cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
cochannel
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: co-channel
Etymology: From co- + channel.
Senses: glosses: Describing any effect of multiple channels reacting together
dechanneling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˈtʃænəlɪŋ(ɡ)/
Etymology: From de- + channeling.
Senses: glosses: removal from a channel
depairing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: depairings
Etymology: From de- + pairing.
Senses: glosses: The disruption of a pair
diagonalisability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of diagonalizability.
holomorphy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: holomorphies
Senses: examples: text: When Hayden began to refer to “a hodgepodge of crypto-archaeology and numerology, holomorphy and brane cosmology, past-life regression and conspiracy-theory paranoia” as “my work,” Miles realized that he needed to be his brother’s keeper.
ref: 2009 August 20, Janet Maslin, “Who Are These People? Well, That Depends”, in New York Times:
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: holomorphic functions (or their study)
intrapulse
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + pulse.
Senses: glosses: Within a pulse
invertibility
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From invertible + -ity, from Latin invertibilitas.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The condition of being invertible.
raw_tags: of a function or matrix
keplerian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Keplerian.
linearisability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of linearizability.
linearizability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From linearize + -ability.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being linearizable.
glosses: The extent to which something is linearizable.
magnetooptical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: magnetoptical
Etymology: From magneto- + optical; compare the better-formed magnetoptical.
Senses: glosses: Having both magnetic and optical elements.
glosses: Describing the effect of a magnetic field on an optical system.
medoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of medoid
medoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: medoids
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A mathematically representative object in a set of objects; it has the smallest average dissimilarity to all other objects in the set.
Synonyms: medianoid
metaplasms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metaplasm
metaplasm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metaplasms
Etymology: From Latin metaplasmus from Ancient Greek μεταπλασμός (metaplasmós).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Any change in a word made by altering its letters or sounds.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A small particle (often nutrient) within a cell.
Hyponyms: topics: linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: prothesis
topics: linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: epenthesis
topics: linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: paragoge
topics: linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: diaeresis
topics: linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: diastole
topics: linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: aphaeresis
topics: linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: syncope
topics: linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: apocope
topics: linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: ellipsis
topics: linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: ecthlipsis
topics: linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: synaloepha
topics: linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: synizesis
topics: linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: synaeresis
topics: linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: systole
topics: linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: metathesis
topics: linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: antisthecon
Derived terms: metaplasmic
Related terms: topics: linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: clipping
microfractionated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more microfractionated
form: most microfractionated
Etymology: From micro- + fractionated.
Senses: glosses: Separated into very small fractions
Related terms: microfractionation
microfractionator
monodispersely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From monodisperse + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a monodisperse manner
glosses: So as to become monodisperse
multicluster
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + cluster.
Senses: glosses: Composed of multiple clusters
nanocolumnar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more nanocolumnar
form: most nanocolumnar
Etymology: From nano- + columnar.
Senses: glosses: Having the form of a nanocolumn
reconfigurability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reconfigurabilities
Etymology: From reconfigurable + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The state or degree of being reconfigurable.
revaluate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: revaluates
form: revaluating
form: revaluated
form: revaluated
Etymology: From re- + valuate.
Senses: glosses: To make a new valuation or appraisal of.
scotinos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scotino
subgap
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + gap.
Senses: glosses: Underneath a gap
superseparability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: super-separability
Etymology: From super- + separability.
Senses: topics: mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
sciences
glosses: The condition of being superseparable
superseparable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: super-separable
Etymology: From super- + separable.
Senses: topics: mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
sciences
glosses: separable in many different ways
thresholdless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From threshold + -less.
Senses: glosses: Having no threshold
wears off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of wear off
wearing off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of wear off
kilolumen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kilolumens
Etymology: From kilo- + lumen.
Senses: examples: text: The entire east sky provided an equivalent exitance of 19 kilolumens per square meter (Method 1) […]
ref: 1984-7, John E. Kaufman, Jack F. Christensen, (Illuminating Engineering Society of North America), IES lighting handbook: Volume 1984
glosses: A unit of luminous flux equal to one thousand lumens.
Cajun French
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: Louisiana French
glosses: The dialect of the French language spoken primarily in the U.S. state of Louisiana.
Related terms: Acadian French
Missouri French
Kouri-Vini
Louisiana Creole
Wiktionary’s coverage of Louisiana French terms
rerattle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rerattles
form: rerattling
form: rerattled
form: rerattled
Etymology: From re- + rattle.
