cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
protein subunit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: protein subunits
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any protein that forms assemblies with others, especially those that form multimers or oligomers.
Synonyms: subunit protein
rubrene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rubrenes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, (5,6,11,12-tetraphenyltetracene), used in chemiluminescence applications.
naphthacene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: naphthacenes
Etymology: From naphtha + acene.
Senses: glosses: tetracene
glomeromycotan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Glomeromycota + -an
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the Glomeromycota phylum of fungi.
arbuscular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɑːˈbʌskjələ/
ipa: /ɑːˈbʌskjʊlə/
Etymology: From arbuscle + -ar.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Similar to a small tree; shrublike.
topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: Relating to an arbuscle.
Derived terms: arbuscocyte
arbuscular mycorrhiza
periarbuscular
mycorrhizae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mycorrhiza
mycorrhiza
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mycorrhizas
form: mycorrhizae
Etymology: From myco- + Ancient Greek ῥίζα (rhíza, “root”).
Senses: examples: text: Alternatively, inoculations of a disturbed site with native or exotic fungi facilitate formation of mycorrhizae in a shorter period, given certain circumstances.
ref: 2004, Season R. Snyder, Michael F. Allen, Restoration of Micorrhizae in Arid Environments, Dilip K. Arora (editor), Fungal Biotechnology in Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Applications, Marce Dekker, Inc., page 481
text: This has been associated with advances in different research disciplines such as genetics, genomics, proteomics, metabolomics and physiology, advances which have generated better insight into topics of mycorrhizal biology, including the mechanisms of host-mycorrhiza interactions pre- and post-penetration, the influence of the symbiosis on the host and its surroundings, and the evolution and diversity of mycorrhization.
ref: 2010, Hinanit Koltai, Yoram Kapulnik, editors, Arbuscular Mycorrhizas: Physiology and Function, 2nd edition, Springer, page v:
text: In total, mycorrhizae are responsible for helping source the nutrients for about 80 per cent of all modern plant species.
ref: 2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherlands, Penguin, published 2023, page 210:
topics: biology
botany
ecology
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: A plant root formed in symbiosis with a fungus; the symbiosis between the mycelium of a fungus and the roots of a plant.
Derived terms: ectomycorrhiza
endomycorrhiza
mycorrhizal
mycorrhization
mycorrhized
mycorrhizic
mycorrhizosphere
mycorrhizal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mycorrhiza + -al.
Senses: examples: text: Mats of mycorrhizal cabling link trees into gigantic, smart communities spread across hundreds of acres.
ref: 2018, Richard Powers, The Overstory, Vintage (2019), page 272:
glosses: Of or pertaining to a mycorrhiza.
Derived terms: endomycorrhizal
hypermycorrhizal
non-mycorrhizal
nonmycorrhizal
complementarian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: complementarians
Etymology: From complement + -arian.
Senses: glosses: Someone who believes that men and women are equal in status but should have different and complementary roles, especially in marriage.
Derived terms: complementarianism
complementarian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From complement + -arian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to complementarianism.
complementarianism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From complementarian + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The doctrine that genders in a society should have complementary roles.
Coordinate terms: egalitarianism
cleeks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cleek
cleeks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cleek
stereotypically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more stereotypically
form: most stereotypically
Etymology: From stereotypical + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: It makes up an estimated 73 percent of the U.S. food supply, and contains stereotypically “unhealthy” products like sodas, candies and hot dogs as well as seemingly “healthy” ones like whole grain breads, breakfast cereals, flavored yogurts and plant milks.
ref: 2024 May 9, Alice Callahan, “Are Some Ultraprocessed Foods Worse Than Others?”, in The New York Times:
glosses: In a stereotypical manner or way.
Derived terms: counterstereotypically
circumsporozoite
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From circum- + sporozoite.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Located on the surface of a sporozoite (and involved in host cell recognition and invasion); abbreviated as CS.
raw_tags: of a protein
sporozoite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /spɒɹəˈzəʊʌɪt/
Forms: form: sporozoites
Etymology: From translingual Sporozoa + -ite.
Senses: examples: text: Ross […] was then able to outline its history within the mosquito: first, as a zygote in the stomach; then as an oocyst in the stomach wall; and finally as a mature sporozoite that reaches first the proboscis and then a human host when the insect bites and squirts its saliva prior to sucking blood.
ref: 1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 453:
topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Any of the minute active bodies into which a sporozoan divides just before it infects a new host cell.
Synonyms: zoite
Derived terms: circumsporozoite
sporozoitic
-zoite
hard hat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hard hats
form: hardhat
Senses: examples: text: My enthusiasm wasn't exactly suppressed - my father had worked for British Rail's property department, and one of my earliest memories was walking around the forlorn buildings at Old Oak Common depot wearing his oversized BR hard hat.
ref: 2020 May 6, Tim Dunn, “The Architecture The Railways Built”, in Rail, page 72:
glosses: A helmet, usually made from rigid plastic, used on construction sites to protect the head from falling objects.
