cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Imhotep
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪmˈhoʊ.tɛp/
Etymology: From Egyptian jj-m-ḥtp (literally “(the one) coming in peace, (the one) returning home safely”): M18-G17-R4:X1*Q3 from the perfective active participle of jj (“to come, to return”) + m ḥtp (“in peace, safely”).
Senses: glosses: An Ancient Egyptian priest, the inventor of the pyramid.
glosses: A male given name from Egyptian.
Abellera
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Abelleras
Etymology: Borrowed from Tagalog Abellera, itself from Catalan abellera (“apiary”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Tagalog [in turn from Catalan].
easilier
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: comparative form of easily (adverb): more easily
Suess effect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Suess effects
Etymology: Named after Austrian chemist Hans Suess.
Senses: qualifier: atmospheric chemistry
glosses: The decrease in the ratio of heavier to lighter isotopes of carbon in atmospheric carbon dioxide due to anthropogenic emissions.
wikipedia: Hans Suess
Signor-Lipps effect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after American paleontologists Philip Signor and Jere Lipps, who formally proposed it in 1982.
Senses: topics: biology
history
human-sciences
natural-sciences
paleontology
sciences
glosses: The principle that due to the incompleteness of the fossil record, the earliest and latest known occurrences of a taxon will almost never represent the ages of the actual earliest and latest organisms belonging to it.
wikipedia: Jere Lipps
Sadler effect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after American geologist Peter Sadler.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: The appearance of lower sedimentation rates in stratigraphic sections covering greater amounts of time, as a result of the relative rarity of geologic events that remove large amounts of sediment.
Redfield ratio
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after American oceanographer Alfred C. Redfield.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The stoichiometric ratio of carbon to nitrogen to phosphorus in the deep ocean.
wikipedia: Alfred C. Redfield
fellatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /fəˈleɪtəɹi/
Forms: form: more fellatory
form: most fellatory
Etymology: From the past participle stem of Latin fellāre + -ory.
Senses: examples: text: Fame, however, came with Deep Throat, since when her name has become synonymous with a fellatory technique that looks, to the cold eye, uncommonly like a sublimation of a suppressed castratory urge of immense proportions.
ref: 1974, Angela Carter, “Lovely Linda”, in Shaking a Leg, Vintage, published 2013, page 70:
glosses: Pertaining to fellatio.
labia minor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Any Bangkok prostitute can blow smoke rings through her labia minor and be certain of applause and thanks.
ref: 1974, Angela Carter, “Lovely Linda”, in Shaking a Leg, Vintage, published 2013, page 70:
text: The labia minor enclose the clitoris anteriorly. They also enclose the vagina and are fused posteriorly forming the fourchette.
ref: 2002, John N. K. Mbilu, Essentials of Obstetrics and Gynaecology for Clinical Officers and Midwives, page 2:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The labia minora.
Cochabamba
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city and department of Bolivia.
wikipedia: + Department
Cochabamba
bradyodont
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bradyodonts
Senses: glosses: Any extinct cartilaginous fish of the order Bradyodonti
Ocon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ocons
Etymology: From Spanish Ocon.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish.
basal cell carcinoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: basal cell carcinomas
form: basal-cell carcinoma
Senses: examples: text: Basal cell carcinoma is found most frequently on the head, neck, and limbs of cats. Histologic findings do not always correlate with aggressive behavior.
ref: 2002, Wallace B. Morrison, Cancer in Dogs and Cats: Medical and Surgical Management, Teton NewMedia, →ISBN, page 470:
text: The malignant potential of adenoid cystic carcinoma/basal cell carcinoma is uncertain because of the small number of reported cases and limited follow-up, but some cases are malignant with EPE and distant metastases.
ref: 2009, Noel Weidner, Richard J. Cote, Saul Suster, Lawrence M. Weiss, Modern Surgical Pathology, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, page 1151:
text: Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the most frequent of all cancers in fair-skinned populations.
ref: 2013, Gabrijela Kocjan, Winifred Gray, Philippe Vielh, Tanya Levine, Ika Kardum-Skelin, Diagnostic Cytopathology Essentials, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, page 369:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
synonyms: basalioma
glosses: A common type of nonmelanocytic skin cancer.
morphoeic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: morpheic
Etymology: From morphoea + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: Ulcerated BCC may mimic SCC, and Bowen's disease may be misdiagnosed for the superficial and morphoeic forms.
