cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
try-on
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: try-ons
Etymology: Deverbal from try on.
Senses: examples: text: All try-ons should be conducted before the lineup begins lo be sure the clothes or accessories fit properly. All participants should be dressed the same.
ref: 2009, Anne Harris, Alys Briggs, California Criminal Law Procedure and Practice, page 599:
coordinate_terms: tryout
try-out
glosses: The act, or a session, of trying on clothing.
examples: text: Then he burst into a stream of horrible profanity. "What's the game?" he cried, glaring round him. "Do you think I am easy and that you can play me for a sucker? Is it a frame-up, or what? You've chose the wrong man for a try-on of that sort."
ref: 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
glosses: An attempt to "try it on", to see whether somebody can be duped.
try-ons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of try-on
gyro compass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gyro compasses
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gyrocompass.
gyro compasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gyro compass
crenelet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crenelets
Senses: glosses: A little crenel.
crenelets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crenelet
lacteocrumenasia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The presence of a milky fluid near an implanted intraocular lens
crenellé
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of crénelé.
leanchoiliid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leanchoiliids
Senses: glosses: Any extinct arthropod of the family †Leanchoiliidae
leanchoiliids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leanchoiliid
Emden goose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -uːs
Forms: form: Emden geese
Etymology: Named after the town of Emden in Lower Saxony, Germany.
Senses: glosses: A goose of a domestic breed thought to have its origins around the North Sea region, in the Netherlands and Germany.
Emden geese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Emden goose
phlyctena
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /flɪkˈtiːnə/
Forms: form: phlyctenae
form: phlyctaena
form: phlyctæna
Etymology: From Ancient Greek φλῠ́κταινᾰ (phlŭ́ktaină).
Senses: synonyms: phlycten
glosses: A small vesicle.
Derived terms: phlyctenoid
phlyctaena
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phlyctaenae
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of phlyctena.
blinginess
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From blingy + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state, quality, or condition of being blingy.
inex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inexes
Etymology: term coined by George van den Bergh in the Dutch book Regelmaat en wisseling bij zonsverduisteringen published in 1951 and translated to English in 1955.
Senses: glosses: An eclipse cycle of 10,571.95 days, or 358 lunations.
Whites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: In reference to the ancient Roman and medieval Byzantine racing faction, a calque of Latin albī (“Whites”), albātī (“White-Clads”), factio alba (“the white faction”), or factio albata (“the white-clad faction”) and Byzantine Greek Λευκοὶ (Leukoì, “Whites”).
Senses: glosses: plural of White
Whites
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of White
examples: text: Directly opposite the imperial box in the Hippodrome were the seats assigned to the Blues, the Reds, the Whites, and the Greens. These were the colours of the chariot-racing factions, the professional organizations initially responsible for fielding the teams, though at some point in the fifth century they took charge of other public spectacles as well, and thus we can find factions even in cities which had no hippodromes.
ref: 2002, James Allan Stewart Evans, The Age of Justinian..., p. 36
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Any of several sports teams whose uniform is predominantly white, particularly
The chariot-racing faction of the Roman circus and Constantinopolitan hippodrome that wore white.
examples: text: 1996, S. Greenfield, "When the Whites Go Marching In? Racism and Resistances in English Football", Marquette Sports Law Review, Vol. 6, No. 2, Art. 7, p. 315: #*: "When the Whites go Marching In" is a version of the hymn "When the Saints Go Marching In" and has been sung by football fans whilst attending "away" matches in other countries... In this context the reference is to English supporters indicating their disapproval of black players.
text: When the Whites go marching in, oh, when the Whites go marching in, oh, I wanna be in that number when the Whites go marching in!
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: Any of several sports teams whose uniform is predominantly white, particularly
The away team during international matches.
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: Any of several sports teams whose uniform is predominantly white, particularly
Juventus.
Coordinate terms: sense: Roman charioteering factions
word: Blues
sense: Roman charioteering factions
word: Greens
sense: Roman charioteering factions
word: Reds
sense: Roman charioteering factions
word: Golds
sense: Roman charioteering factions
word: Purples
byflow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: byflows
form: by-flow
Etymology: From by- + flow.
