cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
amvis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of ammonium + Latin vis (“strength”).
Senses: examples: text: It is difficult to explain the cause of this, but one suggestion was offered by the manager, viz., that the detonator wires short circuited inside the cartridge of amvis. The point of short circuit set fire to the amvis charge […]
ref: 1897, Great Britain, Mines Department:
glosses: An explosive consisting of ammonium nitrate, a derivative of nitrobenzene, chlorated naphthalene, and woodmeal.
woodmeal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: woodmeals
Etymology: From wood + meal.
Senses: hypernyms: meal
coordinate_terms: excelsior#Noun
sawdust
woodchip
woodflour
wood flour
woodshaving
woodwool
wood wool
glosses: Ground-up wood.
amylogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to amylogen.
glosses: Forming starch; applied specifically to leucoplasts.
amylogen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From amyl + -o- + -gen.
Senses: glosses: The water-soluble part of granulose.
Derived terms: amylogenesis
amylogenic
amylogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From amyl + -o- + -genesis.
Senses: glosses: The formation of starch.
amyloplastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From amyl + -o- + plastic.
Senses: glosses: starch-forming; amylogenic
amylometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amylometers
Etymology: From amyl + -o- + -meter.
Senses: glosses: An instrument for determining the amount of starch in a substance.
amylometers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amylometer
amylometric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin amylum + -metric.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the measurement of the amount of starch in a substance.
androcephalous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From andro- + -cephalous.
Senses: glosses: Having a human head (upon an animal's body), like the Egyptian sphinx.
andropogon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: andropogons
Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Andropogon.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any member of the grass genus Andropogon.
andropogons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of andropogon
angiomatous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to an angioma.
Derived terms: pseudoangiomatous
angioneurosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From angio- + neurosis.
Senses: glosses: Any disorder of the vasomotor system; neurosis of a blood vessel.
anilinism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From aniline + -ism.
Senses: glosses: A disease due to inhaling the poisonous fumes present in the manufacture of aniline.
anisate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anisates
Etymology: From anisic + -ate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A salt or ester of anisic acid.
anisates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anisate
anisospore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anisospores
Etymology: From aniso- + spore.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A sexual spore in which the sexes differ in size.
Derived terms: anisosporous
anisospores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anisospore
anisosporous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anisospore + -ous.
Senses: glosses: Not isosporous; being an anisospore, or producing anisospores.
crux ansata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin crux ansāta, from crux (“cross”) + ansātus (“handled; having handles”).
Senses: examples: text: The well-known T-shaped cross was in use in pagan lands long before Christianity, as a representation of the male member, and also at the same time of the 'tree' on which the god (Attis or Adonis or Krishna or whoever it might be) was crucified; and the same symbol combined with the oval (or yoni) formed the Crux Ansata ☥ of the old Egyptian ritual - a figure which is to-day sold in Cairo as a potent charm, and confessedly indicates the conjunction of the two sexes in one design.
ref: 1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 183:
text: The Egyptian crux ansata, common on Egyptian monuments and other memorials, is considered by some authorities as a triple phallus.
ref: 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 82:
glosses: Synonym of ankh.
synonyms: word: ankh
anlauts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: anʹlouts
ipa: /ˈan.laʊts/
rhymes: -aʊts
Senses: glosses: plural of anlaut
antechoirs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antechoir
anthropogeographically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From anthropogeographical + -ly.
Senses: topics: anthropology
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: In terms of anthropogeography.
antibubonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + bubonic.
Senses: glosses: Countering bubonic plague.
anticoherer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anticoherers
Etymology: From anti- + coherer.
Senses: topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
telegraphy
glosses: A device, one form of which consists of a scratched deposit of silver on glass, used in connection with the receiving apparatus for reading wireless signals. The electric waves falling on this device increase its resistance several times.
anticoherers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anticoherer
anthropopathite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anthropopathites
Etymology: From anthropopathy + -ite.
Senses: glosses: One who ascribes human feelings to a deity.
anthropopathites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anthropopathite
antidiphtheritic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + diphtheritic.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Countering diphtheria.
antidiphtheritic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antidiphtheritics
Etymology: From anti- + diphtheritic.
