cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
dattos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of datto
hex editor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hex editors
form: hexeditor
form: hex-editor
Senses: examples: text: The only good thing about Solitaire is being able to ruin it with a hex editor so nobody else can play it.
ref: 2000 September 18, Maddox (George Ouzounian), I hate Solitaire., retrieved 19 Sep 2016:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A text editor that allows for manipulation of the fundamental binary data that constitutes a computer file, displayed in hexadecimal format.
Derived terms: hex edit
hex editors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hex editor
TV timeouts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of TV timeout
hanamachis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hanamachi
nakodo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nakodos
form: nakodo
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 仲人 (nakōdo, “go-between, mediary”).
Senses: glosses: A matchmaker who serves as a go-between in the process of an omiai arranged marriage.
nakodos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nakodo
smokesploitation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From smoke + -sploitation.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of smoxploitation.
old boys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of old boy
Fayum portrait
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Fayum portraits
Senses: glosses: Synonym of mummy portrait.
synonyms: word: mummy portrait
Fayum portraits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Fayum portrait
mummy portrait
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mummy portraits
Senses: glosses: A kind of naturalistic painted portrait on wooden boards attached to mummies from the Coptic period.
Synonyms: Fayum portrait
mummy portraits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mummy portrait
Faiyum portrait
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Faiyum portraits
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Fayum portrait.
Faiyum portraits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Faiyum portrait
Faiyum
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Fayum.
papillionaceous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of papilionaceous.
restiaceous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Restiaceae + -ous
Senses: examples: text: The little family of Restiaceous plants is represented in our flora by a small aquatic tufted plant, found in the Hebrides and in Ireland, and called the Jointed Eriocaulon.
ref: 1867, Thomas Moore, British Wild Flower:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Belonging or relating to the Restiaceae (now Restionaceae), a family of rush-like plants.
Related terms: restiad
restio
thymelaceous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From translingual Thymelaceae + -ous.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Belonging or relating to the Thymelaceae.
caesalpinaceous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From translingual Caesalpinaceae + -ous.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Belonging or relating to the Caesalpinaceae.
flamingo tongue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flamingo tongues
Senses: glosses: A small colourful sea snail, of species Cyphoma gibbosum.
examples: text: Flamingo tongues were considered a delicacy in Ancient Rome.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see flamingo, tongue.
flamingo tongues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flamingo tongue
roseaceous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From translingual Roseaceae + -ous.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Belonging or relating to the Roseaceae.
cardiodepressive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛsɪv
Forms: form: more cardiodepressive
form: most cardiodepressive
Etymology: From cardio- + depressive.
Senses: glosses: Reducing the heart rate.
heart rates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of heart rate
cardiodepression
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cardio- + depression.
Senses: glosses: A reduction in the heart rate.
Sheffer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Derived terms: Shefferian
Sheffer sequence
Sheffer stroke
exit scam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exit scams
Senses: glosses: A confidence trick where an established (usually illegal) business stops shipping orders while continuing to receive payments because of its previously good reputation, and then absconds with the money.
exit scams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of exit scam
skunked term
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skunked terms
Etymology: Coined by American lawyer, lexicographer, and teacher Bryan A. Garner, and since adopted by some other style guides.
Senses: examples: text: It isn't a skunked term, but it's gradually becoming something like one.
ref: 2000, Bryan A. Garner, “lady”, in The Oxford Dictionary of American Usage and Style, page 206:
text: When the skunked term has a different meaning, it's given in parentheses.
ref: 2013, Ben Yagoda, How to Not Write Bad: The Most Common Writing Problems and the Best Ways to Avoid Them, Penguin, →ISBN:
glosses: A word that becomes difficult to use because it is transitioning from one meaning to another. Purists may insist on the old usage, while descriptivists are more open to newer usages.
skunked terms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of skunked term
klomps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of klomp
klomps
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of klomp
tikanga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtikʌŋʌ/
ipa: /ˈtikʌŋə/
ipa: /ˈtiːkaŋə/
Forms: form: tikangas
form: tikanga
Etymology: Borrowed from Maori tikanga.
