cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
propense
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹəˈpɛns/
rhymes: -ɛns
Forms: form: more propense
form: most propense
Etymology: From Latin prōpensus, perfect passive participle of prōpendeō.
Senses: examples: text: women propense to holiness
text: 1739, David Hume, Treatise of Human Nature Book 3: Of Morals
The most immediate effects of pleasure and pain are the propense and averse motions of the mind; which are diversified into volition, into desire and aversion, grief and joy, hope and fear
text: […] women are so earnestly delighted with this kind of men, as being more propense by nature to pleasure and toys.
ref: 1668, Desiderius Erasmus, translated by John Wilson, The Praise of Folly:
glosses: Leaning toward, in a moral sense; inclined; disposed; prone.
glosses: Prepense.
Derived terms: propensed
propensely
propenseness
propensity
crown green bowls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A form of bowls, played on a slightly humped, square, grass green, in which two players each play two biased bowls, either along the edges, or diagonally over the crown; it is especially popular in the north of England
Related terms: crown green
peace offering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peace offerings
Senses: glosses: A religious sacrifice.
examples: text: After our fox-terrier had killed several of the Stationmaster's chickens and a peace offering had been made by my father in the form of cigars, I found that the way had been made clear for me to visit the junction box, and what a thrill it was.
ref: 1948 March and April, 'Aella', “First Steps in a Railway Career”, in Railway Magazine, page 91:
glosses: An offering or concession made to an adversary in the hope of obtaining peace or reconciliation; an olive branch.
photohydrogen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From photo- + hydrogen.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: hydrogen produced (along with oxygen) by the photolytic decomposition of water in certain anaerobic algae etc
seleniuretted hydrogen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: hydrogen selenide
sulphuretted hydrogen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
coordinate_terms: carburetted hydrogen
phosphureted hydrogen
glosses: hydrogen sulphide
telluretted hydrogen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Hydrogen telluride.
azane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: azanes
Etymology: See azo-.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: ammonia, NH₃.
topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any saturated hydride of nitrogen having a general formula NₙHₙ₊₂ such as hydrazine.
Derived terms: cycloazane
cyclopentaazane
decazane
diazane
heptazane
hexazane
nonazane
octazane
pentazane
tetrazane
triazane
plumbane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: lead hydride, PbH₄
stannane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stannanes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: tin hydride, SnH₄
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any related organotin compound
Derived terms: organostannane
sulfane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sulfanes
Etymology: From sulfo- + -ane.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: hydrogen sulfide (IUPAC name)
topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: polysulfide
Derived terms: sulfonium
alane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæl.aɪn/
Forms: form: alanes
Etymology: From aluminium + -ane.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Aluminium hydride, AlH₃.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any organic derivative of this compound.
Derived terms: carbaalane
arsane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arsanes
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The compound arsine, AsH₃
topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any saturated hydride of tervalent arsenic, of general formula AsₙHₙ₊₂, having an unbranched chain of arsenic atoms - diarsane, triarsane etc.
gallane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gallanes
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: gallium hydride (Ga₂H₆ or other similar compounds)
Derived terms: cyclotrigallane
oxidane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From oxide + -ane (“binary hydrogen compound”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An IUPAC-compliant name for water, H₂O.
Synonyms: water
Related terms: oxonium
phosphane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phosphanes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: phosphine, PH₃
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: any of the higher hydrides of phosphorus having general formula PₙHₙ₊₂
Derived terms: monophosphane
diphosphane
etc
phosphonium
triphosphane
Related terms: phosphorane
selane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: selanes
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: hydrogen selenide, H₂Se; organic selenide R-Se-R'
Derived terms: selenonium
stibane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stibanes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: stibine, SbH₃
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: any hydride of antimony, of general formula SbₙHₙ₊₂
Derived terms: stibonium
Related terms: stibine
tellane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tellanes
Etymology: Formed from the name of the chemical element tellurium + -ane.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: hydrogen telluride, H₂Te
Derived terms: telluronium
flummery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈflʌməɹi/
Forms: form: flummeries
Etymology: Borrowed from Welsh llymru (“a sour jelly derived from boiled oatmeal”), of uncertain origin, perhaps related to llymrig (“slippery”).
For phonetic development, compare origin of Floyd.
Senses: glosses: A custard; any of several bland, gelatinous foodstuffs, usually made from stewed fruit and thickened with oatmeal, cornstarch or flour.
glosses: A custard; any of several bland, gelatinous foodstuffs, usually made from stewed fruit and thickened with oatmeal, cornstarch or flour.
A slightly tart, jelly-like food of Welsh origin, made from extensively boiling oats, then boiling down the liquid extracted from it.
glosses: Empty or meaningless talk, especially when used to flatter.
glosses: Pretentious trappings, useless ornaments used to impress.
examples: text: 1940, Rex Stout, Over My Dead Body
"Pfui! This is flummery!"
text: This is the twentieth century, for what it’s worth. It’s not the age of reason, or even the nineteenth century, it’s the era of flummery, and the day of the devious approach. Reason’s gone into the backrooms where it works to devise means by which people can be induced to emote in the desired direction.
ref: 1960, John Wyndham, The Trouble With Lichen, Penguin Books, page 91:
glosses: Deceptive or blustering speech.
flummery
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈflʌməɹi/
Etymology: Borrowed from Welsh llymru (“a sour jelly derived from boiled oatmeal”), of uncertain origin, perhaps related to llymrig (“slippery”).
