cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
selectionistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From selectionist + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of selectionist.
synonyms: word: selectionist
seroanalytics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sero- + analytics.
Senses: glosses: serological analytics
spectrofluorescence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From spectro- + fluorescence.
Senses: glosses: fluorescence spectroscopy
stomatins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stomatin
subcytolytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + cytolytic.
Senses: glosses: That is not effective enough to produce cytolysis
subdermis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sub- + dermis.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: subcutaneous tissue
sulmethoprim
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of sulfamethoprim.
sulfamethoprim
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sulfa- + metho- + -prim.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: An antiinfective agent used to treat and prevent urinary tract infections
suprasaturating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of suprasaturate
syncytialized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Modified by syncytialization
tetramorphic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tetra- + -morphic.
Senses: glosses: Having four forms
glosses: Relating to a tetramorph
thiazolidinones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thiazolidinone
hoof pick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hoof picks
Senses: glosses: A hooked tool, usually of metal, used to clean the soles of a horse's feet.
fly bomb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fly bombs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of flying bomb.
fly-bombed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fly-bombed
form: most fly-bombed
Senses: examples: Croydon was the most fly-bombed area of London, and the nightly (and daily) noise of these doodle-bugs became a menace which had to be endured. http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/41/a2913941.shtml
glosses: Hit by flying bombs.
triidothyronine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of triiodothyronine.
trivarite
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of trivariate.
ovulatory shift hypothesis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: biology
human-sciences
natural-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: The hypothesis that women's taste in men, and subconscious thoughts and behaviors, change throughout the menstrual cycle.
vaccutainer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of vacutainer.
vinculun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of vinculum.
xenograph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of xenograft.
monkette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monkettes
Etymology: From monk + -ette.
Senses: examples: text: One summer resident's friends had thrown her a “monkette” party when she left behind a lucrative career in video production
ref: 2011, Fire Monks: Zen Mind Meets Wildfire - Page 21:
text: He patted the couch beside him. “Sit. Unless you want to go lie down again? The monkette and I will be fine in here.” “The monkette?” He chuckled.
ref: 2012, Husband for a Weekend - Part 5 - Page 215:
text: She was trembling a little. Upset? Turned on? Couldn't be sure. “There's more to life than sex, obviously, but I'm not a monk, and I'm not looking to marry a ... a what? A monkette?” Sarah burst out laughing.
ref: 2016, Sarah's Honeymoon - Page 14:
glosses: A female monk.
Synonyms: monkess
thruple
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thruples
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of throuple.
common pochard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: common pochards
Senses: glosses: A diving duck of temperate and cool Eurasia (Aythya ferina)
Caligula
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈlɪɡjʊlə/
Etymology: From Latin Caligula, from caliga (“leather boot”) + -ula.
Senses: glosses: Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, Roman emperor from 37 to 41 CE.
Derived terms: Caligulan
Caligulian
young moon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: young moons
Etymology: From Middle English yong mone.
Senses: glosses: The phase of the moon when it is waxing, especially before quarter moon.
examples: Fred Schaaf (1983), Wonders of the Sky: Observing Rainbows, Comets, Eclipses, the Stars and Other Phenomena, page 70: “Thus you can know that it would be impossible to see a young moon at sunset if new moon had occurred just a few hours earlier.”
John E. Westfall (2000), Atlas of the Lunar Terminator, page 61: “The young Moon is best observed shortly after a springtime sunset, as is the case here.”
Chet Raymo (2005), The Soul of the Night: An Astronomic Pilgrimage, page 26: “There is a legend that Johannes Kepler, the Renaissance astronomer, once saw the old moon one morning and the young moon on the evening of the same day, but the story is hardly credible.”
glosses: The moon when it is waxing.
Related terms: waxing moon
metaversal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more metaversal
form: most metaversal
Etymology: From metaverse + -al.
Senses: examples: text: We don't have only one metaverse, because metaversal sets aren't always compatible or mergeable!
glosses: Of or pertaining to a metaverse.
