cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
longbeards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of longbeard
common whitefish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: common whitefish
Senses: glosses: A freshwater fish of salmon family, Coregonus lavaretus.
Feldes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Felde
Fells
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Fellses
Etymology: Variant of Fell.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
well-proportioned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more well-proportioned
form: most well-proportioned
Senses: examples: text: They were shewn into the usual sitting room, well-proportioned & well-furnished;—tho’ it saw Furniture rather originally good & extremely well kept, than new or shewey—[…]
ref: 1817 (date written), Jane Austen, chapter 12, in R[aymond] W[ilson] Chambers, editor, Fragment of a Novel Written by Jane Austen, January–March 1817 […] [Sanditon], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Clarendon Press, published 1925, →OCLC, pages 169–170:
english: Sanditon
translation: Sanditon
text: The whole structure is 630 ft. long, and is remarkable for its massive but well-proportioned outlines.
ref: 1949 May and June, “Notes and News: Construction of the Viaduct”, in Railway Magazine, page 202:
synonyms: built
glosses: Having good and pleasing proportions.
glosses: Compact.
Damiano
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Damianos
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Damiano.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Derived terms: Damiano Defence
Damasco
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Damascos
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian or Spanish Damasco; this surname is predominantly found in the Philippines.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
straw tick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: straw ticks
Senses: glosses: A bed mattress made from a coarse cotton material, or shoddy, and filled with (usually) straw.
examples: text: A straw tick was as important to a bed as the feather.
A feather bed was good forever, but the life of a straw tick was from thrashing to thrashing.
ref: 1949, Harper's Magazine, page 91:
glosses: The empty mattress bag of such a mattress.
gatha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gathas
Etymology: Transliteration of Sanskrit गाथा (gāthā). Doublet of Gatha.
Senses: glosses: A poem or mantra, especially one recited mentally as part of meditation or mindfulness practice.
wikipedia: gatha
Bosch
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from Catalan.
glosses: A surname from Dutch.
Related terms: Den Bosch
Bosch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bosches
form: Bosch
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Boche.
OTPROM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: OTPROMs
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Acronym of one-time programmable read-only memory.
Related terms: PROM
EPROM
EEPROM
write once
WORM
titin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtaɪtɪn/
rhymes: -aɪtɪn
Etymology: From titan + -in. From being a titanic (titan) protein (-in), a very large protein, the largest known prior to the discovery of PKZILLA.
Senses: examples: text: In order to measure the pattern of force-dependent stretching of TR, we designed a DNA construct encoding for I27 2 -T R -I27 2 [TR flanked by two molecules of the I27 (27th immunoglobular domain of human cardiac titin), which has well-characterized mechanical properties.]
ref: 2009 January 30, Armando del Rio et al., “Stretching Single Talin Rod Molecules Activates Vinculin Binding”, in Science:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A protein important in the contraction of striated muscle tissues.
Synonyms: word: connectin
topics: scientific
sciences
word: methionyl­threonyl...arginyl­seryl­isoleucine
Derived terms: alt: gene encoding titin
word: TTN
periphyton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: periphytons
Senses: examples: text: Indeed, the tight coupling of As(V) reduction/As(III) oxidation has been seen in periphyton samples and salt-saturated anoxic sediments from Searles Lake.
ref: 2009 January 30, R. S. Oremland et al., Science:
topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
glosses: A mixture of algae, cyanobacteria, heterotrophic microbes, and detritus that is attached to submerged surfaces in most aquatic ecosystems.
Derived terms: periphytic
phytoperiphyton
graphane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: graphanes
Senses: examples: text: Because of the random nature of ripples, single-sided graphane is expected to be a disordered material, similar to graphene oxide, rather than a new graphene-based crystal.
ref: 2009 January 30, D. C. Elias et al., “Control of Graphene's Properties by Reversible Hydrogenation: Evidence for Graphane”, in Science:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An extended two-dimensional hydrocarbon, of general formula (CH)ₙ, derived from graphene by adding a hydrogen atom to each carbon atom alternately on each side of the plane.
stop signs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stop sign
splinter up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: splinters up
form: splintering up
form: splintered up
form: splintered up
Senses: examples: text: DEC. 27. - Killed a young goat, and lamed another, so that I caught it and led it home in a string; when I had it at home, I bound and splintered up its leg, which was broke.
ref: 1719 May 6 (Gregorian calendar), [Daniel Defoe], The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, […], London: […] W[illiam] Taylor […], →OCLC:
glosses: To attach splints to a broken limb in order to allow it to grow together.
