cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
quasi-science
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quasi-sciences
Senses: examples: text: Thus the demarcation problem remains, and throughout this book we examined many of its facets, looking for insights from the history of science, discussions about the alleged difference between soft and hard science, and critical analyses of quasi-science and downright pseudoscience.
ref: 2010, Massimo Pigliucci, Nonsense on Stilts: How to Tell Science from Bunk, →ISBN, page 302:
text: Mesmerism, another quasi-science with radical connections, attracted the interest of W.J. Fox, William Ewart and the temporary S.A.C.P. secretary, the Quaker Henry Thomas Humphreys, who also investigated spiritualism in the company of the scientist (and life-long abolitionist) Alfred Russel Wallace.
ref: 2011, James Gregory, Victorians Against the Gallows, →ISBN:
text: Such a quasi-science necessarily takes the current situation for granted as a permanent state of things; to be corrected and brought back into its normal routine in case of aberration, and to be safeguarded with apologetic defense at points where it is not working to the satisfaction of all parties.
ref: 2015, Thorstein Veblen, Richard F. Teichgraeber, The Higher Learning in America, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of quasiscience.
quasi-sciences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quasi-science
gadopentate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of gadopentetate.
genetrap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: genetraps
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gene trap.
gene trap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gene traps
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A mutation inserted into an intron in order to identify individual genes
dweet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dweets
Senses: glosses: An inappropriate tweet (“Twitter post”) made while drunk
haplogenotype
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: haplogenotypes
Etymology: From haplo- + genotype.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A haploid genotype
Related terms: haplogenotypic
haplogenotypes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of haplogenotype
haplogenotypic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From haplo- + genotypic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to a haplogenotype
hcDNA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hcDNAs
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: hemicatenated DNA
hemicatenated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having hemicatenanes
heregulin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of neuregulin.
synonyms: word: neuregulin
hexadimer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hexadimers
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A hexamer composed of two different monomers
hexadimers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hexadimer
hexafluorisopropanol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hexafluoroisopropanol.
histotechnological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From histo- + technological.
Senses: glosses: Related to histotechnology
hyperflexed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: flexed by hyperflexion
hypermastigote
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypermastigotes
Senses: glosses: Any of a group of complex, uninucleate, multiflagellate organisms that are parasitic or symbiotic in the digestive systems of termites and some other insects.
hypermastigotes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hypermastigote
ultraprimitive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ultra- + primitive.
Senses: glosses: Extremely primitive.
remustered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of remuster
remustered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: mustered again
bargeload
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bargeloads
Etymology: From barge + load.
Senses: glosses: Entire load of a barge.
riflemaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: riflemakers
Senses: glosses: The maker of a rifle.
riflemakers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of riflemaker
eyeband
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eyebands
Senses: glosses: A mask or covering, generally in the form of a band tied around the head, which partially or entirely covers the eyes.
topics: biology
ichthyology
natural-sciences
ornithology
zoology
glosses: A vertical colored streak across the eye.
eyebands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eyeband
iguanine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: iguanines
Senses: glosses: Any lizard of the genus Iguana.
Related terms: iguanid
iguanines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of iguanine
Dundy County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Elmer Scipio Dundy Sr.
Senses: glosses: One of 93 counties in Nebraska, United States. County seat: Benkelman.
wikipedia: Elmer Scipio Dundy Sr.
immunopanning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: A form of immunoprecipitation that uses an immobilised antibody
interorigin
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + origin.
Senses: glosses: Between origins
interserotypic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + serotypic.
Senses: glosses: Between serotypes
Dundy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Dundy County
Benkelman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small city, the county seat of Dundy County, Nebraska, United States. Named after J.G. Benkelman, a stock raiser.
Hitchcock County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Phineas Hitchcock.
Senses: glosses: One of 93 counties in Nebraska, United States. County seat: Trenton.
wikipedia: Phineas Hitchcock
OQI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of optics-based quantum imaging.
intrahomologous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + homologous.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Within a homologue
Hooker County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Joseph Hooker.
Senses: glosses: One of 93 counties in Nebraska, United States. County seat: Mullen.
wikipedia: Joseph Hooker
iridiphore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: iridiphores
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of iridophore.
iridiphores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of iridiphore
lymphedoema
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lymphedoemas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of lymphedema.
lymphoadenopathy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lymphoadenopathies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of lymphadenopathy.
lysozomotropic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of lysosomotropic.
megalake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megalakes
Etymology: From mega- + lake.
