cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
kangaroo piss
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From kangaroo + piss (“inferior liquor”).
Senses: examples: text: >> Yeah, or you could drink beer instead.
>Right, Fosters (ever been kicked by a kangaroo?)
Kangaroo piss more like it. Let's go for top shelf instead of the urinal, try something like Carlsberg or if you want Aussie beer try Cooper's Pale Ale ;^) Stix, or Cascade.
ref: 1998 July 10, Gully Foyle, “Why does Gawd need representatives? (was: Free Will (Re: Why are there atheists?))”, in talk.atheism (Usenet):
text: Hey! I was led to believe that Fosters was crap, and that the various Australian microbrews were the way to go. If that's the case, then wouldn't offering a Fosters to a visitor be an insult? Another way of saying, "Your palette^([sic]) probably cannot descriminate between a quality beer and kangaroo piss, so there's no need to waste the good stuff on you. Here, have a Fosters." :)
ref: 1999 July 18, Dave, “CANADA IS A GOOD PLACE....”, in alt.tv.southpark (Usenet):
text: Hey Billy, stop drinking kangaroo piss for breakfast and wake up.
ref: 2001 December 12, Skip Press, “Osama's Tape and Al Jazeera's responce^([sic])”, in alt.journalism (Usenet):
glosses: Beer, especially of inferior quality.
examples: text: Kangaroo piss is like a concentrated version of cat urine, possessing an all-pervading, unmistakeable tang.
ref: 2006, Tom Parry, Thumbs Up Australia: Hitchhiking the Outback, unnumbered page:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see kangaroo, piss.
Synonyms: donkey piss
horse piss
cougar piss
Derived terms: roo piss
piss like a kangaroo
alpha dog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alpha dogs
Senses: glosses: A dominant dog; a dog that is an alpha male or alpha female.
Related terms: alpha-dog
alpha dog
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: alpha dogs
form: alpha dogging
form: alpha dogged
form: alpha dogged
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of alpha-dog.
faux bois
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From French faux bois (“false wood”).
Senses: glosses: The artistic imitation of wood or wood grains in various media
anorthoscopic perception
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anorthoscopic perceptions
Senses: qualifier: cognitive science
glosses: Perception, especially visual perception, that does not immediately follow from what is actually sensed, such as perception of an entire object only a part of which is seen at a time.
Asperger's
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: A blogger recently asked Altman, “How has having Asperger’s helped and hurt you?” Altman told me, “I was, like, ‘Fuck you, I don’t have Asperger’s!’
ref: 2016 October 3, Tad Friend, “Sam Altman’s Manifest Destiny”, in The New Yorker, archived from the original on 02 Feb 2017:
glosses: Ellipsis of Asperger's syndrome.
collateral energy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Energy in an interaction that is not supplied by the initiator of the interaction.
en clair
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: Borrowed from French en clair.
Senses: examples: text: As per Berchtold's instructions, Giesl stopped in the border town of Semlin and wired the news immediately, en clair, such that Tisza, in Budapest, learned of Serbia's rejection even before 7 PM.
ref: 2014, Sean McMeekin, 7/1/2014: Countdown to War, page 201:
glosses: in the clear; without any encryption
raw_tags: of the transmission of a signal
religiousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: religiousnesses
Etymology: From religious + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being religious; religiosity.
sketching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskɛt͡ʃɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɛtʃɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sketch
sketching
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskɛt͡ʃɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɛtʃɪŋ
Forms: form: sketchings
Senses: examples: a collection of Chinese sketchings
glosses: Something drawn briefly and basically; a sketch.
preoral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɔːɹəl
Forms: form: pre-oral
Etymology: From pre- + oral.
Senses: examples: text: preoral aperture
text: preoral brush
text: preoral cavity
text: preoral nerve
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Situated in front of, or anterior to, the mouth.
topics: human-sciences
medicine
psychoanalysis
psychology
sciences
glosses: Prior to the oral stage, in Freudian psychoanalysis.
glosses: Prior to an oral exam.
postoral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɔːɹəl
Forms: form: more postoral
form: most postoral
form: post-oral
Etymology: From post- + oral.
Senses: topics: anatomy
biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
zoology
glosses: Situated behind, or posterior to, the mouth
arthropodan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Arthropoda + -an
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Of, or relating to, arthropods.
arthropodan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arthropodans
Etymology: Arthropoda + -an
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: An arthropod.
kokoretsi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kokoretsis
Etymology: Borrowed from Greek κοκορέτσι (kokorétsi), from Albanian kukurec.
Senses: glosses: A traditional Greek dish typically consumed at Easter, consisting mainly of seasoned lamb or goat offal.
cousin-german
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cousin-germans
head_nr: 1
form: cousins-german
head_nr: 1
form: cousin german
Etymology: From Middle English cosin germain, from Anglo-Norman cosin germain, cosine germaine. See also Middle English cosin, germain.
