cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
dephlegmed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dephlegm
dephlegming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dephlegm
dephlegms
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dephlegm
dejectory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈdʒɛktəɹi/
Forms: form: more dejectory
form: most dejectory
Etymology: Latin dejector (“a dejecter”).
Senses: glosses: Having power, or tending, to cast down.
examples: text: The physician should devote himself to this during several days so that the humor can be easily evacuated by dejectory medications
ref: 1994, Donald Beecher, transl., A Treatise on Lovesickness:
glosses: Promoting evacuations by stool.
trinitrocellulose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tri- + nitrocellulose, because regarded as containing three nitro groups.
Senses: glosses: nitrocellulose; gun cotton.
cardiograph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cardiographs
form: cardiagraph
Etymology: From cardio- + -graph.
Senses: topics: cardiology
medicine
sciences
glosses: electrocardiograph
Derived terms: ballistocardiograph
echocardiograph
phonocardiograph
cardiographs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cardiograph
epipubes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of epipubis
epipubis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: epipubes
Etymology: From epi- + pubis.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A cartilage or bone in front of the pubis in some amphibians,, reptiles and other animals, including the duck-billed platypus and some extinct mammals.
subsensible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more subsensible
form: most subsensible
Etymology: From sub- + sensible.
Senses: examples: text: subsensible realm
text: definite images of things which that subsensible world contains
ref: 1873, John Tyndall, “Lecture II”, in Six Lectures on Light Delivered in America in 1872-1873, page 42:
glosses: Deeper than the reach of the senses.
Related terms: suprasensible
disusage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From dis- + usage.
Senses: examples: text: leaving the rest to be abolished by disusage through tract of time
ref: 1594–1597, Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Will[iam] Stansby [for Matthew Lownes], published 1611, →OCLC, (please specify the page):
glosses: Gradual cessation of custom or use; disuse.
babelicious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more babelicious
form: most babelicious
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of babealicious.
cognitivist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cognitive + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to cognitivism.
cognitivist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cognitivists
Etymology: From cognitive + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who subscribes to the philosophy of cognitivism.
Derived terms: noncognitivist
confusables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of confusable
cyberchondria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsaɪbə(ɹ)ˈkɒndɹi.ə/
Etymology: Blend of cyber- + hypochondria
Senses: examples: text: [Sam] Altman’s mother, a dermatologist named Connie Gibstine, told me, “Sam does keep an awful lot tied up inside. He’ll call and say he has a headache—and he’ll have Googled it, so there’s some cyber-chondria in there, too.
ref: 2016 October 3, Tad Friend, quoting Connie Gibstine, “Sam Altman’s Manifest Destiny”, in The New Yorker:
text: Using “Dr Google” for health purposes is controversial. Some have expressed concerns that it can lead to inaccurate diagnoses, bad advice on where to seek treatment (triage), and increased anxiety (cyberchondria).
ref: 2021 March 29, Natalie Grover, “Looking up health symptoms online less harmful than thought, study says”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
synonyms: compucondria
glosses: Anxiety concerning one's health, caused by visiting medical websites.
Related terms: cyberchondriac
Doctor Google
connusance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: connusances
Senses: examples: text: A Dedimus was awarded to take the Conuſance of a Fine from Baron and Feme, and the Conuſance of Baron only was returned, and the Feme would not acknowledge it.
ref: 1742, Charles Viner, A General Abridgement of Law and Equity:
glosses: Alternative form of conusance.
connusances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of connusance
khaf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: khafs
Senses: examples: text: The letter that follows yud is khaf and the letter that follows kuf is resh.
ref: 1998, Joseph ben Abraham Gikatilla, Gates of Light, page 18:
glosses: The eleventh letter of the Hebrew and Aramaic alphabets, kaph, especially when pronounced as a fricative (rather than as a plosive).
duathlete
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: duathletes
Senses: glosses: An athlete who takes part in a duathlon
Related terms: biathlete
duathletes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of duathlete
flattener
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flatteners
Etymology: From flatten + -er.
Senses: glosses: Anything that flattens.
examples: text: Provided that the curve doesn't ever flatten too much and the option remains out-of-the-money, then we will put on flatteners when the curve steepens and put on steepeners when the curve flattens.
ref: 2012, Howard Corb, Interest Rate Swaps and Other Derivatives, page 451:
text: For example, if a trader thought that 2's 10's would trade lower than 185, he or she would put on a flattener.
ref: 2014, Greg Gliner, Global Macro Trading: Profiting in a New World Economy:
topics: business
finance
glosses: A trade whose terms are based on the assumption that the rate of return will decrease.
flatteners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flattener
gravatar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gravatars
Etymology: Blend of globally + recognized + avatar; a marketing coinage.
