cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
miasmically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more miasmically
form: most miasmically
Etymology: From miasmic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a miasmic manner.
mezcaline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mescaline.
wunches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wunch
metempsychosist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metempsychosists
Etymology: From metempsychosis + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who believes in metempsychosis.
metempsychosists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metempsychosist
metathesise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: metathesises
form: metathesising
form: metathesised
form: metathesised
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of metathesize.
metathesised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of metathesise
metathesises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of metathesise
metathesising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of metathesise
Dodonaean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /dəˈdəʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /dəˈdoʊ.ni.ən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Forms: form: more Dodonaean
form: most Dodonaean
form: Dodonean
Etymology: From Latin Dodonaeus + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of, from, or related to Dodona, a town and religious shrine of ancient Greece, or its modern counterpart Dodoni.
Synonyms: word: Dodonian
mesocratic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From meso- + -cratic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to mesocracy, or rule by the middle class.
topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Neither leucocratic nor melanocratic; having a more or less even mixture of light and dark constituents.
mesocratic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From meso- + -cratic.
Senses: examples: text: Turner and West ( 1968 ) suggest that the phases of an interglacial period (cryocratic, protocratic, mesocratic, telocratic ) be considered as cenozones.
ref: 1975, Valentin Abramovich Krasilov, Paleoecology of Terrestrial Plants, page 229:
text: Hence, regional soil degenerations and podsolization was probably an important factor contributing to the retrogressive change in the forest composition at the end of the mesocratic phase..
ref: 1987, Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, Annales Academiae Scientiarum Fennicae, page 10:
text: The fully developed mesocratic woodland had a somewhat different character..
ref: 2012, M. Ingrouille, Historical Ecology of the British Flora, page 76:
topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
glosses: The second stage of interglacial forest development (Early-Temperate), characterized by a transitional mix of light-demanding and shade-tolerant species.
Coordinate terms: cryocratic
protocratic
oligocratic
telocratic
leukocratic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more leukocratic
form: most leukocratic
Etymology: From leuko- + -cratic.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of leucocratic.
mercurialise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: mercurialises
form: mercurialising
form: mercurialised
form: mercurialised
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mercurialize.
mercurialised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of mercurialise
mercurialises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of mercurialise
mercurialising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of mercurialise
mentalisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mentalism
melancholiac
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: melancholiacs
Senses: glosses: Synonym of melancholic.
synonyms: word: melancholic
melancholiacs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of melancholiac
mechaniser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mechanisers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mechanizer.
mechanisers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mechaniser
meataxe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: meataxes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of meat axe.
meat axe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: meat axes
form: meat ax
form: meataxe
Senses: glosses: A cleaver used for chopping meat.
meataxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of meataxe
meat axes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of meat ax
glosses: plural of meat axe
mechanisable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mechanise + -able.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mechanizable.
intersplice
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: intersplices
form: intersplicing
form: interspliced
form: interspliced
Etymology: From inter- + splice.
Senses: glosses: To splice between; to intercut (e.g. a scene in a film).
interspliced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of intersplice
intersplices
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of intersplice
intersplicing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of intersplice
grossetto
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɹoʊˈsɛtoʊ/
ipa: /ɡɹəʊˈsɛtəʊ/
Forms: form: grossetti
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian grossetto, diminutive of grosso.
Senses: examples: text: A copper piece, called the grossetto, and resembling the grosso in character and design, but having on the reverse the legend TIBI LAVS & GLORIA, made its first appearance under the Doge Veniero (1383-1400) and at a later period we find the half-grossetto (1523-38).
ref: 1884, The Antiquary, volume 9:
text: Probably the best-known example of this is the grosso, with its varieties, the grossetto and the grossone; these names can of course be traced to the numi grossi, i. e., thick coins, or large denarii originally struck in Bohemia in the thirteenth century.
ref: 1917, “The Numismatist: An Illustrated Monthly Magazine for Those Interested in Coins, Medals, and Paper Money”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume 30:
text: However, six years after his death a new double grosso was introduced; from this point on the term grossone would be used for the new large coin, and grossetto for the normal grosso.
ref: 2013, Benjamin Arbel, Intercultural Contacts in the Medieval Mediterranean:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
numismatics
glosses: An Italian coin of the fourteenth century.
