cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
postmerger
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + merger.
Senses: examples: text: Mr. Parsons[…] managed in 2002 to come out on top of the postmerger scramble to run Time Warner over better positioned executives, in part because the board prized his ability to find consensus and middle ground.
ref: 2007 November 6, David Carr, “At Time Warner, Successor to Parsons Emerges”, in New York Times:
topics: business
glosses: Occurring after a merger
postcollegiate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + collegiate.
Senses: examples: text: More a loose collective or even a state of mind than an actual aesthetic movement, mumblecore concerns itself with the mundane vacillations of postcollegiate existence.
ref: 2007 August 19, Dennis Lim, “A Generation Finds Its Mumble”, in New York Times:
glosses: Occurring after graduation from college
postrock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From post- + rock.
Senses: examples: text: His playing on a song like this evokes the Delta tradition even as it burns and screams its testimony to the postrock necessities of 80s blues.
ref: 1988 August 19, David Whiteis, “The blues and Moore”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: Alternative form of post-rock.
demographies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of demography
microinch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microinches
Etymology: From micro- + inch.
Senses: synonyms: µin
glosses: A unit of measure, one millionth of an inch in length, equivalent to 25.4 nanometers.
interuterine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of intrauterine.
glor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glorr
form: gloar
form: glair
form: glaur
form: glore
form: glur
form: glure
form: glurr
Etymology: Uncertain. Compare Saterland Frisian glärich (“slippery, greasy, dirty”), Saterland Frisian gläärje (“to smear”), Low German glaren (“to become greasy, exude fat”), Middle Low German glarren (“to apply resin to, cover with a sticky substance”).
Senses: glosses: Fat, especially as a soft mass.
Derived terms: glor-fat
glorry
glor
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more glor
form: most glor
form: glorr
form: gloar
form: glair
form: glaur
form: glore
form: glur
form: glure
form: glurr
Etymology: Uncertain. Compare Saterland Frisian glärich (“slippery, greasy, dirty”), Saterland Frisian gläärje (“to smear”), Low German glaren (“to become greasy, exude fat”), Middle Low German glarren (“to apply resin to, cover with a sticky substance”).
Senses: glosses: Fat, fatty; corpulent.
bleater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bleaters
Etymology: From bleat (verb) + -er.
Senses: examples: text: "Baby!" he hissed. "Silly little bleater! Go home to your mother and drink milk. […]"
ref: 1956, C. S. Lewis, chapter 3, in The Last Battle, Collins, published 1998:
text: Five flocks of bleaters he had, and five herds of cattle to shelter […]
ref: 2007, Virgil, translated by Frederick Ahl, Aeneid, Oxford University Press, Book 7, line 538, p. 175:
glosses: Agent noun of bleat; one who bleats.
bleaters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bleater
sputterer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sputterers
Etymology: From sputter + -er.
Senses: glosses: Agent noun of sputter; one who sputters.
sputterers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sputterer
waria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: warias
Etymology: From Indonesian waria, a blend of wanita (“woman”) + pria (“man”).
Senses: glosses: A member of Indonesia's traditional transfeminine third gender category.
Related terms: mak nyah
zawiya
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈzɑːwɪə/
ipa: /ˈzɑːwijə/
Forms: form: zawiyas
form: zaouia
form: zawiyah
Etymology: From Arabic زَاوِيَة (zāwiya, “corner, prayer room”).
Senses: glosses: In North and West Africa, a Muslim religious school or community, or its mosque.
zaouia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zaouias
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of zawiya.
adhære
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: adhæres
form: adhæring
form: adhæred
form: adhæred
Senses: examples: text: ⁽¹⁾Adde to them Military reputation, and it disposeth men to adhære, and subject themselves to those men that have them.
⁽²⁾Ignorance of remote causes, disposeth men to attribute all events, to the causes immediate, and Instrumentall : For these are all the causes they perceive. And hence it comes to passe, that in all places, men that are grieved with payments to the Publique, discharge their anger upon the Publicans, that is to say, Farmers, Collectors, and other Officers of the publique Revenue; and adhære to such as find fault with the publike Government; and thereby, when they have engaged themselves beyond hope of justification, fall also upon the Supreme Authority, for feare of punishment, or shame of receiving pardon.
