cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Sudbury
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /sʌdbəɹi/
Etymology: From Old English suþ (“south”) + byriġ, the dative case of burh (“fortified place”). Doublet of Southborough and Southbury.
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK1632).
glosses: A suburb and ward in the borough of Brent, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ1685).
glosses: A market town and civil parish with a town council in Babergh district, Suffolk (OS grid ref TL8741).
examples: text: This can be tedious, especially the minutiae of French laws and policies in Canada. When the discussion zooms in on a hot debate on raising the Franco-Ontarian flag in Sudbury, Ontario, it is hard not to feel that the topic of French in Canada has perhaps been exhausted.
ref: 2006 November 29, William Grimes, “The French Have a (Precise and Elegant) Word for It”, in The New York Times:
glosses: A city in northern Ontario, Canada, properly Greater Sudbury.
glosses: A district in northern Ontario; in full, Sudbury District.
glosses: A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
glosses: A town in Rutland County, Vermont.
Derived terms: Greater Sudbury
Sudbury District
Sudbury Hill
sudburyite
rod ring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rod rings
Senses: topics: fishing
hobbies
lifestyle
glosses: Any of the rings along a fishing rod through which the line runs.
rod rings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rod ring
Gabrielino
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Gabrielinos
Etymology: Derived from the name of a Spanish mission built on their territory: the Mission San Gabriel Arcángel.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Tongva.
synonyms: word: Tongva
Gabrielino
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Derived from the name of a Spanish mission built on their territory: the Mission San Gabriel Arcángel.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Tongva (“language”).
synonyms: word: Tongva
extra: language
Gabrielinos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Gabrielino
confound it
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: Confound it! I can't find my confounded keys!
qualifier: minced oath
glosses: damnit or goddamnit (used when expressing anger, frustration or surprise)
Synonyms: consarn it
dammit
drat
goddammit
Tongva
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Tongvas
form: Tongva
Senses: synonyms: Gabrielino
glosses: A member of a group of Native Americans who inhabited the Los Angeles Basin and the Southern Channel Islands, thought to be descended from Uto-Aztecan-speaking peoples from Nevada.
Tongva
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An extinct Uto-Aztecan language formerly spoken by the Tongva people.
Tongvas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Tongva
devales
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of devale
canal of Nuck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: canals of Nuck
Etymology: First described by Anton Nuck in 1691.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: An abnormal patent (open) pouch of peritoneum extending into the labia majora.
canals of Nuck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of canal of Nuck
storekeep
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: storekeeps
Senses: glosses: A storekeeper.
Related terms: barkeep
innkeep
merchant
storekeeps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of storekeep
musk cavy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: musk cavies
Senses: glosses: muskrat
restless cavy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: restless cavies
Senses: glosses: guinea pig
musk cavies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of musk cavy
restless cavies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of restless cavy
sheppy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sheppies
Senses: glosses: A sheepcote.
sheppies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sheppy
sheepway
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sheepways
Etymology: From sheep + way.
Senses: glosses: A sheepwalk.
Derived terms: Shepway
sheepways
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sheepway
Briançon chalk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: French chalk
Venice talc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: French chalk.
silver-grain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The appearance in radial longitudinal section of exogenous wood, especially oak, due to shining plates of the medullary rays.
gerodontology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From gero- + odontology.
Senses: glosses: The scientific study of dental care in the elderly.
dwalms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dwalm
dwalms
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dwalm
dwalmed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dwalm
dwalming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dwalm
eloiner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eloiners
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of eloigner.
eloiners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eloiner
eloigner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eloigners
form: eloiner
Senses: glosses: One who eloigns.
eloigners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eloigner
satin damask
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: satin damasks
Senses: glosses: Satin with an elaborate flower or arabesque pattern, sometimes raised in velvet pile.
satin damasks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of satin damask
satin sheeting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: satin sheetings
Senses: glosses: Twilled cotton fabric with a satin surface.
satin sheetings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of satin sheeting
sunset town
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sunset towns
Senses: glosses: Synonym of sundown town.
synonyms: word: sundown town
sunset towns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sunset town
follicle mite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: follicle mites
Senses: glosses: eyelash mite
follicle mites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of follicle mite
Edited English
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Standard English in written form
Queensbury
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkwiːnzbəɹi/
Etymology: From queen's + -bury. In particular, the New York town is named for the British queen consort Charlotte. The New Brunswick parish is named for the Queen's Rangers, a Loyalist unit during the American Revolution similarly named for Queen Charlotte. The West Yorkshire village derives from earlier Queenshead, both named in honor of a local pub. Cf. Kingsbury.
