cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
lockful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lockfuls
form: locksful
Etymology: From lock + -ful.
Senses: glosses: Enough water to fill a canal lock.
locksful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lockful
lockfuls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lockful
lockjaws
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lockjaw
whipsmart
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: A big hug for the whipsmart, feisty Soho Teen team: Janine Agro, Meredith Barnes, Juliet Grames, Bronwen Hruska, and Rachel Kowal—what a fascinating journey, thank you so much for all your work to make it happen.
ref: 2014, Adele Griffin, “Acknowledgements”, in The Unfinished Life of Addison Stone, New York, N.Y.: Soho Teen, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative spelling of whip-smart.
hypersmart
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hypersmart
form: most hypersmart
Etymology: From hyper- + smart.
Senses: glosses: Highly intelligent.
karidopita
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: karydopita
Etymology: Borrowed from Greek καρυδόπιτα (karydópita, “walnut pie”), from καρύδι (karýdi, “walnut”) and πίτα (píta, “pie”).
Senses: glosses: A Greek walnut cake.
machis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of machi
dununs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dunun
Sagunto
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Spanish Sagunto, from Latin Saguntum.
Senses: glosses: A town in Valencia, in eastern Spain.
tzitziot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From the Hebrew צִיצִיּוֹת (tsitsiyót).
Senses: glosses: plural of tzitzit
ACEs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ACE
achoreses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of achoresis
Mickiewiczian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Mickiewiczian
form: most Mickiewiczian
Etymology: From Mickiewicz + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Adam Mickiewicz (1798–1855), Polish poet and dramatist.
BF%
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: body fat percentage
whitified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of whitify
whitifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of whitify
doubletake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: doubletakes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of double take.
Ancon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ancons
Senses: glosses: A sheep of a breed from Massachusetts with short crooked legs and long back.
timeband
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: timebands
Etymology: From time + band.
Senses: examples: text: So we divide the day into 15-minute timebands, and look at the options in each of these. Within each timeband we assume the demand is concentrated on the midpoint; for example, at 05:38 in the 05:30-05:45 timeband.
ref: 2000, Anthony Ingold, Ian Yeoman, Una McMahon-Beattie, Yield Management, page 101:
glosses: A fixed period of time representing a division of the day or night.
timebands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of timeband
pizzly bears
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pizzly bear
fan-servicey
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fan-servicey
form: most fan-servicey
Etymology: From fan service + -y.
Senses: examples: text: However, they still kept the "boing" sound effect as well as Usagi leering at a very fan-servicey closeup of Makoto's boobs.
ref: 2001 August 2, Blah! [username], “Re: Makoto is up for Download”, in alt.fan.sonic-hedgehog (Usenet):
text: Hmm, I'd say Kasumi. Her cutoffs, mini-tee, and suspenders seem to cover more than Fairymon's fan-servicey outfit.
ref: 2002 May 1, Edson 1.21 jigawatts of perversion [username], “Re: showing skin”, in alt.fan.digimon (Usenet):
text: Nanoha and Fate both receive brand-new (and very slick) transformation sequences, although the famous exploding knickers are still there in all their (debatable) glory. (Fortunately, that particular brand of fan-servicey stuff is minimal throughout the rest of the film, except perhaps for a few moments in the early fight scenes.)
ref: 2010 March 15, Alex Taylor, “Review: Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha The Movie 1st”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet):
topics: lifestyle
glosses: Of, relating to, or characteristic of fan service.
overhaulable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From overhaul + -able.
Senses: examples: text: The engine was found to be in overhaulable condition.
glosses: Capable of being overhauled.
Heraclea
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌhɛɹəˈkliːə/
Forms: form: Herakleia
form: Heracleia
form: Heraclia
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Hēraclēa, from Ancient Greek Ἡράκλεια (Hērákleia).
Senses: glosses: The name of numerous Hellenistic cities named after Heracles.
oxymoronicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From oxymoronic + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being oxymoronic.
Synonyms: oxymoronicness
Bernhardtian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Bernhardtian
form: most Bernhardtian
Etymology: From Bernhardt + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Sarah Bernhardt (1844–1923), French stage and early film actress.
zatherian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zatherians
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any member of the Zatheria.
zatherians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zatherian
unbangable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unbangable
form: most unbangable
Etymology: From un- + bangable.