Senses: examples: text: This interesting explanation of family connections given by Mrs. Boville occasioned an éclaircissement exceedingly gratifying to Mrs. De Brooke and Rosilia. Doctor Lovesworth, for whom they had mutually, with the whole of their family, felt so great a partiality, was found to be the cousin-german of Mrs. De Brooke.
ref: 1838, [Letitia Elizabeth] Landon (indicated as editor), chapter XX, in Duty and Inclination: […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 254:
head_nr: 2
glosses: A first cousin.
examples: text: This propensity to display its blossoms on bare branches the almond shares with several of its kindred; and, as a parallel to Solomon's image, we may refer to its cousin-german the sloe, in our own cold clime so familiar, with its snowy petals […]
ref: 1866, Patrick Fairbairn, The Imperial Bible-Dictionary, page 59:
text: "Have a care what you do, Grantly, this Indian is cousin-german to the Old Nick, and he can read your intentions like print."
ref: 1899, William Wallace Cook, “Aquastor”, in Overland Monthly, page 18:
head_nr: 2
glosses: Something closely related.
cousin german
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cousin germans
form: cousins german
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cousin-german.
glosses: Protolampra sobrina, a moth of the family Noctuidae
holaspid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of, or relating to, holaspis.
holaspid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: holaspids
Senses: glosses: Any trilobite in the holaspis stage of development.
Related terms: meraspid
protaspid
meraspid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of, or pertaining to, meraspis
meraspid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: meraspids
Senses: glosses: Any trilobite in the meraspis stage of development.
Related terms: holaspid
protaspid
protaspid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of, or relating to, protaspis
protaspid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: protaspids
Senses: glosses: A recently-hatched trilobite that is still in the protaspid stage (consisting of a single rounded component).
Related terms: holaspid
meraspid
protaspis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹəˈtaspɪs/
ipa: /pɹəˈtæspəs/
Forms: form: protaspides
Etymology: From prot- + aspis (from Ancient Greek ἀσπίς (aspís, “shield”)).
Senses: topics: biology
history
human-sciences
natural-sciences
paleontology
sciences
glosses: A stage in the development of a trilobite where the creature has not yet developed articulated segments.
Derived terms: anaprotaspis
metaprotaspis
paraprotaspis
protaspid
Related terms: holaspis
meraspis
holaspis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: holaspides
Senses: examples: text: A similar situation may also characterize S. wenlockiana, a species with six segments in holaspis, the smallest holaspids of which have similar glabellar lengths to those of the sixth degree meraspis of A. konincki.
ref: 2001, Jonathan M. Adrain, Gregory D. Edgecombe, Bruce S. Lieberman, editors, Fossils, Phylogeny, and Form: An Analytical Approach, page 46:
text: The pygidial spines are stout and direct outward in the early holaspis (Fig. 2, A-B, F), but become slender and direct inward in the late holaspis (Fig. 2, D, E).
ref: 2008, Xuejian Zhu, Shanchi Peng, Jingxun Zuo, “Revision an Ventral Structure of Guangxiaspis guangxiensis Zhou, 1977 (Trilobita)”, in Isabel Rábano, Rodolfo Gozalo, Diego García-Bellido Capdevila, editors, Advances in Trilobite Research, page 444:
text: The holaspis stage has a full complement of thoracic segments for the species but growth continues through further molts and maturity may not be reached until some time after the holaspis stage was reached.
ref: 2009, Michael J. Benton, David A. T. Harper, Introduction to Paleobiology and the Fossil Record, page 366:
topics: biology
history
human-sciences
natural-sciences
paleontology
sciences
zoology
glosses: A stage in the development of a trilobite at which the creature has gained its adult segmentation, but continues to molt and grow.
Related terms: holaspid
meraspis
protaspis
meraspis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: meraspides
Senses: glosses: A stage in the development of a trilobite where the creature is growing, molting and developing its adult segmentation, but has not yet grown all segments.
Related terms: holaspis
protaspis
preglabellar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + glabellar.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: In front of the glabella
Derived terms: preglabellar field
glabellar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From glabella + -ar.
Senses: glosses: Of, or pertaining to, the glabella.
Derived terms: circumglabellar
infraglabellar
postglabellar
supraglabellar
Related terms: preglabellar
glabella
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɡləˈbɛlə/
Forms: form: glabellas
form: glabellae
Etymology: From Latin glaber (“smooth, hairless, bald”).
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The space between the eyebrows and above the nose.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: The axial protuberance on the cephalon of certain arthropods (especially trilobites).
Synonyms: sense: human anatomy
word: mesophryon
Derived terms: glabellar
Related terms: glabellum
mesophryon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek μεσόφρυον (mesóphruon), from μέσος (mésos, “between”) and ὀφρύς (ophrús, “eyebrow”).
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: glabella (the space between the eyebrows and nose)
spinose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more spinose
form: most spinose
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin spinōsus.
Senses: glosses: Having a spine, or spines
Derived terms: spinosity
squeezebox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskwiːzbɒks/
ipa: /ˈskwizbɑks/
Forms: form: squeezeboxes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of squeeze box.
