cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
depsipeptide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: depsipeptides
Senses: examples: text: For example, the antitumour depsipeptide kahalalide F was isolated from the opisthobranch mollusc Elysia rufescens, and is used by both the mollusc and its dietary alga Bryopsis spp.
ref: 2016 January 21, “Choose Your Weaponry: Selective Storage of a Single Toxic Compound, Latrunculin A, by Closely Related Nudibranch Molluscs”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: any of a class of polymeric compounds having both peptide and ester linkages, often alternating.
Derived terms: acyldepsipeptide
cyclodepsipeptide
dodecadepsipeptide
glycolipodepsipeptide
heptadepsipeptide
hexadepsipeptide
lipodepsipeptide
octadepsipeptide
polydepsipeptide
tetradepsipeptide
deuteride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deuterides
Etymology: From deutero- + -ide. From deuterium, from Ancient Greek δεύτερος (deúteros, “second”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any hydride in which normal hydrogen is replaced by deuterium.
Hypernyms: hydride
Coordinate terms: protide
tritide
Derived terms: borodeuteride
dideuteride
lithium deuteride
Related terms: deuterium
deuteron
diacylamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diacylamines
Etymology: From di- + acyl + amine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: any compound having two acyl groups attached to an ammonia of primary amine residue; a secondary amide or imide
nuk
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: Onomatopoeic.
Senses: topics: comics
literature
media
publishing
glosses: The sound of a pacifier being suckled on.
diamidide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diamidides
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: any of a class of compounds formally derived from acid anhydrides by replacement of =O with =NR, and -O- with -NR-
Related terms: imidine
diazoamino
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: the functional group -N=N-N<
Related terms: diazoamino compound
diazoamino compound
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diazoamino compounds
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: any compound of general formula RN=N-NR₂ where not all R = H
Related terms: triazene
diazoate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diazoates
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: any salt of a diazohydroxide RN=NO⁻ M⁺
diazohydroxide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diazohydroxides
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: any compound having the general formula RN=NOH
Related terms: diazoate
diazo compound
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diazo compounds
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: any compound of general formula R₂C=N⁺=N⁻
Related terms: diazomethane
diazonium salt
diazomethane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diazomethanes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: the simplest diazo compound, CH₂=N⁺=N⁻; a toxic, yellow, explosive gas; used in analytical chemistry to convert carboxylic acids into their methyl esters for analysis via gas-liquid chromatography
Related terms: diazomethyl
diazonium salt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diazonium salts
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: a diazonium compound
inti
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: intis
Etymology: Named after the Inca sun god.
Senses: glosses: The currency of Peru between 1985 and 1991, replacing the sol.
diazonium compound
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diazonium compounds
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: any compound having the general formula R-N₂⁺ X⁻, especially one in which R is an aryl residue; they are important as intermediates in the production of azo dyes
Synonyms: diazonium salt
diazotate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diazotates
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: a diazoate
afterward
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑːftə.wəd/
ipa: /ˈæf.tɚ.wɚd/
homophone: afterword
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English afterward, from Old English æfterweard; equivalent to after + -ward.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of afterwards.
Derived terms: afterwardness
hereafterward
afterwords
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of afterword
lof
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lofs
Etymology: Borrowed from Mapudungun lof (“community”).
Senses: glosses: Community, tribe: basic social organization of the Mapuche, Huilliche, and Picunche peoples, a (familial) clan which recognizes the authority of a lonco.
greaser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -iːsə(ɹ)
Forms: form: greasers
Etymology: From grease + -er. Applied to mechanics because they frequently become greasy during the course of their work. Applied to toughs because they frequently greased their hair, and, like greaseball, to Italians for the same reason. Applied to Mexicans because, at the time the phrase originated, they commonly worked greasing the axles of carts.
Senses: examples: text: The pole was greased and men tried to walk out to the end of it and dislodge the crate. The pole was supple, the crate swayed as each man crept out clinging desperately and finally fell off into the sea. […] People roared with laughter and greasers applied fresh grease for the next person's try.
ref: 1942, Emily Carr, “Regatta”, in The Book of Small, Toronto, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →OCLC:
text: ... incidentally, our correspondent tells of a West Indian who applied for a job at Kings Cross as motion greaser - but with no idea of what he would have to grease and why. Invited to find out and return within a month, he did, and nowadays the Kings Cross engines are as efficiently greased as any on B.R.
ref: 1961 March, “Talking of trains”, in Trains Illustrated, page 131:
glosses: Someone or something that greases (applies grease).
glosses: A mechanic.
glosses: A biker, a tough.
