cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
dysgraphia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dysgraphias
Etymology: From dys- + -graphia.
Senses: examples: text: Students with dysgraphia have severe problems learning to write.
ref: 2007, Sharon Vaughn, Candace S. Bos, Jeanne Shay Schumm, Teaching Students who are Exceptional, Diverse, and At Risk in the General Education Classroom, page 390:
glosses: A language disorder that affects a person's ability to write.
Synonyms: agraphia
Derived terms: dyscravia
dysgraphic
Related terms: dyscalculia
dyslexia
agraphic
everyone and their dog
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Forms: form: everybody and their dog
Senses: examples: text: "Mind you, this was years before everyone and their dog had a cell phone."
ref: 2009, Susan Case, That's a Dead One Alright, Tate Publishing, →ISBN, page 114:
glosses: Synonym of everybody and his brother.
synonyms: word: everybody and his brother
Synonyms: list in everybody and his brother
everybody
the whole world and his dog
Related terms: one man and his dog
temerities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of temerity
compilands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of compiland
die-hard
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more die-hard
form: most die-hard
Etymology: Deverbal from die hard.
Senses: examples: text: And the kaleidescope ^([sic]) of distinctive colours sported by the spotlessly-maintained diesels of many different railways in the great Union stations of cities like Washington and St. Louis must have some thrills even for the most die-hard steam enthusiast.
ref: 1955 April, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 261:
glosses: Alternative spelling of diehard.
die-hard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: die-hards
Etymology: Deverbal from die hard.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of diehard.
y-front
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Said of briefs with a flap at the front framed by Y-shaped seams.
Related terms: Y-fronts
chemistries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chemistry
cytopathy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cytopathies
Etymology: From cyto- + -pathy.
Senses: topics: biology
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
pathology
sciences
glosses: The disease or deterioration of a cell, or of the structures contained within a cell.
Derived terms: podocytopathy
pay day
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pay days
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of payday.
mendiant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mendiants
Etymology: From French mendiant.
Senses: glosses: A traditional French Christmas confection, a chocolate disc studded with nuts and dried fruits representing the various mendicant monastic orders.
shielded twisted pair
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shielded twisted pairs
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A pair of twisted wires which is surrounded by a metal shield in order to protect from EMI.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: by extension, a cable, with multiple twisted-pair wiring pairs surrounded by a single shield
Synonyms: word: STP:
Coordinate terms: unshielded twisted pair
twisted pair
Related terms: silver tape
earthrise
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: earthrises
Etymology: From earth + rise.
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:earthrise.
glosses: The event of the Earth rising over the horizon of another celestial body, typically the Moon.
Related terms: earthup
moonrise
sunrise
ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A rare genetic metabolic disorder of the urea cycle. Abbreviated as OTC.
Related terms: ornithine transcarbamylase
ornithine transcarbamylase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An enzyme that catalyzes the reaction between carbamoyl phosphate and ornithine to form citrulline and phosphate.
Synonyms: ornithine carbamoyltransferase
Derived terms: ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency
riviere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rivieres
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:riviere.
glosses: Alternative form of rivière (“necklace of precious stones”).
chkpt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chkpts
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of checkpoint.
simultanea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of simultaneum
drive time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drive times
form: drivetime
form: drive-time
Senses: examples: text: My commute drive time is usually 45 minutes, but it can be 20 if I leave at 5:30am.
text: Drive time to the park from the Interstate is 40 minutes.
text: I get some of my best thinking done during my drive times.
glosses: The time it takes to drive between two points.
examples: text: Mornings and afternoons are called "drive time" because that is when most people are driving. When people commute they tend to listen to the radio, thus drive time is primetime when it comes to total number of radio listeners. During drive time, radio stations have a captive audience.
ref: 2007, Chris Schneider, Starting Your Career in Broadcasting page 212:
topics: broadcasting
media
synonyms: driving time
glosses: The time of the day when most people commute to work, regarded as a popular time to listen to the radio.
Related terms: prime time
ornithine carbamoyltransferase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The enzyme ornithine transcarbamylase.
drive-time
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: drivetime
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of drive time.
amalgamative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more amalgamative
form: most amalgamative
Senses: glosses: That amalgamates
panoptic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /panˈɒptɪk/
Etymology: From pan- + optic.
Senses: examples: text: Divested of egotistic obsession, an ordinary human being could achieve the panoptic vision of a sage.
ref: 2006, Karen Armstrong, The Great Transformation, Atlantic Books, published 2007, page 340:
glosses: All-seeing; comprehensive, inclusive.
Derived terms: panopticism
amandine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /əˈmandɪn/
/ˌæmənˈdiːn/
/ˌɑːmənˈdiːn/
Forms: form: amandines
Etymology: From French amandine, feminine of amandin.
