cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
stink like a mackerel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: stinks like a mackerel
form: stinking like a mackerel
form: stank like a mackerel
form: stunk like a mackerel
Senses: qualifier: simile
glosses: To reek; to smell terrible.
examples: text: In summary, I think that the waterfront situation "stinks like a mackerel in the hot sunlight."
ref: 1965, Fleet Owner - Volume 60, page 8:
text: In spite of the pipe he drew on so often that he seemed forever wrapped in a cloud of acrid blue smoke, Murphy stank like a mackerel.
ref: 1977, Bartholomew Gill, McGarr and the politician's wife: a mystery novel, page 57:
text: Well, then it talks about Senator Durbin and Senator Susan Collins exposing the tax credit, as they termed, that "shines and stinks like a mackerel in the moonlight," to quote Time magazine, which would have offset industry costs and a now-ill-fated tobacco deal had brought it to the light of day.
ref: 1998, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs, Investigation of illegal or improper activities in connection with the 1996 federal election campaign:
text: lf some goof thought he was doing it on my behalf, the murder'll stink like a mackerel in the sunshine and screw up our lives forever.
ref: 2006, John Sandford, Dead watch, page 149:
text: That argument stinks like a mackerel in the moonlight!
ref: 2010, David Crump, The Holding Company:
text: Because de Braose's name stinks like a mackerel in the sun; I'd have thought the foul smell sure to've reached even as far as Normandy.
ref: 2012, Sharon Penman, Here Be Dragons:
qualifier: simile
glosses: To smell fishy, to stink to high heaven (to look extremely suspicious or unconvincing).
Synonyms: stink like a mackerel in the moonlight
stink like a mackerel in the sun
Related terms: stink like a polecat
stinks like a mackerel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of stink like a mackerel
stinking like a mackerel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of stink like a mackerel
stank like a mackerel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of stink like a mackerel
stunk like a mackerel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of stink like a mackerel
Payonk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Payonks
form: Pajak
form: Pajonk
Etymology: From Polish Pająk/Pajonk, from Polish pająk (“spider”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Polish.
Pavuk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Pavuks
Etymology: From Slovak Pavúk, Belarusian павук (pavuk), or Ukrainian павук (pavuk).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Slovak.
Bilous
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Ukrainian Білоус (Bilous), from Proto-Slavic *běloǫsъ.
Senses: glosses: A transliteration of the Ukrainian surname Білоус (Bilous).
Belous
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Russian Белоус (Belous), from Proto-Slavic *běloǫsъ.
Senses: glosses: A transliteration of the Russian surname Белоус (Belous).
linganth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: linganths
Etymology: Shortening.
Senses: examples: text: The unique “linganth” concern is figuring out how to position transcripts in the context of other ethnographic data and how to ground inferences from discourse detail to matters of culture, history and political economy derived from other ethnographic material.
ref: 1996, Leila Monaghan, quoting Michael Agar, “Society for Linguistic Anthropology”, in Anthropology Newsletter, page 41:
text: The Linguistic Anthropology Teaching Laboratory, or “LingAnth Lab,” is devoted to the collection and analysis of audio- and video-recorded ethnographic data.
ref: 2019 September 10, “Research Labs”, in Temple University: Anthropology, archived from the original on 26 Sep 2019:
glosses: Abbreviation of linguistic anthropology.
examples: text: Along with sociologists and psychoanalysts, linganths study identity and, more and more frequently, the process of identification (Smith 2010) – of identifying with someone or as this or that (Kulick 2009).
ref: 2017, James Wilce, Culture and Communication, page xvi:
glosses: A linguistic anthropologist.
Related terms: ling
anthro
macrolactamization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: macrolactamizations
Etymology: From macro- + lactamization.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The formation of a macrolactam
keyswitch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: keyswitches
Etymology: From key + switch.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A mechanical switch associated with a key on a keyboard.
keyswitches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of keyswitch
macrotaxonomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From macro- + taxonomy.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
taxonomy
glosses: taxonomy of the larger ranks (typically family and above)
Derived terms: macrotaxonomic
mantophasmatid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mantophasmatids
Etymology: Clipping of translingual Mantophasmatidae
Senses: glosses: Any wingless insect of the family Mantophasmatidae
mantophasmatids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mantophasmatid
meclobemide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of moclobemide.