examples: text: By such standards, the Greasers are pretty minor stuff. Basically, they're just the 1970 version of that time-honored English figure, the Leather Boy. During the fifties, he was known as the Teddy Boy; in the early sixties, he became the Rocker; and now, after a couple of earlier attempts at revival, he's back yet again, the Greaser.
ref: 1970 March 29, Nik Cohn, “England's New Teen Style Is Violence”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: A rocker or metalhead, especially one who listens to 1950s rock and roll or 1980s thrash metal.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: greased landing
glosses: A very soft landing.
examples: text: A pair of Greasers were ahead of me, but I could see only their outlines, and they didn't seem to interfere any with the scenery.
ref: 1907, Stewart Edward White, chapter 11, in Arizona Nights:
glosses: A Latin American, especially a Mexican.
glosses: An Italian.
glosses: A Greek.
Derived terms: flange greaser
Related terms: bodgie
vegetable oil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vegetable oils
Senses: hypernyms: oil
;
lipid
;
foodstuff
coordinate_terms: mineral oil
;
petroleum
;
motor oil
;
fuel oil
glosses: Any oil produced from plants, mostly used for cooking; sometimes used in biofuels.
afterword
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑːf.tə.wɜːd/
ipa: /ˈæf.tɚˌwɝd/
Forms: form: afterwords
Etymology: From after- + word. Compare foreword.
Senses: glosses: an epilogue.
glosses: a postscript.
raw_tags: of a letter
qualifier: to a book
glosses: an appendix.
Synonyms: sense: epilogue
word: aftertale
word: afterward
sense: postscript
word: afterscript
sense: annex
word: appendix
word: afterword
word: conclusion
word: endsay
word: endspeech
word: epilogue
word: postamble
Hypernyms: word: adjunct
word: writing
Hyponyms: word: afterscript
word: aftertale
word: postscript
Related terms: word: appendix
word: addendum
word: last word
word: peroration
rush hour
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rush hours
Senses: examples: text: It takes 30 minutes to drive there, but maybe 2 hours during the rush hour.
text: Operation London Bridge, also from 1975, tells the story of the busy station's redevelopment. Cutting neatly from the barrow boys of Borough Market to an aerial view of Borough Market Junction, the film uses time lapse photography to show the congestion rife in the area during the morning rush hour.
ref: 2021 March 10, Greg Morse, “Telling the railway's story on film”, in RAIL, number 926, page 48:
glosses: The times of the day when traffic jams are commonplace, due mainly to people commuting to or from work.
Synonyms: peak hour
Related terms: rush-hour
round the clock
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: He had his team work round the clock to get the project finished in time.
text: Here were the practice rooms where right round the clock one heard pianos playing scales and snatches of classical music, heard sopranos giving tongue, heard the gruff commentary of tubas practising.
ref: 1978, Lawrence Durrell, chapter 6, in Livia, New York: Viking, published 1979, page 198:
glosses: Nonstop, 24 hours per day.
round the clock
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of round-the-clock.
Synonyms: day and night
24/7
round the clock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: games
glosses: A variant of the game of darts in which players attempt to hit each section of the dartboard sequentially, from lowest to highest number.
run for the hills
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: runs for the hills
form: running for the hills
form: ran for the hills
form: run for the hills
Senses: glosses: To flee.
Related terms: run for your life
riotous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹaɪətəs/
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English riotous, from Anglo-Norman riotous; equivalent to riot + -ous.
Senses: glosses: Having the characteristics of a riot.
examples: text: The prison administrators are always planting seeds of hate, division, separatism, and prison peer group racism in the various ethnic groups here, causing friction and riotous situations where one group is set against another.
ref: 1982 April 10, Roosevelt Williamson, “Prison Racism and Legal Slavery in America”, in Gay Community News, page 15:
glosses: Causing, inciting or taking part in a riot.
glosses: Unrestrained and boisterous; degenerate or dissolute.
Synonyms: ragmatical
Derived terms: riotous living
penalties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɛnəltiz/
Forms: form: pœnalties
Senses: glosses: plural of penalty
penalties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɛnəltiz/
Forms: form: pœnalties
Senses: glosses: A penalty shootout.
defects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of defect
defects
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of defect
valleys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvæliz/
rhymes: -æliz
Senses: glosses: plural of valley
valleys
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvæliz/
rhymes: -æliz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of valley
reeds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reed
reeds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reed
performances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of performance
slow down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: slows down
form: slowing down
form: slowed down
form: slowed down
Senses: examples: text: When approaching a bend in the road, slow down, and speed up after leaving it.
text: Crossing stations on single lines are laid out so that one line has a straight run through, and is signalled in each direction, avoiding the need to slow down to take the turnout into the loop.
