cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
pangermist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pangermists
Etymology: From pan- + germ + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A proponent of the theory of pangermism.
pangermists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pangermist
pangermism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pan- + germ + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The theory that all diseases are caused by germs.
papuliferous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪfəɹəs
Forms: form: more papuliferous
form: most papuliferous
Etymology: From papule + -i- + -ferous.
Senses: glosses: pimply; covered with papulae
bepimpled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bepimpled
form: most bepimpled
Etymology: From be- + pimpled.
Senses: glosses: pimply; covered with pimples
parahormone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parahormones
Etymology: From para- + hormone.
Senses: glosses: A substance that is a product of ordinary metabolism and not produced for a specific purpose, but acts like a hormone in modifying the activity of some distant organ, as in the case of carbon dioxide acting on the respiratory centre.
Related terms: parahormonal
parahormones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parahormone
paraphobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From para- + phobia, by analogy with paraphilia.
Senses: examples: text: The state of apprehension already mentioned as the only conscious feeling of intensity may exceptionally lead to impulsive acts or to a paraphobia.
ref: 1918, George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman, Medical Record, volume 94, page 284:
glosses: A mild form of phobia, causing only unwillingness or hesitancy.
Derived terms: paraphobic
paraproctium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The connective tissue that surrounds the rectum.
Related terms: para-
procto-
parasyphilitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From para- + syphilitic.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Having or relating to parasyphilis.
Related terms: metasyphilis
metasyphilitic
parencephalocele
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From para- + encephalocele.
Senses: glosses: The protrusion of the cerebellum through a defect in the cranium.
parenchymatitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From parenchyma + -itis.
Senses: glosses: inflammation of the parenchyma
parieto-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: parietal bone
parica
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A narcotic snuff prepared from the seeds of Anadenanthera peregrina, a South American tree.
parodontitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From para- + odonto- + -itis.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Synonym of periodontitis.
synonyms: word: periodontitis
paronychial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From paronychia + -al.
Senses: glosses: Relating to paronychia.
parotidean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to the parotid gland.
paruria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From para- + -uria.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Any disorder relating to urination.
go astray
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: goes astray
form: going astray
form: went astray
form: gone astray
Senses: examples: text: If you keep hanging out with that gang you'll go astray.
synonyms: break bad
go bad
glosses: To develop bad habits; to behave improperly or illegally.
examples: text: The woman thought her husband had gone astray.
text: I am a prisoner and all my so-called friends have gone astray on me. Could you please print this ad for me so I may hopefully reach society: I'm a lonely inmate who wishes to write someone and have a sincere relation.
ref: 1980 August 9, James W. Smith, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, page 15:
glosses: To behave in an adulterous manner.
glosses: To come to believe an untruth.
glosses: To become lost or mislaid.
raw_tags: of an object
examples: text: A pinch of salt in this dish wouldn't go astray.
glosses: To be undesirable or unhelpful.
raw_tags: in the negative
examples: text: I went astray and ended up lost.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, astray.
Derived terms: the best laid plans of mice and men go oft astray
Related terms: lead astray
ferret around
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: ferrets around
form: ferreting around
form: ferreted around
form: ferreted around
Senses: examples: text: We need to know more about this new chap. Why don't you go to his home town and ferret around a bit? See what you can come up with.
synonyms: ferret about
glosses: To search for something by sorting through materials or (in the case of information) by speaking to contacts and following leads.
addiment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: addiments
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin additamentum (“an increase”).
Senses: topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: Synonym of complement.
synonyms: word: complement
addiments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of addiment
alexipharmac
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˌlɛksɪˈfɑːmæk/
ipa: /əˌlɛksəˈfɑɹmæk/
Forms: form: alexipharmacs
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French alexipharmaque (modern French alexipharmaque (archaic)), and from its etymon Latin alexipharmacon (“antidote”) (whence Late Latin alexipharmacum), from Ancient Greek ἀλεξῐφᾰ́ρμᾰκον (alexĭphắrmăkon, “antidote; (generally) remedy; charm, spell”), a noun use of the neuter of ἀλεξῐφᾰ́ρμᾰκος (alexĭphắrmăkos, “acting as an antidote”), from ἀλέξειν (aléxein) (the active infinitive of ἀλέξω (aléxō, “to defend, guard, protect; to help; to keep off, turn aside, ward off”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂lek- (“to protect”)) + φάρμᾰκον (phármăkon, “drug, whether healing or poisonous; charm, potion, spell; colour, dye”) + -ος (-os, suffix forming certain types of adjectives).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
synonyms: word: alexipharmacal
word: alexipharmacon
word: alexipharmacum
word: alexipharmakon
word: alexipharmic
glosses: A medical remedy for protecting the body, or an antidote, against a harmful substance, especially a poison or venom (specifically, that of a snake); an alexipharmic, an antidote.