Senses: glosses: A cosmetic cream prepared from almonds.
glosses: The vegetable casein of almonds.
amandine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /əˈmandɪn/
/ˌæmənˈdiːn/
/ˌɑːmənˈdiːn/
Etymology: From French amandine, feminine of amandin.
Senses: topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
synonyms: almondine
glosses: Served with almonds.
ambilateral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ætəɹəl
Forms: form: more ambilateral
form: most ambilateral
Etymology: From ambi- + lateral.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Affecting both sides of the body, or of an organ.
Synonyms: bilateral
Derived terms: ambilaterality
ambilaterally
ambisexuality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ambisexualities
Etymology: From ambi- + sexual + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The state of being ambisexual.
glosses: An instance of ambisexual behaviour.
Related terms: ambisexual
bisexual
bisexuality
omnisexual
omnisexuality
pansexual
pansexuality
FCE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: FCEs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of First Certificate in English, an ESOL qualification awarded by Cambridge University.
ESOL
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: education
glosses: Acronym of English for speakers of other languages.
Related terms: EFL
TESOL
ambitioned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ambitioned
form: most ambitioned
Etymology: From ambition + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Having ambition
ambulanceman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ambulancemen
Etymology: From ambulance + -man.
Senses: examples: text: An ambulanceman was turning a dressing around her head wound.
ref: 2022, Ian McEwan, Lessons, page 53:
glosses: A man who is a driver of an ambulance or a member of its crew
Related terms: ambulancewoman
ambulator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ambulators
Senses: glosses: A walker; one who walks.
ambushment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ambushments
Etymology: From ambush + -ment.
Senses: glosses: An ambush
amoeban
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more amoeban
form: most amoeban
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ameban.
ameban
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ameban
form: most ameban
Etymology: From ameba + -n.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or resembling an amoeba.
amebean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more amebean
form: most amebean
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of amoebean.
amoebean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: amebean
form: amœbæan
form: amoebaean
Etymology: From Latin amoebaeus, from Ancient Greek ἀμοιβαῖος (amoibaîos, “reciprocal”), from ἀμοιβή (amoibḗ, “change; alternation”).
Senses: glosses: Describing a form of prosody (amoebaeum) featuring alternating responses.
Related terms: amoeban
ameerate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ameerates
Etymology: From ameer + -ate.
Senses: glosses: An emirate.
ament
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈeɪ.mənt/
Forms: form: aments
Etymology: From Latin āmentum (“thong, string”).
Senses: examples: text: [T]he scales of the ament in the salix rosea, rose-willow, grow into leaves; and produce other kinds of monsters.
ref: 1789, Erasmus Darwin, The Loves of the Plants, J. Johnson, page 9:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A catkin or similar inflorescence.
Derived terms: amentaceous
amental
ament
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈeɪ.mənt/
Forms: form: aments
Etymology: From Latin amens.
Senses: glosses: A congenital idiot.
amentum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /əˈmɛntəm/
Forms: form: amenta
Etymology: From Latin amentum (“thong”).
Senses: glosses: A catkin.
Related terms: ament
amentaceous
amentiferous
amentiform
amnestic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /æmˈnɛs.tɪk/
Forms: form: more amnestic
form: most amnestic
Etymology: From amnesty (“forgetfulness”) + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: amnestic patients
text: amnestic medications
text: Most often, persons who first present with language, comportmental, and visuospatial difficulties are under the age of 65, in contrast to the older age at onset of individuals with amnestic dementia.
ref: 2007, Carole B. Cox, Dementia and Social Work Practice: Research and Interventions, Springer Publishing Company, page 25:
text: Thus, while not exhibiting the large dose separation predicted from preclinical tests, alpidem did not impair memory at therapeutic doses (and was reported to antagonize the amnestic actions of a BZ), nor did chronic treatment produce a withdrawal reaction after abrupt termination.
ref: 2012 September 14, Phil Skolnick, “Anxioselective Anxiolytics: On a Quest for the Holy Grail”, in Trends in Pharmacological Sciences, volume 33, number 11, Elsevier, →DOI, archived from the original on 06 Apr 2024, Partial agonists, subtype selective molecules, and hybrid solutions, pages 611-620:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Synonym of amnesic (adjective).
synonyms: word: amnesic
extra: adjective
Derived terms: amnestical
amnestically
amnestic mild cognitive impairment
amnestic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /æmˈnɛs.tɪk/
Forms: form: amnestics
Etymology: From amnesty (“forgetfulness”) + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: 1,4-BZ are also excellent sedative-hypnotics, muscle relaxants, amnestics (useful as preoperative medications), and anticonvulsants. The demonstration of receptor heterogeneity led to the hypothesis that these pharmacological actions are separable; the in vivo profile of CL 218,872 provided the proof of principle that such a separation could be achieved.
