cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
adhese
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: adheses
form: adhesing
form: adhesed
form: adhesed
Etymology: Apparently back-formation from adhesive or adhesion (itself related to adhere); compare Latin adhēsus.
Senses: examples: text: The windows of some are cemented on but preferably adhesed without any cement (a process of adhesing without cement was developed in the Hilger laboratories:[…]
ref: 1949, G. F. Lothian, Absorption Spectrophotometry, page 171:
text: After adhesing the rubber screen support to a shaved and cleaned area of the torso, the electrode and paste were covered with a piece of adhesive[…]
ref: 1961, Aerospace Medicine:
text: Temperature sensors were adhesed to various parts of the body including the great toe and index finger.
ref: 1964, Aerospace Medicine:
text: Two inches of styrofoam was adhesed to this using a special epoxy resin from Hysol Corporation, Olean, New York.
ref: 1965, Martin Marinus Meyer, The Influence of Nutrition and Root Temperature on the Dormant Season Nutrient Content and Spring Growth of Taxus Media and Forsythia Intermedia:
text: […] was not damaged in any way and additionally that the rug was not supposed to be glued or adhesed to the floor .
ref: 1975, Southern Reporter: Second series:
text: The above mentioned two layers of rubber are adhesed to each other not by the whole contact surface, and by separate parts only , possessing the form of longitudinal belts, which width is approximately 3 times lower, than that of[…]
ref: 1996, Gennadiĭ Efremovich Zaikov, New Approaches to Polymer Materials, Nova Publishers, →ISBN, page 108:
glosses: To attach adhesively or via adhesives.
examples: text: Q. Freeing up the nerve relates to what? A. Freeing up the nerve would not mean that he would try to carefully dissect the nerve from anything that it may be attached to. Q. Adhesed to? A. Attached or adhesed to. Q. Okay. Why?
ref: 1977, Boyd v. City of Wyandotte, 402 MICH 98 (1977): Plaintiff-Appellant's Appendix on Appeal, page 353:
text: This maneuver preserves whatever rotator cuff might have been encased within the scar tissue that had become adhesed to the acromion. The shaver blade then completes the dissection of the lateral edge of this soft tissue envelope from[…]
ref: 2012 February 14, Paul C. Brady, Patrick J. Denard, The Cowboy's Companion: A Trail Guide for the Arthroscopic Shoulder Surgeon, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, →ISBN, page 174:
text: Not frequently, the large intestine is also tightly adhesed to the ovary. Dissection is performed by gaining retroperitoneal entry to (1) free the intestine from the ovarian tissue, (2) free the ovary from the sidewall structures[…]
ref: 2020 October 1, Michael S. Baggish, Mickey M. Karram, Atlas of Pelvic Anatomy and Gynecologic Surgery E-Book, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, page 377:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: To unite via adhesion (abnormal union of surface).
Bassein
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /bəˈseɪn/
Senses: glosses: Dated form of Pathein.
glosses: Former name of Vasai, a suburb of Mumbai (Bombay), India.
Prome
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹoʊm/
ipa: /pɹəʊm/
rhymes: -əʊm
Forms: form: Prom
form: Prone
Senses: glosses: Former name of Pyay, Myanmar.
accd'g to
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: examples: text: It was reported here that PJ, Nash, Stokely, and Armour will be working out
with Chris Carter in the offseason accd'g to Billick[.]
ref: 1999 December 28, Don Awalt, “Armour(WR thoughts)”, in alt.sports.football.pro.baltimore (Usenet):
text: the winner for 2003 was not a guy who tipped a coke machine on him, accd'g
to what I could find on the site[...]
ref: 2004 May 27, JFlexer, “DARWIN AWARDS 2004”, in alt.gossip.celebrities (Usenet):
text: Accd'g to the user manual, it indicates a disc issue, I then proceeded
to try three other discs, also previously recorded, though not filled -
I had the same result[.]
ref: 2004 December 9, chle...@enter.net, “Sharp recording error: "DEFECT" w/numerous discs”, in alt.audio.minidisc (Usenet):
glosses: Abbreviation of according to.
oozel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oozels
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ouzel.
oozels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oozel
bigotous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bigotous
form: most bigotous
Etymology: From bigot + -ous.
Senses: examples: text: With soul-searching effectiveness we must find out just what prejudices and bigotous shortcomings we do have.
ref: 1954, George Albert Wilson, We Hold These Truths:
glosses: Of, or characteristic of a bigot.
solitary wasps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of solitary wasp
proto-Earth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From proto- + Earth.
