cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
squaric acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: square + -ic + acid, because its four carbon atoms form an approximate square.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
synonyms: quadratic acid
glosses: The compound 3,4-dihydroxycyclobut-3-ene-1,2-dione derived from cyclobutene
Related terms: squaramide
squarate
subcases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subcase
subcase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subcases
Etymology: From sub- + case.
Senses: glosses: A subdivision of a case.
subdeterminants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subdeterminant
subdeterminant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subdeterminants
Etymology: From sub- + determinant.
Senses: glosses: A subdivision of a determinant
submonolayer
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + monolayer.
Senses: glosses: Beneath a monolayer.
submonolayer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: submonolayers
Etymology: From sub- + monolayer.
Senses: glosses: An atomic surface coverage of less than one monolayer.
glosses: A monolayer beneath another.
subword
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subwords
Etymology: From sub- + word.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A substring.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A portion of a word (fixed-size group of bits).
subword
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + word.
Senses: examples: text: Therefore, to implement this packed add operation, it is necessary and sufficient to block the carry propagation across the subword boundaries.
ref: 2001, Yu Hen Hu, Programmable Digital Signal Processors: Architecture, page 98:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Of less than a word (fixed-size group of bits).
subwords
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subword
agrobacterium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: agrobacteria
Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Agrobacterium. By surface analysis, agro- + bacterium.
Senses: glosses: A soil bacterium, of the genus Agrobacterium, which can fix nitrogen, and causes the formation of crown galls in plants.
Derived terms: agrobacterial
word of finger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: By analogy with word of mouth.
Senses: examples: text: We used to call it "word-of-mouth" but that is a bit old-fashioned; but you know what I mean. It gets around the community. / Alun Michael: Word of finger, perhaps! / Mr Murphy: The message gets around locally at ward level in local government terms, if you like
ref: 2009 May 19, Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Welsh Affairs Committee, Digital inclusion in Wales: thirteenth report of session 2008-09, page 84:
text: If you were a first-time visitor from Mars and you happened to drop into a marketing meeting somewhere in the United States, you might assume that marketing people do nothing but talk about "TGIF." That's Twitter, Google, the internet and Facebook. There's no question these four revolutionary developments have forever changed the marketing function. Word-of-mouth has now become word of finger.
ref: 2009 November 9, Advertising Age:
text: Social media is the new word of mouth, only now, it is word of finger, and instantaneously can go worldwide.
ref: 2010 February 2, “Tweeting With David Letterman”, in Greater Lansing Business Monthly:
glosses: Interpersonal communication by digital media, especially using keyboard devices.
Related terms: TGIF
Sheliak
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Beta Lyrae, a binary star system approximately 882 light-years away in the constellation Lyra.
Beta Lyrae
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A binary star system approximately 882 light-years away in the constellation Lyra.
Gacrux
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of gamma + Crux, probably invented by astronomer Elijah Hinsdale Burritt by contraction of its Bayer designation
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Gamma Crucis, a red giant star approximately 88 light-years away in the constellation of Crux.
Synonyms: Gamma Crucis
γ Crucis
γ Cru
Gamma Cru
Related terms: Crux
Acrux
Becrux
Bayer designation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bayer designations
Etymology: Named after German astronomer Johann Bayer.
Senses: examples: text: Rigel has the Bayer designation β ("beta") Orionis.
glosses: a stellar designation in which a specific star is identified by a Greek letter, followed by the genitive form of its parent constellation's Latin name.
Bayer designations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bayer designation
superleak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superleaks
Etymology: From super- + leak.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The leak of superfluid helium through microscopic holes.
Synonyms: lambda leak
Related terms: fountain effect
torelon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: torelons
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A particle-like flux loop in certain gauge theories
Murzim
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Mirzam (“Beta Canis Majoris”).
Mekbuda
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Zeta Geminorum.
Zeta Geminorum
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A star in the constellation Gemini.
Synonyms: Mekbuda
Epsilon Pegasi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Latinized form of the Bayer designation ε Pegasi, named Enif.
Synonyms: Enif
pichi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pichis
form: pichey
Etymology: From a native Brazilian language.