Synonyms: bump cap
construction helmet
hardhat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hardhats
Senses: examples: text: 40,000 hardhat visors, delivered to frontline staff in just 16 days during the first lockdown in the spring of 2020, without disrupting the NHS supply chain.
ref: 2021 September 22, “National Rail Awards 2021: COVID-19 Visors”, in RAIL, number 940, page 49:
glosses: Alternative spelling of hard hat.
glosses: A person who wears a hard hat, such as a construction worker.
weaves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weave
weaves
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of weave
sporozoan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sporozoans
Etymology: Sporozoa + -an
Senses: glosses: Any of many parasitic protozoans, of the class Sporozoa, that reproduce alternately sexually and asexually via spores; they are responsible for diseases such as malaria
immunodominant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From immuno- + dominant.
Senses: topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the epitope of a molecule that provokes the most intense immune response
Derived terms: nonimmunodominant
Related terms: immunodominance
immunosubdominant
offer one can't refuse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: offers one can't refuse
Etymology: Unknown. A famous example is found in the film The Godfather (1972).
Senses: examples: text: But in 2001 the government of Singapore made him an offer he couldn't refuse: the directorship of the brand new Genome Institute along with a $25 million starting budget.
ref: 2006 February 5, Michael D. Lemonick, “Are We Losing Our Edge?”, in Time:
glosses: An offer from one side in a transaction with terms so attractive that the other side is almost guaranteed to accept.
examples: text: The Mafia godfather Rocco . . . makes Jack an offer he can't refuse: marry Carol or else.
ref: 1991 September 22, Edward Rothstein, “Film: Hard Up for a Plot? Get With the Program”, in New York Times, retrieved 29 Jul 2012:
glosses: A threatening offer by one party for which the results of failing to accept are so unattractive that the other party is almost compelled to accept.
Synonyms: sense: threat
word: extortion
roscovitine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
synonyms: seliciclib
glosses: A drug currently (2006) on trial for the treatment of leukemia, herpes and HIV infection.
grounding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹaʊndɪŋ/
rhymes: -aʊndɪŋ
Forms: form: groundings
Etymology: By surface analysis, ground + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: The readers to whom the book is principally addressed, B.R. drivers and trainee drivers, have at last been provided with a clearly written and exceptionally well-illustrated handbook of diesel locomotive practice, combining a grounding in the basic principles of the internal combustion engine with a clear exposition of electrical machines and circuitry such as is not found in most textbooks.
ref: 1963 June, “New Books: Diesel Traction Manual for Enginemen. British Railways. 30s.”, in Modern Railways, page 432:
glosses: Fundamental knowledge or background in a field or discipline.
glosses: The return to a fully conscious state after a psychedelic experience.
glosses: The collision of a ship with ground beneath the surface of the water.
glosses: The prevention of aircraft takeoff because of government action.
topics: business
electrical
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The interconnecting metal chassis or frame of a device, appliance, machine, or metal raceway via a designated conductor to earth at the service panel. It may be bare or covered, and does not carry current in normal operation.
glosses: The absorption of energy through visualized roots descending from oneself into the ground, using chi.
glosses: The act by which a child is grounded (forbidden from going out, using electronics, etc.).
glosses: The background of embroidery, etc.
Derived terms: grounding line
grounding problem
intentional grounding
grounding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹaʊndɪŋ/
rhymes: -aʊndɪŋ
Etymology: By surface analysis, ground + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ground
TBH
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: TBH (To be honest), I skip a lot of it too. But did read it for a while.
ref: 1991 June 17, Bill Biesty, “Re: Stop silliness about justification for vegetarianism”, in rec.food.veg (Usenet), retrieved 04 Jul 2016, message-ID <1991Jun17.211640.29488@ide.com>:
related: word: tbh
glosses: Initialism of to be honest.
topics: business
glosses: Initialism of to be hired.
topics: LGBT
glosses: Initialism of to be had (“sexually available”).
Derived terms: TBH creature
interrupting time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: interrupting times
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The time between the trip circuit energization and power arc interruption.
raw_tags: of a circuit breaker
squarrosely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more squarrosely
form: most squarrosely
Etymology: From squarrose + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a squarrose manner; scabbily.