Senses: glosses: The planet Earth at an early stage.
connie agate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: / kɒniː ˈæɡət/
rhymes: -æɡət
Forms: form: connie agates
Etymology: Perhaps a diminutive of cornelian + agate (“a playing marble carved from agate stone”).
Senses: examples: text: ‘Mine’s the blood alley.’ ‘No it’s not, yours is the connie agate.’
ref: 1976, David Ireland, The Glass Canoe, page 103:
text: My collection of marbles consisted mainly of priceless connie agates handed down by Grandpa.
ref: 1980, Clive James, chapter II, in Unreliable Memoirs, page 19:
text: I knew the very taw I wanted amongst those cats-eyes and tom bowlers. It was a connie agate, to which I attributed preternatural powers.’
ref: 1993 September 19, The Canberra Times, page 20:
glosses: A playing marble made from agate.
Synonyms: aggie
judicial reviews
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of judicial review
Natsvlishvili
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Georgian ნაცვლიშვილი (nacvlišvili).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Georgian.
intradenominationally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From intradenominational + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Missionary activity may occur interdenominationally or intradenominationally between competing persuasions advocating different degrees of religiosity or variant belief systems.
ref: 1974, B. Zvi Sobel, Hebrew Christianity: The Thirteenth Tribe, page 347:
text: Even intradenominationally, each church community develops its own ideal mode of ritual enactments.
ref: 1992, Jerrilyn M. McGregory, "There are Other Ways to Get Happy": African-American Urban Folklore:
text: From these early splits, many more splits occurred intradenominationally and continue to occur as of 2004 with the splitting of the Grace Apostles from their parent church.
ref: 2014, Auvo Kostiainen, Finns in the United States: A History of Settlement, Dissent, and Integration:
glosses: In an intradenominational manner.
Kossuthian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Kossuthian
form: most Kossuthian
Etymology: From Kossuth + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Hungarian statesman Lajos Kossuth (1802–1894), one of the leaders of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848.
comparative literature
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: comparative literatures
Senses: glosses: The academic field dealing with the study of literature and cultural expression across linguistic, cultural and national boundaries.
Synonyms: comp. lit.
comp lit
global literature
world literature
world literature
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: education
glosses: Comparative literature.
examples: text: Goethe's notion of world literature, therefore, is linked in an important way to the internationalization of culture that resulted from the emergence of capitalism as the dominant mode of production in modern Europe.
ref: 2008, P. Bayapa Reddy, editor, Aspects of Contemporary World Literature, Atlantic Publishers, →ISBN, page 5:
text: In 1827, fresh from his reading of a Chinese novel, Goethe pronounced to Eckermann that "national literature is now a rather unmeaning term; the epoch of world literature is at hand, and everyone must strive to hasten its approach.
ref: 2009 April 17, Pankaj Mishra, “Author, author: The world of ‘world’ literature”, in The Guardian:
text: If cosmopolitanism and world literature are so closely related, to the point where one may wonder whether “cosmopolitan literature” is synonymous with “world literature” […] a question that needs to be answered is why the concept of cosmopolitanism plays such a minor role in world literature discussions.
ref: 2011, Theo D'haen, David Damrosch, Djelal Kadir, editors, The Routledge Companion to World Literature, Routledge, →ISBN, page 244:
glosses: The world's national literature collectively, especially the circulation and appreciation of works beyond their country of origin.
global literature
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: comparative literature
comp. lit.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: comp lit
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of comparative literature.
Putinian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Putinian
form: most Putinian
Etymology: From Putin + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: Last but not least, and in the long term, this would mean that the Kremlin eventually has to give up its Putinian delusions of rebuilding the Russian empire.
ref: 2022 March 4, Timothy Garton Ash, “In this moment of crisis, opening the door to Ukraine is one thing the EU can do”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Of or relating to Vladimir Putin (born 1952), 2nd and 4th President of Russia.
Related terms: Putinesque
sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will never hurt me
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.
only games in town
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of only game in town.
bigotly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more bigotly
form: most bigotly
Etymology: From bigot + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: I can only say, it may savour too much of Novelty to be bigotly zealous for it; [...]
ref: 1722, John Arbuthnot, Mr. Maitland's Account of Inoculating the Small Pox:
text: So bigotly cemented has been the medical profession that any member who gave to the public truths it should know was considered unethical, pushed aside and stigmatized as one seeking notoriety.
ref: 1915, William Lee Howard, Sex Problems in Worry and Work - Page 61:
glosses: In a bigoted manner; like a bigot
monitor nozzles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monitor nozzle
Szentendre
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Hungary.
bioacoustician
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bioacousticians
Etymology: From either bio- + acoustician or bioacoustic(s) + -ian.
