cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
from good hands
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: Father Joseph pretended, that he knew from good hands the High Chancellor only wanted that article changed which excluded the Swedes from the command in chief, and that regard should be had to their interests in concluding a peace.
ref: 1754, M. de Burigny (Jean Lévesque), The Life of the Truly Eminent and Learned Hugo Grotius (page 150)
glosses: From a reliable source.
Related terms: in good hands
have something on good authority
pertubation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of perturbation.
phenomenographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to phenomenography
pheomelanogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to pheomelanogenesis
phosphoacetylated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: phospho-acetylated
Etymology: From phospho- + acetylated.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: phosphorylated and acetylated
Related terms: phosphoacetylation
phosphoacetylation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phosphoacetylations
form: phospho-acetylation
Etymology: From phospho- + acetylation.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: phosphorylation and acetylation
photoregulative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From photo- + regulative.
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or causing photoregulation
phytoremediate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: phytoremediates
form: phytoremediating
form: phytoremediated
form: phytoremediated
Etymology: From phyto- + remediate.
Senses: glosses: To carry out phytoremediation
phytoremediated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of phytoremediate
plectenchyma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plectenchymas
form: plectenchymata
Etymology: From Ancient Greek πλεκτός (plektós, “plaited, wicker”, from πλέκω (plékō)) + -enchyma.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The tissue (prosenchyma or pseudoparenchyma) of a fungus.
Derived terms: paraplectenchyma
plectenchymatous
plectenchymatic
prosoplectenchyma
plectenchymatous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to plectenchyma
polluosensitive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more polluosensitive
form: most polluosensitive
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: sensitive to environmental pollution
raw_tags: of an organism
Related terms: polluosensitivity
polluosensitivity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polluosensitivities
Senses: glosses: The condition of being polluosensitive
polymorbidity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From poly- + morbidity.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of multimorbidity.
synonyms: word: multimorbidity
polyphemusin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An antimicrobial peptide present in the horseshoe crab Limulus polyphemus
postmortally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From postmortal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of post mortem.
synonyms: word: post mortem
postranslationally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of posttranslationally.
preequilibrate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: preequilibrates
form: preequilibrating
form: preequilibrated
form: preequilibrated
form: pre-equilibrate
Etymology: From pre- + equilibrate.
Senses: glosses: To equilibrate prior to some other operation
Related terms: preequilibration
preperoxisomal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + peroxisomal.
Senses: glosses: Prior to the formation of a peroxisome
proerythropoietic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pro- + erythropoietic.
Senses: glosses: That promotes erythropoiesis
progradational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to progradation
prometastasis
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pro- + metastasis.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of prometastatic.
proosteoclastogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: pro-osteoclastogenic
Etymology: From pro- + osteoclastogenic.
Senses: glosses: That promotes osteoclastogenesis
protopanaxadiols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of protopanaxadiol
pyridylaminate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pyridylaminates
form: pyridylaminating
form: pyridylaminated
form: pyridylaminated
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: To react with a pyridylamino group
Related terms: pyridylamination
pyridylaminated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pyridylaminate
pyridylamination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Reaction with a pyridylamino group
quinazolone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quinazolones
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A phenolic derivative of quinazoline 2-quinazolinol
radiocarbonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From radio- + carbonic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or dated using radiocarbon
recensused
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of recensus
recensused
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Subjected to a repeat census
rediploidizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rediploidization
rediscretization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rediscretizations
Etymology: From re- + discretization.
Senses: glosses: A second or subsequent discretization
Related terms: rediscretize
retrorolandic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From retro- + rolandic.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Behind the Rolandic area of the brain
serving hatch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: serving hatches
Senses: glosses: an opening, usually in a wall, through which food can be passed
ruminotype
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ruminotypes
Senses: glosses: Any of several distinct types of bacteria that inhabit the rumen of an animal
ruminotypes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ruminotype
Sakizaya
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sakiraya
form: Sakidaya
Senses: glosses: An Austronesian ethnic group in Taiwan.