megaearthquake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megaearthquakes
Etymology: From mega- + earthquake.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
seismology
glosses: An earthquake of very large magnitude.
megaearthquakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of megaearthquake
melleolide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The compound (3-formyl-2a-hydroxy-6,6,7b-trimethyl-1,2,4a,5,7,7a-hexahydrocyclobuta[e]inden-2-yl) 2,4-dihydroxy-6-methylbenzoate that is present in the honey mushroom (Armillaria mellea)
mesenchymogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The formation and development of mesenchyme
Related terms: mesenchymogenic
mesenchymogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to mesenchymogenesis
mesotaurodont
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From meso- + taurodont.
Senses: glosses: taurodont to an intermediate degree (neither hypotaurodont or hypertaurodont)
metaplasic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to metaplasia.
methacrylation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: methacrylations
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: reaction to form a methacrylate
microarchaeological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From micro- + archaeological.
Senses: glosses: Relating to microarchaeology
microarchaeology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From micro- + archaeology.
Senses: glosses: The study of microscopic archaeological artefacts
Related terms: microarchaeological
microautologous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From micro- + autologous.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: Relating to the autologous transplantation of minute pieces of tissue
microcoleopteran
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From micro- + coleopteran.
Senses: glosses: Describing very small beetles
microcoleopteran
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microcoleopterans
Etymology: From micro- + coleopteran.
Senses: glosses: A very small beetle
microcoleopterans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microcoleopteran
oecist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈiːsɪst/
/ˈiːkɪst/
Forms: form: oecists
form: oekist
form: œkist
form: oikist
Etymology: From Ancient Greek οἰκιστής (oikistḗs).
Senses: examples: text: Euarchos of Katane has no patronymic or pedigree, nor, though oecist of a secondary colony, is he associated with an oecist from the original metropolis, Chalkis.
ref: 1970, Molly Miller, The Sicilian Colony Dates, SUNY Press, →ISBN, page 46:
text: The most important local cult was the cult of the founder (oecist), which was connected to the historical event of the city's foundation in a given year.
ref: 1992, Shlomo Berger, Revolution and Society in Greek Sicily and Southern Italy, Franz Steiner Verlag, →ISBN, page 63:
qualifier: Ancient Greece
glosses: A founder of a colony.
œkist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: œkists
Senses: examples: text: Especially it is to be noticed, that the œkist was a Corinthian and a Herakleid, Phalius the son of Eratokleidés—for according to the usual practice of Greece, whenever a city, itself a colony, founded a subcolony, the œkist of the latter was […]
ref: 1869, George Grote, History of Greece, page 404:
glosses: Alternative form of oecist.
oikist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oikists
Senses: examples: text: It would not, in fact, be surprising to learn that Thera had called on Sparta, her mother city, to provide an oikist for her colony of Cyrene, in the same way as Corcyra called on Corinth to provide an oikist for Epidamnus.
ref: 2004, Anthony Francis Natoli, Speusippus, Speusippos, The Letter of Speusippus to Philip II: Introduction, Text, Translation and Commentary ; with an Appendix on the Thirty-first Socratic Letter Attributed to Plato, Franz Steiner Verlag, page 88
glosses: Alternative form of oecist.
oekist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oekists
Senses: examples: 1979, Carl Roebuck, Economy and society in the early Greek world: collected essays, Ares Publishers
There was an oekist, Archias the Bacchiad, and the settlers had been assured of grants of land to be given them on arrival in Syracuse; if some desire to get rid of political malcontents by the Bacchiad government was present at the start, […]
glosses: Alternative form of oecist.
side mover
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -uːvə(ɹ)
Forms: form: side movers
Etymology: From side + mover. Calque of Japanese 横行 (ōgyō), which is composed of 横 (“side”) and 行 (“to go”).
Senses: topics: board-games
games
shogi
glosses: A shogi piece, used in chu shogi and larger variants, which has range movement to the sides and can take one step forward or back.