Derived terms: alexipharmic
Related terms: alexipharmacal
alexipharmacon
alexipharmacum
alexipharmakon
alexipharmical
alexipharmac
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˌlɛksɪˈfɑːmæk/
ipa: /əˌlɛksəˈfɑɹmæk/
Forms: form: more alexipharmac
form: most alexipharmac
Etymology: Borrowed from French alexipharmaque (archaic), and from its etymon Late Latin alexipharmacus, from Ancient Greek ἀλεξιφάρμακος (alexiphármakos) (see etymology 1).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
synonyms: word: alexipharmacal
word: alexipharmic
word: alexipharmical
glosses: Of or pertaining to an alexipharmac; also, acting as an alexipharmac by protecting against or warding off the ill effects of a harmful substance, especially a poison or venom; alexipharmic.
Derived terms: alexipharmic
alexipharmacs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alexipharmac
aligoté
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aligotés
Etymology: Borrowed from French.
Senses: glosses: A white grape variety and white wine from Burgundy.
Houdiniing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Houdini
Houdini-ing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Houdini
aluminosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From aluminum + -osis.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A disease of the lungs caused by aluminum dust.
examples: text: When many of these structures were proved to be substandard by the discovery of aluminosis (a disease caused by humidity which affects cement, and exacerbated by the cheap building methods), it would be Nou Barris that would be among […]
ref: 2005, Donald McNeill, Urban Change and the European Left:
text: After this, overall inspections detected aluminosis in thousands of apartments in peripheral neighborhoods.
ref: 2007, Edgar Illas Arau, The Euphoric Politics of Postmodern Barcelona, →ISBN, page 208:
topics: business
construction
manufacturing
glosses: A structural defect resulting from the degradation of poor quality concrete.
cochayuyos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cochayuyo
jimadores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jimador
jelly tooth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jelly teeth
Senses: examples: text: Genus Pseudohydnum The fruiting bodies of Pseudohydnum gelatinosum (jelly tooth) are unusual in that they appear to have features of two very different groups of fungi. The fruiting body itself is jellylike, but its lower surface is covered with short, toothlike white spines on which the hymenium is located.
ref: 2015, Cliff Seruntine, The Wildwood Way: Spiritual Growth in the Heart of Nature, Llewellyn Worldwide, →ISBN, page 146:
topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: Synonym of toothed jelly fungus.
synonyms: word: toothed jelly fungus
jelly teeth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jelly tooth
spoopy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈspuːpi/
ipa: /ˈspupi/
rhymes: -uːpi
Forms: form: spoopier
form: more spoopy
form: spoopiest
form: most spoopy
Etymology: A misspelling of spooky, originating from a 2009 photograph of a Halloween sign with the misspelled word spoopy originally uploaded to the website Flickr. It was reposted on Tumblr in 2011, upon which the word become an Internet meme and developed its current senses.
Senses: examples: text: Hey Alan, did you know when Romance wears those black jackets he looks spoopier?
ref: 2015, Vaishali Bhargava, “The Day Jamie Slapped Me”, in Jamie Summer Walker, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Partridge Publishing, →ISBN:
text: To get into the spoopy spirit, you will exclusively listen to the "Spooky Scary Skeletons" trap remix on repeat from now until Halloween.
ref: 2016 October 29, Derek Baker, “Your future is foretold in these spooky horror-scopes”, in Melanie Woods, editor, Gauntlet: Official Student Newspaper of the University of Calgary, volume 57, number 19, Calgary, Alb.: Gauntlet Publications Society, →OCLC, page 17, column 5:
text: It's spoopy season – a time for pumpkin carving, trick or treating and "Hocus Pocus" reruns.
ref: 2018 October 24, Amelia Calautti, “Get goosebumps with ‘Netflix and Chills’”, in Andrew Grottkau, Emily Abdow, editors, The Rice Thresher, volume 103, number 8, Houston, Tex.: Rice University, →OCLC, page 8, column 4:
text: Unfortunately, tricks, treats and spoopy shenanigans aren't the only things escalating in the runup to Halloween. According to Campus Security reports, there has also been a recent uptick in cat disappearances on campus grounds.
ref: 2018 October 29, Sara Serrano, “Where have all the cats gone? Campus cats mysteriously vanish around Collins Hall”, in Justin Guglielmetti, editor, The Collegian, Tulsa, Okla.: University of Tulsa, →OCLC, page 14, column 1:
glosses: Synonym of spooky.