Joe's Diner
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Joe's + Diner
Senses: examples: text: Whether your business is called "Exxon" or "Joe's Diner," the name is a valuable asset.
ref: 1983, Fred Steingold, Legal Master Guide for Small Business, page 206:
text: If you are trying a case in an unfamiliar jurisdiction, arrive a few days early. Walk around town. Get a haircut at the local barbershop. Grab a burger at Joe's Diner.
ref: 1999, John G Koeltl, John S Kiernan, The Litigation Manual, page 163:
text: In the hamburger segment, for instance, competition had gone from Joe's Diner versus McDonald's to McDonald's versus Burger King versus Wendy's versus Hardee's.
ref: 2002, Clayton W. Barrows, Thomas F. Powers, Jo Marie Powers, Introduction to the Hospitality Industry, Fifth Edition and NRAEF Workbook Package, page 148:
text: I don't care whether you are working in Joe's Diner or at The Four Seasons; your customer should never have to give your service enough thought to evaluate it.
ref: 2003, Carrie Bickner, Web Design on a Shoestring, page 34:
text: For quotations using this term, see Citations:Joe's Diner.
glosses: A placeholder name for a fictional or hypothetical everyman's restaurant, particularly a single small, local business contrasted with large businesses or franchises.
Related terms: Eat at Joe's
stringencies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stringency
stringency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stringencies
Senses: glosses: A rigorous imposition of standards.
glosses: A tightness or constriction.
glosses: A scarcity of money or credit.
kerotakis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An early distillation apparatus used by Hellenistic Egyptian alchemists in Alexandria.
in potentia
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: enpr: ĭn' pŏtĕnʹshä
ipa: /ˌɪn pɒˈtɛnʃɑː/
ipa: /ˌin poˈten.ti.aː/
Forms: form: in potentiâ
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin in potentia, from in (“in”) + potentiā, ablative singular form of potentia (“force; power”).
Senses: glosses: Potentially; in posse but not in esse.
administrative leave
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: administrative leaves
Senses: examples: text: The moves also came just one day before almost all of the agency’s direct hires, including its roster of Foreign Service officers, will be put on indefinite administrative leave.
ref: 2025 February 6, Karoun Demirjian, Aishvarya Kavi, “Trump Administration to Lay Off Nearly All of USAID Staff”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: A leave of absence under unusual circumstances, especially such leave that is enforced during a disciplinary investigation.
leave of absence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leaves of absence
Senses: glosses: A period of time during which a person is absent from work or other duty for a reason other than normal holidays or a vacation, which may be paid or unpaid.
Synonyms: leave
time off
vacation
air rights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: In the 1970s, Donald Trump paid $5m for the air rights above the landmarked Tiffany building on Fifth Avenue, which, along with various other deals, allowed him to inflate what would have been a 20-storey building into the 58-storey Trump Tower.
ref: 2019 June 1, Oliver Wainwright, “Super-tall, super-skinny, super-expensive: the ‘pencil towers’ of New York’s super-rich”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Oct 2020:
glosses: The right to build over an existing property.
glosses: The right to fly an aircraft over a certain territory.
airshow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: airshows
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of air show.
Antioquenian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Antioquenians
Senses: glosses: A native or resident of Antioquia in Colombia
Antioquenian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of, from or pertaining to Antioquia
autistic spectrum disorder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: autistic spectrum disorders
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Any disorder characterised by symptoms associated with autism.
Synonyms: word: ASD
english: generalization from the specific
translation: generalization from the specific
word: autism
word: autism spectrum disorder
Hyponyms: word: Asperger's syndrome
word: Asperger's Syndrome
word: Asperger's
english: the specific form, not the generic synonym for ASD
translation: the specific form, not the generic synonym for ASD
word: autism
Derived terms: word: ASD
Related terms: word: autistic spectrum
word: disability
word: handicap
word: mutism
word: perpetual child
alt: PDD
word: pervasive developmental disorder
word: selective mutism
word: special education
baby alarm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: baby alarms
Senses: glosses: A baby monitor.
Synonyms: baby monitor
baby monitor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: baby monitors
Senses: glosses: An intercom system that enables a person to remotely detect sounds of distress from a baby; a baby alarm.
glosses: A device used to measure the vital signs of a baby.
Synonyms: baby alarm
baby listening
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A service, offered by some hotels, of the use of a baby monitor in a guest's room.
fogging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fog
fogging
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foggings
Senses: glosses: The act of blurring or making foggy.
glosses: The dispersal of insecticide into a forest canopy so as to collect organisms.
Derived terms: antifogging
fogged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fogged
form: most fogged
Derived terms: fogged out
overfogged
underfogged
unfogged
fogged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fog
reclusive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈkluːsɪv/
Forms: form: more reclusive
form: most reclusive
Etymology: From recluse + -ive.
Senses: examples: text: Kim Jong-il, who has died aged 69, was the general secretary of the Workers party of Korea, and head of the military in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). He was one of the most reclusive and widely condemned national leaders of the late 20th and early 21st century, leaving his country diplomatically isolated, economically broken and divided from South Korea.
ref: 2011 December 19, Kerry Brown, “Kim Jong-il obituary”, in The Guardian:
text: And if it sort not well, you may conceal her,
As best befits her wounded reputation,
In some reclusive and religious life,
Out of all eyes, tongues, minds and injuries.
ref: 1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
glosses: Of, characterized by, or preferring privacy and isolation; secluded.