Senses: synonyms: dwarf armadillo
pygmy armadillo
glosses: A small armadillo (Zaedyus pichiy), native to Argentina, which is the only armadillo known to hibernate.
debonaire
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more debonaire
form: most debonaire
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of debonair.
skip a beat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: skips a beat
form: skipping a beat
form: skipped a beat
form: skipped a beat
Senses: glosses: To miss a beat.
examples: text: My heart seemed to skip a beat when I parked my car at the old Safeway supermarket. My eyes gaped at the same aisles I had strolled through as a child.
ref: 1997, David J. Pelzer, The lost boy: a foster child's search for the love of a family:
text: Her heart seemed to skip a beat. "Halte!" the soldier ordered in a stern voice.
ref: 1989, Lois Lowry, Number the stars:
text: What set it apart and caused my heart to skip a beat were the words printed where the artist's signature usually goes, […]
ref: 2001, Linda Bremner, love in the mail:
qualifier: when of a heart
glosses: To experience a strong emotion.
examples: text: THE MEGHA HAD BEEN on the water for some three hours when Piya heard the engine skip a beat.
ref: 2005, Amitav Ghosh, The hungry tide:
text: Indeed, he did not skip a beat, stayed right with his training regimen, and flew out to Seattle on August 8.
ref: 2008, Alan Howard Levy, Floyd Patterson: a boxer and a gentleman:
glosses: To momentarily falter.
Friesians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Friesian
ultraperipheral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ultraperipheral
form: most ultraperipheral
form: ultra-peripheral
Etymology: From ultra- + peripheral.
Senses: glosses: On the extreme periphery
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Describing particle collisions in which no hadronic interactions occur because of the large spatial separation between the projectile and target
underloaded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more underloaded
form: most underloaded
Etymology: From under- + loaded.
Senses: glosses: Carrying a smaller load than normal or optimal
undermassive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more undermassive
form: most undermassive
Etymology: From under- + massive.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Of a star: having a smaller mass than is typical for its type.
unforgeability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From un- + forgeability.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being unforgeable
unforgeable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unforgeable
form: most unforgeable
Etymology: From un- + forgeable.
Senses: glosses: Unable to be forged.
unparticles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of unparticle
unranking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From un- + ranking.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The inverse of a ranking.
blog roll
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blog rolls
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of blogroll.
unsterile
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unsterile
form: most unsterile
Etymology: From un- + sterile.
Senses: examples: text: HIV may be transmitted through unsterile needles.
ref: 2024, David Golinkin, “Is Body Piercing Permitted According To Jewish Law”, in Responsa in a Moment, volume 4, page 193:
text: The recall said that no injuries related to the potentially unsterile facility have been reported.
ref: 2024 February 28, Ramishah Maruf, “Popular eye ointments may not be sterile, recall warns”, in CNN:
glosses: Not sterile.
Synonyms: non-sterile
nonsterile
unsymmetrised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + symmetrised.
Senses: glosses: Made unsymmetrical
unwarped
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unwarped
form: most unwarped
Etymology: From un- + warped.
Senses: glosses: Not warped
seven seals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Revelation 5:1.
Senses: topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: The seals that secure the book or scroll that John of Patmos saw in an apocalyptic vision.
blog rolls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blog roll
acidolysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒlɪsɪs
Forms: form: acidolyses
Etymology: From acid + -o- + -lysis.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Decomposition of a molecule under the influence of an acid.
Derived terms: thioacidolysis
acylpyrrole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acylpyrroles
Etymology: From acyl + pyrrole.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any acyl derivative of a pyrrole
acylpyrroles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acylpyrrole
have seen better days
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: has seen better days
form: having seen better days
form: had seen better days
form: had seen better days
Senses: examples: text: Your sofa has certainly seen better days, isn't it time you got a new one?
glosses: To be in poor condition, to be worn out.
raw_tags: of a person or thing
adamantylamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adamantylamines
Etymology: From adamantyl + amine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The primary amine derived from adamantane; any derivative of this compound
Synonyms: amantadine
aldolases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aldolase
alkenols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alkenol
alkenol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alkenols
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any alcohol that also has a double bond, but especially any enol
allylboration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: allylborations
Etymology: From allyl + -boration.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any addition reaction in which an allyl group and a boronate are added across a double bond or triple bond
amidation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amidations
Etymology: From amide + -ation.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Reaction with, or formation of, an amide.
