cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
transport ship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: transport ships
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A ship that is used to transport military personnel; a troopship.
thebacon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈθiːbəkɒn/
Etymology: From thebaine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Dihydrocodeinone enol acetate, a semisynthetic opioid that is similar to hydrocodone and manufactured from thebaine.
morpheridine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From morph(olinyl) + -eridine (“pethidine derivative”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A strong analgesic, a 4-phenylpiperidine derivative related to pethidine.
normethadone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From nor- + methadone.
Senses: glosses: A desmethyl derivative of methadone used as a cough suppressant.
racemoramide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The racemic mixture of dextromoramide and levomoramide.
purum
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin pure (“clear”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A commercial grade of a chemical compound that is greater than about 95% pure
Related terms: alt: >98%
word: puriss
methyldesorphine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From methyl + deso(m)orphine.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An opiate analgesic with high potential for abuse.
antidiarrhea
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: antidiarrhoea
Etymology: From anti- + diarrhea.
Senses: glosses: Serving to prevent or counter diarrhea.
antidiarrhoea
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of antidiarrhea.
pyrazolyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pyrazolyls
Etymology: From pyrazole + -yl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A radical derived from pyrazole
parahexyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From para- + hexyl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: synhexyl
glosses: A synthetic homologue of tetrahydrocannabinol.
dipipanone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An extremely strong opioid used for very severe pain in cases where morphine is indicated.
quasienantiomeric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From quasi- + enantiomeric.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to a quasienantiomer
desomorphine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From deso(xy)- + morphine.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An opiate analogue derived from morphine, with sedative and analgesic effects.
Derived terms: methyldesorphine
dihydrodesoxymorphine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The drug desomorphine.
methcathinone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: methcathinones
Etymology: meth + cathinone
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: α-methylamino-propiophenone, a psychoactive stimulant sometimes used as a recreational drug.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A derivative of α-methylamino-propiophenone, such as fluoromethcathinone.
normorphine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From nor- + morphine.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An opiate analogue, the N-demethylated derivative of morphine.
quasiscientific
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more quasiscientific
form: most quasiscientific
Etymology: From quasi- + scientific.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of quasi-scientific.
regiospecifically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more regiospecifically
form: most regiospecifically
Etymology: From regiospecific + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a regiospecific manner
aminorex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An anorectic stimulant drug of the 2-amino-5-aryl oxazoline class.
ruthenacycle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ruthenacycles
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any cyclic organometallic compound of ruthenium
ruthenacycles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ruthenacycle
self-metathesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: self-metatheses
form: selfmetathesis
Etymology: From self- + metathesis.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any metathesis reaction in which both double bonds are part of the same molecule.
lev-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Alternative form of levo-; denoting a levorotatory form. (before a vowel)
Synonyms: L-
Coordinate terms: rac-
diethyltryptamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DET
Etymology: From diethyl + tryptamine.
Senses: glosses: A psychedelic drug closely related to dimethyltryptamine.
DET
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of diethyltryptamine.
DET
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Abbreviation of Detroit.
immenses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of immense
mecloqualone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A synthetic analogue of methaqualone with sedative, hypnotic and anxiolytic properties.
selfmetathesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: selfmetatheses
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of self-metathesis.
argol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: argols
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of arghul (“musical instrument”).
argol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Perhaps related to ἀργός (argós, “bright, shining”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: potassium tartrate
argol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: argols
Senses: glosses: orchil
cloroqualone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A synthetic analogue of methaqualone with sedative and antitussive properties.
mebroqualone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /məˈbɹəʊkwələʊn/
Senses: glosses: A synthetic analogue of methaqualone.
etaqualone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A synthetic analogue of methaqualone with sedative and hypnotic properties.
diproqualone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A synthetic analogue of methaqualone with sedative, anxiolytic, antihistamine and analgesic properties.
MMQ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of methylmethaqualone.
methylmethaqualone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From methyl + methaqualone.
Senses: glosses: A synthetic analogue of methaqualone with similar sedative and hypnotic properties.
designer drug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: designer drugs
Senses: glosses: A drug specifically developed to replace an illegal recreational drug, in order to circumvent existing drug laws, usually by modifying its molecular structure.
fenethylline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fenetylline
form: phenethylline
Senses: glosses: A synthetic prodrug used as a stimulant, formerly sold under the brand name Captagon.