ref: 1993, W. E. De Launey, Harvey Rotstein, W. A. Land, De Launey and Land Principles and Practice of Dermatology:
text: The morphoeic basal cell carcinoma does not show the characteristic and diagnostically helpful palisading pattern. The striking component of the morphoeic lesion is the stromal change, and very large areas of dense fibrous stroma may be seen with relatively small numbers of epidermal cells apparently trapped within this stroma.
ref: 1996, Rona M. MacKie, Skin Cancer, Second Edition, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 131:
text: Morphoeic BCCs frequently lack clinical and dermoscopic features, and may lack pigmented structures. The transition between tumour and normal skin may still be unclear.
ref: 2011, Jonathan Bowling, Diagnostic Dermoscopy: The Illustrated Guide, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 86:
text: The five most frequent clinical subtypes are: superficial, noduloulcerative (rodent ulcer), pigmented, cystic, morphoeic and metatypical (basosquamous).
ref: 2013, Andreas Katsambas, Torello Lotti, European Handbook of Dermatological Treatments, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 69:
topics: medicine
sciences
qualifier: typically in relation to a subtype of basal cell carcinoma
glosses: Characterised by white or yellow, morphoea-like plaques with ill-defined edges, most commonly on the face.
Related terms: morphoeaform
nuffy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɐfi/
Forms: form: nuffies
Senses: glosses: A person with a disability, particularly intellectual.
glosses: A person who is stupid.
examples: text: They didn't doubt my passion for the game - I was a cricket nuffy - but I needed to hear those words.
ref: 2013, Darren Lehmann, “I was a cricket 'nuffy' as are our youngsters, but they are willing to learn as well as entertain”, in Herald Sun:
text: In the South Australia squad Christian is known as a cricket nuffy, someone who loves talking about the game and playing it.
ref: 2010, Peter English, The man from Narrandera, ESPN Cricinfo:
text: Bailey hails ‘cricket nuffy’ Boof's history tests for keeping team learning, Zee News
Australian Test `debutant` George Bailey has hailed coach and `cricket nuffy` Darren Lehmann`s random history Tests for keeping the Australian team grounded and constantly learning.
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Someone who an obsessive fan of a sport, particularly of cricket.
Synonyms: sense: person with a disability
word: retard
sense: person with a disability
word: mental deficient
sense: stupid person
word: fool
sense: stupid person
word: idiot
Related terms: nuff nuff
matrixectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛktəmi
Forms: form: matrixectomies
form: matricectomy
Etymology: From matrix + -ectomy.
Senses: examples: text: CO₂ laser matrixectomy is often the procedure of choice for permanent, partial, or total nail ablation in the treatment of recurrent ingrown nails, pincer deformity, and recalcitrant onychomycosis. Chemical matrixectomy with either phenol, sodium hydroxide, or acetic acid is effective but causes extensive tissue necrosis, which may be associated with significant postoperative pain, persistent drainage, or periostitis.
ref: 1990, Jeffrey S. Dover, Kenneth A. Arndt, Illustrated cutaneous laser surgery: a practitioner's guide, Appleton & Lange:
text: General complications secondary to matrixectomy include regrowth (failure), tourniquet trauma causing a tendonitis or neuritis at the base of the toe, infection, and vascular embarrassment resulting in ulceration and gangrene.
ref: 2005, Thomas J. Chang, The Foot and Ankle, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, →ISBN, page 12:
text: Other treatments with carbon dioxide laser are onychoplasty and matrixectomy for the treatment of ingrown toenails and laser surgical removal of the bone spurs by a bone-shaving technique.
ref: 2006, Robert Splinter, Brett A. Hooper, An Introduction to Biomedical Optics, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, page 416:
text: Bandaging and postoperative wound care are similar to a partial matrixectomy. Partial and total matrixectomies can also be accomplished utilizing a carbon dioxide laser.
ref: 2012, Selene G. Parekh, Foot and Ankle Surgery, Jaypee Brothers Publishers, →ISBN, page 173:
text: Debride the area of any loose nail fragments or hyperkeratotic tissue with the forceps. matrixectomy. Debridement of the granulation tissue is usually sufficient and does not require matrixectomy.
ref: 2015, Theresa M. Campo, DNP, RN, FNP-C, ENP-BC, FAANP, Keith A Lafferty, MD, Essential Procedures for Emergency, Urgent, and Primary Care Settings, Second Edition: A Clinical Companion, Springer Publishing Company
text: The germinal matrix in this area is then eradicated either by surgical or chemical matrixectomy using phenol or NaOH.
ref: 2016, Roba Khundkar, Silva Samantha De, Rajat Chowdury, Consent in Surgery: A Practical Guide, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 89:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A procedure making use of chemicals, surgery, cryotherapy or laser to remove all or part of the nail matrix, usually as a treatment for ingrown toenails.
