cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
revegetate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: revegetates
form: revegetating
form: revegetated
form: revegetated
Etymology: From re- + vegetate.
Senses: examples: text: Forsyth's Power real or imaginary of healing wounded Plants, and making them revegetate is a strange Thing:—more strange than true I fancy […].
ref: 1790 March 18, Hester Thrale Piozzi, Thraliana:
glosses: To grow again (of a plant, leaf etc.).
topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
glosses: To produce new vegetation on (a barren ground or area); to colonize (barren ground).
glosses: To become recolonized by plants.
raw_tags: of barren ground
hyperthymia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyperthymias
Etymology: From hyper- + -thymia.
Senses: glosses: A personality type characterized by an excessively positive disposition similar to, but more stable than hypomania. This temperament generally describes a person with high energy and enthusiasm for life activities, as opposed to dysthymia.
Derived terms: hyperthymic
Akil
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A male given name.
glosses: A surname from Arabic
Related terms: Akel
Aqil
Aksay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A Kazakh autonomous county in Jiuquan, Gansu, China.
Derived terms: aksaite
sealift
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sealifts
form: sealifting
form: sealifted
form: sealifted
Etymology: From sea + lift; compare airlift.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: To transport by sea
sealift
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sealifts
Etymology: From sea + lift; compare airlift.
Senses: examples: text: We’re looking at both an airlift and a sealift,” Mr. Fugate told reporters in a conference call.
ref: 2009 October 1, Liz Robbins, “Over 300 Die in Sumatra and Samoas Quakes”, in New York Times:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: transportation by sea
serpentinize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: serpentinizes
form: serpentinizing
form: serpentinized
form: serpentinized
Etymology: From serpentine + -ize.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To convert (another magnesium silicate mineral) into serpentine
Related terms: serpentinization
gallophone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gallophones
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Gallophone.
gallophones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gallophone
severy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: severies
Senses: glosses: A baldacchin.
examples: text: A handsome flight of steps, extending across the whole from wall to wall, occupied nearly the whole of the eastern severy, and led up from the pavement of this building to the great west door of the church, which terminates the interior eastward, and was designed and built in connection with it.
ref: 1866, Robert Willis, The Architectural History of Glastonbury Abbey, page 56:
text: Cylindrical severies would have no place between these arches.
ref: 1968, Paul Frankl, James Francis O'Gorman, Principles of Architectural History: The Four Phases of Architectural Style, 1420-1900, page 64:
text: Because the two wall arches of each chapel are not centrally located in relation to the vault severies above them (27), these severies are asymmetrical (Illustrations 16 and 21).
ref: 1982, Thomas E. Polk, Saint-Denis, Noyon and the Early Gothic Choir: Methodological Considerations for the History of Early Gothic Architecture, volume 1, page 42:
topics: architecture
glosses: A compartment of a vaulted ceiling.
Synonyms: civery
speiss
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: speisses
Etymology: From German Speise.
Senses: glosses: A mixed arsenide of iron (and cobalt, nickel, and copper) produced during the smelting of lead
Nuri
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Arabic نُورِيّ (nūriyy).
Senses: examples: text: “Generally CIPs draw individuals from countries whose passports offer very limited abilities to travel, such as China, Russia, and Middle Eastern countries,” Nuri Katz, founder of international financial advisory firm Apex Capital Partners, told CNN Travel in 2017.
ref: 2019 October 7, Kate Springer, “Passports for purchase: Open citizenship doors around the world”, in CNN:
glosses: A male given name from Arabic.
spekboom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spekbooms
Etymology: From Afrikaans spek (“bacon”) + boom (“tree”).
Senses: synonyms: porkwood
dwarf jade plant
elephant bush
porkbush
purslane tree
glosses: A South African shrub (Portulacaria afra), whose succulent leaves are used as fodder.
Yaman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of Yemen.
whitework
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From white + work.
Senses: glosses: A form of embroidery in which the stitching is the same color as the foundation fabric (traditionally white linen).
woundless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more woundless
form: most woundless
Etymology: From wound + -less.
Senses: glosses: Lacking wounds.
glosses: Unable to be wounded; invulnerable.
glosses: Harmless.
severies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of severy
codenatured
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of codenature
codenature
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: codenatures
form: codenaturing
form: codenatured
form: codenatured
Etymology: From co- + denature.
