cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
affiliable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more affiliable
form: most affiliable
Senses: glosses: Capable of being affiliated to.
appellatively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From appellative + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Hercules is sometimes used appellatively, that is, as a common name, to signify a strong man.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: In the manner of appellative nouns; so as to express whole classes or species.
polyorama
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polyoramas
Etymology: Blend of poly- + panorama.
Senses: glosses: A view of many objects.
glosses: A sort of panorama with dissolving views.
polyoramas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polyorama
helleborein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of helleborin.
Arundelian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Arundel + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: The Arundelian marbles are marbles (stone structures) from Ancient Greece, bought by the Earl of Arundel in 1624.
glosses: Pertaining to an Earl of Arundel.
high-sighted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more high-sighted
form: most high-sighted
Senses: examples: text: So let high-sighted tyranny range on
ref: 1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:
glosses: haughty or arrogant.
bannings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbænɪŋz/
Senses: glosses: plural of banning
magicianly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more magicianly
form: most magicianly
Etymology: From magician + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Just before we would have begun to leave the table, Cadence and Cascade appeared on the balcony, and Betony introduced them with a magicianly flourish of his napkin.
ref: 2008, Alistair Reynolds, House of Suns, Gollancz (2009), page 217:
glosses: Like or befitting a magician.
extuberance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: extuberances
Senses: examples: text: but that an Extuberance lies on the Side , that Extuberance cannot easily be taken off , by beginning to Cut with the Edge of the Graver or Sculptor just where the Extuberance begins
ref: 1677–1683, Joseph Moxon, “(please specify the page)”, in Mechanick Exercises, or The Doctrine of Handy-Works, […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] Joseph Moxon, published 1678–1683, →OCLC:
glosses: A swelling or rising; protuberance.
extuberances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of extuberance
mobocracies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mobocracy
mobocrat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mobocrats
Etymology: From mob + -o- + -crat.
Senses: examples: text: he impales the idiotic notion, possibly entertained by a brainless mobocrat here and there, that, if you only perfect your voting apparatus, you are absolutely certain of good government.
ref: 1879, Peter Bayne, Lessons from my Masters — Carlyle, Tennyson, and Ruskin:
glosses: One who favours a form of government in which the unintelligent populace rules without restraint.
Related terms: mobocracy
mobocrats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mobocrat
ragwork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From rag + work.
Senses: topics: business
construction
manufacturing
glosses: A kind of rubblework
glosses: Fabric made from putting together rags (old cloth)
amissible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈmɪsɪbəl/
homophone: omissible
Forms: form: more amissible
form: most amissible
Etymology: From Latin āmissibilis. Compare French amissible.
Senses: glosses: Liable or likely to be lost.
Derived terms: amissibility
Related terms: amission
amiss
Neonomian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Neonomian
form: most Neonomian
Senses: glosses: Relating to Neonomianism.
Neonomian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Neonomians
Senses: glosses: One who subscribes to Neonomianism.
gook wagon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gook wagons
Senses: glosses: Any Asian automobile.
Neonomianism
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Neonomian + -ism.
Senses: topics: lifestyle
religion
theology
glosses: The doctrine that the Gospel is a new law whose requirements are fulfilled by faith and repentance, most often associated with the theology of Richard Baxter (1615-1691).
redisseizor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: redisseizors
Senses: topics: law
glosses: One who redisseizes.
redisseizors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of redisseizor
isodiabatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From iso- + diabatic.
Senses: examples: text: Each pair of isodiabatic lines for a perfect gas are so related to each other
ref: 1859, William John Macquorn Rankine, A Manual of the Steam Engine and Other Prime Movers:
glosses: Pertaining to the transmission to or from a body of equal quantities of heat.
Related terms: adiabatic
epileptogenous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Producing epilepsy or epileptoid convulsions; applied to areas of the body or of the nervous system where stimulation produces convulsions.
candicant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more candicant
form: most candicant
Etymology: From Latin candicans, present participle of candicare (“to be whitish”).
Senses: glosses: Somewhat white, or turning white.
phyllocladia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phyllocladium
phyllocladium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phyllocladia
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: phylloclade
having a clue
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of have a clue
chasmy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more chasmy
form: most chasmy
Etymology: From chasm + -y.