ref: 1954 August, J. B. Snell, “The New Zealand Government Railways—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 562:
text: When the long, hot journey drew to its end and the train slowed down for the last time, there was a stir in Jessamy’s carriage.
ref: 1967, Barbara Sleigh, Jessamy, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, published 1993, →ISBN, page 7:
text: Then came the war... and everything slowed down.
ref: 2021 October 6, Greg Morse, “A need for speed and the drive for 125”, in RAIL, number 941, page 48:
glosses: To decelerate.
examples: text: With a comfortable lead, the football team slowed down the tempo of the game.
text: A “moving platform” scheme[…]is more technologically ambitious than maglev trains even though it relies on conventional rails.[…]This set-up solves several problems […]. Stopping high-speed trains wastes energy and time, so why not simply slow them down enough for a moving platform to pull alongside?
ref: 2013 June 1, “Ideas coming down the track”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 13 (Technology Quarterly):
text: The elimination of vacuum-braked wagons would be slowed down, and the Western Region's flirtation with diesel-hydraulic locomotives was questioned.
ref: 2023 March 8, Howard Johnston, “Was Marples the real railway wrecker?”, in RAIL, number 978, page 52:
glosses: To reduce the velocity, speed, or tempo of something.
examples: text: Whoa, slow down there, bucko. Everyone will get a chance. Be patient.
glosses: To become less intense, enthusiastic, etc., usually with a positive connotation, implying that one is stripped of exaggerated or unnecessary eagerness.
Synonyms: word: slow up
word: decelerate
word: cumber
word: foreslow
word: put the brakes on
word: rein in
word: retard
word: slow
word: slowen
word: slow down
Hypernyms: word: decrease
Hyponyms: word: strike sail
word: unaccelerate
Derived terms: word: slow-down
word: slowdown
word: slowing-down time
Related terms: word: hinder
word: immobilize
word: stop
word: move slowly
liberties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of liberty
sitting duck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sitting ducks
Senses: examples: text: For God's sake, Sergeant, we need to get to cover – we're sitting ducks out here.
text: [Now that the last gay bathhouse has closed] the AIDS Action Committee will no longer have all of those sitting ducks to reach with education
ref: 1989 February 5, Christopher Wittke, “Bye Bye Bathhouse”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 29, page 16:
text: Joker: We're sitting ducks out here. I have to try to lose them in the debris field!
ref: 2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Normandy SR-2:
text: The soldiers were sitting ducks, sent forth by Russian commanders to act essentially as human cannon fodder in an assault.
ref: 2023 February 13, Andrew E. Kramer, “‘Our Losses Were Gigantic’: Life in a Sacrificial Russian Assault Wave”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 20 Mar 2023:
glosses: An obvious, vulnerable target.
Related terms: blood in the water
dead duck
easy mark
easy target
lame duck
diosphenol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diosphenols
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: any of a class of cyclic α-diketones which exist as enols
diketone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /daɪˈkiːtəʊn/
Forms: form: diketones
Etymology: From di- + ketone.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: any compound having two neighbouring ketonic carbonyl groups
ketonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ketone + -ic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Of, relating to, or being a ketone.
Derived terms: polyketonic
Related terms: aldehydic
aldehydic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more aldehydic
form: most aldehydic
Etymology: From aldehyde + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: The 2-deoxy derivatives were known to be more aldehydic in character and this was reflected in the higher M_G values.
ref: 1957, Charles Edward Clapp, High Molecular Weight Water-Soluble Muck, page 13:
text: Here the characteristic aldehydic note is almost missing from the aldehyde, though this may be due partly to the protective influence of the side chain.
ref: 1994, Robert R. Calkin, J. Stephan Jellinek, Perfumery: Practice and Principles, page 217:
text: The aldehydic top notes contain suggestions of bergamot, lemon, peach and coriander and give way to a heart based principally on rose, jasmine and orris.
ref: 1997, N. Groom, editor, New Perfume Handbook, page 188:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Of, relating to, or being an aldehyde; having the character of an aldehyde.
Derived terms: aldehydic acid
dialdehydic
Related terms: ketonic
snug as a bug in a rug
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: snug as a bug
Senses: examples: text: "Yes – living here as snug as a bug in a rug," returned Tidkins, chuckling as if he considered the fact to be an excellent joke.
ref: 1846, George W.M. Reynolds, The Mysteries of London, volume 2, London: George Vickers, page 389:
text: "Come to think of it, it must have been inspiration that put me off the main road that night. Otherwise, instead of being here, where would I have been? Half-way to Sydney by now, dead broke and dead to the world. As it is, here I am, snug as a bug in a rug."
ref: 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 74:
qualifier: simile
glosses: Very cosy and comfortable.