Blaan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An Austronesian language of the southern Philippines, similar to Tboli.
Hamiltonian operator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Hamiltonian operators
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Synonym of Hamiltonian.
synonyms: word: Hamiltonian
boundary condition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boundary conditions
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Any of a set of constraints that limit the solutions of a differential equation
qualifier: quantum mechanics
glosses: either one of the conditions that the wave function must be continuous and that its derivative must be as well, except in the case of infinite potential
science ovens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of science oven
process workers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of process worker
bhangmeter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bhangmeters
Etymology: From bhang + -meter, with the first element being a pun on bang, mocking the idea that the machine would work. Coined by Fred Reines in 1950.
Senses: glosses: A non-imaging radiometer used to detect nuclear detonations and determine the yield of the nuclear weapon.
bhangmeters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bhangmeter
pas de chats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pas de chat
Saam
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Saams
Etymology: Borrowed from German Saam.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
subdialogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subdialog
subdialogue
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of subdialog.
subdialogue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subdialogues
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of subdialog.
subdialogues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subdialogue
subconversational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + conversational.
Senses: glosses: Below the level of conversation.
subinteraction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subinteractions
Etymology: From sub- + interaction.
Senses: glosses: An interaction making up part of a larger interaction.
subinteractions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subinteraction
SSIDs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of SSID
squirmworthy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more squirmworthy
form: most squirmworthy
Etymology: From squirm + -worthy.
Senses: examples: text: I could tell from Angela's horrified reaction that they'd gone into a squirm-worthy level of detail.
ref: 2010, Erin Downing, Kiss It, page 183:
text: Set alongside W. H. Auden's squirm-worthy and patronising review of Adrienne Rich's first collection A Change of World […]
ref: 2012, Sylvia Plath Poems Chosen by Carol Ann Duffy:
glosses: That causes one to squirm with embarrassment or discomfort; embarrassing.
unopportunistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unopportunistic
form: most unopportunistic
Etymology: From un- + opportunistic.
Senses: synonyms: nonopportunistic
glosses: Not opportunistic.
Moi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Lund municipality, Rogaland county, Norway.
glosses: A village in Bygland municipality, Agder county, Norway.
Moi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mois
form: Moy
Senses: glosses: A member of the Montagnard people of Vietnam.
Moi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mois
Senses: glosses: An indigenous tribe of Southwest Papua.
Moi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A West Papuan language of the Bird's Head Peninsula of New Guinea.
Moi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Bangi (“African language”).
synonyms: word: Bangi
extra: African language
Moi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A North Halmahera language of Indonesia, spoken on the coast near Makian Island.
EYFS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: education
glosses: Initialism of Early Years Foundation Stage.
coathing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of coath
withbearing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of withbear
bearing with
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bear with
bearing in with
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bear in with
Pradeshes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Pradesh
foreseeking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of foreseek
bekenned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of beken
outkent
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of outken
puccine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From puccoon + -ine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A supposed alkaloid, later found to be an impure form of sanguinarine.
Derived terms: xanthopuccine
toshent
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of toshend
unflirty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unflirty
form: most unflirty
Etymology: From un- + flirty.
Senses: glosses: Not flirty.
moodlet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: moodlets
Etymology: From mood + -let.
Senses: examples: text: For of course "the blues" do not really apply to the man but to that secondary consciousness with whose ever changing moods and moodlets we identify ourselves — with the entire loss of our proper human dignity.
ref: 1905, Century Path:
glosses: A little mood.
topics: video-games
glosses: A temporary modifier which affects a character's mood.
moodlets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moodlet
boonks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boonk
Thrasymachian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Thrasymachian
form: most Thrasymachian
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the Ancient Greek sophist Thrasymachus.
Thrasymachan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Thrasymachan
form: most Thrasymachan
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Thrasymachian.
Glauconian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Glauconian
form: most Glauconian
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Glaucon, an ancient Athenian and the philosopher Plato's older brother.
Sabang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Indonesian Sabang.
Senses: glosses: A city in Aceh, Indonesia.
Related terms: Sabang Bao
intercorporation
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + corporation.
