cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
temefos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: temephos
Etymology: Probably from th(io)e(ther) + me(tho)- + -fos (“phosphorous derivative”).
Senses: examples: text: Temefos is an organophosphorus insecticide used to control mosquito, midge, and black-fly larvae in lakes, ponds, and wetland habitats.
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An organophosphate larvicide used especially to treat water infested with disease-carrying fleas. [O,O,O′,O′-tetramethyl O,O′-sulfanediylbis(1,4-phenylene) diphosphorothioate].
temephos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Alternative form of temefos.
chlorbenside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A pesticide with chemical formula C₁₃H₁₀Cl₂S, mostly commonly used as an acaricide.
Synonyms: chlorbenxide
chlorbenzide
chlorparaside
chlorsulfacide
chlorsulphacide
chloralose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chloraloses
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
synonyms: chloralosan
chloralosane
glosses: An avicide and rodenticide, also used in neuroscience and veterinary medicine as an anaesthetic and sedative.
Derived terms: chloralosed
parachloralose
Related terms: chloralic
avicidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌævɪˈsaɪdəl/
Forms: form: more avicidal
form: most avicidal
Senses: glosses: Acting as an avicide; fatal to birds.
hexachloroacetone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hexa- + chloro- + acetone.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An organic compound used mainly as a pesticide.
Synonyms: hexachloropropanone
perchloroacetone
dichlofenthion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An organophosphate pesticide and nematicide.
lampricide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lampricides
Etymology: From lamprey + -cide.
Senses: glosses: Any pesticide applied to kill lampreys; commonly affecting their larvae in particular.
Derived terms: lampricidal
lampricides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lampricide
lampricidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more lampricidal
form: most lampricidal
Etymology: From lampricide + -al.
Senses: glosses: Acting as a lampricide.
Nga
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /nɑ/
/(ə)ŋɑ/
Etymology: From Eastern Min 倪 (ngà̤).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Eastern Min.
Related terms: Ngai
Ngeh
leafminer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leafminers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of leaf miner.
leafminers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leafminer
spinosad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spinosads
Senses: glosses: Any of a class of insecticides whose active ingredient is derived from a naturally-occurring soil-dwelling bacterium, Saccharopolyspora spinosa.
spinosads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spinosad
chlorophacinone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An anticoagulant used as a rodenticide.
pyrimethanil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌpaɪɹɪˈmɛθənɪl/
Senses: glosses: A particular pesticide.
deguelin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A rotenone derivative and naturally-occurring insecticide.
tephrosin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Tephrosia + -in.
Senses: glosses: A natural piscicide found in the leaves and seeds of Tephrosia purpurea.
piscicidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more piscicidal
form: most piscicidal
Etymology: From piscicide + -al.
Senses: glosses: Acting as a piscicide; fatal to fish.
crimidine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A convulsant poison used as a rodenticide.
metepa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /məˈtipə/
/mɛ-/
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A chemosterilant also used in creaseproofing and flameproofing textiles, a methyl derivative of tepa.
flameproofs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of flameproof
flameproofed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of flameproof
flameproofing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of flameproof
creaseproof
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more creaseproof
form: most creaseproof
Etymology: From crease + -proof.
Senses: glosses: Resistant to creasing.
creaseproof
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: creaseproofs
form: creaseproofing
form: creaseproofed
form: creaseproofed
Etymology: From crease + -proof.
Senses: glosses: To make creaseproof.
creaseproofs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of creaseproof
creaseproofing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of creaseproof
creaseproofed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of creaseproof
procymidone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A pesticide often used for killing ferns and nettles.
trophobiotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to trophobiosis.
trophobiosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trophobioses
Etymology: From tropho- + -biosis.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A symbiotic association in which one organism obtains or provides food for another.
Derived terms: trophobiotic
Related terms: trophobiont
trophobioses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trophobiosis
Khoekhoe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɔɪkɔɪ/
Forms: form: Khoekhoe
Etymology: From Khoekhoe Khoekhoe.n (“Khoekhoe people”), from khoe.b (“human being”).
Senses: glosses: A member of a Southern African people, formerly known as Hottentots.
Synonyms: Khoikhoi
Khoi
Khoekhoe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɔɪkɔɪ/
Etymology: From Khoekhoe Khoekhoe.n (“Khoekhoe people”), from khoe.b (“human being”).
Senses: glosses: Any of a group of languages or dialects spoken by these people.