⁽³⁾And this is of the number of pernicious Errors : for they induce men, as oft as they like not their Governours to adhære to those that call them Tyrants, and to think it lawfull to raise warre against them : And yet they are many times cherished from the Pulpit, by the Clergy.
ref: 1651, Thomas Hobbes, Alfred Rayney Waller (editor), Leviathan: Or, The Matter, Forme & Power of a Commonwealth, Ecclesiasticall and Civill (original publisher: Andrew Crooke; 1904 revision: University Press), pages 66⁽¹⁾, 67–68⁽²⁾, and 506⁽³⁾
glosses: Obsolete spelling of adhere.
shovelbums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shovelbum
shovelbums
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of shovelbum
parting shots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parting shot
line items
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of line item
gets better
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of get better
getting better
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of get better
facon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: fā'kən
ipa: /ˈfeɪ.kən/
rhymes: -eɪkən
Forms: form: facons
form: fakon
Etymology: Blend of fake + bacon.
Senses: examples: text: Those unfortunate herrings notwithstanding, other companies have found success with kosher-for-Passover bagels, pizza, croutons — and bacon. Actually, that’s “facon,” kosher beef bacon from Jack’s Gourmet, a Brooklyn-based manufacturer of glatt kosher deli meats and sausages.
ref: 2017 April 7, Joanne Kaufman, “The Witty and Weird of Passover Products (Matzo Print Attire, No Less)”, in New York Times:
synonyms: vacon
glosses: Vegetarian bacon; meat-free imitation bacon, generally made with tofu, tempeh, beans, or buckwheat.
grammaticist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grammaticists
Senses: synonyms: grammarian
grammatician
hypernyms: linguist
glosses: A person who studies grammar.
grammaticists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grammaticist
intracolumnar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more intracolumnar
form: most intracolumnar
Etymology: From intra- + columnar.
Senses: glosses: Within a column.
intrastriatal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + striatal.
Senses: glosses: Within the corpus striatum
Derived terms: intrastriatally
intratelencephalically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From intratelencephalic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: Within the embryonic forebrain
Related terms: intratelencephalic
inturned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more inturned
form: most inturned
Etymology: From in- + turned.
Senses: glosses: turned inwards
isoenergy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From iso- + energy.
Senses: glosses: Having constant energy
erosely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more erosely
form: most erosely
Etymology: From erose + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an erose manner.
lemniscal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the lemniscus
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Describing a sensory pathway that conducts impulses of touch etc to the cortex
Derived terms: extralemniscal
nonlemniscal
paralemniscal
supralemniscal
whaleburger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whaleburgers
Etymology: From whale + -burger.
Senses: examples: text: ...today when "whaleburger steak" was served at a luncheon of the Institute of Refrigeration. It was part of an experimental consignment of ten tons...
ref: 1945, American Polar Society, The Polar Times:
text: The meat alone was enough to make 800000 "whaleburger" sandwiches. The men also took vitamin oil from the whale's liver.
ref: 1963, Paul Andrew Witty, How to Improve Your Reading:
text: ...a blubber-packed whaleburger on a sesame seed bun instead of a flame-broiled burger. Sound unhealthy? Maybe not.
ref: 1999, Gale Maleskey, James McCommons, Nature's Medicines:
glosses: A burger made with the meat of a whale.
whaleburgers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whaleburger
block hours
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of block hour
rainbowy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more rainbowy
form: most rainbowy
Etymology: From rainbow + -y.
Senses: examples: text: 1828-1830, William Taylor, Historic Survey of German Poetry
a misty glory, an intangible rainbowy lustre
text: His shape was all human except the head and hands and feet; every bit of him was covered with fish-scales all rainbowy.
ref: 1927, Edward Lucas White, Lukundoo: And Other Stories, page 121:
text: He saw how it made the water have rainbowy speckles on it, that wink different colors as the water splashed and splodged.
ref: 2014, Larry Grogan, Trauma Town:
glosses: Resembling a rainbow.
examples: text: And if it were all fluid, if it were kind of rainbowy kinds of genders, who could oppress whom?
ref: 2005, Flora Veit-Wild, Dirk Naguschewski, Body, Sexuality, and Gender, page 66:
text: New Your City's Oscar Wilde Bookshop, which is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year (making it the oldest gay and lesbian bookstore in the world), has shied away from “rainbowy sideline items because there are so many stores around us selling those items," says owner Kim Brinster.
ref: 2007, The Publishers Weekly - Volume 254, Issues 19-26, page 28:
text: No matter, however, how rainbowy post-communist queer people imagine the West, as depicted in the films of West-bound queer migration analysed in this chapter, they cannot be exempt from the inevitable disappointment
ref: 2020, James S. Williams, Queering the Migrant in Contemporary European Cinema:
glosses: Pertaining to a positively viewed diversity in gender and/or sexuality.
secondary industries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of secondary industry
primary industry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: primary industries
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: An industry that processes raw materials for conversion by secondary industry into goods or services sold by tertiary industry to provide goods or services to consumers.