Synonyms: hermitlike
withdrawn
seclusive
Related terms: recluse
reclusively
reclusiveness
homed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhoʊmd/
ipa: /ˈhəʊmd/
rhymes: -oʊmd
rhymes: -əʊmd
Senses: glosses: Having a home, or homes
Derived terms: multihomed
homed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhoʊmd/
ipa: /ˈhəʊmd/
rhymes: -oʊmd
rhymes: -əʊmd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of home
briefing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: brē′fĭng
ipa: /ˈbɹiː.fɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈbɹi.fɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈbɹiː.fəŋ/
ipa: /ˈbɾiː.fiŋ/
rhymes: -iːfɪŋ
Forms: form: briefings
Etymology: From brief + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: The president received a briefing on the situation before going to the press conference.
coordinate_terms: press gaggle
glosses: A concise summary of a current situation
examples: text: Today's briefing of the press will take place at 10 o'clock.
text: Despite knowing that getting rid of Koeman was going to necessitate putting his hand very deep into what are currently very shallow pockets, Laporta changed tack a couple of weeks ago by summoning journalists for an off-the-record briefing about what was going to happen with the coach.
ref: 2021 September 22, Guillem Balagué, “Barcelona: The toxic battle ripping apart a European giant”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: A meeting to share a concise summary of a current situation, especially in close preparation for an operation or undertaking.
Derived terms: briefing note
counterbriefing
debriefing
e-briefing
President's Daily Briefing
telebriefing
briefing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: brē′fĭng
ipa: /ˈbɹiː.fɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈbɹi.fɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈbɹiː.fəŋ/
ipa: /ˈbɾiː.fiŋ/
rhymes: -iːfɪŋ
Etymology: From brief + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of brief
represses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of repress
represses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of repress
pantses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pants
pantsing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pants
pantsing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pantsings
Senses: synonyms: word: debagging
word: kegging
glosses: The pulling down of a person's trousers, usually as a prank or form of bullying.
examples: text: Here's how to painlessly make pantsing your backup. The unknown can be intimidating. The key to pantsing is to not worry about how it will all hang together. Just start writing.
ref: 2017, The Complete Handbook of Novel Writing, Penguin, →ISBN:
topics: communications
journalism
literature
media
publishing
writing
coordinate_terms: plotting
glosses: An improvised style of writing without an outline.
Related terms: pantser
pantsed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pants
pantsed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: panted
Senses: glosses: Wearing pants.
Derived terms: bepantsed
Related terms: be-pantsed
hot-pantsed
costuming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of costume
costuming
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: costumings
Senses: examples: text: In addition to men's suitings and ladies' costumings the firm also produces man-made fabrics for filtration and protective clothing.
ref: 1973, Charles Hadfield, Alice Mary Hadfield, The Cotswolds: A New Study, page 203:
glosses: Material for making costumes.
examples: text: […] but his sole real concern continues to be the posture in which his subject stands naked between his costumings.
ref: 1996, Walter Benjamin, Marcus Paul Bullock, Michael William Jennings, Selected Writings: 1935-1938, page 9:
glosses: The putting on of a costume; dressing up.
cashes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cash
cashes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cash
cashing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cash
gustatio
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin gustātiō.
Senses: glosses: The first course of a dinner in Ancient Rome, intended to stimulate the appetite.
Synonyms: promulsis
MCP
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of metacarpophalangeal.
MCP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MCPs
Senses: examples: text: If that makes him sound like a male chauvinist, well, he appeared at a recent conference in Houston wearing a tie emblazoned with boar heads and the monogram MCP.
ref: 1976 January 23, Nicholas Wade, “Edward Goldsmith: Blueprint for a De-industrialized Society”, in Science, volume 191, number 4224, →JSTOR, page 270:
text: Bottom line, an MCP was a guy who put more value on men than he did on women. Paradoxically, some MCPs put their women up on a pedestal—a statue of his fantasy—and that's where their women were supposed to stay.
ref: 2012 May 1, Kate Bornstein, A Queer and Pleasant Danger, Boston: Beacon Press, →ISBN:
glosses: Initialism of male chauvinist pig.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Initialism of membrane cofactor protein.
MCP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Microsoft Certified Professional.
topics: government
politics
synonyms: PKM
glosses: Initialism of Malayan Communist Party.
qualifier: artificial intelligence
glosses: Initialism of Model Context Protocol
hedera
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈhɛ.də.ɹə/
Forms: form: hederas
Etymology: From the genus name Hedera, in turn from Latin hedera (“ivy”).
