cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
superatom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superatoms
Etymology: From super- + atom.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A metamaterial, a cluster of atoms which acts like a single atom. It seems to exhibit some of the properties of elemental atoms.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: One or more atoms of a basic structure that are replaced by amplificants in the amplification process of phane nomenclature
Derived terms: superatomic
Related terms: supermolecule
superatoms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superatom
Neogrammarian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌniː.əʊ.ɡɹəˈmɛəɹi.ən/
ipa: /ˌni.oʊ.ɡɹəˈmɛɹi.ən/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiən
Forms: form: Neogrammarians
form: neogrammarian
Etymology: From neo- + grammarian, as a calque of the German Junggrammatiker.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A member or follower of a 19th-century school of German linguists who first advanced the theory of regular sound change.
Neogrammarian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌniː.əʊ.ɡɹəˈmɛəɹi.ən/
ipa: /ˌni.oʊ.ɡɹəˈmɛɹi.ən/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiən
Forms: form: more Neogrammarian
form: most Neogrammarian
form: neogrammarian
Etymology: From neo- + grammarian, as a calque of the German Junggrammatiker.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the Neogrammarian school.
bad beat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bad beats
Senses: topics: card-games
poker
glosses: The losing of a hand after being the mathematical favorite to win at the start of the hand.
Related terms: cold deck
cooler
significant digit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: significant digits
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Synonym of significant figure.
synonyms: word: significant figure
lichgate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lichgates
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of lych-gate.
aquatints
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aquatint
Williamina
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name from the Germanic languages, a rare feminine form of William, best known in Scotland.
Albanisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Albanization
form: Albanianisation
form: Albanianization
Etymology: From Albania + -isation.
Senses: glosses: A cultural change in which something ethnically non-Albanian is made to become Albanian.
Willi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Willis
Etymology: Borrowed from German Willi.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
mezz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after American jazz musician Mezz Mezzrow (1899–1972) who introduced Mexican marijuana to the Harlem jazz scene.
Senses: examples: text: Dreamed about a reefer five feet long / Mighty Mezz, but not too strong / You'll be high but not for long / If you're a viper
ref: a. 1936, Stuff Smith, “If You're a Viper”:
synonyms: word: mighty mezz
word: bhang
word: benj
word: boo
word: broccoli
word: bud
word: buddha
word: cannabis
word: cheeba
word: choof
word: daccha
word: dank
word: devil's lettuce
word: djamba
word: doja
word: doobage
word: dope
word: endo
word: gage
word: ganja
word: ganj
word: grass
word: green
word: greenery
word: hash
word: hashish
word: hemp
word: herb
word: Mary Jane
word: MJ
word: marihoochie
word: marijuana
word: Mary Joanna
word: method
word: mezz
word: muggle
word: mull
word: pot
word: puff
word: reefer
word: sens
word: sensimillia
word: sensimilla
word: shit
word: sweetleaf
word: tea
word: Texas tea
word: trees
word: twig
word: wacky tobaccy
word: weed
word: yarndie
word: zaza
word: zombie
glosses: Marijuana.
mezz
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Mezz finance deals are typically structured as either an unsecured or subordinated (junior) note, or as preferred stock issues, and they frequently involve greater leverage levels than would be countenanced even in high-yield bond deals.
ref: 2009, Asiamoney, volume 20, page 34:
topics: business
finance
glosses: Of or relating to mezzanine financing.
Footsie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: After the July 2005 bombings in London, when the Footsie, after an initial fall, rose to its highest point of the year, the Daily Mail praised its "stellar performance", the Independent its "bulldog spirit".
ref: 2007 March 19, Peter Wilby, “How to play Footsie with younger readers”, in The Guardian:
topics: business
finance
glosses: The FTSE and the FTSE 100 Index.
alpha helices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alpha helix
hoya
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hoyas
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: glosses: Any plant of the genus Hoya
wikipedia: hoya
waxflower
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: waxflowers
Etymology: From wax + flower.
Senses: glosses: Any plant of the genus Hoya.
glosses: Hoya carnosa, the waxplant.
wax plant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wax plants
form: waxplant
Etymology: From wax + plant.
Senses: synonyms: honey plant
waxflower
porcelainflower
glosses: Any plant of the genus Hoya, especially those which are commonly cultivated as houseplants.
Hoya carnosa, native to East Asia.
synonyms: honey plant
waxflower
porcelainflower
glosses: Any plant of the genus Hoya, especially those which are commonly cultivated as houseplants.