Derived terms: metaversality
metaversally
nonmetaversal
sufformative
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sufformatives
Senses: examples: text: This sufformative draws the accent to itself, causing reduction of the preceding vowel to šᵉwâ.
ref: 2000, Edwin C. Hostetter, An Elementary Grammar of Biblical Hebrew, page 69:
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: In Biblical Hebrew, an inflectional ending or suffix.
sufformatives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sufformative
anaplerotically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From anaplerotic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In an anaplerotic manner
angiogenically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From angiogenic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In an angiogenic manner
Derived terms: antiangiogenically
angiomyogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From angio- + myogenic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to angiomyogenesis
anophthalmic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ælmɪk
Etymology: From an- + ophthalmic.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: From which the eye has been removed
raw_tags: of an eye socket
glosses: Relating to anophthalmia
antalarmin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The heterocyclic compound N-butyl-N-ethyl-2,5,6-trimethyl-7-(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)pyrrolo[3,2-e]pyrimidin-4-amine that is a corticotropin-releasing hormone
anteriograde
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of anterograde.
antisensing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The suppression of transcription by means of an antisense
axenize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: axenizes
form: axenizing
form: axenized
form: axenized
Senses: glosses: To make axenic
bdelloplasting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The process of creating a bdelloplast
bioirrigation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bio- + irrigation.
Senses: examples: text: Diffusive models assume that bioirrigation can be quantified by an enhanced, apparent diffusion coefficient within a defined (irrigated) sediment layer, while advective models use an apparent pore-water advection velocity to account for bioirrigation.
ref: 2020, David J. Burdige, Geochemistry of Marine Sediments, page 304:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Irrigation by a biological organization, sometimes as a result of bioturbation.
blastacidin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of blasticidin.
bromodeoxiuridine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of bromodeoxyuridine.
bronchoepithelial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From broncho- + epithelial.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the epithelium of the bronchi
canavalin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A storage protein present in beans of the genus Canavalia.
candicidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: That kills fungi of the genus Candida.
centrifugational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -eɪʃənəl
Etymology: From centrifugation + -al.
Senses: glosses: Relating to centrifugation
Derived terms: centrifugationally
centrifugationally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From centrifugational + -ly.
Senses: glosses: By means of centrifugation
chemotoxin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chemotoxins
Etymology: From chemo- + toxin.
Senses: glosses: A toxin derived from a chemokine
Related terms: chemotoxic
chitobiosidases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chitobiosidase
chitotrioses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chitotriose
clavulone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clavulones
Etymology: Possibly clavule + -one
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a series of compounds, related to prostaglandins, that show anticancer activity
clavulones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clavulone
battle-scarred
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more battle-scarred
form: most battle-scarred
Senses: glosses: Having scars or other damage received in battle
coaggregates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of coaggregate
coelemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of coelomic.
cotranslocation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cotranslocations
Etymology: From co- + translocation.
Senses: glosses: translocation along with another
Related terms: cotranslocate
confidence vote
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -əʊt
Forms: form: confidence votes
Senses: glosses: Synonym of vote of confidence.
synonyms: word: vote of confidence
no-confidence vote
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: no-confidence votes
Senses: glosses: A vote of no confidence.
Twitterer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Twitterers
Etymology: From Twitter + -er.
Senses: synonyms: word: Twitter user
word: Twitter blogger
word: tweeter
word: tweep
glosses: A user of the website Twitter.
sucker trap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sucker traps
form: sucker's trap
form: sucker-trap
Senses: examples: text: I fell for a sucker trap and got taken but good. My own fault ... should have known better.
ref: 2001, Mickey Spillane, The Mike Hammer Collection, volume 1, →ISBN:
text: It had been a sucker trap and they had fallen right into it. Why, they had walked in here of their own free will, to keep an appointment made by the US Embassy.
ref: 2011, Ken Follett, On Wings of Eagles, →ISBN:
text: “Such a cheap sucker trap... a cheap sucker trap... and I fell for it!” he was hissing, glaring at Koves with a look of hatred from behind misted-up spectacles.
ref: 2013, Imre Kertész, Fiasco, →ISBN:
glosses: A scam; a fraudulent deal offered to the unwary.
Related terms: tourist trap
James's flamingo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: James's flamingos
form: James's flamingoes
Etymology: Named for British naturalist Harry Berkeley James, who studied the bird.
Senses: examples: text: At Bolivia's Laguna Colorado, so-called because of the blood-red tinge to the water, the world's largest population of James's flamingoes may be caught by unseasonable freezing, with birds trapped permanently in the ice.
ref: 2000, Michael Bright, Wild South America, BBC Worldwide, published 2000, page 45:
glosses: A small species of flamingo, Phoenicoparrus jamesi, endemic to the high Andean plateaux.
