cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
protonlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more protonlike
form: most protonlike
Etymology: From proton + -like.
Senses: glosses: Having the characteristics of a proton
pseudonulls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pseudonull
pseudonull
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudonulls
Etymology: From pseudo- + null.
Senses: topics: sciences
glosses: A null result obtained as a result of error or interference
pushdown
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From push + down; by analogy with a spring-loaded stack of plates in a cafeteria.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Describing a stack in which items are removed in a LIFO manner from the end at which they were added.
pushdown
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pushdowns
Etymology: From push + down; by analogy with a spring-loaded stack of plates in a cafeteria.
Senses: examples: text: Since indexed grammars are context-free grammars with pushdowns, the generalization of Thatcher's result shows that they generate the yields of the tree languages recognized by deterministic pushdown tree automata.
ref: 2003, Wilfried Brauer, Hartmut Ehrig, Juhani Karhumäki, Formal and Natural Computing: Essays:
glosses: A pushdown automaton.
examples: text: filter pushdown
text: predicate pushdown
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The relegation of the transformation or processing of data to the originating datasource.
pushdown
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pushdowns
Etymology: Deverbal from push down.
Senses: examples: text: Machine exercises with weight stacks, like pushdowns or pulldowns, are ideal for cranking out more than three drops because all you need to do is insert the pin in a higher (lighter) slot each time.
ref: (Can we date this quote?), Greg Merritt, “Go Beyond Failure with Dropsets”, in Muscle & Fitness:
topics: bodybuilding
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: An exercise that requires one to push weight downward.
pushdown
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Deverbal from push down.
Senses: examples: text: [T]he unfortunate few who suffer from it [ejaculatory anhedonia] are incapable of deriving any pleasure whatsoever from orgasms. They make a bit of mess while staring impassively into the middle distance, and that's it. Like the human equivalent of a pushdown soap-dispenser.
ref: 2008 September 1, Charlie Brooker, “I am increasingly concerned that at the centre of my soul lurks a terrifying blankness. Any suggestions?”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Nov 2020, page 5, column 2:
text: The containers we always use for those are the OXO ones that have the pushdown button, so I think it probably does stay fresher than flour in a paper bag, and in that way, it works.
ref: 2018 March 19, Maxine Builder, “How to Organize Your Kitchen and Pantry, According to Professional Organizers”, in The Strategist, New York, N.Y.: New York Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 Mar 2018:
text: This 30ml serum bottle has a pushdown release nozzle applicator.
ref: 2021 April 21, Helen Wilson-Beevers, “Peace Out: We tried the US skincare brand that’s TikTok-famous for its pore strips”, in The Independent, London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 Feb 2022:
glosses: Used by being pushed down.
Related terms: pushdown accounting
shapelet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shapelets
Etymology: From shape + -let.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A stylized shape used in pattern recognition systems to correspond to a real object
shapelets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shapelet
subpulses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subpulse
subpulse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subpulses
Etymology: From sub- + pulse.
Senses: glosses: A subsidiary pulse
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: The lesser of the two regular pulses emitted by a pulsar
caths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cath
caths
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cath
subresultant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subresultants
Etymology: From sub- + resultant.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A generalization of a resultant that is the product of the pairwise differences of the roots of polynomials
subresultants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subresultant
torsioned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more torsioned
form: most torsioned
Etymology: From torsion + -ed.
Senses: glosses: subjected to torsion
glosses: twisted
torsionic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more torsionic
form: most torsionic
Etymology: From torsion + -ic.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Of or pertaining to torsion
bioregionalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bioregionalisms
Etymology: From bio- + regionalism.
Senses: glosses: The belief that naturally-defined regions (bioregions or ecoregions) should be the basis of political or cultural identity
bolection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bə(ʊ)ˈlɛkʃən/
Forms: form: bolections
Etymology: Unknown.
Senses: examples: text: […] your disk of white light trembling like the moon on water as it plays over the identical bureaus, the recessions of closet and room's front door, door's frame's bolections […]
ref: 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 62:
topics: architecture
glosses: A moulding that covers a joint, especially between joints between surfaces on different levels.
conveniency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: conveniencies
Etymology: Alteration of convenience with -ency.