Senses: glosses: An image (avatar) that registered users can use automatically on various blogging sites.
kinaesthetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more kinaesthetic
form: most kinaesthetic
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of kinesthetic.
Derived terms: kinaesthetically
ludologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ludologists
Etymology: From ludology + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A person who studies games.
paginator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paginators
Etymology: From paginate + -or.
Senses: glosses: Anything (especially a programming object) that controls pagination
punchboard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: punchboards
Etymology: From punch + board.
Senses: glosses: A board, having a number of holes filled with slips of paper, once used as a form of lottery
vro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vros
Etymology: Coined by American rapper XXXTentacion in 2015 (see quotation below) as a modification of bro, referencing his group "Very Rare".
Senses: examples: text: My bitch don't love me no mo', ayy / She kick me out, I'm like "Vro", ayy
ref: 2015 December 30, “Look at Me” (0:17 from the start), in Revenge, performed by XXXTentacion:
text: How is you feelin', vro? Uh / Feelin' like the Four, I feel fantastic
ref: 2017 April 22, “BabyWipe” (0:14 from the start), in You Will Regret, performed by Ski Mask the Slump God:
text: Hang with the bros 'cause you know blood thicker / I miss my vros, so we pour more liquor
ref: 2019 May 31, “Wish” (1:00 from the start), in Zuu, performed by Denzel Curry:
qualifier: hiphop slang
glosses: Synonym of bro (term of address to a male friend).
synonyms: word: bro
extra: term of address to a male friend
Related terms: cro
reblogger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rebloggers
Etymology: From reblog + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person who reblogs
punchboards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of punchboard
slummock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slummocks
Senses: glosses: A slovenly person
slummock
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: slummocks
form: slummocking
form: slummocked
form: slummocked
Senses: glosses: To behave lazily or indolently
glosses: To behave awkwardly or clumsily
Apollonian gasket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Apollonian gaskets
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A fractal generated from triples of circles, where each circle is tangent to the other two.
Synonyms: Apollonian net
Apollonian net
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Apollonian nets
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Apollonian gasket
autopathography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: autopathographies
Etymology: From auto- + pathography. Compare autobiography.
Senses: glosses: A piece of writing about one's own illness.
autopathographies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of autopathography
Arverni
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɑːɹˈvɜːɹnaɪ/
Forms: form: Arverni
form: Averni
Etymology: From Latin Arverni.
Senses: glosses: A member of an ancient, powerful Gallic tribe living in what is now the Auvergne region of France, who opposed the Romans on several occasions.
Asclepiad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Asclepiads
Etymology: (verse form): First used by the Ancient Greek poet Asclepius.
Senses: topics: communications
journalism
literature
media
poetry
publishing
writing
glosses: A choriambic verse consisting of four metrical feet: a spondee, two choriambi, and an iambus.
qualifier: Ancient Greece
glosses: A member of one of the families that claimed descent from Asclepius, known as physicians or healers.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any member of the Asclepiadaceae.
autosegment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: autosegments
Etymology: Clipping of autonomous segment.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A segment on an autosegmental tier.
Related terms: autosegmental
autosegmented
autosegments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of autosegment
Averni
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Averni
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Arverni.
acrocyanoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acrocyanosis
podzolic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more podzolic
form: most podzolic
Etymology: From podzol + -ic.
Senses: examples: podzolic soil
glosses: Resembling or relating to podzol.
ecdysteroid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ecdysteroids
Etymology: From ecdysis (“shedding, moulting”) (from Ancient Greek ἔκδυσις (ékdusis, “stripping”)) + steroid.