Senses: examples: text: They cross the chasmy torrent's foam-lit bed, / Rocked on the dizzy larch's narrow tread; […]
ref: 1791–1792 (date written; published 1793), William Wordsworth, “[Juvenile Pieces.] Extracts from Descriptive Sketches Taken during a Pedestrian Tour in the Alps.”, in Poems […], volume I, London: […] Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […], published 1815, →OCLC, page 81:
text: North-eastward, at the extreme right, or Elbe point of it, where Grüne and the Austrians stand, it has grown so chasmy, we judge that Grüne can neither advance nor be advanced upon: so we leave him standing there,—which he did all day, in a purely meditative posture.
ref: 1864, Thomas Carlyle, “Battle of Kesselsdorf”, in History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great, volume IV, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, book XV, pages 213–214:
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or resembling a chasm.
isonicotine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From iso- + nicotine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A crystalline nitrogenous base (alkali), C₁₀H₁₄N₂, isomeric with nicotine.
naphthylpiperazine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From naphthyl + piperazine.
Senses: glosses: A drug derived from phenylpiperazine.
sonepiprazole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Probably from s(ulf)on(amid)e + -piprazole (“phenylpiperazine derivative”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A drug derived from phenylpiperazine.
levodropropizine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From levo- + dropropizine.
Senses: glosses: A cough-suppressing drug.
naftopidil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An antihypertensive drug.
oxypertine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An indole antipsychotic drug.
dapiprazole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From [Term?] + -piprazole (“phenylpiperazine derivative”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An alpha-blocker used to reverse mydriasis after eye examination.
etoperidone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An antidepressant of the phenylpiperazine class.
Synonyms: clopradone
thozalinone
clopradone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The drug etoperidone.
thozalinone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The drug etoperidone.
mummychog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mummychogs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mummichog.
mummychogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mummychog
Lidgett
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
menispermic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An acid obtained from moonseed (Menispermum) or other plants of the same family.
moonseeds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moonseed
nonspoilage
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + spoilage.
Senses: examples: nonspoilage microorganisms
glosses: Not causing, or relating to, spoilage of food etc.
heelpost
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heelposts
Etymology: From heel + post.
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: The post supporting the outer end of a propeller shaft.
topics: business
carpentry
construction
manufacturing
glosses: The post to which a gate or door is hinged.
glosses: The quoin post of a lock gate.
heelposts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of heelpost
imperseverant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more imperseverant
form: most imperseverant
Etymology: From im- + perseverant.
Senses: examples: text: yet this imperseuerant Thing loues him in my despight.
ref: 1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
glosses: Not persevering; fickle; thoughtless.
silicicalcareous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛəɹi.əs
Senses: qualifier: rare compared to synonym calcareosiliceous
glosses: Consisting of silica and calcareous matter.
Synonyms: calcareosiliceous
savableness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From savable + -ness.
Senses: synonyms: savability
glosses: Capability of being saved.
unappropriate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌʌnəˈpɹəʊpɹieɪt/
ipa: /ˌʌnəˈpɹəʊpɹiət/
Forms: form: unappropriates
form: unappropriating
form: unappropriated
form: unappropriated
Etymology: From un- + appropriate.
Senses: examples: text: to unappropriate a monopoly
text: unappropriating , and unmonopolizing the rewards of learning and industry
ref: 1641 May, John Milton, Of Reformation Touching Church-Discipline in England: And the Cavses that hitherto have Hindred it. […], [London]: […] Thomas Vnderhill, →OCLC; republished in (Please provide a date or year):
glosses: To take from private possession; to restore to the possession or right of all.
unappropriate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌʌnəˈpɹəʊpɹieɪt/
ipa: /ˌʌnəˈpɹəʊpɹiət/
Forms: form: more unappropriate
form: most unappropriate
Etymology: From un- + appropriate.
Senses: glosses: Inappropriate; unsuitable.
examples: text: Goods, which God, at first, created unappropriate.
ref: a. 1779, William Warburton, Sermon XXXI:
glosses: Not appropriated.
unappropriates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unappropriate
unappropriating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unappropriate
anemometrograph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anemometrographs
Senses: glosses: An anemograph.
anemometrographs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anemometrograph
brancheries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of branchery
branchery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brancheries
Etymology: From branch + -ery.