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Khoekhoe terms
pirimiphos-methyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An organophosphate used as a pesticide.
algaecidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more algaecidal
form: most algaecidal
Etymology: From algae + -cidal.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of algicidal.
algicidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more algicidal
form: most algicidal
form: algaecidal
Etymology: From algicide + -al.
Senses: glosses: Acting as an algicide.
tugs of war
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tug of war
potagers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of potager
nonphytotoxic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + phytotoxic.
Senses: glosses: Not phytotoxic.
acephate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Acute oral LD50’s for methamidophos are an order of magnitude less than acephate, and the high toxicity of this chemical should be considered whenever acephate is applied.
glosses: An organophosphate foliar insecticide, O,S-dimethyl acetylphosphoramidothioate, used primarily against aphids
norbormide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /nɔː(ɹ)ˈbɔː(ɹ)maɪd/
Senses: glosses: A particular rodenticide.
fluoroacetamide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From fluoro- + acetamide.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An organic compound based on acetamide with one fluorine atom replacing hydrogen on the methyl group, used as a rodenticide.
potages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of potage
pyrinuron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /paɪˈɹɪnjʊɹɒn/
Senses: glosses: A particular rodenticide.
scilliroside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A toxic compound derived from the plant Urginea maritima, sometimes used as a rodenticide.
pindone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An anticoagulant used as an agricultural rodenticide.
tetramethylenedisulfotetramine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tetramethylenedisulphotetramine
Etymology: From tetramethylene + di- + sulfo- + tetramine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A toxic organic compound used mainly as a rodenticide.
Synonyms: word: TETS
tetramethylenedisulphotetramine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of tetramethylenedisulfotetramine.
Miltonian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɪlˈtəʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /mɪlˈtoʊ.ni.ən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Forms: form: more Miltonian
form: most Miltonian
Etymology: From Milton + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to John Milton (1608–1674), English poet, or his works.
Related terms: Miltonesque
liroconite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A complex vitreous monoclinic mineral, hydrated copper aluminium arsenate hydroxide, with a bright blue or green colour.
phenylsilatrane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌfɛnɪlˈsɪlətɹeɪn/
Senses: glosses: A convulsant that has been used as a rodenticide.
phosacetim
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A toxic organophosphate used as a rodenticide.
coumatetralyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌkuːməˈtɛtɹəlɪl/
Senses: glosses: An anticoagulant of the warfarin type.
bromethalin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /bɹəʊˈmɛθəlɪn/
Senses: glosses: A particular rodenticide.
bromadiolone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A potent rodenticide, a second-generation coumarin derivative.
superwarfarin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superwarfarins
Etymology: From super- + warfarin.
Senses: glosses: Any of various rodenticides with significantly greater potency and effectiveness than warfarin.
superwarfarins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superwarfarin
N.D. Miss.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi, as used in case citations.
Related terms: S.D. Miss.
S.D. Miss.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, as used in case citations.
Related terms: N.D. Miss.
Miss.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of Mississippi: a state of the United States, as used in case citations.
Derived terms: N.D. Miss.
S.D. Miss.
N.D. Ohio
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, as used in case citations.
Related terms: S.D. Ohio
S.D. Ohio
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, as used in case citations.
Related terms: N.D. Ohio
N.D.W.Va.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia, as used in case citations.
Related terms: S.D.W.Va.
S.D.W.Va.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, as used in case citations.
Related terms: N.D.W.Va.
W.Va.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of West Virginia: a state of the United States, as used in case citations.
Derived terms: N.D.W.Va.
S.D.W.Va.
disregulate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of dysregulate.
W.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -uː
Senses: glosses: Wednesday.
W.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -uː
Senses: glosses: West.
W.
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -uː
Senses: glosses: Western.
disregulates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of dysregulates.
disregulated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of dysregulated.
disregulation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of dysregulation.
stole fee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stole fees
Senses: glosses: A fee or donation made to a priest who officiates at a rite.
stole fees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stole fee
LMFAO
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: LMAO with an additional F meaning fucking.
Senses: glosses: Initialism of laughing my fucking ass (arse) off More emphatic form of LMAO.
stole-fee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stole-fees
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of stole fee.
stole-fees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stole-fee
vagi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈveɪˌɡaɪ/
ipa: /ˈveɪˌd͡ʒaɪ/
Senses: glosses: plural of vagus
microcinema
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microcinemas
Etymology: From micro- + cinema.