synonyms: word: spooky
examples: text: [Y]ou might like Crimson Peak. Although the story is lacking, it's the spoopiest—and most interesting thing—at the Cineplex.
ref: 2015 October 15, Jenni Miller, “‘Crimson Peak’ is Perfect for Your Inner Goth Girl”, in Nylon, New York, N.Y.: Nylon Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Sep 2025:
text: A deceptively cute, deceivingly challenging abstract strategy game for two players. […] And now things just got boopier and spoopier with NEW Ghost Cats that float between spaces.
ref: 2023 June, “BOOOOP”, in J. G., editor, GTM: Game Trade Magazine, number 280, Cockeysville, Md.: Alliance Game Distributors, →OCLC, page 59, column 1:
topics: broadcasting
film
literature
media
publishing
television
glosses: Involving horror concepts and tropes in comical, cute, or nonthreatening ways.
blacktivist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blacktivists
form: blactivist
Etymology: Blend of black + activist.
Senses: examples: text: July 29: Judge George Shindler presiding over the trial of blacktivist Kuomba Balogun at the Inner London Crown Court clashed with defence counsel, Patrick O'Connor.
ref: 1988, The New Law Journal (volume 138, part 2, page 568)
glosses: A black activist, chiefly in matters of race or civil rights.
accretionary wedges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of accretionary wedge
accretionary prism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: accretionary prisms
Senses: glosses: Synonym of accretionary wedge.
synonyms: word: accretionary wedge
accretionary prisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of accretionary prism
side chick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: side chicks
form: sidechick
form: side-chick
Senses: glosses: A mistress; a woman one dates in addition to one's girlfriend or wife, usually in secret.
Synonyms: word: bit on the side
word: side bitch
word: side piece
nice-nice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Overly nice interaction, often as a way to make up for past slights or curry favor for the future.
side bitch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: side bitches
form: sidebitch
form: side-bitch
Senses: qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: A mistress; a woman one dates in addition to his girlfriend or wife, usually in secret.
Synonyms: side chick
Related terms: word: side nigga
saliva gland
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: saliva glands
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of salivary gland.
saliva glands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of saliva gland
Hauser
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hausers
Etymology: Borrowed from German Hauser.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
glosses: A placename
A minor city in Kootenai County, Idaho, United States.
glosses: A placename
An unincorporated community in Coos County, Oregon, United States.
Related terms: Houser
kiddie table
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kiddie tables
form: kiddies' table
form: kids' table
form: kid table
form: kiddy table
Senses: examples: text: Children gathered at the kiddie table and adults enjoyed conversation and, of course, everyone enjoyed the turkey dinner.
ref: 2014 November 28, Angie Aguila, “Miami Springs Baptist Church hosts Thanksgiving Dinner”, in Miami Herald, retrieved 30 Oct 2015:
glosses: At family events, the dining table where children are seated together, separate from the table(s) reserved for adults.
examples: text: EW: You’re nominated for the Best Album for Children. Does that mean you have to sit at a kiddie table?
JR: We are relegated to a pre-televised ceremony.
ref: 2011 January 10, Jessica Shaw, “Kid-music star Justin Roberts talks about his Grammy nomination”, in Entertainment, retrieved 30 Oct 2015:
text: After failing in 2003 to drag Canada into a disastrous war in Iraq, Stephen Harper has achieved it in 2014. And he will sleep better knowing that, when he next dines with the American president and fellow NATO leaders, he won’t be relegated to the kiddie table.
ref: 2014 October 11, Tony Burman, “Five lessons from the war against Islamic State”, in Toronto Star, Canada, retrieved 30 Oct 2015:
text: Organized by Fox News, the main stage, prime-time debate will involve only the candidates polling in the top 10. According to the most recent numbers, Trump, Bush and Walker are leading the way, with everyone else competing closely for the remaining slots — and to avoid the afternoon kiddie table debate.
ref: 2015 July 30, Sean Illing, “Fox News and the “batsh*t bump””, in Salon, retrieved 30 Oct 2015:
text: As if men have not already been the dominating voice in “serious” music, leaving women to the kiddie table of pop.
ref: 2015 October 6, Ola Skudlarska, “How You Get The Girl”, in The Strand, Canada: Victoria University, retrieved 30 Oct 2015:
topics: government
politics
glosses: The gathering place, forum, or venue assigned to less prominent or less capable participants in an event.
Synonyms: children's table
Hypernyms: table
Mullan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A minor city in Shoshone County, Idaho.