Senses: glosses: An expert in bioacoustics.
bioacousticians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bioacoustician
parodize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: parodizes
form: parodizing
form: parodized
form: parodized
Etymology: From parody + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To parody.
parodized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of parodize
parodizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of parodize
parodizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of parodize
Phaistos Disc
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A disk of fired clay from the Minoan palace of Phaistos on the island of Crete, possibly dating to the middle or late Minoan Bronze Age.
feelness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From feel + -ness, or perhaps continuing Middle English fēlnes (“perception”), from Old English ġefēlnes (“sensitivity; feeling”).
Senses: examples: text: You know that much and you also feel the feelness of your own hand. Now that's hard to say any other way. You know what you feel and you know that it's you feelin' inside your own hand and arm.
ref: 1969, Sue Grafton, The Lolly-Madonna War: A Novel - Page 96:
text: Within the group of low involvement "feel" products the following 10 were retained (in descending order of "feelness"): birthday cards, indoor plants, liquor, sun-glasses, pilsner beer, pralines, port, potato crisps, cookies, chocolate.
ref: 1995, IJRM - Volume 12 - Page 200
text: Took reality further, beyond the realness, feelness of things.
ref: 2003, Dale Cathell, From Lands Over:
glosses: The state, condition, or quality of feeling; perception; sensitivity
coëval
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more coëval
form: most coëval
Senses: examples: text: Tanna (pl. Tannaim)—authorities cited in the Mishna and coëval writings.
ref: 1939, Joshua Trachtenberg, Jewish Magic and Superstition, Glossary of Hebrew Terms:
glosses: Dated spelling of coeval.
unfeel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unfeels
form: unfeeling
form: unfelt
form: unfelt
Etymology: From un- + feel.
Senses: examples: text: And we study how to unlearn it, to unfeel it, to tone it down.
ref: 1998, L. J. Tessier, Dancing After the Whirlwind:
text: Attempting to “unfeel” whatever you feel is a huge drain on your energy, and that effort can siphon off the power you need to crunch your problem.
ref: 2010, John Townsend, Now What Do I Do?:
text: And when they are gone, they are gone for good. There is no way to unwind that spring. To unsee what has been seen. To unfeel what has been felt.
ref: 2014, V.L. Ewing, The Expert: - Book 1:
glosses: To reverse or negate the feeling of
unfeels
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unfeel
Dhimmicrat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Dhimmicrats
Etymology: Blend of dhimmi + Democrat, seen as submissive to Islamist interests.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: A Democrat (a member of the US Democratic Party).
overfeel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overfeels
form: overfeeling
form: overfelt
form: overfelt
Etymology: From over- + feel.
Senses: examples: text: Yet both tend to overfeel and are led more by their hearts than by their heads — more by sentiment than by reason.
ref: 2001, Bil Tierney, All Around the Zodiac:
glosses: To feel excessively or to too great an extent.
misfeel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: misfeels
form: misfeeling
form: misfelt
form: misfelt
form: mis-feel
Etymology: From mis- + feel.
Senses: examples: text: Sometimes we misuse words or mis-feel feelings.
ref: 2015, Marianne Nana Betts, the Edge of Marbles: from the Ground Up:
glosses: To feel wrongly or incorrectly
underfeel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: underfeels
form: underfeeling
form: underfelt
form: underfelt
Etymology: From under- + feel.
Senses: examples: text: Under a show of messengers and invitants to Absalom's feast, but indeed to underfeel the chief of each tribe, and to acquaint them with the intent of the meeting at Hebron.
ref: 1662, John Trapp, Hugh Martin, A Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Volume 1, page 516:
text: They did not impart this Deliberation to the Senate, for fear of making it too publick, truſting the Secret with none but Marco Antonio Barbaro, who was detained Priſoner at Conſtantinople: They charged him to underfeel the Grand Vizier, and conclude a Peace upon reaſonable Conditions; and in the mean time they conſulted with the reſt of the Magiſtrates about the Subſiſtance of the Troops for the next Campaign.
ref: 1687, [Antonio Maria Graziani], translated by Robert Midgley, The History of the War of Cyprus. […], London: […] J. Rawlins, and sold by Randal Taylor, […], page 336:
text: Then having done, added farther, that he had endeavoured to underfeel the fellow that was below, but he found him very obstinate, […]
ref: 2013, Richard Head, Francis Kirkman, The English Rogue - described in the life of Meriton:
glosses: To secretly gain knowledge from.