Senses: glosses: to rattle again
rechime
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rechimes
form: rechiming
form: rechimed
form: rechimed
Etymology: From re- + chime.
Senses: glosses: to chime again
ungreat
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ungreat
form: most ungreat
Etymology: From un- + great. Cognate with Scots ongrit (“small”, literally “un-great”).
Senses: glosses: Not great.
jetable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of jettable.
unbiddenly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnˈbɪdənli/
Forms: form: more unbiddenly
form: most unbiddenly
Etymology: From unbidden + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: He seemed to take to me quite as naturally and unbiddenly as I to him; and when our smoke was over, he pressed his forehead against mine, clasped me round the waist, and said that henceforth we were married [...].
ref: 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “chapter 10”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:
glosses: Without having been asked or invited.
park light
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: park lights
Senses: glosses: Synonym of parking light.
synonyms: word: parking light
park lights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of park light
Löwchen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Löwchen
form: Löwchens
Etymology: Borrowed from German Löwchen (literally “little lion”).
Senses: glosses: An uncommon bichon bred in North-Western Europe.
Synonyms: Little Lion Dog
albescent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /alˈbɛs.ənt/
rhymes: -ɛsənt
Forms: form: more albescent
form: most albescent
Etymology: 18th century. From Latin albescens, present participle of albescere (“to grow white”), from albus (“white”)
Senses: examples: text: This proceedeth from the variety of air (commonly found in islands) which sometimes being moist, sullies and renders the cornelian pale or albescent, after the manner of glass, which when breath'd upon, is clouded with a pale whitish colour, but upon change to a drier air, which will often happen in a moment, the cornelian recovers its former brisk red colour.
ref: 1726, The British Apollo: containing two thousand answers to curious questions in most arts and sciences, serious, comical, and humorous, approved of by many of the most learned and ingenious of both universities, and of the Royal-Society, 3rd edition, volume 1, the Bell in Little Britain: printed for Theodore Sanders, page 67:
text: Albescent shapes played over the walls, teasing hundreds of drifty pleasures from his brain.
ref: 2002, Steve Aylett, The Velocity Gospel, Scar Garden 2010 (Complete Accomplice), p. 180
glosses: Becoming white or whitish; moderately white.
Coordinate terms: english: becoming red
translation: becoming red
word: erubescent
english: becoming yellow
translation: becoming yellow
word: flavescent
english: becoming black
translation: becoming black
word: nigrescent
english: becoming green
translation: becoming green
word: virescent
Related terms: albescence
frondescent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛsənt
Forms: form: more frondescent
form: most frondescent
Etymology: From Latin frondescens, present participle of frondescere (“to become leafy”), from frondere (“to leaf out”), from frons (“foliage”).
Senses: glosses: Leafy; becoming leafy; resembling leaves.
frutescent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛsənt
Forms: form: more frutescent
form: most frutescent
Etymology: About 1750, from New Latin frutēscēns.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
synonyms: shrubby
shrublike
glosses: Imperfectly resembling a shrub.
Derived terms: suffrutescent
rufescent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛsənt
Forms: form: more rufescent
form: most rufescent
Etymology: Circa 1820, from Latin rufescens, present participle of rufescere (“to become reddish”), from rufus (“red”).
Senses: examples: text: The more inland, lighter race is distinguished from A. u. uropygialis in being much paler on the back, by the edgings of the forehead scallopings and auriculars being paler, and by having the brown of the forehead less deep and less rufescent.
ref: 1937, The Emu: Official Organ of the Australasian Ornithologists' Union:
text: Flesh unchanging or slowly rufescent.
ref: 1972, Edred John Henry Corner, Boletus in Malaysia, page 42:
text: Flesh white, but quickly rufescent where cut, at first full, becoming more spongy stuffed, and frequently hollow in old specimens, [...]
ref: 1975, Michael Jordan, A Guide to Mushrooms, page 72:
glosses: Becoming reddish; tinged with red.
suffrutescent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛsənt
Forms: form: more suffrutescent
form: most suffrutescent
Etymology: From sub- + frutescent.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Slightly woody or shrubby at the base.
conoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more conoid
form: most conoid
Etymology: From cone + -oid.