Related terms: grosso
grossone
Treksmut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Trek + smut.
Senses: examples: text: In fact, I think one of the main reasons people write and read Treksmut (tm), is that the show very rarely shows these extremely attractive and appealing characters in romantic situations or settings, except for one-episode flings, which are usually conveniently forgotten by the next show, although this is refreshingly rare on DS9 and Voyager.
ref: 1997 May 5, Joanne Collins, “Re: TrekSmut, PWPs and Emotional Subtexts (Long and involved)”, in alt.startrek.creative (Usenet):
text: Has anyone had any problems storing Treksmut on a Tripod homepage?
ref: 1998 April 7, Deanna, “OT: Tripod and Treksmut?”, in alt.startrek.creative (Usenet):
text: Also: I'm twenty-one now! So I can read Treksmut anywhere!! :-)
ref: 2002 June 4, saavaant [username], “OT: My personal pages, and my birthday!!”, in alt.startrek.creative.erotica.moderated (Usenet):
topics: lifestyle
glosses: Sexually-explicit fan fiction based on the Star Trek television series and films.
Hypernyms: Trekfic
hetsmut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɛtsmʌt/
Etymology: From het + smut.
Senses: examples: text: I think most slash is better than most hetsmut, but that's just me.
ref: 2002 June 26, Atalanta Pendragonne [username], “Re: OT Anne Rice newsgroup”, in alt.support.childfree (Usenet):
text: I love McCoy hetsmut but sometimes I have trouble finding pairings to latch onto.
ref: 2003 November 14, Farfalla [username], “Re: NEW2U TOS "Blue-eyed Satyrs" Mc/Saa [NC-17] Trek hetsmut”, in alt.startrek.creative.erotica.moderated (Usenet):
text: You're making me want to see hetsmut between these two. Damn you!
ref: 2006, Kirby Crow, quoted in Eden Lackner, Barbara Lynn Lucas, & Robin Anne Reid, "Cunning Linguists: The Bisexual Erotics of Words/Silence/Flesh", in Fan Fiction and Fan Communities in the Age of the Internet: New Essays (eds. Karen Hellekson & Kristina Busse), McFarland & Company (2006), page 203
topics: lifestyle
glosses: Sexually explicit fan fiction involving opposite-sex characters.
Hypernyms: hetfic
matchmark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: matchmarks
Etymology: From match + mark.
Senses: topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A mark inscribed on a component to aid alignment with the rest of an assembly.
matchmarks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of matchmark
maternalistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more maternalistic
form: most maternalistic
Etymology: From maternal + -istic.
Senses: glosses: Exhibiting or relating to maternalism.
Derived terms: maternalistically
manstopper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: manstoppers
Etymology: From man + stopper.
Senses: glosses: A weapon, bullet, dog, etc. that can quickly and reliably incapacitate a person.
manstoppers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of manstopper
petasius
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: petasii
Etymology: From Latin petasius, from Ancient Greek πέτασος (pétasos, “petasus: a broad-brimmed hat”).
Senses: glosses: A large broad-rimmed bell used for summoning monks.
marquetery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: marqueteries
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of marquetry.
martyrisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: martyrisations
Etymology: From martyr + -isation.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of martyrization.
martyrisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of martyrisation
grossetti
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɹoʊˈsɛti/
ipa: /ɡɹəʊˈsɛtiː/
Senses: glosses: plural of grossetto
midshipmite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: midshipmites
Etymology: Blend of midshipman + mite?
Senses: examples: text: CHAPTER VII. In which our hero and Gascoigne ought to be ashamed of themselves, and did feel, what might be called midshipmite compunction.
ref: 1836, [Frederick Marryat], “In which our hero and Gascoigne ought to be ashamed of themselves, and did feel, what might be called midshipmite compunction”, in Mr. Midshipman Easy […], volume III, London: Saunders and Otley, […], →OCLC, page 127:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A little or petty midshipman.
midshipmites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of midshipmite
millennially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From millennial + -ly.
Senses: examples: a millennially ancient landmark
glosses: In millennial terms.
mikvoth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mikveh
mikvos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mikveh
mikvot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mikveh
millime
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: millimes
Etymology: Borrowed from French millime; compare centime.
