cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
siruper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sirupers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of syruper.
microstratigraphy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From micro- + stratigraphy.
Senses: glosses: The microscopic study of geological strata
Derived terms: microstratigraphic
microstructurally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From microstructural + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Using a microstructural method.
glosses: In terms of microstructure.
millirobot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: millirobots
Etymology: From milli- + robot.
Senses: glosses: A robotic device having dimensions typically less than a centimetre
glosses: A robotic device whose structure is modeled on that of a millipede
millirobots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of millirobot
monodominant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mono- + dominant.
Senses: topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
glosses: dominated by organisms of a single species
Related terms: monodominance
monodominance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mono- + dominance.
Senses: topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
glosses: The condition of being monodominant
Related terms: monodominant
alien abductions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alien abduction
Whispering Jack
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Most famously associated with singer Whispering Jack Smith (1898-1950), but in earlier use as a nickname.
Senses: examples: text: The two who sat at a table in an obscure corner of the room were the noted burglars "Whispering Jack" and "Jim the Cracksman," as they were nick-named by their associates.
ref: 1879 Jan., "A Night with Burglars" in Gleason's Monthly Companion, vol. 8, no. 1, p. 281 (Google preview)
text: [T]he microphone enabled a Whispering Jack Smith to make a rhythmic mumble pass for singing and gave Bing Crosby a means of taking advantage of his casual, intimate style.
ref: 1981 March 8, John S. Wilson, “Barbara Cook—Pop and Polish”, in New York Times, retrieved 27 Jul 2014:
text: Case 3 Whispering Jack: Jack was a quiet and perceptive young man who was well respected by his peers.
ref: 2002, J. John Loughran, Developing Reflective Practice, →ISBN, page 136:
text: Under the lone operating streetlight, Whispering Jack comes into full view. . . . In his usual low tone, . . . Jack speaks in the manner that earned him his nickname.
ref: 2004, Ray Scott, Street Justice, →ISBN, page 55:
text: Some referred to him as "Whispering Jack" for his booming voice while many others called him Pappy.
ref: 2005 December 28, “John Travis Garrett”, in ancestry.com, retrieved 27 Jul 2014:
text: Whispering Jack Reddington graduated from the Colorado School of Mines in 1899 and began his career as a mining engineer. His real passion however, was the transmission and amplification of sound waves.
ref: c. 2009, B. J. Sears, “Reddington's Phonelescope”, in Professor Sears' Technological Rarities, retrieved 27 Jul 2014:
glosses: A person who vocalizes quietly, in a whispering manner, or, ironically, one who is loud and outspoken.
Related terms: Alibi Ike
Dapper Dan
doubting Thomas
gloomy Gus
good-time Charlie
nervous Nellie
plain Jane
Silent Sam
let the sleeping dogs lie
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lets the sleeping dogs lie
form: letting the sleeping dogs lie
form: let the sleeping dogs lie
form: let the sleeping dogs lie
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of let sleeping dogs lie.
lyophile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lyophiles
Etymology: From lyo- + -phile, c. 1900, US, perhaps from French lyophile (“lyophilic”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: a lyophilic substance
lyophile
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more lyophile
form: most lyophile
Etymology: From lyo- + -phile, c. 1900, US, perhaps from French lyophile (“lyophilic”).
Senses: examples: text: As a class, the soil colloids seem to be related more nearly to the lyophobe than to the lyophile colloids, although materials isolated from some soils approach lyophile colloids in their ability to swell.
ref: 1900, United States Bureau of Soils, p. 148
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: lyophilic
Synonyms: lyophilic
lyophobe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lyophobes
Etymology: From lyo- + -phobe, c. 1900, US, perhaps from French lyophobe (“lyophobic”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: a lyophobic substance
lyophobe
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more lyophobe
form: most lyophobe
Etymology: From lyo- + -phobe, c. 1900, US, perhaps from French lyophobe (“lyophobic”).
Senses: examples: text: As a class, the soil colloids seem to be related more nearly to the lyophobe than to the lyophile colloids, although materials isolated from some soils approach lyophile colloids in their ability to swell.
ref: 1900, United States Bureau of Soils, p. 148
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: lyophobic
Synonyms: lyophobic
ly-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From lyo-, by elision of vowel.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of lyo- (before a vowel)
northcentral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: north central
Etymology: From north + central.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the central part of a northern region.
Related terms: southcentral
southcentral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: south central
Etymology: From south + central.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the central part of a southern region.
Related terms: northcentral
ornithomimosaurian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ornithomimosaurians
Etymology: Ornithomimosauria + -an
Senses: glosses: Any theropod dinosaur of the clade Ornithomimosauria
ornithomimosaurians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ornithomimosaurian
oviraptorosaurian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oviraptorosaurians
Etymology: Oviraptorosauria + -an
Senses: glosses: Any maniraptoran dinosaur of the clade Oviraptorosauria
Synonyms: oviraptosaurian
oviraptorosaurians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oviraptorosaurian
oviraptosaurian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oviraptosaurians
Etymology: Oviraptorosauria + -an
Senses: glosses: Any maniraptoran dinosaur of the clade Oviraptorosauria.