Senses: examples: text: […] with all brief and plain conveniency,
Let me have judgment […]
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 IV, scene i]:
text: Euery day, thou dofftſt me, vvith ſome deuiſe Iago; / And rather, as it ſeemes to me, thou keepeſt from me, / All conueniency, then ſupplieſt me, vvith the leaſt / Aduantage of hope: […]
ref: c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragœdy of Othello, the Moore of Venice. […] (First Quarto), London: […] N[icholas] O[kes] for Thomas Walkley, […], published 1622, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii], pages 77–78:
text: […] we are rather intent upon the end of Gods glory, than our own conveniency or temporal satisfaction.
ref: 1651, Jer[emy] Taylor, chapter 1, in The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Francis Ashe […], →OCLC, section 2:
text: 1791, Samuel Johnson, quoted in James Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson, London: Charles Dilly, Volume 2, “1776,” p. 21,
A ship is worse than a gaol. There is, in a gaol, better air, better company, better conveniency of every kind; and a ship has the additional disadvantage of being in danger.
text: They refuse to legalize the marriages of their slaves, but induce them to form such temporary connexions as may suit the owner’s conveniency, just as they would pair the lower animals; and this man has the effrontery to tell us so!
ref: 1831, Mary Prince, The History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave, London: F. Westley and A.H. Davis, Supplement by the Editor, page 29:
glosses: Convenience.
Derived terms: leathern conveniency
interactionism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From interaction + -ism.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
sciences
social-science
sociology
glosses: The branch of sociology that studies interaction between individuals or groups
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
hypernyms: dualism
glosses: A theory in the philosophy of mind which holds that matter and mind are two distinct and independent substances that exert causal effects on one another.
krugerrand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: krugerrands
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Krugerrand.
meconopsis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: meconopsises
Etymology: From the genus name, coined by Linnaeus with the meaning poppy-like.
Senses: glosses: Any of several poppy-like plants of the genus Meconopsis, most of which are found in the Himalayas
millhands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of millhand
millhand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: millhands
Etymology: From mill + hand.
Senses: glosses: A worker in a mill.
phacelia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fəˈsiːliə/
rhymes: -iːliə
Forms: form: phacelias
Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Phacelia.
Senses: glosses: Any of many annual or perennial herbaceous plants, of the genus Phacelia, native to the Americas.
Synonyms: sense: plants of genus Phacelia
word: scorpionweed
rankshift
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rankshifts
form: rankshifting
form: rankshifted
form: rankshifted
Etymology: From rank + shift.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: To use a phrase as a subunit of a longer one
rankshift
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rankshifts
Etymology: From rank + shift.
Senses: glosses: The action of rankshifting
webby
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: webbier
form: webbiest
Etymology: From web + -y.
Senses: glosses: Consisting of, resembling, or having webs or a web.
examples: text: Having a centralized package manager is not very webby, to use Dahl's words. The fact that millions of applications depend on a single registry to survive is a liability.
ref: 2021, Alexandre Portela dos Santos, quoting Ryan Dahl, Deno Web Development: Write, test, maintain, and deploy JavaScript and TypeScript web applications using Deno, Packt Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 13:
glosses: Characteristic of the World Wide Web.
Derived terms: spider-webby
Related terms: webbie
reallot
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reallots
form: reallotting
form: reallotted
form: reallotted
Etymology: From re- + allot.
Senses: glosses: To allot for a second or subsequent time
semibold
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: semi-bold
Etymology: From semi- + bold.
Senses: glosses: Having a typeface that has thicker than usual strokes, but not as thick as a bold typeface
soloes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: Herr Breitschuck, who soloes on the harp, is the special attraction at Koster & Bial's Concert Hall […]
ref: 1880, Puck, volume 6, page 7:
glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of solo
Related terms: solos
sortition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɔːˈtɪ.ʃən/
ipa: /sɔɹˈtɪ.ʃən/
Forms: form: sortitions
Etymology: From Latin sortītiō.
Senses: examples: text: Demarchy — also called sortition — is a form of governance that selects the representatives of the people as a random sample from a pool of candidates.
ref: 2018 April 6, Antony P. Mueller, “Forget Electoral Democracy — Give “Demarchy” a Chance”, in Mises Institute:
glosses: Selection by drawing lots.
sylvine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sylvines
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Synonym of sylvite.
synonyms: word: sylvite
sylvinite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sylvinites
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: sylvite
symboled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of symbol
symbolled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of symbol
symboling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of symbol
symbolling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of symbol
syntype
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: syntypes
Etymology: From syn- + -type.