Senses: glosses: Any drug or agent that counters diphtheria.
antidiphtheritics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antidiphtheritic
antimonsoon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antimonsoons
Etymology: From anti- + monsoon.
Senses: topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
glosses: The upper, contrary-moving current of the atmosphere over a monsoon.
antimonsoons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antimonsoon
apiological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From apiology + -ical.
Senses: glosses: Relating to apiology.
apocodeine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From apo- + codeine.
Senses: glosses: An alkaloid with chemical formula C₁₈H₁₉NO₂, prepared from codeine, with effects like those of apomorphine.
apochromatism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: engineering
natural-sciences
optics
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Freedom from both chromatic aberration and spherical aberration.
apposable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From appose + -able.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Capable of being apposed, or applied one to another, as the thumb to the fingers of the hand; able to be brought into direct spatial opposition.
Synonyms: opposable
Derived terms: nonapposable
toast water
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Toast water simple, good in cases of thirst and nausea from diarrhœa, is about one-fourth of a pound of bread toasted slowly to a very dark brown color (not burned), broken into a hot mug or pitcher, with a quart of boiling water poured upon it, covered close until cold.
ref: 1884 October 15, The Annals of Hygiene, volume 1, number 4, page 96:
glosses: A traditional drink made by soaking hard toast in water.
callbook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: callbooks
Etymology: From call + book.
Senses: glosses: A directory of radio station call signs.
callbooks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of callbook
decoherences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of decoherence
arilode
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arilodes
Senses: glosses: Dated form of arillode.
arilodes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arilode
executive function
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: executive functions
Senses: topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
synonyms: executive control
cognitive control
glosses: Any of the cerebral processes that enable a person to expend willpower for the sake of completing tasks.
executive functions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of executive function
aristotypes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aristotype
Arnaout
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Arnaouts
Senses: examples: text: The Arnaout soldiers, in their picturesque dresses, were squatted around the walls, their yataghans and long guns gleaming in the moonlight.
ref: 1854, Bayard Taylor, A Journey to Central Africa; or, Life and Landscapes from Egypt to the Negro Kingdoms..., page 207:
glosses: Alternative form of Arnaut.
Arnaouts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Arnaout
arthrotome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arthrotomes
Etymology: From arthro- + -tome.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: A strong scalpel used in the dissection of joints.
arthrotomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arthrotome
swingable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From swing + -able.
Senses: examples: text: It hardly needs saying that converting a Tory in a swingable “blue wall” constituency is electorally far more valuable than preaching to the choir in a Labour stronghold.
ref: 2023 July 17, Rhymer Rigby, “Sick of this Conservative government? That shouldn’t stop you having Tory friends”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Capable of being swung, or made to swing.
arthrosporous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From arthrospore + -ous.
Senses: glosses: Relating to arthrospores.
arthrosporic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From arthrospore + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to arthrospores.
newspaperism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From newspaper + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The attitudes and stylistic approach of newspapers; being lowbrow and sensationalistic, etc.
lowbrowism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From lowbrow + -ism.
Senses: glosses: lowbrow attitudes and policies generally
highbrowism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: highbrowisms
Etymology: From highbrow + -ism.
Senses: glosses: highbrow attitudes and policies generally
spore fruit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spore fruits
Senses: topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: Synonym of ascocarp.
synonyms: word: ascocarp
spore fruits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spore fruit
midbrows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of midbrow
young-ladyism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From young lady + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: Though Lady Mary had none of the young-ladyism or sentimentality of girls of her age, we are not to suppose her either hard or masculine.
ref: 1860, Grace Wharton, Philip Wharton, The Queens of Society:
text: […] Fanny, forgetful of her young-ladyism and her sixteen years, had boxed Tom's ears, and Tom, resenting the insult, had forcibly seated her in the coal-hod, where he held her with one hand while he returned the compliment with the other.
ref: 1869–1870, Louisa M[ay] Alcott, “New Fashions”, in An Old-Fashioned Girl, Boston, Mass.: Roberts Brothers, published 1870, →OCLC, page 31:
glosses: Behaviour befitting, or typical of, a young lady.