Senses: examples: text: The American Ivy Society hewed closely to the theme, exhibiting only hederas that come from Ireland or have an Irish name.
ref: 2007 March 8, Jan Benzel, “Philadelphia Calls Off Winter for a Week”, in New York Times:
topics: agriculture
business
horticulture
lifestyle
glosses: Any Old World ivy of the genus Hedera
topics: media
publishing
typography
glosses: A fleuron depicting an ivy leaf.
Related terms: hederaceous
hederal
death squad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: death squads
Senses: glosses: An armed group that carries out clandestine, extrajudicial killings.
wikipedia: Einsatzgruppen
death metal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A subgenre of heavy metal typically employing moderate to fast tempos, heavily distorted guitars, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes, often having violent or dark lyrics.
Derived terms: death metaller
death 'n' roll
donder
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: donders
form: dondering
form: dondered
form: dondered
Etymology: See daunder.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of daunder (“stroll”).
donder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: donders
Etymology: See daunder.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of daunder (“stroll”).
donder
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: donders
form: dondering
form: dondered
form: dondered
Etymology: Borrowed from Afrikaans donder.
Senses: examples: text: Just try and I'll donder you says Jan and resets his hook. I take out my pocket knife and start to smooth it. What do you want with that stick says Jan.
ref: 1975, Sheila Roberts, Outside Life's Feast: Short Stories, Johannesburg: Ad. Donker, →ISBN, page 28:
glosses: To beat up, to thrash.
Related terms: donder and blitzen
Mamta
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Hindi ममता (mamtā, “maternal love”).
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Hindi.
NLP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: human-sciences
pseudoscience
psychology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of neuro-linguistic programming.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of natural language processing.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Initialism of nonlinear programming.
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of neuro-linguistic psychotherapy
NLP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Initialism of National Labour Party.
NLP
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: topics: medicine
ophthalmology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of no light perception.
moisture-repellent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more moisture-repellent
form: most moisture-repellent
Senses: glosses: That will not allow water to penetrate
sextuple
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɛkˈstʃuːpəl/
ipa: /-ˈstju-/
ipa: /ˈsɛkstʃʊpəl/
ipa: /-stjʊpəl/
ipa: /sɛksˈtʌpəl/
ipa: /-ˈtu-/
ipa: /sɛkˈstʌpəl/
ipa: /-ˈstu-/
rhymes: -uːpəl
rhymes: -ʌpəl
rhymes: -ʊpəl
Forms: form: sextuples
Etymology: Formed (in imitation of quadruple) from Latin sextus (“sixth”): compare French sextuple.
Senses: glosses: a sixfold amount
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: A team that wins 6 titles in the same year or season.
sextuple
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɛkˈstʃuːpəl/
ipa: /-ˈstju-/
ipa: /ˈsɛkstʃʊpəl/
ipa: /-stjʊpəl/
ipa: /sɛksˈtʌpəl/
ipa: /-ˈtu-/
ipa: /sɛkˈstʌpəl/
ipa: /-ˈstu-/
rhymes: -uːpəl
rhymes: -ʌpəl
rhymes: -ʊpəl
Etymology: Formed (in imitation of quadruple) from Latin sextus (“sixth”): compare French sextuple.
Senses: glosses: Having six parts.
glosses: Being six times as great.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Having six beats to the bar.
Synonyms: sextuplex
sextuple
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɛkˈstʃuːpəl/
ipa: /-ˈstju-/
ipa: /ˈsɛkstʃʊpəl/
ipa: /-stjʊpəl/
ipa: /sɛksˈtʌpəl/
ipa: /-ˈtu-/
ipa: /sɛkˈstʌpəl/
ipa: /-ˈstu-/
rhymes: -uːpəl
rhymes: -ʌpəl
rhymes: -ʊpəl
Forms: form: sextuples
form: sextupling
form: sextupled
form: sextupled
Etymology: Formed (in imitation of quadruple) from Latin sextus (“sixth”): compare French sextuple.
Senses: glosses: To make, or to become, six times as much (or as many).
Derived terms: sextuplet
Related terms: single
solo
double
twofold
triple
threefold
quadruple
fourfold
quintuple
pentuple
fivefold
loner
singleton
monad
pair
couple
twosome
duo
dyad
trio
threesome
triad
troika
foursome
quartet
tetrad
fivesome
quintet
pentad
only one
singlet
twin
one of two
doublet
triplet
one of three
quadruplet
one of four
quintuplet
pentuplet
one of five
sextuple
hextuple
sixfold
septuple
heptuple
sevenfold
octuple
eightfold
ninefold
nonuple
tenfold
decuple
sixsome
sextet
hexad
sevensome
septet
heptad
eightsome
octet
octad
ninesome
nonet
ennead
tensome
decet
decad
sextuplet
hextuplet
one of six
one of seven
septuplet
heptuplet
octuplet
one of eight
one of nine
nonuplet
one of ten
decuplet
elevenfold
undecuple
hendecuple
twelvefold
duodecuple
thirteenfold
tredecuple
a hundredfold
centuple
multiple
elevensome
twelvesome
thirteensome
hundredsome
one of eleven
undecuplet
hendecuplet
one of twelve
duodecuplet
one of thirteen
tredecuplet
one of a hundred
centuplet
one of many
multiplet
vlei
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fleɪ/
ipa: /fliː/
ipa: /fleɪ/
ipa: /vleɪ/
ipa: /vlaɪ/
ipa: /vleɪ/
ipa: /fleɪ/
other: /vli/
other: /fli/
Forms: form: vleis
form: vley
form: vly
Etymology: From Afrikaans vlei, from Dutch vallei (“valley”). Doublet of valley and vly.