Senses: glosses: Between corporations.
gankers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ganker
polyquats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polyquat
RSOs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of RSO
castellates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of castellate
castellates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of castellate
ahooga
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of aooga.
diapedetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to diapedesis.
castellating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of castellate
see a wolf
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sees a wolf
form: seeing a wolf
form: saw a wolf
form: seen a wolf
Etymology: In allusion to an old superstition.
Senses: glosses: To lose one's voice.
knub
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: knubs
Senses: glosses: A knob; a small lump.
glosses: The waste or refuse of silk cocoons.
scaury
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scauries
Etymology: From Swedish [Term?].
Senses: glosses: A young gull.
tachygraphically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From tachygraphic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In tachygraphy or shorthand.
trieteric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Ancient Greek τριετηρικός (trietērikós) from τρι- (tri-) and ἔτος (étos).
Senses: glosses: triennial
Related terms: penteteric
octaeteric
trieteric
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trieterics
Etymology: From Ancient Greek τριετηρικός (trietērikós) from τρι- (tri-) and ἔτος (étos).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of triennial (“third anniversary”).
synonyms: word: triennial
extra: third anniversary
penteteric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Ancient Greek πεντετηρικός (pentetērikós), from πέντε (pénte) and ἔτος (étos).
Senses: glosses: quinquennial
Related terms: trieteric
octaeteric
incastle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: incastles
form: incastling
form: incastled
form: incastled
form: encastle
form: incastell
Etymology: From Mediaeval Latin incastellāre (“to fortify, to incastle”), from in- (“in-: make into”) + castellum (“little fortification, castle”). Cognate with Italian incastellare and Old French encasteler.
Senses: examples: text: Meth was alredie meetlie well and indifferentlie fortified and incastelled.
ref: 1587, John Hooker translating Gerald of Wales as the "Vaticinall Historie of the Conquest of Ireland" in Chronicles, Vol. III, 47/2
glosses: To add castles to a place.
Synonyms: fortify
incastles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of incastle
incastling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of incastle
incastled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of incastle
encastle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: encastles
form: encastling
form: encastled
form: encastled
Senses: examples: text: ...to encastle, to fortifie with castles, to reduce or bring to a castle.
ref: 1611, John Florio, Queen Anna's New World of Words, s.v. "Incastellare"
glosses: Alternative form of incastle: To add castles to a place.
encastles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of encastle
encastling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of encastle
encastled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of encastle
trilabe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tri- + Ancient Greek λαβή (labḗ, “handle”).
Senses: glosses: A three-pronged surgical instrument for removing calculi from the bladder.
Related terms: bilabe
arm bone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arm bones
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of armbone.
bedipping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bedip
bedips
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bedip
bedaws
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bedaw
get one's head out of one's ass
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets one's head out of one's ass
form: getting one's head out of one's ass
form: got one's head out of one's ass
form: got one's head out of one's ass
form: gotten one's head out of one's ass
form: get one's head out one's ass
Senses: glosses: To stop being oblivious to the real state of things, to get back in touch with reality, to start paying attention to what's happening around one, to start being aware of one's surroundings.
Related terms: have one's head up one's ass
come down to earth
abuys
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of abuy
tirret
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tirrets
Senses: examples: text: Sinister, an unicorn, argent; armed, unguled, mained, tufted, ducally collared, or; on the shoulder, a tirret, or. MOTTO.
ref: 1813, Barak Longmate (the Younger), The Pocket Peerage of England, Scotland and Ireland; ..., page 244:
text: A bendlet between two tirrets, over all a lion, rampant. […] On the Shield of dripstone^([sic]) of Door, a rose within a wreath; the tirrets are profusely used on the wooden ceiling and in the moulding, both external and internal. The wreath is also met with several times.
ref: 1885, The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine, page 209:
text: […] tufted, ducally gorged, with chain reflexed over the back, & charged on the shoulder with a tirret or.
ref: 1886, James E. Doyle, The Official Baronage of England: Showing the Succession, Dignities, and Offices of Every Peer from 1066 to 1885, with Sixteen Hundred Illustrations, page 190:
topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: A manacle, shackle, or swivel.
tirrets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tirret
adraws
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of adraw
endrees
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of endree
aminds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of amind
areaches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of areach
erights
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of eright
astands
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of astand
exergual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From exergue + -al.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the exergue.
atenes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of atene
behears
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of behear
atrays
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of atray
atrists
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of atrist
atrokes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of atroke
ayields
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ayield
foryields
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of foryield
upyields
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of upyield
Morisonian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmɒɹɪˈsəʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /ˌmɔɹɪˈsoʊ.ni.ən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Forms: form: Morisonians
Etymology: From Morison + -ian.