Senses: glosses: A suburban area in the borough of Brent and borough of Harrow, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ1889).
glosses: A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE1030).
glosses: A town, the county seat of Warren County, New York.
glosses: A parish of York County, New Brunswick, Canada.
Related terms: english: a neighbouring suburb in Greater London
translation: a neighbouring suburb in Greater London
word: Kingsbury
Queensbury
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkwiːnzbəɹi/
Etymology: Corruption of Queensberry
Senses: topics: boxing
government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
glosses: Alternative spelling of Queensberry
Related terms: Marquess of Queensberry
Marquess of Queensberry rules
Marquess of Queensberry Rules
Marquis of Queensberry
Marquis of Queensberry Rules
Marquis of Queensberry rules
Queensberry Rules
Queensberry rules
Queensberry
embira
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From a Tupian word embira (“bark, bast”).
Senses: examples: text: No hemp grew in the country, the wild palm afforded one substitute; and the bark of the embira supplied cordage and [...]
ref: 1811, Robert Southey, “View of the State of Brasil in 1581”, in The Scots Magazine, page 280:
text: page 459: [...] two right-angled notches prevented the caraguatá or embira' string from slipping.
page 535: The embira or caraguatá strings, were made taut or lax by twisting.
ref: 1946, Handbook of South American Indians:
text: page 259: Alfred R. Wallace (1853) says that they were made of three strips of embira, [...]
page 287: Boys 8 to 12, who do not yet use the penis sheath, wear under their buriti belts two fringed embira aprons, one over the other.
ref: 1948, Julian Haynes Steward, Bulletin, issue 143, part 3:
text: The floor beams are 10 cm x 15 cm (4 in x 6 in) in diameter and are tied with embira (bast fibre). When the structure of sticks has been set up the mixture of earth and manure is spread on it by hand.
ref: 1997, Paul Oliver, Encyclopedia of the Vernacular Architecture of the World: Cultures and habitats:
glosses: Any of several related Brazilian trees of the genus Xylopia, or the bast fiber they yield.
corn juice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: whiskey
winding engine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: winding engines
Senses: examples: text: Now its only duty is to let down the coal required by the pumping plant at the bottom and to draw up the empties, which it does by means of a wire rope attached to a large drum driven by the original winding engine, but originally the engine pulled up the incline the coal from the pit at the bottom, [...].
ref: 1939 July, Charles E. Lee, “Swannington: One-Time Railway Centre”, in Railway Magazine, page 3:
glosses: A stationary engine used to control a cable, for example to power a mining hoist at a pit head.
winding engines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of winding engine
Winchmore Hill
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /wɪnt͡ʃmɔː.hɪl/
Senses: glosses: A suburban area of the borough of Enfield, Greater London.
glosses: A village in Chiltern district, Buckinghamshire (OS grid ref SU9395).
Theodores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Theodore
De La Hoya
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: The name was taken from a place name from La Hoya, Alava, Basque country, Spain.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
wikipedia: La Hoya
Markowitz bullet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Markowitz bullets
Etymology: Named after economist Harry Markowitz, and from its bullet-like shape.
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: In a graph of expected return versus standard deviation, a hyperbola representing the efficient frontier if no risk-free asset is available.
wikipedia: Harry Markowitz
Markowitz bullets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Markowitz bullet
pourover
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pourovers
Etymology: Deverbal from pour over.
Senses: glosses: A style of coffee prepared by manually pouring hot water over the ground beans, rather than using an automatic drip method.
Related terms: word: pourdown
english: not to be confused
translation: not to be confused
word: pore over
pourovers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pourover
pour-over
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pour-overs
Senses: examples: text: The rich, dark scent of coffee joins them — she’s making pour-over, less acidic and smoother than brew.
ref: 2020, Brandon Taylor, Real Life, Daunt Books Originals, page 172:
glosses: Alternative form of pourover (“style of coffee”).
pour-overs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pour-over
praise be
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: Ellipsis of praise be to God, as the one who is to be praised is a foregone conclusion within the viewpoint of the speakers among whom the usage originated.