Senses: glosses: A specialist cinema showing films that are unlikely to be screened at more populist venues.
glosses: Amateur filmmaking on a low budget.
microcinemas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microcinema
verisimilitudinous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more verisimilitudinous
form: most verisimilitudinous
Etymology: From verisimilitude + -in- + -ous.
Senses: glosses: Appearing to be verisimilar; exhibiting verisimilitude, in either a neutral or a dubious sense.
eggwash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eggwashes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of egg wash.
rôleplays
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rôleplay
rôleplaying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rôleplay
rôleplayed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rôleplay
stadhouder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstadˌhaʊdə/
ipa: /ˈstædˌhaʊdɚ/
rhymes: -aʊdə(ɹ)
Forms: form: stadhouders
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Dutch stadhouder.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of stadtholder.
stadhouders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stadhouder
methyl bromide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: bromomethane
methyl fluoride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: fluoromethane
methyl formate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: the methyl ester of formic acid (HCO₂CH₃)
sourcream
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sour cream.
ethyl bromide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: bromoethane
dimethyl ether
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
related: word: DME
word: dimethylether
glosses: The simplest ether; that derived from methanol (CH₃OCH₃)
Hypernyms: carbon compound
ether
hydrogen compound
molecule
organic compound
oxygen compound
R-O-R
Coordinate terms: diethyl ether
methanol
Derived terms: DME
Related terms: di-
dimethyl
ether
methan-
methane
methyl
dithiolane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dithiolanes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Either of two isomeric saturated heterocycles containing three carbon atoms and two sulfur atoms
Derived terms: lanoconazole
oxazolidine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oxazolidines
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A saturated heterocycle containing three carbon atoms and one nitrogen and one oxygen atom; any of its derivatives.
Derived terms: isoxazolidine
oxazolidinone
vinzolidine
dithiolanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dithiolane
imidazolidine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: imidazolidines
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A saturated heterocycle containing three carbon atoms and two nitrogen atoms; any of its derivatives
Derived terms: azlocillin
imidazolidinone
imidazolidines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of imidazolidine
Zosia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈzoʊʃə/
/ˈzɒʃə/
Senses: glosses: A female given name
captainless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From captain + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without a captain.
Hypernyms: leaderless
winne
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɪn/
rhymes: -ɪn
homophone: wynn
homophone: Nguyen
homophone: win
Forms: form: winnes
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English winne, from Old English wynn (“joy, delight, pleasure”), from Proto-West Germanic *wunnju, from Proto-Germanic *wunjō (“joy, desire”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to wish, desire, love”).
Cognate with Scots win, wind (“pleasure, joy”), German Wonne (“bliss, joy, delight”), Danish ynde (“grace”).
Senses: glosses: Joy; delight; pleasure.
Derived terms: winly
winsome
winne
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɪn/
rhymes: -ɪn
homophone: wynn
homophone: Nguyen
homophone: win
Forms: form: more winne
form: most winne
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English winne, from Old English wynn (“joy, delight, pleasure”), from Proto-West Germanic *wunnju, from Proto-Germanic *wunjō (“joy, desire”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to wish, desire, love”).
Cognate with Scots win, wind (“pleasure, joy”), German Wonne (“bliss, joy, delight”), Danish ynde (“grace”).
Senses: glosses: Enjoyable; delightful.
looks down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of look down
looking down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of look down
looked down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of look down
summatively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From summative + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a summative manner.
examples: text: The author observes that teachers who persistently perform poorly can be counseled out of teaching by using the model summatively.
ref: 1995, Anthony J Shinkfield, Daniel L Stufflebeam, Teacher evaluation: guide to effective practice:
text: A good example of a process that can be assessed formatively and summatively is student use of safety skills in a laboratory or vocational program.
ref: 2009, Ken O'Connor, How to Grade for Learning, K-12:
topics: education
glosses: By means of summative assessments, aiming to summarize earlier knowledge with periodic tests.
hermaphrodite brigs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hermaphrodite brig
indirect quotations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of indirect quotation
linguanauts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of linguanaut
wawls
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of wawl
wawling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of wawl
wawling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wawlings
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of wauling.
wawled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of wawl
one more time for the sweet souvenir
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: For old times' sake.
for old times' sake
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Etymology: See old time.
Senses: examples: text: When gang leader Chen Xinfu was apprehended in Haikou, capital of south China’s island province of Hainan, earlier this month he told his arresting officers: “Guys, take good care of me, for old times’ sake.”