Senses: examples: text: Male primogeniture was still the concept most often ratified by tikanga.
ref: 2003, Michael King, The Penguin History of Aotearoa New Zealand, Penguin, published 2023, page 236:
glosses: A custom, value or principle, especially of the Maori people.
Derived terms: tikanga Maori
breaths of fresh air
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of breath of fresh air
Kerrison predictor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kerrison predictors
Etymology: Designed by Major A. V. Kerrison at the Admiralty Research Laboratory, Teddington, in the late 1930s.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: An early automated anti-aircraft fire-control system, capable of aiming a gun at an aircraft based on simple inputs such as observed speed and the angle to the target.
Kerrison predictors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Kerrison predictor
Royal Yorker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Royal Yorkers
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A member of the King's Royal Regiment of New York.
Royal Yorkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Royal Yorker
vertical line
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vertical lines
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
media
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
publishing
sciences
typography
glosses: The vertical bar; |.
allergy salute
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: allergy salutes
Senses: glosses: Synonym of allergic salute.
synonyms: word: allergic salute
allergic salute
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: allergic salutes
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
synonyms: allergy salute
glosses: The characteristic and sometimes habitual gesture of wiping or rubbing the nose in an upwards or transverse manner with the fingers, palm, or back of the hand.
feather-dust
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: feather-dusts
form: feather-dusting
form: feather-dusted
form: feather-dusted
Etymology: Back-formation from feather duster.
Senses: glosses: To clean with a feather duster.
feather-dusts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of feather-dust
feather-dusted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of feather-dust
feather-dusting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of feather-dust
prewrap
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: prewraps
form: prewrapping
form: prewrapped
form: prewrapped
Etymology: From pre- + wrap.
Senses: glosses: To wrap in advance.
prewrapping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of prewrap
prewraps
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of prewrap
weightlift
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: weightlifts
form: weightlifting
form: weightlifted
form: weightlifted
form: weight-lift
Etymology: Back-formation from weightlifting.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To practise weightlifting.
crawthumpers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crawthumper
postcaval
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + caval.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Posterior to the vena cava.
postcaval
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: postcavals
Etymology: From post- + caval.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A postcaval vein.
prestamp
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: prestamps
form: prestamping
form: prestamped
form: prestamped
Etymology: From pre- + stamp.
Senses: examples: text: As for prestamping the return envelope, many of us are at odds with those who feel the return envelope must be stamped before the proposed guest will consider mailing back the reply card.
ref: 2009, Letitia Baldrige, Letitia Baldrige's New Manners for New Times:
glosses: To stamp in advance.
prestamp
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + stamp.
Senses: examples: text: a stampless cover
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
philately
synonyms: stampless
glosses: Prior to the introduction of adhesive postal stamps.
prestamps
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of prestamp
prestamping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of prestamp
presidiary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more presidiary
form: most presidiary
Senses: glosses: Synonym of presidial.
synonyms: word: presidial
presidiary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: presidiaries
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of presidary (“guard”).
preprice
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: preprices
form: prepricing
form: prepriced
form: prepriced
Etymology: From pre- + price.
Senses: examples: text: Grievant admitted that he had been told to preprice the goods he picked for each order. Indeed, the order form he uses has the price labels attached.
ref: 1979, Labor Arbitration Reports, volume 71, page 194:
glosses: To price in advance.
preprices
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of preprice
prepriced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of preprice
prepricing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of preprice
prepunch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: prepunches
form: prepunching
form: prepunched
form: prepunched
Etymology: From pre- + punch.
Senses: glosses: To punch holes in something in advance.
prepunched
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more prepunched
form: most prepunched
Senses: glosses: Having holes that are already punched.
prepunched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of prepunch
prepunches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of prepunch
prepunching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of prepunch
prepack
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: prepacks
form: prepacking
form: prepacked
form: prepacked
Etymology: From pre- + pack.
Senses: glosses: To pack in advance.
prepack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prepacks
Etymology: From pre- + pack.
Senses: topics: business
glosses: A bankruptcy procedure in which a restructuring plan is agreed before the company declares itself insolvent.
prepacking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of prepack
prepacks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of prepack
prepacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prepack
prepaste
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: prepastes
form: prepasting
form: prepasted
form: prepasted
Etymology: From pre- + paste.
