cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
orderite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: orderites
form: Orderite
Etymology: From order + -ite.
Senses: examples: text: The separation created a situation where “the orderites would have their dances in one building, and the outsiders would have their dances in another hall.”
ref: 2001, Ronald Barney, One Side By Himself, →ISBN:
glosses: A member of an order.
orderites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of orderite
fungaceous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Like a fungus.
remordency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: that the guilt and remordency of his own conscience may make an accession to his misery.
ref: 1824, James Nichols, Calvinism and Arminianism compared:
glosses: Remorse; compunction.
Ladyday
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ladydays
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Lady Day.
Ladydays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ladyday
Cino
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Cinos
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Cino.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
in the front row
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: For my entire life the comet hurtled sunward, and then for a fleeting moment I positioned myself in the front row to enjoy its passage as it returned into distant space. For me the 1985-86 Halley apparition will be fondly remembered long after the Halley bars are eaten and the T-shirt fades.
ref: 1987, David Deskins, Looking back: amateur adventures with Halley's comet, 1985-1986:
text: It's just that whenever I screw up, you're always in the front row.
ref: 1994, Dana Stabenow, A Cold-Blooded Business, →ISBN, page 83:
text: I'm proud of your talent and your compassion for people and your place in our family. However your dreams unfold, I'll be in the front row to watch it happen.
ref: 2009, Karen Kingsbury, This Side of Heaven: A Novel, →ISBN:
text: Few passengers cried on the way to the prison. almost all cried on the way home. Camila and aunt Maria sat in silence at first, letting their tears stream unchecked. Then Camila asked, “is anyone from our family going to be there?” “i doubt it.” “i'm surprised. i thought Grandma Vickie would be in the front row.”
ref: 2015, Patrick Jones, Guarding Secrets, →ISBN, page 24:
glosses: Able to witness everything.
examples: text: I wrote the HOW and attracted people who were reaching out for help and prepared to help; genuine and loving people who expanded my network, positioned themselves in the front row of my life, new and divine relationships that pushed me to the edge of my comfort zone.
ref: 2008, A Story of Empowerment, →ISBN, page 76:
text: He himself had worked for organisations not always up to the task they had set, but always in the front row to declare their skills and success.
ref: 2011, Pietro Giacomo Menolfi, My African Mission, →ISBN, page 299:
text: The director in the front row of your mind is the result of critical thinking. He or she is the part of you that keeps you on track, helps you stay in the moment, and gives you focus and guidance with your performance.
ref: 2012, James Alburger, The Art of Voice Acting, →ISBN:
glosses: Prominent, demanding attention.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see in, front row.
gaudeamuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gaudeamus
BLAST
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: An acronym of Basic Local Alignment Search Tool.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: An algorithm which compares similarities between sequences of nucleotides in nucleic acids or of amino acids in proteins.
BLAST
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: BLASTs
form: BLASTing
form: BLASTed
form: BLASTed
Etymology: An acronym of Basic Local Alignment Search Tool.
Senses: examples: text: This program is also capable of BLASTing sequencing results and works with most automated sequencing formats, alleviating the need for conversion of PC-based files.
ref: 2006, Guy Caldwell, Shelli Williams, Kim Caldwell, Integrated Genomics: A Discovery-Based Laboratory Course, page 85:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of blast (to run a sequence through BLAST)
BLASTs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of BLAST
BLASTing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of BLAST
BLASTed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of BLAST
thoral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈθɔːɹəl/
Etymology: From Latin t(h)orus (“marriage”, literally “(marriage) bed”).
Senses: examples: text: The punishment of adultery, according to the Roman law, was sometimes made by a thoral separation.
ref: 1726, John Ayliffe, Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani: Or, A Commentary, by Way of Supplement to the Canons and Constitutions of the Church of England. […], London: […] D. Leach, and sold by John Walthoe […], →OCLC:
glosses: nuptial
wantage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: want; lack; deficiency
IDRGAF
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Initialism of I don't really give a fuck.
hersing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of herse
grab some Z's
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: grabs some Z's
form: grabbing some Z's
form: grabbed some Z's
form: grabbed some Z's
Senses: examples: text: You look beat, buddy. Grab some Z's on the way home.