Senses: glosses: To denature along with another material
measureable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Think network television is washed up, overwhelmed by targeted and measureable ads on the Web?
ref: 2009 May 25, David Carr, “As TV Dwindles, It Still Leads”, in New York Times:
glosses: Misspelling of measurable.
neuronavigation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From neuro- + navigation.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: Any of various systems of software and hardware that assists a surgeon to guide (or navigate) instruments within the skull
Related terms: neuronavigate
physeterids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of physeterid
run-length encodings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of run-length encoding
physeterid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: physeterids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any sperm whale of family Physeteridae
titered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of titer
titering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of titer
ACPI
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Advanced Configuration and Power Interface.
nonsurjective
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + surjective.
Senses: glosses: Not surjective.
nonbijective
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + bijective.
Senses: glosses: Not bijective.
noninjective
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + injective.
Senses: glosses: Not injective.
angelhood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈeɪnd͡ʒəlhʊd/
Forms: form: angelhoods
Etymology: From angel + -hood.
Senses: glosses: The state of being an angel.
angelhoods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of angelhood
injectiveness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From injective + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being injective.
angelicins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of angelicin
copresented
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of copresent
copresents
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of copresent
copresenting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of copresent
Gallophone
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡæl.ə.fəʊn/
Forms: form: gallophone
Etymology: From Gallo- + -phone.
Senses: examples: text: The Valle d'Aosta also remained French because he had delcared that to be its official language; and he appointed only Gallophone representatives […]
ref: 1988, Julius Krishner, editor, Italy 1530-1630, volume 4, Longman, →ISBN, page 255:
text: Anglophone and Gallophone communities there began an intensifiation of the long-standing concern for the role of education – and, hence, Symbol Systems Access – which we see in the world's major civilizations, such as the Chinese and the Greco-Roman.
ref: 1990, International Third World Studies Journal & Review, volume II, number 1, Media Productions & Marketing, page 83:
text: […] [T]o write as a native of some gallophone provincial capital, Grenoble, Clermont-Ferrand, Annecy, yet in a language that would be puzzling to a resident even of Rouen, to speak nothing of further away.
ref: 1994, Robert Kelly, Queen of Terrors: Fictions, McPherson & Co., →ISBN, page 78:
text: The remarks of the Gallophone scholar Pascale Bourgain make interesting reading.
ref: 1997, Christopher Page, Latin Poetry and Conductus Rhythm in Medieval France, Royal Musical Association, →ISBN, page 12:
text: My French is much too limited and pedestrian to comprehend, let alone translate, the nuances of your piece, so all I can do is tell you what it seems to evoke (from some dim ancestral recess inhabited by my Gallophone forebears) that meshes with my original feelings:
ref: 2000 August 6, DaveW Mitchell, “Re: Thoughts on Satie”, in rec.arts.poems (Usenet):
glosses: Describing a speaker of French or their culture
Synonyms: Francophone
reciprocating saw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reciprocating saws
Senses: glosses: A power saw which moves the blade back and forth.
qualifier: by restriction
glosses: A sawzall.
Coordinate terms: word: sabre saw
sense: otherwise
word: saw § Hyponyms
diamond saw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diamond saws
Senses: glosses: A power saw with a blade set with industrial diamonds for cutting very hard materials.
industrial diamond
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: industrial diamonds
Senses: glosses: A diamond of quality too low to be gem-grade but useful in industry, typically as an abrasive, because of its hardness. It may be either natural or synthetic.
industrial diamonds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of industrial diamond
panel saw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: panel saws
Senses: glosses: Any type various types of light saws, used to cut large sheets of material, such as plywood.
tile saw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tile saws
Senses: glosses: A power saw designed to cut ceramic tiles.
injectivities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of injectivity
jig saw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jig saws
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of jigsaw.
OTK
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈəʊ ˈtiː ˈkeɪ/
ipa: /ˈoʊ ˈti ˈkeɪ/
Senses: examples: text: My Mom's paddlings were usually for *back-talking* or *being fresh* - a habit I never broke. They were spontaneous and sharp, usually OTK or standing up, secured by one arm, and given with the hand or the hairbrush.
ref: 1994 July 24, Gaetana <gaetana@aol.com>, “Hot Summer Nights”, in alt.sex.spanking (Usenet), retrieved 30 Jan 2022:
text: I thought of the other identity as my darker self. Her screen name was Pirategrrl; her “real” name was Jenny. I listed her hobbies as swordplay and, on the advice of a friend well versed in chat-room culture, OTK--over the knee, erotic shorthand for spanking.