Senses: glosses: unfuckable
dulcijo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dulcijos
Etymology: Blend of dulcimer + banjo
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A type of three-stringed clawhammer banjo that is tuned diatonically, like a dulcimer, with a shortened third string and a drum resonator.
Synonyms: banjo dulcimer
banjo dulcimer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: banjo dulcimers
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: An Appalachian dulcimer that has been modified with the addition of a vibrating membrane like the body of a banjo.
glosses: Synonym of dulcijo.
synonyms: word: dulcijo
banjo dulcimers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of banjo dulcimer
dulcijos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dulcijo
agnosticize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: agnosticizes
form: agnosticizing
form: agnosticized
form: agnosticized
Etymology: From agnostic + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To make agnostic.
glosses: To become agnostic.
Pisidian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Pisidia + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Pisidia, in the southwest of modern-day Turkey, or its people.
Pisidian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Pisidians
Etymology: From Pisidia + -ian.
Senses: glosses: An inhabitant of Pisidia.
Pisidians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Pisidian
baritone guitar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: baritone guitars
Senses: glosses: A type of large-bodied and long-necked guitar that plays in a baritone range.
baritone guitars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of baritone guitar
Baroque guitar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Baroque guitars
Senses: glosses: An archaic form of guitar with five strings, originating in the Baroque era, played by either strumming or plucking, and characterized by the use of reentrant tuning.
Baroque guitars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Baroque guitar
Walrussia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of walrus + Russia; a mocking name coined at the time the territory was purchased by the United States from Russia.
Senses: glosses: Alaska.
Falerian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Falerii + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the city of Falerii (now Civita Castellana and Faleria).
Falerian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Falerians
Etymology: From Falerii + -an.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of that city.
Falerian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Falerii + -an.
Senses: glosses: The lect spoken in that city.
apostlebird
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: apostlebirds
Etymology: From apostle + bird; so named because they are often seen in groups of twelve, the same number as the original apostles of Jesus.
Senses: glosses: A gregarious gray and brown bird native to Australia, Struthidea cinerea
apostlebirds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of apostlebird
cannabidiols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cannabidiol
ajuga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ajugas
Etymology: From the genus name translingual Ajuga.
Senses: glosses: Any plant in the genus Ajuga, especially the ornamental ground cover Ajuga reptans.
ajugas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ajuga
ambatch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈæmˌbætʃ/
Forms: form: ambatches
Etymology: Likely borrowed from an Ethiopian language.
Senses: glosses: A large shrub or small tree found in and around water in the African tropics, Aeschynomene elaphroxylon, formerly used to make rafts due to its extremely lightweight wood.
glosses: A raft made from bundles of the stems of this plant.
ambatches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ambatch
bubal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bubals
Senses: examples: text: The bubal hartebeest, which is the typical representative of the group with U-shaped horns, is the smallest of all the species, and a native of North Africa, where it is known from the interior of Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia, while it formerly extended into Egypt.
ref: 1908, Richard Lydekker, The Game Animals of Africa, page 95:
glosses: An extinct subspecies of the hartebeest (†Alcelaphus buselaphus buselaphus), which was formerly native to northern Africa.
bubals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bubal
panpiping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From panpipes + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: Gheorghe Zamfir’s sprightly panpiping gives “The Tall Blond Man” the feel of a fable.
ref: 2015 August 29, J Hoberman, The New York Times:
glosses: The playing of panpipes; the music produced by panpipes.
ceriman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cerimans
Senses: glosses: A large, herbaceous vine of species Monstera deliciosa, native to Mexico, but grown throughout the tropics for its edible fruit, and also grown indoors as an ornamental under the name of Swiss cheese plant.
glosses: Fruit of this vine.
Synonyms: false breadfruit
cerimans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ceriman
Swiss cheese plant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Swiss cheese plants
Senses: glosses: A large woody vine, of species Monstera deliciosa, grown indoors for its distinctive foliage, which is riddled with holes like Swiss cheese, and which is also grown commercially in the tropics for its edible fruit.
Synonyms: ceriman
Swiss cheese plants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Swiss cheese plant
saleschild
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: saleschildren
Etymology: From sales + child, after salesman etc.