Senses: glosses: A very large lake, especially a prehistoric one
megalakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of megalake
metabiome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metabiomes
Etymology: From meta- + biome.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A metagenomic biome
Related terms: metabiomic
Keya Paha County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the Dakota language, meaning "Turtle Hill" (Turtle Butte), which gave its name to the Keya Paha River and the county.
Senses: glosses: One of 93 counties in Nebraska, United States. County seat: Springview.
wikipedia: Dakota language
Keya Paha River
Turtle Butte
metacrylate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of methacrylate.
acoustic perfume
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A background hum or white noise used to mask other potentially distracting sounds.
metavirus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metaviruses
Senses: glosses: Any virus of the family Metaviridae.
Related terms: metavirulome
diskery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diskeries
form: diskerie
Etymology: From disk + -ery.
Senses: examples: text: Deal for network star Henry Morgan to sign a Majestic contract for two albums has fallen thru, with Paul Baron, newly-named artist and repertoire topper at the diskery, kiboshing a deal that virtually had been consummated between his predecessors and Music Corporation of America (MCA).
ref: 1947 September 6, “Paul Baron Nixes 2 Morgan Albums”, in Joseph G. Csida, editor, The Billboard: The World’s Foremost Amusement Weekly, volume 59, number 35, Cincinnati, Oh.: Roger S. Littleford Jr.; William D. Littleford, →OCLC, page 14, column 3:
text: An upcoming problem to be thrashed out at a meeting of diskery reps and execs of the American Federation of Radio Artists (AFRA), is the degree of AFRA's jurisdictional claim over singers on records. AFRA has claimed the jurisdiction generally, and for some months has been having exploratory talks with diskeries.
ref: 1950 October 28, “Diskers, AFRA Puzzle Singer Jurisdictions”, in Billboard, page 13:
text: This week, diskery and phono manufacturer spokesmen sounded tempering notes of caution as they discussed the many problems still to be licked in developing truly compatible stereo with fidelity standards equal to those now available in monaural disks.
ref: 1957 December 30, Ren Grevatt, “Concensus Tabs Stereo Disk Still in Research Stage: Diskery and Phono Toppers Sound Tempering Notes of Caution”, in Billboard, page 11:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A phonograph-record manufacturer; a shop that sells phonograph records.
Related terms: disker
metavirulome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metavirulomes
Etymology: From meta- + virulome.
Senses: glosses: A virulome of metaviruses
metavirulomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metavirulome
action painter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: action painters
Senses: glosses: An artist involved in action painting.
action painters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of action painter
diskeries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diskery
glosses: plural of diskerie
diskerie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diskeries
Etymology: From disk + -erie.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of diskery.
diskcyclicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The property of being diskcyclic.
methyloxidase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: methyloxidases
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any enzyme that catalyses the oxidation of a methyl group (typically -CH₃ => -CH₂OH)
microfilarial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmaɪ.kɹə(ʊ).fɪˈlɛəɹi.əl/
ipa: /ˌmaɪ.kɹoʊ.fəˈlɛɹi.əl/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiəl
Etymology: From microfilaria + -al.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the microfilariae
Derived terms: antimicrofilarial
microneutralisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of microneutralization.
AFRA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: An upcoming problem to be thrashed out at a meeting of diskery reps and execs of the American Federation of Radio Artists (AFRA), is the degree of AFRA's jurisdictional claim over singers on records. AFRA has claimed the jurisdiction generally, and for some months has been having exploratory talks with diskeries.
ref: 1950 October 28, “Diskers, AFRA Puzzle Singer Jurisdictions”, in Billboard, page 13:
topics: broadcasting
media
radio
glosses: Initialism of American Federation of Radio Artists.
Related terms: AFTRA
actor-proof
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more actor-proof
form: most actor-proof
Etymology: From actor + -proof.
Senses: glosses: Of a play or a dramatic part: sufficiently good that it should be able to succeed even with an inferior cast.
microreaction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From micro- + reaction.
Senses: glosses: reaction in a microreactor
actualisers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of actualiser
Springview
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From spring + view, named after a former spring.