Hypernyms: primary sector
primary industries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of primary industry
tertiary industry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tertiary industries
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: An industry that provides goods or services to consumers using raw materials from primary industry and goods processed by secondary industry.
Hypernyms: tertiary sector
tertiary industries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tertiary industry
primary sector
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: primary sectors
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: The sector of the economy that principally produces raw materials for use by other sectors.
Hyponyms: agriculture
mining
Coordinate terms: secondary sector
tertiary sector
Related terms: primary industry
primary sectors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of primary sector
secondary sector
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: secondary sectors
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: The sector of the economy that principally uses raw materials produced by the primary sector for sale and use by other sectors.
Hyponyms: manufacturing
Coordinate terms: primary sector
tertiary sector
secondary sectors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of secondary sector
eversible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more eversible
form: most eversible
Senses: glosses: Able to be turned inside out; able to be everted.
tertiary sector
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tertiary sectors
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: The sector of the economy that principally provides goods and services to consumers using goods produced by the other sectors.
Hyponyms: wholesaling
retailing
Coordinate terms: primary sector
secondary sector
tertiary sectors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tertiary sector
castells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of castell
chytrid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɪtɹɪd/
Forms: form: chytrids
Etymology: From Ancient Greek χυτρίδιον (khutrídion, “little pot”), from χύτρα (khútra, “earthen pot, pipkin”).
Senses: glosses: Any fungus of the phylum Chytridiomycota.
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of chytridiomycosis.
avants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of avant
silkscreening
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of silkscreen
shales
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shale
shales
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of shale
silkscreened
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of silkscreen
presold
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of presell
presell
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: presells
form: preselling
form: presold
form: presold
Etymology: From pre- + sell.
Senses: examples: text: The Chicago dealer Kavi Gupta has presold — in large part through JPEGs — his current exhibition of paintings by Claire Sherman, a 2005 graduate of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
ref: 2007 February 4, Jori Finkel, “You’ve Seen the E-Mail, Now Buy the Art”, in New York Times:
glosses: To sell or obtain commitments to buy in advance of a formal offer to sell.
Chamicuro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Chamicuro
Senses: glosses: A member of an indigenous people of Peru.
Chamicuro
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Their Western Maipuran language, a member of the Arawakan family.
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Chamicuro terms
protectant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: protectants
Etymology: From protect + -ant.
Senses: examples: text: The active ingredient in both products is dimethicone, a skin protectant also found in less-expensive drugstore creams.
ref: 2009 February 26, Jennifer A. Kingson, “Singling Out Eczema Sufferers”, in New York Times:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Something which gives protection.
protectant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From protect + -ant.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of protective.
synonyms: word: protective
Derived terms: anhydroprotectant
bioprotectant
cardioprotectant
chemoprotectant
cryoprotectant
cytoprotectant
gastroprotectant
hepatoprotectant
lyoprotectant
nephroprotectant
neuroprotectant
osmoprotectant
osteoprotectant
otoprotectant
photoprotectant
radioprotectant
renoprotectant
thermoprotectant
xeroprotectant
Related terms: protector
protect
panacherie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /pənæʃəˈɹiː/
Etymology: From French panache (“a peacock's tail, decoration”).
Senses: examples: text: All of them were, and two still are, men of an “appearance” and panacherie too rare in these days when potential personalities masquerade as so many peas in a pod.
ref: 1934, Thomas Burke, London in my Time:
glosses: Panache; flamboyant style.
promotable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more promotable
form: most promotable
Etymology: From promote + -able.
Senses: examples: text: “My job is to bring as many people to television as possible, but also to do things that are promotable and young,” he said.
ref: 2007 October 4, Bill Carter, “Fictional Characters Get Virtual Lives, Too”, in New York Times:
glosses: Able to be promoted; eligible for promotion.
Related terms: promote
promoter
promotion
prenegotiated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + negotiated.
Senses: examples: text: Movie Gallery, which operates about 4,430 stores in the United States and Canada, entered a prenegotiated filing in Federal Bankruptcy Court in the Eastern District of Virginia.
ref: 2007 October 17, Reuters, “Chapter 11 for a Video Rental Chain”, in New York Times:
glosses: Negotiated in advance
presentence
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + sentence.
Senses: examples: text: "Pulitzer's request"--Marshall would eventually write--"is both novel and complex, pitting the public's right to know […] against the traditional confidentiality of presentence investigation materials."
ref: 1988 October 14, Michael Miner, “Local Paper Does Good; Quayle Watching”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: Occurring before or in preparation for a criminal sentence.
Synonyms: presentencing
presentence
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: presentences
form: presentencing
form: presentenced
form: presentenced
Etymology: From pre- + sentence.