ref: 1997 July, Lynn Darling, “‘Dear Ravager, I've never done this before...’”, in Esquire, volume 128, number 1, New York, →ISSN:
text: Lynn Darling (1997), for example, created the identity of Pirategrrl just to test out her own reaction to taking part in the OTK (“over the knee,” or spanking) culture.
ref: 1998, Walter S. DeKeseredy, Martin D. Schwartz, “Male Peer Support and Woman Abuse in Postsecondary School Courtship”, in Raquel Kennedy Bergen, editor, Issues in Intimate Violence, Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publications, →ISBN, page 89:
text: […] the OTK site with its graphic spanking photos […]
ref: 2002, Les Roberts, The Dutch: A Milan Jacovich Mystery:
text: “So, you want a straightforward, otk, bare butt, hand spanking. Don't blame you. They're the best kind.”
ref: 2006, Kiki Faran, Once Upon a Knee Mf Spanking & Domestic Discipline Stories Book Three:
text: Haron's howling came later that afternoon, as she was upended for a bare-bottomed, open-air, OTK spanking on the Mull of Kintyre. I think I'm always going to giggle in future whenever I hear the relevant Paul McCartney song.
ref: 2008, Abel and Haron, The Spanking Writers:
topics: BDSM
lifestyle
sexuality
glosses: Initialism of over the knee (spanking position).
OTK
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈəʊ ˈtiː ˈkeɪ/
ipa: /ˈoʊ ˈti ˈkeɪ/
Forms: form: OTKs
Senses: qualifier: collectible card games
glosses: Initialism of one turn kill.
OTK
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈəʊ ˈtiː ˈkeɪ/
ipa: /ˈoʊ ˈti ˈkeɪ/
Forms: form: OTKs
form: OTKing
form: OTKed
form: OTKed
Senses: examples: text: It all started with Dog being OTKed by a Kun deck, and now a dozen lists are going around.
ref: 2016, Stephen Draper, “Kun the Forgotten King of Combos”, in Esports Edition:
qualifier: collectible card games
glosses: To defeat a player with a one turn kill.
zoocentric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more zoocentric
form: most zoocentric
Etymology: From zoo- + -centric.
Senses: glosses: Focusing on animals; giving preference to animals above all other considerations.
Hypernyms: biocentric
Related terms: zoocentrism
anthropocentric
nonfoam
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + foam.
Senses: glosses: Not of or pertaining to foam.
Filo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Filos
Senses: glosses: A Filipino.
Filos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Filo
sweet flags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sweet flag
bogas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boga
viewerships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of viewership
superinduced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of superinduce
glass wool
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glass wools
Senses: glosses: An insulating material, made from fiberglass, arranged into a texture similar to wool.
Synonyms: fibreglass wool
fiberglass wool
fibreglass
fiberglass
Hypernyms: mineral wool
fibreglass
fiberglass
glass
Hyponyms: fibreglass wool batting
fiberglass wool batting
fibreglass batting
fiberglass batting
glass wool batting
glass batting
Coordinate terms: rock wool
stone wool
grist for the mill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grist to the mill
form: grist to one's mill
Senses: examples: text: The Lesbian Primer does not profess to cover every conceivable aspect of lesbianism. But for someone trying to get or expand knowledge of the subject, this book provides much good grist for the mill.
ref: 1979 August 4, Lisa Nussbaum, “Lesbianism 101”, in Gay Community News, page 15:
text: They were sitting across from each other at the bar as Lionel described his odyssey across the country in a Trailways bus, gathering material, as he put it. It was all grist for the mill, life real and raw out there west of New Jersey.
ref: 2003, Peter Lefcourt, The deal: a novel of Hollywood:
text: In 1951, Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean, two gay double-agents working in British intelligence, fled to the Soviet Union. This was grist for the mill, linking homosexuality with communist "treason."
ref: 2005 March 2, Leslie Feinberg, “Even McCarthy was gay baited”, in Workers World:
synonyms: grist
glosses: Something that is useful or that creates a favorable opportunity.
Related terms: gristmill
grist mill
more sacks to the mill
food for thought
give someone pause
makes you think
think twice
bite one's lip
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bites one's lip
form: biting one's lip
form: bit one's lip
form: bitten one's lip
Senses: examples: text: Buckingham bit his lip, for he saw the introduction of Lady Derby was likely to confuse and embroil every preparation which he had arranged for his defence; […]
ref: 1822, [Walter Scott], chapter XIII, in Peveril of the Peak. […], volume IV, Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC, page 304:
text: He broke off and bit his lip, feeling that he had better subdue the rising anger in his voice.
ref: 1922, F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, “(please specify the page)”, in Tales of the Jazz Age, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC:
glosses: To forcibly prevent oneself from speaking, especially in order to avoid saying something inappropriate or likely to cause a dispute.