Related terms: splint
splinter
traffic signs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of traffic sign
chemokinetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From chemo- + kinetic.
Senses: examples: text: Altogether, the present data show that the Toxoplasma-induced hypermigratory phenotype in a 3D matrix is consistent with integrin-independent amoeboid DC migration with maintained responsiveness to chemotactic and chemokinetic cues.
ref: 2015 September 26, “Infection by Toxoplasma gondii Induces Amoeboid-Like Migration of Dendritic Cells in a Three-Dimensional Collagen Matrix”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or provoking chemokinesis.
Related terms: chemokinetics
chemokinesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From chemo- + -kinesis.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The motile response of an organism to chemical compounds, especially at a cellular level
orales
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of orale
chemolithoautotroph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chemolithoautotrophs
Etymology: From chemo- + lithoautotroph.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A chemoautotroph or lithoautotroph
Related terms: chemolithoautotrophic
chemolithoautotrophy
chemolithotrophic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more chemolithotrophic
form: most chemolithotrophic
Etymology: From chemo- + litho- + -trophic.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Describing an organism that derives its energy from the oxidation of inorganic materials.
Related terms: -troph
-ic
chemolithotrophy
chemolithotroph
chemotrophic
chemotrophy
chemotroph
lithotrophic
lithotrophy
lithotroph
chemolithotroph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chemolithotrophs
Etymology: From chemo- + lithotroph.
Senses: glosses: chemoautotroph
Related terms: litho-
-troph
chemolithotrophic
chemolithotrophy
chemotrophic
chemotrophy
chemotroph
lithotrophic
lithotrophy
lithotroph
chemolithotrophs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chemolithotroph
chimaerism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chimaerisms
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of chimerism.
bicubic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bi- + cubic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to interpolation in two dimensions using cubic splines or other polynomials (technique for sharpening enlargements of digital images).
Derived terms: bicubically
chloramphenicol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌklɔː.ɹamˈfɛn.ɪ.kɒl/
ipa: /ˌklɔɹˌæmˈfɛn.ɪˌkɔl/
Forms: form: chloramphenicols
Etymology: From chlor- + am(ide) + phen- + ni(tro)- + (gly)col.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A broad-spectrum antibiotic C₁₁H₁₂Cl₂N₂O₅ isolated from cultures of a soil actinomycete (Streptomyces venezuelae) or prepared synthetically and used against serious infections such as typhoid fever.
chlorapatite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chlorapatites
Etymology: From chlor- + apatite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A variety of apatite containing chloride instead of fluoride.
chlorosulfolipid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chlorosulfolipids
Etymology: From chloro- + sulfo- + lipid.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of several lipids consisting of chlorinated alkyl sulfates.
chlorosulfolipids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chlorosulfolipid
chlorosulpholipids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chlorosulpholipid
chlorosulpholipid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chlorosulpholipids
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of chlorosulfolipid.
baster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbeɪstɚ/
ipa: /ˈbeɪstə/
rhymes: -eɪstə(ɹ)
Forms: form: basters
Etymology: From baste + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who bastes.
examples: text: Hmm, yeah, but we didn’t have a turkey baster.
ref: 2009, Danielle Corsetto, Girls with Slingshots:
glosses: A tool for basting meat with fat or gravy.
chondrogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chondrogeneses
Etymology: From chondro- + -genesis.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The formation and development of cartilage.
Derived terms: achondrogenesis
hypochondrogenesis
neochondrogenesis
osteochondrogenesis
wild horses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wild horse
examples: text: Wild horses wouldn't have kept me from going to the party.
text: there's no denying that when you take a thing in your head wild horses couldn't turn you from it
ref: 1869, Mackenzie Daniel, James Wyvern's Sin, page 298:
glosses: A force not subject to human control and normally stronger than a man.
chromatic scale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chromatic scales
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
coordinate_terms: diatonic scale
glosses: A scale including all intervals of a particular tuning within an octave.
benamis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of benami
suffrago
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin suffrāgō.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: The joint between the tibia and tarsus, such as the hock of a horse's hind leg or the heel of a bird.
suffragate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈsʌfɹəɡeɪt/
Forms: form: suffragates
form: suffragating
form: suffragated
form: suffragated
Etymology: From Latin suffragatus.
Senses: examples: text: suffragating tribes
ref: 1676, John Dryden, Prologue to the University of Oxford:
glosses: To vote.