Sarmatian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /sɑː(ɹ)ˈmeɪʃə/
/sɑː(ɹ)ˈmeɪʃi.ə/
Forms: form: more Sarmatian
form: most Sarmatian
Etymology: From Sarmatia + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Sarmatia.
Sarmatian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /sɑː(ɹ)ˈmeɪʃə/
/sɑː(ɹ)ˈmeɪʃi.ə/
Forms: form: Sarmatians
Etymology: From Sarmatia + -an.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Sarmatia.
Related terms: Sauromatian
Sarmatians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sarmatian
theelol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: At the suggestions of Dr. Paul N. Leech and Dr. A. M. Schwitalla we called the compound first isolated theelin from the Greek, Theelus, meaning woman or female. We propose now, in view of the facts that the new substance is a trihydroxy compound and that it shows physiological and possibly chemical similarities to theelin, to name it theelol.
ref: 1931 May, EA Doisy, “The preparation of theelol”, in Journal of Biological Chemistry, page 641:
glosses: Synonym of estriol.
synonyms: word: estriol
Related terms: theelin
invalid chair
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: invalid chairs
Senses: glosses: An early wheelchair.
invalid chairs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of invalid chair
optionless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From option + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without an option.
Derived terms: optionlessness
Weippe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city and town in Idaho.
Juliaetta
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city and town in Idaho.
unoutrageous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unoutrageous
form: most unoutrageous
Etymology: From un- + outrageous.
Senses: glosses: Not outrageous.
Inkom
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city and town in Idaho.
kiddies' table
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kiddies' tables
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of kiddie table.
kids' table
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kids' tables
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of kiddie table.
kid table
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kid tables
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of kiddie table.
kiddy table
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kiddy tables
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of kiddie table.
Ucon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city and town in Idaho.
crapperific
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkɹæpəˈɹɪf.ɪk/
rhymes: -ɪfɪk
Forms: form: more crapperific
form: most crapperific
Etymology: From crap + -rific, with epenthesis of a vowel.
Senses: examples: text: The game then went into extra innings, when Rally Killer Miller brought in the absolutely godawful Norm Charlton, one of the crapperific pitchers in Seattle's pen last year.
ref: 1998 June 3, BiffFoil [username], “6/2 Random Thoughts”, in alt.sports.baseball.balt-orioles (Usenet):
text: The Crapperific
World's Worst Fanfic FAQ
ref: 1998 October 25, Picard42 [username], “[WWFF]: The World's Worst Fanfic FAQ”, in alt.toys.transformers (Usenet):
text: In the not too distant future, I envision a world not unlike the movie Escape from New York and it's oh-so-crapperific sequel, Escape from L.A.
ref: 2000 March 2, Clopin DeLenuit, “Sacrificing Liberty for Safety. Was: School Shooting Tragedy.”, in alt.fairs.renaissance (Usenet):
glosses: Extremely awful.
Synonyms: craptabulous
craptacular
craptastic
possessums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of possessum
Notus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city and town in Idaho.
glosses: The south or southwest wind.
Melba
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɛlbə/
rhymes: -ɛlbə
Etymology: Coined by Nellie Melba as a pseudonym; derived from Melbourne.
Senses: glosses: A female given name from English.
glosses: A city in Idaho.
glosses: A suburb of Canberra, Australia.
Derived terms: do a Melba
Melba sauce
Melba toast
Peach Melba
Lapwai
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From a Nez Perce word, said to be onomatopoeic for the flapping of a butterfly's wings.
Senses: glosses: A city and town in Idaho.
Kamiah
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Nez Perce [Term?] (“many rope litters”).
Senses: glosses: A city and town in Idaho.
Placerville
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city, the county seat of El Dorado County, California, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in San Miguel County, Colorado, United States.
glosses: A small city and former mining town in Boise County, Idaho, United States.
Crouch
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A ghost town in California.
glosses: A city and town in Idaho.
glosses: A short tidal river in Essex, England.
Derived terms: Burnham-on-Crouch
Crouchian
white fat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of white adipose tissue.
synonyms: word: white adipose tissue
Coordinate terms: beige fat
brown fat
beige fat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From being a color between brown and white, closer to white.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
physiology
sciences
glosses: A form of brown fat which can function akin to white fat under normal circumstances, but can function as brown fat under cold conditions.
Coordinate terms: brown fat
white fat
CK2
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CK2s
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of casein kinase 2.