Unlike the hundreds of other mob bosses who have been rounded up in recent months, Chen has a special relationship with the police: before his descent into the criminal underworld, he was deputy head of the public security bureau in the city’s Xiuying district.
ref: 2019 April 14, Guo Rui, “China’s war on organised crime, corrupt officials sees 79,000 people detained”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Apr 2019, Politics:
synonyms: one more time for the sweet souvenir
glosses: An appeal to the nostalgia of prior experiences to convince someone to do something.
Related terms: good old days
for old times' sakes
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of for old times' sake.
Imagineers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Imagineer
xanthoderma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: xanthodermas
Etymology: From xantho- + -derma.
Senses: glosses: A yellow coloration of the skin.
Derived terms: xanthoderm
Related terms: xanthochroma
xanthoderm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: xanthoderms
Etymology: From xantho- + -derm.
Senses: glosses: One who is afflicted by xanthoderma.
for old time's sake
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of for old times' sake.
two-way mirror
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: two-way mirrors
Senses: glosses: A mirror that is partially reflective and partially transparent
Synonyms: word: half-silvered mirror
english: in physics
translation: in physics
word: beam splitter
word: one-way mirror
enflame
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: enflames
form: enflaming
form: enflamed
form: enflamed
Senses: examples: text: To VVrangle the Devil, out of the Country, vvill be truly a Nevv Experiment! Alas, vve are not Avvare of the Devil, if vve do not think, that he aims at Enflaming us one againſt another; & ſhall vve ſuffer our ſelves to be Devil-Ridden? or, by any Vnadviſableneſs, contribute unto the VVidening of our Breaches?
ref: 1692 (indicated as 1693), Cotton Mather, “Enchantments Encountred”, in The Wonders of the Invisible World. Observations as well Historical as Theological, upon the Nature, the Number, and the Operations of the Devils. […], Boston, Mass.: […] Benjamin Harris, →OCLC:
glosses: Alternative spelling of inflame.
as they say
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: It takes one to know one, as they say.
text: C'est la vie, as they say in France.
synonyms: as the saying goes
;
so they say[sentence adverb]] position>
glosses: A vague invocation of popular convention when introducing a phrase or expression, which may be accompanied by attribution to a source or locale in which the phrase or expression is used.
Related terms: they say
you know what they say
quilting bee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quilting bees
Senses: glosses: A social event in which people get together to make a quilt.
Sam Hill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sam Hell
Etymology: No suitable person is known to be the original for this. Probably intended as a substitute for hell or, more fully, for "damned hell".
Senses: examples: text: What the Sam Hill do you think you're doing?
text: Who the Sam Hill does he think he is?
text: Where in Sam Hill is that dog off to?
text: Walter poured syrup on his vegetables and meat with a generous hand. He probably would have poured it into his milk glass had I not asked what the sam hill he was doing.
ref: 1960 July 11, Harper Lee, chapter 3, in To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC:
text: “Oh, what in the Sam Hill are you a-wearing? I thought I was supposed to be Twain.” “I say you are incorrect, sir. I believe we decided I would be Twain.” “Twin Twains? That dog won't hunt.” “Uh, Mr. Clemens?” “Mmhmm. That's me.” “No, I'm Twain. Switch costumes, you ignominious pretender.” “You're more stubborn than a senate mule.” “Grits, grits, grits!” “Tarnation!” “Fancy pants, big-city lawyer.” “I say you are incorrect, sir.”
ref: 2023 September 21, Grace Parra Janney, “Something Borrowed, Something Green” (9:13 from the start), in Star Trek: Lower Decks, season 4, episode 4, spoken by Brad Boimler (Jack Quaid):
glosses: An intensifier.
Synonyms: the dickens
cold as a wagon tire
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Dead.
parm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parms
Etymology: Shortening of parmigiana or parmesan.
