cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
demegoric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The girl had a fear of anything demegoric.
text: The only evidence that appears to group encomium and invective into a demegoric genus, together with exhortation and dissuasion, is the common set of topics given at 1.4 NS 3.1 (CF. 10.1).
ref: 1994, William Wall Fortenbaugh, David C. Mirhady, Peripatetic Rhetoric After Aristotle, →ISBN, page 61:
text: Thus rhetorical theorists sometimes used demegoric rhetoric, somewhat inappropriately, to stand for deliberative as a whole; and though Aristotle recognized the use of deliberative rhetoric in private situations, in fact his account of deliberative focuses on demegoric almost exclusively.
ref: 1996, Harvey Yunis -, Taming Democracy: Models of Political Rhetoric in Classical Athens, →ISBN:
text: Moreover, he ridicules the Socratic theme of pathos when he accuses Socrates of ranting in a demegoric manner because he has managed to have Polus suffer [pathein] the same mishap [pathos] that Gorgias has suffered [pathein] before him when Socarates goaded him into the admission that the rhetorician has to teach justice [482c].
ref: 2000, Eric Voegelin, Dante L. Germino, Order and History - Volume 3, →ISBN, page 85:
text: As philosophy developed its own branches from physics to logic, so did the art of rhetoric, giving rise to demegoric speaking before the assembly, dicanic speaking in the court room, and epideictic or ceremonial addresses for special occasions.
ref: 2002, Kōnstantinos Iōannou Voudourēs, Takis Poulakos, The philosophy of communication, →ISBN, page 19:
text: The values used for the encomium are precisely the predicates that characterise the demegoric genre (that which is fair, legal, useful, etc.).
ref: 2010, Ian Worthington, A Companion to Greek Rhetoric, →ISBN, page 93:
glosses: Related to public speaking, especially as a style of rhetoric.
exennium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exennia
Senses: examples: text: The bishop also specified the value of the exennium from the manors assigned ad victum monachorum which was to be paid to him, along with the portion of the produce allocated to the priory, each year on St. Andrew's day.
ref: 2003, Everett U. Crosby, Bishop and Chapter in Twelfth-Century England:
glosses: A gift given at the New Year.
explaterate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: explaterates
form: explaterating
form: explaterated
form: explaterated
Senses: examples: text: His honor said he thought there was no need to explaterate about the matter.
ref: 1833, The New-England Magazine, volume 5, page 319:
text: I am here to explaterate about our family, and lecterize a leetle on human natur, and all that sort of thing.
ref: 1850, William Valentine, A Budget of Wit and Humour:
text: As we driv along quite a crowd of boys and dogs followed us to hear Seeze explaterate, and to see him perform.
ref: 1890, Clara Augusta Jones, Patience Pettigrew's Perplexities:
glosses: To talk continuously without stop.
exennia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of exennium
extispex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: extispices
Etymology: From Latin extispex.
Senses: examples: text: The Aruspices, or rather Haruspices, were those priests whose chief business it was to inspect the entrails of beasts offered in sacrifice; and hence they were sometimes called extispices.
ref: 1836, Thomas Swinburne Carr, A manual of Roman antiquities, page 30:
text: As the same person might be both extispex and fulgurator, it is not astonishing to find them both called haruspices.
ref: 1854, Christian Charles Josias Bunsen, Outlines of the Philosophy of Universal History: Christianity and Mankind, Their Beginnings and Prospects:
text: A further function of sacrificial integration illustrates another significance of the extispex for the confirmation of the political hierarchy and, above all, of the Roman emperor and his communication with the gods.
ref: 2008, Eftychia Stavrianopoulou, Axel Michaels, Claus Ambos, Transformations in Sacrificial Practices, →ISBN:
text: The Sun-god was believed to have arranged the entrails of the sacrificial lamb in such a way that they would indicate to men the will of the gods, and, moreover, that he set marks upon them which could not be mistaken by the skilled extispex.
ref: 2013, Budge, Amulets & Magic, →ISBN, page 452:
glosses: Somebody who predicts the future using entrails
extispices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of extispex
ethacrynate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ethacrynates
Senses: glosses: Any salt or ester of ethacrynic acid
ethacrynic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
pharmacology
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Alternative form of etacrynic acid.
trash panda
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trash pandas
Etymology: From the likening of the black patches around a raccoon's eyes to similar markings on a giant panda, it being in the same superfamily as the red panda, and a reference to its tendency to forage for garbage in urban environments.