Sakizaya
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sakiraya
form: Sakidaya
Senses: glosses: The language spoken by the Sakizaya.
kyan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Take half a pound of black pepper, half a pound of red or kyan pepper, and half a pound of the best saltpetre, all beat or ground very fine; mix these three well together, then mix them with about three quarts of very fine salt: this mixture is sufficient for eight hundred weight of beef.
ref: 1804, John Jackson, Reflections on the Commerce of the Mediterranean, page 92:
glosses: Alternative spelling of cayenne (in compounds such as “kyan pepper” and “kyan butter”).
examples: text: Not but that a grilled salmon, with a spoonful or two of Burgess’s new sauce, and a small matter of genuine kyan, is a mighty pleasant thing after half a dozen hours’ fishing, with the mountain-breeze blowing briskly in one’s face, and creating an appetite that might relish (almost) a smoked fox.
ref: 1829, Piscator [pseudonym], “Fly-fishing in Wales—Letter III”, in Sporting Magazine, volume 24, number October 1829, page 406:
glosses: A hot sauce prepared from cayenne pepper.
fishing-frog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fishing-frogs
Senses: glosses: Alternative typography of fishing frog.
durste
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of durst.
deformitie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deformities
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of deformity.
sarcopterigian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of sarcopterygian.
lothsomnes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of loathsomeness.
entyse
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: entyses
form: entysing
form: entysed
form: entysed
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of entice.
entyses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of entyse
entysing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of entyse
entysed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of entyse
scopularide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scopularides
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of bioactive cyclodepsipeptides present in marine fungi of the genus Scopulariopsis, of possible medical use.
scopularides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scopularide
pleasantnes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pleasantneses
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of pleasantness.
sedgegrass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sedgegrasses
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sedge grass.
sedge grass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sedge grasses
Senses: glosses: Any sedge of the genus Carex.
delycate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of delicate.
sweetnesse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of sweetness.
semialtricial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From semi- + altricial.
Senses: glosses: Somewhat altricial (and somewhat precocial)
semipedunculated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From semi- + pedunculated.
Senses: glosses: Partially pedunculated
semipersistently
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From semi- + persistently.
Senses: glosses: In a semipersistent manner
sharkwatching
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The observation of sharks in their natural habitat (typically as a holiday experience)
silicomolybdate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: silicomolybdates
Etymology: From silico- + molybdate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A yellow, complex oxyanion of silicate and molybdate; any salt containing this anion
silicomolybdates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of silicomolybdate
siliconated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Reacted or treated with elemental silicon
sinuvertebral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɜː(ɹ)tɪbɹəl
-iːbɹəl
Etymology: From sinu- + vertebral.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to, or connecting a sinus and the vertebra
skeletochronologically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From skeleto- + chronologically.
Senses: glosses: In a skeletochronological manner
cryptospores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cryptospore
solvatomorph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: solvatomorphs
Senses: glosses: A complex of a substance and its solvent
solvatomorphs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of solvatomorph
sonomicrometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sonomicrometers
Etymology: From sono- + micrometer.
Senses: glosses: A micrometer used in sonomicrometry
Related terms: sonomicrometric
sopraventricular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of supraventricular.
spiculations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spiculation
spirochaetemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spirochaetemias
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of spirochetemia.
stratocone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stratocones
Senses: glosses: A large volcano built up of material from successive lava flows
stratocones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stratocone
stromagenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From stroma + -genic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to stromagenesis
strombidiid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: strombidiids
Senses: glosses: Any ciliate of the family Strombidiidae or order Strombidiida
strombidiids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of strombidiid
subdepolarizing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + depolarizing.
Senses: glosses: Lacking the strength to depolarize
subdilution
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subdilutions
Etymology: From sub- + dilution.
Senses: glosses: A further dilution
subdilutions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subdilution
subepicardically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of subepicardially.
suberythropoietic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + erythropoietic.
Senses: glosses: Of an amount that is less than will cause erythropoiesis
subestuary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subestuaries
Etymology: From sub- + estuary.
Senses: glosses: A subsidiary estuary
subsarcollemal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of subsarcolemmal.
sulforphane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of sulforaphane.
supraanal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: supra-anal
Etymology: From supra- + anal.