Senses: examples: text: Noting two syntypes of hoplomystax with 1 instead of 2 midventral scales posterior to the origin of the pelvics, and the unusual color of S. abbotti, Dr. Bohlke kindly sent these fishes on loan.
ref: 1965 September, John E. Randall, “A Redescription of Sparisoma Atomarium (Poey), a Valid West Indian Parrotfish”, in Notulae Naturae, Academy of Natural Sciences, page 7:
text: 1999, Raina L. Takumi, A Systematic Review of the Ectemnius (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) of Hawaii, University of California Publications in Entomology, Volume 118, University of California Press, page 49,
Of the specimens examined, 38 (20♂, 18♀) were collected by Perkins prior to 1899 and are possible syntypes.
text: One ♂ syntype is in the Zoological Museum, Berlin [ZMB 17714] – see Moritz & Fischer (1981).
ref: 2000, Jane B. Walker, James E. Keirans, Ivan G. Horak, The Genus Rhipicephalus (Acari, Ixodidae): A Guide to the Brown Ticks of the World, Cambridge University Press, page 26:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
taxonomy
glosses: Any one of two or more specimens specified in the description of a species (or lower-order taxon), where no specimen has been designated as holotype.
Related terms: holotype
lectotype
paratype
tiarella
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tiarellas
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: glosses: Any of several woodland plants of the genus Tiarella, the foamflowers.
toilworn
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more toilworn
form: most toilworn
Etymology: From toil + worn.
Senses: glosses: exhausted or worn out as a result of physical labour
rew
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹuː/
rhymes: -uː
Forms: form: rews
Senses: examples: text: So ended shee: and then the next in rew
Began her mournfull plaint, as doth ensew
ref: 1591, Ed[mund] Sp[enser], “The Teares of the Muses”, in Complaints. Containing Sundrie Small Poemes of the Worlds Vanitie. […], London: […] William Ponsonbie, […], →OCLC:
text: a rew of sundry coloured stones
ref: [1611?], Homer, “(please specify |book=I to XXIV)”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. […], London: […] Nathaniell Butter, →OCLC; republished as The Iliads of Homer, Prince of Poets, […], new edition, volume (please specify the book number), London: Charles Knight and Co., […], 1843, →OCLC:
glosses: Obsolete or dialectal form of row
rew
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹuː/
rhymes: -uː
Senses: glosses: simple past of row
rew
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹuː/
rhymes: -uː
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of rewind (“e.g. on tape recorder button”).
champansky
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ʃæmˈpænski/
Etymology: From champagne + -sky.
Senses: examples: text: Because it's like you, it’s so Russian. I even like the way you Russians say it, champansky.
ref: 1964, Eddy Gilmore, After the Cossacks burned down the “Y”:
glosses: Imitation champagne, chiefly Russian in origin.
micropapillary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From micro- + papillary.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Characterized by the presence of many, very small papillae
microspectroscopic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From micro- + spectroscopic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to microspectroscopy.
misgauge
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: misgauges
form: misgauging
form: misgauged
form: misgauged
Etymology: From mis- + gauge.
Senses: examples: text: But Mr. Harrison blatantly stole the show by baldly admitting that his own bosses at Sony’s brain trust in Japan completely misgauged the direction of the entertainment industry.
ref: 2008 February 28, Seth Schiesel, “As Gaming Turns Social, Industry Shifts Strategies”, in New York Times:
glosses: To gauge (measure) incorrectly
monocrotaline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Generally the pyrrolizidine alkaloids exist in plants as N-oxides, as shown for monocrotaline and seneciphylline.
ref: 2010, Eric David Morgan, Biosynthesis in Insects, page 320:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A pyrrolizidine alkaloid found in the rattlebox plants (of genus Crotalaria) that is poisonous to livestock and humans.
Synonyms: MCT
morphomics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From morpho- + -omics.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The identification of the totality of the morphological features of a species.
Related terms: morphome
neuromics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From neuro- + -omics.
Senses: topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
glosses: The identification of the totality of the neurons in an organism
Related terms: neurome
nutriphenomics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From nutri- + phenomics.
Senses: topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
glosses: The study of the interactions between nutrition and a person’s phenome.
oncogenomics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From onco- + genomics.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The study of the relationship between the genome of an individual and cancer
Derived terms: alt: POG
word: personalized oncogenomics
Related terms: oncogene
oncogenesis
oncogenetic
oncogenetics
oncogenic
oncogenics
oncogenome
oncogenomic
oncologic
oncological
oncology
oncoprotein
oncoproteogenome
oncoproteogenomic
oncoproteogenomics
oncoproteome
oncoproteomic
oncoproteomics
proto-oncogene
proto-oncogenic
phosphoproteinomics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From phosphoprotein + -omics or phospho- + proteinomics.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The identification of the totality of the phosphoproteins in an organism
Related terms: phosphopreteinome
lokum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ləˈkuːm/
Forms: form: lokums
form: lokoum
form: loukoumi
form: locoum
Etymology: From Turkish lokum.