Senses: examples: text: In the flicker of his judgmental gray eyes, that saleschild had transformed my brightly sentimental, joy-to-the-world, pre-Christmas spree to a shambles.
ref: 1991, Patricia J. Williams, The Alchemy of Race and Rights:
text: “That's a fifty-inch screen,” the saleschild informs Rose for the second time, shifting to his left to talk past Rafferty.
ref: 2014, Timothy Hallinan, For the Dead:
text: Still, be gentle with saleschildren. Odds are, this little boy didn’t take it into his own head to terrorize you with Christian M&M’s.
ref: 2015 August 29, New York Times:
glosses: A child or young person who is selling something.
saleschildren
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of saleschild
-ometry
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: From the ending of words such as geometry; compare -o-, -metry.
Senses: glosses: Forming compound nouns describing "the action or process of measuring" something, frequently with corresponding nouns in -ometer.
parareligious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From para- + religious.
Senses: glosses: Relating to a parareligion
bacilloscopy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bacilloscopies
Etymology: From bacillo- + -scopy.
Senses: examples: text: Genitourinary tuberculosis is often diagnosed in the later stage due to the fact that the symptoms are non-specific and technical difficulties to isolate the tubercle bacillus through bacilloscopy or culture in specific medium are many.
ref: 2012 December 17, Marcelo Rodrigues Bacci, José Jorge Namura, Andrea Thaumaturgo Lera, “Complicated urinary infection and extrapulmonary tuberculosis”, in BMJ Case Reports, volume 2012, →DOI:
glosses: The examination of a diagnostic smear (typically of skin or sputum) in order to verify the presence of specific bacilli
Derived terms: bacilloscopic
Related terms: bacilloscopist
bacilloscopies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bacilloscopy
parasitiform
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parasitiforms
Senses: glosses: Any tick or mite of the superorder Parasitiformes
semisymmetrization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: semisymmetrizations
Etymology: From semi- + symmetrization.
Senses: examples: text: A new semisymmetrization functor, which maps the category of quasigroups with homotopies to the category of semisymmetric quasigroups with homomorphisms is given.
ref: 2015, Aleksandar Krapez, Zoran Petric, “A note on semisymmetry”, in arXiv:
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The act or process of making semisymmetric
Mount McKinley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /maʊnt məˈkɪnli/
Etymology: Named in 1896-97 after William McKinley, who was at the time a candidate for and who later became 25th president of the United States. The name was officially recognized by the national government in 1917. For more, see Denali.
Senses: examples: text: We named our great peak Mount McKinley, after William McKinley of Ohio, who had been nominated for the Presidency, and that fact was the first news we received on our way out of that wonderful wilderness.
ref: 1897 January 24, W. A. Dickey, “Discoveries in Alaska”, in The Sun, New York, page 6:
glosses: Synonym of Denali.
synonyms: word: Denali
wikipedia: William McKinley
grattages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grattage
pussyjuice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pussy juice.
trichordo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trichordos
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A trichord (three-stringed) old-fashioned bouzouki; a type of chordophone.
Coordinate terms: tetrachordo
trichordos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trichordo
tetrachordo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tetrachordos
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A tetrachord (four-stringed) bouzouki; a type of chordophone.
Coordinate terms: trichordo
tetrachordos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tetrachordo
citternist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: citternists
Etymology: From cittern + -ist.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Someone who plays the cittern.
citternists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of citternist
blue scales
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blue scale
cried the blues
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cry the blues
cries the blues
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cry the blues
crying the blues
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cry the blues
eigenratio
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eigenratios
Etymology: From eigen- + ratio.
Senses: examples: text: By tuning the weights of any given network so as to reach the lowest possible eigenratio #92;lambda#95;N#47;#92;lambda#95;2, the synchronized state is guaranteed to be maintained across the longest possible range of coupling strengths.
ref: 2015, R. Sevilla-Escoboza, J. M. Buldú, S. Boccaletti, D. Papo, D.-U. Hwang, G. Huerta-Cuellar, R. Gutiérrez, “Experimental implementation of maximally synchronizable networks”, in arXiv:
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A ratio of eigenvalues
posheaves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: We also give characterizations of continuous posheaves and completely distributive posheaves, and show that an algebraic completely distributive posheaf is spatial..
ref: 2015, Wei He, “Partially Ordered Sheaves on a Locale. I (II)”, in arXiv:
glosses: plural of posheaf
posheaf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: posheaves
Etymology: Abbreviation.