ref: 1994, Dana Stabenow, A Cold-Blooded Business, →ISBN, page 85:
text: Would you like a pillow, Mr. Mann? Looks as if you're about ready to grab some Z's.
ref: 2001, Don L. Clark, The J-Man, page 60:
text: Dean typed a quick reply to Colt with another heart, letting him know they were home safe and they were going to grab some Z's and call if he needed anything.
ref: 2017, Dakota Storm, Rescued, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of catch some z's.
upsetment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: upsetments
Etymology: From upset + -ment.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being upset; emotional distress.
upsetments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of upsetment
treeship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tree + -ship.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being a tree; treeness.
grab some z's
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: grabs some z's
form: grabbing some z's
form: grabbed some z's
form: grabbed some z's
Senses: examples: text: Thought I'd just crash here for the evening. Grab some z's.
ref: 2007, Denise Hildreth Jones, The Will of Wisteria, →ISBN, page 278:
text: Have the men grab some z's. I'll take the first watch.
ref: 2011, Charles F. David, Fire Base X-Ray, →ISBN, page 84:
text: No use thinking about it tonight. Time to grab some z's. I'm sure this will make more sense in the morning.
ref: 2017, Lynn Cahoon, Fatality by Firelight, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of catch some z's.
way to
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of way too.
to much
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of too much.
grab some Zs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: grabs some Zs
form: grabbing some Zs
form: grabbed some Zs
form: grabbed some Zs
Senses: examples: text: I'll just chat with you while I finish up and then I'll be gone and you can grab some Zs.
ref: 2000, Bud Jones, Snake, Rolling in Hot, →ISBN, page 323:
text: At the time, I thought it a good bit of practice for Nicolas to be able to just lie down most anywhere and grab some Zs, as it would serve him well his first year in college.
ref: 2003, A. Lee Chichester, Falcons and Foxes in the U.K.: The Making of a Hunter, →ISBN, page 102:
text: He'd let her grab some Zs as soon as he could. In fact, having her sleep while he and Chaos worked would keep her out of trouble.
ref: 2016, Marissa Garner, Wanted, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of catch some z's.
galenoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more galenoid
form: most galenoid
Etymology: From galena + -oid.
Senses: glosses: Resembling galena.
catch some Z's
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: catches some Z's
form: catching some Z's
form: caught some Z's
form: caught some Z's
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of catch some z's.
Goebbels
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: [ˈɡoʊbl̩z]
ipa: [ˈɡɚbl̩z]
ipa: [ˈɡœbl̩z]
Etymology: From German Goebbels.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
glosses: A surname from German.
Joseph Goebbels, chief propagandist for the Nazi Party, and then Reich Minister of Propaganda from 1933 to 1945.
Derived terms: Goebbelsian
Quincke's edema
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Quincke's oedema
Etymology: It was described by Heinrich Quincke in 1882.
Senses: glosses: angioedema
testamentarily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From testamentary + -ly.
Senses: glosses: By means of or in terms of a will.
flea bomb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flea bombs
Senses: glosses: An aerosol bomb used to kill fleas.
flea bombs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flea bomb
smotheration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: smotherations
Etymology: From smother + -ation.
Senses: glosses: Suffocation.
glosses: A sailors' dish of meat buried in potatoes.
smotherations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of smotheration
Chortitza
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Via Plautdietsch or German, from Russian Хо́ртица (Xórtica) (cf. Ukrainian Хо́ртиця (Xórtycja)), the name of Khortytsia (the largest island in the Dnieper River).
Senses: glosses: A village (or colony of several villages) founded by German- / Mennonite Low German-speaking Mennonites in 1789 in what is now Ukraine.
wikipedia: Khortytsia
Related terms: Molotschna
Molotschna
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Via Plautdietsch or German, from Ukrainian Моло́чна (Molóčna), the name of the Molochna River which flows past it.