Senses: glosses: A unit of currency equal to one thousandth of a Tunisian dinar.
glosses: A unit of currency equal to one thousandth of an Egyptian pound.
millimes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of millime
millrun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: millruns
Etymology: From mill + run.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of mill race.
synonyms: word: mill race
millruns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of millrun
mimeses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mimesis
mingily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more mingily
form: most mingily
Etymology: From mingy + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: My convention diary is unusually disjointed, since I was mingily commuting from Berkshire rather than pay £65 per night for a single room.
ref: 2005, David Langford, The Sex Column and Other Misprints, page 66:
glosses: In a mingy manner.
misadministration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mis- + administration.
Senses: examples: Near-synonyms: mismanagement, misgovernance
synonyms: maladministration
glosses: Bad or wrong administration.
monasterial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Middle English monasterial, from Latin monastēriālis.
Senses: glosses: Relating to a monastery.
Derived terms: monasterially
monadist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monadists
Etymology: From monad + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A proponent of monadism.
monadists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monadist
monetaristic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to monetarism.
sapucaya
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sapucayas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sapucaia.
sapucayas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sapucaya
monometalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monometalisms
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of monometallism.
monometalisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monometalism
erminea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ermineas
Senses: examples: text: The erminea has divided toes; and the point of the tail is red.
ref: 1773, Encyclopedia Britannica, Mustella:
text: The peculiar sulphur-like yellow color is noticeable in all species of the erminea, also the pencil-like formation on tip of tail.
ref: 1906, Andersch Bros. Hunters and Trappers Guide:
text: McNab (1971) thought that an area of very small erminea in the southwest of the species range was a result of the absence of the smaller nivalis.
ref: 1985, Paul J. Greenwood, Evolution: Essays in Honour of John Maynard Smith:
glosses: The stoat (Mustela erminea).
monumentalise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: monumentalises
form: monumentalising
form: monumentalised
form: monumentalised
Etymology: From monumental + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of monumentalize.
monumentalised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of monumentalise
monumentalises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of monumentalise
monumentalising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of monumentalise
overclothes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From over- + clothes.
Senses: glosses: Items of clothing worn as an outer layer.
Related terms: overcloth
underclothes
enemyslash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From enemy + slash.
Senses: examples: text: As an intimatopic 'enemyslash' fic, Harry Potter and the Bound Prince centers on the development of intimacy as expressed through sex and eroticized comfort between two characters that are enemies in the series canon […]
ref: 2010, Darlene Rose Hampton, "Beyond Resistance: Gender, Performance, and Fannish Practice in Digital Culture", dissertation submitted to the University of Oregon, page 102
text: As a result, Harry Potter fandom again denies well-known theories of slash, as its most popular pairing – Harry/Draco – belongs to the enemyslash category.
ref: 2010, Sigrid Sindhuber, "Slashing Harry Potter: The phenomenon of border-transgression in fan fiction", thesis submitted to the University of Vienna, page 65
text: Catherine Tosenberger suggests that the joy of an enemyslash pairing lies in watching the antagonists overcome their differences.
ref: 2013, Anne Jamison, Fic: Why Fanfiction Is Taking Over the World, BenBella Books, →ISBN:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: Slash fan fiction focusing on a romantic and/or sexual relationship between adversaries.
outpull
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: outpulls
form: outpulling
form: outpulled
form: outpulled
Etymology: From out- + pull.
Senses: examples: text: One person can outpull several others by pulling on the end of the rope to draw the sticks together. You have actually made a block-and-tackle system, long used to gain what is called a mechanical advantage.
ref: 1994, Donald B. DeYoung, Science and the Bible, volume 1:
glosses: To surpass in pulling.
outpulls
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of outpull
outpulling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of outpull
outpulled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of outpull
orthographise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: orthographises
form: orthographising
form: orthographised
form: orthographised
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of orthographize.
orthographised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of orthographise
orthographises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of orthographise
orthographising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of orthographise
omnirange
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: omniranges
Etymology: From omni- + range.
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A short-range radio navigation system for aircraft, based on a network of fixed radio beacons on the ground.
omniranges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of omnirange
ogeed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ogee + -ed.
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: Having an ogee.
oilcup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oilcups
Etymology: From oil + cup.