Related terms: sense: Casein Kinase 2
word: casein kinase
sense: Casein Kinase 2
word: casein
sense: Casein Kinase 2
word: kinase
sense: Casein Kinase 2
word: CK
sense: Casein Kinase 2
word: anti-CK2
sense: Casein Kinase 2
word: CK2-blocker
sense: Casein Kinase 2
word: CK2-inhibitor
LIP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: LIPs
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of large igneous province.
glosses: Abbreviation of litigant in person.
sex talks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sex talk
LIPs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of LIP
Antarctic stare
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antarctic stare
Etymology: From the looks given by Antarctic researchers who reside through the Antarctic winter (Antarctic night) restricted to their research stations.
Senses: glosses: A mild fugue state that is symptomatic of polar T3 syndrome.
Synonyms: long-eye
winter-over syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: winter-over syndromes
Etymology: See winterover.
Senses: glosses: A variety of behavioral and medical disturbances, including irritability, depression, insomnia and irritable bowel syndrome, polar T3 syndrome, and Antarctic stare.
listens in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of listen in
listening in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of listen in
listened in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of listen in
Nanako
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Japanese.
listens up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of listen up
listening up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of listen up
listened up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of listen up
microtainers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microtainer
vassalhood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From vassal + -hood.
Senses: examples: text: Let's escape, good friend, before the whole mounted vassalhood is down upon us!
ref: 1848, Henry Whitelock Torrens, Madame de Malguet: A Tale of 1820, volume 3, page 134:
text: The coexistence, under the same label, of "private" vassalhood and a particular idea of public service should help us to see that the notion of a feudal society devoid of public ethos is a trap.
ref: 2009, Dominique Barthélemy, The Serf, the Knight, and the Historian, page 148:
glosses: The state of being a vassal; vassalage.
clutchers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clutcher
bactofilin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bactofilins
Senses: examples: text: Many of the genomes containing bactofilin genes have multiple paralogous copies, which can be organized in an operon-like structure, or can be present at distinct genomic sites.
ref: 2015 October 31, “Bacillus subtilis Bactofilins Are Essential for Flagellar Hook- and Filament Assembly and Dynamically Localize into Structures of Less than 100 nm Diameter underneath the Cell Membrane”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: A cytoskeletal element that forms filaments throughout the cells of the rod-shaped proteobacterium Myxococcus xanthus.
bactofilins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bactofilin
immunoenzymatically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From immunoenzymatic + -ally.
Senses: examples: text: The activities of CHIT1 and AMCase as well as leukocyte elastase (LE) were measured fluorometrically and concentration of YKL-40 immunoenzymatically.
ref: 2015 October 31, “Neutrophils as a Source of Chitinases and Chitinase-Like Proteins in Type 2 Diabetes”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: By means of immunoenzymatic assay.
metaperceptual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From meta- + perceptual.
Senses: examples: text: Our results thus offer a metaperceptual complement to Balcomb and Gerken’s experiment on young children’s metamemory, where young children are found to be able to reliably monitor their memory for paired items and to control their decision accordingly (accepting or skipping stimuli).
ref: 2015 October 31, “Procedural Metacognition and False Belief Understanding in 3- to 5-Year-Old Children”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to metaperception.
microinflammations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microinflammation
microinflammatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From micro- + inflammatory.
Senses: examples: text: Additionally, we showed that TTP expression was reduced in patients with clinical proteinuria, with proportionately less reduction in diabetes patients with a reduced extent of DN. These results suggest that TTP levels may be more reflective of the microinflammatory state that occurs in diabetic patients prior to the occurrence of DN.
ref: 2015 October 31, “The Expression of Tristetraprolin and Its Relationship with Urinary Proteins in Patients with Diabetic Nephropathy”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to microinflammation.
piceid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: piceids
Senses: glosses: A stilbenoid glucoside and a major resveratrol derivative in grape juices. It is also found in plants such as Picea sitchensis and Polygonum cuspidatum.
polydatin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Here, we evaluated the effect of the trans-resveratrol analogs, pterostilbene, piceatannol, polydatin and oxyresveratrol, against Leishmania amazonensis.
ref: 2015 October 31, “Leishmanicidal Effect of Synthetic trans -Resveratrol Analogs”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Synonym of piceid.
synonyms: word: piceid
shrink back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: shrinks back
form: shrinking back
form: shrank back
form: shrunk back
form: shrunk back
form: shrunken back
Senses: synonyms: shrink away
glosses: To back away or retreat; to abandon an effort.
Biel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from German Biel.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Bienne: a town and municipality in Bern canton, Switzerland.
synonyms: word: Bienne
extra: a town and municipality in Bern canton, Switzerland
Derived terms: english: official renaming
translation: official renaming
word: Biel/Bienne
Biel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in East Lothian council area, Scotland.