Senses: examples: text: Runoff measurements tended to be slightly inaccurate due to underflow or byflow of small but rapid streams flowing in solid or pebbly mountainous channels.
ref: 1966, Sedimentation - Issue 2, page 2:
text: The internal overflow steel dam should be used for this purpose to allow byflow. With a closed-type riser it should be possible to couple the suction pipe to the hydrant and, of course, no byflow arrangement is required.
ref: 1966, Josef D. Zimmerman, Irrigation, page 326:
text: Why not cut St. Leonard's-on-Sea, which is a confounded Hastings circuited by a byflow of parade, and come straight here to Bournemouth — really one of the prettiest of all the English Sea-Sides, with pines growing to the sands.
ref: 1979, American Literary Realism, 1870-1910, volume 12, page 95:
text: In other words, in the main flow it is the physical variable itself, the "substance", that matters; in the by-flow it is just information.
ref: 1989, Gerhard Schaefer, Systems Thinking in Biology Education, page 10:
glosses: That which flows by, near, or around; an ancillary or secondary flow.
byflows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of byflow
extra-ordinary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more extra-ordinary
form: most extra-ordinary
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of extraordinary.
extra-ordinary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: extra-ordinaries
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of extraordinary.
extra-ordinaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of extra-ordinary
tenor sax
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tenor saxes
Senses: glosses: Clipping of tenor saxophone.
alto sax
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alto saxes
Senses: glosses: Clipping of alto saxophone.
bari sax
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bari saxes
Senses: glosses: Clipping of baritone saxophone.
baritone sax
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: baritone saxes
Senses: glosses: Clipping of baritone saxophone.
soprano sax
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soprano saxes
Senses: glosses: Clipping of soprano saxophone.
sopranino sax
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sopranino saxes
Senses: glosses: Clipping of sopranino saxophone.
soprillo sax
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soprillo saxes
Senses: glosses: Clipping of soprillo saxophone.
sopranissimo sax
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sopranissimo saxes
Senses: glosses: Clipping of sopranissimo saxophone.
bass sax
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bass saxes
Senses: glosses: Clipping of bass saxophone.
contrabass sax
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: contrabass saxes
Senses: glosses: Clipping of contrabass saxophone.
subcontrabass sax
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subcontrabass saxes
Senses: glosses: Clipping of subcontrabass saxophone.
sopranissimo saxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sopranissimo sax
tenor saxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tenor sax
alto saxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alto sax
bari saxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bari sax
baritone saxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of baritone sax
soprano saxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of soprano sax
sopranino saxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sopranino sax
soprillo saxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of soprillo sax
bass saxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bass sax
contrabass saxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of contrabass sax
subcontrabass saxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subcontrabass sax
peaked roof
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peaked roofs
form: peaked rooves
Senses: glosses: Any roof with at least two pitches rising to form a peak, said peak in the form either of a ridge or a point. Types of pitched roof include: the open gable roof, box gable roof, Dutch gable roof, hip roof, jerkinhead roof, gambrel roof, mansard roof, saltbox roof, pyramid hip roof or any other polygonal hip roof; but do not include the shed roof, or the butterfly roof.
glosses: More generally, any roof rising to either a ridge or a point, typically either conical, polygonal, or with its pitches forming a pyramidal top.
leucocrit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leucocrits
Senses: glosses: hematocrit of lymphocytes
libytheine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: libytheines
Senses: glosses: Any butterfly of the subfamily Libytheinae
libytheines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of libytheine
lightfield
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lightfields
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of light field.
light field
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: light fields
Senses: glosses: A function of all the light flowing through all points of space in a particular volume
Synonyms: LF
Coordinate terms: english: RF
translation: RF
word: radiance field
Derived terms: LF
lignolysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of ligninolysis.
glosses: The breakdown of wood
Related terms: lignolytic
liveweights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of liveweight
PDK
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PDKs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of polydiketoenamine.
luminotherapy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of phototherapy.
synonyms: word: phototherapy
lymphomegaly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of lymphadenopathy.