James's flamingoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of James's flamingo
Andean hillstar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Andean hillstars
Senses: examples: text: The gigantic flower is visited also by the Andean hillstar, which comes to feed on puya nectar.
ref: 2000, Michael Bright, Wild South America, BBC Worldwide, published 2000, page 45:
glosses: A species of hummingbird, Oreotrochilus estella, found in the Andes.
torrent duck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: torrent ducks
Senses: examples: text: The mountain lakes are fed by streams that are frozen in winter but change overnight into raging torrents – the turbulent habitat of the torrent duck.
ref: 2000, Michael Bright, Wild South America, BBC Worldwide, published 2000, page 52:
glosses: A species of duck, Merganetta armata, found near fast-flowing rivers in the Andes.
upland goose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: upland geese
Senses: examples: text: Male upland geese are highly territorial and will battle it out with any intruders.
ref: 2000, Michael Bright, Wild South America, BBC Worldwide, published 2000, page 52:
glosses: A species of sheldgoose, Chloephaga picta, found in temperate grasslands.
Synonyms: Magellan goose
upland geese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of upland goose
chimango caracara
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chimango caracaras
Senses: examples: text: Chimango caracaras, birds the size of a crow but with the armoury of an eagle, follow the buzzard eagles everywhere, the commotion caused by the larger birds providing these scavengers with ample food in the form of exposed eggs – after all, caracaras have chicks to raise, too.
ref: 2000, Michael Bright, Wild South America, BBC Worldwide, published 2000, page 52:
glosses: A species of caracara, Milvago chimango, endemic to South America.
chimango caracaras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chimango caracara
long-tailed meadowlark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: long-tailed meadowlarks
Senses: examples: text: All around, wild flowers transform stark mountains into alpine paradises, and the song of the long-tailed meadowlark rises over open areas.
ref: 2000, Michael Bright, Wild South America, BBC Worldwide, published 2000, page 52:
glosses: A passerine songbird, Leistes loyca, native to South America.
austral parakeet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: austral parakeets
Senses: examples: text: The trees are home to austral parakeets, which travel through the forest in small, noisy flocks looking for food.
ref: 2000, Michael Bright, Wild South America, BBC Worldwide, published 2000, page 56:
glosses: A species of South American parrot, Enicognathus ferrugineus.
Synonyms: austral conure
emerald parakeet
austral parakeets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of austral parakeet
stanitsa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stanitsas
form: stanitsi
form: stanitsy
Etymology: From Russian стани́ца (staníca), a cognate with a word for station in many Slavic languages, ultimately from Old East Slavic станъ (stanŭ).
Senses: glosses: A Cossack village.
stanitsas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stanitsa
stanitsy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stanitsa
anilinguistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Blend of anilingus + linguistic. See also cunnilinguistic.
Senses: examples: text: And her— Her Grace— barricaded in the bedroom, listening to fado on the wireless, and tormenting her vicious dewlaps while practicing her anilinguistic skills on various and sundry of the dreamy, sloe-eyed help.
ref: 1993, James McCourt, Time remaining, page 110:
text: listen, it is enough for you to project your own cravings for your coprophiliac and anilinguistic habits and fetishes onto the environmental community, which does in green what you personally so intensely yearn for as you have posted in these 5 examples where you are truly gorging in your own "Awe Shit" environment
ref: 2005 November 17, hanson, “Mao-Mart Controversy Heats Up Nationwide”, in alt.fan.rush-limbaugh (Usenet):
text: You are so anilinguistic.
ref: 2013 December 11, The Revd, “The gook PIG is Oinking, again! LOL”, in soc.culture.greek (Usenet):
glosses: Anilingual, relating to anilingus.
craniotopic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cranio- + -topic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the perception of space (spatial position) by the brain
crossresistant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more crossresistant
form: most crossresistant
Etymology: From cross- + resistant.
