cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
intramyometrial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + myometrial.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Within, or into the myometrium.
mamgu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mamgus
Etymology: From Welsh mam-gu.
Senses: examples: text: And brightly dressed mamgus sipping from a flask of whisky, lightly laced with tea for the bronchi cough.
ref: 2007, Aneurin Gareth Thomas, Luggage from Elsewhere, page 203:
text: I'm not a religious man, or at least I am not a churchgoer. But I really felt my two mamgus, Annie and Lena, were looking down on me that day from heaven, […]
ref: 2011, John Hartson, Please Don't Go: Big John's Journey Back to Life:
text: For Nora, Nancy, and all the Mamgus.
ref: 2021, Donna Amey Bhatt, How to Greet a Gran:
glosses: A grandmother.
postarthroscopic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: postarthroscopic glenohumeral chondrolysis
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: After an arthroscopy.
hold yew hard
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: References holding a horse's reins to keep it still. In this phrase, yew is an eye dialect spelling of you.
Senses: examples: text: "Hold yew hard," said old Joe. "Will a hunnerd pounds hurt ye for the passage? We might make that a feeshin' in the time."
ref: 1909, James Blyth, A Bid for Loyalty, page 60:
text: "Hold yew hard," Sweetnin' adjured him, "while I get that there little step-ladder."
ref: 1933, Ralph Hale Mottram, The Lame Dog, page 273:
text: Mum flew at her sister like a tiger. 'Hold yew hard!' she bawled, spit coming out of her mouth. 'What dew yew mean by layin' inter that child like that? 'E in't dewin' yew no 'arm. Yew always was a spiteful bitch! Yew c'n git out a' my 'ouse, quick as yew like, or I'll fist yew one in the snout!'
ref: 1986, Audrey Whiting, Gal Audrey, page 24:
text: He held up his hand in defence. "Hold yew hard, Mr Challiss; hear me out afore yew blow me 'ead orf. […]"
ref: 2010, J. A. Noble, The Lime Walk, →ISBN, page 472:
glosses: Wait for a moment. Be patient.
Related terms: hold one's horses
hang on
hold on
monoamnioticity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The quality of being monoamniotic.
dichorionicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The quality of being dichorionic.
intrapartally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: In an intrapartal manner; during birth.
interconception
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Interconceptional.
interconceptional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Between pregnancies.
chorea gravidarum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A rare type of chorea occurring as a complication of pregnancy.
a fault confessed is half redressed
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: By confessing to one's own faults, one will begin to make amends.
extrauteral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Extrauterine.
Tanga
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Swahili tanga (“sail”)
Senses: glosses: A city and port, the capital of the Tanga Region, Tanzania.
intrauteral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Intrauterine.
pronumerals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pronumeral
wellwishing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more wellwishing
form: most wellwishing
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of well-wishing.
Related terms: wellwisher
wellwishing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wellwishings
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of well-wishing.
wellwishing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of wellwish
lumpia wrapper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lumpia wrappers
Etymology: From lumpia + wrapper.
Senses: glosses: a dry pasta-like sheet made from rice flour, used in making lumpia and turon
zui quan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌzweɪ ˈt͡ʃwɑːn/
Forms: form: Zui Quan
Etymology: From Mandarin 醉拳 (zuìquán).
Senses: glosses: Drunken Fist; drunken boxing.
deltidiodont
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The orthide billingsellaceans with their strophic hinge lines, deltidiodont dentition and invariably calcareous shells, comprise two families which, although morphologically similar, have a fundamentally different style of shell secretion, reflected in their various descendants.
ref: 1979, Michael Robert House, The Origin of Major Invertebrate Groups, page 235:
text: The deltidiodont morphology did not survive the end-Permian extinctions; the modern articulated brachiopod fauna is dominated by cyrtomatodonts with crurae and loops.
ref: 2001, David Harper, Rong Jia-Yu, “Palaeozoic brachiopod extinctions, survival and recovery”, in Geological Journal, volume 36, page 317:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
antonyms: cyrtomatodont
glosses: Simple in shape, not interlocking with the dental socket.
raw_tags: of hinge teeth
deltidiodont
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deltidiodonts
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A simple hinge tooth on the shell of a brachiopod.
glosses: A shell or organism with such dentition.
rotavape
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rotavapes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of rotovap.
rotavape
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rotavapes
form: rotavaping
form: rotavaped
form: rotavaped
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of rotovap.