Heister
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Heisters
Etymology: Borrowed from German Heister.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
scout team
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scout teams
Senses: topics: American-football
ball-games
football
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A group of players on a team, often from the practice squad who emulate the style of play of future opponents so that the starting players can practice against them.
scout teams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scout team
practice squad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: practice squads
Senses: topics: American-football
ball-games
football
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A group of players who are not eligible to play in games, but who participate in practices.
practice squads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of practice squad
wooden coat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wooden coats
form: wooden overcoat
form: wooden surtout
Senses: examples: text: A wooden coat, six feet of earth, Is all that he deserves.
ref: 1916, Massachusetts Reformatory (Concord, Mass.), Our Paper - Volume 32, page 634:
text: Let all those that are suffering from any complaint or disease, and who are anxious to regain health and escape a wooden coat consult an experienced and successful practitioner
ref: 1946, Roche Review - Volumes 11-12, page 32:
text: Each of us will want one, be he beggar, policeman, prince or boyar ; everyone, sooner or later, will parade in such a wooden coat.
ref: 1946, Alekseĭ Chapygin, Stepan Razin; A novel, page 93:
text: 'My next goddam coat,' he said, 'will be a wooden coat'. . . . Now he was being measured for his wooden coat,
ref: 1972, George Mackay Brown, Greenvoe: a novel, page 224:
glosses: Synonym of coffin.
synonyms: word: coffin
nexine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nexines
Senses: examples: text: The exine is composed of the two major layers: the outer sexine and the inner nexine. The inner nexine is further composed of nexine I and nexine II.
ref: 2009, Claire G. Williams, Conifer Reproductive Biology, page 74:
text: Even though the period of nexine formation and the number and structure of the nexine layers vary, some general construction principles can be described. The nexine originates by deposition of sporopollenin onto lamellae […]
ref: 2012, Oswald Kiermayer, Cytomorphogenesis in Plants, page 366:
glosses: The inner layer of the exine.
Related terms: exine
nexines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nexine
cytomorphogenetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cyto- + morphogenetic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to cytomorphogenesis.
cytomorphogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cyto- + morphogenesis.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The morphogenesis of cells.
nigerone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nigerones
Etymology: From translingual niger + -one.
Senses: examples: text: Recently, an enantioselective synthesis of the chiral bisnaphthopyrone natural product nigerone 235 was reported by Kozlowski and co-workers (Scheme 3.13).
ref: 2012, Sohail Anjum Shahzad, Novel Selenium-Mediated Rearrangements and Cyclisations, page 62:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of naphthopyrones obtained from Aspergillus niger or its close relatives.
Derived terms: demethylnigerone
isonigerone
nigerones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nigerone
Gmc
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Germanic.
Related terms: PGmc
brainordinates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brainordinate
grayordinates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grayordinate
Mew
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /mjuː/
rhymes: -uː
Senses: examples: text: Darren James Mew
translation: (name of an English record producer)
english: (name of an English record producer)
glosses: A surname.
Sartorius
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /sɑː(ɹ)ˈtɔːɹ.i.əs/
Etymology: From sartorius (“anatomy: a muscle”).
Senses: examples: George Sartorius, Royal Navy Admiral of the Fleet (1790–1885)
Jacob Sartorius, American social media personality (born 2002)
glosses: A surname.
Kakol
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kakols
Etymology: From Polish Kąkol.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Polish.
Smila
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Derived from Ukrainian Смі́ла (Smíla)
Senses: glosses: A city in Cherkasy Raion, Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine.
Leshchenko
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Leshchenkos
Etymology: From Ukrainian Лещенко (Leščenko).
Senses: glosses: A transliteration of the Ukrainian surname Лещенко (Leščenko).
Kukol
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kukols
Etymology: From Slovak Kúkoľ, Belarusian куколь (kukólʹ), or Russian куколь (kukolʹ).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Slovak.
elixiric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more elixiric
form: most elixiric
Etymology: From elixir + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to an elixir.
whale safari
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whale safaris
Senses: topics: lifestyle
tourism
transport
glosses: A sea excursion organised for the purpose of whale watching.
Related terms: whalewatcher
whale watching
rice bean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rice beans
Senses: glosses: A bean plant of species Vigna umbellata, a food and fodder crop of Asia.
deep cut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdip kʌt/
Forms: form: deep cuts
Etymology: A cut (track of a vinyl record) which is seen as being buried deep in an album.
