cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
commendatorily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more commendatorily
form: most commendatorily
Etymology: From commendatory + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: 1859, “Dodge’s improved open fire-grate,” Scientific American, New Series, Volume 1, No. 1, 2 July, 1859, p. 6,
[…] the one which we have had for some time enables us to speak thus commendatorily of its advantages.
text: Then as if assuming the matter is settled and everybody has agreed, he places his hands commendatorily on the backs of the men he is standing between […]
ref: 1956, Agnes Newton Keith, chapter 25, in Bare Feet in the Palace, London: Michael Joseph, page 352:
glosses: In a commendatory manner; in such a way as to commend or compliment.
ld.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of land.
Moon buggy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mu(ː)n bʌ.ɡi/
rhymes: -ʌɡi
Forms: form: Moon buggies
form: moon buggy
Etymology: Blend of Moon + dune buggy. Coined in analogy to the dune buggy, for a vehicle roving on the sands of the Moon.
Senses: hypernyms: lunar rover
rover
glosses: A manned wheeled vehicle used to traverse the surface of Earth's Moon.
Dzungar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Dzungars
form: Dzungar
form: Dzunghar
form: Dzhungar
form: Dzhunghar
form: Zungar
form: Zunghar
form: Zhungar
form: Zhunghar
form: Dsungar
form: Djungar
Senses: examples: text: The Western Mongols, and especially the Dzungars, though defeated in their eastward expansion, continued to be a source of disorder in the far northwest.
ref: 1960, Edwin O. Reischauer, John K. Fairbank, East Asia: The Great Tradition, Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, page 359:
glosses: A member of a western Mongol people that were one of the four major tribes that made up the Oirats.
Derived terms: Dzungaria
Dzungar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Dzungar
form: most Dzungar
form: Dzunghar
form: Dzhungar
form: Dzhunghar
form: Zungar
form: Zunghar
form: Zhungar
form: Zhunghar
form: Dsungar
form: Djungar
Senses: examples: text: Peking, seeking allies in its conflict with the Dzungar khanate, thought of engaging the Torguts living in refuge on the Volga under the leadership of Ayuka Khan.
ref: 1971, O. Edmund Clubb, China and Russia: The "Great Game", Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 39:
glosses: Of or pertaining to the Dzungar people.
Khamil
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hamil
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Hami.
synonyms: word: Hami
palaeonemerteans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of palaeonemertean
palatogenetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From palato- + genetic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to palatogenesis
paleohexaploidisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪʃən
Etymology: From paleo- + hexaploidisation.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: hexaploidisation that occurred in prehistoric times
paleohumidity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paleohumidities
Etymology: From paleo- + humidity.
Senses: glosses: The humidity of a location in prehistoric times
paleohumidities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paleohumidity
paleolimnologic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of paleolimnological.
paleoniscid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paleoniscids
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of palaeoniscid.
paleoniscids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paleoniscid
parabactin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The bacterial iron chelator (2Z,4S,5R)-N-[4-[(2,3-dihydroxybenzoyl)amino]butyl]-N-[3-[(2,3-dihydroxybenzoyl)amino]propyl]-5-methyl-2-(6-oxocyclohexa-2,4-dien-1-ylidene)-1,3-oxazolidine-4-carboxamide
paracaine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of proparacaine.
synonyms: word: proparacaine
paramixovirus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of paramyxovirus.
parathymic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From para- + thymic.
Senses: glosses: Beyond the thymis gland, but especially originating from the epithelial cells of the thymus
pentafluorobenzoyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pentafluorobenzoyls
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The 2,3,4,5,6-pentafluoro derivative of the benzoyl radical
perfluorosilane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: perfluorosilanes
Senses: glosses: Any perfluoro derivative of a silane
perfluorosilanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of perfluorosilane
perihemotoma
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of perihematomal.
perihemotomal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of perihematomal.
perimacula
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of perimacular.
pharmaceuticalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Conversion into a pharmaceutical
glosses: Consideration as something that can be treated by a pharmaceutical product
Related terms: pharmaceuticalize
phosphodefective
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From phospho- + defective.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: That has defective phosphorylation
phosphoinactivating
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From phospho- + inactivating.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: inactivating by means of phosphoinactivation
phosphoinactivation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From phospho- + inactivation.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: inactivation by means of phosphorylation
phosphoribose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phosphoriboses
Etymology: From phospho- + ribose.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: ribose phosphate
Related terms: diphosphoribose
phosphoribosyl
photoabatement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photoabatements
Etymology: From photo- + abatement.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: photochemical abatement
photoactivates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of photoactivate
photoactivatible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of photoactivatable.
photoenhance
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: photoenhances
form: photoenhancing
form: photoenhanced
form: photoenhanced
Etymology: From photo- + enhance.