Senses: glosses: To paste in advance.
prepastes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of prepaste
prepasting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of prepaste
premove
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: premoves
Etymology: From pre- + move.
Senses: examples: text: Kasparov's loss to Caruana was a tragedy in a winning position. He wanted to trade queens by Qe4-c2, but a mouse slip landed the queen on d3. He tried to drag it to c2, which the computer registered as a premove that fatally lost a bishop. "Computers hate me!" said Kasparov, who famously lost to IBM Deep Blue in 1997.
ref: 2020 September 15, Leonard Barden, “Technical hazard trips up Kasparov as Carlsen and Nakamura battle to a tie”, in Financial Times, archived from the original on 04 Dec 2022:
text: Bortnyk's lead was never really in doubt and he converted game after game with brisk speed as premoves flew across the board by both players. Nothing seemed to click for Robson as even critical premoves seemed all too often to be mistimed: […]
ref: 2022 March 11, Anthony Levin, “Bullet Chess Championship Losers Round 2: Bortnyk, Erigaisi, Jacobson, Martinez Advance”, in Chess.com, archived from the original on 16 Mar 2022:
text: Premove — In online chess games, setting a piece to move automatically after an opponent moves.
ref: [2022 June 13, Isaac Aronow, “Chess Terms and Vocabulary”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 17 Jan 2023:
topics: board-games
chess
games
glosses: On certain chess websites: a move set during the opponent's turn which is played automatically (if possible) after the opponent has made their move, done in order to save time in predictable positions.
premove
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: premoves
form: premoving
form: premoved
form: premoved
Etymology: From pre- + move.
Senses: examples: text: Game 18 was another up-and-down affair. First, Esipenko dropped a full rook, which went unpunished as Sarana had probably premoved his reply.
ref: 2019 June 12, Peter Doggers, “Junior Speed Chess: Sarana Beats Esipenko”, in Chess.com, archived from the original on 08 Nov 2022:
text: The second game was drawn. In the third, a bit of drama happened: in a position that was somewhere between equality and a slight advantage to White, Nakamura, by misclicking or premoving or for whatever other reason, hung a piece to a one-move tactic.
ref: 2021 October 3, Yuriy Krykun, “Champions Chess Tour Finals Day 1: Carlsen Impressive In Opener”, in Chess.com, archived from the original on 27 Nov 2022:
topics: board-games
chess
games
glosses: To make a premove.
examples: text: Let it be assumed, then, that God does premove earthly phenomena, and let the further very obvious supposition be also made that He does not desire this premovement to be a visible and palpable fact.
ref: 1867, William George Ward, Essays on the Philosophy of Theism: Supplementary remarks on freewill, volume 2, London: Kegan Paul, Trench, & Co., published 1884, page 187:
topics: human-sciences
lifestyle
philosophy
religion
sciences
theology
glosses: To incite or cause someone to do something.
examples: text: The succeſs that the Presbyterians had in the late troubles againſt the King and his adherents, were undeniable Signs of God's Favour to that party; to follow and premove their Succeſs, was to follow Providence, […]
ref: 1703, James Webster, The Exact Conformity of the Principles & Practices of the Scots Non-conformiſts to the Apoſtolick Government of the Chriſtian Church, page 4:
glosses: To promote or endorse.
premove
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + move.
Senses: examples: text: I agree to perform residence premove surveys on domestic shipments estimated at 4,700 pounds or more, and/or international shipments estimated at 3,200 pounds or more, at origin points within a 50-mile radius of my nearest agent facility.
ref: 1971, United States. Army. Military Traffic Management Command, Personal property traffic management regulation (issue 10, page 16)
text: A significant portion of the planning process was dedicated to premove testing, such as testing the new facility's air-conditioning capacity.
ref: 1975 October 1, “Planning Helps DP Center Move 10 Miles in Two Days”, in Computerworld, volume 9, number 40, page 27:
text: Cost limits - usually estbalished as part of an initial appraisal or feasibility study and then progressively developed throughout the life of the project, e.g. initial estimate, premove cost check, tender receipt and report, comparison with estimate and reconciliation, interim cost reports and final account.
ref: 1999, Wes McGregor, Danny Shiem-Shin Then, Facilities Management and the Business of Space, Edward Arnold Publishers, →ISBN, page 165:
glosses: Before a move.
