cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
agnathous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: ăgʹnə.thəs
ipa: /ˈæɡ.nə.θəs/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “without”) + Ancient Greek γνάθος (gnáthos, “jaw”) + -ous, equivalent to a- + -gnathous.
Senses: examples: text: The Onchidiidæ are described as agnathous, but I am confident of having observed the jaw figured.
ref: 1876, William G. Binney, “On the Lingual Dentition, Jaw, and Genitalia of Carelia, Onchidella, and Other Pulmonata”, in Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, page 185:
text: The mouth is a transverse slit, which shows no teeth, nor any jaws properly so called, and therefore affords an apparent support to the agnathous theory of the Ostracodermi.
ref: 1900, Ramsay Heatley Traquair, “Notes on Drepanaspis Gmündenensis, Schlüter”, in Geological Magazine, page 158:
text: This and related agnathous (jawless), finless forms inhabited shallow seas or estuarine habitats[…].
ref: 1997, Gene S. Helfman, The Diversity of Fishes, Blackwell Science,, →ISBN, page 152:
text: Parenthetically, this line treatment suggests an attempt to mimic the agnathous (jawless) head, if we suppose that the jaw area was colored suitably dark in contrast to the face proper.
ref: 2007, James Brown, “Sequencing the Braden Style within Mississippian Period Art and Iconography”, in Ancient Objects and Sacred Realms, University of Texas Press, →ISBN, page 235:
glosses: Jawless.
examples: text: Dr Underhill exhibited an agnathous and hydrocephalic fœtus. This was an instance of the rare abnormality due to defect of the lower jaw.
ref: 1886, “Exhibition of Specimens: Meeting V”, Transactions of the Edinburgh Obstetrical Society, volume 11, page 79:
text: Upon this view an agnathous fœtus may be regarded as sometimes due to a posterior dichotomy, which has ultimately become a complete separation, and in which the two fœtuses have developed equally during a considerable part of intra-uterine life.
ref: 1893, “Proceedings of the Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland: November 1892”, Journal of Anatomy and Physiology, volume 27, page xvii:
text: In all the neonates examined from the partially agnathous strain, there was no obvious agenesia of the lower mandible.
ref: 1964, M. W. Fox, “Anatomy of the Canine Skull in Low-grade Otocephaly”, Canadian Journal of Comparative Medicine and Veterinary Science, volume 28, pages 105–106:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Afflicted by or characteristic of agnathia.
Synonyms: word: agnathic
word: jawless
sense: afflicted by agnathia
word: agnathic
Related terms: agnath
agnatha
agnathan
Nigritian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Nigritians
Etymology: From Nigritia + -an.
Senses: glosses: An inhabitant of Nigritia (present-day Niger).
glosses: African American.
Nigritian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Nigritian
form: most Nigritian
Etymology: From Nigritia + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Nigritia.
Nigritia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Latin Nigritia, from niger (“shining black”) + -itia (noun-forming suffix).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Negroland, a vague region inland from the Guinea coast, Sub-Saharan Africa or Black Africa generally.
synonyms: word: Negroland
extra: a vague region inland from the Guinea coast, Sub-Saharan Africa or Black Africa generally
Derived terms: Nigritian
pinite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pinites
Etymology: From pine + -ite.
Senses: glosses: Any fossil wood which exhibits traces of having belonged to the pine family.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A sweet white crystalline substance extracted from the gum of a species of pine (Pinus lambertiana, sugar pine), isomeric with quercite.
pinite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pinites
Etymology: From Pini + -ite, after a mine in Saxony.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A compact granular cryptocrystalline mineral of a dull grayish or greenish white color. It is a hydrous alkaline silicate, and is derived from the alteration of other minerals, such as iolite.
benchlet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: benchlets
Etymology: From bench + -let.
Senses: glosses: A small bench
glosses: A stool
benchlets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of benchlet
pole stars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pole star
Nigritians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Nigritian
quercetine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of quercetin.
arsenicate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: arsenicates
form: arsenicating
form: arsenicated
form: arsenicated
Etymology: From arsenic + -ate.
Senses: glosses: To arsenicize (treat or impregnate with arsenic).
Derived terms: arsenication
grievousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grievousnesses
Etymology: From grievous + -ness.
Senses: glosses: the quality or state of being grievous
quercine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkwɜː.saɪn/
ipa: /ˈkwɜː.sɪn/
ipa: /ˈkwɝ.saɪn/
ipa: /ˈkwɝ.sɪn/
Forms: form: more quercine
form: most quercine
Senses: glosses: Having characteristics of an oak (of genus Quercus)
actinote
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: actinotes
Etymology: From the genus name, from actino- + -ota.