Senses: glosses: Turkish delight
proteinomics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From protein + -omics.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The identification of the totality of the proteins in an organism
Related terms: proteinome
urinomics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From urine + -omics.
Senses: topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
glosses: The identification of the totality of the constituents of the urine of an organism
Related terms: urinome
requeste
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: requestes
Senses: examples: text: ...there dined togither these personages, M. Secretarie him selfe, Syr William Peter, Syr J. Mason, D. Wotton, Syr Richard Sackuille Treasurer of the Exchecker, Syr Walter Mildmaye Chauncellor of the Exchecker, M. Haddon Master of Requestes...
ref: 1570, Roger Ascham, The Scholemaster, A Preface to the Reader:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of request.
morphostats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of morphostat
morphostat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: morphostats
Etymology: From morpho- + -stat.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any biochemical compound responsible for the maintenance of normal tissue microarchitecture.
Related terms: morphogen
mucinous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mucinous
form: most mucinous
Etymology: From mucin + -ous.
Senses: examples: text: mucinous carcinoid
text: in mucinous carcinoma of the breast, the cancer cells express various mucins
text: in mucinous ovarian cancer
glosses: Of, pertaining to, containing, or producing (one or more) mucins.
myoepithelial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From myo- + epithelial.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the myoepithelium
Derived terms: epi-myoepithelial
epithelial-myoepithelial
otoprotective
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more otoprotective
form: most otoprotective
Etymology: From oto- + protective.
Senses: glosses: That protects against ototoxicity or other damage to the ear
Related terms: otoprotectant
otoprotection
perihilar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From peri- + hilar.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Surrounding the hilum.
perimammary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From peri- + mammary.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Surrounding a mammary gland, or surrounding the breast
periostin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From peri- + osteo- + -in.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A protein normally expressed during cardiac development but also re-expressed following injury to adult tissue.
permeabilisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: permeabilisations
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of permeabilization.
groundmass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: groundmasses
Etymology: From ground + mass.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: The matrix of fine-grained crystalline material in which larger crystals are embedded.
groundmasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of groundmass
second-guessers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of second-guesser
second guessers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of second guesser
bumper cars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bumper car
incontradictable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more incontradictable
form: most incontradictable
Etymology: From in- + contradict + -able.
Senses: examples: text: And now where some affirmed it was ill done of the Councell to send forth men so badly provided, this incontradictable reason will shew them plainely they are too ill advised to nourish such ill conceits [...].
ref: 1624, John Smith, Generall Historie, Kupperman, published 1988, page 83:
glosses: Not able to be contradicted; incontrovertible.
spookish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more spookish
form: most spookish
Etymology: From spook + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: I hope we find some nicer spot than this. This looks so lonely and spookish.
ref: 1914, Edward Stratemeyer, chapter 22, in Dave Porter in the Gold Fields:
text: Religion is everywhere a gauge of respectability. . . . The right to participate, however humbly, in His august and transcendental operations offers a powerful satisfaction to the will to power; the same privilege, on a smaller scale, is what takes hordes of human blanks into the Freemasons and other such spookish amalgamations of nonentities.
ref: 1930, H. L. Mencken, Treatise on the Gods, published 2006, →ISBN, pages 174–5:
glosses: Frightening or unnerving in the manner of something eerie or supernatural; spooky.
examples: text: In those moments thus spent in composing myself for sleep, I sometimes wondered in the last human occupant of the room were not a dead one. I was senselessly spookish about such things.
ref: 1908, Sylvester Barbour, Reminiscences, published 2009, →ISBN, page 26:
text: As a lesson horse she needs to gain confidence in her rider, or can become spookish over the jumps, dodging out of them.
ref: 2010, “Sarah $3000”, in isoldmyhorse.com, retrieved 13 Jul 2010:
glosses: Easily startled, frightened, or unnerved.
raw_tags: of a horse or other animal
Synonyms: sense: easily startled or frightened
word: skittish
dope sick
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dope sick
form: most dope sick
form: dopesick
Etymology: From dope + sick.
Senses: topics: drugs
medicine
pharmacology
sciences
synonyms: junk sick
glosses: Ill due to withdrawal from drugs, especially opiates; in withdrawal.
Derived terms: dope sickness
Related terms: dope fiend
fiending
strung out
fundamental interactions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fundamental interaction
Vulgar Era
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Originated in Latin as aerae vulgaris (vulgaris from vulgus: "the common people", i.e. those who are not royalty) at least as early as 1615, long before vulgar came to mean "crudely indecent". Earliest English usage is 1635.