examples: text: As a child I had to fill in a lot of the missing information so I would “overthink,” “underfeel,” and stay confused and out of touch.
ref: 1996, Jean J. Jenson, Reclaiming Your Life, →ISBN:
text: What I see from my world is your indecisiveness, you 'underfeel and undertell' to gain their support, is that not where you are my lady?
ref: 2015, William Charles Henderson, Search for a Street Prophet, →ISBN:
text: The next round of thunder was still distant, underfelt. The lightning was no more daunting than the flicker of a neon tube, yet it seemed to catch on the yellow of the artwork.
ref: 2015, Bruce Clark, Paradise for Beginners:
glosses: To feel inadequately or to a lesser degree than expected.
underfeel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: underfeels
Etymology: From under- + feel.
Senses: examples: text: Against the text in Sango, the beat becomes more urgent and polyrhythmic, shifting from what began as a reggae-like underfeel to a fast rumba.
ref: 2006, Linda Austern, Inna Naroditskaya, Music of the Sirens, →ISBN:
glosses: An underlying feeling.
blenno-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: ipa: /blɛn.əʊ/
ipa: /blɛn.ə/
ipa: /blɛn.oʊ/
ipa: /blɛn.ə/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek βλέννα (blénna, “mucous discharge”).
Senses: glosses: Mucus.
Synonyms: muco-
myxo-
karatist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: karatists
Etymology: From karate + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: The Lak People's Movement was headed by a famous former sportsman-karatist and businessman named Magomed Khachilaev.
ref: 2009, Robert Bruce Ware, Enver Kisriev, Dagestan:
glosses: One who practices karate.
karatists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of karatist
prevenge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹɪˈvɛnd͡ʒ/
Etymology: Punning blend of pre- + revenge.
Senses: examples: text: Anticipating Wally's inevitable sarcasm, Boris let fly with a few cutting remarks in a stunning act of prevenge.
text: Prevenge: the act of getting one's retaliation in first.
ref: 2007, Susie Dent, The Language Report, Oxford University Press, page 140:
text: They would go for what was jokingly tagged 'pre-venge'.
ref: 2008, Duncan Campbell-Smith, Follow the Money: a History of the Audit Commission, Penguin UK (pages not numbered)
text: You aren't planning prevenge, are you? . . . You know, prevenge, the state of creating revenge before the need exists.
ref: 2013, Jeff Ayers, Long Overdue, StoneHouse Ink, Chapter 3 (pages not numbered)
text: Excess is exhibited in these shows: by unruly woman Max and her "prevenge" rather than revenge logic . . .
ref: 2015, Wendy A. Burns-Ardolino, TV Female Foursomes and Their Fans, McFarland, page 25:
text: Obama also had to make amends as much as possible for Bush's aggressive philosophy of preemption, which really amounted to "prevenge"—getting back at someone he feared might even think about harming our nation before they could act.
ref: 2016, Michael Eric Dyson, The Black Presidency: Barack Obama and the Politics of Race in America, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, page 142:
glosses: The act of taking, or an action taken against someone or something, ostensibly in retaliation for another act that has not yet been committed; pre-emptive action characterized as revenge.
Synonyms: preemptive strike
Related terms: avenge
revenge
venge
vengeance
argumenta ad passiones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of argumentum ad passiones
tahua
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Maori tahua.
Senses: glosses: A pile of food presented as a gift.
beer up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: beers up
form: beering up
form: beered up
form: beered up
Senses: examples: text: "Nay I didn't. I found th' cart and horses at 'The Cock' door, and Cracker was inside, beering up."
ref: 1885, William Bury Westall, Ralph Norbreck's Trust, page 66:
text: John Calhoun Benton, a South Carolinian now deceased, was no white lily; he frequently was disciplined by his managers for beering up, and by 1922 the majority of National League club owners wanted no more of him.
ref: 1947, J. G. Taylor Spink, Judge Landis and Twenty-Five Years of Baseball, page 121:
text: 2005, "Jon Sharpe" (Ed Gorman), The Trailsman #280: Texas Tart, unnumbered page,
Before returning to the cabin, he spent nearly an hour in a saloon beering up for the ride back.
text: He stoked his energy for each evening's entrance to the club by beering-up yet one more time at only two-bits a Coors in The Mariposa.
ref: 2008, Robert W. Proctor, Even Gods Walk in Shadows, page 101:
hypernyms: get drunk
tank up
oil up
coordinate_terms: liquor up
gin up
wine up
glosses: To drink a lot of beer; especially, to get drunk on beer.