Senses: examples: text: We also give characterizations of continuous posheaves and completely distributive posheaves, and show that an algebraic completely distributive posheaf is spatial.
ref: 2015, Wei He, “Partially Ordered Sheaves on a Locale. I (II)”, in arXiv:
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: partially-ordered sheaf
impedimented
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From impediment + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: His speech slow, and somewhat impedimented; rather, as I conceive, by custom, and a long imitation of some that did first instruct him, than by any defect in nature, as appeared by much amendment of the same […]
ref: 1809, William Oldys, Thomas Park, The Harleian Miscellany:
glosses: impeded; afflicted with an impediment
Harleian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Harley + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to anybody with the surname of Harley.
glosses: Relating to Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford (1661-1724), and his son, Edward Harley, especially in reference to the library of books and manuscripts they collected.
leptonization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From lepton + -ization.
Senses: examples: text: Neutrino cooling in the dense midplane of the disk is stronger when using MC transport, leading to a globally higher cooling rate by a factor of a few and a larger leptonization rate by an order of magnitude.
ref: 2015, S. Richers, D. Kasen, Evan O'Connor, Rodrigo Fernandez, Christian Ott, “Monte Carlo Neutrino Transport Through Remnant Disks from Neutron Star Mergers”, in arXiv:
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The creation of leptons (in stars etc)
Derived terms: deleptonization
oleophilic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more oleophilic
form: most oleophilic
Etymology: From oleo- + -philic.
Senses: examples: text: We demonstrate that tunable superoleophobic surfaces fabricated by a simple spin and spray coating methods of titania on silicon (Si) wafers and stainless steel (SS) mesh, which possess a hierarchical re-entrant structure consisting of nano meter sized particles on top of micron sized particle, are able to induce superoleophobicity on an oleophilic self assembled monolayer of 1H,1H,2H,2H-perflurodecyltrichlorosilane (FDTS).
ref: 2015, Jitesh Barman, Sumit Kumar Majumder, Krishnacharya Khare, “Reversible Transition between Superoleophobic and Superoleophilic States on Titania Coated Substrates by UV Irradiation”, in arXiv:
glosses: Having an affinity for oil (rather than for water)
Derived terms: superoleophilic
elastoresistance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: elastoresistances
Etymology: From elasto- + resistance.
Senses: examples: text: By comparing temperature and doping dependence of the lattice distortion with the elastoresistance and nematic susceptibility obtained from transport and ultrasonic measurements, we conclude that the in-plane resistivity anisotropy found in electron underdoped iron pnictides arises from a strong coupling between the uniaxial pressure induced lattice distortion and electronic nematic state.
ref: 2015, Xingye Lu, T. Keller, Wenliang Zhang, Yu Song, J. T. Park, Huiqian Luo, Shiliang Li, Pengcheng Dai, “Effect of Uniaxial Pressure on Structural and Magnetic Phase Transitions in Electron-Doped BaFe₂₋ₓNiₓAs₂ Superconductors”, in arXiv:
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A change in electrical resistance as a result of elastic deformation
alveololabial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -eɪbiəl
Etymology: From alveolo- + labial.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of labioalveolar.
synonyms: word: labioalveolar
overgrip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overgrips
Etymology: From over- + grip.
Senses: examples: text: Wilson also makes Shock Shield ($7.95), an overgrip with a cushioning gel that players can wrap on the racket handle.
ref: 2015 August 30, Stuart Miller, “Tennis Players Are Helped by Products (at Least They Think So)”, in New York Times:
glosses: A soft, padded, cloth-like tape wrapped around the grip of a sports racquet to improve the grip.
topics: gymnastics
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
weightlifting
glosses: pronated grip
Related terms: undergrip
neutral grip
overgrips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of overgrip
nritta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nritya
Senses: examples: text: Bharatanatyam is the most geometrically multidirectional of the Indian genres — in the nritta sections, Ms. Balasubramanian turned in quick succession to address right, left, behind, ahead, above and below, as well as various diagonals — and the sharp transitions are often not just exciting but also powerfully expressive of the dancer’s setting herself within a larger context.
ref: 2015 August 30, Alastair Macaulay, “Review: At Indian Dance Festival, Subtleties in the Sway of a Torso”, in New York Times:
glosses: The rhythmic element of Indian classical dance.
jinghu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jinghu
Etymology: Borrowed from Chinese 京胡 (jīnghú).