Senses: examples: text: Everyone who's had my mother's eggplant parm has said, “This is awesome.”
ref: 2012, Mike Isabella, Mike Isabella's Crazy Good Italian:
text: For this update on a chicken parm sandwich, I bread and sauté thin chicken breast cutlets and layer them with fresh basil, mozzarella cheese, and leftover spaghetti on garlic-buttered ciabatta.
ref: 2013, Kathy Strahs, The Ultimate Panini Press Cookbook:
text: This braised eggplant has all those savory parm-y flavors, but in an easy any-night form.
ref: 2023, Sohla El-Waylly, Start Here: Instructions for Becoming a Better Cook, page 170:
text: chicken parm
glosses: A dish served in the parmigiana style (combined with cheese and coated with tomato sauce before baking).
examples: text: Go make some spaghetti for lunch n sprinkle on some parm
ref: 2020, Chelsey Hansen, Makin Cherry and Apple Pies Under the Land of the Living Skies:
text: Once it's bubbling good and steady, grab some parm and pecorino, pop it all on your spaghetti.
ref: 2023, Luca Cesari, The Discovery of Pasta: A History in Ten Dishes:
text: 'There's parm in that bowl there,' Lady Darvish said.
ref: 2023, Eleanor Catton, Birnam Wood, page 203:
glosses: Parmesan cheese.
Related terms: parma
shucker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ʌkə(ɹ)
Forms: form: shuckers
Etymology: From shuck + -er.
Senses: examples: text: “Bill was born near Des Moines, Iowa, and as a boy was knowed as the champion lightweight corn shucker of Hog Bristle County. […]”
ref: 1927, Charles M. Russell, “Bill’s Shelby Hotel”, in Trails Plowed Under:
text: Everyone drank gimlets and the hostess hired an oyster shucker to come up from Baltimore with crates and crates of oysters.
ref: 1988, Edmund White, chapter 9, in The Beautiful Room is Empty, New York: Vintage International, published 1994:
glosses: Someone who shucks oysters, clams, corn (maize), walnuts, etc.
examples: text: The Kroger supermarket chain […] agreed to weigh out dieters as well as their vegetables. Some 12,000 hopeful pound shuckers herded through the chain’s groceries during the first weekend.
ref: 1986 April 14, Anastasia Toufexis, “Hey, Are You Rotating?”, in Time:
glosses: Someone who shucks or removes something.
examples: text: Friends with powerful connections helped him get a corn shucker; he knows of 80 other farmers who are on the waiting list for those machines in a region that is to receive only four during the next two years.
ref: 1983 September 26, Pico Iyer, “A Bumper Crop of Problems”, in Time:
glosses: A device that shucks produce, such as a corn shucker.
shuckers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shucker
enflames
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of enflame
enflaming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of enflame
enflamed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of enflame
gooky
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: gookier
form: gookiest
Etymology: From gook (“gunk”) + -y.
Senses: glosses: Gloppy, gooey.
gooky
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: gookier
form: gookiest
Etymology: From gook (“derogatory: an Asian”) + -y.
Senses: glosses: Of or resembling a gook.
whiffle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈ(h)wɪfl̩/
rhymes: -ɪfəl
Forms: form: whiffles
form: wiffle
Etymology: 1662, in sense “flutter as blown by wind”, as whiff + -le (“(frequentative)”) and (onomatopoeia) sound of wind, particularly a leaf fluttering in unsteady wind; compare whiff. Sense “something small or insignificant” is from 1680.
Senses: glosses: A short blow or gust.
qualifier: Rhode Island; Massachusetts; Rhode Island; Massachusetts
glosses: A male haircut done with electric clippers.
glosses: Something small or insignificant; a trifle.
glosses: A fife or small flute.
whiffle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈ(h)wɪfl̩/
rhymes: -ɪfəl
Forms: form: whiffles
form: whiffling
form: whiffled
form: whiffled
form: wiffle
Etymology: 1662, in sense “flutter as blown by wind”, as whiff + -le (“(frequentative)”) and (onomatopoeia) sound of wind, particularly a leaf fluttering in unsteady wind; compare whiff. Sense “something small or insignificant” is from 1680.
Senses: glosses: To blow a short gust.
glosses: To waffle, talk aimlessly.
glosses: To waste time.
glosses: To travel quickly with an accompanying wind-like sound; whizz, whistle along.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
ornithology
glosses: To descend rapidly from a height once the decision to land has been made, involving fast side-slipping first one way and then the other.
raw_tags: of a bird
examples: text: [S]ometimes it may happen that ſuch a Cloud may appear ſeveral Mornings and Evenings, and we may not feel the effects of it, or but very little; yet we always provide againſt it; for a North never comes without ſuch a foreboding Cloud. But if the VVinds also vvhiffle about to the South, with fair flattering VVeather, it never fails.
