cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Druckerian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Druckerian
form: most Druckerian
Etymology: From Drucker + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Peter Drucker (1909–2005), Austrian-born American management consultant, educator, and author, whose writings contributed to the philosophical and practical foundations of the modern business corporation.
antimonopolism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From anti- + monopolism.
Senses: qualifier: economy
glosses: Opposition to monopolies.
antimonopolistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antimonopolistic
form: most antimonopolistic
Etymology: From anti- + monopolistic.
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: Opposing monopolies.
memexes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of memex
ganglionopathy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ganglionopathies
Etymology: From ganglion + -pathy.
Senses: glosses: A disease affecting the ganglia.
ganglionopathies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ganglionopathy
panautonomic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pan- + autonomic.
Senses: glosses: Involving the whole autonomic nervous system.
Masefieldian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Masefieldian
form: most Masefieldian
Etymology: From Masefield + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to John Masefield (1878–1967), English poet and writer.
wholistically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more wholistically
form: most wholistically
Etymology: From wholistic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of holistically.
nonpartial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + partial.
Senses: synonyms: word: impartial
word: unpartial
word: candid
word: cold
word: clinical
word: detached
word: egal
word: equal
word: equitable
word: evenhanded
word: fairhanded
word: fair-minded
word: disinterested
word: dispassionate
word: impartial
word: imprejudicate
word: indifferent
word: indistinguishing
word: neuter
word: neutral
word: nonaligned
word: nonpartial
word: nonpartisan
word: nonpersonal
word: objective
word: unbiased
word: unbigoted
word: uninterested
word: unpartial
word: unpartisan
word: unprejudiced
word: unprepossessed
glosses: Not partial.
nonimpartial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + impartial.
Senses: synonyms: partial
glosses: Not impartial.
unimpartible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unimpartible
form: most unimpartible
Etymology: From un- + impartible.
Senses: glosses: That cannot be imparted.
unimpartable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unimpartable
form: most unimpartable
Etymology: From un- + impartable.
Senses: glosses: That cannot be imparted.
impartialities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of impartiality
impartable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more impartable
form: most impartable
Etymology: From impart + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being imparted.
Derived terms: unimpartable
decketh
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: deck + -eth
Senses: examples: text: He hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Isaiah 61:10:
glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of deck
deckless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From deck + -less.
Senses: examples: a deckless barge
glosses: Without a deck.
unbreathing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + breathing.
Senses: glosses: Not breathing.
unbreathy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unbreathy
form: most unbreathy
Etymology: From un- + breathy.
Senses: glosses: Not breathy.
breathabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of breathability
renounceth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: renounce + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of renounce
overreacheth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: overreach + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overreach
overspreadeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: overspread + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overspread
orbiform
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: orbiforms
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A plane for which the distance between the points of contact of two nonequal parallel tangents at a circle is the same everywhere.
orbiforms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of orbiform
nonresultant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + resultant.
Senses: glosses: Not resultant.
nonresult
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonresults
Etymology: From non- + result.
Senses: examples: text: Why would you want to publish these nonresults?
glosses: A meaningless or unsatisfactory result.
nonresults
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonresult
zoospermic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From zoosperm + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to zoosperm.
Derived terms: hyperzoospermic
hypozoospermic
normozoospermic
oligozoospermic
Coetzee
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /kutˈseɪ.ə/
ipa: /-ˈsi-/
other: /koʊt-/
other: /kɜ(ɹ)t-/
Forms: form: Coetzees
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Coetzeean
spit in someone's face
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: spits in someone's face
form: spitting in someone's face
form: spat in someone's face
form: spat in someone's face
form: spit in someone's face
form: spit in someone's face
Senses: examples: text: You tried to spit in the eye of a dead man's face
Attacked the ways of a man not yet in his grave
But your hate was over all too soon
Because nothing is over
And nothing's through 'til we bury you
ref: 2007, “Aesthetics of Hate”, performed by Machine Head:
glosses: To disrespect someone; to disdain or denigrate one's worth or dignity; to betray.
mensiochronology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The dating of bricks, brickwork and similar building materials by analysis of their dimensions and composition
unholy trinity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unholy trinities
Senses: examples: text: In her essay "Zora Neale Hurston: A Cautionary Tale and a Partisan View," Alice Walker deems Hurston, Billie Holiday, and Bessie Smith "an unholy trinity."
ref: 2005, Cheryl A. Wall, Worrying the Line: Black Women Writers, Lineage, and Literary Tradition:
glosses: A set of three antagonistic and closely associated people or things.
topics: economics
sciences
glosses: Synonym of impossible trinity.
synonyms: word: impossible trinity
merchant venturer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: merchant venturers
Senses: glosses: A late-medieval organiser of trading expeditions, especially one belonging to the Society of Merchant Venturers.
metaphylaxis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From meta- + phylaxis.