Synonyms: oviraptorosaurian
oviraptosaurians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oviraptosaurian
paleoparasitological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From paleo- + parasitological.
Senses: glosses: Relating to paleoparasitology.
paleoparasitology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From paleo- + parasitology.
Senses: glosses: The study of ancient parasites, especially as a branch of archaeology
Derived terms: paleoparasitological
pentaplicate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From penta- (“five”) + plicate (“fold”), analogous with duplicate.
Senses: glosses: Made five times as much; fivefold
pentaplicate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pentaplicates
Etymology: From penta- (“five”) + plicate (“fold”), analogous with duplicate.
Senses: glosses: Each of a set of five identical objects or copies.
pentaplicates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pentaplicate
polyfluorescent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From poly- + fluorescent.
Senses: glosses: Containing multiple fluorochromes
Bloggs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A placeholder surname.
-tropy
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: Borrowed from French -tropie, from Ancient Greek -τροπίᾱ (-tropíā), from τρόπος (trópos, “a turn”).
Senses: topics: sciences
glosses: exhibiting a behavior.
topics: sciences
glosses: turning, affecting, change, response, movement.
Related terms: trope
-trope
tropic
-tropic
tropism
-tropism
tropo-
-trope
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: From Latin tropus, from Ancient Greek τρόπος (trópos, “a turn, way, manner, style, a trope or figure of speech, a mode in music, a mode or mood in logic”), from τροπή (tropḗ, “turn; solstice; trope”). See trope.
Senses: topics: sciences
glosses: something that turns, affects, changes, responds, moves.
Related terms: trope
tropic
-tropic
-tropism
tropism
tropo-
-tropy
transcendentalisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of transcendentalism
Ex-Im
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Shortening.
Senses: glosses: Export-Import Bank of the United States
bed-sitter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bed-sitters
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bedsit.
Jingpo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɪŋpəʊ/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɪŋpoʊ/
rhymes: -əʊ
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 鏡泊湖／镜泊湖 (Jìngpō Hú, literally “mirror lake”), named for the supposed clarity of its waters.
Senses: examples: text: An extensive alternation of the Manchoukuo Government's project for the establishment of a gigantic State-owned hydroelectric power-house near the Chingpo Lake in Mutankiang Province, is recommended in an official report just submitted by the party of experts which was recently dispatched to the spot to conduct further investigations into the project.
ref: [1938 April, “Chingpo Power Project Revised”, in The Far Eastern Review, volume XXXIV, number 4, Shanghai, →OCLC, page 151, column 2:
text: Many if not most young people in China like to write poems and the friends who were with me at Chingpo Lake were no exception to the rule.[…]
Thirty-six kilometres from the sanitorium at Chingpo Lake, and we came inside the re- mains of the outer walls of the capital of Po- hai Kingdom, of which more anon.
ref: [1971, Rewi Alley, “Mutankiang”, in Eastern Horizon, Hong Kong: Eastern Horizon Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 9, columns 1, 2:
text: He was fishing on a lake called Jingpo Hu in northeast China, caught a bass - which the Chinese call Ao Hua Yu - that weighed more than five pounds -but was told that some of the lake's bass were over 30 pounds.[…]
The group then goes to Jingpo Hu (Mirror Lake) for five or six days of fishing - for lake trout and muskellunge as well as bass.
ref: 1982 March 28, Stanley Carr, “Travel Advisory; NORDIC HERITAGE AND WESTERN WAGONS”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 May 2015, Section 10, page 3:
text: JINGPO LAKE 镜泊湖
Jingpo, or “Mirror,” Lake, south of Mudanjiang, was formed by volcanic explosions near the Mudan River over 5000 years ago. Despite throngs of summer tourists, Jingpo Lake Reserve can be surprisingly peaceful due to its sprawling size.
ref: 2005, Shelley Jiang, editor, Let's Go: China (Let's Go), 1st edition, New York: St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 237:
glosses: A lake on the Mudan River in northern China.
Derived terms: Jingpo Lacus
Jingpo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɪŋpəʊ/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɪŋpoʊ/
rhymes: -əʊ
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Jingpho.
bed check
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bed checks
form: bed-check
Senses: examples: text: Pro football training camp means different things to different people. . . . [T]he printed schedule runs from wake-up call at 7 A.M. to bed check at 11 P.M.
ref: 1982 August 1, Frank Litsky, “Giants' Camp Stirs Variety of Emotions”, in New York Times, retrieved 27 Jul 2014:
text: His military career was marked by . . . a report which read: "Individual is unable to conform to military rules and regulations. Misses bed check: sleeps while supposed to be working."
ref: 2010 August 8, Ed Vulliamy, “Jimi Hendrix: 'You never told me he was that good'”, in The Guardian, UK, retrieved 27 Jul 2014:
text: The FBI said surveillance footage from a camera near the Metropolitan Correction Center shows Kenneth Conley and Joseph Banks getting into a cab at about 2:45 a.m. Thursday — about two hours after guards were supposed to do a bed check.
ref: 2012 December 20, “FBI offers $50K reward in Chicago jail escape”, in USA Today, retrieved 27 Jul 2014:
glosses: In a dormitory, as in the military or at a children's campground or in a boarding school, an inspection after bedtime by authorities to ensure that everyone is present and in his or her bed.
bed-check
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bed-checks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bed check.