Ishikawa diagrams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ishikawa diagram
considerables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of considerable
go jump in the lake
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: go
form: jump in a lake
Senses: examples: text: When I asked for help cleaning the mess I made, the janitor told me to go jump in the lake, but he was only joking.
text: ... to sell it to the Mond or the International Nickel Company, and if they didn't choose to take it from us, they would tell us to go jump in the lake.
ref: 1917, Ontario. Royal Nickel Commission, George Thomas Holloway, Report of the Royal Ontario Nickel Commission: with appendix, page 22:
text: We would tell the USSR to go jump in the lake. There would be no way we would tolerate that.
ref: 1985, Australia. Parliament. Senate, Parliamentary debates, Senate, weekly Hansard, Issue 10, page 193:
glosses: Used to tell someone to go away, or that their request will not be met.
Synonyms: get lost
go fly a kite
take a long walk on a short pier
go jump off a cliff
go jump off a building
eliminatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more eliminatory
form: most eliminatory
Etymology: From eliminate + -ory.
Senses: glosses: Tending to eliminate.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the system through which elimination of digestive waste occurs; excretory.
Derived terms: eliminatory system
eliminatory system
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eliminatory systems
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The system through which digestive waste is removed from the body.
eliminatory systems
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eliminatory system
Yelena
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Yelenas
form: Jelena
form: Elena
Etymology: From Bulgarian, Macedonian, and Russian Еле́на (Jeléna), from Latin Helena, from Ancient Greek Ἑλένη (Helénē). Doublet of Helena.
Senses: glosses: A transliteration of the Bulgarian, Macedonian, or Russian female given name Еле́на (Eléna), equivalent to Helen.
company time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Since I suffered the injury on company time, why shouldn't I also be able to get surgery and do recovery on company time?
ref: 2003, Shaquille O'Neal, quoted in Tim Brown, "Shaq's Not Back in Time", Los Angeles Times, February 11, 2003, Sports, Part 4, page 7
text: What employers find is that if workers are allowed to schedule in that time, many will do those errands on personal rather than company time.
ref: 2000, Joan Williams, Unbending Gender: Why Family and Work Conflict and what to Do about it, page 91:
topics: business
law
coordinate_terms: personal time
qualifier: human resources
glosses: A time in which an employee is being compensated by their employer, and for which the employer is therefore responsible for the welfare of the employee, and also in which the employee is expected to refrain from engaging in personal interests.
noseplugs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of noseplug
unilateralist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unilateralist
form: most unilateralist
Etymology: From unilateral + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: Yet he emerged as the driving force for the administration’s unilateralist policies.
ref: 2009 January 25, James Mann, “At the White House, What’s Old May Be New”, in New York Times:
text: the US is hegemonic, unilateralist, dismissive of international law and the United Nations
ref: 2009 March 1, Samuel J. Spiegel, Philippe Le Billon, “China’s weapons trade: from ships of shame to the ethics of global resistance”, in International Affairs:
glosses: Supporting or advocating unilateralism
unilateralist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unilateralists
Etymology: From unilateral + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: “I am the last of the standing unilateralists,” Mr. Oren declared in a lecture in March at Georgetown University, where he was a visiting professor in Jewish studies until being named ambassador.
ref: 2009 September 26, Mark Landler, “Israeli Ambassador Draws on American Roots”, in New York Times:
glosses: A supporter of unilateralism.
understander
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌəndɚˈstændɚ/
Forms: form: understanders
Etymology: From Middle English understander, understondere, equivalent to understand + -er.
Senses: examples: text: I am not a speed reader, I am a speed understander.
text: "You knew Mr. Kampf intimately?"
"Yes, I guess so." She smiled as one understander to another.
ref: 1955 October, Rex Stout, “Die Like a Dog”, in Three Witnesses, Bantam, published 1994, →ISBN, page 166:
text: These are the people of the brain, after all, the understanders.
ref: 2009 January 23, Virginia Heffernan, “Confessions of a TED Addict”, in New York Times:
glosses: One who understands something.
understander
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌəndɚˈstændɚ/
/ˈəndɚˌstændɚ/
/ˌəndɚˈstændɚ/
Forms: form: understanders
form: under-stander
form: under stander
Etymology: From under + stander.
Senses: examples: text: He was a strongman and an understander for the acrobats.
topics: acrobatics
arts
circus
hobbies
lifestyle
performing-arts
sports
synonyms: bottom man
glosses: One who physically supports a formation of acrobats, as a human pyramid.
museumgoer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: museumgoers
Etymology: From museum + goer.