Hoya bilobata, native to the Philippines.
glosses: The candelilla, a plant of species Euphorbia antisyphilitica, native to Texas and northern Mexico.
aljamiado
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Aljamiado
form: Aljamia
form: aljamia
Etymology: From Spanish aljamiado (composed of aljamía + -ado), from Arabic عَجَمِيَّة (ʕajamiyya) or اَلْعَجَمِيَّة (al-ʕajamiyya), from عَجَم (ʕajam, “non-Arabs, esp. Persians”) + ـِي (-ī, “relative adjective (nisba) suffix”) + ـَة (-a, “feminine marker, also used to mark language names or to generally form nouns from the adjectives”).
Senses: glosses: Text of non-Semitic languages, especially European languages, written in Arabic letters.
Related terms: Arebica
taildragger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: taildraggers
form: tail dragger
Etymology: From tail + dragger.
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An aircraft with a wheel behind the main landing gear, underneath the tail.
tail dragger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tail draggers
Senses: glosses: one who delays or is constantly late.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Alternative form of taildragger.
sanskara
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sanskaras
form: samskara
Etymology: From Sanskrit संस्कार (saṃskāra, “impression”).
Senses: glosses: The imprints left on the mind by past experiences (often in past lives) that then condition future responses and behavior
Alisa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Finnish or Russian, equivalent to English Alice.
echinoderms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of echinoderm
liters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of liter
pheasants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pheasant
wigga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wiggas
form: wiggaz
Senses: examples: text: Forrest they say hard on the nigga, so he ain't gone cut no wigga no slack either, ...
ref: 2000, Padgett Powell, Mrs. Hollingsworth's Men, →ISBN, page 83:
text: However, it hadn't sold well with the wiggas -- white suburban kids who dressed "black" and purchased most of the hardcore gangsta madness -- and that "caused" Sugar Dick to go G101, gangster mean.
ref: 2003, Norman Kelley, A Phat Death: A Nina Halligan Mystery, →ISBN, page 26:
text: The use of the term "American youth culture" may invoke images of urban hipsters, suburban wiggas, cheerleaders, graffiti writers, skater kids, youth of the African Diaspora with oversized pants slung low on the hips, or lesbian zine writers, but rarely does such a term invoke images of girls donning burkas, even if they are also in sequined prom dresses.
ref: 2007, Amy L. Best, Representing Youth, →ISBN, page 4:
glosses: Alternative spelling of wigger (racial senses).
Related terms: nigga
noun
gastropods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gastropod
linebackers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of linebacker
allodia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of allodium
hydrogenosome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /haɪdɹoʊˈd͡ʒɛnəsoʊm/
Forms: form: hydrogenosomes
Etymology: From hydrogen + -o- + -some.
Senses: examples: text: Hydrogenosomes, like almost all other organelles, always grow by proliferation of preexisting organelles. Thus, each daughter cell will receive a complete set of organelles during cell division. Morphological evidence was presented showing that trichomonad hydrogenosomes, like mitochondria, may divide by three distinct processes: (1) segmentation, (2) heart-form division, and (3) partition. In the segmentation process, the hydrogenosome grows, becoming elongated with the appearance of a constriction in the central portion[…]
ref: 2008, Marlene Benchimol, “Structure of the Hydrogenosome”, in Jan Tachezy, editor, Hydrogenosomes and Mitosomes: Mitochondria of Anaerobic Eukaryotes, Berlin Heidelberg: Springer, →ISBN, pages 75–96:
topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A membrane-bound form of organelles that produce molecular hydrogen and ATP in some anerobic ciliates, trichomonads and fungi, remarkable in that most forms contain no DNA.
Coordinate terms: mitochondrion
chloroplast
Related terms: hydrogenosomal
hydrogenosomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hydrogenosome
soft skill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soft skills
Etymology: Coined by the U.S. Army in the late 1960s, referring to any skill that does not employ the use of machinery.
Senses: coordinate_terms: hard skill
qualifier: human resources
glosses: A personal skill that is usually interpersonal, nonspecialized, and difficult to quantify, such as leadership or responsibility.
Related terms: people skills
soft asset
cathepsin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /kəˈθɛpsɪn/
Forms: form: cathepsins
Etymology: Borrowed from German Kathepsin, from Ancient Greek καθέψω (kathépsō), from κατά (katá, “down”) + ἕψω (hépsō, “boil”).
Senses: examples: text: Grassmann and Dyckerhoff (1930) showed that cysteine and cyanide inhibited the action of ereptic aminopolyase, while they accelerated the action of proteases such as cathepsin.
ref: 1931, A Pirie, BE Holmes, “The cause of inactivation of the Rous sarcoma filtrate during incubation”, in British journal of experimental pathology:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a family of proteases primarily active within lysosomes.
Derived terms: cathelin
procathepsin
cathepsins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cathepsin
mitosome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈmaɪtəˌsoʊm/
Forms: form: mitosomes
Etymology: From mito- + -some.
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
synonyms: crypton
glosses: An organelle found within certain unicellular eukaryotes which lack mitochondria.