Senses: glosses: Mass medication of a group of animals, in advance of an expected outbreak of disease.
metania
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metanias
form: metany
Etymology: From Ancient Greek μετάνοια (metánoia). Doublet of metanoia.
Senses: glosses: prostration as an expression of reverence in a church
metatheatre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From meta- + theatre. Coined by Lionel Abel.
Senses: glosses: self-referential drama
non-detachable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nondetachable.
microkini
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -iːni
Forms: form: microkinis
Etymology: From micro- + bikini.
Senses: glosses: A very skimpy bikini that covers little beyond the genitals and nipples.
air sock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: air socks
Senses: glosses: Synonym of windsock.
synonyms: word: windsock
cabin hook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cabin hooks
Senses: glosses: A short metal rod that ends in a hook, used as a latch to keep a door or window closed
wing in ground effect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wing in ground effects
form: wing-in-ground effect
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: ground effect on a wing of an aircraft flying close to the ground
monolithism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monolithisms
Etymology: From monolith + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Extreme rigidity or orthodoxy of a political or ideological movement
secondary consumer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: secondary consumers
Senses: glosses: a secondary consumer eats what is below it in the food chain.
neuroproteins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neuroprotein
ground power
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Electric power supplied from the ground to an aircraft while it is on the ground.
glosses: Electric power supplied from the shore to a ship or boat while it is lying at berth.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Ground forces.
Synonyms: sense: power supplied to a ship
word: shorepower
sense: power supplied to a ship
word: cold ironing
psychopragmatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From psycho- + pragmatic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to psychopragmatics.
ontopragmatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to ontopragmatics.
coconstruct
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: coconstructs
form: coconstructing
form: coconstructed
form: coconstructed
form: co-construct
Etymology: From co- + construct.
Senses: glosses: To construct together.
Related terms: coconstruction
coconstructive
coconstructing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of coconstruct
coconstructs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of coconstruct
coconstructed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of coconstruct
sociopragmatics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From socio- + pragmatics.
Senses: glosses: The aspect of language use that relates to everyday social practices.
neohumanist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neohumanists
Etymology: From neo- + humanist.
Senses: glosses: A follower of neohumanism.
neohumanists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neohumanist
multidetermined
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + determined.
Senses: examples: text: Eating disorders are often multidetermined.
glosses: Determined by multiple factors.
Related terms: multidetermination
multidetermination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From multi- + determination.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being multidetermined.
coconstruction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coconstructions
Etymology: From co- + construction.
Senses: glosses: A joint process of constructing.
Derived terms: coconstructional
Related terms: coconstruct
coconstructive
coconstructive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more coconstructive
form: most coconstructive
Etymology: From co- + constructive.
Senses: examples: text: Therapy is a coconstructive dialogue.
glosses: Relating to coconstruction; jointly constructing something.
Related terms: coconstruct
coconstruction
coconstructional
codefine
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: codefines
form: codefining
form: codefined
form: codefined
Etymology: From co- + define.
Senses: glosses: To define jointly.
glosses: To define (each other).
Related terms: codefinition
codefining
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of codefine
codefines
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of codefine
codefined
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of codefine
Hayne
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Hayneville
evanescences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of evanescence
ichthyotoxic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ichthyotoxic
form: most ichthyotoxic
Etymology: From ichthyo- + toxic.
Senses: examples: ichthyotoxic algae
glosses: toxic to fish
Related terms: ichthyotoxicity
ichthyotoxicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ichthyotoxicities
Etymology: From ichthyo- + toxicity.