Senses: glosses: Above the anus
supraorbitomeatal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From supra- + orbitomeatal.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Above the orbit of the eye and the meatus of the ear
suprapharmacologically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From supra- + pharmacologically.
Senses: glosses: In a suprapharmacological manner or amount
joss-stick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: joss-sticks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of joss stick.
joss-sticks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of joss-stick
form-room
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: form-rooms
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of form room.
form-rooms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of form-room
Carmania
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An ancient province in modern Iran, along the northern side of the Persian Gulf.
Derived terms: Carmanian
IMU
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: IMUs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Inertial Measurement Unit.
Hyponyms: IMMU
IMUs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of IMU
never start a land war in Asia
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Synonym of never fight a land war in Asia.
synonyms: word: never fight a land war in Asia
my kingdom for a horse
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: From William Shakespeare's Richard III (written c. 1593; published 1597), Act V, scene iv (spelling modernized): "A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse."
Senses: glosses: The speaker is willing to sacrifice anything to obtain a seemingly unimportant item that is invaluable at a critical moment.
wikipedia: William Shakespeare
Related terms: sell one's birthright for a mess of pottage
love-feat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: love-feats
Senses: glosses: The gallant act of a lover.
love-feats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of love-feat
stromatiform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more stromatiform
form: most stromatiform
Senses: glosses: Resembling stroma.
trierarchal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to trierarchs or trierarchy.
spear lily
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spear lilies
Senses: glosses: The flowering plant Doryanthes palmeri.
spear lilies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spear lily
sliding keel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sliding keels
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: An oblong frame let down vertically through the bottom of a vessel in order to deepen the draught and sustain against a side wind.
sliding keels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sliding keel
techtochrysin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tectochrysin.
telemeterize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: telemeterizes
form: telemeterizing
form: telemeterized
form: telemeterized
Senses: glosses: To fit with a telemeter
telemeterized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of telemeterize
telemeterized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Fitted with a telemeter
telesurveillance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tele- + surveillance.
Senses: glosses: Remote surveillance using a video camera
tetraoxomanganate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tetraoxomanganates
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Synonym of permanganate.
synonyms: word: permanganate
Dewitted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Dewitt
Dewitting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Dewitt
rood-steeple
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rood-steeples
Senses: glosses: A spire built over the entrance to the chancel.
rood-steeples
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rood-steeple
scrannier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of scranny: more scranny
scranniest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of scranny: most scranny
orange-American
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: orange-Americans
form: orange American
Etymology: From orange + American, by analogy with other racial categories such as African-American or white American. Popularized in the 2010s in reference to Donald Trump's allegedly excessive use of tan makeup.
Senses: examples: text: Now one of Ohio's libtard groups is using the poll results to their own ends, pointing out that [John] Boehner's push to extend the Bush tax cuts would benefit his own elitist subculture of Orange-Americans - including the kids from "The Jersey Shore."
ref: 2010 September 7, White Crime Wave, “Boner Hates Fellow Orange-Americans”, in alt.fan.rush-limbaugh (Usenet):
text: Famous orange-American Donald Trump has had a busy few months, feuding with State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, pretending to be friends with recently deceased civil rights icon Nelson Mandela, and fulminating on Twitter about how climate change isn’t real because it’s cold outside during winter.
ref: 2014 February 18, Anna Merlan, “Donald Trump's Fake Gubernatorial Campaign Will Soon Have a Fake Exploratory Committee”, in The Village Voice:
text: According to the Trump supporters, their main takeaways are that he's a lot like a rapper, he won't make them slaves, and they're tired of all the jokes, like one of Wilmore's questions: "Are you voting for Trump because, as an orange-American, he's the only remaining candidate of color?"
ref: 2016 March 22, Megh Wright, “Larry Wilmore Attempts to Understand a Group of Black Donald Trump Supporters”, in Vulture:
text: Well, I've been known to call Trump "Cheetolini" which is racist toward Orange-Americans.