Senses: examples: text: Historic England explained the listing: "The station's unique design employs a high level of sophistication and innovation through its use of conoid shells supported on a cruck-like frame, which not only create a dramatic aesthetic form, but endow the building with a light and spacious interior."
ref: 2023 March 22, Philip Haigh, “Five configuration stages to boost Manchester rail capacity”, in RAIL, number 979, page 31:
glosses: Shaped like a cone; conical.
Derived terms: conoidal
conoidic
pseudoconoid
conoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: conoids
Etymology: From cone + -oid.
Senses: glosses: Anything shaped like a cone
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A Catalan surface all of whose rulings intersect some fixed line
examples: text: A parabolic conoid is a paraboloid; an elliptic conoid is an ellipsoid.
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A solid formed by the revolution of a conic section about its axis
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The pineal gland
Hyponyms: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
word: right conoid ⊃ hyperbolic paraboloid
crystalloid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crystalloids
Etymology: From crystal + -oid.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any substance that can be crystallized from solution; a water-soluble crystalline substance that can diffuse through a semipermeable membrane, as opposed to a colloid which cannot.
topics: biochemistry
biology
botany
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: One of the microscopic particles resembling crystals, consisting of protein matter, which occur in certain plant cells.
Derived terms: crystalloidal
crystalloid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more crystalloid
form: most crystalloid
Etymology: From crystal + -oid.
Senses: glosses: Crystal-like; transparent like crystal, or shaped like a crystal.
postdigital
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: post-digital
Etymology: From post- + digital.
Senses: examples: text: The essayist Wolf Lotter understands «postdigital» not as the end of digitalization, but as the end of the myth of digitalization. In the postdigital age after techlash, people are developing a radically pragmatic attitude toward all things digital.
ref: 2020, Thomas Ramge, Postdigital: Using AI to Fight Coronavirus, Foster Wealth and Fuel Democracy, Murmann Publishers GmbH, →ISBN:
topics: art
arts
glosses: Of or relating to a movement that renounces digital technology in favour of a return to a human approach.
Related terms: techlash
gloss-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: synonyms: word: lingu-
english: Latinate equivalent
translation: Latinate equivalent
glosses: Alternative form of glosso-, used before a vowel.
fall at the final hurdle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɔːl æt ðə ˌfaɪnl̩ ˈhɜːdl̩/
ipa: /ˈfɔl æt ðə ˌfaɪn(ə)l ˈhɝd(ə)l/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)dəl
Forms: form: falls at the final hurdle
form: falling at the final hurdle
form: fell at the final hurdle
form: fallen at the final hurdle
Etymology: See fall at the last hurdle.
Senses: examples: text: On the other hand, Crossrail fell at its final hurdle, admitting just months before its planned December 2018 opening that it was nowhere near ready.
ref: 2020 January 2, Philip Haigh, “Ten Eventful Years and Plenty of Talking Points”, in Rail, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire: Bauer Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 54:
glosses: Synonym of fall at the last hurdle.
synonyms: word: fall at the last hurdle
demulsify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: demulsifies
form: demulsifying
form: demulsified
form: demulsified
Etymology: From de- + emulsify.
Senses: glosses: To separate into its components.
raw_tags: of an emulsion
glosses: To separate (an emulsion) into its components.
Related terms: demulsification
demulsifier
demulsifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of demulsify
demulsified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of demulsify
demulsifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of demulsify
face man
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: face men
form: face-man
Senses: examples: text: I needed the title, because clients figured that I'm just a face-man. A face-man is a person who looks good, speaks well, and presents the work.
ref: 1988, Allan R. Cohen, Effective behavior in organizations, page 485:
text: If you're not a master of high finance, find a loyal CFO; if you'd prefer to concentrate on operations and not press the flesh, find a face man.
ref: 2002, John O Whitney with Tina Packer, Power Plays: Shakespeare's Lessons in Leadership and Management, page 81:
text: Edison remained on the board but was a face man only reduced of any operating say. Most of the Board was made of Morgan men, with Thomson-Houston assuming key operating positions.
ref: 2007, Quentin R. Skrabec, George Westinghouse: gentle genius, page 123:
glosses: A person who is used to present a good public face for an organization.
angelet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈeɪnd͡ʒəlɪt/
Forms: form: angelets
Etymology: From Middle English angelet, aungelet, from Old French angelet.