Derived terms: mitosomal
mitosomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mitosome
bioisosterism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bioisosterisms
Etymology: From bioisostere + -ism.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: The relationship between bioisosteres, substituents or groups with similar physical or chemical properties that impart similar biological properties to a chemical compound.
faggotry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfæɡətɹi/
Forms: form: faggotries
Etymology: From faggot + -ry.
Senses: examples: text: The exploitation of brutality and terror is blatantly apparent. The homosexual element lies somewhat deeper. It is not — at least, not importantly — in the obvious faggotry of men kissing one another and saying 'I love you,' […]
ref: 1948 November, G[ershon] Legman, “The Psychopathology of the Comics”, in Neurotica, number 3, page 18:
text: Never­theless we have also observed that rebellion ignored soon falls flat, and most of these "social rebels" see the folly of their faggotry in time.
ref: 1962 December, Richard Mayer, “Can We Change Our Swishy Brothers?”, in Mattachine Review, volume VIII, number 11 [misprint for 12], Los Angeles: Mattachine Society, →ISSN, page 35, column 1:
glosses: The stereotypical behaviors of a faggot (male homosexual) or homosexuality in general.
examples: text: "I was part of a music forum. We used to make techno-collabs with heavy sampling." He admitted. […] "The samples were all from anime and old FDR speeches..." […] Gerry stopped, and grabbed a nearby tree for support, cackling like a madman. "I can't stop! I can't...Phil help...I'm trapped in the vortex of your faggotry."
ref: 2018, Samuel Eddy, Prima Materia:
glosses: Contemptible actions in general.
Synonyms: gayness
Derived terms: egofaggotry
furfaggotry
allylic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /əˈlɪlɪk/
Etymology: From allyl + -ic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Containing an allyl group, an alkene hydrocarbon group with the formula H₂C=CH-CH₂-
Derived terms: allylically
allylic rearrangement
allylic shift
bisallylic
diallylic
homoallylic
allyls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of allyl
retortamonad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: retortamonads
Etymology: From Retortamonas, the type genus of the order.
Senses: glosses: A microscopic flagellate of the order Retortamonadida, which are mostly found in the intestines of animals.
canonical form
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: canonical forms
Senses: examples: text: A canonical form is an element of a set of representatives of equivalence classes of forms such that there is a function or procedure which projects every element of each equivalence class onto that one element, the canonical form of that equivalence class. The canonical form is expected to be simpler than the rest of the forms in some way. For example, for cubic polynomials acted upon by the group of translations along the abscissa, the canonical forms are cubic polynomials without a quadratic term.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A standard or normal presentation of a mathematical entity or a text string, etc.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a set of representations of the resonance structure of a molecule each of which contributes to the real structure; a contributing structure.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Synonym of dictionary form.
synonyms: word: dictionary form
Synonyms: topics: mathematics
sciences
word: normal form
topics: mathematics
sciences
word: standard form
topics: linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: citation form
topics: linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: dictionary form
topics: linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: basic form
Related terms: topics: linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: headword
topics: linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: lemma
retortamonads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of retortamonad
pyridinium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pyridiniums
Etymology: From pyridine + -ium.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The cationic, protonated form of pyridine
pyridiniums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pyridinium
instantaneousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From instantaneous + -ness.
Senses: glosses: condition of being instantaneous
Synonyms: instantaneity
bioorganism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /baɪoʊˈɔɹɡənɪzəm/
ipa: /baɪəʊˈɔːɡənɪzəm/
Forms: form: bioorganisms
Etymology: From bio- + organism.
Senses: examples: text: Mr. Hawkes' last statement may be true for relatively small mercury-water systems but extrapolate a bit and place one "intelligent bioorganism exhaling carbon dioxide" (presumably human) in a closed room with a fan blowing recirculating air over the surface of a 500 ft² tank of mercury covered with a foot of water.
ref: 1967, Norman V. Steere, Safety in the chemical laboratory, volume 4, page 146:
text: Larger and more powerful regional and global nodes could inherit the attributes of this base node, thus enabling the growth of a Global Infosphere in a way quite analogous to the growth of a bioorganism.
ref: 1998, Ryan Henry, The Information Revolution and International Security, page 160:
text: A second mechanism involves the active participation of the bioorganism.
ref: 2012, Charles G. Gebelein, Bioactive Polymeric Systems: An Overview, page 670:
glosses: A biological organism.
bioorganisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bioorganism
organohalide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: organohalides
Etymology: From organo- + halide.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An organic halide, an organic compound containing one or more substituted halogen atoms.
chain of custody
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chains of custody
Senses: topics: chemistry
law
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The documentation showing the full process of acquisition, transfer, handling and disposition of physical or electronic materials.