Senses: glosses: A device that dispenses oil for lubrication in an engine, etc., without the need for a human operator.
oilcups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oilcup
oenophilist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oenophilists
Etymology: From oeno- + -philist.
Senses: glosses: An oenophile; a wine lover.
oenophilists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oenophilist
niphablepsia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: photokeratitis
mustelines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of musteline
buddyslash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From buddy + slash.
Senses: examples: text: Slash about Harry and Draco, who are enemies in canon, complicates academic theories of slash that are predicated upon the Kirk/Spock “buddyslash” model.
ref: 2007, Catherine Tosenberger, "Potterotics: Harry Potter Fanfiction On The Internet", dissertation submitted to the University of Florida, page 124
text: Although the pairing of Harry and Ron may seem as a typical example of buddyslash, one has to consider the presence of Hermione Granger as Harry's second sidekick.
ref: 2010, Sigrid Sindhuber, "Slashing Harry Potter: The phenomenon of border-transgression in fan fiction", thesis submitted to the University of Vienna, page 67
text: It is most commonly noted that the first famous pairing of Kirk/Spock, or Spirk, falls under the category of buddyslash.
ref: 2013, Janidean Bruner, "I 'like' slash: the demographics of Facebook slash communities", thesis submitted to the University of Louisville, page 10
topics: lifestyle
glosses: Slash fan fiction focusing on a romantic and/or sexual relationship between friends.
supramunicipal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more supramunicipal
form: most supramunicipal
Etymology: From supra- + municipal.
Senses: synonyms: supermunicipal
glosses: At a wider than municipal level.
unstingy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unstingy
form: most unstingy
Etymology: From un- + stingy.
Senses: glosses: Not stingy.
odourlessly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From odourless + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Without an odour.
odorlessly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From odorless + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Without an odor.
nipas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nipa
necrophilist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: necrophilists
Etymology: From necro- + -philist.
Senses: glosses: A necrophile.
necrophilists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of necrophilist
powerslash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From power + slash.
Senses: examples: text: The second most popular Potter slash pairing is Harry/Snape, which belongs to the powerslash category, and again defies findings of early fan fiction studies focusing on buddyslash.
ref: 2010, Sigrid Sindhuber, "Slashing Harry Potter: The phenomenon of border-transgression in fan fiction", thesis submitted to the University of Vienna, page 67
text: Order of the Phoenix featured Harry and Snape (a powerslash pairing par excellence) forced to become uncomfortably intimate with each other: Snape is teaching Harry how to prevent Voldemort from reading his thoughts by...reading Harry's thoughts; […]
ref: 2011, Catherine Tosenberger, “Homosexuality at the Online Hogwarts: Harry Potter Slash Fanfiction”, in Michelle Ann Abate, Kenneth B. Kidd, editors, Over the Rainbow: Queer Children's and Young Adult Literature, →ISBN, page 343:
text: Although the second most popular pairing in Potter slash fandom, Snape/Harry (or Snarry), could be categorized as enemyslash, it is also a prime example of powerslash.
ref: 2013, Janidean Bruner, "I 'like' slash: the demographics of Facebook slash communities", thesis submitted to the University of Louisville, page 10
topics: lifestyle
glosses: Slash fan fiction focusing on a romantic and/or sexual relationship between characters of unequal social status or rank.
muzzier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of muzzy: more muzzy
muzziest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of muzzy: most muzzy
muzzleth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: muzzle + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of muzzle
muzzlest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: muzzle + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of muzzle
mutualistically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more mutualistically
form: most mutualistically
Etymology: From mutualistic + -ally.
Senses: examples: text: Similarly, plants and mycorrhizal fungi are no longer thought of as behaving either mutualistically or parasitically.
ref: 2020, Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life:
glosses: In a mutualistic fashion.
mussily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more mussily
form: most mussily
Etymology: From mussy + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a mussy manner.
municipalise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: municipalises
form: municipalising
form: municipalised
form: municipalised
Etymology: From municipal + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of municipalize.
municipalising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of municipalise
municipalises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of municipalise
municipalised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of municipalise
mouthorgan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mouthorgans
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mouth organ.
mouthorgans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mouthorgan
motortruck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: motortrucks
Etymology: From motor + truck.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of motor truck.
motortrucks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of motortruck
mothproofer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mothproofers
Etymology: From mothproof + -er.