Senses: examples: text: The ecdysteroid group includes more than 250 polyhydroxysterols that occur in plants and animals, with 20-hydroxyecdysone (20-OH-E) being the physiologically active moulting hormone in most insects (Lafont 2000).
ref: 2007, Guy Smagghe, “12: Insect Cell Lines as Tools in Insecticide Mode of Action Research”, in Isaac Ishaaya, Ralf Nauen, A. Rami Horowitz, editors, Insecticides Design Using Advanced Technologies, Springer, page 269:
text: In some dipteran species, ecdysteroids synthesis starts at almost the same time as the onset of vitellogenin synthesis, whereas in other species like orthopterans the synthesis starts only towards the end of vitellogenin uptake.
ref: 2008, John L. Capinera, editor, Encyclopedia of Entomology, 2nd edition, Springer, page 1279:
text: Ecdysteroids in crustaceans differ substantially from those of their fellow arthropods, the insects. Crustacean ecdysteroids and ecdysteroid nuclear receptors are similar to those of insects, but differ in the number of hormones and in the number and structure of the receptor isoforms.
ref: 2009, Penny M. Hopkins, “Chapter 3: Crustacean Ecdysteroids and their Receptors”, in Guy Smagghe, editor, Ecdysone: Structures and Functions, Springer, page 73:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of hormones responsible for moulting in insects and other functions in other invertebrates and plants.
Derived terms: ecdysteroidal
phytoecdysteroid
Related terms: ecdysone
ecdysteroids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ecdysteroid
phytoecdysteroid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phytoecdysteroids
Etymology: From phyto- + ecdysteroid.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any ecdysteroid found in plants.
phytoecdysteroids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phytoecdysteroid
adaptogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more adaptogenic
form: most adaptogenic
Etymology: From adaptogen + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: It's triggered and explosion of “functional” drinks featuring adaptogenic and nootropic ingredients; plants that in some cases have been used for thousands of years to boost mood and cognitive performance.
ref: 2023 May 28, Alice Lascelles, “What's the buzz?”, in FT Weekend, HTSI, page 61:
glosses: Being or relating to an adaptogen.
couple-beggar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: couple-beggars
Etymology: Originally a verb-noun compound, "one who couples beggars"; later extended to cases where the spouses were not destitute.
Senses: examples: text: Yet you'd have no license, but be married by beggarly bans ! [...] Sure it's wonderful you don't seek out a couple-beggar, and get married like the heathens in the time of Nebecudnazar !
ref: 1836, Mrs S.C. Hall, Harry O'Reardon, Or, Illustrations of Irish Pride, page 13:
text: these destitute paupers believed themselves to be married, since they had paid a small sum of money to a 'couple beggar' and in return he performed a rudimentary ritual over them.
ref: 1994, Dympna McLoughlin, “Women and sexuality in nineteenth century Ireland”, in The Irish Journal of Psychology, volume 15, pages 266–275:
synonyms: buckle-beggar
glosses: One who, for a fee, performs an unauthorised wedding service, especially for poor people (originally beggars).
couple-beggars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of couple-beggar
xeropthalmia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: xeropthalmias
Etymology: From xero- + ophthalmia.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Dry eye.
xeropthalmias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of xeropthalmia
xyris
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: xyrises
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any member of the plant genus Xyris.
xyrises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of xyris
torpified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of torpify
torpifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of torpify
torpify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: torpifies
form: torpifying
form: torpified
form: torpified
Etymology: From Latin torpere (“to be torpid”) + -fy.
Senses: glosses: To make torpid; to benumb, to paralyse.
torpifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of torpify
jings
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: Jings! This blizzard is no place for a wee bucket boy! If I'm not careful I'll slip and —
ref: 2023, A. C. MacDonald, Twistwood Tales (comic), Andrews McMeel, →ISBN, page 23:
glosses: An exclamation of surprise.
Synonyms: wow
Related terms: by jings
by jingo
jingoize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: jingoizes
form: jingoizing
form: jingoized
form: jingoized
Etymology: From jingo + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To make excessively patriotic.
Related terms: jingoism
jingoist
jingoistic
jingoizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of jingoize
jingoized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of jingoize
intersource
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + source.
Senses: examples: text: There have not been any major intersource shifts, but there has been a small tendency for the share of electricity to increase, as shown in Figure 14-6.
ref: 1981, John C. Sawhill, Robert A. Bohm, Lillian A. Clinard, World energy production and productivity:
text: Here, the source memory and the target signal are from different sources, so soundspotting in this context performs intersource matching.
ref: 2009, R. T. Dean, The Oxford handbook of computer music, page 440:
glosses: Between sources.
ivoroid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ivory + -oid.
Senses: glosses: A synthetic celluloid plastic resembling ivory.
unstroked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + stroked.