cyrtomatodont
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: See cyrto- / κυρτός (kurtós), -odont / ὀδούς (odoús).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
antonyms: deltidiodont
glosses: Hook-shaped, interlocking.
raw_tags: of hinge teeth
cyrtomatodont
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyrtomatodonts
Etymology: See cyrto- / κυρτός (kurtós), -odont / ὀδούς (odoús).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A knob- or hook-shaped hinge tooth on the shell of a brachiopod.
examples: text: The deltidiodont morphology did not survive the end-Permian extinctions; the modern articulated brachiopod fauna is dominated by cyrtomatodonts with crurae and loops.
ref: 2001, David Harper, Rong Jia-Yu, “Palaeozoic brachiopod extinctions, survival and recovery”, in Geological Journal, volume 36, page 317:
glosses: A shell or organism with such dentition.
antiagglutinin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antiagglutinins
Etymology: From anti- + agglutinin.
Senses: glosses: Any substance, especially an antibody, that inhibits the action of an agglutinin
antialexin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antialexins
Etymology: From anti- + alexin.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any material that counteracts the action of an alexin
Synonyms: anticomplement
anticomplement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anticomplements
Etymology: From anti- + complement.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Synonym of complement.
synonyms: word: complement
antialopecia
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + alopecia.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A substance which counters the effects of alopecia.
antiantitoxin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒksɪn
Forms: form: antiantitoxins
form: anti-antitoxin
Etymology: From anti- + antitoxin.
Senses: glosses: Any substance, especially an antibody, that counters the effects of an antitoxin
antiarachnolysin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antiarachnolysins
form: anti-arachnolysin
Etymology: From anti- + arachnolysin.
Senses: glosses: Any antivenin that counteracts the effects of arachnolysin
antiautolysin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antiautolysins
form: anti-autolysin
Etymology: From anti- + autolysin.
Senses: glosses: Any substance, especially an antibody, that counters the effects of an autolysin
antibechic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antibechic
form: most antibechic
Etymology: From anti- + bechic.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of antitussive.
synonyms: word: antitussive
antibechic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antibechics
Etymology: From anti- + bechic.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of antitussive.
synonyms: word: antitussive
antibiont
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antibionts
Etymology: From anti- + -biont.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any organism that produces antibiotics or participates in antibiosis
anticarious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæn.tiˈkɛəɹi.əs/
ipa: /ˌæn.tiˈkɛɹi.əs/
ipa: /ˌæn.taɪˈ-/
rhymes: -ɛəɹi.əs
Forms: form: more anticarious
form: most anticarious
Etymology: From anti- + carious.
Senses: topics: dentistry
medicine
sciences
glosses: That prevents, or counteracts caries
anticholinergenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + cholinergenic.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of anticholinergic.
synonyms: word: anticholinergic
anticollagenase
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + collagenase.
Senses: glosses: That counters the effects of collagenase
anticytotoxin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anticytotoxins
Etymology: From anti- + cytotoxin.
Senses: glosses: Any substance, especially an antibody, that counteracts the effects of a cytotoxin.
antienzyme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antienzymes
Etymology: From anti- + enzyme.
Senses: glosses: Any substance, especially an antibody or another enzyme, that counteracts the effects of a specific enzyme
antiepithelial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: anti-epithelial
Etymology: From anti- + epithelial.
Senses: glosses: That inhibits the action of any material in the epithelium
antiepithelial
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antiepithelials
form: anti-epithelial
Etymology: From anti- + epithelial.
Senses: glosses: Such a material
antiexudative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antiexudative
form: most antiexudative
form: anti-exudative
Senses: glosses: That counteracts exudation
antifibrillatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antifibrillatory
form: most antifibrillatory
Etymology: From anti- + fibrillatory.
Senses: glosses: That counteracts fibrillation
antifungicide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antifungicides
Etymology: From anti- + fungicide.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of fungicide (antifungal agent)
synonyms: word: fungicide
extra: antifungal agent
antigalactagogue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antigalactagogues
Etymology: From anti- + galactagogue.
Senses: glosses: Any antigalactic substance
antihaemagglutinin
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: anti-haemagglutinin
Etymology: From anti- + haemagglutinin.
Senses: glosses: That counters the effects of haemagglutinin
antihaemolysin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antihaemolysins
form: anti-haemolysin
Etymology: From anti- + haemolysin.
Senses: glosses: Any substance, especially an antibody, that counters the effects of haemolysin
antihaemophilic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antihaemophilic
form: most antihaemophilic
Etymology: From anti- + haemophilic.