ref: 2012 September 14, Phil Skolnick, “Anxioselective Anxiolytics: On a Quest for the Holy Grail”, in Trends in Pharmacological Sciences, volume 33, number 11, Elsevier, →DOI, archived from the original on 06 Apr 2024, Partial agonists, subtype selective molecules, and hybrid solutions [footnote 2], pages 611-620:
glosses: Synonym of amnesic (noun).
synonyms: word: amnesic
extra: noun
Tollywood
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɒ.li.wʊd/
ipa: /ˈtɑ.li.wʊd/
rhymes: -ɒliwʊd
Etymology: Blend of Telugu + Hollywood.
Senses: glosses: The Telugu film industry located in Hyderabad, Telangana.
glosses: Nickname for Film Nagar: a district of Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
Tollywood
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɒ.li.wʊd/
ipa: /ˈtɑ.li.wʊd/
rhymes: -ɒliwʊd
Etymology: Blend of Tollygunge + Hollywood
Senses: glosses: The Bengali film industry located in Tollygunge, Kolkata, West Bengal.
Nollywood
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɒ.li.wʊd/
ipa: /ˈnɑ.li.wʊd/
rhymes: -ɒliwʊd
Etymology: Blend of Nigeria + Hollywood.
Senses: examples: text: After the film was released, the actor Nkem Owoh became part of the 'Big Five' (ie the five most well-paid actors in Nollywood).
ref: 2009, Pierre Barrot, Nollywood: The Video Phenomenon in Nigeria, Indiana University Press, →ISBN, page 23:
text: Nollywood films are defined by excess, where the borders that frame the images, the sentiments, the characters—the symbolic order and its limits—are violated dramatically and systematically, as in the mannerism of the neobaroque.
ref: 2013, Kenneth W. Harrow, Trash: African Cinema from Below, Indiana University Press, →ISBN, page 244:
text: Video parlors, which are still the most popular outlet for Nollywood film screenings across Africa, do not run African auteur films, and the film festivals of Ouagadougou, Carthage, Durban, and Zanzibar do not accept Nollywood films into their main competitions.
ref: 2013, Matthias Krings, Onookome Okome, “Nollywood and Its Diaspora: An Introduction”, in Matthias Krings, Onookome Okome, editors, Global Nollywood: The Transnational Dimensions of an African Video Film Industry, Indiana University Press, →ISBN, page 19:
glosses: The Nigerian film industry.
FSBO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: FSBOs
Senses: examples: text: That's a bad neighborhood for brokers: too many FSBOs.
topics: business
real-estate
glosses: Acronym of for sale by owner, referring to the property.
Synonyms: topics: real-estate
business
word: fisbo
topics: real-estate
business
word: fizbo
fisbo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fisbos
form: fizbo
Etymology: From pronunciation of FSBO (“For Sale by Owner”).
Senses: topics: business
real-estate
glosses: A property being sold by the owner, without the aid of a broker.
fizbo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fizbos
form: fisbo
Etymology: From pronunciation of FSBO (“for sale by owner”).
Senses: topics: business
real-estate
glosses: A property being sold by the owner, without the aid of a broker.
siltite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: siltites
Senses: glosses: Synonym of siltstone.
synonyms: word: siltstone
haplobiontic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The algal ancestors of land plants were probably haplobiontic.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Describing a plant or fungus that has either a haploid or a diploid phase (but not both) in its life cycle. That is, it lacks any alternation of generations.
Related terms: haplobiont
diplobiontic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: All embryophytes are diplobiontic.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Describing a plant or fungus where both the haploid and diploid phases are represented by a multicellular phase.
Derived terms: haplodiplobiontic
pay check
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pay checks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of paycheck.
calmant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: calmants
Senses: glosses: A calming drug; a sedative.
imaginant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ɪˈmæd͡ʒɪnənt/
Forms: form: more imaginant
form: most imaginant
Etymology: From Latin imaginans, present participle of imaginari: compare French imaginant.
Senses: examples: text: the force of Imagination is , either upon the Body Imaginant , or upon another Body
ref: 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
glosses: imagining; conceiving, or imaginative
imaginant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɪˈmæd͡ʒɪnənt/
Forms: form: imaginants
Etymology: From Latin imaginans, present participle of imaginari: compare French imaginant.