Synonyms: provenance
organohalides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of organohalide
shoeing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of shoe
shoeing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shoeings
Senses: glosses: The act of fitting an animal with horseshoes.
examples: text: Rags was on the wrong side of a ruck in a training exercise and Woody gave him a shoeing, just as you would to one of the opposition in a match situation.
ref: 2010, Ronan O'Gara, Ronan O'Gara: My Autobiography, →ISBN, page 85:
text: They jump the two babyface performers and give them a shoeing, only to get cleared out of the ring in double quick time.
ref: 2013, James Dixon, The 3CW Encyclopedia, →ISBN, page 147:
text: And he gave the IRA a right shoeing as well.
ref: 2015, Andrew O'Hagan, The Illuminations, →ISBN, page 39:
glosses: A thrashing.
Derived terms: shoeing-horn
crazy quilt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crazy quilts
Senses: glosses: A quilt made from random patches, without any unifying design.
glosses: An uncoordinated jumble of things, ideas, practices, policies, etc.
Related terms: crazy paving
patchwork quilt
quantum process tomography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: qualifier: quantum mechanics
glosses: A method for describing a quantum process by probing with known quantum states.
Related terms: quantum tomography
quantum state tomography
crazy quilts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crazy quilt
prosoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹəʊˈsəʊmə/
Forms: form: prosomas
form: prosomata
Etymology: From pro- (“front”) + soma (“body”), from Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma, “body”).
Senses: examples: text: The front part, called the cephalothorax (or prosoma), is enclosed within a relatively hard and unyielding chitinous shell.
ref: 1996, Michael J. Roberts, Spiders of Britain and Northern Europe, Collins, published 1996, page 12:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: The front segment of a body which is divided into two or more segments, especially the cephalothorax of an arachnid or crustacean.
Related terms: mesosoma
metasoma
opisthosoma
two-point perspective
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: two-point perspectives
Senses: synonyms: word: 2PP
glosses: A graphical technique in which a three-dimensional object is represented in two dimensions, and in which parallel lines in two of its dimensions are shown to converge towards two vanishing points
chelicera
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /kəˈlɪ.sə.ɹə/
Forms: form: chelicerae
Etymology: From New Latin chēlicera, from Ancient Greek χηλή (khēlḗ, “jawbone”) + κέρας (kéras, “horn”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Either of the prehensile claws found on the proboscis of chelicerates (horseshoe crabs, sea spiders and arachnids).
Derived terms: cheliceral
orthographies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of orthography
orthographies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of orthography
ommatidium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɒməˈtɪdɪəm/
ipa: /ɑməˈtɪdɪəm/
Forms: form: ommatidia
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὀμματίδιον (ommatídion, “little eye”), equivalent to ὄμμα (ómma, stem ὄμματ-) + -idium.
Senses: examples: text: The ‘compound’ eyes of insects [...] are made up of large numbers of facets or ommatidia, and in this sense, our own eyes are ‘simple’.
ref: 1996, Michael J. Roberts, Spiders of Britain and Northern Europe, Collins, published 1996, page 12:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: One of the conical substructures which make up the eyes of invertebrates with compound eyes.
Derived terms: ommatidial
ommatidia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ommatidium
Hubei
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhuːˌbeɪ/
ipa: /ˌhuːˈbeɪ/
ipa: /ˈhuˌbeɪ/
ipa: /ˌhuˈbeɪ/
ipa: /ˈhubaɪ/
enpr: ho͞oʹbāʹ
Forms: form: Hu-pei
form: Hupei
form: Hu Bei
form: Hupeh
form: Hu-peh
form: Hoopeh
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 湖北 (Húběi), literally "north of the lake", referring to Hubei's position north of Dongting Lake.
Senses: examples: text: In 1965 the People’s Daily published sore figures for Yangxin xian in Hubei Province which showed how important the part-work schools were in raising school attendance figures (SCMP 3475, 1965).
ref: 1970, R. F. Price, “Part-time schools and classes”, in Brian Holmes, editor, Education in Communist China (World education series), New York; Washington: Praeger Publishers, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 213:
text: The Communists were also very active in Hubei and Hunan; they were involved in strikes in the Wuhan arsenal and steelworks and the strike of the Anyuan coal miners, and in the formation of workers’ clubs and unions among miners, metal-workers, and textile workers. These workers’ organizations were grouped together in provincial union federations of Hunan (with Mao Tsetung as secretary) and of Hubei.
ref: 1977, Jean Chesneaux, Françoise Le Barbier, Marie-Claire Bergère, “From the Founding of the Communist Party to the Reorganization of the Guomindang: July 1921–January 1924”, in Paul Auster, Lydia Davis, transl., China from the 1911 Revolution to Liberation, Pantheon Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 144:
text: The Three Gorges Dam in Hubei province is the largest in the country, but is also one of the most controversial hydroelectric plants in the world. An estimated 1.3 million people were forcibly relocated during its construction. Moreover, the reservoir has been polluted by industrial waste.