Senses: glosses: To enhance by means of photoenhancement
Related terms: photoenhancer
photoenhanced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of photoenhance
phytostanol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phytostanols
Etymology: From phyto- + stanol.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any stanol of plant origin
phytostanols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phytostanol
picosignal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: picosignals
Etymology: From pico- + signal.
Senses: glosses: A picoscale signal
picotiterplate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: picotiterplates
Senses: examples: text: The objective of this work is to obtain a 454 shotgun library for DS starting from the amount of DNA needed to reach exactly the minimal number of molecules required to fill the target picotiterplate (PTP) region.
ref: 2014, M Dzunkova, “Direct Sequencing from the Minimal Number of DNA”, in PLOS One:
glosses: Alternative form of picotiter plate.
piezoscanner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: piezoscanners
Etymology: From piezo- + scanner.
Senses: glosses: A piezoelectric scanner
piezoscanners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of piezoscanner
pilocarpidine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The alkaloid (3S,4R)-3-ethyl-4-(1H-imidazol-5-ylmethyl)oxolan-2-one related to pilocarpine
Kymenlaakso
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Finnish Kymenlaakso.
Senses: glosses: A region of Finland.
pbars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pbar
throw gasoline on the fire
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: throws gasoline on the fire
form: throwing gasoline on the fire
form: threw gasoline on the fire
form: thrown gasoline on the fire
Senses: examples: text: Ish called me, laughing. “Mike, did you know we're in a fight?” We thought it was hysterical, and even joked about actually faking a fight just to throw gasoline on the fire.
ref: 2005, Andrew Kamenetzky, Fishing on the Edge: He's Not Your Father's Fisherman, Random House Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 207:
text: So no, I wasn't going to stand there and throw gasoline on the fire by saying, “Ma, you're right. It looks like Danny hit Rosalia, no matter what she says.”
ref: 2012, Bil Wright, Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 165:
text: My presence was likely to throw gasoline on the fire, and though I considered Anderson a friend, of sorts, we weren't close enough to justify me sticking my nose into his marital difficulties.
ref: 2013, Jenna Black, Rogue Descendant, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 60:
text: This is the height of racial paternalism—instead of objectively assessing the facts, the CRS was there to throw gasoline on the fire.
ref: 2014, Ben Shapiro, The People Vs. Barack Obama: The Criminal Case Against the Obama ..., Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 182:
glosses: Synonym of add fuel to the fire.
synonyms: word: add fuel to the fire
Lunar New Years
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Lunar New Year
New Keynesians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of New Keynesian
Yous
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of You
throw gas on the fire
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: throws gas on the fire
form: throwing gas on the fire
form: threw gas on the fire
form: thrown gas on the fire
Senses: examples: text: If you let your emotions get the better of you and you respond in kind to the irritated customer, you'll just throw gas on the fire. You may win the argument, but you will almost certainly lose the customer.
ref: 2005, Ski Area Management, Beardsley Publishing Corporation, page 36:
text: Keeping transactions together is about managing everyone's expectations and being a person who does not throw gas on the fire.
ref: 2010, Gary Keller, Dave Jenks, Jay Papasan, Shift: How Top Real Estate Agents Tackle Tough Times, McGraw Hill Professional, →ISBN, page 248:
text: There is a lot of violence in the world these days. Do not throw gas on the fire by showing a child lots of negative images.
ref: 2014, Bill Hoatson, Professor Johnson Unhinged: Lectures on Teaching and Parenting, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 112:
text: I believe we saw the incident escalated to a dangerous level by BLM leadership or lack thereof. We teach our local law enforcement people to defuse situations which may arise, not to throw gas on the fire.
ref: 2015, Committee on Natural Resources, Threats, Intimidation and Bullying by Federal Land Managing Agencies, Part II, Oversight Hrg. 113-82, July 24, 2014, 113-2, page 73:
glosses: Synonym of add fuel to the fire.
synonyms: word: add fuel to the fire
plasmadesmatal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of plasmodesmatal.
plesiadapiforms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plesiadapiform
plesiadapoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plesiadapoids
Senses: glosses: Any extinct mammal of the superfamily Plesiadapoidea
plesiadapoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plesiadapoid
plocozoan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of placozoan.
pneumocolonography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pneumo- + colonography.