Senses: examples: text: and the same kind of strings being moved , and much what after the same manner as in the first Imaginant ; the Soul is awaken'd to the same apprehensions , as were they that caus'd them
ref: 1665, Joseph Glanvill, Scepsis Scientifica: Or, Confest Ignorance, the Way to Science; […], London: […] E. C[otes] for Henry Eversden […], →OCLC:
glosses: An imaginer.
miltefosine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɪlˈtɛf.ə.ziːn/
ipa: /mɪlˈtɛf.əˌsin/
Forms: form: miltefosines
Etymology: From [Term?] + -fosine (“cytostatic”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An antiprotozoal drug, 2-(hexadecoxy-oxido-phosphoryl)oxyethyl-trimethyl-azanium, used in oral treatment of leishmaniasis.
antiprotozoal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antiprotozoal
form: most antiprotozoal
Etymology: From anti- + protozoal.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: That inhibits or destroys protozoa
antiprotozoal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antiprotozoals
Etymology: From anti- + protozoal.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Any drug used to fight diseases caused by protozoa
nanoconfined
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From nano- + confined.
Senses: glosses: confined in a space measured in nanometres.
ribonucleotide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ribonucleotides
Etymology: From ribo- + nucleotide.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
genetics
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: ribotide
glosses: Any nucleotide having ribose as its sugar
supercooled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of supercool
supercooled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more supercooled
form: most supercooled
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: cooled below the transition temperature without the transition occurring
supercool
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: so͞o′pər-ko͞ol′
ipa: /ˈsuː.pəˌkuːl/
ipa: /ˈsu.pəɹˌkul/
ipa: /ˈsʉː.pəˌkʉːl/
ipa: /ˈsʉː.pɐˌkʉːl/
ipa: /ˈsʉ.pəɹˌkʉl/
ipa: /ˈsuː.pɜʳˌkuːl/
Forms: form: supercools
form: supercooling
form: supercooled
form: supercooled
Etymology: From super- + cool.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
synonyms: undercool
glosses: To cool a material below its transition temperature without that transition occurring.
supercool
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: so͞o′pər-ko͞ol′
ipa: /ˈsuː.pəˌkuːl/
ipa: /ˈsu.pəɹˌkul/
ipa: /ˈsʉː.pəˌkʉːl/
ipa: /ˈsʉː.pɐˌkʉːl/
ipa: /ˈsʉ.pəɹˌkʉl/
ipa: /ˈsuː.pɜʳˌkuːl/
Forms: form: more supercool
form: most supercool
Etymology: From super- + cool.
Senses: examples: text: On to how to access your Home folder from a remote Mac — a supercool feature that's only bound to get more popular as the Internet continues to mature.
ref: 2009, Bob LeVitus, Mac OS X Snow Leopard For Dummies, page 323:
glosses: Very cool; thoroughly excellent, relaxed, or fashionable.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Synonym of supercooled
synonyms: word: supercooled
transition temperature
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: transition temperatures
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The temperature at which one phase of a material changes into another; a transition point
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The temperature at which one form of a polymorph changes into another
microchimerism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microchimerisms
Etymology: From micro- + chimerism.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The presence of a small number of cells in an organism that are genetically different from those of the organism itself; typically transmitted between a mother and fetus
Related terms: microchimera
microchimeric
methyl mercury
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: methyl mercuries
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of methylmercury.
ethyl mercury
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ethylmercury.
methylmercury
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: methylmercuries
Etymology: From methyl + mercury.
Senses: qualifier: chemical compound
glosses: The organometallic cation CH₃Hg⁺; it is a toxicant that accumulates in the environment in the form of various compounds
ethylmercury
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ethyl + mercury.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The organometallic cation CH₃CH₂Hg⁺, a toxicant.
Morija
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Lesotho.
toxicant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɒksɪkənt/
Forms: form: more toxicant
form: most toxicant
Etymology: From Medieval Latin toxicāns, toxicant-, present participle of toxicāre (“to poison”).
Senses: glosses: Capable of causing damage or dysfunction by toxicity.
glosses: Capable of causing damage or dysfunction by toxicity.
Poisonous.
toxicant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɒksɪkənt/
Forms: form: toxicants
Etymology: From Medieval Latin toxicāns, toxicant-, present participle of toxicāre (“to poison”).
Senses: glosses: A toxic or poisonous substance.
Synonyms: toxant
Derived terms: cardiotoxicant
intoxicant
nephrotoxicant
phytotoxicant
go off the reservation
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: goes off the reservation
form: going off the reservation
form: went off the reservation
form: gone off the reservation
Etymology: By analogy with a member of the tribe leaving an Indian reservation.