Senses: glosses: A two-stringed bamboo musical instrument played with a bow, the smallest and highest-pitched in the huqin family of traditional Chinese instruments, associated mainly with the tradition of Beijing opera.
pingy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pingy
form: most pingy
Etymology: From ping + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Another quality that bothers me is Brendel's inconsistent sonority. The treble is hard and pingy; the midrange is weighed down with a booming bass.
ref: 1979, High Fidelity Musical America, volume 29, number 2, page 127:
glosses: Characterised by ping sounds.
semistar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: semistars
Etymology: From semi- + star.
Senses: examples: text: These road warrior plays were fronted by former semistars like Forrest Tucker or Hugh O'Brian, who had had their bread-and-butter TV shows cancelled. The job could pay $3,000 to $5,000 a week […]
ref: 2015, Robert Crane, Christopher Fryer, Crane: Sex, Celebrity, and My Father's Unsolved Murder, page 34:
glosses: A relatively minor celebrity who has not attained full stardom.
semistars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of semistar
electronify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: electronifies
form: electronifying
form: electronified
form: electronified
Etymology: From electronic + -fy.
Senses: glosses: To make electronic; to convert to a computerized system.
electronified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of electronify
electronifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of electronify
electronifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of electronify
biometabolites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biometabolite
olivacine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular antimalarial alkaloid.
pyridyne
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The pyridine analogue of benzyne.
cryptolepine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: translingual Cryptolepis + -ine
Senses: glosses: An antimalarial drug with cytotoxic properties.
Derived terms: isocryptolepine
agnosticizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of agnosticize
agnosticizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of agnosticize
agnosticized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of agnosticize
wussettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wussette
nanovortex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanovortices
Etymology: From nano- + vortex.
Senses: examples: text: The study of a nanovortex in superconductivity, portrayed here, entails twin sources of information: STM measurements give the topology of the object; scanning tunneling spectroscopy registers the intensity of the relationship of the current with the voltage.
ref: 2014, Anne Marcovich, Toward a New Dimension: Exploring the Nanoscale, page 133:
glosses: A nanoscale vortex.
nanovortices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The plasmonic nanovortices introduced in this study open new avenues for exciting applications of orbital angular momentum in the nanoworld..
ref: 2015, Changming Huang, Xianfeng Chen, Abiola O. Oladipo, Nicolae C. Panoiu, Fangwei Ye, “Generation of Subwavelength Plasmonic Nanovortices via Helically Corrugated Metallic Nanowires”, in arXiv:
glosses: plural of nanovortex
electrobiochemical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From electro- + biochemical.
Senses: examples: text: This not only provides guidelines for the improvement of graphene devices, but also opens a new research area of engineering graphene grain boundaries for highly sensitive electrobiochemical devices..
ref: 5079-5094 (2014), Aron W. Cummings, Dinh Loc Duong, Van Luan Nguyen, Dinh Van Tuan, Jani Kotakoski, Jose Eduardo Barrios Varga, Young Hee Lee, Stephan Roche, “Charge Transport in Polycrystalline Graphene: Challenges and Opportunities”, in Adv. Mater., volumes 5079-5094, pages 5079–5094:
glosses: electrical and biochemical
bialkali
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bi- + alkali.
Senses: glosses: Two alkali metal atoms or ions in a compound
magnetoelectrocaloric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From magneto- + electrocaloric.
Senses: examples: text: We also discuss a magnetoelectrocaloric effect examining the entropy changes under the isothermal varying of the magnetic or/and electric field..
ref: 2015, Oleg Menchyshyn, Vadim Ohanyan, Taras Verkholyak, Taras Krokhmalskii, Oleg Derzhko, “Magnetism-driven ferroelectricity in spin-1/2 XY chains”, in arXiv:
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Describing a magnetoelectric heating effect
nanoskyrmion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanoskyrmions
Etymology: From nano- + skyrmion.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A nanoscale skyrmion
nanoskyrmions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: We show here an innovative technique to detect isolated nanoskyrmions with a current-perpendicular-to-plane geometry, which has immediate implications for device concepts.
ref: 2015, Dax M. Crum, Mohammed Bouhassoune, Juba Bouaziz, Benedikt Schweflinghaus, Stefan Bl?ügel, Samir Lounis, “Perpendicular Reading of Single Confined Magnetic Skyrmions”, in arXiv:
glosses: plural of nanoskyrmion
postannealed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + annealed.