Related terms: young-ladyish
coalhod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coalhods
Etymology: From coal + hod.
Senses: glosses: A hod or receptacle for carrying coal.
coalhods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coalhod
phytoarcheology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From phyto- + archeology.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of phytoarchaeology.
assay pound
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: assay pounds
Senses: glosses: A small standard weight used in assaying bullion, etc., sometimes equal to half a gram, but varying between assayers.
assay pounds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of assay pound
astatize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: astatizes
form: astatizing
form: astatized
form: astatized
Senses: qualifier: magnetism
glosses: To render astatic.
astatizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of astatize
astatizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of astatize
astatized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of astatize
astatki
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Russian оста́тки (ostátki), nominative and accusative plural of оста́ток (ostátok), meaning "remnants".
Senses: glosses: A thick liquid residuum obtained in the distillation of Russian petroleum, much used as fuel.
astrophotometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: astrophotometers
Etymology: From astro- + photometer.
Senses: glosses: A photometer for measuring the brightness of stars.
astrophotometers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of astrophotometer
athrepsia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From a- + Ancient Greek θρέψις (thrépsis, “nourishing”) (from τρέφω (tréphō)) + -ia.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Profound debility of children due to lack of food and to unhygienic surroundings.
Synonyms: marasmus
Related terms: athreptic
threpsology
athreptic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to athrepsia
Atlas powder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Atlas powders
Senses: glosses: A blasting powder or dynamite composed of nitroglycerin, wood fiber, sodium nitrate, and magnesium carbonate.
auction bridge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: card-games
games
glosses: A precursor to the game of contract bridge.
audiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of audile
Baylean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Baylean
form: most Baylean
Etymology: From Bayle + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Pierre Bayle (1647–1706), French philosopher and writer whose work influenced the development of the Enlightenment.
aurilaves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aurilave
autoclastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Broken in place; said of rocks having a broken or brecciated structure due to crushing, in contrast to those of brecciated materials brought from a distance.
autohypnotism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From auto- + hypnotism.
Senses: glosses: autohypnosis
UAC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
qualifier: Microsoft Windows
glosses: Initialism of User Account Control: a technology that limits application software to standard user privileges until an administrator authorizes further privileges.
UAC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: UACs
form: UAC
Senses: examples: text: “The program will continue to evaluate needs and capacity in order to care for the hundreds of UAC that cross the US border daily,” Stauffer said.
ref: 2019 March 29, Geneva Sands, “CBP projects unaccompanied children will surpass 2014 crisis”, in CNN:
text: “The only change pursuant to the Big Beautiful Bill is expanding this option to return home to UACs from additional countries beyond Mexico and Canada,” the spokesperson added.
ref: 2025 July 23, Priscilla Alvarez, “Exclusive: Trump administration moves to rapidly deport migrant children, asking teens if they want to leave”, in CNN:
glosses: Initialism of unaccompanied alien child: a child sent to cross an international border without a formal adult guardian.
automobilism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From automobile + -ism.
Senses: examples: Near-synonyms: automobilery, automobility, motordom
glosses: The use of automobiles; their use and its advocacy.
Related terms: automobilist
autopneumatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From auto- + pneumatic.
Senses: glosses: Acting or moving automatically by means of compressed air.
autopathic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From auto- + -pathic.
Senses: examples: an autopathic disease
an autopathic theory of diseases
glosses: Dependent upon, or due or relating to, the structure and characteristics of the diseased organism; endopathic.
autunites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of autunite
autunitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more autunitic
form: most autunitic
Etymology: From autunite + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the mineral autunite.
beneficiations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beneficiation
beneficiated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of beneficiate
beneficiates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of beneficiate
beneficiating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of beneficiate
auxetometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: auxetometers
Senses: topics: engineering
natural-sciences
optics
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: An instrument for measuring the magnifying power of a lens or system of lenses.
auxetometers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of auxetometer
avenaline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Dated form of avenalin.
avenalin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: avenaline
Etymology: From Latin avēna.