Derived terms: deamidation
reamidation
Related terms: alkylamidation
arylamidation
phosphoramidation
aminolysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aminolyses
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: decomposition of a molecule by reaction with ammonia or an amine
Related terms: aminolytic
arylate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: arylates
form: arylating
form: arylated
form: arylated
Etymology: From aryl + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: To introduce one or more aryl groups into a molecule
arylate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arylates
Etymology: From aryl + -ate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of an aryl carboxylic acid
arylhydrazone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arylhydrazones
Etymology: From aryl + hydrazone.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any aryl hydrazone
azaheterocycles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of azaheterocycle
azaheterocycle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: azaheterocycles
Etymology: From aza- + heterocycle.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any heterocycle containing a nitrogen atom in the ring
azasugars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of azasugar
azasugar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: azasugars
Etymology: From aza- + sugar.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A nitrogen derivative of a sugar in which a piperidine structure replaces a tetrahydropyran structure.
mands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mand
mands
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of mand
bifuran
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bifurans
Etymology: From bi- + furan.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of three isomeric bicyclic heterocycles in which two furan rings are directly linked with a single bond
biphase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bi- + phase.
Senses: glosses: A method of transmitting binary data that avoids problems associated with long strings of ones or zeros, by combining data and clock signals to form a single two-level self-synchronizing data stream.
biphase
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bi- + phase.
Senses: glosses: Consisting of two phases, such as a liquid and a solid.
Related terms: biphasic
bipyrazole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bipyrazoles
Etymology: From bi- + pyrazole.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of several isomeric bicyclic heterocycles in which two pyrazole rings are directly linked with a single bond.
bromoarenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bromoarene
bromoarene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bromoarenes
Etymology: From bromo- + arene.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any brominated arene
butyration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Reaction with butyric acid or a butyrate
Derived terms: debutyration
Related terms: butyrated
butylation
Four Horsemen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: the Four Horsemen
Senses: glosses: Ellipsis of Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
examples: text: When most people think of the authors who launched the atheist renaissance in the 21st century, they think of the “The Four Horsemen”—Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Daniel Dennett, and Christopher Hitchens—and their earthshaking bestsellers.
ref: 2013, Dale McGowan, Atheism For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 218:
text: Today's culture is certainly more sympathetic to faith than the noughties, when millennials like me grew up ensnared by the “Four Horsemen” of New Atheism and their era-defining bestsellers: […].
ref: 2025 May 31, Tanjil Rashid, “Finding their religion”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 9:
glosses: The four main proponents of new atheism: Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Daniel Dennett, and Christopher Hitchens.
carbanionic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From carbanion + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to a carbanion
carbazolyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From carbazole + -yl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A radical derived from carbazole.
carbogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more carbogenic
form: most carbogenic
Etymology: From carbo- + -genic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing any complex, poorly-characterised organic compounds, derived from others by loss of various elements (especially hydrogen and oxygen), that are mostly carbon
carbonylate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: carbonylates
form: carbonylating
form: carbonylated
form: carbonylated
Etymology: From carbonyl + -ate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To introduce a carbonyl group, or the elements of carbon monoxide, into a molecule.
Derived terms: carbonylation
carbonylative
decarbonylate
uncarbonylated
carcinostatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more carcinostatic
form: most carcinostatic
Etymology: From carcino- + -static.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: That stops, or slows, the growth of a cancer
carcinostatic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carcinostatics
Etymology: From carcino- + -static.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Any drug or other agent that has this effect
castanospermine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Castanosperma + -ine
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A pyrrolizidine alkaloid, found in seeds of trees of the genus Castanosperma, that is a glucosidase inhibitor
chemoenzymatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From chemo- + enzymatic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing the use of enzymes to aid the synthesis or analysis of organic compounds
Derived terms: chemoenzymatically
Boches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Boche
boche
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boches
form: boche
Senses: examples: text: Inside the building was a dead French soldier who, as we figured it out, had accounted for the eight boches before they got him.
ref: 1916, Herbert Wes McBride, The Emma Gees:
text: But Jacques went right on, talking, talking--about the right flank and the left flank and the boches and the Americans.
ref: 1920, Various, The Best Short Stories of 1920:
text: I tell you he's the stuff that will take 'em over the top and make the boches feel cold in the pit of their fat tumtums when they see him coming.
ref: 1921, Margaret Rebecca Piper, Wild Wings:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Boche.
chemoselection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From chemo- + selection.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The selection of a reagent etc. on the basis of chemoselectivity
Related terms: chemoselective
chemoselectively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From chemoselective + -ly.
