cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Amerindish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Amerindish
form: most Amerindish
Etymology: From Amerind + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: I was hanging down in Georgetown tonight, trying to keep my friend George the Georgian surgeon from attacking women, when the vaguely Amerindish guy who spends most of his time in there scoring ballets walks over from across the room to ask me if I'd like to read a short story.
ref: 1994, Weihnachtsfrosch, talk.bizarre (Usenet):
text: Formed from a federation of different colonies (the depressed Maritimes, French Quebec, self-centred Ontario, pseudo-Texan Prairies, laid-back B.C., and Amerindish north) who /didn't/ revolt, in self-defense against the union of colonies who did, almost the only thing keeping it together is the rarely-mentioned threat that their revolting neighbours <ahem> will be perfectly happy to take over, given the chance.
ref: 2002, DataPacRat, rec.arts.sf.written (Usenet):
glosses: Of or pertaining to Native American people.
Amerindic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Amerindian
definingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more definingly
form: most definingly
Etymology: From defining + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Let the Children Die is just as naked, fraught with self-doubt ("Nobody with a Notepad"), scorn for lowest-common-denominator peers (the blazing "High School Cool") and, most definingly, the pain of suddenly finding yourself an adult orphan ("Father," the wrenching "Mr. Daydream").
ref: 2009 June 7, “Ben Rayner's reasons to live”, in Toronto Star:
glosses: In a way that defines something.
galacticos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of galactico
step-ladder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: step-ladders
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of step ladder.
step-ladders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of step-ladder
sales floors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sales floor
salesfloor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: salesfloors
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sales floor.
salesfloors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of salesfloor
misdeliver
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: misdelivers
form: misdelivering
form: misdelivered
form: misdelivered
Etymology: From mis- + deliver.
Senses: examples: text: It was not unusual to misdeliver mail and to go back and try to retrieve it.
ref: 2009 July 23, Lesley Ciarula Taylor, “Police condemned for racial profiling of letter carrier”, in Toronto Star:
glosses: To deliver incorrectly.
misdeliveries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of misdelivery
misdelivers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of misdeliver
misdelivering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of misdeliver
misdelivered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of misdeliver
swishly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more swishly
form: most swishly
Etymology: From swish + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: It is swishly renovated (I would say "pimped" but modern usage seems to have forgotten the word means to control and live off the earnings of a prostitute), very comfortable and a tad quieter.
ref: 2009 July 30, Corey Mintz, “I'll have the house special”, in Toronto Star:
glosses: In a swish manner.
preems
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of preem
preems
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of preem
officialness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From official + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: For Canadian artists in particular, though, labouring in the chilly isolation that is our institutional culture, rejection has a numbing air of officialness.
ref: 2009 August 13, “Critics' choice”, in Toronto Star:
glosses: The quality of being official.
commodifier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: commodifiers
Etymology: From commodify + -er.
Senses: examples: text: “[…]What I do is pattern recognition. I try to recognize a pattern before anyone else does.”
“And then?”
“I point a commodifier at it.”
“And?”
“It gets productized. Turned into units. Marketed.”
ref: 2003, William Gibson, Pattern Recognition (Bigend cycle; book 1), New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, page 86:
text: He is a privatizer and commodifier supreme who has use for the public sector only as a vehicle for increasing the gap between rich and poor through tax cuts that largely benefit the wealthy while weakening government's ability to finance social programs that are essential to the great majority.
ref: 2009 August 22, “North America debates health care”, in Toronto Star:
glosses: One who commodifies.
pariahdom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pariah + -dom.
Senses: examples: text: Glasses were filled, arresting the trooper on a theme of passion; the pariahdom of the country cop, whose self-respect is to retort the law's blackmail for blackmail levied on his self-respect.
ref: 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 162:
text: The Libyan leader's first-ever trip to the United States, expected in September for an address to the UN General Assembly, will mark a further sign of return from pariahdom.
ref: 2009 August 22, “'Mad dog' Gadhafi claws his way to respect”, in Toronto Star:
glosses: The state of being a pariah or outcast.
commodifiers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of commodifier
tantrummy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tantrummy
form: most tantrummy
Etymology: From tantrum + -y.
Senses: examples: text: She gave a tantrummy stomp, but again her eyes were disconnected from her words and actions.
ref: 2011, Hilary Duff, Devoted, Simon & Schuster BFYR, →ISBN, page 12:
text: I spiraled down into all the warnings I had ever received about adopted children from family, from misinformed people I barely knew, instead of thinking: at three kids get tantrummy.
ref: 2014, Susanne Antonetta, Make Me a Mother: A Memoir, W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, page 130:
text: How tantrummy and hysterical she sounded.
ref: 2014, Abbie Taylor, The Stranger on the Train, Atria, →ISBN, page 67:
glosses: Prone to, or characteristic of, tantrums.
hendiatris
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /hɛnˈdaɪətɹɪs/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἕν διὰ τρεῖς (hén dià treîs, “one [idea] through three [words]”).