Senses: examples: text: The dye-bath mothproofers are permanent-type mothproofers which are as the name implies applied in the dye bath.
ref: 1964, Arnold Mallis, Handbook of Pest Control: The Behavior, Life History, and Control of Household Pests, MacNair-Dorland Company:
glosses: Any substance used to make things mothproof.
mothproofers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mothproofer
mordaciously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more mordaciously
form: most mordaciously
Etymology: From mordacious + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a mordacious manner.
paratactically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From paratactic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In terms of or by means of parataxis.
paratactical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more paratactical
form: most paratactical
Etymology: From paratactic + -al.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of paratactic.
synonyms: word: paratactic
oversevere
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌəʊvəˈsɪˈvɪə/
ipa: /ˌəʊvəˈsɪˈvɪɹ/
Forms: form: more oversevere
form: most oversevere
Etymology: From over- + severe.
Senses: examples: text: Companies, by often imposing oversevere tasks on their men, oblige them to use every subterfuge in order to meet the imjust exigencies of their employers.
ref: 1817, United States Government Printing Office, United States Congressional Serial Set, U.S. G.P.O., page 343:
text: From her girlish days, Lady Jane was permitted, by her fond, yet oversevere parents, to mix with a few of the intimate friends of the family.
ref: 1822, Francis Charles Laird, Lady Jane Grey, and Her Times, Sherwood, Neely and Jones, page 125:
text: "I cannot help hoping that you are oversevere," said Miss Corbet.
ref: 1858, Catherine Grace F . Gore, Heckington, Hurst and Blackett Publishers, page 129:
text: If the Senate amendments prevail the alien would find himself caught between two fires. He must register if he is an alien; he must pass an oversevere educational test if he wishes to become a citizen.
ref: 1865, Francis Charles Laird, The Nation, J.H. Richards, pages 718–719:
text: This is not an unjust or oversevere commentary; let any reasonable reader inspect the publications of the vers-libre poets, the exhibitions of cubist sculpture and futurist painting, the productions of the disciples of the new art of the theater and decide that point for himself.
ref: 1920, The Saturday Evening Post, G. Graham, page 22:
glosses: Excessively severe.
Derived terms: overseverely
overseverity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From over- + severity.
Senses: glosses: Excessive severity.
panpsychist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more panpsychist
form: most panpsychist
Etymology: From panpsychism + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: 1984, Timothy Sprigge, Santayana and Panpsychism, in Overheard in Seville: Bulletin of the Santayana Society, No. 2: Fall 1984, page 1,
Santayana was certainly not a panpsychist. However, I believe that there are panpsychist tendencies in his work.
text: Meditational practices are quite consistent with, and even conducive to, a panpsychist outlook, but the aim of panpsychism is not to attain enlightenment.
ref: 2003, Freya Mathews, For Love of Matter: A Contemporary Panpsychism, SUNY Press, page 110:
text: However, seeds have been planted for a panpsychist reading in the suggestion that in order to truly move beyond the consciousness-object distinction Merleau-Ponty's ontology would need to be more panpsychist than those of Leibniz and Scheler, not less.
ref: 2019, Jennifer McWeeny, “The Panpsychism Question in Merleau-Ponty's Ontology”, in Emmanuel Alloa, Frank Chouraqui, Rajiv Kaushik, editors, Merleau-Ponty and Contemporary Philosophy, SUNY Press, page 138:
glosses: Pertaining to, or in accordance with, the doctrine of panpsychism.
panpsychist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: panpsychists
Etymology: From panpsychism + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: As the philosopher Philip Goff, one of the most prominent contemporary panpsychists, has pointed out, our belief that science will solve the mystery of consciousness, given that it triumphed in so many other areas, ignores that its success was predicated in the first place on the exclusion of the mind.
ref: 2021, Meghan O'Gieblyn, chapter 9, in God, Human, Animal, Machine […] , →ISBN:
glosses: A proponent of panpsychism.
panpsychists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of panpsychist
palimpsestic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From palimpsest + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to palimpsests.
Derived terms: palimpsestically
fabaceans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fabacean
palaeopsychology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From palaeo- + psychology.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of paleopsychology.
chondronecrosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From chondro- + necrosis.