Senses: glosses: By means of, or in terms of, chemoselection.
chemoselectivities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chemoselectivity
chloroarenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chloroarene
chloroarene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chloroarenes
Etymology: From chloro- + arene.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any chlorinated derivative of an arene.
chloropyrazine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chloropyrazines
Etymology: From chloro- + pyrazine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any chlorinated derivative of a pyrazine
chloropyridine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chloropyridines
Etymology: From chloro- + pyridine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any chlorinated derivative of a pyridine.
Derived terms: chloropyridyl
chloropyridines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chloropyridine
chloroquinoline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chloroquinolines
Etymology: From chloro- + quinoline.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any chlorinated derivative of a quinoline
Derived terms: hydroxychloroquinoline
chlorotoluene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chlorotoluenes
Etymology: From chloro- + toluene.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any chlorinated derivative of toluene
Derived terms: alpha-chlorotoluene
carpetball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carpetballs
form: carpet ball
Etymology: From carpet + ball.
Senses: glosses: A game, similar to pool and played with pool balls, played in a long, high-walled table. Each player gets five balls to arrange however they want at their end of the table, and they take turns trying to knock each other's balls into troughs at each end of the table. The player who knocks down all five of the other player's balls first is the winner.
glosses: A heavy ceramic or stone ball that was rolled along the floor in some games.
Related terms: carpet pool
chloropyridyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chloropyridyls
Etymology: From chloropyridine + -yl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any radical derived from a chloropyridine.
bacon and cabbage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A traditional Irish dish of back bacon simmered with cabbage and other vegetables such as onions, turnips and carrots, served with the bacon sliced and much of the boiled liquid retained with the vegetables.
bucking bronco
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bucking broncos
Senses: glosses: A wild or untamed horse, characteristically difficult to ride.
glosses: A spirited or uncontrollable person.
glosses: A mechanical bull in the form of a horse.
glosses: A supposed sexual position that involves the man telling the woman something disagreeable during sex (e.g. that he has a sexually transmitted disease, or prefers another woman), causing her to struggle or lash out.
honour roll
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: honour rolls
Senses: glosses: British, Commonwealth, and Ireland standard spelling of honor roll.
honour rolls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of honour roll
skips a beat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of skip a beat
skipped a beat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of skip a beat
skipping a beat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of skip a beat
police beat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: police beats
Senses: glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see police, beat.
examples: text: The Law Report 29 January 2008; Interview with Debbie Kilroy
[…]She was brutalised inside the police beat station, where she was thrown to the ground, her face was rubbed in the ground, her jeans were stripped off her by prison officers, she was kicked, she was beaten.
ref: 2009 September 16, kangarooistan, “Who saw the USA economy crash coming and Afghan war being LOST long long long before the EXPERTS”, in aus.politics (Usenet):
text: Community-based crime prevention strategies include Neighbourhood Watch, Safety House, Police Beat Shopfront Schemes, and Home Assist Services.
ref: 2009, Peter N. Grabosky, Community Policing and Peacekeeping, page 73:
glosses: A small police station, with a limited range of facilities, located in an officer's residence or in a shopping centre.
cheap drunk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cheap drunks
Senses: antonyms: expensive drunk
glosses: Someone who is easily intoxicated.
Related terms: sense: nearly synonymous, but with sexual overtones
word: cheap date
expensive drunk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: expensive drunks
Senses: antonyms: cheap drunk
glosses: Someone who must drink a lot of alcohol in order to get intoxicated.
pedestal fan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pedestal fans
Senses: glosses: An electric, oscillating fan supported by an adjustable height, tiltable head, detachable stand.
imani
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Swahili imani (“faith”).
Senses: examples: text: On Tuesday night at the Club Serene in Brooklyn, Mayor Koch proclaimed Kwanzaa Week in New York. Then he told the crowd of about 400 that he had practiced his Swahili in order to pronounce correctly such exotic-sounding words as kujichagulia (self-determination), ujamaa (cooperative economics) and imani (faith), the theme of Kwanzaa '83.
ref: 1983 December 30, Ron Alexander, “The Evening Hours”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 03 Jan 2022, page B7:
glosses: faith (in the context of African-American culture)
ba-wan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Hokkien 肉圓 /肉圆 (bah-oân). Doublet of bakwan.
Senses: glosses: A Taiwanese snack food consisting of a circular translucent dough filled with a savory stuffing and served with a sweet and savory sauce.
