cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
overexpand
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overexpands
form: overexpanding
form: overexpanded
form: overexpanded
Etymology: From over- + expand.
Senses: examples: text: Republicans on Capitol Hill, who were gearing up to use Graeme as evidence that Democrats have overexpanded the health program to include families wealthy enough to afford private insurance, have backed off.
ref: 2007 October 10, David M. Herszenhorn, “Capitol Feud: A 12-Year-Old Is the Fodder”, in New York Times:
glosses: To expand to an excessive or unwise degree
overdiagnosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overdiagnoses
Etymology: From over- + diagnosis.
Senses: examples: text: While failing to make a diagnosis can result in lawsuits, there are no corresponding penalties for overdiagnosis.
ref: 2007 January 2, H. Gilbert Welch, Lisa Schwartz, Steven Woloshin, “What’s Making Us Sick Is an Epidemic of Diagnoses”, in New York Times:
text: Specifically, the broader diagnostic criteria typically results in the overdiagnosis of autism, particularly among those more severely disabled.
ref: 2007, Stephen E. Brock, Shane R. Jimerson, Robin L. Hansen, Identifying, Assessing, and Treating Autism at School, page 29:
text: Overdiagnosis refers to diagnosis that does not benefit patients because the diagnosed condition is not a harmful disease in those individuals.
ref: 2016 August, Wendy A. Rogers, Yishai Mintzker, “Getting clearer on overdiagnosis”, in Journal of evaluation in clinical practice:
topics: medicine
sciences
antonyms: underdiagnosis
glosses: The act or process of diagnosing something too frequently, or based on insufficient evidence, or without benefit to the patient; an instance of this act or process.
Related terms: word: misdiagnose
word: misdiagnosis
word: overdiagnose
word: underdiagnose
word: disease mongering
word: medicalization
word: overmedicalization
word: pathologization
overbright
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From over- + bright.
Senses: examples: text: Operetta is tricky: potentially as sparkling and sophisticated as Champagne, it is often produced today as a kind of Kool-Aid punch, overbright and oversweet and with very little appeal to a discriminating audience.
ref: 2007 January 27, Anne Midgette, “Operetta and Weill in Front; Moving Shadows in Back”, in New York Times:
glosses: Too bright.
Derived terms: overbrightly
outsprinted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of outsprint
mirapinnid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mirapinnids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any of several genera of deep-sea fish of the family Mirapinnidae, now known to be the larval forms of whalefish in the family Cetomimidae.
Related terms: english: the male forms, also once thought to be a separate family
translation: the male forms, also once thought to be a separate family
word: megalomycterid
ontologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ontologist
mirapinnids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mirapinnid
overfunds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overfund
overfunding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overfundings
Etymology: From over- + funding.
Senses: glosses: Excess funding.
overfunding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From overfund + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overfund
odiferous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əʊˈdɪfəɹəs/
ipa: /əʊˈdɪfɹəs/
ipa: /oʊˈdɪfəɹəs/
ipa: /oʊˈdɪfɹəs/
rhymes: -ɪfəɹəs
Forms: form: more odiferous
form: most odiferous
Etymology: Shortened from odoriferous.
Senses: examples: text: Smith had Miss Martin's hand. Speeding up one two three flights. Making one abrupt detour on the fourth. Where Smith pulled open a door just off the landing. "Into this mop closet, Miss Martin, fast."
Feet outside the mop closet. Feet moving off again. Sounds like four pairs. Or five. Some of the rags in here are odiferous.
ref: 1963, J P Donleavy, A Singular Man, published 1963 (USA), pages 107, 108:
text: Emanating from 300 cheeses of 11 European countries, it quite overwhelms the odiferous tramp of American tourists, intent on completing their Burberried English look by tucking a Stilton under each arm; […]
ref: 1985, Punch, volume 288, page 70:
text: But as more fathers have taken hands-on roles in child rearing, tackling some of the grittier and more odiferous chores of parenthood […].
ref: 2007 August 16, Stephanie Rosenbloom, “My Dad, American Inventor”, in New York Times:
text: 19 May 2015, Ken Pontac, Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures, episode 41 (season 2 episode 15) The Ghost Behind the Throne
Lord Betrayus Spheros (voiced by Samuel Vincent Khouth, speaking to President-elect Obtuse about his pet skunk) "Something smells rotten in the roundhouse, and it's not your odiferous pet!"
glosses: Odoriferous; smelly
Derived terms: odiferously
odiferousness
outlands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From out- + lands.
Senses: glosses: plural of outland
outlands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From out- + lands.