Senses: examples: text: “It’s not the audience and the forum that they crave in the way that somebody in an earlier generation might have,” said Carlo McCormick[…] of museumgoers and museums.
ref: 2009 January 25, Randy Kennedy, “Outlaws at the Art Museum (and Not for a Heist)”, in New York Times:
glosses: A person who visits a museum
museumgoers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of museumgoer
understanders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of understander
midcoast
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mid- + coast.
Senses: examples: text: In “Water Dogs” it’s early March 1997 in midcoast Maine[…].
ref: 2009 January 25, Anthony Doerr, “Snowbound”, in New York Times:
glosses: Located toward the middle of a coast, not at either end
minimusical
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: minimusicals
Etymology: From mini- + musical.
Senses: examples: text: Both shows lean heavily on their Jewish orientation, but where Fiddler is a folk musical of size and substance, Kaplan is a minimusical of sweetness.
ref: 1968 April 12, “New Plays: The Education of Hyman Kaplan”, in Time, archived from the original on 29 Oct 2010:
text: The video consists of a minimusical whose soundtrack sounds as if it were generated by an inexpensive electronic keyboard.
ref: 2009 January 25, Randall Stross, “Microsoft Songsmith Is Easy (if Painful to Hear)”, in New York Times:
topics: broadcasting
drama
dramaturgy
entertainment
film
lifestyle
media
television
theater
glosses: A brief musical
minimusicals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of minimusical
lineless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From line + -less.
Senses: examples: text: Wu, with close-cropped hair and a lineless face, wore a cardigan and a necktie and looked like a truant from boarding school.
ref: 2009 January 25, Eric Wilson, “The Spotlight Finds Jason Wu”, in New York Times:
glosses: Free of lines
Derived terms: linelessness
megadeal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megadeals
Etymology: From mega- + deal.
Senses: examples: text: These aren’t the first megadeals cut by politicians that do not pass the smell test, but nobody has been swindled like the Yankee Stadium community.
ref: 2009 January 25, Harvey Araton, “Tear Down Stadium and Build Up the Bronx”, in New York Times:
text: The megadeal could strengthen Microsoft’s standing in the video game industry, after a year and a half of negotiations with regulators around the world.
ref: 2023 October 13, Kellen Browning, David McCabe, “Microsoft Closes $69 Billion Activision Deal, Overcoming Regulators’ Objections”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: A transaction of very large size.
glosses: A deal offering exceptional value for money.
megadeals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of megadeal
captain of industry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: captains of industry
Senses: examples: text: Plugson, who has indomitably spun Cotton merely to gain thousands of pounds . . . was a Captain of Industry, born member of the Ultimate genuine Aristocracy of this Universe, could he have known it!
ref: 1843 April, Thomas Carlyle, “ch. X”, in Past and Present, American edition, Boston, Mass.: Charles C[offin] Little and James Brown, published 1843, →OCLC, book II (The Ancient Monk):
text: Walter Bassett was the greatest captain of industry west of the Rockies, and was one of the small group that controlled the nation in everything but name.
ref: 1910, Jack London, “Goliah,”, in Revolution and Other Essays:
text: It was he who maneuvered a captain of industry, steelmaker Francis Mer, rather than a government mandarin into the finance minister's job.
ref: 2002 June 3, James Graff, “The Power Behind the Throne”, in Time:
synonyms: magnate
tycoon
merchant prince
taipan
robber baron
hypernyms: boss
businessman
glosses: A prominent business person who owns, or is the highest-ranking executive of, one or more major firms, especially one who has considerable wealth and influence.
Related terms: industrialist
insurancelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more insurancelike
form: most insurancelike
Etymology: From insurance + -like.
Senses: examples: text: Credit-default swaps are insurancelike contracts that Wall Street created in the early 1990s.
ref: 2009 January 25, Gretchen Morgenson, “Time to Unravel the Knot of Credit-Default Swaps”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling insurance or insurance policies
cleareyed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From clear + eyed.
Senses: examples: text: His observations on America’s caste system are cleareyed […].
ref: 2009 January 25, Roy Hoffman, “Southern Comfort”, in New York Times:
text: From his studies of these thinkers and activists, Mr. Obama took what he called the “Niebuhrian” lesson that we can have “a cleareyed view of the world and the realities of cruelty and sin and greed and violence, and yet, still maintain a sense of hope and possibility, as an act of will and leap of faith.”
ref: 2020 December 8, Michiko Kakutani, “Obama, the Best-Selling Author, on Reading, Writing and Radical Empathy”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: Alternative form of clear-eyed.
hydralike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hydralike
form: most hydralike
Etymology: From hydra + -like.