ref: 2017 December 31, Teresita, “Re: Posting religious beliefs”, in alt.atheism (Usenet):
topics: government
politics
synonyms: word: 45
word: 47
word: DJT
word: The Donald
word: Trump
word: Cheeto
word: Cheetolini
word: Dear Leader
word: Diaper Don
word: Donald Trumpet
word: Don the Con
word: Drumpf
word: Forrest Trump
word: Frump
word: GEOTUS
word: God Emperor
word: Krasnov
word: Mango Mussolini
word: orange-American
word: Orange Clown
word: Orange Man
word: Teflon Don
word: TFG
word: Trumperor
word: Trumpolini
word: Trumpster
word: Twitler
word: Velveeta Voldemort
word: Zion Don
word: Zognald
word: 🍊
glosses: A white American who has orange-colored skin, used primarily in reference to Donald Trump.
orange-American
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more orange-American
form: most orange-American
form: orange American
Etymology: From orange + American, by analogy with other racial categories such as African-American or white American. Popularized in the 2010s in reference to Donald Trump's allegedly excessive use of tan makeup.
Senses: examples: text: "The person who runs these hotels is a giant racist which is pretty ironic for someone who is Orange-American. Would not recommend," said another.
ref: 2017 March 10, Jim Zarroli, “Falling Stars: Negative Yelp Reviews Target Trump Restaurants, Hotels”, in NPR:
glosses: Of or pertaining to an orange-American.
orange American
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: orange Americans
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of orange-American.
orange American
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more orange American
form: most orange American
Senses: examples: text: "You can make fun of his hair, his appearance, the fact that he could be our first orange American president, none of that bothers him," Ross said to Jimmy Kimmel in July.
ref: 2016 October 12, News.com.au, “The only joke Donald Trump can't take”, in New York Post:
text: The despots of the world are now going to be poking, with a sharp stick, the orange American comb-over king. It is a badge of courage for minor despots to piss off an American president.
ref: 2016 December 19, Sterling Archer, “Re: OT: FBI backs CIA view that Russia intervened to help Trump win election”, in alt.home.repair (Usenet):
glosses: Alternative form of orange-American.
Chesters
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Chesterses
Etymology: The surname is derived from the town of Chester.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Chesters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Chester
synthorax
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: synthoraxes
form: synthoraces
Etymology: From syn- + thorax.
Senses: examples: text: The meso- and metathorax are large and powerful, and become fused together into one solid mass, which may conveniently be termed the synthorax.
ref: 1917, R. J. Tillyard, The Biology of Dragonflies, Cambridge University Press, archived from the original on 03 Jul 2017, page 20:
glosses: In dragonflies and damselflies, the mesothorax and metathorax when fused together.
reclining board
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reclining boards
Senses: glosses: A board on which a person reclines to promote erectness of the figure.
reclining boards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reclining board
Boris bus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Boris buses
Etymology: Named after Boris Johnson, mayor of London from 2008–2016.
Senses: examples: text: Sadiq Khan has dumped the "Boris bus", a key part of the now foreign secretary's legacy as London mayor, because it is too expensive to produce.
ref: 2016 December 31, Daniel Boffey, “London's 'Boris bus' reaches end of road as Sadiq Khan halts purchases”, in The Guardian:
text: The new Routemaster (dubbed the “Boris Bus”) was a hybrid diesel-electric double-decker that retained the “hop-on, hop-off” rear open platform of the original Routemasters but with updated features that made it fully accessible.
ref: [2022, Victoria R. Williams, London: Geography, History, and Culture, Bloomsbury, →ISBN:
glosses: A particular type of double-decker bus used in London, as popularized by mayor Boris Johnson; New Routemaster.
Related terms: Boris bike
boson star
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boson stars
Etymology: From boson + star (“celestial body”).
From being an astronomical object composed of mostly bosons, not a star or stellar remnant in the usual sense.
Senses: topics: astrophysics
glosses: A theoretical type of heavenly body composed of a form of boson that is self-repelling, what should be highly dense and bend spacetime in a manner approaching that of a black hole.
Hypernyms: english: theoretical bosons that would compose a boson star are dark matter candidates
translation: theoretical bosons that would compose a boson star are dark matter candidates
word: dark matter star
english: boson stars are candidate dark matter particles
translation: boson stars are candidate dark matter particles
word: dark matter
Hyponyms: alt: axion are a theoretical boson that may conform to the requirements needed for bosonic components of a boson star
word: axion star
tailwinded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of tailwind
Ember week
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ember weeks
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: The week in which the Ember days occur.