Related terms: cute as a bug in a rug
slugabug
speed up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: speeds up
form: speeding up
form: speeded up
form: speeded up
form: sped up
form: sped up
Senses: examples: text: The car sped up as it went around the corner.
synonyms: pick up speed
antonyms: hold up
let up
slow#Verb
slow down
slow up
coordinate_terms: hurry#Verb
rush#Verb
glosses: To accelerate; to increase speed.
examples: text: You shouldn't speed up your car when you go around corners.
text: More fast trains between England and Scotland, and additional "car-sleeper" overnight services for motorists, are important features of British Railways summer timetables, which come into operation on June 17. In all, 98 long-distance trains will be speeded-up to save 10-75 min. and many will make non-stop runs at an average speed of 60 m.p.h. or more.
ref: 1957 June 24, “Notes and News: B.R. Summer Passenger Services”, in Railway Magazine, page 433:
text: The through Moorgate service has been most handsomely speeded up, and suburban trains in both directions now run non-stop between Kings Cross (Underground) and Elstree.
ref: 1960 February, “The dieselised St. Pancras suburban service”, in Trains Illustrated, page 95:
text: Work on anti-frost precautions on diesel locomotives is to be speeded up to ensure that most if not all locomotives have been dealt with before the winter sets in.
ref: 1964 September, “Motive Power Miscellany: BR Workshops”, in Modern Railways, page 220:
antonyms: hold up
slow#Verb
slow down
coordinate_terms: hurry#Verb
rush#Verb
glosses: To accelerate (something): to increase its speed, to make it go faster.
Synonyms: word: accelerate
word: chop-chop
word: get a move on
word: get a wiggle on
word: get it on
word: get one's ass in gear
word: get one's skates on
word: get the lead out
word: hasten
word: hurry up
word: mend one's pace
word: pick up speed
word: put on
word: quicken
word: speed up
word: step up
word: surge
Hypernyms: word: increase
Hyponyms: word: burn rubber
word: floor it
word: give it the gun
word: hit the gas
word: lay rubber
word: peel out
word: put one's foot down
word: put the pedal to the metal
word: rev up
word: redline
word: step on it
word: step on the gas
word: tach up
Derived terms: word: speed-up
word: speedup
Related terms: word: immediately
word: quickly
word: rush
dipyrrin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dipyrrins
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any compound containing two pyrrole rings fused via a methine (-C=) group.
spin the bottle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: games
glosses: A party game in which the players sit in a circle and spin a bottle in the middle, having to kiss (or perform some other dare with) the person at whom the bottle points when it stops.
methine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: methines
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The tervalent functional group, -CH=, having one single bond and one double bond
Derived terms: azomethine
monomethine
polymethine
trimethine
Related terms: methinic
dipyrromethene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dipyrromethenes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A dipyrrin.
square meal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /skwɛə ˈmiːl/
ipa: /skwɛː-/
ipa: /skwɛɚ ˈmil/
rhymes: -iːl
Forms: form: square meals
Etymology: From square (“hearty, vigorous”) + meal;
Senses: examples: text: Three square meals a day should give you plenty of energy.
synonyms: word: square
english: US, elliptical
translation: US, elliptical
glosses: A (nutritionally) complete and satisfying meal, especially one suitable for a person performing physical labour.
examples: text: [Figure 2.5] Simulation of overheating effects for two meals of different geometries […] Left: square meal (13 cm × 13 cm with corner diameter 2 cm and height 6 cm).
ref: 2020, B. Wäppling Raaholt, “Influence of food geometry and dielectric properties on heating performance”, in Ulrich Erle, Peter Pesheck, Matthew Lorence, editors, Development of Packaging and Products for Use in Microwave Ovens, Woodhead Publishing, →DOI, →ISBN, page 82:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see square, meal.
Related terms: english: adequate; proper; rhymes and shares a semantic theme of square as and
translation: adequate; proper; rhymes and shares a semantic theme of square as and
word: square deal
word: three squares
word: packed lunch
diterpenoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diterpenoids
Etymology: From di- + terpenoid or diterpene + -oid.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: a terpenoid having a C₂₀ skeleton
Derived terms: norditerpenoid
tetranorditerpenoid
diterpenoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From di- + terpenoid or diterpene + -oid.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: of or relating to a diterpene or diterpenoid
Sunday best
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sunday-best
Senses: examples: text: And how then was the Devil drest? / Oh! he was in his Sunday's best
ref: 1834 [1799], Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Robert Southey, “The Devil's Thoughts”, in The Poetical Works of S. T. Coleridge, volume II, London: W. Pickering, page 83:
text: It took all the power and skill of that energetic woman to get her son into his Sunday best.