synonyms: word: lymphadenopathy
peaked roofs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peaked roof
macquarimicin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: macquarimicins
Senses: glosses: Any of a group of microbial metabolites that have antibiotic and antiinflammatory activity
Derived terms: neomacquarimicin
macquarimicins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of macquarimicin
litRPG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: litRPGs
form: LitRPG
Etymology: Blend of literary + RPG (“role playing game”)
Senses: glosses: A genre of fantasy fiction, which is set in a world resembling that of a role-playing game (RPG), complete with levelling up, points statistics and game systems; frequently featuring the fantasy races found in RPGs. The protagonists in this genre are commonly awakened/reincarnated/transported/summoned into the game world, or are unable to log-off of a virtual reality (VR) RPG game.
glosses: A work of fiction of this genre.
madecassoside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A glycoside, extracted from a variety of plants, used in some skin creams
megachannel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megachannels
Etymology: From mega- + channel.
Senses: glosses: A very large channel
Derived terms: mitochondrial megachannel
mitochondrial megachannel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mitochondrial megachannels
Senses: glosses: A polyprotein complex that participates in the regulation of mitochondrial membrane permeability
microdistortion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microdistortions
Etymology: From micro- + distortion.
Senses: glosses: A very small-scale distortion
microdistortions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microdistortion
microevolve
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: microevolves
form: microevolving
form: microevolved
form: microevolved
Etymology: From micro- + evolve.
Senses: glosses: To undergo microevolution
microevolved
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of microevolve
microfailure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microfailures
Etymology: From micro- + failure.
Senses: glosses: A very small-scale failure (of a physical structure)
microhydrodynamics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From micro- + hydrodynamics.
Senses: glosses: The hydrodynamics of very small particles suspended in a fluid
Related terms: microhydrodynamic
microhydrodynamic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From micro- + hydrodynamic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to microhydrodynamics
microorigami
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From micro- + origami.
Senses: glosses: Very small-scale origami; the design and fabrication of self-folding polymer films used to make three-dimensional structures
microphotodisruption
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ʌpʃən
Forms: form: microphotodisruptions
Etymology: From micro- + photodisruption.
Senses: glosses: Very small-scale photodisruption.
microphotodisruptions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microphotodisruption
micropolymer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: micropolymers
Etymology: From micro- + polymer.
Senses: glosses: A microparticle made from a polymer
Related terms: micropolymerize
micropolymers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of micropolymer
microprismatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From micro- + prismatic.
Senses: glosses: Composed of microprisms
microprism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microprisms
Etymology: From micro- + prism.
Senses: glosses: Any of many very small prisms used, either to form a reflective surface, or to form an area in a camera's viewfinder that blurs if the image is not precisely in focus
Related terms: microprismatic
misquantified
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mis- + quantified.
Senses: glosses: Incorrectly quantified
misquantified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From mis- + quantified.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of misquantify
monohydroperoxide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monohydroperoxides
Etymology: From mono- + hydroperoxide.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any compound that has a single hydroperoxide group
monohydroperoxides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monohydroperoxide
monolobar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mono- + lobar.
Senses: glosses: Having a single lobe
monopolisable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of monopolizable.
morphologenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of morphogenesis.
moruloid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From morula + -oid.
Senses: glosses: Resembling a morula (or mulberry)
multiciliation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From multi- + ciliation.
Senses: glosses: The state of being, or the process of becoming multiciliate
multiciliogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From multi- + ciliogenesis.
Senses: glosses: The process of becoming multiciliate
multiconformation
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -eɪʃən
Etymology: From multi- + conformation.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of multiconformational.
multietiologic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + etiologic.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of multietiological.
multietiological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + etiological.
Senses: glosses: Having multiple causes
multioncogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + oncogenic.
Senses: glosses: Having multiple oncogenic pathways
muscuranic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of muscarinic.
myorod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: myorods
Etymology: From myo- + rod.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A protein in the smooth muscle of some mollusc; a filament containing this protein (together with myosin)
myorods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of myorod
myotonin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmaɪəˈtəʊnɪn/
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A kinase associated with myotonia
myotrophy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From myo- + -trophy.