For phonetic development, compare origin of Floyd.
Senses: glosses: An expression of contemptuous disbelief.
blustering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blusterings
Etymology: By surface analysis, bluster + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: He will soon disregard the roaring of your eloquence, as the bold sailor contemns the blustering of the winds […]
ref: 1784, William Augustus Miles, Letters of Neptune and Gracchus, London: M. Smith, page 41:
glosses: A noisy blowing, as of a blast of wind.
examples: text: Boasting and blustering are as objectionable among nations as among individuals, and the public men of a great nation owe it to their sense of national self-respect to speak courteously of foreign powers just as a brave and self-respecting man treats all around him courteously.
ref: 1906, Theodore Roosevelt, “A Square Deal and the Monroe Doctrine”, in A Square Deal, page 179:
text: Quiet people too, for I think that about this time a sort of remorseful tenderness comes over the bullies and the nagsters, so that they go about gently and deprecatingly, hoping by one day's record sweetness to outface the year's blusterings.
ref: 1906, Violet Hunt, The Workaday Woman, page 1:
text: In Moscow, where parties are judged by the quantity and quality of Russian officials who attend, the U.S. party was a smashing success. Some attributed it to the popularity of Ambassador Thompson, others felt it was another sign that coexistence is still Soviet policy in spite of Khrushchev’s blustering.
ref: 1960 April 18, “Halfway Coexistence”, in Time:
text: Generally, you know, I’m conspiracy-theory-phobic. But in this case, all Amis’s blustering about how he’s ill-treated seems to mask the reality of a completely simpering attitude to our greatest living novelist utterly regardless of the quality of his literary output.
ref: 2010 February 26, Emily Hill, “The Pub Bore of British Letters”, in Spiked:
glosses: Swaggering; braggartry; noisy pretension.
blustering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: By surface analysis, bluster + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bluster
South Florida
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A region, the southeasternmost portion of the state of Florida, particularly the area extending southward from the city of West Palm Beach and including the cities of Fort Lauderdale and Miami, and the Florida Keys.
bloviator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bloviators
Etymology: 1850, US, Ohio, as bloviate + -or.
Senses: examples: text: When the bloviators attempt to disturb the proceedings of this Convention, they will be allowed to proceed without any further or more particular notice.
ref: 1850, Rep. Deb. & Proc. Convent. for Revision Constit. State of Ohio (1851) 642/1
glosses: One who habitually bloviates; a pompous, opinionated, typically voluble commentator.
Synonyms: windbag
Related terms: bloviation
jargoneer
oh man
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: Oh, man, I wish we didn't have to clean up the whole house.
synonyms: aw man
glosses: Used to express disappointment or annoyance.
examples: text: Oh, man, that was a great ride!
glosses: Used to express excitement or enthusiasm.
Related terms: oh boy
tinned dog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The storekeeper packed the case of tinned dog, etc., but by some blunder he or his man put the label on the wrong box, and it went per rail, per coach, per camel, and the last stage per boot, and reached my friends' camp on Christmas Eve, to their great joy.
ref: 1901, Henry Lawson, “The Ghosts Of Many Christmases”, in Children of the Bush, Echo Library, published 2007, unnumbered page:
text: “How ′bout some tinned dog and a bit of damper, mate?” Bob offered Hank. “You gonna be peckish by the time we stop tonight.”
ref: 2001, Curt Wheat, North of Capricorn: Tales and Travels from Australia′s Far Northern Outback, page 47:
text: After we had eaten our customary evening meal of tinned dog, potatoes and onions, six of us — three members of the permanent way gang, the publican′s son, my timekeeper and I — would cook the crayfish and devour the 30 at one sittng.
ref: 2006, Ron Fitch, Australian Railwayman: From Cadet Engineer to Railways Commissioner, page 63:
glosses: Canned meat.
ground beef
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ground beefs
Senses: glosses: Beef that has been finely chopped; minced beef.
Synonyms: word: beef mince
word: chopped beef
word: mince steak
word: hamburg
word: mince
sense: standard of identity
word: chopped beef
caboodle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -uːdəl
Forms: form: caboodles
form: kaboodle
Etymology: US slang, mid 19th century, thought to be from "kit and boodle"; "the whole boodle" is attested in the 1830s, and "the whole caboodle" in 1848.
Senses: glosses: Any large collection of things or people.