Senses: examples: text: "Dig a Pony" is my favorite Beatles deep cut.
text: 2015, "Weekend Rock Question: What’s the Best Rolling Stones Deep Cut?", Rolling Stone, 10 April
text: 2016, Nate Chinen, "Norah Jones Returns to Her Jazz Roots", The New York Times, 15 September
"With luck, her tour will include the standout Neil Young cover she included on “Day Breaks” — a deep cut called “Don’t Be Denied,” from 1973."
text: 2017, Eric Renner Brown et al, "New Music Friday: 14 releases to hear now", Entertainment Weekly, 26 May
"But there are surprises, too, like the spooky Live/Dead deep cut “Death Don’t Have No Mercy..."
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: An obscure song by a well known musician.
examples: text: I'm a fan of Kurosawa's films, but The Bad Sleep Well is a bit of a deep cut.
text: 2015, Vikram Murthi, "This Week in Home Video: ‘Age of Adaline’ with Blake Lively, ‘Dressed to Kill’ on Criterion, and More", IndieWire, 8 September
"...there’s still an interesting batch of films on Blu-ray and DVD, like a Blake Lively vehicle, a Brian De Palma classic, and a Wes Craven deep cut."
glosses: Any obscure work, a thing likely to be recognized only by a connoisseur.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see deep, cut.
whale safaris
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whale safari
wooden coats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wooden coat
cut one's cloth to suit one's purse
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cuts one's cloth to suit one's purse
form: cutting one's cloth to suit one's purse
form: cut one's cloth to suit one's purse
form: cut one's cloth to suit one's purse
Senses: examples: text: A super-educated fish whose purpose seems bent on humiliating us? Or does he cut his cloth to suit-his purse, becoming choosy when the occasion allows, returning to catholic tastes when times are harder?
ref: 2004, Norman Marsh, Trout Stream Insects of New Zealand, page 189:
text: If I had to go back then I would but I “cut my cloth to suit my purse” as my mum would have said and adjust to what I need and not fritter money away.
ref: 2018 December 1, Amanda Hall-Davis, “I took a huge salary hit so I can make my daughters my priority”, in The Guardian:
text: We have just got to cut our cloth to suit the purse.
ref: 2019 August 15, “Gisborne Herald chief reporter to stand for council”, in Gisborne Herald:
glosses: To settle for less when money or resources are limited.
Related terms: tighten one's belt
cut one's coat according to one's cloth
cuts one's cloth to suit one's purse
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cut one's cloth to suit one's purse
cutting one's cloth to suit one's purse
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cut one's cloth to suit one's purse
croakerlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more croakerlike
form: most croakerlike
Etymology: From croaker + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling a croaker (fish).
chogori
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chogori
Etymology: From Korean 저고리 (jeogori).
Senses: glosses: A traditional Korean upper garment; jeogori.
requiem mass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: requiem masses
Senses: topics: Christianity
entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A mass sung for the repose of the soul of a dead person
Zuckerbergs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Zuckerberg
Zuckerberging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Zuckerberg
Zuckerberged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Zuckerberg
microinsect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microinsects
Etymology: From micro- + insect.
Senses: glosses: A very small insect
microinsects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microinsect
microischemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -iːmiə
Forms: form: microischemias
Etymology: From micro- + ischemia.
Senses: glosses: microvascular ischemia
Related terms: microischemic
microrespirometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microrespirometers
Etymology: From micro- + respirometer.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A device used for measuring respiration in isolated tissue samples, or in single cells
Related terms: microrespirometric
microrespirometry
microrespirometers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microrespirometer
microscintillation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From micro- + scintillation.
Senses: glosses: scintillation on a very small scale
microtranscriptome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microtranscriptomes
Etymology: From micro- + transcriptome.
Senses: glosses: The transcriptome of the microorganisms associated with a plant
Related terms: microtranscriptomic
microtranscriptomic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From micro- + transcriptomic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to a microtranscriptome
microvacuolization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microvacuolizations
Etymology: From micro- + vacuolization.
Senses: glosses: The formation of microvacuoles
miltiradiene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: 8,12-abietadiene
mitohormesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mito- + hormesis.
Senses: glosses: mitochondrial hormesis
Related terms: mitohormetic
mitohormetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mito- + hormetic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to mitohormesis
mitoinhibition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mito- + inhibition.
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: inhibition of mitosis
Related terms: mitoinhibitory
mitoinhibitory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mito- + inhibitory.