Senses: glosses: A member of the Evangelical Union, formed in 1843 by the Reverend James Morison (1816-93), after his separation from the United Secession Church.
Derived terms: Morisonianism
Morisonians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Morisonian
Morisonianism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Morisonian + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The religious views of the Morisonians, essentially a reaction from the Calvinistic doctrine of the Westminster Confession on predestination and unconditional election and reprobation.
œils-de-perdrix
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of œil-de-perdrix
dispondaic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to dispondees.
pyrophotography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pyro- + photography.
Senses: topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: Any photographic process involving the use of heat to fix the picture.
enew
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: enews
form: enewing
form: enewed
form: enewed
Etymology: From Old French enewer; see en- and compare modern French eau (“water”).
Senses: topics: falconry
hobbies
hunting
lifestyle
glosses: To drive back to the water; to pursue.
enewing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of enew
enewed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of enew
enews
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of enew
omenings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of omening
debt of nature
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Ten years after he had seen his son married^([sic]), become a church member, and give up his carnal delights, old Deacon Smith paid the debt of nature. His last days he always called his best days.
ref: 1850, T. S. Arthur, “Deacon Smith and his Violin”, in Sketches of Life and Character, Philadelphia: J. W. Bradley, →OCLC, page 76:
glosses: Death, seen as an obligation that all living creatures must eventually pay.
Related terms: pay the debt of nature
heterostrophic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more heterostrophic
form: most heterostrophic
Senses: glosses: Exhibiting heterostrophy.
rhizoidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɔɪdəl
Forms: form: more rhizoidal
form: most rhizoidal
Senses: glosses: Resembling the root of a plant.
fleshworm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fleshworms
Etymology: From flesh + worm.
Senses: glosses: A worm that feeds on flesh.
fleshworms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fleshworm
flesh broth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flesh broths
Senses: glosses: Broth made by boiling meat in water.
flesh broths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flesh broth
dyspathetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dyspathetic
form: most dyspathetic
Senses: glosses: Exhibiting dyspathy; averse.
hug oneself
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hugs oneself
form: hugging oneself
form: hugged oneself
form: hugged oneself
Senses: glosses: To congratulate oneself.
vocular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The preposition ex, before an accented vowel, is sounded vocular, like egz
ref: 1791, The Universal Asylum and Columbian Magazine, volumes 6-7:
text: The vocular sound in bread.
ref: 1813, John Cam Hobhouse Baron Broughton, A Journey Through Albania: And Other Provinces of Turkey in Europe and Asia, volume 2:
text: 1837-39, Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist
the series of vocular exclamations
glosses: vocal; of the voice
micrologically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From micrological + -ly.
Senses: glosses: By means of micrology.
nomographer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nomographers
Senses: glosses: A person who is skilled in nomography.
nomographers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nomographer
nimble-witted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more nimble-witted
form: most nimble-witted
Senses: examples: text: Forth rusheth Sathan by and by, and of a gnatte maketh more then an Elephant of India, and of a very litle geometriall point, draweth forth an infinite Sphere: so ingenious, & nimble witted is Dame Slaunder.
ref: 1581, Walter Haddon et al., translated by James Bell, Against Ierome Osorius Byshopp of Siluane in Portingall, London: John Daye, Book 3, p. 381b:
text: The nimble-witted Miller had already smelt where I was travelling to, and made haste to get on the same road.
ref: 1893, Robert Louis Stevenson, chapter 17, in Catriona, London: Thomas Nelson, pages 203–204:
text: Then Fitzstephan went to Whidden with an offer of a thousand dollars for Eric’s murder. Whidden refused at first, but he wasn’t nimble-witted, and Fitzstephan could be persuasive enough, so the bargain had been made.
ref: 1929, Dashiell Hammett, chapter 23, in The Dain Curse:
glosses: Quick-witted.
Derived terms: nimble-wittedness
a mile wide and an inch deep
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Covering a large set of topics but on a very shallow level.
candid camera
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: candid cameras
Etymology: Although used as its name, the term predates the long-running American television program Candid Camera (first broadcast in 1948).