Senses: examples: text: Braddock Baskett of the Orlando-area attempted to give some raccoons food. […] Maybe he should’ve taken his own warning before feeding the “trash panda”.
ref: 2016 April 30, Zach Dennis, “Florida man tries to feed ‘trash panda’ in epic fail”, in Palm Beach Post, retrieved 13 Apr 2018:
text: [T]he family baby, Jack-Jack, sees a raccoon eating from the family’s garbage can while his father, Mr. Incredible, is sleeping, and uses his superpowers […] to do battle with the trash panda.
ref: 2017 July 14, Josh Rottenberg, “All the intel on Disney and Pixar's new slate of animated films”, in Los Angeles Times, retrieved 13 Apr 2018:
text: A video posted to Facebook on Saturday shows a trash panda breaking into a “raccoon-proof” green bin in less than 30 seconds.
ref: 2018 April 12, Alanna Rizza, “It took this raccoon 30 seconds to break into a raccoon-proof green bin”, in The Star, Canada, retrieved 13 Apr 2018:
synonyms: dumpster bandit
dumpster panda
garbage panda
qualifier: kenning
glosses: A raccoon, especially one that forages in garbage cans.
ethionic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ethane + thionic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Relating to ethionic acid and its derivatives
ethmofrontal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ʌntəl
Etymology: From ethmo- + frontal.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the ethmoid and frontal bones
Laput
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Mexico, Pampanga, Philippines.
City and County of Denver
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after James W. Denver.
Senses: glosses: The official title of Denver, a consolidated city and county, one of 64 counties in Colorado, USA.
wikipedia: James W. Denver
Cooper County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Sarshell Cooper, a settler.
Senses: glosses: One of 114 counties in Missouri, United States. County seat: Boonville.
Hossein
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Husayn.
porcelain aorta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: porcelain aortas
Senses: examples: text: Successful surgical treatment of two patients with a porcelain aorta requiring aortic valve replacement is reported.
ref: 1986 February 1, Coselli JS, Crawford ES, “Aortic valve replacement in the patient with extensive calcification of the ascending aorta (the porcelain aorta)”, in The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, volume 91, number 2, page 184:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Extensive atherosclerotic calcification of the ascending aorta or aortic arch.
porcelain aortas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of porcelain aorta
Boonville
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Mendocino County, California, United States.
glosses: A city, the county seat of Warrick County, Indiana, United States.
glosses: A city, the county seat of Cooper County, Missouri, United States.
glosses: A town and village in Oneida County, New York, United States.
glosses: A town in Yadkin County, North Carolina, United States.
glosses: A ghost town in Brazos County, Texas, United States; it once was the county seat.
Related terms: Booneville
aortotracheal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -eɪkiəl
Etymology: From aorto- + tracheal.
Senses: examples: text: aortotracheal fistula
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the aorta and trachea.
coronary sinus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coronary sinuses
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A large collection of veins in the heart wall that collects blood from the myocardium and empties into the right atrium.
coronary sinuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coronary sinus
Thebesian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Thebesius + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to German anatomist Adam Christian Thebesius (1686–1732), known for his studies of coronary circulation.
Derived terms: Thebesian valve
Thebesian vein
Thebesian valve
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Thebesian valves
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A semicircular fold of the lining membrane of the right atrium, situated at the ostium of the coronary sinus.
Synonyms: valve of Thebesius
Cleburne County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Both are named after Patrick Cleburne.
Senses: glosses: One of 67 counties in Alabama, United States. County seat: Heflin.
glosses: One of 75 counties in Arkansas, United States. County seat: Heber Springs.
AA tree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: AA trees
Etymology: From the initials of its inventor Arne Andersson. Coined by Mark Allen Weiss in 1994.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A form of balanced tree used for storing and retrieving ordered data efficiently, a variation of the red-black tree.
AA trees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of AA tree
Cleburne
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Cleburnes
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A city, the county seat of Johnson County, Texas, United States. Named after Patrick Cleburne.
glosses: Ellipsis of Cleburne County.
Derived terms: Cleburne County
Réunion Creole French
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A language of Réunion.