ref: 2015 November 30, Maximiliane Koschyk, “COP21: China's climate efforts far from sufficient”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 30 Nov 2015, Climate:
text: Cases have been heavily concentrated in Wuhan and surrounding areas of Hubei province, which has been locked down for two weeks in an attempt to contain the virus.
ref: 2020 February 9, Gerry Shih, “Coronavirus deaths climb as China corrals sick in quarantine facilities in outbreak epicenter”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Feb 2020, Asia & Pacific:
text: Chinese authorities said Tuesday they will end a two-month lockdown of most of coronavirus-hit Hubei province at midnight, as domestic cases of what has become a global pandemic subside.
ref: 2020 March 24, Ken Moritsugu, “China to lift lockdown in most of virus-hit Hubei province”, in AP News, archived from the original on 03 Dec 2021:
glosses: A province in central China. Capital: Wuhan.
wikipedia: Cambridge University Press
Synonyms: sense: from Cantonese
word: Oopack
Derived terms: hubeite
Related terms: Not to be confused with Hebei
epigyne
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɛpɪd͡ʒaɪn/
Forms: form: epigynes
Etymology: From modern Latin epigynum, from Ancient Greek ἐπί (epí) + γυνή (gunḗ, “female”).
Senses: examples: 1996: This [genital] area is inconspicuous in most adult males and in immature females, but in adult females of the majority of species it is modified into a variably shaped, more or less sclerotized structure called the epigyne. — Michael J. Roberts, Spiders of Britain and Northern Europe (Collins 1996, p. 16)
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: The external female sex organ in arachnids.
book lung
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: book lungs
form: book-lung
Senses: examples: text: In addition to book lungs most spiders also have a second respiratory system in the form of paired tracheae; Atypus has none.
ref: 1996, Michael J. Roberts, Spiders of Britain and Northern Europe, page 16:
topics: arachnology
biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A lamellate respiratory organ found in arachnids.
cribellum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /kɹɪˈbɛləm/
Forms: form: cribella
Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin cribellum, diminutive of Latin cribrum (“sieve”).
Senses: examples: 1996: some groups of spiders have a sieve-like plate, the cribellum, just in front of the spinners. — Michael J. Roberts, Spiders of Britain and Northern Europe (Collins 1996, p. 17)
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A spinning organ having many fine pores, situated in front of the spinners in some araneomorph spiders.
Related terms: cribellate
ecribellate
sanctifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sanctify
sanctifying
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sanctifyings
Senses: examples: consecrations, sanctifyings, and blessings
glosses: sanctification
sanctifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sanctify
crucifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of crucify
cam'st
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: Alonso: And Trinculo is reeling-ripe: where should they
 Find this grand liquor that hath gilded them?
 How cam’st thou in this pickle?
ref: 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:
glosses: Obsolete form of camest.
taxied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of taxi
taxying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: taxiing
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of taxi
taxying
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: taxyings
form: taxiing
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Alternative form of taxiing.
IFYPFY
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Pronunciation: -aɪ
Senses: glosses: Initialism of I fixed your post for you.
Synonyms: FTFY
widow's mites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of widow's mite
gibbers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of gibber
gibbering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: jibbering
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of gibber
gibbering
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more gibbering
form: most gibbering
form: jibbering
Senses: glosses: Prone to meaningless vocalization, especially excited and confused utterances, like a beast or monster.
Derived terms: gibberingly
gibbering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gibberings
form: jibbering
Senses: glosses: Manic, meaningless speech; babble.
gibbered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: It's embarrassing when I remember how much nonsense I gibbered at you on our first date.
glosses: simple past and past participle of gibber; to talk incomprehensibly
medullate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having a medulla; medullated
glosses: Composed of myelin; myelinated
medullated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more medullated
form: most medullated
Etymology: From medulla + -ated.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Myelinated.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Having a medulla.
Derived terms: nonmedullated
unmedullated
myelinated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more myelinated
form: most myelinated
Etymology: From myelin + -ated.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Of nerves, having a coating of myelin.