Lushan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: lo͞oʹshänʹ
rhymes: -æn
Etymology: From Mandarin 魯山 /鲁山.
Senses: examples: text: In the village of Tunghua in Lushan county of Honan Province a child bride, Li Hsiu-yuan, demanded a divorce, but the local officials were against it, and for three months, the case hung fire.
ref: 1959, C. K. Yang, The Chinese Family in the Communist Revolution, M.I.T. Press, published 1972, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 82:
glosses: A county of Pingdingshan, Henan, China.
Lushan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: lo͞oʹshänʹ
rhymes: -æn
Etymology: From Mandarin 廬山 /庐山 (Lúshān).
Senses: examples: text: I received the news from our representative, Dr. Wellington Koo, whose secretary wired me to prepare twenty cars to take the whole delegation up the famous Lushan mountain for a sight-seeing expedition.
ref: 1977, Chiang Yee, China Revisited, New York: W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 30:
glosses: Synonym of Mount Lu.
synonyms: word: Mount Lu
Gushan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: go͞oʹshänʹ
rhymes: -æn
Forms: form: Kushan
form: Ku-shan
Etymology: From the pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese 孤山 (Gūshān; "Lonely Mountain, an isolated mountain, hill, or island").
Senses: glosses: Various towns in China.
glosses: An island in Hangzhou's West Lake.
glosses: A dormant volcano in northeastern China's Keluo volcanic field.
glosses: An alternative name for Lonely Hill, a prominent hill in Jiangsu's Yangtze plain.
Gushan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: go͞oʹshänʹ
rhymes: -æn
Forms: form: Kushan
form: Ku-shan
Etymology: From the pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese 古山 (Gǔshān; "ancient mountain").
Senses: glosses: A town near Yongkang in Zhejiang.
Gushan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: go͞oʹshänʹ
rhymes: -æn
Forms: form: Kushan
form: Ku-shan
Etymology: From the pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese 崮山 (Gùshān).
Senses: glosses: Either of two towns in Shandong in China.
Gushan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: go͞oʹshänʹ
rhymes: -æn
Forms: form: Kushan
form: Ku-shan
Etymology: From the pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese 鼓山 (Gǔshān, "Drum Mountain").
Senses: examples: text: Kushan (Drum Hill) to the east of the city is a tourist centre and summer resort. A fine view of Foochow and the Taiwan Straits can be obtained from its summit, 1,000 metres above sea level.
ref: [1964, Yu-ti (任育地) Jen, “The South China Region”, in 中国地理概述 [A Concise Geography of China], Peking: Foreign Languages Press, →OCLC, →OL, page 147:
english: A Concise Geography of China
translation: A Concise Geography of China
glosses: An alternative name for Mount Gu, a mountain near Fuzhou in Fujian in China.
glosses: A town near Mount Gu in Fujian in China.
examples: text: Groups supporting the recall of Kaohsiung City Mayor Han Kuo-yu also organized a vigil in Kaohsiung. They marched through Gushan District and released sky lanterns to mourn victims and pray for Hong Kong.
ref: 2020 June 5, C. Chuang, “Vigils Marking June 4 Held in Taipei, Kaohsiung [悼念六四31週年 北燭光晚會.高放天燈]”, in Public Television Service, archived from the original on 24 Sep 2022:
english: 罷韓團體昨天也在高雄鼓山區舉行"六四撐香港"遊行，隊伍沿著鼓山區臨海二路，走到鐵道園區，並且施放天燈，一同追悼六四，為香港祈福，為高雄加油。
translation: 罷韓團體昨天也在高雄鼓山區舉行"六四撐香港"遊行，隊伍沿著鼓山區臨海二路，走到鐵道園區，並且施放天燈，一同追悼六四，為香港祈福，為高雄加油。
text: The accident occurred at around 12 p.m. on the intersection of Gushan 2nd Road and Beidou Street in Kaohsiung's Gushan District.
ref: 2023 September 12, Tsai Meng-yu, James Lo, “Woman on scooter runs red light, crashes into Kaohsiung light rail tram”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 13 Sep 2023, Society:
glosses: A district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Gushan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: go͞oʹshänʹ
rhymes: -æn
Forms: form: Kushan
form: Ku-shan
Etymology: From the pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese 顧山／顾山 (Gùshān).
