cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
defiltration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˌfɪɫˈtɹeɪʃən/
Etymology: From de- + filtration.
Senses: glosses: The removal of material from the pores of a filter.
nebulosus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -əʊsəs
Forms: form: nebulosi
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin nebulosus.
Senses: topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
glosses: a cloud species which consists of a veil of cloud, showing no distinct details. Associated with cirrostratus, and stratus genera.
focalize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: focalizes
form: focalizing
form: focalized
form: focalized
Etymology: From focal + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To focus, or to adjust a focus.
glosses: To sharpen an image by focusing.
glosses: To concentrate on a particular location; to localize.
examples: text: The protagonist of The Monkey Wrench foGang, George Washington Hayduke […] is a smelly, "hairy, bawdy, independent loner" (Barber 1996, 133) and disillusioned ex-Green Beret who acts as crass as the third-person narrator who often focalizes through him.
ref: 2018, Nicole Seymour, Bad Environmentalism, page 211:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
narratology
sciences
glosses: To switch to a particular perspective (focalization).
Derived terms: focalization
focalizer
unfocalized
hierarchized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hierarchize
hierarchized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hierarchized
form: most hierarchized
Senses: glosses: arranged in a hierarchy
focalizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of focalize
focalizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of focalize
focalized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of focalize
focalising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of focalise
focalised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of focalise
monoenergetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mono- + energetic.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Describing radiation consisting of particles (or waves) having a narrow range of energies
Derived terms: monoenergetically
quasimonoenergetic
Related terms: monoenergy
polyenergetic
multiphonon
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + phonon.
Senses: glosses: Concerning multiple phonons
nanocubes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nanocube
lenticular clouds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lenticular cloud
nanocube
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanocubes
Etymology: From nano- + cube.
Senses: glosses: A nanosized cube
nanopyramid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanopyramids
Etymology: From nano- + pyramid.
Senses: glosses: A nanosized pyramid
overplotting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overplot
overplotting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The plotting of data on top of a previous plot
photocarriers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of photocarrier
lenticularis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lenticularis
Senses: topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
glosses: a cloud species which consists of rounded lens shaped of cloud, often forming near mountains. Associated with cirrocumulus, and altocumulus, and sometimes stratocumulus genera.
Synonyms: lenticular cloud
photocarrier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photocarriers
Etymology: From photo- + carrier.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A photoexcited electrical carrier in a semiconductor.
irisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: irisations
Senses: topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
glosses: A colorful optical phenomenon seen in iridescent clouds and on the borders of lenticular clouds resembling those seen in soap bubbles and oil on a water surface.
irisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of irisation
quasiferromagnet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quasiferromagnets
Etymology: From quasi- + ferromagnet.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: An analogue of a ferromagnet produced in a spintronic environment.
Related terms: quasiferromagnetic
nanopyramids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nanopyramid
doctorial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɔːɹiəl
Etymology: From doctor + -ial.
Senses: examples: text: a doctorial candidate
glosses: doctoral
Derived terms: doctorially
il. col.
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: topics: bibliography
computing
engineering
human-sciences
information-science
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of illustrations in color.
Sarn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A large village in St Bride's Minor community, Bridgend borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SS9083).
glosses: A hamlet in Flintshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ1179).
glosses: A small village in Kerry community, Powys, Wales (OS grid ref SO2090).
glosses: A village in Grisons canton, Switzerland.
relationalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From relational + -ism.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The idea that time and space are not real objects, but merely orderings of objects
hyaluronidases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hyaluronidase
staticity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /stəˈtɪs.ɪ.ti/
Etymology: From static + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being static
Synonyms: stasis
trigonally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From trigonal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a trigonal manner
cap cloud
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cap clouds
Senses: topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
synonyms: pileus
glosses: An accessory cloud in the form of a cap which occurs above, or attached to, cumulus, cumulonimbus, and sometimes stratocumulus clouds.
cap clouds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cap cloud
ultrabright
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ultrabright
form: most ultrabright
Etymology: From ultra- + bright.
Senses: glosses: Very bright.
upscaled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of upscale
upscaled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more upscaled
form: most upscaled
Senses: glosses: That has been scaled up.
adversifoliate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: See adverse (“contrary”) and foliate.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having leaves placed opposite each other on a stem.
aedileship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aedileships
form: ædileship
Etymology: From aedile + -ship.