Ember weeks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ember week
river snail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: river snails
Senses: glosses: Any snail of the family Viviparidae.
mystery snail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mystery snails
Senses: glosses: Any river snail of the family Viviparidae.
mystery snails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mystery snail
river snails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of river snail
Sym
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
walk about
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: An order of an officer to a sentry, waiving the customary salute.
gum-rash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: red-gum
thunder-plump
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thunder-plumps
Senses: glosses: A heavy fall of rain in a thunderstorm.
thunder-plumps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thunder-plump
chemically inconvenienced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Gentian de Barke fell downstairs—she denied being drunk or otherwise chemically inconvenienced—broke her leg, compound fracture apparently, and dislocated her shoulder. In a separate accident, Paradise, the drummer, broke her arm. […] She admits to being chemically inconvenienced at the time but didn't state the chemicals.
ref: 2019, C. A. Hope, The Barley Break, Troubador Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 239:
glosses: Intoxicated by alcohol or recreational drugs.
ravining
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ravin
buildingworker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: buildingworkers
Senses: examples: text: This threatened the government's policies to alleviate unemployment through public building projects, and the government combined with the LO to put pressure on the buildingworkers to settle […]
ref: 1991, James Fulcher, Labour Movements, Employers, and the State, page 139:
glosses: Alternative form of building worker.
buildingworkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of buildingworker
brideman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bridemen
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bridesman.
bridemen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brideman
greater white-fronted goose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: greater-white-fronted goose
form: greater white-fronted geese
Senses: glosses: Anser albifrons
RVO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: Initialism of return value optimization.
RVO
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Royal Victorian Order.
overspice
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overspices
form: overspicing
form: overspiced
form: overspiced
Etymology: From over- + spice.
Senses: examples: text: A whiff of nutmeg adds to its distinctive merit, but don't overspice it.
ref: 1953, June Evans Platt, Sophie Kerr, The Best I Ever Ate: A Practical Home Cook Book, page 56:
text: I tend to overspice things, to go for big, peasant flavors.
ref: 2005, Lela Nargi, Around the Table: Women on Food, Cooking, Nourishment, Love ... and the Mothers who Dished it Up for Them, →ISBN, page 76:
text: Mulate's did not overspice the already spicy crawfish, and the accompanying sauce of onions and peppers was among the best I've tasted in years.
ref: 2014, John Hailman, The Search for Good Wine: From the Founding Fathers to the Modern Table, →ISBN:
glosses: To add too much spice to (a dish).
overspices
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overspice
overspicing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overspice
airline mile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: airline miles
Senses: glosses: A unit in the point system created by many airlines as part of their frequent flyer programs, which can be redeemed for free flights and other rewards. Traditionally airlines have awarded one airline mile per mile flown, but increasingly airline miles have been awarded based on other factors such as ticket price.
Related terms: air mile
keming
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɛmɪŋ/
Etymology: Coined by various sources in the early 1990s as a deliberate misspelling of kerning by combining the r and n into an m, as an example of improper kerning due to the increasing growth of desktop publishing.
Senses: examples: text: When done correctly, kerning helps to improve the readability of text by adding or removing space between two letters. Bad kerning, also known as keming, leads to misreadings, and in the worst cases, incredibly bad (but humorous) misunderstandings.
ref: 2018 April 20, jkohorst, “FR E SH A VOCA DO^([sic])”, in Writing for Designers^([dead link]):
topics: media
publishing
typography
glosses: Improper kerning.
pork roll
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pork rolls
Etymology: From "Taylor Pork Roll", the original brand and the name John Taylor was forced to adopt after "Taylor's Prepared Ham" was rejected under the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 for not meeting the legal definition of ham.
Senses: glosses: A processed pork product commonly consumed for breakfast in the Northeast.
examples: text: Eat a pork roll for breakfast
ref: 2017 October 6, Elaheh Nozari, “The Best NJ Things Every True New Jerseyan Needs to Do”, in Thrillist:
glosses: A sandwich made from pork roll.