Senses: glosses: A village, the county seat of Keya Paha County, Nebraska, United States.
not anymore
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: "I heard you were working at a bank." "I was, but not anymore."
glosses: Synonym of no longer.
synonyms: word: no longer
microsampler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microsamplers
Etymology: From micro- + sampler.
Senses: glosses: A sampler used to obtain microsamples
misamplification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: misamplifications
Etymology: From mis- + amplification.
Senses: glosses: Incorrect amplification (typically of DNA)
microsamplers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microsampler
misbisection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mis- + bisection.
Senses: glosses: Incorrect bisection (typically of chromosomes).
monilophyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monilophytes
Senses: glosses: Any fern of the former class Monilophyta (now Polypodiopsida)
monilophytes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monilophyte
moronecidin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: moronecidins
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An antimicrobial peptide present in the striped bass (of genus Morone)
multitemplate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + template.
Senses: glosses: That employs multiple templates
mycobacterially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From mycobacterial + -ly.
Senses: glosses: With regard to the mycobacteria
nanobiodevice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanobiodevices
Etymology: From nano- + biodevice.
Senses: glosses: Any nanoscale biodevice
nanobiodevices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nanobiodevice
neuralised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of neuralized.
neurepithelium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -iːliəm
Forms: form: neurepithelia
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of neuroepithelium.
nondiscriminative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + discriminative.
Senses: glosses: Not discriminative
nonectomesenchymal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + ectomesenchymal.
Senses: glosses: Not ectomesenchymal
ectomesenchymal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to the ectomesenchyme
Derived terms: nonectomesenchymal
nonfunctionalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonfunctionalizations
Etymology: From non- + functionalization.
Senses: glosses: The act of making something nonfunctional
potato niggers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of potato nigger
Loup County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after the Pawnee Loup Indians or the Loup River.
Senses: glosses: One of 93 counties in Nebraska, United States. County seat: Taylor.
wikipedia: Loup River
Queen's hard bargain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Queen's hard bargains
Senses: glosses: Synonym of one of His Majesty's bad bargains.
synonyms: word: one of His Majesty's bad bargains
Queen's hard bargains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Queen's hard bargain
Queen's pipe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Queen's pipe
Senses: synonyms: Queen's tobacco-pipe
glosses: The furnace in which contraband tobacco is burned after being seized by the state, or the chimney from which the resulting smoke rises.
Nance County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Albinus Nance.
Senses: glosses: One of 93 counties in Nebraska, United States. County seat: Fullerton.
wikipedia: Albinus Nance
quota quickie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quota quickies
Senses: topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: A typically low-cost, low-quality film commissioned to satisfy the quota requirements of the Cinematograph Films Act 1927.
quota quickies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quota quickie
skedded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sked
ugly Americans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ugly American
trip-hop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of trip hop.
cucoloris
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cucolorises
form: cokuloris
form: cookaloris
form: cucalorus
form: cuculoris
Etymology: Unknown; a connection with American film director George Cukor has been suggested. Compare also dialectal German Kokolores (“nonsense, silly display”). Conceivably related to Latin cucullus (“a hood”).
Senses: topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
synonyms: word: cookie
word: cuke
glosses: A device for casting shadows or silhouettes to produce patterned illumination.
wikipedia: George Cukor
Derived terms: branchaloris
cucolorises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cucoloris
oojah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oojahs
form: hoojah
form: ooja
form: oojar
Etymology: Unknown. Perhaps formed in English from a similar term; compare whosit, whaddayacallit. Perhaps coined as an exotic-sounding nonsense word. Perhaps from Persian or Urdu حجت (hujjat, “argument”), from Arabic حجة (ḥujja, “argument; pretext”). Attested from the early 20th century.
Senses: examples: text: Expect I shall get a raspberry from the old Oojah if I arrive (with the milk) blotto. Never mind, I have not had a backshee binge for years!
ref: 1919, P.H.M., “Our Translation Prize”, in The Educational Times, page 470:
text: Oh, look! your bag's opened itself wide and all the little oojahs have gone down the steps.
ref: 1935, Dorothy L. Sayers, Gaudy Night:
text: DAPHNE. I say, old bean, where’s the oojah?
MARK. The oojah?