Synonyms: rouyuan
bawan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ba-wan.
fantast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fantasts
Senses: examples: text: He is indeed all this; and what he has more than all this peculiar to himself, I seem to convey to my own mind in some measure by saying, — that he is a quiet and sublime enthusiast with a strong tinge of the fantast, — the humourist constantly mingling with, and flashing across, the philosopher, as the darting colours in shot silk play upon the main dye.
ref: 1804, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, notes on Thomas Browne's Vulgar Errors:
text: I recall one particularly heady Outreach meeting, in 1985, at which one of the speakers was a fantast named Jack Wheeler, who liked to say that Izvestia had described him as an “ideological gangster” […].
ref: 1987, Joan Didion, Miami, Granta, published 2005, page 190:
glosses: One whose manners or ideas are fantastic and fanciful; a dreamer.
fantasizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fantasizers
form: fantasiser
form: phantasizer
Etymology: From fantasize + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Fantasy knows no social constraints save for the limits of the fantasizer's imagination.
ref: 1999, Wayne Wilson, The Psychopath in Film, Lanham: University Press of America, →OCLC, page 235:
glosses: someone who indulges in fantasies
fantasizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fantasizer
fantasiser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fantasisers
form: fantasizer
Etymology: From fantasise + -er.
Senses: glosses: someone who indulges in fantasies
fantasisers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fantasiser
semantic field
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: semantic fields
Senses: examples: text: Coordinate term: etymological field
text: Included in this semantic field category is the subcategory LEADER, referring to any person having a position of authority, such as ruler, sovereign, king, queen, minister, commissioner, chief, headman[.]
ref: 2018, James Lambert, “Setting the Record Straight: An In-depth Examination of Hobson-Jobson”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 31, number 4, →DOI, page 497:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
translation-studies
glosses: A group of words which all relate to the same subject or concept, or to overlapping aspects thereof.
fœderation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fœderations
Senses: examples: text: He ſaid, this was nothing of fancy or invention but an avowal, that there were Clubs in this country who bound themſelves by a fœderation with thoſe regicides to approve their conduct and act in concert with them ; upon this he dwelt for a conſiderable time with much ſeverity.
ref: 1792, Thomas Cooper, A reply to Mr. Burke's invective against Mr. Cooper, and Mr. Watt, page 4:
glosses: Archaic spelling of federation.
Related terms: confœderation
fœderations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fœderation
sight translation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sight translations
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
translation-studies
glosses: The act of translating a written text out loud.
Related terms: sight-translate
hæsitation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hæsitations
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of hesitation, predominantly 18th–19th century.
hæsitations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hæsitation
cyanoformate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyanoformates
Etymology: From cyanoformic acid + -ate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The anion N≡C-COO⁻ derived from cyanoformic acid; and salt or ester of this acid
staker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stakers
Etymology: From stake + -er.
Senses: examples: text: stakers of claims
glosses: One who stakes something.
examples: text: A staker earns a part or the entirety of the transaction fees upon transaction validation. The number of transaction validations allowed for a staker is directly proportional to the amount and duration of their assets on stake.
ref: 2020, Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo, Ali Dehghantanha, Reza M. Parizi, editors, Blockchain Cybersecurity, Trust and Privacy, Springer Nature, →ISBN, page 208:
topics: business
cryptocurrencies
cryptocurrency
finance
coordinate_terms: miner
glosses: One who participates in proof of stake.
stakers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of staker
cyanoformic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cyano + formic acid.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The cyano derivative of formic acid N≡C-COOH
Related terms: cyanoformate
cyanophosphorylation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyano-phosphorylation
Etymology: From cyano + phosphorylation.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any addition reaction in which a cyano (nitrile) group and a phosphoryl group are added across a double bond or triple bond
cyanosilylation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyanosilylations
Etymology: From cyano- + silylation.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any addition reaction in which a cyano (nitrile) group and a silyl group are added across a double bond or triple bond
cyanosilylations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyanosilylation
cycloisomerisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cycloisomerisations
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of cycloisomerization.
cyclooctatriene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyclooctatrienes
Etymology: From cyclo- + octatriene.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An unsaturated alicyclic hydrocarbon having eight carbon atoms and three double bonds; any derivative of this compound
cyclooctenone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyclooctenones
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of several isomeric unsaturated alicyclic ketones having eight carbon atoms and one double bond.
cycloolefins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cycloolefin
cycloolefin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cycloolefins
Etymology: From cyclo- + olefin.