Related terms: premovement
premoves
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of premove
premoved
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of premove
premoving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of premove
prelatish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more prelatish
form: most prelatish
Etymology: From prelate + -ish.
Senses: glosses: prelatical
prelive
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: prelives
form: preliving
form: prelived
form: prelived
Etymology: From pre- + live.
Senses: examples: text: How good it will be to see Mr. Wirth who relives the past and Mr. Crawford who prelives the Future!
ref: 1950, The Peabody Reflector, volume 23, number 5, page 141:
text: A woman in Washington state prelives visits to bus and plane terminals. This enables her to know in advance which travelers to look for, along with what to say to each and why.
ref: 2013, P. M. H. Atwater, Future Memory, page 26:
glosses: To live in advance; to experience precognitively.
prelived
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of prelive
prelives
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of prelive
preliving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of prelive
prefreeze
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: prefreezes
form: prefreezing
form: prefroze
form: prefrozen
Etymology: From pre- + freeze.
Senses: glosses: To freeze in advance.
prefrozen
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of prefreeze
prefreezes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of prefreeze
prefreezing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of prefreeze
prefroze
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of prefreeze
prefranked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + franked.
Senses: glosses: Of mail, an envelope, etc.: franked in advance.
predye
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: predyes
form: predyeing
form: predyed
form: predyed
Etymology: From pre- + dye.
Senses: glosses: To dye in advance.
predyes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of predye
predyed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of predye
predyeing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of predye
predying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of predye
sunfastness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sunfast + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality or degree of being sunfast.
Hyponyms: lightfastness
Related terms: colorfastness
wetfastness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From wetfast + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality or degree of being wetfast.
washfastness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From washfast + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality or degree of being washfast.
tubfast
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tub + fast.
Senses: glosses: colorfast such that it will not fade when washed in a tub
washfast
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From wash + fast.
Senses: glosses: Colorfast such that it will not fade when washed.
wetfast
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From wet + fast.
Senses: glosses: colorfast such that it will not lose its color after getting wet
precrease
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: precreases
form: precreasing
form: precreased
form: precreased
Etymology: From pre- + crease.
Senses: glosses: To crease in advance.
precreased
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of precrease
precreases
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of precrease
precreasing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of precrease
preblend
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: preblends
form: preblending
form: preblended
form: preblended
Etymology: From pre- + blend.
Senses: glosses: To blend in advance.
preblend
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: preblends
Etymology: From pre- + blend.
Senses: glosses: A mixture of substances blended in advance.
preblends
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of preblend
preblends
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of preblend
preblending
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of preblend
predacities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of predacity
preclearing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of preclear
precentorial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɔːɹiəl
Etymology: From precentor + -ial.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to a precentor.
precensor
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: precensors
form: precensoring
form: precensored
form: precensored
Etymology: From pre- + censor.
Senses: examples: text: On April 29, 1953, a move was announced that would precensor all stories and scripts before they even reached the sets so that an "unlikely" story would not be passed by the precensor board.
ref: 2011, Sumita S. Chakravarty, National Identity in Indian Popular Cinema, 1947-1987, page 72:
glosses: To censor in advance.
Related terms: precensorship
precensors
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of precensor
precensored
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of precensor
precensoring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of precensor
precensorship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pre- + censorship.
Senses: glosses: censorship in advance.
Related terms: precensor
prefile
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: prefiles
form: prefiling
form: prefiled
form: prefiled
Etymology: From pre- + file.
Senses: glosses: To file in advance.
prefiles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of prefile
prefiled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of prefile
premeasure
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: premeasures
form: premeasuring
form: premeasured
form: premeasured
Etymology: From pre- + measure.
Senses: glosses: To measure in advance.
premeasures
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of premeasure
premeasuring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of premeasure
premedicine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pre- + medicine.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of pre-med.
synonyms: word: pre-med
premedic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: premedics
Etymology: From pre- + medic.