DAPHNE: The om-tiddly-om-pom.
ref: 1951, Terence Rattigan, “Who is Sylvia?”, in The collected plays of Terence Rattigan, published 1953, page 211:
text: CUT-THE-RASHER: Aye, indeed – Mary Doyle’s missing her bit of comfort.
MRS DOYLE: G’long you dirty-minded ould hoojah. That’s one thing anyway: we won’t have to be putting up with you once we leave the lane.
ref: 1951, Maura Laverty, “Liffey Lane”, in Cathy Leeney, Deirdre McFeely, editors, The Plays of Maura Laverty, published 2023, page 90:
text: I’ve seen blokes in hot countries go clean round the oojar because of the perverted practices of native women.
ref: 1971, Brian Aldiss, A Soldier Erect, page 94:
glosses: Something whose name is unknown or unimportant; a thingy; a whatsit.
wikipedia: Persian language
Derived terms: oojah capivvy
oojah-cum-spiff
oojamaflip
oojahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oojah
Otoe County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after the Otoe tribe.
Senses: glosses: One of 93 counties in Nebraska, United States. County seat: Nebraska City.
wikipedia: Otoe
Nebraska City
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city, the county seat of Otoe County, Nebraska, United States.
paleodose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paleodoses
Etymology: From paleo- + dose.
Senses: topics: archaeology
history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: The dose of natural radiation accumulated by an archaeological sample
paleodune
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paleodunes
Etymology: From paleo- + dune.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of palaeodune.
paleodunes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paleodune
panzoonotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pan- + zoonotic.
Senses: glosses: That can be spread from all (of a type of) animals to man
raw_tags: of a disease
pauciclonal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pauci- + clonal.
Senses: glosses: Having few clones
pauciclonality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pauci- + clonality.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being pauciclonal
phosphohydrolysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From phospho- + hydrolysis.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The hydrolysis of an organic phosphate
Related terms: phosphohydrolytic
pleiomorphy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of pleomorphism.
synonyms: word: pleomorphism
poikylothermic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of poikilothermic.
polyoxotungstate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polyoxotungstates
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A complex oxyanion of tungsten that is used in protein crystallisation
preclustered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + clustered.
Senses: glosses: clustered prior to some other operation
Related terms: preclustering
primosomal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From primosome + -al.
Senses: glosses: Relating to a primosome
promotant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: promotants
Senses: glosses: That which promotes
Derived terms: growth promotant
promotants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of promotant
Dickey County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after George H. Dickey.
Senses: glosses: One of 53 counties in North Dakota, United States. County seat: Ellendale.
wikipedia: George H. Dickey
pseudogenised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pseudogenized.
pterinosome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pterinosomes
Senses: glosses: A cytoplasmic organelle that makes and stores pteridine pigments
pterinosomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pterinosome
sclerosteosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A sclerosing hyperostosis characterized by variable syndactyly and skeletal overgrowth
you were saying
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Prompts the interlocutor to resume what they had been saying prior to an interruption.
examples: text: A: There isn't much crime around here any more.
(A and B suddenly witness a crime take place.)
B: ...You were saying?
glosses: Draws attention to something that has just happened that conflicts or contradicts a statement that the interlocutor had just made.
Related terms: as I was saying
syncitial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of syncytial.
guard against
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: guards against
form: guarding against
form: guarded against
form: guarded against
Senses: glosses: To prevent something unpleasant from happening.
transpecific
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Across different species
glosses: Misspelling of transpacific.
trypsination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trypsinations
Etymology: From trypsin + -ation.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of trypsinization.
synonyms: word: trypsinization
unbisulfited
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + bisulfited.
Senses: glosses: Not treated with bisulfite
undertransmitted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From under- + transmitted.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Excessively transmitted
veination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: veinations
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of venation.
xanthoblast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: xanthoblasts
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A cell that differentiates into a xanthophore.
lig.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ligs.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of ligament.
ligs.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lig.
income group
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: income groups
Senses: topics: economics
human-sciences
sciences
social-science
sociology
glosses: A group in a given population having an income within a specified range.
Related terms: social class
income groups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of income group
RISA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: RISAs
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of radioiodinated serum albumin.