Biel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Biels
Senses: glosses: A surname.
hack away
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hacks away
form: hacking away
form: hacked away
form: hacked away
Senses: glosses: To make progress on a difficult problem; to continue trying.
examples: to hack away at the tough roots of a tree
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hack, away.
shrivel up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: shrivels up
form: shriveling up
form: shrivelling up
form: shriveled up
form: shriveled up
form: shrivelled up
form: shrivelled up
Senses: examples: text: "Look! - look! - look! she's shrivelling up! she's turning into a monkey!" and down he fell upon the ground, foaming and gnashing in a fit.
ref: 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
glosses: To become completely shriveled; to completely dry up and become wrinkled.
MGC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of male genital cutting.
Synonyms: MGM
male genital mutilation
asslicky
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more asslicky
form: most asslicky
Senses: examples: text: Most people manage not to act so asslicky.
text: "I hoped that didn't sound too asslicky, but Jake seemed pleased. 'I'm glad you're having fun,' he said."
ref: 2014, Omma Velada, Sun, Sea & Pilots - Page 275:
glosses: Tending to suck up to people in power in order to get some reward, benefit, or perk.
raw_tags: of a person
topics: lifestyle
media
pornography
sexuality
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or performing ass licking.
puts back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of put back
putting back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of put back
Sil
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A male given name.
cryology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cryo- + -logy.
Senses: glosses: The study of snow and ice.
glosses: The science of refrigeration.
Derived terms: cryologic
cryological
cryologist
geocryology
cigar lighter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cigar lighters
Senses: glosses: A device in a motor car that was originally designed to light cigars and cigarettes but is now mostly used as a source of DC electricity for portable devices
alouate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alouates
Senses: examples: text: We have never seen the ouarine, but have the skin of an alouate, and he wise a dried foetus of the same species, in which the bone of the throat, the instrument of the great noise he makes, is already perceptible.
ref: 1785, Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon, translated by William Smellie, Natural History, General and Particular, second edition, volume VIII, page 178:
glosses: Alternative form of alouatte.
okolehao
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Hawaiian ʻōkolehao.
Senses: glosses: A distilled beverage made from the ti root, and often containing other ingredients, such as sugar cane and pineapple.
biotruth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biotruths
Etymology: From bio- + truth.
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:biotruth.
glosses: Something accepted as an inescapable or inherent product of biology, usually to justify or support a fallacy.
examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:biotruth.
glosses: Such ideas collectively.
biotruths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biotruth
fast-acting
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: faster-acting
form: more fast-acting
form: fastest-acting
form: most fast-acting
Senses: examples: text: Is this a fast-acting cancer?
glosses: taking effect quickly
faster-acting
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of fast-acting: more fast-acting
fastest-acting
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of fast-acting: most fast-acting
ABI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ABIs
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: Initialism of application binary interface.
glosses: Abbreviation of acquired brain injury.
Related terms: sense: acquired brain injury
word: TBI
mights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of might
jaguarete
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jaguaretes
Senses: glosses: A black felid historically reported from Brazil and Guyana, of uncertain identification.
intraturn
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + turn.
Senses: glosses: Within a conversational turn.
doorlatch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: doorlatches
Etymology: From door + latch.
Senses: glosses: The latch that fastens a door.
doorlatches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of doorlatch
boneshaking
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more boneshaking
form: most boneshaking
Etymology: From bone + shaking.
Senses: examples: a boneshaking journey
glosses: jolty
Related terms: boneshaker
path tracing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computer-graphics
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A Monte Carlo method of rendering images of three-dimensional scenes such that the global illumination is faithful to reality.
historicide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From history + -cide.
Senses: glosses: The erasure of history.
inpatriates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inpatriate
inpat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɪnˌpæt/
Forms: form: inpats
Etymology: Shortening.
Senses: coordinate_terms: expat
glosses: An inpatriate.
inpats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inpat
neocolonialistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more neocolonialistic
form: most neocolonialistic
Etymology: From neocolonial + -istic or neo- + colonialistic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to neocolonialism
Derived terms: neocolonialistically
neocolonialistically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more neocolonialistically
form: most neocolonialistically
Etymology: From neocolonialistic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a neocolonialistic manner.
neocolonialization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From neo- + colonialization.
Senses: topics: government
politics
sociopolitics
glosses: Exacting control or domination through economic pressure, political suppression and cultural dominance, especially by a developed and powerful country against a developing former colony.
neocolonialize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: neocolonializes
form: neocolonializing
form: neocolonialized
form: neocolonialized
Etymology: From neocolonial + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To make neocolonial.
Monegasque
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Monegasques
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Monégasque.