Senses: glosses: A village (or colony of several villages) founded by German- / Mennonite Low German-speaking Mennonites in 1804 in what is now Ukraine.
wikipedia: Molochna River
Related terms: Chortitza
decacuminated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The Dutch islands of Saint Eustatia and Saba were now open before us, the former rising from the ocean in the form of a decacuminated cone, […]
ref: 1834, Trelawney Wentworth, The West India Sketch Book, page 132:
glosses: Having the top or point cut off.
sacropubic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sacro- + pubic.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to the sacrum and the pubes.
sacrorectal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sacro- + rectal.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to the sacrum and the rectum.
gynecoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Characteristic of a woman.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Of the pelvis, having a rounded form typical of the human female.
raw_tags: in pelvimetry
beneficency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beneficencies
Senses: glosses: beneficence
beneficencies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beneficency
platypelloid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From platypellic + -oid.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Of the pelvis, assuming a shape with a flat inlet and a shortened anteroposterior diameter.
raw_tags: in pelvimetry
transdiaphragmatically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: In a transdiaphragmatic manner; across the diaphragm.
extrapericardial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: External to the pericardium.
hypostimulation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypostimulations
Senses: glosses: Reduced level of stimulation.
perimenopausally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Around the time of menopause.
gynecooncology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of gyneco-oncology.
whalehead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whaleheads
Senses: examples: text: The shoebill, whalehead or boatbill, as it is sometimes called, is one of Africa's strangest and rarest endemics.
ref: 1999, Christ Stuart, Birds of Africa: From Seabirds to Seed-eaters, page 40:
glosses: Synonym of shoebill (wading bird)
synonyms: word: shoebill
extra: wading bird
examples: text: The strong north winds pile the sands up into great barchannes or medanoes, crescentic sand dunes known locally as whaleheads, which are moving steadily southward.
ref: 1912, William Bullock Clark, The Coastal Plain of North Carolina, page 32:
text: Huge dunes, called “whaleheads” by locals, developed on Hatteras during this time and swept across the island.
ref: 2013, Renee Wright, Explorer's Guide North Carolina's Outer Banks & Crystal Coast:
glosses: A type of sand dune in North Carolina.
gyneco-oncology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gynecooncology
form: gynaeco-oncology
Senses: glosses: A branch of oncology concerned with gynecological tumours.
whaleheads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whalehead
abatwa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: abatwa
Senses: glosses: A tiny spirit being in Zulu folklore.
mastalgic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to, or suffering from mastalgia (breast pain).
arterioarterial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to, or communicating between two arteries.
acardius anceps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Acardiacus anceps.
hypoemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Having reduced blood flow.
hemiacardius
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A twin fetus with a rudimentarily formed heart which effects only a part of its circulation, with the remaining being assisted by the other twin.
polyhydramniotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Of, relating to, or characterised by polyhydramnios.
oligohydramniotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Of, relating to, or characterised by oligohydramnios.
hydramniotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Of, relating to, or characterised by hydramnios (polyhydramnios).
perigestational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From peri- + gestational.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Around the time of gestation.
allantochorionic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the allantochorion.
fluctuatings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fluctuating
subamniotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + amniotic.
Senses: examples: text: subamniotic haemorrhage
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Underneath the amnion.
leukoencephalopathic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to, or characterised by leukoencephalopathy.
microzymian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to microzymas.
big air
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From big + air.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
skiing
snowboarding
sports
glosses: A discipline in freestyle skiing and snowboarding, involving sliding down a large launch ramp and then launching off a big kicker, to obtain height and time in the air to perform acrobatic maneuvers, and land on a landing slope.
Related terms: slopestyle
underflip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: underflips
Etymology: From under- + flip.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
skateboarding
sports
glosses: A flip trick, the flipping of a skateboard by flicking the underside of the board, while riding on the board.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
skiing
snowboarding
sports
glosses: An acrobatic maneuver, initiated while in mid-air, performing a backflip by flicking one's head back over one shoulder, making the body flip underneath the board or skis.
Ninja
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ninjas
Etymology: From ninja.