Senses: examples: text: In the interim he pursued one of his most adventurous series, the so-called Hercules project, exploring the persistence of fascism in its hydralike forms.
ref: 2009 January 25, Jori Finkel, “Worlds Collide in a Single Face”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling a hydra
eares
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eare
garagelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more garagelike
form: most garagelike
Etymology: From garage + -like.
Senses: examples: text: The grill guys sometimes dance around the flames to the soundtrack of this garagelike restaurant.
ref: 2009 January 25, Kris Ensminger, “On the Cheap”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling a garage; thus often rough and unfinished
illiberalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: illiberalisms
Etymology: From illiberal + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: As the Oxford political theorist Michael Freeden observed, if just one of the necessary components — for example, the free market — dominates, then the result can be illiberalism.
ref: 2009 January 25, Timothy Garton Ash, “A Liberal Translation”, in New York Times:
text: In the Netherlands, the anti-immigrant right became the second-most-popular vote-getter — a new high-water mark for illiberalism in that once famously liberal country.
ref: 2017 April, Andrew Sullivan, “The Reactionary Temptation”, in New York Magazine:
glosses: The principle, state or quality of being illiberal.
Synonyms: illiberality
antiliberalism
Related terms: illiberal
illiberally
freeskier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: freeskiers
Etymology: From freeski + -er or free + skier.
Senses: examples: text: White’s title broke a tie with freeskier Tanner Hall.
ref: 2009 January 25, The Associated Press, “Snowboard Gold for Holland at X Games”, in New York Times:
glosses: A person who engages in freeskiing
freeskiers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of freeskier
exclusionism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exclusionisms
Etymology: From exclusion + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: But go anywhere else in the Middle East and Zionism stands for theft, oppression, racist exclusionism.
ref: 2009 January 25, Ethan Bronner, “The Bullets in My In-Box”, in New York Times:
glosses: The quality of being exclusionist.
examples: text: The true explanation of the rise of the traditional policy we believe to be commercial jealousy, which blossomed and burgeoned out into religious exclusionism.
ref: 1859, J.B. Heard, “Prize essay on Christianity in India”, in Dublin University Magazine, volume LIII, number CCCXVII, page 529:
text: Exclusionism, then, cannot be an item of the configuration “Asia for Asians,” in economic activities or cultural achievements. It is in political relations, however, that exclusionism is the supreme reality.
ref: 1942, Benoy Sarkar, “The sociology of ‘Asia for Asians’”, in Calcutta Review, volume LXXXIV, number 1, page 48:
glosses: A policy or ideology that favors exclusion of some individuals or groups from a nation, sect, etc.
bell captain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bell captains
Senses: examples: text: He returned to his hotel that afternoon . . . but he received an electric shock as he approached the desk, for the bell captain addressed him, saying: "Mr. Haviland wishes to see you at once, in his office."
ref: c. 1920, Rex Ellingwood Beach, chapter 2, in Flowing Gold:
glosses: A supervisor of bellhops in a hotel.
crame
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪm
Forms: form: crames
Etymology: From Scots crame, craim, from Middle Dutch kraeme or Middle Low German krame; both from Old High German krām (“merchant tent; tent cloth”), probably ultimately borrowed from Slavic, such as Old Church Slavonic грамъ (gramŭ, “pub, inn”) or чрѣмъ (črěmŭ, “tent”).
Compare West Frisian kream, Dutch kraam, German Low German Kraam, German Kram, Yiddish קראָם (krom), Swedish kram, Icelandic kram.
Senses: glosses: A merchant's booth; a shop or tent where goods are sold; a stall
glosses: A parcel of goods for sale; a peddler's pack; a kit
crame
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -eɪm
Etymology: Variant of cram.
Senses: examples: text: Certaine of the Tartarres, professing the name of Christe, yet farre from his righteousnes: when their parentes waxe aged, to haste their death, crame them with gobins of fatte.
ref: 1599, William Waterman, “The Fardle of Facions”, in Richard Hakluyt, editor, Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation, translation of original by Johannes Boemus, archived from the original on 18 Feb 2009:
glosses: Archaic spelling of cram.
hold'em
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: holdem
form: hold em
Senses: glosses: Texas hold 'em
arepas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arepa
chondroitin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chondroitins
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a range of mucopolysaccharides, derived from galactosamine and glucuronic acid, that occur in cartilage and bone.