Senses: glosses: A person who is studying pre-med.
premedics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of premedic
premy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: premies
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of preemie.
presanctified
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + sanctified.
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: Sanctified in advance: applied to the Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts, a liturgical service of the Byzantine Rite, performed on the weekdays of Great Lent wherein communion is received from Gifts (the Body and Blood of Christ) that are consecrated in advance.
Villanovan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: archaeology
history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the earliest Iron Age culture of central and northern Italy.
Villanovan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Villanovans
Senses: topics: archaeology
history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: A member of this culture.
Villanovans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Villanovan
pressful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pressfuls
Etymology: From press + -ful.
Senses: glosses: Enough to fill a press.
pressfuls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pressful
BRAT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: For diarrhea caused by a stomach virus or a meal that didn’t agree with you, try the BRAT diet, says James Lee, MD, gastroenterologist with St. Joseph Hospital in Orange, Calif.
ref: 2015 March 31, Linda Melone, “The worst foods to eat when you’re sick, and the best ones”, in CNN:
glosses: Acronym of bananas, rice, apple sauce, toast, the basis of a diet formerly recommended for an upset stomach.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Acronym of Bradley reactive armor tile.
pretype
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pretypes
form: pretyping
form: pretyped
form: pretyped
Etymology: From pre- + type.
Senses: examples: text: However, some web servers have timeouts on how long they'll wait for a request, so it can be useful to pretype the request and then just paste it into Telnet.
ref: 2014, David Sklar, Adam Trachtenberg, PHP Cookbook: Solutions & Examples for PHP Programmers:
text: Each depression of the key backs up the display one character, and one can insert a correction before transmission. One can also use all of the "pages" available to pretype text for later transmission […]
ref: 1982, CQ, volume 38, number 4, page 30:
glosses: To type in advance.
pretypes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pretype
pretyping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pretype
pretyped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pretype
pretrim
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pretrims
form: pretrimming
form: pretrimmed
form: pretrimmed
Etymology: From pre- + trim.
Senses: glosses: To trim in advance.
presettle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: presettles
form: presettling
form: presettled
form: presettled
Etymology: From pre- + settle.
Senses: glosses: To settle in advance.
Related terms: presettled
pretrimming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pretrim
pretrims
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pretrim
presettles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of presettle
presettling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of presettle
presettled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of presettle
presettled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of a European citizen: having resided in the United Kingdom for less than a certain time period and thus not yet regarded as being settled there.
preadaptive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + adaptive.
Senses: examples: text: The pelvic modifications were associated with changes which were not primarily concerned with locomotion, but which rendered the pelvis preadaptive for erect posture.
ref: 1987, John G. Fleagle, Primate Evolution and Human Origins, page 264:
glosses: Serving as an adaptation for something to occur in the future.
preenrollment
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + enrollment.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of preenrolment.
preenrollment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pre- + enrollment.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of preenrolment.
postique
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: postiques
Etymology: Blend of postal + boutique. Originally a trademark of the US Postal Service.
Senses: glosses: A retail store selling items relating to postal mail, such as stamps and stationery.
postiques
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of postique
juncuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of juncus
mislippen
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: mislippens
form: mislippening
form: mislippened
form: mislippened
Etymology: From mis- + lippen.
Senses: glosses: To neglect.
examples: text: I thought it best to slip out quietly though, in case she should mislippen something of what we're gaun to do— [...]
ref: 1816, Jedadiah Cleishbotham [pseudonym; Walter Scott], chapter IV, in Tales of My Landlord, […], volume I (The Black Dwarf), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for William Blackwood, […]; London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, page 75:
glosses: To suspect; to be suspicious of.
mislippened
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of mislippen
mislippening
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of mislippen
mislippens
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of mislippen
mistryst
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: mistrysts
form: mistrysting
form: mistrysted
form: mistrysted
Etymology: From mis- + tryst.
Senses: glosses: To break an engagement with.
mistrysted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of mistryst
mistrysts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of mistryst
mistrysting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of mistryst
unserendipitous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unserendipitous
form: most unserendipitous
Etymology: From un- + serendipitous.