Senses: glosses: Nourishment of the muscles
Derived terms: cardiomyotrophy
Related terms: myotrophic
myotrophic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From myo- + -trophic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to myotrophy
myristome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: myristomes
Etymology: From myristoyl + -ome.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: All the sites of myristoylation of an organism
Atlantic yellow-nosed albatross
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Atlantic yellow-nosed albatrosses
Senses: glosses: Thalassarche chlororhynchos is a large seabird in the albatross family.
black-browed albatross
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: black-browed albatrosses
Senses: glosses: Thalassarche melanophris, a large seabird in the albatross family.
Synonyms: taxonomic: Thalassarche melanophris
word: black-browed mollymawk
northern gannet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: northern gannets
Senses: glosses: A seabird, Morus bassanus.
Synonyms: word: channel goose
word: common gannet
word: solan
word: soland
word: solan goose
pygmy cormorant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pygmy cormorants
Senses: glosses: Microcarbo pygmeus, a member of the Phalacrocoracidae (cormorant) family of seabirds.
European shag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: European shags
Senses: glosses: Gulosus aristotelis (syn. Phalacrocorax aristotelis), a member of the Phalacrocoracidae (cormorant) family of seabirds.
ciotógs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ciotóg
circloids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of circloid
circuit ranks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of circuit rank
circular cones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of circular cone
circular queues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of circular queue
circumcoronenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of circumcoronene
cisinteractions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cisinteraction
citratemias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of citratemia
city desks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of city desk
city walls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of city wall
civil violations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of civil violation
cladiellins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cladiellin
claustrophiliacs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of claustrophiliac
clearing agents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clearing agent
cleavases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cleavase
climatrons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of climatron
clinoamphiboles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clinoamphibole
clinoscopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clinoscope
clinostomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clinostome
clip fonts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clip font
clippocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clippock
clitambonitidines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clitambonitidine
clitions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clition
cloacins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cloacin
monitorizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of monitorize
monitorizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of monitorize
soprillo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soprillos
Etymology: Originally a brand name.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The smallest member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments, one size smaller than the sopranino saxophone and with a range of A♭₄ to E♭₇ or similar.
Synonyms: soprillo saxophone
soprillo saxophonist
soprillo sax
sopranissimo saxophone
sopranissimo sax
soprillos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of soprillo
untoggle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: untoggles
form: untoggling
form: untoggled
form: untoggled
Etymology: From un- + toggle.
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
antonyms: toggle
glosses: To remove from its fixed position.
soprillo saxophone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soprillo saxophones
Senses: glosses: soprillo
sopranissimo saxophone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sopranissimo saxophones
Senses: glosses: soprillo
soprillo saxophones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of soprillo saxophone
sopranissimo saxophones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sopranissimo saxophone
bass saxophone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bass saxophones
Senses: glosses: A member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments that is smaller than the contrabass saxophone but larger than the baritone saxophone, with a range of A♭₁ to E♭₄ or similar.
Synonyms: bass sax
Derived terms: bass saxophonist
bass saxophones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bass saxophone
subcontrabass saxophone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subcontrabass saxophones
Senses: glosses: The largest member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments, one size larger than the contrabass saxophone and with a range of G₀ to E♭₃ or similar.
Synonyms: subcontrabass sax
subcontrabass saxophones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subcontrabass saxophone
oeconomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oeconomies
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of economy.
can I help you
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: synonyms: may I help you
glosses: An offering of assistance.
examples: text: "Can I help you? Why are you standing there looking at me like that?"
ref: 2015, Charles M. Kemp, Indignant, page 8:
synonyms: excuse you
glosses: An indignant response to nosey or rude behavior.
sopranino saxophone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sopranino saxophones
Senses: glosses: A member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments that is smaller than the soprano saxophone but larger than the soprillo, with a range of D♭₄ to A♭₆ or similar.
Synonyms: sopranino sax
sopranino saxophones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sopranino saxophone
nanopolyhedron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanopolyhedra
Etymology: From nano- + polyhedron.
Senses: glosses: A nanoscale polyhedron
nanopolyhedra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nanopolyhedron
nanotitania
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From nano- + titania.
Senses: glosses: nanoparticulate titania
Twitch-speak
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Twitch + -speak.