Senses: examples: text: To punish a population seen as Ninja sympathisers, the government last year effectively sealed off the entire region and barred all aid, turning Pool into a blank space on the humanitarian map.
ref: 2003 December 7, Rory Carroll, “Apocalyptic rebel movement revisits Congo's heart of darkness”, in the Guardian:
text: While the last major clashes were in 2003 in Pool — a southern region between the capital Brazzaville and the port city of Pointe Noire — Ninjas had continued to roam the region, robbing civilians and hijacking trains to the oil-rich coast.
ref: 2007 August 10, Christian Tsoumou, “Congo's Ninja rebels burn weapons and pledge peace”, in Reuters:
text: The Ninjas were loyal to former Prime Minister Bernard Kolelas, the father of Guy-Brice Parfait Kolelas, who stood in the presidential election in March and got 15% of the vote.
ref: 2016 June 4, “Congo-Brazzaville: Attacks blamed on Ninja militia group”, in BBC:
glosses: An anti-government Bakongo rebel, active in Pool Department, Republic of the Congo (Congo-Brazzaville).
ctene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ctenes
Etymology: From the stem of Ancient Greek κτείς (kteís, “comb”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A band of fused cilia on the bodies of ctenophores, used for locomotion.
Cochinchinese
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Cochinchina + -ese.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Cochinchina, the southern part of Vietnam.
Cochinchinese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Cochinchina + -ese.
Senses: glosses: The language or people of Cochinchina; southern Vietnamese.
wood quail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wood quails
Senses: glosses: Any bird in the genus Odontophorus, native to the forests of the New World.
1-2-3
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /wʌn tuː θɹiː/
ipa: /wʌn tu θɹi/
Etymology: From 1 + 2 + 3.
Senses: examples: text: He led another Italian 1-2-3 12 months ago in Portugal.
text: He could be the rider that upsets a Spanish 1-2-3 on the podium.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: An achievement by a team of taking the first three positions in competition.
1-2-3
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /wʌn tuː θɹiː/
ipa: /wʌn tu θɹi/
Forms: form: 1-2-3s
form: 1-2-3ing
form: 1-2-3ed
form: 1-2-3ed
Etymology: Possibly the three steps of riding a jeepney, from Tagalog sakay (“ride”), hintay (“wait”), alis (“leave”), wherein it notably lacks the step of paying for the fare. Another possible source is the saying of "1, 2, 3" before jumping off a jeepney without paying.
Senses: glosses: The act of not paying for the fare when riding a jeepney.
sesquisyllable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sesquisyllables
Etymology: From sesqui- (“one-and-a-half”) + syllable.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A prosodic word consisting of an unstressed “minor” syllable followed by a stressed “major” syllable.
Related terms: sesquisyllabic
sesquisyllabicity
Unthank
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A number of places in England:
A hamlet in Dalston parish, Cumberland, Cumbria, previously in Carlisle district (OS grid ref NY3948).
glosses: A number of places in England:
A hamlet in Glassonby parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY6040).
glosses: A number of places in England:
A hamlet in Skelton parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY4536).
glosses: A number of places in England:
A hamlet in Holmesfield parish, North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK3076).
glosses: A number of places in England:
A hamlet just south of Stanhope, Stanhope parish, County Durham (OS grid ref NY9939).
glosses: A number of places in England:
A hamlet in Alnham parish, Northumberland (OS grid ref NU0111).
glosses: A number of places in England:
A locality in Plenmeller with Whitfield parish, Northumberland, which includes Unthank Hall, and the hamlets of East Unthank and West Unthank (OS grid ref NY7363).
glosses: A hamlet north of Brechin, Angus council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO6061).
Derived terms: Newtown Unthank
ameristic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From a- + meristic.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Lacking a meristem and thus undifferentiated
amicroscopic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From a- + microscopic.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of submicroscopic.
synonyms: word: submicroscopic
amidinohydrolase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amidinohydrolases
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of an amidine
amidonaphthol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amidonaphthols
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any amido derivative of naphthol
Derived terms: amidonaphthol red
aminoacetate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aminoacetates
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Synonym of glycinate.
synonyms: word: glycinate
disturbative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more disturbative
form: most disturbative
Etymology: From disturbāt-, past participial stem of disturbō, + -ive. By surface analysis, disturb + -ative.
Senses: examples: text: It is not to say that all crowds are disturbative, or woe betide fashionable assemblies; but the element of disturbance is always at hand wherever a crowd is collected.
ref: 1859, Dudley Costello, “Gurney; or, Two Fortunes”, in Bentley's Miscellany, volume 46, page 102:
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or causing the act of disturbing.
multiplicatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multiply + -c- + -atory or multiplicate + -ory, compare multiplication, multiplicative.