Senses: glosses: A town near Jiangyin, Jiangsu, in China.
capex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of CAPEX.
nikker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nikkers
Senses: examples: text: Davy Jones's Locker [...] A sailor's name for a principal sea-devil, a nikker. - HALLIWELL.
ref: 1877, Charles Mackay, The Gaelic Etymology of the Languages of Western Europe: And More Especially of the English and Lowland Scotch, and Their Slang, Cant, and Colloquial Dialects, page 265:
text: ... and killing sea-nikkers by night. Alone will I combat with this demon, the giant Grendel . . . I shall wrestle for life, foe against foe.
ref: 1919, Donald Alexander Mackenzie, The World's Heritage of Epical, Heroic and Romantic Literature, page 12:
text: Whether the monster slain is a sea-dragon or a nikker remains a problem. […]
ref: 1961, Sietze Buning, A Linguistic Analysis of Words Referring to Monsters in Beowulf, volume 2, page 280:
text: If the poet has mixed up Danish and English scenery in his mere, and the "nikkers" and other monsters have no business in an English lake, they are most certainly there.
ref: 2018 March 29, Edith Elizabeth Wardale, Revival: Chapters on Old English Literature (1935), Routledge, →ISBN:
text: "A nikker is Davy Jones, / Just one more plug, an' a swig at the jug, / An' up with the skull an' bones."
ref: 2022 June 12, Louis Tracy, The Greatest Mysteries of Louis Tracy: 14 Novels in One Edition, DigiCat:
glosses: Alternative form of nicker (“A sea devil.”).
afoos mango
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: afoos mangos
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hapus mango.
Alphonso mango
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Alphonso mangos
Etymology: Probably named after Afonso de Albuquerque, 16th-century viceroy of Portuguese India. The cultivar was developed by Jesuits in Goa.
Senses: synonyms: Alphonso
hapus mango
glosses: A type of Indian mango with golden-yellow skin and a rich, creamy texture.
wikipedia: Afonso de Albuquerque
hapoos mango
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hapoos mangos
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hapus mango.
stairclimbing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stair climbing
form: stair-climbing
Etymology: From stair + climbing.
Senses: glosses: The climbing of stairs
theropodous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more theropodous
form: most theropodous
Etymology: From theropod + -ous.
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or characteristic of, a theropod.
trifluoroacetamide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The amide of trifluoroacetic acid CF₃CONH₂
trimethylchlorosilane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: trimethylsilyl chloride
undertrack
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From under- + track.
Senses: glosses: underneath a (railway) track
undertrack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: undertracks
Etymology: From under- + track.
Senses: glosses: The characteristic disturbance to subsoil beneath the track of an animal
undertracks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of undertrack
tragicize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹæd͡ʒɪsaɪz/
Forms: form: tragicizes
form: tragicizing
form: tragicized
form: tragicized
Etymology: From tragic + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: How shall I omit those ungardenlike gardens, void of pot-herbs? or the Augean store, which we cleared out and spread over them; what time we worked the hillside plough, vine-planter I, and awful you, with this neck and hands, which still bear the marks of the toil (O earth and sun, air and virtue! for I will tragicize a bit), not the Hellespont to yoke, but to level the steep.
ref: 1840, John Henry Newman, The Church of the Fathers, section VIII:
glosses: To speak or write in the manner of a tragedy; to adopt a grandiloquent style.
examples: text: I like to be tragic, I like to be funny / For in less than a century / Comic will have been tragicized / Tragedy comicalized.
ref: 1972, Mohan Singh Uberoi, I Believe, page 19:
text: Fired and, in effect, executed too, Phillip Loeb had to be tragicized, like the Rosenbergs […].
ref: 2009, Joseph Litvak, The Un-Americans: Jews, the Blacklist, and Stoolpigeon Culture, page 156:
glosses: To turn (someone or something) into tragedy; to make tragic.
tragicized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tragicize
citreous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪtɹɪəs/
Forms: form: more citreous
form: most citreous
Etymology: From Latin citreus.
Senses: examples: text: And sitting on the porch one night at La Hacienda, reading by generator light, I was hardly even tempted when bats came vectoring down – fruit bats, maybe – called by the lamp's citreous glow in which, turning, I could see my rod fly against the rail, its golden reel glittering like something electrical, or something alive….
ref: 1986, Randy Wayne White, “Costa Rica, the Twig Syndrome, and the World Record That Got Away”, in Out of The Noösphere, page 473:
text: The glow was there now, a citreous smudge on the hardpacked earth below him and to his left.
ref: 1992, Barbara Hambly, The Magicians of Night:
glosses: Of the colour of citron or a citrus fruit; yellowish.
K&R
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the surnames of the book's authors, Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie.
Senses: glosses: The book The C Programming Language, which described the first edition of the C language.