Senses: examples: text: […] he was conscious to himself that he had prejudged, preconvicted, and even presentenced the Man whom he tried, months before he heard his case, as is demonstrated by his threat to Mrs. MILBANK "that he would send him into penal servitude!" […]
ref: 1874, The Englishman, volume 1, page 393:
glosses: To sentence in advance.
presentence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: presentences
Etymology: From pre- + sentence.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
coordinate_terms: prelanguage
glosses: A sentence-like utterance that precedes the development of properly grammatical sentences.
triclosan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɪ.klə.sæn/
Senses: examples: text: While the active ingredient in the Vicks product, triclosan, is covered under F.D.A. regulations for certain antiseptic uses, that does not include P.& G.’s directions that users should leave the sanitizer on their hands, without rinsing with water, according to the letter.
ref: 2007 September 19, Bloomberg News, “F.D.A. Warns Procter on Hand Sanitizer Advertising”, in New York Times:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A widely used wide-spectrum antibacterial and antifungal agent, with molecular formula C₁₂H₇Cl₃O₂, which works by disrupting the growth of microbes, rather than actively killing them.
Hypernyms: phenol
organochloride
soogan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soogans
form: sugan
form: sougan
Etymology: From Scots suggan (“light saddle; bedroll”), from Irish súgán (“rope”), from Proto-Celtic *souggo, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sew- (“to bend, to cut, to drive”), see also Sanskrit सुवति (suvati). Doublet of sugan (“chair”).
Senses: examples: text: Rawlins was trying to get his soogan tied on behind the saddle.
ref: 1992, Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses, →ISBN, page 30:
glosses: A bedroll.
gypwater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gyp water
Senses: examples: text: Rawlins leaned from the saddle and wet his hand in the river and tasted it. It's gypwater, he said.
ref: 1992, Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses, →ISBN:
glosses: water with a high level of dissolved gypsum which can cause diarrhea
hacendado
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hacendados
form: hacendadoes
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish hacendado.
Senses: examples: text: But she preferred to imagine herself a princess, courted by all the sons of hacendados […].
ref: 2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster, published 2014, page 151:
glosses: The owner of a hacienda.
halloed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhæləʊd/
ipa: /ˌhæˈləʊd/
homophone: hallowed
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hallo
woodhen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈwʊd.hɛn/
Forms: form: woodhens
Etymology: From Middle English wodhen, from Old English wuduhenn (“woodhen, quail”), equivalent to wood + hen.
Senses: examples: text: The story of the woodhen is one outstanding conservation triumph in a plethora of tragedy.
ref: 2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 233:
glosses: Any of the species Hypotaenidia sylvestris (syns. Gallirallus sylvestris, Tricholimnas sylvestris, Ocydromus sylvestris) of rails in the family Rallidae endemic to Lord Howe Island, Australia.
Derived terms: Lord Howe woodhen
woodhens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of woodhen
bush-hen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbʊʃ.hɛn/
Forms: form: bush-hens
Etymology: From bush + hen.
Senses: glosses: Some species of bird in the genus Amaurornis in the family Rallidae.
Synonyms: crake
Derived terms: brown bush-hen
Amaurornis akool
Isabelline bush-hen
Amaurornis isabellina
pale-vented bush-hen
Amaurornis moluccana
plain bush-hen
Amaurornis olivacea
Talaud bush-hen
Amaurornis magnirostris
bush-hens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bush-hen
seamers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of seamer
reorchestrated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reorchestrate
rocklike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more rocklike
form: most rocklike
form: rock-like
Etymology: From rock + -like.
Senses: examples: text: From shoulder to shoulder he measured several ells and his rocklike mountainous knees were covered, as was likewise the rest of his body wherever visible, […]
ref: 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 12: Cyclops]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:
glosses: Resembling a rock.
examples: text: "House Cat Blues," the opening cut, demonstrates this admirably: from the rocklike introductory chords to the echoes of classic Chicago-style piano in Barrelhouse Chuck's solo, a very subtle blend of styles and influences makes the song work.
ref: 1988 April 8, David Whiteis, “Yank Rachell--Chicago Style/Hip Linkchain--Airbusters”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: Resembling rock music.
Synonyms: sense: resembling a rock
word: stonelike
sense: resembling rock music
word: rockish
sense: resembling rock music
word: rockesque
reorchestrate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reorchestrates
form: reorchestrating
form: reorchestrated
form: reorchestrated
Etymology: From re- + orchestrate.