ref: 1886, Louisa M[ay] Alcott, chapter 18, in Jo's Boys […] , Boston: Roberts Brothers:
text: It was a brave sight on a Sunday morning to see those old Tottenhamites—each with his comfortable lady-wife on his arm—proceeding in their stiff Sunday best to the morning service; pitying the Quaker friends they met on their way for their incomplete and unenlightened faith—the Quakers, of course, pitying the Churchmen for theirs.
ref: 1914, S. G. Tallentyre [Evelyn Beatrice Hall], “VIII. Realisation”, in Matthew Hargraves, London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, page 155:
text: More than 250 people, most of them African-American churchgoers dressed in their Sunday best, erupted in screams when the presidential motorcade turned onto the street.
ref: 2009 January 18, Brian Knowlton, “Economy and Iraq are set to lead Obama agenda”, in International Herald Tribune, archived from the original on 20 Jan 2009:
glosses: A person's finest clothing, especially the clothes one reserves to wear to church on Sunday.
Synonyms: word: roast-meat clothes
word: Sunday-go-to-meeting
Related terms: endimanched
stick out like a sore thumb
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sticks out like a sore thumb
form: sticking out like a sore thumb
form: stuck out like a sore thumb
form: stuck out like a sore thumb
Senses: examples: text: Don't wear a business suit to that party; you'll stick out like a sore thumb.
text: The parsnip, stilton and chestnut combination may taste good, but it's not terribly decorative. In fact, dull's the word, a lingering adjectival ghost of nut roasts past that I'm keen to banish from the table. Mary Berry wraps her version in strips of chargrilled aubergine but, although it looks rather smart, I worry that something so Mediterranean will stick out like a sore thumb on the plate, given that many vegetarians want to enjoy the same roast potatoes, sprouts and sauces as everyone else. Instead, inspired by the stuffed cabbage rolls eaten at Christmas in the Balkans and Eastern Europe, I use blanched savoy cabbage leaves to wrap my parsnippy parcel, adding a touch of festive greenery to the dish.
ref: 2011 December 15, Felicity Cloake, “How to cook the perfect nut roast”, in The Guardian:
synonyms: stick out a mile
antonyms: belong
blend in
fit
fit in
qualifier: simile
glosses: To be very noticeably (and undesirably or humorously) different; to be prominently out of place; to be particularly obtrusive or conspicuous (usually unintentionally); to attract unwanted attention or notice.
Synonyms: stand out
Derived terms: sore-thumbish
terpenoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɝpənɔɪd/
Forms: form: terpenoids
Etymology: From terpene + -oid.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a very large class of naturally occurring and synthetic organic compounds formally derived from the hydrocarbon isoprene; they include many volatile compounds used in perfume and food flavors, turpentine, the steroids, the carotene pigments and rubber.
Related terms: diterpenoid
hemiterpenoid
monoterpenoid
nonterpenoid
polyterpenoid
sesquiterpenoid
sesterterpenoid
terpene
tetraterpenoid
triterpenoid
hemiterpenoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hemiterpenoids
Etymology: From hemi- + terpenoid.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: a terpenoid having a C₅ skeleton
hemiterpenoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hemi- + terpenoid.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: of, or relating to a hemiterpene or hemiterpenoid
self-splicing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From self- + splicing.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Able to splice without the addition of any protein factors.
raw_tags: of an intron
monoterpenoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monoterpenoids
Etymology: From mono- + terpenoid.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: a terpenoid having a C₁₀ skeleton
sesquiterpenoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sesquiterpenoids
Etymology: From sesqui- (“one and a half”) + terpenoid, by comparison with a monoterpenoid, which has two isoprene units.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A terpenoid having a C₁₅ skeleton.
sesquiterpenoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sesqui- (“one and a half”) + terpenoid, by comparison with a monoterpenoid, which has two isoprene units.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Of, or relating to a sesquiterpene or sesquiterpenoid.
Related terms: sesquiterpene
step down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: steps down
form: stepping down
form: stepped down
form: stepped down
Senses: examples: text: to step down carefully from a train
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see step, down.
examples: text: She now wants to be a Paris MP. But Fillon wants the same Paris seat when he steps down, after next year's election. Both have their eye on the main prize: running for Paris mayor in 2014.
ref: 2011 December 14, Angelique Chrisafis, “Rachida Dati accuses French PM of sexism and elitism”, in The Guardian:
text: Late on the previous Friday (September 2), AWC had announced that Managing Director Phil Whittingham "has decided to step down with effect from September 15".
ref: 2022 September 21, Mel Holley, “MPs debate Avanti West Coast future as MD departs”, in RAIL, number 966, page 14:
synonyms: abdicate
coordinate_terms: step aside#Verb
glosses: To resign or retire from an office or position of authority.
glosses: To reduce gradually or incrementally.