Senses: synonyms: half-angel
glosses: A small gold coin used in England from the 15th century
glosses: A little angel.
rendezvouses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɑndeɪˌvuz/
ipa: /ˈɹɑndəˌvuz/
rhymes: -uːz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rendezvous
rendezvouses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɑndeɪˌvuz/
ipa: /ˈɹɑndəˌvuz/
rhymes: -uːz
Senses: glosses: plural of rendezvous (the usual plural is rendezvous, pronounced /-vuz/ or /-vu/)
enzymological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From enzymology + -ical.
Senses: glosses: In, or having to do with, enzymology (the study of enzymes).
Derived terms: cryoenzymological
enzymologically
histoenzymological
roast dinners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of roast dinner
thrutch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /θɹʌt͡ʃ/
rhymes: -ʌtʃ
Forms: form: thrutches
Etymology: From Middle English thrucchen (“to push, rush”), from Old English þryċċan (“to push, press, trample on, crush”), from Proto-West Germanic *þrukkijan, from Proto-Germanic *þrukkijaną (“to press”). Cognate with West Frisian drukke (“to press”), Dutch drukken (“to press, squeeze”), German drücken (“to press, push, squeeze”), Swedish trycka (“to press, push, squeeze”).
Senses: topics: caving
climbing
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: An obstacle overcome by thrutching; an act of thrutching (See verb #5)
glosses: A narrow gorge or ravine.
examples: text: There wur nowt left for Yem, theerefore, but to rouse up hur conshusness, so so settin his feet ogen hur un his bonds, he gien one sammin good thrutch, un sent hur slap off th' bed on to th' floor;
ref: 1857 January 10, “Jealousy”, in The Bowtun Luminary, volume 8, number 2, Bolton, page 15:
glosses: A push; shove; thrust.
glosses: A throng; crowd.
Related terms: thrack
thruchins
orofacial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -eɪʃəl
Forms: form: orifacial
Etymology: From oro- + facial.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Of or affecting both the mouth and face.
Related terms: oral
facial
satelloid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: satelloids
Etymology: From satellite + -oid.
Senses: glosses: An artificial satellite that needs continuous thrust to maintain altitude
F3
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Java programming language
glosses: Initialism of Form Follows Function, the original name for JavaFX Script.
F5
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: F5s
form: F5ing
form: F5ed
form: F5ed
Etymology: After F5 (standing for Function 5), a hotkey used to refresh a webpage in many web browsers.
Senses: glosses: To refresh a webpage, especially if done continuously when waiting for an update.
satelloids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of satelloid
upper leaf zone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: upper leaf zones
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: That part of a leaf and petiole that grows from an apical meristem.
lower leaf zone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lower leaf zones
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: That part of a leaf and petiole that grows from a basal meristem.
Yorkshire Terriers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Yorkshire Terrier
Airedale terrier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Airedale terriers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Airedale Terrier.
Airedale terriers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Airedale terrier
precursor tip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: precursor tips
Etymology: Calque of German Vorläuferspitze, from Vorläufer (“forerunner, precursor”) + Spitze (“cusp,tip”).
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The reduced upper leaf zone found on many monocotyledons that usually takes the form of a cylindrical extension at the apex of the leaf.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any thickened or glandular leaf tip that is distinguishable from the rest of the lamina's surface.
Synonyms: vorläuferspitze
vorlauferspitze
forerunner tip
pointlet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pointlets
Etymology: From point + -let.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: An extension of the rachis past the last leaf pair in a paripinnate leaf that usually represent an aborted leaf.
Derived terms: pointleted
petiolule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: petiolules
Etymology: From petiole + -ule.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The petiole of a pinna or pinnule.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A small or partial petiole.
Derived terms: petiolulate
petioluled
suggilate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: suggilates
form: suggilating
form: suggilated
form: suggilated
Etymology: From Latin suggillo (“to beat until bruised”).
Senses: glosses: To beat until bruised.
pinnation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pinnations
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The organisation of a pinnate leaf.
homotropy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: homotropies
Etymology: From homo- + -tropy.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A disposition of opposed, asymmetric leaves where a pair of leaves is rotationally symmetric
homotropous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Displaying, of, or pertaining to homotropy.
antitropous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Displaying, of, or pertaining to antitropy.
antitropy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From anti- + -tropy.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A disposition of opposed, asymmetric leaves where a pair of leaves displays bilateral symmetry.
heterophylly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hetero- + -phylly.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Marked changes in leaf morphology induced by environmental conditions; the ability to display such changes.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Significant variation in leaf shape on a same plant.
anisophylly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From aniso- + -phylly.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The growing by a plant of leaves in pairs with a significant difference in size between the two.