Synonyms: bite one's tongue
of means
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: He seemed a person of means and leisure, but he knew nothing of recent concerts, theatres, or books.
ref: 1896, H. G. Wells, chapter 29, in The Wheels of Chance:
text: The reward offered by Mrs. Hasbrouck for the detection of the murderer was a very large one. She is a woman of means.
ref: 1915, Anna Katharine Green, The Golden Slipper, Problem 7
text: Rich and pretty, he shows how meaningless it is to be a man of means. He in incapacitated by wealth, status and the availability of sex with good-looking people.
ref: 2007 August 5, Richard Corliss, “When Antonioni Blew Up the Movies”, in Time:
glosses: Possessing significant wealth, especially as suggesting social standing.
raw_tags: of a person
Synonyms: affluent
prosperous
wealthy
well off
well-to-do
Derived terms: man of means
of modest means
woman of means
man of means
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: men of means
Senses: glosses: A man who possesses sufficient wealth to be regarded as prosperous or well off.
Coordinate terms: woman of means
woman of means
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: women of means
Senses: glosses: A woman who possesses sufficient wealth to be regarded as prosperous or well off.
Coordinate terms: man of means
rolling in dough
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: I know you have a lot of big-shot friends rolling in dough.
ref: 1938 September 14, H. Martin Peters, “Short Short Story: Wedding Gift”, in Pittsburgh Press, page 32:
text: So far this year Lazrak and DuRoss have sold 85 homes worth $16.2 million, but after expenses, each will barely break the $100,000 mark this year. "We're not rolling in dough," Lazrak says.
ref: 2008 October 9, Daniel McGinn, “Don’t Forget the Purell”, in Newsweek:
glosses: Synonym of rolling in it (“rich”).
synonyms: word: rolling in it
extra: rich
rolling in dough
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of roll in dough
Leh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /leɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
Senses: glosses: A city, the co-capital of Ladakh, India.
Leh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /leɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
Forms: form: Lehs
Etymology: Two main origins:
* Borrowed from German Leh, perhaps an altered spelling of Löh.
* Borrowed from Khmer.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
level staff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: level staffs
form: level staves
Senses: topics: archaeology
geography
history
human-sciences
natural-sciences
sciences
surveying
glosses: A graduated rod used by surveyors to measure differences in level.
Synonyms: stadia
levelling rod
Related terms: dumpy level
wake-up
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wake-ups
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of wakeup.
antistrange
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of anti-strange.
antistrange
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antistranges
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The anti-strange quark (or strange antiquark)
cographs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cograph
compactnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of compactness
completenesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of completeness
corotates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of corotate
incestual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From incest + -ual.
Senses: glosses: Incestuous.
Derived terms: incestualist
incestuality
incestualize
incestually
twincestual
incestual
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: incestuals
Etymology: From incest + -ual.
Senses: glosses: A person who engages in incest.
terret
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈtɛɹɪt/
Forms: form: terrets
Etymology: Alteration of Middle English toret, turret (“half-ring, eyelet”), from Anglo-Norman turette, diminutive of Old French tur (“circuit, ring”). More at turn.
Senses: examples: text: She had a good idea of what was coming, and the moment York took the rein off the terret in order to shorten it, she took her opportunity, and reared up so suddenly, that York had his nose roughly hit, and his hat knocked off; […]
ref: [1877], Anna Sewell, “A Strike for Liberty”, in Black Beauty: […], London: Jarrold and Sons, […], →OCLC, part II, page 106:
glosses: One of the rings on the top of the harness saddle, through which the reins pass.
intervehicle
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + vehicle.
Senses: glosses: Between vehicles
loopwise
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From loop + -wise.
Senses: glosses: By means of loops
glosses: One loop at a time
polyderivatives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polyderivative
rolling in it
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Having an abundance of money; rich, very prosperous.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see roll, in, it.
Synonyms: wealthy
polyderivative
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polyderivatives
Etymology: From poly- + derivative.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A derivative of a compound formed by adding or replacing many radicals or functional groups.
new sheqel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: new sheqels
form: new sheqalim
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of new shekel.
NIS
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: qualifier: classified ads
glosses: Initialism of new in shrink.
Related terms: NIB
NIS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: YP
glosses: Initialism of Network Information Service.
