cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
rifle fish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rifle fish
Senses: examples: text: The other fish Will expected could be hooked, perhaps, a few reasonable-sized freshwater sooty grunter, rifle fish or bream, if the boat was in the main water arteries coming up to the coast from the spring-fed river systems.
ref: 2006, Alexis Wright, Carpentaria, Giramondo, published 2012, page 169:
glosses: Any of several tropical freshwater fish of the family Toxotidae.
Related terms: archerfish
white-breasted sea eagle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: white-breasted sea eagles
Senses: examples: text: The white-breasted sea eagle’s flight was almost noiseless as it dropped out of the sky, falling down, descending down, so quick, until it flew, whistling in behind Will to scoop the stinking trevally up from the mud.
ref: 2006, Alexis Wright, Carpentaria, Giramondo, published 2012, page 170:
glosses: A large bird of prey, Haliaeetus leucogaster, native across Southeast Asia and northern Australia.
Synonyms: white-bellied sea eagle
pompkin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pompkins
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of pumpkin.
pompkins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pompkin
oatmealish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more oatmealish
form: most oatmealish
Etymology: From oatmeal + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or full of oatmeal.
monkey grass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monkey grasses
Senses: glosses: Any of various plants in the genus Liriope.
glosses: The plant Ophiopogon japonicus.
glosses: Piassava fiber.
monkey grasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monkey grass
liriopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of liriope
bronchostimulation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bronchostimulations
Etymology: From broncho- + stimulation.
Senses: glosses: stimulation of the bronchi
angular motion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Motion regarded as measured by the increase of the angle made with some standard direction by a line drawn from the moving object to a fixed point.
Related terms: angular acceleration
angular momentum
angular velocity
slitting mill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slitting mills
Senses: glosses: An establishment where metal plates are cut into strips for making nails.
glosses: A rotating disc used by gem-cutters for slitting.
glosses: A gangsaw for resawing lumber for blind-slats, fence pickets, etc.
slitting mills
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slitting mill
slittered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Related to slit.
Senses: glosses: Cut into strips with square ends.
refringed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of refringe
refringing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of refringe
refractings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of refracting
chrysobull
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chrysobulls
Etymology: From chryso- + bull.
Senses: examples: text: In this respect the 1082 chrysobull marks a turning point not only in Byzantino-Venetian relations but also in the imperial state machinery.
ref: 2013, Judith Herrin, “The Collapse of the Byzantine Empire in the Twelfth Century: A Study of a Medieval Economy”, in Margins and Metropolis: Authority Across the Byzantine Empire, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, page 115:
text: Chrysobulls themselves were adorned with the imperial effigy in the early Palaiologan period. Three extant illuminated chrysobulls are associated with Andronikos II (r. 1282–1328), including one granting and extending the privileges of the Metropolitan of Monembasia in 1301.
ref: 2020, A Companion to Byzantine Epistolography, page 376:
topics: lifestyle
religion
glosses: golden bull
chrysobulls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chrysobull
golden bull
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: golden bulls
Etymology: The term was originally coined for the golden seal (bulla aurea) attached to the decree, but came to be applied to the entire decree.
Senses: topics: lifestyle
religion
synonyms: chrysobull
glosses: A decree issued by Byzantine emperors and later by monarchs in Europe during the Middle Ages and Renaissance, most notably by the Holy Roman Emperors.
golden bulls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of golden bull
Mossi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The largest ethnic group of Burkina Faso.
omweso
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Luganda omweso.
Senses: glosses: A traditional mancala game of Uganda.
assetize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: assetizes
form: assetizing
form: assetized
form: assetized
Etymology: From asset + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To convert into an asset.
assetization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From asset + -ization.
Senses: glosses: The process of converting something into an asset.
Related terms: assetize
assetized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of assetize
assetizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of assetize
assetizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of assetize
brewfest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brewfests
Etymology: From brew + -fest.
Senses: glosses: A beerfest.
brewfests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brewfest
brewesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brewess
rasp-house
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rasp-houses
Senses: glosses: A place where wood is reduced to powder for use in dyeing.
rasp-houses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rasp-house
roll bar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: roll bars
form: rollbar
form: roll-bar
Senses: examples: text: Once the two left wheels departed the surface, Travis knew he was in for trouble. Since there wasn't a roll bar on the SUV, the roof was probably going to collapse on his head when it contacted the asphalt.
ref: 2002, Bobby Alvarez, Ghost Runner on Second, page 163:
glosses: A strong U-shaped bar fastened to the frame of a vehicle, such as an off-road vehicle or a race car to protect the driver and passengers from being crushed in the event that the vehicle rolls over.
examples: text: The roll bar is a metal bar linking one side of the suspension to the other. It limits how much the car rolls during cornering.
ref: 2004, Jonathan Noble, Mark Hughes, Formula One Racing For Dummies, page 65:
glosses: An anti-roll bar.