Related terms: word: beered-up
impulse response
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: impulse responses
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
signal-processing
glosses: Output of a dynamic system when presented with a brief input signal.
bless someone's cotton socks
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Used to express affection toward the named person.
Related terms: bless someone's heart
God love someone
comfortable as an old shoe
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more comfortable than an old shoe
Senses: qualifier: simile
glosses: Comfortably familiar.
old shoe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: old shoes
Senses: glosses: Something or someone that is comfortably familiar.
old-shoe
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more old-shoe
form: most old-shoe
Senses: glosses: Comfortably familiar.
Yuba
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A former settlement in Yuba County, California, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Grand Traverse County, Michigan, United States.
glosses: A small village in Richland County, Wisconsin, United States.
Derived terms: Yuba City
Yuba County
murring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of murr
murred
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of murr
stage mothers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stage mother
girls' names
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of girl's name
boys' names
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boy's name
noms de Web
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nom de Web
noms de clavier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nom de clavier
Hindu-Arabic numeral
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Hindu-Arabic numerals
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Arabic numeral.
synonyms: word: Arabic numeral
Hindu-Arabic numerals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Hindu-Arabic numeral
beering up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of beer up
beers up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of beer up
beered up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of beer up
Related terms: beered-up
Laayoune
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: El Aaiún
Senses: glosses: The capital and largest city of Western Sahara.
ULing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of UL
ULed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of UL
ULs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of UL
ULs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of UL
Phaistian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the ancient city of Phaistos or its inhabitants.
New Year's Days
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of New Year's Day
Thanksgiving Days
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Thanksgiving Day
Father's Days
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Father's Day
free sugar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: free sugars
Senses: glosses: Sugar that is either added to food or naturally present in honey, syrups, and fruit juices, distinguished from the sugar naturally present in fully unrefined carbohydrates such as brown rice.
free sugars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of free sugar
Roman holidays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Roman holiday
Thirsty Thursdays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Thirsty Thursday
cricket flour
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A substance made from ground-up crickets, used in foodstuffs.
nonaccident
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonaccidents
Etymology: From non- + accident.
Senses: glosses: An event that is not an accident.
nonaccidents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonaccident
parodise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: parodises
form: parodising
form: parodised
form: parodised
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of parodize.
parodised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of parodise
parodises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of parodise
parodising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of parodise
cater-waiter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cater-waiters
Senses: glosses: A waiter who is also involved in catering.
cater-waiters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cater-waiter
nonjustificational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + justificational.
Senses: glosses: Not justificational.
justificationism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From justification + -ism.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: An approach that regards the justification of a claim as primary, while the claim itself is secondary; thus, criticism consists of trying to show that a claim cannot be reduced to the authority or criteria that it appeals to.
justificationist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: justificationists
Etymology: From justification + -ist.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A proponent of justificationism.
justificationists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of justificationist
sulphospinel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sulphospinels
Etymology: From sulpho- + spinel.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sulfospinel.
sulphospinels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sulphospinel
table-turnings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of table-turning
old shoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of old shoe
begannest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: beganst
Etymology: began + -est
Senses: examples: text: Thou sawest a woman mourning, and thou begannest to comfort her.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Esdras 10:41:
glosses: second-person singular simple past indicative of begin
brivanib
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Dozens of clinical trials are being performed to treat various cancers with brivanib as monotherapy or in combination with other agents.
ref: 2016 January 30, “Prognostic Value of Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor (bFGF) in Lung Cancer: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: An investigational antitumorigenic drug for oral administration.
decomplexification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: decomplexifications
Etymology: From de- + complex + -ification.
Senses: examples: text: According to these alterations, which can be referred to as “central sensitization”, the intrinsic properties of brain stem neurons might change and lead to the decomplexification of respiratory pattern in asthma.
ref: 2016 January 30, “Classification of Asthma Based on Nonlinear Analysis of Breathing Pattern”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: The process of decomplexifying.
Related terms: complex
complexification
complexified
complexify
complexifying
complexity
decomplexified
decomplexify
decomplexifying
decomplexifications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of decomplexification
herbimycin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named for its herbicidal activity.
Senses: glosses: A benzoquinone ansamycin antibiotic that binds to Hsp90 (Heat Shock Protein 90) and alters its function.
homeokinetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to homeokinetics.
examples: text: Like all physiological systems, respiratory system is adaptive and functions in homeokinetic statuses.
ref: 2016 January 30, “Classification of Asthma Based on Nonlinear Analysis of Breathing Pattern”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to homeokinesis.
ophthalmodynamometric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to ophthalmodynamometry.