Senses: hypernyms: tricolon
coordinate_terms: hendiadys
glosses: A figure of speech or literary device in which three words are used to express one idea.
self-originated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From self- + originated.
Senses: examples: text: It is completely self-originated and self-sufficient in its functioning.
text: A successful learning experience which results from self-originated motivation guarantees continued pursuance of inquiry activities.
glosses: that has originated from itself
self-perfect
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: self-perfects
form: self-perfecting
form: self-perfected
form: self-perfected
Etymology: From self- + perfect.
Senses: examples: text: "Humanity self-perfects and will self-perfect."
ref: 2014, Tristan Garcia, Form and Object: A Treatise on Things:
text: "As one self-perfects (self-normalizes), the motivation to do evil diminishes, and the ease with which one does what is good increases."
ref: 2001, M. C. Dillon, Beyond Romance:
glosses: To perfect itself; to make itself perfect.
self-perfects
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of self-perfect
self-perfecting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of self-perfect
self-perfected
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of self-perfect
self-normalize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: self-normalizes
form: self-normalizing
form: self-normalized
form: self-normalized
Etymology: From self- + normalize.
Senses: examples: text: "As one self-perfects (self-normalizes), the motivation to do evil diminishes, and the ease with which one does what is good increases."
ref: 2001, M. C. Dillon, Beyond Romance:
glosses: to normalize itself; to bring itself to normalized condition
self-normalizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of self-normalize
self-normalizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of self-normalize
self-normalized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of self-normalize
gehu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gehus
Etymology: From Mandarin 革胡 (géhú).
Senses: glosses: A modern Chinese instrument that fuses the Western cello with a more traditional huqin-like design, with four strings tuned like a cello.
gehus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gehu
geomungo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: geomungos
form: komungo
Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 거문고 (geomun'go).
Senses: glosses: A zither of ancient Korean origin, with frets and movable bridges, played by plucking with a stick.
Synonyms: hyon'gum
geomungos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of geomungo
komungo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: komungos
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Synonym of geomungo.
synonyms: word: geomungo
komungos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of komungo
hyon'gum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyongum
Senses: glosses: Synonym of geomungo.
synonyms: word: geomungo
hyongum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of hyon'gum.
ghaychak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ghaychaks
form: ghijak
form: ghichak
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Any of several lute-like stringed instruments of Asian origin.
A double-chambered bowl lute used by the Iranian and Baloch people, with three or four strings and a short neck without frets.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Any of several lute-like stringed instruments of Asian origin.
A spike lute used in Afghanistan and throughout Central Asia, often featuring a tin can for a soundbox.
ghaychaks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ghaychak
ghijak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ghijaks
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ghaychak.
ghijaks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ghijak
self-focus
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: self-focuses
form: self-focusses
form: self-focusing
form: self-focussing
form: self-focused
form: self-focused
form: self-focussed
form: self-focussed
Senses: examples: text: Each small section of the incoming laser pulse self-focuses into a sharp focal spot at the self-focusing distance.
text: The beam initially diffracts linearly and self-focusses slowly into a soliton.
glosses: to focus itself, or by itself
self-focus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: A few of our studies, however, have explored individual differences in self-focus.
text: Self-focus, self-preoccupation, and the like do not automatically spell an enlargement of one's general self-knowledge.
glosses: concentration of attention on itself
examples: text: Self-focus makes cameras much easier to use.
glosses: the ability or feature of photographic or video camera to focus itself
self-focuses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of self-focus
self-focusses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of self-focus
self-focusing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of self-focus
self-focussing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of self-focus
self-focused
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of self-focus
self-focussed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of self-focus
Chakrapani
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Transliteration of Sanskrit चक्रपाणि (cakrapāṇi, “chakra-handed”); ultimately from चक्र (cakra, “chakra”) + पाणि (pāṇi, “hand”).
Senses: synonyms: Chakradhari
glosses: Name of Vishnu, bearer of the Sudarshana Chakra.
quintern
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quinterns
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A type of four-stringed gittern, originating in Germany.
quinterns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quintern
goje
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gojes
form: goge
Etymology: Borrowed from Hausa goge.
Senses: glosses: A fiddle-like stringed instrument with one or two strings, and a resonator made from a gourd or calabash, originating among the Hausa of West Africa.
gojes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of goje
goge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: goges
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of goje.
goges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of goge
self-preoccupation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: self-preoccupations
Etymology: From self- + preoccupation.