Senses: glosses: A globulin or legume-like protein found in oats.
excelsin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: excelsa + -in, from Bertholletia excelsa, species name of the brazil nut.
Senses: glosses: A quassinoid found in brazil nuts.
aviette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aviettes
Senses: examples: text: Making the aviette leave the ground with the ground speed attained by pedaling is as huge a task as it used to be to the early aeroplanes to leave the ground.
ref: 1920, Flying, volume 9, page 254:
glosses: A heavier-than-air flying machine in which the motive power is furnished solely by the aviator.
aviettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aviette
awkward squads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of awkward squad
murklins
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more murklins
form: most murklins
form: murklings
Etymology: From murk + -lins (dialectal variant of -lings), equivalent to murk + -lings (adverbial suffix).
Senses: examples: text: I want to stay murklins peeking for my own eyes of justice,” she laughs, “I just hate life!” “Relax. Just relax. Below the foggy sea, there existed a town of extinct creatures of forgotten times.
ref: 2013, Isaiah Lawrence, Hells Clouds:
glosses: In the dark.
Related terms: murk
murky
actinophonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From actino- + -phonic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the production of sound by means of the actinic, or ultraviolet, rays.
bacteriolytically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From bacteriolytic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: By means of, or in terms of, bacteriolysis.
Bahaism
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Baháʼism.
banana solution
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: The amyl acetate gives it the odor of bananas.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A solution used as a vehicle in applying bronze pigments. It contains acetote, benzene, pyroxylin, and amyl acetate.
banderillo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: banderillos
Etymology: From Spanish.
Senses: examples: text: It was Friday evening when I reached Madrid, and Saturday morning, bright and early, I called at General Weyler's house. A rather stunning banderillo opened the front door and inquired my business.
ref: 1919, Robert Cortes Holliday, Peeps at People:
glosses: Alternative spelling of banderillero.
banderillos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of banderillo
barads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of barad
barad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: barads
Etymology: From the Ancient Greek word for "weight". See baro-.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A unit of pressure, equal to one dyne per square centimeter.
barogram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: barograms
Etymology: From baro- + -gram.
Senses: glosses: A tracing, usually made by the barograph, showing graphically the variations of atmospheric pressure for a given time.
barograms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of barogram
barongs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of barong
barothermograph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: barothermographs
Etymology: From baro- + thermo- + -graph.
Senses: glosses: An instrument for recording both pressure and temperature, as of the atmosphere.
barothermographs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of barothermograph
bathygraphy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bathy- + -graphy.
Senses: glosses: The scientific description of the depth of the ocean.
Derived terms: bathygraphic
bathygraphical
Bayou State
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbaɪ.(j)uː steɪt/
Forms: form: the Bayou State
Etymology: From the numerous bayous flowing through these states.
Senses: synonyms: word: Pelican State
english: official
translation: official
word: Creole State
word: Sportsman's Paradise
word: The Boot
glosses: An unofficial nickname for Louisiana, a state of the United States.
synonyms: word: Magnolia State
english: official
translation: official
glosses: An unofficial nickname for Mississippi, a state of the United States.
murksome
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: note: rhotic
enpr: mûrk'səm
ipa: /ˈmɜɹksəm/
note: rhotic
note: non-rhotic
ipa: /ˈmɜːksəm/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ksəm
Forms: form: more murksome
form: most murksome
form: mirksome
Etymology: From murk + -some.
Senses: examples: text: So, when stern Winter in his frozen vest Enfolds fair Nature's charms, the vaporous air, Surcharged and dense, repels the solar beam ; No genial ray falls on the languid earth, But, struggling with the dun, deep, murksome haze, [...]
ref: 1837, Anne Ross Collinson, Memoir of Mrs. Agnes Bulmer:
glosses: Characterised or marked by murkiness; darksome.
Synonyms: cimmerian
dingy
tenebrous
dark
Derived terms: murksomeness
Bear State
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Bear State
Etymology: A nickname, from the many bears once inhabiting its forests.