Related terms: captagon
phenethylamine
cancerlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cancerlike
form: most cancerlike
Etymology: From cancer + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of cancer.
anthropophagy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæn.θɹəˈpɒ.fə.d͡ʒi/
Forms: form: anthropophagies
Etymology: From anthropo- + -phagy.
Senses: examples: text: Other paraphilias are more blatantly transgressive and usually illegal: amokoscisia (desire to slash or mutilate females); anthropophagy (cannibalism); anthropophagolagnia (rape accompanied by cannibalism); […]
ref: 2013, RJ Parker, Peter Vronsky, Michael Newton, Serial Killers True Crime Anthology 2014, volume I, page 29:
glosses: The act or practice of eating human flesh, especially in the context of human cannibalism
Related terms: anthropophagic
anthropophagism
anthropophagist
anthropophagous
be off with you
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: "Why, you are surely thinking it is the parson who stands here before you; but so help me, if you don't think wrong, for I am the clerk." "Be off with you, - go home, and you be the parson and let him be clerk," said the king, and so it was.
ref: 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 208:
glosses: Go away; get out.
Related terms: forget you
on with you
be right back
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Pronunciation: /biː ɹaɪt bæk/
Senses: glosses: Used to indicate the speaker will return in a moment. Often abbreviated in online slang as BRB.
Related terms: just a minute
just a second
poke along
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pokes along
form: poking along
form: poked along
form: poked along
Etymology: From poke + along.
Senses: examples: text: The horse-drawn carriage just poked along.
glosses: To move along very slowly.
Synonyms: lag
tarry
Nigel no friends
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Nigel no friends
form: Nigel no-friends
form: Nigel No Friends
Senses: examples: text: Instead I was feeling like a Nigel-No-Friends, alone and forgotten.
ref: 2003, Peter Moore, Swahili for the broken-hearted: Cape Town to Cairo by any means possible:
text: In fact, he could be so mean to the others in the pet store they would often call him "Nigel No Friends" when he wasn't listening […]
ref: 2007, Tammy Manie, Someone For Everyone:
glosses: A person who has few or no friends.
Related terms: Billy no mates
kopi luwak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkoʊpi ˈlu(w)æk/
/ˈkoʊpi ˈlu(w)ɑk/
Etymology: Borrowed from Indonesian kopi luwak (see kopi, luak, luwak).
Senses: glosses: Coffee made from the beans of coffee berries eaten, digested and defecated by civets.
Synonyms: civet coffee
civet coffee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Coffee made from the beans of coffee berries eaten, digested and defecated by civets.
Synonyms: kopi luwak
puzzlewits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of puzzlewit
snatch victory from the jaws of defeat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: snatches victory from the jaws of defeat
form: snatching victory from the jaws of defeat
form: snatched victory from the jaws of defeat
form: snatched victory from the jaws of defeat
Etymology: The first recorded use of the phrase discovered to date is an article criticizing Representative James Seddon of Virginia for claiming that a regiment in the Mexican–American War had "snatched victory from the jaws of defeat."
Senses: examples: 2010, Liam Maloney, "Sligo snatch a victory from the jaws of defeat," Sligo Weekender (Sligo, Ireland). 16 February.
glosses: To suddenly win a contest when it appears that loss is a foregone conclusion, to succeed in an endeavor through reversal of fortune, skill, effort, or good judgment.
wikipedia: Mexican–American War
like a bull in a china shop
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: An awkward man in society is like a bull in a china shop, always doing mischief.
ref: 1855, Robert De Valcourt, The illustrated manners book: a manual of good behavior and polite, page 89:
qualifier: simile
glosses: Clumsy, aggressive, without care, concern or self-control.
like a bull in a china shop
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: Some comparisons in general use partake of the humorous and satirical, as when one man is said to comport himself “like a bull in a china shop”.
ref: 1869, Every Saturday: a journal of choice reading, page 108:
qualifier: simile
glosses: Clumsily, aggressively, without care, concern or self-control.