Related terms: roll cage
shoemaker's end
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shoemaker's ends
form: shoemakers' ends
Senses: glosses: A waxed thread ending in a bristle.
shoemaker's ends
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shoemaker's end
shoemakers' ends
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shoemaker's end
endship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: endships
Senses: examples: text: February 20, 1647, David Greenman and his brother Edward sold to John Greene, husbandman, of Newport, twenty-two acres of land near the endship or village called Greenend, bounded on the southwest side by the road leading from Newport to Portsmouth.
ref: 1647, Collections, volumes 11-13, published 1918, page 73:
text: Twickenham hath two villages or endships belonging to it, which are confidered as a part of its parish.
ref: 1797, Edward Ironside, The History and Antiquities of Twickenham: Being the First Part of Parochial Collections for the County of Middlesex; Begun in 1780, page 109:
text: In addition to Whitton, Ironside mentions another "endship" of the parish of Twickenham called HEATHROW or HETHROW, which must have consisted of a very small collection of houses somewhere on the banks of the Thames, now quite forgotten.
ref: 1872, Richard Stuteley Cobbett, Memorials of Twickenham: Parochial and Topographical:
text: Whitton Dene was what was known as an endship, that is it was a small suburb or hamlet joined to Whitton, but with its own little community.
ref: 1983, Arthur Palmer, A History of Whitton, page 4:
text: It was split between the two townships or endships of Shenley Church End, 673 ha (1662 acres) and Shenley Brook End, 671 ha (1659 acres). The long and straight north-eastern boundary followed the line of Watling Street.
ref: 1993, R. A. Croft, Dennis C. Mynard, The Changing Landscape of Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes:
text: The village emerged from a number of “endships” and the form of the village can be ascribed to "frontage" development along the roads linking these “endships”. Between these roads infilling has occurred and there has also been the[…]
ref: 2013 October 11, Jonathan Murdoch, Terry Marsden, Reconstituting Rurality, Routledge, →ISBN, page 106:
glosses: A village, or part of a village or parish, in England.
endships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of endship
roll bars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of roll bar
putting stone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: putting stones
Senses: glosses: An early form of shot put.
putting stones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of putting stone
Relief Church
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Relief Church
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: A Scottish Presbyterian denomination founded in 1761, which united with the United Secession Church in 1847 to form the United Presbyterian Church of Scotland.
parallel motion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any linkage by which circular motion may be changed into motion in a straight line.
BVD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of bovine viral diarrhea.
feedyard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: feedyards
Etymology: From feed + yard.
Senses: topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
glosses: A yard where cattle are given food.
feedyards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of feedyard
presermon
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more presermon
form: most presermon
Etymology: From pre- + sermon.
Senses: examples: text: Such movement, as with the other two ministers, is structured around the distinction between the presermon period of messages and church business, and that part of the service which involves the sermon.
ref: 1980, John Brown Childs, The Political Black Minister:
text: We can prepare a congregation for a sermon through presermon study and/or discussion groups, either with the pastor or among the laity themselves.
ref: 1981, William H. Willimon, Integrative preaching: the pulpit at the center, →ISBN, page 29:
text: Dr. Wenig has agreed to deliver today's presermon talk.
ref: 2008, Toni Bickl, About God, the World and People, →ISBN, page 140:
glosses: Before the sermon.
return shock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: return shocks
Senses: glosses: An electric shock due to the action of induction, sometimes felt after a lightning flash.
return shocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of return shock
cyberscammer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyberscammers
Etymology: From cyber- + scammer.
Senses: glosses: A fraudster who operates by means of computers or the Internet.
cyberscammers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyberscammer
quasistructured
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more quasistructured
form: most quasistructured
Etymology: From quasi- + structured.
