cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Ningpo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: In Ningpo, the ninth City of the Province of Chekiang, both ſides of the Artificial Rivers, for ſeveral miles together, are made up with Stone : At the end of every River lyes a Sluce, through which all Veſſels muſt paſs before they come into it.
ref: 1669, John Nievhoff, translated by John Ogilby, An Embassy from the Eaſt-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperour of China, London: John Macock, page 229:
text: In the Lower Yangtze plain section of Chekiang, rice is associated with winter wheat and with silk and cotton. Cotton is also cultivated-on the south shore of Hangchow Bay, chiefly around Yüyao, from where it is shipped to Shanghai and Ningpo.
ref: 1956, Theodore Shabad, China's Changing Map: A Political and Economic Geography of the Chinese People's Republic, New York: Frederick A. Praeger, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 153:
text: The Shang-yü gazetteer describes the increasing unruliness of tenants from the Opium War period on, and rather disingenuously places all the blame on the unrest stirred up by the British invasion of Ningpo at that time.
ref: 1986, James H. Cole, Shaohsing: Competition and Cooperation in Nineteenth-Century China, University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 32:
text: She grew up in Chevy Chase; Long Beach, Calif.; Ningpo, China; and Geneva as the family moved because of her father's Navy assignments.
ref: 2006 October 28, “Obituaries”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 Oct 2023:
text: The men from Ningpo who'd moved to Shanghai and created banking empires are just the type of bankers Jack likes: tight-lipped.
ref: 2018, Paul French, City of Devils, Picador, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 51:
text: Yamei Kin was born in 1864 in the eastern Chinese city of Ningpo, now called Ningbo, to a Chinese pastor and his wife, according to an annotated bibliography of Kin’s life that was published in 2016 by the SoyInfo Center in California.
ref: 2018 October 17, Mark Ives, “Overlooked No More: Yamei Kin, the Chinese Doctor Who Introduced Tofu to the West”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 Oct 2018, Obituaries:
glosses: Alternative form of Ningbo, a port-city, prefecture-level city and subprovincial city in Zhejiang, China.
Ning-po
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 寧波／宁波 (Níngbō), compare with Wade–Giles romanization: Ning²-po¹.
Senses: examples: text: WE departed from Ning-po the 26th of November 1687, in order to go to Pe-king, where we were call’d by the Emperor, embarking in the Evening with a Mandarin, who was appointed us by the Governor.
ref: 1738, J. B. Du Halde, A Description of the Empire of China and Chinese-Tartary, Together with the Kingdoms of Korea, and Tibet, volume I, London, →OCLC, page 34:
text: Over-congestion and limited resources had forced many Shao-hsing and Ning-po people to earn their livings elsewhere, a phenomenon which deeply struck a scholar-official of Shanghai in the sixteenth century.
ref: 1962, Ping-ti Ho, The Ladder of Success in Imperial China Aspects of Social Mobility, 1368-1911, John Wiley & Sons, Inc, published 1964, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 253:
text: Once more Father Lebbe was on the move. This time he was to go to Ning-po in South China.
ref: 1983, Boniface Hanley, No Strangers to Violence, No Strangers to Love, Notre Dame, Indiana: Ave Maria Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 115:
text: Business with Japan could be transacted only at Ning-po, while Foochow was set aside for trade with the Philippines.
ref: 2007, Richard Wolff, The Popular Encyclopedia of World Religions, Harvest House, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 139:
text: When Robert and I arrived in Ning-po we were to report to the British Consul, Mr Thom, but he had been borne away on important business.
ref: 2009, Sara Sheridan, The Secret Mandarin, Avon, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 131:
text: They had all the accoutrements of the China sojourner—the carved mahogany ashtrays, the Ning-po lacquerware, the Qing-style blackwood furniture.
ref: 2012, Paul French, Midnight in Peking, Viking, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 157:
glosses: Alternative form of Ningbo.
wikipedia: Encyclopædia Britannica
chacos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chaco
champurrados
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of champurrado
chelas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chela
Kallmann syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Kallmann + syndrome, described in a 1944 paper by Franz Josef Kallmann, a German-American geneticist.
Senses: glosses: A genetic condition characterised by a failure to start or complete puberty, and loss or alteration of the sense of smell.
Y.O.L.O.
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjoʊ.loʊ/
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of YOLO.
galactographer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: galactographers
Etymology: From galactography (“science of charting and mapping galaxies”) + -er. Coined by American science fiction author Edmond Hamilton in his 1965 novelette The Shores of Infinity.
Senses: examples: text: Early galactographers had defined it as that part of the galaxy which lay between the eastern and southern kingdoms, and the edge of the island-universe.
ref: 1965 April, Edmond Hamilton, “The Shores of Infinity”, in Amazing Stories, volume 39, number 4, page 24:
text: It seems like these 'cats might be left over from wetter days. I found a brief study of Rhyl done by a couple galactographers, and they reported this was once a cooler planet.
ref: 1978, Robert Edward Vardeman, The Sandcats of Rhyl, →ISBN:
text: Some galactographers have estimated that there may be up to ten thousand inhabited planets that aren't listed at all.
ref: 1982, Isaac Asimov, Foundation's Edge, →ISBN, page 99:
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: A specialist in galactography.
Related terms: galactographic
galactographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From galactography (“x-ray examination used to evaluate breast fluid”) + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: We follow the galactogram with sonography, whether or not the galactogram is successful, posititve, or negative. The ultrasound can be useful regardless of the galactographic results.
ref: 2010, Lawrence W. Bassett, Mary C Mahoney, Sophia Apple, Carl D'Orsi, “Ultrasound Indications and Interpretation”, in Breast Imaging:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Pertaining to galactography, the use of X-rays to evaluate breast fluid.