Senses: synonyms: boondocks
boonies
hinterlands
sticks
hypernyms: country
qualifier: traditionally
glosses: Any outlying area of a country; the provinces.
examples: text: It is one of three whelping houses at the Puppy Haven Kennel, the 1,600-dog compound that Havens has built up over the last 30 years in the outlands north of Madison, Wis.
ref: 2007 February 4, Jon Mooallem, “The Modern Kennel Conundrum”, in New York Times:
glosses: Exurbia: the country beyond the city and suburbs.
outsprint
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: outsprints
form: outsprinting
form: outsprinted
form: outsprinted
Etymology: From out- + sprint.
Senses: examples: text: Yesterday, he […] outsprinted fellow Australian Graeme Brown (Rabobank) and Switzerland's Martin Elmiger (AG2R).
ref: 2009 January 22, Ron Reed, “Allan Davis sprints to Tour Down Under lead”, in Herald Sun:
glosses: To sprint faster than.
monoexponential
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mono- + exponential.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Involving the exponent of a single variable
Derived terms: monoexponentially
monoexponential
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monoexponentials
Etymology: From mono- + exponential.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The exponent of a single variable
Related terms: biexponential
triexponential
ontologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒlədʒɪst
Forms: form: ontologists
Etymology: From ontology + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: On the other hand, nominalists and parsimonious ontologists who do not believe in the existence of properties, facts and abstract entities do stick to these colloquial usages of ‘property’ and ‘fact’ grounded in principles as platitudinous as [i]–[iii] without apparent problems.
ref: 2008 August 12, Luca Moretti, “The ontological status of minimal entities”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 141, number 1, →DOI:
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A scholar or theorist of ontology, or an adherent of a particular ontological doctrine.
Related terms: ontological
ontologically
ontology
monovacancies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monovacancy
omakase
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese お任(まか)せ (omakase, “it's up to you”).
Senses: examples: text: So Americans are stuck between chef-driven omakase meals at elite restaurants that cost a fortune and the cheap, predictable fare at our neighborhood places.
ref: 2007 July 15, Trevor Corson, “Sushi for Two”, in New York Times:
text: He prefers a greasy cheeseburger to a hundred-dollar omakase sushi dinner.
ref: 2007, Jeremy Blachman, Anonymous Lawyer: A Novel, Henry Holt and Company, →ISBN:
text: An omakase menu is available, as are sushi plates, which consist of a variety of nigiri, maki, and/or sashimi chosen by the chef.
ref: 2011, Crystal Esquivel, Food Lovers' Guide to® Austin: Best Local Specialties, Markets, Recipes, Restaurants & Events, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 56:
topics: cuisine
food
lifestyle
glosses: Chef's choice.
outsprints
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of outsprint
outsprinting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of outsprint
monovacancy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monovacancies
Etymology: From mono- + vacancy.
Senses: glosses: The absence of a single atom or molecule in a crystal lattice.
glosses: The resulting defect.
ostension
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ostensions
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French ostension, in turn from Latin ostensiō, ostensiōnem.
Senses: examples: text: And ostension is one perfectly familiar way of introducing a concept.
ref: 2008 November 22, Richard Fumerton, “Luminous enough for a cognitive home”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 142, number 1, →DOI:
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The act of presenting an ostensive definition.
qualifier: human communication
glosses: An act of showing or demonstrating.
topics: Christianity
glosses: The showing of the sacrament on the altar in order that it may receive the adoration of the communicants.
glosses: Real-life events that parallel well-known events from myth and folklore
Related terms: ostend
ostensive
ostentation
multiterminal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + terminal.
Senses: glosses: Having, or supporting, multiple terminals (in all senses)
opencast
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: open-cast
Etymology: From open + cast.
Senses: examples: text: Britain's leading green commentator, George Monbiot, gives the head of the Campaign to Protect Rural England an unforgettable grilling, asking why the countryside watchdog opposes windfarms - but not opencast coal mines
ref: 2009 January 7, Ian Traynor, “Europe's plan for alternative pipeline faces big problems”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Of or pertaining to strip mining, in which material is removed from a surface that has been exposed
Related terms: open-pit mine
nanoporous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From nano- + porous.
Senses: glosses: Having nanosized pores.
nanoregion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanoregions
Etymology: From nano- + region.
Senses: glosses: A nanosized region.
nanotubule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanotubules
Etymology: From nano- + tubule.
Senses: glosses: A nanosized tubule
necromass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: necromasses
Etymology: From necro- + mass.
Senses: glosses: The mass of dead timber in a forest, dead bacteria etc.
Related terms: biomass
Chicagoan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃɪˈkɑː.ɡoʊən/
ipa: /ʃɪˈkɔ.ɡoʊən/
Forms: form: more Chicagoan
form: most Chicagoan
Etymology: From Chicago + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of, from or relating to the city of Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Chicagoan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃɪˈkɑː.ɡoʊən/
ipa: /ʃɪˈkɔ.ɡoʊən/
Forms: form: Chicagoans
Etymology: From Chicago + -an.