Derived terms: amyelinated
hypermyelinated
hypomyelinated
nonmyelinated
remyelinated
undermyelinated
unmyelinated
lifers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lifer
polar bears
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polar bear
vegetates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of vegetate
vegetating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of vegetate
vegetated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of vegetate
vegetated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more vegetated
form: most vegetated
Senses: examples: a vegetated streambank
glosses: On which vegetation is growing.
fuck truck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fuck trucks
Senses: examples: text: ...into this fuck truck she came, seamy with semen, a place that made a motel whorehouse seem as fresh as new grass.
ref: 1982, Jimmy Breslin, Forsaking All Others, page 293:
text: The Ford Econoline, also known as the fuck-truck, sat outside. We didn't need a condom. Penny had already started taking the birth control pill.
ref: 2002, John H Stover, The Road Runner: An American Odyssey, page 111:
text: 'Shame, it's nicknamed the "fuck truck".' 'Flic, I didn't go to Oz to get laid!' 'What was it you were saying before you left?'
ref: 2005, S G Harrison Mumford, Dos-a-Dos, page 69:
glosses: A van or truck fitted out with a mattress in the back for sexual intercourse.
Synonyms: fuckmobile
passion wagon
sin bin
bangbus
shagging wagon
Hyponyms: panel van
fuckmobile
Related terms: fuckmobile
fuckpad
amplexicaul
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From New Latin amplexicaulis.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having lobes (usually auriculate) that completely surround the stem.
raw_tags: of leaves
Derived terms: semiamplexicaul
epigynes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of epigyne
tom-toms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tom-tom
Elzas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Elza
ensanguines
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ensanguine
ensanguining
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ensanguine
ensanguined
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛnˈsaŋɡwɪnd/
Etymology: From ensanguine + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ensanguine
ensanguined
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛnˈsaŋɡwɪnd/
Forms: form: more ensanguined
form: most ensanguined
Etymology: From ensanguine + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: The flames retired from the spot on which the blood was pouring. A volume of dark clouds rose slowly from the ensanguined earth, and ascended gradually till it reached the vault of the cavern.
ref: 1796, Matthew Lewis, The Monk, Folio Society, published 1985, page 194:
text: Everybody who has the least knowledge of Heraldry and the Peerage must be aware that the noble family of which, as we know, Helen Pendennis was a member, bears for a crest, a nest full of little pelicans pecking at the ensanguined bosom of a big maternal bird, which plentifully supplies the little wretches with the nutriment on which, according to the heraldic legend, they are supposed to be brought up.
ref: 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 21, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:
text: For the rest of the day he was dumb, but achieved an ensanguined filthiness through the cleaning of big fish.
ref: 1889, Rudyard Kipling, “Only A Subaltern”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 142:
glosses: Bloodstained, bloody.
phantasms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phantasm
perfoliate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin perfoliāta, from Latin per- (“through”) + the feminine of Latin foliātus (“foliate”).
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Appearing to have the stem passing through the blade.
raw_tags: of leaves
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having the leaf round the stem at the base.
raw_tags: of leaves
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Surrounded by a circle of hairs, etc.
Derived terms: connate-perfoliate
perfoliate bellwort
perfoliately
Related terms: peltate
connate
amplexicaul
Muthammani
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Tamil.
indestructable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of indestructible.
acclimatisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acclimatisations
Etymology: From acclimatise + -ation.
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English and New Zealand standard spelling of acclimatization.
Derived terms: acclimatisational
octopods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of octopod
guiltier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of guilty: more guilty
guiltiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of guilty: most guilty
forfeits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of forfeit
forfeits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A game in which forfeits are demanded.
forfeits
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of forfeit
pitchier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of pitchy: more pitchy
pitchiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of pitchy: most pitchy
catsuit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkætˌsut/
Forms: form: catsuits
Etymology: From cat + suit.
Senses: glosses: A tight-fitting one-piece women's garment, covering the legs, arms and torso.
Derived terms: catsuited
bootstrapped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bootstrap
inuring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of inure
inures
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of inure
panas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ponhaws.
Venezuelans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Venezuelan
aristate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /əˈɹɪsteɪt/
/əˈɹɪstət/
Etymology: From Latin aristatus, from arista. See arista.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having a long bristle at its apex.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having a pointed, beard-like process, like those of the glumes of wheat; awned
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Having a slender, sharp, or spiny tip.
caudate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɔː.deɪt/
ipa: /ˈkɔˌdeɪt/
ipa: /ˈkɑˌdeɪt/
homophone: chordate
homophone: cordate (non-rhotic)
Etymology: Borrowed from Medieval Latin caudātus, from Classical Latin cauda (“tail”) + -ātus; see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix).
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Tapering into a long, tail-like extension at the apex.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Having a tail.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Of or pertaining to the Caudata order of amphibians.
examples: the caudate nucleus
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Having a tail-like extension.
Derived terms: acaudate
bicaudate
caudate nucleus
decaudate
ecaudate
excaudate
intercaudate
magnicaudate
subcaudate
tricaudate
Related terms: e caudata
caudate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɔː.deɪt/
ipa: /ˈkɔˌdeɪt/
ipa: /ˈkɑˌdeɪt/
homophone: chordate
homophone: cordate (non-rhotic)
Forms: form: caudates
Etymology: Borrowed from Medieval Latin caudātus, from Classical Latin cauda (“tail”) + -ātus; see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix).