Derived terms: ophthalmodynamometrically
ophthalmodynamometrically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From ophthalmodynamometric + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In terms of, or by means of, ophthalmodynamometry.
stereoelectroencephalographically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From stereoelectroencephalographic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In terms of, or by means of, stereoelectroencephalography.
Simmelian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Simmelian
form: most Simmelian
Etymology: From Simmel + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Georg Simmel (1858–1918), German sociologist, philosopher, and critic.
Derived terms: Simmelian tie
unmolted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + molted.
Senses: examples: text: After all cockroaches were accounted for, the unmolted cockroaches were then placed back in the home terrarium.
ref: 2016 January 30, “Leg Regrowth in Blaberus discoidalis (Discoid Cockroach) following Limb Autotomy versus Limb Severance and Relevance to Neurophysiology Experiments”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Not molted.
alt-right
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alt-rights
form: alt-Right
form: alt right
Etymology: Abbreviation of alternative right, equivalent to alt- + right, due to it being an alternative to conventional American right-wing and Republican ideologies. The word took its current meaning from a website called 'Alternative Right' created by Richard Spencer and Colin Liddell in 2010, being used only sporadically prior to 2010. The word became prominent in 2015 with the rise of Donald Trump. In 2025, the beginning of Trump's second term, many formerly distinctive alt-right positions have merged into the mainstream right.
Senses: examples: text: So a right without a Buckley will probably be smaller, and uglier to boot. I would expect this alt-right to be a lot more vigorously opposed to the civil rights movement than OTL's. It will also be much less relevant, and probably not snag a certain Californian actor. I predict, then, that America, on the whole, looks a bit more like a Western European social democracy, but with a right wing that looks (hmm...thinking...) well, looks almost fascist.
ref: 2003 March 31, Andrew Reeves, “Re: VDI: William F. Buckley Jr.”, in soc.history.what-if (Usenet), retrieved 16 Nov 2016, message-ID <fd61b1a1.0303310802.1540fd2f@posting.google.com>:
text: "But the cultural conflict between these two post-revolutionary styles — between frat guys and feminist bluestockings, Gamergaters and the diversity police, alt-right provocateurs and 'woke' dudebros, the mouthbreathers who poured hate on the all-female 'Ghostbusters' and the tastemakers who pretended it was good — is likely here to stay."
ref: 2016 August 14, Ross Douthat, “A Playboy for President”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 13 Aug 2016:
text: The choice is between a polemicist with deep ties to the alt-right movement, or a conventional policy professional with an open channel to the political establishment that Trump ran against, but which he needs to pass an agenda.
ref: 2016 November 12, Stephen Collinson, “The mystery of Donald Trump’s White House”, in CNN:
synonyms: alternative right
antonyms: alt-left
coordinate_terms: alt-left
alt-center
alt-light
glosses: An amorphous movement of right-wing white nationalists opposed to multiculturalism and egalitarianism by race and sex, mostly active on the Internet.
glosses: A member of the alt-right; an alt-righter.
Derived terms: alt-light
alt-righter
alt-rightist
alt-tech
alt-right
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more alt-right
form: most alt-right
form: alt-Right
form: alt right
Etymology: Abbreviation of alternative right, equivalent to alt- + right, due to it being an alternative to conventional American right-wing and Republican ideologies. The word took its current meaning from a website called 'Alternative Right' created by Richard Spencer and Colin Liddell in 2010, being used only sporadically prior to 2010. The word became prominent in 2015 with the rise of Donald Trump. In 2025, the beginning of Trump's second term, many formerly distinctive alt-right positions have merged into the mainstream right.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the alt-right.
tipward
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tip + -ward.
Senses: glosses: Toward the tip of something.
tipward
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From tip + -ward.
Senses: glosses: Toward the tip of something.
powderize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: powderizes
form: powderizing
form: powderized
form: powderized
Etymology: From powder + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: The spleen was harvested as a control where Smurf2 is known to be highly expressed in the WT. All specimens were immediately frozen in liquid nitrogen, powderized using a mortar and pestle, and stored at -80°C until time for protein or RNA isolation.
ref: 2016 January 28, “Skeletal Characterization of Smurf2-Deficient Mice and In Vitro Analysis of Smurf2-Deficient Chondrocytes”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: To reduce to powder
glosses: To be reduced to powder
Synonyms: sense: reduce to powder
word: pulverize
Derived terms: powderizer
Related terms: powderization
powderizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of powderize
powderizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of powderize
powderized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of powderize
comma category
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: comma categories
Senses: examples: Given a pair of functors S:𝒜→𝒞 and T:ℬ→𝒞, objects of the comma category S↓T are arrows h:S(A)→T(B) parametrized by triples (A, B, h), and given morphisms f:A→A' and g:B→B', then a morphism of the said comma category is a commuting square parametrized by the pair (f, g) and spanning the area from h to h':S(A')→T(B') and from S(f) to T(g).
topics: category-theory
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A category built out of a pair of functors that have the same codomain.