Senses: examples: text: And no matter how “pretty” you make your outside, that ignored, unstroked, inner judge called self-esteem can and will beat you back down time and time again — if you let it. How do you judge your own self-esteem?
ref: 2014, Paul Novak, 101+ Uncommonly Good Insights for Teens, page 43:
glosses: Not stroked.
infostructure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: infostructures
Etymology: From info + structure, influenced by infrastructure.
Senses: glosses: The technical infrastructure supporting an information system.
glosses: The design of an information resource, such as a web site, so that it can be used and navigated efficiently.
Derived terms: infostructural
Related terms: applistructure
infostructures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of infostructure
iatroepidemic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: iatroepidemics
Etymology: From iatro- + epidemic.
Senses: examples: text: The drug thalidomide caused many birth defects and led to an iatroepidemic.
glosses: A large-scale problem caused by a medical procedure or drug.
iatroepidemics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of iatroepidemic
informavore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: informavores
Senses: glosses: An infovore; one who eagerly acquires information.
informavores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of informavore
inexcuseable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more inexcuseable
form: most inexcuseable
Etymology: From in- + excuseable.
Senses: examples: text: "So much the more inexcuseable," answered the lady; "for whom doth he ruin by his fondness but his own child?"
ref: 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:
glosses: Alternative form of inexcusable.
overinhibited
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overinhibited
form: most overinhibited
Etymology: From over- + inhibited.
Senses: examples: text: Twenty-five overinhibited children and twenty-five unsocialized aggressive children were followed up in the spring of 1944.
ref: 1946, Lester Eugene Hewitt, Richard Leos Jenkins, Fundamental patterns of maladjustment: the dynamics of their origin:
text: Overinhibited children often benefit cathartically from dramatic play.
ref: 1968, Richard Courtney, Play, drama and thought:
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: Excessively inhibited.
knee baby
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: knee babies
Etymology: Because a baby of this age may be taken into the mother's lap, i.e. on her knee.
Senses: glosses: A young child, slightly older than a baby.
simulties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of simulty
simulty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: simulties
Etymology: From Latin simultas (“a hostile encounter, drudge, originally, a (hostile) coming together”), from simul (“together”). Compare Old French simulté.
Senses: examples: text: Nor seek to get his patron's favour, by embarking himself in the factions of the family; to enquire after domestic simulties, their sports or affections.
ref: 1640, Ben Jonson, "Parasiti ad mensam", CXXII, Discoveries (posthumous)
glosses: Private grudge or quarrel.
gentilism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gentilisms
Etymology: See gentile, and compare French gentilisme.
Senses: glosses: heathenism; paganism; the worship of pagan gods
examples: text: In Scotland (especially among the Highlanders) the woemen doe make a Curtsey to the New-moon. I have known one in England doe it, and our English woemen in the Country doe retain (some of them) a touch of this Gentilisme still.
ref: 1687, John Aubrey, Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme, page 36:
glosses: a heathenish practice.
glosses: tribal feeling; devotion to one's gens
curateship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: curateships
Etymology: From curate + -ship.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of curacy.
synonyms: word: curacy
curacies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of curacy
curateships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of curateship
dianoialogy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dianoiology
Etymology: From dianoia + -logy.
Senses: glosses: The science of the dianoetic or intellectual faculties.
counternotification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: counternotifications
Etymology: From counter- + notification.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A legal notification sent in reply to an earlier notice from an opposing party.
Synonyms: counternotice
counternotifications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of counternotification
shippen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shippens
form: shippon
form: shipen
Etymology: From Middle English schipne, schepne, schüpene, from Old English scypen (“cow-shed, stall, shippen”), from Proto-Germanic *skupīnō (“stall”), diminutive of *skup- (“shed, barn”). Related to shop, shepen.
Senses: glosses: A stable; a cowhouse.
shippens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shippen
Thomsen's disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Thomsen disease.
disenable
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: disenables
form: disenabling
form: disenabled
form: disenabled
Etymology: From dis- + enable.
Senses: examples: text: The sight of it might damp me and disenable me to speak.
ref: 1640, State Trials:
glosses: To disable (render unable)
Synonyms: disable
disenabled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of disenable
disenables
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of disenable
disenabling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of disenable
excarnification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Popish excarnification of consciences
ref: 1589, The Text of the New Testament of Iesus Christ […] :
glosses: The removal of flesh; excarnation.
spineback
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spinebacks
Etymology: From spine + back.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A fish with spines in, or in front of, the dorsal fins.
spinebacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spineback
nonasthma
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + asthma.