Heber Springs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Originally named Sugar Loaf, but renamed to save confusion with another place of that name after a Dr. Heber Jones.
Senses: glosses: A city, the county seat of Cleburne County, Arkansas, United States.
Covington County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Both are named after Leonard Covington.
Senses: glosses: One of 67 counties in Alabama, United States. County seat: Andalusia.
glosses: One of 82 counties in Mississippi, United States. County seat: Collins.
forechooses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of forechoose
bewards
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of beward
bedraws
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bedraw
beshields
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of beshield
Zenker's diverticulum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Zenker's diverticula
Etymology: Named after German pathologist Friedrich Albert von Zenker (1825–1898).
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A diverticulum of the mucosa of the pharynx, just above the cricopharyngeal muscle.
wikipedia: Friedrich Albert von Zenker
wumman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: note: Mid-Ulster
ipa: /wʉ.mən/
Forms: form: wummen
Etymology: Borrowed from Ulster Scots wumman, from Middle English womman.
Senses: examples: text: For I'll hif to get a wumman, or the place'll suffer loss
ref: 1983, William Forbes Marshall, Sarah Ann and Our Son:
glosses: woman
spinal marrow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spinal marrows
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The spinal cord.
Ryczek
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ryczeks
Etymology: Borrowed from Polish Ryczek.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Polish.
Konat
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Konats
Senses: glosses: A surname.
intratest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + test.
Senses: examples: text: Despite its proven value as a screening tool, the BeLT, like most cell culture–radiolabel incorporation assays, is associated with some intratest, intertest, and interlaboratory variability and provides only a semiquantitative estimate of T cell activity, even when we optimize the methodology. Further methodologic refinements may enhance the test's reliability and predictive value.
ref: 1994, Lee S. Newman, “Beryllium lung disease: the role of cell-mediated immunity in pathogenesis”, in Jack H. Dean, Michael I. Luster, Albert E. Munson, Ian Kimber, editors, Immunotoxicology and Immunopharmacology (Target Organ Toxicology Series), 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 389:
glosses: Within a test; either (a) within a single instance of a test or (b) among instances of a single test as opposed to instances of different tests (as with intratest variability or intratest scatter).
Related terms: interobserver
interrater
intertest
intertester
intraobserver
intrarater
intratester
inter-rater
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of interrater.
FQHE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of fractional quantum Hall effect.
Arabian ostrich
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Arabian ostriches
Senses: examples: text: Distinguished by its comparatively small size, the apparently extinct Arabian ostrich was fairly common until the time of World War I but as firearms became more plentiful in Arabia and it became possible to pursue birds in automobiles, numbers rapidly declined.
ref: 2000, Errol Fuller, Extinct Birds, Oxford, page 32:
glosses: An extinct subspecies of ostrich, †Struthio camelus syriacus, that lived on the Arabian Peninsula.
Elmore County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of 67 counties in Alabama, United States. County seat: Wetumpka. Named after John Archer Elmore.
glosses: One of 44 counties in Idaho, United States. County seat: Mountain Home. Named after the Ida Elmore mines.
isocephalic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From iso- + -cephalic.
Senses: glosses: Exhibiting or relating to isocephalism.
unimpetuous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unimpetuous
form: most unimpetuous
Etymology: From un- + impetuous.
Senses: glosses: Not impetuous.
unpetty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unpetty
form: most unpetty
Etymology: From un- + petty.
Senses: glosses: Not petty.
autoconcurrent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From auto- + concurrent.
Senses: topics: computing
computing-theory
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Exhibiting or relating to autoconcurrency; occurring simultaneously and in parallel.
going ahead
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of go ahead
goes ahead
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of go ahead
gone ahead
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of go ahead
dark kitchen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dark kitchens
Etymology: dark + kitchen. From dark (“unknown, hidden”)+kitchen (“food production center”). Formed in analogy to the term dark store (“online retail distribution center”), as this type of operation likewise serves outside customers through online ordering.