Synonyms: Taylor ham
Taylor ham
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From "Taylor's Prepared Ham", the original name of "Taylor Pork Roll" until John Taylor was forced to change it under the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 for not meeting the legal definition of ham.
Senses: glosses: pork roll
large format
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: large formats
Senses: topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: A photographic format of 4 × 5 inches (102 × 127 mm) or larger.
topics: beverages
food
lifestyle
oenology
wine
glosses: A bottle size larger than the standard 750 mL.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see large, format.
pin grass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pin grasses
form: pingrass
Etymology: From the appearance of the sharp blades that resemble pins.
Senses: glosses: common storksbill (Erodium cicutarium)
pin grasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pin grass
medium format
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: medium formats
Senses: topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: A photographic format in between full-frame or 35mm (36 × 24 mm) and large format (127 × 102 mm).
pingrass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pingrasses
Senses: examples: text: Besides their weapons and feather blankets, they manufacture from pingrass very excellent baskets, called “coras,” of all sizes, generally of a conical shape, and so finely worked that they hold water.
ref: 1849, Joseph Warren Revere, Joseph Nerée Balestier, A Tour of Duty in California:
text: I remember the jackass that used to eat pingrass;
ref: 1927, Charles H. Magee, Antics of Aimee: The Poetical Tale of a Kidnapped Female, page 31:
text: ...she presents a pingrass, on which the cattle still thrive ; and when this fails, it has already dropped a seed even more nutritious than the stem which sustained its bulbous cradle.
ref: 1948, Walter Colton, The California Diary [1846-1849], page 191:
glosses: Alternative form of pin grass.
pingrasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pingrass
allistics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of allistic
Tagoloan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality of Misamis Oriental, Philippines.
glosses: A municipality of Lanao del Norte, Philippines.
glosses: A municipality of Lanao del Sur, Philippines.
rotiferans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rotiferan
do you know the Bishop of Norwich
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: Traditionally, after a vintage port has been decanted, the decanter is passed clockwise around the table until everyone has poured some. If the decanter should stall en route, it is considered poor etiquette to ask for it directly, so one must request it in a roundabout way:
:— Do you know the Bishop of Norwich?
:— No.
:— He's a terribly good chap, but he always forgets to pass the port.
Senses: topics: beverages
food
lifestyle
oenology
wine
glosses: Can you pass the port, please?
vintage port
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vintage ports
Senses: topics: beverages
food
lifestyle
oenology
wine
glosses: A style of port which uses the best grapes from a single vintage, and in which the wine is typically bottled unfiltered and aged for many years before drinking.
thigmotrophic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of thigmotropic.
topogeography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of topography.
toxidermitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Any form of dermatitis caused by a poison
transmodulatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From trans- + modulatory.
Senses: glosses: Relating to transmodulation
transpharyngeal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪndʒiəl
-iːəl
Etymology: From trans- + pharyngeal.
Senses: glosses: Through or across the pharynx
transposomics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The study of transposomes
transthylakoidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of transthylakoid.
trialkylstannyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any alkyl organometallic radical of the form R₃Sn- derived from stannane
trialkylstannylated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Modified by the addition of a trialkylstannyl radical
triarylpyridine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: triarylpyridines
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any triaryl derivative of a pyridine
trichloropropane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trichloropropanes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of many isomeric trichloro derivatives of propane
triethiodide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: triethiodides
Etymology: From tri- + ethiodide.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any compound containing three ethiodide groups
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any compound containing three ethylammonium iodide groups
ultrasonoscope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ultrasonoscopes
Etymology: From ultra- + sono- + -scope.
Senses: glosses: A device that displays an ultrasonographic image
umbellulone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A monoterpenoid ketone, 4-methyl-1-(propan-2-yl)bicyclo[3.1.0]hex-3-en-2-one, present in the tree Umbellularia californica.
unhemolyzed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + hemolyzed.
Senses: glosses: Not hemolyzed
unicomponent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From uni- + component.
Senses: glosses: Composed of a single component
unilobate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From uni- + lobate.