Derived terms: kit and caboodle
the whole caboodle
low-spirited
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more low-spirited
form: most low-spirited
Senses: synonyms: word: low
word: miserable
word: atrabiliary
word: atrabilious
word: blitheless
word: dispirited
word: blue
word: bummed out
word: chapfallen
word: cheerless
word: chopfallen
word: crestfallen
word: cut up
word: damp
word: dejected
word: depressed
word: despondent
word: disgruntled
word: disconsolate
word: disheartened
word: dismal
word: doleful
word: dolesome
word: down
word: down in the dumps
word: down in the mouth
word: downcast
word: downhearted
word: downsome
word: dull
word: elegiac
word: elegious
word: forlorn
word: gloomy
word: glum
word: grief-stricken
word: grieving
word: heavy-hearted
word: heartsore
word: heartsick
word: inconsolable
word: infelicitous
word: jawfallen
word: joyless
word: lachrymose
word: lamentful
word: low
word: low-spirited
word: lugubrious
word: lumpish
word: melancholic
word: melancholy
word: miserable
word: moody
word: mopey
word: morose
word: mournful
word: passionate
word: plaintive
word: querulous
word: sad
word: saddened
word: saturnine
word: shattered
word: solemn
word: sombre
word: sorrowful
word: sorrow-ridden
word: sorrowsome
word: spiritless
word: sullen
word: threnetic
word: threnetical
word: triste
word: tristful
word: uncheerful
word: uncheery
word: unconsolable
word: unhappy
word: unlively
word: wistful
word: woe
word: woebegone
word: woeful
word: wretched
glosses: Disheartened, feeling low, in low spirits.
Derived terms: low-spiritedness
linkage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɪŋkɪdʒ/
Forms: form: linkages
head_nr: 1
Etymology: From link + -age.
Senses: examples: text: A linkage in my car's transmission is broken so I can't shift out of first gear.
head_nr: 2
glosses: A mechanical device that connects things.
examples: text: Far from ignoring linkages between gays and the poor and working class, I specifically made the point that they are common victims of the bureaucratic revolution.
ref: 1976 August 21, A. Nolder Gay, “Another View”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 8, page 4:
head_nr: 2
synonyms: association
bond
connection
link
relationship
glosses: A connection or relation between things or ideas.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software-compilation
head_nr: 2
glosses: The act or result of linking: the combination of multiple object files into one executable, library, or object file.
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
head_nr: 2
glosses: The property of genes of being inherited together.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
head_nr: 2
glosses: A set of definitely related languages for which no proto-language can be derived, typically a group of languages within a family that have formed a sprachbund.
topics: government
politics
head_nr: 2
glosses: A United States foreign policy, during the 1970s détente in the Cold War, of persuading the Soviet Union to co-operate in restraining revolutions in the Third World in return for nuclear and economic concessions.
Derived terms: backward linkage
brand linkage
cross-linkage
delinkage
hyperlinkage
interlinkage
linkage disequilibrium
linkage editor
linkage map
linkage section
mislinkage
multilinkage
oxylinkage
relinkage
Related terms: link
linker
link time
proto-language
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: proto-languages
form: protolanguage
Etymology: From proto- + language.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A language which is reconstructed by examining similarities in existing languages in order to deduce the form and aspects of a common ancestor language that is no longer known.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The early utterances produced by an infant before it acquires a true language.
Synonyms: ur-language
Ursprache
Related terms: reconstructed language
sanitary district
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sanitary districts
Senses: glosses: Either of two types of civil authorities set up in England in the late 19th century to be responsible for public health.
Derived terms: rural sanitary district
urban sanitary district
Related terms: poor law union
rural district
urban district
smokum
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From smoke + -um.
Senses: examples: text: "Givum dinner; smokum pipe," was all that we could get out of Quatchett.
ref: 1896, F J Stimsom, King Noanett: A Story of Old Virginia and the Massachusetts Bay, page 254:
text: We ran up to him and danced around him like Indians and then stopped and puffed on a big stick and handed it to him saying, "Smokum peace pipe."
ref: 1968, Joan Baez, Daybreak, page 17:
text: Historyland... sought to present a historical image of Native Americans ... different from the "Ugh! We-smokum peace-pipe" images once presented at Knott's Berry Farms.
ref: 2003, Stephen Brown, John F Sherry, editors, Time, Space and the Market: Retroscapes Rising, page 127:
text: He say tree, "Be good Indian." He say Indian, "Be good tree." We swear by Great Spirit. We smokum pipe.
ref: 2004, Henry Bailey Stevens, Johnny Appleseed And Paul Bunyan: A Play of American Folklore in Three Acts with Prologue, page 47:
glosses: To smoke.
hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /hɛks.əˌkəʊ.si.ɔɪ.hɛksˌɛk.ən.təˌhɛks.əˈfəʊ.bi.ə/
rhymes: -əʊbiə
Etymology: Ancient Greek ἑξακόσιοι (hexakósioi, “six hundred”) + ἑξήκοντα (hexḗkonta, “sixty”) + ἕξ (héx, “six”) + -phobia
Senses: examples: text: You'll see “lucky” 666 in many shop windows across China, which may come as a shock to believers in the Beast and those with hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia.
ref: 2008 May 6, Deborah Aaronson with Kevin Kwan, Luck: The Essential Guide, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OL, page 132:
text: Fear of certain numbers will not help you. Just ask someone who suffers from triskaidekaphobia, tetraphobia, or hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia.
ref: 2009 November 3, Patricia Kirkman with Katherine A. Gleason, The Complete Idiot's Guide: Numerology Workbook, →ISBN, →OL:
topics: Christianity
glosses: Fear of the number 666.