Senses: glosses: The office of an aedile.
examples: text: Two brothers of this name were, as we have seen, the authors of the law which threw open the offices of augur and pontifex to the commons, and afterwards in their aedileship they ornamented the city with several works of art
ref: 1845, Thomas Arnold, From the Gaulish invasion to the end of the First Punic War:
glosses: The period or duration of this office.
aeneolithic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Eneolithic.
Chalcolithic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈkælkoʊˌlɪθɪk/
Etymology: From chalco- + -lith + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: The transitional period of raiding and warfare, which seems to have disrupted the life of villages in the Chalcolithic period, stimulated the growth of larger and larger defensive settlements.
ref: 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 161:
glosses: Synonym of Eneolithic.
synonyms: word: Eneolithic
accessory cloud
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: accessory clouds
Senses: examples: text: Pileus An accessory cloud of small horizontal extent, in the form of a cap or hood above the top or attached to the upper part of a cumuliform cloud, which often penetrates it.
ref: 1982, Michele G. Melaragno, Wind in architectural and environmental design, Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, →ISBN:
topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
glosses: A small cloud formation which is found attached to, or close by, a major cloud of one of the cloud genera, which is responsible for its development and continuance.
accessory clouds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of accessory cloud
aeneus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From the taxonomic name, from Latin aēneus (“bronze”).
Senses: glosses: A kind of freshwater catfish, the bronze corydoras (Corydoras aeneus).
aerarium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aeraria
Etymology: From Latin aerārium.
Senses: glosses: The state treasury of Ancient Rome.
aerification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɛːɹɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: aerifications
Senses: glosses: Aeration, especially of the soil.
glosses: Transformation into air or gas.
standing cloud
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: standing clouds
Senses: topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
glosses: a small cloud that remains stationary and is related to a geographical feature, such as a mountain. Classified as banner clouds, cap clouds, crest clouds, or lenticular clouds http://amsglossary.allenpress.com
standing clouds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of standing cloud
banner cloud
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: banner clouds
Etymology: From banner + cloud. From being a banner-like cloud that hangs off a mountain like a flapping flag.
Senses: topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
glosses: a small, triangular cloud, extending downwind from the peak of a mountain as if a flag, or banner.
banner clouds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of banner cloud
affination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Part of the traditional sugar refining process in which molasses is removed from sugar crystals by washing with a heavy syrup
affixture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: affixtures
Senses: glosses: The act of affixing
glosses: The condition of being affixed
Synonyms: attachment
fastening
crest cloud
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crest clouds
Senses: topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
glosses: a standing cloud, extending downwind from a mountain range, or ridge.
crest clouds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crest cloud
afocal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From a- + focal.
Senses: topics: engineering
natural-sciences
optics
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Not focused
raw_tags: of an imaging system
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
optics
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Neither concave or convex (focal point at infinity)
raw_tags: of a lens
Derived terms: afocality
afocally
canonizable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more canonizable
form: most canonizable
Etymology: From canonize + -able.
Senses: glosses: Worthy of being canonized.
agene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: nitrogen trichloride when it was used as a bleaching agent and improving agent in flour
Derived terms: agenized
nonstigmatized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + stigmatized.
Senses: glosses: Not stigmatized.
Synonyms: unstigmatized
unstigmatized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + stigmatized.
Senses: glosses: Not stigmatized.
Synonyms: nonstigmatized
agglutin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: agglutins
Etymology: Rare enough to suggest that it may have originated as a haplologic misconstruction of its hypernym, agglutinin.
Senses: topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: Any antibody that causes agglutination of cells.
Hypernyms: agglutinin
Finnglish
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Finglish.
agglutins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of agglutin
agrogorod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: agrogorods
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian агрогород (agrogorod, “agronomic town”).
Senses: glosses: An administrative unit in the USSR, composed of an amalgamation of collective farms.
nonliar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonliars
Etymology: From non- + liar.
Senses: glosses: One who is not a liar.
unlying
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -aɪɪŋ
Etymology: From un- + lying.
Senses: glosses: Not lying; telling the truth.
nonliars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonliar
agrogorods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of agrogorod
airproof
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more airproof
form: most airproof
form: air-proof
Etymology: From air + -proof.
Senses: glosses: airtight
airproof
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: airproofs
form: airproofing
form: airproofed
form: airproofed
form: air-proof
Etymology: From air + -proof.
Senses: glosses: To make airtight.
alarmable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more alarmable
form: most alarmable
Etymology: From alarm + -able.