Related terms: bull in a china shop
like a bull at a gate
tsadi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tsadis
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tsade.
silacyclobutane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: silacyclobutanes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A saturated heterocycle having three carbon atoms and one silicon atom; any derivative of this compound
Synonyms: siletane
siletane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: siletanes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A saturated heterocycle having three carbon atoms and one silicon atom; any derivative of this compound
silylformylation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: silylformylations
Etymology: From silyl + formylation.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any addition reaction in which a silyl and a formyl group are added across a double bond or triple bond
stereodiversified
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more stereodiversified
form: most stereodiversified
Etymology: From stereo- + diversified.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Having a diversified stereochemistry.
sulfinamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sulfinamines
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any N-sulfinyl derivative of an amine
supercatalyst
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: supercatalysts
Etymology: From super- + catalyst.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any catalyst (especially an enzyme) that catalyzes a large range of reactions
tetracoordinate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tetra- + coordinate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Having a coordination number of four.
tetrazolyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tetrazolyls
Etymology: From tetrazole + -yl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A radical derived from a tetrazole
tetrolate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tetrolates
Etymology: From tetrolic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of tetrolic acid.
tetrolic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The acetylenic carboxylic acid 2-butynoic acid CH₃-C≡C-COOH
Related terms: tetrolate
vinylated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From vinyl + -ated.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: reacted with an acetylene to form a vinyl compound
Related terms: vinylation
zirconocene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zirconocenes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of metallocenes, analogous to ferrocene, containing a zirconium atom.
go through the motions
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: goes through the motions
form: going through the motions
form: went through the motions
form: gone through the motions
Senses: examples: text: Aleck was a Christian from the cradle, and duty and the force of habit required her to go through the motions.
ref: 1905, Mark Twain, chapter 3, in The $30,000 Bequest:
text: They went through the motions of living, but they didn't live.
ref: 1919, L[ucy] M[aud] Montgomery, chapter 15, in Rainbow Valley, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Frederick A[bbott] Stokes Company, →OCLC:
text: In screening an adviser, these should be your goals:
—To determine whether he or she cares about helping clients or just goes through the motions […]
ref: 2003 July 8, Jason Zweig, Benjamin Graham, “Get Rich Slowly: How to Pick a Financial Adviser”, in Time:
text: The whole "weapons of mass destruction" concern was phony from the start, and the drama about inspections was just kabuki: going through the motions.
ref: 2005 June 12, Michael Kinsley, “No Smoking Gun”, in Washington Post:
glosses: To do something in a mechanical, unreflective manner, especially as a matter of routine and without commitment or enthusiasm; to perform a task perfunctorily.
Related terms: autopilot
column inch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: column inches
Senses: examples: text: ... advertisements, $40 per column inch per year.
ref: 1877, Pettengill's newspaper directory and advertisers' hand-book for 1877, page 87:
text: One mass-circulation Sunday newspaper recently devoted several column inches to an unnecessary weekend working from Stratford to the Essex coast to provide empty stock for an up service that had ceased its high summer running the previous Saturday.
ref: 1959 November, “Talking of Trains: The anti-railway prejudice”, in Trains Illustrated, page 517:
text: Train operating companies get plenty of column inches in the tabloids, usually for negative reasons. Happily, Southeastern is worthy of praise for having made The Sun for something positive.
ref: 2024 February 21, Nick Brodrick, “Inclusion and development for all”, in RAIL, number 1003, page 62:
topics: media
printing
publishing
glosses: One inch of a printed column; a measure of space allocated.
Related terms: news hole
astronometrical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: astrometrical
astrometrical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: astrometric
bipole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bipoles
Etymology: From bi- + pole.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A region of magnetic flux having two distinct poles
examples: text: This scheme, which has been operating since 1986, consists of two 1000 MW bipoles.
ref: 2009, Jos Arrillaga et al., “PWM-HVDC Transmission”, in Self-Commutating Converters for High Power Applications, Chichester, UK: Wiley, page 153:
glosses: An electrical power transmission line having two direct-current conductors in opposite polarity.
Related terms: monopole
tripole
bipoles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bipole
hyperpolarizability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyperpolarizabilities
Etymology: From hyper- + polarizability.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The condition of being hyperpolarizable
hyperpolarizable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hyperpolarizable
form: most hyperpolarizable
Etymology: From hyperpolarize + -able.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Having the ability to hyperpolarize or be hyperpolarized.
Related terms: hyperpolarization
isomonodromic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From iso- + monodromic.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Having the same (or constant) monodromy
localizable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more localizable
form: most localizable
Etymology: From localize + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being localized.