Senses: glosses: Having a single lobe
Synonyms: unilobed
unsynergized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + synergized.
Senses: glosses: Not synergized
uronyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A univalent radical derived from a uronic acid
vanillinyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A univalent phenolic radical derived from vanillin
venoconstrictor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: venoconstrictors
Senses: glosses: Anything that causes venoconstriction
videotrap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: videotraps
Etymology: From video- + trap.
Senses: glosses: A trap (typically for animals) equipped with a video camera
videotraps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of videotrap
visceralize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: visceralizes
form: visceralizing
form: visceralized
form: visceralized
Senses: glosses: To make visceral
Related terms: visceralization
whirlimixer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whirlimixers
Etymology: From the trade name Whirlimixer, from whirly + mixer or similar.
Senses: examples: text: Powdered solid sample is mixed with this solution (sample weight fraction about 10%) with the aid of a whirlimixer.
ref: 1989, Vlado Valkovic, X-Ray Spectroscopy in Environmental Sciences, page 279:
text: Mix thoroughly using a whirlimixer for 2–3 min in the fume cupboard.
ref: 2013, Raman Mistry, Manual of Nuclear Medicine Procedures, page 62:
glosses: Synonym of vortex mixer.
synonyms: word: vortex mixer
xenoembryo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: xenoembryos
Etymology: From xeno- + embryo.
Senses: glosses: A xenogenetic embryo.
xenoembryos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of xenoembryo
zygopodial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to zygopodia
PNN
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PNNs
form: PNNe
form: PNNi
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of planetary nebula nucleus.
Related terms: english: planetary nebula
translation: planetary nebula
word: PN
PNN
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PNNs
Senses: glosses: The gene that encodes for the pinin protein
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: pinin, the PNN protein, encoded by the PNN gene
planetary nebula nucleus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: planetary nebula nuclei
Etymology: From planetary nebula + nucleus.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: The remnant hot luminous core of the stellar progenitor of the planetary nebula, which ionizes the surrounding planetary nebula.
Synonyms: word: PNN
Derived terms: word: PNN
planetary nebula nuclei
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: word: PNNs
word: PNNe
word: PNNi
glosses: plural of planetary nebula nucleus
Callao Man
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Callao + man (“human”).
From having its remains found in the Callao Cave on Luzon Island in the Philippine Archipelago.
Senses: glosses: Homo luzonensis, an extinct species of humans from the genus Homo found on Luzon Island in the Philippines.
chain-melted state
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chain melted state
form: chain melted state of matter
form: chain-melted state of matter
form: chain-melted state-of-matter
Etymology: From chain + melt + state (“phase of matter”).
From being discovered in high-pressure crystalline potassium, where the crystal lattice in its completely frozen state contains chain elements and lattice elements, and which in the discovered state has the chain elements become liquid, flowing through the lattice.
Senses: glosses: A state of matter, similar to phase transition states between liquid and solid, that is both liquid and solid. The phase is found in some matter which can exist in crystalline states, where portions are melted liquid while other portions are frozen solid crystal, in a distinct manner.
Synonyms: chain melted phase
chain melted phase of matter
chain-melted phase of matter
chain-melted phase-of-matter
Derived terms: chain-melted
chain melted
chain-melted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: chain melted
Etymology: From having chain crystals melted while the remainder of the crystal is not.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to the chain-melted state phase of matter.
doctor's
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɑktɚz/
ipa: /ˈdɒktəz/
Senses: glosses: A doctor’s surgery.
phase of matter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phases of matter
Senses: glosses: Synonym of state of matter.
synonyms: word: state of matter
Synonyms: word: phase
word: state
word: state of matter
ambrosia fungus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ambrosia fungi
Senses: examples: text: Some ambrosia fungi are only known from beetle galleries, and it is believed that those associations are obligate — the fungi cannot survive without the beetle farmers. Generations of closely related beetles farm generations of cloned ambrosia fungus.
ref: 1942, Gina Hamilton, Kingdoms of Life - Fungi (eBook), Lorenz Educational Press, →ISBN:
glosses: Any of a large number of species of fungus that are symbionts of ambrosia beetles
free electron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: free electrons
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: An electron not attached to an atom.
examples: text: She has been called a “free electron” in politics because of her sometimes independent stances apart from party politics.
ref: 2012 October 22, Lolita Buckner-Inniss, “Christiane Taubira”, in Black Past:
text: Haley was a free electron, which she had obviously gotten used to, communicating directly with Trump.
ref: 2020 June 23, John Bolton, The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 71:
topics: government
politics
glosses: A person who acts independently of the organization to which they belong.