Senses: examples: text: As a planning method, it is both systematic and quasistructured, in which particular individuals are incorporated at specific stages in a seven-step sequence.
ref: 1982, Shirley A. Olsen, Group Planning and Problem-Solving Methods in Engineering Management:
text: To measure the TABP, Rosenman and Friedman developed a quasistructured interview (SI) in which questions are asked about the respondent's hard-driving behavior, status concerns, accomplishments, speed of activity, impatience, anger frequency, and expression, and the like (Rosenman, 1978).
ref: 1985, Tiffany Field, Philip M. McCabe, Neil Schneiderman, Stress and Coping - Volume 1, →ISBN, page 225:
text: Data were obtained from these 12-month-old subjects while they interacted with their mothers in a quasistructured play situation.
ref: 1988, Human Communication and Its Disorders: A Review - Volume 2, page 7:
glosses: Partially structured; having both structured and free-form elements.
Cijin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /t͡ɕʰi t͡ɕin/
enpr: chēʹjǐnʹ
Forms: form: Ch'i-chin
form: Chichin
form: Qijin
Etymology: From the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 旗津 (Cíjin).
Senses: examples: text: There were also numerous oyster farms along the beaches of Cijin District before ports and harbours were renovated (see figure 8.4). These farms created many job opportunities.
ref: 2009, Henry T. Chen, “The Culture and Daily Life of the Kaohsiung Fishing Communities”, in Taiwanese Distant-Water Fisheries in Southeast Asia, 1936-1977, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, published 2017, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 151:
text: Don't forget to visit the art installations at Cijin district, an island off the coast of Kaohsiung accessible via a tunnel or ferry ride.
ref: 2019, Angelo G. Garcia, “4 reasons why Kaohsiung should be your next destination”, in ABS-CBN, archived from the original on 23 Feb 2020:
text: Taiping, also known as Itu Aba, the largest of the naturally occurring Spratly Islands (Nansha Islands, 南沙群島), lies 1,600 kilometers southwest of Kaohsiung and is administered as part of the special municipality's Cijin District.
ref: 2023 June 11, Joseph Yeh, “Vietnam's accusation of sovereignty infringement "unacceptable": Taiwan”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 11 Jun 2023, Politics:
text: Visitors hold Hakka-themed umbrellas at Taiwan’s pavilion at the Los Angeles Travel and Adventure Show on Saturday. Organized by the Tourism Administration, the Taiwan pavilion featured the famous rainbow arch from Kaohsiung’s Cijin District.
ref: 2025 February 24, “Taiwan waves”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 Apr 2025, Taiwan News, page 3:
glosses: A district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
examples: text: 4 p.m. - Cijin island is a five-minute ferry ride from the navy base. There is a long beach -- far from Taiwan’s finest -- but the beautiful fort on the headland is the real reason to come here. The main town is full of seafood restaurants, should you wish to stay for dinner. Expect high quality, tasty food and very reasonable prices.
ref: 2008 June 26, “Travel Postcard: 48 hours in Kaohsiung, Taiwan”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 21 Oct 2020:
text: The Chinese settled on Cijin Island in the late Ming dynasty, and throughout the Qing period Kaohsiung was an administrative centre for the Taiwan territory.
ref: 2014, Robert Kelly, Chung Wah Chow, Taiwan, 9th edition, Lonely Planet, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 256:
glosses: An island of Cijin District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
return match
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: return matches
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
synonyms: return game
glosses: A second match played by the same set of players.
return matches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of return match
return tag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: return tags
Senses: topics: railways
transport
glosses: A tag attached to a railway car as evidence of its due arrival.
return tags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of return tag
reshroud
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reshrouds
form: reshrouding
form: reshrouded
form: reshrouded
Etymology: From re- + shroud.
Senses: glosses: To shroud again.
reshrouded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reshroud
reshrouds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reshroud
reshrouding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reshroud
occasionals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of occasional
slaistery
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more slaistery
form: most slaistery
Etymology: From slaister + -y.
Senses: glosses: unctuous
glosses: defiling
high-stepped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of high-step
high-steps
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of high-step
high-stepping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of high-step
high-stepping
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of a horse, that walks or trots lifting its legs very high off the ground.
examples: text: On a journey across the flat Fenlands from Spalding to Nottingham my train was made up of six modern ex-L.M.S.R. corridor coaches behind a high-stepping 0-6-0 of Class "J1", a Doncaster mixed-traffic design of 1908.
ref: 1950 October, R. S. McNaught, “Joys of the Unexpected”, in Railway Magazine, page 690:
glosses: Moving proudly.