Related terms: step aside
step over
sweetie pie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sweetie pies
Senses: glosses: A sweetheart; a beloved person.
Synonyms: babe
baby
darling
honey
honeypie
sugar
sweetie
treacle
sesterterpenoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sesterterpenoids
Etymology: From sesterterpene + -oid.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: a terpenoid having a C₂₅ skeleton
sesterterpenoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sesterterpene + -oid.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: of, or relating to a sesterterpene or sesterterpenoid
tetraterpenoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tetraterpenoids
Etymology: From tetra- + terpenoid or tetraterpene + -oid.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: a terpenoid having a C₄₀ skeleton
tetraterpenoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tetra- + terpenoid or tetraterpene + -oid.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: of, or relating to a tetraterpene or tetraterpenoid
polyterpenoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polyterpenoids
Etymology: From poly- + terpenoid.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: a terpenoid having a C₅ₙ skeleton (where n is greater than 8)
polyterpenoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From poly- + terpenoid.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: of, or relating to a polyterpene or polyterpenoid
sesterterpene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sesterterpenes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: any terpene formed from five isoprene units, and having twenty-five carbon atoms
Hypernyms: terpene
hydrocarbon
Hyponyms: ceroplastodiol
crcinianin
cyclolinteinone
fasciculatin
geranylfarnesol
siccanol
Coordinate terms: hemiterpene
monoterpene
sesquiterpene
diterpene
triterpene
tetraterpene
polyterpene
Related terms: sesterterpenoid
terpene
coffin ship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coffin ships
Senses: glosses: A ship that carried Irish emigrants escaping the potato famine, usually with an extremely high death rate onboard.
swear by
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: swears by
form: swearing by
form: swore by
form: sworn by
Senses: glosses: To invoke in an oath; to swear upon.
examples: text: I swear by my Petit Larousse when it comes to learning French.
text: He swears by cream of tartar to make the meringues stiff.
glosses: To trust wholeheartedly.
the whole caboodle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: US slang, attested in 1848. From an earlier (1830s) "the whole boodle".
Senses: examples: text: When you're packing for our camping trip, don't forget the essentials. You know, deodorant, ant killer, condoms, baby wipes and the whole caboodle.
text: "'Yes, sir, these other burgs are our true partners in the great game of vital living. But let's not have any mistake about this. I claim that Zenith is the best partner and the fastest-growing partner of the whole caboodle. […]
ref: 1922, Sinclair Lewis, “14”, in Babbitt:
glosses: everything else
Related terms: kit and kaboodle
dolichol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dolichols
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: any polyterpenoid having a single hydroxyl group on the terminal carbon atom, and the terminal isoprene residue being saturated; a dihydropolyprenol
Carrie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæɹ.i/
ipa: /ˈkæɹ.i/
ipa: /ˈkɛɹ.i/
rhymes: -æɹi
Senses: examples: text: Zachary Block chats with Carrie Brownstein and Fred Armisen about their new show, Portlandia, which airs on IFC, Fridays at 10:30.
ref: 2011 January 25, “Portlandia”, in BOMB:
glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Caroline, also used as a formal given name.
glosses: A surname.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Knott County, Kentucky, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Dickenson County, Virginia, United States.
that's that
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: that was that
Senses: examples: text: It is quite simple. You're grounded for a week and that's that!
text: Oh well, that’s that then.
text: They gave a little frightened cry and ran off as hard as they could. "So that's that," said I to myself, as I watched them scampering. I knew that I had better stay where I was.
ref: 1872, Samuel Butler, chapter 6, in Erewhon […] , London: Trübner & Co., →OCLC:
text: The jury is satisfied and the verdict is that you needn't fuss. So that's that, and let's talk about something else.
ref: 1908, F. Marion Crawford, chapter 17, in The Primadonna:
synonyms: word: it is what it is
word: there you are
word: and that's flat
glosses: There is nothing more to say or to do concerning the matter and is not up for discussion or debate.
dypnone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dypnones
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: diphenyl-butenone, Ph-C(=O)CH=C(CH₃)-Ph, or any of its derivatives
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: β-methyl Chalcone
Cary
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -ɛəɹi
Senses: glosses: A surname, a less common spelling of Carey.
examples: text: "You'll laugh when I tell you my name. All I can say is, nobody consulted me."