Senses: examples: text: [Strategies] should be based on well-analysed proposals, no matter how simple they may be, provided that they are both feasible and useful, and above all trigger expansion with multiplicatory effects.
ref: 2002, Berma Klein Goldewijk, Adalid Contreras Baspineiro, Paulo César Carbonari, Dignity and Human Rights: The Implementation of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, page 181:
glosses: Serving to multiply.
kashikoi
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Japanese かしこい.
Senses: glosses: wise, especially in the context of Japanese culture.
the house always wins
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: examples: text: Don't go to that casino. All their games are designed to make you lose more money than you earn, so that the house always wins.
glosses: In a casino, all gambling is designed so that the house (i.e. the casino owners) will always net a profit, regardless of the successes of individual patrons.
examples: text: The more we sell in our shop, the more profit for all of us. Our customers will be happy, but the house always wins.
text: The Reddit amateurs may be gloating about their victory over elite hedge funds now, but in the casino of Wall Street the house always wins, and many Redditors may be flirting with financial catastrophe.
ref: 2021 February 3, Farhad Manjoo, “Can We Please Stop Talking About Stocks, Please?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: A given system is designed to net a profit for, or benefit, some (specified or implied) people.
examples: text: ... thermodynamics has its way. The end may be a long time coming, but come it must: the odds cannot be beaten. Sooner or later, the timelessness of equilibrium sets in. In the gambling casino of nature, the house always wins.
ref: 2005 November 1, Michael Munowitz, Knowing: The Nature of Physical Law, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 282:
glosses: In a given system or situation, over a long enough timescale, a particular (specified or implied) outcome is inevitable.
aminobenzoyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aminobenzoyls
Etymology: From amino- + benzoyl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any amino derivative of a benzoyl group
aminobutyryl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aminobutyryls
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any amino derivative of a butyryl group
aminocaproate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aminocaproates
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any amino derivative of a caproate; any salt or ester of aminocaproic acid
aminocarboxylic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aminocarboxylics
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any amino derivative of a carboxylic group
aminoethanoic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aminoethanoics
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any amino derivative of an ethanoic group
aminoglutaric
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aminoglutarics
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any amino derivative of a glutaric group
aminohippurate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aminohippurates
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any amino derivative of a hippurate
Related terms: aminohippuric acid
aminoisobutanol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aminoisobutanols
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any amino derivative of isobutanol
aminoisobutyrate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aminoisobutyrates
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any amino derivative of an isobutyrate
aminopropionic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aminopropionics
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any amino derivative of a propionic group
aminosuccinic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪnɪk
Forms: form: aminosuccinics
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any amino derivative of a succinic group
aminovalerate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aminovalerates
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any amino derivative of a valerate
aminuria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From amino- + -uria.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: The presence of amines in the urine
amithiozone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of thioacetazone.
synonyms: word: thioacetazone
ammonaemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ammonia + -aemia.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ammonemia.
Derived terms: hyperammonaemia
hypoammonaemia
amnemonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more amnemonic
form: most amnemonic
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of amnesic.
amniocardiac
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From amnio- + cardiac.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the amnion and the heart
Derived terms: amniocardiac vesicle
amniocele
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amnioceles
Etymology: From amnio- + -cele.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A herniation of the amnion through a uterine defect
amniochorial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From amnio- + chorial.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the amnion and the chorion
amniochorionic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From amnio- + chorionic.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of amniochorial.
synonyms: word: amniochorial
Derived terms: amniochorion
amniochorionic membrane
amniogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amniogeneses
Etymology: From amnio- + -genesis.
Senses: glosses: The formation and development of the amnion
Related terms: amniogenic
fly-tippers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fly-tipper
crested pigeon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crested pigeons
Senses: examples: text: A flock of crested pigeons flashed through the timber out in the day.
ref: 2002, Alex Miller, Journey to the Stone Country, Allen & Unwin, published 2003, page 223:
glosses: A pigeon with a crest, especially Ocyphaps lophotes, widespread throughout Australia.
Related terms: spinifex pigeon
topknot pigeon
amniogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From amnio- + -genic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to amniogenesis
amniography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /æmniˈɒɡɹəfi/
ipa: /æmniˈɑːɡɹəfi/
rhymes: -ɒɡɹəfi
Forms: form: amniographies
Etymology: From amnio- + -graphy.