Senses: examples: text: “We were using some of our restaurant kitchens, but are now investing into more delivery-only or ‘dark’ kitchens, as we were not able to service the growing demand,” Jain said.
ref: 2015, Shonali Advani, “Mast Kalandar owner Spring Leaf Retail investing in delivery only kitchens to boost MK Dabbawala”, in Economic Times:
text: As a result of unfavourable market conditions for bricks and mortar restaurants, dark kitchens, also known as ghost restaurants, are becoming more common.
ref: 2018 June 5, Sarah Finch, “The rise of the dark kitchen”, in Disruption Hub, archived from the original on 06 Jun 2020:
text: Dark kitchens make huge sense for the burger brand Boo. Set up by Arif Palejwala and his brother-in-law in Leicester, they have reached three other cities without having to find premises or fork out.
ref: 2019 April 23, Rebecca Wearn, “Does your dinner come from a ‘dark kitchen’?”, in BBC News:
text: It is the success of online ordering players such as Uber Eats, Glovo, Just Eat and many more that paved the way for dark kitchens.
ref: 2020, Isabelle Hanet, “What is a dark kitchen?”, in Deliverect:
topics: business
cooking
food
lifestyle
synonyms: ghost kitchen
ghost restaurant
cloud kitchen
coordinate_terms: dark store
qualifier: appliance
glosses: A commercial kitchen where restaurant-style meals are cooked for delivery.
examples: text: [I]f your dark kitchen adjoins a room with an abundance of natural light, it might work to remove the separating wall to let some of the light in […]
ref: 1998, Herrick Kimball, The Kitchen Consultant, Taunton Press, →ISBN, page 86:
text: He was already fleeing back through the dark kitchen, banging his hip on the steel countertop, […]
ref: 2006, Poppy Z. Brite, Soul Kitchen: A Novel, Crown, →ISBN, page 237:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dark, kitchen.
Related terms: dark factory
dark kitchens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dark kitchen
Fowler process
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Described by Fowler et al in a 1947 paper.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A process for producing fluorocarbons by fluorinating hydrocarbons or their partially fluorinated derivatives in the vapor phase over cobalt(III) fluoride.
juxtaoral organ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: juxtaoral organs
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Synonym of organ of Chievitz.
synonyms: word: organ of Chievitz
organ of Chievitz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: organs of Chievitz
Etymology: First noted in embryos by Johan Henrik Chievitz in 1885.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A juxtaoral organ composed of nests of benign squamoid epithelium closely associated with multiple nerve bundles.
Synonyms: juxtaoral organ
organs of Chievitz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of organ of Chievitz
juxtaoral organs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of juxtaoral organ
Wetumpka
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From a Creek word meaning "rumbling waters".
Senses: glosses: A city, the county seat of Elmore County, Alabama, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Gadsden County, Florida, United States.
nonscent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonscents
Etymology: From non- + scent.
Senses: examples: text: He breathed deeply—nonscent. The house had no smell at all except that it smelled clean, almost lemony and crisp.
ref: 2012, A. M. Homes, This Book Will Save Your Life:
text: The rank postparty stench that he had woken up to had been replaced by a sterile hospital nonscent, the faintest chemical whiff.
ref: 2017, Chris Vola, Only the Dead Know Brooklyn, page 141:
glosses: Absence of scent.
nonscents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonscent
bounce to the ounce
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The quality of being bouncy or exuberant.
glosses: Efficiency or effectiveness; bang for the buck.
Suzuki coupling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Suzuki couplings
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Suzuki reaction.
synonyms: word: Suzuki reaction
Suzuki couplings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Suzuki coupling
decorporated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of decorporate
decorporates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of decorporate
decorporating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of decorporate
slender moa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slender moas
Senses: examples: text: A clue to the appearance of the slender moa may be provided by deep pits on the tops of some skulls, perhaps an indication that one of the sexes carried a crest.
ref: 2000, Errol Fuller, Extinct Birds, Oxford, page 41:
glosses: A formerly posited species of giant moa, now considered to be synonymous with the North Island giant moa, Dinornis novaezealandiae.
foxer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foxers
Etymology: Originally the code name for a British-built version of the device.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: An acoustic decoy used to confuse acoustic homing torpedoes by mechanically generating a loud noise while being towed some distance behind a ship.
foxers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of foxer
Alaotra grebe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Alaotra grebes
Senses: examples: text: In addition to several other problems, Alaotra grebes are in the process of being bred out of existence, a process that may, in fact, already be complete.
ref: 2000, Errol Fuller, Extinct Birds, Oxford, page 54:
glosses: An extinct species of grebe, Tachybaptus rufolavatus, endemic to the area around Lake Alaotra in Madagascar.