Senses: glosses: Any butterflies of the genus Actinote of the subfamily Heliconiinae, endemic to South America.
perispomena
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of perispomenon
actinotes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of actinote
actinolites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of actinolite
buckle cavity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Due to the substitution of the correct buccal (“of or pertaining to the cheek or mouth”) with its homophone and etymological relation buckle (“fastening metal rim”).
Senses: examples: text: The patient is also asked to swallow his own saliva after two weeks of the operation by efficiently closing the buckle cavity.
ref: 1975, R. G. Chambers, Cancer of the Head and Neck: Proceedings of an International Symposium, Montreux, Switzerland, April 2–4, 1975, Excerpta Medica, →ISBN, page 177, →ISBN:
text: We have experienced a single case of a Rathke’s pouch cyst, which is a rare choristoma derived from a diverticulum of the embryonic buckle cavity (Fig. 11‒14).
ref: 2003, Jack Rootman, Diseases of the Orbit: A Multidisciplinary Approach, Wolters Kluwer Health, →ISBN, page 424:
text: Immanent sound in the human body is grouped into five types on the basis of its quality of development from the root of the naval to the cerebrum and the buckle cavity of the mouth through the heart and the throat.
ref: 2007, Manorma Sharma, Special Education: Music Therapy, Theory and Practice, APH, →ISBN, page 6:
glosses: Malapropistic misconstruction of buccal cavity
buccal cavity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: buccal cavities
Etymology: From buccal (“of or pertaining to the cheek or mouth”) + cavity (“hollow area”).
Senses: glosses: The oral cavity, bound by the cheeks of the face, the palate, and the flesh of the mandible, opening onto the mouth and the fauces, and containing the teeth, tongue, gums, and other structures.
raw_tags: of an animal
glosses: The first part of the stomodaeum, lying just within the mouth; its dilator muscles arising on the clypeus, and inserted before the frontal ganglion and its connectives.
raw_tags: of an insect
Synonyms: english: in non-technical usage
translation: in non-technical usage
word: mouth
word: oral cavity
word: mouth cavity
buccal cavities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of buccal cavity
aspergillus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæspɚˈd͡ʒɪləs/
Forms: form: aspergilli
Etymology: From the genus name, translingual Aspergillus.
Senses: examples: text: Aspergillus, named in the 18th century for its resemblance to a device used to sprinkle holy water [aspergillum], has brought humanity benefits as well as jeopardy. Some species have uses ranging from industrial chemistry to the fermentation of soy sauce and sake, but others are potentially hazardous to health.
ref: 2025 May 3, Michael Peel, “Killer fungus to spread as climate heats up”, in FT Weekend, page 5:
glosses: Any of many molds, of the genus Aspergillus, many of which are pathogenic.
Related terms: aspergillum
aspermia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A form of infertility associated with a failure to produce semen.
Derived terms: aspermic
Inna
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Innas
Etymology: Transliteration of Russian И́нна (Ínna), of uncertain origin. (One suggestion is Ancient Greek ἴννα (ínna), from ἴννην (ínnēn, “little girl”).)
Senses: glosses: A transliteration of the Belarusian or Russian female given name И́нна (Ínna).
glosses: A transliteration of the Ukrainian female given name І́нна (Ínna)
aspermous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more aspermous
form: most aspermous
Etymology: From a- + sperm + -ous.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Lacking seeds.
Egle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Egles
Etymology: Borrowed from Lithuanian eglė (“spruce”).
Senses: glosses: An apple cultivar from Lithuania.
Egle
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Egles
Etymology: * As an English surname, variant of Eagle.
* As a south German and Alemannic German surname, short form of ancient Germanic names containing the element *aggju (“edge of a sword”). Compare Egli.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
aspermic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more aspermic
form: most aspermic
Etymology: From aspermia + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Unable to produce sperm.
raw_tags: of a male animal
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to aspermia.
Related terms: aspermous
piezo-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpiː.zəʊ-/
ipa: /piˌeɪ.zəʊ-/
ipa: /paɪˌiː.zəʊ-/
ipa: /ˌpiː.zoʊ-/
ipa: /piˌeɪ.zoʊ-/
ipa: /paɪˌiː.zoʊ-/
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek πιέζω (piézō, “to squeeze or press”).
Senses: glosses: piezoelectricity or other effects of mechanical stress or pressure
Ere
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A language spoken on Manus Island in Papua New Guinea.
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Ere terms
wooden spooners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wooden spooner
alogically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more alogically
form: most alogically
Etymology: From alogical + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an alogical way; without logic.
expectable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more expectable
form: most expectable
Etymology: From expect + -able.