Senses: glosses: A system or entwining of branches, on trees or as an ornament.
recensionist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: recensionists
Etymology: From recension + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Someone who makes recensions, i.e. a critical editor.
recensionists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of recensionist
tamability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tame + -ability.
Senses: glosses: The quality or state of being tamable.
Carlylean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Carlylean
form: most Carlylean
Etymology: From Carlyle + -an.
Senses: glosses: Relating to Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881), Scottish essayist and historian.
rememorative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more rememorative
form: most rememorative
Senses: examples: text: rememorative allegory
text: rememorative signs
text: rememorative process
synonyms: commemorative
glosses: Tending or serving to remind.
combless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From comb + -less.
Senses: examples: text: a combless cock
glosses: Without a comb or crest.
Derived terms: comblessness
confirmance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From confirm + -ance.
Senses: glosses: confirmation
disobligement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: disobligements
Etymology: From disoblige + -ment.
Senses: glosses: freedom from obligation.
disobligements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of disobligement
subbreed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subbreeds
Etymology: From sub- + breed.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A race or strain having different characteristics from others in the same breed.
subbreeds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subbreed
entozoologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: entozoologists
Etymology: From entozoology + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who studies entozoology.
entozoologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of entozoologist
drive by shooting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drive by shootings
Senses: examples: text: In Hillcrest, a restaurant customer was struck by two bullets and paralyzed from the waist down in a drive-by shooting committed by the husband of a waitress.
ref: 2008, Alan Kaminsky, A complete guide to premises security litigation, page 233:
glosses: An assassination carried out from a moving vehicle while passing the victim.
Related terms: drive-by
drive by shootings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of drive by shooting
technoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more technoid
form: most technoid
Etymology: From techno- + -oid.
Senses: examples: text: DLL is VB's runtime library, which allows VB programs to interact with Windows and do other low-level, behind-the-screens, technoid stuff.
ref: 1996, Paul McFedries, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Creating An HMTL Web Page, Que, →ISBN, page 222:
glosses: Pertaining to the functionality or operation of a technology; technical.
examples: text: Some folks are put off by the technoid aura of the hard-core BBS network, but the fact is that laser printing — and desktop publishing in general — is rapidly evolving, cutting-edge territory.
ref: 1987 January, Charles Setter, Daniel Ben-Horin, “Insights on the LaserWriter”, in Macworld:
glosses: Exhibiting, requiring, or characteristic of an interest in and/or proficiency with technology.
examples: text: She hinted at this strategy on 2001's Vespertine, where her vocals pulsed along with music seemingly keyed to her own internal rhythms instead of getting lost in technoid tangles.
ref: 2004, Keith Harris, Medulla review, Spin, October 2004
glosses: Electronic or electronic-sounding; resembling techno music.
raw_tags: of music
examples: text: We are looking into an area in which biomorphic and technoid objects seem to exist in a Utopian atmosphere.
ref: 1978, Uwe M. Schneede, Surrealism, Harry N. Abrams, →ISBN, page 136:
glosses: Of or pertaining to an aesthetic style which uses industrial or technological forms, materials, and themes.
raw_tags: of art or design
technoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: technoids
Etymology: From techno- + -oid.
Senses: examples: text: Says Gates in his characteristic computerspeak: "I was a hard-core technoid."
ref: 1984 April 16, Michael Moritz, “A Hard-Core Technoid”, in Time:
glosses: A person interested in or skilled with technology.
Synonyms: sense: adjective: exhibiting, requiring, or characteristic of technological interest and skill
word: geeky
word: nerdy
sense: noun: person interested in or skilled with technology
word: geek
word: nerd
word: technophile
technoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of technoid
chew toys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chew toy
adjika
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adzhika
form: ajika
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian аджи́ка (adžíka), from Abkhaz аџьыка (adžəkʼa); see there for more.