Senses: examples: text: Twitch-speak was an essential component of a person’s stream and if you wanted to be a successful streamer, you had better learn it.
ref: 2017 March 19, Apisit Chatarsa, “The language of Twitch, an understanding of Twitch-speak”, in Medium:
text: What started out as being an inside joke between the early founders of Justin.tv has effectively turned into a community-building tool — and the language of Twitch. Here's your linguistic primer to Twitch-speak.
ref: 2014 August 8, Alex Magdaleno, “'Twitch-speak': A Guide to the Secret Emoji Language of Gamers”, in Mashable:
text: But there’s a part of the Internet that has been quite excitedly using a secret and in-depth line of emojis, ones that are inscrutable to those who aren’t a part of it. And if you don’t do Twitch-speak, you might just be lost in those part of the woods.
ref: 2017 November 30, Apoorva Sripathi, “Can you say it like an emoji can”, in The Hindu:
glosses: A form of chatspeak used by users of the Twitch video streaming website, especially gamers, characterized by the frequent use of emotes.
nataglinide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nateglinide.
Thin Red Line
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Thin Red Line
Etymology: William H. Russell, Times Correspondent at the Battle of Balaclava, wrote that he could see nothing between the charging Russians and the British regiment's base of operations at Balaclava but the “thin red streak tipped with a line of steel”. The condensed phrase “the thin red line” came to represent British composure in battle.
Senses: glosses: The members of the 93rd Regiment of the British Army who met the charge of the Russian cavalry at the Battle of Balaclava in 1854.
glosses: Any thinly spread military unit holding firm against attack.
Related terms: green line
red line
single yellow line
thin blue line
shit up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: shits up
form: shitting up
form: shit up
form: shit up
form: shitted up
form: shitted up
form: shat up
form: shat up
Senses: examples: text: They just go on shitting up the world and feel no responsibility for their character or anything they do.
ref: 1991, Bessie Head, Randolph Vigne, A gesture of belonging: letters from Bessie Head, 1965-1979, page 91:
glosses: To mess up; to ruin.
examples: text: To entice the screw into the best position to be shitted up the trick was to ask them to open a door on the landing. Keith was in his cell, conned the screw to the top of the stairs and whooshhhhhh!!!
ref: 2006, Vic Dark, For the Love of the Gun, page 117:
text: Her roommate Eerie had a panic attack while using the bathroom and shitted up their entire cell/living area screaming "Nina is trying to kill me with voodoo devil worshiping shit" until she was removed and sent to some upstate nut house joint immediately.
ref: 2013, Kenny Attaway, Juici Couture & the Suga-Hill Gang, page 45:
glosses: To cover or smear with excrement.
Related terms: shittify
shell marl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shell marls
Senses: glosses: A white earthy deposit resulting from the accumulation of fragments of shells.
shell marls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shell marl
mold loft
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mold lofts
form: mould loft
Senses: glosses: A large room in a shipbuilding yard where the several parts of a ship's hull are laid off to full size from the construction drawings.
mold lofts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mold loft
mold box
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mold boxes
Senses: glosses: A box in which molten steel is hydraulically compressed.
mold boxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mold box
molaves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of molave
topsy-turvification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: topsy-turvyfication
Etymology: From topsy-turvy + -fication.
Senses: glosses: The process of making something topsy-turvy; a throwing into disorder or chaos.
play with edge-tools
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: plays with edge-tools
form: playing with edge-tools
form: played with edge-tools
form: played with edge-tools
form: play with edged tools
Senses: glosses: To deal carelessly with dangerous matters.
play with edged tools
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: plays with edged tools
form: playing with edged tools
form: played with edged tools
form: played with edged tools
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of play with edge-tools.
dizzened
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dizzen
dizzening
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dizzen
psychobabbles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of psychobabble
psychobabbled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of psychobabble
edge rail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: edge rails
Senses: topics: railways
transport
glosses: A rail designed so that the carriage wheels roll on its edges, being held there by flanges.
edge rails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of edge rail
rose-pink
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more rose-pink
form: most rose-pink
Senses: glosses: Of a deep pink colour like a rose.
glosses: Sentimental.
rose sawfly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rose sawflies
Senses: glosses: Arge ochropus, a sawfly that attacks rose plants.
rose sawflies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rose sawfly
rose-mallows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rose-mallow
overbureaucratization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: over-bureaucratisation
form: overbureaucratisation
form: over-bureaucratization
Etymology: From over- + bureaucratization. Attested since the 20th century.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Excessive bureaucratization.