High Churchism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The form of Christianity practised by High Churchmen.
superscaffold
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superscaffolds
Etymology: From super- + scaffold.
Senses: topics: sciences
glosses: A scaffold that binds other scaffolds.
Related terms: superscaffolding
whatzername
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whatzernames
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of whatsername.
whatzernames
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whatzername
butterdock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From butter + dock.
Senses: glosses: butterbur
torsion bar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: torsion bars
Senses: glosses: A bar forming part of a vehicle's suspension system, that twists in response to the non-rotary motion of the wheels, absorbing vertical movement.
seminormalizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of seminormalization
notionals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of notional
noise word
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: noise words
Senses: examples: text: For example, in the COBOL goto statement, written GO TO , the keyword GO is required, but TO is an optional noise word which carries no information and is used only to improve readability.
ref: 1975, Terrence W. Pratt, Programming Languages: Design and Implementation, page 381:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: A word that may be included in source code for clarity but does not change the meaning.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A stop word, one ignored in search queries etc.
noise words
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of noise word
nolle-pross
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: nolle-prosses
form: nolle-prossing
form: nolle-prossed
form: nolle-prossed
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nol-pros.
nolle-prossed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of nolle-pross
nolle-prosses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of nolle-pross
nolle-prossing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of nolle-pross
West plea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: West pleas
Etymology: Named after a seminal case involving plea bargains, People v. West (1970) 3 Cal.3d 595.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A plea of nolo contendere.
West pleas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of West plea
rainish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈɹeɪnɪʃ/
Etymology: From rain + -ish.
Senses: examples: 1547-53, Calendar of state papers, foreign series, of the reign of Edward VI.
The country of Tuscany will be much wasted and damnified for the entertainment of both these armies, which are like every day to increase more and more, and yet the rainish and miry season seems very unmeet for soldiers to do any great exploit in open field.
synonyms: rainy
glosses: Bringing or affected by rain.
glosses: Somewhat rainy.
guncase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: guncases
Senses: glosses: A storage box for firearms
pot out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pots out
form: potting out
form: potted out
form: potted out
Senses: topics: agriculture
business
horticulture
lifestyle
glosses: To remove (a potted plant) from its pot and plant it in a garden.
caccodylate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of cacodylate.
campanuliform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of campaniform.
cardiosiderotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cardio- + siderotic.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Relating to cardiosiderosis
cardiosiderosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cardiosideroses
Etymology: From cardio- + siderosis.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: The deposition of excess iron in the heart tissues
Related terms: cardiosiderotic
Boskoop
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and former municipality of South Holland, Netherlands.
Derived terms: Belle de Boskoop
cartonectin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A collagenous adipokine
ceramologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ceramologists
Senses: glosses: A specialist in ceramology
ceramologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ceramologist
chactoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chactoids
Senses: glosses: Any scorpion of the superfamily Chactoidea
chactoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chactoid
chaerilid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chaerilids
Senses: glosses: Any scorpion of the family Chaerilidae
chaerilids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chaerilid
chaetiger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chaetigers
Senses: glosses: A segment of an annelid that has chaetae
chaetigers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chaetiger
Nishapur
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Persian نیشابور (neyšâbur), from earlier Persian نیشاپور (neyšâpur). From Shapur I (Middle Persian 𐭱𐭧𐭯𐭥𐭧𐭥𐭩 (šḥpʿḥʿy)), who is said to have established the city.
Senses: glosses: A city in Iran.
wood hedgehog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wood hedgehogs
Senses: glosses: An edible mushroom of species Hydnum repandum.
wood hedgehogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wood hedgehog
myringa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: myringas
Etymology: From international scientific vocabulary, from New Latin. An 1885 otological monograph says that the tympanic membrane (eardrum) was called by the New Latin words myrinx and myringa by Hieronymus Fabricius in 1600: "The folio edition of his works, published in 1600, contains a very systematic and clear account of the anatomy of the ear as then understood. He gives the name myrinx, as well as myringa—whence our myringitis—to the membrana tympani [membrana tympanica]."
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Synonym of eardrum.
synonyms: word: eardrum
wikipedia: Hieronymus Fabricius
international scientific vocabulary
Synonyms: myrinx
for the others
eardrum § Synonyms
Derived terms: myringo-
myringas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of myringa
Synonyms: eardrums
myringes
tympana
tympanic membranes
Hyphen War
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Hyphen War
Etymology: In reference to the hyphen or dash between the Czech and Slovak components of various proposed names.