Senses: examples: text: Everyone was alarmed, including Sir Harry McGowan, not usually the most alarmable of men.
ref: 1979, N. K. Buxton, Derek Howard Aldcroft, British industry between the wars, page 167:
glosses: Easily alarmed; excitable.
glosses: Of a building, etc.: capable of being fitted with an alarm system.
private law
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: The area of law pertaining to the relationships between private persons (natural or legal persons including corporations), as opposed to relations between the state and private persons.
wikipedia: private law
Related terms: private international law
conflicts of law
noncurative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + curative.
Senses: glosses: Not curative.
hypernymous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: hyperonymous
Etymology: By surface analysis, hypernym + -ous.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of hypernymic.
synonyms: word: hypernymic
Derived terms: hypernymously
hyponymous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hyponym + -ous. By surface analysis, hyp- + -onym + -ous = hypo- + -nym + -ous.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of hyponymic.
synonyms: word: hyponymic
Derived terms: hyponymously
albarium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin albārium (“white stucco”).
Senses: topics: art
arts
glosses: A form of lime, made by heating marble, used for stucco.
algometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: algometers
Etymology: From algo- + -meter.
Senses: synonyms: algesimeter
algesiometer
odynometer
glosses: An instrument for measuring pain-inducing stimuli, and the sensitivity to such stimuli.
Derived terms: autoalgometer
Related terms: algesia
algometric
algometrical
algometrically
algometry
pain score
pain threshold
algor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin algor.
Senses: examples: text: […] with suffocation, dyspnea, cold sweats, paleness of the face, algor of the extremities, etc., […]
ref: 1878, The Monthly Abstract of Medical Science, volume 5, page 445:
glosses: Cold, chilliness.
Related terms: algor mortis
alleviant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alleviants
Senses: glosses: That which alleviates
poitrinaire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: poitrinaires
Etymology: From French poitrinaire, from poitrine (“chest”).
Senses: examples: text: His dry cough and eternal light fever spoke of tuberculosis; indeed his whole physiognomy was that of the old traditional poitrinaire, and he had once been placed in a sanatorium where they had collapsed a lung to let it mend.
ref: 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 389:
glosses: Someone suffering from tuberculosis, or a similar lung disease.
poitrinaires
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poitrinaire
alluviation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alluviations
Senses: glosses: The deposition of alluvium (sediment) by a river.
altazimuth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ælˈtæzɪməθ/
Forms: form: altazimuths
form: alt-azimuth
form: altaz
form: alt-az
Etymology: Blend of altitude + azimuth
Senses: glosses: A telescope or surveying instrument that has a mount permitting both horizontal and vertical rotation.
packest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: pack + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of pack
altigraph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: altigraphs
Senses: glosses: An altimeter that makes a recording on a chart.
altiplanation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A form of erosion forming large flat surfaces at high altitudes.
Related terms: altiplane
altrigenderism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: This is the phase of altrigenderism. It is fostered largely in secondary school education through such activities as dramatics and social dancing.
ref: 1950, Arthur Edwin Traxler, Goals of American Education, page 101:
text: The only time you have a homosexual outcome is when your intrinsic heterosexuality, your altrigenderism, has been blocked by wretched childhood experiences.
ref: 2000, Rik Isensee, The God Squad, page 22:
glosses: Non-sexual interest in, or attraction to, members of the opposite sex.
aluminotype
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aluminotypes
Etymology: From alumino- + -type.
Senses: glosses: A form of printing plate made of a sheet of aluminium.
alveary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alvearies
Etymology: From Latin alvearium (“beehive”). In the sense of the hollow of the ear, because it is where the wax accumulates. In the sense of a repository: originally the name of a dictionary encompassing several languages, because of the many contributors being like "busy bees".
Senses: examples: text: The value of an alveary or hive was 4d, and a swarm on a tree was recognised as free for the taking.
ref: 1954, British Bee Journal - Volume 82, page 639:
glosses: A beehive, or anything resembling a beehive.
examples: text: The effects of the hydriatic treatment upon inflammations of the brain are elimination of the matter of disease, partly through perspiration and eruptions on the head, but more through abnormal secretions from the alvearies or hollows of the ears, and from the nostrils (catarrh); oftentimes these secretions have quite an abnormal color and acridness.
ref: 1848, J. H. Rausse, Miscellanies to the Graefenberg Water-cure, page 137:
text: In otoscopy alveary narrowed due to the omission of his caudineural wall.