Senses: examples: text: We have identified Staphylococcus agnetis as significantly involved in bacterial chondronecrosis with osteomyelitis (BCO) in proximal tibia and femorae, leading to lameness in broiler chickens in the wire floor system.
ref: 2015 November 26, “Genome Analysis of Staphylococcus agnetis, an Agent of Lameness in Broiler Chickens”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Necrosis of cartilage.
palaeoethnology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From palaeo- + ethnology.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of paleoethnology.
palaeolith
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: palaeoliths
Etymology: From palaeo- + -lith.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of paleolith.
palaeoliths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of palaeolith
dactylion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /dækˈtɪliən/
Forms: form: dactylions
Etymology: From dactylo- + -ion.
Senses: examples: text: Two measurements were taken: 1) the sitting height (SitH1), measured as the vertical distance from the vertex of the head to the floor; 2) the vertical grip reach from a seated position (SitH2), measured as the maximal distance from the tip of the dactylion III to the floor, with the upper arms extended overhead as much as possible (Fig 3).
ref: 2015 November 26, “Physique and Performance of Young Wheelchair Basketball Players in Relation with Classification”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The tip of the middle finger.
overmodify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overmodifies
form: overmodifying
form: overmodified
form: overmodified
Etymology: From over- + modify.
Senses: glosses: To modify excessively.
Related terms: overmodification
overindustrialise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overindustrialises
form: overindustrialising
form: overindustrialised
form: overindustrialised
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of overindustrialize.
overconservative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overconservative
form: most overconservative
Etymology: From over- + conservative.
Senses: glosses: Excessively conservative.
Derived terms: overconservatively
overmodified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overmodify
overmodifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overmodify
overmodifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overmodify
overindustrialised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overindustrialise
overindustrialises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overindustrialise
overindustrialising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overindustrialise
overdemocratic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overdemocratic
form: most overdemocratic
Etymology: From over- + democratic.
Senses: glosses: Excessively democratic.
elongatoolithid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: elongatoolithids
Senses: examples: text: Unlike other elongatoolithid and prismatoolithid eggs, Elongatoolithus elongatus and Protoceratopsidovum minimum were classified into the covered nest type.
ref: 2015 November 26, “Eggshell Porosity Provides Insight on Evolution of Nesting in Dinosaurs”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biology
history
human-sciences
natural-sciences
paleontology
sciences
glosses: Any member of the oofamily Elongatoolithidae.
elongatoolithids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of elongatoolithid
extravesicular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From extra- + vesicular.
Senses: examples: text: The normalized fluorescence change (ΔF/ΔF max ) was determined by dividing the observed fluorescence change (ΔF) by that induced by adding 1% β-OG to the extravesicular medium (ΔF max ).
ref: 2015 November 26, “A Versatile Strategy for Production of Membrane Proteins with Diverse Topologies: Application to Investigation of Bacterial Homologues of Human Divalent Metal Ion and Nucleoside Transporters”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Outside of a vesicle.
merangiotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Due to the merangiotic nature of rabbit retina, most of the blood supply of the inner retina is derived from the choriocapillaris [47 ], which would likely lead to rapid retinal damage, if blocked by a non-permeable implant.
ref: 2015 November 26, “Ultrathin Polyimide Membrane as Cell Carrier for Subretinal Transplantation of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Derived Retinal Pigment Epithelium”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: medicine
ophthalmology
sciences
glosses: Having blood vessels localized to a specific region of the retina.
Coordinate terms: holangiotic
paurangiotic
anangiotic
pastoralise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pastoralises
form: pastoralising
form: pastoralised
form: pastoralised
Etymology: From pastoral + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pastoralize.
pastoralised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pastoralise
pastoralises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pastoralise
pastoralising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pastoralise
paymistress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paymistresses
Etymology: From pay + mistress.