Derived terms: hexakosioihexekontahexaphobe
hexakosioihexekontahexaphobic
Related terms: Number of the Beast
bimetallic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /baɪmɪˈtælɪk/
Etymology: From French bimétallique. Equivalent to bi- + metallic.
Senses: examples: text: We well suppose that a Minister needs information as to a point which involves the Navy, India, Canada and the bimetallic question.
ref: 1908, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans, Norton, published 2005, page 1302:
glosses: Pertaining to the use of gold and silver to create legal currency.
examples: text: "We have a special coupler that joins them together to prevent the bi-metallic corrosion you'd get if the stainless steel and the galvanised steel touched each other. […]"
ref: 2024 May 29, Nick Brodrick, “Between a rock and a wet place...”, in RAIL, number 1010, page 43:
glosses: More generally, consisting of two metals.
Derived terms: bimetallic strip
heterobimetallic
bimetallic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /baɪmɪˈtælɪk/
Forms: form: bimetallics
Etymology: From French bimétallique. Equivalent to bi- + metallic.
Senses: examples: text: Although the bimetallics that were tested, i.e., Au NPs supported on Ni, Fe and Cu appeared to be more active than the Au/SiO 2 system, only Cu supported Au NPs gave high conversion (ca. 63%) and selectivity (ca. 70%) to HYNE. Introduction Renewable naturally sourced carbohydrates, amino acids and triglycerides are available in vast quantities in our environment.
ref: 2015 November 19, “Catalytic Gas-Phase Glycerol Processing over SiO 2 -, Cu-, Ni- and Fe- Supported Au Nanoparticles”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Anything (especially a nanoparticle) composed of two metals
peace pipe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peace pipes
Senses: examples: text: to smoke the peace pipe
synonyms: calumet
glosses: A tobacco pipe smoked ceremonially in certain Native American cultures that symbolizes peace among those who smoke it, and among whom it is passed around from person to person.
Related terms: bury the hatchet
peace belt
terroir
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɛːˈwɑː/
ipa: /tɛɹˈwɑɹ/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
Forms: form: terroirs
Etymology: Borrowed from French terroir.
Senses: examples: text: The concept of terroir summarises in a synthetic, effective way the genetic-environmental and human conditions that constitute the foundation for the production of a wine that can convey the above characteristics of naturalness and genuineness (Fig 1.1).
ref: 2014, Diego Tomasi, Federica Gaiotti, Gregory V. Jones, The Power of the Terroir: the Case Study of Prosecco Wine, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 2:
text: “It's got an ass-load of terroir.” “The fuck do you know, terroir?” “What do you mean?”
ref: 2023 July 13, Paul Simms, “A Night Out with the Guys” (7:04 from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows, season 5, episode 2, spoken by Laszlo Cravensworth (Matt Berry):
glosses: The complete set of local conditions in which a particular wine or family of wines is produced, including soil type, weather conditions, topography, and wine-making savoir-faire.
Synonyms: somewhereness
Derived terms: terroirist
semicolons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of semicolon
mycotoxin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mycotoxins
Etymology: From myco- + toxin.
Senses: examples: text: They damaged his nervous system with a wartime Russian mycotoxin.
ref: 1984, William Gibson, Neuromancer (Sprawl; book 1), New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, →ISBN, page 6:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any substance, produced by a mold or fungus, that is injurious to vertebrates upon ingestion, inhalation or skin contact.
Derived terms: mycotoxigenic
Related terms: mycotoxic
mycotoxicity
mycotoxicology
aflatoxin
ochratoxin
patulin
aflatoxin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aflatoxins
Etymology: From (A)spergillus (fla)vus + toxin.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
toxicology
glosses: Any of a family of mycotoxins, produced by molds of the Aspergillus genus, that can be toxic, carcinogenic, mutagenic or teratogenic; typically found as contaminants of animal food or peanuts.
Hypernyms: mycotoxin
Derived terms: aflatoxicosis
aflatoxigenic
aflatoxisome
teratogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more teratogenic
form: most teratogenic
Etymology: From terato- + -genic.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
teratology
glosses: Of, relating to, malformations or defects to an embryo or fetus.
examples: text: In particular, the impact of the biomaterial used remains to be defined; grafting (biotissue can be introduced via direct cell implantation (cell therapy), biotissue transplantation, or gene therapy); risk of teratogenic effect and of immune reaction (i.e., in the umbilical cord cells the immune risk being weaker); religious and legal issues with respect to the different country regulations.
ref: 2015 August 2, J.-F. Stoltz et al., “Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine: Myth or Reality of the 21th Century”, in Stem Cells International, volume 2015, →DOI:
text: […] as well as chemicals (potentially toxic) used in daily routine in research and educational institutes, industries (e.g., carcinogenic, mutagenic and teratogenic) and in household that may confer danger to the living beings if discharged in the umbworld.
ref: 2018, Pankaj,, Sharma, Anita, Microbial Biotechnology in Environmental Monitoring and Cleanup, page 176:
topics: medicine
sciences
teratology
glosses: Causing malformations or defects to an embryo or fetus.
