derived terms: nonoxidising
oxoacetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: glyoxylic
Derived terms: oxoacetic acid
Related terms: oxoacetate
oxosilane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oxosilanes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: siloxane
oxyhalide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oxyhalides
Etymology: From oxy- + halide.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any anion (and corresponding salt) in which a central atom is bonded to both oxygen and a halogen
ozonate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: ozonates
form: ozonating
form: ozonated
form: ozonated
Etymology: From ozon(e) + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Senses: glosses: To treat or react with ozone; to ozonize.
Coordinate terms: antiozonant
Derived terms: ozonation
ozonator
ozonate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ozonates
Etymology: From ozon(e) + -ate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of several compounds or complexes of ozone.
ozonize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: ozonizes
form: ozonizing
form: ozonized
form: ozonized
form: ozonise
Etymology: From ozone + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To treat or react with ozone; to ozonate
glosses: To convert oxygen into ozone, especially by using an ozonizer
Coordinate terms: antiozonant
Derived terms: deozonize
ozonization
ozonizer
unozonized
ozonizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ozonizers
form: ozoniser
Etymology: From ozonize + -er.
Senses: glosses: A device that converts oxygen into ozone, normally by means of a silent electrical discharge; an ozone generator.
Coordinate terms: ozonator
ozonisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ozonisations
Etymology: From ozonise + -ation.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ozonization.
ozonization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ozonizations
form: ozonisation
Etymology: From ozone + -ization.
Senses: glosses: Reaction or treatment with ozone.
Coordinate terms: ozonation
Related terms: -ation
-ization
ozone
ozonizant
ozonize
ozonise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: ozonises
form: ozonising
form: ozonised
form: ozonised
Etymology: From ozone + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ozonize.
Derived terms: ozonisation
ozonolysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ozonolyses
Etymology: From ozone + -lysis.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any reaction with ozone, especially to a double bond, in which cleavage of a bond occurs.
Lenape
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ləˈnɑːpi/
Forms: form: Lenapes
form: Lenape
Etymology: Borrowed from Unami Lënape / lënape.
Senses: examples: text: Endless generations of Lenape stretching down the lines of the past—changed, though not destroyed, by colonialism.
ref: 2020, N. K. Jemisin, The City We Became, Orbit, page 299:
glosses: A member of a group of aboriginal Americans who were living in what is now New Jersey and along the Delaware River in Pennsylvania, the coast of Delaware, and the lower Hudson Valley and New York Harbor in New York, at the time of the arrival of the Europeans in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
Synonyms: sense: people
word: Leni-Lanape
sense: people
word: Lenni-Lanape
sense: people
word: Leni-Lenape
sense: people
word: Lenni-Lenape
sense: people
word: Delaware
Lenape
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ləˈnɑːpi/
Etymology: Borrowed from Unami Lënape / lënape.
Senses: glosses: The languages (Munsee, Unami) spoken by all of this group; Delaware
glosses: The language spoken in the southern range of this group in coastal Delaware, southern New Jersey, and eastern Pennsylvania; Unami.
Synonyms: sense: language group
word: Delaware
topics: language
linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: Unami
Derived terms: Leni Lenape
Lenni Lenape
palladate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: palladates
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of several oxyanions of palladium, or the corresponding salts
Derived terms: chloropalladate
polyoxopalladate
tetrachloropalladate
paraldehyde
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paraldehydes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A cyclic trimer of acetaldehyde once used as an antidepressant.
pelargonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From New Latin Pelargonium (“geranium”) + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to plants of the genus Pelargonium
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to pelargonic acid or its derivatives
penetrant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more penetrant
form: most penetrant
Senses: examples: text: Young Bob's oddly penetrant voice was raised, to his father's uneasiness, in opposition to Grayson, and thus providentially deflected the ordeal from Charles.
ref: 1952, Vincent Sheean, Rage of the Soul, page 82:
glosses: That penetrates; piercing.
Derived terms: interpenetrant
nonpenetrant
penetrancy
penetrantly
penetrant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: penetrants
Senses: glosses: Something, especially a liquid, that penetrates.
pentaborane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pentaboranes
Etymology: From penta- + borane.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Either of two boranes containing five boron atoms, but especially the stable compound B₅H₉ once proposed as a rocket fuel
pentaerythritol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pentaerythritols
Etymology: From penta- + erythritol.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The polyhydric alcohol 2,2-bis(hydroxymethyl)1,3-propanediol C(CH₂OH)₄
Derived terms: alt: PETN
word: pentaerythritol tetranitrate
word: pentaerythrityl
pentanitride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pentanitrides
Etymology: From penta- + nitride.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any nitride containing five nitrogen atoms
Derived terms: tetrasulfur pentanitride
trisulur pentanitride
triphosphorus pentanitride
pentanoic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pentane + -oic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to pentanoic acid or its derivatives
pentanoic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: valeric acid
Related terms: pentanoate
pentaoxide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pentaoxides
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pentoxide.
pentaphosphide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pentaphosphides
Etymology: From penta- + phosphide.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any phosphide containing five phosphorus atoms
Derived terms: dinitrogen pentaphosphide
sodium pentaphosphide
pentazole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pentazoles
Etymology: From penta- + azole.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: HN₅, The five-membered homocyclic compound containing five nitrogen atoms and two double bonds
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any organic derivative of this compound; they are explosive
Oona
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -uːnə
Etymology: Borrowed from Irish Úna; doublet of Una.