ref: 2009, Anton L, “Mastoiditis Island”, in United States RX Medication - Men's Health:
text: (see title)
ref: 2012 January, М О Кустов, “Inflammatory diseases of alveary.”, in Russian otorhinolaryngology, volume 1:
text: I had to look up "alvearium", not a common term. I was pointed toward "alveary", a word with two intriguingly different definitions: first, a beehive, or something resembling a beehive and second, the hollow of the external ear. Apian aspects don't leap out at one here, so I'm going with the latter meaning, thinking of these sounds flowing around my own alvearies.
ref: 2013, Antoine Beuger, 24 Petits Préludes pour la Guitare:
text: In the article the results of researches are presented on the determination of the composition of microflora of the alveary of dogs with the clinical signs of sharp outward otopyosis and the character of clinical-hematological changes of this disease.
ref: 2014, D. V. Savchenko, I. A. Gurenko, “Etiology and Clinical-Hematological Description of Bacterial Otitides for Dogs”, in eLibrary:
text: Outward inflammations of the ear for cats more often flows with hyperemia of alveary – 80.8%, by a sickliness during palpation of base of the ear – 74.4% and accompanied by the selection of to the exsudate - 70.2%.
ref: 2017, V Samoylyuk, V Volokonska, “Efficiency of Meatotympanal Novocaine Blockage in the System of Holiatry Festering Inflammation of Outward Ear for Cats”, in Theoretical and Applied Veternary Medicine:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The hollow of the external ear.
examples: text: They married the proprietors of the great empty alvearies, filled these with seed, and obtained, in return, titles and crowns, which were the baubles of which they had ever been dreaming.
ref: 1911, Hélène Favre de Coulevain, Pierre de Coulevain, The Unknown Isle, page 198:
glosses: A repository, especially of knowledge or information.
ambisonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæm.biˈsɒn.ɪk/
other: /ˌæm.biˈsɑ.nɪk/
rhymes: -ɒnɪk
Senses: examples: text: ... ambisonic method. Discrete rendering simply convolved the source audio with the appropriate left and right-ear HRIRs of each length and azimuth angle. The virtual ambisonic method, adapted from [20], multiplied the source by a panning[…]
ref: 2006 November 20, Ronghua Liang, Zhigeng Pan, Adrian Cheok, Michael Haller, Rynson W.H. Lau, Hideo Saito, Advances in Artificial Reality and Tele-Existence: 16th International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence, ICAT 2006, Hangzhou, China, November 28 - December 1, 2006, Proceedings, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 137:
text: Another technique enabling the creation of a virtual acoustic environment in surround systems is the ambisonic technique. The invention of the ambisonic technique is attributed to Michael Gerzon who published his key works on the subject at the turn of the 1970s and 1980s [Gerzon 1973, 1974]. The technique enables one to record, process, and reconstruct sound ﬁelds in a fully three-dimensional space. Recording is carried out with the use of an ambisonic microphone comprised of a deﬁnite number of component microphones.
ref: 2020 September 1, Dariusz Pleban, Occupational Noise and Workplace Acoustics: Advances in Measurement and Assessment Techniques, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 57:
glosses: Of or pertaining to ambisonics
Limousins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Limousin
ambisonics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Trade name, from ambi- + sonics.
Senses: glosses: A form of surround sound reproduction, using two or more transmission channels and four or more speakers, that attempts to reproduce directional properties of the sound
Mesdames
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /meɪˈdɑm/
/ˌmeɪdəmwəˈzɛl/
Etymology: From French Mesdames, plural of Madame (in turn, from Old French ma dame “my lady”)
Senses: examples: text: The conſtant queſtion, upon her offering to ſtir abroad, was, where are you going Madam? To ſee the King my papa, replied the Princeſs. That cannot be Madam. No? why ſo? It is not the Etiquette. — And thus, if ſhe had a mind to viſit any of the Mesdames, the king’s ſiſters or aunts, ſhe was always told, it was not the Etiquette.
ref: 1792, I. G. Rievethal, Lectures Intended for the Instruction and Amusement of Young People, Who Apply Themselves to the English Tongue, Riga: I. Fr. Hartknoch, pages 49–50:
synonyms: Madams
coordinate_terms: Sirs
glosses: plural of Madam (“polite form of address for a woman or lady”)
examples: text: In 1679, the rivalry between Mesdames de Maintenon and de Montespan flared up again over the children. And in 1680, after the dim-witted Madame de Fontanges’ pregnancy was tragically terminated, it was the marquise de Maintenon whom the king turned to for solace and companionship.