Senses: examples: text: The Indian may go off the reservation, he can steal from the whites and run back to the reservation with impunity.
ref: 1872 April 10, United States Congress, The Congressional Globe, page 2332:
glosses: To leave an Indian reservation to which one was restricted.
examples: text: This hand was ready to give the works to any physician, a member of the Medical Association in good standing, who'd go off the reservation by daring to serve a medical co-operative on a full-time salary.
ref: 1943, Paul De Kruif, Kaiser Wakes the Doctors, page 79:
text: I'll never forget 1948 when these so called "liberals" (synthetics I call them) went off the reservation and gave New York to Dewey.
ref: 1960 January 31, Harry S Truman, “Dear Joe”, in Monte M. Poen, editor, Strictly Personal and Confidential: The Letters Harry Truman Never Mailed, published 1999, →ISBN, page 137:
topics: government
politics
glosses: To break with one's party or group, usually temporarily.
examples: text: When the Russians do go off the reservation, as they did early in April 1965, their object is not to challenge the Western allies of yesteryear, the United States, Britain, and France, but to impress upon West Germany their support for East Germany and its claim to West Berlin.
ref: 1965, Drew Middleton, The Atlantic Community: A Study in Unity and Disunity, page 186:
glosses: To engage in disruptive activity outside normal bounds.
examples: text: The technician mentally recalibrated. "Yes ma'am. An Alpha-9-associated device just went offline unexpectedly."
She raised an eyebrow. "Thompson and Adams gone off the res again?"
ref: 2021 November 14, HarryBlank, “Over/”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 05 Feb 2023:
glosses: To act in an independent, uncontrolled, or unauthorized manner.
Synonyms: go beyond the pale
go off the res
go off the rez
go rogue
jump the reservation
Derived terms: off the reservation
Related terms: word: nonreservation
word: off-reserve
acamprosate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A drug, 3-acetylaminopropane-1-sulfonic acid (or a calcium salt), used to treat alcohol dependence.
apomeiosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: apomeioses
Etymology: From apo- + meiosis.
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A suppressed, or imperfect meiosis
Related terms: apomeiotic
aprepitant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈpɹɛp.ɪt.ənt/
Forms: form: aprepitants
Etymology: From [Term?] + -pitant (“neurokinin NK₁ receptor antagonist”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An antiemetic drug C₂₃H₂₁F₇N₄O₃ taken orally to prevent nausea and vomiting occurring as a consequence of cancer chemotherapy or surgery. It acts as an antagonist of receptors for substance P. It is often taken in combination with other antiemetic drugs and is marketed under the trademark Emend.
Derived terms: fosaprepitant
coming down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of come down
achtel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: achtels
Senses: synonyms: achteling
glosses: An old German measure of capacity.
jetwash
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: jetwashes
form: jetwashing
form: jetwashed
form: jetwashed
form: jet-wash
Etymology: From jet + wash.
Senses: examples: February 2008, The Times - Council cleaners jetwash away Banksy’s graffiti art.
glosses: To remove something (especially dirt or graffiti) by spraying it with high-pressure water.
Synonyms: power wash
pressurewash
Related terms: word: car wash
alt: jetski
word: jet ski
alt: waterjet
word: water jet
street art
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Compound of street + art.
Senses: examples: text: This summer over 50 outdoor street art shows will display the work of Michigan and out-of-state painters and craftsmen.
ref: 1967, Michigan Challenge, page 22:
text: There is a street art explosion in America today of unprecedented proportions. A few years ago a person seeking out street art would have had a long search with lean rewards. Since 1970, the situation has changed dramatically.
ref: 1979, 1979 Catalog: Slides, Film, Video & Books, page 36:
text: Little wonder then that subway cars became the canvas when street art literally went underground in the early 1970s.
ref: 2013, Garry Hunter, Street Art: From Around the World:
glosses: Visual art created in public space and executed outside of the context of traditional art venues.
Synonyms: urban art
guerrilla art
Hyponyms: graffiti
graffiti art
yarn bombing
Derived terms: street artist
marketizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: marketizers
Etymology: From marketize + -er.
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: One who brings an organization or a country to the market; one who assists in expanding a market economy by finding market-based solutions for social, political, or economic problems; one who assists with marketization.
CELTA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈsɛltə/
Forms: form: CELTAs
Senses: topics: education
glosses: Acronym of Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults, a qualification to teach English.
Related terms: DELTA
DELTA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DELTAs
Senses: glosses: Acronym of Diploma in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, an advanced qualification to teach English, higher than the CELTA, accredited by the University of Cambridge.
Related terms: CELTA
Czechlish
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of Czech + English
Senses: glosses: A mangled combination of spoken Czech and spoken English, spoken because of lack of knowledge of either language, or for humorous effects.
Synonyms: word: Czenglish
Related terms: Franglais
Elvises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Elvis
aegicrane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aegicranes
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: The decorative carved head of a ram or goat.
Related terms: bucranium
paellera
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paelleras
Etymology: From Spanish paellera, from Catalan paellera.
Senses: glosses: A large shallow frying pan in which paella is cooked.