Alaotra grebes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Alaotra grebe
VIRSS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of visual and infrared screening smoke.
Mountain Home
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city, the county seat of Baxter County, Arkansas, United States.
glosses: A sparsely populated place in Santa Clara County, California, United States.
glosses: A city, the county seat of Elmore County, Idaho, United States.
glosses: A census-designated place in Henderson County, North Carolina, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Kerr County, Texas, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Duchesne County, Utah, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Clay County, West Virginia, United States.
Melusine
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Melusina
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A figure of European folklore and mythology (mostly Celtic), a female spirit of fresh water in a sacred spring or river, usually depicted as a serpent or fish from the waist down, and sometimes with wings.
Melusina
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Alternative form of Melusine.
SPAB
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings.
Lowndes County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after William Jones Lowndes.
Senses: glosses: A county of Alabama, United States. County seat: Hayneville.
glosses: A county of Georgia, United States. County seat: Valdosta.
glosses: A county of Mississippi, United States. County seat: Columbus.
Lowndes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lowndeses
Etymology: Patronymic from Lown.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Wayne County, Missouri, United States.
Derived terms: Lowndean
Lowndes County
size down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sizes down
form: sizing down
form: sized down
form: sized down
Senses: examples: If your shirt is baggy, you can size down .
glosses: To wear a smaller size of clothing.
examples: text: "So I sized you down, and I'm bound to say that you came well out of it."
ref: 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
glosses: To consider thoroughly so as to form an opinion of; to size up.
Hayneville
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Hayne + -ville.
Senses: glosses: A town, the county seat of Lowndes County, Alabama, United States. Named after Robert Y. Hayne.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Houston County, Georgia, United States, also called Haynesville (derived from the name Haynes).
Related terms: Haynesville
Talladega County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: See Talladega.
Senses: glosses: One of 67 counties in Alabama, United States. County seat: Talladega.
dialetheisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dialetheism
Talladega
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌtæləˈdɪɡə/
other: /ˌtæləˈdeɪɡə/
Etymology: From the Creek language Tvlvteke, meaning "town on the border" (of tribal territories).
Senses: glosses: A city, the county seat of Talladega County, Alabama, United States.
Derived terms: Talladega County
carton girl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carton girls
Etymology: Named after the corrugated box that the girls and their customers use for bedding.
Senses: glosses: A female prostitute who has sexual intercourse with men using collapsed carton boxes as bedding.
carton girls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of carton girl
NVIs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of NVI
underinfluenced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more underinfluenced
form: most underinfluenced
Etymology: From under- + influenced.
Senses: examples: text: In short, as they address marital decisions, too many unmarried Christians are underinfluenced by the Scriptures and overinfluenced by their personal experiences and their culture. A frequent result is unwise choices.
ref: 2012, J. Robin Maxson, Singleness, Marriage, and the Will of God:
glosses: Too little influenced.
khanqah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: khanqahs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of khanaqah.
khanqahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of khanqah
Tuscaloosa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /tʌskəˈluːsə/
Etymology: Named after Tuskaloosa, a chief.
Senses: glosses: A city, the county seat of Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, United States.
wikipedia: Tuskaloosa
Derived terms: Tuscaloosa County
Tuscaloosa County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Tuskaloosa, a chief.
Senses: glosses: One of 67 counties in Alabama, United States. County seat: Tuscaloosa.
wikipedia: Tuskaloosa
Winston County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of 67 counties in Alabama, United States. County seat: Double Springs. Named after John A. Winston.
glosses: One of 82 counties in Mississippi, United States. County seat: Louisville. Named after Louis Winston.
stickermania
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sticker + -mania.
Senses: examples: text: Industry observers say "stickerphiles" like Sean are sinking up to $500 million a year into stickers. That's a lot of stickers (literally billions), considering most cost much less than $1 each. Will stickermania mature into an enduring hobby or wither on the vine? That will be decided by sticker fans.
ref: 1984, Boys' Life, volume 74, number 10, page 46:
glosses: A craze for decorative adhesive stickers.