Senses: examples: Expectable losses are calculated into the final selling price.
glosses: Able to be expected.
Able to be expected or anticipated; not unusual.
examples: text: The jury could and did find that appellant's decision not to move was not a decision expectable of a reasonably prudent man to whom any backing vehicle means grave danger.
ref: c. 1964, Donald R. Mergenhagen v. George R. Mergenhagen, case before the Supreme Court of New York, appellate division, fourth department, in State of New York Supreme Court Appellate Division Fourth Department, page 265
text: An argument can be made that the Marquesan view of certain states as expectable of 'persons' follows from these being equally examples of a common type of process.
ref: 1987, Geoffrey M. White, John Kirkpatrick, Person, Self, and Experience: Exploring Pacific Ethnopsychologies, Univ of California Press, →ISBN, page 91:
text: And that is the tragedy of the establishment of the diagnosis of PTSD. The presence of troubling war-related memories and associated negative reactions typically has much more to do with what is normal and expectable of almost anyone who has survived war ...
ref: 2004, Raymond M. Scurfield, A Vietnam Trilogy, Vol. I: Veterans and Post Traumatic Stress, 1968, 1989, 2000, Algora Publishing, →ISBN, page 206:
text: Such issues finally turn on two counts; namely, what is most opposite to the human scene, and what is most properly worth, or—may we say— “expectable” of God.
ref: 2008, Leonard Swidler, Paul Mojzes, The Uniqueness of Jesus: A Dialogue with Paul F. Knitter, Wipf and Stock Publishers, →ISBN, page 64:
glosses: Able to be expected.
Able to be expected or considered due or required (of someone), reasonable to expect (someone to do, have, etc).
Derived terms: expectably
inexpectable
unexpectable
unexpectable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unexpectable
form: most unexpectable
Etymology: From un- + expectable.
Senses: examples: text: In these difficult times, unexpectable events can take everyone by surprise.
glosses: Not to be expected; unusual or unpredictable.
spell-off
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spell-offs
form: spell off
form: spelloff
Etymology: From spell + -off.
Senses: glosses: In a spelling bee, an instance when two or more spellers go through several rounds without any being disqualified.
glosses: A spelling bee.
spell-offs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spell-off
spelling off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of spell off
spelled off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of spell off
spell offs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spell off
spelloff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spelloffs
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of spell-off.
spelloffs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spelloff
bendingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From bending + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: […] he trembled violently ; on replacing him at his seat, the agitation continued, his arms bendingly extended, and with such a look, he thanked me […]
ref: 1810, Various authors, The Gentleman's magazine, Volume 80, Part 2, page 42:
text: By layers of the young shoots, may propagate vines, mulberries, figs, filberts,&c. laying them bendingly into the earth, three, four, or five inches deep […]
ref: 1832, John Abercrombie, Thomas Mawe, Every man his own gardener, page 507:
glosses: In a manner involving bending.
Related terms: mind-bendingly
gnaborretnis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gnaborretni
beggingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more beggingly
form: most beggingly
Etymology: From begging + -ly.
Senses: glosses: in a begging manner
believingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more believingly
form: most believingly
Etymology: From believing + -ly.
Senses: glosses: in a believing manner
benumbingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more benumbingly
form: most benumbingly
Etymology: From benumbing + -ly.
Senses: glosses: in a benumbing manner
beseemingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more beseemingly
form: most beseemingly
Etymology: From beseeming (adjective) + -ly.
Senses: synonyms: meetly
becomingly
glosses: In a beseeming manner.
benames
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bename
benamed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bename
besiegingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more besiegingly
form: most besiegingly
Etymology: From besieging + -ly.
Senses: glosses: in a besieging manner
bewailingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more bewailingly
form: most bewailingly
Etymology: From bewailing + -ly.
Senses: glosses: in a bewailing manner
bloodcurdlingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more bloodcurdlingly
form: most bloodcurdlingly
Etymology: From bloodcurdling + -ly.
Senses: glosses: in a bloodcurdling manner
blurringly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more blurringly
form: most blurringly
Etymology: From blurring + -ly.
Senses: glosses: in a blurring manner
blusteringly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more blusteringly
form: most blusteringly
Etymology: From blustering + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: "But we have an Army," said General Clock, blusteringly, for he didn't like to be told he was of no account.
ref: 1914, L. Frank Baum, Tik-Tok of Oz:
glosses: in a blustering manner
strike gold
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: strikes gold
form: striking gold
form: struck gold
form: struck gold
form: stricken gold
Etymology: As success in a gold rush was measured by whether gold was found.