Senses: glosses: resistant (to a toxin etc) as a result of exposure to a similar material
cryptoccocosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of cryptococcosis.
cyanomethemoglobin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cyanmethemoglobin.
dapivirine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DPV
Etymology: From [Term?] + -virine (“nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An antiretroviral drug 4-{[4-(mesitylamino)-2-pyrimidinyl]amino}benzonitrile used to prevent HIV infection in women.
desumoylated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of desumoylate
dehydroepisterol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dehydroepisterols
Etymology: From dehydro- + episterol.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any dehydro derivative of episterol, but especially 5-dehydroepisterol which is an intermediate in the biosynthesis of steroids
episterol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The sterol (3β,5α)-ergosta-7,24(28)-dien-3-ol which is an intermediate in the biosynthesis of steroids.
Derived terms: dehydroepisterol
deproteinisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deproteinisations
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of deproteinization.
diacetylchitobiose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diacetylchitobioses
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any diacetyl derivative of chitobiose, but especially N,N-diacetylchitobiose that is a breakdown product of chitin
diacetylchitobioses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diacetylchitobiose
ditelocentric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From di- + telocentric.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: doubly telocentric
Hermie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Herman
glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Hermione
downmodulatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Associated with downmodulation
echincandin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: echincandins
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of echinocandin.
echincandins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of echincandin
epoxomycin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of epoxomicin.
esotericity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: esotericities
Senses: glosses: The condition of being esoteric
esotericities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of esotericity
exochitinase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exochitinases
Etymology: From exo- + chitinase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any chitinase that cleaves a chitin molecule at a terminal position
Related terms: endochitinase
exochitinases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of exochitinase
exotericity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exotericities
Senses: glosses: The condition of being exoteric
fibrinectin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of fibronectin.
fibromyxoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From fibro- + myxoid.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: fibrous and myxoid
fibromyxoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fibromyxoids
Etymology: From fibro- + myxoid.
Senses: glosses: Such a sarcoma
gastrographin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of gastrografin.
genosubtype
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: genosubtypes
Etymology: From geno- + subtype.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A subtype of a genotype
genosubtype
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: genosubtypes
form: genosubtyping
form: genosubtyped
form: genosubtyped
Etymology: From geno- + subtype.
Senses: glosses: To determine the genosubtype of
genosubtyping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of genosubtype
genosubtyping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: genosubtypings
Senses: glosses: The process of determining a genosubtype
geoposition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: geopositions
Etymology: From geo- + position.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of geolocation.
synonyms: word: geolocation
Related terms: geopositional
glycooligomer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glycooligomers
Etymology: From glyco- + oligomer.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any oligomer containing sugar moieties
Related terms: glycopolymer
glyoxylase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glyoxylases
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of glyoxalase.
goniostat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: goniostats
Etymology: From gonio- + -stat.
Senses: glosses: A device that is used to cut the faces of gemstones
glosses: A device that holds a sample at a specified orientation in an X-ray beam
Delio
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Delios
form: DeLio
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian De Lio.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
hematodeficiency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hematodeficiencies
Etymology: From hemato- + deficiency.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Any deficiency in blood chemistry
hepatocytoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hepatocytomas
Etymology: From hepato- + cytoma.
Senses: glosses: A cytoma in liver tissue
hevamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A chitinase present in the rubber tree Hevea brasiliensis
homocysteic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From homocysteine + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to homecysteic acid or its derivatives
hypoglossus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌhaɪ.pəˈɡlɑs.əs/
rhymes: -ɒsəs
Forms: form: hypoglossi
Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin hypoglōssus, clipping of nervus hypoglōssus (“hypoglossal nerve”).
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
neuroanatomy
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
glosses: Alternative form of hypoglossal nerve.
Related terms: ansa hypoglossi
hypolocomotor
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hypo- + locomotor.
Senses: glosses: Relating to hypolocomotion
hypolocomotion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hypo- + locomotion.
Senses: glosses: locomotive hypoactivity
Related terms: hypolocomotive
hypolocomotor
hypomyelinization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hypo- + myelinization.
Senses: glosses: An insufficient degree of myelinization
hypophagic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to hypophagia
haldi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi हलदी (haldī), from Sanskrit हलदी (haladī).