Senses: examples: text: Low-temperature specific heat (SH) is measured on the postannealed Ba(Fe_{1-x}Ni_x)_2As_2 single crystal with x = 0.058 under different magnetic fields.
ref: 2015, Gang Mu, Bo Gao, Xiaoming Xie, Yoichi Tanabe, Jingtao Xu, Jiazhen Wu, Katsumi Tanigaki, “Gap Structure of the Overdoped Iron-Pnictide Superconductor Ba(Fe_(0.942)Ni_(0.058))₂As₂: A Low-Temperature Specific-Heat Study”, in Advances in Condensed Matter Physics, volume 2015:
glosses: annealed after some other process
Noricum
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A Celtic state and later Roman province, approximately corresponding to modern Austria.
Related terms: Norican
Rhaetia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Raetia.
guinea piglet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: guinea piglets
Senses: glosses: A young guinea pig.
Libetian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Libetian
form: most Libetian
Etymology: From Libet + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: The jury is still out, because the Libetian literature remains almost entirely about spontaneous decisions regarding some fairly simple things.
ref: 2023, Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will, New York: Penguin, →ISBN:
glosses: Of or relating to Benjamin Libet (1916–2007), pioneering scientist in the field of human consciousness.
Libetian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Libetians
Etymology: From Libet + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: For Libetians, these studies show that our brains decide to carry out behavior before we think that we've freely and consciously done so.
ref: 2023, Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will, New York: Penguin, →ISBN:
glosses: A follower of Libet's ideas.
Derived terms: Libetianism
Related terms: incompatibilism
microcontextual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From micro- + contextual.
Senses: glosses: Relating to microcontext.
Bereitschaftspotential
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bereitschaftspotentials
Etymology: Borrowed from German Bereitschaftspotential (literally “readiness potential”).
Senses: topics: medicine
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
glosses: A measure of activity in the motor cortex and supplementary motor area of the brain, leading up to voluntary muscle movement.
anti-transgender
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anti-transgender
form: most anti-transgender
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of antitransgender.
anti-trans
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anti-trans
form: most anti-trans
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of antitrans.
macrocontextual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From macro- + contextual.
Senses: glosses: Relating to macrocontext.
microcontext
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microcontexts
Etymology: From micro- + context.
Senses: glosses: A very narrow and specific context.
Derived terms: microcontextual
macrocontext
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: macrocontexts
Etymology: From macro- + context.
Senses: glosses: A broad and wide-ranging context.
Derived terms: macrocontextual
macrocontexts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of macrocontext
microcontexts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microcontext
Akiva
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Akiba
Etymology: From Hebrew יַעֲקֹב.
Senses: examples: text: Akiva stood at the edge of a rooftop terrace in Riyadh, peering down at a doorway in the lane below.
ref: 2011 September 27, Laini Taylor, Daughter of Smoke & Bone, →ISBN:
glosses: A male given name from Hebrew.
examples: text: Yet one must be careful not to come to the conclusion that Akiva used only esoteric ways of interpreting the Torah.
ref: 2015, Reuven Hammer, Akiva: Life, Legend, Legacy, U of Nebraska Press, →ISBN:
glosses: Rabbi Akiva ben Joseph (Rabbi Akiva), a major figure in Jewish history, a tanna of the late first century and early second century who contributed to the Mishnah and Midrash Halakha
reading weeks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reading week
solitary wasp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: solitary wasps
Senses: glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see solitary, wasp.
examples: text: In the principal species of the Solitary Wasps, the insect is smaller than the working wasp of the social kind.
ref: 1824, Oliver Goldsmith, A history of the earth, and animated nature, volume 5, pages 156–7:
text: The Solitary Wasps usually make their nests of clay or agglutinated sand, generally attaching them to walls and palings; a few also burrow in sandy ground.
ref: 1860, William Somerville Orr, Richard Owen, Robert Gordon Latham, Organic Nature: Botany, structural and systematic, page 395:
text: The true wasps (Diploptera) are divided into two families, Eumenides and Vespides. The fore-wings are folded longitudinally in repose. The solitary wasps much resemble the Fossores in their habits ; and differ from the social wasps in having bifid claws.
ref: 1875, British Bee Journal, volume 3, page 78:
glosses: An informal taxonomic grouping of genera of wasps that included most of those with solitary habits.