Senses: examples: text: Outcomes of antibacterial and antipredatory screening tests. Results for the ichthyotoxicity tests indicate the number of fish (out of three) killed within the 1.5 h exposure period, and the time of first mortality.
ref: 1985, Claus Nielsen, Gilbert Powell Larwood, Bryozoa: Ordovician to Recent:
text: Ichthyotoxicity among respective pavoninins did not differ much, all being lethal to Japanese killifish at 5-10 ppm.
ref: 1993, David H. Attaway, Marine Biotechnology Volume 1: Pharmaceutical and Bioactive Natural Products:
text: Blooms of the marine microalga Fibrocapsa japonica (Raphidophyceae) are suggested to lead to the diminution of fish stocks, but the exact mechanism(s) involved in ichthyotoxicity is still unclear.
ref: 2013, Issues in Life Sciences—Botany and Plant Biology Research:
glosses: toxicity to fish
Related terms: ichthyotoxism
ichthyotoxicities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ichthyotoxicity
ifackins
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: I don't pretend to give your la'ship advice, whereof your la'ship knows much better than I can pretend to, being but a servant; but, ifackins! no father in England should marry me against my consent.
ref: 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:
glosses: A mild oath.
biofarming
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bio- + farming.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of biopharming.
postalveolars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of postalveolar
unparadoxically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unparadoxically
form: most unparadoxically
Etymology: From unparadoxical + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: In his view, the unity of the faith coexisted unparadoxically with heterogeneity of custom because the one church was governed and regulated by the one Holy Spirit.
ref: 1993, Stephen D. Benin, The Footprints of God:
glosses: In a way that is not paradoxical.
partword
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: partwords
Etymology: From part + word.
Senses: examples: text: The speech of infants often contains partwords.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A partial word; an utterance consisting of only part of a word.
partwords
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of partword
republicanist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: republicanists
Etymology: From republican + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who holds republican opinions; One who oposes monarchy.
republicanists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of republicanist
renanthera
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɛˈnæn.θəɹ.ə/
Forms: form: renantheras
Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Renanthera.
Senses: glosses: Any of the genus Renanthera of large, scrambling, monopodial, epiphytic, and terrestrial orchids found in India, New Guinea, and the Philippines.
Related terms: Renanthera
renantheras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of renanthera
pavoninin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pavoninins
Etymology: From pavoninus + -in, since it was isolated from the fish Pardachirus pavoninus.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A saponin used as a shark repellent.
pavoninins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pavoninin
rearest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of rear: most rear
sneereth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: sneer + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sneer
ecophysiologically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From ecophysiological + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In terms of ecophysiology.
antipredatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + predatory.
Senses: examples: antipredatory lending laws
glosses: Acting against predatory behaviour.
chemotaxonomically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From chemotaxonomic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In terms of, or by means of, chemotaxonomy.
chemotaxonomist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chemotaxonomists
Etymology: From chemo- + taxonomist.
Senses: glosses: One who studies chemotaxonomy.
chemotaxonomists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chemotaxonomist
protection courses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of protection course
Seldenian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Seldenian
form: most Seldenian
Etymology: From Selden + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to John Selden (1584–1654), English jurist and legal scholar.
morphopsychology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From morpho- + psychology.
Senses: examples: text: The objective of morphopsychology is to establish the links between physical or morphologic appearance and characterological or psychologic particulars.
ref: 1990, Claude R. Rufenacht, “Morphopsychology”, in Claude R. Rufenacht, editor, Fundamentals of Esthetics, page 33:
text: Morphopsychology wasn't described as a pseudo-science by her SVR teachers, however, but simply as an 'alternative' science.
ref: 2011, Alex Dryden, Death In Siberia:
text: The concept of morphopsychology was developed by Louis Corman, a French psychiatrist who argued that the workings of vital forces within the human body resulted in different facial shapes and forms.
ref: 2018, Ladarrell Stokes, Principles of Psychology, page 64:
glosses: The supposed correspondence between facial features and personality.
examples: text: Madame simply observes the woman's bone structure, her hair texture, her complexion, as well as her morphopsychology —her body shape, her way of walking in and out of the room, and how she presents herself.
ref: 2013, Jamie Cat Callan, Ooh La La!:: French Women’s Secrets to Feeling Beautiful Every Day:
text: "Updating the ancient Greek method of determining signs and symptoms to arrive at a diagnosis, Dr. Guéniot incorporates morphopsychology." "The psychology of form," Joan murmured.
ref: 2014, Toby Smith, Flight from Oblivion, page 152:
text: Once again based on the Five Elements and the Ba Gua, when you see that such a person has this type of energy, then you make the space around you as perfect as possible. In our tradition one specific aspect of this is morphopsychology.
ref: 2015, Serge Augier, Shen Gong and Nei Dan in Da Xuan:
glosses: The relationship between psychology and form or physical appearance and setting.
ichthyotoxism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ichthyotoxisms
Senses: glosses: Poisoning by an ichthyotoxin (any poison produced from fish).