Senses: glosses: radiography of the colon following introduction of air to aid contrast
polycytaemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of polycythaemia.
polygynadrous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of polygynandrous.
postcoordination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: postcoordinations
Etymology: From post- + coordination.
Senses: glosses: coordination following some other operation
posttranslocated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + translocated.
Senses: glosses: Modified by posttranslocation
pouchoscopy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pouchoscopies
Senses: glosses: An endoscopic examination of the ileoanal pouch
pouchoscopies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pouchoscopy
precytotoxic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + cytotoxic.
Senses: glosses: Prior to the onset of cytotoxicity.
pregermination
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + germination.
Senses: glosses: Prior to germination
preperfused
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + perfused.
Senses: glosses: perfused prior to some other operation
preranked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + ranked.
Senses: glosses: ranked prior to some other operation
primatomorphan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to primatomorphs
primatomorph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: primatomorphs
Senses: glosses: Any mammal of the mirorder Primatomorpha.
primatomorphs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of primatomorph
pseudohexamer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudohexamers
Etymology: From pseudo- + hexamer.
Senses: glosses: An apparent hexamer that is actually composed of three different dimers or two different trimers
Related terms: pseudohexameric
pseudohexamers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pseudohexamer
pseudoscorpian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of pseudoscorpion.
radiosynthesizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radiosynthesizers
Etymology: From radio- + synthesizer.
Senses: glosses: A device used in radiosynthesis
radiosynthesizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of radiosynthesizer
rankwise
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From rank + -wise.
Senses: glosses: In order of rank
remandee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: remandees
Etymology: From remand + -ee.
Senses: glosses: A person who is remanded
remandees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of remandee
renotrophic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From reno- + -trophic.
Senses: glosses: That nourishes (and thus expands) the kidney
resuperimposed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From re- + superimposed.
Senses: glosses: superimposed again
retrochalcone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: retrochalcones
Etymology: From retro- + chalcone.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of phenolic chalconoids
retrochalcones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of retrochalcone
reurbanisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reurbanisations
Etymology: From re- + urbanisation.
Senses: examples: text: "Reurbanisation as a process transforming local residential environments on a micro-regional level can be defined as one of the city-shaping processes, […]
ref: 2015, Martin Ouředníček, Martin Šimon, Martina Kopečná, The reurbanisation concept and its utility for contemporary research on post-socialist cities: The case of the Czech Republic, page 27:
glosses: A second or subsequent urbanisation
rexoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or characteristic of the Devon Rex cat
rexoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rexoids
Senses: glosses: A type of retinoid receptor
rexoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rexoid
ribonulceoprotein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of ribonucleoprotein.
roseobacterial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to roseobacters
ryuvidine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A heterocyclic quinone 2-methyl-5-[(4-methylphenyl)amino]-4,7-benzothiazoledione that inhibits a type of kinase
melomys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈmɛləˌmiz/
/ˈmɛləˌmis/
/məˈloʊˌmiz/
Forms: form: melomyses
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: glosses: A rat of the genus Melomys, principally of Australasia.
Derived terms: Bramble Cay melomys
IFs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of IF
uniformally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: Either uniform + -ally or uniformal + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: When we have a chance to demo the product the response has been uniformally positive.
ref: 2016 September, Jeff Blumenthal, quoting Jim Marks, “Local fintech company raises $1.6M to accelerate growth”, in Philadelphia Business Journal, Sandy Smith, →ISSN:
text: The performances are uniformally strong. Purab Kohli oozes warmth. Farhan Akhtar is sincere and effortlessly cool.
ref: 2016, Anupama Chopra, “Rock On 2 review by Anupama Chopra: Missing a few chords”, in Hindustan Times, →ISSN, →OCLC:
text: Both governments agree those policies should operate uniformally across the UK, shared between the four governments in London, Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast.
ref: 2018 May, Severin Carrell, “Scottish parliament decisively rejects EU withdrawal bill”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, →OCLC:
text: Let’s start by giving a baseline to go by. ¶ There have been no uniformally equal studies done in this area.
ref: 2018 August, Dan D’Adonna, “Soaring wingspans lead elite athletes to huge advantage”, in The Holland Sentinel, Brent Morris, →ISSN, archived from the original on 20 Aug 2018:
text: […]the uniformally good quality[…]is worth the stick's price of Rs 3,999.
ref: 2018 December, Anand Parthasarathy, “'If it ain't broke, don't replace it: Make your old TV smarter”, in Deccan Chronicle:
glosses: Alternative form of uniformly.
fuckry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Likely an alteration of fuckery, equivalent to fuck + -ry.