Senses: glosses: Not serendipitous.
serendipitousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From serendipitous + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being serendipitous.
mismeters
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of mismeter
misarray
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mis- + array. Compare Middle English misarraien (“to disorder”).
Senses: examples: text: Then uproar wild and misarray/ Marr'd the fair form of festal day.
ref: 1810, Walter Scott, “Canto V. The Combat.”, in The Lady of the Lake; […], Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for John Ballantyne and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, and William Miller, →OCLC, stanza XXVII, page 231:
text: If need be, madam, sweep the room
But leave my desk in misarray:
So even in my den at Doom
If need be, madam, sweep the room
And gather me with but a broom.
ref: 1946, Catholic World, volume 163:
text: But for me, even worse than the stilted dialogue, the stagy direction and theatrically artificial “acting”, were the totally disconcerting jump cuts between the studio scenes – artfully misdirected by Anthony Kimmins against an incredible misarray of outrageously phoney backdrops — and the location footage, into which a lot of money was obviously poured on hordes of costumed extras.
ref: 2013, John Howard Reid, History in Movies Hollywood Style:
text: She thanked Thyruid and rubbed her hair free from the excess water, leaving her head in a twisted, tousled misarray.
ref: 2017, William Flewelling, Inn-By-The-Bye Stories:
glosses: disarray; disorder; confusion
Related terms: misarrayed
mislabour
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: mislabours
form: mislabouring
form: mislaboured
form: mislaboured
Etymology: From mis- + labour.
Senses: glosses: To work badly or wrongly; to mismanage and thereby damage (farmland, etc.).
pre-radicalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: preradicalization
Etymology: From pre- + radicalization.
Senses: examples: text: While the latter type of pre-radicalization is observable in terrorist groups such as the Weathermen or later Weather Underground Organization, for the most part, the current concentration on Islamist or jihadist terrorism clearly favours the former conversion experience based on religion.
ref: 2009, Melissa Dearey, Radicalization: The Life Writings of Political Prisoners, →ISBN, page 38:
text: Silber and Bhatt (2007) examined individual-level radicalization and developed a model that consisted of a distinct series of steps: pre-radicalization, self-identification, indoctrination, and jihadization.
ref: 2012, Leslie W. Kennedy, Edmund F. McGarrell, Crime and Terrorism Risk: Studies in Criminology and Criminal Justice, →ISBN:
text: An interesting hypothesis was proposed by Aly and Striegher (2012), who differentiate between a pre-radicalization phase, where religion might offer answers to personal issues, and a radicalization phase, when violent behaviour is triggered by factors of another nature, such as group mechanisms and personal benefits.
ref: 2014, Jocelyne Cesari, The Oxford Handbook of European Islam, →ISBN, page 793:
text: The first step in pre-radicalization touches the rather non-religious, inconspicuous aspirant, who is open to new things.
ref: 2016, Christine Schirrmacher, Thomas K. Johnson, Political Islam: When Faith Turns Out to Be Politics, →ISBN, page 60:
glosses: Conversion to or joining a group, such as a religion or social organization, identification with which subsequently leads to extremism.
mislaboured
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of mislabour
mislabouring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of mislabour
mislabours
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of mislabour
preradicalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pre-radicalization.
lantskip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lantskips
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of landscape.
lantskips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lantskip
lambers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lamber
Yaaku
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An indigenous group of forest people located in Kenya.
Yaaku
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The Afroasiatic language of these people.
projectives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of projective
God winks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of God wink
godwinks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of godwink
God-winks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of God-wink
per vaginam
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: per vagina
Etymology: Naturalized into medical English from neoclassical use of Latin in the professions. Exists in loanword form (retaining the Latin inflection, -am) and also in a further naturalized form with reanalysis in English morphology, per vagina = per + vagina, in parallel with other per + [English noun] constructions, such as per instructions or per statute.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
synonyms: word: PV
word: vaginally
glosses: Through the vagina, as (usually, more specifically) by the vaginal route of administration.
the feathers fly
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: the feathers will fly
form: the feathers'll fly
Etymology: Probably from the fact that feathers may fly from birds when they fight.
Senses: glosses: An argument or fight is instigated.