Senses: glosses: That counters the effects of haemophilia
Hooverize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhuvɚaɪz/
ipa: /ˈhuːvə(ɹ)aɪz/
Forms: form: Hooverizes
form: Hooverizing
form: Hooverized
form: Hooverized
form: Hooverise
form: hooverize
form: hooverise
Etymology: From Hoover + -ize, named after Herbert Hoover, who, as head of the Food and Drug Administration during World War I, encouraged Americans to ration food. Apparently coined in the poem reproduced below.
Senses: examples: text: The clean plate is the slogan of today, / And we this vital war-cry must obey, / And waste no single particle or crust / And save the scraps, for now we really must / Hooverize! / The empty garbage pail is now the rage, / And in this ‘war on waste’ which we must wage / To throw away an egg shell will be sin / So if, with great success, we are to win, / Hooverize! / Things must be canned which never were before, / We must have fruits and vegetables galore, / There must be lots of corn and beets and beans, / And to us all this warning simple means, / Hooverize! / Our soldiers must be fed in France and here, / To all of us our soldiers are most dear, / And we must ‘do our bit’ and help along, / And every one of us must sing the song, / Hooverize! / ‘Conserve your food supply and win the war,’ / All of you have read these words before, / But when you red them now remember you / Have got your ‘little bit’ cut out to do— / So Hooverize!
ref: 1917, Margaret Leet Beckman, “Hooverize!”, in Table Talk, volume 43, number 3, page 21:
text: ‘Hooverize’ is the word in our national economical situation. Let us Hooverize in the telephone service; conserve the force that plays such an important role in our present-day business methods; save time; save electricity spent on tomfoolery gossipping over the wire; keep the front door for business wide open; Hooverize for measured service.
ref: 1918, Whilhelm Bodemann, “Hooverizing the Telephone”, in N.A.R.D. Journal, volume 26, page 25:
text: As William Leuchtenburg writes: So pervasive were the food administrator’s messages that Webster’s gained a new entry: Hooverize, meaning to economize in the national interest. It became a household word. A 1918 Valentine’s Day card read: I can Hooverize on dinner, / And on lights and fuel too, / But I'll never learn to Hooverize, / When it comes to loving you.
ref: 2017, Barry Riley, The Political History of American Food Aid: An Uneasy Benevolence, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 25:
glosses: To be economical in the use of a resource, particularly food.
wikipedia: Food and Drug Administration
antiketogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From anti- + ketogenesis.
Senses: glosses: The inhibition of ketogenesis
Related terms: antiketogenic
Hooverise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Hooverises
form: Hooverising
form: Hooverised
form: Hooverised
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Hooverize.
Hooverizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Hooverize
Hooverizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Hooverize
Hooverizing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Hooverizings
Senses: glosses: The action of the verb to Hooverize.
Hooverized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Hooverize
hooverizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hooverize
hooverizing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The action of the verb to hooverize.
hooverized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hooverize
hooverize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hooverizes
form: hooverizing
form: hooverized
form: hooverized
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Hooverize.
hooverise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hooverises
form: hooverising
form: hooverised
form: hooverised
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Hooverize.
hooverises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hooverise
hooverising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hooverise
hooverising
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hooverisings
Senses: glosses: The action of the verb to hooverise.
hooverised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hooverise
hooverizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hooverize
antileukocidin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antileukocidins
Etymology: From anti- + leukocidin.
Senses: glosses: Any substance, especially an antibody, that counters the effects of leukocidin
antileukoprotease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antileukoproteases
Etymology: From anti- + leukoprotease.
Senses: glosses: Any substance that inhibits the action of a leukoprotease
leukoprotease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leukoproteases
form: leucoprotease
Etymology: From leuko- + protease.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any leukocyte protease
Derived terms: antileukoprotease
Hooverising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Hooverise
Hooverising
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Hooverisings
Senses: glosses: The action of the verb to Hooverise.
Hooverised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Hooverise
Hooverises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Hooverise
antilipotropic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antilipotropic
form: most antilipotropic
Etymology: From anti- + lipotropic.
Senses: glosses: That counters the effects of lipotropin
WINE
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: Alternative form of Wine.
anarchocommunists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anarchocommunist
Aristippus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἀρίστιππος (Arístippos).
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Ancient Greek, of historical usage.
Derived terms: Aristippian
Eratosthenes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ɛɹəˈtɒsθəniz/
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἐρατοσθένης (Eratosthénēs).