Senses: glosses: cycloalkene
cyclopentadecenone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyclopentadecenones
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of several isomeric unsaturated alicyclic ketones having fifteen carbon atoms and one double bond
debenzylation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˌbɛnzɪˈleɪʃən/
Forms: form: debenzylations
Etymology: From de- + benzylation.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any reaction that removes one or more benzyl groups from a molecule
debutyration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˌbjuːtaɪˈɹeɪʃən/
Etymology: From de- + butyration.
Senses: examples: text: The digested butyrylated starch was subjected to a debutyration process before chain length distribution analysis.
ref: 2022, Lingjin Li et al., “Butyl Group Distribution, Intestinal Digestion, and Colonic Fermentation Characteristics of Different Butyrylated Starches”, in Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, volume 70, number 10, ACS Publications, →ISSN:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any reaction that removes one or more butyl groups from a molecule.
dephenylation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dephenylations
Etymology: From de- + phenyl + -ation.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any reaction that removes one or more phenyl group from a molecule.
decadiene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: decadienes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of several isomeric unsaturated alkenes having ten carbon atoms and two double bonds
Derived terms: decadienal
decatetraene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɛkəˈtɛtɹəiːn/
Forms: form: decatetraenes
Etymology: From deca- + tetraene.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of several isomeric unsaturated alkenes having ten carbon atoms and four double bonds
decomplexation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˌkɒmplɛkˈseɪʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: decomplexations
Etymology: From de- + complexation.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The breakup of a molecular complex
Related terms: decomplexant
dehalogenations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dehalogenation
dehalogenation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˌheɪlədʒəˈneɪʃən/
Forms: form: dehalogenations
Etymology: By surface analysis, dehalogenate + -ion, or, by surface analysis, de- + halogenation.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
antonyms: halogenation
;
perhalogenation
;
rehalogenation
rehalogenization
glosses: The act or process of removing halogen (usually a pair of atoms) from a molecule; any reaction that does this.
Related terms: dehalogenate
nonhalogenated
unhalogenated
derivatize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: derivatizes
form: derivatizing
form: derivatized
form: derivatized
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To prepare one or more derivatives of a compound
Derived terms: rederivatize
Related terms: prederivatized
derivatization
diarylamines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diarylamine
diarylamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diarylamines
Etymology: From di- + aryl + amine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A secondary amine having two aryl substituents
dioxaborolane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dioxaborolanes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of several isomeric five-membered saturated heterocycles having two carbon atoms, one boron atom and two oxygen atoms; any derivative of this compound
bruds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brud
MPBR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: engineering
firearms
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
glosses: Initialism of maximum point blank range.
distannoxanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of distannoxane
distannoxane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: distannoxanes
Etymology: From di- + stannoxane.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of organotin complexes of general formula [R₃SnOSnR₃]₂ that are used as catalysts.
emeraldine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: emeraldines
Etymology: From emerald + -ine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of green dyestuffs that have an oligoaniline structure
Derived terms: leucoemeraldine
enaminones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of enaminone
enaminone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: enaminones
Etymology: From enamine + -one.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any compound having a carbonyl group adjacent to the double bond of an enamine.
enantiocontrolled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more enantiocontrolled
form: most enantiocontrolled
Etymology: From enantio- + controlled.
Senses: glosses: Subject to enantiocontrol.
fisks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fisk
enantioface
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: enantiofaces
Etymology: From enantio- + face.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Either side (face) of an approximately planar enantiomer.
enantioinduction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: enantioinductions
Etymology: From enantio- + induction.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The enantiocontrol of a reaction as a result of a chiral feature present in the substrate, reagent, catalyst or environment
epiaustraline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: epiaustralines
Etymology: From epi- + australine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A tetrahydroxypyrrolizidine alkaloid related to alexine and australine.
tetrahydroxy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tetra- + hydroxy.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Four hydroxy groups in a molecule
epilachnene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Epilachna + -ene
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A defensive alkaloid, (5Z)-11-propyl-12-azacyclotetradec-5-en-14-olide, the principal component of the secretion of the pupal defensive hairs of the Mexican bean beetle (Epilachna varivestis), that has antiinsectan activity
antiinsectan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antiinsectans
Etymology: From anti- + insectan.