ref: 1699, William Dampier, “Of Storms”, in Voyages and Descriptions. Vol. II. […], London: […] James Knapton, […], →OCLC, part (please specify |part=I to III), page 61:
glosses: To waver, or shake, as if moved by gusts of wind; to shift, turn, or veer about.
glosses: To wave or shake quickly; to cause to whiffle.
examples: text: [A] Perſon of whiffling and unſteady Turn of Mind, who cannot keep cloſe to a Point of Controverſy, […]
ref: 1741, I[saac] Watts, “Rules of Improvement by Conversation”, in The Improvement of the Mind: Or, A Supplement to the Art of Logick: […], London: […] James Brackstone, […], →OCLC, paragraph XXVII, page 144:
glosses: To change from one opinion or course to another; to use evasions; to prevaricate; to be fickle.
examples: text: This is a plain and obvious ſenſe of this Promiſe, […] againſt ſuch as would whiffle away all theſe Truths by reſolving them into a mere moral Allegorie.
ref: 1669, Henry More, “The Interpretation of the Epistle to the Church of Laodicea”, in An Exposition of the Seven Epistles to the Seven Churches; […], London: […] James Flesher, →OCLC, paragraph 13, page 163:
glosses: To disperse with, or as with, a whiff, or puff; to scatter.
Derived terms: wiffleball
durable goods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of durable good
durable good
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: durable goods
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: A good, e.g., a household appliance, that yields services or utility over time rather than being exhausted when used only once.
peepees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peepee
speededness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From speeded + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: The perception of speededness may vary from one test taker to another.
ref: 1990, Lyle F Bachman, Fundamental considerations in language testing:
text: In the more recent version, an effort was made to adjust for speededness by excluding the not-reached examinees from the calculation of DSTD...
ref: 1991, Gary D Keller, James R Deneen, Rafael J Magallán, Assessment and access: Hispanics in higher education:
glosses: A test characteristic, dictated by the test’s time limits, that results in a test taker’s score being dependent on the rate at which work is performed as well as the correctness of the responses. The term is not used to describe tests of speed. Speededness is often an undesirable characteristic.
nondurables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nondurable
Frenchlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Frenchlike
form: most Frenchlike
Etymology: From French + -like.
Senses: examples: text: But most Israeli mechanics say "breaks," with the "r" sound dutifully transformed from the American dog-barking noise to an upscale Frenchlike trill.
ref: 2000, Adam M Garfinkle, Politics and society in modern Israel: myths and realities:
glosses: Resembling the French or their customs or language.
unfrenzied
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + frenzied.
Senses: glosses: Not frenzied; calm.
unharassed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + harassed.
Senses: glosses: Not harassed.
xanthogenates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of xanthogenate
sulfentrazone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /sʌlˈfɛntɹəzəʊn/
Senses: glosses: The herbicide N-[2,4-dichloro-5-[4-(difluoromethyl)-4,5-dihydro-3-methyl-5-oxo-1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl]phenyl]methanesulfonamide
sennas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of senna
sicklepod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sickle + pod.
Senses: glosses: Senna obtusifolia, a legume used in folk medicine.
Synonyms: Chinese senna
clofibric acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The last compound, gemfibrozil is the sole antilipidemic compound found (up to 3 ng/L) in a USA survey of 18 DWTPs whereas atorvastatin, simvastatin and their metabolites, the other studied compounds, were absent (Benotti et al., 2009). In our study, the two statins identified at the intake of the DWTP were eliminated by dioxychlorination (>99%) whereas bezafibrate, clofibric acid and gemfibrozil were only moderately removed with percentages of 37%, 68% and 11%, respectively although it has been reported that gemfibrozil and clofibric acid are readily oxidized with chlorine dioxide in spiked drinking water whereas bezafibrate remains unchanged (Huber et al., 2005a).
ref: 2011 June 24, Ma Rosa Boleda, Ma Teresa Galceran, Francesc Ventura, “Behavior of pharmaceuticals and drugs of abuse in a drinking water treatment plant (DWTP) using combined conventional and ultrafiltration and reverse osmosis (UF/RO) treatments”, in Environmental Pollution, volume 159, number 6, →DOI, pages 1584-1591:
glosses: A herbicide that functions as a plant growth regulator against the plant hormone auxin.
dimethenamid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌdaɪmɪˈθɛnəmɪd/
Senses: glosses: A particular herbicide.
aminopyralid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /əˌmiːnəʊˈpɪɹəlɪd/
Senses: glosses: A selective hormone-based herbicide used to control broadleaf weeds on grassland.
broadleafs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of broadleaf
leafspaces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leafspace
metolachlor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An aniline derivative and chloroacetanilide herbicide, highly effective against grasses.
acetochlor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /əˈsiːtəʊˌklɔː(ɹ)/
Senses: glosses: A chloroacetanilide herbicide that acts by inhibiting elongase.
juglone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: juglones
Etymology: Juglandaceae + -one
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An allelopathic aromatic compound found in the leaves, roots, husks, and bark of plants in the Juglandaceae family, particularly the black walnut, used as a colouring agent.