Senses: synonyms: praise the Lord
praise be to God
thank God
glosses: Expressing thankful happiness.
precomposition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: precompositions
Etymology: From pre- + composition.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Decisions made regarding a piece of music before composition begins, such as which key or which genre to use.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A form of pullback where a function of a variable y can be rewritten as a function of x if y itself is a function of x.
precompositional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + compositional.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Prior to composing music; relating to precomposition.
precompositionally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From precompositional + -ly.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Prior to composing music; relating to precomposition.
precompositions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of precomposition
spasmophily
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of spasmophilia.
spasmophilic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more spasmophilic
form: most spasmophilic
Senses: glosses: Having or relating to spasmophilia.
spasmophilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spasmophily
Etymology: From spasm + -o- + -philia, or from French spasmophilie?
Senses: glosses: A condition of increased electrical and mechanical excitability in babies.
Derived terms: spasmophilic
submix
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: submixes
Etymology: From sub- + mix.
Senses: qualifier: sound recording
glosses: A mix of sounds from several instruments of the same type, prior to mixing them with further elements of the soundtrack.
submix
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: submixes
form: submixing
form: submixed
form: submixed
Etymology: From sub- + mix.
Senses: qualifier: sound recording
glosses: To mix sounds from several instruments of the same type, prior to mixing them with further elements of the soundtrack.
submixed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of submix
submixes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of submix
submixes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of submix
submixture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: submixtures
Etymology: From sub- + mixture.
Senses: glosses: A mixture of elements that will itself be mixed with other elements.
Related terms: submix
submixtures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of submixture
infradigital
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From infra- + digital.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: below a digit
Edlich tube
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Edlich tubes
Etymology: From the surname of the inventor, Richard F. Edlich.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A kind of tube used for gastric lavage.
wikipedia: Richard F. Edlich
Edlich tubes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Edlich tube
economocracy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒkɹəsi
Etymology: From economy + -ocracy.
Senses: synonyms: dirigisme
glosses: state control over economic affairs
Galbraithian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Galbraithian
form: most Galbraithian
Etymology: From Galbraith + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to John Kenneth Galbraith (1908–2006), Canadian-born economist and proponent of 20th-century American liberalism.
Foldy-Wouthuysen transformation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Foldy-Wouthuysen transformations
Etymology: Formulated by Leslie Lawrance Foldy and Siegfried Adolf Wouthuysen in 1949.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A unitary transformation of the orthonormal basis in which both the Hamiltonian and the state are represented; it has applications in high-energy physics.
nemalites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nemalite
Treinta y Tres
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city and department of Uruguay.
Kawit
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Tagalog Kawit, from kawit. Doublet of Cavite.
Senses: glosses: A municipality of Cavite, Philippines.
Derived terms: Kawit-East Washington Drive
Kawit
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Cebuano Kawit, from kawit (“type of container”).
Senses: glosses: A peninsula, formerly an island of Kawit, in Cebu, Philippines.
old enough to bleed, old enough to breed
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Any girl who has started menstruating is old enough to have sex or start having children.
unheartily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unheartily
form: most unheartily
Etymology: From un- + hearty + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: He had such care and attention as could be given him, and it was given by no means grudgingly or unheartily.
ref: 1871, F. L., “Wafted Seeds”, in The Month, volume 14, page 149:
text: "I know it," she replied, but it was still unheartily.
ref: 1885, Robert Louis Stevenson, Prince Otto:
text: Earl laughed after the others, unheartily but genially.
ref: 1959, Lenore Marshall, The hill is level, page 136:
text: She now laughed, and not unheartily, at Miriam's humorous teasings that the two of them would soon be grandmothers.
ref: 1994, Abubakar Gimba, Sacred Apples, page 295:
glosses: In a manner that is not hearty.
affinize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: affinizes
form: affinizing
form: affinized
form: affinized
Etymology: From affine + -ize.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: convert to affine form
Related terms: affinization
affinized
fringing reef
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fringing reefs
Senses: topics: geography
natural-sciences
oceanography
glosses: A completely shallow coral reef adjacent to a coast.