Derived terms: chondroitinase
chondroitinsulfatase
chromatographically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From chromatographic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: With regard to, or by using, chromatography
chromatographies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chromatography
chromoshadow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chromoshadows
Etymology: From chromo- + shadow.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A protein domain associated with chromodomain.
cleistothecium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cleistothecia
Etymology: From Ancient Greek κλειστός (kleistós, “closed”) + thecium.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A closed ascocarp, in some fungi, from which spores are released following decay or disintegration
Synonyms: cleistocarp
Derived terms: cleistothecial
cleistothecia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cleistothecium
cleistothecial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /klaɪstoʊˈθiːsiəl/
/klaɪstoʊˈθiːʃiəl/
/klaɪstoʊˈθiːʃəl/
Forms: form: more cleistothecial
form: most cleistothecial
Etymology: From cleistothecium + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to a cleistothecium
clinicopathologic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: clinicopathological
Etymology: From clinico- + pathologic or clinicopathology + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: In summary, clinicopathologic correlation in inflammatory skin disorders is essential [in] arriving at a correct diagnosis. Communication between the pathologist and the clinician is essential in the care of these patients. Dermatologists’ understanding of the pathology and the optimal method of biopsy and specimen handling is extremely important. By the same token, the pathologists’ understanding of clinical information pertinent in distinguishing these disorders is extremely beneficial in aiding the clinician’s narrowing of the differential diagnosis. Collaboration between the dermatologist and the pathologist in determining a final diagnosis in these cases can be challenging and rewarding, resulting in optimal care for the patient.
ref: 2004, Adrienne Rencic, “Clinicopathologic correlation in inflammatory dermatoses: a dermatologist’s perspective”, in AJSP: Reviews & Reports, volume 9, number 2, →DOI, pages 27–35:
text: When I was a medical student, clinicopathologic conferences (CPC) were big events. […] When done properly, the CPC is a great medical educational tool.
ref: 2015, Rachel Hajar, “The clinicopathologic conference”, in Heart Views, volume 16, number 4, →DOI, →PMID, →PMCID, pages 170–173:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to clinicopathology, that is, both the clinical symptoms of a patient and the results of laboratory (especially pathology laboratory) tests, as in clinicopathologic correlations or a clinicopathologic conference.
Derived terms: clinicopathologically
Related terms: word: clinicoradiologic
english: radiology counterpart to pathology
translation: radiology counterpart to pathology
word: clinicoradiological
english: clinical, radiologic, and pathologic findings all correlated
translation: clinical, radiologic, and pathologic findings all correlated
word: clinicoradiopathologic
clonality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clonalities
Etymology: From clonal + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being a clone.
glosses: A measure of the ability to form clones.
Derived terms: pauciclonality
pseudoclonality
subclonality
clumpiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clumpinesses
Etymology: From clumpy + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Instead of depending on random variables, the index of clumpiness K depends on several factors involved in the spatial distribution of galaxies.
ref: 1954 February 8, Jerzey Neyman, Elizabeth L. Scott, “The Index of Clumpiness of the distribution of indexes of Galaxies"”, in Astrophysical Journal Supplement:
text: First, by spending adequately on marketing, firms can increase the clumpiness of a customer with the hope of increasing their value.
ref: 2015 February 3, “Customers who binge-consume are more valuable, says study”, in Science Daily:
glosses: The condition of being clumpy
glosses: A clump
coaccumulation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coaccumulations
Etymology: From co- + accumulation.
Senses: glosses: The accumulation of two or more materials at the same time
cobaltocenium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cobaltoceniums
Etymology: From cobaltocene + -ium.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The cation derived from cobaltocene
cobaltocene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The metallocene containing a cobalt atom
Derived terms: cobaltocenium
cobinding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cobindings
Etymology: From co- + binding.
Senses: glosses: The simultaneous binding of two materials to a third.
coccoidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɒˈkɔɪdəl/
rhymes: -ɔɪdəl
Forms: form: more coccoidal
form: most coccoidal
Etymology: From coccus + -oid + -al.
Senses: glosses: Characteristic of a coccus
cochaperonin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cochaperonins
Etymology: From co- + chaperonin.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of several materials that form complexes with a chaperonin
cocrystallization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cocrystallizations
Etymology: From co- + crystallization.
Senses: glosses: The simultaneous crystallization of two materials
Related terms: cocrystallize
cocrystallized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cocrystallize
cocrystallized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cocrystallized
form: most cocrystallized
Senses: glosses: Obtained by cocrystallization
coevolutionary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more coevolutionary
form: most coevolutionary
Etymology: From co- + evolutionary.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or produced by coevolution.
coexpression
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coexpressions
Etymology: From co- + expression.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The simultaneous expression of two or more genes.
coinfected
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From co- + infected.