Coordinate terms: social wasp
ladies and germs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)mz
Senses: glosses: Synonym of ladies and gentlemen.
synonyms: word: ladies and gentlemen
ladies and gents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Informal form of ladies and gentlemen.
ethnonymics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ethnonym + -ics.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The study of ethnonyms.
anti-transsexual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anti-transsexual
form: most anti-transsexual
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of antitranssexual.
glitchless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From glitch + -less.
Senses: examples: text: Although many players set personal bests to beat the previous world record it was Xiae who smashed the competition with his scintillating glitchless run.
ref: 2020 July 31, James Busby, “Doom Eternal speedrunning world record smashed at Break the Record: LIVE”, in Dexerto:
text: There are mainly three types of Only Up speedruns, Any%, Bedless, and All Collectibles. Any% is the most popular one, with two categories found under this label, glitchless and unrestricted.
ref: 2023 July 26, Jeremy Gan, “Only Up speedrun records: Fastest completion, Any% glitchless, unrestricted, more”, in Dexerto:
glosses: Free from glitches; not using glitches.
Derived terms: glitchlessly
cocultural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From co- + cultural.
Senses: glosses: Of the same culture.
coethnic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From co- + ethnic.
Senses: glosses: Of the same ethnicity.
coethnic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coethnics
Etymology: From co- + ethnic.
Senses: examples: text: Most of the employers and employees in the study were coethnics.
glosses: A person of the same ethnicity.
coethnicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From co- + ethnicity.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being coethnic.
coethnics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coethnic
NVC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Initialism of non-verbal communication.
glosses: Initialism of non-violent communication.
sockeye salmon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sockeye salmon
Senses: synonyms: blueback salmon
red salmon
glosses: A salmon of the species Oncorhynchus nerka.
welfare princess
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: welfare princesses
Senses: glosses: A young welfare queen.
psychomedical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From psycho- + medical.
Senses: glosses: Relating to psychomedicine.
baritons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bariton
barydon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: barydons
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of baryton.
barydons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of barydon
paridon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paridons
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of paradon.
paritons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pariton
paridons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paridon
viola paradon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of baryton.
synonyms: word: baryton
thin section
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thin sections
Senses: examples: text: The purpose of this book is to illustrate the appearance of many of the common rock-forming minerals in thin section under the microscope.
ref: 1980, W. S. Mackenzie, C. Guilford, Atlas of rock-forming minerals in thin section, page iv:
text: Before long, as Dawson (1992) pointed out, Sorby (1863) also made thin sections of some of the fused charges of basalt produced by Sir James Hall.
ref: 2003, Davis Young, Mind over Magma: The Story of Igneous Petrology, page 150:
topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A thin, optically flat sliver of a material, especially a rock or mineral, that can be used in microscopy.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see thin, section.
thin sections
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thin section
metabasalt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metabasalts
Etymology: From meta- + basalt.
Senses: examples: text: The abundant basalt and metabasalt clasts in sandstone and conglomerate of the Jansen Creek Member were most likely derived from the locally metamorphosed basalt in the Metchosin Volcanics that crops out along the southern margin of Vancouver Island
ref: 1980, P.D. Snavely, Jr. with A.R. Niem, N.S. MacLeod, J.E. Pearl, and W.W. Rau, “Makah Formation: A Deep-Marginal-Basin Sequence of Late Eocene and Oligocene Age in the Northwestern Olympic Peninsula, Washington”, in Geological Survey Professional Paper, volume 1124, page 24:
glosses: An amphibolite produced from a basalt by metamorphism.
metabasalts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metabasalt
blueschists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blueschist
whiteschist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whiteschists
Etymology: From white + schist. Coined in 1973 by German geoscientist Werner Schreyer in his article Whiteschist: A High-Pressure Rock and its Geologic Significance.
Senses: glosses: A metamorphic rock formed in high-pressure environments, composed principally of talc and kyanite.
wikipedia: Werner Schreyer
whiteschists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whiteschist
speedies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of speedy
speedying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of speedy
speedied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of speedy
paracutas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paracuta
paramorphoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paramorphosis
paranatellons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paranatellon
ammonio-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: ammonium
topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: ammonium
Forms the name of the ammonium analogue of a certain mineral.
paraphilies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paraphily
aluminilite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From aluminium + -lite.