Senses: examples: text: The bright one I was now about to meet. Oona O'Neill! Her name sounds like a spring breeze - as ethereal and lovely as the girl herself.
ref: 1960, Charles Chaplin Jr., N. Rau, M. Rau, My Father, Charlie Chaplin, Random House, page 270:
glosses: A female given name from Irish.
nip point
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nip points
Senses: topics: business
manufacturing
glosses: A point of convergence between two rolling parts, or a rolling part and a stationary part, where all or part of the human body could become trapped and injured.
nip points
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nip point
proglottid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒtɪd
Forms: form: proglottids
Etymology: From Ancient Greek προγλωσσίς (proglōssís, “the tip of the tongue”), from γλῶσσα (glôssa, “tongue”). Spelling influenced by glottis.
Senses: glosses: A segment of a tapeworm; they contain both male and female reproductive organs
Related terms: proglottic
proglottidization
bacteriophagic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to a bacteriophage.
mantelletta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mantəˈlɛtə/
ipa: /ˌmæn(t)əˈlɛtə/
ipa: /-ɾə/
rhymes: -ɛtə
Forms: form: mantellettas
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian mantelletta, from mantello (“cloak, mantle”) + -etta (from -etto (diminutive suffix)), probably from Late Latin mantelletum (“a short, sleeveless cape or cloak; a mantlet”). Doublet of mantlet.
Senses: examples: text: We were without comestibles, and we had no garments except those we wore, not even a shirt, and the habits, such as they were, were most inconvenient for travelling; for the Pope [Pius VII] wore his mozzetta and stola, and I [Bartolomeo Pacca] the rocchetto and mozzetta, together with the mantelletta.
ref: 1850 August 31, “Historical Memoirs of Cardinal Pacca, Prime Minister to Pius VII. Written by Himself. Translated from the Italian, by Sir George Head. 2 vols. Longman & Co.”, in The Athenæum: Journal of English and Foreign Literature, Science, and the Fine Arts, number 1192, London: Printed by James Holmes, Took's Court, Chancery Lane; published at the Office, 14 Wellington Street North, Strand, by J. Francis, →OCLC, page 921, column 2:
text: In Rome the cardinals wear the mozzetta over the mantelletta, except in their titular churches, when it is worn immediately over the rochet.
ref: 1912, “The Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church”, in Herman Joseph Heuser, editor, The Ecclesiastical Review: A Monthly Publication for the Clergy, volume XLVI, Philadelphia, Pa.: American Ecclesiastical Review, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 145:
text: In the presence of the Pope and within the Archbishopric of Rome, the cardinals and the bishops had to conceal the rochet beneath a so-called mantelletta, a knee-length coat, which was open at the front.
ref: 2015, Philipp Zitzlsperger, “A Change in Forms and the Migration of Bodies in Rome – From the Cardinal’s Tomb to the Cenotaph”, in Tarald Rasmussen, Jon Øygarden Flæten, editors, Preparing for Death, Remembering the Dead, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 84:
topics: Catholicism
Christianity
Roman-Catholicism
glosses: A sleeveless, knee-length vestment open at the front which is worn by Roman Catholic prelates.
wikipedia: Giuseppe Siri
Pope Pius XII
Related terms: manteau
mantle
mantlet
mantellone
jump lead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jump leads
Senses: glosses: Synonym of jumper cable.
synonyms: word: jumper cable
starter motor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: starter motors
Senses: topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: An electrical motor, part of a modern car or truck, etc., which is used to initially turn the internal combustion engine of the vehicle to make it start.
Coordinate terms: jump start
starter battery
Related terms: crank start
pull start
push start
Adah
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Hebrew עָדָה (adá, “Adah”, literally “ornament, dawn”).
Senses: topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: The wife of Lamech
topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: The wife of Esau.
glosses: A female given name from Hebrew.
Related terms: Ada
interplea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: interpleas
Etymology: From inter- + plea.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: An action ingrafted on another suit, in which the interpleader becomes the plaintiff and the attaching plaintiff is the defendant.
interpleader
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: interpleaders
Etymology: From interplead + -er.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: One who makes an interplea.
topics: law
glosses: Motion for a third party to enter into a lawsuit in process because a matter is being adjudicated in which they have an interest.
topics: law
glosses: Process by which a third party asks a court to determine which of two rival claims is to be honored by the third party.
Related terms: concursus
impleader
intervention
constructive criticism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: constructive criticisms
Senses: antonyms: destructive criticism
glosses: Any type of criticism that is intended to provide suggestions for improvement without offending or insulting the recipient.
destructive criticism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: destructive criticisms
Senses: antonyms: constructive criticism
glosses: Any type of criticism that is intended to harm someone, to derogate and destroy someone’s creation, prestige, reputation and self-esteem.
triest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Chronicles 29:17:
glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of try
cinema verite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: Alternative form of cinéma vérité.
cinéma vérité
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cinema verite
Etymology: Borrowed from French cinéma vérité (literally “truth cinema”).