Senses: examples: text: Ephemerides of the Celestiall Motions, for the Yeers of the Vulgar Era 1633...
ref: 1635, Johann Kepler, Adriaan Vlacq, Ephemerides of the Celestiall Motions, for the Yeers of the Vulgar Era 1633..., retrieved 18 Dec 2007, title:
text: This happened in the seventh year after the building of Rome, and in the second year of the eighth Olympiad, which was the seven hundred forty-seventh year before Christ, i. e. before the beginning of the vulgar æra, by which we now compute the years from his incarnation.
ref: 1716, Humphrey Prideaux, D.D., The Old and New Testament Connected in the History of the Jews and Neighbouring Nations, volume 1, Edinburgh: D. Schaw & Co., translation of from Oxford University Press, published 1799, retrieved 14 Dec 2007, digitized 2007-03-26, page 1:
glosses: Common Era
Masters of the Universe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Master of the Universe
webbier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of webby: more webby
webbiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of webby: most webby
mancession
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mancessions
Etymology: Blend of man + recession, coined during the financial crisis of 2007–2010.
Senses: glosses: Excessively high male unemployment.
Vietic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Vietnamese Việt, + -ic.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A subfamily of the Mon-Khmer languages that includes Vietnamese and Mường.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The Proto-Vietic language, the hypothetical last common ancestor of all Vietic languages.
Vietic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Named after Vietnamese Việt, + -ic.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to the Vietic language family.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to the ancestral Vietic language.
abdominopelvic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From abdomino- + pelvic.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to the abdomen and (the cavity of) the pelvis
Derived terms: thoracoabdominopelvic
anthropozoonosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anthropozoonoses
Etymology: From anthropo- + zoonosis.
Senses: examples: text: Examples of anthropozoonoses include brucellosis bacteria or rabies and Ebola viruses.
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Any pathogen that is transmitted from animals to humans. Specifically, it refers to infections that primarily affect animals but can be naturally transmitted to humans.
Related terms: anthroponosis
zoonosis
zooanthroponosis
amphizoonosis
biohackers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biohacker
biohacker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biohackers
Etymology: From bio- + hacker.
Senses: examples: text: "Perhaps in a few years there will be movies about biohackers creating Frankensteinian monsters" [says] sociologist Everett Rogers.
ref: 1988 January 31, Michael Shrage, “Opinion - Playing God In Your Basement”, in The Washington Post:
text: The bill — even though it is in just one state and has yet to pass — set off a storm of concern in the biohacker community because it seemed to be the first step in a crackdown we all fear is coming. […] I can’t think of many biohackers — or any citizens — who wouldn’t support a ban on involuntary microchipping (though at least for now, that’s a baseless fear).
ref: 2019 May 21, Zoltan Istvan, “A Chip in My Hand Unlocks My House. Why Does That Scare People?”, in The New York Times:
hyponyms: grinder
glosses: A person that engages in biohacking.
Related terms: biohacking
biohacking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bio- + hacking.
Senses: examples: text: Does biohacking actually alter your biology? Yes and no.
ref: 2019 January 2, Tim Jewell, Deborah Weatherspoon, “Guide to Biohacking: Types, Safety, and How To”, in Healthline, retrieved 09 Oct 2022:
text: Biohacking is a very broad concept. It ranges from people that drink bulletproof coffee or people that have chips implanted in their body, to people that use at-home DNA analysis kits. Biohackers often associate themselves with biopunk, transhumanism or techno-progressivism.
ref: 2020, Peter Joosten, What is Biohacking? Definition, Explanation & Tips:
glosses: The manipulation of biological functioning through, among others, genetics, nutrition and implants for the sake of health or fun, or even maliciously.
Related terms: biohack
biohacker
biohacking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From biohack + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of biohack
biostratigraphically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From biostratigraphic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: With regard to biostratigraphy
monosyllabicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mono- + syllabic + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: The monosyllabicity of Chinese morphemes and units of writing has certain advantages in the use of operational synonyms of symbols under varying conditions of use.
ref: 1976, Yuen Ren Chao, Aspects of Chinese Sociolinguistics, →ISBN, page 93:
text: He was attractive, in a sinister yet compelling way, but taciturn to the point of monosyllabicity.
ref: 1996, Joan Collins, Infamous, →ISBN, page 113:
text: It has often been claimed that linguistic evolution leads toward monosyllabicity and that an artificial international language should therefore contain no disyllabic words.