Senses: examples: text: Children, during growth period, should be given a glass of milk with 23 gms of haldi powder daily. It will promote their growth, strengthen bones, purify blood and aid in the digestive process. Haldi powder sprinkled on open wounds […]
ref: 2016, Dr. S.K. Sharma, Food for Good Health, Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd, →ISBN:
glosses: Synonym of turmeric.
synonyms: word: turmeric
hit two targets with one arrow
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hits two targets with one arrow
form: hitting two targets with one arrow
form: hit two targets with one arrow
form: hit two targets with one arrow
Senses: glosses: Synonym of kill two birds with one stone.
synonyms: word: kill two birds with one stone
IPTC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of International Press Telecommunications Council.
fungus beetle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -iːtəl
Forms: form: fungus beetles
Senses: glosses: Any of many species of beetles, especially in superfamily Cucujoidea, that feed on fungi.
Derived terms: english: Archeocrypticidae, superfamily Tenebrionoidea
translation: Archeocrypticidae, superfamily Tenebrionoidea
word: cryptic fungus beetle
english: Mycetophagidae, superfamily Tenebrionoidea
translation: Mycetophagidae, superfamily Tenebrionoidea
word: hairy fungus beetle
english: Endomychidae, superfamily Coccinelloidea
translation: Endomychidae, superfamily Coccinelloidea
word: handsome fungus beetle
english: Corylophidae, superfamily Coccinelloidea
translation: Corylophidae, superfamily Coccinelloidea
word: minute fungus beetle
english: Erotylidae
translation: Erotylidae
word: pleasing fungus beetle
english: Leiodidae, superfamily Staphylinoidea
translation: Leiodidae, superfamily Staphylinoidea
word: round fungus beetle
english: Phalacridae
translation: Phalacridae
word: shining fungus beetle
english: Cryptophagidae
translation: Cryptophagidae
word: silken fungus beetle
english: Derodontidae, superfamily Derodontoidea
translation: Derodontidae, superfamily Derodontoidea
word: tooth-necked fungus beetle
english: Sphindidae
translation: Sphindidae
word: dry-fungus beetle
english: Ciidae, superfamily Tenebrionoidea
translation: Ciidae, superfamily Tenebrionoidea
word: minute tree-fungus beetle
taxonomic: Bolitotherus cornutus
word: forked fungus beetle
taxonomic: Bolitotherus cornutus
word: horned fungus beetle
varnishing day
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: varnishing days
Senses: topics: art
arts
glosses: The final day before a public exhibition; originally the day when artists could apply a final coat of varnish to their paintings after they had been hung, now the day when artists can make finishing touches, make sure pictures have been hung the right way up etc., and meet their fellow artists.
immunopotential
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From immuno- + potential.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonyms: antigenic, immunogenic
text: Almost any antigen, no matter how benign under most conditions, can have immunopotential effects at least in rare circumstances or hosts.
glosses: Having the potential to cause an immune response.
Related terms: immunocapability
immunoresponse
pathogenetic
pathogenic
indentational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From indentation + -al.
Senses: glosses: Relating to indentation
infrabuccal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ʌkəl
Etymology: From infra- + buccal.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Beneath, or at the bottom of the cheek
bear banger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bear bangers
Senses: examples: text: Consider bear bangers. They are even lighter and smaller than bear spray. The bear banger is a tube the size of a small pen which is hand held.
ref: 1997, Glen Stedham, Bush Basics: A Common Sense Guide to Backwoods Adventure:
text: And even when a bear is scared by the sound of a bear banger, there is little control over the direction in which it will run, particularly if you drop the charge behind or above the bear instead of in front of it— both are easy to do.
ref: 2004, Mike Nash, Exploring Prince George: A Guide to North Central B. C. Outdoors:
text: Some wildlife officers are experimenting with aggressive dogs and guns that shoot noisy shells called bear bangers.
ref: 2011, Jake Macdonald, In Bear Country: Adventures among North America's Largest Predators:
glosses: A firearm cartridge designed to produce a loud bang for defence against bears.
bear bangers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bear banger
inositolphosphoglycan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inositolphosphoglycans
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A phosphoglycan derived from a phosphatidylinositol
inositolphosphoglycans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inositolphosphoglycan
interclone
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + clone.
Senses: glosses: Between clones
intercompatibility
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From inter- + compatibility.
Senses: glosses: The state of being intercompatible
intercompatible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + compatible.
Senses: glosses: Mutually compatible
Derived terms: intercompatibility
intraperiplasmic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + periplasmic.
Senses: glosses: Within the periplasm
intratectal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + tectal.