ref: 2012, Leslie Carroll, Royal Romances: Titillating Tales of Passion and Power in the Palaces of Europe, New York, N.Y.: New American Library, →ISBN, pages 82–83:
synonyms: Madames
coordinate_terms: Messieurs
glosses: plural of Madame (“title equivalent to Mrs. or Ms., used for French-speaking women and (by custom) certain other individuals”)
examples: text: But almost funniest of all was the performance on Wednesday of Peter Anastos's Yes, Virginia, Another Piano Ballet, a wicked look at Mr. Robbins's Dances at a Gathering. This is acute parody, well-danced by Baum, Lermontov and Mesdames Boumdiyeva, Zamarkova, Yurika Sakitumi (Anthony Rabara) and Agrippina Proboskovna (Roy Fialkow). Mr. Fialkow hasn't reached that level of parody, but his new Lamentations of Jane Eyre got close on Wednesday. He knows his Graham technique, and this portrait of three exotically dreary sisters has some fine satiric touches. It was danced by Mesdames Proboskovna, Sakitumi and Sonia Leftova (Dana Keough), in her quiet way one of the company's most interesting performers.
ref: 1983 June 26, Jennifer Dunning, “Dance: The Trockadero Draws Some Dancers”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 May 2015, page 44:
synonyms: Mmes//Mmes.
Mrses//Mrses.
coordinate_terms: Messrs//Messrs.
glosses: plural of Mrs /Mrs. (“title used before an adult woman’s name or surname”)
amebiform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more amebiform
form: most amebiform
form: amoebiform
Etymology: From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting New Latin combining forms: ameb- + -iform.
Senses: glosses: That resembles an amoeba/ameba
wikipedia: classical compound
international scientific vocabulary
amygdaliferous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˌmɪɡdəˈlɪfəɹəs/
rhymes: -ɪfəɹəs
Forms: form: more amygdaliferous
form: most amygdaliferous
Etymology: From Latin amygdala (“almond”) + -iferous.
Senses: glosses: almond-bearing
animalculum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: animalcula
Senses: examples: text: [T]he Eyelids are fortify'd vvith little ſtiffe briſtles as vvith Paliſadoes, againſt the aſſault of Flyes and Gnats, and ſuch like bold Animalcula.
ref: 1653, Henry More, “Unavoydable Arguments for Divine Providence Taken from the Accurate Structure of Mans Body, from the Passions of His Mind, and Fitnesse of the Whole Man to be an Inhabiter of the Universe”, in An Antidote against Atheisme, or An Appeal to the Natural Faculties of the Minde of Man, whether There Be Not a God, London: […] Roger Daniel, […], →OCLC, book II, page 94:
glosses: Synonym of animalcule.
synonyms: word: animalcule
animalish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more animalish
form: most animalish
Etymology: From animal + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Resembling an animal
animalize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: animalizes
form: animalizing
form: animalized
form: animalized
form: animalise
Etymology: From animal (adjective) + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To represent in the form of an animal.
glosses: To brutalize.
examples: text: The weaknesses or disorder of the bowels seem chiefly to be occasioned by the poor, watery, meagre, vegetable diet of the children and of their mothers. The latter, from the use of this diet, have their milk poor, and not sufficiently animalised.
ref: 1805, Charles Hall, The Effects of Civilisation on the People in European States, Section III:
glosses: To convert or produce material rich in animal substance.
Derived terms: animalization
deanimalize
reanimalize
unanimalized
Related terms: zoomorphize
hot dates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hot date
hot gospellers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hot gospeller
hot waves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hot wave
animalizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of animalize
annalistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more annalistic
form: most annalistic
Etymology: From annal + -istic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to annals.
animalizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of animalize
animalized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of animalize
anserous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anserous
form: most anserous
Senses: glosses: resembling a goose
glosses: silly
antediluvial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌantɪdɪˈluːvɪəl/
Forms: form: more antediluvial
form: most antediluvial
Etymology: Early 18th c., ante- + diluvial, possibly as alteration of earlier antediluvian.
Senses: topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
synonyms: antediluvian
prediluvian
glosses: Of or pertaining to a time before Noah's flood.
synonyms: word: antediluvian
word: defunct
word: outdated
word: anachronistic
word: antediluvial
word: antediluvian
word: antiquated
word: antique
word: archaic
word: backward
word: backwards
word: behind the times
word: cobwebbed
word: cobwebby
word: dated
word: defunct
word: discontinued
word: disused
word: dootsie
word: elderly
word: extinct
word: expired
word: fossilized
word: Havishamesque
word: idle
word: Miss Havishamesque
word: obsolete
word: old
word: oldfangled
word: old-fashioned
word: old school
word: outdated
word: outmoded
word: out of date
word: out of fashion
word: outworn
word: parachronistic
word: passé
word: superannuated
word: superseded
word: unemployed
word: unoccupied
word: venerable
word: workless
glosses: Antiquated.