Senses: glosses: A female paymaster.
paymistresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paymistress
phycomycete
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phycomycetes
Senses: glosses: A member of the obsolete class Phycomycetes, now considered a group of fungi in multiple, unrelated classes.
phycomycetes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phycomycete
phylloquinones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phylloquinone
pilgrimise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pilgrimises
form: pilgrimising
form: pilgrimised
form: pilgrimised
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pilgrimize.
pilgrimises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pilgrimise
pilgrimising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pilgrimise
pilgrimised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pilgrimise
oofamilies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oofamily
photoconductivities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of photoconductivity
phosphatise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: phosphatises
form: phosphatising
form: phosphatised
form: phosphatised
Etymology: From phosphate + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of phosphatize.
phosphatised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of phosphatise
phosphatises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of phosphatise
phosphatising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of phosphatise
philistinish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more philistinish
form: most philistinish
Etymology: From philistine + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Like a philistine; lacking appreciation for art or culture.
phlebotomise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: phlebotomises
form: phlebotomising
form: phlebotomised
form: phlebotomised
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of phlebotomize.
phlebotomised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of phlebotomise
phlebotomises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of phlebotomise
phlebotomising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of phlebotomise
cedrous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin cedrus, + -ous.
Senses: examples: text: Of cedrous trees and sapphire blocks built high, whereon are graved, by deft and loving hands, true likenesses of all who therein keep their standards; it is full of winding ways.
ref: 1890, Sophia Lydia Walters, Lostara: A Poem:
text: The cedars of shingles and the familiar wooden houses is yet another non-cedrous species, Thuya plicala — much nearer to a cypress than a cedar and quite different from the Thuya of antique veneers.
ref: 1947, Country Life, Volume 101:
text: Visitors to the famous arboretum at Westonbirt, Gloucestershire, may care to be reminded that there is an attractive middle-aged group of this non-cedrous cedar there.
ref: 1957, Haymarket Publishing, Gardeners' Chronicle, Horticultural Trade Journal, Volume 142:
glosses: Of, or relating to, trees in the genus Cedrus of the plant family Pinaceae.
philanthropise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: philanthropises
form: philanthropising
form: philanthropised
form: philanthropised
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of philanthropize.
philanthropised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of philanthropise
philanthropises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of philanthropise
philanthropising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of philanthropise
bibiji
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bibijis
Etymology: From bibi + -ji.
Senses: glosses: grandmother (as a respectful term of address)
bibijis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bibiji
glimpseable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more glimpseable
form: most glimpseable
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of glimpsable.
pharmacopsychosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pharmaco- + psychosis.
Senses: glosses: drug addiction
perviously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more perviously
form: most perviously
Etymology: From pervious + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a pervious manner.
peristaltically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From peristaltic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In terms of, or by means of, peristalsis.
perfervidly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more perfervidly
form: most perfervidly
Etymology: From perfervid + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: the hebdomadary symposium of incoordinately abstract, perfervidly concrete mercantile coexreligionist excompatriots
ref: 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses:
glosses: In a perfervid manner.
pentylenetetrazols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pentylenetetrazol
quercous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin quercus, suffixed with -ous.
Senses: examples: text: By the action of tannase on the tannin, a product ("quercous acid") is formed which can be reduced to ellagic acid.
ref: 1927, Bureau of Abstracts, British Abstracts: Series B, Part 2:
text: With a vast territory, China boasts fertile land and a wild climate favourable for mulberry growing and silkworm breeding. Its plentiful quercous woods can also be utilized for tussah breeding.
ref: 1994, Business Press, Textile Asia, Volume 25, Issues 1-6:
text: In addition, quercous (oak-type) woods, suitable for tussah breeding, abound in many regions of the country and this type of silk is produced in at least 11 provinces.
ref: 1994, Ian Graham, Peter Kilduff, Textiles and clothing in China: current developments and future prospects:
glosses: Of, or relating to, oak trees (genus Quercus).
peculiarise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: peculiarises
form: peculiarising
form: peculiarised
form: peculiarised
Etymology: From peculiar + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of peculiarize.
peculiarised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of peculiarise
peculiarises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of peculiarise
peculiarising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of peculiarise
peatbog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peatbogs
Etymology: From peat + bog.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of peat bog.
peatbogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peatbog
prohibitor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prohibitors
Senses: glosses: One who prohibits.
prohibitors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prohibitor
progovernment
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more progovernment
form: most progovernment
form: pro-government
Etymology: From pro- + government.
Senses: glosses: In favour of the government.
progun
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more progun
form: most progun
form: pro-gun
Etymology: From pro- + gun.