Senses: glosses: Within the tectum
glosses: Misspelling of intrarectal.
isoallergen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: isoallergens
Etymology: From iso- + allergen.
Senses: glosses: Any of a group of variants of an allergen
isoallergens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of isoallergen
isofemales
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of isofemale
isopentanyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of isopentyl.
glosses: Misspelling of isopentenyl.
lactacidemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Synonym of lacticemia.
synonyms: word: lacticemia
Derived terms: hyperlactacidemia
lanosol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The brominated phenol 3,4-dibromo-5-(hydroxymethyl)-1,2-benzenediol
leukofilters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leukofilter
lipocatabolic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From lipo- + catabolic.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Relating to the catabolism of lipids
lipodistrophy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of lipodystrophy.
lipopeptidophosphoglycan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lipopeptidophosphoglycans
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any phosphoglycan associated with a lipopeptide
lipopeptidophosphoglycans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lipopeptidophosphoglycan
liposynthesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From lipo- + synthesis.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The biosynthesis of lipids
Related terms: lipogenesis
break-vow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: break-vows
Etymology: From break + vow.
Senses: examples: text: With that same purpose-changer, that sly devil, / That broker, that still breaks the pate of faith, / That daily break-vow, he that wins of all, / Of kings, of beggars, old men, young men, maids,
ref: c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:
glosses: An untrustworthy person; someone who habitually breaks vows and promises.
Synonyms: word: break-promise
word: oathbreaker
english: Australia & New Zealand
translation: Australia & New Zealand
word: piker
word: reneger
break-promise
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: break-promises
Etymology: From break + promise.
Senses: examples: text: if you break one jot of your promise or come one / minute behind your hour, I will think you the most / pathetical break-promise and the most hollow lover
ref: 1599, William Shakespeare, As You Like It, act 4, scene 1:
glosses: An untrustworthy person; someone who habitually breaks vows and promises.
Synonyms: word: break-vow
word: oathbreaker
english: Australia & New Zealand
translation: Australia & New Zealand
word: piker
word: reneger
break-promises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of break-promise
break-vows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of break-vow
breakwind
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: breakwinds
form: break-wind
Etymology: From break + wind.
Senses: examples: text: He bent and disappeared out of the sheltering circle of the fir-fronds, returning in a moment with an armful of boughs. He went back, foraging, and she heard him snapping off others. Presently he was beside her again, and began to construct the break-wind, interweaving from the ground up to the fir-fronds a wall of boughs. Abruptly the wind ceased to blow upon Clair's back.
ref: 1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Three Go Back:
text: The rows of breakwind trees should be planted at right angles to the prevailing wind, and there should be at least thirty feet between the first row of fruit trees and the breakwind trees.
ref: 1971, Duncan Brown, Better Fruit Growing for Australian Gardeners, page 15:
glosses: A windbreak.
breakwinds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of breakwind
break-wind
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: break-winds
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of breakwind (“windbreak”).
break-winds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of break-wind
mechanotoxic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mechanotoxic
form: most mechanotoxic
Etymology: From mechano- + toxic.
Senses: glosses: toxic to mechanosensors
Related terms: mechanotoxin
mechanotoxin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mechanotoxins
Etymology: From mechano- + toxin.
Senses: glosses: A mechanotoxic material
TLAs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of TLA
Mediterranean climate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mediterranean climates
Senses: topics: climatology
natural-sciences
glosses: A climate that is typical of the region around the Mediterranean Sea, characterized by mild, moist winters and hot, dry summers, which is also found in certain other temperate regions around the world.
Mediterranean climates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mediterranean climate
left-back
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: left-backs
Senses: examples: text: There was a hint of structural problems for Germany from the opening exchanges. With Jonas Hector ruled out, Marvin Plattenhardt of Hertha Berlin had come in to play at left-back.
ref: 2018 June 17, Barney Ronay, “Mexico’s Hirving Lozano stuns world champions Germany for brilliant win”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Aug 2019:
glosses: Alternative spelling of left back.
flat-foot
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: flat-foots
form: flat-footing
form: flat-footed
form: flat-footed
Senses: examples: text: In the event they lacked a proper midfield bolt, with Toni Kroos and Sami Khedira huffing around in pursuit of the whizzing green machine. The centre-backs looked flustered, left to deal with three on two as Mexico broke. Löw’s 4-2-3-1 seemed antiquated and creaky, with the old World Cup shark Thomas Müller flat-footed in a wide position.