Senses: examples: text: “And how did he make his money?”
“In mining. He had nothing a few years ago. Then he struck gold, invested it, and came up by leaps and bounds.”
ref: 1892 [April], A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. X.—The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor.”, in Geo[rge] Newnes, editor, The Strand Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly, volume III (January to June), number [16], London: George Newnes, Limited, […], page 390, column 2:
text: Jim Cleve had gone to an unfrequented part of the gulch, for no particular reason, and here he had located his claim. The very first day he struck gold.
ref: 1916, Zane Grey, chapter 14, in The Border Legion:
glosses: To find gold.
examples: text: Danny Manning and Edwin Moses quickly come to mind for fans who want American athletes to strike gold this summer.
ref: 1988, Douglas C. Lyons, “What to expect in Seoul”, in Ebony:
text: Shopping for jewelry is just like finding love: When the right one comes along, you'll know it. What follows is a list of sources where buyers are most likely to strike gold.
ref: 1995, “Holiday Glitter”, in New York Magazine:
text: Michele S. is one in a long line of Progressive Jackpot players to strike gold at Lucky Nugget Online Casino
ref: 2003, “Wife Winds $872,884.09 at Online Casino”, in Weekly World News:
text: Two weeks ago, he struck gold: Docugami secured access to the computing power it needed through a government program called Access, which is run by the National Science Foundation, a federal agency that funds science and engineering.
ref: 2023 August 16, Erin Griffith, “The Desperate Hunt for the A.I. Boom’s Most Indispensable Prize”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: To be lucky, to win or be successful.
Related terms: strike oil
bottled gas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bottled gases
Senses: glosses: A gas, which is normally a gas at room temperature, stored as a compressed liquid within a metal or composite gas cylinder.
bottled gases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bottled gas
assafetida
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Dated form of asafoetida.
gas bottle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gas bottles
Senses: glosses: A gas cylinder.
gas bottles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gas bottle
saponine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: saponines
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of saponin.
finger-tight
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: fingertight
Senses: glosses: As tightly screwed as can be achieved by the strength of one's fingers, without the use of any other tools.
Related terms: hand-tight
bubble wand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bubble wands
Senses: glosses: A toy consisting of a stick with a loop at one end for dipping into soap solution so bubbles may be formed by subsequently passing air through the loop.
Related terms: bubble blower
bubble pipe
bubble maker
bubble machine
bubble wands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bubble wand
bodingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more bodingly
form: most bodingly
Etymology: From boding + -ly.
Senses: glosses: in a boding manner
MSER
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Initialism of morphine sulfate extended release.
Senses: glosses: An extended-release formulation of morphine sulfate.
boilingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more boilingly
form: most boilingly
Etymology: From boiling + -ly.
Senses: glosses: in a boiling manner
bowingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more bowingly
form: most bowingly
Etymology: From bowing + -ly.
Senses: glosses: in a bowing manner
braggingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more braggingly
form: most braggingly
Etymology: From bragging + -ly.
Senses: glosses: in a bragging manner
sulfido
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sulfide + -o-.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Sulfide as a ligand.
bunglingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more bunglingly
form: most bunglingly
Etymology: From bungling + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: what I doe, it is but bunglingly, and wants both polishing and beauty.
ref: , II.17
glosses: In a bungling manner; clumsily.
burningly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more burningly
form: most burningly
Etymology: From burning + -ly.
Senses: glosses: in a burning manner
bustlingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more bustlingly
form: most bustlingly
Etymology: From bustling + -ly.
Senses: glosses: in a bustling manner
cajolingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more cajolingly
form: most cajolingly
Etymology: From cajoling + -ly.
Senses: glosses: in a cajoling manner
cantingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more cantingly
form: most cantingly
Etymology: From canting + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: We have seen and heard the sneers and sarcasms with which poor Frank's unobtrusive attempts to moralize, not tediously, boringly, or cantingly, have been received by Sir George and his eldest son.
ref: 1840, The New Monthly Magazine, page 429:
glosses: In a canting manner; with jargon or religious affectation.
plani-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Forms: form: plano-
Etymology: From Latin planus. See plane (adjective).
Senses: examples: planifolious
planimetry
glosses: flat, level, plane
caperingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more caperingly
form: most caperingly
Etymology: From capering + -ly.
Senses: glosses: in a capering manner
carousingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more carousingly
form: most carousingly
Etymology: From carousing + -ly.
Senses: glosses: in a carousing manner
carpingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more carpingly
form: most carpingly
Etymology: From carping + -ly.
Senses: glosses: in a carping manner; with complaints.
chaffingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more chaffingly
form: most chaffingly
Etymology: From chaffing + -ly.