Senses: examples: text: Giving up the illusion of agency eliminates much of our self-preoccupation, thereby allowing us to listen more carefully and receptively to what others are saying.
ref: 2012, Paul Breer, The Spontaneous Self: Viable Alternatives to Free Will, page 195:
glosses: Excessive interest in oneself.
self-preoccupations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of self-preoccupation
self-elevation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: self-elevations
Etymology: From self- + elevation.
Senses: examples: text: Humility and care for others are the important qualities lacking in our self-preoccupations and self-elevations.
glosses: elevation of oneself in one's own mind
raw_tags: of a person or group
examples: text: User self-elevation occurs when mobile, remote, or power users need to run software that is usually run by only users with administrator-level permissions.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: elevation of one's own user privilege level (usually to run software that requires a higher privilege level)
self-elevations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of self-elevation
ego-self
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ego-selves
Etymology: From ego + self.
Senses: examples: text: It is important to separate your fearful, false ego-self from your true spiritual self.
glosses: The self-aware, self-focused, egotistic self.
ego-selves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ego-self
self-revelation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: self-revelations
Etymology: From self- + revelation.
Senses: examples: text: Amid these self-revelations, though, a couple of the stories here seem strangely out of place.
ref: 2006 August 18, Patricia Cohen, “Dorothy Gallagher’s Clear-Eyed Self-Revelations”, in The New York Times:
text: That is something that I think of over and over again, a kind of mantra about why self-revelation is actually a political gesture.
ref: 2019 June 30, John Williams, “‘I Was Done With All the Silences’: How an Academic Got Personal in ‘Notes to Self’”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Revelation of one's own thoughts, feelings, and attitudes, especially when not deliberately sought.
self-revelations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of self-revelation
self-annihilate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: self-annihilates
form: self-annihilating
form: self-annihilated
form: self-annihilated
Etymology: From self- + annihilate.
Senses: glosses: To annihilate oneself by one's own act.
self-annihilates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of self-annihilate
self-annihilating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of self-annihilate
self-annihilated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of self-annihilate
Scrabbly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Scrabbly
form: most Scrabbly
Etymology: From Scrabble + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Amy Reynaldo, the Crossword Fiend blogger, labels the richest alphabetical specimens as Scrabbly, an adjective I'm happy to spread.
ref: 2012, David Astle, Puzzled: Secrets and clues from a life in words, →ISBN:
text: The Scrabbliest of the Scrabbly
ref: 2013, T. Campbell, On Crosswords: Thoughts, Studies, Facts and Snark About a page, →ISBN, page 45:
text: Also, the J in JUST RELAX was convenient in that it was Scrabbly yet off to the side (thus not restricting my options much), though the X in a prime position made the entry a bit of a gamble.
ref: 2015 August 20, Deb Amlen, “That Lucky Old Sun”, in New York Times:
glosses: Characterized by unusual letters (those that have a high score in the game Scrabble).
self-suggestion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: self-suggestions
Etymology: From self- + suggestion.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of autosuggestion.
synonyms: word: autosuggestion
self-suggestions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of self-suggestion
self-realizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: We help students feel more comfortable expressing their own emotions or self-realizations.
glosses: plural of self-realization
antihypertensor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antihypertensors
Etymology: From anti- + hypertensor.
Senses: examples: text: The involvement of the antihypertensor and antianginal felodipine in cancer cell death is not very well documented although one report involved this compound in cholangiocarcinoma [82 ].
ref: 2015 August 14, “Chemical Library Screening and Structure-Function Relationship Studies Identify Bisacodyl as a Potent and Selective Cytotoxic Agent Towards Quiescent Human Glioblastoma Tumor Stem-Like Cells”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Anything that counters the effect of a hypertensor
apopyle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: apopyles
Etymology: From apo- + Ancient Greek πύλη (púlē).
Senses: glosses: A pore through which water passes out of a radial canal or flagellated chamber of a sponge
Coordinate terms: prosopyle
Derived terms: apopylar
apopyles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: SEM of the apopyles with apopylar cells and choanocyte chamber remaining on the wound surface.
ref: 2015 August 14, “Oscarella lobularis (Homoscleromorpha, Porifera) Regeneration: Epithelial Morphogenesis and Metaplasia”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of apopyle
apopylar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From apopyle + -ar.