Senses: examples: text: There is much concern about syphilis altering its course in people coinfected with HIV.
ref: 1989 April 8, John Dooley, “Syphilis and AIDS: What's the Connection?”, in Gay Community News, page 9:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Simultaneously infected by two or more organisms.
Related terms: coinfection
coinjected
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From co- + injected.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of coinject
coinjected
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From co- + injected.
Senses: glosses: Simultaneously injected along with another material
Related terms: coinjection
collimating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of collimate
collimating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more collimating
form: most collimating
Senses: glosses: That collimates, or employs collimation
Derived terms: collimating lens
isos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of iso
colobus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: colobuses
Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Colobus, from the genus name.
Senses: examples: text: Other examples of nonhuman self-domestication in the wild exist—for instance, the Zanzibar red colobus monkey diverged from the mainland African red colobus in similar ways during its island isolation—but bonobos are the closest and most relevant to us.
ref: 2019 January 29, Melvin Konner, “A Bold New Theory Proposes That Humans Tamed Themselves”, in The Atlantic, →ISSN, archived from the original on 09 Jul 2019:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
synonyms: colobus monkey
glosses: Any of several African monkeys of the genera Colobus, Piliocolobus, and Procolobus.
Derived terms: red colobus
conditionality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: conditionalities
Etymology: From conditional + -ity.
Senses: glosses: A state of being subject to conditions.
topics: business
economics
finance
sciences
glosses: A condition applied to the access of a government to credit facilities and other international financial assistance, especially from the IMF and the World Bank.
Related terms: structural adjustment program
antigun
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antigun
form: most antigun
form: anti-gun
Etymology: From anti- + gun.
Senses: glosses: Opposed to guns, especially widespread individual use of guns.
examples: text: Carolyn McCarthy, who ran for Congress on an antigun platform […], said she may challenge the “N.R.A. poster child” in 2010.
ref: 2009 January 25, Maureen Dowd, “Which Governor Is Wackier?”, in New York Times:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Supportive of greater gun control, often including opposition to the idea of gun rights.
Synonyms: procontrol
connectome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈnɛktəʊm/
Forms: form: connectomes
Etymology: From connect + -ome.
Senses: examples: text: The tools Seung and his colleagues have developed to map the connectome are beginning to offer important insights into these previously baffling conditions.
ref: 2012, Adam Zeman, ‘Only Connect’, Literary Review, number 399:
text: Creating a complete map of the human connectome would therefore be a monumental milestone but not the end of the journey to understanding how our brains work.
ref: 2012 March-April, Terrence J. Sejnowski, “Well-connected Brains”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 27 Apr 2017, page 171:
topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
neuroscience
sciences
glosses: The complete mapping of the structural links in an organism's neural circuitry.
Derived terms: connectomic
microconnectome
Related terms: connectometry
connectotype
continentality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: continentalities
Etymology: From continental + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being a continent
examples: text: Continentality (reflecting the difference between continental and marine climates) was, on average, the most important factor, contributing an average of 14.91% (based on permutation importance), followed by temperature seasonality&hellip
ref: 2021, Hong Zhou et al., “Identification of novel bat coronaviruses sheds light on the evolutionary origins of SARS-CoV-2 and related viruses”, in Cell:
glosses: The degree to which the climate of a place is affected by a large land mass
copurified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of copurify
copurified
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more copurified
form: most copurified
Senses: glosses: Simultaneously purified (or separated) along with other materials
copurify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: copurifies
form: copurifying
form: copurified
form: copurified
form: co-purify
Etymology: From co- + purify.
Senses: glosses: To purify two or more materials simultaneously, normally by chromatography
Related terms: copurification
copurifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of copurify
copurifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of copurify
coregulated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: co-regulated
Etymology: From co- + regulated.
Senses: glosses: Simultaneously regulated along with another.
corehole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coreholes
form: core hole
Etymology: From core + hole.
Senses: glosses: The hole drilled to retrieve a core sample.
correlational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more correlational
form: most correlational
Etymology: From correlation + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to a correlation
Derived terms: autocorrelational
correlationally
cosegregated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cosegregated
form: most cosegregated
Etymology: From co- + segregated.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: transmitted to the next generation along with another
Related terms: cosegregation
cotunneling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From co- + tunneling.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The simultaneous tunneling of two or more electrons
counterpropagating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of counterpropagate
counterpropagating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Describing two beams of light that are propagating in precisely opposite directions through the same medium.
inveteratist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inveteratists
Etymology: From inveterate + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who resists reform and holds to tradition.
countersang
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of countersing
countersing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: countersings
form: countersinging
form: countersang
form: countersung
Etymology: From counter- + sing.