Senses: glosses: in a chaffing manner; teasingly
chantingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more chantingly
form: most chantingly
Etymology: From chanting + -ly.
Senses: glosses: in a chanting manner
spool cannons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spool cannon
hotty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hotties
Etymology: From hot + -y.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of hottie.
cheatingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more cheatingly
form: most cheatingly
Etymology: From cheating + -ly.
Senses: glosses: in a cheating manner
cherishingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more cherishingly
form: most cherishingly
Etymology: From cherishing + -ly.
Senses: glosses: in a cherishing manner
chucklingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more chucklingly
form: most chucklingly
Etymology: From chuckling + -ly.
Senses: glosses: in a chuckling manner
clashingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more clashingly
form: most clashingly
Etymology: From clashing + -ly.
Senses: glosses: in a clashing manner
oeufs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oeuf
perispomene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: perispomeni
Etymology: From Ancient Greek περισπωμένη (perispōménē).
Senses: examples: text: The perispomene (῀) is an accent like any other, on syllables originally long.
ref: 1956, Ary H. Crooson, “Greek at a Glance”, in Constantine Divry, editor, Divry’s Guide to Greece and Information Manual, New York, N.Y.: D. C. Divry, Inc., →OCLC, part I (Modern Greece, General Information), page 48:
text: The accents ´ oxeia (acute) bareia ` (grave) and ῀ perispomene (circumflex) were the early prosodic recitation marks for the Gospels and lessons.
ref: 1988, Cyprus Today, volumes 26–27, Nicosia: Public Information Office, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 15:
text: At the time of Romanos, the special prosodic value of the perispomene was completely lost, so that -ών and -ῶν were perfectly homophone.
ref: 2012, Cyril Aslanov, “Romanos the Melodist and Palestinian Piyyut: Sociolinguistic and Pragmatic Perspectives”, in Robert Bonfil, Oded Irshai, Guy G[edalyah] Stroumsa, Rina Talgam, editors, Jews in Byzantium: Dialectics of Minority and Majority Cultures (Jerusalem Studies in Religion and Culture; 14), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, part II (Cultural Encounters and Transmission of Knowledge), footnote 19, page 620:
text: Finally, the mordent tone, usually represented by the perispomene, is instead marked with an x above the vowel.
ref: 2019 April 12, J. S. Ling, “Tones”, in Authoritative Guide to the Katalopsi Constructed Language, Bloomington, Ind.: iUniverse, →ISBN, chapter 5 (Orthography), section 2 (Compositionality):
glosses: The circumflex ⟨◌͂⟩, a diacritical mark used in the polytonic script of Greek.
Related terms: perispome
perispomenon
perispomene
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Note the caesura media; the syllable preceding it is perispomene, as is very often the case.
ref: 1980, J[an] C[oenraad] Kamerbeek, “Third Epeisodion 865-1080”, in The Plays of Sophocles, part VI (The Philoctetes), Leiden: E. J. Brill, →ISBN, verse 907, page 130:
text: This locative might be at the origin of our adverbs. However, the locative accent was perispomene, not oxytonic, a problem for which there has been no satisfactory explanation so far.
ref: 2007, Catalin Anghelina, “On Some Adverbs with Variable Endings in Ancient Greek”, in Glotta, volumes 82–83, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 9:
text: There are a number of textual issues in connection with αἰαῖ. Firstly, the proper accentuation is uncertain. There is no agreement in the manuscripts on whether it should be oxytonic or perispomene.
ref: 2015, Lars Nordgren, “αἰαῖ—aiai”, in Greek Interjections: Syntax, Semantics and Pragmatics (Trends in Linguistics: Studies and Monographs; 273), Berlin; Boston, Mass.: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, chapter 3 (Semantics), section 6 (Semantics—Category 1), subsection 4 (Interjections expressive of lamentation), footnote 184, page 130:
glosses: Alternative form of perispomenon.
aspergilli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aspergillus
assibilate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: assibilates
form: assibilating
form: assibilated
form: assibilated
Etymology: From Latin assībilātus (“murmured, whispered at, hissed”), past participle of assībilō (“hiss at”, verb), from ad (“at”) + sībilō (“hiss”, verb), from sībilus (“a hissing, whistling”), of imitative origin.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: To change into or pronounce with the accompaniment of a sibilant sound or sounds.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: To change by assibilation.
Derived terms: unassibilated
sapon-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From Latin sapo (“soap”) and -n- (since used before vowels).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Alternative form of sapo-.
sapo-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Forms: form: sapon-
Etymology: From Latin sapo (“soap”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Used to form adjectives, nouns, and verbs used in the chemistry of soap-like materials
-genin
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: From -gen + -in, i.e. a compound (-in) formed from another compound (-gen).