Senses: glosses: Relating to an apopyle
archaeocyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: archaeocytes
Senses: glosses: Synonym of amoebocyte.
synonyms: word: amoebocyte
archaeocytes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The pluripotency of archaeocytes is well-illustrated by the fact that they are not only involved in regenerative processes but are also at the origin of gametogenesis in many species [19 ].
ref: 2015 August 14, “Oscarella lobularis (Homoscleromorpha, Porifera) Regeneration: Epithelial Morphogenesis and Metaplasia”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of archaeocyte
arquitecture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: SMART (http://smart.embl-heidelberg.de/ ) and PHI-BLAST (Pattern Hit Initiated BLAST) bioinformatic tools were used to analyse the domain arquitecture of the proteins.
ref: 2015 August 14, “Xenopus Pkdcc1 and Pkdcc2 Are Two New Tyrosine Kinases Involved in the Regulation of JNK Dependent Wnt/PCP Signaling Pathway”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Misspelling of architecture, most prevalent among Spanish speakers.
biotarget
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biotargets
Etymology: From bio- + target.
Senses: examples: text: The reduction of χ ac for BMNs conjugated with biotargets was analyzed at the target frequency f 1 +2f 2 to qualitatively determine the amount of biotarget, where f 1 and f 2 are the excitation frequencies of the input coils.
ref: 2015 August 14, “Magnetic Clustering Effect during the Association of Biofunctionalized Magnetic Nanoparticles with Biomarkers”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: A biological or biochemical target
biotargets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The BMNs used in this study were anti-goat C-reactive protein coated onto dextran-coated magnetic nanoparticles (Fe 3 O 4 -antiCRP), and the biotargets were human C-reactive protein (CRP).
ref: 2015 August 14, “Magnetic Clustering Effect during the Association of Biofunctionalized Magnetic Nanoparticles with Biomarkers”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of biotarget
bitrophic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bi- + -trophic.
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of biotrophic.
examples: text: Instead, most experiments have ignored the role played by the first trophic level (i.e. the plant) and focused on preference and performance by parasitoids in a bitrophic system (for review, see [8 ,15 ]).
ref: 2015 August 14, “Aphid Parasitoid Mothers Don't Always Know Best through the Whole Host Selection Process”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Describing a parasite that feeds on another parasite.
Related terms: tritrophic
negotiating table
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: negotiating tables
Etymology: First known use 1950s.
Senses: synonyms: negotiation table
glosses: A place or table where people carry out negotiations, with the object of reaching an agreement.
Hypernyms: table
Semiramis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Latin Semīramis, from Ancient Greek Σεμῑ́ραμις (Semī́ramis), ultimately Akkadian in origin.
Senses: examples: text: The hair fell in curls over the face, and was gathered up behind in a knot, from which hung some rich ringlets. These, however, did not conceal the haughty turn of the head, erect like that of a young Semiramis.
ref: 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter I, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 12:
glosses: A legendary queen of Assyria.
Kangxi radical
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kangxi radicals
Senses: glosses: Any of a set of 214 radicals (the portion of a Chinese character that provides an indication of its meaning) introduced in the Zihui and named after the more popular Kangxi Dictionary. This set of radicals has become the standard for sorting and ordering Chinese characters.
re-enchant
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: re-enchants
form: re-enchanting
form: re-enchanted
form: re-enchanted
Senses: examples: text: The poem re-enchants the bull by setting imaginary walls and thresholds around it.
glosses: Alternative spelling of reenchant.
re-enchants
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of re-enchant
re-enchanting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of re-enchant
re-enchanted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of re-enchant
grammaticity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From grammatic + -ity.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The existence of analyzable grammatical structure.
raw_tags: of language
Related terms: grammarian
grammarization
grammaticality
grammaticalization
grammaticization
disregardfulness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From disregardful + -ness.
Senses: glosses: the state of being disregardful
izzit
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Contraction of is it.
izzit
Language: English
Part of speech: particle
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of is it.
candombe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: candombes
Etymology: From Rioplatense Spanish candombe.
Senses: examples: text: "Candombe is the only original folkloric music in Uruguay, and it is a product of the black community," said Julio Olivera, an artist and head of the Association for the Development of Afro-Uruguayan Art and Culture.
ref: 1993 May 7, Nathaniel C. Nash, quoting Julio Olivera, “Uruguay Is on Notice: Blacks Want Recognition”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: The 10 song-and-dance numbers include candombe rhythms, with African roots, but the music is mostly murga, Uruguayan carnival sounds.
ref: 1999 August 1, Alvin Klein, “Cheating Death, Uruguayan Style”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A musical style of Uruguay originating from African slaves.
topics: dance
dancing
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The dance to this music.
examples: text: Together, we watched locals and tourists practice their dance moves in the center, a converted warehouse whose walls were lined with candombe drums carved with images of slave ship hulls filled with chained human cargo.
ref: 2014 September 12, Michael T. Luongo, “Argentina Rediscovers Its African Roots”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A type of drum used to accompany this music.