Senses: glosses: The conflict over the naming of Czechoslovakia after the fall of the communist government in 1989.
trench club
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trench clubs
Senses: glosses: An improvised hand-held weapon used by raiding parties in World War One
trench clubs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trench club
shield wall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shield walls
Etymology: See Old English sċieldweall, with the same meaning.
Senses: glosses: A defensive formation, used from antiquity through the early Middle Ages, in which soldiers stand shoulder to shoulder with their shields overlapping, creating a continuous barrier against enemy attack.
examples: text: Still, in spite of the sensation of being caught between a ‘shield-wall’ of opaque references and a ‘word-hoard’ that is old and strange, such readers are also bound to feel a certain ‘shock of the new’.
ref: 1999, Seamus Heaney, “Introduction”, in Beowulf, London: Faber and Faber, page xii:
glosses: An impenetrable barrier.
shield walls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shield wall
benchrest rifle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: benchrest rifles
Senses: glosses: A rifle mounted on a machine gun base
Synonyms: railgun
benchrest rifles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of benchrest rifle
chitopentamer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chitopentamers
Etymology: From chito- + pentamer.
Senses: glosses: A pentameric chitosugar
chitopentamers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chitopentamer
chlamydosporol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chlamydosporols
Senses: glosses: A mycotoxin produced by Fusarium chlamydosporum
chlamydosporols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chlamydosporol
chloroquinolinone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chloroquinolinones
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any chloro derivative of a quinolinone
chloroquinolinones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chloroquinolinone
choanocytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or composed of choanocytes
chordoneural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From chordo- + neural.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the spinal chord and the neurenteric canal
Derived terms: chordoneural hinge
neurenteric canal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neurenteric canals
Senses: glosses: The proximal part of the notochordal canal
chrysogine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A yellow pigment, "2-(α-hydroxyethyl)-4(3H)-quinazolinone", produced by the fungus Penicillium chrysogenum
cinobufotalin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A bufadienolide present in toad venom and used in traditional Chinese medicine
clinicoeconomic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From clinico- + economic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to clinicoeconomics
clinicoeconomics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From clinico- + economics.
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: economic aspects of clinical, surgical and pharmacological intervention
Related terms: clinicoeconomic
clinicometric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛtɹɪk
Etymology: From clinico- + metric.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the measurement of clinical, surgical and pharmacological interventions
coenobian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to a coenobium
coinitiator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coinitiators
Etymology: From co- + initiator.
Senses: glosses: A mutual initiator
condroitinase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of chondroitinase.
contraisolateral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From contra- + isolateral.
Senses: glosses: contralateral and isolateral
coxosternum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɜː(ɹ)nəm
Forms: form: coxosternums
form: coxosterna
Etymology: From coxo- + sternum.
Senses: glosses: Part of the sternum of an arthropod, adjacent with the coxa.
Related terms: coxosternal
crosscovariance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crosscovariances
Etymology: From cross- + covariance.
Senses: glosses: A measure of the correlation between two signals
crossdate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: crossdates
form: crossdating
form: crossdated
form: crossdated
Etymology: From cross- + date.
Senses: glosses: To date two trees by analysis of their tree rings and, thus, show that rings on either tree were made in the same year
crossdating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of crossdate
crossdated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of crossdate
cryocompound
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cryocompounds
Etymology: From cryo- + compound.
Senses: glosses: A blend of glycols and resins used a matrix for cryostat tissue sectioning
cryocompounds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cryocompound
cryptoporic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cryptoporic acids
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of sesquiterpenoid ethers produced by the fungus Cryptoporous volvatus
cryptozoospermia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From crypto- + zoospermia.
Senses: glosses: The presence of very few live spermatozoa in the semen
cubitainer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cubitainers
Etymology: Blend of cubical + container or similar, 1950s marketing coinage by its inventor, Hedwin Corporation, Maryland.
Senses: examples: text: Cubitainer holds liquids, powders, grains & anything else that pours. Stacks compactly and stores more economically than other containers.
ref: 1968, Modern Packaging, volume 41, Morgan-Grampian, page 70:
glosses: A semirigid cubical plastic container, typically used within a cardboard box.