K&R
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The group operating where we were was called the "Abu Sayyaf" and specialised in K&R (kidnap and ransom), usually of tourists who would finish up beheaded on TV.
ref: 2005, Paul Carter, Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs, Crows Nest: Allen and Unwin, page 94:
glosses: Initialism of kidnap and ransom.
GhuGhu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Ghu.
Yaoi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Japanese 矢追 (Yaoi).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Japanese.
calloo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈluː/
Forms: form: calloos
Etymology: Imitative of its call.
Senses: examples: text: This is how the luckless feel / how the calloos [translating allit] think— / like hard snow under a ridge / like water in a deep well.
ref: 1989, Elias Lönnrot, translated by Keith Bosley, The Kalevala, section IV:
text: The Scots called it the ‘wild calloo’ from the unearthly call it had which seemed almost to bewitch fisher-folk hunting for herring in calm autumn nights off the Scottish Isles.
ref: 2012 January 8, Richard Williamson, West Sussex Gazette:
glosses: The long-tailed duck, Clangula hyemalis, an Arctic sea duck.
calloos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of calloo
long-tailed duck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: long-tailed ducks
Senses: glosses: An Arctic sea bird (Clangula hyemalis).
Synonyms: word: calloo
word: coween
word: oldsquaw
word: south-southerly
long-tailed ducks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of long-tailed duck
CLE
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Abbreviation of Cleveland.
CLE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
hypernyms: CE
continuing education
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education#Noun
glosses: Initialism of continuing legal education, the professional education of lawyers that takes place after their initial admission to the bar.
topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
hypernyms: LE
lupus erythematosus
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disease#Noun
condition#Noun
glosses: Initialism of cutaneous lupus erythematosus.
topics: Christianity
education
hypernyms: religious education#Noun
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education#Noun
glosses: Initialism of Christian Living Education.
acerebellar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛlə(ɹ)
Etymology: From a- + cerebellar.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Lacking a cerebellum
MET
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: METs
form: METS
Senses: topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
synonyms: metabolic equivalent
glosses: Initialism of metabolic equivalent of task, a measure of the intensity of aerobic exercise.
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of methylethyltryptamine, a hallucinogenic tryptamine.
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of methionine, an essential nonpolar amino acid.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The gene symbol for C-Met, a proto-oncogene in human biology.
topics: medicine
oncology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of mesenchymal–epithelial transition.
glosses: Initialism of motivational enhancement therapy, used in treatment of drug abuse and mental illness to help people in denial accept treatment.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of muscle energy technique, a neuromuscular protocol used in osteopathy, physical therapy, and massage therapy.
qualifier: space flight
glosses: Initialism of Mission Elapsed Time.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of Modular Equipment Transporter, a two-wheeled handcart used on the Apollo 14 manned mission to the Moon.
autoimmunological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From auto- + immunological.
Senses: glosses: Relating to autoimmunology
Derived terms: autoimmunologically
behavioristics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: behaviouristics
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The study of the behavior of an organism in relation to its environment
calcaemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -iːmɪk
Forms: form: more calcaemic
form: most calcaemic
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of calcemic.
calcemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -iːmɪk
Forms: form: calcaemic
Etymology: From calcemia + -ic.
Senses: topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to calcemia: (usually, especially) regarding trends of calcium (Ca) concentration over time.
Hyponyms: alt: normocalcemic
word: eucalcemic
word: either hypercalcemic
word: hypocalcemic
Coordinate terms: word: cupremic
word: kalemic
word: magnesemic
english: biometallic cation concentration in blood
translation: biometallic cation concentration in blood
word: natremic
english: blood sugar concentration
translation: blood sugar concentration
word: glycemic
Derived terms: noncalcemic
dinitrophenyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From dinitrophenol + -yl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The univalent radical derived from dinitrophenol
epidepride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A benzamide derivative that is used, when labelled with iodine-123, as a radioligand
hyperdopaminergic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hyper- + dopaminergic.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Excessively dopaminergic
Related terms: hyperdopaminergia
immunotarget
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: immunotargets
Etymology: From immuno- + target.
Senses: topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: The target of an immunological reaction or therapy
Related terms: immunotargeting
Aetna
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛtnə/
homophone: Etna
homophone: etna
Etymology: From the Latin Aetna, from either Ancient Greek Αἴτνη (Aítnē, “Aetna”) or αἴθω (aíthō, “I burn”), or from a Sicanian dialect Italic base *aith-na (“fiery one”), all from Proto-Indo-European *ai-dh, from *h₂eydʰ- (“burn; fire”). Doublet of Etna.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Etna (a stratovolcano in Sicily).