Senses: glosses: Not asthma.
grindelia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grindelias
Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Grindelia.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The dried stems and leaves of tarweed (Grindelia), used as a remedy in asthma and bronchitis.
synonyms: gumweed
glosses: A member of the genus Grindelia.
fimbrins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fimbrin
plastin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plastins
Etymology: From Ancient Greek πλαστός (plastós, “mouldable”) + -in.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A substance associated with nuclein in cell nuclei, and by some considered as the fundamental substance of the nucleus.
Derived terms: thromboplastin
Related terms: chloroplastin
cytoplastin
plastinoid
plastins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plastin
Tarzanesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Tarzanesque
form: most Tarzanesque
Etymology: From Tarzan + -esque.
Senses: examples: text: That, taken in conjunction with my Tarzanesque agility,
They constitute a clue to my athletic versatility.
ref: 1933 December 27, Punch, London, page 712, column 1:
text: It was too Tarzanesque for the apes.
ref: 1937 April 24, Smith's Weekly, Sydney, page 10, column 2:
text: Ostensibly, [Edgar Rice] Burroughs wanted the simple, Tarzanesque life in Tarzana, far from the madding crowd. Yet as soon as he had taken possession of his estate, he expanded it to include a swimming pool, a ballroom, and a theater[…]
ref: 1991, Kevin Starr, Material Dreams, page 75:
text: a Tarzanesque shout of exultation and triumph
ref: 2002, Astrid M. Fellner, Articulating selves: contemporary Chicana self-representation:
text: The river crossing is a bit Tarzanesque – saltwater crocodiles occasionally lurk around the mouth of the river[…]
ref: 2007, Simon Richmond, Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei, page 392:
glosses: Reminiscent of the fictional Tarzan; suggesting savage jungle life.
Chicagoans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Chicagoan
monophony
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mono- + -phony.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The characteristic of a piece that has only a primary melody and no secondary melody or accompaniment.
Related terms: monophonic
homophony
polyphony
must-read
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /mʌst ɹid/
Forms: form: must-reads
Etymology: From must + read.
Senses: glosses: A book, article, etc. that one is strongly recommended to read.
gisarm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gisarms
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of gisarme.
gisarms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gisarm
neckweed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neckweeds
Etymology: From neck + weed.
Senses: glosses: An American annual weed (Veronica peregrina), with small white flowers and a roundish pod.
glosses: The hemp plant, which furnishes ropes for hanging criminals.
neckweeds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neckweed
backsettler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: backsettlers
Etymology: From back + settler.
Senses: examples: text: the English backsettlers of Leinster and Munster
ref: a. 1859, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Sir William Temple:
synonyms: ruralite
glosses: One living in the back or outlying districts of a community.
backsettlers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of backsettler
isosulphocyanic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From iso- + sulphocyanic acid.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An acid isomeric with sulphocyanic acid.
futurisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of futurism
nitrocarburize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: nitrocarburizes
form: nitrocarburizing
form: nitrocarburized
form: nitrocarburized
Etymology: From nitro- + carburize.
Senses: glosses: To harden the surface of (a ferrous metal) by diffusing nitrogen and carbon atoms into it.
Related terms: carbonitride
diazonaphthoquinone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diazonaphthoquinones
Etymology: From diazo + naphthoquinone.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A diazo derivative of naphthoquinone.
diazonaphthoquinones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diazonaphthoquinone
kalafungin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From [Term?] + -fungin (“antifungal antibiotic”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A particular antifungal antibiotic.
psychorubin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Psychotria rubra + -in.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A cytotoxic naphthoquinone obtained from Psychotria rubra.
multiparadigm
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: multi-paradigm
Etymology: From multi- + paradigm.
Senses: examples: text: This multiparadigm programming language supports both object-oriented and aspect-oriented programming.
glosses: Using or conforming to more than one paradigm.
Lisfranc ligament
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Lisfranc ligaments
Etymology: Named after Jacques Lisfranc de St. Martin (1790–1847), pioneering French surgeon.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A ligament that connects the base of the medial cuneiform to the base of the second metatarsal.
wikipedia: Jacques Lisfranc de St. Martin
Lisfranc fracture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Lisfranc fractures
Etymology: Named after Jacques Lisfranc de St. Martin (1790–1847), pioneering French surgeon.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A fracture of the foot in which one or all of the metatarsals are displaced from the tarsus.
wikipedia: Jacques Lisfranc de St. Martin
adenosyltransferases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adenosyltransferase
hypermethioninaemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypermethioninaemias
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hypermethioninemia.
hypermethioninaemias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hypermethioninaemia
hypermethioninemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypermethioninemias
form: hypermethioninaemia
Etymology: From hyper- + methionine + -emia.