Synonyms: teratogenetic
teratogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: teratogenics
Etymology: From terato- + -genic.
Senses: glosses: A teratogenic agent.
Related terms: teratogen
teratogenesis
mylonite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmʌɪlənʌɪt/
Forms: form: mylonites
Etymology: From Ancient Greek μυλών (mulṓn, “mill”) + -ite.
Senses: examples: text: Towards the end of the nineteenth century the crush rock known as mylonite had been recognised, a rocky paste that was ground when one mighty rock mass was pushed bodily – or thrust – over another.
ref: 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, page 87:
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any rock that has undergone modifications due to dynamic recrystallization following plastic flow; a schist created by crushed or ground rock.
Derived terms: blastomylonite
mylonitic
mylonitize
protomylonite
plastic flow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plastic flows
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Any fluid flow in which movement is proportional to the applied force (above the yield value).
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any deformation caused by a sustained force.
semimetal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: semimetals
Etymology: From semi- + metal.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A solid of which the conduction and valence band overlap slightly in energy.
natrolite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: natrolites
Etymology: From natro- + -lite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A fibrous zeolite mineral, being a sodium aluminosilicate, of the chemical formula Na₂Al₂Si₃O₁₀·2H₂O.
Derived terms: paranatrolite
tetranatrolite
Navier-Stokes equation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Navier-Stokes equations
Etymology: Named after Claude-Louis Navier, French physicist, and George Gabriel Stokes, Irish mathematician and physicist.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A partial differential equation which describes the conservation of linear momentum for a Newtonian incompressible fluid.
wikipedia: Claude-Louis Navier
George Gabriel Stokes
Related terms: Mach number
Reynolds number
partial differential equation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: partial differential equations
form: PDE
Senses: topics: calculus
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A differential equation that involves the partial derivatives of a function of several variables.
Related terms: ordinary differential equation
delay differential equation
stochastic differential equation
differential equation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: differential equations
Etymology: First appears c. 1704 in the publications of Charles Hayes. Calque of Latin aequatio differentialis, which was coined by Leibniz in 1676.
Senses: topics: calculus
mathematics
sciences
glosses: An equation involving the derivatives of a function.
wikipedia: Charles Hayes (mathematician)
Leibniz
Derived terms: word: DE
word: delay differential equation
word: diff EQ
alt: ODE
word: ordinary differential equation
alt: PDE
word: partial differential equation
word: stochastic differential equation
partial derivative
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: partial derivatives
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A derivative with respect to one variable of a function of several variables with the other variables held constant.
Related terms: partial differential equation
∂
nematocide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nematocides
Etymology: From nemato- + -cide; compare nematicide.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nematicide.
neon glow lamp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neon glow lamps
Senses: glosses: A small, low-wattage lamp used as an indicator or nightlight, typically consisting of a pair of electrodes sealed in a bulb containing neon at low pressure.
neper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪpə(ɹ)
Forms: form: nepers
Etymology: From Joannes Neper, the Latinized name of John Napier, a Scottish mathematician.
Senses: examples: text: Values of b, the amplitude attenuation constant, are given for various materials in Table 1.1. Having dimensions of [length]⁻¹, it is usually measured in nepers per centimetre (Np cm⁻¹).
ref: 1994, T. G. Leighton, The Acoustic Bubble, page 28:
text: The unit of α is nepers per meter. It can be easily seen that if a line has an attenuation constant of 1 neper/m, a unit amplitude voltage wave will reduce to e⁻¹ over a distance of 1 meter.
ref: 2006, R. K. Shevgaonkar, Electromagnetic Waves, page 15:
text: The attenuation constant for the phantom muscle tissue is αₘ = 10.0 nepers/m.
ref: 2008, Alan J. Fenn, Adaptive Phased Array Thermotherapy for Cancer, page 105:
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A non-SI unit of the attenuation (or sometimes gain) of field and power quantities such as electronic signals; the natural logarithm of a ratio, with 1 Np (a ratio of 2.718:1) being equivalent to 8.686 dB.
wikipedia: John Napier
Related terms: Np
mulligrubs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: molligrubs
form: mollygrubs
form: mulleygrubs
form: mullygrubs
Etymology: From the 16th century. Origin unknown. Perhaps based on mull (“dirt”) + grub.
Senses: glosses: Colic.
glosses: Sullenness; sulky behavior.
glosses: Low spirits, mild depression, the blues.
Synonyms: sense: stomachache
word: collywobbles
sense: depression
word: blue devils
alanyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈæ.lə.nɪl/
Forms: form: alanyls
Etymology: From alanine + -yl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The univalent acyl radical, CH₃CH(NH₂)CO-, derived from the amino acid alanine.