Senses: glosses: Any compound produced by a plant or other organism that serves as a defensive protection against predation by insects
epoxypropane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: epoxypropanes
Etymology: From epoxy- + propane.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: propylene oxide
Derived terms: epoxypropyl
propylene oxide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: propylene oxides
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The epoxide derived from propane; it is used in the production of some polyethers
Synonyms: epoxypropane
ethynylenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ethynylene
exaltolide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The macrocyclic lactone, pentadecalactone, having fifteen carbon atoms; it has a musky scent, similar to exaltone
fagomine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The iminosugar 1,5-imino-1,2,5-trideoxy-D-arabino-hexitol present in buckwheat and elsewhere in the form of a glycoside
Related terms: prefagomine
aminodeoxysugar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aminodeoxysugars
Etymology: From amino + deoxysugar.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any compound derived from a deoxysugar by replacing a hydroxy group by an amino group.
fluorenylidene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fluorenylidenes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The divalent radical derived from the bridging methylene group of fluorene
fluorinations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fluorination
fluorophenyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fluorophenyls
Etymology: From fluoro- + phenyl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any fluoro derivative of a phenyl radical
detraditionalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: detraditionalisation
Etymology: From detraditionalize + -ation.
Senses: examples: text: These statistics are, for some, indicative of how processes of detraditionalization and individualization have made marriage a "zombie” institution.
ref: 2009, Jodi O'Brien, Encyclopedia of Gender and Society, page 2:
text: detraditionalization of gender roles
glosses: The act, process or result of detraditionalizing.
detraditionalize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: detraditionalizes
form: detraditionalizing
form: detraditionalized
form: detraditionalized
form: detraditionalise
Etymology: From de- + traditional + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To strip of tradition; to reform.
Derived terms: detraditionalization
Related terms: traditionalize
detraditionalized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of detraditionalize
detraditionalizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of detraditionalize
detraditionalizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of detraditionalize
detraditionalise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: detraditionalises
form: detraditionalising
form: detraditionalised
form: detraditionalised
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of detraditionalize.
detraditionalised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of detraditionalise
detraditionalising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of detraditionalise
detraditionalisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of detraditionalization.
collect up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: collects up
form: collecting up
form: collected up
form: collected up
Senses: glosses: To find and put together in the same place.
consequentialistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From consequential + -istic.
Senses: glosses: of or relating to consequentialism
Derived terms: consequentialistically
public finance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Moreover, the formulation of the model serves as a blueprint for the incorporation of modern notions of labor economics in public finance.
ref: 2000, John M. Quigley, Eugene Smolensky, editors, Modern Public Finance, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, page 2:
glosses: A field of economics concerned with paying for collective or governmental activities, and with the administration and design of those activities.
Related terms: english: state budget
translation: state budget
word: public finances
Christmaslike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Christmaslike
form: most Christmaslike
Etymology: From Christmas + -like.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Christmas-like.
nonrepublic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonrepublics
Etymology: From non- + republic.
Senses: glosses: Any state that is not a republic.
nonrepublic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + republic.
Senses: glosses: Not of or pertaining to a republic.
nonrepublics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonrepublic
loglike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more loglike
form: most loglike
Etymology: From log + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a log of wood.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of the log (logarithm) function.
strangerlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more strangerlike
form: most strangerlike
Etymology: From stranger + -like.
Senses: glosses: Like a stranger; without familiarity or intimacy.
traditionalness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From traditional + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being traditional.
Synonyms: traditionality
traditionality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ælɪti
Forms: form: traditionalities
Etymology: From traditional + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being traditional.
Synonyms: traditionalness
traditionless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tradition + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without traditions.
untraditionally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more untraditionally
form: most untraditionally
Etymology: From untraditional + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an untraditional manner; not according to tradition.
gubberment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: I was born in that stinking, rotten gubberment Mission. It was called the Lachlan River Mission, I dunno why they called it a Mission, God didn't live in that place.
ref: 1998, Bryce Courtenay, Jessica:
glosses: government
nonantiviral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + antiviral.
Senses: glosses: Not antiviral.
proper names
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of proper name
Galois
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
glosses: French mathematician Évariste Galois
Derived terms: cogalois
Galois field
Galois group
galoisian
Galois theory
digestive systems
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of digestive system
respiratory systems
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of respiratory system
fluorophobic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fluorophobic
form: most fluorophobic
Etymology: From fluoro- + -phobic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing the effect of perfluorinated species on the geometry of reaction products