Senses: examples: text: The country thereabout was a succession of vleys or gulleys, then filled with excellent clear water, teeming with water-fowl.
ref: 1861, Charles John Andersson, Lake Ngami, chapter XXV, page 301:
text: She remembered the pleasurable warm smell of the cow droppings […] as if the four-divided stomachs of the great oxen were filled with nothing but concentrated memories of hours of grazing along the water heavy vleis.
ref: 1952, Doris Lessing, Martha Quest, Panther, published 1974, page 59:
text: Although rare, it takes an unearthly amount of rain to fill the Tsauchab River and penetrate the dune area, bringing water into the vlei. During these rare times, the vlei takes on a life of its own, much different than in the absence of water[…]
ref: 2010, Jeremiah Allen, Namibia, Other Places Travel Guide, page 199:
glosses: A shallow wetland or minor lake, generally a seasonal one, or the lowland where such a wetland appears seasonally.
Derived terms: vlei rat
braising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹeɪzɪŋ/
rhymes: -eɪzɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of braise
kurfuffle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kurfuffles
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of kerfuffle.
diffusing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of diffuse
diffusing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: antonyms: nondiffusing
glosses: broken down so that its elements are placed in its most specific subset available
raw_tags: of a category
cannons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cannon
Synonyms: cannon
cannons
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cannon
binge-purge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of binge-and-purge.
synonyms: word: binge-and-purge
binge-and-purge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: binge and purge
Senses: synonyms: binge-purge
b/p
glosses: The cycle of binge eating and self-induced vomiting or use of laxatives characteristic of bulimia nervosa.
Related terms: chew-and-spit
feast or famine
bulimarexia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of bulimia + anorexia.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: An eating disorder that occurs when a person has both anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa.
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Synonym of bulimia nervosa.
synonyms: word: bulimia nervosa
Derived terms: bulimarexic
birth father
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: birth fathers
form: birthfather
Etymology: By extension from birth mother.
Senses: glosses: The genetic father of a child (as opposed to an adoptive father or stepfather).
Coordinate terms: birth mother
birth parent
Related terms: adoptive father
co-father
foster father
stepfather
surrogate father
gives birth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of give birth
breakfast bar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: breakfast bars
Senses: examples: text: Depending on the layout, you may be able to partition off the dining area, perhaps with a countertopped unit that doubles as a breakfast bar.
ref: 1996, Creative Kitchen Decorating (Eaglemoss Publications Ltd)
glosses: A raised counter in a domestic kitchen at which light meals may be eaten, often seated on high stools.
synonyms: energy bar
glosses: A food, similar to a chocolate bar, made from cereal, fruit etc.
glosses: A buffet, in a hotel dining room, laid out with breakfast items.
caliper brake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: caliper brakes
Senses: glosses: A form of brake, used on bicycles, in which a pair of arms, carrying brake pads, move inwards and press on the rim of the wheel.
card counter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: card counters
Senses: glosses: A person who uses card counting in pontoon or blackjack in order to obtain an advantage.
card counting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A strategy, in pontoon or blackjack, in which a player keeps a mental tally of the cards played in order to calculate the probability of certain cards being dealt and therefore obtain an advantage.
Related terms: card counter
count cards
false acacia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: false acacias
Senses: examples: text: The taproots of trees like the false acacia, growing between Park Royal and Alperton, thrust deeply into the ground, while the spreading roots of the silver birch stitch the soil.
ref: 1950 July, “Traveller's Joy”, in Railway Magazine, page ii (advertisement):
glosses: A deciduous tree, of species Robinia pseudoacacia, native to the United States; the black locust.
greenbrier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: greenbriers
form: greenbriar
form: green brier
Etymology: From green + brier.
Senses: synonyms: catbriar
catbrier
glosses: Any of several American prickly woody vines of the genus Smilax.
Derived terms: Greenbrier County
pebbled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pebble
pebbled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having many pebbles
glosses: Having a surface that looks irregular, grainy, or crinkled.