Icheon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Korean 이천(利川) (Icheon).
Senses: examples: text: A rapid-fire chain of explosions shook the building. Within minutes, the 107,000-square-foot warehouse in Icheon, southeast of Seoul, became an inferno — and a death trap for 38 workers. Toxic, ink-black smoke billowed up so fast that survivors later said they could hardly find the stairways out.
ref: 2020 April 30, Choe Sang-Hun, “‘We Are Not Learning Lessons’: South Korea Mourns an Avoidable Disaster”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 Apr 2020, Asia Pacific:
text: “Arm plays a very important role in the international semiconductor ecosystem, and the ecosystem will not allow a single entity to take full advantage of the benefit from the acquisition,” said Park during a briefing after an SK Hynix shareholder meeting at its headquarters in Icheon, in Gyeonggi province.
ref: 2022 March 31, Che Pan, “Semiconductor giants’ interest to acquire British chip design firm Arm deepens as owner SoftBank steps up IPO plans”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 31 Mar 2022, Tech:
glosses: A city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.
Related terms: Lichuan
contrabass saxophone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: contrabass saxophones
Senses: glosses: A member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments that is smaller than the subcontrabass saxophone but larger than the bass saxophone, with a range of D♭₁ to A₃ or similar.
Synonyms: contrabass sax
Derived terms: contrabass saxophonist
contrabass saxophones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of contrabass saxophone
subcontrabass saxophonist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subcontrabass saxophonists
Etymology: From subcontrabass saxophone + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A person who plays the subcontrabass saxophone.
contrabass saxophonist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: contrabass saxophonists
Etymology: From contrabass saxophone + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A person who plays the contrabass saxophone.
bass saxophonist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bass saxophonists
Etymology: From bass saxophone + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A person who plays the bass saxophone.
baritone saxophonist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: baritone saxophonists
Etymology: From baritone saxophone + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A person who plays the baritone saxophone.
tenor saxophonist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tenor saxophonists
Etymology: From tenor saxophone + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A person who plays the tenor saxophone.
alto saxophonist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alto saxophonists
Etymology: From alto saxophone + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A person who plays the alto saxophone.
soprano saxophonist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soprano saxophonists
Etymology: From soprano saxophone + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A person who plays the soprano saxophone.
sopranino saxophonist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sopranino saxophonists
Etymology: From sopranino saxophone + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A person who plays the sopranino saxophone.
soprillo saxophonist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soprillo saxophonists
Etymology: From soprillo saxophone + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A person who plays the soprillo saxophone (soprillo).
sopranissimo saxophonist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sopranissimo saxophonists
Etymology: From sopranissimo saxophone + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A person who plays the sopranissimo saxophone (soprillo).
subcontrabass saxophonists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subcontrabass saxophonist
contrabass saxophonists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of contrabass saxophonist
bass saxophonists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bass saxophonist
baritone saxophonists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of baritone saxophonist
tenor saxophonists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tenor saxophonist
alto saxophonists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alto saxophonist
soprano saxophonists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of soprano saxophonist
sopranino saxophonists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sopranino saxophonist
soprillo saxophonists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of soprillo saxophonist
sopranissimo saxophonists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sopranissimo saxophonist
sambaza
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sambazas
Senses: examples: text: A kilogramme of Tanganyika sardines (sambaza) that used to cost Rwf4,000 mid this year has shot to Rwf6,000. Sambaza is widely consumed fish species in Rwanda both by low-income earners and upper classes.
ref: 2013 November 1, “Rwandans dig deeper into their pockets to eat dear fish”, in The EastAfrican, archived from the original on 17 Dec 2022:
text: Sambaza are thought to have been introduced to Kivu (the 2,700 sq km lake on Rwanda's eastern border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo) in the 1950s from Lake Tanganyika further south, and, despite their reputation as a delicacy, stocks have remained mostly consistent ever since.