Senses: examples: text: Mi soon deal with di one who send you that fuckry.
ref: A. J. Francis, Jamaican Obsession (page 59)
text: Fighting, robbing, we weren't a gang or nuffin like that, just friends getting up to fuckry tings^([sic]), things you wouldn't ever want your daughter doing […]
ref: 2012, Georgina Campbell, The Kickdown Girls:
text: On August 6, following the circulation of conflicting accounts of the shooting, the grime MC Scorcher tweeted, '25 years ago police killed my grandma in her house in Tottenham and the whole ends rioted, 25 years on and they're still keepin up fuckry.'
ref: 2015, Richard Bramwell, UK Hip-Hop, Grime and the City:
glosses: bad behaviour
climbout
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: climbouts
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: climb
glosses: The period after takeoff and before cruising, during which the aircraft climbs to a predetermined altitude.
glosses: A ladder or other construction on a slope that allows wildlife to exit safely from a freeway, highway, etc.
climbouts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of climbout
offgas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: offgases
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of off-gas.
offgas
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: offgases
form: offgasses
form: offgassing
form: offgassed
form: offgassed
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of off-gas.
offgasses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of offgas
offgassed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of offgas
pink belly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pink bellies
Senses: glosses: A form of hazing in which the victim's stomach is beaten to cause reddening.
pink bellies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pink belly
storegoers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of storegoer
synthed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of synth
synthing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of synth
Clausius-Clapeyron relation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Clausius-Clapeyron relations
Etymology: Named after Rudolf Clausius and Émile Clapeyron.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
thermodynamics
glosses: A way of characterizing a discontinuous phase transition between two phases of matter of a single constituent. It gives the slope of the tangents to the "coexistence curve" that separates the two phases on a pressure-temperature diagram.
wikipedia: Rudolf Clausius
Émile Clapeyron
Related terms: Clapeyron equation
ski-through
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskiːθɹuː/
ipa: /ˈskiːθɹu/
Forms: form: ski-throughs
form: ski-thru
Etymology: Deverbal from ski through, modelled after drive-through.
Senses: examples: text: McDonald's / Worldwide locations include Beijing in China, Pushkin Square and Gorky Street in Moscow, and a ski-thru in Sweden. There is also a McDonald's on a ferry which sails between Stockholm and Helsinki.
ref: 2004, Angela Pumphrey, Superbrands: An Insight into Britain’s Strongest Brands 2004, London: Superbrands, →ISBN, page 129:
text: By the late 1990s McDonald’s claimed to be opening a new store somewhere every three hours. In Sweden, that meant a ski-thru.
ref: 2015 May, Jeff MacGregor, “Taking Stock of 75 Years of McDonald’s: Has the Original Fast-food Restaurant Finally Reached the End of Its Success?”, in Smithsonian, archived from the original on 03 Aug 2017:
text: McDonald's and Burger King outlets are everywhere in the developed world. […] There is a ski-through on a slope in Sweden and by now Beijing and Moscow have their own outlets as well.
ref: 2016, Martin Beckstein, “Entrepreneurial Space Production”, in The Politics of Economic Life (Routledge Innovations in Political Theory; 63), New York, N.Y.; Abingdon, Oxon.: Routledge, →ISBN, section 7.2 (Fast-food Chains and the Production of Space):
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
skiing
sports
glosses: A restaurant, shop, or other establishment providing service to skiers while they are still wearing their skis.
samplepack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: samplepacks
Etymology: From sample + pack.
Senses: examples: text: because of the size of the samplepack, a little more than 2 megs, we decided to split it up in two pieces.
ref: 1996, msz[bmp], “MOD composers. check out this music compo!”, in uk.music.rave (Usenet):
text: Come check out the preview samplepack from "Trip Hop Explosion" now, and if you haven't already, preview our other new sample CD titles: […]
ref: 2001, JunebugTD7, “NEW trip hop sample CD!”, in alt.music.makers.electronic (Usenet):
glosses: A collection of digital sound samples distributed together for use in making electronic music.
samplepacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of samplepack
wife acceptance factor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: * First used by Larry Greenhill in September 1983, writing for Stereophile magazine, but Greenhill credited fellow reviewer and music professor Lewis Lipnick with coining the term.
* The implication is that men tend to appreciate the performance of a product whereas women focus on aesthetics.