Senses: glosses: An excess of methionine in the blood.
hypermethioninemias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hypermethioninemia
Lisfranc joint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Lisfranc joints
Etymology: Named after Jacques Lisfranc de St. Martin (1790–1847), pioneering French surgeon.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Any of the arthrodial joints in the foot.
wikipedia: Jacques Lisfranc de St. Martin
zygomaticofacial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌzaɪ.ɡəˌmæt.ɪk.oʊˈfeɪ.ʃəl/
rhymes: -eɪʃəl
Etymology: From zygomatico- + facial.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the zygomatic bone and face.
Derived terms: zygomaticofacial foramen
zygomaticofacial nerve
zygomaticofrontal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From zygomatico- + frontal.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the zygomatic bone and frontal bone.
zygomaticosphenoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From zygomatico- + sphenoid.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the zygomatic bone and sphenoid bone.
rattlebacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rattleback
zeuglodont
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zeuglodonts
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any of the family †Basilosauridae of extinct cetaceans, formerly under the taxonomically invalid name †Zeuglodontidae.
zeuglodonts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zeuglodont
Listerian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Listerian
form: most Listerian
Etymology: From Lister + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: Listerian dressing
text: Listerian method
glosses: Of or pertaining to Joseph Lister, who pioneered the use of antiseptic in medical operations.
Related terms: Listerism
sapienization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: sapiens + -ization
Senses: topics: anthropology
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: The development of Homo sapiens (the modern human being) from earlier species.
peddleries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peddlery
peddlery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peddleries
form: pedlary
form: pedlery
Etymology: From peddler + -y.
Senses: glosses: The trade or goods of a peddler.
examples: text: [...] may at one time or other looke with a good judgement into these their deceitfull Pedleries,
ref: 1641 May, John Milton, “The Second Book”, in Of Reformation Touching Church-Discipline in England: And the Cavses that hitherto have Hindred it. […], [London]: […] Thomas Vnderhill, →OCLC, page 54; republished in (Please provide a date or year):
glosses: trickery
stirrage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From stir + -age.
Senses: glosses: The act of stirring
examples: text: The fulnesse of humors, corpus succiplenum, is the aliment or food of sleepe, as is to be seene in children and yong folkes; but the humors of old men are dried vp, as the stalkes of plants, and the corne in haruest, and their skinne rough, withered and wrinkled as old trees. Hence it is that they cannot sleepe soundly, but the crowing of the cocke, the noise of little birds, the whimpering of mice, euery small stirrage waketh them.
ref: 1621, Thomas Granger, chapter 12, in A familiar exposition or commentarie on Ecclesiastes wherein the worlds vanity, and the true felicitie are plainely deciphered, page 320:
glosses: A stir; commotion.
detractress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: detractresses
Etymology: From detractor + -ess.
Senses: examples: text: That if any shall detract from a Lady's Character, […]the said Detractress shall be forthwith ordered to the lowest place of the Room.
ref: 1715 March 20 (Gregorian calendar), Joseph Addison, “The Free-holder: No. 23. Wednesday, March 9. [1715.]”, in The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq; […], volume IV, London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], published 1721, →OCLC:
glosses: A female detractor.
detractresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of detractress
intercommune
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + commune. Compare intercommon, intercommunicate.
Senses: glosses: between communes
intercommune
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: intercommunes
form: intercommuning
form: intercommuned
form: intercommuned
Etymology: From inter- + commune. Compare intercommon, intercommunicate.
Senses: glosses: To communicate or have dialogue between each other.
intercommuned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of intercommune
intercommunes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of intercommune
intercommuning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of intercommune
planipetalous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more planipetalous
form: most planipetalous
Etymology: From plani- + petalous.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having flat petals.
archwife
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: archwives
Etymology: From Middle English archewyf, arche wif, equivalent to arch- + wife.