Derived terms: hydroxyjuglone
juglones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of juglone
triclopyr
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A systemic foliar pyridine herbicide, used to control broadleaf weeds while leaving grasses and conifers unaffected.
propachlor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: 2-chloro-N-isopropylacetanilide, a herbicide that acts on annual grasses and some broadleaf plants.
prometon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A herbicide, N,N'-diisopropyl-6-methoxy-1,3,5-triazine-2,4-diamine.
preemergent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + emergent.
Senses: glosses: Preventing the germination of seeds by inhibiting an important enzyme.
raw_tags: of a herbicide
maleylacetoacetic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A chemical compound formed from the oxidation of homogentisic acid oxidase and isomerized into fumarylacetoacetic acid.
monolinuron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A selective systemic herbicide, pesticide and algaecide.
blanketweed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From blanket + weed.
Senses: glosses: a filamentous alga often found in ponds
metsulfuron-methyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A residual sulfonylurea herbicide that kills broadleaf weeds and some annual grasses by inhibiting cell division in shoots and roots.
methazole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular oxadiazolone herbicide.
fenoprop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈfɛnəpɹɒp/
Senses: glosses: 2-(2,4,5-trichlorophenoxy)propionic acid, a herbicide formerly used to control woody plants and broadleaf weeds.
monoisopropylamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mono- + isopropylamine.
Senses: glosses: isopropylamine
hexazinone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A nonselective broad-spectrum herbicide, 3-cyclohexyl-6-dimethylamino-1-methyl-1,3,5-triazine-2,4-dione, of the triazine class, used to control grasses and broadleaf and woody plants.
asulam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A herbicide used to kill bracken and docks.
alachlor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular chloroacetanilide herbicide.
bromacil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular herbicide.
chloroxuron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular herbicide.
chlorthiamide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular herbicide.
chlortoluron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A herbicide used to control broadleaf weeds and annual grasses in cereal fields.
blanketless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From blanket + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without a blanket or blankets.
Derived terms: blanketlessness
Related terms: unblanketed
buffware
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: buffwares
Etymology: From buff + -ware.
Senses: glosses: Any pottery of a buff colour.
buffwares
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of buffware
Unixy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Unixy
form: most Unixy
Etymology: From Unix + -y.
Senses: examples: text: On the other hand, since dotfiles are a Unixy concept, we're not that concerned.
ref: 2000, Larry Wall, Tom Christiansen, Jon Orwant, Programming Perl:
text: Thing is, all that Unixy stuff is still there; you just can't see it. OS X manages to hide the files from view...
ref: 2008, Chris Seibold, Big Book of Apple Hacks:
text: After all, if you want a listing of your local directory, you could use just plain ls (or any reasonable non-Unixy equivalent).
ref: 2008, C Michael Pilato, Ben Collins-Sussman, Brian W Fitzpatrick, Version Control with Subversion:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: Unixish
Unix-like
Unixoid
glosses: Characteristic or reminiscent of Unix operating systems.
dotfile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dotfiles
Etymology: From dot + file.
Senses: examples: text: There is also a dotfile generator, which you can use to create dotfiles for many different programs until you get the hang of it.
ref: 2003, James Lee, Brent Ware, Open source Web development with LAMP:
text: In general, a user-defined environment variable can be an effective design choice when the value changes often enough to make editing a dotfile each time […]
ref: 2004, Eric S. Raymond, The art of Unix programming:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A file or directory whose name begins with a dot (period or full stop), typically hidden from view and sometimes used to store configuration settings.
dotfiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dotfile
spriting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sprite + -ing.
Senses: glosses: The technique of storing multiple images in a single larger image so that they load more quickly into a web page.
topics: computer-graphics
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The development of sprites (computer graphics), especially humanoid characters.
lipuria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lipurias
Etymology: From lip- + -uria.