Senses: examples: text: A candid camera’s role in higher education, with photographs of co-eds in the nude, commanded public interest today.
ref: 1937 October 4, “Candid Camera Shots Of College Co-eds Minus Trappings Has Officials Disturbed”, in Prescott Evening Courier, retrieved 21 Nov 2017, page 1:
text: Miss Rand . . . is wanted in criminal court to face charges of biting a theater customer who tried to take her picture with a candid camera.
ref: 1938 October 11, Frederick C. Othman, “Sally Stole My Fan Act, Faith Says”, in Pittsburgh Press, retrieved 21 Nov 2017, page 12:
text: Dorothy Netherton, who with Grace Valentine went to Europe this summer, has more than 400 enlarged candid-camera pictures of scenes taken during the tour.
ref: 1938 October 14, “Students Hold Short Impromptu Pep Rally”, in Daily Journal-World, Lawrence, Kansas, retrieved 21 Nov 2017, page 5:
text: Last week, after nine years of development work, Zeiss brought out a new camera with which it hopes to regain leadership in the high-quality candid-camera market.
ref: 1954 January 18, “Business Abroad: Camera Comeback”, in Time, retrieved 21 Nov 2017:
text: Mr. Dorsky's Arbor Vitae conveys more acute feelings of sadness and ecstasy. . . . Mr. Dorsky's candid camera also catches people rapt in thought.
ref: 2000 October 7, Stephen Holden, “Film Festival Review: Sparks of Lyrical Meditation Fly From the Cutting Edge”, in New York Times, retrieved 21 Nov 2017:
topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: A camera which is concealed or unobtrusive, used to obtain candid photographs of people who usually are unaware; the practice of taking such photos.
glosses: A humorous television show that uses hidden candid cameras to make jokes to people.
Synonyms: hidden camera
candid cameras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of candid camera
more dollars than sense
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Synonym of more money than brains.
synonyms: word: more money than brains
incastellates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of incastellate
incastellating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of incastellate
encastellate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: encastellates
form: encastellating
form: encastellated
form: encastellated
Senses: examples: text: ...Began first to encastellate it...
ref: a. 1552, John Leland, Itinerary, volume I, page 61:
text: The Auncient mannor place at Arkland he did encastellate.
ref: 1601, Francis Godwin, A Catalogue of the Bishops of England since the First Planting of Christian Religion in This Island, page 522:
glosses: Alternative form of incastellate: to make into a castle.
encastellates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of encastellate
encastellating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of encastellate
encastellated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of encastellate
gear acquisition syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: GAS
form: G.A.S.
Senses: qualifier: music industry
glosses: A tendency to purchase more equipment than justified by usage and/or price.
Related terms: more dollars than sense
shilly-shallier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shilly-shalliers
Etymology: From shilly-shally + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who shilly-shallies.
shilly-shalliers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shilly-shallier
repetitorium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: repetitoria
form: repetitoriums
form: Repetitorium
Etymology: Borrowed from German Repetitorium, so called because it serves to repeat or review material rather than introduce new topics.
Senses: examples: text: A lecture which occupies more than one hour is always divided into two parts, by a break of a quarter of an hour in the middle, in order to prevent any weariness or inattention resulting from a long sitting. Great importance is attached to "repetitoriums," in which the ground of former lectures is glanced rapidly over, bringing out the most important points in the various subjects
ref: 1890, The Scottish Forestry Journal, page 248:
text: As will be explained below, students taking repetitoria usually pay for a chunk of hours per subject and this could mean anything between DM 1,000 and 3,000 (approximately ₤1,000) per course on, say, civil law or procedural law etc. Even for those students who follow repetitoria in many courses, the overall cost is still low by comparison to British fees and infinitesimally low by comparison to American ones (though it does not seem so to the German takers).
ref: 2002, B. S. Markesinis, The British Contribution to the Europe of the Twenty-first Century, →ISBN, page 67:
text: These crammer institutions generally offer one-year courses which review all the materials for the examination and train participants in the art of writing exams. Law faculties also offer their own university repetitoriums although the majority of students still prefer to attend private institutions.
ref: 2012, Thomas Lundmark, Charting the Divide Between Common and Civil Law, →ISBN, page 154:
text: He did this because he was thinking of providing lines to dictate during a repetitorium.
ref: 2015, Robert R. Clewis, Reading Kant's Lectures, →ISBN, page 171:
glosses: A private class that augments a university course of studies by reviewing material, typically found in the German system.
examples: text: Expressed in Professor Schrödinger's own words, it is a "repetitorium." The reader is given a rapid bird's-eye view of the subject with a few of the interesting applications strongly highlighted.
ref: 1946, General Electric Review - Volume 49, page 66:
text: The interest is focused on the general procedure, and examples are dealt with as illustrations thereof. It is not a first introduction for newcomers to the subject, but rather a 'repetitorium'.
ref: 1952, Erwin Schrödinger, Statistical Thermodynamics, page 1:
text: We emphasize that this chapter is not an introduction to differential topology, but merely a repetitorium.
ref: 2007, Markus Banagl, Topological Invariants of Stratified Spaces, →ISBN, page 99:
text: This implies that the students possibly read other books about the topic in or outside class, including Aristotle's text, in addition to this repetitorium.
ref: 2013, Anja-Silvia Goeing, Anthony T. Grafton, Paul Michel, Collectors’ Knowledge: What Is Kept, What Is Discarded, →ISBN, page 234:
glosses: A text written as a review of material, as opposed to one intended to introduce a topic.