A levels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of A level
cut short
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cuts short
form: cutting short
form: cut short
form: cut short
Senses: examples: text: The party was cut short because everything was getting broken.
text: The Reggie Clemons case has been a cause of legal dispute for the past two decades. Prosecutors alleged that he and his co-defendants brutally cut short the lives of Julie and Robin Kerry, sisters who had just started college and had their whole adult lives ahead of them.
ref: 2012 August 21, Ed Pilkington, “Death penalty on trial: should Reggie Clemons live or die?”, in The Guardian:
glosses: To interrupt or curtail before the planned end time.
examples: text: He cut her short because he knew what she was going to say.
glosses: To stop someone from finishing what they are saying.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cut, short.
cut short
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: cut shorter
form: cut shortest
Senses: glosses: Having been cut short, reduced.
premarital
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: præmarital
Etymology: From pre- + marital.
Senses: examples: text: Premarital sex is now far more common than it was in the 1920s.
glosses: Before marriage; before getting married.
Synonyms: antemarital
antenuptial
prenuptial
premarital
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: præmarital
Etymology: From pre- + marital.
Senses: glosses: Ellipsis of premarital sex.
in colour
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: British standard spelling of in color.
Japonaises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Japonaise
ignorati
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of ignorant + literati
Senses: examples: text: (title)
ref: 2011 October 28, Joseph Romm, “The New York Times joins the energy and climate ignorati”, in Grist Magazine:
text: First, we'll show you why you want to erase every piece of misinformation with which the wellness ignorati have indoctrinated you.
ref: 2013, Tom Emerick, Al Lewis, Cracking Health Costs: How to Cut Your Company's Health Costs and Provide Employees Better Care, →ISBN:
text: Amazon didn't patent the white cyc or the white background as the ignorati have claimed; they only patented a clever method to get the reflecting floor to blend seamlessly into the background, as-shot in-camera.
ref: 2014 June 2, Steve Schuler, “DIY Photo Light Box: Did Amazon Patent Photography Against A White Background”, in Science 2.0:
text: Carly has to appease the Ignorati (as I dub the right-wing base), so she touts a nonexistent fetus-harvesting video.
ref: 2015 September 23, Richard J. Rosendall, “Appeasing the Ignorati”, in Washington Blade:
text: The Islamic State group is doing well recruiting thousands from Europe and America, mainly young ignorati, with its pitch that they are defending Muslims against the crusaders bent on extermination of their religion.
ref: 2015 December 14, Mortimer B. Zuckerman, “To Defeat the Islamic State Group, Fight Smarter”, in U.S. News & World Report:
glosses: The wilfully ignorant; those who choose to ignore inconvenient facts or make public claims based on falsehoods.
riah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɹaɪə/
Etymology: Backwards spelling of English hair.
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:riah.
qualifier: Polari back slang
glosses: Hair.
Derived terms: ogle fake riah
ogle riah fake
bubble butts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bubble butt
individuate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: individuates
form: individuating
form: individuated
form: individuated
Senses: examples: text: […]Mississippi Burning opts for an endless spectacle of fires and beatings instead, taking care not to individuate too many of the black victims for fear of alienating "our society" […
ref: 1988 December 16, Jonathan Rosenbaum, “A Perversion of the Past”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: To make, or cause to appear, individual.
Derived terms: deindividuate
individuatability
individuatable
individuation
individuative
individuator
nonindividuated
unindividuated
individuate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more individuate
form: most individuate
Senses: glosses: undivided
softens
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of soften
previa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: praevia
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Ellipsis of placenta previa.
Related terms: vasa previa
United States Virgin Islands
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the United States Virgin Islands
Etymology: Named by Christopher Columbus after Saint Ursula and her virgin followers.
Senses: glosses: An archipelago and dependent territory of the United States, part of the Virgin Islands in the Caribbean. Official name: Virgin Islands of the United States.
wikipedia: Christopher Columbus
Saint Ursula
Synonyms: word: US Virgin Islands
word: U.S.V.I.
word: U.S. V.I.
word: USVI
word: US VI
word: U. S. V. I.
CVC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CVCs
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of central venous catheter.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of Compact Video Cassette.
topics: banking
business
coordinate_terms: CVV
glosses: Initialism of card verification code.
topics: business
finance
glosses: Initialism of corporate venture capital.
gassing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of gas
gassing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gassings
Senses: glosses: Poisoning by noxious gas.
glosses: The liberation of hydrogen from an overcharged battery due to electrolysis of the electrolyte.
topics: business
manufacturing
glosses: The process of passing cotton goods between two rollers and exposing them to numerous minute jets of gas to burn off the small fibres.
glosses: Any similar process of singeing.
examples: text: He bent over her shoulder and read, Shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up, I can't stand your gassing, oh, what a windbag, what will shut you up, shut up, shut up. And so ad infinitum. He was terribly hurt.
ref: 1940, Christina Stead, The Man who Loved Children:
glosses: boasting; insincere or empty talk
Derived terms: antigassing
off-gassing
CVP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CVPs
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of central venous pressure.