ref: 2017 July 16, Emma Love, “Snap up a silvery delicacy from Lake Kivu, Rwanda”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 09 Nov 2020:
text: Sold dry sambaza go for a higher price than they do fresh. And in Eastern Rwanda, they form a central part of the edible economy; almost every dish in the restaurants along the lush banks of Lake Kivu incorporates sambaza, but perhaps most tastily as the crispy fried accompaniment to a sunset beer.
ref: 2018 November 30, Shannon Sims, “Rwandan Women Paddle Into the Male World of Fishing”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 14 Dec 2022:
glosses: The Lake Tanganyika sardine, Limnothrissa miodon.
sambaza
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sambazas
form: sambazaing
form: sambazaed
form: sambazaed
Etymology: Borrowed from Swahili sambaza (“to disperse, scatter”), popularized by Sambaza, a credit sharing service developed by Kenyan mobile network operator Safaricom in 2005.
Senses: examples: text: They say that sharing is caring, and Safaricom users have wondered how to sambaza Safaricom bundles from one device to another.
ref: 2021 October 5, Grace Waruguru, “How to sambaza Safaricom bundles easily: Step-by-step guide”, in Tuko, archived from the original on 03 Jul 2022:
text: What would you do if you were able to share Kenya Power tokens with friends or family, just in the same manner you Sambaza data bundles or airtime?
ref: 2022 July 8, Kenn Abuya, “Kenya Power Set to Introduce Sambaza Tokens”, in Techweez, archived from the original on 24 Oct 2022:
glosses: To send credit using the Sambaza system; (generally) to send or share something.
grimmish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more grimmish
form: most grimmish
Etymology: From grim + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: It is a grimmish place, isn't it.
ref: 1995, Anthony Powell, A Dance to the Music of Time, page 70:
text: 'I say, you look a bit grimmish about the gills,' said Snub.
ref: 2014, John Creasey, A Note From The Accused?, page 62:
glosses: Somewhat grim.
grimful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more grimful
form: most grimful
Etymology: From Middle English grimful, grymfull, from Old English grimfull (“fierce, terrible”), equivalent to grim (noun) + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: And fist, sledge-hammer like; nor grimful face […]
ref: 1860, Charles Campbell, History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia, page 545:
text: The greatest favour grimful Death can show Is with swift dart to expedite the blow.
ref: 1870, Thomas Roscoe, The Works of Jonathan Swift:
glosses: Characterised by grimness; harsh, wrathful, terrible.
grimless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more grimless
form: most grimless
Etymology: From grim + -less.
Senses: examples: text: He’s near Verdun, but Reuel Godehn was discharged Dec. 7, and Lee Hanssen Jan. 21. Lee runs the sales managership of Hanson Bros., scale mfrgs., Chicago, and — and — and announces his engagement to Esther Benzies. The grimless reaper mows a wide swath.
ref: 1919 March 15, anonymous, “From Sarajevo to Amerongen—and on to St. Helena or Its Equivalent” in The Alumni Quarterly and Fortnightly Notes of the University of Illinois, volume 4, number 12, page 225
text: So gentle seemed civilization in the lonely quietness of the coast far from the humdrums of city life. As though life was grimless of impatience.
ref: 1989, Agustin T. Misola, Natela: The Russian Girl I Love, page 82:
text: a strung-along compilation of "Angel's Egg" with some B-movie live-action clips make for one cheesy, grimless look into the future
ref: 2004, “Chris Sobieniak” (username), “Disney's Nausicaa the only uncut dub?” in rec.arts.anime.misc (newsgroup)
glosses: Devoid of grimness.
grimliness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Middle English grimlinesse, grymlynesse, equivalent to grimly + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state, quality, or condition of being grimly.
grimlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more grimlike
form: most grimlike
form: grim-like
Etymology: From grim + -like.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of grimly (“grim-looking, grim-natured”).
synonyms: word: grimly
extra: grim-looking, grim-natured
grimlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more grimlike
form: most grimlike
form: grim-like
Etymology: From grim + -like.
Senses: glosses: In a grimlike manner; grimly.
pilgrimhood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pilgrim + -hood.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of a pilgrim.
nebaliacean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nebaliaceans
Senses: glosses: Any crustacean of the order Nebaliacea.
nebaliaceans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nebaliacean
necropyogranuloma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: necropyogranulomas
Etymology: From necro- + pyogranuloma.