Related terms: Candomblé
what is it
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: Honey, can you come over here for a minute?
Yes, dear, what is it?
synonyms: what
yeah
yes
glosses: Used to ask the listener what they want.
examples: text: You're missing appointments, you're failing your classes .... what is it with you lately?
text: "He's a head case, man. I mean... what is it with him? He's a sado-sicko, gets high on inflicting pain. He really tied you to the cross?"
ref: 2005, George Evans, Pale Horse Among Us, page 174:
glosses: An expression of concern, asking for an explanation.
Troilus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Troilos
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Τρωΐλος (Trōḯlos).
Senses: glosses: A male given name.
glosses: Troilus, a character associated with the Trojan War
Derived terms: Troilus butterfly
Whittier
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɪtiɚ/
ipa: /ˈʍɪtiɚ/
homophone: wittier stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
Forms: form: Whittiers
Etymology: From whityer (“a whiter, whitester”, occupational name).
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: The name of several cities, communities, and neighborhoods in the United States.
A city in Chugach Census Area, Alaska.
glosses: The name of several cities, communities, and neighborhoods in the United States.
A city in Los Angeles County, California, named for poet John Greenleaf Whittier
glosses: The name of several cities, communities, and neighborhoods in the United States.
A neighbourhood of Denver, Colorado.
glosses: The name of several cities, communities, and neighborhoods in the United States.
An unincorporated community in Brown Township, Linn County, Iowa.
glosses: The name of several cities, communities, and neighborhoods in the United States.
A neighbourhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
glosses: The name of several cities, communities, and neighborhoods in the United States.
A census-designated place in Jackson County and Swain County, North Carolina.
Derived terms: East Whittier
South Whittier
West Whittier
Effingham
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Old English, "Effa's farmstead," from *Effa + -ing + ham (“home”). The first element is a variant of Æffa, Uffa, a king of the Angles (c. 575), attested in names such as Abridge, Uffington, and Ufford, but of uncertain origin.
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Guildford borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ1253).
glosses: A city, the county seat of Effingham County, Illinois, United States.
Derived terms: Effingham County
Denzel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛnzɛl/
Senses: glosses: A male given name popularized by actor Denzel Washington
Shorty
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Proprialisation of shorty.
Senses: examples: text: "When I was in the army in forty-three, / A guy named Shorty stole my wife from me."
ref: 1952, Que Martin, “Shorty” (Single record), performed by Vernon Dilworth with Vernon Dilworth's Top Cats, Top Hat Records:
glosses: A nickname for a short person or (humorously) a tall person.
Mainwaring
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈman.ər.ɪŋ/
Forms: form: Mainwarings
Etymology: English habitational surname of Norman origin, from a lost place in Normandy.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Norman.
Lovel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A male given name.
Ayres
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛəz/
ipa: /ɛəɹz/
ipa: /eːz/
note: without the cheer–chair merger
ipa: /eəz/
note: New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
ipa: /iəz/
ipa: /eɹz/
note: Lancashire, fair–fur merger
ipa: /ɜː(ɹ)z/
rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)z
homophone: airs
homophone: eres
homophone: eyres
homophone: heirs
homophone: ares (“unit of measurement”)
homophone: errs (one US pronunciation or with fair–fur merger)
homophone: ears (cheer–chair merger)
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Dalrymple
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /dælˈɹɪmpəl/
Forms: form: Dalrymples
Etymology: From Scottish Gaelic dail (“field, meadow”) + an unexplained second element.
Senses: glosses: A village in East Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS3614).
glosses: A former township in Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia.
glosses: A male given name.
glosses: A habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Derived terms: Dalrymple baronet
Bathurst
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɑθ.ɝst/
ipa: /ˈbæ.θɜːst/
rhymes: -ɑθə(ɹ)st
Etymology: The city in New Brunswick is named after Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst (1762 - 1834). The capital of the Gambia was also formerly named after him.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: An English earldom.
glosses: A placename:
A city in the Central Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia.
examples: (historical), St. Peters (historical)
glosses: A placename:
A city, the shire town of Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada.
synonyms: Nepisiguit
glosses: A placename:
A former township in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada, since amalgamated into the township of Tay Valley.
glosses: A placename:
A town in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.
glosses: A placename:
Former name of Banjul, the capital city of the Gambia.
Derived terms: Bathurst Island
Delacour
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Alberta, Canada.