Hypernyms: coral reef
fringing reefs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fringing reef
uniliterary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more uniliterary
form: most uniliterary
Etymology: From uni- + literary.
Senses: examples: text: Even after the theater, as it had existed in pagan Rome, had been banned by the Church and classical culture had all but disappeared, the descendants of the old mimes continued to travel about Europe entertaining the masses with their rough, uniliterary and unsophisticated art.
ref: 1983, Ephraim Harold Mizruchi, Regulating society: marginality and social control in historical perspective, page 68:
text: Tilley, while at times highly critical of the preclassical writer, does pay him homage for his real achievements: The dramatic superiority of the uniliterary production over the tragedies of the sixteenth century appears in various ways.
ref: 1984, Michael G. Paulson, Alexandre Hardy, Tamara Alvarez-Detrell, Cervantes, Hardy and La Fuerza de la Sangre, page 15:
text: The action of The Dispute is physical, structured as much by physical games and routines as by verbal ones — again, the importance of this submerged, uniliterary element of the text is another indication of the particular techniques of Marivaux's Italian actors.
ref: 1999, Pierre de Marivaux, Neil Bartlett, The Dispute, →ISBN, page 15:
glosses: Having a single, straightforward interpretation.
guaxima
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: guaximas
Etymology: Said by Century to be from a Tupian word guazima, guajima. (Compare guanxuma, guanxima, sometimes encountered as names of a malva.)
Senses: examples: text: From the liber^([sic]) of the guaxima (Urena lobata) are made excellent paper and the cordage and the vegetable wool, mentioned in another place, which did not pass unobserved at the exhibition of Vienna.
ref: 1876, The Empire of Brazil at the Universal Exhibition of 1876 in Philadelphia, page 49:
text: … the possible development of the scheme to manufacture coffee bags from guaxima, botanical name Urena lobata. The attempt here has been to manufacture the bags from what is known as aranina, an upcountry species of the guaxima.
ref: 1907 July-September, George E. Anderson, Brazilian fibers, in Monthly Consular and Trade Reports, numbers 322-324, page 114
text: A large number of fibers, both wild and cultivated, are produced in Brazil. They include caroa, sisal, phormium, jute, ramie, flax, guaxima and many others. Jute is of special interest [...]
ref: 1947, Britain Bragunier Robinson, Tallmadge Bergen, Statuts of the Fiber Plant Industry in Latin America, page 25:
text: Production of kenaf in Thailand and India, and guaxima fiber in Brazil totaled 1.3 billion pounds in 1965, 9 percent more than in …
ref: 1966, Department of Agriculture - appropriations for 1967 - Hearings before the US House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on the Department of Agriculture and Related Agencies
glosses: A plant of species Urena lobata, widespread in the tropics, or the useful fiber it yields.
Hyponyms: aranina
aramina
guaximas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of guaxima
guayabi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: guayavi
Etymology: From American Spanish [Term?], from Guaraní [Term?].
Senses: examples: text: [...] one of them [park rangers] stoked up a fire of dry wood and guayabi fronds to create the smoke signal [...] when Beeker and Foster first arrived on the site last year, it was so densely overgrown with guayabi and ferns and spindly tropical trees that they came within inches of accidentally stepping into the holes.
ref: 2004, Bill Belleville, Sunken Cities, Sacred Cenotes & Golden Sharks, →ISBN, pages 19–20:
glosses: A large, frond-bearing South American tree, Cordia americana, or its valuable wood.
guayavi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The large tree in the background is a guayavi.
ref: 1917, Henry Stephens, Illustrated Descriptive Argentina, page 450:
glosses: Alternative form of guayabi.
recuronium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of rocuronium.
reloxifene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of raloxifene.
resofurin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of resorufin.
rhizocompetent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From rhizo- + competent.
Senses: glosses: Exhibiting rhizocompetence
rotorstator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rotorstators
Etymology: From rotor + stator.
Senses: glosses: A component of some mixers in which a rotor rotates in close proximity to a stator.
ruminococcal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to ruminococci
ruminococcus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ruminococci
Senses: glosses: Any bacterium of the genus Ruminococcus.