Related terms: ichthyotoxicity
sarcotoxin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sarcotoxins
Etymology: From sarco- + toxin.
Senses: glosses: Any of a group of antibacterial proteins found in the flesh fly (genus Sarcophaga).
ichthyosarcotoxic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ichthyo- + sarco- + toxic.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Containing poison within its flesh.
raw_tags: of a fish
Related terms: ichthyosarcotoxin
ichthyosarcotoxism
palytoxin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: palytoxins
Senses: glosses: A marine toxin that can cause ciguatera.
scaritoxin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scaritoxins
Senses: glosses: A marine toxin that can cause ciguatera.
palytoxins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of palytoxin
scaritoxins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scaritoxin
maitotoxin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maitotoxins
Etymology: From maito + toxin; named from the ciguateric fish Ctenochaetus striatus, called maito in Tahiti, from which maitotoxin was first isolated (though it was later shown that maitotoxin is actually produced by Gambierdiscus toxicus).
Senses: glosses: A highly potent toxin produced by Gambierdiscus toxicus, a dinoflagellate species.
Synonyms: word: MTX
maitotoxins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of maitotoxin
sarcotoxins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sarcotoxin
ciguateric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ciguatera + -ic.
Senses: examples: ciguateric fish
glosses: Relating to, or causing, ciguatera.
puttings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of putting
flatteringness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From flattering + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being flattering.
upperclasswoman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: upperclasswomen
Etymology: From upper + class + woman, after upperclassman.
Senses: glosses: A female upperclassman.
upperclasswomen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of upperclasswoman
unbegrudged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + begrudged.
Senses: glosses: Not begrudged.
botters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of botter
hyperpluralistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hyperpluralistic
form: most hyperpluralistic
Etymology: From hyper- + pluralistic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or exhibiting, hyperpluralism.
chromiums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chromium
butchest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: I am by turns angry and amused. I am the butchest of the three roommates; obviously she thought I was the most likely to get over my “bisexual phase.”
ref: 1995, Robin Sweeney, “Too Butch to Be Bi (or You Can't Judge a Boy by Her Lover)”, in Naomi Tucker, Liz Highleyman, Rebecca Kaplan, editors, Bisexual Politics: Theories, Queries, and Visions, Binghamton: The Haworth Press, →ISBN, page 185:
glosses: superlative form of butch: most butch
circleth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: circle + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of circle
nonconcentrated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + concentrated.
Senses: glosses: Not concentrated.
unconcentrated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + concentrated.
Senses: glosses: Not concentrated.
sobereth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: sober + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sober
sobbeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: sob + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sob
unsober
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unsober
form: most unsober
Etymology: From un- + sober.
Senses: glosses: Not sober.
unsolemn
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unsolemn
form: most unsolemn
Etymology: From un- + solemn.
Senses: glosses: Not solemn.
salteth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: salt + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of salt
unweighable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + weighable.
Senses: glosses: That cannot be weighed.
weightist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more weightist
form: most weightist
Etymology: From weight + -ist.
Senses: examples: a weightist remark
glosses: Discriminating prejudicially based on weight.
weightist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: weightists
Etymology: From weight + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who exhibits weightism.
weightists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weightist
play to the crowd
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: plays to the crowd
form: playing to the crowd
form: played to the crowd
form: played to the crowd
Senses: glosses: Synonym of play to the gallery.
synonyms: word: play to the gallery
Cinghalese
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of Sinhalese.
Cinghalese
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Cinghalese
form: most Cinghalese
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of Sinhalese.
Cinghalese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Cinghalese
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of Sinhalese.
tiger-lily
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tiger-lilies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tiger lily.
tiger-lilies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tiger-lily
first-born
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of firstborn.
antigalactosyl
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: anti-galactosyl
Etymology: From anti- + galactosyl.