Derived terms: nonlocalizable
unlocalizable
metamagnet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metamagnets
Etymology: From meta- + magnet.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A metamagnetic region or material
Related terms: metamagnetic
metamagnetization
metamagnets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metamagnet
microGauss
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microGauss
Etymology: From micro- + Gauss.
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of microgauss.
multileg
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: multi-leg
Etymology: From multi- + leg.
Senses: glosses: Having multiple legs (of a tournament, trip, etc.).
under no circumstances
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: Under no circumstances should I be responsible for your reckless driving of my vehicle.
text: From time to time deputations from the town urged the construction of a more central station, and in November, 1842, the directors announced that a temporary station at the south end of the viaduct would be erected as early as practicable, and the experiment fairly tried, but that under no circumstances would the company consent to the expense of having two passenger stations at Stockport.
ref: 1957 September 24, M. D. Greville and G. O. Holt, “Railway Development in Manchester—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 618:
synonyms: on no account
glosses: Never ever, not for any reason.
set the wheels in motion
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sets the wheels in motion
form: setting the wheels in motion
form: set the wheels in motion
form: set the wheels in motion
Senses: glosses: to initiate a chain of events necessary to help one achieve a goal (more quickly)
win the day
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: wins the day
form: winning the day
form: won the day
form: won the day
Senses: examples: text: The rule utilitarian is still committed to including all preferences, no matter how morally illegitimate they may appear. Focusing on rules rather than acts may make it less likely for illegitimate preferences to win the day, but they still count on a par with all other preferences.
ref: 2001, Will Kymlicka, Contemporary Political Philosophy, Oxford University Press, page 29:
glosses: To gain complete victory or success over something or someone.
examples: text: There was plenty of competition, but our proposal won the day.
glosses: To be totally accepted by other people.
Related terms: make someone's day
save the day
alcoholist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alcoholists
Etymology: From alcohol + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One suffering from alcoholism; an alcoholic.
overweaning
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of overweening.
oologically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more oologically
form: most oologically
Etymology: From oologic + -ally or oological + -ly.
Senses: glosses: From the perspective of scientific study of eggs or of a collector of eggs.
Related terms: oologist
oology
oölogically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more oölogically
form: most oölogically
Etymology: From oölogic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of oologically.
balalayka
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: balalaykas
Senses: examples: text: We had an enormous brass band who played magnificently, and then a band of “balalaykas,” the Russian national instrument, accompanied with tambourines and wooden spoons, etc., and really a very pretty effect.
ref: 1918, Harold Tennyson R.N.: The Story of a Young Sailor Put Together by a Friend, London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, page 196:
text: There were balalaykas, banduras, guitars and three different makes of accordions.
ref: 1967, Jacob J. Hergert, “I Was Born Among the Russian Subversives”: A Saga of Why It Was Possible for the Bolsheviks to Effect the Transition from One Absolutism to Another; What Are We Facing?, Santa Barbara, Calif.: J. J. and A. J. Hergert, page 588:
text: When the Badgers cut the telegraph wires they cannot think of anything better to do than string them into their balalaykas.
ref: 2001, Boris Thomson, The Art of Compromise: The Life and Work of Leonid Leonov, University of Toronto Press, →ISBN, page 49:
text: Then they sang, to the accompaniment of their balalaykas.
ref: 2020, Ferdinand Huszti Horvath, Captured!, Burtyrki Books, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of balalaika.
overside
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈsaɪd/
Etymology: 1880, from the phrase over the side (of a ship), equivalent to over + side.
Senses: examples: text: overside cargo
text: It is, of course, possible to work only to or from lighters in this way, and such working is not very general in this country, although a certain amount of such overside work is carried on in enclosed docks.
ref: 1945 January and February, T. F. Cameron, “Dock Working”, in Railway Magazine, page 9:
glosses: Located or positioned over the side, especially of a ship.
glosses: On the opposite side.
overside
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈsaɪd/
Etymology: 1880, from the phrase over the side (of a ship), equivalent to over + side.
Senses: examples: text: The cargo was dumped overside by the crew.
text: Then the caplin moved off, and five minutes later there was no sound except the splash of the sinkers overside, the flapping of the cod, and the whack of the muckles as the men stunned them.
ref: 1897, Rudyard Kipling, Captains Courageous:
glosses: Over the side.
overside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈsaɪd/
ipa: /ˈəʊvə(ɹ)ˌsaɪd/
ipa: /ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈsaɪd/
Forms: form: oversides
Etymology: From over- + side.