Covent Garden
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkɒvənt ˈɡɑːdn/
ipa: /ˌkʌvənt ˈɡɑːdən/
ipa: /ˌkʌvənt ˈɡɑɹdən/
Senses: glosses: A district in central London (OS grid ref TQ3081).
glosses: The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Derived terms: Covent Garden abbess
Covent Garden ague
Covent Garden nun
Covent Garden
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkɒvənt ˈɡɑːdn/
ipa: /ˌkʌvənt ˈɡɑːdən/
ipa: /ˌkʌvənt ˈɡɑɹdən/
Forms: form: Covent Gardens
Senses: glosses: A farthing.
Fremont
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɹiːˌmɒnt/
ipa: /ˈfɹiˌmɑnt/
Forms: form: Fremonts
Etymology: From French Frémont. Places with said name, are typically named after John C. Fremont. In the case of John C. Fremont, the name was originally Frémon; the "t" was added at some point.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French, anglicisation of Frémont
glosses: John C. Frémont, American explorer, military leader, and presidential candidate.
glosses: A pre-Columbian people who dwelled in what is now Utah and parts of Nevada, Idaho, and Colorado.
glosses: A placename.
A city in Alameda County, California, United States.
glosses: A placename.
An unincorporated community in Yolo County, California, United States.
glosses: A placename.
A city, the county seat of Dodge County, Nebraska, United States.
glosses: A placename.
A city, the county seat of Sandusky County, Ohio, United States.
glosses: A placename.
A number of townships in the United States, listed under Fremont Township.
glosses: A placename.
A town in Sullivan County, New York State, United States.
glosses: A placename.
Ellipsis of Fremont County.
Derived terms: County of Fremont
Fremont County
Fremont Pass
Fremont River
Fremont Township
Town of Fremont
Township of Fremont
Sumter
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈsʌmtɚ/
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: Thomas Sumter, hero of the American Revolution
glosses: A city, the county seat of Sumter County, South Carolina, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Valley County, Nebraska, United States.
Derived terms: Fort Sumter
Sumter County
Macmillan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Historical religion sense: from the minister John Macmillan (1670-1753).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of MacMillan.
Macmillan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Macmillans
Etymology: Historical religion sense: from the minister John Macmillan (1670-1753).
Senses: synonyms: Macmillanite
glosses: A member of the Scottish sect of Cameronians or Reformed Presbyterians.
Hermon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Mount Hermon (a mountain on the border between Israel, Syria and Lebanon)
glosses: Other places with the name:
A neighbourhood in north-east Los Angeles, California, United States.
glosses: Other places with the name:
A town in Penobscot County, Maine, United States.
glosses: Other places with the name:
A town and hamlet therein, in St. Lawrence County, New York, United States.
glosses: Other places with the name:
A small village in Bodorgan community, Anglesey, Wales (OS grid ref SH3868).
glosses: Other places with the name:
A hamlet in Cynwyl Elfed community, Carmarthenshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN3631).
glosses: Other places with the name:
A village in Crymych community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN2031).
glosses: Other places with the name:
A village in Vayots Dzor province, Armenia.
glosses: Other places with the name:
A village in Cape Winelands district municipality, Western Cape province, South Africa.
glosses: A male given name.
glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Mount Hermon
Netherland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From nether + land.
Senses: glosses: Netherlands
Derived terms: Netherlandian
Netherlandophone
New Netherland
New Netherland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Calque of Dutch Nieuw Nederland. From nieuw (“new”) + Nederland (“Netherlands”), from neder (“low”) + land (“land, country”).
Senses: glosses: A former colony of the Netherlands: A Dutch colonial province along the east coast of North America, capital New Amsterdam
Related terms: Low Countries
Netherland
Netherlands
new
New England
New Jersey
New York
Shakspere
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Shakespeare.
Frere
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Davenant
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Phronsie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name.
Pendennis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An unincorporated community in Kansas.
Duryodhana
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Transliteration of Sanskrit दुर्योधन (duryodhana).
Senses: glosses: A major character in the Hindu epic Mahabharata, the eldest of the Kauravas.
Villiers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From French Villiers.
Senses: synonyms: de Villiers
deVilliers
DeVilliers
Devilliers
glosses: A surname from French.
glosses: A place name:
A commune in Indre department, Centre-Val de Loire, France.
glosses: A place name:
A commune in Vienne department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.
glosses: A place name:
A village in Val-de-Ruz municipality, Neuchâtel canton, Switzerland.
glosses: A place name:
A town on the Vaal River, Free State province, South Africa.
glosses: A place name:
A community in Otonabee-South Monaghan, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada.
Kedzie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Thorndyke
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈθɔɹndaɪk/
ipa: /ˈθɔːndaɪk/
Senses: glosses: A surname, alternative form of Thorndike
Silverbridge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small village in County Armagh, Northern Ireland.