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A nymph in Sicily who, according to legend, gave her name to the volcanic Mount Etna.
glosses: An ancient city in Sicily, in modern Italy, situated at the foot of Mount Etna, on its southern declivity.
glosses: A number of other places in Canada and in the United States:
A hamlet in Cardston County, Alberta, Canada.
glosses: A number of other places in Canada and in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Craighead County, Arkansas.
glosses: A number of other places in Canada and in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Sharp County, Arkansas.
glosses: A number of other places in Canada and in the United States:
A township in Logan County, Illinois.
glosses: A number of other places in Canada and in the United States:
A neighbourhood of Gary, Lake County, Indiana.
glosses: A number of other places in Canada and in the United States:
An unincorporated community and township in Barber County, Kansas.
glosses: A number of other places in Canada and in the United States:
A township in Mecosta County, Michigan.
glosses: A number of other places in Canada and in the United States:
A township in Missaukee County, Michigan.
glosses: A number of other places in Canada and in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Lincoln Township, Newaygo County, Michigan.
glosses: A number of other places in Canada and in the United States:
A township in Pipestone County, Minnesota, named after Aetna Johnson.
glosses: A number of other places in Canada and in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Hickman County, Tennessee.
glosses: A number of other places in Canada and in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Marion County, Tennessee.
completism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From complete + -ism. Originally from fanspeak, the slang of science fiction fans.
Senses: examples: text: A novel type of completism is Rothman's record and determination of attending every major convention held in this country.
ref: 1944, John Bristol Speer, Fancyclopedia, Completist:
text: Completism is a form of lunacy not without honor.
ref: 1986, Teresa Nielsen Hayden, “Over Rough Terrain”, in Making Book, published 1994, →ISBN, page 82:
text: Caruso's records are such an important body of material that this is one case where "completism" is justified.
ref: 1992, Fanfare, volume 15, number 5, page 294:
glosses: A desire to obtain a complete collection of some type of thing.
Related terms: completist
abandons ship
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of abandon ship
abandoning ship
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of abandon ship
abandoned ship
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of abandon ship
bacover
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bacovers
Etymology: Blend of back + cover
Senses: examples: text: Gleefully we perused those two copies, noting such achievements as a five-color bacover (counting black).
ref: 1951 November, Lee Hoffman, “The Ether Jiggles”, in Science-Fiction Five-Yearly, number 1, page 3:
text: They are a sort of bacover-quote, a lot of "-actual incredible things fans have said to one another."
ref: 1959, Richard "Dick" Harris Eney, Fancyclopedia II, Eavesdroppings:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: Back cover of a book, magazine or similar medium.
Synonyms: back cover
back page
Related terms: baquote
baquote
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: baquotes
Etymology: Blend of back + quote
Senses: examples: text: BAQUOTE A quote on the bacover, nacherly.
ref: 1959, Richard "Dick" Harris Eney, Fancyclopedia II, Baquote:
text: Hyphen always arrives with a postal baquote added to the certified Willis-picked ones. This time it is, "Belfast addresses NEED a district number." I don't see the humor in it; in fact I suspect the postal clerks have failed to get the idea and think any sort of remark is acceptable as a baquote. I had a little more hope for them some time back, when they used: "Correct addressing--what a blessing--saves us guessing." This at least had some promise. But they showed themselves up by using it also on the next two or three issues.
ref: 1965 February, Tom Perry, “Postscripts”, in Hyphen, number 36, archived from the original on 17 Mar 2013, page 15:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: A quotation printed on the back cover of a book, magazine or similar medium.
bacovers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bacover
baquotes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of baquote
up the stump
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Forms: form: up a stump
Senses: examples: text: Science is up the stump. She can't find out why green sorghum should be so quickly fatal to cattle, says an exchange.
ref: 1900, Queensland Agricultural Journal, volume 7, page 216:
text: He said old Dr. Blank had been attending to him all day, but was “up the stump” and wanted me to help.
ref: 1907, The American Journal of Clinical Medicine, volume 14, page 662:
text: Just today I gave his history class a few questions to answer and hand in, but when it came time to answering the last two he was up the stump.
ref: 2001, Suzanne L. Bunkers, Diaries of Girls and Women: A Midwestern American Sampler, University of Wisconsin Press, →ISBN, page 218:
synonyms: in trouble
up a stump
glosses: At a loss, puzzled, in a bind.
examples: text: Met him at a dance, a skinny little French-Canadian who shot her a line of bull and put her up the stump before waving goodbye from the troop train.
ref: 1976, Richard B. Wright, Farthings Fortune's, Macmillan of Canada, →ISBN, page 266:
text: "I'm real glad that you told me. When your mom and I got married, it was because she was up the stump, you know that, huh?"
ref: 1987, Anne Cameron, Stubby Amberchuk & The Holy Grail, Harbour Publishing, →ISBN, page 75:
text: You're up the stump, Edith Fulton. You're going to have a baby.
ref: 1989, David Helwig, A Postcard from Rome, Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 100:
synonyms: in trouble
up the duff
glosses: Pregnant.
up a stump
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: GEO. Why it's got to. Suppose we wandered out of it and took a chance at the language on our own responsibility, where the nation would we be? Up a stump, that's where. Our only safety is in sticking like wax to the text.