Senses: examples: text: Amniography consists of opacifying the amniotic fluid in the uterus with a suitable contrast medium in order to delineate the uterine cavity and to study certain aspects of maternal and fetal physiology.
ref: 1953, E.M. Savignac, “Roentgen Amniography”, in United States Navy Medical News Letter, volume 21, number 10, page 2:
glosses: radiography of the amnion (and fetus), normally after injection of a radiopaque substance
Related terms: amniographic
crested pigeons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crested pigeon
amniographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From amnio- + -graphic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to amniography
amoebacide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amoebacides
Etymology: From amoeba + -cide.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of amebicide.
spinifex pigeon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spinifex pigeons
Senses: glosses: Geophaps plumifera, native to Australia.
Related terms: taxonomic: Ocyphaps lophotes
word: crested pigeon
taxonomic: Lopholaimus antarcticus
word: topknot pigeon
perceptibilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of perceptibility
topknot pigeon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: topknot pigeons
Senses: glosses: A large pigeon, Lopholaimus antarcticus, native to eastern Australia.
examples: text: A top-knot pigeon (Crested Pigeon), safe in its tangle of mimosa, breathes its little call of warning: `F'uff!'
ref: 1934, Henry G. Lamond, An Aviary On The Plains, page 52:
glosses: A medium-sized pigeon, Ocyphaps lophotes, of Australia, having a pointed crest.
Synonyms: flock pigeon
Related terms: taxonomic: Ocyphaps lophotes
word: crested pigeon
taxonomic: Geophaps plumifera
word: spinifex pigeon
money-changer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: money-changers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of money changer.
money-changers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of money-changer
polynomialism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From polynomial + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The use of many names or terms.
Comey
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈkəʊmi/
Forms: form: Comeys
Etymology: Two main origins:
* Welsh habitational surname from a place called Cymau, in Flintshire, from cymau, plural of cwm (“valley”).
* Reduced Anglicisized form of Irish Mac Giolla Choimdheadh (“son of the servant of Lord God”).
Senses: examples: text: After the President fired his FBI director in early May, he dismissed Comey as “a showboat,” “a grandstander” and a “nut job.”
ref: 2017 June 8, Maeve Reston, “Trump meets the ultimate adversary in James Comey”, in CNN:
glosses: A surname.
whisperous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more whisperous
form: most whisperous
Etymology: From whisper + -ous.
Senses: examples: text: In his apartment the doctor, conscious of his whisperous breathing, placed the letter on the kitchen table and sat looking at it, waiting for a tea kettle of water to boil.
ref: 1973, Bernard Malamud, Rembrandt's Hat, page 118:
glosses: whispery
Derived terms: whisperously
Lyttonian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Lyttonian
form: most Lyttonian
Etymology: From Lytton + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803–1873), English novelist, poet, playwright, and politician.
dobhash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dobhashes
Etymology: From Hindi [Term?].
Senses: glosses: A native interpreter in India.
dobhashes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dobhash
superager
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superagers
form: super-ager
Etymology: From super- + ager.
Senses: examples: text: What areas of the brains of superagers are activated more than those of ordinary seniors?
ref: 2017, Ilchi Lee, I've Decided to Live 120 Years, page 206:
text: Researchers have spent years studying superagers in an attempt to understand what sets the senior citizens apart.
ref: 2018 February 19, Nicola Davis, “Scientists unravel secrets of ‘superagers’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
text: Mr. Markoff soared over the bar of what researchers designate a super-ager — a person over 80 whose brain seems decades younger. And that made his brain highly valuable to research, said Tish Hevel, chief executive of the Brain Donor Project, a nonprofit in Naples, Fla., that is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health.
ref: [2024 June 11, Alex Williams, “Morrie Markoff, Listed as Oldest Man in the U.S., Dies at 110”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: Someone with an advanced biological age who still retains the cognitive function of a younger person.
Related terms: super-aging
superagers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superager
widgeonweed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: widgeonweeds
Etymology: From widgeon + weed.
Senses: glosses: Any of various aquatic plants in the genus Ruppia.
Synonyms: ditch grass
tassel grass
tasselweed
widgeon grass
widgeonweeds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of widgeonweed
von Economo neurons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of von Economo neuron
helmetcam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: helmetcams
Etymology: From helmet + cam.