ref: 2018 June 17, Barney Ronay, “Mexico’s Hirving Lozano stuns world champions Germany for brilliant win”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Aug 2019:
glosses: Alternative form of flatfoot.
for the taking
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Pronunciation: ipa: /fə ðə ˈteɪkɪŋ/
ipa: /fɚ ðə ˈteɪkɪŋ/
Senses: examples: text: "He that believeth hath everlasting life." That life is no distant blessing, hard to win and costly to purchase. It is free. It is yours for the taking. It becomes yours the moment you believe.
ref: [1850?], anonymous [possibly written or edited by Horatius Bonar], The Night Cometh (Kelso Tracts; no. 43), London: James Nisbet & Co., […], →OCLC, page 7:
text: After all these years of abnegation the crown might yet be his—was his for the taking.
ref: 1862 November, “Madeleine Schaeffer. In Three Parts.—Part III.”, in Harper's New Monthly Magazine, volume XXV, number CL, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, publishers, […], →OCLC, chapter VII, page 757, column 2:
text: How dreadful to live on when you were of no more interest to anyone, but must just 'pass the time' and die. But how much more dreadful to 'pass the time' when you were strong, and life were yours for the taking!
ref: 1919 October, John Galsworthy, chapter I, in Saint’s Progress, London: William Heinemann, published December 1919, →OCLC, part IV, page 357:
text: She had no desire to go near the Swenster mansion again, but neither could she bear to have Enid or Jane sharing in an adventure which was hers for the taking.
ref: 1932, Ann Wirt [pseudonym; Mildred Benson], “The Swenster Pearls”, in The Secret of the Sundial (The Madge Sterling Series), Chicago, Ill.: The Goldsmith Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 41:
text: Compounds such as carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, methane, water, hydrogen peroxide and oxides of nitrogen are also either available or can be manufactured from local materials [on the Moon, Mars, etc.] without too much difficulty once a base is established. These benefits are there for the taking by any generation willing to take the risks involved.
ref: 1989, Arthur E[dward] Smith, “Introduction”, in Mars: The Next Step, Bristol; New York, N.Y.: Adam Hilger, IOP Publishing, →ISBN, page xxi:
text: [B]eyond the clearing there are miles of uninterrupted sandy beaches, and, running parallel, a slow-moving, winding river, twin tropes of the imperial fantasy of vast terrains there for the taking.
ref: 2015, Caroline Field Levander, Matthew Pratt Guterl, “Rich”, in Hotel Life: The Story of a Place Where Anything Can Happen, Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina Press, →ISBN, page 110:
text: Three times the Mexican gegenpress drew a scampering counterattack, whirring in on goal only to be foiled by a scudding last-ditch tackle or a last pass just awry. Germany were there for the taking, cut open with extraordinary relish by the Mexico attack.
ref: 2018 June 17, Barney Ronay, “Mexico’s Hirving Lozano stuns world champions Germany for brilliant win”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Aug 2019:
glosses: Available; able to be taken without difficulty.
snap-volley
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snap-volleys
Senses: examples: text: Timo Werner produced a snap-volley from close range that flew into the crowd.
ref: 2018 June 17, Barney Ronay, “Mexico’s Hirving Lozano stuns world champions Germany for brilliant win”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Aug 2019:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A snap volley; a volley taken quickly.
flat-foots
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of flat-foot
flat-footing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of flat-foot
oilstove
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oilstoves
Etymology: From oil + stove.
Senses: examples: text: Such as oilstoves burning in every conceivable corner of the house.
ref: 2011, Molly Keane, Good Behaviour, →ISBN:
text: In addition to the main stove of the room a small oilstove had been placed in the corner near the very old woman.
ref: 2015, Anthony Powell, Venusberg, →ISBN:
text: The cooking was done on an oilstove inside the caravan.
ref: 2017, Richard Marsh, The Coward Behind the Curtain, →ISBN:
glosses: A stove or heater that burns kerosene.
oilstoves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oilstove
manipulatrix
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From manipulate + -trix.