ref: 1892, Mark Twain, Meisterschaft: In Three Acts, act II, scene I, page 181:
text: Manager Dahlen said that Callahan and Stengel were so evenly matched that he was "up a stump" trying to pick between them.
ref: 1984, Robert W. Creamer, Stengel: His Life and Times, Bison Books, published 1996, →ISBN, page 67:
text: Whereas your ordinary middle-ranking persons, they never had the least notion of what it was, so naturally they were up a stump every time they come across it, you see.
ref: 1996, Mendel Mokher Sefarim, Dan Miron, & Ken Frieden, Tales of Mendele the Book Peddler, Fishke the Lame and Benjamin the Third, Schocken Books, →ISBN, page 243:
text: In fact, Darwin was unable to decide on a suitable present, telling his roommate that he was up a stump about what to get for his sister and new brother-in-law.
ref: 2009, Kent Freeland, A Street Called Darwin, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 54:
synonyms: in trouble
up the stump
glosses: At a loss, puzzled, in a bind.
Mighty Mouse
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Mighty Mouses
form: Mighty Mice
Senses: examples: text: At five feet two inches, he's the Mighty Mouse of the company—not only its shortest dancer but its most glibly proficient.
ref: 1985 June 24, Arlene Croce, “Dancing: Singular Sensations”, in The New Yorker, page 90:
text: ... your mother, Beverly, the Mighty Mouse of domestic engineering ...
ref: 1997, Lee K. Abbott, “A Creature out of Palestine”, in Wet Places at Noon, University of Iowa Press, page 141:
text: Oh boy. The Kenney sisters are out in force today. Moral Mighty Mouses.
ref: 2012, Carol Anshaw, Carry the One, Simon and Schuster, page 150:
text: But there's a completely different message on the radar when intense Pluto turns retrograde on Friday, April 12. This U-turn from the Mighty Mouse of the zodiac launches a five-month period of examining your navel.
ref: 2012, Pam Ciampi, “2013 Weekly Forecasts”, in Llewellyn's 2013 Daily Planetary Guide, Llewellyn Worldwide, page 47:
glosses: The Terrytoons superhero cartoon mouse.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A small U.S. military rocket from the 1950s.
tryptophol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An aromatic alcohol that induces sleep in humans.
mercapturic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mercaptan + uric.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Related to a mercapturic acid or its derivative
mercapturic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mercapturic acids
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of conjugates of cysteine or glutathione with any other compounds
Related terms: mercapturate
mercapturation
mesopolyploid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From meso- + polyploid.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: That has become polyploid in more recent history
Related terms: paleopolyploid
paleopolyploid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From paleo- + polyploid.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: That became polyploid in the distant past
paleopolyploid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paleopolyploids
Etymology: From paleo- + polyploid.
Senses: glosses: An ancient polyploid organism
Related terms: mesopolyploid
microlithographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From micro- + lithographic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to microlithography
myodystonia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From myo- + dystonia.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Any general disorder of muscular tone
Related terms: myodystony
photoperiodical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From photo- + periodical.
Senses: glosses: photoperiodic
pseudorandomised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pseudo- + randomised.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pseudorandomized.
pseudoxanthoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudoxanthomas
form: pseudoxanthomata
Etymology: From pseudo- + xanthoma.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Any of several diseases of tendons and other tissues having some characteristics of true xanthomas
Derived terms: pseudoxanthoma elasticum
psychotogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more psychotogenic
form: most psychotogenic
Etymology: From psychoto- + -genic.
Senses: glosses: That causes psychosis
Synonyms: psychomimetic
ragged sailor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ragged sailors
Senses: glosses: Common chicory (Cichorium intybus)
Synonyms: blue daisy
blue dandelion
blue sailors
blue weed
chicory button
coffeeweed
common chicory
cornflower
hendibeh
horseweed
prince's feather
prince's plume
succory
wild bachelor's buttons
wild endive
ragged sailors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ragged sailor
geometric lathe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: geometric lathes
Senses: glosses: A lathe that was used for engraving banknotes and postage stamps with complicated patterns of interlacing lines, designed against forgery.
Synonyms: cycloidal engine
geometric pen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: geometric pens
Senses: examples: text: But it may be proper to take some notice of the geometric pen, as it is not so well known , nor the principles on which it depends so obvious .
ref: 1797, Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig, Encyclopædia Britannica, page 116:
text: The geometric pen and geometric chuck, in point of mechanical contrivance, are necessarily as different as two instruments, giving to a certain extend similar results, can possibly be; and they act upon diametrically opposite principles;
ref: 1829, Mechanics' Magazine, Museum, Register, Journal, and Gazette:
glosses: An instrument for drawing geometric curves, in which the movements of a pen or pencil attached to a revolving arm of adjustable length may be indefinitely varied by changing the toothed wheels which give motion to the arm.