Senses: glosses: An Ancient Greek polymath at Alexandria, best known for his studies of geography.
Derived terms: Eratosthenian
antilysin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antilysins
Etymology: From anti- + lysin.
Senses: glosses: Any substance that protects cells from the action of a lysin
antimer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antimers
Senses: glosses: Synonym of enantiomer.
synonyms: word: enantiomer
antimonylgluconate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antimonylgluconates
Senses: examples: sodium antimonylgluconate
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A gluconate of antimony and another metal
Arsinoe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɑɹˈsɪ.noʊ(.i)/
ipa: /ɑːˈsɪ.nəʊ(.iː)/
Forms: form: Arsinoë
Etymology: From Latin Arsinoē, itself from Ancient Greek Ἀρσινόη (Arsinóē), the female form of Ἀρσίνοος (Arsínoos), from ἄρσις (ársis, “elevation”) + νόος (nóos, “mind”).
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Arsinoë.
antimonyltartrate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antimonyltartrates
Senses: examples: potassium antimonyltartrate
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A tartrate of antimony and another metal
antimyasthenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antimyasthenic
form: most antimyasthenic
Etymology: From anti- + myasthenic.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: That counters the effect of myasthenia
antineurotoxin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antineurotoxins
Etymology: From anti- + neurotoxin.
Senses: glosses: Any substance, especially an antibody, that counters the effect of a neurotoxin
antioestrogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + oestrogenic or antioestrogen + -ic.
Senses: glosses: That counters the effects of oestrogen
antiparietal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + parietal.
Senses: glosses: That affect the proper functioning of the parietal cells
antipellagra
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + pellagra.
Senses: glosses: That prevents the onset of pellagra
antipernicious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + pernicious.
Senses: examples: antipernicious anemia factor
glosses: That counters a pernicious disease
antiplectic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛktɪk
Etymology: From anti- + -plectic.
Senses: glosses: That moves in the opposite direction to a group of synchronized waves
antiprostate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + prostate.
Senses: examples: antiprostate cancer
glosses: That counters a disease of the prostate
antiprothrombin
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + prothrombin.
Senses: glosses: That counters the production or function of prothrombin
antiprothrombinase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antiprothrombinases
Etymology: From anti- + prothrombinase.
Senses: glosses: Any substance that counters the function of prothrombinase
antipyogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antipyogenic
form: most antipyogenic
Etymology: From anti- + pyogenic.
Senses: glosses: That counters pyogenesis
antipyrimidine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antipyrimidines
Etymology: From anti- + pyrimidine.
Senses: glosses: An analogue of the pyrimidines and derived nucleotides that acts as an antimetabolite
antireticular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + reticular.
Senses: examples: antireticular cytotoxic serum
glosses: That counters the functioning of the reticuloendothelial system
antiseborrhoeic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + seborrhoeic.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of antiseborrheic.
antistaphylolysin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antistaphylolysins
Etymology: From anti- + staphylolysin.
Senses: glosses: Any substance that counters staphylolysin
staphylolysin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A hemolysin produced by a staphylococcus bacteria
antisperm
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + sperm.
Senses: topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: Causing an immune reaction with sperm.
antisterility
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + sterility.
Senses: examples: antisterility vitamin
glosses: That prevent or counter sterility
antistreptokinase
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + streptokinase.
Senses: examples: antistreptokinase antibody
glosses: That counters the action of streptokinase
antisubstance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antisubstances
Senses: glosses: Synonym of antibody.
synonyms: word: antibody
glosses: Synonym of antimatter.
synonyms: word: antimatter
antithenar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + thenar.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Situated opposite to the palm of the hand or the sole of the foot
spyhop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spyhops
form: spy hop
form: spy-hop
Etymology: From spy + hop.
Senses: examples: text: In a more vigorous spyhop, the pectorals are exposed but are rarely brought completely out of the water. On occasion a whale respires during a spyhop.
ref: 1986, Barbara C. Kirkevold, Joan S. Lockard, Behavioral Biology of Killer Whales, A.R. Liss, page 153:
text: Our cook aboard Varua once had a memorable experience when a curious whale swam under the ship and surfaced next to the galley porthole in a spyhop.
ref: 1989, Cynthia D'Vincent, Voyaging with the Whales, McClelland & Stewart, page 116:
text: A spyhop occurs when a whale remains stationary and upright while raising its head vertically out of the water, before sinking smoothly below the surface without much splash. It is sometimes known as a head rise or eye-out.
ref: 2016, Mark Carwardine, Mark Carwardine's Guide to Whale Watching in Britain and Europe, 2nd edition, Bloomsbury:
glosses: The action of raising the front half of the body out of the sea in a controlled manner.
raw_tags: of a cetacean or shark
Synonyms: eye-out
head rise
spyhop
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: spyhops
form: spyhopping
form: spyhopped
form: spyhopped
form: spy hop
form: spy-hop
Etymology: From spy + hop.