Senses: glosses: A hot, spicy but subtly flavoured paste often used to flavour food, mainly in the Caucasian regions of Abkhazia and Samegrelo.
dickwod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Who the smeg said I was middle-aged dickwod.
ref: 2000 May 14, BULLDOG [username], “Re: Attn: BULLDOG”, in rec.arts.drwho (Usenet):
text: Any dickwod who thinks it's a right sound idea to post 20 separate posts for a load of stock they wanna make a profit on deserves to have the piss ripped.
ref: 2000 July 16, Erik The Viking [username], “Re: FS Seagate Tapestor”, in uk.adverts.computer (Usenet):
text: All the others, you can read if you want, but this is mainly directed to Frank, and for sounding like a complete dickwod from this point on in the post, I do apologise.
ref: 2000 October 17, broadwaylamb [username], “Re: YOU SAD BASTARDS!!!!!”, in alt.music.genesis (Usenet):
text: Settle down dickwod, just asking people that know in here (NOT YOU) so I can make an informed decision before I purchase a unit ......
ref: 2002 November 5, voo doo [username], “Re: Humax 8 series”, in alt.satellite.tv.australasia (Usenet):
text: The very absolutely smartest thing this country could do would be to dump support for Israel immediately - but this won't happen because the American government is a worthless band of Israel and corporate sucking dickwods.
ref: 2005 September 9, Crash [username], “Re: Israeli army complains hurricane might 'reduce' US handouts”, in alt.politics.bush (Usenet):
text: "C'mon dickwod, we need to get you up" He always spoke to us like this, like we were shit.
ref: 2006, David Atkinson, Montgomery Hughes, Phantasmagoria, page 141:
glosses: Misspelling of dickwad.
bagh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: baghs
Etymology: From Persian باغ (bâġ, “garden; orchard”).
Senses: glosses: A type of enclosed garden common in south and south-eastern Asia.
who am I kidding
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: whom am I kidding
Senses: examples: text: The alternative to that is of course the chilling thought of Lucifer. I don't like the idea of that so much. Who am I kidding though? I kill people! People, who do horrible things, but people none the less.
ref: 2009, Raymond James Hancock, Necroman:
glosses: Said by one who, upon the realization that one was kidding oneself, wishes to start thinking in a more sensible, reasonable way.
Related terms: kid oneself
self-deception
dellal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dellals
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of dalal.
gwall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gwalls
Etymology: From Irish gabháil.
Senses: glosses: load; large amount
dootsie
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dootsie
form: most dootsie
Senses: glosses: childish
glosses: old-fashioned
Synonyms: word: infantile
word: milky
word: puerile
word: childish
word: antiquated
word: dated
word: oldfangled
word: obsolete
nippit
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more nippit
form: most nippit
Etymology: From Scots nip (“to pinch”).
Senses: glosses: tight-fitting
not while pussy's a cat
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: never
not wise
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: insane
gype
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gypes
form: gipe
Etymology: From Scots gype (“foolish, awkward person”). Compare Old Norse geip (“nonsense”).
Senses: glosses: fool; clumsy, awkward person
glosses: long-legged person
glosses: silly boy
gipe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gipes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gype.
urolagniacs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of urolagniac
pisswhores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pisswhore
Shelbyvillian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Shelbyvillian
form: most Shelbyvillian
Etymology: From Shelbyville + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to any of the towns called Shelbyville.
Shelbyvillian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Shelbyvillians
Etymology: From Shelbyville + -ian.
Senses: glosses: An inhabitant of any of these towns.
Shelbyvillians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Shelbyvillian
infumate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: infumates
form: infumating
form: infumated
form: infumated
Etymology: First attested in 1847; borrowed from Latin infumātus, perfect passive participle of infumō (“to infumate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from in- (“in”) + fumō (“to smoke”), from fumus (“smoke”).
Senses: glosses: To dry by exposing to smoke; to expose to smoke.
infumate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more infumate
form: most infumate
Etymology: First attested in 1847; borrowed from Latin infumātus, perfect passive participle of infumō (“to infumate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from in- (“in”) + fumō (“to smoke”), from fumus (“smoke”).