"Why, what's your name?" Laughing now as he stepped past her into the hall.
"Cary," he told her. "After the actor. Only I've never managed to be quite so suave."
ref: 1999, Ian Rankin, Dead Souls, →ISBN, page 246:
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surnames.
examples: text: "My sister gave it me,—my only sister, Cary. Would that your aunt Caroline had lived to see her niece!"
ref: 1849, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], “The West Wind Blows”, in Shirley. A Tale. […], volume III, London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], →OCLC, page 40:
glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Caroline.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A village in Algonquin Township, McHenry County and Cuba Township, Lake County, Illinois.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Monroe Township, Putnam County, Indiana.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A ghost town in Harrison Township, Miami County, Indiana.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unorganised township in Aroostook County, Maine.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Sharkey County, Mississippi.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Wake County, Chatham County and Durham County, North Carolina.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Wood County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A river in Somerset, England, which flows into the River Parrett.
Derived terms: english: from the river
translation: from the river
word: Castle Cary
carrier bag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carrier bags
form: carrierbag
Senses: examples: text: “Something for everybody!” Gerald Fedden said, striding into the kitchen with a rattling brown-paper carrier bag.
ref: 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 2, in The Line of Beauty […], London: Picador, →ISBN:
synonyms: carrier
grocery bag
shopping bag
glosses: A bag made of thin polythene or paper, generally used for carrying groceries or other purchased items.
icosanoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: icosanoids
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of eicosanoid.
GIMP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɪmp/
rhymes: -ɪmp
Forms: form: GIMPs
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: Acronym of GNU Image Manipulation Program, a computer program capable of editing and manipulating digital images.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Abbreviation of gravitationally interacting massive particle.
Synonyms: alt: the form of superWIMP that only interacts gravitationally
word: superWIMP
Coordinate terms: SIMP
WIMP
Related terms: GIMPS
enolate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: enolates
Etymology: From enol + -ate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: any metal salt of the enol form of a tautomeric aldehyde or ketone
Derived terms: bisenolate
haloenolate
homoenolate
Reformatsky enolate
enose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: enoses
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: any monosaccharide having a carbon-carbon double bond
Derived terms: hexenose
Related terms: glycal
hexenose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hexenoses
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: any hexose that is an enose
epihalohydrin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: epihalohydrins
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: any compound having a halogen on the carbon atom adjacent to an epoxide
Related terms: epifluorohydrin
epichlorohydrin
epibromohydrin
epiiodohydrin
epifluorohydrin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: epifluorohydrins
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any epihalohydrin in which the halogen is fluorine.
epichlorohydrin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: epichlorohydrins
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any epihalohydrin in which the halogen is chlorine.
epibromohydrin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: epibromohydrins
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: any epihalohydrin in which the halogen is bromine
epiiodohydrin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: epiiodohydrins
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: any epihalohydrin in which the halogen is iodine
epimer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɛpɪmə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: epimers
Etymology: From epi- + -mer.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any diastereoisomer that has the opposite configuration at only one of the stereogenic centres.
Derived terms: epimerase
epimeric
epimerization
epimerize
vandals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vandal
stereogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From stereo- + -genic.
Senses: examples: text: Vinylcyclopropanes with up to three stereogenic centers are readily formed in the reaction between vinylcarbenoids and alkenes.
ref: 1997, Aldrichimica Acta, volume 30, number 4:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: describing a grouping of atoms in a molecule
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: describing a grouping of atoms in a molecule
consisting of a central atom and four distinguishable ligands such that the interchange of any two leads to a stereoisomer
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: describing a grouping of atoms in a molecule
consisting of four non-coplanar atoms such that rotation about the central bond leads to a stereoisomer
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: describing a grouping of atoms in a molecule
consisting of a double bond with substituents which give rise to cis-trans isomerism
vandalised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: vandalized
Senses: examples: text: The gang vandalised the neighborhood.
glosses: simple past and past participle of vandalise
vandalised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more vandalised
form: most vandalised
form: vandalized
Senses: examples: text: The community worked to clean up the vandalised neighborhood.
glosses: Referring to something that has been struck by vandalism
vandalized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: vandalised
Senses: examples: text: The gang vandalized the neighborhood.
glosses: simple past and past participle of vandalize
vandalized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more vandalized
form: most vandalized
form: vandalised
Senses: examples: text: The community worked to clean up the vandalized neighborhood.
glosses: Damaged by vandalism.
vandalise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvændəlaɪz/
Forms: form: vandalises
form: vandalising
form: vandalised
form: vandalised
form: vandalize
Etymology: From vandal + -ise.