Godolphin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Greeley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹiːli/
Forms: form: Greeleys
form: Grealey
Etymology: Nickname for someone with a pock-marked face, from Old French greslé (“pitted, scarred”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Old French.
glosses: A city, the county seat of Weld County, Colorado, United States.
glosses: A small city in Delaware County, Iowa, United States.
glosses: A small city in Anderson County, Kansas, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Lee County, Kentucky, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Pine County, Minnesota, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Reynolds County, Missouri, United States.
glosses: A village, the county seat of Greeley County, Nebraska, United States. Its full name is Greeley Center.
glosses: A town in Pike County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Derived terms: Greeley Center
Greeley County
Chitragupta
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Sanskrit चित्रगुप्त (citragupta).
Senses: glosses: A Hindu god assigned with the task of keeping complete records of actions of human beings on the earth.
khatna
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: khatnas
Senses: examples: text: C1 began the interview in chatty mood but when khatna came up she became very quiet and said in almost a whisper: “I don’t want to talk about that.”
ref: 2015 September 15, Bridie Jabour, “Girl says she imagined she was 'a princess in a garden' as she underwent FGM in Australia”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Synonym of khitan.
synonyms: word: khitan
choanosome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: choanosomes
form: choanosoma
Etymology: From choano- + -some.
Senses: examples: text: During this initial three-hour period, the mesohyl of the ectosome in the wound area seems to be more condensed in comparison with the internal choanosome area (Fig 3a and 3c), due to condensation of the extracellular matrix, collagen fibers and a higher concentration of symbiotic bacteria (Fig 3e).
ref: 2015 August 14, “Oscarella lobularis (Homoscleromorpha, Porifera) Regeneration: Epithelial Morphogenesis and Metaplasia”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: An inner region of a sponge, supported on the choanoskeleton, that contains the choanocytes
Related terms: choanosomal
clinicopathogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From clinico- + pathogenesis.
Senses: examples: text: This is the first report to present potential biomarkers from SF for discriminating BD with arthritis from SNA. The metabolomics of SF may be helpful in searching for potential biomarkers and elucidating the clinicopathogenesis of BD with arthritis.
ref: 2015 August 14, “A Comparative Metabolomic Evaluation of Behcet’s Disease with Arthritis and Seronegative Arthritis Using Synovial Fluid”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: clinical pathogenesis
Related terms: clinicopathogenic
ectosome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ectosomes
Etymology: From ecto- + -some.
Senses: examples: text: In this work we reveal the underlying cellular mechanisms used during morphogenesis accompanying ectosome regeneration in the homoscleromorph sponge model: Oscarella lobularis.
ref: 2015 August 14, “Oscarella lobularis (Homoscleromorpha, Porifera) Regeneration: Epithelial Morphogenesis and Metaplasia”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: An extracellular vesicle assembled at, and released from the plasma membrane
Related terms: ectocytosis
ectosomal
exosome
endopinacocyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: endopinacocytes
Etymology: From endo- + pinacocyte.
Senses: examples: text: TEM of a new endopinacocyte with Indian ink particles (arrow) inside of phagosome. bm—basement membrane, cc—choanocyte chambers, ec—exhalant canal, exp—exopinacocytes, ic—inhalant canal, n—nucleus, o—ostia, ph—phagosome, v—vacuole.
ref: 2015 August 14, “Oscarella lobularis (Homoscleromorpha, Porifera) Regeneration: Epithelial Morphogenesis and Metaplasia”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: A type of cell that forms the internal epithelium lining the canals of poriferans
endopinacocytes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: SEM of an endopinacocytes.
ref: 2015 August 14, “Oscarella lobularis (Homoscleromorpha, Porifera) Regeneration: Epithelial Morphogenesis and Metaplasia”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of endopinacocyte
endopinacoderm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: endopinacoderms
Etymology: From endo- + pinacoderm.
Senses: examples: text: It is noteworthy that the basement membrane underlining the migrating sheet of the endopinacoderm remains intact subsequent to cell layer migration (Fig 7f).
ref: 2015 August 14, “Oscarella lobularis (Homoscleromorpha, Porifera) Regeneration: Epithelial Morphogenesis and Metaplasia”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: A surface of a sponge lined with endopinacocytes
Related terms: endopinacodermal
endourologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: endourologists
Etymology: From endo- + urologist.
Senses: examples: text: After a 1-month observation period that comprised approximately 20 cases who underwent PCNL procedures and scrubbing with an experienced endourologist during 5 operations as the first assistant, the fellow was allowed to perform solo PCNL. The novice surgeon’s results were compared with those from a random cohort of 15 consecutive PCNL procedures performed by the department’s senior surgeon during the study period, which formed a ninth group.
ref: 2015 August 14, “Evaluating the Learning Curve for Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy under Total Ultrasound Guidance”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: A practitioner of endourology
exopinacoderm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exopinacoderms
Senses: examples: text: We identified three main sources of novel exopinacoderm during the processes of its regeneration and the restoration of functional peripheral parts of the aquiferous system in O.
ref: 2015 August 14, “Oscarella lobularis (Homoscleromorpha, Porifera) Regeneration: Epithelial Morphogenesis and Metaplasia”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: A surface of a sponge lined with exopinacocytes
extracatalytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From extra- + catalytic.