Related terms: the fur flies
make the dust fly
non-denumerable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nondenumerable.
protologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: protologists
Etymology: From protology + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: The fifth speaker was sure it was none of these, but due to rectal irritation, vaso-motor reflex and advised divulsion of the sphincter. He was a protologist.
ref: 1909, Wilbert B. Hinsdale, University Homoeopathic Observer - Volume 7, page 199:
text: By making repeated small injections at intervals the protologist can observe the hemorrhoid becoming progressively smaller until it is finally obliterated completely.
ref: 1948, Virginia Medical Monthly (1918- ). - Volumes 75-76, page 341:
text: Besides, some protologists pointed out that to many people have a habit of reading on the toilet seat, they pay their attention to reading during that time, consequently they may overlook the correct way to excrete their feces.
ref: 1995, Chien-tsao Wang, New Discoveries in Physiology and Health Restoration, page 49:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A specialist in diseases of the colon and rectum.
examples: text: The allotype need not be described by the protologist (first describer) ; it can be contained in the original as well as in any subsequent description by other authors.
ref: 1911, Annals of the Entomological Society of America - Volume 4, page 208:
text: Therefore, to rectify this long standing error, we are compelled to expunge Fairmaire's name as the author of the name and substitute Felsche as the true protologist.
ref: 1955, Transactions of the American Entomological Society:
text: According to the International Rules of Zoological Nomenclature, Timberlake is the protologist.
ref: 1961, Hymenoptera reprints: Bradley collection - Volume 89, page 204:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
taxonomy
glosses: The first person to describe a new species.
Related terms: proctologist
protologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of protologist
protologies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of protology
acetyltransfer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From acetyl + transfer.
Senses: examples: text: If the conserved region of PanM were the PanD interaction domain, PanD would not be positioned for acetyltransfer, supporting previous studies classifying PanM as an acetyl-CoA sensor [ 11 ].
ref: 2015 August 15, Tara N Stuecker et al., “Phylogenetic and amino acid conservation analyses of bacterial l-aspartate-α-decarboxylase and of its zymogen-maturation protein reveal a putative interaction domain”, in BMC Research Notes, volume 8, →DOI:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The transfer of an acetyl group
autotitrator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: autotitrators
Etymology: From auto- + titrator.
Senses: examples: text: Two indicators of fruit acidity were measured: pH by a pH meter (Accumet AB15, Fisher Scientific, PA, USA) and titratable acidity (TA, malic acid equivalent) by an autotitrator (Metrohm 848 Titrino Plus with 869 compact sample changer, Metrohm, Herisau, Switzerland).
ref: 2015 August 16, Yang Bai et al., “Uncovering co-expression gene network modules regulating fruit acidity in diverse apples”, in BMC Genomics, volume 16, →DOI:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An automatic titrator
Related terms: autotitration
autotitrators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of autotitrator
bicoronal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bi- + coronal.
Senses: examples: text: The surgical field was accessed with a bicoronal skin incision.
ref: 2015 July 31, Young Taek Jung, Jae Ik Cho, Sang Pyung Lee, “Cranioplasty Using a Modified Split Calvarial Graft Technique in Cleidocranial Dysplasia”, in Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society, volume 58, →DOI:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: Relating to both the dorsal and ventral parts of the body
bloodfed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: blood-fed
Etymology: From blood + fed.
Senses: examples: text: For the 150 mL containers, 5, 10 and 15 bloodfed females were placed to verify the carrying capacity.
ref: 2015 August 16, Thais Marchi Goulart et al., “Techniques to improve the maintenance of a laboratory colony of Nyssomyia neivai (Diptera: Psychodidae)”, in Parasites & Vectors, volume 8, →DOI:
glosses: That have been fed on a diet of blood.
cellobionate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cellobionic acid + -ate.
Senses: examples: text: For the cellobionate phosphorylase activity assay, 0.5 μM NCU09425 was incubated with 2 mM cellobionate or cellobiose in 1x PBS at 30 °C for 30 min.
ref: 2015 August 16, Xin Li et al., “Cellobionic acid utilization: from Neurospora crassa to Saccharomyces cerevisiae”, in Biotechnology for Biofuels, volume 8, →DOI:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of cellobionic acid
cellobionic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A particular glucosyl gluconic acid
Derived terms: cellobionate
cellobionic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cellobiose.