FACP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Fellow of the American College of Physicians.
FACP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: FACPs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of fire alarm control panel.
FRCP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians.
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
pulmonology
sciences
glosses: A type of progressive lung disease characterized by long-term respiratory symptoms and airflow limitation.
Synonyms: COPD
Related terms: emphysema
chronic bronchitis
asthma
convertiplane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: convertiplanes
Senses: glosses: Any of several forms of aircraft capable of both vertical takeoff and landing, and of normal forward flight; usually has variable geometry wings that can rotate
CSF
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CSFs
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of cerebrospinal fluid.
topics: biology
microbiology
natural-sciences
virology
glosses: Initialism of classical swine fever, caused by Pestivirus C (CSFV).
topics: management
glosses: Initialism of critical success factor.
glosses: Initialism of colony-stimulating factor.
Derived terms: topics: virology
microbiology
biology
natural-sciences
word: CSFV
cooling tower
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cooling towers
Senses: examples: text: So we'll march day and night
By the big cooling tower
They have the plant
But we have the power
ref: 1993, “Last Exit to Springfield”, in The Simpsons, season 4, episode 17 (song), spoken by Lisa Simpson (Yeardley Smith):
glosses: A large device, in the form of a tower-shaped building, in which warm water is cooled by evaporation caused by circulating currents of air
levothyroxine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌli.voʊ.θaɪˈɹɑkˌsin/
ipa: /ˌli.voʊ.θaɪˈɹɑk.sɪn/
rhymes: -ɒksɪn
Forms: form: laevothyroxine
Etymology: From levo- + thyroxine.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: The levorotatory isomer of thyroxine (trademark Levothyroid, Levoxyl, Synthroid) that is administered in the form of its sodium salt C₁₅H₁₀I₄NNaO₄ in the treatment of hypothyroidism.
Hypernyms: thyroxine
T4
Coordinate terms: dextrothyroxine
Derived terms: levothyroxine sodium
liotrix
macrometeorology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From macro- + meteorology.
Senses: examples: text: Generally, macrometeorology is concerned with weather systems having spatial scales greater than 1000 km and temporal scales on the order of several days or longer.
ref: 2013, William R. Cotton, Storm and Cloud Dynamics, volume 44, page ix:
topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
glosses: The study of the large-scale behaviour of the atmosphere
Derived terms: macrometeorological
macromolecular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From macro- + molecular.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to a macromolecule
Derived terms: biomacromolecular
intramacromolecular
macromolecularly
supermacromolecular
supramacromolecular
Dolly Varden cake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Dolly Varden cakes
Etymology: After Dickens' fictional character; see Dolly Varden.
Senses: glosses: A highly decorated cake in the form of a standing doll with a large flowing skirt.
nocebo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: nōsē′bō
ipa: /nəʊˈsiː.bəʊ/
enpr: nōsē′bō
ipa: /noʊˈsi.boʊ/
rhymes: -iːbəʊ
Forms: form: nocebos
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin nocēbō (“I will harm”), the first-person singular future active indicative form of noceō (“I harm”), by analogy with placebo. The word was coined by Walter P. Kennedy in an article entitled “The Nocebo Reaction” (1961). (see quotation).
Senses: examples: text: It is somewhat surprising that little attention has been drawn to the existence of the contrary effect [to the placebo] – which I may call the nocebo reaction.
ref: 1961 September, Walter P. Kennedy, “The Nocebo Reaction”, in Medical World, volume 95, London: Medical Practitioners' Union, →ISSN, →OCLC, →PMID, page 203:
text: In the case of the nocebo, it is negative expectations that become self-fulfilling prophecies.
ref: 2009 April 25, Stuart Blackman, “Why health warnings can be bad”, in Financial Times:
text: It seems to be a "nocebo" effect – the self-diagnosed gluten sensitive patients expected to feel worse on the study diets, so they did.
ref: 2014 May 15, Jennifer Welsh, “Researchers who Provided Key Evidence for Gluten Sensitivity have now Thoroughly Shown that It Doesn’t Exist”, in Business Insider, archived from the original on 02 Jul 2017:
text: If there's one lesson to be drawn from the nocebo effect, it's that ideas are never merely ideas. […] Maybe you see where I'm going with this: our grim view of humanity is also a nocebo.
ref: 2020, Rutger Bregman, Humankind, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A substance which a patient experiences as harmful due to a previous negative perception, but which is in fact pharmacologically (medicinally) inactive.
Derived terms: nocebo effect
Related terms: drug
placebo
ululating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ululate
ululating
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ululatings
Senses: examples: text: The grandmothers' words, their pauses to spit, their meanderings as the narrative developed, their hums and ululatings, frightened me.
ref: 2003, Pascal Khoo Thwe, From the Land of Green Ghosts: A Burmese Odyssey (page 17)
glosses: An act of ululation.
expelling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of expel
expelling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: expellings
Senses: synonyms: ejection
expulsion
glosses: The process by which something is expelled.