Senses: synonyms: WAF
glosses: An assessment of the visual design elements of a consumer product (e.g. a home music system).
flasked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of flask
flasking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of flask
suicide suspension
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: So called because the suspended person has the appearance of a person who has hanged themselves.
Senses: topics: BDSM
lifestyle
sexuality
glosses: The act of suspending a person upright by means of hooks placed in the flesh of the upper back.
macroshock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: macroshocks
Etymology: From macro- + shock.
Senses: topics: economics
geography
geology
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A large-scale shock.
examples: text: Macroshocks are usually the result of malfunctioning equipment.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A major electric shock.
macroshocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of macroshock
candlelighter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: candlelighters
Etymology: From candle + lighter.
Senses: glosses: A person who lights candles.
glosses: A spill used for lighting candles.
Related terms: American Childhood Cancer Organization
formerly called Candlelighters
candlelighters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of candlelighter
hemp palm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hemp palms
Etymology: From hemp + palm.
Senses: glosses: Trachycarpus fortunei, a fan palm, the fibre of whose leaves was traditionally used to make clothing.
hemp palms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hemp palm
sheetwork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sheet + -work.
Senses: hyponyms: presswork
glosses: The printing of sheets of paper using a printing press.
glosses: Metalwork done in sheets.
restinction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The act of extinguishing.
Related terms: restinguish
James-Lange theory
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the James-Lange theory
Etymology: Developed independently by two 19th-century scholars, William James and Carl Lange.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: An early hypothesis as to the origin and nature of emotions, stating that physiological arousal instigates the experience of emotion.
reed wren
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reed wrens
Senses: glosses: A warbler of the genus Acrocephalus.
reed wrens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reed wren
reed knife
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reed knives
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A metal implement for adjusting the tuning wires in a pipe organ.
reed knives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reed knife
fact checker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fact checkers
form: fact-checker
Etymology: From fact check (verb) + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who fact checks.
fluoroimidogen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The binary compound "NF" of nitrogen and fluorine that is isoelectronic with molecular oxygen
Synonyms: nitrogen monofluoride
polyfotoing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of polyfoto
saccaropine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of saccharopine.
Lichuan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: lēʹchwänʹ
Forms: form: Lichwan
form: Li-ch'uan
Etymology: From Mandarin 利川 (Lìchuān).
Senses: examples: text: Agramma hupehanum was first reported from the Lichuan District, Western Hupeh, China by Drake and Maa on July 17, 1947.
ref: 1985 December, David Livingstone, S. Jeyanthi Bai, Md. Yacoob, “Functional Anatomy of the Egg and Nymphal Morphology of the Grass Tingid Agramma hupehanum (Drake & Maa) (Heteroptera: Tingidae) with a Note on its Egg Parasites”, in Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, volume 82, number 3, published 1986, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 483:
text: Tourists pass over a bridge above where the Qing River flows through Tenglong Cave, near Lichuan in Enshi prefecture.
ref: 2021 October 11, Michael Standaert, Eva Dou, “In search for covid origins, Hubei caves and wildlife farms draw new scrutiny”, in Washington Post, archived from the original on 11 Oct 2021, Asia & Pacific:
glosses: A county-level city of the Enshi autonomous region, Hubei, China.
Related terms: Icheon
Lichuan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: lēʹchwänʹ
Forms: form: Lichwan
form: Li-ch'uan
Etymology: From Mandarin 黎川 (Líchuān).
Senses: examples: text: In the spirit of self-reliance, the poor and lower-middle peasants of (Tanhsi) commune in Lichuan County, Kiangsi, have built 14 small-size hydropower stations, nine of which are already in operation.
ref: 1969 December 16 [1969 December 8], “Kiangsi Water Conservation”, in Daily Report: Communist China, volume I, number 242, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Nanchang Kiangsi Provincial, translation of original in Mandarin, →OCLC, Communist China: East Region, page C 11:
glosses: A county of Fuzhou, Jiangxi, China.
scygonadin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scygonadins
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An antimicrobial protein present in the crab Scylla
scygonadins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scygonadin
Wheelan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwiː.lən/
note: without the wine–whine merger
ipa: /ˈʍiː.lən/
rhymes: -iːlən
Forms: form: Wheelans
Etymology: Variant of Whelan.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
hordeing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of horde
black-pill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: black-pills
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of black pill.
black-pill
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: black-pills
form: black-pilling
form: black-pilled
form: black-pilled
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of black pill (“to adopt a nihilistic far-right philosophy”).