Senses: examples: text: You archwives, strong as camels, take the high
And overpowering hand against the male.
ref: 1977, Geoffrey Chaucer, Theodore Morrison, The Portable Chaucer: Revised Edition:
text: Lady Wallingford had been circulating defamatory libels against Buckingham, leading James to comment that Wallingford was like his father-in-law, 'altogether guided and overruled by an archwife'.
ref: 2002, Pauline Croft, King James:
text: "To pay homage to the World Harlot, the Mandrake Venus, the Archwife, the Ever-existing, who has been, is, and will be. […]"
ref: 2003, Stephanie Forward, Dreams, Visions and Realities, page 3:
text: All the same, Master Kit, it looks like you're in a case of pickles – if her ma's half the archwife the postboy says she is! Seems to me you'll have to hang up your axe.'
ref: 2008, Georgette Heyer, False Colours, page 191:
text: Some poor fool might have been saved a lifetime of misery if the archwife had drowned in the ditch after all.
ref: 2013, Barbara Metzger, Greetings of the Season and Other Stories:
glosses: A big, masculine wife; a dominating woman; virago.
archwives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of archwife
astipulation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: astipulations
Etymology: Latin astipulatio.
Senses: examples: text: by the consent and astipulation of my princes and peers do establish and consign to them, that Monastery[…]
ref: 1620, Joseph Hall, The Honour of the Married Clergy:
glosses: stipulation; agreement
astipulations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of astipulation
Ti plasmid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ti plasmids
Senses: glosses: A circular, tumor-inducing plasmid found in bacteria of the genus Agrobacterium.
farblondjet
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more farblondjet
form: most farblondjet
form: farblondzhet
Etymology: From Yiddish פֿאַרבלאָנדזשעט (farblondzhet), past participle of פֿאַרבלאָנדזשן (farblondzhn), from פֿאַר־ (far-) + בלאָנדזשן (blondzhn), from Polish błądzić.
Senses: examples: text: He drove towards New Rochelle, but got so farblondjet that he ended up in White Plains.
ref: 1968, Leo Rosten, The Joys of Yiddish, page 112:
glosses: Lost.
glosses: Confused, mixed-up.
ancestor worship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The ancient quarians practiced ancestor worship. Even after abandoning faith for secularism, quarians continued to revere the wisdom of elders.
ref: 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Quarians: Religion Codex entry:
topics: anthropology
human-sciences
lifestyle
religion
sciences
glosses: Veneration of the spirits of one’s ancestors.
Related terms: ancestor spirit
paiza
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paizas
form: paizi
Etymology: Derived from Middle Mongol ᠫᠠᠶᠢᠵᠠ (payiǰa) (compare Modern Mongolian пайз (pajz)). Ultimately from Chinese 牌子 (páizi).
Senses: glosses: A tablet of authority in the Mongol Empire.
Synonyms: gerege
paizas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paiza
gerege
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gereges
Etymology: From Middle Mongol [script needed] (gerege).
Senses: glosses: A tablet of authority in medieval Mongolia.
Synonyms: paiza
Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Fuzzy Wuzzy Angel
CAC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CACs
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: Initialism of collective action clause.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Common Access Card.
glosses: Initialism of Central Asian country.
glosses: Initialism of cracker-ass cracker.
topics: business
coordinate_terms: CLV
glosses: Initialism of customer acquisition cost (“cost associated in convincing a customer to buy a product”).
CAC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Catholic Apostolic Church.
topics: business
finance
glosses: initialism of Cotation Assistée en Continu (Continuous Assisted Quotation), an indexing system used on the Euronext Paris electronic stock exchange.
hydroxyecdysone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydroxyecdysones
Etymology: From hydroxy- + ecdysone.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A sterol (a ecdysteroid hormone) that controls moulting and metamorphosis of arthropods
ventiloquinone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ventiloquinones
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of pyranonaphthoquinones, dimers of which form the cardinalins
cardinalin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cardinalins
Etymology: From cardinal + -in?
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of fungal pigments that are dimers of the ventiloquinones.
pyranonaphthoquinone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pyranonaphthoquinones
Etymology: From pyran + -o- + naphthoquinone.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of many compounds whose structure is that of a pyran ring fused to a naphthoquinone; many of them have biological activity
isoventiloquinone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From iso- + ventiloquinone.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An isomeric form of ventiloquinone
cyclopentannulated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Blend of cyclopentane + annulated.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Modified by the addition of cyclopentadiene, or by cyclization, to form a cyclopentane ring
Related terms: cyclopentannulation
nanaomycin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanaomycins
Senses: topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Any of a group of pyranonaphthoquinone antibiotics and antifungal agents isolated from an actinomycete
Charente-Maritime
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A department of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. Capital: La Rochelle (INSEE code 17).