Related terms: anisophyllous
Chinese burn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Chinese burns
Senses: glosses: The prank of grabbing a victim's forearm in both hands and twisting the skin in opposite directions causing a sharp, stinging sensation.
Synonyms: Indian sunburn
Basque Shepherd Dog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Basque Shepherd Dogs
Senses: synonyms: Basque Sheepdog
Basque Shepherd
Euskal Artzain Txakurra
glosses: A herding dog bred in the Basque regions of northern Spain and southern France.
Basque Shepherd Dogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Basque Shepherd Dog
scotosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From scoto- + -osis.
Senses: glosses: Intellectual blindness: a hardening of the mind against unwanted wisdom.
Timonean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Timonean
form: most Timonean
Etymology: From Timon + -an, from the 5th-century BC person Timon of Athens (as described by Plutarch, Lucian, Aristophanes), possibly by way of William Shakespeare's play Timon of Athens (c. 1607). Used by John Toland in a letter (c. 1710-1722), apparently as a rare word or neologism. Used by Thomas Amory in The Life of John Buncle, Vol. II (1766), as a regular word.
Senses: examples: text: Solitude, on the contrary, not only deprives us of both the past and the future, but always inclines the present hour to joyless melancholy, which sooner or later ends in something intractable, Timonean, (pardon the word) or perhaps more fatal.
ref: ~1710-1722, John Toland, undated letter
text: Such was the account Mr. Hobart gave me of himself, (which made me admire him much, as he was but fifty then) and to convince me his temper had nothing Timonean or unsocial in it from his solitary life, he requested I would dine with him.
ref: 1766, Thomas Amory, The Life of John Buncle, Vol. II
text: And so in love with his Timonean solitude was Rozoko, that it needed many bribes and bland persuasions, to induce him to desert his mossy, hillside, misanthropic cave, for the distracting tumult of a court.
ref: 1849, Herman Melville, Mardi
glosses: Of a form of bitter misanthropy related to Timonism, like Timon of Athens.
Synonyms: Timonian
Timonist
Related terms: Timonism
Timonize
Timonean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Timonean
form: most Timonean
Etymology: From Timon + -an, from a 3rd-century BC disciple of Pyrrho, Skeptic philosopher and satirist Timon of Phlius (c. 320 – c. 230 BC).
Senses: examples: text: Since only a small percentage of Timon's oeuvre has survived and much of Callimachus' work is equally fragmentary there are no direct quotes or precise allusions, but it is possible to discern some features of Callimachus' work that seem remarkably Timonean.
ref: 2009, Dee L. Clayman, Timon of Phlius
glosses: Pertaining or related to Timon of Phlius, his life, works, style, or ideas.
Synonyms: word: Timonian
beaconed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈbiːkənd/
Senses: glosses: Containing a beacon
Derived terms: unbeaconed
beaconed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈbiːkənd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of beacon
à deux
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Pronunciation: /ɑː ˈdɜː/
/ə ˈdɜː/
Etymology: Borrowed from French à deux.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: To be played by two people.
examples: text: It is arguable that Litvinov, had he met with civility and those supple conversations à deux in which trained diplomats excel, might have stopped the war […]
ref: (Can we date this quote?), William Manchester, The Last Lion, volume 2, page 458:
text: Like their leader, none in the party spoke a word of German. Henderson, who would join them in Munich, was fluent in German, but of course he also spoke in tongues. Chamberlain and Hitler would talk à deux[…]
ref: 2012 November 20, Paul Reid, William Manchester, The Last Lion Box Set: Winston Spencer Churchill, 1874 - 1965, Little, Brown, →ISBN:
glosses: Privately; one-on-one.
Related terms: folie à deux
adieu
ado
package films
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of package film
overstudy
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overstudies
form: overstudying
form: overstudied
form: overstudied
Etymology: From over- + study.
Senses: examples: text: Those who overstudy tend to forget things during exams.
glosses: To study excessively
save down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: saves down
form: saving down
form: saved down
form: saved down
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To write a computer file to disk.
news conference
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: news conferences
Senses: glosses: press conference
street Arab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: street Arabs
form: street-arab
Etymology: So-called because they were nomadic, with no fixed home.