Senses: examples: text: Killer whales sometimes spyhop. To spyhop, they lift the front half of their body out of the water.
ref: 2002, Anne Welsbacher, Killer Whales, Capstone High-Interest Books, page 14
text: Many species of cetacean, especially those that frequent coastal waters, ‘spyhop’. They raise their heads slowly out of the water and look around. Spyhopping probably enables them to orient themselves or find the source of a disturbance.
ref: 2006, Trevor Day, Whalewatcher, Marshall Editions, page 21
text: This is a very aerially active species, and killer whales often breach, spyhop, flipper-slap and fluke-slap; they often perform these behaviors in bouts.
ref: 2008, Thomas A. Jefferson, Marc A. Webber, Robert L. Pitman, Marine Mammals of the World: A Comprehensive Guide to their Identification, Elsevier, page 162:
glosses: To raise the front half of the body out of the sea in a controlled manner.
raw_tags: of a cetacean or shark
antitropic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɒpɪk
Etymology: From anti- + -tropic.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: On the opposite side of a bilaterally symmetric relationship (as the left and right hands)
spyhops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spyhop
spyhops
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of spyhop
antitryptic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antitryptic
form: most antitryptic
Etymology: From anti- + tryptic.
Senses: glosses: That inhibits the action of trypsin
spyhopping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spyhoppings
form: spy hopping
form: spy-hopping
Senses: examples: text: A second behavior that gray whales often engage in is “spyhopping” — pushing themselves vertically out of the water for up to thirty seconds.
ref: 2000, Serge Dedina, Saving the Gray Whale: People, Politics, and Conservation in Baja California, The University of Arizona Press, page 17:
text: Spyhopping is when orcas raise their heads above water to see what's going on around them - particularly useful when hunting.
ref: 2013, Claire Throp, Orcas, Raintree, page 31:
text: Spyhopping involves projection of the rostrum out of the water. This enables the individual to see above the surface of the water, perhaps to spot potential prey (for killer whales), predators, or conspecifics.
ref: 2015, Annalisa Berta, Whales, Dolphins & Porpoises: A Natural History and Species Guide, page 58:
glosses: The act of one who spyhops.
spyhopping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: spy hopping
form: spy-hopping
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of spyhop
spyhoppings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spyhopping
spyhopped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of spyhop
labiomaxillary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪləɹi
-æksɪlɛəɹi
Forms: form: more labiomaxillary
form: most labiomaxillary
Etymology: From labio- + maxillary.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the lip and the maxilla.
bhajji
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bhajjis
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bhaji.
bhajjis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bhajji
visionlessness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From visionless + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Inability to see; blindness.
glosses: Lack of inspiration; state of being uninspired.
pommerac
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pommeracs
form: pomerac
Senses: synonyms: Malay apple
glosses: The edible fruit of Syzygium malaccense.
pommeracs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pommerac
tsama
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tsamas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tsamma.
tsamas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tsama
gluttonie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gluttonies
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of gluttony.
predegree
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + degree.
Senses: glosses: Prior to an academic degree.
downstreamer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: downstreamers
Etymology: From downstream + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person who lives downstream.
upstreamer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: upstreamers
Etymology: From upstream + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person who lives upstream.
upstreamers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of upstreamer
downstreamers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of downstreamer
Cordillera
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /koɾ.d̪ɪlˈjɛː.ɾɐ/
Senses: glosses: A province of Bolivia. See Cordillera Province (Bolivia).
glosses: A province of Chile. See Cordillera Province, Chile.
glosses: A department of Paraguay. See Cordillera Department.
glosses: A region of the Philippines. See Cordillera Administrative Region.
Thorri
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Þorri
Etymology: From Icelandic þorri.