Senses: glosses: A helmet-mounted camera.
helmetcams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of helmetcam
acroski
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From acrobatic skiing.
Senses: glosses: Ski ballet.
ski ballet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: acroski
ballet skiing
ski dance
glosses: A former freestyle skiing event involving a choreographed routine performed on a smooth slope.
Related terms: figure skating
synchronized swimming
competitive ballroom
dancesport
ski boots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ski boot
vindicability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The quality of being vindicable.
liripipium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: liripipia
Senses: glosses: Synonym of liripoop (“a tippet or scarf”).
synonyms: word: liripoop
extra: a tippet or scarf
liripipia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of liripipium
multiwindowing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From multi- + window + -ing.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
graphical-user-interface
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The ability to switch between multiple open windows.
great cat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: great cats
Senses: synonyms: big cat
megafelid
glosses: Any large feline animal, especially one of the Panthera genus, including tigers, lions, jaguars and leopards.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see great, cat.
sketch book
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sketch books
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sketchbook.
put into words
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: puts into words
form: putting into words
form: put into words
form: put into words
Senses: examples: text: I can't put into words what you mean to me.
glosses: To express using words, either written or spoken.
Related terms: verbalize
push up the daisies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pushes up the daisies
form: pushing up the daisies
form: pushed up the daisies
form: pushed up the daisies
Senses: examples: text: This parrot is no more. It has ceased to be. It's expired and gone to see its maker. This is a late parrot. It's a stiff. Bereft of life, it rests in peace. If you hadn't nailed it to the perch it would be pushing up the daisies. It's run down the curtain and joined the choir invisible. This is an ex-parrot.
ref: 1969 December 7, “Full Frontal Nudity”, in Monty Python's Flying Circus, season 1, episode 8, spoken by Mr Praline (John Cleese), Dead Parrot sketch:
glosses: Alternative form of push up daisies.
prize money
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prize moneys
form: prize monies
Senses: examples: text: The ticketing and merchandising sanctions should not hit too hard, as the end of the season looms, but there could be larger holes with the final portion of the broadcast deal and the prize money from the Premier League and Uefa to be frozen.
ref: March 11 2022, David Hytner, “Chelsea are in crisis but there is no will to leave club on their knees”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Money offered as a prize in a competitive event.
modern language
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: modern languages
Senses: glosses: A human language which is living or recently extinct.
Related terms: classical language
dead language
language school
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: language schools
Senses: glosses: A school where foreign languages are taught
language death
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: language deaths
Senses: glosses: The death of a language, when a language loses its last native speaker
Synonyms: linguicide
language laboratory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: language laboratories
Senses: glosses: Synonym of language lab.
synonyms: word: language lab
language extinction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: language extinctions
Senses: glosses: language death
mind one's language
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: minds one's language
form: minding one's language
form: minded one's language
form: minded one's language
Senses: glosses: To be careful to speak properly, especially concerning the avoidance of swear words.
hour glass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hour glasses
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hourglass.
hour-glass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hour-glasses
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hourglass.
head bang
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: head bangs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of headbang.
head wind
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: head winds
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of headwind.
give blood
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gives blood
form: giving blood
form: gave blood
form: given blood
Senses: glosses: To willingly have one's own blood drawn, for a blood bank or the like.
old as time
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: synonyms: old as the hills
age-old
as old as time itself
old as time itself
qualifier: simile
glosses: Extremely old.
Winter Games
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Winter Games
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Olympic Winter Games.
synonyms: word: Olympic Winter Games
Winter Olympic Games
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Winter Olympic Games
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Olympic Winter Games.
master stroke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: master strokes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of masterstroke.
amoebiosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amoebioses
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Any disease caused by the presence of an amoeba or other protozoan
amorphia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of amorphism.
synonyms: word: amorphism
amorphus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amorphi
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A malformed foetus
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Any amorphous material
Derived terms: acardiacus amorphus
amphicelous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: concave on both sides, or both ends
raw_tags: of verterbae
amphinucleolus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amphinucleoli
Etymology: From amphi- + nucleolus.