Senses: examples: saponin (a class of steroid glycosides) > sapogenin (the aglycone portions of saponins)
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Used to form words for the aglycone (non-saccharide) residues of steroidal glycosides.
Derived terms: amelogenin
angiogenin
digitoxigenin
digoxigenin
diosgenin
eugenin
genin
gitoxigenin
parigenin
phillygenin
saligenin
sapogenin
thermogenin
dysafferentation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From dys- + afferent + -ation.
Senses: glosses: Abnormal afferent input as a result of joint restriction that involves a functional decrease in the activity of large diameter mechanoreceptor afferent fibers and a simultaneous functional increases in the activity of nociceptive afferent nerve fibers.
pleuston
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek πλεῦσις (pleûsis, “sailing”), from πλέω (pléō) + -on. The -t- is on analogy with the coordinate terms.
Senses: examples: text: They^([Cnidarians]) are also the dominant organisms of the marine pleuston, providing food or substrate for a variety of other invertebrates living at the air-water interface[…].
ref: 1974, G. O. Mackie, “VIII: Location, Flotation and Dispersal”, in Leonard Muscatine, Howard M. Lenhoff, editors, Coelenterate Biology: Reviews and New Perspectives, Academic Press, page 313:
text: These animals form the pleuston. Zaitsev (1971) differentiates between the neuston and the pleuston, while admitting that the distinction may be somewhat blurred. Both populations are associated with the surface film. That part of a pleuston animal which projects above the water surface can withstand prolonged desiccation and exposure to direct sunlight.
ref: 1983, John E. G. Raymont, James Dennis Burton, Keith R. Dyer, Plankton and Productivity in the Oceans: Zooplankton, Pergamon Press, page 9:
topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
glosses: The organisms that live floating at the surface of water.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Plants that live floating at the surface of water.
Hypernyms: topics: botany
biology
natural-sciences
word: hydrophyte
Derived terms: pleustonic
Related terms: pleustal
plankton
nekton
neuston
ouvreuse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ouvreuses
Etymology: Borrowed from French ouvreuse.
Senses: glosses: An usherette.
bee glue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Propolis.
struck gold
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of strike gold
striking gold
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of strike gold
strikes gold
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of strike gold
cut-up
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cut-ups
Etymology: Deverbal from cut up.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of cutup.
alloyant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alloyants
Senses: topics: engineering
metallurgy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A material added to a metal (possibly itself an alloy) to alter its properties.
Related terms: alloy
changeset
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: chānjsĕt
ipa: /t͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒsɛt/
Forms: form: changesets
Etymology: From change + set.
Senses: examples: text: A changeset can be one specific set of changes to code — say, a bugfix patch — or a grouping of other changesets or groups of revisions.
ref: 2006, James Avery, Jim Holmes, Windows developer power tools:
text: This hook does not have any information about the changesets to be added, because it is run before transmission of those changesets is allowed to begin.
ref: 2009, Bryan O'Sullivan, Mercurial: The Definitive Guide:
text: Every Git commit represents a single, atomic changeset with respect to the previous state.
ref: 2009, Jon Loeliger, Version Control with Git:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A set of changes, as in source control.
Related terms: patch
shelveset
changesets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of changeset
bugfix
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bugfixes
form: bug fix
form: bug-fix
Etymology: From bug + fix.
Senses: examples: text: This close collaboration usually resulted in quick turnaround times where bugfixes or extensions were concerned.
ref: 2003, Robert Baud, Marius Fieschi, The new navigators: from professionals to patients:
text: The difference is that new commits are restricted: only bugfixes are allowed.
ref: 2005, Joseph Feller, Perspectives on free and open source software:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: A patch or change that fixes the unwanted behaviour caused by a bug.
Hypernyms: change
fix
patch
bugfixes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bugfix
syrupily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more syrupily
form: most syrupily
Etymology: From syrupy + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a syrupy manner.
mineratrophic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mineratrophic
form: most mineratrophic
Etymology: From mineral + -trophic.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Describing a habitat (typically a wetland) that receives water and nutrients from atmospheric and telluric sources
Related terms: ombrotrophic
it's a long road that has no turning
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: examples: text: It is a long road that has no turning ; and the road the Labour Government is travelling will have a turning, too. Like every new Government, it is making changes; but the present Administration is making a welter of it.