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or causing mitoinhibition
monocitrate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monocitrates
Etymology: From mono- + citrate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester containing a single citrate anion or group
monocitrates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monocitrate
monolobate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mono- + lobate.
Senses: glosses: Having a single lobe
monopersulfate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monopersulfates
Etymology: From mono- + persulfate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt containing a single persulfate ion
Synonyms: peroxymonosulfate
peroxymonosulfate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peroxymonosulfates
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Synonym of monopersulfate.
synonyms: word: monopersulfate
monostiliferous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From taxonomic name Monostilifera + -ous.
Senses: glosses: Relating to or characteristic of the ribbon worms of the order Monostilifera.
mucoinert
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From muco- + inert.
Senses: glosses: Having no mucolytic action
mycophycobiont
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mycophycobionts
Etymology: From myco- + phycobiont.
Senses: glosses: The alga or the fungus involved in mycophycobiosis.
Related terms: mycophycobiosis
mycophycobionts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mycophycobiont
myokinesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From myo- + -kinesis.
Senses: glosses: muscular activity or massage
topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The displacement of muscle fibres
Related terms: myokinetic
gurabs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gurab
galbat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: galbats
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gallivat.
carked it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cark it
carking it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cark it
Comaneci
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Comanecis
Etymology: Borrowed from Romanian Comăneci.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Romanian.
nanobar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanobars
Etymology: From nano- + bar.
Senses: glosses: A pressure of 10⁻⁹ bars
nanobars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nanobar
nanocuboid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanocuboids
Etymology: From nano- + cuboid.
Senses: glosses: A nanoscale cuboid
nanocuboids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nanocuboid
nanoimmobilization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From nano- + immobilization.
Senses: glosses: immobilization (typically of an enzyme) on a nanoparticle
nanoprotrusion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanoprotrusions
Etymology: From nano- + protrusion.
Senses: glosses: A nanoscale protrusion
nanoprotrusions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nanoprotrusion
nanosource
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanosources
Etymology: From nano- + source.
Senses: glosses: A source of nanoparticles
nanosources
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nanosource
nasopharyngolaryngoscopy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: By surface analysis, naso- + pharyngo- + laryngo- + -scopy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
qualifier: especially otolaryngology
glosses: Visualization of the sinuses, pharynx, and larynx by means of a flexible endoscope (a nasopharyngolaryngoscope), either fibreoptic or digital.
Derived terms: nasopharyngolaryngoscopic
Related terms: laryngoscopy
nasendoscope
nasendoscopy
nasoendoscopy
pharyngoscopy
nasopharyngolaryngoscope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nasopharyngolaryngoscopes
Senses: glosses: An endoscope used in nasopharyngolaryngoscopy
nasopharyngolaryngoscopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nasopharyngolaryngoscope
neomale
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From neo- + male.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Describing an organism whose sex has reverted from female to male.
neomale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neomales
Etymology: From neo- + male.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: An organism whose sex has reverted from female to male.
Related terms: neofemale
neomales
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neomale
neofemale
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From neo- + female.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Describing an organism whose sex has reverted from male to female.
neofemale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neofemales
Etymology: From neo- + female.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: An organism whose sex has reverted from male to female.
Related terms: neomale
neofemales
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neofemale
nephrogenetics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From nephro- + genetics.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The application of genetics to nephrology.
Related terms: nephrogenetic
nephrogenetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From nephro- + genetic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to nephrogenetics
nephropore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nephropores
Etymology: From nephro- + pore.
Senses: glosses: An opening of the antennal gland on the ventral surface of the coxa of an insect's antenna
nephropores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nephropore
neuroprogressive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From neuro- + progressive.
Senses: glosses: Relating to neuroprogression
neuroseta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neurosetae
Etymology: From neuro- + seta.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of parapodium.
synonyms: word: parapodium
neurosetae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neuroseta
neurosonographer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neurosonographers
Etymology: From neuro- + sonographer.
Senses: glosses: A sonographer whose speciality is neurosonography
neurosonographers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neurosonographer
neurosporaxanthine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of neurosporaxanthin.
nondialytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + dialytic.
Senses: glosses: Not dialytic
nonmonogamist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonmonogamists
Etymology: From non- + monogamist.