Derived terms: antediluvially
antefebrile
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ante- + febrile.
Senses: glosses: Preceding a fever
Synonyms: antepyretic
antepyretic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ante- + pyretic.
Senses: glosses: Preceding a fever
Synonyms: antefebrile
anteflexion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anteflexions
Etymology: From ante- + flexion.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A forward bending of an organ, especially that of the uterus near the cervix
antelabrum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antelabra
Etymology: From ante- + labrum.
Senses: glosses: The anterior part of the labrum of an invertebrate
equant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: equants
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: The center of uniform motion of a planetary deferent.
equant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more equant
form: most equant
Senses: examples: text: If all crystallization centers are evenly spaced, the resulting microcrystals will form equant, polyhedral blocks of subuniform size such as those observed with the electron microscope.
ref: 1982, Geological Survey Professional Paper, number 1173, page 374:
glosses: Having comparable measurements in all directions; equidimensional.
Synonyms: equidimensional
Derived terms: inequant
Related terms: oblate
prolate
equants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of equant
xipamide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈzɪpəmaɪd/
Senses: examples: text: ... Xipamide A clinical crossover study comparing xipamide with furosemide concluded that the two diuretics were equipotent , but that xipamide has a longer du- ration of natriuresis ( 12 hours ) than does furose- mide ( 4 hours ) .15 A[…]
ref: 1976 September 17, Annual Reports in Medicinal Chemistry, Academic Press, →ISBN, page 72:
text: ... xipamide once daily . With xipamide , the reduction in standing systolic pressure was significantly greater than with frusemide ( p < 0.05 ) . Otherwise , no significant changes in resting systolic , resting diastolic or standing[…]
ref: 1984, Current Medical Research and Opinion:
text: ... Xipamide daily ( Table 4 ) . The plasma potassium values were lower during treatment with 40 mg Xipamide than during the control period , but the difference was not significant . After treatment with 80 mg Xipamide for an average of[…]
ref: 1977, International Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Biopharmacy:
glosses: A sulfonamide diuretic drug used to treat oedema and hypertension.
xibenolol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular beta blocker.
xantinol nicotinate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: xantinol niacinate
form: xanthinol niacinate
Senses: glosses: A combination of xanthinol and niacin (nicotinic acid), used as a vasodilator.
xipranolol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular beta blocker.
xibornol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular antibiotic, primarily administered to the throat.
xanomeline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A muscarinic acetylcholine receptor agonist with reasonable selectivity for the M1 and M4 subtypes, possibly useful in treating Alzheimer's disease and schizophrenia.
Related terms: alvameline
milameline
sabcomeline
xaliproden
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /zəˈlɪpɹədɛn/
Senses: examples: text: The accuracy and reproducibility of this modification has been discussed in Chapter 8. We have used MPS MUNE with tracking to follow a group of ALS patients enrolled in a multicenter controlled trial of xaliproden with and without riluzole. Data analysis is ongoing and will be the subject of a future publication, but summary results of an interim analysis are described below.
ref: 2000, Mark B. Bromberg, Supplements to Clinical Neurophysiology, →ISBN:
text: ... Xaliproden. As with the drug cerebrolysin discussed above, xaliproden mimics the actions of NGFs. It was initially studied without success in Lou Gehrig's disease, a condition, like Alzheimer's, that involves progressive brain damage[…]
ref: 2008 April 15, P. Murali Doraiswamy, M.D., Lisa P. Gwyther, M.S.W., Tina Adler, The Alzheimer's Action Plan: The Experts' Guide to the Best Diagnosis and Treatment for Memory Problems, St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 173:
text: The results showed that the polymorphism between xaliproden Forms I and III mostly concerns the degree of freedom of the CF3 group, higher in Form III than in Form I, and they clarified the status of Form III, which could then be assigned to a well-defined polymorph of xaliproden.
ref: 2017 November 14, Angeles Canales, Biophysical Techniques in Drug Discovery, Royal Society of Chemistry, →ISBN, page 141:
glosses: A drug which acts as a 5HT1A agonist, proposed for use in the treatment of several neurodegenerative conditions including Alzheimer's disease.
latanoprost
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A prostaglandin analogue used for controlling the progression of glaucoma or ocular hypertension by reducing intraocular pressure.
antirrhinin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From translingual Antirrhinum + -in.