FACEP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians.
dolcetto
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɒlˈtʃɛtəʊ/
ipa: /doʊlˈt͡ʃɛtoʊ/
rhymes: -ɛtəʊ
Forms: form: dolcettos
form: dolcetti
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian, a diminutive of dolce (“sweet”). Doublet of dulcet and doucet.
Senses: glosses: A grape variety from Piedmont, used to make a red wine.
glosses: The dry, slightly bitter wine made from this grape.
methicillin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmɛθ.ɪˈsɪl.ɪn/
rhymes: -ɪlɪn
Forms: form: methicillins
Senses: examples: text: The new strain was dubbed methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA.
ref: 2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 53:
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Alternative spelling of meticillin.
TMP-SMX
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole.
microscopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microscope
squidgy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskwɪd͡ʒi/
rhymes: -ɪdʒi
Forms: form: squidgier
form: squidgiest
Senses: examples: text: He was one of those dangerous people who are soft, squidgy and cowlike provided they have what they want. And because he had always had what he wanted, and had seemed easily pleased with it, it had never occurred to anybody that he was anything other than soft, squidgy and cowlike.
ref: 1987, Douglas Adams, Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, Simon & Schuster, page 102:
text: It consists of two layers of ground cashew nuts, mixed with breadcrumbs, onions, nutmeg and vegetable stock, and separated by a vibrant green herb stuffing, the main ingredient of which is also bread. Although surprisingly moist, thanks to the stock (indeed, the contrast between the crisp exterior and the squidgy middle is horribly moreish), the combination of parsley, garlic and breadcrumbs reminds me of a very fancy loaf of garlic bread – and all but overpowers the sweet flavour of the cashews.
ref: 2011 December 15, Felicity Cloake, “How to cook the perfect nut roast”, in Guardian:
synonyms: word: drenched
word: saturated
word: sodden
word: bewatered
word: damp
word: drenched
word: dripping
word: drunk
word: humid
word: irriguous
word: madid
word: moist
word: moisty
word: overwatered
word: plashy
word: saturated
word: soaked
word: sodden
word: soggy
word: spewy
word: spongy
word: squidgy
word: thoan
word: thone
word: undried
word: watered
word: waterlogged
word: watery
word: wet
word: wetter than an otter's pocket
word: wiery
glosses: Moist and pliant; soggy.
Derived terms: squidgily
squidginess
squidgy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskwɪd͡ʒi/
rhymes: -ɪdʒi
Forms: form: squidgies
Senses: topics: fishing
hobbies
lifestyle
glosses: A soft plastic lure.
formalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɔɹml̩ˌɪst/
Forms: form: formalists
Etymology: From formal + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: The Besht preached that the simple man, imbued with native faith and able to pray fervently and wholeheartedly with a sense of joy in his heart, was nearer and dearer to God than the learned but joyless formalist spending his whole life in the study of Talmud.
ref: 2017, Velvel Pasternak, Behind the Music, Stories, Anecdotes, Articles and Reflections, page 225:
glosses: An overly formal person, especially one who adheres to current forms; a stickler
glosses: An advocate of formalism
Derived terms: antiformalist
neoformalist
formalist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɔɹml̩ˌɪst/
Forms: form: more formalist
form: most formalist
Etymology: From formal + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to formalism; formalistic
Derived terms: formalistic
Related terms: formalism
formalize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɔː(ɹ).mə.laɪz/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)məlaɪz
Forms: form: formalizes
form: formalizing
form: formalized
form: formalized
form: formalise
Etymology: From formal + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To give something a definite form; to shape.
examples: text: We have more fun and exciting fundraisers planned, and we're trying to carefully budget them so they don't cut into your life savings. As they formalize, we'll widely publicize these events.
ref: 1984 February 4, Marsha Levine, “Pride '84”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 28, page 5:
glosses: To develop into a definite form.
glosses: To give something a formal or official standing.
glosses: To act with formality.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: To rigorously prove a mathematical result.
Derived terms: deformalize
formalizability
formalizable
formalizer
nonformalized
reformalize
unformalized
formatted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: We formatted the article to look better on smaller screens.
glosses: simple past and past participle of format
formatted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: That has been given a definite format
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: That has been physically arranged to be in a state ready for the storage of data
raw_tags: of a storage medium
Derived terms: malformatted
nonformatted
preformatted
unformatted
formfitting
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more formfitting
form: most formfitting
Senses: examples: text: Volleyball jerseys are formfitting and cute—unlike the oversize basketball or football ones.
ref: 2009, Debbie Rigaud, chapter 2, in Perfect Shot (The Romantic Comedies), New York, N.Y.: Simon Pulse, →ISBN, page 18:
glosses: Alternative form of form-fitting.
formulator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: formulators
Etymology: From formulate + -or.
Senses: glosses: A person who formulates
forswore
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of foreswear
Related terms: foresworn
PICC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PICCs
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of peripherally inserted central catheter.
fortuity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fortuities
Etymology: From fortuitous + -ity, from Latin fortuītus.