Utgard
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Old Norse Útgarðar (“Outer Holds”). Compare to Norwegian Nynorsk utgard (“outer yard, forest space”)
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The abode of the giant Utgard-Loki, on the other side of the great sea that surrounds Midgard.
ditetrahedral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From di- + tetrahedral.
Senses: glosses: twice tetrahedral
Repetitorium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Repetitoriums
form: Repetitoria
Senses: examples: text: Students who attend university at no cost wind up spending considerable amounts of money for up to two years of Repetitorium.
ref: 2007, Mary Ann Glendon, Paolo G. Carozza, Michael W. Gordon, Comparative Legal Traditions: Text, Materials, and Cases on Western Law:
text: An estimated 90 per cent of German law students complement their university studies with a private 'Repetitorium',
ref: 2013 February, Christine E.J. Schwöbel-Patel, “I'd like to learn what hegemony means: Teaching International Law from a Critical Angle”, in Law and Method:
text: The objective of the Repetitorium is to enable doctors to refresh their knowledge of the science learned during their medical university study.
ref: 2013, Edward Ruzyllo, Postgraduate Medical Studies in Kuwait, →ISBN, page 57:
glosses: Alternative form of repetitorium.
private review class
examples: text: From the 136 pages of the book, not less than 84 are devoted to chemical physics, of which certain parts are treated elementary, while in the whole and for the reason just stated, most pharmaceutical students outside of the reach of Prof. Curtman's masterly instruction, will have to resort for this kind of instruction to more explicit textbooks, before they can derive much benefit from a Repetitorium, which in this particular, reaches above the knowledge of the average student.
ref: 1886, Pharmaceutical Review - Volumes 4-5, page 24:
text: Dorpfeld was an ardent advocate of elementary social science in the common school, and among his most extensively used school books were the little “ Repetitoriums," covering, in addition to the whole range of the natural sciences, the rudiments of psychology, government, army, the courts, minings, manufacture, transportation, and dis semination of news, commerce, church, school, public hygiene, social and political communities, unions and associations, an many other topics not usually included in any course of study.
ref: 1898, Herman T. Lukens, The Pedagogical Seminary - Volume 5, page 149:
text: The German student of the present day is perhaps as fond of the quiz-compend as his American confrere and in no country do the Repetitoria find such a large sale as in Germany or Austria-Hungary.
ref: 1901, Merck's Archives - Volume 3, page 242:
text: While teaching in Munich, his Repetitorium of the history of philosophy appeared.
ref: 2013, Gino K. Piovesana, Recent Japanese Philosophical Thought 1862-1994: A Survey, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of repetitorium.
review text
repetitoria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of repetitorium
libellants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of libellant
verricule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: verricules
Etymology: From Latin verriculum (“a net”).
Senses: glosses: A tuft of upright hairs.
verricules
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of verricule
Repetitor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Repetitors
Senses: examples: text: Some Repetitors will provide protocols which are records written by students (and paid for by the Repetitor) of the questions asked in oral examinations.
ref: 1995, Michael John Allen, Web Journal of Current Legal Issues Yearbook, page 295:
text: Universities teach these courses too, but almost all students also or exclusively go to private Repetitor, where they spend between €2,600 to over €4,000 for a year-long course including materials.
ref: 2008, Thomas Lundmark, “Recent reforms to German legal education”, in The Law Teacher, volume 42:
text: During his Referendariat, one of his professors suggested that Eser do a Ph.D. He was also asked to work as a Repetitor at the Repetitorium.
ref: 2017, Sara Rezai, “Self-made lawyers? Pathways of socially mobile descendants of migrants from Turkey in Europe”, in Ethnic and Racial Studies, volume 40, number 2:
glosses: Alternative form of repetitor.
misunderstandingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more misunderstandingly
form: most misunderstandingly
Etymology: From misunderstanding + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: “But you read him misunderstandingly when you conclude that the struggle for existence sanctions your wanton destruction of life.”
ref: 1904, Jack London, The Sea-Wolf (Macmillan’s Standard Library), New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC:
glosses: So as to misunderstand.
pentasepalous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From penta- + sepalous.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having five sepals.
craterform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more craterform
form: most craterform
Etymology: From crater + -form.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: In the form of a crater.
crinate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more crinate
form: most crinate
Senses: glosses: Having hair; hairy; crinated.
supposititiousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From supposititious + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being supposititious.
supposititiously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more supposititiously
form: most supposititiously
Etymology: From supposititious + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a supposititious manner.