Senses: examples: text: Mahler significantly reorchestrated the music, eliminating doublings and rescoring things so details come through clearly.
ref: 2007 March 8, Anthony Tommasini, “A Maturing Leader Energizes a Venerable Ensemble”, in New York Times:
glosses: To orchestrate again, in a new way
Derived terms: reorchestration
leucoagglutinin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leucoagglutinins
form: leukoagglutinin
Etymology: From leuco- + agglutinin.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An antigenic glycoprotein that causes agglutination of white blood cells
livebearing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: live-bearing
Etymology: From live + bearing.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: That bears live offspring; viviparous
lymphotoxin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lymphotoxins
Etymology: From lympho- + toxin.
Senses: glosses: Any of several lymphokines that are toxic to certain cells
Related terms: lymphotoxic
lymphotoxicity
magnetoconductivity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: magnetoconductivities
form: magneto-conductivity
Etymology: From magneto- + conductivity.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The ability to conduct a magnetic field.
magnetoelectronics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: magneto-electronics
Etymology: From magneto- + electronics.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: spintronics
magnetotransport
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: magneto-transport
Etymology: From magneto- + transport.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The transport of electrons through metals and semiconductors in magnetic field.
malcontented
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more malcontented
form: most malcontented
Senses: glosses: Synonym of malcontent.
synonyms: word: malcontent
Derived terms: malcontentedly
malcontentedness
malcontented
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of malcontent.
matrilineality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From matrilineal + -ity.
Senses: topics: anthropology
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: The condition of being matrilineal
topics: anthropology
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: matrilineage
cucarachas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cucaracha.
mercaptoundecanoic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Blend of mercaptan + undecanoic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to mercaptoundecanoic acid or its derivatives
mercaptoundecanoic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mercaptoundecanoic acids
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any derivative of undecanoic acid in which one of the hydrogen atoms of the chain has been replaced with a mercaptan (-SH) group, but especially 11-mercaptoundecanoic acid which is used in the preparation of nanocomposite materials
snooker table
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snooker tables
Senses: glosses: The table on which snooker or billiards is played; a billiard table
Related terms: pool table
meropenem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: meropenems
Senses: topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
pharmacology
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A broad-spectrum beta-lactam antibiotic used to treat meningitis and pneumonia
seagrass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsiˌɡɹæs/
Forms: form: seagrasses
form: sea-grass
Etymology: From sea + grass.
Senses: examples: text: They are not seen again until they arrive as larger juveniles in shallow coastal waters, where they dine on seagrass and algae.
ref: 2007 October 2, Henry Fountain, “Wayward Youths (or Green Turtles) and Their Drifting Ways”, in The New York Times:
text: There has been some investigation into the potential of seaweeds as a carbon store, and although more is needed, one study says that seaweed habitats are believed to be the most productive of all coastal vegetated ecosystems, and suggested that the world’s seaweed sequesters as much carbon as all the planet’s seagrass meadows, saltmarshes and mangroves combined.
ref: 2023 September 25, Vincent Doumeizel, “Opinion: Seaweed is nutritious, not slimy. Eating it could save the world.”, in CNN:
glosses: Any of various grass-like marine plants that grow underwater in salt water.
wonkery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From wonk + -ery.
Senses: examples: text: The advertisers[…] got a nice mix of celebrity and wonkery, but the dinner had the feeling of an artifact, not of a contemporary event.
ref: 2007 April 23, David Carr, “Carson-Era Humor, Post-Colbert”, in New York Times:
glosses: The quality or activities associated with being a wonk
rerent
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rerents
form: rerenting
form: rerented
form: rerented
form: re-rent
Etymology: From re- + rent.
Senses: examples: text: The condo owner, eager to rerent it, dropped the price to $3,500 from $3,900.
ref: 2007 November 4, Joyce Cohen, “Ready for City Life”, in New York Times:
glosses: To rent (something) again, especially to a new tenant.
rerents
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rerent
rerenting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rerent
rerented
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rerent
ultraexpensive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ultra- + expensive.
Senses: examples: text: Even the ultraexpensive Setai is requiring guests to stay a minimum of seven nights during Super Bowl week, at $950 a night for a double room.
ref: 2007 January 14, Jennifer Conlin, “The Super Bowl Means Super-Size Hotel Rates”, in New York Times:
text: This style of bouquet is ultrainvolved and ultraexpensive to construct, so when a similar, formal look is desired, you might choose a round, tightly packed, hand-tied bouquet.
ref: 2012, Sharon Naylor, Del Blair Delaubenfels, Christy Weber, Bridal Bible: Inspiration for Planning Your Perfect Wedding, page 200:
glosses: Extremely expensive.
metapterygium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metapterygia
Senses: glosses: The posterior of the three basal cartilages of the fins of ray-finned fish
Related terms: metapterygial
unpatterned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + patterned.