Senses: synonyms: word: fortuitousness
word: luck
word: felicity
word: fortune
word: fortuitousness
word: fortuity
word: good fortune
word: good luck
word: happiness
word: luck
word: luck of the Irish
word: adventure
word: accident
word: casualty
word: chance
word: chance-medley
word: fortune
word: hap
word: hazard
word: joss
word: luck
word: serendipity
word: weird
antonyms: word: adverseness
word: unluckiness
word: unfortunateness
word: good luck
glosses: The state of being fortuitous.
synonyms: word: good fortune
word: accident
word: befalling
word: chance
word: contingency
word: casualty
antonyms: adversity
misfortune
nakba
glosses: A fortuitous event; an accident.
fortunetelling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fortune-telling.
fortunetelling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fortune-telling.
fortune-telling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fortunetelling
form: fortune telling
Senses: examples: text: Fortune-telling has been in all countries a gift of the sea-people.
ref: 1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 242:
glosses: The act or practice of predicting the future (especially for money), as by using a crystal ball, reading palms, reading tea leaves in a cup, etc.; prediction of future events, especially those of a personal nature.
Related terms: sense: connected with fortunetelling
word: alectryomancy
sense: connected with fortunetelling
word: astrology
sense: connected with fortunetelling
word: astromancy
sense: connected with fortunetelling
word: astroscopy
sense: connected with fortunetelling
word: augury
sense: connected with fortunetelling
word: bibliomancy
sense: connected with fortunetelling
word: cartomancy
sense: connected with fortunetelling
word: ceromancy
sense: connected with fortunetelling
word: cheiromancy
sense: connected with fortunetelling
word: Chinese geomancy
sense: connected with fortunetelling
word: chronomancy
sense: connected with fortunetelling
word: clairvoyance
sense: connected with fortunetelling
word: cold reading
sense: connected with fortunetelling
word: crystal ball
sense: connected with fortunetelling
word: crystallomancy
sense: connected with fortunetelling
word: extispicy
sense: connected with fortunetelling
word: face reading
sense: connected with fortunetelling
word: feng shui
sense: connected with fortunetelling
word: fortune cookie
sense: connected with fortunetelling
word: gastromancy
sense: connected with fortunetelling
word: geloscopy
sense: connected with fortunetelling
word: geomancy
sense: connected with fortunetelling
word: haruspicy
sense: connected with fortunetelling
word: horary astrology
sense: connected with fortunetelling
word: hydromancy
sense: connected with fortunetelling
word: I Ching
sense: connected with fortunetelling
word: kau cim
sense: connected with fortunetelling
word: lithomancy
sense: connected with fortunetelling
word: metoposcopy
sense: connected with fortunetelling
word: necromancy
sense: connected with fortunetelling
word: numerology
sense: connected with fortunetelling
word: omoplatoscopy
sense: connected with fortunetelling
word: oneiromancy
sense: connected with fortunetelling
word: onomancy
sense: connected with fortunetelling
word: ouija board
sense: connected with fortunetelling
word: palmistry
sense: connected with fortunetelling
word: paper fortune teller
sense: connected with fortunetelling
word: pendulum reading
sense: connected with fortunetelling
word: planchette
sense: connected with fortunetelling
word: pyromancy
sense: connected with fortunetelling
word: rhabdomancy
sense: connected with fortunetelling
word: runecasting
sense: connected with fortunetelling
word: runic divination
sense: connected with fortunetelling
word: scrying
sense: connected with fortunetelling
word: taromancy
sense: connected with fortunetelling
word: tasseography
sense: connected with fortunetelling
word: tasseomancy
sense: connected with fortunetelling
word: ventriloquism
forty-niner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: forty-niners
Senses: examples: text: Struck in 1925 to commemorate the 75th anniversary of California's statehood, the obverse of the coin shows a forty-niner panning for gold; the reverse of the coin shows an impressive grizzly bear.
ref: 2011, Neil S. Berman, Ron Guth, Coin Collecting For Dummies, page 185:
glosses: Alternative form of 49er (in various senses)
foxily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: /ˈfɒksɪli/
Forms: form: more foxily
form: most foxily
Etymology: From foxy + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a foxy manner.
furtherest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: qualifier: humorous use only
glosses: furthest
nonagonal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɒˈnæɡənəl/
ipa: /nɑˈnæɡənəl/
ipa: /noʊˈnæɡənəl/
rhymes: -æɡənəl
Etymology: From nonagon + -al.
Senses: glosses: Having nine sides and nine angles.
apocrine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæpəˌkɹɪn/
Etymology: From apo- (“away from”) + Ancient Greek κρῑ́νω (krī́nō, “to separate”).