East Ender
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: East Enders
form: East-Ender
Etymology: From East End + -er (suffix denoting residency).
Senses: examples: text: When Professor Huxley lived as a medical officer in the East of London he acquired a knowledge of the actual condition of the life of many of its populace which led him long afterwards to declare that the surroundings of the savages of New Guinea were much more conducive to the leading of a decent human existence than those in which many of the East-Enders live.
ref: 1890, William Booth, In Darkest England and the Way Out:
glosses: A native or inhabitant of London's East End.
East Enders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of East Ender
diaconicon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diaconica
Etymology: From Greek διακονικό (diakonikó). Compare Ancient Greek διάκονος (diákonos) and English deacon.
Senses: glosses: A sacristy for sacred vessels in a Greek church, on the south side of the bema or sanctuary.
diaconica
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diaconicon
neonomous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having a greatly modified biological structure, specialised according to recent conditions of environment.
diplogeneses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diplogenesis
diplogenetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From diplo- + genetic.
Senses: glosses: Exhibiting or relating to diplogenesis.
triple barrels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of triple barrel
triple barrels
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of triple barrel
triple barreling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of triple barrel
An Giang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈænjæŋ/
Etymology: Borrowed from Vietnamese An Giang.
Senses: glosses: A province of Vietnam.
Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈbɑːɹiəvʊŋtaʊ/
Etymology: Borrowed from Vietnamese Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu.
Senses: glosses: A former province of Vietnam (abolished in 2025).
repetitoriums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of repetitorium
Bạc Liêu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈbækljeɪʊ/
Etymology: Borrowed from Vietnamese Bạc Liêu.
Senses: glosses: A former province of Vietnam (abolished in 2025).
glosses: A city in Vietnam.
Bắc Kạn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈbækæn/
Etymology: Borrowed from Vietnamese Bắc Kạn.
Senses: glosses: A former province of Vietnam (abolished in 2025).
glosses: A city in Vietnam.
Bắc Giang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈbækjæŋ/
Etymology: Borrowed from Vietnamese Bắc Giang.
Senses: glosses: A former province of Vietnam (abolished in 2025).
glosses: A city in Vietnam.
Repetitoria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Repetitorium
Repetitoriums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Repetitorium
Bắc Ninh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈbæknɪn/
Etymology: Borrowed from Vietnamese Bắc Ninh.
Senses: glosses: A province of Vietnam.
glosses: A city in Vietnam.
Repetitors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Repetitor
Bến Tre
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈbeɪntɹɛː/
Etymology: Borrowed from Vietnamese Bến Tre.
Senses: glosses: A former province of Vietnam (abolished in 2025).
glosses: A city in Vietnam.
Bình Dương
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈbɪnzʊəŋ/
Etymology: Borrowed from Vietnamese Bình Dương.
Senses: glosses: A former province of Vietnam (abolished in 2025).
Bình Định
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈbɪndɪn/
Etymology: Borrowed from Vietnamese Bình Định.
Senses: glosses: A former province of Vietnam (abolished in 2025).
Bình Phước
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈbɪnfʊək/
Etymology: Borrowed from Vietnamese Bình Phước.
Senses: glosses: A former province of Vietnam (abolished in 2025).
Bình Thuận
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈbɪnθwən/
Etymology: Borrowed from Vietnamese Bình Thuận.
Senses: glosses: A former province of Vietnam (abolished in 2025).
Cao Bằng
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈkaʊbæŋ/
Etymology: Borrowed from Vietnamese Cao Bằng.
Senses: glosses: A province of Vietnam.
glosses: A city in Vietnam.
Cần Thơ
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈkənθəː/
Forms: form: Cantho
form: Can Tho
Etymology: Borrowed from Vietnamese Cần Thơ.
Senses: glosses: A former province of Vietnam (abolished in 2004).
glosses: A city in Vietnam.