NIS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Naftna Industrija Srbije, a Serbian multinational oil and gas company.
glosses: Initialism of National Intelligence Service, an agency of the South African government from 1980 to 1994.
abutilon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈbjuː.tɪˌlɒn/
ipa: /əˈbjutˌl̩ɑn/
ipa: /ˌæb.jəˈti.lɑn/
rhymes: -iːlɒn
rhymes: -uːtəlɑn
Forms: form: abutilons
Etymology: From New Latin [Term?], from Arabic أَبُو طِيلُون (ʔabū ṭīlūn, “Indian mallow”).
Senses: glosses: Any of the various tropical flowering plants of the genus Abutilon, such as the flowering maple, Indian mallow, or Chinese lantern.
cerastium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cerastiums
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any of several plants of the genus Cerastium, such as mouse-eared chickweed
new sheqels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of new sheqel
new shekel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: new shekels
form: new shekalim
form: new sheqel
Etymology: A calque of Hebrew שֶׁקֶל חָדָשׁ (shékel chadásh).
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
numismatics
glosses: The Israeli currency since 1 January 1986 (distinguished from the abolished 1980-1985 shekel). Divided into 100 agorot and represented by ₪. In English, also represented by the initialism NIS (for "New Israeli Shekel"). ISO 4217 code: ILS.
new shekels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of new shekel
headbangs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of headbang
headbanged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of headbang
QSL card
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: QSL cards
Senses: topics: broadcasting
media
radio
glosses: A postcard confirming a successful reception of a radio signal on amateur radio, usually sent via the QSL bureau.
disrate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: disrates
form: disrating
form: disrated
form: disrated
Etymology: From dis- + rate.
Senses: glosses: To lower a rate or rating
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: To demote a sailor to a lower rank
dorsiventral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dorsoventral.
Derived terms: dorsiventrality
dorsiventrally
enterostomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: enterostomies
Etymology: From entero- + -stomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The construction of a permanent opening into the intestine through the abdominal wall.
Derived terms: cystoenterostomy
duodenoenterostomy
enteroenterostomy
enterostomal
esophagoenterostomy
hepatocholangioenterostomy
Related terms: colostomy
duodenostomy
ileostomy
jejunostomy
featherback
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: featherbacks
Etymology: From feather + back, from the small and narrow dorsal fin.
Senses: glosses: Any fish of the family Notopteridae.
Synonyms: knifefish
Derived terms: bronze featherback
flocculus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flocculi
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin flocculus, from floccus.
Senses: glosses: A small fluffy tuft.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Either of two small lobes on the posterior border of the cerebellum.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A marking on the surface of the sun associated with a solar prominence.
Derived terms: floccular
paraflocculus
gunnera
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gunneras
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: glosses: Any of several plants, of the genus Gunnera, that have very large leaves and small, reddish drupes.
induna
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈduːnə/
Forms: form: indunas
form: izinduna
form: inDuna
Etymology: Borrowed from Zulu induna.
Senses: examples: text: Although we swore this fellow to secrecy, he went straight to the induna and revealed our secret.
ref: 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela, London: Abacus, published 2010, page 75:
glosses: A South African tribal councillor or headman (under the king); someone in authority, a boss.
inhaul
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inhauls
Etymology: From in- + haul.
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A rope used to haul in the clew of a sail, or a jib boom
numismatology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: numismatics
Derived terms: numismatologist
pickerelweed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pickerelweeds
Etymology: From pickerel + weed.
Senses: glosses: Any of several freshwater plants, of the genus Pontederia, that have heart-shaped leaves
pipsissewa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pipsissewas
Etymology: Perhaps from Cree [script needed] (pipsissewa, “breaks (stones in the body) into small pieces”) (compare ᐲᐏᓷᐤ (piiwiswew, “he or she cuts pieces off someone”)), or perhaps from Abenaki [Term?] (kpipskwáhsawe, “flower of the woods”).
Senses: glosses: Any of several evergreen plants, of the genus Chimaphila of prince's pines
glosses: Any of several evergreen plants, of the genus Chimaphila of prince's pines
in particular, umbellate wintergreen (Chimaphila umbellata).
Derived terms: taxonomic: Chimaphila maculata
word: spotted pipsissewa
prizeman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prizemen
Etymology: From prize + -man.
Senses: glosses: The (male) winner of a prize
relievo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: relievos
Etymology: From Italian rilievo.