glosses: Alternative spelling of blackpill (“to adopt the belief that the universe is inherently devoid of meaning”).
blackpill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blackpills
Senses: examples: text: They see a dangerous trend in the incel movement: “The spreading of the blackpill would no doubt increase shooting (and suicides) because some young men lose control”.
ref: 2019 November, Sylvia Jaki et al., “Online Hatred of Women in the Incels.me Forum: Linguistic Analysis and Automatic Detection”, in Journal of Language Aggression and Conflict, volume 7, number 2, →DOI:
text: Those who believe in the blackpill tend to adopt violently misogynistic beliefs about the nature of women, particularly with regard to their sexual behaviour.
ref: 2023 January 24, Meg Roser, Charlotte Chalker and Tim Squirrell, “Spitting out the blackpill: Evaluating how incels present themselves in their own words on the incel Wiki”, in Institute for Strategic Dialogue, page 5:
glosses: Alternative spelling of black pill.
blackpill
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: blackpills
form: blackpilling
form: blackpilled
form: blackpilled
Senses: examples: text: While some would derive satisfaction from systematically blackpilling the world, i.e., spreading their negative world view, others actively incite violence towards women, or even call for human extinction in general.
ref: 2019 November, Sylvia Jaki et al., “Online Hatred of Women in the Incels.me Forum: Linguistic Analysis and Automatic Detection”, in Journal of Language Aggression and Conflict, volume 7, number 2, →DOI:
text: One user argues for why someone could be both blackpilled and socialists with the argument “Maybe because of NEETbux? [Unemployment payments] Or the principle of redistributing resources to those who have least, pussy being just another resource?”
ref: 2021, Hugo Engholm, The lack of looks, Uppsala University:
glosses: Alternative spelling of black pill (“to adopt a nihilistic far-right philosophy”).
pearlescently
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From pearlescent + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Her lips, the only visible part of her, were invitingly curved, and her smile was simply delicious, her teeth even, glistening, and pearlescently white, promising beauty behind her mask.
ref: 1992, Teresa Desjardien, A June Wedding, page 158:
glosses: In a pearlescent way.
crioconic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Very open crioconic whorls, which gradually pass into a long straight shaft.
ref: 1997, Nico M. M. Janssen, Mikhail Vladimirovich Kakabadze, Ph. J. Hoedemaeker, Mediterranean Neocomian belemnites:
text: Hoplocriocone - crioconic early whorls. The last whorl bends away from crioconic spiral and (without becoming straight) is gradually bent like a hook.
ref: 1988, Jost Wiedmann, Jürgen Kullmann, Cephalopods Present and Past: O.H. Schindewolf Symposium, Tübingen 1985:
topics: biology
malacology
natural-sciences
glosses: Having the shape of a ram's horn.
Related terms: criocone
arietiform
crème fraiche
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From French crème fraiche.
Senses: examples: text: If unmolding to serve, turn upside down and simply garnish with a touch of crème fraiche and a sprinkling of cinnamon. […] Then add a small dollop of crème fraiche in the center and sprinkle with cinnamon.
ref: 2003, Randolph W. Mann, “Snappy Apple”, in “Specialty Crème Brûlées”, in Crème Brûlée, the BonJour Way, San Francisco, Calif.: Silverback Books, Inc., →ISBN, page 31:
text: Crème fraiche has been elevated to celebrity status due to the popularity of television cooking shows. […] Many recipes require the addition of crème fraiche, and it is often served as a side garnish or topping.
ref: 2011, Janet Hurst, “Crème Fraiche”, in “Understanding Cheese”, in Homemade Cheese: Recipes for 50 Cheeses from Artisan Cheesemakers, Minneapolis, Minn.: Voyageur Press, →ISBN, page 29, column 1:
text: Crack one egg in to each ramekin, season with a sprinkle of salt and white pepper and add a good spoonful of crème fraiche to cover the egg. You can dot a little more anchovy and allspice butter on top of the crème fraiche if you fancy it, or leave it plain.
ref: 2011, Signe Johansen, “Baked eggs with anchovy and allspice”, in “Brunch”, in Scandilicious: Secrets of Scandinavian Cooking, London: Saltyard Books, Hodder & Stoughton, →ISBN:
text: On the table were a plethora of dishes offering halved Malossol gherkins, cucumbers with dill, cheese dips, smoked trout rillettes, mushrooms marinated in garlic and dill, buckwheat blinis, caviar, crème fraiche, the inevitable Olivier salad, salmon egg canapés, salmon canapés, pirojkis, syrnikis.