Senses: examples: text: [...] skilfully matched woods and unpatterned upholstery in arresting colours, [...].
ref: 1962 July, G. Freeman Allen, “The New "Rheingold"”, in Modern Railways, page 23:
text: […] the sheet conductance of the nanowires is two orders of magnitude larger than for unpatterned interfaces.
ref: 2009 February 20, Cheng Cen et al., “Oxide Nanoelectronics on Demand”, in Science, volume 323, number 5917, →DOI, pages 1026–1030:
glosses: Not patterned
methylamines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of methylamine
vorticity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vorticities
Etymology: From vortex + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: It might sound puzzling that the ageostrophic geopotential (or the ageostrophic pressure in z-coordinate) has no impact on the evolution of the vorticity of a quasi-geostrophic disturbance and yet it affects the perturbation kinetic energetics (not globally but locally).
ref: 2004, Zhu Xun, Li Xiaofan, Cai Ming, Observation, Theory And Modeling Of Atmospheric Variability, →ISBN, page 13:
text: This results from the vorticity component of shear, whereas elongated cells would further be affected by the rate of strain component.
ref: 2009 February 20, William M. Durham et al., “Disruption of Vertical Motility by Shear Triggers Formation of Thin Phytoplankton Layers”, in Science, volume 323, number 5917, →DOI, pages 1067–1070:
text: An extreme version of vorticity is a vortex. The vortex is a spinning, cyclonic mass of fluid, which can be observed in the rotation of water going down a drain, as well as in smoke rings, tornados and hurricanes.
ref: 2013 March 24, Frank Fish, George Lauder, “Not Just Going with the Flow”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 2, archived from the original on 01 May 2013, page 114:
topics: fluid-dynamics
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
sciences
glosses: A property of a fluid flow related to local angular rotation; defined as the curl of the flow's velocity field.
Derived terms: potential vorticity
methylindolizidine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: methylindolizidines
Etymology: From methyl + indolizidine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any methyl derivative of indolizidine
unslaked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + slaked.
Senses: examples: text: With throats unslaked, with black lips baked: / We could not laugh nor wail.
ref: 1798, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner:
text: His blood lust yet unslaked (pardon the pun), the duke has the duchess executed[…].
ref: 1988 April 8, Tom Boeker, “The Duchess of Malfi”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: Not yet slaked
methylsulfate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: methylsulfates
Etymology: From methyl + sulfate.
Senses: glosses: dimethyl sulfate
glosses: Any methyl sulfate
violinistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more violinistic
form: most violinistic
Etymology: From violinist + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: As a violinist, I often thought of him in violinistic terms when comparing him with another great tenor, Franco Corelli: Corelli had a voice like a Stradivarius; Pavarotti was a Guarneri del Gesù.
ref: 2007 September 11, “A Thrilling Instrument (2 Letters)”, in New York Times:
glosses: Of, pertaining or proper to a violinist.
recommitment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: recommitments
Etymology: From recommit + -ment.
Senses: examples: text: “On the other side, we’re just seeing another recommitment of Ford that this is really important and we’re going to make it a high priority of the company.”
ref: 2007 April 24, Micheline Maynard, “Mulally Names an Environmental Executive for Ford”, in New York Times:
glosses: A renewal of a commitment, or an act of recommitting
quoining
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quoinings
Senses: examples: text: Instead of inserting a straight vertical gap all the way up, he has staggered it so it looks like old-fashioned quoining.
ref: 2007 June 24, Christopher Gray, “A Preservation Handbook in a Few Short Blocks”, in New York Times:
topics: architecture
glosses: The architectural elements, such as stone or brick, that form a quoin.
quoining
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of quoin
uptightness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: uptightnesses
Etymology: From uptight + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Davis is out to remove the slur of moral uptightness and narrow virtue from Malamuds reputation.
ref: 2007 December 9, Lee Siegel, “The Fixer-Upper”, in New York Times:
glosses: The state or quality of being uptight
dimethyl sulfate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dimethyl sulphate
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The methyl ester of sulfuric acid, (CH₃)₂SO₄, used as a methylating agent in organic chemistry
reconceptualization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reconceptualizations
form: reconceptualisation
Etymology: From reconceptualize + -ation.
Senses: examples: text: Hmm. All this reconceptualization, and scoring and even sound effects: sounds like filmmaking to me.
ref: 2009 February 1, Virginia Heffernan, “Click and Jane”, in New York Times:
glosses: The act or process of reconceptualizing, of developing a new concept for something
recouple
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: recouples
form: recoupling
form: recoupled
form: recoupled
Etymology: From re- + couple.