Hyponyms: arrow category
slice category
coslice category
superintegrons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superintegron
typechecking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From type + checking.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The process of verifying whether a given value belongs to a certain data type.
Related terms: typechecker
type system
type theory
closeability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From close + -ability.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of closability.
closability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: closeability
Etymology: From close + -ability.
Senses: glosses: The property of being closable.
preruminant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + ruminant.
Senses: examples: text: The preruminant, monogastric newborn lamb has well-established upper and lower esophageal sphincters […]
ref: 2016 January 20, “Inhibitory Effect of Nasal Intermittent Positive Pressure Ventilation on Gastroesophageal Reflux”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Not yet chewing the cud.
preruminant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: preruminants
Etymology: From pre- + ruminant.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: An animal that does not yet chew the cud.
preruminants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of preruminant
nonalgebraic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + algebraic.
Senses: glosses: Not algebraic.
nonalgebraically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From non- + algebraically.
Senses: glosses: In a nonalgebraic manner.
ground-zero
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ground-zeroes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ground zero.
ground-zeroes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ground-zero
endocrocin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular anthraquinone found in various fungi.
limocitrin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A particular flavonol found in citrus peels.
nonexpressers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonexpresser
nonexpressor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonexpressors
Etymology: From non- + expressor.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nonexpresser.
expressor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: expressors
Etymology: From express + -or.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Alternative form of expresser.
Derived terms: nonexpressor
overexpressor
nonexpressors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonexpressor
expressors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of expressor
overplace
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overplaces
form: overplacing
form: overplaced
form: overplaced
Etymology: From over- + place.
Senses: examples: text: On average subjects overplace themselves by 0.44 ranks.
ref: 2016 January 26, “Overconfidence and Career Choice”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: To place too high in a ranking.
overplaced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overplace
overplaces
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overplace
overplacing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overplace
rhoifolin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular flavone isolated from citrus and other plants.
underplace
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: underplaces
form: underplacing
form: underplaced
form: underplaced
Etymology: From under- + place.
Senses: glosses: To place too low in a ranking.
underplaced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of underplace
underplaces
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of underplace
underplacing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of underplace
bootblock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bootblocks
form: boot block
Etymology: From boot + block.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A block of storage on disk that holds the code for booting the operating system.
Synonyms: boot sector
bootblocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bootblock
speciecide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: specicide
form: speciescide
form: speciocide
Etymology: From species + -cide.
Senses: glosses: The systematic extermination of a species.
Related terms: genocide
invariously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From in- + various + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The sensory distress is invariously described as clawing, grabbing, pulling, or as tension which never lets loose and fatigue which does not disappear after rest.
ref: 1915, Transactions of the American Neurological Association: Annual Meeting 1914:
text: In 'life events' analysis, it is assumed that individuals and social units are subject to occasional (perhaps regular and frequent) social shocks and that these contribute to stress with which they invariously cope.
ref: 2013, Charles Crothers, Social Structure:
glosses: Synonym of invariably.
synonyms: word: invariably
Synonyms: consistently
uniformly
universal morphism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: universal morphisms
Senses: topics: category-theory
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The terminal object of a comma category from a functor to a fixed object; or, dually, the initial object of a comma category from a fixed object to a functor.
baby momma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: baby mommas
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of baby mama.
coslice category
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coslice categories
Senses: topics: category-theory
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The category opposite to that of a slice category.
kahili
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kahilis
form: kahili
Etymology: From Hawaiian kāhili.
Senses: examples: text: A dozen or more of these gaudy kahilis were upheld by pallbearers.
ref: 1866, Mark Twain, Letter from Hawaii:
text: Mourners carried a hundred or more kāhili, some highly unusual or old or with special names, such as the malulani (shade of the heavens), a handsome large kāhili of black ostrich feathers.
ref: 2012, Julia Flynn Siler, Lost Kingdom, Grove Press, page 118:
glosses: A feather standard mounted on a pole, as traditionally used in Hawaii on ceremonial occasions.
Derived terms: kahili ginger
akule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: akule
Etymology: Borrowed from Hawaiian [Term?].