Senses: glosses: A nucleolus that has both basophilic and oxyphilic components
amphitrichate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of amphitrichous.
synonyms: word: amphitrichous
amphitrophic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From amphi- + -trophic.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: That lives via photosynthesis in the light and via chemotrophy in the dark
raw_tags: of an organism
amphomycin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A lipopeptide antibiotic produced by fungi of genera Streptomyces and Actinoplanes.
amphophil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amphophils
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Any amphophilic cell
amphophilous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of amphophilic.
synonyms: word: amphophilic
amphotonia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of amphotony.
amphotony
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: hypertonia of the entire autonomic nervous system
amprotropine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The antispasmodic [3-(diethylamino)-2,2-dimethylpropyl] 3-hydroxy-2-phenylpropanoate normally administered as the phosphate
ampullitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ampullites
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: inflammation of an ampulla
ampullula
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ampullulae
Senses: glosses: A small ampulla
Anat
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Anath
Etymology: Probably from Semitic; compare Phoenician 𐤏𐤍𐤕 (ʿnt), Ugaritic 𐎓𐎐𐎚 (ʿnt), as well as Ancient Greek Αναθ (Anath).
Senses: glosses: An ancient Semitic goddess of war and fertility.
perfection salad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: perfection salads
Etymology: Coined by Mrs. John E. Cook of New Castle, Pennsylvania, USA, for a submission to a magazine recipe contest sponsored by gelatin maker Knox in 1904.
Senses: topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: A terrine or jello-style vegetable loaf made with lemon vinaigrette flavored gelatin, filled with a chopped garden salad or green salad, popular in the United States during the early and mid 20th century.
wikipedia: en:Knox gelatin
Hypernyms: gelatin salad
congealed salad
jello salad
molded salad
salad
underflips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of underflip
part out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: parts out
form: parting out
form: parted out
form: parted out
Senses: glosses: To disassemble (a system such as a computer or a car) in order to reuse the component parts.
widgeon grass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: widgeon grasses
Senses: glosses: Certain aquatic grass-like herbs:
seawrack, especially eelgrass (Zostera marina)
glosses: Certain aquatic grass-like herbs:
tasselweed, widgeonweed (Ruppia spp.), of fresh water
glosses: Certain aquatic grass-like herbs:
tasselweed, widgeonweed (Ruppia spp.), of fresh water
especially tassel pondweed (Ruppia maritima)
herring-bones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of herring-bone
pycnogonoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pycnogonoids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any member of the Pycnogonida; a sea spider.
pycnogonoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pycnogonoid
gallowsness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From gallows + -ness.
Senses: glosses: recklessness
tasselweed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tasselweeds
Etymology: From tassel + weed.
Senses: glosses: Ruppia spp., a grass-like aquatic herb
Synonyms: ditch grass
tassel grass
widgeon grass
Derived terms: taxonomic: Ruppia maritima
word: beaked tasselweed
great cry and little wool
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Appearance without reality; much ado about nothing.
Related terms: all bark and no bite
clunkingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more clunkingly
form: most clunkingly
Etymology: From clunking + -ly.
Senses: glosses: clunkily; awkwardly
clunkings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clunking
gusseting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of gusset
gusseting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gussetings
Senses: glosses: Material for making gussets.
amyelination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amyelinations
Etymology: From a- + myelination.
Senses: glosses: The lack of, or the failure to form, a myelin sheath
amyelinic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪnɪk
Etymology: From a- + myelinic.
Senses: glosses: That lacks a myelin sheath
amylodextrin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amylodextrins
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A high-molecular-weight form of dextrin.
Anath
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Anat.
slideometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slideometers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of slidometer.
slideometers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slideometer
geodic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From geode + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to a geode.
eutaxites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eutaxite
glossotomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glossotomies
Etymology: From glosso- + -tomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: dissection of the tongue
glossotomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glossotomy
atmospheric engine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: atmospheric engines
Senses: glosses: A kind of steam engine in which the steam is admitted only to the underside of the piston.
atmospheric engines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of atmospheric engine
atmospheric hammer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: atmospheric hammers
Senses: glosses: A hammer driven by means of compressed air.
atmospheric hammers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of atmospheric hammer
atmospheric railway
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: atmospheric railways
Senses: glosses: A railway where the motive power is derived from partial vacuum acting on a piston working in a tube of uniform bore.
atmospheric railways
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of atmospheric railway