Senses: qualifier: ethology
glosses: To sing in response to the song of another
raw_tags: of a bird
contessas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of contessa
arrivers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arriver
pancreatic juice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pancreatic juices
Senses: glosses: A liquid secreted by the pancreas, containing a variety of enzymes.
sintirs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sintir
lemmatize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lemmatizes
form: lemmatizing
form: lemmatized
form: lemmatized
form: lemmatise
Etymology: From lemmat(ic) + -ize.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: To convert an inflected form of a lexeme to a lemma.
Derived terms: lemmatization
lemmatizer
unlemmatized
lemmatise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lemmatises
form: lemmatising
form: lemmatised
form: lemmatised
Etymology: From lemmat(ic) + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of lemmatize.
Derived terms: lemmatiser
lemmatisation
altissimos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of altissimo
narrater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪtə(ɹ)
Forms: form: narraters
Senses: examples: text: This portrait, apparently, was that of Abraham and Sarah. [...] The biblical narrater honestly distinguishes and mentions them both.
ref: 1896, Maurice Fluegel, The Messiah-Ideal, volume 1, page 149:
text: Walter Muir Whitehill, long-time director of the Athenaeum and eloquent narrater of Boston's cultural history, summarized the dilemma [...].
ref: 1998, Stephen L. Dyson, Ancient Marbles to American Shores: Classical Archaeology in the United States, page 128:
glosses: Alternative form of narrator.
articulus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: articuli
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin articulus. Doublet of article.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A joint of the cirri of the Crinoidea.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A joint or segment of an arthropod appendage.
prince-bishop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prince-bishops
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of prince bishop.
do-goodism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: do-goodisms
Etymology: From do good + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The action of a do-gooder.
train-bearer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: train-bearers
Senses: examples: text: This fellow, I say, stiled himself a lawyer, but was indeed a most vile petty-fogger, without sense or knowledge of any kind; one of those who may be termed train-bearers to the law […]
ref: 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:
text: Supported by his train-bearers and attendants, and leaning on his golden staff, he with raucous accent delivered his mission: […]
ref: 1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 10:
glosses: An attendant who supports the train of a dignitary.
riyaz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Urdu ریاض f (riyāz).
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The rigorous practice of Hindustani classical music.
canzonettas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of canzonetta
back gardens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of back garden
mainlander
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mainlanders
form: Mainlander
Etymology: From mainland + -er.
Senses: glosses: Someone who lives on the mainland.
examples: text: Since many factories have not been repaired or are operating at low capacity, there is much unemployment. Repatriation of overseas Taiwanese has aggravated the problem, which the government has made no real effort to solve. During the war the Japanese built at Chiayi a large factory for making high-octane gas. Now it is closed, and one-fifth of the town's population are out of work. It is not surprising that at Chiayi last month there was fierce fighting against the mainlanders.
ref: 1947 June 7, Peggy Durdin, “Taiwan : China's Unhappy Colony”, in The Nation, volume 164, number 23, New York, page 686:
glosses: A person from mainland China, as opposed to someone from Hong Kong, Macau or Taiwan.
glosses: Someone who lives in mainland Europe, as opposed to the British Isles.
mainlanders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mainlander
letter art
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: art
arts
hyponyms: ASCII art
ANSI art
glosses: The use of letters and other text characters to form a picture.
MAgr
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Master of Agriculture.
that is
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From Old English þæt is.
Senses: examples: text: The Brazilian population is multiethnic—that is, it has many ethnicities.
text: We have never met —not formally, that is.
text: Some say history repeats itself, that time is cyclical. Others cling to the notion of progress and change over time. Apparently Nancy Walker marches to a different drummer — marches backwards, that is. Her ideas on art and society seem quaint and odd on the one hand and, on the other, petty and regressive.
ref: 1981 December 27, Wade Nichols, “Victorian Imperialism”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 23, page 5:
synonyms: word: that is to say
word: i.e.
word: better put
word: i.e.
word: in other words
word: put differently
word: that is
word: that is to say
word: to put it another way
word: what this means is
glosses: In other words; that is to say. Used to introduce a clarification or explanation
trannies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹæ.niz/
Senses: glosses: plural of tranny
glosses: plural of trannie