examples: text: The classic example of using geometric and cosmetic pens is in architectural drawing: You'd use a geometric pen for drawing the walls of the building. If you then zoom in on the drawing using a transform, the walls will appear wider, as they should.
ref: 1994 January 25, Charles Petzold, “Extended Pen Creation Under Windows NT”, in PC Magazine, volume 13, number 2, page 291:
text: To be more specific, a geometric pen has a scalable width, different styles, end caps, and joins.
ref: 2001, Feng Yuan, Windows Graphics Programming: Win32 GDI and DirectDraw, page 468:
topics: computer-graphics
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A configurable drawing tool for creating lines that has a width specified in logical units, as opposed to device units (pixels), and therefore scales when the resulting image is zoomed in or out.
lantern wheel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lantern wheels
Etymology: Its shape resembles that of a lantern.
Senses: glosses: A pinion with cylindrical staves, instead of teeth, inserted at their ends in two parallel disks or plates.
Synonyms: lantern pinion
trundle
wallower
andiroba
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: andirobas
form: andirova
Etymology: From Portuguese andiroba, from Old Tupi îandyroba (“bitter oil”).
Senses: synonyms: word: crabwood
word: crappo
glosses: Any of the South and Central American trees of the genus Carapa, especially Carapa guianensis.
glosses: The high-end wood of the andiroba tree.
crabwood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crabwoods
Senses: synonyms: word: andiroba
word: crappo
glosses: A flowering plant of the genus Carapa in the mahogany family, Meliaceae.
andirobas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of andiroba
crabwoods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crabwood
stock down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: stocks down
form: stocking down
form: stocked down
form: stocked down
Senses: topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
glosses: To sow, as ploughed land, with grass seed.
horse ant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: horse ants
Senses: glosses: Any ant of the species Formica rufa.
Synonyms: red wood ant
southern wood ant
flying army
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flying armies
Senses: examples: text: a plain demonstration of cowardice in their opposing his late measure of entering England, and pursuing the flying army of the English
ref: 1749, William Duff, A New and Full, Critical, Biographical, and Geographical History of Scotland:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A body of cavalry and infantry, kept in motion, to cover its own garrisons and to keep the enemy in continual alarm.
flying party
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flying parties
Senses: glosses: A body of soldiers detailed to hover about an enemy.
dead plate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dead plates
Senses: topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A solid covering over a part of a fire grate, to prevent the entrance of air through that part.
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A fixed solid piece between two moving conveyors, to span the gap created by the roll-over ends of the conveyors, allowing for the smooth transfer of products from one conveyor to another.
dead rise
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dead rises
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: The transverse upward curvature of a vessel's floor.
stock account
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stock accounts
Senses: topics: accounting
business
finance
glosses: An account on a merchant's ledger, one side of which shows the original capital, or stock, and the additions thereto by accumulation or contribution, the other side showing the amounts withdrawn.
serpent star
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: serpent stars
Senses: glosses: Ophiura ophiura, a brittle star in the order Ophiurida, typically found on coastal seabeds around northwestern Europe.
on the quarter
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: In a direction between abeam and astern; opposite, or nearly opposite, a vessel's quarter.
quarter bill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quarter bills
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A list specifying the different stations to be taken by the officers and crew in time of action, and the names of the men assigned to each.
diamond firetail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diamond firetails
Senses: glosses: Stagonopleura guttata, an estrildid finch endemic to Australia.
diamond dove
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diamond doves
Senses: glosses: Geopelia cuneata, a bird resident in Australia.
spring balance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spring balances
Senses: glosses: A device for measuring weight or force by the elasticity of a spiral spring.
Related terms: scales
pudding grass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Mentha pulegium, the European pennyroyal.
foot screw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foot screws
Senses: glosses: An adjusting screw which forms a foot, and serves to give a machine or table a level standing on an uneven place.
foot stick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foot sticks
Senses: topics: media
printing
publishing
glosses: A bevelled piece of furniture placed against the foot of the page, to hold the type in place.
topics: cartography
geography
natural-sciences
glosses: A narrow foot crossing (for example a log) over a stream.
French roof
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: French roofs
Etymology: The earliest known examples are from France.
Senses: glosses: A modified form of mansard roof having a nearly flat deck for the upper slope.
meteor hammer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: meteor hammers
Etymology: Calque from Chinese 流星錘／流星锤 (liúxīngchuí).
Senses: glosses: A weapon which originated in ancient China, consisting of two weights connected by a rope or chain.
Related terms: rope dart
horse marine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: horse marines
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: An awkward, lubberly person.
examples: text: Tell it to the horse marines!
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: One of a mythical body of marine cavalry, for whom wild flights of imagination are best reserved.
Related terms: tell it to the marines
meteor hammers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of meteor hammer
dead rising
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dead risings
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
synonyms: rising line
glosses: An elliptical line drawn on the sheer plan to determine the sweep of the floorheads throughout the ship's length.
bell gable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bell gables
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bell-gable.