Synonyms: paella pan
wheeling and dealing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wheelings and dealings
Senses: examples: text: Broadway vet Stewart is the only person enjoying themselves on-camera, rattling off soliloquies about the virtues of capitalism and explaining his wheelings and dealings while guns are pointed in his direction and bombs detonate in the background.
ref: 2019 May 16, Erik Adams, “A potent satire has its wings clipped in Catch-22”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 01 Sep 2019:
glosses: The activity of working as an intermediary, making a profit from buying and selling things, or making contracts between parties.
wheeling and dealing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of wheel and deal
wheel and deal
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: wheels and deals
form: wheeling and dealing
form: wheeled and dealt
form: wheeled and dealt
form: wheeled and dealed
form: wheeled and dealed
Senses: glosses: To work as an intermediary, making a profit from buying and selling things, or making contracts between parties.
Derived terms: wheeler-dealer
disulfiram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dʌɪˈsʌl.fɪ.ɹæm/
ipa: /daɪˈsʌl.fəˌɹæm/
Forms: form: disulfirams
Etymology: Blend of disulfide + thiuram.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A synthetic compound (trademark Antabuse) used in the treatment of alcoholics to make drinking alcohol produce unpleasant after-effects.
Derived terms: disulfiram effect
wheels and deals
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of wheel and deal
wheeled and dealed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of wheel and deal
improvized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of improvize
lensing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lens
lensing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lensings
Senses: glosses: The focussing of light as if by a lens.
examples: 1985, Variety's Film Reviews: 1983-1984: review of "Rhinestone"
Directed in low-down, good-spirited vulgar fashion by Bob (“Porky's") Clark, who took over from Don Zimmerman after two weeks of lensing, film is a genuine oddball.
glosses: The process of shooting a film.
Derived terms: delensing
femtolensing
gravitational lensing
microlensing
nanolensing
superlensing
Related terms: lenser
microlensing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From micro- + lensing.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: gravitational lensing
gravitational lensing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: The action of a highly-massive object (such as a star, galaxy, or black hole) that acts as a gravitational lens and focuses light from a light source (such as another star or galaxy) that passes behind it as observed from the Earth.
yield up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: yields up
form: yielding up
form: yielded up
form: yielded up
Senses: examples: text: The soldiers obliged us to yield up all our money.
glosses: To give something against one's will.
examples: text: Finally, after many years of investigation, the pyramid has yielded up its most recondite secrets.
glosses: To disclose something hidden.
Derived terms: yield up the ghost
yielded up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of yield up
yielding up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of yield up
yields up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of yield up
BRD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of bovine respiratory disease.
BRD
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the BRD
Etymology: Borrowed from German BRD.
Senses: glosses: The Federal Republic of Germany.
Synonyms: FRG
capslock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: capslocks
form: caps lock
form: Caps Lock
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A mode in which the capitalization of typed letters is reversed.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A key on the keyboard that activates capslock.
glosses: All caps.
Synonyms: sense: a key
word: capslock key
Related terms: all caps
capital letter
capitalize
initial caps
noncapital
letter case
upper case and uppercase
majuscule
versal
antitheistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antitheistic
form: most antitheistic
Etymology: From anti- + theistic.
Senses: coordinate_terms: atheistic
dystheistic
theistic
glosses: Of, pertaining to or espousing antitheism.
prusik
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹʌsɪk/
Forms: form: prusiks
form: prussik
Etymology: Named for Austrian mountaineer Karl Prusik.
Senses: topics: climbing
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A type of friction hitch.
prusik
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹʌsɪk/
Forms: form: prusiks
form: prusiking
form: prusiked
form: prusiked
form: prussik
Etymology: Named for Austrian mountaineer Karl Prusik.
Senses: topics: climbing
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To climb a rope using a prusik.
friction hitch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: friction hitches
Senses: glosses: A category of knot tied around another rope, which allows the hitch to be moved up and down the other rope, but which remains stationary when a load is placed on it.
great auk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: great auks
Etymology: Probably from an early Scandinavian word (compare Old (West) Norse álka, Norwegian alke (“razorbill”)).
Senses: examples: text: The last great auk ever seen in the UK was captured off Stac an Armin, St Kilda, in 1840.
ref: 2020, Tim Ecott, The Land of Maybe, Short Books, published 2021, page 82:
glosses: A large extinct auk (†Pinguinus impennis).