Senses: examples: text: We conclude that Fu binds to Su(fu) and to Cos2 through distinct regions in the extracatalytic domain, (aa361-390 and aa504-805, respectively), and that disruption of Fu kinase activity does not affect the ability of Fu to bind to Su(fu) and Cos2.
ref: 2015 August 14, “A Comparison of Ci/Gli Activity as Regulated by Sufu in Drosophila and Mammalian Hedgehog Response”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Outside the catalytic domain of an enzyme
ferrostatin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ferrostatins
Senses: examples: text: However, although A549 cells do have activated RAS, we find that the addition of ferrostatin has no effect on heme-induced death of HO-1KO A549 cells (results not shown).
ref: 2015 August 14, “How Heme Oxygenase-1 Prevents Heme-Induced Cell Death”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Any of a group of inhibitors of non-apoptotic cell death induced by ferroptosis
ferroptosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ferro- + ptosis.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A form of non-apoptotic cell death that is dependent upon intracellular iron.
Derived terms: ferroptotic
hemimaxilla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪlə
Forms: form: hemimaxillae
Etymology: From hemi- + maxilla.
Senses: examples: text: Immunohistochemistry was performed to quantitatively evaluate tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), receptor activator of nuclear factor kappa-B ligand (RANKL), osteoprotegerin (OPG), interleukin-10 (IL-10) and runt-related transcription factor 2 (RUNX-2) expression in serial sections of each hemimaxilla.
ref: 2015 August 14, “Green Tea Modulates Cytokine Expression in the Periodontium and Attenuates Alveolar Bone Resorption in Type 1 Diabetic Rats”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Either half of a maxilla
hemimaxillae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: After 15, 30, 60 or 90 days, the animals (n = 5 per time point for each subgroup) were sacrificed via an overdose of ketamine and xylazine hydrochloride (Vetbrands Brazil Limited, Jacareí, SP), and the hemimaxillae were removed and fixed in 10% formalin solution (Fig 1 ).
ref: 2015 August 14, “Green Tea Modulates Cytokine Expression in the Periodontium and Attenuates Alveolar Bone Resorption in Type 1 Diabetic Rats”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of hemimaxilla
intercuspidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + cuspidal.
Senses: examples: text: The patient bites on a registration template in maximum intercuspidal position.
ref: 2015 August 14, “Influence of the Lower Jaw Position on the Running Pattern”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Between the cusps of the teeth (especially between teeth of upper and lower jaws)
uncommunication
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From un- + communication.
Senses: examples: text: This includes not only their plastic capacity as puns, and the oddnesses residing in the names for food, foliage and products — for instance, the fact that probably no bachelor ever wore the flowers called “bachelor buttons,” or that a fabric’s neutral hue can be awarded names as various as pigeon, parmesan, platinum or pebble — but also their potential use as deliberate uncommunication […]
ref: 2009 August 30, Jonathan Lethem, “Eyes Wide Open”, in New York Times:
glosses: Absence of communication.
miniprojector
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: miniprojectors
Etymology: From mini- + projector.
Senses: examples: text: In terms of technology, the miniprojector market breaks down into two camps. 3M uses LCOS, which is short for liquid crystal on silicon, while WowWee and Optoma use DLP (digital light processing) Pico chips, their surfaces arrayed with tiny mirrors about one-tenth of the thickness of a human hair.
ref: 2009 August 27, Bob Tedeschi, “A Pocket Projector to Make Any Surface a Silver Screen”, in New York Times:
glosses: A miniature projector.
miniprojectors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of miniprojector
poruwa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: poruwas
Senses: examples: text: Buddhi Abeyasekera, a member of the New York Buddhist Vihara, a temple, and a friend of the bride’s family, performed a traditional Sri Lankan poruwa ceremony.
ref: 2009 August 30, “Manisha Corea, Lincoln Wilson”, in New York Times:
glosses: A decorated wooden platform used for traditional Sinhalese wedding ceremonies.
poruwas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poruwa
unagonizing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unagonizing
form: most unagonizing
Etymology: From un- + agonizing.
Senses: glosses: Not agonizing.
unagonized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unagonized
form: most unagonized
Etymology: From un- + agonized.
Senses: glosses: Not agonized.