Senses: glosses: An unofficial nickname for Arkansas, a state of the United States.
murksomeness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mirksomeness
Etymology: From murksome + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being murksome; darkness.
bebung
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bebungs
Etymology: Borrowed from German Bebung.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A tremolo effect, such as that produced on the piano by vibratory repetition of a note with sustained use of the pedal.
Becchi's test
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the name of an Italian chemist, E. Becchi.
Senses: glosses: A qualitative test for cottonseed oil, based on the fact that this oil imparts a maroon colour to an alcoholic solution of silver nitrate.
Beck's scale
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hydrometer scale on which the zero point corresponds to a specific gravity of 1.00, and the 30° point to a specific gravity of 0.85. From these points the scale is extended both ways, all the degrees being of equal length.
sp. gr.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of specific gravity.
begavolt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: begavolts
Senses: examples: text: If the volt, ampere and ohm were taken as the absolute units, the practical units would be the ampere, begohm and begavolt, names just as convenient as ampere, coulomb and farad.
ref: 1900, Journal of the Franklin Institute, volume 149, page 461:
text: Christofilos' idea was of no use whatever to him; multi-begavolt synchrotrons can only be built by multi-billionaires.
ref: 1954, Astounding Science Fiction, volume 52, numbers 4-53, page 161:
glosses: A billion volts.
begavolts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of begavolt
begohm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: begohms
Senses: examples: text: A begohm is about the insulation of 1 mile of well-insulated conductor.
ref: 1894, The Electrical Journal, volume 32, page 667:
text: If the volt, ampere and ohm were taken as the absolute units, the practical units would be the ampere, begohm and begavolt, names just as convenient as ampere, coulomb and farad.
ref: 1900, Journal of the Franklin Institute, volume 149, page 461:
glosses: A billion ohms.
begohms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of begohm
Belgian block
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Belgian blocks
Senses: synonyms: sett
glosses: A nearly cubical block of granite or other tough stone, used as a material for street pavements.
Belgian blocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Belgian block
witch bottle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: witch bottles
Senses: glosses: A stoneware jug used as an amulet against witchcraft.
witch bottles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of witch bottle
countermagical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From counter- + magical.
Senses: glosses: Countering or protecting against magic.
counterdemonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From counter- + demonic.
Senses: glosses: Countering or protecting against demons.
bellarmine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bellarmines
Senses: examples: text: A bellarmine found in Westminster, which, when found, was corked up, and in it were found some old pins and rusty nails; it had been probably used in the art of Black Magic.
ref: 1905, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of London, page 290:
glosses: A stoneware jug of a pattern that originated around Cologne, Germany, in the 16th century, having a bearded face or mask supposed to represent Cardinal Bellarmine, a leader in the Counter-Reformation.
Synonyms: Bartmann jug
graybeard
greybeard
longbeard
Related terms: Bellarminian
witch bottle
Counterreformation
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Counter-Reformation.
bellarmines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bellarmine
Feraghan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Feraghans
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Farahan (“kind of Persian carpet”).
Feraghans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Feraghan
Farahan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Farahans
form: Feraghan
form: Ferahan
Etymology: Named after the region of Iran where they are made.
Senses: glosses: A kind of Persian carpet.
Farahans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Farahan
becuiba nut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: becuiba nuts
Etymology: From a native Brazilian name.
Senses: glosses: The nut of the Brazilian tree Virola bicuhyba, which yields a medicinal balsam used for rheumatism.
Bell process
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Proposed by I. Lowthian Bell around 1875.
Senses: glosses: The process of washing molten pig iron by adding iron oxide.
benefit society
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: benefit societies
Senses: glosses: A society or association formed for mutual insurance, as among tradesmen or in labour unions, to provide for relief in sickness, old age, etc. and for the expenses of burial.
Synonyms: friendly society
benefit societies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of benefit society
benzosol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: He concludes that, in addition, as an antidiabetic regimen, he would certainly recommend a trial of benzosol in every case of this disease, especially in view of the results obtained in the cases of the three patients mentioned.
ref: 1898, The Medical Bulletin:
glosses: guaiacol benzoate, used as an intestinal antiseptic and as a substitute for creosote in phthisis
phytobenthic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From phyto- + benthic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the phytobenthos.