Senses: examples: text: By the month of Þorri, a month which does not in fact exist in towns, I had become quite convinced – and indeed much earlier than that.
ref: 1961, Halldór Laxness, translated by Magnus Magnusson, The Atom Station, Vintage, published 2014, page 113:
text: The month of Thorri was followed by Góa, when the farmer often left to go fishing and his wife had to see to managing the household.
ref: 1998, Terry G. Lacy, Ring of Seasons, University of Michigan Press, published 2000, page 59:
glosses: The fourth winter month in the Icelandic calendar, running from mid-January to mid-February.
adjacent angle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adjacent angles
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Either of a pair of angles that share a common side
angle of elevation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: angles of elevation
Senses: glosses: The angle formed by the line of sight and the horizontal plane for an object above the horizontal.
angle of depression
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛʃən
Forms: form: angles of depression
Senses: glosses: The angle formed by the line of sight and the horizontal plane for an object below the horizontal.
opposite angle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: opposite angles
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Either of the angles directly opposite to each other when two lines intersect in a plane.
Synonyms: vertical angle
corresponding angle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: corresponding angles
Senses: glosses: Angles which occupy the same relative position at each intersection where a straight line crosses two others. If the two lines are parallel, the corresponding angles are equal.
conjugate angle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: conjugate angles
Senses: glosses: Any of a set of angles whose sum is 360° or 2π radians.
drider
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɹaɪdɚ/
ipa: /ˈdɹaɪdə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: driders
Etymology: Blend of drow + spider.
Senses: examples: text: What a cool army! Do you have Driders or spider riders in there as well?
ref: 2001 April 12, RT Maitreya, “Dark Elf Giant Spider”, in rec.games.miniatures.warhammer (Usenet):
text: I did my best to avoid the driders, but there are a lot of rocks to negotiate around that river, and normal running doesn't cut it. I die. Again.
ref: 2001 August 29, Bradmeister, “A server with no ANON”, in alt.games.everquest (Usenet):
text: This would have been enough to kill a typical generically named character, but the Drider had already proven she was anything but typical.
ref: 2002 July 23, swlucky, “[OW!] Never trust a youma”, in alt.fan.sailor-moon (Usenet):
text: 2004, Roby Ward, Heroes of Watussin, Llumina Press， page 206.
The drider had however moved close as he beseeched the entity behind the door, so found himself needing to bend his black elvish upper torso back towards the ceiling in order to avoid being slammed by the sudden rush of the massive slab.
text: I was in a dungeon, alone, nude.
Suddenly and without warning, a huge gay drider came from behind and shoved his massive drider cock up my anus!!!
[…]
Now my willy is sore and my asshole hurts badly and I have the foul taste of drider cum in my mouth and I lost 90% of my hitpoints!
So NEVER walk around in a dungeon nude, because gay driders may rape you!
ref: 2004 October 23, Karl-Hugo Weesberg, “A gay drider raped me ! ! ! !”, in can.uucp (Usenet):
text: 2010, Matthew Lehmann, Wulf's Gate, Xlibris, page 26. Bolded "a" is original.
“Shh, No not a drider. Drider. He is one of the cruelest elves I know, and one of the fastest. […]”
text: “They were killed by Drider venom that was injected into the back of their necks. […]”
ref: 2012, Matthew Mackenzie, The History of Valin Sol: The Decay Years, WestBow Press, page 2:
topics: fantasy
glosses: A monstrous hybrid of a drow or other dark elf and a spider, with a humanoid (vertical) upper body and an arachnid opisthosoma forming the (horizontal) lower part.
driders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of drider
Roshei Chodashim
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Rosh Chodesh
spy-hop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spy-hops
Senses: examples: text: Gradually, spy-hopping humpbacks viewing whaling vessels became mating whales embracing in a double spy-hop.
ref: 1995, Michelle A. Gilders, Reflections of a Whale-Watcher, Indiana University Press, page 47:
text: Soon, a mother whale marked by nature with a white, iris-shaped star on her side and a calf with a matching star surfaced bear the bow of our boat where I was sitting. Then they popped up together in a dual spy-hop.
ref: 1999, Bobbie Sandoz-Merrill, In the Presence of High Beings: What Dolphins Want You to Know, Council Oak Books, page 181:
glosses: Alternative form of spyhop.
spy-hop
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: spy-hops
form: spy-hopping
form: spy-hopped
form: spy-hopped
Senses: examples: text: Humpbacks are known to spy-hop and are perhaps the most aerial of cetaceans.
ref: 1995, Michelle A. Gilders, Reflections of a Whale-Watcher, Indiana University Press, page 47:
text: It was once thought that they stood on their tails on the ocean bottom to do this, but grays have been seen spy-hopping in very deep water and obviously can spy-hop merely by treading water with their tail flukes.