Senses: topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: A style of cinema that appears to be realistic, showing ordinary people in ordinary situations speaking and acting naturally.
Related terms: audio vérité
video vérité
vidéo vérité
pentene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pentenes
Etymology: From pent- + -ene.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of several isomeric alkenes having five carbon atoms and one double bond
Derived terms: pentenyl
pentyne
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pentynes
Etymology: From pent- + -yne.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of several isomeric alkynes having five carbon atoms and one triple bond
peracetate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peracetates
Etymology: From per- + acetate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of peracetic acid
Bose
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /bəʊz/
ipa: /bəʊs/
rhymes: -əʊz
ipa: /boːs/
Etymology: Borrowed from colloquial Bengali বোস (bōs).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Bengali.
Derived terms: alt: BEC
word: Bose-Einstein condensate
word: Bose-Einstein statistics
word: boson
word: Einstein-Bose statistics
Bose
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /bəʊz/
ipa: /bəʊs/
rhymes: -əʊz
ipa: /boːs/
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 百色 (Bósè).
Senses: examples: text: Carry her on your back as far as Bose, / Fleeing there will take seven days on the road.
ref: 2022, David Holm, Meng Yuanyao, editors, The Brigands' Song: Serving in the Army of A Native Chieftain, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 101:
glosses: Synonym of Baise.
synonyms: word: Baise
peracetic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From per- + acetic acid.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The peroxy derivative of acetic acid CH₃-CO-OOH; it is a powerful oxidizing agent and disinfectant though can be explosive
Synonyms: peroxyacetic acid
PAA
peroxy-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Used to name compounds containing the divalent peroxy -O-O- radical
peroxy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The divalent radical -O-O- derived from a peroxide
Derived terms: organoperoxy
performic
Muspell
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Old Norse Muspell. The ultimate origin is disputed, but one suggestion includes Latin mundus (“world”) + Proto-Germanic *spilþijaną (“to kill, ruin, murder”), thus meaning "destruction of the world." More at Muspilli.
Cognates include Old Saxon mūdspelli, Old High German muspilli. More at spill.
Senses: examples: text: At the beginning of time there was Muspell, which was the realm of Fire.
ref: 2003, Kim Farnell, Reading the Runes, A Beginner's Guide, Zambezi Publishing, →ISBN, page 21:
text: Certainly the encounter between the cold of Niflheim and the fires of Muspel suggests the chemical reactions that led to the evolution of the planetary surface and its atmosphere.
ref: 2005, Diana Paxson, Taking Up the Runes, Weiser Books, →ISBN, page 323:
topics: human-sciences
lifestyle
mysticism
mythology
paganism
philosophy
religion
sciences
glosses: The primordial realm of fire which existed to the south of Ginnungagap.
Synonyms: Muspelheim
Muspellheim
Coordinate terms: sense: The Nine Realms
word: Álfheimr
sense: The Nine Realms
word: Asgard
sense: The Nine Realms
word: Jötunheimr
sense: The Nine Realms
word: Midgard
sense: The Nine Realms
word: Niðavellir
sense: The Nine Realms
word: Niflheimr
sense: The Nine Realms
word: Svartálfaheimr
sense: The Nine Realms
word: Vanaheimr
Related terms: Niflheim
Midgard
Asgard
Heathenry
peracetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From per- + acetic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to peracetic acid or its derivatives.
peracid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -æsɪd
Forms: form: peracids
Etymology: From per- + acid.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any acid that contains a peroxy group - e.g. peracetic acid
topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The oxyacid of a particular element that has the largest number of oxygen atoms - e.g. perchloric acid
Derived terms: peracidic
wet work
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wetwork
Etymology: Calque of Russian мо́крое де́ло (mókroje délo).
Senses: examples: 2010, RED
Joe: Victoria was the best wet work operator the Agency ever had.
Woman 1: What does that mean?
Victoria: I killed people, dearie.
topics: espionage
government
military
politics
war
glosses: A covert assassination performed by government operatives.
examples: text: He had also done a lot of Louis Deems' wet work, especially when it came to intimidating juries.
ref: 2009, Dana Stabenow, Whisper to the Blood, →ISBN, page 132:
glosses: Work within a gang or organization that involves killing or attacking people, for assassination or intimidation.
examples: text: Most of the time I clean with A.J. or another coworker, who vacuums while I do the wet work—bathrooms and kitchens.
ref: 2011, Autumn Stephens, Roar Softly and Carry a Great Lipstick, →ISBN:
glosses: Cleaning tasks that involve scrubbing with cleansers.
Related terms: terminate with extreme prejudice
wet job
perbromate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: perbromates
Etymology: From per- + bromate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The oxyanion of bromine BrO₄⁻.
topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt (of perbromic acid) containing this ion.
Related terms: perbrominate
perbromination
perchlorobenzene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: hexachlorobenzene