Monegasque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Monégasque.
dead comet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dead comets
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A comet that has shed its volatiles after numerous passes around the sun.
stoolings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stooling
lowest-paid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: It says the offer amounts to an increase of 14.4% for the lowest-paid grades to 9.2% for the highest paid. There is an additional 1.1% on basic earnings and increased backpay. It means the offer also has a total uplift on basic earnings between 15.2% for the lowest-paid grades to 10.3% for the highest-paid grades.
ref: 2023 March 22, Mel Holley, “Network News: RMT to ballot Network Rail members on improved offer”, in RAIL, number 979, page 12:
glosses: superlative form of low-paid: most low-paid. Paid the least money.
annoyments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of annoyment
alectryomachy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /əˌlɛktɹiˈɒməki/
Forms: form: alectoromachy
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀλεκτρυών (alektruṓn), ἀλέκτωρ (aléktōr, “a rooster”) + -machy (a fight).
Senses: glosses: Cockfighting
socionic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to socionics.
visemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -iːmɪk
Etymology: From viseme + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to visemes.
socionics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From socio- + -n- + -ics.
Senses: glosses: A theory of information processing and personality type, distinguished by its information model of the psyche and a model of interpersonal relations.
sociotype
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sociotypes
Etymology: From socio- + type.
Senses: glosses: Any of the personality types in socionics.
sociotypes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sociotype
viseme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: visemes
Senses: examples: text: Resulting confusion matrices were analyzed for significant confusions among consonants; these confusions were grouped into mutually exclusive classes termed visemes.
ref: 1968 December 24, Cletus G. Fisher, “Confusions Among Visually Perceived Consonants”, in Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, volume 11, page 796:
text: Each of these groups is called a viseme, a term coined by Fisher (1968). It is possible for a viseme to contain only one speech sound, but that is unusual.
ref: 1996, Mary June Moseley, Communication Therapy, page 234:
glosses: Any of a group of speech sounds that look the same, for example when lipreading.
Derived terms: visemic
visemes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of viseme
overfragrant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overfragrant
form: most overfragrant
Etymology: From over- + fragrant.
Senses: glosses: Excessively fragrant.
cyberbreach
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyberbreaches
Etymology: From cyber- + breach.
Senses: glosses: A breach in the security of a computer system.
cyberbreaches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyberbreach
Molex connector
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Molex connectors
Etymology: From Molex, a company that pioneered the connector.
Senses: glosses: A rectangular connector usually used for transmitting power in computers.
wikipedia: Molex
Molex connectors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Molex connector
sabeline
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sabeline
form: most sabeline
Senses: glosses: Relating to the sable.
sabeline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sabelines
Senses: glosses: The skin of the sable.
topics: art
arts
glosses: Ox hair dyed red to look like the higher-quality red sable, and sometimes blended with it; a substitute material for red sable in making brushes.
camel-hair brush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: camel-hair brushes
Senses: topics: art
arts
glosses: A soft haired brush made from squirrel hair or a blend of hairs.
Australianese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈstɹeɪljəˌniːz/
Etymology: From Australian + -ese.
Senses: examples: text: Anzac burial parties greeted the enemy with odds and ends of Arabic phrases, and with Australianese that must have been incomprehensible to them.
ref: 1978, Patsy Adam-Smith, chapter X, in The ANZACS, page 102:
text: While the Australian black, brown, copperhead, the death adder, and taipan snakes are all poisonous, the real troublemaker (or "stirrer," as they say in Australianese) is the tiger snake.
ref: 1980 January, George Reiger, “Fishing In The Land Of Topsy-Turvy”, in Field & Stream, page 72:
text: 'You said "ass" like an American.'
'Well, I know you wouldn't understand me if I said it in Australianese.' […]
ref: 2015, S. A. Gordon, Grand Slam, Xoum, →ISBN:
glosses: Australian English, especially when containing Australian slang or other Australianisms.
Nixons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Nixon
decomp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: decomps
Etymology: Shortening of decomposition or decomposed.
Senses: examples: text: There's no decomp, so the body can't have been there long.
topics: government
law-enforcement
glosses: Decomposition.
examples: text: "It's a decomp. There's gonna be maggots, and that means I'm gonna have nightmares."
ref: 2007, John Leake, Entering Hades: The Double Life of a Serial Killer:
text: "It helped ventilate the place, especially when he had a decomp case. The coroner's offices were pitifully outdated."
ref: 2007, John Luciew, Fatal Dead Lines:
topics: government
law-enforcement
glosses: A decomposed body.
decomp
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: decomps
form: decomping
form: decomped
form: decomped
Etymology: Shortening of decomposition or decomposed.