Related terms: ruminococcal
ruminococci
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ruminococcus
AdS
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: astronomy
cosmology
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
sciences
glosses: Initialism of anti de Sitter.
Derived terms: english: anti-de-Sitter space
translation: anti-de-Sitter space
word: AdS space
Related terms: de Sitter
de Sitter space
E2
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of estradiol.
Related terms: english: estrone
translation: estrone
word: E1
E1
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Short for East 1.
Senses: examples: text: Both critics and proponents of the E1 expansion plan have said it will effectively divide the West Bank in two, destroying plans for a future Palestinian state.
ref: 2025 August 21, Darren Major, “Canada joins call for Israel to halt settlement plan meant to crush Palestinian statehood”, in CBC News, archived from the original on 24 Aug 2025:
glosses: An area of the Israeli-occupied West Bank located between Jerusalem and the Israeli settlement of Ma'ale Adumim.
E1
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of estrone.
Related terms: english: estradiol
translation: estradiol
word: E2
PRL
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of prolactin.
PROG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: P4
glosses: Abbreviation of progesterone.
happy birthday in heaven
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: Happy birthday in heaven, Joan; today would have been your 12th birthday.
glosses: Said or written to a deceased person on their birthday in order to convey the good wishes of the speaker or writer.
happy belated birthday
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: belated happy birthday
Senses: glosses: Said or written to a person after their birthday in order to convey the good wishes of the speaker or writer.
saccharolysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From saccharo- + -lysis.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The enzymatic breakdown of sugars as a source of energy
Related terms: saccharolytic
scanograms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scanogram
scanography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scannography
Etymology: Blend of scan + radiography or scanner + photography.
Senses: examples: text: In some modern panoramic units, programs for scanography are available. A scanogram is an image of a restricted area obtained using a narrow collimated radiation beam and a moving image receptor, much the same as applied for the panoramic technique.
ref: 2013, Goran Koch, Sven Poulsen, editors, Pediatric Dentistry: A Clinical Approach, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 87:
topics: medicine
radiography
radiology
sciences
glosses: The production of radiographs by scanning with X-rays through a moving, thin slit.
examples: text: In 2009, she had her first exhibition at Tashkeel in Dubai where she debuted work using scanography, a process of creating photographic prints from layered images captured with a flatbed scanner.
ref: 2023, Sabrina DeTurk, Women and Contemporary Art in the Gulf, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN:
topics: art
arts
glosses: The process of capturing digitized images of objects using a flatbed scanner for the purpose of creating photographic prints.
Related terms: scanogram
scanographic
Xerox art
scarabaeine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scarabaeines
Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Scarabaeinae.
Senses: glosses: Any of the subfamily Scarabaeinae of dung beetles.
scarabaeines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scarabaeine
scinderin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An actin related to gelsolin
Synonyms: adseverin
adseverin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Synonym of scinderin.
synonyms: word: scinderin
sdRNA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sdRNAs
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A small RNA derived from snoRNA
sdRNAs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sdRNA
secosteroidogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From secosteroid + -genesis.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The biosynthesis of secosteroids
seminology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of semenology.
Related terms: seminological
semenology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: seminology
Senses: examples: text: This work was conducted at the Semenology Workshop at the Fertility Society of Australia Meeting, Melbourne 1985.
ref: 1987, H. W. Gordon Baker, “Sperm morphology: consistency of assessment of the same sperm by different observers”, in Clinical Reproduction and Fertility, volume 5, page 37:
text: Detailed reports on semenology and post-mortum finding of many infertile cow-bulls and 35 buffalo with testicular pathology are available from abroad.
ref: 2001, “A note on testicular degeneration in a jersey bull”, in Indian Veterinary Journal, volume 78, number 4, page 351:
text: First, 110 participants from 16 African countries attended 5-day semenology workshops at Tygerberg Hospital. During these workshops the methodology as described by the World Health Organization manual for the analysis of human semen, namely, sperm concentration, motility, vitality, and morphology, formed part of the curriculum.
ref: 2010 December, Daniel R. Franken, “Semenology training programs: 8 years' experience”, in Fertility and Sterility, volume 94, number 7, page 2615:
glosses: The analysis of semen.