Senses: examples: text: They observed that apocrine metaplasia often was present in breasts with other "noncancerous proliferative lesions," but they found no significant difference in the frequency of apocrine metaplasia between "cancerous and noncancerous breasts."
ref: 2001, Paul Peter Rosen, Rosen's Breast Pathology, page 97:
text: Lobular cysts as well as micro- and macrocysts are very often lined to a variable extent by apocrine epithelium. Pathologists call this condition apocrine metaplasia, meaning a transformation of the normal epithelial cells into sweat-gland-like cells similar to those found in the apocrine glands of the vulva, eyelid, and external auditory canal.
ref: 2003, Marton Lanyi, Mammography: Diagnosis and Morphological Analysis, page 64:
text: Apocrine glands are distributed throughout the body but are present in greatest abundance in the axilla, followed by the anogenital region.
ref: 2011, Jivko A. Kamarashev, “3.2.1: Tumours with Apocrine and Eccrine Differentiation”, in Reinhard Dummer, Mark R. Pittelkow, Keiji Iwatsuki, Adèle Green, Nagwa M. Elwan, editors, Skin Cancer - A World-Wide Perspective, page 128:
text: Two appreciate what happened, note that sweat glands come in two varieties, apocrine and eccrine.
ref: 2016, Joseph Henrich, chapter 5, in The Secret of Our Success […] , Princeton: Princeton University Press, →ISBN:
topics: anatomy
biology
histology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to an apocrine gland or to its mode of secretion, which involves the budding of portions of the secreting cells.
Coordinate terms: holocrine
merocrine
eccrine
Derived terms: apocrinitis
microapocrine
nonapocrine
Related terms: decapitation secretion
polar covalent bond
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polar covalent bonds
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A covalent bond in which the electrons are not shared equally, giving the bond some ionic character
Related terms: covalent bond
coordinate bond
hydrogen bond
ionic bond
Corinne
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈɹɪn/
rhymes: -ɪn
Etymology: From the French equivalent of Corinna, from Ancient Greek κόρη (kórē, “girl, maiden, daughter”).
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Ancient Greek.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Pushmataha County, Oklahoma.
glosses: A town in Box Elder County, Utah.
glosses: A census-designated place in Wyoming County, West Virginia.
glosses: A community in the Rural Municipality of Bratt's Lake No. 129, Saskatchewan, Canada.
apocrine gland
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: apocrine glands
Senses: examples: text: At puberty, apocrine glands start producing a viscous pheromone-containing secretion, which is often processed by bacteria to create a strong aroma. These glands are confined to our armpits, nipples, and groin (guess what they are for?).
ref: 2016, Joseph Henrich, chapter 5, in The Secret of Our Success […] , Princeton: Princeton University Press, →ISBN:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
coordinate_terms: eccrine gland
glosses: Any of several coiled, tubular glands that extrudes part of the cytoplasm as a secretion.
circular arcs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of circular arc
bleating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbliːtɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈblitɪŋ/
ipa: [ˈbliɾɪŋ]
rhymes: -iːtɪŋ
homophone: bleeding (with /t/-flapping)
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bleat
bleating
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbliːtɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈblitɪŋ/
ipa: [ˈbliɾɪŋ]
rhymes: -iːtɪŋ
homophone: bleeding (with /t/-flapping)
Forms: form: bleatings
Senses: examples: text: And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?
ref: 1611, The Bible, 1 Samuel 15:14:
glosses: A noise that bleats.
examples: text: Both men seemed to enjoy these contests, always laced with the tension caused by constant government bleating about the ABC's left-wing bias.
ref: 2008, Wayne Errington, Peter Van Onselen, John Winston Howard: The Definitive Biography, page 317:
glosses: Inane or plaintive chatter.
Derived terms: bleatingly
imagers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of imager
increments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of increment
increments
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of increment
infestations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of infestation
iterations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of iteration
jailbreaks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jailbreak
jailbreaks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of jailbreak
jawbreakers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jawbreaker
jillions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jillion
jogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jog
jogs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of jog
nettlesome
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɛtəlsəm/
rhymes: -ɛtəlsəm
Forms: form: more nettlesome
form: most nettlesome
Etymology: From nettle + -some.
Senses: examples: text: My old car is very nettlesome.
text: Mackenzie made himself a nettlesome burr under Crook's saddle, irritating the commanding general.
ref: 1995, Terry C. Johnston, A Cold Day in Hell, →ISBN:
text: Though the pink dolphins are protected by law, the fishermen see them as nettlesome competitors for the catches that feed their families.
ref: 2011 April 16, Alexei Barrionuevo, “Fishermen in Amazon See a Rival in Dolphins”, in New York Times, retrieved 20 Jan 2011:
qualifier: thing; situation; thing; situation
glosses: Causing irritation, annoyance, or discomfort; bothersome, irksome.
raw_tags: of a person
examples: text: The task of proving Fermat’s “last” theorem remains nettlesome.
text: Be careful what you say to him; he's a nettlesome fellow.
text: [A]ll the strange oaths and imprecations found in a seaman's vocabulary were called into service by our nettlesome captain and his crew, and hurled without mercy on the winds and weather.
ref: 1832, Mary Russell Mitford, editor, Lights and Shadows of American Life, volume 2, page 241:
text: It so chanced that on the second day after my arrival a pack-train came along, guided by a nettlesome old man and a strong, black-haired lass of sixteen or thereabouts. The old man . . . had no sooner slipped the packs from the horses than he began to rail at Hans, who stood looking on. "You damned Dutchmen all be Tories, and worse," he cried.