Bouches-du-Rhône
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A department of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France; located in the historical region and province of Provence. Capital: Marseille.
Loire-Atlantique
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A department of Pays de la Loire, France (INSEE code 44).
Derived terms: Loire-Inférieure
Puy-de-Dôme
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A department of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France (INSEE code 63).
Lot-et-Garonne
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A department of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. Capital: Agen (INSEE code 47).
Haute-Loire
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A department of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. Capital: Le Puy-en-Velay (INSEE code 43).
Eure-et-Loir
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from French Eure-et-Loir.
Senses: glosses: A department of Centre-Val de Loire, France. Capital: Chartres (INSEE code 28).
Chartres
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: shärʹtrə
enpr: shärt
ipa: /ˈʃɑːtɹə/
ipa: /ʃɑːt/
ipa: /ˈʃɑɹtɹə/
ipa: /ʃɑɹt/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)t
Etymology: From French Chartres, from Latin Carnūtēs, name of a Gaulish tribe, from a Celtic root for “rock, stone”.
Senses: glosses: A city, the capital of Eure-et-Loir department, Centre-Val de Loire, France.
glosses: A settlement on West Falkland, Falkland Islands, named after Edward Chartres, a naval surgeon.
glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Chartres blue
Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A department of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France (INSEE code 64).
Haute-Vienne
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A department of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. Capital: Limoges (INSEE code 87).
Pasadena
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpæsəˈdiːnə/
rhymes: -iːnə
Etymology: The place name in California is claimed to be from an Ojibwe word meaning “crown of the valley”.
The town in Newfoundland is named after a farm which was named in turn for the city in California.
Senses: examples: text: On Sunday, the robot rover advanced another 157 feet (48 meters) as it continued along the rim of a Martian crater, putting Opportunity's total odometer at 25.01 miles (40.25 km), according to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory near Pasadena, California.
ref: 2014 July 29, Steve Gorman, “NASA's Mars rover sets off-Earth, off-road distance record”, in Reuters:
glosses: A place in the United States:
A city in Los Angeles County, California.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A neighbourhood of St. Petersburg, Florida.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A neighbourhood of Lexington, Kentucky.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A census-designated place in Anne Arundel County, Maryland.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A city in Harris County, Texas.
glosses: A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
glosses: A suburb of Adelaide in the City of Mitcham, South Australia.
Derived terms: Nina from Pasadena
Pasadenan
South Pasadena
Related terms: Altadena
Pasadenan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Pasadena + -an.
Senses: glosses: From Pasadena
Pasadenan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Pasadenans
Etymology: From Pasadena + -an.
Senses: glosses: Someone from Pasadena
cyclopropannulated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Blend of cyclopropane + annulated.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Modified by the addition of, or by cyclization to form, a cyclopropane ring
Related terms: cyclopropannulation
cyclobutannulated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Blend of cyclobutane + annulated.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Modified by the addition of, or by cyclization to form, a cyclobutane ring
Related terms: cyclobutannulation
cyclopentannulation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyclopentannulations
Etymology: From Blend of cyclopentane + annulation.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Modification by the addition of, or by cyclization to form, a cyclopentane ring.
Related terms: cyclopentannulated
cyclohexannulated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Blend of cyclohexane + annulated.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Modified by the addition of, or by cyclization to form, a cyclohexane ring
Related terms: cyclohexannulation
cycloheptannulated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Blend of cycloheptane + annulated.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Modified by the addition of, or by cyclization to form, a cycloheptane ring
Related terms: cycloheptannulation
cyclooctannulated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Blend of cyclooctane + annulated.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Modified by the addition of, or by cyclization to form, a cyclooctane ring
Related terms: cyclooctannulation
cyclopropannulation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Blend of cyclopropane + annulation.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Modification by the addition of, or by cyclization to form, a cyclopropane ring
Related terms: cyclopropannulated
cyclobutannulation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of cyclobutane + annulation
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Modification by the addition of, or by cyclization to form, a cyclobutane ring
Related terms: cyclobutannulated
cyclohexannulation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Blend of cyclohexane + annulation.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Modification by the addition of, or by cyclization to form, a cyclohexane ring
Related terms: cyclohexannulated
cycloheptannulation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cycloheptannulations
Etymology: From Blend of cycloheptane + annulation.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Modification by the addition of, or by cyclization to form, a cycloheptane ring
Related terms: cycloheptannulated