Senses: glosses: alunite
parging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɑːd͡ʒɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈpɑɹd͡ʒɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)dʒɪŋ
Etymology: From parge + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of parge.
parged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of parge.
ventrous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ventrous
form: most ventrous
form: vent'rous
Senses: examples: text: Small harme it were / For any Knight upon a ventrous Knight / Without displeasance for to prove his spere.
ref: 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, Canto 4, Verse 4:
text: The Queens colours are his, given by the King : / Who knowes that valour should not want reward, / And ventrous Spirits, best keep Princes guard.
ref: 1656, Gioachino Greco, The royall game of cheſſe-play: Sometimes the recreation of the late king, with many of the nobility. Illustrated with almost an hundred gambetts:
text: For all that, answered Araſpes, this ventrous boy lived many moneths among them, where his youth, and a womans habit, wherewith he was disguised, made him pass for one of their ſex.
ref: 1667, Gaultier de Coste La Calprenède (seigneur de), Sir Charles Cotterell, Cassandra: the fam'd romance. The whole work: in five parts; written originally in French, and now elegantly rendered into English, page 287
glosses: Obsolete spelling of venturous.
echocardiographical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more echocardiographical
form: most echocardiographical
Etymology: From echocardiograph(y) + -ical.
Senses: examples: text: The cardiologists, who performed the physical and echocardiographical examinations, were blind to the CT-proET-1 levels and the results of the psychometric testing.
ref: 2015 September 1, “Elevated Plasma C-Terminal Endothelin-1 Precursor Fragment Concentrations Are Associated with Less Anxiety in Patients with Cardiovascular Risk Factors. Results from the Observational DIAST-CHF Study”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Pertaining to echocardiography.
tenniser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tennisers
Etymology: From tennis + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Among the tennisers was a young man who looked older than he probably was, every other time that your eye fell upon him, clad in white below and stripes above.
ref: 1913, Nathaniel Clark Fowler, The Knockers Club, page 103:
glosses: A tennis player.
tennisers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tenniser
unshaggable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unshaggable
form: most unshaggable
Etymology: From un- + shaggable.
Senses: glosses: unfuckable
shaggability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From shaggable + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being shaggable; fuckability.
bangability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bangable + -ity.
Senses: glosses: fuckability
humpability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From humpable + -ity.
Senses: glosses: fuckability
pop fly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -aɪ
Forms: form: pop flies
Etymology: Blend of pop-up + fly
Senses: topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A pop-up; a fly ball to the infield or the shallow outfield.
pargings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parging.
trial number
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A grammatical number denoting a quantity of exactly three.
Related terms: dual number
Croydon facelifts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Croydon facelift.
pop flies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pop fly
velocipeding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of velocipede
velocipeded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of velocipede
money talks, bullshit walks
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Forms: form: money talks and bullshit walks
Etymology: First appeared c. 1968 in the US; a rhyming elaboration of money talks.
Senses: examples: text: “You taught me a great expression a few years ago, Joey—don’t forget it yourself.”
“What expression?” I asked.
“Money talks—bullshit walks. Joey, the further away from the Chairman I get, the better I like it.”
ref: 1968, Keefe Brasselle, The Cannibals: A Novel about Television's Savage Chieftains, page p. 68:
text: As my former congressman put it so inelegantly: "Money talks; bullshit walks."
ref: 1984, Jack DeSario, Stuart Langton, Symposium on Citizen Participation and Public Policy, page 321:
text: First rule of the cold approach: money talks, bullshit walks. So Cal would tip the guy twenty dollars on a hundred-dollar tab.
ref: 2001, Paul William Roberts, Norman Snider, Smokescreen: One Man Against the Underworld, page 252:
glosses: Attempting to accomplish a goal by demonstrating possession of material resources will succeed, while attempting to accomplish the same goal through mere rhetoric will fail.
Related terms: actions speak louder than words
talk is cheap
talk the talk
walk the walk
a picture is worth a thousand words
money talks, wealth whispers
counterembargo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: counterembargoes
Etymology: From counter- + embargo.
Senses: examples: text: At the same time, the Republic of Cyprus is stymied by a counterembargo by Turkey on its ships and planes, denying them access to the giant and lucrative Turkish market, its closest neighbor.
ref: 2015 August 31, Jonathan Gorvett, “Cyprus Hopes Reunification Talks Will Revive a Resort, Population 0”, in New York Times:
glosses: An embargo that a nation sets up in response to another embargo against it.
counterembargoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of counterembargo
mountures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mounture
gimme some skin
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɪn
Senses: glosses: A request for the interlocutor to slap hands, fist bump, or perform a similar greeting ritual.