Derived terms: alafosfalin
alanylation
sullenness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sullennesses
Etymology: From sullen + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: “Marry come up—are you there with your bears?” muttered the dragon, with a draconic sullenness, which was in good keeping with his character, “we had as good have been Romans still, if we are to have no freedom in our pastimes!”
ref: 1820, [Walter Scott], chapter XV, in The Abbot. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne & Co.] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and for Archibald Constable and Company, and John Ballantyne, […], →OCLC, page 323:
text: ’Twas sunset: when the sun will part
There comes a sullenness of heart
To him who still would look upon
The glory of the summer sun.
ref: 1829, Edgar Allan Poe, “Tamerlane”, in Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane and Minor Poems:
glosses: The state or quality of being sullen.
glosses: The result or product of being sullen.
Synonyms: surliness
alumane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The compound aluminium hydride, AlH₃
nina
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ninas
form: Nina
Etymology: From the name Nina, taken from the cartoonist Al Hirschfield's habit of hiding his daughter Nina's name in his drawings.
Senses: examples: text: The puzzle itself was fairly easy however there was an elegant nina based on the middle entry (INSIDE STORY) in which each of the across answers hid a synonym of "story", e.g. 5A and 6A were: STABle gendER.
ref: 2008 April 1, Ilan Caron, “Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 24350 set by Brendan”, in rec.puzzles.crosswords (Usenet):
text: Ninas may or may not be present and, even if one is there, it can go unnoticed because, not being intrinsic to the solution, its presence is not advertised—or because it is so well hidden.
ref: 2014 August 10, Brian Bethune, “The crossword’s meandering 100-year journey”, in Maclean's:
text: Other “personal” ninas are happier and subtler: birthday wishes to loved ones, which, ultimately, have only one intended reader
ref: 2014, Alan Connor, The Crossword Century: 100 Years of Witty Wordplay, Ingenious Puzzles, and Linguistic Mischief, Penguin, →ISBN:
qualifier: crosswording
glosses: A hidden message revealed in the completed grid of a crossword.
astatane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: astatine hydride or hydrogen astatide, HAt.
bromane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The compound bromine hydride or hydrogen bromide, HBr.
Derived terms: bromonium
chlorane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The hydride of chlorine, hydrogen chloride, HCl
Derived terms: chloronium
fluorane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fluoranes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Fluorine hydride or hydrogen fluoride, HF.
Derived terms: fluoronium
iodane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: iodanes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: iodine hydride or hydrogen iodide (chemical formula HI)
Derived terms: iodonium
sulphane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sulphanes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: alternative name of sulfane
palindromes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of palindrome
bismuthane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛθeɪn
Forms: form: bismuthanes
Etymology: From bismuth + -ane.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: bismuth hydride, BiH₃
Related terms: bismuthine
bismuthonium
indigane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From German Indig(o) (“indigo”) + -ane by unwinding the etymology of indium in order to avoid a conflict with the hydrocarbon already called "indane".
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: indium hydride, InH₃
polane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: polonium hydride, PoH₂ or H₂Po
thallane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thallanes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: thallium hydride, TlH₃
ovulatory period
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ovulatory periods
Senses: glosses: The period of time during which ovulation takes place.
glosses: The period of time between ovulations.
bulbourethral gland
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bulbourethral glands
Senses: glosses: An exocrine gland which secretes a clear fluid known as pre-ejaculate or Cowper’s fluid (colloquially known as “pre-cum”) which is generated upon sexual arousal.
Synonyms: Cowper's gland
Hypernyms: urogenital sinus - embryological precursors
internal genitalia
loudspeakers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of loudspeaker, especially a pair for a left and right channel
seax
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsiːks/
ipa: /ˈseɪ.æks/
rhymes: -iːks
rhymes: -eɪæks
homophone: seeks
Forms: form: seaxes
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Old English seax (“dagger”). Doublet of sax and zax.
Senses: examples: text: The Pugio or Dagger was used by the Romans, a species of that weapon called the Hand Seax was worn by the Saxons, with which they massacred the English on Salisbury Plain in 476.
ref: 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 34:
text: It consisted of the arms of the City of London, Middlesex (three seaxes, or Saxon swords), Buckingham (a swan), and Hertford (a hart), arranged quarterly, on a background of crimson and ermine mantling […].
ref: 1950 June, Michael Robbins, “Heraldry of London Underground Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 380:
glosses: A short Saxon sword.
korfball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: kô(r)fbôl
ipa: /ˈkɔː(ɹ)fbɔːl/
Forms: form: korfballs
Etymology: Borrowing from Dutch korfbal. Equivalent to corf + ball.
Senses: glosses: A non-contact unisex team sport originating from the Netherlands, similar to netball, where players attempt to throw a ball into a basket atop a pole.
glosses: The ball used in the sport of korfball.
motocross
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈməʊ.tə(ʊ).kɹɒs/
ipa: /ˈmoʊ.doʊˌkɹɔs/
ipa: /-kɹɑs/
Forms: form: motocrosses
Etymology: From French, a macaronic blend of moto, from motocyclette (“motorcycle”) and English cross-country. May be decomposed as moto- + -cross.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
motorcycling
sports
glosses: A form of off-road motorbike racing.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
motorcycling
sports
glosses: An event where such racing takes place.