Derived terms: unpebbled
interresting
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of interesting.
city boy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: city boys
Senses: glosses: A male inhabitant of a city, or one who prefers city life
glosses: A man who works in the financial sector (often capitalised).
Related terms: city girl
city girl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: city girls
Senses: glosses: A female inhabitant of a city, or one who prefers city life
Related terms: city boy
zawn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /zɔːn/
Forms: form: zawns
Etymology: From Cornish sâwn, sawan (“chasm”). Cognate with Welsh safn (“mouth”), Breton staoñ (“palate”).
Senses: glosses: A deep and narrow sea-inlet in the British Isles, especially Cornwall and the south-west, cut by erosion into sea-cliffs, and with steep or vertical side-walls; a cave through which the tide flows into a cliff.
coffee culture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A lifestyle characterised by drinking coffee (especially in a coffee shop having WiFi access) as a social activity.
convenience food
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: convenience foods
Senses: glosses: A food or meal that needs little preparation or cooking, especially one sold prepackaged.
Related terms: comfort food
convenience store
finger food
food shop
syndicating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of syndicate
cruciate sulcus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cruciate sulci
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A major fissure in the brains of some mammals equivalent to the central sulcus of primates.
central sulcus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: central sulci
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
neuroanatomy
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
glosses: A fissure in the cerebral cortex of primates; it separates the parietal lobe from the frontal lobe
Synonyms: Rolandic fissure
Rolandic fissure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Rolandic fissures
Senses: glosses: The central sulcus.
cruciate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹuː.ʃi.ət/
ipa: /ˈkɹuː.si.ət/
ipa: /ˈkɹuː.ʃi.eɪt/
ipa: /ˈkɹuː.si.eɪt/
Forms: form: more cruciate
form: most cruciate
Etymology: From Latin cruciatus.
Senses: examples: text: Her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and medial collateral ligament (MCL) are torn and Vonn has a lateral fracture of the tibial plateau, the upper end of the tibia or shin bone.
ref: 2013 February 6, Jen Christiensen, “Vonn’s injury ‘career-delayer,’ not ‘career ender’”, in CNN:
glosses: In the form of a cross; cross-shaped; cruciform.
glosses: Overlapping or crossing.
examples: text: Immediately I was so cruciate, that I desired— death to take me.
ref: 1531, Thomas Elyot, The Boke Named the Governour […], London: […] Tho[mas] Bertheleti, →OCLC:
text: In this life are they cruciate with a troublous and doubtfull conscience.
ref: 1550, John Bale, The Image of Both Churches:
glosses: Tormented.
Derived terms: anterior cruciate ligament
cruciate anastomosis
cruciate crural ligament
cruciate eminence
cruciate ligament
cruciately
cruciate muscle
cruciate sulcus
pericruciate
postcruciate
cruciate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹuː.ʃi.ət/
ipa: /ˈkɹuː.si.ət/
ipa: /ˈkɹuː.ʃi.eɪt/
ipa: /ˈkɹuː.si.eɪt/
Forms: form: cruciates
form: cruciating
form: cruciated
form: cruciated
Etymology: From Latin cruciatus.
Senses: examples: text: They vexed, tormented, and cruciated the weake consciences of men.
ref: 1550, John Bale, The Image of Both Churches:
text: a. 1680, Joseph Glanvill, on the Preexistence of Souls
The thus miserably cruciated spirit must needs quit its unfit habitation.
glosses: To torture; to torment.
Related terms: excruciate
ESN
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ESNs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of electronic serial number.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of echo state network.
ESN
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Initialism of educationally subnormal.
electric window
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: electric windows
Senses: glosses: A side window of a motor car that is opened and closed using electric power.
fair bet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fair bets
Senses: examples: Near-synonym: best bet
synonyms: word: good bet
word: safe bet
word: sure bet
word: banker
word: cert
word: certainty
word: certitude
word: cinch
word: dead cert
word: fatality
word: inevitability
word: racing certainty
word: sure thing
word: fair bet
word: good bet
word: safe bet
word: sure bet
glosses: An assumption that is likely to be true.
fibrous dysplasia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fibrous dysplasias
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The replacement of an area of bone by fibrous tissue; often linked with premature sexual development as part of a syndrome
first responder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: first responders
Senses: examples: text: Many survivors tried to describe what they felt, but words failed them. Hard to imagine, too, the emotions of the first responders – the ambulance crews, the medics and the police – faced by ghastly mayhem. It must have felt overwhelming, but they did their jobs and doubtless saved many lives.
ref: 2017 August 20, “The Observer view on the attacks in Spain”, in The Observer:
text: At the same time the hazard warning lights and, once the vehicle has come to a standstill, the Mercedes-Benz emergency call system is activated and the doors and windows are unlocked, to make access to the interior easier for any first responders.