NAEPP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Stepwise guidance for management based on severity of asthma has been published by the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program (NAEPP).
ref: 2011, Pauline K. Park, “Assessment of Noncardiac Perioperative Risk”, in Michael W. Mulholland, Gerard M. Doherty, editors, Complications in Surgery, 2nd edition, Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, →ISBN, page 83:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of National Asthma Education and Prevention Program.
FRCs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of FRC
ANPs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ANP
Double Springs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after two natural springs side by side, now unfortunately covered by a highway (Encyclopedia of Alabama).
Senses: glosses: A town, the county seat of Winston County, Alabama, United States.
GFR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: GFRs
Senses: examples: text: Renal replacement therapy is usually indicated once the GFR falls below 5 to 10 mL/min.
ref: 2011, Pauline K. Park, “Assessment of Noncardiac Perioperative Risk”, in Michael W. Mulholland, Gerard M. Doherty, editors, Complications in Surgery, 2nd edition, Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, →ISBN, page 86:
topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of glomerular filtration rate.
Flagler County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Henry Flagler.
Senses: glosses: One of 67 counties in Florida, United States. County seat: Bunnell.
wikipedia: Henry Flagler
matooka
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of matoke.
NQF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: education
glosses: Initialism of National Qualifications Framework.
examples: text: A very influential group that develops consensus guidelines is the National Quality Forum (NQF), an organization of a wide variety of experts, consumers, government officials, and corporate directors. The NQF several years ago published its list of “30 Safe Practices” recommended for implementation.
ref: 2011, Darrell A. Campbell, “Patient Safety”, in Michael W. Mulholland, Gerard M. Doherty, editors, Complications in Surgery, 2nd edition, Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, →ISBN, page 58:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of National Quality Forum.
MCGs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of MCG
NIMHD
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities.
Rock Island County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after an island in the Mississippi River, now known as Arsenal Island.
Senses: glosses: One of 102 counties in Illinois, United States. County seat: Rock Island.
wikipedia: Arsenal Island
permanent revolutionary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: communism
government
human-sciences
ideology
philosophy
politics
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to permanent revolution.
permanent revolutionary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: permanent revolutionaries
Senses: topics: communism
government
human-sciences
ideology
philosophy
politics
sciences
glosses: Synonym of Trotskyist.
synonyms: word: Trotskyist
hierarchist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hierarchist
form: most hierarchist
Etymology: From hierarchy + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: “They believe that society would be better if it stood up more to the hierarchist status quo,” he said. “When something that represents that status quo comes along, there is a cultural resistance to it. That is the underlying cultural reason they will cherry-pick their symptoms and the facts into their ostensibly rational argument against smart meters.”
ref: 2011 February 1, Felicity Barringer, “Are We Hard-Wired to Doubt Science?”, in The New York Times:
synonyms: hierarchal
hierarchic
antonyms: anarchal
anarchic
anarchist
glosses: Of or pertaining to hierarchy.
hierarchist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hierarchists
Etymology: From hierarchy + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: The fear of corporatism, consumerism, middle-browism and a mass reading public has driven twentieth-century cultural hierarchists.
ref: 1996, C. Bloom, Cult Fiction: Popular Reading and Pulp Theory, page 113:
text: Two of the groups involved, he said, are simply characterized: individualists (most people would call them libertarians, who want the government to butt out) and communitarians, the two poles on the political spectrum. The two other groups, he said, are called hierarchists and egalitarians.
ref: 2011 February 1, Felicity Barringer, “Are We Hard-Wired to Doubt Science?”, in The New York Times:
antonyms: anarchist
glosses: An advocate for a hierarchy.
iliac fossa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: iliac fossae
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A large, smooth, concave surface on the internal surface of the ilium.
deciduomas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deciduoma
deciduomata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deciduoma
Rock Island
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɒk ˈaɪ̯.lənd/
rhymes: -aɪlənd
Etymology: The island near Trinidad is named for its physical characteristics.
Senses: glosses: The name of a number of islands in various places, as well as a promontory in Ireland.
glosses: The name of a number of islands in various places, as well as a promontory in Ireland.
An island of Trinidad and Tobago.
glosses: A former town in Quebec, Canada, now part of Stanstead.
glosses: A neighbourhood of Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Florida, United States.
glosses: A city, the county seat of Rock Island County, Illinois, United States.
glosses: A town in Le Flore County, Oklahoma, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Warren County, Tennessee, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Colorado County, Texas, United States.
glosses: A small city in Douglas County, Washington, United States.