Senses: examples: text: Some caudates show caudal autotomy, in that part or all of the tail can be shed and subsequently regenerated.
ref: 1992, Martin E. Feder, Warren W. Burggren, Environmental Physiology of the Amphibians, page 291:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any member of the Caudata order of amphibians.
cirrhose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Ending in a tendril at the apex.
raw_tags: of leaves
Perspex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Plexiglas
cirrose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of cirrhose.
tokamak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtəʊkəmæk/
ipa: /ˈtoʊkəmæk/
Forms: form: tokamaks
form: tokomak
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian токама́к (tokamák), an acronym of то(роида́льная) ка́(мера) (с) ма(гни́тными) к(ату́шками) (to(roidálʹnaja) ká(mera) (s) ma(gnítnymi) k(atúškami), “toroidal chamber with magnetic coils”).
Senses: examples: text: Studies of electrodeless discharges in a strong longitudinal magnetic field, carried out on the stellarator and the "Tokamak", have shown that in such systems the plasma becomes unstable for currents appreciably les than the critical current of Shafranov-Kruskal.
ref: 1963 November, E. P. Gorbunov, K. A. Razumova, “The Effect of a Strong Magnetic Field on the Magnetohydrodynamic Stability of Plasma and the Containment of Charged Particles in the ‘Tokamak’”, in Soviet Atomic Energy, volume 15, number 5, New York, N.Y.: Consultants Bureau, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1105:
text: A Tokamak engineering test reactor (TETR) will be an important component of any national or international program to achieve viable Tokamak fusion power reactors.
ref: 1975, J. W. Lue, R. W. Conn, “Superconducting Toroidal Field Magnets for a Tokamak Engineering Test Reactor”, in K. D. Timmerhaus, D. H. Weitzel, editors, Advances in Cryogenic Engineering, volume 21, New York, N.Y.; London: Plenum Press, →OCLC, page 41; republished Boston, Mass.: Springer, 2013, →DOI, →ISBN, page 41:
text: Of magnetic fusion experiments, those in Tokamaks are closest to achieving the combination of confinement conditions needed for a reactor.
ref: 1982, “Controlled Nuclear Fusion”, in Energy in Transition 1985–2010: Final Report of the Committee on Nuclear and Alternative Energy Systems, National Research Council, Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, →ISBN, page 390:
text: Researchers use large doughnut-shaped vessels called tokomaks to try to achieve the critical temperature and density needed for fusion to begin. A tokomak uses powerful magnetic fields to contain hydrogen, which is heated to several million degrees. As the strength of the magnetic field increases, it squeezes the plasma, resulting in a higher temperature and density.
ref: 1989 September–October, D. Benningfield, “Funds Requested to Speed Up Nuclear Fusion Experiments”, in Ernstine Wheelock, editor, Alcalde, volume 78, number 1, Austin, Tx.: The Ex-Students' Association of the University of Texas, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 43, column 1:
text: Slowly, the solenoid—all one thousand tons of it—will be carried to the tokamak and lowered into the center of the vacuum chamber.
ref: 2014 March 3, Raffi Khatchadourian, “A Star in a Bottle: An Audacious Plan to Create a New Energy Source could Save the Planet from Catastrophe. But Time is Running Out.”, in The New Yorker, archived from the original on 05 Dec 2018:
qualifier: nuclear physics
glosses: A torus-shaped chamber used in nuclear fusion research in which a plasma is magnetically confined.
wikipedia: Saint-Paul-lès-Durance
Coordinate terms: stellarator
Derived terms: spheromak
decaff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: decaffs
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of decaf.
Demerara
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɛməˈɹɛəɹə/
ipa: /dɛməˈɹɑːɹə/
ipa: /dɛməˈɹɛɹə/
ipa: /dɛməˈɹɑɹə/
Etymology: The placename derives from an Arawak word. Perhaps Malali ("fast running stream"), which would have originally been the name of a section of rapids, from which the Dutch called the whole river de Malali ("the Malali"), which (with incorporation of the definite article into the name, and alternation of l and r) became Demerara. Alternatively, perhaps Immenary or Dumaruni meaning “river of the letterwood”. The sugar is so-called because it was grown in the region around the river.
Senses: glosses: A river which rises in the rainforests of Guyana, and flows north to the Atlantic Ocean, which the country's capital of Georgetown is situated on; in full, the Demerara River.
glosses: A region of Guyana in South America, Essequebo en Demerary (Essequibo and Demerara), formerly a Dutch (later British) colony, located around the lower courses of this river.