ref: 1998, Robert H. Busch, Gray Whales: Wandering Giants, Orca Book Publishers, page 32:
text: Much of what these whales are doing eludes us. This became evident when I asked Payne whether we know why they spy-hop and breach.
ref: 2001, Dick Russell, Eye of the Whale: Epic Passage from Baja to Siberia, Simon & Schuster, page 186:
glosses: Alternative form of spyhop.
spy-hops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spy-hop
spy-hops
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of spy-hop
spy-hopping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spy-hoppings
Senses: examples: text: We absolutely do not know about spy-hopping. It has not been studied in a systematic enough way. It should be.
ref: 2001, Dick Russell, Eye of the Whale: Epic Passage from Baja to Siberia, Simon & Schuster, page 186:
glosses: Alternative form of spyhopping.
spy-hopping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of spy-hop
spy-hoppings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spy-hopping
spy-hopped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of spy-hop
actinomycoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: actinomycomas
form: actinomycomata
Senses: glosses: The granulomatous lesion characteristic of actinomycosis
spy hop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spy hops
Senses: examples: text: Three of the spy hops were observed in quick succession on one evening at 22.45ish. On that occasion the male rotated 45° after each spy hop.
ref: 2002, The Irish Naturalists' Journal, volume 27, page 189:
text: Or you might see a spy hop, where the whale rises straight up out of the water, often turning 90-180 dgrees before slipping back down.
ref: 2011, Sharon Hamblin, Oahu's North Shore, Hunter Publishing:
text: Would you know what to do if you witnessed the spectacular sight of a whale “breaching”? Could you tell the difference between a “spy hop” and “lobtailing”?
ref: 2012, James Doyle, A Young Scientist's Guide to Defying Disasters with Skill & Daring, Gibbs Smith, page 142:
glosses: Alternative form of spyhop.
spy hop
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: spy hops
form: spy hopping
form: spy hopped
form: spy hopped
Senses: examples: text: Humpbacks have inquisitive natures and will regularly spy hop to look at their surroundings, often around whale-watching boats.
ref: 1992, Ross Isaacs, Tina Dalton, The Australian Guide to Whale Watching, Weldon, page 22:
text: Humpback eyes are on the sides of their heads. They cannot always see things in front of them. Because of this, humpbacks spy hop when boats are close to them.
ref: 1997, Randy Frahm, Wildlife of North America: The Humpback Whale, Redbrick Learning, page 9:
glosses: Alternative form of spyhop.
spy hops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spy hop
spy hops
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of spy hop
spy hopped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of spy hop
actinophytosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: actinophytoses
Senses: glosses: Synonym of actinomycosis.
synonyms: word: actinomycosis
spy hopping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spy hoppings
Senses: examples: text: Spy hopping is a term to describe a whale raising its head vertically out of the water.
ref: 2002, The Irish Naturalists' Journal, volume 27, page 189:
text: Spy hopping is a very clever and controlled behavior carried out by whales. It involves the whale raising its head vertically out of the water and holding itself there, sometimes for several minutes.
ref: 2012, James Doyle, A Young Scientist's Guide to Defying Disasters with Skill & Daring, Gibbs Smith, page 142:
glosses: Alternative form of spyhopping.
spy hopping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of spy hop
spy hoppings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spy hopping
aculeacin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aculeacins
Senses: glosses: Any of a group of lipopeptide antibiotics
acyladenylate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acyladenylates
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any acyl adenylate
acylamidase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acylamidases
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Synonym of amidase.
synonyms: word: amidase
acylhydrolase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acylhydrolases
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any acyl hydrolase
acylmercaptan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acylmercaptans
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An acyl mercaptan
acyloxyacyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acyloxyacyls
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any acyloxy derivative of an acyl group
adactylia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of adactyly.
adansonian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From the name of Michel Adanson.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: That gives equal weight to every character of an organism
raw_tags: of a classification
wikipedia: Michel Adanson
adenofibrosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adenofibroses
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: a nodular, benign breast lesion consisting of hyperplastic distorted lobules of acinar tissue with increased collagenous stroma
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: a benign nodular microscopic lesion of the prostate consisting of acinar tissue with increased stroma
adenohypophysitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From adeno- + hypophysitis.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: An inflammation of the anterior pituitary gland
adenolipomatosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adenolipomatoses
Etymology: From adeno- + lipomatosis.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: The formation of numerous adenolipomas in the neck, axilla and groin
adenolymphocele
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adenolymphoceles
Etymology: From adeno- + lymphocele.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: cystic dilation of lymph nodes caused by an obstruction
adenomyosarcoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adenomyosarcomas
Etymology: From adeno- + myosarcoma.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A myosarcoma that contains striated muscle cells
Synonyms: Wilms syndrome
Wilms tumor
lobtails
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lobtail
lobtailing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lobtail
lobtailing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lobtailings
Senses: examples: text: The researchers witnessed three lobtailings and two breaches.
glosses: The action of a whale when it lobtails.
lobtailed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of lobtail
adenophlegmon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: inflammation of a lymph gland
adenosatellite
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From adeno- + satellite.