Synonyms: garefowl
woggin
pericentromeric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pericentromeric
form: most pericentromeric
Etymology: From peri- + centromeric.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Situated near, or on each side of, the centromere of a chromosome
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Related to a pericentromere
snowline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snowlines
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of snow line.
tethering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɛðəɹɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tether
tethering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɛðəɹɪŋ/
Forms: form: tetherings
Senses: examples: text: Early childhood takes the fact for what it is best worth, and sets about finding not alone its qualities and attributes, but its affiliations, its tetherings, its implications, its adaptability to other purposes than those it serves to common sense.
ref: 1914, Bulletin, numbers 1-10, page 135:
glosses: The act or means by which something is tethered.
glosses: The connection of a personal computer to a mobile phone so as to obtain wireless Internet access from the computer.
cataplasm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cataplasms
Etymology: From Latin cataplasma, from Ancient Greek κατάπλασμα (katáplasma).
Senses: examples: text: Aretæus prescribes cataplasms of camomile flowers, fennel, aniseeds, cummin, rosemary, wormwood leaves, etc.
ref: 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II, section 5, member 3, subsection ii:
text: The Lips of the Abſceſs digeſted vvell, but from vvithin it onely gleeted, and thruſt out Fat, vvhich vve daily cut off vvithout the loſs of a drop of blood, and dreſſed up the Abſceſs vvith mundif. ex apio, continuing the uſe of diſcutient Fomentations and Cataplaſms.
ref: 1676, Richard Wiseman, “The First Book. A Treatise of Tumours. Chapter XVIII. Of an Oedema.”, in Severall Chirurgicall Treatises, London: […] E. Flesher and J. Macock, for R[ichard] Royston […], and B[enjamin] Took, […], →OCLC, page 89:
text: For medical purposes, figs are chiefly used in emollient cataplasms, and pectorial decoctions.
ref: 1837, Thomas Green Fessenden, James Engelbert Teschemacher, Joseph Breck, The Horticultural Register and Gardener's Magazine, volume 3, page 332:
topics: medicine
sciences
synonyms: poultice
glosses: A plaster or poultice, spread over one's skin as medical treatment.
signal-to-noise
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Ellipsis of signal-to-noise ratio.
SNR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SNRs
Senses: topics: business
communication
communications
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
sciences
glosses: signal-to-noise ratio
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: supernova remnant
qualifier: acoustics
glosses: Initialism of Single Number Rating, a measure of the efficacy of hearing protection.
Related terms: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
word: SN
S/N
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of signal-to-noise ratio.
related: word: SN
glosses: Initialism of serial number.
Derived terms: S/N ratio
tetraethoxysilane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The compound (C₂H₅O)₄Si; it is used in silicon dioxide vapour deposition, and in the waterproofing of stone
Synonyms: tetraethyl silicate
Kotte
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Sinhalese කෝට්ටේ (kōṭṭē) or Tamil கோட்டே (kōṭṭē).
Senses: glosses: Ellipsis of Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte: the administrative capital of Sri Lanka, located next to the executive and judicial capital of Colombo.
unphotographed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unphotographed
form: most unphotographed
Etymology: From un- + photographed.
Senses: glosses: Not photographed (either on a specific occasion or ever)
unreduced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unreduced
form: most unreduced
Etymology: From un- + reduced.
Senses: glosses: Not reduced or subjected to reduction
amnionic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more amnionic
form: most amnionic
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of amniotic.
amniote
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈam.nɪ.əʊt/
Forms: form: amniotes
Etymology: From scientific Latin Amniota. Thus, by surface analysis, amnio- + -ote.
Senses: examples: text: Natural selection responded accordingly and the ultimate result was not just the evolution of more amphibians but ultimately of creatures no longer dependent on an aquatic habitat for reproduction, the so-called amniotes – the animals we know today as reptiles, birds and mammals.
ref: 2011 September 22, Richard Shelton, “Sheep, pig, whale”, in Times Literary Supplement:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any of the Amniota group of vertebrates having an amnion during the development of the embryo; mammals, birds and reptiles.
Synonyms: word: amniote
Hypernyms: word: reptiliomorph
word: vertebrate
Hyponyms: word: sauropsid
word: sauropsidan
word: synapsid
word: mammal-like reptile
word: pelycosaur
word: stem mammal
word: protomammal
word: paramammal
word: reptile
word: bird
word: mammal
Derived terms: anamniote
nonamniote
Related terms: amnio
amnio-
amniocentesis
amnion
amniotic
amniotic egg
amniotic fluid
amniotic sac
amoeboid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: ameboid
form: amœboid
Etymology: From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting New Latin combining forms: amoeb- + -oid.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of an amoeba, particularly in having amoeboid movement.
amoeboid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amoeboids
form: ameboid
form: amœboid
Etymology: From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting New Latin combining forms: amoeb- + -oid.
Senses: glosses: A single-celled organism that moves or feeds by amoeboid movement.
amoebous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more amoebous
form: most amoebous
Etymology: From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting New Latin combining forms: amoeb- + -ous.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of amebous.
wikipedia: classical compound
international scientific vocabulary
amebous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more amebous
form: most amebous
Etymology: From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting New Latin combining forms: ameb- + -ous.