Senses: examples: text: […] that is, glued to the underside of one card and the overside of the next, thus keeping their edges close and parallel to each other, […]
ref: 1882, English mechanic and world of science: Volume 34 - Page 547
text: While the overside of the tiles was well smoothed, the underside was in general left crude and rough.
ref: 1981, Berit Wells, Opuscula Romana XIII: Volume 13:
text: This chapter contains some of the most humorous writing on the overside of the narrative, and the most serious on the underside.
ref: 1999, Pynchon notes: Issues 40-41
glosses: The side facing up or positioned above; the topside; surface.
examples: text: the overside of the record
glosses: The reverse or opposite side.
absorptances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of absorptance
antidiarrhoeal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + diarrhoeal.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of antidiarrheal.
antidiarrhoeal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antidiarrhoeals
Etymology: From anti- + diarrhoeal.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of antidiarrheal.
antidiarrhoeals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antidiarrhoeal
Christological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Christological
form: most Christological
Etymology: From Christology + -ical.
Senses: topics: lifestyle
religion
theology
glosses: Of or pertaining to Christology
magical realism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: magical realisms
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of magic realism.
fibratus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fibrati
Senses: glosses: a cloud species which consists of fine hair-like strands, clearly separate, and with thin, straight terminations; associated with cirrus and cirrostratus formations.
infy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Diminutive of infinite with -y.
Senses: examples: text: I have just bought GTA for my PC. Does anyone know any cheats for infy lives or infy weapons or anything??
ref: 1998, p.s.shipley, “Any cheats for Grand Theft Auto???”, in uk.games.misc (Usenet):
glosses: infinite
cloud species
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cloud species
Senses: glosses: A subgrouping of standard cloud classification system, coming after the major cloud genera
cloud genus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cloud genera
Senses: topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
glosses: Grouping of the standard cloud classification system. Members include cirrus, cirrocumulus, cirrostratus, altocumulus, altostratus, nimbostratus, stratocumulus, stratus, cumulus, and cumulonimbus.
cloud genera
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cloud genus
wildcarding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The use of wildcard characters for partial matching.
wildcarding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of wildcard
codicological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From French codicologie + -ical. Attested slightly earlier than codicology; compare French codicologique. By surface analysis, codicology + -ical.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to codicology.
Derived terms: codicologically
codicologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: codicologists
Etymology: From codicology + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A person involved in codicology.
codicologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of codicologist
nonpoisoning
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + poisoning.
Senses: glosses: That does not poison; not poisonous.
Mariology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mariologies
Etymology: From Mary + -ology.
Senses: examples: text: […]In Mariology nearly all theological lines are found together: the Christological line, the ecclesiological, the anthropological, and the eschatological.
ref: 2020 [2008], Richard Chonak, Introduction to Mariology, Catholic University of America Press, translation of Introduzione alla Mariologia by Manfred Hauke, →ISBN, page 3:
glosses: The theological study of the Virgin Mary.
Derived terms: Mariological
Mariologist
eyeborg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eyeborgs
Etymology: Blend of eye + cyborg
Senses: glosses: A cybernetic body apparatus which is designed to allow the visually impaired to perceive color through sound waves.
eyeborgs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eyeborg
foreskinless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From foreskin + -less.
Senses: examples: text: Rabbinic and mystical texts affirm the foreskinless birth of a dozen or so biblical men […]
ref: 2006, Eric Kline Silverman, From Abraham to America: a history of Jewish circumcision, page 29:
glosses: Without a foreskin; circumcised.
Synonyms: sense: circumcised
word: circumcised
asswad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: asswads
Etymology: From ass + -wad.