Senses: synonyms: keracyanin
glosses: An anthocyanin, the 3-rutinoside of cyanidin, found in blackcurrant.
kebuzone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Shortening.
Senses: glosses: The drug ketophenylbutazone.
kebbucks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kebbuck
kitasamycin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Streptomyces kitasatoensis + -mycin (“antibiotic derived from Streptomyces”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A macrolide antibiotic produced by Streptomyces kitasatoensis bacteria.
Synonyms: leucomycin
ketorolac
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kiːˈtɔɹ.əˌlæk/
Etymology: From keto- + (pyr)rol(izine) + -ac (“acetic acid”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug often used as an analgesic and antipyretic.
Synonyms: ketorolac tromethamine
ketophenylbutazone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug.
Synonyms: kebuzone
second bases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of second base
first bases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of first base
third bases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of third base
over-the-topness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From over-the-top + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality or characteristic of being over-the-top.
`lt`3
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: <3
form: ♥
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of love.
antennary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ænˈtɛnəɹi/
Senses: glosses: Relating to antennae or feelers
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: branching
Derived terms: biantennary
diantennary
interantennary
monoantennary
multiantennary
tetraantennary
triantennary
antifederalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antifederalists
Etymology: From anti- + federalist.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of anti-federalist.
apercu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: apercus
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of aperçu.
aperitive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more aperitive
form: most aperitive
Etymology: Borrowed from Medieval Latin aperitivus, from Late Latin apertivus, from Latin aperio. Doublet of apéritif, from French.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Tending to open the bowels; aperient.
examples: text: She was looking, while so occupied, at the German group engaged in the garden, near by, with aperitive beer and disputation....
ref: 1904, Henry James, Fordham Castle:
glosses: Serving as an apéritif: a pre-meal alcoholic drink.
aperitive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aperitives
Etymology: Borrowed from Medieval Latin aperitivus, from Late Latin apertivus, from Latin aperio. Doublet of apéritif, from French.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Synonym of aperient.
synonyms: word: aperient
aperitives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aperitive
apicide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin apis (“bee”) + -cide.
Senses: glosses: The killing of bees.
glosses: A substance that kills bees.
timberdoodle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɪmbə ˈduː.dəl/
Forms: form: timberdoodles
Senses: glosses: The American woodcock (Scolopax minor)
post festum
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: Latin post (“after”) + festum (“feast”).
Senses: glosses: After the fact; too late.
sbd
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sbd..
sbd.
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
lexicography
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of somebody.
ocellar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: of or relating to the ocellus or ocelli
Synonyms: ocellary
ocellary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: of or relating to the ocellus or ocelli
Synonyms: ocellar
s.o.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: related: word: SO
word: S.O.
word: s/o
glosses: Initialism of significant other.
s.o.
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
lexicography
linguistics
sciences
coordinate_terms: s.t.
glosses: Abbreviation of someone.
islandy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more islandy
form: most islandy
Etymology: From island + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Downtown, Charles Cros's Calabash, an upstairs, over-the-store eatery, offers excellent edibles in unassuming islandy surroundings.
ref: 1971, Jeanne Harman, Harry E. Harman, Fielding's guide to the Caribbean plus the Bahamas, page 576:
glosses: Of or relating to islands.
examples: Croatia's islandy coastline
glosses: Full of islands.
Malukus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Ellipsis of Maluku Islands.
Sundas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Sundas
Etymology: From Sunda + -s.
Senses: glosses: The Sunda Islands, an archipelago in Indonesia, commonly split into the Greater Sundas and the Lesser Sundas.
Tanimbars
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The Tanimbar Islands
Aegeans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Aegean (“breed of domestic cat”).
Aegeans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The Aegean Islands, an archipelago of Greece.
Scillies
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪliz/
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Isles of Scilly.
Madeiras
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Madeira (archipelago).
South Sandwiches
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The South Sandwich Islands, an archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean.
Westmans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The Westman Isles, Vestmannaeyjar, an archipelago of Iceland.
Keys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: The Florida Keys.
raw_tags: with the
glosses: The House of Keys.
raw_tags: with the
glosses: A census-designated place in Cherokee County, Oklahoma, United States.
glosses: A rural municipality, the Rural Municipality of Keys No. 303, in eastern Saskatchewan, Canada.