Senses: examples: text: But... No. Luján broke his violin. That part definitely happened; he remembers it with distressing clarity. His relationship with Luján has never been much more than tepidly professional, but the man was a professional. To vandalise a precious instrument like that would be unthinkable for him, or anybody in the orchestra. There is something wrong.
ref: 2019 April 10, qntm, “CASE HATE RED”, in There Is No Antimemetics Division, →ISBN, page 139:
text: Unfortunately, one side of the new five-car train is daubed in graffiti, having been vandalised in Wembley Yard, en route from Switzerland.
ref: 2023 March 8, “Network News: First Tyne & Wear Metro '555' already 'tagged'”, in RAIL, number 978, page 9:
glosses: To needlessly destroy or deface other people’s property or public property; to commit vandalism.
Derived terms: vandalism
vandalisation
vandalization
UVCE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: UVCEs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of unconfined vapour cloud explosion.
vandalisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vandalization
Etymology: Regularized noun form of the verb to vandalise
Senses: glosses: vandalism
Related terms: vandal
vandalise
vandalize
universal opportunity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: lifestyle
religion
theology
glosses: The idea, particularly in Christianity, that an opportunity to follow the deity, e.g. Jesus, will be an option at the time of death.
affine arithmetic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematical-analysis
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A model for self-validated numerical analysis in which quantities are represented as affine combinations (called affine forms) of certain primitive variables that stand for sources of uncertainty in data or approximations made during computations.
uno flatu
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: enpr: o͞oʹnō fläʹto͞o
ipa: /ˈuːnəʊ ˈflɑːtuː/
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ūnō flātū (“in one breath”, “at one blast”), ablative of time-within-which of ūnus flātus (“a single blast of wind or expulsion of breath”).
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:uno flatu.
topics: law
glosses: At once, at one blast, at the same moment, contemporaneously, simultaneously.
Related terms: uno flatu et uno intuitu
upcard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: upcards
form: up card
Etymology: From up + card.
Senses: topics: card-games
games
glosses: In stud poker or blackjack, a playing card dealt face up and left on the table for others to see.
topics: card-games
games
glosses: In rummy, the top card of the discard pile.
uphole
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From up- + hole.
Senses: examples: text: calculations made uphole
text: The shale bed is uphole from the limestone reservoir.
qualifier: oil industry
glosses: Within the wellbore, towards the top of the hole.
uricosuric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The relation of chemical constitution to the effect on the uric acid excretion, the uricosuric action, of cinchophen was first studied by Niccolaier and Dohrn (1908).
ref: 1933, W.F. von Oettingen, chapter 5, in The Therapeutic Agents of the Quinoline Group, Cinchophen, Plasmoquine, Nupercaine, Quinine and Acridine Dyes; the Relation between their Chemical Constitution and Pharmacologic Action, pages 90–91:
text: If the contention of Folin and Lyman and of Denis as to the identity of the uricosuric activity of cinchophen and the salicylates is correct, the same alterations in uric acid excretion should occur when the latter is administered after section of renal nerves as when cinchophen is given.
ref: 1934 December, M.G. Gray with G.P. Grabfield, “Studies on the denervated kidney II. The action of sodium salicylate on the uric acid, allantoin, sodium chloride and total nitrogen excretion in dogs”, in Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, volume 52, number 4, page 384:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Pertaining to gout suppressants that act directly on the renal tubule to increase the excretion of uric acid, thus reducing its concentrations in plasma.
uricosuric
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: uricosurics
Senses: glosses: Any medicine of this kind.
urothelial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to the urothelium
glosses: Relating to the bladder and upper urinary tract, sometimes including the pelvic region
Derived terms: nonurothelial
suburothelial
urothelial cancer
urothelial cell carcinoma
kecap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Soy sauce.
fenestrane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fenestranes
Etymology: From Latin fenestra (“window”) + -ane, from the apparent similarity of the structure to a windowpane.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any hydrocarbon consisting of a central carbon atom connected with single bonds to four other carbon atoms each of which is connected to two of the others by a chain of carbon atoms; any derivative of such a compound.
bridi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹiː.di/
rhymes: -iːdi
Forms: form: bridi
Etymology: From Lojban.
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The simplest kind of Lojban sentence, consisting of a selbri and some sumti, which fill in places in the selbri's "place structure". (More complex sentences can be formed by combining two or more bridi with conjunctions.)
Meronyms: selbri
sumti
numerical analysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The study of algorithms to solve mathematical problems concerning continuous sets of values (such as the real numbers, complex numbers or vector spaces).
Related terms: numerical integration
numerical linear algebra