Senses: examples: text: MARIBEL: You can't cuss
ref: 2004, Catherine Trieschmann, crooked [play], Samuel French, 2009 American ed., p. 30
roman: LANEY: I didn't cuss, I just said asswad.
text: In later seasons of DC [Dawson's Creek], it seemed like the writers finally caught on to what we'd known all along: Dawson is an asswad […]
ref: 2006, Tara Ariano, Sarah D. Bunting, Television Without Pity: 752 Things We Love to Hate (and Hate to Love) about TV, Quirk Books, →ISBN, page 73:
text: “Everyone's a stupid little shitbag when they're kids.” “Really?” “Uh-huh, and if you're not a sitbag, well, then you're a cumstain.” “Or an asswad.” “That's right.”
ref: 2024 August 12, Grace Parra Janney, “The Educational Sprinkler Device” (17:07 from the start), in Solar Opposites, season 5, episode 4, spoken by Jesse (Mary Mack):
glosses: An obnoxious person; a jerk.
asswads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of asswad
nonindicated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + indicated.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Not indicated (suggested by symptoms as a suitable remedy).
l33t5p34k
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of leetspeak.
wall of sound
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: walls of sound
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A popular music production technique, developed in the 1960s, in which a number of musicians perform the same instruments or parts in unison and the resulting sound is re-recorded in an echo chamber.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A densely layered sound, often a piece of music.
wallclock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wallclocks
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of wall clock.
wallclocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wallclock
nonfarmed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + farmed.
Senses: glosses: unfarmed
nonfarmable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + farmable.
Senses: glosses: unfarmable
blusteriness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From blustery + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being blustery.
unstabled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + stabled.
Senses: examples: unstabled horses
glosses: Not lodged in a stable.
blutwursts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blutwurst
sugarpie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sugarpies
form: sugar-pie
form: sugar pie
Etymology: From sugar + pie.
Senses: examples: text: "They didn't sell cigarettes where you were, doll?" Palmer asked. […]
"I'm sure they did," Willa said, "but I would have had trouble buying them."
"Want to tell me why, sugarpie?"
ref: 2008, Stephen King, Willa:
glosses: A term of endearment; honey, sweetie, darling.
hurt locker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A state of severe physical or emotional injury.
nonendemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛmɪk
Etymology: From non- + endemic.
Senses: glosses: Not endemic.
nonenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonene
Bronx cheers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bronx cheer
column inches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of column inch
Modesto
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /məˈdɛstoʊ/
Etymology: From Spanish Modesto.
Senses: glosses: A city, the county seat of Stanislaus County, California, United States.
glosses: A village in North Palmyra Township, Macoupin County, Illinois, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Washington Township, Monroe County, Indiana, United States.
Related terms: Modesto ash
Tibetan Mastiff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Tibetan Mastiffs
Senses: glosses: A large dog of a breed from Central Asia, having a medium to long double coat in a wide variety of colors, sometimes with white markings around neck, chest, and legs.
Tibetan Mastiffs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Tibetan Mastiff
cann
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: canns
Senses: examples: text: He out his Dagger drew; / Cuts-plutter-a-nails, quoth Taffy then, / A Welchman is a Shentleman, / Come Hostess fill's the other Cann, / For Joan's Ale, &c.
ref: 1719, Thomas d’Urfey, compiler, Songs Compleat, Pleasant and Divertive; […], volume V, London: […] W. Pearson, for J[acob] Tonson, […], published 19th century, →OCLC, page 64:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of can (“container”).
nonlocalizable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-localizable
Etymology: From non- + localizable.
Senses: glosses: Not localizable.
subquadratic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + quadratic.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Describing an algorithm that runs in greater than linear, but less than quadratic time.
Synonyms: linearithmic
quasilinear
Derived terms: subquadratic time
subvelocity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subvelocities
Etymology: From sub- + velocity.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: subdiffusive velocity
superWIMPs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superWIMP
ultralocality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ultra- + locality.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The state of being ultralocal
unextendible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unextendible
form: most unextendible
Etymology: From un- + extendible.
Senses: glosses: Not extendible
windspeed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: windspeeds
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of wind speed.
wind speed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wind speeds
Senses: examples: text: Wind speed is measured by the conventional arrangement of three hemispherical cups, mounted at 120 deg. on a shaft which is geared to a cam.
ref: 1952 August, “Wind Velocity Records at Dawlish”, in Railway Magazine, page 545:
text: Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.
ref: 2013 June 7, David Simpson, “Fantasy of navigation”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 36:
text: The climate testing ranged through temperatures of -15°C to 40°C, extreme warming from sunlight, ice, and wind speeds of up to 100kph (62mph) to check the train could still operate.
ref: 2023 November 29, Philip Haigh, “New Piccadilly Line trains put to the test”, in RAIL, number 997, page 26:
topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
glosses: The local speed of the wind.
stomate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stomates
Senses: glosses: stoma
bit player
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bit players
Senses: topics: broadcasting
entertainment
film
lifestyle
media
television
theater
glosses: An actor who has a minor role in a production.
glosses: An insignificant or unimportant person (in a particular situation).