Senses: examples: text: The concentration of remaining cellobionic acid or cellobiose was measured by high-performance anion exchange chromatography (HPAEC).
ref: 2015 August 16, Xin Li et al., “Cellobionic acid utilization: from Neurospora crassa to Saccharomyces cerevisiae”, in Biotechnology for Biofuels, volume 8, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to cellobionic acid or its derivatived
Derived terms: cellobionate
cellotrionic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cellotriose.
Senses: examples: text: The plate was imaged on a black background to highlight fungal growth. b Relative abundance of aldonic acids in the supernatants of cells provided with cellobionic acid at the time of inoculation ( top ) and 40 h ( bottom ).
ref: 2015 August 16, Xin Li et al., “Cellobionic acid utilization: from Neurospora crassa to Saccharomyces cerevisiae”, in Biotechnology for Biofuels, volume 8, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to cellotrionic acid or its derivatives
cellotrionic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A gluconic acid derived from cellotriose
cephalopelvic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cephalo- + pelvic.
Senses: examples: text: Responses which indicated that healthcare providers told parents something other than the main categories ( n = 29) were: lack of amniotic fluid ( n = 4), asphyxia ( n = 2), shoulder dystocia ( n = 2), stroke ( n = 2), uterine rupture ( n = 2) and one case of each of the following: fetal myocardial infarction, fetal weak heart, blood in the lungs, hypoxia, maternal fever, Rhesus antibodies, tentorial tear, cephalopelvic disproportion, cerebral haemorrhage, a fall down stairs, liver rupture, meconium aspiration, fibroids, prolonged rupture of membranes, compromised blood flow, macrosomia, and “statistics”.
ref: 2015 August 15, Jane Warland et al., “An international internet survey of the experiences of 1,714 mothers with a late stillbirth: the STARS cohort study”, in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, volume 15, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to the head (of a fetus) and the pelvis (of a mother)
Derived terms: cephalopelvic disproportion
cervicogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cervico- + -genic.
Senses: examples: text: Similarly, Zhang et al. 6) reported pain relief lasting 6 months after PRF in patients with cervicogenic headaches.
ref: 2015 July 31, Sun Yeul Lee et al., “Successful Treatment of Occipital Radiating Headache Using Pulsed Radiofrequency Therapy”, in Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society, volume 58, →DOI:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Arising from the neck
cholinephosphotransferase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cholinephosphotransferases
Senses: examples: text: In addition to de novo DAG that is generated via the Kennedy pathway, DAG precursors for TAG synthesis can also be derived from PC by the reversible action of two enzymes, PC:DAG cholinephosphotransferase (PDCT/ROD1; [ 65 ] and/or cytidine-5′-diphosphocholine:DAG cholinephosphotransferase (CPT; [ 66, 67 ].
ref: 2015 August 16, Aruna Kilaru et al., “Oil biosynthesis in a basal angiosperm: transcriptome analysis of Persea Americana mesocarp”, in BMC Plant Biology, volume 15, →DOI:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any enzyme that catalyses the transfer of phosphocholine (in a glyceride)
clinicoradiological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From clinico- + radiological.
Senses: examples: text: When Takeuchi et al. summarized the clinicoradiological features of 7 patients with growing hematomas that developed after radiosurgery 15), they identified male sex, high frequency of basal ganglia involvement, long interval from radiosurgery to diagnosable hematoma, and high rate of residual nidus as associating factors.
ref: 2015 July 31, Jung Cheol Park et al., “Growing Organized Hematomas Following Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformation : Five Cases of Surgical Excision”, in Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society, volume 58, →DOI:
glosses: Of or pertaining to both clinical findings (that is, those from the medical history, physical examination, and clinical laboratory) and radiologic findings; and (usually, more specifically) to the apparent logical correlation of those two types of findings.
Related terms: word: clinicoradiographic
english: pathology counterpart to radiology
translation: pathology counterpart to radiology
word: clinicopathologic
english: clinical, radiologic, and pathologic findings all correlated
translation: clinical, radiologic, and pathologic findings all correlated
word: clinicoradiopathologic