Related terms: semenological
seminological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of semenological.
semenological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Related to semenology
semophorin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of semaphorin.
sequenase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sequenases
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A genetically modified form of DNA polymerase used in DNA sequencing
DNA sequencing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The analysis of DNA sequences
doer-upperer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: doer-upperers
form: doer-upper
Etymology: From do up with the application of three -er suffixes.
Senses: glosses: A fixer-upper; a domestic property for sale that is in poor condition and needs doing up.
doer-upperers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of doer-upperer
seripauperin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: seripauperins
form: seriPAUperin
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of proteins active in alcoholic fermentation
skramz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Originally coined to distinguish first-wave screamo from mall screamo and from the use of "screamo" by some people to refer to all music with harsh vocals. Possibly from a corruption of screams.
Senses: examples: text: It is also true that Evangelical churches can create like-minded youth; Jamie, involved with a London-based emo band, explained how the band members attend the same Evangelical Anglican church in south London, whose youth pastor introduced them to the obscure skramz sub-subgenre of hardcore that influences their sound.
ref: 2017, Ibrahim Abraham, Evangelical Youth Culture: Alternative Music and Extreme Sports Subcultures:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: screamo
sialometabolism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sialo- + metabolism.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The metabolism of sialic acids
sialyllactoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sialyllactose
sinuscope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sinuscopes
Senses: glosses: A fibre optic device used to examine the sinus and other nasal passages
sinuscopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sinuscope
solanigrine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: solanigrines
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of glycoalkaloids derived from the steroidal alkaloid solasodine
Related terms: solamargine
sophoraflavonoloside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A glucoside of kaempferol that is a plant metabolite
splicesomal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of spliceosomal.
spondylitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to spondylitis.
spondylitic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spondylitics
Senses: glosses: A person who has spondylitis.
stoichimetry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of stoichiometry.
studentised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of studentized.
stygobiontic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of stygobitic.
Palmers Green
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɑːməz.ɡɹiːn/
Senses: glosses: A suburban area in the borough of Enfield, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3193).
Related terms: Palmer's Green
back-formed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of back-form
subrequirement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subrequirements
Etymology: From sub- + requirement.
Senses: glosses: A requirement making up part of a greater requirement.
subrequirements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subrequirement
back-forming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of back-form
affinizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of affinize
affinizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of affinize
Kensal Green
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɛnsəl ɡɹiːn/
Senses: glosses: A suburban area of Greater London, mainly in the borough of Brent (OS grid ref TQ2382).
Alperton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈælpətən/
Senses: examples: text: In Alperton, two miles from her old home, she could descend into waterside avenues of calm, unpeopled in comparison to the streets thick with noise through which she’d travelled to arrive there.
ref: 2017, Kamila Shamsie, Home Fire, Bloomsbury (2018), page 20:
glosses: A suburban area and ward in the borough of Brent, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ1883).
RMW
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of read–modify–write.
Perivale
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɛɹɪveɪl/
Senses: glosses: A suburban area in the borough of Ealing, Greater London, England.
subantennal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + antennal.
Senses: glosses: Beneath the antenna of an insect.
subauricular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪkjʊlə(ɹ)
Etymology: From sub- + auricular.
Senses: glosses: Beneath the ear
subclavians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subclavian
subreniform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + reniform.
Senses: glosses: Somewhat kidney-shaped
subventrally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From sub- + ventrally.
Senses: glosses: In a subventral manner or direction
sulfadoxin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sulfadoxine.
superaudible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From super- + audible.
Senses: glosses: Having a frequency higher than the limit of hearing
superecliptic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From super- + ecliptic.
Senses: glosses: Above the ecliptic
supernumary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misconstruction of supernumerary.
supersaline
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From super- + saline.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of hypersaline.
synonyms: word: hypersaline
supramacromolecular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From supra- + macromolecular.