Senses: examples: text: Residents of the island also told of a school of red akule fish that had been spotted in the waters off the island of Hawai‘i, which traditionally foretold the death of an ali‘i.
ref: 2012, Julia Flynn Siler, Lost Kingdom, Grove Press, page 122:
glosses: The bigeye scad, Selar crumenophthalmus.
in case of
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: examples: text: Take an umbrella in case of rain.
text: In case of emergency, break glass.
text: Elyse Saugstad, a professional skier, wore a backpack equipped with an air bag, a relatively new and expensive part of the arsenal that backcountry users increasingly carry to ease their minds and increase survival odds in case of an avalanche.
ref: 2012 December 26, John Branch, “Snow Fall: The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Nov 2013:
glosses: If there should be.
Synonyms: sense: if there should be
word: in the event of
Related terms: word: in case
word: just in case
priapist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: priapists
Senses: glosses: A person who has a persistent or near-persistent erection.
in the event that
Language: English
Part of speech: conj
Senses: examples: text: In the event that you are unable to attend the meeting as scheduled, please propose an alternative date and time.
glosses: If.
Related terms: in the event of
F/X
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: FX
Etymology: From the pronunciation of the word "effects" being similar to the pronunciation of the letters "F" and "X".
Senses: glosses: Initialism of special effects.
Synonyms: SFX
S.F.X.
Hyponyms: english: sound effects
translation: sound effects
word: SFX
english: visual effects
translation: visual effects
word: VFX
in the event of
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: examples: text: In the event of rain, the ceremony will be held indoors.
glosses: In case of.
Related terms: in the event that
angle of repose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: angles of repose
Senses: glosses: The steepest angle at which granular material can be piled without material sliding off of the pile.
angles of repose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of angle of repose
Kuiper belts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Kuiper belt
under the hood
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Etymology: Referring to the hood (bonnet) of a motor vehicle, which covers the engine.
Senses: examples: text: Internet search engines are easy to use, but there's a lot going on under the hood.
text: Under the hood, Mosaic is primitive by today's standards, but it's design is recognizable. Sure, it's all black, white and gray with flat buttons, but it would take absolutely no time to adjust to it.
ref: 2010 September 2, Niraj Chokshi, “The Stagnant History of the Browser Interface: A Retrospective”, in The Atlantic:
text: There have been some tweaks under the hood, as you would expect, and one major alteration that will probably divide fans, but this 25-year-old motor is very much still running.
ref: 2022 March 4, Mike Channell, “Gran Turismo 7 review – the ultimate racing game is fresh and comfortingly familiar”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Beneath the surface; in its internal workings.
lomilomied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of lomilomi
lomilomiing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lomilomi
lomilomis
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lomilomi
Oort clouds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Oort cloud
Central Kurdish
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: Sorani
glosses: The Kurdish language spoken by the majority of Kurds in Iran and Iraq.
Related terms: word: Northern Kurdish
word: Kurmanji
word: Central Kurdish
word: Sorani
alt: Kermanshani/Kermanshahi
word: Southern Kurdish
word: Zazaki
kufiyya
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kufiyyas
Senses: examples: text: The Sabians have striking, aquiline features, the men tall and grave with long beards, their heads covered with red-checked kufiyyas, and their open-faced women are famous for their beauty.
ref: 1988, Archibald Bulloch Roosevelt, Jr., “Baghdad the Beautiful”, in For Lust of Knowing: Memoirs of an Intelligence Officer, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, part 3 (Arabian Nights), page 141:
text: We will put on our embroidered robes and kufiyyas and, in the sight of the world, celebrate together on the day of liberation.
ref: 2001, Eytan Bentsur, quoting Haidar Abd el-Shafi, “Appendix: Middle East Peace Conference”, in Making Peace: A First-Hand Account of the Arab-Israeli Peace Process, Westport, Conn.: Praeger Publishers, →ISBN, page 223:
text: As the rebels roamed through Palestinian towns, they forced the bourgeoisie to start wearing kufiyyas instead of the fez hats.
ref: 2005, Mickey M, “A Rainbow Kufiyya”, in Chava Frankfort-Nachmias, Erella Shadmi, editors, Sappho in the Holy Land: Lesbian Existence and Dilemmas in Contemporary Israel (SUNY series in Israeli Studies), Albany, N.Y.: State University of New York Press, →ISBN, part III (Politics), page 212:
glosses: Alternative form of keffiyeh.
sandurs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sandur
priapists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of priapist
near as dammit
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of near as damn it.