Synonyms: sense: actor with a minor role
word: spear carrier
sense: actor with a minor role
word: walk-on
maladif
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmæl.əˈdiːf/
ipa: /ˌmæl.əˈdif/
rhymes: -iːf
Forms: form: more maladif
form: most maladif
Etymology: From French maladif.
Senses: examples: text: Pray tell me if it is true that Prince George of P. is going to make a morganatic marriage. I should be sorry, because I thought he was too maladif to marry even. If he could do so, he might do for poor Mary C.
ref: 1859 (date written), Queen Victoria, edited by Roger Fulford, Dearest Child: Letters between Queen Victoria and the Princess Royal, 1858-1861, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, published 1964, page 157:
glosses: Sickly.
maladive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more maladive
form: most maladive
Etymology: From French.
Senses: glosses: sick; ill
no wonder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of small wonder.
foolometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foolometers
Etymology: From fool + -o- + -meter.
Senses: examples: text: Perhaps the nearest approach to a universal foolometer, is found in our daily and weekly press.
ref: 1965, Southern Literary Messenger:
glosses: Something that measures the level of foolishness.
blue chamber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blue chambers
Etymology: From the tale of Bluebeard.
Senses: examples: text: “[…] Matty would scarcely find fault with my visiting their blue chamber. […]”
ref: 1855, Catherine Grace F. Gore, The Heir of Selwood, G. Routledge & Co., page 262:
text: On Sundays, Miss Pross dined at the Doctor’s table, but on other days persisted in taking her meals, at unknown periods, either in the lower regions, or in her own room on the second floor—a blue chamber, to which no one but her Ladybird ever gained admittance.
ref: 1859 June 18, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities, Book the Second, Chapter VI, in All the Year Round, Volume I, Number 8, page 172
text: My mother dared not break the lock, as my father had prohibited any one from entering this, his blue chamber; and what was worse, he had the key.
ref: 1925, Sabine Baring-Gould, Cornish characters and strange events:
glosses: A forbidden room.
morality play
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: morality plays
Senses: glosses: a type of allegorical drama towards the end of the Middle Ages that demonstrates a moral theme such as a character's inner struggle to attain moral enlightenment or salvation
Related terms: morality tale
bunder boat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bunder boats
Senses: examples: H. P. Blavatsky, From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan
To get rid of this Babel confusion of tongues as soon as possible, we took refuge in the first bunder boat and made for the shore.
glosses: A surf boat in use at Mumbai and along the Malabar coast.
bunder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bunders
Senses: synonyms: bunder boat
glosses: A type of surf boat used in India.
bunder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bunders
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch bunder.
Senses: synonyms: hectare
glosses: A unit of measurement for land area used in the Low Countries.
Related terms: bundar
surfboat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: surfboats
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of surf boat.
nebel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nebels
Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew נבל. Doublet of nabla.
Senses: examples: text: Two nebels were always to be played in the daily services of the Temple, and the number might not exceed six.
ref: 1879, Francis Roubiliac Conder, Claude Reignier Conder, “Part I”, “Chapter VIII. Art and Science among the Israelites”, in A Handbook to the Bible: Being a Guide to the Study of the Holy Scriptures; Derived from Ancient Monuments and Modern Exploration, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., page 167:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A Hebrew stringed instrument, possibly the same as the nabla.
isogeneic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Having the same genetic makeup and origin.
Related terms: isogenesis
regle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛɡəl/
Forms: form: regles
form: regling
form: regled
form: regled
Etymology: See reglement.
Senses: examples: text: to regle their lives
ref: a. 1662 (date written), Thomas Fuller, The History of the Worthies of England, London: […] J[ohn] G[rismond,] W[illiam] L[eybourne] and W[illiam] G[odbid], published 1662, →OCLC:
glosses: Alternative spelling of reigle (“to rule/govern”).
sammel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sammels
form: sammil
form: samel
Etymology: Uncertain. Perhaps ultimately from Old English *samǣlan (“to half-burn”), from sam- (“half-, partly”) + ǣlan (“to burn”).