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: Short for the Rock Island Line, or Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad.
Derived terms: Rock Island County
subcaecal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + caecal.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Below the caecum.
agamonts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of agamont
allelomorphisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of allelomorphism
yappie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yappies
Etymology: Acronyms with diminutive + -ie, modelled on earlier yuppie.
Senses: glosses: A young affluent parent.
glosses: A young Asian professional.
yappies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yappie
gokshura
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An Indian herb of the genus Tribulis, used in traditional medicine.
Synonyms: gokhru
gokhru
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of gokshura (“Indian herb”).
synonyms: word: gokshura
extra: Indian herb
nephroprotectant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nephroprotectants
Etymology: From nephro- + protectant.
Senses: glosses: Any nephroprotective remedy.
nephroprotectants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nephroprotectant
antiurolithiatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + urolithiatic.
Senses: glosses: Countering urolithiasis.
urolithiatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having or relating to urolithiasis.
daphnoline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An alkaloid found in the bark of Daphnandra species.
Tattnall County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Josiah Tattnall.
Senses: glosses: One of 159 counties in Georgia, United States. County seat: Reidsville.
wikipedia: Josiah Tattnall (Senator)
fulgurators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fulgurator
hypertensinogen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: angiotensinogen
Related terms: hypertensin
golok
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: goloks
Etymology: From Malay golok.
Senses: glosses: A cutting tool, similar to a machete, used in agriculture and as a weapon in Indonesia and Malaysia.
Derived terms: war golok
goloks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of golok
gamies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gamie
firewooding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From firewood + -ing.
Senses: glosses: The gathering of firewood.
semibulk
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From semi- + bulk.
Senses: glosses: intermediate in volume between bulk and small or individual quantities
semiquantitations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of semiquantitation
eutherapeutic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more eutherapeutic
form: most eutherapeutic
Etymology: From eu- + therapeutic.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Having a favourable effect in treating a condition.
dystherapeutic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dystherapeutic
form: most dystherapeutic
Etymology: From dys- + therapeutic.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Having an unfavourable effect in treating a condition.
secretoinhibitory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: inhibiting a secretion
endotheliopathy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: endotheliopathies
Etymology: From endotheli(um) + -o- + -pathy.
Senses: glosses: Any disease of the endothelium.
endotheliopathies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of endotheliopathy
eminectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛktəmi
Forms: form: eminectomies
Etymology: From eminence + -ectomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: excision of the articular eminence
eminectomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eminectomy
dysraphic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From dys- + raphe + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to dysraphism.
dysraphia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From dys- + raphe + -ia.
Senses: glosses: dysraphism
lymphoproliferations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lymphoproliferation
glucometric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From gluco- + -metric.
Senses: glosses: Relating to glucometry
Related terms: glucometer
glucometrics
downslant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: downslants
Etymology: From down- + slant.
Senses: glosses: A downward slant.
downslant
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: downslants
form: downslanting
form: downslanted
form: downslanted
Etymology: From down- + slant.
Senses: glosses: To slant downward.
downslants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of downslant
downslants
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of downslant
downslanted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of downslant
downslanting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of downslant
endoral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɔːɹəl
Etymology: From endo- + oral.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Within the mouth.
dyscephalic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From dys- + -cephalic.
Senses: glosses: Exhibiting or relating to dyscephalia.
hypogranularity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The quality of being hypogranular.
lymphocystic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having or relating to lymphocystis or to lymphocysts
megaloblastosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megaloblastoses
Etymology: From megaloblast + -osis.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: The medical condition of having megaloblasts
megaloblastoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of megaloblastosis
juxtaepithelial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From juxta- + epithelial.
Senses: glosses: Next to the epithelium.
upslant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: upslants
Etymology: From up- + slant.
Senses: glosses: An upward slant.
upslant
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: upslants
form: upslanting
form: upslanted
form: upslanted
Etymology: From up- + slant.