ref: 2021, “Mercedes-Benz self-driving car technology approved for use”, in Fleet news:
text: In July, the New Taipei city government organized a large-scale drill with its disaster services and the Defense Ministry. Included for the first time was urban warfare, such as how first responders would react to an attack on a train station or a port.
ref: 2022 September 4, Huizhong Wu, “Military reserves, civil defense worry Taiwan as China looms”, in AP News, archived from the original on 05 Sep 2022:
glosses: A member of an emergency service who is first on the scene, or among those first on the scene, at an emergency.
glosses: A member of an emergency service trained to provide emergency medical care.
emergency service
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: emergency services
Senses: examples: text: Only when one has seen a Control Office at first-hand does one realise the vast amount of unsparing but largely unsung work that is behind the eventual publication, perhaps, of a paragraph in this journal's "Motive Power Miscellany" recording the appearance, within hours of the complete blockage of a main line, of many of its trains, passenger and freight, on routes quite foreign to them; and of effective emergency services either side of the disaster area.
ref: 1962 August, G. Freeman Allen, “Traffic control on the Great Northern Line”, in Modern Railways, page 133:
hyponyms: rescue service
glosses: Any public service that deals with emergencies; especially the police, fire, ambulance, or lifeboat services.
Related terms: emergency vehicle
Florida anise
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A tall, evergreen American shrub, Illicium floridanum, having red star-shaped flowers and a strong scent.
goal cage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: goal cages
Senses: glosses: The framework, covered with netting or mesh, that forms an ice hockey or water polo goal.
yule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Yule.
Related terms: jolly
panelboard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: panelboards
Etymology: From panel + board.
Senses: glosses: a distribution board
power factor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: power factors
Senses: examples: text: The power factor is of interest because it is a measure of the power which does useful work.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The ratio of the actual power to the apparent power in an alternating current power system; specifically, the cosine of the phase angle between the voltage and the current.
Christianly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Christianly
form: most Christianly
Etymology: From Middle English Cristenli, cristenly, equivalent to Christian + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: He dealt with the troublemaker in a Christianly manner, by offering him a second chance.
text: “It’s not Christianly what you do. It’s not Christianly. You blaspheme…”
ref: 2005, Sefi Atta, Everything Good Will Come, Arris Books, page 269:
glosses: befitting a Christian.
Derived terms: un-Christianly
Christianly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more Christianly
form: most Christianly
Etymology: From Middle English Cristenli, cristenly, cristenliche, equivalent to Christian + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Sufferings […] patiently and Christianly borne.
ref: a. 1714, John Sharp, How far God is concerned in the temptations to sin, which happen to mankind:
glosses: In a Christian fashion.
Derived terms: un-Christianly
paladins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paladin
commits
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈmɪts/
rhymes: -ɪts
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of commit
commits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈmɪts/
rhymes: -ɪts
Senses: glosses: plural of commit
singes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of singe
singes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of singe
singeing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪnd͡ʒɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪndʒɪŋ
Etymology: From Middle English *sengynge, sengeand, from Old English *senġende, *senċġende, *sænċġende, from Proto-West Germanic *sangijandī, present participle of *sangijan (“to singe”), equivalent to singe + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of singe
singeing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪnd͡ʒɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪndʒɪŋ
Forms: form: singeings
Etymology: From Middle English senginge, seengynge, equivalent to singe + -ing.
Senses: glosses: The act or process of slightly burning.
glosses: A singe; a slight burn.
begets
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of beget
begetting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of beget
begetting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: begettings
Senses: examples: text: The gods' begettings in the Theogony are reminiscent of the biblical human begettings in the Old Testament and emphasize their being in nature, unlike the Judaic God outside of it.
ref: 2007, John Peterman, On Ancient Philosophy:
glosses: The act or product of one who begets.
Derived terms: unbegetting
spreader
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈspɹɛdɚ/
rhymes: -ɛdə(ɹ)
Forms: form: spreaders
Etymology: From spread + -er.
Senses: glosses: An object or person who spreads.
glosses: A spacer or device for keeping two objects apart.
examples: text: Ellen put grass seed on the lawn with a seed spreader.
glosses: A device used to spread bulk material.
examples: text: James used a spreader to butter her bagel.
glosses: A knife or spatula used to distribute a substance such as butter or jelly.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A horizontal athwartships spar attached to the mast of a sailboat in order to extend the shrouds away from the mast.
glosses: A machine for combining and drawing fibers of flax to form a sliver preparatory to spinning.
glosses: The moving platform of a container crane.
examples: text: Spreaders uploaded the games to an online BBS to distribute the games as quickly as possible to as many people as possible.
ref: 2017, Oliver Markus Malloy, Bad Choices Make Good Stories: Going to New York:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A member of a cracking group who distributes warez.
Derived terms: heat spreader
manure spreader
muck spreader
spreader bar
spreader diaper
spreader pants
super-spreader
superspreader