Senses: examples: text: ‘It's the Baker Street division of the detective police force,’ said my companion, gravely; and as he spoke there rushed into the room half a dozen of the dirtiest and most ragged street Arabs that ever I clapped eyes on.
ref: 1887, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet, section VI:
glosses: A homeless child who roams the streets, usually begging for handouts; a street urchin.
quohog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quohogs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of quahog.
earthsman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈəːθsmən/
Forms: form: earthsmen
Etymology: From Earth + -s- + man.
Senses: examples: text: For years he knows not the land; so that when he comes to it at last, it smells like another world, more strangely than the moon would to an Earthsman.
ref: 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick:
glosses: Someone from the planet Earth; an Earthman, an Earthling.
axiomatics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From axiomatic + -s.
Senses: glosses: The study of all the axioms associated with a particular subject.
dissipational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From dissipation + -al.
Senses: glosses: Associated with dissipation.
equivariantly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From equivariant + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an equivariant manner
hydrophobised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hydrophobised
form: most hydrophobised
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of hydrophobized.
hydrophobized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hydrophobized
form: most hydrophobized
Senses: glosses: Made hydrophobic
glosses: Subject to hydrophobization
hydrophobized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past form of hydrophobize
intrasite
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + site.
Senses: antonyms: intersite
glosses: Within a site (place or website).
Related terms: interdocument
internal link
intradocument
magnetoionic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: magnetionic
form: magneto-ionic
Etymology: From magneto- + ionic; compare the better-formed magnetionic.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Describing the affects of a magnetic field on ionic behaviour.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Having both magnetic and ionic characteristics.
metaobjects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metaobject
metaobject
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metaobjects
form: meta-object
Etymology: From meta- + object.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Any entity that manipulates, creates, describes, or implements others
microcapillaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microcapillary
microdroplets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microdroplet
microdroplet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microdroplets
Etymology: From micro- + droplet.
Senses: examples: text: The workers were spraying microdroplets of venom into the air.
ref: 2016, Justin O. Schmidt, The Sting of the Wild, Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, page 91f:
glosses: A microscopic droplet.
Related terms: macrodroplet
multiports
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of multiport
multiport
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + port.
Senses: synonyms: multiported
glosses: Having multiple ports.
multiport
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: multiports
Etymology: From multi- + port.
Senses: glosses: A device having multiple ports.
multiscalar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more multiscalar
form: most multiscalar
form: multi-scalar
Etymology: From multi- + scalar.
Senses: glosses: Relating to multiple scales
narrowband
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From narrow + band.
Senses: glosses: Describing communication systems with a smaller bandwidth than wideband.
Derived terms: narrowbanding
Related terms: band
baseband
broadband
hyperband
ultrawideband
wideband
nematicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From nematic + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being nematic, or extent to which a material is nematic
overbinds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overbind
overbind
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overbinds
form: overbinding
form: overbound
form: overbound
Etymology: From over- + bind.
Senses: glosses: To bind or restrict to an excessive extent.
photoassociative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more photoassociative
form: most photoassociative
Etymology: From photo- + associative.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or resulting from photoassociation
photoionised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From photo- + ionised.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of photoionized.
plasmoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plasmoid
polymatroids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polymatroid
polymatroid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polymatroids
Etymology: From poly- + matroid.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A particular form of polytope
prequential
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Blend of predictive + sequential
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: predictive sequential
pseudorapidities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pseudorapidity
pycnonuclear
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pycno- + nuclear.
Senses: qualifier: nuclear physics
glosses: Describing nuclear reactions caused by the density of the reactants
Related terms: thermonuclear
rebrightening
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rebrighten
rebrightening
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rebrightenings
Senses: glosses: A second or subsequent brightening (following a dimming).
semidecision
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: semi-decision
Etymology: From semi- + decision.
Senses: glosses: A technique in which the necessary conditions for a state are identified and then a proof that these conditions cannot be satisfied is produced.
semidilute
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From semi- + dilute.
Senses: glosses: Moderately dilute
superspin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superspins
Etymology: From super- + spin.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The spin of a superconducting particle, wave etc.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A form of spin associated with supersymmetry.
superspins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superspin
synergetically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more synergetically
form: most synergetically
Etymology: From synergetic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: synergistically
chacun a son gout
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chacun à son goût.
parmacety
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parmacetty
form: parmaceti
Etymology: Variant form of spermaceti.