ref: 1904, Winston Churchill, The Crossing (2003 Kessinger reprint), p. 61
text: Almost daily, U.S. newspapers are confronted by a nettlesome problem for which they have found no final answer. The problem: Should Negroes be identified as such in news stories?
ref: 1950 October 9, “The Press: John Smith, Negro”, in Time:
text: For nearly 40 years, Mr. Solarin, an unpretentious and intensely pugnacious man, has been an intellectual guru for Nigeria's disenchanted and disfranchised.
ref: 1989 December 29, Kenneth B. Noble, “Nigeria Enlists the Nettlesome Man in Short Pants”, in New York Times, retrieved 20 Jan 2011:
text: No one could act naturally with her. . . . She was sure she had never lived through days in which she, Anne Couper Fraser, forced those nearby to tiptoe around her nettlesome personality.
ref: 1995, Eugenia Price, Beauty from Ashes, →ISBN, page 146:
text: He's also delving into one of the most nettlesome legal issues on the Net — whether one party can turn another's trademark into a URL.
ref: 2000 January 6, Jeremy Quittner, “The Lemonade Stand Circa 2000: A Boy, a Site, a $10 Million Lawsuit”, in BusinessWeek, retrieved 20 Jan 2011:
qualifier: problem
glosses: Thorny; difficult to deal with, especially due to being complex or tricky.
raw_tags: of a task
Related terms: mettlesome
lifestyles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lifestyle
lightweights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lightweight
immersible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more immersible
form: most immersible
Etymology: From immerse + -ible.
Senses: examples: text: A waterproof camera is by definition immersible.
glosses: Not susceptible to harm if immersed in water.
ligules
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ligule
magnetic recordings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of magnetic recording
mainframes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mainframe
melting points
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of melting point
men's rooms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of men's room
Gilead
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɪliæd/
ipa: /ˈɡɪliəd/
rhymes: -ɪliæd
Etymology: From Hebrew גִּלְעָד (gilʻád).
Senses: examples: text: Is there no balme in Gilead? is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recouered?
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Jeremiah 8:22:
text: Is there—is there balm in Gilead?—tell me—tell me, I implore!
ref: 1845 February, — Quarles [pseudonym; Edgar Allan Poe], “The Raven”, in The American Review, volume I, number II, New York, N.Y.; London: Wiley & Putnam, […], →OCLC:
topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: A region east of the Jordan river.
examples: text: "That's Gil's name: Gilead Bryan. I'd been assuming it was Gilbert." Nandina stopped stirring the soup and said, "Gilead. Like the song?"
ref: 2012, Anne Tyler, The Beginner's Goodbye, Chatto & Windus, →ISBN, pages 92–93:
glosses: A male given name from Hebrew in occasional use.
examples: text: Another wrote: "Just to clarify women who chose not to take their husband's surname or have children with a partner they are not married to will be subject to increased border measures. This is what freedom looks like under a Tory government? Straight out of Gilead."
ref: 2018 August 3, Nicola Oakley, Emma Gill, “Parents with different surnames to their kids face questioning at UK airports on family holidays”, in Mirror (UK):
text: On Tuesday, the ACLU filed an official complaint with Meijer Pharmacy’s CEO for an incident that’s straight out of Gilead.
ref: 2018 October 18, Elura Nanos, “‘Good Catholic’ Pharmacist Doesn’t Know Difference Between Miscarriage and Abortion, But He’ll Learn in Court”, in Law & Crime:
text: "But people often don't understand these things. The same thing would apply, I think, when it comes to feminism, for example: people saying things about women or having views that they shouldn't have. It doesn't mean they're misogynist or straight out of Gilead."
ref: 2019 December 22, Barry Egan, quoting Leo Varadkar, “'He makes me laugh. He could get a job writing Christmas cracker jokes'”, in Independent:
glosses: An illiberal and oppressive place, especially on matters related to women's rights, reproduction, or sex (from the theocratic dystopia in Margaret Atwood's novel The Handmaid's Tale).
Derived terms: balm of Gilead
balsam of Gilead
Gileadean
Mount Gilead
metabolites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metabolite
metrosexuals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metrosexual
Midianites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Midianite
misanthropists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of misanthropist
napping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: homophone: knapping
rhymes: -æpɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of nap
Related terms: catch napping
napping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: homophone: knapping
rhymes: -æpɪŋ
Forms: form: nappings
Senses: examples: text: Poor or inadequate sleep hygiene may contribute to difficulty falling asleep and may be a factor in sleep onset insomnia for elderly persons. This is most frequently caused by haphazard and irregular nappings.
ref: 1993, Thomas T. Yoshikawa, Elizabeth Lipton Cobbs, Kenneth Brummel-Smith, Ambulatory geriatric care, page 552:
glosses: The act of taking a nap or short sleep.
glosses: The act or process of raising a nap, as on cloth.
Derived terms: gnome-napping
clump blocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clump block