Senses: examples: text: Moreover, a perfect Medal has its Profile and out-ſtroaks ſharp (Nummus aſper) and by no means rugged; the Figures clean and well poliſh'd; the Contours neatly trimm'd, and exactly round and carefully preſerv'd; that the Extancy and Relievos correſpond with the Ingraving, and have not ſuffer'd in Percuſſion; in all which, there is a certain Spirit of Antiquity and Excellency to be diſcern'd in Antient Medals almoſt inimitable.
ref: 1697, J[ohn] Evelyn, “Instructions How to Collect, and Procure such Medals as are Antique, and Rare; and to Distinguish the True from the False, for the Prevention of Frauds and Impostures”, in Numismata. A Discourse of Medals, Antient and Modern. […], London: […] Benj[amin] Tooke […], →OCLC, page 201:
topics: art
arts
glosses: Relief (surface carving).
Related terms: alto-relievo
basso-relievo
resistibility
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: resistibilities
Senses: glosses: The condition of being resistible.
salpiglossis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: salpiglosses
Etymology: Genus name.
Senses: glosses: Any of several plants, of the genus Salpiglossis, that have variegated, funnel-shaped blossoms in a variety of colors
storeyed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From storey + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of storied (“US spelling”) (having the stated number of storeys (building levels)).
Fenians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Fenian
unbribable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unbribable
form: most unbribable
Etymology: From un- + bribable.
Senses: examples: text: Unlike many of his contemporaries he remained unbribable.
ref: 2021, Otto English, Fake History, page 267:
glosses: Who cannot be bribed
velvetleaf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: velvetleafs
Etymology: From velvet + leaf.
Senses: glosses: Any of several plants with a velvety leaf as a most notable feature.
A tall Asian herb, of species Abutilon theophrasti, that has velvety heart-shaped leaves and yellow flowers.
glosses: Any of several plants with a velvety leaf as a most notable feature.
Tree mallow (Malva eriocalyx), native to Europe.
glosses: Any of several plants with a velvety leaf as a most notable feature.
Yellow velvetleaf (Limnocharis flava), an aquatic flowering plant native to southeast Asia.
glosses: Any of several plants with a velvety leaf as a most notable feature.
A succulent of species Kalanchoe beharensis, native to Madagascar, often kept as a houseplant.
Synonyms: word: buttonweed
word: butterprint
word: pie marker
sense: Malva eriocalyx
word: Lavatera arborea
sense: Malva eriocalyx
word: Malva arborea
velveteens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of velveteen
fenestrations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fenestration
noninterpretative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + interpretative.
Senses: glosses: Not interpretative.
noninterpolating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + interpolating.
Senses: glosses: Not interpolating.
warmblood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: warmbloods
Etymology: Calque of German Warmblut
Senses: glosses: A horse of a middle-weight classification, between draught horses and thoroughbreds.
Derived terms: warmblood fragile foal syndrome
waxpod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: waxpods
Etymology: From wax + pod.
Senses: glosses: A dwarf variety of French bean.
waybread
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈweɪ.bɹɛd/
Forms: form: waybreads
form: waybred
Etymology: From Middle English weybrede, from Old English weġbrǣde, weġbrāde (“waybread, plantain, dock”), equivalent to way + bread (“broadness, breadth”). Cognate with Scots waybred (“waybread”), Dutch weegbree (“waybread”), German Wegebreit (“waybread”), Danish vejbred (“waybread”), Swedish vägbreda (“waybread”).
Senses: glosses: The Eurasian plantain (Plantago major).
waxpods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of waxpod
warmbloods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of warmblood
woollybutt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: woollybutts
Senses: glosses: Any of several types of eucalyptus that have a woolly or stringy bark
Synonyms: stringybark
aliskiren
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈlɪs.kɪɹ.ən/
ipa: /ˌæl.ɪˈskɪɹ.ən/
ipa: /ˌæl.ɪˈskaɪ.ɹən/
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A renin inhibitor that is used in the treatment of hypertension.
Derived terms: -kiren
alloreactive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more alloreactive
form: most alloreactive
Etymology: From allo- + reactive.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or causing alloreactivity
Derived terms: nonalloreactive
angiotensinase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: angiotensinases
Etymology: From angiotensin + -ase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any peptidase that hydrolyzes angiotensin
cryoactivation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cryo- + activation.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: activation (of an enzyme etc) by application of low temperatures
endothelins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of endothelin
extrarenal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From extra- + renal.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
antonyms: intrarenal
glosses: Outside a kidney; outside but near or abutting a kidney.
examples: text: extrarenal filtration
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Outside the kidneys, being accomplished otherwise.
raw_tags: of filtration
Related terms: postrenal
prerenal
glucosaminidase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glucosaminidases
Etymology: From glucosaminide + -ase?