Senses: glosses: Spermaceti.
examples: text: "Young man, come nearer to me: it was devoured, chewed up, crunched by the monstrousest parmacetty that ever chipped a boat!--ah, ah!"
ref: 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “chapter 16”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:
glosses: A sperm whale.
parmacetty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parmacetties
Senses: examples: text: Lost by a whale! Young man, come nearer to me: it was devoured, chewed up, crunched by the monstrousest parmacetty that ever chipped a boat!
ref: 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “Chapter 15”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of parmacety.
triplon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: triplons
Etymology: From triplet + -on.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A quasiparticle associated with triplet states
unnotched
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + notched.
Senses: glosses: Not notched
uncapacitated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + capacitated.
Senses: glosses: Not capacitated
parmacetties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parmacetty
chats up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of chat up
chatted up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of chat up
chatting up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of chat up
make use
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: makes use
form: making use
form: made use
form: made use
Senses: examples: text: The wooden or steel keys used to secure bull-head rails in their chairs are usually driven in the direction of the traffic, so that the effects of rail-creep may be made use of to wedge the keys more firmly, rather than to encourage them to drop out.
ref: 1934 February, “The Why and The Wherefore: Chair-keys”, in Railway Magazine, page 139:
text: When we design interactive systems, we make use. We create possibilities for learning, work, and leisure, for interaction and information.
ref: 2003, Mary Beth Rossen, John M. Carroll, “53: Scenario-Based Design”, in Julie A. Jacko, Andrew Sears, editors, The Human-Computer Interaction Handbook: Fundamentals, Evolving Technologies, and Emerging Applications, page 1047:
glosses: To use, usually productively and/or for a specific purpose.
examples: text: Good Cromwell, neglect him not; make use now, and provide for thine own future safety.
ref: 1613, William Shakespeare, The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight:
glosses: To help oneself.
Synonyms: sense: use
word: employ
sense: use
word: exploit
sense: use
word: take advantage of
glene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glenes
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek γλήνη (glḗnē, “eyeball, socket”)
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The pupil or eyeball.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A socket.
Derived terms: glenoid
cimbasso
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cimbassos
form: cimbassi
Etymology: From Italian.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A cylindrical valved instrument in the low brass family, closely related to the trombone and normally pitched a fifth or an octave below the tenor and bass trombones.
pseudopetiole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudopetioles
Etymology: From pseudo- + petiole.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The petiole of some monocotyledon leaves which is not part of the lower leaf zone.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A petiole-like constriction of the lamina or similar organ (such as a phyllode or phylloclade).
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The morphologically distinct proximal section of a petiole to which stipules are attached.
cimbassi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cimbasso
Scarlet Day
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Scarlet Days
Etymology: From the colour of the adornments of festal robes at the University of Cambridge.
Senses: glosses: A religiously or academically significant day; one on which festal academic dress should be worn.
tobacco mosaic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: RNA replaces DNA as the genetic material in many viruses (for example, tobacco mosaic, influenza, polio, certain RNA phages).
ref: 1992, James D. Watson and others, Recombinant DNA, second edition, Scientific American Books, page 64
glosses: Tobacco mosaic virus, an RNA virus (of genus Tobamovirus) that infects plants, especially tobacco and other members of the family Solanaceae, causing characteristic patterns of mottling and discoloration on the leaves.
examples: text: As is the case with tobacco mosaic, the disease has been successfully transmitted by inoculating healthy plants with juice pressed out of diseased plants.
ref: 1920, Journal of agricultural research, volume 19, page 131:
topics: biology
botany
medicine
natural-sciences
pathology
phytopathology
sciences
glosses: A disease of tobacco plants, characterized by mottled leaves, caused by this virus.