Senses: topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: The generates an immune response to galactosylated liposomes
intravitally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From intravital + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an intravital manner.
methanolized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From methanol + -ize + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Modified by, or treated with methanol
postintracoronary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: post-intracoronary
Etymology: From post- + intracoronary.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: Following intracoronary surgery
rhinometry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From rhino- + -metry.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: diagnostic measurement of the nasal cavity
sialoglycoproteins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sialoglycoprotein
simulative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more simulative
form: most simulative
Etymology: From simulate + -ive.
Senses: glosses: That simulates.
Derived terms: simulatively
simulative
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: simulatives
Etymology: From simulate + -ive.
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A grammatical case expressing similarity.
subendocardium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subendocardia
Etymology: From sub- + endocardium.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The layer of tissue beneath the endocardium
Derived terms: subendocardial
trimethylsilylated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more trimethylsilylated
form: most trimethylsilylated
Etymology: From trimethylsilyl + -ated.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Modified by addition of one or more trimethylsilyl groups.
Related terms: trimethylsilylation
vasospastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From vaso- + spastic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to or producing vasospasm.
spring growth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: luxuriant plant growth in spring
cross-cousins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cross-cousin
courtesy names
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of courtesy name
Quebecisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Quebecism
zarphs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zarph
nulliverse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nulliverses
Etymology: From null + -i- + -verse, coined by William James.
Senses: examples: text: If the world cannot be rational in my sense, in the sense of unconditional surrender, I refuse to grant that it is rational at all. It is pure incoherence, a chaos, a nulliverse, to whose haphazard sway I will not truckle.
ref: 1882 April, William James, “On Some Hegelisms”, in Mind, volume VII, number 1, page 192:
text: If rationality be in it at all, it must be in it throughout ; if irrationality be in it anywhere, that also must pervade it throughout. It must be wholly rational or wholly irrational, pure universe or pure multiverse or pure nulliverse ; and reduced to this violent alternative, no one's choice ought long to remain doubtful.
ref: 1909, William James, A Pluralistic Universe: Hibbert Lectures to Manchester College on the Present Situation in Philosophy, Longmans, Green, and Company, page 68:
text: You admit yourself that I am only a pale wild girl with gipsy hair in a deathless ballad, in a nulliverse, in Rattner's ‘menald world’ where the only principle is random variation.
ref: 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada, or Ardor: A Family Chronicle:
text: Now, why should an author not create a “nulliverse” to represent “oneirologically” the contents of his own mind?
ref: 1969 August 2, John Updike, “Books: Van Loves Ada, Ada Loves Van”, in The New Yorker, volume 45, number 24, page 67:
text: ... one of the infinite seas that swim in a bubble of a phenomenal ocean where there are no longer any stars because the stars have lost their name: the nulliverse, and wondering if Bustrófedon's sentity was expanding multiversally, ...
ref: 2004, Donald Gardner, Suzanne Jill Levine (tr.), Three Trapped Tigers, Dalkey Archive Press, translation of Tres Tristes Tigres by Guillermo Cabrera Infante, published 1967, page 480:
text: And Huw is abruptly ejected from whatever pocket nulliverse the Prophet’s fifth column have installed in the lobby of the virtual Tripoli Mariott, to a destination even more profoundly alienating than the cloud itself.
ref: 2012, Charles Stross, Cory Doctorow, The Rapture of the Nerds, Tor Books, page 291:
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The world, regarded as having no rationality or rules.
wikipedia: William James
Related terms: multiverse
neurophysiopathology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From neuro- + physiopathology.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: physiopathology of the nervous system
Horae
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hora
Etymology: From the Ancient Greek Ὧραι (Hôrai, “hours; seasons”).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The goddesses of the seasons and the natural portions of the times of the year, and the laws and orders of time; originally the personifications of nature in its different seasonal aspects, but in later times regarded as goddesses of order in general and of natural justice.
Hyponyms: english: Spring
translation: Spring
word: Thallo
english: Summer
translation: Summer
word: Auxo
english: Autumn
translation: Autumn
word: Carpo
english: Justice
translation: Justice
word: Dike
english: Peace
translation: Peace
word: Eirene
english: Order of Law
translation: Order of Law
word: Eunomia
Coordinate terms: sense: Seasonal deities
english: Winter
translation: Winter
word: Chione
sense: Seasonal deities
word: Persephone
sense: Seasonal deities
word: Proserpina
Charites
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Charites, from Ancient Greek Χάριτες (Khárites).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The goddesses of charm, beauty, nature, human creativity, and fertility, and the patronesses of amusement and festivities; the retinue of Aphrodite.