ref: 2024, Patrice Gilles, “Tuesday, 30 November 2010”, in The Trap, London: Austin Macauley Publishers, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative spelling of crème fraîche.
off the track
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Derailed, of a railway carriage, etc.
glosses: Away from the proper subject; irrelevant, unrelated.
examples: text: As for great men and kings being History's slaves, I think Tolstoi was off the track. Don't kid youself, kings are the most sublime sick. Manic Depressive heroes pull Mankind into their cycles and carry everybody away.
ref: 1976 September, Saul Bellow, Humboldt’s Gift, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 6:
glosses: Not on right course; inaccurate.
criocone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: criocones
Etymology: From Ancient Greek κρῑός (krīós, “ram”) + cone.
Senses: examples: text: Small planospiral criocones with partially coiled whorls (microconchs) or completely uncoiled (macroconchs). Whorl-section hexagonal, rounded up to round. The protoconch and the first whorl unknown, but [...]
ref: 2002, K. Histon, Albert Daurer, Cephalopods, present and past:
topics: biology
malacology
natural-sciences
glosses: An organism or fossil with a crioconic shell, or such a shell itself.
criocone
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Ancient Greek κρῑός (krīós, “ram”) + cone.
Senses: examples: text: [...] disturbance to such a form might produce rapid acceleration in two ways — in shape, from serpenticone to criocone, in ornament, from tuberculate to costate, that is, costate post-tuberculate.
ref: 1927, Sydney Savory Buckman, Martin Simpson, George Young, Type Ammonites:
topics: biology
malacology
natural-sciences
glosses: Crioconic.
serpenticonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From serpent + -i- + conic.
Senses: topics: biology
malacology
natural-sciences
glosses: Having numerous linked coils, in a spiral that is larger as it grows further from the center.
raw_tags: of a shell or fossil
Related terms: serpenticone
crioconic
toxoconic
serpenticone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: serpenticones
Etymology: From serpent + -i- + cone.
Senses: examples: text: All or most were pelagic, ranging from planktic serpenticones and spherocones to mobile discocones and oxycones.
ref: 2013, Neil H. Landman, Kazushige Tanabe, Richard Arnold Davis, Ammonoid Paleobiology, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 632:
topics: biology
malacology
natural-sciences
glosses: An organism or fossil with a serpenticonic shell, or the shell itself.
serpenticone
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From serpent + -i- + cone.
Senses: examples: text: [...] disturbance to such a form might produce rapid acceleration in two ways — in shape, from serpenticone to criocone, in ornament, from tuberculate to costate, that is, costate post-tuberculate.
ref: 1927, Sydney Savory Buckman, Martin Simpson, George Young, Type Ammonites:
text: Coiling is serpenticone or heteromorph, sculpture is of ribbing (almost invariably simple), with external tuberculation in Choristoceratidae. Generally criocone although much of the phragmocone may be serpenticone.
ref: 1979, Paper, →ISBN:
topics: biology
malacology
natural-sciences
glosses: Serpenticonic.
Related terms: involute
sistagirl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sistagirls
Etymology: sister + girl
Senses: examples: text: Five sistergirls, transgender Aboriginal people traditionally known in the Tiwi Islands as yimpininni, are giving BuzzFeed News a tour of their island home.
ref: 2015, Allen Clarke, Meet The Transgender Sistergirls Of The Tiwi Islands, BuzzFeed News:
text: The term 'Sistagirl' is used to describe a transgender person in Tiwi Island culture. Traditionally, the term was 'Yimpininni'.
ref: 2015, G. N. Devy, Geoffrey V. Davis, K. K. Chakravarty, Knowing Differently: The Challenge of the Indigenous:
glosses: A gay or transgender person in the Tiwi Islands culture.
monogeneity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The condition of being monogenous
selaginellin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: selaginellins
Senses: glosses: Any of a class of pigments present in spikemosses of the genus Selaginella.
selaginellins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of selaginellin
sheepgrass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sheepgrasses
form: sheep grass
Senses: glosses: Any ryegrass of the genus Leymus.
somatotrophinoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: somatotrophinomas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of somatotropinoma.
somatotrophinomas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of somatotrophinoma
somatotropinoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: somatotropinomas
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: An adenoma associated with excessive production of the growth hormone somatotropin
somatotropinomas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of somatotropinoma
spectrodichrograph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spectrodichrographs
Etymology: From spectro- + dichrograph.