Synonyms: sense: tobacco mosaic virus
word: TMV
fummle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fummles
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fummel.
fummel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fummels
form: funnel
form: fummle
Senses: examples: text: After the conclusion of the regular sport, a match, two miles, came off between a fummel (2 yrs old) and a pony (aged, which seemed to excite some interest from the large cavalcade of horsemen who followed them round the course. The fummel won easy.
ref: 1839 September 20, “Sporting Intelligence: Lichfield Meeting”, in Stockport Advertiser, volume 18, number 913, Stockport, page 3:
text: Comprising eleven calved and in-calf cows and heifers, three barren cows, […] fifteen in-lamb ewes and theaves, […] yearling draught colt and filly, pony, yearling fummel, mare ass in-foal to a pony, two waggons, […]
ref: 1843 March 3, “To Be Sold by Auction, By B. Cheatle & Son”, in Leicester Journal, and Midland Counties General Advertiser, volume 92, number 4895, Leicester: James Jackson, page 2:
text: Twelve useful in-calf Short-horned Dairy Cows, eleven in-calf Heifers, eleven Stirks, […] half-bred Filly by Spotswood, Fummel, 50 inlamb Leicester Ewes, 20 Ewe Hogs, […] about 5 Acres of White Turnips to be sold in lots, […]
ref: 1845 January 8, “By Mr. Leedam”, in The Derby Mercury, volume 114, number 5870, Derby: Thomas Burroughs, page 2:
glosses: A hinny (the hybrid of a male horse and a female donkey).
bummle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bummles
Senses: glosses: An idle fellow.
bummle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bummles
form: bummling
form: bummled
form: bummled
Senses: glosses: To blunder.
hepatotoxicant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hepatotoxicant
form: most hepatotoxicant
Etymology: From hepato- + toxicant.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to or causing hepatotoxicity
hepatotoxicant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hepatotoxicants
Etymology: From hepato- + toxicant.
Senses: glosses: Any material that causes hepatotoxicity
megavariate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more megavariate
form: most megavariate
Etymology: From mega- + variate.
Senses: glosses: Having very many variables
Related terms: multivariate
nonsignificantly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From non- + significantly.
Senses: glosses: In a nonsignificant manner
pill in the pocket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pills in the pocket
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A medication, usually prescribed by a physician, which the patient is to carry with them, and which is to be used only under certain conditions.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pill, in, the, pocket.
permutational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From permutation + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to permutation
Derived terms: permutationally
punk zines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of punk zine
RNase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: RNases
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of ribonuclease.
Related terms: DNase
RNases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of RNase: abbreviation of ribonucleases.
chin guard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chin guards
form: chinguard
Senses: glosses: A protective guard for a person's chin.
Related terms: faceguard
face guard
faceshield
face shield
noseguard
nose guard
chin guards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chin guard
Xolo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃəʊləʊ/
Forms: form: Xolos
Etymology: Clipping of Xoloitzcuintli.
Senses: glosses: Clipping of Xoloitzcuintli (“Mexican hairless dog”).
Puli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Pulik
form: Pulis
form: Puli
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of puli.
pulik
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of puli
Slovak Cuvac
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Slovak Cuvac
form: Slovensky Cuvac
Etymology: From Slovak slovenský čuvač.
Senses: glosses: A livestock guardian dog bred in Slovakia.
Synonyms: Slovak Chuvach
Slovakian Cuvac
Slovakian Chuvach
Slovak Tschuvatsch
Slovakian Tschuvatsch
choppable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɒpəbəl
Forms: form: more choppable
form: most choppable
Etymology: From chop + -able.
Senses: examples: text: Those carrots are easily choppable.
text: Only choppable paths in your design may be broken up by the router.
glosses: Capable of being chopped.
Derived terms: choppability
shuttle vector
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shuttle vectors
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A vector constructed, usually with selectable markers and tags, so that it can propagate in two different host species.
handlest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: handle + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of handle
bettle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɛtəl/
rhymes: -ɛtəl
Forms: form: bettles
Senses: glosses: A beetle; a mallet.
dribblet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dribblets
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of driblet.
drossel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈdɹɒsəl/
Forms: form: drossels
form: dratchell
form: drotchel
form: drotchell
Etymology: Compare drazel.
Senses: examples: text: Now dwels each Drossell in her Glasse.
ref: 1602, William Warner, Albion's England:
glosses: A slut; a hussy.
on the shelf
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɛlf
Senses: glosses: Laid aside.
Unused; abandoned.
glosses: Laid aside.
Tabled; mothballed.
glosses: Unmarried, typically through lack of interest from potential spouses.
raw_tags: of a woman
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Injured.
Related terms: off-the-shelf
uniarticular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From uni- + articular.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Describing a muscle that controls the movement of a single joint
bargepole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bargepoles
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of barge pole.
bargepoles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bargepole
baking sheet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: baking sheets
Senses: glosses: Synonym of baking tray.
synonyms: word: baking tray
ball cock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ball cocks
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ballcock.