Ellendale
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in the Derwent Valley, Tasmania, Australia.
glosses: A town in Sussex County, Delaware, United States.
glosses: A small city in Steele County, Minnesota, United States.
glosses: A township in Alexander County, North Carolina, United States.
glosses: A city, the county seat of Dickey County, North Dakota, United States.
glosses: A ghost town in Polk County, Oregon, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States.
sunrise service
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sunrise services
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: A religious service on Easter practiced by some Protestant churches, usually observed in an outdoor setting.
sunrise services
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sunrise service
father-slayer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: father-slayers
form: fatherslayer
form: father slayer
Etymology: From Middle English fadyr slaer, fadur sleer, equivalent to father + slayer.
Senses: examples: text: Christy Mahon was the factor which destroyed the equilibrium of the lives of the Flaugherty's and Villagers, because he was an alleged fatherslayer.
ref: 1952, William Daniel Simpson, The Creation of the Role of Christy in John M. Synge's The Playboy of the Western World, and an Analysis of the Acting Problems Involved:
text: In these aspects the relationship seems almost to follow an archetype of the relations between immigrant Jewish fathers and their talented sons in modern times. All such sons have been, in a sense, father-slayers.
ref: 1993, Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi, Freud's Moses: Judaism Terminable and Interminable, page 63:
text: His eyes moved to Calandryll, once more asking an unspoken question. Bracht grinned conspiratorially, answering: “In a while ... He will post Calandryll outlaw, claiming him a father-slayer.”
ref: 2010, Angus Wells, Dark Magic: The Godwars:
text: “Calm yourself, brother. I'm merely having a drink here, nothing more. I assumed you had similar intentions... I guess you're out hunting though!” Michael bared his runesword. “I am. Prepare for judgment Father-slayer!”
ref: 2014, Marios Koutsoukos, Apolysis: Apocalypse Is Just The Beginning:
text: The magus called Beast's Bane, who drew down sirithar and so could not be permitted to live, and who was a bastard and a warrior and a father-slayer, was also, impossibly, Stelian.
ref: 2014, Laini Taylor, Dreams of Gods & Monsters:
text: “And if it is not Roh who gives the orders,” Kithan said, “if it is Hetharu, what shall I say, Man?” “I do not know,” Vanye said. “But a father-slayer will hardly stick at brother-killing; and he will share nothing with you . . . not unless he loves you well.
ref: 2015, C. J. Cherryh, The Complete Morgaine:
glosses: One who kills or murders one's father; a patricide
father-slayers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of father-slayer
Illawarra
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A coastal region of New South Wales, Australia, situated immediately south of Sydney.
Derived terms: Illawarra ash
Illawarra mountain pine
Illawarra palm
Illawarra Shorthorn
Illawarra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Illawarras
Senses: glosses: Ellipsis of Illawarra Shorthorn.
DIPA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DIPAs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of double India pale ale.
DIPAs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of DIPA
double India pale ale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: double India pale ales
form: DIPA
Etymology: From double + India pale ale.
Senses: synonyms: imperial India pale ale
glosses: A stronger, more hoppy variety of India pale ale.
double IPA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: double IPAs
Senses: glosses: double India pale ale
double India pale ales
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of double India pale ale
double IPAs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of double IPA
Bennett County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Granville G. Bennett or John E. Bennett.
Senses: glosses: One of 66 counties in South Dakota, United States. County seat: Martin.
wikipedia: Granville G. Bennett
John E. Bennett
bufeos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bufeo
cybertextual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cyber- + textual.
Senses: glosses: Relating to cybertext.
Derived terms: cybertextually
New Caledonian crow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: New Caledonian crows
Senses: examples: text: The New Caledonian crow is known for creating tools from plant material to capture prey hiding in cracks and crevices.
glosses: Corvus moneduloides, a medium-sized crow, native to New Caledonia.
New Caledonian crows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of New Caledonian crow
Bon Homme County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From French bon homme.
Senses: glosses: One of 66 counties in South Dakota, United States. County seat: Tyndall.
macrobrewery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: macrobreweries
Etymology: From macro- + brewery.
Senses: glosses: A large-scale commercial brewery, contrasted with smaller microbreweries.
macrobreweries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of macrobrewery
macroblocking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From macroblock + -ing.
Senses: topics: computer-graphics
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A visual artifact in compressed video etc. where similar adjacent pixels appear as a contiguous block of colour.
microblock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microblocks
Etymology: From micro- + block.
Senses: glosses: An extremely small block.
microblocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microblock
antitaping
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + taping.