Derived terms: Demerara-Mahaica
Demerara
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɛməˈɹɛəɹə/
ipa: /dɛməˈɹɑːɹə/
ipa: /dɛməˈɹɛɹə/
ipa: /dɛməˈɹɑɹə/
Forms: form: Demeraras
form: demerara
form: Demeraran
form: demeraran
Etymology: The placename derives from an Arawak word. Perhaps Malali ("fast running stream"), which would have originally been the name of a section of rapids, from which the Dutch called the whole river de Malali ("the Malali"), which (with incorporation of the definite article into the name, and alternation of l and r) became Demerara. Alternatively, perhaps Immenary or Dumaruni meaning “river of the letterwood”. The sugar is so-called because it was grown in the region around the river.
Senses: glosses: A type of natural, unrefined or partially refined cane sugar, which is light brown in colour, particularly used in pastries and biscuits like shortbread.
examples: text: He related, “Down home we used to drink Demerara and when I was a lot younger than I am now I'd always get embarrassed, not being able to take it neat like most of them. You need a bull's gullet for neat Demerara."
ref: 2010, Charmaine A. Nelson, Ebony Roots, Northern Soil: Perspectives on Blackness in Canada, page 314, quoting Yardley (a seaman in Canada circa 1900)
glosses: A dark rum, made in Guyana using molasses and this sugar, mainly used for blending.
bodily fluids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bodily fluid
50-gon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 50-gons
Etymology: From 50 + -gon.
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Synonym of pentacontagon: A 50-sided polygon.
synonyms: word: pentacontagon
extra: A 50-sided polygon
mistype
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: mistypes
form: mistyping
form: mistyped
form: mistyped
Etymology: From mis- + type.
Senses: examples: text: That's embarrassing: I mistyped her name on the invitation.
glosses: To type incorrectly, introducing spelling mistakes or other errors.
glosses: To categorize incorrectly.
trad
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹæd/
Etymology: Shortening of traditional.
Senses: examples: text: I've been listening to trad jazz lately.
text: There are a couple of soups, a hot dish, a quichey option, a salad of the day, good trad puds and that’s about it.
ref: 2002 October, Charles Campion, The Rough Guide to London Restaurants, 2003/5th edition, London: Rough Guides, →ISBN, page 187:
text: Ultimately, this is what unites the Collinses with the more “trad” wings of the natalist movement, from the nativists to the Christian nationalists: pushing back on social and cultural changes they see as imposed on them by outside forces.
ref: 2024 April 28, Gaby Del Valle, “The Far Right’s Campaign to Explode the Population”, in POLITICO:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Traditional
trad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹæd/
Forms: form: trads
Etymology: Shortening of traditional.
Senses: topics: climbing
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Traditional climbing.
examples: text: Miltown Malbay hosts the annual Willie Clancy Irish Music Festival, one of Ireland's great trad music events.
ref: 2017, Lonely Planet Ireland's Best Trips:
text: Galway is the heart of Trad— the city and its environs have nurtured some of the most durable names in Irish music.
ref: 2010, Fodor's Ireland 2010:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Irish traditional music
examples: text: And just because leftoids make tripe from their position of strength is no reason for trads to make schlock from their position of weakness.
ref: 2024 June 18, Spencer Klavan, “A Matter of Taste”, in The American Mind:
topics: Catholicism
Christianity
glosses: A traditionalist.
glosses: Anything traditional, such as a school or a model of car.
Derived terms: non-trad
trad bolted
tradcath
trad climber
traddy
trad jazz
tradlarp
tradlarper
trad pub
trad-pub
tradthot
tradwife
retection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: retections
Etymology: From Latin retectio, retectionem (“discovery, uncovering”).
Senses: glosses: Disclosure or detection of something concealed.
examples: text: Special issue: T-Ray Imaging, Sensing and Retection
ref: 2007 August, Proceedings of the IEEE, volume 95, number 8:
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Detection through a concealing layer. (Note: this use is somewhat specific to electrical engineering and related fields investigating the uses of T-Ray Sensing.)
fabricates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fabricate
taverns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tavern
sheldrake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sheldrakes
Etymology: From Middle English sheld- (“parti-colored”) (akin to Middle Dutch shillede) + drake (“male duck”).
Senses: synonyms: vulpanser
glosses: An Old World duck of the genus Tadorna (shelducks).
synonyms: vulpanser
glosses: An Old World duck of the genus Tadorna (shelducks).
A male shelduck.
glosses: A merganser.
glosses: The call sign for an artillery officer.
terahertz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: terahertz
Etymology: From tera- + hertz.
Senses: glosses: A unit of measurement based on one trillion hertz.
glosses: One trillion hertz, 10¹² Hz.
Synonyms: sense: THz
word: SI abbreviation
Derived terms: terahertz radiation
T-ray