Senses: synonyms: manipulatress
glosses: Female equivalent of manipulator.
postjail
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: A short jail sentence, combined with a long postjail period of probation and participation in an abuser program, can provide powerful motivation for an abuser to deal with his problem.
ref: 2003, Lundy Bancroft, chapter 12, in Why Does He Do That?: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men, Penguin, →ISBN, page 306:
glosses: Alternative spelling of post-jail.
supermanipulative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more supermanipulative
form: most supermanipulative
Senses: glosses: Synonym of hypermanipulative.
synonyms: word: hypermanipulative
hypermanipulative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hypermanipulative
form: most hypermanipulative
Senses: synonyms: supermanipulative
glosses: Very manipulative.
portership
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: porterships
Etymology: From Middle English portership, portershippe, equivalent to porter + -ship.
Senses: glosses: The office or duty of a porter
porterships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of portership
lickerty
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:lickety.
glosses: Alternative form of lickety, at full speed, fast.
licketty
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:lickety.
glosses: Alternative form of lickety, at full speed, fast.
lickity
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:lickety.
glosses: Alternative form of lickety, at full speed, fast.
Phebus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: As gentle Shepheard in ſweete euentide, / When ruddy Phebus gins to welke in weft, […]
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 9:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of Phoebus.
turnus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: turnuses
Senses: examples: text: The Turnus is perhaps the most beautiful of our butterflies […]
ref: 1917, Marie Conway Oemler, Slippy McGee: Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man:
glosses: Papilio glaucus, the eastern tiger swallowtail, a butterfly of eastern North America.
metallobiology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From metallo- + biology.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The role of metals in the biological sciences
metaparameter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metaparameters
Etymology: From meta- + parameter.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
coordinate_terms: parameter
subparameter
superparameter
hyperparameter
glosses: A parameter that controls the value of one or more others.
metaparameters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metaparameter
microarterial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From micro- + arterial.
Senses: glosses: microvascular with reference to arteries
Related terms: microartery
microgranules
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microgranule
midcell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: midcells
Etymology: From mid- + cell.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The region in the middle of a cell where division takes place
miscoordinated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From mis- + coordinated.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of miscoordinate
miscoordinated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more miscoordinated
form: most miscoordinated
Etymology: From mis- + coordinated.
Senses: glosses: Incorrectly coordinated
mislocalise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: mislocalises
form: mislocalising
form: mislocalised
form: mislocalised
Etymology: From mis- + localise.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mislocalize.
modulins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of modulin
monoribosome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monoribosomes
Etymology: From mono- + ribosome.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A ribosome formed by breakdown of a polyribosome
monoribosomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monoribosome
morphinergic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From morphine + -ergic.
Senses: glosses: Produced, or activated by morphine
myopodium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: myopodia
Etymology: From myo- + -podium.
Senses: glosses: A form of filopodium produced by muscle tissue
Derived terms: myopodial
myopodia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of myopodium
myopodial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to myopodia
myxomavirus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: myxomaviruses
form: myxoma virus
Senses: glosses: The virus (of the species Myxoma virus) responsible for myxomatosis in rabbits
Related terms: myxomaviral
nicotinyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nicotinyls
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A univalent radical derived from nicotine
Derived terms: neonicotinyl
oestrogenisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of estrogenization.
estrogenization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: estrogenizations
Senses: glosses: Exposure to estrogen (either naturally or as a therapy)
Derived terms: postestrogenization
oligofectamin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of oligofectamine.
oligoglutamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From oligo- + glutamine.
Senses: glosses: An oligomer of glutamine that is implicated in Huntington's disease
orbitography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From orbit + -graphy.
Senses: glosses: The determination and positioning of satellite orbits by a form of geodesy
glosses: radiography of the orbit of the eye
Related terms: orbitographic
orbitographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to orbitography (both senses)
overspecification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From over- + specification.
Senses: glosses: Excessive specification
Related terms: overspecify
panepithelial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pan- + epithelial.
Senses: glosses: Relating to all (or most) types of epithelial cells or tissue
parachlamydial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to bacteria of the genus Parachlamydia or family Parachlamydiaceae
parechovirus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parechoviruses
Senses: glosses: Any virus of the genus Parechovirus
Related terms: parechoviral
patupilone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: patupilones
Senses: glosses: Synonym of epothilone.
synonyms: word: epothilone
paucilocular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pauci- + locular.
Senses: glosses: Having few loculi