Senses: examples: text: The posterior wings are transparent and iridescent, infumate at the extreme base along the dorsal margin, and their nervuration is to a large extent pale, becoming dark towards the apex.
ref: 1913, R.C.L. Perkins, “Neuroptera”, in David Sharp, editor, Fauna Hawaiiensis: Being the Land-fauna of the Hawaiian Islands, page 40:
text: I am sure Frederick Smith has correctly named a pair in the British Museum, with the whole upper and to a less extend the lower basal cells infumate and the apical alar infumation approaching closely to the stigma; one probably came from Bates and the female, which lacks the single black marks on the second and third segments, was acquired about 1839 through Mr. Mornay from Brazil.
ref: 1915, Claude Morley, A Revision of the Ichneumonidae Based on the Collection in the British Museum, page 20:
text: The legs, gaster, and pronotum are reddish, and the short wings are infumate except for a pale band across the middle.
ref: 2023, R. M. Bohart, A. S. Menke, Sphecid Wasps of the World: A Generic Revision:
glosses: Somewhat translucent with a mottled smokey appearance.
Related terms: infumation
Beatleheads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Beatlehead
acetylglucosaminephosphotransferase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From acetylglucosamine + phosphotransferase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A particular lysosomal transferase enzyme
acetylglucosaminylglycopeptide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From acetylglucosaminyl + glycopeptide.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A peptidoglycan in which the sugar moiety is acetylglucosamine
acetylhexosaminidase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acetylhexosaminidases
Etymology: From acetyl- + hexosaminidase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of terminal acetylhexosamine residues of acetylhexosaminides
acetylhydrolase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acetylhydrolases
Etymology: From acetyl + hydrolase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolytic removal of an acetyl group
Derived terms: PAF acetylhydrolase
acetylmannosamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From acetyl + mannosamine.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The N-acetyl derivative of mannosamine; it is involved in the biosynthesis of sialic acid
ice swimmer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪmə(ɹ)
Forms: form: ice swimmers
Etymology: From ice + swimmer.
Senses: glosses: one who participates in ice swimming
Related terms: winter swimmer
acetylmannosaminyltransferase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From acetylmannosaminyl + transferase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any transferase whose substrate is a derivative of acetylmannosamine.
ice swimmers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ice swimmer
acetylmethadol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acetylmethadols
Etymology: From acetyl + methadol.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An opioid analgesic used as a substitute for methadone.
Derived terms: alphacetylmethadol
betacetylmethadol
levacetylmethadol
noracymethadol
acetylmuramidase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acetylmuramidases
Etymology: From acetyl + muramidase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An enzyme involved in the autolysis of cells
acetylornithine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From acetyl + ornithine.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The N-acetyl derivative of ornithine; it is involved in the biosynthesis of glutamate
bear trap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bear traps
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of beartrap.
bear traps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bear trap
acetylpolyamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acetylpolyamines
Etymology: From acetyl + polyamine.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The n-acetyl derivative of a polyamine
acetylpyridine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acetylpyridines
Etymology: From acetyl + pyridine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of three isomeric acetyl derivatives of pyridine; some of which are used as flavouring compounds
acetylsalicylate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acetylsalicylates
Etymology: From acetyl + salicylate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: the acetyl derivative of salicylate; any salt or ester of acetylsalicylic acid
Synonyms: aspirinate
acetylserotonin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From acetyl + serotonin.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The N-acetyl derivative of serotonin; it is an intermediate in the biosynthesis of melatonin from serotonin
Synonyms: normelatonin
acetyltannic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From acetyl + tannic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to acetyltannic acid or its derivatives
acetyltannic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From acetyl + tannic acid.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The product of the acetylation of tannic acid/tannin, sometimes used as an intestinal astringent
Synonyms: acetyltannin
thiocholine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thiocholines
Etymology: From thio- + choline.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A mercapto quaternary ammonium compound with formula (CH₃)₃N⁺CH₂CH₂SH⁻; it is used as a reagent for the determination of cholinesterases
Derived terms: acetylthiocholine
butyrylthiocholine
acetylthiocholine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From acetyl + thiocholine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The acetyl derivative of thiocholine; it is used as a substrate in assays for cholinesterases.
achatina
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: achatinas
Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Achatina.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any of the snails of the genus Achatina.
achatinas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of achatina
acheilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From a- + cheilo- + -ia.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A congenital absence of lips, liplessness
acheiria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acheirias
Senses: glosses: The congenital absence of one or both hands
glosses: A loss of sense in one or both hands, or the inability to tell on which side of the body a stimulus has been applied
victory mosque
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A mosque built on the site of a Muslim victory in battle.
acheirous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to acheiria (lacking one or both hands)
achiasmatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From a- + chiasmatic.