Senses: examples: text: Chicago was the turning point of my journey and I left there at midnight abroad ^([sic]) the "Chicagoan," an express of the New York Central System.
ref: 1953 July, Allen Rowley, “First Impressions of American Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 493:
glosses: A native or inhabitant of the city of Chicago, Illinois, United States.
neurofibrillary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪləɹi
Forms: form: neurofibrillar
Etymology: From neuro- + fibrillary.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to a neurofibril
phonebook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfoʊnˌbʊk/
Forms: form: phonebooks
form: phone book
Etymology: From phone + book.
Senses: examples: text: One even proposes, in a workaday monotone, that the first hundred people in any Idaho phonebook could do just as well as the legislators at making decisions in the capital.
ref: 2007 June 13, Virginia Heffernan, “Doing the People's Business, in All Its Somnolent Glory”, in New York Times:
glosses: A directory of all the phone numbers used in a district.
examples: text: He does this by using the Domain Name System, or DNS, which is the phonebook for the Internet.
ref: 2007 July 9, John Markoff, “Fixing Typos by Web Users, Without Raising Hackles”, in New York Times:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A large lookup table.
Hyponyms: white pages
yellow pages
Derived terms: have more chins than a Chinese phonebook
phonebooks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phonebook
neurofibril
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neurofibrils
Etymology: From neuro- + fibril.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Any of a group of microscopic fibrils through the body of a neuron that extend into the axon and dendrites
neurofilament
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neurofilaments
Etymology: From neuro- + filament.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A neurofibril
Derived terms: interneurofilament
neutravidin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: NeutrAvidin
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A deglycosylated version of avidin
nitrifiers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nitrifier
nonacetylated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-acetylated
Etymology: From non- + acetylated.
Senses: glosses: Not acetylated
nonmotile
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-motile
Etymology: From non- + motile.
Senses: glosses: Not motile.
nontreated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-treated
Etymology: From non- + treated.
Senses: glosses: Not treated; untreated.
childmind
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: childminds
form: childminding
form: childminded
form: childminded
Etymology: From child + mind.
Senses: examples: text: In fact, he helped me childmind Thomas who at one time needed to relieve himself and was desperate for a toilet.
ref: 2001, Patrick Miti, Walking Through AIDS, page 90:
text: When Mum arrived, last as usual, late as usual, Rosie told her straight off she couldn't childmind me no more.
ref: 2003, Helena Pielichaty, After School Club, page 21:
text: However, Dan's mother continued to childmind Kris, with the school bus dropping him at the Jeries' household, from where he would later be collected by whichever parent had time.
ref: 2013, Debbie McGowan, Beginnings, page 50:
glosses: To look after children while their parents are absent.
Synonyms: babysit
Derived terms: childminder
childmind
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: childminds
Etymology: From child + mind.
Senses: examples: text: Knowing how the childmind attains a certain result is worth more to a truth seeking teacher than all the tables in the Arithmetic; for having this knowledge of the childmind she is able to present such conditions and things as the mind is able to grasp and know.
ref: 1887, Southwestern Journal of Education - Volume 5:
text: There must have been two dozen of the shadow people, invented by the childmind of Enoch Robinson, who lived in the room with him.
ref: 1992, Sherwood Anderson, Winesburg, Ohio:
glosses: The mind of a child.
examples: text: In a healthy psyche the childmind and the adultmind interplay and assist one another. When the childmind is protected by an ennobled adultmind, the childmind is free to play, and wonder, and live in innocence.
ref: 2010, True Blue Indigo, A Personal Aristocracy, page 65:
text: To get back our enthusiasm, we first need to remind ourselves of the devil-may-care attitude of our childmind.
ref: 2014, Nick Bantock, The Trickster's Hat: A Mischievous Apprenticeship in Creativity:
glosses: That aspect of one's psyche that is childlike.
childminds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of childmind
childminds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of childmind
childminding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: the act of looking after a child or children
Related terms: babysitting
childminder
childminding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of childmind
childminded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of childmind
nonsolvent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more nonsolvent
form: most nonsolvent
Etymology: From non- + solvent.
Senses: glosses: insolvent
nonsolvent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonsolvents
Etymology: From non- + solvent.
Senses: glosses: An insolvent person
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A liquid that is not a (very good) solvent
nonvector
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonvectors
Senses: glosses: Something that is not a vector (in any sense)
octupoles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of octupole
octupole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: octupoles
form: octapole
form: octopole
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Anything having eight poles or electrodes, but especially a kind of magnet used for controlling beams of charged particles
Coordinate terms: dipole
hexadecapole
hexapole
multipole
quadrupole
Derived terms: octupolar
palaeoecological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of paleoecological.