Senses: glosses: Preventing recording to tape, as an antipiracy measure.
tamalitos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tamalito
Cilacap
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Chilachap
form: Tjilatjap
Senses: glosses: A regency of Central Java, Indonesia.
cultural appropriations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cultural appropriation
trajineras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trajinera
radioiodinate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: radioiodinates
form: radioiodinating
form: radioiodinated
form: radioiodinated
Etymology: From radio- + iodinate, after radioiodine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To treat (a substance) with radioiodine.
Related terms: radioiodination
radioiodinates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of radioiodinate
radioiodinating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of radioiodinate
listhetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to listhesis.
Brule County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after the Brulé sub-tribe.
Senses: glosses: One of 66 counties in South Dakota, United States. County seat: Chamberlain.
wikipedia: Brulé
adioses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adios
tetrallelic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tetraallelic.
scrollies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scrolly
bobol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: organized fraud; corruption
constab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: constabs
Etymology: Short for constable.
Senses: examples: text: "I am going to the kitchen this time, Orrin. If I come back in ten minutes and you have not gone, I will simply call the police."
Simply, no less. Could it really be simple for her to have the constabs haul him away?
ref: 1991, Larry Duberstein, Postcards from Pinsk:
glosses: A police officer.
constabs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of constab
brother-slayer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brother-slayers
form: brotherslayer
form: brother slayer
Etymology: From Middle English brodyr slaer, from Old English brōþorslaga, equivalent to brother + slayer.
Senses: glosses: One who kills or murders one's brother; a fratricide
Related terms: father-slayer
manslayer
brother-slayers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brother-slayer
subjudge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subjudges
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sub-judge.
subjudges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subjudge
Charles Mix County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Charles Eli Mix.
Senses: glosses: One of 66 counties in South Dakota, United States. County seat: Lake Andes.
wikipedia: Charles Eli Mix
bangamary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bangamary
Senses: examples: text: She liked bangamary, tilapia, lukanani, and snapper, but the river fish with the dark curved scales—hassar or cascadoo, as the Trinidadians called it—was a delicacy for special occasions.
ref: 2008, Godfrey Wray, Beyond Revenge, page 95:
text: Andrew Doro, a Chinese-American food blogger intent on eating dishes from every nation in the world, without leaving New York City, favors Guyanese Chinese dishes like fried bangamary (a fish) and crispy cha chi gai.
ref: 2020 August 18, Richard Morgan, “In This Dinner Series, Chinese Food Is at Home Worldwide”, in The New York Times:
glosses: The fish Macrodon ancylodon.
transmisogynoir
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌtɹanz.mɪˈsɒd͡ʒ.ɪˌnwɑː/
ipa: /ˌtɹænz.mɪˈsɑd͡ʒ.ɪˌnwɑɹ/
Etymology: Blend of transmisogyny + misogynoir, from trans- + misogyny + French noir (“black”); coined on the site Gradient Lair in 2014.
Senses: examples: text: When Black American transgender women contend with these dynamics, they experience transmisogynoir, the interactive product of anti-Blackness, transphobia, and sexism.
ref: 2017, Kevin L. Nadal, The SAGE Encyclopedia of Psychology and Gender, SAGE Publications, →ISBN:
glosses: Hatred of, contempt for, or prejudice against black trans women.
Hypernyms: transmisogyny
misogynoir
Lake Andes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after the lake. The Andes part of the name is of uncertain origin.
Senses: glosses: A small city, the county seat of Charles Mix County, South Dakota, United States.
wikipedia: Lake Andes National Wildlife Refuge
Corson County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Dighton Corson.
Senses: glosses: One of 66 counties in South Dakota, United States. County seat: McIntosh.
wikipedia: Dighton Corson
agnosopsia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἄγνωστος (ágnōstos, “ignorant, not knowing”) (see a- (“not”), gnosis) + -opsia. Literally, "not knowing what one sees".
Coined by S. Zeki and D. H. ffytche in 1998.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of blindsight.
synonyms: word: blindsight
Related terms: gnosanopsia
allatoregulatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From (corpus) allatum + regulatory.
Senses: glosses: That regulates the allatostatins and allatotropins
allatotropic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to the allatotropins or their effects
anamorphous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: distorted, deformed
Related terms: anamorphism
huff-cap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: huff-caps
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of huffcap.
huff-caps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of huff-cap
antipamozole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of atipamezole.