Senses: glosses: A person who is not a monogamist
nonmonogamists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonmonogamist
nonoxidatively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From non- + oxidatively.
Senses: glosses: In a nonoxidative manner
nonpneumonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + pneumonic.
Senses: glosses: Not pneumonic
nonprototypic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + prototypic.
Senses: glosses: Not prototypic
nonretinoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + retinoid.
Senses: glosses: Not retinoid
nucleocytoplasmically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From nucleo- + cytoplasmically.
Senses: glosses: In a nucleocytoplasmic manner
Sandhurst
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /sændhɜːst/
Etymology: From sand + hurst.
Senses: glosses: A town, civil parish, and military academy in Bracknell Forest borough, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU8361).
glosses: A village and civil parish in Tewkesbury district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8223).
glosses: A village and civil parish in Tunbridge Wells district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ7928).
glosses: A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
glosses: A suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa.
crapoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more crapoid
form: most crapoid
Etymology: From crap + -oid.
Senses: examples: text: On occasion, this 1 1 - song LP falls too close to crapoid heavy metal.
ref: 1989, Option - Issues 27-29, page 127:
text: But saddled with a platform-sharing relationship under the newly formed PSA group that suited Peugeot far better than it did Citroen - rear torsion beams with a hint of passive rear-steer and crapoid indicator stalks hardly cut it against the hydopneumatic glories of old - it was in trouble.
ref: 2003, Autocar, page 255:
text: There's nothing to do here. It's all crapoid.
ref: 2011, Paul Theroux, The Mosquito Coast:
glosses: Like crap; crappy.
floogy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: floogies
Senses: examples: text: Another haunt of the jivers and flat-foot floogies is the Cotton Club at 200 West Forty-eighth Street, where Duke Ellington plays.
ref: 1939, Helen Worden, Here is New York, page 71:
text: Neither does it bother the floogy on the front seat, in pink slacks and a pseudo-sailor souvenir cap cocked on her synthetic curls.
ref: 1942, The Economist - Volume 143, page 359:
text: Muriel Castanis's Flatbush Floogies are elegant, patinated-bronze relief murals showing female forms suspended from above, much like angels.
ref: 2004, Marina Harrison, Lucy D. Rosenfeld, Artwalks in New York, page 247:
glosses: Alternative form of floozie.
examples: text: Nobody, unless he be a floogy boogy bird, who has been watching the accomplishments of the N. A. R. D. and the A. Ph. A. could even insinuate that we have not had a voice in Washington;
ref: 1942, N.A.R.D. Journal - Volume 64, page 489:
text: There are no pairs in this hand and only two cards in the same suit. That's a floogie. It beats anything.
ref: 1948, Report of Proceedings of the ... Annual Convention of the American Federation of Labor, page 362:
text: ...if children lived on boats and didn't take to the water immediately, we would put "floogies" on their arms to keep them afloat and build confidence until they learned how to swim.
ref: 1993, Anthony V. Manzo, Ula Casale Manzo, Literacy disorders: holistic diagnosis and remediation, page 293:
text: "(Wilson) feels like sibling rivalry drives the world and that we are all somehow formed by our siblings," Rosen said. "He is tapping into universal aspects like noogies and floogies and Indian burns."
ref: 2007, The Hollywood Reporter - Volume 399, page cxvi:
glosses: A nonce word with no fixed meaning
floogies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of floogy
wobbly boots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: I smiled back for him, thought about you, wondered what kind of night you were having, whether you had your wobbly boots on yet.
ref: 2000, Nigel Featherstone, Joy, page 156:
text: She'd be unsteady on her feet or, to put it Gayle's way, wearing wobbly boots.
ref: 2002, Beverley Harper, Jackal's Dance:
text: A father and his two big sons had put their “wobbly boots” on after drinking hard in the pub round the corner.
ref: 2011, Robin Barratt, The Mammoth Book of Hard Bastards:
glosses: A state of intoxication such that one cannot walk steadily.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see wobbly, boots.
sunroot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sunroots
Etymology: From sun + root (because it is the root of a variety of sunflower); the winner of a March 23, 1918 contest by Gardeners' Chronicle to name the edible tuber of Helianthus tuberosus. The winning entry was announced on June 8, 1918.