Derived terms: palaeoecologically
pentadactylous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: pentadactyl
phenylnitrone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phenylnitrones
Etymology: From phenyl + nitrone.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any phenyl derivative of a nitrone.
thiohydantoin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thiohydantoins
Etymology: From thio- + hydantoin.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any derivative of a hydantoin in which one or both carbonyl oxygen atoms are replaced by sulfur
phenylthiohydantoin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phenylthiohydantoins
Etymology: From phenyl + thiohydantoin.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any phenyl derivative of a thiohydantoin, but especially one formed from an amino acid in the Edman method of protein degradation
phorbol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phorbols
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A diterpene alcohol derived from croton oil
Related terms: phorboid
phosphoacceptor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phosphoacceptors
Etymology: From phospho- + acceptor.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A site on a biological macromolecule at which phosphorylation takes place
Related terms: phosphoaccepting
shallow-fry
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: shallow-fries
form: shallow-frying
form: shallow-fried
form: shallow-fried
form: shallow fry
Senses: glosses: To fry in a frying pan with only a thin layer of oil; to pan-fry.
Related terms: deep-fry
stir-fry
phosphocreatine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phosphocreatines
Etymology: From phospho- + creatine.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A phosphorylated derivative of creatine that is used in muscles to store chemical energy
Synonyms: word: PCr
word: Pcr
word: phosphorylcreatine
word: creatine phosphate
word: CP
word: creatine-phosphoric acid
phosphoglycerate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phosphoglycerates
Etymology: From phospho- + glycerate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: glycerophosphate
Derived terms: bisphosphoglycerate
phosphoglycerate kinase
phosphoglyceromutase
Ōsaka
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Osaka: the capital city of Osaka Prefecture, Japan.
glosses: Alternative spelling of Osaka: a prefecture on the island of Honshu, Japan.
Kōbe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Japanese 神戸 (こうべ, Kōbe).
Senses: glosses: A city and capital of Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.
Honshū
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Honshu.
Earthman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɜːθˌmæn/
ipa: /ˈɜːθ.mən/
ipa: /ˈɝθˌmæn/
ipa: /ˈɝθ.mən/
Forms: form: Earthmen
Etymology: From Earth + man.
Senses: examples: text: Such dreams! Always of Mars, and during my waking hours at night my eyes always sought out the Red Planet when he was above the horizon and clung there seeking a solution of the seemingly unfathomable riddle he has presented to the Earthman for ages.
ref: 1928, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Master Mind of Mars, page 2:
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
coordinate_terms: Earthgirl
Earthwoman
glosses: A male inhabitant of Earth.
Hypernyms: Earther
Earthling
for more see Thesaurus:Earthling
planetary system
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: planetary systems
Senses: glosses: A group of smaller bodies (such as planets or asteroids) that orbit one or more stars.
Synonyms: solar system(s)
Related terms: exoplanet
constellation
double star
star system
mountain bearberry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmaʊn.tɪn ˈbɛəbɛɹi/
Forms: form: mountain bearberries
Senses: glosses: A species of bearberry (Arctous alpina, syn. Arctostaphylos alpina).
Synonyms: sense: Arctous alpina
word: alpine bearberry
sense: Arctous alpina
word: black bearberry
pediculus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pediculi
Senses: glosses: A louse (of the family Pediculidae), especially Pediculus humanus.
habitable zone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: habitable zones
Senses: glosses: The zone around a star where a planet could experience temperatures like those on Earth, allowing for the possible existence of liquid water and of life.
Synonyms: Goldilocks zone
circumstellar habitable zone
Derived terms: galactic habitable zone
continuously habitable zone
Related terms: Venus zone
Goldilocks zone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Goldilocks zones
Etymology: So called because, like the third of the three bowls of porridge in the fairy tale Goldilocks, it is neither too hot nor too cold, but just right.
Senses: examples: text: This plot may be a map of another type of Goldilocks zone for habitable ocean worlds—one base on composition.
ref: 2021, Kevin Hand, Alien Oceans: The Search for Life in the Depths of Space, Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 43:
glosses: Synonym of habitable zone.
synonyms: word: habitable zone
Coordinate terms: Venus zone
Related terms: Goldilocks planet
Goldilocks principle
magirists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of magirist
Classical Chinese
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The written Chinese language used from the Zhou Dynasty (1045 B.C.E.) (especially the Spring and Autumn Period), through to the end of the Han Dynasty (220 C.E.). In Chinese, 古文 (gǔwén, “Ancient Writing”) or, formally, 古典漢語 /古典汉语 (“Classical Chinese”). The language of many classics of Chinese literature.
glosses: The written Chinese language used from the Zhou Dynasty (1045 B.C.E.) to the early 20th century.
Synonyms: Literary Chinese
magnisonant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more magnisonant
form: most magnisonant
Senses: glosses: highfalutin, pretentious
arctic raspberry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arctic raspberries
Senses: glosses: A species of slow-growing bramble belonging to the rose family and bearing a dark red, sweet fruit; Rubus arcticus, native to arctic, subarctic, and alpine regions.