Senses: glosses: Describing a supramolecular assembly of macromolecules
Maida Vale
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /meɪdə.veɪl/
Senses: examples: A main road in the same area which forms part of the A5.
glosses: An inner suburb of the borough of the City of Westminster, London (postcode W9, OS grid ref TQ2582).
glosses: A suburb of Perth, Western Australia.
synapticular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to a synapticulum
synapticulum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: synapticula
Senses: glosses: Synonym of synapticula.
synonyms: word: synapticula
Related terms: synapticular
synapticulotheca
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: synapticulothecas
form: synapticulothecae
Senses: glosses: A wall of synapticulae in some corals
Related terms: synapticulothecal
synapticulothecal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to synapticulothecae
Synonyms: synapticulothecate
synapticulothecate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or composed of synapticulothecae
syncytiality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The condition of being syncytial
syringalide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: syringalides
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of phenylpropanoid glycosides present in Syringa spp.
syringalides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of syringalide
Marble Arch
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɑːbəl ˈɑːt͡ʃ/
Forms: form: Marble Arch
form: the Marble Arch
Senses: glosses: A landmark in Central London which lends its name to the surrounding area.
Russell's sign
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after British psychiatrist Gerald Russell.
Senses: glosses: The presence of calluses on the knuckles or back of the hand, caused by contact with the incisors during self-induced vomiting, generally a sign of an eating disorder.
Notting Hill
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɒtɪŋ hɪl/
Etymology: Likely from the Saxon personal name Cnotta + Old English -ing (“belonging to”) + hyll (“hill”).
Senses: glosses: A suburb of London in the borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2480).
glosses: A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
glosses: A neighbourhood of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, also known as Notting Gate.
Shepherd's Bush
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃɛpədz bʊʃ/
Senses: glosses: A suburban area in the borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ2380).
Bayswater
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbeɪzwɔːtə/
Senses: glosses: An inner suburb of London in the City of Westminster, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ2680).
glosses: A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria.
glosses: A suburb of Perth, Western Australia.
glosses: A local government area in Western Australia that includes the suburb; in full, the City of Bayswater.
glosses: A suburb of Auckland, New Zealand.
glosses: A suburb of Bloemfontein, South Africa.
glosses: A neighbourhood of Queens, New York City.
glosses: A community in the Municipality of the District of Chester, Nova Scotia.
miller's lung
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: pneumonitis caused by sensitivity to the wheat weevil (Sitophilus granarius)
supranationality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The quality of being supranational.
pseudoreform
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudoreforms
Etymology: From pseudo- + reform.
Senses: examples: text: Many reforms are actually pseudoreforms; the state prosecutes those among its own personnel guilty of wanton brutality and violence without addressing the structural roots of this type of behavior.
ref: 1981, Social Research, volume 48, page 154:
glosses: Supposed reform that does not bring about significant change.
pseudoreforms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pseudoreform
nutpicking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From nut + picking.
Senses: examples: text: Nutpicking, along with chicken cleaning and rag sorting, constituted the very bottom of the submarginal industries in St. Louis in the 1930s, and it was in these industries that African American women found sporadic employment.
ref: 1996, Staughton Lynd, "We are All Leaders": The Alternative Unionism of the Early 1930s:
glosses: The gathering of nuts from the plants they grow upon.
nutpicking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of nutpick
North Kensington
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɔːθ kɛnzɪŋtən/
Senses: glosses: A suburban area of London in borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Greater London, separated by Notting Hill from Kensington itself.
glosses: A census-designated place and unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Maryland.
Bushinator
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Bushinator
Etymology: Blend of Bush + terminator.
Senses: examples: text: Therefore, I’ve developed my own Presidential Candidate Rating System. The PCRS is based on the four candidates – Bigoted Buchanan, the Bushinator, Garish Gore and Nincompoop Nader – ranking them on an uncurved 100 point scale, based on the Florida Public School Grading Scale.
ref: 2000 September 17, Ronald Hsu, “Bush is best – or at least, lesser of 4 evils”, in Florida Today, volume 39, number 181, Melbourne, FL: Cape Publications Inc., →ISSN, The Verge, page 12D:
text: And this is why we should all be preparing to move to some oil free European, Asian or African nation. Let’s face it living in Fort McMurray can’t be safe with the Bushinator back in office for another four years.
ref: 2004 November 6, Jennifer Mills, “Election results depression”, in Fort McMurray Today, volume 8, number 44, Fort McMurray, Alta., page 6:
text: Maybe Labour will promise to have Howard tried for war crimes, but I think the US would invade us if that happened. It would nt^([sic]) do for the Bushinator's mates to get shipped off to the^([sic]) Hague.