Senses: examples: text: Cultivating your own sunroots is easy! — a lot easier, in fact, than getting rid of this perennial sunflower once it's become established.
ref: 1994, Monthly Bulletin - Volumes 65-69, page 67:
text: Sunroots almost always produce so abundantly that variety sharing is possible after the first year.
ref: 1995, C. E. Voigt, Vegetable Gardening in the Midwest, page 80:
text: The sunroot contains a number of indigestible carbohydrates that cause flatulence in susceptible individuals.
ref: 2010, Myles H. Bader, The Wizard of Food's Encyclopedia of Kitchen & Cooking Secrets:
text: Sunroot also has the benefit of being naturally sweet, so it doesn't need sugar added to it in a lot of recipes.
ref: 2018, Peter Sagan, My World:
glosses: Synonym of Jerusalem artichoke (both the plant and the edible root)
synonyms: word: Jerusalem artichoke
extra: both the plant and the edible root
sunroots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sunroot
buckling down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of buckle down
buckled down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of buckle down
oleacein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The phenolic ester 2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)ethyl (Z)-4-formyl-3-(2-oxoethyl)hex-4-enoate present in olive oil
oligomethylenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From oligo- + methylenic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Composed of several methylene groups
ontogimorph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ontogimorphs
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
taxonomy
glosses: A semaphoront identified via taxonomic ontogeny.
ontogimorphs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ontogimorph
osmorespiratory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪɹətəɹi
-ɛspəɹətɔːɹi
-aɪɹətəɹi
-ɛspəɹətəɹi
-aɪɹətɔːɹi
Etymology: From osmo- + respiratory.
Senses: glosses: Relating to osmoregulation and respiration in fish
osteofixation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From osteo- + fixation.
Senses: glosses: The fixation of broken bones by means of metal plates and screws
otorhinogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: That originates in the ear and the nose
overaroused
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From over- + aroused.
Senses: glosses: Excessively aroused
Socks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From socks (“a cat’s paws that are a different colour from the main body”).
Senses: glosses: A popular given name for a cat that is mainly black but has white paws.
Related terms: Mittens
paleoattine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paleoattines
Etymology: From paleo- + attine.
Senses: glosses: Any ant of the clade Paleoattini
Related terms: neoattine
pancreatolithiasis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pancreato- + lithiasis.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: presence of calculi in the pancreas
panortholog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: panorthologs
Etymology: From pan- + ortholog.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: An ortholog that is conserved throughout a genome.
panorthologs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of panortholog
panulirid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: panulirids
Senses: glosses: Any of the genus Panulirus of spiny lobsters (family Palinuridae).
Related terms: palinurid
panulirids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of panulirid
papilomatosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of papillomatosis.
parakeratocytosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parakeratocytoses
Etymology: From para- + keratocytosis.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Any disease associated with parakeratocytes
paraoccupational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: para-occupational
Etymology: From para- + occupational.
Senses: glosses: Indirectly associated with a particular occupation
parascutal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From para- + scutal.
Senses: glosses: Across or beyond a scutum
parastylid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parastylids
Etymology: From para- + stylid.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of hypoconulid.
synonyms: word: hypoconulid
parastylids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parastylid
peanutworm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peanutworms
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of peanut worm.
peanutworms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peanutworm
pentacylindrical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From penta- + cylindrical.
Senses: glosses: Composed of five cylinders
periapically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From peri- + apically.
Senses: glosses: In a periapical manner
periostealmost
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From periosteal + -most.
Senses: glosses: Closest to the periosteum
periosteoblastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From peri- + osteoblastic.
Senses: glosses: Surrounding an osteoblast
glosses: Relating to a periosteoblast
peritheliomatous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to a perithelioma
perithelioma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peritheliomas
form: peritheliomata
Senses: glosses: Synonym of hemangiopericytoma.
synonyms: word: hemangiopericytoma
pharmacognocist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of pharmacognosist.
pharmatheutical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of pharmaceutical.
phonopneumography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From phono- + pneumography.
Senses: glosses: The recording and analysis of bronchopulmonary sounds
photophylous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of photophilous.
photoregulatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From photo- + regulatory.
Senses: glosses: Relating to photoregulation or a photoregulator
phycophytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From phycophyte + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to phycophytes
phylostratigraphic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From phylo- + stratigraphic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to phylostratigraphy
phytochelatine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phytochelatines
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of phytochelatin.
phytochelatines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phytochelatine
Bryde
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname, possibly of Danish origin.