Synonyms: word: nagoon
english: Pacific Northwest US
translation: Pacific Northwest US
word: nagoonberry
magnium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1808; see magnesium for more.
Senses: glosses: magnesium
magnochromite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: magnesiochromite
magnolia warbler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: magnolia warblers
Etymology: American ornithologist Alexander Wilson found this species in magnolias near Fort Adams, Mississippi.
Senses: glosses: A warbler most commonly found in North America, of species Setophaga magnolia.
Synonyms: Dendroica magnolia
artisanally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more artisanally
form: most artisanally
Etymology: From artisanal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an artisanal manner.
glosses: With regard to, or by artisans.
averagely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more averagely
form: most averagely
Etymology: From average + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an average manner.
examples: text: “Sixteen years ago, fresh out of college, a 22 year old intern in the White House – and more than averagely romantic – I fell in love with my boss in a 22-year old sort of way. It happens,” Lewinsky said.
ref: 2014 October 20, Dan Merica, quoting Monica Lewinsky, “Lewinsky makes emotional plea to end cyberbullying”, in CNN:
glosses: With regard to an average.
magnoliaceous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more magnoliaceous
form: most magnoliaceous
Etymology: Magnoliaceae + -ous
Senses: glosses: Of, or pertaining to, the Magnoliaceae family of plants, which includes the magnolia.
brushable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more brushable
form: most brushable
Etymology: From brush + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to be brushed
glosses: Able to be controlled by brushing
Derived terms: unbrushable
crateful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cratefuls
form: cratesful
Etymology: From crate + -ful.
Senses: glosses: As much as a crate would hold
magnoliid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: magnoliids
Etymology: From magnolia + -id.
Senses: glosses: Any of the plants in the Magnoliidae clade of flowering plants.
Related terms: english: clade in APG System
translation: clade in APG System
word: magnoliids
cutglass
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: cut-glass
Senses: glosses: Of an English accent, very precisely and clearly enunciated.
cut glass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: He looked round the poor room, at the distempered walls, and the bad engravings in meretricious frames, the crinkly paper and wax flowers on the chiffonier; and he thought of a room like Father Bryan's, with panelling, with cut glass, with tulips in silver pots, such a room as he had hoped to have for his own.
ref: 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter X, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
text: […] though cut glass was nothing new in the nineties, it was then especially busy reflecting the dazzling light of fashion from the Back Bay to the fastnesses of the Middle West.
ref: 1920, F. Scott Fitzgerald, “The Cut-Glass Bowl”, in Scribner's Magazine:
glosses: Glass that has been cut, using an abrasive wheel, into a decorative pattern of facets.
Derived terms: cutglass
cut-glass
Related terms: crystal
dodginess
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dodginesses
Etymology: From dodgy + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being dodgy
glosses: A dodgy act
fieldmice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fieldmouse
magnolite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: magnolites
Senses: glosses: An orthorhombic mineral which can appear in a number of different colors, with chemical formula Hg₂TeO₃.
magnolites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of magnolite
fieldmouse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fieldmice
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of field mouse.
grassers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grasser
grasser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grassers
Etymology: From grass + -er.
Senses: glosses: A grass; an informer.
glosses: An extra or temporary worker in a printing-office.
examples: text: This grasser had to be pushing 45-50 lb.
ref: 2003 June 30, David Lee, “Flathead Frenzy”, in alt.fishing.catfish (Usenet):
text: Obviously if you see a grasser eat something–a bee, wasp, or mayfly–go that way fast!
ref: 2021, Drew Ross, “Pro Tips: How to Catch Grass Carp on the Fly”, in Orvis.com, archived from the original on 14 Jun 2021:
ref: 2021, TexasRoughFishing, “Just a grasser! Caught on bread from a park pond in Windsor, Colorado.”, in Reddit.com, archived from the original on 04 Nov 2021
qualifier: recreational fishing
glosses: A grass carp; a white amur.
Synonyms: sense: grass carp
word: grassie
word: grassy
Related terms: long-grasser
oxymoronically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more oxymoronically
form: most oxymoronically
Etymology: From oxymoronic + -ally.
Senses: examples: text: Rushdie oxymoronically notes that Hobson-Jobson ‘can be wonderfully imprecise at times’ (1985: 82).
ref: 2018, James Lambert, “Setting the Record Straight: An In-depth Examination of Hobson-Jobson”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 31, number 4, →DOI, page 486:
glosses: In an oxymoronic manner.
glosses: With regard to, or using oxymorons.
shopworker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shopworkers
Etymology: From shop + worker.
Senses: glosses: A person who works in a shop; a shop assistant
unbesmirched
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unbesmirched
form: most unbesmirched
Etymology: From un- + besmirched.