Senses: glosses: amebic
wikipedia: classical compound
international scientific vocabulary
amole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈmoʊleɪ/
ipa: /əˈmoʊli/
ipa: /əˈməʊli/
Forms: form: amoles
Etymology: From Mexican Spanish amole, from Classical Nahuatl ahmōlli.
Senses: glosses: Any of various parts of the Agave (or similar) plants, when used as soap.
glosses: Other Mexican and North American plants used as soap.
Chlorogalum pomeridianum, soap plant, a California native plant used for soap
glosses: Other Mexican and North American plants used as soap.
Sapindus saponaria, wingleaf soapberry
amoretti
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amoretto
amove
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: amoves
form: amoving
form: amoved
form: amoved
Etymology: From Middle English amoven, ameven (“to excite”), from Old French amover (“to excite”).
Senses: examples: text: Vp-rose Duessa from her resting place, / And to the Paynims lodging comes with silent pace […] And him amoues with speaches seeming fit […]
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: To set in motion; to stir up, excite.
amove
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: amoves
form: amoving
form: amoved
form: amoved
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin amoveō (“to remove”).
Senses: examples: text: Hence claws, horns, hoofs they use the pinching ill t' amove
ref: 1659, Henry More, The Immortality of the Soul, so Farre Forth as It is Demonstrable from the Knowledge of Nature and the Light of Reason, London: […] J[ames] Flesher, for William Morden […], →OCLC:
glosses: To remove.
examples: text: The Tower. To William Trussel, escheator this side Trent. Order not to intermeddle further with the lands which belonged to Thomas Tracy in that bailiwick, restoring the issues thereof, and to inform the king if there is any reason why he should not do this, as it was lately found by inquisition taken by Walter de Hungerford, then escheator in cos. Surrey, Sussex, Kent and Middlesex that Thomas held no lands at his death of the king in chief, and the king ordered Walter not to intermeddle further with the lands which belonged to Thomas in that bailiwick, restoring the issues thereof, and Walter was amoved from his office before he had executed the order.
ref: 1898, “5 April 1336”, in Calendar of the Charter Rolls, 10 Edward III, 1333-1337, Membrane 36, pages 560-1.:
topics: law
glosses: To dismiss from an office or station.
Derived terms: amovability
amphoral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more amphoral
form: most amphoral
Etymology: From amphora + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or in the shape of an amphora
amreeta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of amrita.
amrita
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amreeta
form: amrit
Etymology: From Sanskrit अमृत (amṛta, “immortal, immortality”). Compare also Ancient Greek ἀμβροσία (ambrosía, “ambrosia”).
Senses: glosses: The water of life; the drink of the Hindu gods.
amusedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈmjuːz.əd.li/
Forms: form: more amusedly
form: most amusedly
Etymology: From amused + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an amused manner
in the same vein
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: His comments to the press were in the same carping vein as in previous speeches.
glosses: Of similar kind.
Synonyms: sense: as adjective
word: similar
sense: as adjective
word: like
sense: as adjective
word: alike
sense: as adjective
word: related
sense: as adverb
word: similarly
sense: as adverb
word: likewise
sense: as adverb
word: relatedly
agressive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: This agressive male containment (where, figuratively, "if only you were a man for just ten minutes!" becomes instead "I'll make you into Peter Pan forever!") recalls the simultaneous containment and diminutionin the movement to ludify work, particularly in the Arco Wand ads.
ref: 1999, William A. Gleason, The Leisure Ethic, page 194:
text: The only way for you to do that is to support your position. Agressive douchebaggery and asserting that your position is unquestionable won't work on me.
ref: 2002 April 10, Isaiah Camacho, “Re: Kick 'er out of the house!^”, in alt.radio.talk.dr-laura (Usenet):
text: She echoes another Brooklyn transplant, the rapping global provocateuse M.I.A. (who appears on the album), with agressive chants and electro riffs in “Creator” and “Unstoppable.”
ref: 2008 April 28, The New York Times, “New CDs”, in New York Times:
glosses: Misspelling of aggressive.
consensual crime
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: consensual crimes
Senses: glosses: An activity to which all participants consent which is deemed to be illegal.
consensual crimes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of consensual crime
DICT
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A dictionary network protocol.
glosses: Initialism of Department of Information and Communications Technology.
treasuries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of treasury
MIME
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
networking
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Acronym of Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (“an Internet standard that extends the formatting and content capabilities of email”).
SSH
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
networking
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Secure Shell, a networking protocol by which two computers are connected via a secure channel.
glosses: Abbreviation of South Superhighway (former name of SLEX).