Senses: glosses: Undergoing meiosis but without achieving chiasma
Derived terms: achiasmatically
achillobursitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
hypernyms: bursitis
glosses: inflammation of a bursa near the Achilles tendon
achillodynia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From achillo- + -odynia.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: pain due to achillobursitis
achillorrhaphy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Achilles + -o- + -rrhaphy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: suture of the Achilles tendon
achillotenotomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: achillotenotomies
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: achillotomy
achillotomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: achillotomies
Etymology: From Achilles + -otomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: tenotomy of the Achilles tendon
achiropody
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of acheiropody.
achlorhydric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more achlorhydric
form: most achlorhydric
Etymology: From achlorhydria + -ic.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to achlorhydria
hersum
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: 'hîr sŭm
Forms: form: more hersum
form: most hersum
Etymology: From Middle English hērsum (“obedient, devout, pious”), from Old English hīersum (“obedient”), see below. See also hearsome.
Senses: glosses: obedient
glosses: devout, pious
Derived terms: obedience
Related terms: word: hearsome
thanatocracies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thanatocracy
Amphipolis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ἀμφίπολις (Amphípolis), modern Greek Αμφίπολη (Amfípoli).
Senses: glosses: A municipality in Central Macedonia, northern Greece.
bats out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bat out
batting out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bat out
batted out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bat out
stands up against
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of stand up against
Abba
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæb.ə/
ipa: /æˈbɑ/
ipa: /ˈæb.ə/
ipa: /æˈbɑ/
rhymes: -æbə
homophone: abba
Forms: form: Abbas
Etymology: From Middle English, from Latin abba, from Ancient Greek ἀββα (abba), from Aramaic אבא/ܐܒܐ (ʼabbāʼ, “father”).
Senses: examples: text: And because yee are sonnes, God hath sent foorth the spirit of his Sonne into your hearts, crying Abba, Father.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Galatians 4:6:
topics: Christianity
glosses: Father, an honorific title given to God in the New Testament, especially used in prayers.
Valley of the Kings
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Valley of the Kings
Senses: examples: text: The tomb chapel has no burial shaft below it, and it has been suggested that Rekhmira was buried in a shaft tomb in the Valley of the Kings, although the location of this burial-place remains unknown.
ref: 1995, Ian Shaw, Paul Nicholson, “Rekhmira”, in The British Museum Dictionary of Ancient Egypt, The British Museum Press, published 2002, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 244, column 1:
topics: Egyptology
history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: A valley in Egypt, on the west bank of the Nile, known for the tombs constructed there for the pharaohs.
Synonyms: KV
Coordinate terms: Valley of the Queens
Derived terms: KV
KV-
telecentric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tele- + -centric.
Senses: topics: engineering
natural-sciences
optics
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Relating to a compound lens which has its entrance or exit pupil at infinity; in the prior case, this produces an orthographic view of the subject
Related terms: telecentricity
wigged out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of wig out
wigged out
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more wigged out
form: most wigged out
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of wigged-out.
heterotelic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more heterotelic
form: most heterotelic
Senses: examples: You're of heterotelic value, that means you were invoked for an extraneous purpose alone, the outcome of which won't even be known to me until I'm back with my physical body in the physical world… -- William Cook, Love in the Time of Flowers
glosses: Having its meaning or existential purpose outside of itself
Related terms: autotelic
infusive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ɪnˈfjuːsɪv/
Forms: form: more infusive
form: most infusive
Etymology: From infuse + -ive.
Senses: examples: text: infusive therapy
text: the infusive force of Spring on man
ref: a. 1749 (date written), James Thomson, “Spring”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, →OCLC:
glosses: Having the power of infusion; inspiring; influencing.
Derived terms: infusively
misrate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: misrates
form: misrating
form: misrated
form: misrated
Etymology: From mis- + rate.
Senses: glosses: To rate erroneously.
misrates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of misrate
misrating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of misrate
palatopterygoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛɹɪɡɔɪd
Etymology: From palato- + pterygoid.