Uffizi Gallery
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A prominent art museum (Italianː Galleria degli Uffizi) located adjacent to the Piazza della Signoria in the Historic Centre of Florence, Italy.
economicide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: economicides
Senses: examples: text: Wester privatization and collectivization both lead to economicide, or the destruction of the economic basis of reciprocity.
ref: 1990, African Environment, page 514:
text: On the one hand, such an approach emphasizes the destructive effects of modernity, which include the "homeless mind" psychological syndrome (Berger, Berger, & Kellner, 1974); processes of ethnocide, defined by Clastres (1988) as cultural genocide; and processes of economicide — the replacement of traditional economic structures and mechanisms by modern market rules (Temple, 1988).
ref: 1996, Sandra Braman, Annabelle Sreberny-Mohammadi, Annabelle Sreberny, Globalization, communication and transnational civil society, page 92:
text: In this view, NGOs are modernizers and destroyers of local economies which were once based on age-old systems of reciprocity, into which NGOs introduce Western values to local communities and bring about a process of 'economicide'.
ref: 2004, David Lewis, The Management of Non-Governmental Development Organizations, →ISBN:
glosses: The destruction of an economic system by replacing it with a market economy.
examples: text: Thus it was possible to commit genocide by means of economicide and this, in turn, was the direct result of state planning.
ref: 1988, International Freedom Review: 1988:Fall-1989:Summer, page 7:
text: Bolivian peasant leader and congressman Evo Morales condemned the FTAA as a “reproduction of savage capitalism” that would result in “economicide” for small producers.
ref: 2002, NACLA Report on the Americas - Volume 36, page 1:
text: Hymies and guineas used menticide, economicide, crime, agitcide, agricide, and other things.
ref: 2012, Willis Bryant, Cold Blood, page 115:
text: One year of deregulation of downstream sector has however pushed us from economic crisis to the brink of economicide, defined here as conscious match to economic suicide and economic ruination through suicidal policy option of import based deregulation.
ref: 2015, Issa Aremu, Reflections on Industry and Economy, →ISBN, page 78:
glosses: Genocide that results from destroying a people's economic basis.
Tabunok
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Bato, Leyte, Philippines.
ambrosia fungi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Ambrosia beetles which are the first colonists of a dead tree must carry their ambrosia fungus with them to survive. Species which arrive later could make use these introduced fungi if their own galleries are close to those of the first colonists.
ref: 2012, Gerard Meurant, Insect-Fungus Interactions, Academic Press, →ISBN:
glosses: plural of ambrosia fungus
goes it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of go it
going it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of go it
went it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of go it
gone it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of go it
Good Wednesday
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Holy Wednesday.
synonyms: word: Holy Wednesday
angle of torsion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: angles of torsion
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: The indefinitely small angle between two consecutive osculating planes of a curve of double curvature.
angles of torsion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of angle of torsion
torsion scale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: torsion scales
Senses: glosses: A scale for weighing in which the fulcra of the levers or beams are strained wires or strips acting by torsion.
torsion scales
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of torsion scale
rapos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rapo
wishboning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From wishbone + -ing.
Senses: glosses: Lateral transverse bending of the mandibular symphysis as a result of mastication.
Jimmy the One
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: By custom of the Navy the first lieutenant, or "Jimmy the One" as he is called, is in charge of cables and cablework on the forecastle.
ref: 1943, Sir Reginald Bacon, Britain's Glorious Navy, page 28:
text: He looks up and greets me in the bluff good-natured way that makes him popular with everyone from Jimmy the One down to our newest ordinary seaman.
ref: 2017, Martin Mace, The Royal Navy at Dunkirk:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A first lieutenant in the navy.