ref: 1936, New Zealand Parliament, Parliamentary Debates. House of Representatives:
text: The next two decades were a political education for Taft as he moved from civil governor of the Philippine Islands to Secretary of War, President of the United States, Kent Professor at Yale and co-chairman of the National War Labor Board. It is a long road that has no turning though.
ref: 1998, David Henry Burton, Taft, Holmes, and the 1920s Court: An Appraisal, →ISBN, page 67:
text: “It's a long road that has no turning, and so Lena and I have rounded the corner. We have a healthy baby girl.
ref: 2014, S.K. Carnes, The Way Back: A Soldier's Journey, →ISBN:
glosses: Progress through life is characterized by change.
examples: text: He was of a wild and restless disposition in those days, and his acquaintances were wont to call him by the name of Jack the Rambler. But it is a long road that has no turning,—he had now been many years at sea,—was the captain of a free trader, and as remarkable for his steadiness and worldly wisdom as he had been noted for wildness in his youth.
ref: 1834, John Mackay Wilson, Wilson's Historical, traditionary, and imaginative tales of the Borders:
text: He never has had any rights. Whenever anyone wanted anything the stockman was using he simply took it, and the Federal Government stood behind him to back him up. But it is a long road that has no turning, and it is a long dog that has no tail. The stockman's day has arrived if he only has the gumption to see it and to take advantage of it.
ref: 1926, United States Congress Senate Committee on Public Lands and Surveys, National forests and the public domain, page 2960:
text: Well, it's a long road that has no turning. Something has got to drop some o' these days. Anyhow, we'll have to stick it out as best we can. It will come all right in a hundred years or so, and our present enlistments can't last forever.
ref: 2004, Frederick T. Wilson, James R. Reckner, A Sailor's Log, →ISBN:
text: I was rather startled at the sudden despondency of her tone. Apparently the road that Mrs. Samway trod was not strewn with roses. "Still," I said," it is a long road that has no turning." "It is," she agreed, bitterly, "but many have to travel such a road, to find the turning at last barred by the churchyard gate."
ref: 2015, R. Austin Freeman, A Silent Witness, →ISBN:
glosses: The current situation is bound to change eventually.
universitylike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more universitylike
form: most universitylike
Etymology: From university + -like.
Senses: examples: text: No independent conservatory, in the past or present, has a universitylike system of tenure. Neither do conservatories have professorship hierarchies […]
ref: 2002, Andrea Olmstead, Juilliard: a history:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a university.
lesbianization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lesbianisation
Etymology: From lesbian + -ization.
Senses: examples: text: She uses the work of Cherrie Moraga, Ester Hernandez, and Marcia Ochoa to talk about cultural productions and the lesbianization of the heterosexual icons of popular culture.
ref: 1999, Alicia Arrizón, Latina performance: traversing the stage:
text: Such lesbianization is discursively imputed to those flatter organizations which are women-only, and as a result they are routinely constituted as suspect and stigmatized.
ref: 1996, Sarah Oerton, Beyond hierarchy: gender, sexuality, and the social economy:
text: Curiously, this lesbianization of the family is shadowed by a wistful romanticization of the very Chicano patriarch Moraga critiques throughout her book...
ref: 2002, Teresa Hubel, Neil Edward Brooks, Literature and racial ambiguity:
glosses: The act, process or result of lesbianizing.
lesbianize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lesbianizes
form: lesbianizing
form: lesbianized
form: lesbianized
form: lesbianise
Etymology: From lesbian + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: Thus the poem lesbianises a myth of heterosexual conflict.
ref: 1993, Emma Donoghue, Passions Between Women, Bello, published 2014, page 128:
glosses: To make lesbian.
Derived terms: lesbianization
lesbianizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lesbianize
lesbianizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lesbianize
lesbianized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of lesbianize
conjunctive normal form
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: conjunctive normal forms
Senses: topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The form of a Boolean formula that the formula has if the formula is a conjunction of disjunctions of literals, such as “(A or B or C) and (D or E or not F)”.
Synonyms: clausal normal form
Hyponyms: canonical conjunctive normal form
Related terms: disjunctive normal form
disjunctive normal form
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The form of a boolean formula that the formula has if the formula is a disjunction of conjunctions of literals, such as “(A and B and C) or (D and E and not F)”.
Related terms: conjunctive normal form
nanomanipulation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From nano- + manipulation.
Senses: glosses: The manipulation of nanoscale objects using nanotechnology.
cardiomegalies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cardiomegaly
mesotrons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mesotron
amelogenins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amelogenin
thermogenins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thermogenin
nonrivalrous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + rivalrous.
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: Not rivalrous.
nondemonstrating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + demonstrating.