Senses: glosses: A device that measures circular dichroism at a range of frequencies
spectrodichrographs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spectrodichrograph
dichrographs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dichrograph
spiclomazine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The spiro compound 8-[3-(2-chlorophenothiazin-10-yl)propyl]-1-thia-4,8-diazaspiro[4.5]decan-3-one that has some antitumor activity
Synonyms: clospirazine
statismosporic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: That are not forcibly discharged
raw_tags: of spores
stigmator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stigmators
Senses: qualifier: microscopy
glosses: A device, in electron microscopes, that reduces astigmatism
stigmators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stigmator
subendocardially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From sub- + endocardially.
Senses: glosses: In a subendocardial manner or direction
subepicardium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subepicardia
Etymology: From sub- + epicardium.
Senses: glosses: A layer of cells beneath the epicardium
Related terms: subepicardial
sublenticular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + lenticular.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Beneath a lens.
glosses: Somewhat or partly lenticular.
sublocality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sublocalities
Etymology: From sub- + locality.
Senses: glosses: A subsidiary locality
sublocalities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sublocality
subneuronal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + neuronal.
Senses: examples: text: If we use the subneuronal network based on MT as part of the neural network, it is a more realistic approach to functions such as learning and intelligence than if we use today's concept of neural networks.
ref: 2012, F.T. Hong, Molecular Electronics: Biosensors and Biocomputers, page 240:
glosses: Beneath (or smaller than) a neuron.
subsamplings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subsampling
subsegmentations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subsegmentation
sucrolytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sucrose + -lytic.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Relating to sucrolysis
sucrolysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sucrose + -lysis.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The hydrolysis of sucrose
Related terms: sucrolytic
superoseptum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛptəm
Forms: form: superoseptums
form: superosepta
Etymology: From supero- + septum.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The upper cardiac septum
Related terms: superoseptal
inferoseptum
superoseptal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛptəl
Etymology: From supero- + septal.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the superoseptum
superovulatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From super- + ovulatory.
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or producing superovulation
superstoichiometry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From super- + stoichiometry.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The condition of being superstoichiometric
supramamillary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of supramammillary.
taenidial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to taenidia
tarsiiforms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tarsiiform
tarsorraphy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of tarsorrhaphy.
caddieing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of caddie
lappet-faced vulture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lappet-faced vultures
Senses: glosses: A species of vulture in the family Accipitridae living across Africa and in the Arabian Peninsula Torgos tracheliotus.
telecentricity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tele- + centricity.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being telecentric
terratoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of teratoid.
terrestrialist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: terrestrialists
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any animal that adopts terrestrialism as a lifestyle
terrestrialists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of terrestrialist
tetracenomycin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tetracenomycins
Senses: glosses: Any of a group of anthracycline antibiotics produced by Streptomyces bacteria
tetracenomycins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tetracenomycin
masha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mashas
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of maasha.
tetraionic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tetra- + ionic.
Senses: glosses: Composed of four ions
thermostabilisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thermostabilisations
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of thermostabilization.
thermostabilisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thermostabilisation
thermovent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thermovents
Etymology: From thermo- + vent.
Senses: glosses: A thermal vent
thermovents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thermovent
thromboinflammatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From thrombo- + inflammatory.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: That causes thrombosis and inflammation
thrombopoesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of thrombopoiesis.
thunnosaurs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thunnosaur
rubiconing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rubicon
rubiconed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rubicon
edge in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɪn
Forms: form: edges in
form: edging in
form: edged in
form: edged in
Senses: glosses: To fit in with difficulty; squeeze in.
platyconic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more platyconic
form: most platyconic
Etymology: From platy- + conic.
Senses: topics: biology
malacology
natural-sciences
glosses: Having a flattened cross-section from its side.
raw_tags: of a shell or fossil
Hyponyms: sense: flattened
word: oxyconic
oxyconic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more oxyconic
form: most oxyconic
Senses: topics: biology
malacology
natural-sciences
glosses: Having a flattened crossection, the halves joining at an acute angle.
raw_tags: of a shell or fossil
toxoconic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more toxoconic
form: most toxoconic
Etymology: From toxo- + conic.
Senses: topics: biology
malacology
natural-sciences
glosses: Having a coiled shell of very open form.
raw_tags: of a shell or fossil
Related terms: serpenticonic
crioconic
turriconic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more turriconic
form: most turriconic
Senses: topics: biology
malacology
natural-sciences
glosses: Having coils that spiral to a point.
raw_tags: of a shell or fossil