Senses: glosses: To slant upward.
upslanted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of upslant
upslants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of upslant
upslants
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of upslant
eyeballers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eyeballer
intercapping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: InterCapping
Senses: examples: Near-synonyms: camel case, CamelCase
synonyms: intercaps
InterCaps
coordinate_terms: capping#Noun
capitalizing
capitalization
caps#Noun
;
all-caps#Noun
all caps
alternating caps
upstyle#Noun
headline style
initial caps
title case
sentence case
downstyle#Noun
;
lowercasing
lowercase#Noun
glosses: The use of an intercapped word; the styling produced by such use.
electroexcision
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: electroexcisions
Etymology: From electro- + excision.
Senses: glosses: excision by means of electrosurgery
electroexcisions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of electroexcision
cardioacceleration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cardio- + acceleration.
Senses: glosses: An increase in the heartbeat rate.
glosses: A form of physical training involving resistance exercises punctuated by brief periods of cardio exercise.
aortopathies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aortopathy
aortopathic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Relating to aortopathy.
idursulfase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A drug used to treat Hunter syndrome. It is a purified form of the lysosomal enzyme iduronate-2-sulfatase.
alkalemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having or relating to alkalemia.
alkalemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From alkali + -emia.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of alkalaemia.
alkalaemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of alkalemic.
alkalizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alkalizers
Etymology: From alkalize + -er.
Senses: glosses: Any substance that makes something more alkaline.
alkalizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alkalizer
antidengue
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + dengue.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Countering dengue.
sinapultide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From [Term?] + pul(monary) + -tide (“peptide, glycopeptide”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A synthetic peptide used in the drug lucinactant.
semidormancy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From semi- + dormancy.
Senses: glosses: partial dormancy
semidormant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From semi- + dormant.
Senses: glosses: partially dormant
rechromatography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rechromatographies
Etymology: From re- + chromatography.
Senses: glosses: The process of rechromatographing.
rechromatographies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rechromatography
laryngotracheobronchial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From laryngo- + tracheo- + bronchial.
Senses: glosses: Affecting the larynx, trachea, and bronchi.
laryngobronchial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From laryngo- + bronchial.
Senses: glosses: Affecting the larynx and bronchi.
semiprone
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From semi- + prone.
Senses: glosses: Lying face down but with the knees angled to one side.
retroillumination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From retro- + illumination.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The examination of a body part, or a tissue sample, by shining light from directly behind it.
retroilluminated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of retroilluminate
retroilluminates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of retroilluminate
retroilluminating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of retroilluminate
lipiduria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From lipid + -uria.
Senses: glosses: The presence of lipids in the urine.
interendothelial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + endothelial.
Senses: glosses: Between endothelium.
interembryonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + embryonic.
Senses: glosses: Between embryos.
Roux limb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Roux limbs
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The efferent or antegrade limb of the Y that serves as the primary recipient of food after Roux-en-Y anastomosis.
Roux limbs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Roux limb
hypoalbuminuria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypoalbuminurias
Etymology: From hypo- + albuminuria.
Senses: glosses: A deficiency of albumin in the urine
giardial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Giardia + -al
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Relating to the Giardia parasite
Derived terms: antigiardial
theologiser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: theologisers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of theologizer.
theologisers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of theologiser
theologate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: theologates
Senses: glosses: The course of study for Roman Catholic priests.
Related terms: theology
theologates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of theologate
hoodwinkable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hoodwinkable
form: most hoodwinkable
Etymology: From hoodwink + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to be hoodwinked.
humbuggable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more humbuggable
form: most humbuggable
form: humbugable
Etymology: From humbug + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to be deceived.
humbugable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more humbugable
form: most humbugable
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of humbuggable.
humbuggings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of humbugging
enfouldered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From en- + + Old French fouldre (“lightning”), from Latin fulgur (“lightning”), fulgere (“to flash”), + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: With foul enfouldred smoke and flashing fire
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
text: c. 1933-1934, Hugh MacDiarmid, On a Raised Beach
Glaucous, hoar, enfouldered, cyathiform,
Making mere faculae of the sun and moon […]
text: That there should be no proper conductor guiding it towards a source of light that might really aid us to see, makes the whole piece appear shaded by error, ombres chinoises; but shadow though there be, it does nothing to remove the enfouldered crack from the wall, and the charred signature such power always leaves behind.
ref: 2001, Walter Tonetto, Exiled in Language:
glosses: Mixed with lightning or fire.