Senses: glosses: necrotic pyogranuloma
necropyogranulomas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of necropyogranuloma
neoantigenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From neo- + antigenic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to a neoantigen
neomorphine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From neo- + morphine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A 3-O-demethylated derivative of morphine
neovaginoplasty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neovaginoplasties
Etymology: From neo- + vaginoplasty.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The construction of a new vagina.
Related terms: neovagina
nimbolide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A triterpene limonoid, obtained from Azadirachta indica, that is used in traditional medicine and has some anticancer properties
nonalbuminuric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + albuminuric.
Senses: glosses: Not albuminuric
noncentralities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of noncentrality
nonevaluable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + evaluable.
Senses: glosses: Not evaluable
nonfoveal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + foveal.
Senses: glosses: Not foveal
nonthrombotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + thrombotic.
Senses: glosses: Not thrombotic
normoganglionic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From normo- + ganglionic.
Senses: glosses: Having a normal population of ganglia
nymphaline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nymphalines
Senses: glosses: Any butterfly of the subfamily Nymphalinae
nymphalines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nymphaline
sangza
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sangza
Etymology: Borrowed from Uyghur ساڭزا (sangza), from Mandarin 饊子／馓子 (sǎnzi).
Senses: glosses: A popular snack in North China consisting of deep-fried noodles in a twisted pyramid shape.
Synonyms: bao
pao
pau
second-rater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: second-raters
Etymology: From second-rate + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person or thing that is second-rate.
second-raters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of second-rater
lead from the front
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: leads from the front
form: leading from the front
form: led from the front
form: led from the front
Senses: glosses: To lead by providing an excellent and forthright example.
hit one's straps
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: To perform at one's maximum; to begin to excel; to hit one's stride.
ocelloccipital
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin ocellus + occipital.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the ocellus and the occiput
ocellocular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ocello- + ocular.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the ocellus and the eye
ocellorbital
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɔː(ɹ)bɪtəl
Etymology: From ocello- + orbital.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the ocellus and the orbit of the eye
oesteoclast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oesteoclasts
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of osteoclast.
ophthalmically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: In an ophthalmic manner
osmoconformist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: osmoconformists
Etymology: From osmo- + conformist.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of osmoconformer.
synonyms: word: osmoconformer
osmoconformists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of osmoconformist
osmoconformity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From osmo- + conformity.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being osmoconformist
osmodiuretic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: osmodiuretics
Etymology: From osmo- + diuretic.
Senses: glosses: An osmotic diuretic
osmodiuretics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of osmodiuretic
osteodegenerative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From osteo- + degenerative.
Senses: glosses: Relating to osteodegeneration
osteodegeneration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From osteo- + degeneration.
Senses: glosses: The degeneration of bone tissue
Related terms: osteodegenerative
osteotomised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of osteotomized.
otoendoscopy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: otoendoscopies
Etymology: From oto- + endoscopy.
Senses: glosses: endoscopy of the external ear
Related terms: otoendoscope
otoendoscopic
otoendoscopic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From oto- + endoscopic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to otoendoscopy
glosses: By means of an otoendoscope
ovarectomized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ovariectomized.
overattribution
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overattributions
Etymology: From over- + attribution.
Senses: glosses: Excessive attribution.
Related terms: overattribute
ovococcal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to ovococci
ovococci
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ovococcus
tselina
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tselinas
form: tseliny
Etymology: From Russian целина́ (celiná).
Senses: glosses: A "virgin land": an underdeveloped, scarcely populated, high-fertility region of land often covered with chernozem soil in Russia and Kazakhstan.
palaeopathologies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of palaeopathology
palaeosediment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: palaeosediments
Etymology: From palaeo- + sediment.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of paleosediment.
paleosediment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paleosediments
Etymology: From paleo- + sediment.
Senses: glosses: An ancient sediment
Related terms: paleosedimentation
paleosedimentation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From paleo- + sedimentation.
Senses: glosses: Ancient sedimentation
Related terms: paleosediment