Senses: glosses: Relating to dependoviruses
adenosinase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adenosinases
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of adenosine
Donalda
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name.
warchest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: warchests
Etymology: From war (major conflict) + chest (metaphorical place used to store objects).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of war chest.
warchests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of warchest
stop loss
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stop losses
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of stop-loss.
stop losses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stop loss
jeevaatma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jeevaatmas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of jivatma.
jeevaatmas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jeevaatma
jivatma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jivatmas
form: jeevatma
form: jeevaatma
form: jivaatma
Etymology: From Sanskrit जीव (jīva) + Sanskrit आत्मन् (ātman).
Senses: glosses: An individual soul.
jivatmas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jivatma
pakoda
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pakodas
Senses: examples: text: Through the window, they passed the children a batch of freshly fried pakodas wrapped in newspaper, the oil already starting to seep through.
ref: 2023, Santanu Bhattacharya, One Small Voice, Fig Tree, page 99:
glosses: Alternative form of pakora.
Derived terms: pakodanomics
pakodas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pakoda
hotfooted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hotfoot
hotfooting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hotfoot
huwoman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: huwomen
Etymology: Blend of human + woman; in analogy to man, as it appears to be in the word human.
Senses: glosses: A woman; a female human.
Related terms: herstory
huwomen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of huwoman
artpreneur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɑːt.pɹəˈnɜː/
ipa: /ˌɑɹt.pɹəˈnɝ/
ipa: /ˌɑɹt.pɹəˈnʊɚ/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)
rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ)
Forms: form: artpreneurs
Etymology: Blend of art + entrepreneur
Senses: glosses: An artist who is an entrepreneur.
artpreneurs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of artpreneur
Molochize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈməʊlɒkaɪz/
ipa: /ˈmoʊlɑkaɪz/
ipa: /ˈmɑləkaɪz/
Forms: form: Molochizes
form: Molochizing
form: Molochized
form: Molochized
form: Molochise
Etymology: From Moloch + -ize, named after Moloch, a Biblical pagan god.
Senses: examples: text: Humanity was dead, for superstition Molochized the heart.
ref: 1823, William Hone, “February 23: Stoning the Jews in Lent.—A Custom.”, in The every-day book, or, The guide to the year, volume 2, page 295:
text: Look to the skies, then to the river, strike / Their hearts, and hold their babies up to it. / I think that they would Molochize them too, / To have the heavens clear.
ref: 1876, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Harold: A Drama, page 21:
glosses: To offer as a sacrifice.
wikipedia: Moloch
Nether-Saxon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Nether Saxon
form: Nethersaxon
Etymology: From nether- + Saxon, influenced by or a calque of German niedersächsisch (as a noun Niedersächsisch) and similar terms in Dutch (Nedersaksisch) and Low German.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Low German.
synonyms: word: Low German
Nether-Saxon
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Nether-Saxon
form: most Nether-Saxon
form: Nether Saxon
form: Nethersaxon
Etymology: From nether- + Saxon, influenced by or a calque of German niedersächsisch (as a noun Niedersächsisch) and similar terms in Dutch (Nedersaksisch) and Low German.
Senses: examples: text: Some of the same songs are, it is said, to be found in the Thuringian dialect in a MS. collection at Jena. Kinderling, in his history of the Plattdeutsch, Nether-Saxon, or Low-German tongue [...]
ref: 1825, Edgar Taylor, Sarah Austin, Lays of the minnesingers or German troubadours, page 106:
glosses: Of or relating to the Low German tongue, people or culture.
Molochizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Molochize
Molochizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Molochize
Molochise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Molochises
form: Molochising
form: Molochised
form: Molochised
Etymology: From Moloch + -ise, named after Moloch, a Biblical pagan god.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Molochize.
wikipedia: Moloch
Molochises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Molochise
Molochising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Molochise
Molochised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Molochise
Hooverizings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Hooverizing