Senses: examples: text: the palatopterygoid cartilage, or rod, from which the palatine and pterygoid bones are developed
text: palatopterygoid arch
text: palatopterygoid bone
text: palatopterygoid
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Pertaining to the palatine and pterygoid region of the skull.
palatopterygoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛɹɪɡɔɪd
Forms: form: palatopterygoids
Etymology: From palato- + pterygoid.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of pterygoid.
synonyms: word: pterygoid
unmoisturized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + moisturized.
Senses: glosses: Not moisturized.
Penha
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality of Santa Catarina, Brazil.
glosses: A district of São Paulo, Brazil.
glosses: A neighborhood of Zona Norte district, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
droppingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From dropping + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The birds sang and brake off again
To shake their pretty feathers dry
Of the dew sliding droppingly
From the leaf-edges
ref: 1844, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “A Vision of Poets”, in Poems. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC:
glosses: In drops; one drop at a time.
examples: text: our prayers come but droppingly from vs afterward in the ebbe of our affections
ref: 1614, Daniel Dyke, The Mystery of Selfe-Deceiuing:
glosses: bit by bit; one at a time
Related terms: jaw-droppingly
bandlet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bandlets
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bandelet.
examples: text: The numerous fluorescent dots visible in this photograph represent nuclei of diverse embryonic cells, but the nuclei belonging to the n bandlet can be distinguished because they lie within fluorescent (i.e., RDP-labeled) N teloblast progeny.
ref: 1982, Current Topics in Developmental Biology, page 25:
text: Closer inspection of bandlet nuclei reveals them to be of two types: interphase nuclei with diffuse fluorescence, and mitotic nuclei showing brightly fluorescent, condensed chromosomes” (Fig. 5b).
ref: 2013, Nicholas C. Spitzer, Neuronal Development, page 15:
glosses: A column of stem cells that develop from a single teloblast.
bandlets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bandlet
pipestem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pipestems
Etymology: From pipe + stem.
Senses: examples: example
glosses: The hollow stem or tube of a pipe used for smoking tobacco, etc.
glosses: The pale bridewort (Spiraea alba).
examples: text: The families live at the end of what's called a "pipestem" driveway, a narrow private avenue that connects their properties to Compton Road near Clifton. Without the driveway, three of the four lots would be completely landlocked, with no way to get to the main road.
ref: 1994 October 1, Maryann Haggerty, “Driveway to distraction”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C., retrieved 11 Jan 2022:
text: Although Washburn defined the house location as a cul-de-sac rather than a pipestem, it was a shared driveway off a main road with all the mailboxes grouped together at the entrance to the main road.
ref: 2004 February 25, “Shared driveways one builder’s option”, in Burke Connection, Alexandria, Va.: Connection Newspapers, retrieved 11 Jan 2022:
synonyms: pipestem driveway
glosses: A driveway that leads to multiple residences, often maintained or owned jointly by the residents along the driveway; a shared driveway.
Related terms: pipestem lot
pipestems
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pipestem
insculp
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: insculps
form: insculping
form: insculped
form: insculped
Etymology: From Latin insculpere. Compare French insculper. See in- and sculptor.
Senses: examples: text: A coyne that beares the figure of an Angell
Stampt in gold, but that's insculpt vpon:
ref: c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene vii]:
glosses: To engrave; to carve; to sculpt.
insculped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of insculp
insculping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of insculp
insculps
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of insculp
diaphanie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diaphanies
Etymology: Borrowed from French diaphanie.
Senses: glosses: The art of imitating stained glass with translucent paper.
glosses: An artistic design made in this way.
diaphanies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diaphanie
redtail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: redtails
Etymology: From red + tail.
Senses: glosses: The red-tailed hawk, Buteo jamaicensis.
glosses: The common or European redstart, Phoenicurus phoenicurus.
topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: A species of damselfly, Ceriagrion aeruginosum, of Australia, New Guinea, and Indonesia, having a bright red abdomen.
Related terms: redtail shark
redtail sharkminnow
redtails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of redtail
dropless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From drop + -less.
Senses: examples: Ye, that now cool her fleece with dropless damp
glosses: Without a drop or drops, as of water.
examples: a dropless juggling performance
glosses: Without dropping something.
symmetral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more symmetral
form: most symmetral
Etymology: Partly from Latin symmetros and partly from Ancient Greek σύμμετρος (súmmetros), + -al.