ref: 2006 April 23, Roger, “Re: About all this ANZAC day stuff”, in aus.politics (Usenet):
topics: government
politics
glosses: George W. Bush (born 1946), the 43rd president of the United States (2001–2009).
fouat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fouats
form: fouet
Senses: glosses: houseleek
fouats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fouat
encolpion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: encolpia
form: encolpions
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of encolpium.
encolpions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of encolpion
UMAs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of UMA
Eastcote
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /iːstkət/
Etymology: From Old English ēast (“east”) + cot (“cottage, hut”). Doublet of Ascot and Ascott.
Senses: glosses: A suburban area in the borough of Hillingdon, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ1187).
glosses: A village in Pattishall parish, West Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, previously in South Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref SP6854).
glosses: A small village in Barston parish, Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, West Midlands (OS grid ref SP1979).
South Northamptonshire
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A former district in Northamptonshire, England, abolished on 1 April 2021 and merged into West Northamptonshire district.
upcut
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: upcuts
form: upcutting
form: upcut
form: upcut
Etymology: From up- + cut.
Senses: topics: broadcasting
media
radio
television
glosses: To cut (audio or video) too short, so that a small portion is lost or overlaps the adjoining item.
upcut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: upcuts
Etymology: From up- + cut.
Senses: topics: broadcasting
media
radio
television
glosses: A cutting too short, so that a small portion is lost or overlaps the adjoining item.
upcuts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of upcut
upcuts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of upcut
upcutting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of upcut
upward compatible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more upward compatible
form: most upward compatible
Senses: glosses: Synonym of forward compatible.
synonyms: word: forward compatible
country team
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: country teams
Senses: topics: espionage
government
military
politics
war
glosses: A group of people in charge of a state's intelligence operations in a foreign country, typically led by an ambassador.
country teams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of country team
Ickenham
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪkənəm/
Senses: glosses: A suburban area in the borough of Hillingdon, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ0786).
birdcrap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bird + crap.
Senses: synonyms: birdshit
glosses: bird excrement
examples: “It's just a bunch of birdcrap. What's it got to do with Mark Doukas getting whacked?” “I don't know,” I admitted. But deep down I had a feeling there might be a connection. (The Alpine Advocate: An Emma Lord Mystery, page 87, by Mary Daheim, 2010https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1AOHY_enUS727US727&biw=1680&bih=959&tbm=bks&ei=6IOmXJOcG43wsQWy74C4BA&q=%22birdcrap%22&oq=%22birdcrap%22&gs_l=psy-ab.3..33i299k1l3.6566.8260.0.8446.2.2.0.0.0.0.127.225.1j1.2.0....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..0.2.225....0.GDkXrwZspcg)
glosses: bullshit; something fallacious
UPSes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of UPS
uncaricaturable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more uncaricaturable
form: most uncaricaturable
Etymology: From un- + caricaturable.
Senses: glosses: Unable to be caricatured.
user time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: user times
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The time required for a user to perform a task using a computer, excluding the time when the computer is busy processing.
Coordinate terms: CPU time
wall time
user times
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of user time
unit pricing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
marketing
glosses: The use of unit prices.
use the user
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: A "Use the User" plan will also be conducted by the outside salesmen and by the floor sales people by telephone.
ref: 1931, American Gas Engineering Journal, volumes 134-135, page 8:
text: Use-the-user premium plans can be devised to fit a great many different types of businesses. Among the largest users of such techniques are appliance manufacturers and their dealers, […]
ref: 1962, George Meredith, Effective Merchandising with Premiums, page 140:
topics: advertising
business
marketing
glosses: A promotion that offers some additional bonus to customers who refer further customers.
South Bucks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /saʊθ bʌks/
Senses: glosses: A former local government district in Buckinghamshire, England; renamed from Beaconsfield in 1980 and abolished on 31 March 2020 when Buckinghamshire became a unitary authority.
bear-baiting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bear-baitings
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bearbaiting.
bear-baiting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bear-bait
bear-baitings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bear-baiting
bear baiting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bear baitings
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bearbaiting.
bear baitings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bear baiting