Derived terms: Bryde's whale
Stadel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Stadels
Etymology: Borrowed from German Stadel.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Nansen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A Scandinavian surname. Often refers to Norwegian explorer and diplomat Fridtjof Nansen.
Derived terms: Nansen passport
ġbejna
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ġbejniet
Etymology: Borrowed from Maltese ġbejna
Senses: glosses: A small round cheese made in Malta from sheep milk, salt and rennet.
ġbejniet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ġbejna
phytoindicator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phytoindicators
Etymology: From phyto- + indicator.
Senses: glosses: Any plant whose presence, absence or form is indicative of ground contamination
Related terms: phytoindicatory
phytoindicators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phytoindicator
phytoindicatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From phyto- + indicatory.
Senses: glosses: Relating to phytoindicators
phytolaccoside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phytolaccosides
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of triterpenoid glycosides present in plants of the genus Phytolacca
phytolaccosides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phytolaccoside
phytopromotion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From phyto- + promotion.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An increase in the production of a phytochemical.
Related terms: phytopromotional
phytopromotional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From phyto- + promotional.
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or causing phytopromotion
phytozoophagous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From phyto- + zoophagous.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: zoophagous, but prepared to consume plants if needed
Related terms: phytozoophagy
zoophytophagous
phytozoophagy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From phyto- + zoophagy.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being phytozoophagous
typhlologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: typhlologists
Etymology: From typhlology + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A specialist that studies blindness.
typhlologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of typhlologist
Ghost of God
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Middle English gost of God, gaste of Godd.
Senses: examples: text: And we should not alter any word in the Scripture, which wholly is ministered unto us by the Ghost of God.
ref: 1809, Thomas Cranmer, The Life, Martyrdom, and Selections from the Writings of Thomas Cranmer, page 99:
text: It was the emergence of the Ghost of God, the Spirit of God that had now experienced the incarnation of Himself in the Flesh of His own Word, Jesus...and He (The Holy Ghost) speaks (Hebrews 12:24-29)!
ref: 2019, Derick Virgil, The Holy Ghost: He is the Blood of Jesus, page 122:
topics: Christianity
glosses: An epithet of the Holy Spirit.
Related terms: Spirit of God
lashlessness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From lashless + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Absence of eyelashes.
ligulelessness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From liguleless + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Absence of a ligule.
successionlessness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From successionless + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Absence of succession.
tintlessness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tintless + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Absence of tints.
shavelessness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From shaveless + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Absence of a shave.
musclelessness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From muscleless + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Absence of muscle.
nichelessness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From nicheless + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Absence of a niche.
phaselessness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From phaseless + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Absence of phases.
pilotlessness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pilotless + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Absence of a pilot.
pivotlessness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pivotless + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Absence of a pivot.
pleatlessness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pleatless + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Absence of pleats.
tenurelessness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tenureless + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Absence of tenure.
thyminelessness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From thymineless + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Absence of thymine.
pawnlessness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pawnless + -ness.
Senses: topics: board-games
chess
games
glosses: Absence of pawns.
kithlessness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From kithless + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Absence of friends or acquaintances.
porridge drawer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: porridge drawers
Senses: glosses: A drawer in which freshly cooked porridge was left to cool, to be served in hardened slices later on.
porridge drawers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of porridge drawer
selenocarbonyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: selenocarbonyls
Senses: examples: text: Other selenocarbonyl analogues of compounds of biochemical and medicinal interest have also been prepared.
ref: 1987, Saul Patai, Zvi Rappoport, The Chemistry of organic selenium and tellurium compounds:
text: Selenocarbonyl compounds are the selenium analogs of carbonyl compounds having a carbon-selenium double bond. They have been found to be very versatile compounds […]
ref: 2007, D. M. P. Mingos, Robert H. Crabtree, Paul Knochel, Comprehensive organometallic chemistry III: Applications I:
text: Metal selenocarbonyls are even rarer with fewer than 20 complexes being identified […]
ref: 2009, A. P. Hagen, Inorganic Reactions and Methods, The Formation of Bonds to Halogens:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A compound containing a functional group consisting of a carbon-selenium double bond.
selenocarbonyls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of selenocarbonyl