Related terms: box wine
cubitainers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cubitainer
cucumoviral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to a cucumovirus
cyclopurine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyclopurines
Etymology: From cyclo- + purine.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A DNA lesion that blocks an RNA polymerase
cyclopurines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyclopurine
cytocalasin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cytocalasins
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cytochalasin.
cytocalasins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cytocalasin
Gilan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A province of Iran.
peninitial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpɛnɪˈnɪʃəl/
rhymes: -ɪʃəl
Etymology: Blend of penultimate + initial, treating pen- (from Latin paene (“almost”)) as a prefix.
Senses: examples: text: In examples (81) and (82), the postpositive possessives do not occupy the peninitial position in the clause, nor the peninitial position of the NP.
ref: 2009, Stéphanie J. Bakker, The Noun Phrase in Ancient Greek: A Functional Analysis of the Order and Articulation of NP Constituents in Herodotus (Amsterdam Studies in Classical Philology), Brill, →ISBN, page 74:
text: Because the factors conditioning edge repulsion of the pitch peak are relatively weak at the left edge, it is not surprising that peninitial prominence is rare cross-linguistically.
ref: 2014, Matthew Gordon, “Disentangling stress and pitch-accent: a typology of prominence at different prosodic levels”, in Harry van der Hulst, editor, Word Stress: Theoretical and Typological Issues, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 109:
text: I have empirically established that there were two canonical constructions available in IE languages: a head initial and a head peninitial one, the latter with the two mono- and polysydentic subtypes.
ref: 2018, Moreno Mitrović, “Configurational change in Indo-European coordinate constructions”, in Word Order Change (Oxford Studies in Diachronic and Historical Linguistics), volume 29, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 36:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Falling in the position after initial position; second.
deacetoxylated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From de- + acetoxylated.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: From which an acetoxyl group has been removed
Manzana
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Manzanas
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Manzana.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish
Phorcys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Φόρκυς (Phórkus).
Senses: examples: text: Sophocles calls them^([the sirens]) the daughters of Phorcys.
ref: 1836, Leigh Hunt, The Sirens and Mermaids of the Poets: The New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal, Part 2, page 273:
text: But what of Phorcys as father of Persephone?
Phorcys too has a role in Orphic genealogy, already known to Plato: he belongs to the Titan generation, together with Kronos and Rhea (Tim. 40e = Orph. fr. 24 Bernabé / 16 Kern).
ref: 2010, Noel Robertson, Religion and Reconciliation in Greek Cities: The Sacred Laws of Selinus and Cyrene, Oxford University Press, page 126:
text: Now, Phorcys, it is known, was a variation of Orcus, the equivalent of Hades in the Uranid pantheon. Phorcys belonged to the Atlantean group of deities or monsters, who was reputed to carry off men to the Inner world and keep them imprisoned there, which was possibly a folklore memory of subterranean temples for magic rites.
ref: 2016, Comyns Beaumont, Britain: The Key to World History, Resonance BookWorks, page 287:
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A primordial sea god, son of Pontus and Gaia, who by Ceto fathered numerous monsters including Echidna and the gorgons.
examples: text: But the Phrygians are ſometimes mentioned as ſeparate from the Trojans: in the catalogue of the Trojan allies they are led from the distant Aſcania by Phorcys and Aſcanius, whose names are not derived from Greek, and we learn that ſome of the Phrygians spoke a different language.
ref: 1798, John Bacon Sawrey Morritt, A Vindication of Homer and of the Ancient Poets and Historians Who Have Recorded the Ancient Siege of Troy, page 52:
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Phorcys of Phrygia, a Phrygian ally of the King Priam of Troy during the Trojan War.
decomplementation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: decomplementations
Etymology: From de- + complementation.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The act or the result of being decomplemented
deresinate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: deresinates
form: deresinating
form: deresinated
form: deresinated
Etymology: From de- + resinate.
Senses: glosses: To remove resin (from)
Related terms: deresination
deresination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deresinations
Etymology: From de- + resination.