ref: 2001, Anatoly Liberman, N. S. Trubetzkoy: Studies in general linguistics and language structure, Duke Univ. Press, →ISBN, page 69:
glosses: The state or characteristic of being monosyllabic.
bronchioloalveolar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -iːələ(ɹ)
Etymology: From bronchiole + -o- + alveolar.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Synonym of bronchoalveolar.
synonyms: word: bronchoalveolar
carboxyfluoroscein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of carboxyfluorescein.
chemoembolization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chemoembolizations
Etymology: From chemo- + embolization.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A form of chemotherapy in which the drug is injected directly into the blood vessels which feed the tumour
crossreacting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of crossreact
decatenatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˈkætənətɹi/
Forms: form: more decatenatory
form: most decatenatory
Etymology: From de- + catenate + -ory.
Senses: glosses: That produces decatenation
Mon-Khmer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of the two traditionally accepted primary branches of the Austroasiatic language family (the other being Munda). It includes Mon, Khmer and Vietnamese.
glosses: The Proto-Mon-Khmer language.
deoxycoformycin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: pentostatin
desialylation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: desialylations
Etymology: From de- + sialylation.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any reaction that removes a sialyl group from a molecule
desmoplastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more desmoplastic
form: most desmoplastic
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: That produces adhesions
Derived terms: desmoplastic fibroma
deep breathing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deep breathings
form: deep-breathing
Senses: topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
glosses: A form of breathing where the expansion of the lungs results from using the diaphragm rather than using the muscles of the upper chest.
diethylnitrosamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From diethyl + nitrosamine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The nitrosamine (CH₃-CH₂)₂N-N=O, which is both carcinogenic and mutagenic.
deep-breathing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deep-breathings
Senses: examples: text: I garaged the car and went to Aunt Dahlia's sanctum to ascertain whether she had cooled off at all since I had left her, for I was still anxious about that blood pressure of hers. One doesn't want aunts going up in a sheet of flame all over the place. She wasn't there, having, I learned later, withdrawn to her room to bathe her temples with eau de Cologne and do Yogi deep-breathing, [...]
ref: 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XIX, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:
glosses: Alternative form of deep breathing.
dimethylxanthenone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A particular tricyclic analogue of a flavone; its acetic acid derivative shows antineoplastic activity
belly breathing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: breathing by contracting the diaphragm
low breathing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: diaphragmatic breathing
for better or worse
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Forms: form: for better, for worse
form: for better or for worse
Etymology: A traditional Christian marriage vow.
Senses: examples: text: For better or worse, he’s the president.
text: Fewer experts are confidently predicting that we have years or even decades to prepare for a wave of world-changing A.I.; many now believe that major changes are right around the corner, for better or worse.
ref: 2022 August 24, Kevin Roose, “We Need to Talk About How Good A.I. Is Getting”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: No matter what the future may hold (no matter whether it is good or bad).
Related terms: for good or ill
in weal and woe
sooner or later
Angheluta
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Romanian Angheluță.
Senses: glosses: A rare American surname from Romanian.
glosses: A misspelling of the Romanian surname Angheluță.
fescennine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɛsənʌɪn/
Forms: form: more fescennine
form: most fescennine
form: Fescennine
Etymology: From Latin Fescennīnus, from the name of the ancient Etruscan town of Fescennia, noted for the "Fescennine Verses", a tradition of scurrilous songs performed on special occasions.
Senses: examples: text: [T]he frolicsome company had begun to practise the ancient and now forgotten pastime of High Jinks. This game was played in several different ways. Most frequently the dice were thrown by the company, and those upon whom the lot fell were obliged to assume and maintain, for a time, a certain fictitious character, or to repeat a certain number of fescennine verses in a particular order.
ref: 1815 February 24, [Walter Scott], chapter XV, in Guy Mannering; or, The Astrologer. […], volume II, Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and Archibald Constable and Co., […], →OCLC, pages 264–265:
text: As the poet decorously shows his desire to consummate the marriage, he retains the fescennine element without being crude.
ref: 1988, James D. Simmonds, Milton Studies, volume 6, University of Pittsburgh Press, page 168:
text: The conventional complaint over the delay in the proceedings is voiced by the poet in […] [this] series of questions which include fescennine teasing of the bridal couple
ref: 1995, John Donne, Gary A. Stringer, The variorum edition of the poetry of John Donne: The Epigrams, Epithalamions, Epitaphs, Inscriptions and Miscellaneous poems, Indiana University Press, pages 380–1:
text: For instance, I admit that this book is anacreontic, paphian, and sometimes even fescennine […]
ref: 2003, Mark Steven Morton, The Lover's Tongue: A Merry Romp Through the Language of Love and Sex, Insomniac Press, page 25:
glosses: Obscene or scurrilous.