Hyponyms: Aglaea
Antheia
Auxo
Calleis
Charis
Cleta
Eudaimonia
Euphrosyne
Euthymia
Hegemone
Paidia
Pandaisia
Pannychis
Pasithea
Peitho
Phaenna
Thalia
Related terms: Charities
charities
charity
Graces
Gratiae
Furies
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Latin Furiae.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Synonym of Erinyes; the goddesses of vengeance.
synonyms: word: Erinyes
extra: the goddesses of vengeance
nomenclatress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nomenclatresses
Etymology: From nomenclator + -ess.
Senses: glosses: A female nomenclator.
pancreaticosplenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pancreatico- + splenic.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the pancreas and spleen.
Moros
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Μόρος (Móros), from Ancient Greek μόρος (móros, literally “fate, doom”).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The personification of impending doom, who drives mortals to their deadly fate
Moros
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Moro
inkprint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inkprints
Etymology: From ink + print.
Senses: examples: text: Devices that permit direct reading of inkprint would be far more useful, since then the entire library of published literature is then opened to a deaf-blind person, while only a relatively small selection can ever be put into braille.
ref: 1975, Communication and Sensory Aids for the Deaf-Blind, page 5:
text: “Twin-Vision” books are inkprint with braille overlays that help young children learn that words can be either seen or touched.
ref: 1987, Rose-Marie Swallow, Kathleen Mary Huebner (eds.), How to Thrive, Not Just Survive, American Foundation for the Blind, page 40:
text: A Braille library looks certainly dull and cold to the sighted person's eyes, used to inkprint libraries, since the Braille one looks more like a shelved collection of large bound legal documents.
ref: 2008, Fernando Poyatos, Textual Translation and Live Translation, John Benjamins Publishing, page 32:
glosses: Ordinary ink printing, when contrasted with braille.
Related terms: braille
Eileithyia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ilithyia
form: Eleuthia
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek Εἰλείθυια (Eileíthuia, “the bringer or deliverer”).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The goddess of childbirth and midwifery; the daughter of Zeus and Hera; the Greek counterpart of the Roman Lucina.
Related terms: Eilithyia
age of discretion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ages of discretion
Senses: topics: Catholicism
Christianity
Roman-Catholicism
glosses: Synonym of age of reason.
synonyms: word: age of reason
affinity card
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: affinity cards
Senses: examples: text: Typically, an affinity card holder should produce between $8 and $12 per year to the affinity group," said George Hanold, president of Alliance Marketing, a company that sets up agreements between banks and groups.
ref: 1987 November 29, Diane Cole, “What's New in Fund-Raising: Using Plastic to Rev Up Revenues”, in New York Times, retrieved 29 Oct 2013:
text: [I]ssuers of credit cards . . . began years ago with such offerings as travel discounts and so-called affinity cards, which feature the logos of sports teams or donate a portion of every charge to charity.
ref: 2001 June 24, Janice Castro, “Financial Services: Charge It Your Way”, in Time, retrieved 29 Oct 2013:
text: In August of 2007, Yale University signed a seven-year deal with Chase Bank, worth a guaranteed $7.98 million, to sell access to alumni, staff, sports fans and potentially students for the bank's credit cards. . . . Yale's contract provides the university with many controls over to whom and when the affinity card can be marketed.
ref: 2010 June 7, Rob Varnon, “Bank pays millions to Yale to market its credit cards”, in newstimes.com, retrieved 29 Oct 2013:
topics: business
finance
glosses: A credit card made available by a bank or other lender to qualified people associated with a sponsoring organization (such as a club, educational institution, charity, or business), typically with provision for a portion of the lender's interest income to be paid to the sponsor and sometimes providing special benefits (such as reduced fees) for the users.
Hypernyms: credit card
Amirani
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Georgian ამირანი (amirani).
Senses: glosses: Name of a culture hero of a Georgian epic.
kendoka
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kendokas
form: kendoka
form: kendōka
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 剣道家 (kendōka).
Senses: glosses: A practitioner of kendo
Related terms: budoka
judoka
karateka
Gay-Lussac
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡeɪˈluː.sæk/
ipa: /ɡeɪ.ləˈsæk/
Senses: glosses: French surname
glosses: Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French chemist and physicist
Derived terms: Gaylussacia
gaylussite
charge card
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: charge cards
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chargecard.
dogs are barking
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: A busy shift with no chance to sit down even once. My dogs are barking!
text: A busy shift with no chance to sit down even once. Boy are my dogs barking!
glosses: Feet hurt (are achy or in pain; usually from a lot of walking or other exertion).