Derived terms: macrophytobenthic
microphytobenthic
microbenthic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From micro- + benthic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the microbenthos.
meiobenthic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From meiobenthos + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the meiobenthos.
benzonaphthol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From benzo- + naphthol.
Senses: glosses: A white crystalline powder used as an intestinal antiseptic; beta-naphthol benzoate.
bergstock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bergstocks
Etymology: Borrowed from German Bergstock (literally “mountain stick”).
Senses: glosses: A long pole with a spike at the end, used in climbing mountains; an alpenstock.
bergstocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bergstock
Bermuda lily
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bermuda lilies
Senses: glosses: Lilium longiflorum var. eximium, a variety of the Easter lily.
Bermuda lilies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bermuda lily
Biela's Comet
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: It was identified as periodic in 1826 by Wilhelm von Biela.
Senses: glosses: A periodic Jupiter-family comet first recorded in 1772, subsequently splitting in two and not observed since 1852.
Derived terms: Bielid
Big Bend State
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An unofficial nickname for Tennessee, a state of the United States.
biophotophone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biophotophones
Etymology: From bio- + photo- + -phone.
Senses: glosses: An instrument combining a cinematograph and a phonograph so that the moving figures on the screen are accompanied by the appropriate sounds; an early kind of film projector.
biprisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biprism
biopsychic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: biopsychical
Etymology: From bio- + psychic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to psychic phenomena in their relation to the living organism or to the general phenomena of life
biopsychical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bio- + psychical.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of biopsychic.
Blanchard lathes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Blanchard lathe
blanket stitches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blanket stitch
introversive labor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: To this extent introversive labor may influence the supply on the market. But as a rule, catallactics is concerned only with extroversive labor. The psychological problems raised by introversive labor are catallactically irrelevant. Seen from the point of view of economics introversive labor is to be qualified as consumption.
ref: 1966, Ludwig Mises, Human Action, →ISBN, page 578:
topics: economics
sciences
glosses: Labor that is expended in order to strengthen or make vigorous or agile the mind or body; or to achieve a religious purpose; or labor that is expended to avoid the disutility of work, as for example, to forget, to escape from depressing thoughts or banish annoying thoughts.
blepharitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From blepharitis + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to blepharitis.
blind reader
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blind readers
Senses: glosses: A post office clerk whose duty is to decipher obscure addresses.
blind readers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blind reader
blast lamp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blast lamps
Senses: glosses: A lamp provided with some arrangement for intensifying combustion by means of a blast.
blast lamps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blast lamp
catallactic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to catallactics.
Derived terms: acatallactic
catallactically
block chain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: block chains
Senses: glosses: A chain in which the alternate links are broad blocks connected by thin side links pivoted to the ends of the blocks, used with sprocket wheels to transmit power, as in a bicycle.
Related terms: blockchain
block chains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of block chain
international organisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: international organisations
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of international organization.
international organization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: international organizations
form: international organisation
Senses: qualifier: international law
glosses: An organisation established by a treaty or other instrument governed by international law and possessing its own international legal personality.
Boswellize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Boswellizes
form: Boswellizing
form: Boswellized
form: Boswellized
Etymology: From Boswell + -ize, in reference to James Boswell's biography of Samuel Johnson.
Senses: glosses: To eulogize.
wikipedia: James Boswell
Samuel Johnson
Boswellized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Boswellize
Boswellizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Boswellize
Boswellizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Boswellize
Boswellizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Boswellizers
Etymology: From Boswellize + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who Boswellizes.
Boswellizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Boswellizer
bowdlerism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bowdlerisms
Etymology: From Bowdler + -ism.