Senses: examples: text: The prime minister's reputation has remained unbesmirched throughout her career.
text: My husband and I were aghast as we pondered a major stove upgrade, but then we recalled acquaintances with gorgeous Viking stoves that sit unbesmirched by actual cooking, almost as if the stainless professional-quality stove is more prop than appliance, a requirement for kitchen happiness in the modern world.
ref: 2012 July 30, Marie Myung-Ok Lee, “What My Son's Disabilities Taught Me About 'Having It All'”, in The Atlantic, Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Dec 2022:
text: By this I mean Fordwich is unbesmirched by Londoners, who, as I write, lie a mere 63 miles away and are now reading that Dan Smith, an ex-Clove Club chef, has taken harness of a gargantuan country boozer in this tiny town.
ref: 2018 January 20, Grace Dent, “The Fordwich Arms: 'Food that makes you want to move house' – restaurant review”, in The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 Nov 2022:
text: And as president of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission she [Janice Hahn] is calling for USC to renegotiate the 16-year, $69-million deal that it struck with United Airlines, leaving the hallowed entrance arches of the Coliseum unbesmirched by brand names and corporate logos.
ref: 2019 April 17, “United Airlines Memorial Coliseum is crass and depressing, but a deal is a deal”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, L.A.: Los Angeles Times Communications LLC, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Sep 2019:
text: The girl behind that mask is Leonor, the 14-year-old heir to the Spanish throne, whose fresh face and unbesmirched character stand in contrast to that of her 82-year-old grandfather, Juan Carlos.
ref: 2020 August 8, Pablo Sharrock, “Princess Leonor, 14, must save the Spanish crown after Juan Carlos scandal”, in The Times, London: News UK, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Dec 2022:
synonyms: word: unsullied
word: unblemished
word: untarnished
word: chaste
word: cherry
word: clean
word: flawless
word: halal
word: ideal
word: immaculate
word: kosher
word: natural
word: perfect
word: pristine
word: pure
word: simon-pure
word: unadulterated
word: uncontaminated
word: undefiled
word: unpolluted
word: unsullied
word: untainted
word: untouched
word: virgin
glosses: Not besmirched; not spoiled or blemished.
Related terms: unbesmirchable
unbesmirched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unbesmirch
unwasted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unwasted
form: most unwasted
Etymology: From un- + wasted.
Senses: glosses: Not wasted
magret
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: magrets
Etymology: From French magret.
Senses: glosses: The breast meat of the mulard duck, known for its superior quality.
magsman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: magsmen
Etymology: From mag + -s- + man, of unclear origin. It has been suggested that mag was dialect for halfpenny or for prattle.
Senses: examples: text: […] M was a Magsman, frequenting Pall-Mall; / N was a Nose that turned chirp on his pal; […]
ref: 1846, George William MacArthur Reynolds, The Mysteries of London, page 60:
glosses: A con man who tries to deceive members of the public.
magsmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of magsman
magstripe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈmæɡˌstraɪp/
Forms: form: magstripes
Etymology: From mag- + stripe.
Senses: glosses: Magnetic stripe.
Derived terms: magstriped
magstripes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of magstripe
magtig
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: From early-modern Dutch magtig, today machtig or mighty.
"eene magtige vloot..."
"a mighty fleet..."
- (1752) Jan Wagenaar Vaderlandsche Historie. Deel 7
Senses: glosses: my God! An expression of surprise.
polybrene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A cationic polymer, hexadimethrine bromide, used to increase the efficiency of infection of certain cells with a retrovirus in cell culture.
maguari
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maguaris
Etymology: Probably of South American origin
Senses: glosses: A maguari stork (Ciconia maguari)
maguaris
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of maguari
maguari stork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maguari storks
Senses: glosses: A stork of species Ciconia maguari, found in South America.
Synonyms: maguari
scobina
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scobinae
Etymology: Latin [Term?]
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The pedicle of the spikelets of grasses.
tave
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: taves
form: taving
form: taved
form: taved
Etymology: From Middle English taven, from Old Norse *tafa, from Proto-Germanic *tabōn (“to grope, feel”). Cognate with Faroese tava (“to endeavour, exert oneself”), Norwegian Nynorsk tava (“to toil in vain”), German zabeln (“to move convulsively, sprawl, flounder”).
Senses: glosses: To sprawl with the arms and legs; kick or fidget with the feet.
glosses: To toss or tumble oneself about; act violently, rage, throw a fit.
glosses: To struggle, toil, strive, labour.
glosses: To trudge, walk heavily.
glosses: To wrestle.
glosses: To hurry along; gad about.
glosses: To distress, overtire.
tave
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: taves
Etymology: From Middle English taven, from Old Norse *tafa, from Proto-Germanic *tabōn (“to grope, feel”). Cognate with Faroese tava (“to endeavour, exert oneself”), Norwegian Nynorsk tava (“to toil in vain”), German zabeln (“to move convulsively, sprawl, flounder”).