Senses: glosses: The presence of abnormal amounts of lipids in urine.
Synonyms: adiposuria
Derived terms: lipuric
transcendentalize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: transcendentalizes
form: transcendentalizing
form: transcendentalized
form: transcendentalized
Etymology: From transcendental + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To make transcendental.
transcendentalizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of transcendentalize
transcendentalizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of transcendentalize
transcendentalized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of transcendentalize
skin forming alloy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skin forming alloys
Senses: glosses: An alloy that has a narrow solidification range, usually less than 50 °C.
skin forming alloys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of skin forming alloy
acibenzolar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌæsɪˈbɛnzəlɑː(ɹ)/
Senses: glosses: A particular fungicide.
anilazine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A pesticide used on crops.
bithionol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular anthelminthic.
chlorothalonil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A broad-spectrum nonsystemic fungicide.
Synonyms: tetrachloroisophthalonitrile
fenamidone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular fungicide.
famoxadone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Especially fungicides that contained famoxadone or fenhexamid decreased the amino acid concentration in grapes.
ref: 2015 October 9, “Growth, Yield and Fruit Quality of Grapevines under Organic and Biodynamic Management”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: A particular fungicide.
strobilurin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: strobilurins
Etymology: From translingual Strobilurus tenacellus, from which they are derived + -in.
Senses: glosses: Any of a group of chemical compounds used agriculturally as fungicides.
Hyponyms: azoxystrobin
dimoxystrobin
fluoxastrobin
kresoxim-methyl
oryzastrobin
picoxystrobin
pyraclostrobin
trifloxystrobin
spriter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spriters
Etymology: From sprite + -er.
Senses: glosses: One involved in spriting; a designer of sprites (computer graphics).
spriters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spriter
fentin acetate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An organotin compound used as a fungicide.
Synonyms: phentin acetate
triphenylstannyl acetate
triphenyltin acetate
climbazole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A topical antifungal agent commonly used to treat human fungal skin infections such as dandruff and eczema.
hexaconazole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular systemic fungicide.
linebreak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: linebreaks
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of line break.
linebreaks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of linebreak
diphenylamines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diphenylamine
griseofulvin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɡɹɪz.i.ə(ʊ)ˈfʊl.vɪn/
ipa: /ˌɡɹɪz.i.oʊˈfʊl.vɪn/
Etymology: From Latin griseofulvum + -in.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An antifungal drug C₁₇H₁₇ClO₆ obtained from the mold Penicillium griseofulvum, used in humans and animals against fungal infections of the hair and skin.
fenthion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From phen(yl) + -thion.
Senses: glosses: An organothiophosphate insecticide, avicide, and acaricide.
enilconazole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From enyl + -conazole (“miconazole derivative”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A fungicide used particularly in the growing of citrus fruits.
Synonyms: chloramizole
imazalil
imazalil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The fungicide enilconazole.
chloramizole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /klɔːˈɹæmɪzoʊl/
Senses: glosses: The fungicide enilconazole.
tolnaftate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A synthetic over-the-counter antifungal agent.
chloranil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A quinone with the molecular formula C₆Cl₄O₂, used as a fungicide.
Derived terms: nitranilic acid
metalaxyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A systemic phenylamide fungicide.
salicylanilide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: salicylanilides
Etymology: Blend of salicylamide + anilide
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A compound that is both a salicylamide and an anilide.
Hyponyms: niclosamide
oxyclozanide
rafoxanide
salicylanilides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of salicylanilide
oxyclozanide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌɒksiˈkləʊzənaɪd/
Senses: glosses: A salicylanilide anthelmintic used in the treatment and control of Fascioliasis in ruminants.
rafoxanide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From [Term?] + -oxanide (“salicylanilide or analog”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A salicylanilide used as an antiparasitic agent.
carbendazim
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The broad-spectrum benzimidazole fungicide methyl 1H-benzimidazol-2-ylcarbamate
tiabendazole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of thiabendazole.
vinclozolin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /vɪŋˈkləʊzəlɪn/
Senses: glosses: A fungicide used in vineyards, known to be an endocrine disruptor.
Burgundy mixture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: After the French district of Burgundy, where it was first used to treat grapes and vines.
Senses: glosses: A mixture of copper sulphate and sodium carbonate, used as a fungicidal spray for trees and small fruits.
Related terms: Bordeaux mixture