latrociny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: latrocinies
Senses: examples: text: Of all thefts, I think literary latrociny the least to be excused; and if I had the drawing up of a new penal code, I would certainly make plagiary death, (ay, outright death,) without the benefit of clergy.
ref: 1832, W H. Armstrong, The poetic negligée, by Caleb,, page 138:
text: The whole civil power was lodged in such hands as had secret instructions from court to vex and ill treat the Israelites; and when matters were come to crisis, that oppression ruled, and the government was turned into a mere latrociny, private force upon any proper occasion, must be deemed lawful in all […]
ref: 1836, Daniel Dewar, A history of the holy Bible, with an intr., additional notes and dissertations, and a complete index by D. Dewar,, page 250:
text: There are yet one or two instances of this cunning latrociny which occurs to us as too rich not be noted.
ref: 1845, The American Whig review, volume 1, Wiley and Putnam, page 273:
glosses: Theft or robbery.
pick-pocket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pick-pockets
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of pickpocket.
pick-pocket
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pick-pockets
form: pick-pocketing
form: pick-pocketed
form: pick-pocketed
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of pickpocket.
condies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of condie
pick-pocketed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pick-pocket
pick-pocketing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pick-pocket
pick-pockets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pick-pocket
pick-pockets
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pick-pocket
obdiplostemonous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: […] the stamens, which are definite in number, normally obdiplostemonous (namely, the stamens are in two alternating whorls, those of the outer whorl opposite the petals – see Fig. 102) […]
ref: 1978, Hsüan Keng, Ro-Siu Ling Keng, Orders and families of Malayan seed plants: synopsis of orders and families of Malayan gymnosperms, dicotyledons, and monocotyledons, NUS Press, page 173:
text: This arrangement led van Steenis (1932) to hypothesize an obdiplostemonous ancestor for the family.
ref: 1990, Klaus Kubitzki, Karl Ulrich Kramer, P. S. Green, Jens G. Rohwer, Volker Bittrich, The Families and genera of vascular plants, volume 6, Springer, page 435:
text: Diplostemonous and obdiplostemonous flowers may also occur in the same family (e.g. Rutaceae); Zygophyllaceae are obdiplostemonous, Liliaceae are diplostemonous.
ref: 1996, Peter K. Endress, Diversity and evolutionary biology of tropical flowers, Cambridge University Press, page 96:
text: In the genus Mitella the androecium can exceptionally be more variable, ranging from obdiplostemonous to (ob)haplostemonous arrangements.
ref: 2010, Louis P. Ronse De Craene, Floral Diagrams: An Aid to Understanding Flower Morphology and Evolution, Cambridge University Press, page 203:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having two sets of stamens in alternating whorls, with the outer whorl opposite the petals.
raw_tags: of flowers
germanane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: germananes
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The hydride of germanene
germanene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From germanium + -ene.
Senses: examples: text: Calculating the complex dielectric function for optical interband transitions we show that the two-dimensional crystals silicene and germanene possess the same low-frequency absorbance as graphene.
ref: 2012, Friedhelm Bechstedt, Lars Matthes, Paola Gori and Olivia Pulci, "Infrared absorbance of silicene and germanene", Appl. Phys. Lett. 100, 261906 (27 June 2012) p. 261906-1
text: We present first-principles studies of the optical absorbance of the group IV honeycomb crystals graphene, silicene, germanene, and tinene.
ref: 2013, Lars Matthes, Olivia Pulci, Friedhelm Bechstedt, “Massive Dirac quasiparticles in the optical absorbance of graphene, silicene, germanene, and tinene”, in Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 25 #39 (4 September 2013) 395305 p. 395305-1:
text: After the successful synthesis of silicene in 2012, which was followed by a surge of studies on elemental, novel two-dimensional (2D) materials beyond graphene, a daunting quest was to obtain germanene, the germanium-based analogue of graphene, already predicted to possibly exist in 2009.