Related terms: dogged
dog-tired
you could have fooled me
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: coulda fooled me
Senses: glosses: What you now tell me is true I thought was false, or I nonetheless think is false; I don't believe you.
could have fooled me
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of you could have fooled me.
as often as not
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: "[T]hese old people—there's no trusting them, Fred. . . . [Y]ou can't calculate upon 'em, and even then they deceive you just as often as not."
ref: 1841, Charles Dickens, chapter 7, in The Old Curiosity Shop:
text: "I am a man that tries to do his duty, and makes a mess of it as often as not."
ref: 1896, Robert Louis Stevenson, “The Persons of the Tale”, in Fables:
text: [I]f he discovered a sale where there were books he would as often as not waste half the next day in going again to acquire a job lot of them.
ref: 1910, H. G. Wells, chapter 7, in The History of Mr. Polly:
text: The hall porter said that, as often as not, the flat was untenanted.
ref: 1918, Edgar Wallace, chapter 7, in The Man Who Knew:
text: As often as not, the perpetrators have been other Americans — motivated not by patriotism for a foreign flag, but by simple profit.
ref: 2012 October 24, Eamon Javers, “Spies and Co.”, in New York Times, retrieved 29 Oct 2013:
coordinate_terms: more often than not
glosses: More or less half of the time; on many occasions but not always; frequently.
Related terms: as likely as not
even chances
fifty-fifty
confoundment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: confoundments
Etymology: From confound + -ment.
Senses: examples: text: Peter stood on the bow in the powerful headwinds gazing that way with an inexpressible sense of amazement and expectation, full of confoundment that in that direction, to which they slowly pushed, there could be no warm light and comfort and no friend, only the North, the far White North as ruthless and indifferent as the ocean’s own overlowering night.
ref: 1950, Jack Kerouac, chapter 3, in The Town & the City (A Harvest Book), New York, N.Y.: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., →ISBN, section 10, pages 302–303:
glosses: The state of being confounded.
glosses: Something which is or has been confounded.
Synonyms: confoundation
shugar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of sugar.
whack job
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whack jobs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of whackjob.
chemical engine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chemical engines
Senses: topics: firefighting
government
glosses: A large cart-mounted fire extinguisher using caustic chemical-extinguishing chemicals.
Coordinate terms: fire extinguisher
fire grenade
fire engine
fire bucket
fire blanket
chemical engines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chemical engine
fire bucket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fire buckets
form: fire-bucket
form: firebucket
Senses: examples: text: Now he rushed to the platform edge carrying a full fire bucket, in a forlorn attempt to douse the flames as the now brightly burning wagon rolled past.
ref: 2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 948, page 42:
topics: firefighting
government
glosses: A bucket holding water or sand, etc., used to extinguish fires.
Coordinate terms: sense: firefighting tool
word: chemical engine
sense: firefighting tool
word: fire blanket
sense: firefighting tool
word: fire engine
sense: firefighting tool
word: fire extinguisher
sense: firefighting tool
word: fire grenade
sense: firefighting tool
word: fire hose
fire buckets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fire bucket
fire grenade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fire grenades
Senses: topics: firefighting
government
glosses: A glass bulb filled with caustic and often carcinogenic liquid chemicals that, when thrown and broken in a fire, smother the fire by removing oxygen.
glosses: A thermite grenade.
glosses: A white phosphorus grenade.
glosses: A firebomb grenade.
Coordinate terms: fire extinguisher
fire blanket
fire engine
fire hose
fire bucket
chemical engine
Related terms: napalm
Greek fire
Molotov cocktail
fire grenades
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fire grenade
fire cabinet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fire cabinets
Senses: topics: firefighting
government
glosses: a cabinet filled with firefighting equipment
topics: firefighting
government
glosses: a wall installation where a firehose and tap is located
glosses: a laboratory cabinet used to isolate flammable chemicals
Synonyms: flammables cabinet
flammable chemicals cabinet
fire safety cabinet
firehose cabinet
Hypernyms: chemical cabinet
chemicals cabinet
fire cabinets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fire cabinet
labioplasties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of labioplasty
vagino-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: Latin vāgīna + -o-.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Vagina.