Coordinate terms: Cuban Keys
Leewards
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The Leeward Islands
Windwards
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The Windward Islands
Virgins
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The Virgin Islands.
Virgins
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Virgin
Balearics
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An archipelago and autonomous community of Spain; in full, the Balearic Islands.
American woodcock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: American woodcocks
Senses: glosses: A North American shorebird, Scolopax minor
Synonyms: sense: Scolopax minor
word: timberdoodle
sense: Scolopax minor
word: bogsucker
sense: Scolopax minor
word: night partridge
sense: Scolopax minor
word: brush snipe
sense: Scolopax minor
word: hokumpoke
sense: Scolopax minor
word: becasse
apicultural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more apicultural
form: most apicultural
Etymology: From apiculture + -al.
Senses: topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
glosses: Relating to beekeeping.
apiculturalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: apiculturalists
Senses: glosses: A beekeeper.
Related terms: apiculture
apiculturist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: apiculturists
Etymology: From apiculture + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A beekeeper.
Synonyms: apiarist
Related terms: apiary
apiotherapy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of apitherapy.
aquacade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈækwəˌkeɪd/
/ˈɑːkwəˌkeɪd/
Forms: form: aquacades
Etymology: Blend of aqua + cavalcade.
Senses: glosses: An entertainment consisting of swimmers and divers performing to music
aquarellist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aquarellists
Etymology: From aquarelle + -ist.
Senses: topics: art
arts
glosses: An artist who paints aquarelles
aquiculture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aquicultures
Etymology: From aqui- + culture.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of aquaculture.
aquiform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more aquiform
form: most aquiform
Etymology: From aqua- + -iform?
Senses: glosses: Resembling water; watery, liquid
aquosity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈkwɑ.sɪ.ti/
Etymology: From Middle English aquosite, from Middle French, from Medieval Latin aquōsitās, from Latin aquōsus + -itās.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being watery; wateriness
albatross around one's neck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: albatross round one's neck
Etymology: From The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (1798) by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, wherein a sailor's killing of an albatross brings bad luck and results in the dead bird being hung around the killer's neck by his crewmates.
Senses: examples: text: He bought the properties last year hoping to make a profit by reselling them; however, with the economic downturn, they have become an albatross around his neck.
text: Less attention was paid to the albatross that Bain, KKR, and Vornado had placed around the company’s neck. Toys “R” Us had a debt load of $1.86 billion before it was bought out.
ref: 2018 June 13, Bryce Covert, “The Demise of Toys 'R' Us Is a Warning”, in The Atlantic, →ISSN:
text: “Marine wants to be French president, and her chance are pretty good for 2027,” said one former senior AfD official. “Why would she want a bunch of German neo-Nazis like an albatross round her neck?”
ref: 2024 May 4, Guy Chazan, Leila Abboud, “Le Pen strains ties with German far-right”, in FT Weekend, page 2:
glosses: A characteristic, possession, associate, or previous deed that hinders one's ability to succeed.
wikipedia: Samuel Taylor Coleridge
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Related terms: millstone around one's neck
monkey on one's back
albatross round one's neck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of albatross around one's neck.
Indon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Indonesia.
Indon
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Indonesian.
Indon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Indons
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Indonesian.
Kinnaird compliant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: According to a review chaired by Malcolm Kinnaird in 2003.
Senses: examples: text: MH-60R is in-service with a foreign military force and represents a Kinnaird compliant solution.
glosses: Complying with the Australian defence procurement guidelines recommended by a review which advocated for the acquisition of military off-the-shelf (MOTS) equipment already in service with another country.
character user interface
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: character user interfaces
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: command line interface
Synonyms: CHUI
command-line interface
Hypernyms: user interface
nickel steel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nickel steels
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
qualifier: industrial
glosses: steel that contains approximately 6% of nickel, increasing its strength
requinto
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: requintos
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish requinto.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A smaller, higher-pitched version of another instrument, usually a guitar.
requisitionary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From requisition + -ary.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to requisition
rerig
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rerigs
form: rerigging
form: rerigged
form: rerigged
Etymology: From re- + rig.
Senses: examples: text: The Edward A. Horton, the Gloucester schooner forced into Guysborough, Nova Scotia, and stripped of its sails, is part of Gloucester lore. Six New Englanders broke into a warehouse at night, took the impounded gear, rerigged the schooner, and slipped away on the flood tide.
ref: 1997, Mark Kurlansky, Cod, page 227:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: To rig again; to outfit (a ship) with new rigging.
rerigs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rerig
rerigging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rerig
rerigged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rerig