Senses: glosses: Not taking part in a demonstration (public protest).
permaban
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: permabans
Etymology: From perma- + ban.
Senses: examples: text: Anyone caught cheating on our game server will receive a permaban.
glosses: A permanent ban on a user.
permaban
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: permabans
form: permabanning
form: permabanned
form: permabanned
Etymology: From perma- + ban.
Senses: examples: text: He was permabanned after years of cheating.
glosses: To ban (a user) permanently.
Synonyms: permablock
permabans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of permaban
permabans
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of permaban
permabanning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of permaban
outspell
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: outspells
form: outspelling
form: outspelled
form: outspelled
form: outspelt
form: outspelt
Etymology: From out- + spell.
Senses: examples: text: He could outspell anybody at school.
glosses: To spell better than.
outspells
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of outspell
outspelling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of outspell
outspelled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of outspell
voidees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of voidee
Monégasques
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Monégasque
nonepileptics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonepileptic
nondeprecated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + deprecated.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Not deprecated.
nonobsolete
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + obsolete.
Senses: glosses: Not obsolete.
nonobsolescent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + obsolescent.
Senses: glosses: Not obsolescent.
nonadolescent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + adolescent.
Senses: glosses: Not adolescent.
nonadolescent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonadolescents
Etymology: From non- + adolescent.
Senses: glosses: One who is not an adolescent.
nonadolescents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonadolescent
nonconfessing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + confessing.
Senses: examples: text: The nonconfessing defendant refused to comment on his codefendant's admission of guilt.
glosses: Who does not confess.
nondiscounted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + discounted.
Senses: glosses: undiscounted
necrosadism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From necro- + sadism.
Senses: glosses: Sadism (particularly sexual sadism) towards the dead; sexual pleasure from harming, damaging, or humiliating dead bodies.
glosses: Sexual arousal or gratification derived from the mutilation of dead bodies.
glosses: The propensity to murder in order to have sex with the corpse.
Derived terms: necrosadist
necrosadistic
Related terms: necrophilia
necrosadist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: necrosadists
Etymology: From necro- + sadist.
Senses: examples: text: ...the persons accused of lycanthropic homicides were lust murderers, necrosadists, necrophiles, etc., as we would describe them today...
ref: 1962, Robert E L Masters, Eros and evil: the sexual psychopathology of witchcraft:
glosses: A necrosadistic person.
necrosadists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of necrosadist
necrosadistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more necrosadistic
form: most necrosadistic
Etymology: From necro- + sadistic.
Senses: examples: text: The third level of necrophilia, and clearly the most dangerous, is the necrosadistic offender. This person kills so that he can have sex with a dead body.
ref: 2001, Stephen T Holmes, Murder in America:
text: […] most societies believed that fear and respect for the dead would limit necrophilic and necrosadistic tendencies.
ref: 2006, Eric W Hickey, Sex crimes and paraphilia:
glosses: Pertaining to, or having tendencies towards, necrosadism.
genin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɛ.nɪn/
Forms: form: genins
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The steroid-related portion of some types of glycosides
Synonyms: topics: chemistry
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: aglycone
word: aglycon
noncategorized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + categorized.
Senses: glosses: uncategorized
noncategorizable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + categorizable.
Senses: glosses: uncategorizable
categorizable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: categorisable
Etymology: From categorize + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being categorized.
Synonyms: classifiable
categorisable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From categorise + -able.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of categorizable.
nonbondable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + bondable.
Senses: glosses: unbondable
unbondable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + bondable.
Senses: glosses: Not bondable.
Paharis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Pahari
heronlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more heronlike
form: most heronlike
Etymology: From heron + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a heron.
kingfisherlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more kingfisherlike
form: most kingfisherlike
Etymology: From kingfisher + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a kingfisher.
wishful thinkings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wishful thinking
finchlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more finchlike
form: most finchlike
Etymology: From finch + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a finch.
blackbirdlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more blackbirdlike
form: most blackbirdlike
Etymology: From blackbird + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a blackbird.
circumnavigable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From circum- + navigable.
Senses: examples: text: In the Age of Exploration, it was proven that the Earth is round and hence circumnavigable.
glosses: able to be circumnavigated
villainry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From villain + -ry.
Senses: glosses: Villainousness.
villainry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From villain + -ry.
Senses: examples: text: The local villainry were no doubt responsible.
glosses: Villains as a group.
villainousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From villainous + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being villainous; wicked behaviour.
Synonyms: villainy
circumnavigatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more circumnavigatory
form: most circumnavigatory
Etymology: From circumnavigate + -ory.
Senses: glosses: pertaining to circumnavigation