Senses: glosses: A difficulty, struggle.
glosses: A hurry, stir, commotion.
maguro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmaɡʊɹəʊ/
ipa: /maˈɡuːɹəʊ/
ipa: /məˈɡuːɹəʊ/
rhymes: -uːɹəʊ
Etymology: Late 19th century, borrowed from Japanese 鮪 (まぐろ, maguro, “tuna”).
Senses: glosses: Tuna meat, eaten raw as sushi or sashimi.
audience right
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: On the right side of the stage when viewed from the audience facing the stage, stage left.
Synonyms: stage left
camera right
audience left
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: On the left side of the stage when viewed from the audience facing the stage; stage right.
Synonyms: stage right
camera left
camera left
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: On the left side of the stage when viewed from the audience facing the stage, stage right.
Synonyms: stage right
audience left
camera right
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: On the right side of the stage when viewed from the audience facing the stage, stage left.
Synonyms: stage left
audience right
kesh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kes
Senses: glosses: The practice of allowing one's hair to grow naturally, one of the five Ks.
kesh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: keshes
Etymology: Borrowed from Irish cis (“basket”).
Senses: glosses: A basket of branches and stones placed underwater as the base of a causeway.
over easy
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Of an egg prepared as food, fried on one side until most of the whites have cooked, then lightly fried on the other to finish cooking the whites, leaving the yolk unbroken and slightly soft (runny).
Synonyms: over light
sunny side down
Coordinate terms: sunny side up
over medium
over hard
kaccha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kacchas
Etymology: Borrowed from Punjabi ਕਛੈਰਾ (kachairā).
Senses: glosses: An undergarment worn by baptized Sikhs, one of the five Ks.
kanga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kangas
form: kangha
Etymology: From Punjabi ਕੰਘਾ (kaṅghā).
Senses: glosses: A comb, required to be worn at all times by Sikhs, one of the five Ks.
kanga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kangas
Etymology: From Swahili kanga.
Senses: glosses: A colourful printed cotton garment worn by women in East Africa.
kanga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kangas
Etymology: From kangaroo, rhyming slang for screw.
Senses: examples: text: There are some 32 different terms for prison officers, from the humorously affectionate kanga(rhyming slang:kangaroo = screw) and the variants Scooby-Doo and Dr. Who via the mildly confrontational German (as if still the enemy over 50 years after World War II!) to the outright abuse of shit-parcel.
ref: 1996, Angela Devlin, Prison Patter, Waterside Press, →ISBN:
text: So we thought there'd been trouble over there, maybe all the kangas were getting into mufti.
ref: 2002, Julian Broadhead, Laura Kerr, Prison Writing: A Collection of Fact, Fiction and Verse, Waterside Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 90:
text: ‘Fucking loony bin more like. There's no one sick here, not physically anyway. Don't worry, you'll get used to it. It's the kangas you want to watch out for.‘
‘Kangas?’
‘Kangaroo. Screw.’
ref: 2006 February 9, Kevin Lewis, Kaitlyn, Penguin UK, →ISBN, →OCLC:
text: The kangas allow me the bottles for my ships.
ref: 2010 February 4, Michael Arditti, The Enemy of the Good, Quercus Publishing, →ISBN, →OCLC:
text: They will f***ing dangle you, the kangas. [They'll] make it look like suicide.
ref: 2013, Jonathan Asser, David Mackenzie, Starred Up, spoken by Neville Love (Ben Mendelsohn):
text: Even the diversionary fracas on the far side of the room failed to divert him, although the kangas went racing across to deal with it — there was always some kind of a dust up going on.
ref: 2017 April 27, Kate Dunn, The Dragonfly, Aurora Metro Publications Ltd., →ISBN, →OCLC:
glosses: A prison warder.
besteals
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of besteal
bestealing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of besteal
bestole
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of besteal
bestolen
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of besteal
besprenges
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of besprenge
besprenging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of besprenge
boganning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bogan
five Ks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The five items of faith worn by Khalsa Sikhs: kaccha, kara, kirpan, kanga and kesh.
boganned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bogan
bogymen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bogyman
bongoed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bongo
sarcosine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The amino acid N-methyl-glycine; it is present in most tissue, and has a number of industrial applications
Derived terms: sarcosinase
sarcosinate
boofier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of boofy: more boofy
boofiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of boofy: most boofy
cacolets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cacolet
remineralization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: remineralizations
form: remineralisation
Etymology: From re- + mineralization.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The continuous reintroduction of minerals into bone and teeth.
topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
glosses: The reintroduction of minerals to the soil for agricultural benefit.
Coordinate terms: demineralization
mineralization
radiothon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radiothons
Etymology: From radio + -thon.