Synonyms: word: MX
word: scrambling
Coordinate terms: dirt bike
Derived terms: word: bicycle motocross
word: bike motocross
english: bike motocross
translation: bike motocross
word: BMX
word: motocrosser
word: MX
word: MXGP
word: sidecarcross
word: supercross
word: wheelchair motocross
Related terms: snocross
chin-chin
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌt͡ʃɪnˈt͡ʃɪn/
ipa: /ˈt͡ʃɪnˌt͡ʃɪn/
rhymes: -ɪn
Forms: form: chinchin
form: chin chin
form: cincin
form: cin cin
Etymology: From Chinese Pidgin English chin-chin, a reduplication of Shanghainese 請 /请 (⁵chin, “please”). Sometimes, especially in Italianate spellings, reborrowed from Italian cincin.
Senses: examples: text: The two junior members of the Chinese deputation came at the appointed hour. . . . On entering the door of the marquee they both made an abrupt stop, and resisted all solicitation to advance to chairs that had been prepared for them, until I should first be seated; in this dilemma, Dr. Buchanan, who had visited China, advised me what was to be done; I immediately seized on the foremost, whilst the Doctor himself grappled with the second; thus we soon fixed them in their seats, both parties during the struggle, repeating Chin Chin, Chin Chin, the Chinese term of salutation.
ref: 1795, Michael Symes, An Account of an Embassy to the Kingdom of Ava, page 295:
glosses: A salutation, especially a drinking toast.
chin-chin
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌt͡ʃɪnˈt͡ʃɪn/
ipa: /ˈt͡ʃɪnˌt͡ʃɪn/
rhymes: -ɪn
Forms: form: chin-chins
form: chin-chinning
form: chin-chinned
form: chin-chinned
form: chinchin
form: chin chin
form: cincin
form: cin cin
Etymology: From Chinese Pidgin English chin-chin, a reduplication of Shanghainese 請 /请 (⁵chin, “please”). Sometimes, especially in Italianate spellings, reborrowed from Italian cincin.
Senses: examples: text: She ‘chin-chins’ the captain... and then nods her pretty head.
ref: 1859, All the Year Round, number I, page 18:
glosses: To greet; to toast.
examples: text: We ‘chin-chinned’ over foaming beakers.
ref: 1892 Sept, The Cornhill Magazine, page 268:
text: For the sake of appearances we chin-chinned and tried to look gay.
ref: 1966, Widow Hack, page 164:
glosses: To say 'chin-chin'.
chin-chin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌt͡ʃɪnˈt͡ʃɪn/
ipa: /ˈt͡ʃɪnˌt͡ʃɪn/
rhymes: -ɪn
Forms: form: chin-chins
Etymology: Duplication of chin in its various senses. Compare chinwag.
Senses: examples: text: I haven't had so much chin-chin for years.
ref: 1877, Mark Twain, letter published in Love Letters (1949), p. 198
text: Mum and Mrs. Martin had a good chin-chin at the fence about sickness and husbands.
ref: 1947, Coast to Coast, page 136:
glosses: Discussion, conversation, talk.
run out the clock
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: runs out the clock
form: running out the clock
form: ran out the clock
form: run out the clock
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To preserve a lead in a game by retaining possession, to waste time.
Synonyms: run down the clock
Related terms: rag the puck
fishhook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɪʃˌhʊk/
Forms: form: fishhooks
form: fish hook
Etymology: From Middle English fisch-hook, from Old English *fischōc (“fishhook”), equivalent to fish + hook. Cognate with Dutch vishaak (“fishhook”). In the sense of a jack (playing card), refers to the shape of the letter J on the card.
Senses: examples: text: The two basic types of fishhooks are almost equally represented within the site, with composite fishhooks exhibiting only a slightly higher relative frequency than that of bentwoods.
ref: 1980, Dale R. Croes, Eric Blinman, editors, Hoko River: A 2500 Year Old Fishing Camp on the Northwest Coast of North America (Reports of Investigations (Washington State University. Laboratory of Anthropology); 58), Pullman, Wash.: Laboratory of Anthropology, Washington State University, →OCLC, page 141:
text: Others sprint off and take position — their jackal ears fully erect, their fishhook tails twitching like flags in a stiff wind.
ref: 2013 July 15, Jack Hitt, “DNA Backs Lore on Pre-Columbian Dogs”, in The New York Times:
synonyms: angle
fishing hook
hook
glosses: A barbed hook, usually metal, used for fishing.
topics: card-games
games
glosses: A jack (type of playing card).
fishhook
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɪʃˌhʊk/
Forms: form: fishhooks
form: fishhooking
form: fishhooked
form: fishhooked
form: fish hook
Etymology: From Middle English fisch-hook, from Old English *fischōc (“fishhook”), equivalent to fish + hook. Cognate with Dutch vishaak (“fishhook”). In the sense of a jack (playing card), refers to the shape of the letter J on the card.