Senses: glosses: A policy of bowdlerization, or censorship by removing what is considered indecent.
briolette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: briolettes
form: briolet
form: brilliolet
form: brilliolette
form: brillolette
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French briolette
Senses: glosses: An oval or pear-shaped diamond having its entire surface cut in triangular facets.
briolettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of briolette
broken breast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: broken breasts
Senses: glosses: abscess of the mammary gland
bromidiom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bromidioms
Etymology: Blend of bromide + idiom
Senses: glosses: A conventional comment or saying; a bromide.
bromidioms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bromidiom
bronze steel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: steel bronze
Uchatius bronze
glosses: A hard tough alloy of tin, copper, and iron, formerly used for guns.
bultong
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of biltong.
isobathic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌaɪsəˈbæθɪk/
rhymes: -æθɪk
Forms: form: more isobathic
form: most isobathic
Etymology: From isobath + -ic; first known use: 1890-1895.
Senses: glosses: Of the same depth.
glosses: Of or relating to an isobath.
kinanesthesia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: An inability to perceive movement.
public international law
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: qualifier: international law
glosses: the law concerning the conduct of nations and international organisations.
Synonyms: law of nations
brontograph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brontographs
Etymology: From Ancient Greek βροντή (brontḗ, “thunder”) + -graph.
Senses: glosses: A tracing or chart showing the phenomena accompanying a thunderstorm.
glosses: An instrument for making such tracings, such as a recording brontometer.
brontographs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brontograph
brontometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brontometers
Etymology: From Ancient Greek βροντή (brontḗ, “thunder”) + -meter.
Senses: examples: text: The fans make one revolution for each metre of wind that passes, and send an electric current to the brontometer, where it acts on an electro-magnet, and tends to draw this (2nd) pen towards the left; but a train of clockwork is constantly tending to draw the pen to the right, the joint result being that the pen continuously shows, not the total motion (as is the case with most anemometers), but the actual velocity almost second by second.
ref: 1890 May 8, The Meteorological Magazine, page 195:
glosses: An instrument for noting or recording the phenomena that accompany a thunderstorm.
brontometers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brontometer
bromol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Shortened from bromophenol.
Senses: glosses: tribromophenol, used as an antiseptic and disinfectant
caatingas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caatinga
caballeria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: caballerias
Etymology: From Spanish caballería, from caballero (“horseman, gentleman, cowboy”) + -ía (“-y: forming nouns”), from Late Latin caballārius (“horseman, rider”), from Latin caballus (“horse”) + -ārius (“-ary”). Doublet of cavalry and chivalry.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A medieval Spanish land tenure equivalent to a knight's fee, held under an obligation for military service.
glosses: A traditional Spanish unit of land area, equivalent to 38.64 ha.
Coordinate terms: sense: unit of land area
word: celemin (1
sense: unit of land area
word: 720 caballeria)
sense: unit of land area
word: fanega (1
sense: unit of land area
word: 60 caballeria)
sense: unit of land area
alt: ⅚ caballeria
word: yugada
caballerias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caballeria
Gorzów Śląski
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Polish Gorzów Śląski.
Senses: glosses: A town in Opole Voivodeship, Poland.
international humanitarian law
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: qualifier: international law
glosses: the law which regulates the conduct of armed conflict.
Synonyms: jus in bello
law of armed conflict
law of war
carbon transmitters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of carbon transmitter
cardiosclerosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cardio- + sclerosis.
Senses: glosses: induration of the heart, caused by development of fibrous tissue in the cardiac muscle
car mile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: car miles
Senses: topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: A mile travelled by a single railway car, taken as a unit of computation, as in computing the average travel of each car of a system during a given period.
car miles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of car mile
carromata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carromatas
Etymology: From Philippine Spanish carromata, from Spanish carromato + -a. Compare Tagalog karomata, Cebuano karomata.
Senses: glosses: A light two-wheeled, horse-drawn passenger carriage with a tilt roof used to convey passengers within city limits or for countryside travelling.
carromatas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of carromata
carretela
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carretelas
Etymology: From Spanish carretela.
Senses: glosses: A light horse-drawn carriage or calash.
carretelas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of carretela
Gorzów
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Polish Gorzów.
Senses: glosses: A village in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland.
cascade method
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A method of attaining successively lower temperatures by using the cooling effect of the expansion of one gas in condensing another less easily liquefiable, and so on.
cascarons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cascaron
Woz
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Norton snapped his fingers. Monday's Warren's birthday. That's what I'll do. We'll get a couple of sheilas and I'll shout Woz out for dinner.
ref: 2016, Robert G. Barrett, The Boys from Binjiwunyawunya:
glosses: A nickname from the given name Warren.