Senses: examples: text: Mr. Giuliani […] tapped into the struggles of millions of American families who have to regroup when a new marriage, or recoupling, follows a divorce or breakup.
ref: 2007 March 11, Mireya Navarro, “A Family Feud That Is Familiar”, in New York Times:
glosses: To couple or join again
microcircuitry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microcircuitries
Etymology: From micro- + circuitry.
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Any system constructed of microcircuits
micromachined
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From micro- + machined.
Senses: glosses: machined using a micromachine
microslicer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microslicers
Etymology: From micro- + slicer.
Senses: glosses: A microtome.
recouples
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of recouple
recoupling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of recouple
recoupling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: recouplings
Senses: glosses: The act or process by which something is recoupled.
recoupled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of recouple
microstimulation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microstimulations
Etymology: From micro- + stimulation.
Senses: glosses: The stimulation of individual nerve cells using a small electric current
minispheres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of minisphere
minisphere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: minispheres
form: mini-sphere
Etymology: From mini- + sphere.
Senses: glosses: A very small sphere, especially a spherical colloidal particle.
mislocalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mislocalizations
Etymology: From mis- + localization.
Senses: glosses: An incorrect or faulty localization.
monosynaptically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From monosynaptic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a monosynaptic manner; using a single synapse
mudwalled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mudwalled
form: most mudwalled
form: mud-walled
Etymology: From mud + walled.
Senses: glosses: Having walls constructed from mud, or with bricks made from mud
multiangle
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more multiangle
form: most multiangle
form: multi-angle
Etymology: From multi- + angle.
Senses: glosses: Employing, or operating from, multiple angles.
multiprocess
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: multi-process
Etymology: From multi- + process.
Senses: glosses: Employing multiple processes.
multirowed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more multirowed
form: most multirowed
form: multi-rowed
Etymology: From multi- + rowed.
Senses: glosses: Having multiple rows.
waterhen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈwɔːtə.hɛn/
Forms: form: waterhens
Etymology: From water + hen. Compare Saterland Frisian Woaterhanne, German Low German Waterhenne. Compare also Dutch waterhoen, German Wasserhuhn.
Senses: hypernyms: waterbird#Noun
<
bird#Noun
<
animal#Noun
<
organism#Noun
species#Noun
coordinate_terms: watercock#Noun
water hen#Noun
glosses: A species of bird in the genus Amaurornis of the family Rallidae.
glosses: Synonym of turbo chook.
synonyms: word: turbo chook
Derived terms: white-breasted waterhen
Amaurornis phoenicurus
waterhens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of waterhen
nanofriction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From nano- + friction.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: friction involving nanosized objects
tibiale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌtɪb.iˈeɪ.li/
Forms: form: tibialia
Etymology: From New Latin [Term?].
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of tibial.
neuronophagia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From neuron + -o- + -phagia.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: The destruction of nerve cells by phagocytes.
neuroprostheses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neuroprosthesis
nitrocefin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: chromogenic cephalosporin used for detection of beta-lactamase activity
nitroquinoxaline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nitroquinoxalines
Etymology: From nitro + quinoxaline.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any nitro derivative of quinoxaline
nondental
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛntəl
Forms: form: non-dental
Etymology: From non- + dental.
Senses: glosses: Not dental.
nondivergent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-divergent
Etymology: From non- + divergent.
Senses: glosses: Not divergent
nonendocytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-endocytic
Etymology: From non- + endocytic.
Senses: glosses: Not endocytic.
nonfibrillar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-fibrillar
Etymology: From non- + fibrillar.
Senses: glosses: Not fibrillar.
nonimmunogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-immunogenic
Etymology: From non- + immunogenic.
Senses: glosses: Not immunogenic.
noninjectable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-injectable
Etymology: From non- + injectable.
Senses: glosses: Not injectable.
nonmammalian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-mammalian
Etymology: From non- + mammalian.
Senses: glosses: Not mammalian.
alternative algebra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alternative algebras
Senses: topics: algebra
mathematics
sciences
glosses: An algebra such that every subalgebra generated by two elements is associative.
Related terms: power-associative algebra
associative algebra
nonneuronal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-neuronal
Etymology: From non- + neuronal.
Senses: glosses: Not neuronal
watercock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈwɔːtə.kɒk/
Forms: form: watercocks
Etymology: From water + cock.
Senses: hypernyms: waterbird#Noun
<
bird#Noun
coordinate_terms: waterhen#Noun
water hen#Noun
;
sand cock#Noun
glosses: Gallicrex cinerea, a species of bird in the monotypic genus Gallicrex of the family Rallidae. It is a large rail found in wetland habitats in Asia.
nonpyramidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-pyramidal
Etymology: From non- + pyramidal.