Senses: glosses: The process, or the result of deresinating
loxia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: loxias
Senses: examples: text: It produces quantities of gum, which is conſidered by the natives as a peculiarly delicate ſpecies of food, the leaves and lower points of the branches ſeem to conſtitute the principal aliment of the camelopardalis; and from the extent of its boughs, and the ſmoothneſs of the trunk, it affords a ſafe ſhelter to the loxia, a ſpecies of gregarious bird, againſt the tribe of ſerpents and other reptiles, which would otherwiſe deſtroy its eggs.
ref: 1794, ed. Alexander Hogg, The New Wonderful Magazine, volume 4, number 47, page 427:
text: She attempted to enlarge her comprehension, by observing the animal world. A young loxia had fallen dead from its pendent nest; and Immalee, looking into the aperture which that intelligent bird forms at the lower extremity of the nest to secure it from birds of prey, perceived the old ones with fire-flies in their small beaks, their young one lying dead before them. […]
‘You also have intellectual beings to converse with instead of the chirpings of loxias, and the chatterings of monkeys.’—‘I have not found the conversation I encounter much more intelligible or significant,’ murmured Isidora, but the stranger did not appear to hear her.
ref: 1820, [Charles Robert Maturin], Melmoth the Wanderer: A Tale. […], volume III, Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Company, and Hurst, Robinson, and Co., […], →OCLC, page 121:
text: Huckleberries form a portion of the food of many birds, as well as of various quadrupeds. Of the former, I may mention in particular the Wild Turkey, several species of Grouse, the Wild Pigeon, the Turtle-dove, some Loxias, and several Thrushes.
ref: 1841, John James Audubon, The Birds of America, volume 2, page 102:
text: There were parrots, and paroquets, and orioles, and blue jays, and beautiful loxias, both of the scarlet and azure-colored species.
ref: 1852, Mayne Reid, The English Family Robinson: The Desert Home; Or, The Adventures of a Lost Family in the Wilderness, page 135:
glosses: crossbill (finch of genus Loxia)
descurainolide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: descurainolides
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A macrolide lactone derived from lignin
loxias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of loxia
descurainoside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: descurainosides
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A thioglycoside present in Descurainia sophia
dismotility
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dysmotility.
dissimogram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dissimograms
Senses: glosses: A graphical representation of the dissimilarity between two groups
dissimograms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dissimogram
dropometry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From drop + -o- + -metry.
Senses: glosses: The analysis of the droplets in an emulsion
duodenopancreatectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: duodenopancreatectomies
Etymology: From duodeno- + pancreatectomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: excision of the pancreas and the head of the duodenum
duodenopancreatectomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of duodenopancreatectomy
cat's ass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cat's asses
form: cats' asses
Senses: examples: text: "We thought we were the cat's ass. I see kids that age now and I think: Brats!"
ref: 1988, Margaret Atwood, Cat's Eye:
glosses: Synonym of cat's meow.
synonyms: word: cat's meow
antistatically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From antistatic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: So as to prevent the buildup of static electricity.
effusate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: effusates
Senses: glosses: liquid that has effused
effusates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of effusate
eleutherodontid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eleutherodontids
Senses: glosses: Any extinct mammal of the family †Eleutherodontidae
eleutherodontids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eleutherodontid
encephalomeningoceles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of encephalomeningocele
endolytically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From endolytic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In an endolytic manner
endophthalmia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: endophthalmias
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Synonym of endophthalmitis.
synonyms: word: endophthalmitis
endoretroviral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From endo- + retroviral.
Senses: glosses: Relating to an endogenous retrovirus
ephemerovirus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ephemeroviruses
Senses: glosses: Any virus of the genus Ephemerovirus
ephemeroviruses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ephemerovirus
erythrodiol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A pentacyclic triterpenoid olean-12-ene-3β,28-diol
estrogenicities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of estrogenicity
eugenyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A univalent radical derived from eugenol
Derived terms: eugenyl acetate
isoeugenyl
puture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pulture.
hawse timber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hawse timbers
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Any of the upright timbers in the bow in which the hawseholes are cut.
hawse timbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hawse timber
make an errand
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: makes an errand
form: making an errand
form: made an errand
form: made an errand
Senses: glosses: To invent a pretext for going somewhere.
bond service
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The condition of a bondservant; slavery.
roundside
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From round + side.
Senses: examples: text: For example, K values for cylinders settling roundside decrease as the length of the cylinder increases for a fixed cross-sectional area.
ref: 1984, John K. Beddow, Particle Characterization in Technology: Morphological analysis, →ISBN:
text: Backside, Frontside, Downside Up. I'll show you a plate, you show me a cup. I'll show you a window, you show me a door I'll show you a two, you show me a four. Roundside, Squareside, In Between. I'll show you a red, you show me a green.
ref: 1987, Barbara A. Schmidt, Maurice Poe, Willie MacGurkle and Friends Primary, →ISBN, page 70:
glosses: On the curved side.
examples: text: He said, 'Then you can do anything you want to me upside, downside, roundside. But remember I can't promise that I'll stay.'
ref: 1970, Changing homosexuality in the male:
text: On the outside, stayin ' out On the inside, upside, downside roundside, lineside, squareside, noside She's gonna have it as many wayz as possible.
ref: 1997, Elaine Barkin, E: an anthology : music texts & graphics (1975-1995), page 155:
text: I smelt about so I know their camp roundside about and can get about in the dark, quiet like a fox.
ref: 2012, S. D. Crockett, After the Snow, →ISBN:
glosses: All around.
roundside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: roundsides
Etymology: From round + side.