Senses: examples: text: It was both the doctrine of the apostles, and the practice of the church, while it was symmetral, to obey the magistrate.
ref: 1660, Henry More, An Explanation of the Grand Mystery of Godliness:
glosses: commensurable; symmetrical
symmetral
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: symmetrals
Etymology: Partly from Latin symmetros and partly from Ancient Greek σύμμετρος (súmmetros), + -al.
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
chargeful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more chargeful
form: most chargeful
Etymology: From charge + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: the fineness of the gold and chargeful fashion
ref: c. 1594 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Comedie of Errors”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:
glosses: costly; expensive
penrack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: penracks
Etymology: From pen + rack.
Senses: synonyms: penholder
glosses: A rack to hold pens while not in use.
penracks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of penrack
thionol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From thionine + -ol.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A red or violet dyestuff with a greenish metallic lustre, produced by the chemical dehydration of thionine.
incitative
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪnsɪtətɪv/
ipa: /ˈɪnsəˌteɪtɪv/
Forms: form: incitatives
Senses: examples: text: They all carried wallets, which, as appeared afterwards, were well provided with incitatives, and such as provoke to thirst at two leagues distance
ref: 1742, Miguel de Cervantes, translated by Charles Jervas, The History of the Valorous and Witty Knight-Errant Don Quixote of The Mancha:
synonyms: carrot
incentive
glosses: Something that incites; an incitant; a stimulant.
incitative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪnsɪtətɪv/
ipa: /ˈɪnsəˌteɪtɪv/
Forms: form: more incitative
form: most incitative
Senses: glosses: That incites
incitatives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of incitative
sterned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From stern + -ed.
Senses: examples: a square-sterned vessel
glosses: Having a stern of a particular shape or kind.
presystolic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + systolic.
Senses: examples: the presystolic friction sound
topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
glosses: Preceding the systole or contraction of the heart; relating to presystole
Coordinate terms: holosystolic
pansystolic
midsystolic
postsystolic
inverisimilitude
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɪnˌvɛɹɪsɪˈmɪlɪt(j)uːd/
Forms: form: inverisimilitudes
Etymology: From in- + verisimilitude.
Senses: glosses: Lack of verisimilitude or likelihood; improbability; unlikelihood
inverisimilitudes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inverisimilitude
pentaspermous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Containing or bearing five seeds.
unorder
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unorders
form: unordering
form: unordered
form: unordered
Etymology: From un- + order.
Senses: glosses: To cancel an order for.
unordering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unorder
unorders
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unorder
bacampicillin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From [Term?] + ampicillin.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An antibiotic which is converted to ampicillin in the body.
colluder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: colluders
Etymology: From collude + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who colludes; one who conspires.
colluders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of colluder
mytilotoxine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Mytilus + toxic + -ine
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: saxitoxin
chewet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chewets
Etymology: From Middle English chewet.
Senses: glosses: A kind of meat pie.
chewet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chewets
Etymology: From French chouette (“owl”).
Senses: glosses: A chough or jackdaw.
examples: text: Peace, Chewet, peace.
ref: c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i], page 69:
glosses: A chatterbox.
chewets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chewet
trihoral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tri- + horal.
Senses: glosses: Occurring once in every three hours.
consubstantialism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From consubstantial + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The doctrine of consubstantiation.
Related terms: consubstantialist
gurge
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɜɹdʒ/
ipa: /ˈɡɜːdʒ/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)dʒ
Forms: form: gurges
form: gurging
form: gurged
form: gurged
Etymology: See gorge.
Senses: glosses: To swallow up.
gurge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɜɹdʒ/
ipa: /ˈɡɜːdʒ/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)dʒ
Forms: form: gurges
Etymology: Back-formation from gurges, taken to be a plural.
Senses: examples: text: The plain, wherein a black bituminous gurge
Boils out from under ground […]
ref: 1674, John Milton, Paradise Lost^(https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Paradise_Lost_(1674)/Book_XII), Book 12, lines 41-42:
qualifier: obsolete outside heraldry
glosses: Alternative form of gurges (“whirlpool”).
gurged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of gurge
gurging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of gurge