Senses: topics: government
law-enforcement
glosses: To decompose.
decomp
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: decomps
form: decomping
form: decomped
form: decomped
Etymology: Shortening of decompile and decompilation.
Senses: examples: text: If you want to decomp my sweater — Ocarina of Time has been fully decompiled into human-readable code
ref: 2021, Kyle Orland, "Ocarina of Time has been fully decompiled into human-readable code", Ars Technica, archived from the original on 2022-03-17 (context: subtitle and title, here used in jest saying the hackers are so good they could decompile a sweater)
qualifier: hacking
glosses: To decompile (especially video games).
decomp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: decomps
Etymology: Shortening of decompile and decompilation.
Senses: qualifier: hacking
glosses: A decompilation (especially of a video game).
qualifier: hacking
glosses: The results of a decompilation (especially of a video game).
decomps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of decomp
decomps
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of decomp
babbling brook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: babbling brooks
Senses: glosses: A cook, especially a cook working in the Australian outback or in military service.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see babbling, brook.
Noah's
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Noah's
Etymology: Abbreviation of Australian rhyming slang Noah's ark (“shark”).
Senses: glosses: nark
glosses: shark
Noah's arks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Noah's ark
end-foot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: end-feet
form: endfoot
Etymology: From end + foot.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
neuroanatomy
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
synonyms: bouton
glosses: the enlarged end of a nerve fiber that terminates adjacent to the dendrite of another nerve cell; a terminal button.
devil grass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: devil grasses
Senses: glosses: Bermuda grass, Cynodon dactylon.
dogtooth grass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -æs
Senses: glosses: Any grass in the genus Cynodon, especially Bermuda grass, Cynodon dactylon.
Bermuda grasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bermuda grass
isoazimuthal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: isoazimuthals
Etymology: From iso- + azimuthal.
Senses: qualifier: navigation
glosses: The locus of the points on the earth's surface whose orthodromic initial path with respect to a fixed point is constant.
Synonyms: rhumb
isoazimuthals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of isoazimuthal
TBU
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Initialism of to be updated.
TBU
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: TBUs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of tone-bearing unit.
BCVA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: BCVAs
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Best Corrected Visual Acuity.
Zlatko
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Macedonian Златко (Zlatko), from злато (zlato, “gold”) + -ко (-ko).
Senses: glosses: A transliteration of the Macedonian male given name Златко (Zlatko)
Related terms: Zlatka
Zlate
Viera
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /viːˈɜɹə/
Senses: glosses: An unincorporated community in Brevard County, Florida.
H5N2
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A subtype of the species Influenzavirus A (avian influenza virus or bird flu virus), which infects a wide variety of birds and may cause mild symptoms in humans.
Related terms: H5N1
Firth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Firths
Etymology: * As an English and Scottish surname, from Old English fyrhþe (“forest”).
* As a Scottish surname, from Firth in Orkney, itself from Old Norse fjǫrðr (“firth”).
* As a Welsh surname, from ffrith, itself borrowed from the first sense.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A town in Bingham County, Idaho, United States.
glosses: A village in Lancaster County, Nebraska, United States.
glosses: A parish on the Bay of Firth, Mainland, Orkney Islands council area, Scotland (OS grid ref HY3514 (approx.)
glosses: A small village in north-east Mainland, Shetland Islands council area, Scotland (OS grid ref HU4473).
glosses: A hamlet south-east of Lilliesleaf, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT5423).
kyriocentric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more kyriocentric
form: most kyriocentric
Senses: glosses: Focused on kyriarchy.
chu pattern
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: chu pattern
form: chu patterns
form: chu patterning
form: chu patterned
form: chu patterned
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of chut pattern.
choo pattern
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: choo pattern
form: choo patterns
form: choo patterning
form: choo patterned
form: choo patterned
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of chut pattern.
Brule
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Alberta, Canada.
glosses: A village in Nebraska.
glosses: A community in Nova Scotia, Canada.
glosses: A town in Wisconsin.
glosses: A river in Minnesota, flowing into Lake Superior
Derived terms: Brule County
yeech
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of yeesh.
Nostradamic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɒmɪk
Forms: form: more Nostradamic
form: most Nostradamic
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Nostradamus.
Fedor
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Fedors
form: Fyodor
Senses: glosses: A transliteration of the Belarusian or Russian male given name Фёдор (Fjodor).
WEG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: WEGs
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
planetology
glosses: Abbreviation of Water Equivalent to a Global layer (how high a water level would be at 1 atm pressure, if the whole ice had melted).
nonsubmittal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + submittal.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of nonsubmission.
synonyms: word: nonsubmission