Woz
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Clipping of Wozniak.
Senses: glosses: Nickname for a person with the surname Wozniak.
examples: text: In 1973, Woz was working for Hewlett-Packard. His dial-a-joke service got more than 2,000 calls a day.
ref: 1998 September, Gary Wolf, “The World According to Woz”, in Wired, archived from the original on 10 Aug 2011:
glosses: Nickname for a person with the surname Wozniak.
American inventor Steve Wozniak (b. 1950).
catacrotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
glosses: Relating to, or characterized by, that form of pulse tracing, or sphygmogram, in which the descending portion of the curve is marked by secondary elevations due to two or more expansions of the artery in the same beat.
Related terms: catacrotism
catadicrotic
catadicrotism
catatricrotic
catatricrotism
-wick
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of -wich.
Derived terms: bailiwick
Fyshwick
Gatwick
Greenwick
Southwick
Warwick
catacrotism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Quality of being catacrotic.
catadicrotism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cata- + dicrotism.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being catadicrotic.
catatricrotism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Quality of being catatricrotic.
catch title
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: catch titles
Senses: glosses: A short expressive title used for abbreviated book lists, etc.
catch titles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of catch title
caulomic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From caulome + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to a caulome.
caulome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkɔːləʊm/
Forms: form: caulomes
Etymology: From caulis + -ome.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A stem structure or stem axis of a plant, viewed as a whole.
Derived terms: caulomic
caulomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caulome
cement steel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cement steels
Senses: glosses: steel produced by cementation; blister steel
cepaceous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cepaceous
form: most cepaceous
Etymology: Derived from Latin cēpa.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of an onion.
cerevises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cerevis
cerotype
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cerotypes
Etymology: From cero- + -type.
Senses: glosses: A printing process of engraving on a surface of wax spread on a steel plate, for electrotyping.
glosses: A print made by this process.
cerotypes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cerotype
change key
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: change keys
Senses: glosses: A key adapted to open only one of a set of locks; distinguished from a master key.
change keys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of change key
Chautauqua system
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: education
glosses: The system of home study established in connection with the summer schools assembled at Chautauqua, New York, by the Methodist Episcopal bishop John Heyl Vincent.
chemigraphic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From chemigraphy + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to chemigraphy.
chemigraphy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From chemi- + -graphy.
Senses: glosses: Any mechanical engraving process depending upon chemical action; specifically, a process of zinc etching not employing photography.
Derived terms: chemigraphic
chemiotaxis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Dated form of chemotaxis.
chemiotactic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Dated form of chemotactic.
Derived terms: chemiotactically
chemotactically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: chemiotactically
Etymology: From chemotactic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: By chemotaxis.
chemiotactically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From chemiotactic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: Dated form of chemotactically.
chemotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From chemosis + -ic or chemo- + -otic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to chemosis.
swimmer's ear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: It may be caused by swimming in polluted water.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Otitis externa.
Related terms: surfer's ear
otitis externa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: An inflammation of the outer ear and ear canal, resulting in earache.
Synonyms: external otitis
swimmer's ear
underchlorinated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more underchlorinated
form: most underchlorinated
Etymology: From under- + chlorinated.
Senses: examples: text: Swimmer's ear is commonly seen as a result of underchlorinated swimming pools and macerated skin of the auditory canal.
ref: 2011, HIV/AIDS in the Post-HAART Era:
glosses: Containing too little chlorine.
antipseudomonal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + pseudomonal.
Senses: examples: text: antipseudomonal antibiotic ear drops
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Countering pseudomonad bacteria
Derived terms: nonantipseudomonal
antipseudomonal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antipseudomonals
Etymology: From anti- + pseudomonal.
Senses: glosses: Such a medication
interstation
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + station.
Senses: glosses: Between stations.
intrastation
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + station.
Senses: glosses: Within a single station.
Wari
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A civilization that flourished in the south-central Andes and coastal area of modern-day Peru, from about AD 500 to 1000.