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any enzyme that hydrolyzes chitin to produce glucosamine.
glycosylating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: That produces glycosylation.
Derived terms: hyperglycosylating
transglycosylating
gravidae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gravida
gravidas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gravida
hyalinosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyalinoses
Etymology: From hyaline + -osis.
Senses: glosses: hyaline degeneration
Derived terms: fibrohyalinosis
lipohyalinosis
hyaline degeneration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyaline degenerations
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: The degeneration of cellular tissue to form a mass of glassy, homogenous material
Synonyms: hyalinosis
hyperactivated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hyper- + activated.
Senses: glosses: activated as a result of hyperactivation
Related terms: hyperactivatable
immunometric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From immuno- + -metric.
Senses: topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to measurement (of biochemical systems) using antibodies
Derived terms: fluoroimmunometric
radioimmunometric
Related terms: immunometrics
immunometry
immunonephelometric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From immuno- + nephelometric.
Senses: topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to immunonephelometry or to a immunonephelometer
interleukine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to interleukin
limit points
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of limit point
intrapartum
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + Latin partum (“giving birth”).
Senses: examples: text: intrapartum fetal demise
glosses: During parturition (childbirth; labor).
Hypernyms: peripartum
Coordinate terms: word: antepartum
word: prepartum
word: postpartum
english: in its postpartum sense
translation: in its postpartum sense
word: puerperal
intravacuolar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + vacuolar.
Senses: glosses: Within a vacuole
macroalbuminuric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more macroalbuminuric
form: most macroalbuminuric
Etymology: From macroalbuminuria + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to macroalbuminuria
malignances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of malignance
malignance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: malignances
Etymology: From malignant + -ance or Latin malignantia.
Senses: glosses: malignancy
microalbuminuric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From micro- + albuminuric.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to microalbuminuria
microalbuminuric
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microalbuminurics
Etymology: From micro- + albuminuric.
Senses: glosses: A patient that has microalbuminuria
multigravidity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From multigravid + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being multigravid.
multigravid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more multigravid
form: most multigravid
Etymology: From multi- + gravid.
Senses: examples: text: The senior midwife confirmed that […] occasionally a multigravid woman could feel little more than slight abdominal discomfort.
ref: 2009, Jennifer Worth, Farewell to the East End, Weidenfeld & Nicholson, page 235:
glosses: Describing a woman who has been pregnant multiple times.
Related terms: multigravida
multigravidity
nonproteolytically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From non- + proteolytically.
Senses: glosses: In a nonproteolytic manner; without causing proteolysis
normoalbuminuric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From normo- + albuminuric.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Having a normal amount of albumin in the urine
normoalbuminuric
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: normoalbuminurics
Etymology: From normo- + albuminuric.
Senses: glosses: A patient who has normoalbuminuria
nulliparas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nullipara
osteoclastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From osteoclast + -ic.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to an osteoclast
topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: Of or pertaining to osteoclasis
Derived terms: periosteoclastic
preosteoclastic
subosteoclastic
dining tables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dining table
mixing bowl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mixing bowls
Senses: topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: A large bowl in which ingredients are mixed for the purpose of preparing food.
mixing bowls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mixing bowl
dinner plate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dinner plates
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dinnerplate.
dinner plates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dinner plate
misaim
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: misaims
form: misaiming
form: misaimed
form: misaimed
Etymology: From mis- + aim.
Senses: glosses: To aim incorrectly.
misaiming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of misaim
misaims
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of misaim
misaimed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of misaim
superinducing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of superinduce
superinduces
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of superinduce
disproportioned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪspɹəˈpɔːʃənd/
Forms: form: more disproportioned
form: most disproportioned
Etymology: From dis- + proportioned.
Senses: examples: text: His Lordship might indeed seek to raise his vanity by allusions to the disproportioned marriage he was about forming; but, with no heart to bestow on any of the sex, his affections entombed, how could he come forward, and feel himself entitled to make proposals to any, under other circumstances than those which connected him with Miss Airey?
ref: 1838, [Letitia Elizabeth] Landon (indicated as editor), chapter XVII, in Duty and Inclination: […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 244:
text: […] and that no mortal man can be so innocent as to feel any infliction wholly unmerited and disproportioned […]
ref: 1867, Charlotte Mary Yonge, The trial: more links of the daisy chain, pages 56–57:
glosses: Badly proportioned; disproportionate.
shalm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shalms
Senses: examples: text: These few words were continually repeated, and to describe the sound, it was as if you heard forest-horns and shalms sounded together from a far distance.
ref: 1827, Thomas Carlyle, The Fair-Haired Eckbert:
text: Paris flings up her windows, claps hands, as the Avengers, with their shrilling drums and shalms tramp by....
ref: 1837, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, (please specify the book or page number):
glosses: Obsolete form of shawm.