Senses: examples: text: Well, I've always been progun, you know that. It's... yeah, I think adding more guns into a situation is obviously the way to prevent shooting. I think in a way, if we take the guns away, the shootings may escalate. And I think that's why he's so firm on literally arming everyone. I think if you don't have a gun in your hands... well, let's not find out what that world would be.
ref: 2018 February 23, Richard Ayoade, The Last Leg, Season 14, Episode 5
glosses: Supportive of guns, especially widespread firearm training.
examples: text: Under the pro-gun leadership of Lieutenant Governor Tate Reeves (R), the state Senate also approved several other NRA-supported bills this week.
ref: 2014, NRA Institute for Legal Action, "Mississippi: Senate Committee Passes Comprehensive Pro-Gun Legislation"
topics: government
politics
glosses: Supportive of gun rights, especially supportive of more expansive gun rights or strongly opposed to greater gun control.
profascist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more profascist
form: most profascist
Etymology: From pro- + fascist.
Senses: glosses: In favour of fascism.
profascist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: profascists
Etymology: From pro- + fascist.
Senses: glosses: A supporter of fascism.
profascists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of profascist
prodisarmament
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more prodisarmament
form: most prodisarmament
Etymology: From pro- + disarmament.
Senses: glosses: In favour of disarmament.
prodemocratic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more prodemocratic
form: most prodemocratic
Etymology: From pro- + democratic.
Senses: glosses: In favour of democracy.
proconservation
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more proconservation
form: most proconservation
Etymology: From pro- + conservation.
Senses: glosses: In favour of conservation.
prochurch
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more prochurch
form: most prochurch
Etymology: From pro- + church.
Senses: glosses: In favour of the church.
proadministration
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more proadministration
form: most proadministration
Etymology: From pro- + administration.
Senses: glosses: In favour of the administration (part of government).
primaevally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more primaevally
form: most primaevally
Etymology: From primaeval + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of primevally.
pressmark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pressmarks
Etymology: From press + mark.
Senses: glosses: The logo of a publishing press.
pressmarks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pressmark
proreform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more proreform
form: most proreform
Etymology: From pro- + reform.
Senses: examples: text: They stopped reading the editorials in the Oxford Chronicle, which was a newly minted proreform, pro-Radical publication that seemed intent on destroying their reputation.
ref: 2022, R. F. Kuang, Babel, HarperVoyager, page 211:
glosses: In favour of reform.
pronationalist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pronationalist
form: most pronationalist
Etymology: From pro- + nationalist.
Senses: glosses: In favour of nationalism.
pronationalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pronationalists
Etymology: From pro- + nationalist.
Senses: glosses: A supporter of nationalism.
pronationalists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pronationalist
prorevolutionary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more prorevolutionary
form: most prorevolutionary
Etymology: From pro- + revolutionary.
Senses: glosses: In favour of political revolution.
plastometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plastometers
Etymology: From plasto- + -meter.
Senses: glosses: A tool used to determine the flow properties of plastic materials.
plastometers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plastometer
promonarchist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more promonarchist
form: most promonarchist
Etymology: From pro- + monarchist.
Senses: glosses: In favour of monarchism.
promonarchist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: promonarchists
Etymology: From pro- + monarchist.
Senses: glosses: A supporter of monarchism.
promonarchists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of promonarchist
proindustry
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more proindustry
form: most proindustry
Etymology: From pro- + industry.
Senses: glosses: In favour of industry.
listmom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: listmoms
Etymology: From list + mom, since a mother may be seen as the organising or moderating influence in a household.
Senses: examples: text: "For a while, some of the most animated discussions were not about Mac versus Windows, but Mac OS 9 versus Mac OS X," said listmom Bruce Giles.
ref: 2004, Leander Kahney, The Cult of Mac, No Starch Press, →ISBN, page 91:
text: Barbara the listmom, thank you for being patient with me while I've been too busy to post, […]
ref: 2005, Iris Schreier, Modular Knits: New Techniques for Today's Knitters, Lark Books, →ISBN, page 126:
text: She currently serves as “listmom” on ACOR.org's colon cancer discussion list […]
ref: 2012, The Role of Obesity in Cancer Survival and Recurrence: Workshop Summary, The National Academies Press, →ISBN, page 104:
glosses: A person who runs or moderates a listserv or other online mailing list.
listmoms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of listmom