Synonyms: colpo-
odynophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὀδύνη (odúnē) + -phobia.
Senses: glosses: A pathological fear of pain.
homeoarchy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὅμοιος (hómoios, “same”) + ἀρχή (arkhḗ, “beginning”). Compare ὁμοιόαρκτος (homoióarktos)
Senses: glosses: The accidental skipping of a line of text while reading, because of similarities in their initial content.
homination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The evolution of human beings (genus Homo)
Newton's cradles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Newton's cradle
LSE
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of London School of Economics.
glosses: Initialism of London Stock Exchange.
magnicide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: magnicides
Etymology: From Latin magnus (“great, important”) + -cide.
Senses: glosses: The assassination of a major political figure.
precontractual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + contractual.
Senses: examples: text: It might, for instance, rely on statements during the precontractual negotiations of the parties.
ref: 2013, Robert Gibbons, John Roberts, The Handbook of Organizational Economics, page 925:
text: If the vendor expresses doubts about the reliability of the customer or does not engage with full enthusiasm in the precontractual discussions, the customer could provide some evidence of its fairness.
ref: 2006, Johann Rost, The Insider's Guide to Outsourcing Risks and Rewards, page 80:
text: The precontractual period is the time for making moral commitments clear.
ref: 1980, Norman J. Finkel, Therapy and Ethics: The Courtship of Law and Psychology, page 74:
glosses: Prior to the formation of a contract.
goalminder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: goalminders
Etymology: From goal + minder.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: a designated player that attempts to prevent the opposing team from scoring by protecting a goal.
goalminders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of goalminder
netkeeper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: netkeepers
Etymology: From net + keeper.
Senses: glosses: A goalkeeper.
Synonyms: netminder
netkeepers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of netkeeper
tonguefishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tonguefish
Passy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from French Passy.
Senses: glosses: A place in France:
A neighbourhood of Paris, France, formerly a commune.
glosses: A place in France:
A commune in Haute-Savoie department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
glosses: A place in France:
A commune in Saône-et-Loire department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
glosses: A place in France:
A commune in Yonne department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
causations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of causation
diplodocine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diplodocines
Senses: glosses: Any dinosaur of the family Diplodocidae, and especially of the genus Diplodocus
Related terms: diplodocoid
diplodocoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diplodocoids
Senses: glosses: Any dinosaurs of the family Diplodocidae, and especially of the genus Diplodocus
Related terms: diplodocine
diplodocoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diplodocoid
better dead than red
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Forms: form: better dead than Red
form: better Dead than Red
Senses: examples: text: Canon Collins urged the electors to reject the candidate nominated by the Crown, Dr. R. W. Stopford, Bishop of Peterborough, who, he claimed, had said "it would be better to have nuclear war than to permit Communist domination over Britain." Canon Collins said: "I cannot believe it is proper for a bishop of the church to encourage the idea which is popularly expressed In the formula ‘better dead than red.’"
ref: 1961 August 14, “Canon Causes Stir At Church Election”, in The Age, Australia, retrieved 30 Oct 2013, page 11:
text: The recertification of El Salvador's progress on human rights is nothing but a basic restatement of the Reagan foreign policy, which is "better dead than Red."
ref: 1982 July 30, Mary McGrory, “Reagan View: El Salvador's slaughter better than communism”, in Spokane Chronicle, retrieved 30 Oct 2013, page 6:
text: In a country whose motto not long ago was “Better dead than Red”, it is ironic that today Time Magazine awarded Vladimir Putin the “Man of the Year Award”.
ref: 2007 December 20, Karen Fish, “Watch Hillary Clinton Vehemently Vow to Raise Taxes and Vote for War”, in San Francisco Bay Area Independent Media Center, retrieved 30 Oct 2013:
topics: government
politics
glosses: It is preferable to be deceased than to be a Communist or ruled by Communists.
Related terms: give me liberty or give me death
liberty or death
better dead than Red
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of better dead than red.
better Dead than Red
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of better dead than red.
titanosaurian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: titanosaurians
Senses: glosses: Any dinosaur of the genus †Titanosaurus
glosses: Any dinosaur of the clade †Titanosauria.
titanosaurians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of titanosaurian
vinegar pie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vinegar pies
Senses: glosses: A chess pie with a little vinegar added.
vinegar pies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vinegar pie