Senses: glosses: Sandy gravel; loamy gravel used for puddling.
glosses: Gravelly yellow clay.
glosses: A brick in a kiln that is crumbly due to not being thoroughly burned, usually one that lies outermost.
Derived terms: sammelbrick
Related terms: anneal
sammen
sammel
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sammel
form: most sammel
form: sammil
form: samel
Etymology: Uncertain. Perhaps ultimately from Old English *samǣlan (“to half-burn”), from sam- (“half-, partly”) + ǣlan (“to burn”).
Senses: glosses: Mixed with lime for mortar.
glosses: Imperfectly burnt; (by extension) soft and crumbling.
raw_tags: of bricks
sattle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sattles
form: sattling
form: sattled
form: sattled
Etymology: From Middle English sahtlen, which merged with set(t)len, as in the standard English form settle (which see).
Senses: examples: text: He'll seun sattle obstropolous Billy — Nee mair he'll refuse for a way-leave to pay.
ref: 1829, William Oliver, A Collection of Original Local [Newcastle] Songs: Tim Tunbelly, page 16:
text: Ah can sattle a dog and cat wivoot thah help.
ref: 1889, John Nicholson, The Folk Speech of East Yorkshire, page 35:
text: Well, we'll sattle him, only how!
ref: 1870, Jabez Oliphant, quoted in The English Dialect Dictionary
glosses: Alternative form of settle, especially in the senses of "silence; become or make calm or orderly; adjust differences or accounts; settle down".
echokinesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From echo- + -kinesis.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: the compulsion or the act of imitating movements of others
Synonyms: echopraxia
Related terms: echolalia
caps lock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: caps locks
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Caps Lock.
Derived terms: caps-locked
scroll lock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scroll locks
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Alternative spelling of Scroll Lock.
unascertainable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌʌnæsəˈteɪnəbl̩/
ipa: /ˌʌnæsɚˈteɪnəbl̩/
Forms: form: more unascertainable
form: most unascertainable
Etymology: From un- + ascertainable.
Senses: examples: text: Everything one would wish to know of the relations of Aristotle and Alexander is unascertainable, the more so as legends were soon invented on the subject.
ref: 1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.19:
text: Reality is different from, and more than, the totality of facts and events, which, anyhow, is unascertainable.
ref: 1967 February 25, Hannah Arendt, “Truth and Politics”, in The New Yorker, page 84:
text: The regulation's vagueness is especially apparent in the last clause quoted above. That portion of the test is expressly based on an individualistic—and therefore necessarily varying and unascertainable—standard: the reactions of members of the public.
ref: 1980 September 15, Mikva, Big Mama Rag Inc v. United States:
glosses: That cannot be ascertained; uncertain, unable to be determined or discovered.
inexplicableness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unexplicableness
Etymology: From inexplicable + -ness.
Senses: synonyms: inexplicability
glosses: The state of being difficult to account for; the state of being inexplicable.
phenomenologies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phenomenology
voltinism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: voltinisms
Etymology: From Italian volta (“a turn, winding”) + -ism.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The number of broods or generations of an organism in one year.
Related terms: bivoltine
divoltine
hemivoltine
merovoltine
monovoltine
multivoltine
partivoltine
polyvoltine
semivoltine
univoltine
univoltinism
voltinisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of voltinism
software escrow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The holding of software source code by a third party in order to protect customers against the future insolvency of the software supplier
Synonyms: source code escrow
capsomers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of capsomer
capsomer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: capsomers
Senses: glosses: capsomere
capsomere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: capsomeres
Etymology: From capsid + -o- + -mere.
Senses: glosses: Any of the individual protein subunits of a viral capsid
Derived terms: capsomeric
intercapsomere
counterfactors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of counterfactor
homopolar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -əʊlə(ɹ)
Forms: form: more homopolar
form: most homopolar
Etymology: From homo- + polar.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Having symmetrically equal distribution of polarity
integrodifference
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: describing a particular recurrence relation on a function space
Related terms: difference
integral
invasibility
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: invasibilities
Senses: glosses: The condition of being invasible
invasible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more invasible
form: most invasible
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Capable of being invaded by invasive species
kernelized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more kernelized
form: most kernelized
Etymology: From kernelize + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Having, based upon, or provided with a kernel.
multimetric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + metric.
Senses: glosses: Based upon multiple metrics.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Having more than one metre.