Senses: examples: text: Test the machine out as follows : Place a piece of rubber dam into the small base of the machine, and seat the flask roundside up into this base;
ref: 1918, Herman E. S. Chayes, Technic and Scope of Cast Gold and Porcelain Inlays:
text: Plant the tubers roundside down; the buds on the concave side should be & inch below the soil surface.
ref: 1969, Stanley Schuler, Gardening in the East, page 312:
text: Wipe the bolete caps clean with damp paper towels and place them in the roasting pan, one next to the other, roundside down.
ref: 1996, Thomas Laessøe, Gary Lincoff, Anna Del Conte, The Mushroom Book, page 236:
text: This (right) clock has a "double roundside" case, whereas the clock to be discussed here (left) has flat sides with broad oval mouldings, like columns, on the front — not a true "roundside."
ref: 1999, NAWCC Bulletin - Volume 41, Pages 1-576, page 372:
glosses: A curved or rounded side.
roundside
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: roundsides
form: roundsiding
form: roundsided
form: roundsided
Etymology: From round + side.
Senses: examples: text: Wintertime a telegraph man had to roundside and overhaul equipment, unless the country happened to be the kind where the deep snows held off and let a post-hole digger get at his doings.
ref: 1953, Norman A. Fox, Long Lightning, page 62:
text: Banning turned to face Priggee. “Howdy, Paul. That's right. Figgered to roundside with Tom for a spell and then drop in on you.”
ref: 1954, Walker A. Tompkins, One Against a Bullet Horde, page 35:
text: Warming up to her might have meant a winter's job for both of us, or at least a place to roundside for a few days with three squares set out on the table.
ref: 1991, Norman A. Fox -, The Rawhide Years, →ISBN, page 112:
text: Except for the men on day herd with Old Tex, there was nothing for the rest of us to do but roundside at camp.
ref: 1997, Walt Coburn, Stirrup High, →ISBN, page 166:
glosses: To stay close to home or base, avoiding fieldwork.
roundsides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of roundside
roundsides
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of roundside
roundsiding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of roundside
roundsided
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of roundside
roundsided
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more roundsided
form: most roundsided
Senses: examples: text: Protoconch proportionally large, consisting of about 4" smooth whorls that become increasingly roundsided with increased size.
ref: 1960, U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper:
text: Only one form is represented in the sample, a roundsided bowl with slightly restricted orifice and flat base and an estimated rim diameter of 17 cm.
ref: 1975, Norman Hammond, Lubaantun, a classic Maya realm: Tables, page 325:
text: I'm riddled at the hips and knees, roundsided as parentheses since my shrunken spine has known osteoporosis and my extremities have shriveled into lacy filigrees, breakable as glass on stone.
ref: 1997, The American Scholar - Volume 66, page 120:
glosses: Having rounded sides.
smallcoat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: smallcoats
Etymology: From small + coat.
Senses: examples: text: Bill Blass turnout stands out with another great label. Bright spot cotton smallcoat and dress in navy/yellow/white Minicare fabric from Ducharne.
ref: 1968, Vogue - Volume 152, page 123:
text: In spite of the early hour, the Marquis of Chatham was finely garbed in black smallcoat and breeches of grey superfine.
ref: 1987, Cate Brandt, Silken Chains, →ISBN, page 122:
text: ...glossy black shoes with shiny brass buckles, pure white leggings, breeches and smallcoat; blue coats with bright red facings, gold shoulder knots and buttons.
ref: 1993, Allan Cole, Chris Bunch, A Daughter of Liberty, →ISBN, page 90:
text: The infantry wore gaiters, or leg coverings, and white smallcoats.
ref: 2004, AnnMarie Francis Kajencki, Count Casimir Pulaski:
glosses: A tightly-fitted waist-length jacket.
smallcoats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of smallcoat