ref: 2014, M E Dávila, L Xian, S Cahangirov, A Rubio and G Le Lay, "Germanene: a novel two-dimensional germanium allotrope akin to graphene and silicene", New J. Phys. 16 095002 (9 September 2014) p. 095002-2
topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An allotrope of germanium that has a hexagonal, planar structure analogous to graphene
Related terms: borophene
graphene
silicene
stanene
tinene
macrophase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: macrophases
Etymology: From macro- + phase.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A relatively large-scale part of a solid phase that has a different morphology than that of its surroundings
Related terms: microphase
photofield
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From photo- + field.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Used attributively to describe a form of photoemission in which an electron in a metal is excited by a photon and subsequently tunnels out of the surface
pionless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pion + -less.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Lacking pions
wavefield
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wavefields
Etymology: From wave + field.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The extended area or space taken up by a wave.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A mathematical description of the amplitude of a wave throughout such an area or space.
positive recurrent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From positive + recurrent.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
qualifier: stochastic processes
glosses: recurrent with finite expected return time.
raw_tags: of a state
Synonyms: sense: math
word: non-null persistent
null recurrent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From null + recurrent.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
qualifier: stochastic processes
glosses: Recurrent with infinite expected return time.
raw_tags: of a state
Synonyms: sense: math
word: null persistent
backmarker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: backmarkers
form: back marker
Etymology: From back + marker.
Senses: glosses: A racer who holds a poor rank or is lapped in a race. Such racers often run for a team that has less funding than most other teams and/or lack talent compared to most other drivers. Also referred to as Field fillers.
Synonyms: straggler
null persistent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From null + persistent.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
qualifier: stochastic processes
glosses: persistent with infinite expected return time.
raw_tags: of a state
Synonyms: sense: math
word: null recurrent
non-null persistent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + null + persistent.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
qualifier: stochastic processes
glosses: persistent with finite expected return time.
raw_tags: of a state
Synonyms: sense: math
word: positive recurrent
coachroof
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coachroofs
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of coach roof.
improbity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: improbities
Etymology: From im- + probity, from Latin improbitas.
Senses: synonyms: dishonesty
unprobity
glosses: A lack of probity or integrity; dishonesty.
instructorship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: instructorships
Etymology: From instructor + -ship.
Senses: glosses: The office of an instructor
glosses: the term of this office
intercrop
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: intercrops
form: intercropping
form: intercropped
form: intercropped
Etymology: From inter- + crop.
Senses: glosses: To grow more than one crop simultaneously in the same field.
intercrop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: intercrops
Etymology: From inter- + crop.
Senses: glosses: The second (or subsequent) crop so planted.
privateersman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: privateersmen
Etymology: From privateer + -s- + man.
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: The captain or member of the crew of a privateer.
responsum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin respōnsum. Doublet of response.
Senses: glosses: singular of responsa
semidemisemiquaver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: semidemisemiquavers
Etymology: From semi- + demisemiquaver.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: hemidemisemiquaver (a 64th note)
sesquialtera
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /sɛskwɪˈaltərə/
Forms: form: sesquialteras
Etymology: From Latin sesquialtera, form of sesquialtera, from sesqui- (“a half and a”) + alter (“another, a second”).
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A ratio of 3 to 2 or 1½ to 1.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A 1½ note.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: An organ stop that uses two ranks of different pipes.
Synonyms: sense: musical
word: sesquialter
swipple
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: swipples
form: swipel
form: swiple
Etymology: See swipe.
Senses: examples: text: The flail has now become such a rare agricultural implement that it is well to bear in mind that its two main parts were the handstaff and swipple.
ref: 1907, Marmaduke Charles Frederick Morris, Nunburnholme: its history and antiquities, H. Frowde, page 227:
text: As showing the local influence of the tool, one may refer to the custom in Yorkshire by which a girl, on being proposed to, took a piece of straw and broke it into two lengths (long and short), typifying the handstaff and swipple of the flail. If she gave the former to her lover, she accepted him: but if she tendered the shorter piece, "she gave him 't swipple end," or rejected him.
ref: 1907, Notes and Queries, Oxford University Press, page 317:
text: Traditional flails had a handle (haft), usually about 40 inches long, and a swipple (also called a swingle), about 24 inches long. The two pieces were hinged together with leather or eel skin.
ref: 2011, Robert E. Gough, Cheryl Moore-Gough, The Complete Guide to Saving Seeds, Storey Publishing, page 46:
glosses: The part of a flail that is free to swing, and which strikes the grain in threshing.
Synonyms: sense: part of a flail that is free to swing
word: swingle
teacherage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: teacherages
Etymology: From teacher + -age.
Senses: glosses: The role or office of a teacher.
glosses: The term of this office.
glosses: The residence of a teacher, when provided by the teacher's school.
tutorage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tutorages
Etymology: From tutor + -age.
Senses: synonyms: tutelage
tutorship
antonyms: tutelage
glosses: The office of a tutor.
glosses: The term of this office.