URBI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: URBIs
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Acronym of Universal Real-Time Behavior Interface.
Derived terms: urbiscript
urbiscript
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From URBI + script.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A scripting language used to orchestrate C++ (and other) components in robotics software
paricalcitol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpæɹ.ɪˈkæl.sɪˌtɔl/
Etymology: From [Term?] + calcit(ri)ol.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An analog of calcitriol (the active form of vitamin D) that is used for the prevention and treatment of secondary hyperparathyroidism.
pathomechanism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pathomechanisms
Etymology: From patho- + mechanism.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: pathological mechanism; the mechanism by which a pathological condition occurs
Related terms: biopathomechanism
pathomechanistic
peripartum
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From peri- + Latin partum (“giving birth”), thus "around [the time of] birth".
Senses: glosses: That occurs around the time of labor and childbirth (parturition) (typically, within a few weeks before, intrapartum, or within a few weeks after).
Synonyms: english: in its peripartum sense
translation: in its peripartum sense
word: puerperal
Hyponyms: english: soon before birth; within 30 days
translation: soon before birth; within 30 days
word: antepartum
word: intrapartum
english: soon before birth; within 30 days
translation: soon before birth; within 30 days
word: prepartum
english: soon after birth; within 30 days
translation: soon after birth; within 30 days
word: postpartum
english: in its postpartum sense
translation: in its postpartum sense
word: puerperal
phosphohistone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From phospho- + histone.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A phosphoprotein related to histone.
posttransplantation
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + transplantation.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of posttransplant.
synonyms: word: posttransplant
posttransplantation
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From post- + transplantation.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of posttransplant.
synonyms: word: posttransplant
preobese
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more preobese
form: most preobese
form: pre-obese
Etymology: From pre- + obese.
Senses: glosses: Describing people who are not yet, but will become obese
Related terms: preobesity
primigravity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The condition of being primigravid.
proconvertases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of proconvertase
exodes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of exode
Emel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Emels
Etymology: Borrowed from German Emel.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Narin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: Alternative form: Naran
glosses: A village on the west coast of County Donegal, Ireland.
glosses: A village south of Pivka, Inner Carniola, Slovenia.
garbage in, garbage out
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: examples: text: Officials explained that the quality of the computer's work depends on the quality of the data fed into it. Neil Hoke, administrative assistant to Stewart, quoted an adage of computer men: "Garbage in, garbage out."
ref: 1963 April 1, Raymond Crowley, “Robot Tax Collector Seeks Indications of 'Fudging'”, in Times Daily, Alabama, USA, retrieved 26 Jul 2010:
text: The old caveat "GIGO"—garbage in, garbage out—is as valid in architectural design as in any other computer-aided activity.
ref: 2008, Roger K. Lewis, "'In Architectural Design, Brains and Talent Trump the Best Software," Washington Post, 19 July (retrieved 26 July 2010)
topics: computing
engineering
human-sciences
information-technology
linguistics
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
translation-studies
glosses: If input data are not complete, accurate, and timely, then the resulting output is unreliable and useless. If the input is junk, then the output is junk.
Synonyms: word: GIGO
word: rubbish in, rubbish out
Related terms: ask a silly question, get a silly answer
characteristical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more characteristical
form: most characteristical
Senses: glosses: characteristic
Derived terms: characteristicalness
baby buggies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of baby buggy
re-creation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: re-creations
Etymology: From re- + creation [early 16th century]
Senses: examples: text: Next stop Manchester? This [scene] is a re-creation of the 1960s, but if Rossendale Borough Council gets its way, 21st century DMUs will ferry commuters from the Irwell Valley into the city.
ref: 2023 March 22, Nick Brodrick, “Back to the future on the East Lancs?”, in RAIL, number 979, page 49, photo caption:
glosses: Alternative form of recreation (the process of creating again or the result of this process).
Related terms: re-create
re-creations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of re-creation
prorenin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pro- + renin.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A precursor of renin
prosegment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prosegments
Etymology: From pro- + segment.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A section of amino acids at one end of a protein molecule that assists in folding
retinoblast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: retinoblasts
Etymology: From retino- + -blast.
Senses: glosses: An immature retinal cell.
Derived terms: retinoblastoma