GGEV
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Acronym of Grampus griseus endogenous virus.
glosses: Acronym of Greek goat encephalomyelitis virus.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A routine in LAPACK for computing eigenvalues.
Dewey County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of 77 counties in Oklahoma, United States. County seat: Taloga. Named after George Dewey.
glosses: One of 66 counties in South Dakota, United States. County seat: Timber Lake. Named after William P. Dewey.
Grampus griseus endogenous virus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Grampus griseus endogenous viruses
Senses: glosses: A retrovirus that infects certain dolphins.
cafreal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: A shallow-fried spiced chicken dish from Goa, India.
wazwan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wazwans
Senses: glosses: An elaborate multicourse meal in Kashmiri culture, most of the dishes involving lamb or chicken.
wazwans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wazwan
Taloga
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town, the county seat of Dewey County, Oklahoma, United States.
forestocracy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: forestocracies
Etymology: From forest + -o- + -cracy.
Senses: glosses: A ruling class of timber merchants.
Hypernyms: plantocracy
forestocracies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of forestocracy
Timber Lake
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: the name of many lakes and reservoirs in the United States, see the full list.
glosses: A small city, the county seat of Dewey County, South Dakota, United States.
Hamlin County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Hannibal Hamlin.
Senses: glosses: One of 66 counties in South Dakota, United States. County seat: Hayti.
wikipedia: Hannibal Hamlin
outfinish
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: outfinishes
form: outfinishing
form: outfinished
form: outfinished
Etymology: From out- + finish.
Senses: examples: text: The sprinter outfinished all of his rivals and set a new world record.
glosses: To finish ahead of; to defeat or surpass by finishing first.
outfinished
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of outfinish
outfinishes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of outfinish
outfinishing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of outfinish
retrogressives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of retrogressive
talakawa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: talakawas
Senses: glosses: An ordinary citizen; a commoner.
talakawas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of talakawa
Hughes County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of 77 counties in Oklahoma, United States. County seat: Holdenville. Named after W.C. Hughes.
glosses: One of 66 counties in South Dakota, United States. County seat: Pierre, the state capital. Named after Alexander Hughes.
Holdenville
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Holden + -ville, named after J.F. Holden.
Senses: glosses: A city, the county seat of Hughes County, Oklahoma, United States.
Hyde County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of 100 counties in North Carolina, United States. County seat: Swan Quarter. Named after Edward Hyde.
glosses: One of 66 counties in South Dakota, United States. County seat: Highmore. Named after James Hyde.
Swan Quarter
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Originally named Swann's Quarter, from Swann+quarter, after Samuel Swann.
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place, the county seat of Hyde County, North Carolina, United States.
one-holer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: one-holers
Senses: examples: text: In the corner by the door is a faucet with a basin beneath it, and beyond this what Chic Sale would call a "family one-holer".
ref: 1941, P. G. Wodehouse, second Berlin broadcast
text: A friend of mine had a Model T coupe, as tall and chaste as a one-holer.
ref: 1956, John Steinbeck, Jalopies I Have Cursed and Loved:
glosses: An outhouse with a single hole.
Synonyms: outhouse
Highmore
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A small city, the county seat of Hyde County, South Dakota, United States.
Derived terms: antrum of Highmore
explanary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: explanatory; explaining
worm casts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of worm cast
vermipost
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: wormcasts used as compost
lackall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lackalls
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of lack-all.
lackalls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lackall
lack-laughter
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more lack-laughter
form: most lack-laughter
Etymology: From lack + laughter.
Senses: examples: text: The lack-laughter sangfroid of the parſon was the conſtant topic of his ridicule, and he complained that whenever I appeared I caſt a gloom over the mirth of his company.
ref: 1771, John Horne, The Controversial Letters of John Wilkes, Esq., the Rev. John Horne, and Their Principal Adherents, page 153:
text: […] many force / Lack-laughter faces to relax / Into the soft lines traced by joy.
ref: 1850, “Agamemnon”, in Blackie, John Stuart, transl., The Lyrical Dramas of Æschylus, volume 1, translation of original by Aeschylus, page 48:
glosses: Cheerless; sombre; serious.