Senses: examples: text: Local radio station WZLX will hold its annual "Aim for the Heart" fundraiser to benefit Boston's AIDS Action Committee (AAC) Valentine's Day weekend, Feb. 12-14. The radiothon, which will take place in Faneuil hall, will include educational programming, celebrity interviews, an auction, and other events and programming.
ref: 1989 February 5, Jennie McKnight, “Boston Station To Hold Annual AIDS Radiothon”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 29, page 2:
glosses: An extended charity appeal on the radio
phosphotyrosine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phosphotyrosines
Etymology: From phospho- + tyrosine.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A phosphorylated derivative of tyrosine that is active in signal transduction and regulation of enzymatic activity
Derived terms: antiphosphotyrosine
caryophylliids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caryophylliid
lungwort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lungworts
Etymology: From lung + wort.
* Having an appearance reminiscent of lungs
* Having been used as a treatment for respiratory ailments
Senses: glosses: Any of various European plants, of the genus Pulmonaria (family Boraginaceae), that were once used to treat respiratory disorders.
glosses: Any of several other, not closely related plants, used to treat respiratory disorders
Hieracium murorum (in family Asteraceae, French lungwort or golden lungwort)
glosses: Any of several other, not closely related plants, used to treat respiratory disorders
Helleborus niger (family Ranunculaceae, black lungwort)
glosses: Any of several other, not closely related plants, used to treat respiratory disorders
Mertensia (family Boraginaceae)
Mertensia virginica (American lungwort, lungwort oysterleaf, smooth lungwort, tree lungwort)
glosses: Any of several other, not closely related plants, used to treat respiratory disorders
Mertensia (family Boraginaceae)
Mertensia maritima (sea lungwort)
glosses: Any of several other, not closely related plants, used to treat respiratory disorders
Verbascum thapsus (in family Scrophulariaceae, bullock's lungwort, cow's lungwort or clown's lungwort)
glosses: Any of several other, not closely related plants, used to treat respiratory disorders
Lobaria pulmonaria, syn. Stichta pulmonacea, (in family Lobariaceae, lungwort lichen, lung lichen, tree lungwort)
Derived terms: taxonomic: Mertensia virginica
word: American lungwort
taxonomic: Pulmonaria saccharata
word: Bethlehem lungwort
taxonomic: Helleborus niger
word: black lungwort
taxonomic: Pulmonaria angustifolia
word: blue lungwort
taxonomic: Verbascum thapsus
word: bullock's lungwort
taxonomic: Verbascum thapsus
word: clown's lungwort
taxonomic: Pulmonaria officinalis
word: common lungwort
taxonomic: Verbascum thapsus
word: cow's lungwort
taxonomic: Hieracium murorum
word: French lungwort
taxonomic: Hieracium murorum
word: golden lungwort
taxonomic: Mertensia lanceolata
word: lanceleaf lungwort
taxonomic: Pulmonaria longifolia
word: longleaf lungwort
taxonomic: Lobaria pulmonaria
word: lungwort lichen
taxonomic: Mertensia virginica
word: lungwort oysterleaf
taxonomic: Pulmonaria angustifolia
word: narrowleaf lungwort
taxonomic: Mertensia bella
word: Oregon lungwort
taxonomic: Pulmonaria rubra
word: red lungwort
taxonomic: Mertensia maritima
word: sea lungwort
taxonomic: Mertensia virginica
word: smooth lungwort
taxonomic: Pulmonaria obscura
word: Suffolk lungwort
taxonomic: Mertensia paniculata
word: tall lungwort
taxonomic: Lobaria scrobiculata
word: textured lungwort
taxonomic: Mertensia virginica
alt: syn. Sticta pulmonacea
word: tree lungwort
taxonomic: Pulmonaria obscura
word: unspotted lungwort
Related terms: english: Hepatica spp.; Marchantiopsida spp.
translation: Hepatica spp.; Marchantiopsida spp.
word: liverwort
taxonomic: Asplenium spp.
word: spleenwort
word: toothwort Cardamine subg. Dentaria spp.)
taxonomic: Stachys spp. etc.
word: woundwort
alt: Paracelsus
word: doctrine of signatures
cartularies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cartulary
dhol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dhols
Etymology: From Hindi ढोल (ḍhol), from Sanskrit ढोल (ḍhola).
Senses: examples: text: On the TV news men in pink and saffron turbans are at the airport, jigging frantically to the music of dhols.
ref: 2017, Salman Rushdie, The Golden House, Jonathan Cape, published 2017, page 106:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A type of drum from India.
Derived terms: Dhollywood
stuffings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stuffing
slingbacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slingback
slingback
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slingbacks
Etymology: From sling + back.
Senses: glosses: A type of women's shoe having a strap behind the heel or ankle
relaxations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of relaxation
regionalists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of regionalist
regionalist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more regionalist
form: most regionalist
Etymology: From regional + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to regionalism.
regionalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: regionalists
Etymology: From regional + -ist.
Senses: glosses: An advocate of regionalism.
musics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of music
musics
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of music
malbecs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of malbec
kneepads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kneepad
kneepad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kneepads
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of knee pad.
kirpans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kirpan