Senses: glosses: Not pyramidal.
power-associative algebra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: power-associative algebras
Senses: topics: algebra
mathematics
sciences
glosses: An algebra such that every subalgebra generated by one element is associative.
Related terms: alternative algebra
associative algebra
watercocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of watercock
nonrecombinant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-recombinant
Etymology: From non- + recombinant.
Senses: glosses: Not recombinant
nonrecombinant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonrecombinants
form: non-recombinant
Etymology: From non- + recombinant.
Senses: glosses: Such a cell or organism
nonrenal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-renal
Etymology: From non- + renal.
Senses: glosses: Not renal.
nonmultilayer
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-multilayer
Etymology: From non- + multilayer.
Senses: glosses: Not multilayer; made of a single layer
nontransfected
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-transfected
Etymology: From non- + transfected.
Senses: glosses: Not transfected.
nonwave
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-wave
Etymology: From non- + wave.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Not involving, or not having the properties of, a wave.
nonrecombinants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonrecombinant
nupharamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nupharamines
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of sesquiterpenoid piperidine alkaloids found in Nuphar japonica and castoreum.
odontoblast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: odontoblasts
Etymology: From odonto- + -blast.
Senses: synonyms: dentinoblast
glosses: A cell on the outer surface of dental pulp that produces tooth dentin.
Derived terms: odontoblastic
preodontoblast
subodontoblast
Related terms: ameloblast
osteoblast
olivanic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to olivanic acids or their derivatives
olivanic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: olivanic acids
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Any of a group of beta-lactam antibiotics originally obtained from Streptomyces bacteria
bendir
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bendirs
Etymology: From Moroccan Arabic بندير (bandīr).
Senses: glosses: A type of frame drum used in Morocco and other parts of North Africa.
bendirs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bendir
rafales
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rafale
oncocytoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oncocytomas
form: oncocytomata
Etymology: From oncocyte + -oma.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A benign tumour composed of oncocytes.
oncocytomas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oncocytoma
oncocyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oncocytes
Etymology: From onco- + -cyte.
Senses: glosses: A large, granular cell, having many mitochondria, found in salivary and certain endocrine glands.
Derived terms: oncocytic
Related terms: oncocytoma
oralnasal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -eɪzəl
Forms: form: oral-nasal
Etymology: From oral + nasal.
Senses: glosses: oronasal
oronasal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -eɪzəl
Etymology: From oro- + nasal.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the mouth and the nose
takahe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: takahes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of takahē.
overbank
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From over- + bank.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Describing sediments deposited on a floodplain from suspensions in floodwaters
overbank
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overbanks
form: overbanking
form: overbanked
form: overbanked
Etymology: From over- + bank.
Senses: glosses: To bank excessively
raw_tags: of an aircraft
takahes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of takahe
piolets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of piolet
bessa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bessas
form: bessa
Senses: glosses: A former copper coin of Ethiopia.
chieftaincy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtʃiːftənsi/
Forms: form: chieftaincies
Etymology: From chieftain + -cy. Piecewise doublet of captaincy.
Senses: examples: text: At first Matenge had hated his brother because he felt the chieftaincy should be his, and this hatred drove him to overreach himself until he was discovered in a plot to assassinate his brother.
ref: 1969, Bessie Head, When Rain Clouds Gather, Heinemann, published 1995, pages 40–41:
text: The two principles that governed my life at Mqhekezweni were chieftaincy and the Church.
ref: 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela, London: Abacus, published 2010, page 22:
glosses: The position or period of rule of a chief.
examples: text: And it does not help that the lowermost part of Broadway was originally laid out as a footpath by the people of the Wickquasgeck chieftaincy, long before Europeans arrived.
ref: 2009 March 2, David W. Dunlap, “Broadway Traffic Cure Elusive Since the 1800s”, in New York Times:
glosses: The area or population ruled by a chief.
chieftaincies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chieftaincy
lyrist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlaɪɹɪst/
rhymes: -aɪɹɪst
Forms: form: lyrists
Etymology: From lyre + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: On “Kabibi” he connects breezily with the Tanzanian singer and thumb pianist Anania Ngoliga; on “Pakugyenda Balebauo,” also in Tanzania, he trades phrases with a lyrist named Warema Masiaga Cha Cha. The title track, which Mr. Fleck wrote in his own style, features the Malian ngoni players Bassekou Kouyate and Haruna Samake.
ref: 2009 March 2, The New York Times, “New CDs”, in New York Times:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A person who plays the lyre.