Synonyms: cheerless
serious
sideburden
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sideburdens
Etymology: From side + burden.
Senses: examples: text: Settari (2002) and Osorio et al. (1999) also suggest that the analysis domain should include overburdens, sideburdens and underburdens for better accommodation of the coupling effects of stress changes and flow.
ref: 2007, Erik Eberhardt, Doug Stead, Tom Morrison, Rock Mechanics: Meeting Society's Challenges and Demands, →ISBN:
text: Such sideburden speedups have not been seen to date in carbonate and deepwater settings.
ref: 2013, David H. Johnston, Practical Applications of Time-lapse Seismic Data, →ISBN, page 218:
text: Therefore, the effective vertical stress in the sideburden will increase, too.
ref: 2016, Alexandre Lavrov, Lost Circulation: Mechanisms and Solutions, →ISBN, page 27:
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: The rock and subsoil that lies next to a mineral deposit such as a coal seam.
Related terms: overburden
underburden
sideburdens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sideburden
underburden
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: underburdens
form: underburdening
form: underburdened
form: underburdened
Etymology: From under- + burden.
Senses: examples: text: In reality, the levels of work varied: some internationals seemed overburdened with tasks and responsibility, some seemed underburdened, and some faced apparently just the right amount of work.
ref: 2007, Kimberley Coles, Democratic Designs, →ISBN:
text: Well aware of the orgy of scapegoating that the world had embarked upon, I didn't want to blame anyone, let alone run the risk of overburdening some and underburdening others with responsibility for the crunch.
ref: 2009, Tetsuya Ishikawa, How I Caused the Credit Crunch, →ISBN:
text: Moving to the climate change context, as long as there is not a comprehensive climate policy in place, respect for the principles of polluter pays and proportionality will require a mechanism to determine the level of pollution created by each polluter, so as to avoid that some polluters are overburdened while others are underburdened.
ref: 2011, Javier De Cendra de Larragán, Distributional Choices in EU Climate Change Law and Policy, →ISBN:
glosses: To give too light a burden; to assign less than a fair share.
examples: text: If a man is overburdened, which is the true cause of complaint, or underburdened, which is the modern cause of complaint, he may seek redress; but he alone who is overburdened or underburdened is authorised to seek redress.
ref: 1826, David Dalrymple, Mungo Ponton Brown, Decisions of the Lords of Council and Session: From 1766 to 1791:
text: After five days of unsatisfactory work, we came to the conclusion that the furnace was underburdened.
ref: 1909, American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, Society of Mining Engineers of AIME., American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, Transactions - Volume 39, page 716:
text: You can tell when a furnace is underburdened by the continued tendency to make hotter iron than that desired, also by the continued use of cold air necessitating low stove heat.
ref: 1916, Blast Furnace and Steel Plant - Volume 4, page 350:
text: Workers who are underburdened may experience stress because they feel their contributions to the company are not significant or that their talents are not being used.
ref: 1990, Philip C. Grant, The Effort-net Return Model of Employee Motivation:
text: Measuring instruments which are connected to underburdened current transformers are adequately protected during normal operation, although this may not be the case in the event of a short-circuit.
ref: 1994, Petra Belzner, Siemens, & Jan Dommisse, Switching, protection and distribution in low-voltage networks, →ISBN:
glosses: To assign less work than someone or something is capable of.
underburden
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: underburdens
Etymology: From under- + burden.
Senses: examples: text: Much of the heat introduced with the steam is lost to the overburden and to the underburden by thermal conduction in the manner discussed earlier.
ref: 1991, Roger M. Butler, Thermal recovery of oil and bitumen, page 122:
text: Settari (2002) and Osorio et al. (1999) also suggest that the analysis domain should include overburdens, sideburdens and underburdens for better accommodation of the coupling effects of stress changes and flow.
ref: 2007, Erik Eberhardt, Doug Stead, Tom Morrison, Rock Mechanics: Meeting Society's Challenges and Demands, →ISBN:
text: For the material parameters, caprock and underburden are considered as identical, and behave like clay.
ref: 2014, Fusao Oka, Akira Murakami, Ryosuke Uzuoka, Computer Methods and Recent Advances in Geomechanics, →ISBN:
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: The rock and subsoil that lies below a mineral deposit such as a coal seam.
underburdens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of underburden
underburdens
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of underburden