Senses: glosses: To impale with a fishhook.
glosses: To bend back on itself like a fishhook.
goal kick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: goal kicks
Senses: topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: A set piece taken from the goal area after an attacker touches the ball out of play over the goal line.
fishhooks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fishhook
glosses: A pair of jacks (the playing card)
surnames
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of surname
surnames
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of surname
cacodaemoniacal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cacodaemoniacal
form: most cacodaemoniacal
form: cacodemoniacal
Etymology: From cacodemoniac + -al.
Senses: examples: text: I have said that the fury of the rushing blast was infernal — cacodaemoniacal — and that its voices were hideous with the pent-up viciousness of desolate eternities.
ref: 1921, HP Lovecraft, The Nameless City:
text: I fled as a man flies from dream to baleful dream of some cacodemoniacal night.
ref: 1960, Clark Ashton Smith, The Abominations of Yondo:
glosses: Demonic; evil.
Related terms: cacodaemonical
cacodaemon
daemonic
daemon
ovulatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɒvjʊˈleɪtəɹi/
Forms: form: more ovulatory
form: most ovulatory
Etymology: From ovulate + -ory.
Senses: glosses: pertaining to ovulation; ovulating
Derived terms: anovulatory
diovulatory
monoovulatory
monovulatory
nonovulatory
ovulatory period
ovulatory shift hypothesis
periovulatory
polyovulatory
postovulatory
preovulatory
superovulatory
flame gun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flame guns
Senses: glosses: a large blowlamp used to control weeds etc.
intra-vaginal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -aɪnəl
-ædʒɪnəl
Etymology: From intra- + vaginal.
Senses: glosses: Within the vagina.
cervical cap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cervical caps
Senses: glosses: A small latex or silicone contraceptive device that fits over the cervix and stays in place either by suction or by surface viscosity.
bibliophage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bibliophages
Etymology: From biblio- + -phage, from Ancient Greek βῐ́βλος (bĭ́blos, “book”) and φαγεῖν (phageîn, “to eat”).
Senses: examples: text: Janet loved reading. She was a real bibliophage.
glosses: A person who loves to read books; a bookworm.
examples: text: Once inside, they begin to mine; there may be apparently nothing wrong outside, but when you open the book you find a hollow filled with insects, which have eaten almost all the letterpress, up to the margins. By keeping the shelves away from the walls and giving a little attention to wormy volumes, the Library may be easily freed from this kind of Bibliophage.
ref: 1887, James Rodway, Timehri, volume I, page 306:
glosses: A creature that consumes books’ physical contents.
Synonyms: bibliophile
bibliovore
book lover
bookworm
librophile
librovore
Related terms: bibliophagous
bibliophagy
Disgusta
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of disgusting + Augusta
Senses: glosses: Derogatory name for Augusta: a city in Georgia, United States.
pick up line
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pick up lines
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pick-up line.
Andorra la Vella
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ænˈdɔː.ɹə lə ˈveɪl.jə/
ipa: /ˈvɛl.jə/
note: hyperforeign, inauthentic
ipa: /ˈveɪ.ə/
Etymology: From Catalan Andorra la Vella (“Andorra the Old”).
Senses: glosses: The capital city of Andorra.
Luanda
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /luˈændə/
ipa: /luˈɑːndə/
Senses: glosses: The capital city of Angola.
glosses: A market town in Kenya.
St. John's
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈseɪnt ˈd͡ʒɑnz/
rhymes: -ɑnz
homophone: Saint Johns
homophone: Saint John's
homophone: St John's
homophone: St. Johns
Etymology: The civil parish of Prince Edward Island is named after Saint John, with the name being a reference to a former name of the island (St. John's Island). Coined by British-Dutch surveyor Samuel Holland.
Senses: glosses: The capital and largest city of Antigua and Barbuda.
examples: Alternative form: Saint John's
glosses: The capital and largest city of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
glosses: A civil parish of Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
glosses: A civil parish of County Kildare, Ireland.
glosses: A civil parish of County Roscommon, Ireland.
glosses: A suburb of Auckland, New Zealand.
Related terms: Saint John's
Saint John
St John's
St. John
St John
provincial capital
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: provincial capitals
Senses: glosses: The capital of a province.
Related terms: county town
county seat
borough seat
state capital
borough seat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: borough seats
Senses: glosses: A city or other place which acts as the center of government for a borough in Alaska, in the United States.
county town
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: county towns
Senses: examples: text: Wiltshire actually comes from Wiltonshire, for Wilton was once a county town, royal residence and bishopric - a place of significance.
ref: 2023 June 28, Stephen Roberts, “Bradshaw's Britain: Alton to Exeter”, in RAIL, number 986, page 59:
glosses: The administrative town of a county in Ireland or the United Kingdom.
glosses: A similar type of town in China.
Related terms: county seat
Manama
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /məˈnɑːmə/
Etymology: From Arabic الْمَنَامَة (al-manāma).
Senses: glosses: A city, the capital city of Bahrain.