Related terms: ductographic
galactogram
galactographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more galactographic
form: most galactographic
Etymology: From galactography (“science of charting and mapping galaxies”) + -ic. Coined by American science fiction author Isaac Asimov in 1950 in the final installment of the novella "...And Now You Don't" (collected as part of Second Foundation).
Senses: examples: text: Nor were the galactographic verities of the situation lost upon Stettin.
ref: 1950 January, Isaac Asimov, “...And Now You Don't”, in Astounding Science-Fiction, volume 44, number 5, page 115:
text: Is there some place here where we can make some galactographic computations?
ref: 1969 May, Edmond Hamilton, “The Horror from the Magellanic”, in Amazing Stories, volume 43, number 1, page 11:
text: This new planet didn't have a name. It could just about support life, but not a lot, and as opposed to Beta Caprisis—where entirely too many interesting things had happened for it to be inhabited—this planet simply wasn't interesting enough. It had a galactographic classification, in a desultory sort of way, but for various reasons you‟re not going to get it out of me.
ref: 1999, Dave Stone, The Mary-Sue Extrusion, →ISBN:
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: Pertaining to galactography; to the charting and mapping galaxies.
Related terms: galactographer
galactographers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of galactographer
signalperson
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: signalpersons
Etymology: From signal + person.
Senses: glosses: A signalman or signalwoman.
signalpersons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of signalperson
flagpeople
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flagperson
flagwoman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flagwomen
Etymology: From flag + woman.
Senses: glosses: A woman who carries a flag, especially one used for signalling.
flagwomen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flagwoman
hedgebank
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hedgebanks
Etymology: From hedge + bank.
Senses: examples: text: He unstrapped his knapsack, put it, with his stick, on the hedge-bank, and opened the gate.
ref: 1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 23:
glosses: A hedgerow.
hedgebanks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hedgebank
signalmaster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: signalmasters
Etymology: From signal + master.
Senses: glosses: The supervisor of a signalman on a railway.
signalmasters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of signalmaster
berghs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bergh
melatonergic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: melatoninergic
Etymology: From melatonin + -ergic.
Senses: glosses: That directly modulates the melatonin system in the body or brain.
melatonergic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: melatonergics
form: melatoninergic
Etymology: From melatonin + -ergic.
Senses: glosses: Any melatonergic drug or agent.
adenosinergic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From adenosine + -ergic.
Senses: glosses: That operates on the adenosine system in the body or brain.
opioidergic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From opioid + -ergic.
Senses: glosses: That operates on the opioid system in the body or brain.
cannabinoidergic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cannabinoid + -ergic.
Senses: glosses: That operates on the cannabinoid system in the body or brain.
Derived terms: endocannabinoidergic
cannabinergic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: That operates on the cannabinoid system in the body or brain.
Derived terms: endocannabinergic
phytocannabinoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phytocannabinoids
Etymology: From phyto- + cannabinoid.
Senses: glosses: Any cannabinoid that occurs naturally in a plant.
phytocannabinoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phytocannabinoid
cannabigerovarin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cannab(is) + -i- + ger(anyl) + -o- + varin.
Senses: glosses: A particular phytocannabinoid.
cannabichromevarin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular phytocannabinoid.
cannabidivarin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cannab(is) + -i- + di- + -varin.
Senses: glosses: A particular cannabinoid.
Synonyms: CBDV
Hypernyms: cannabinoid
varin cannabinoid
Derived terms: CBDV
Related terms: cannabidiol
cannabivarin
tetrahydrocannabivarin
cannabivarin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cannab(is) + -i- + -varin.
Senses: glosses: A particular cannabinoid.
Synonyms: cannabivarol
CBV
Hypernyms: cannabinoid
varin cannabinoid
Derived terms: cannabidivarin
CBV
tetrahydrocannabivarin
Related terms: cannabidiol
cannabinol
tetrahydrocannabinol
cannabivarol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of cannabivarin A particular cannabinoid.
synonyms: word: cannabivarin A particular cannabinoid
cannabicyclol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular cannabinoid.
cannabichromene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular cannabinoid.
cannabigerol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cannab(is) + -i- + ger(anyl) + -ol.
Senses: glosses: The cannabinoid alcohol 2-[(2E)-3,7-dimethylocta-2,6-dienyl]-5-pentylbenzene-1,3-diol, a precursor to THC and CBD.
Synonyms: word: CBG
Hypernyms: cannabinoid
Coordinate terms: tetrahydrocannabinol
THC
cannabidiol
CBD
Derived terms: word: cannabigerolic
word: cannabigerolic acid
word: CBGA
word: CBG
frontocortical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: fronto-cortical
Etymology: From fronto- + cortical.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the front of the cortex
melatoninergic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more melatoninergic
form: most melatoninergic
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of melatonergic.
yakhni
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yahni
Etymology: Ultimately from Persian یخنی (yaxni).
Senses: glosses: Any of various stocks, broths and stews found in many countries from the Balkan Peninsula to South Asia.
semidialectal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: semi-dialectal
Etymology: From semi- + dialectal.
Senses: examples: text: It does not suffice to collect a few semiliterate, semidialectal speakers to construct a descriptive grammar of a big language of modern civilization. If we try, we may emerge with a descriptive grammar of a few idiolects or dialects […]
ref: 1965, Mario Pei, Invitation to Linguistics, page 233:
glosses: Having a mixture of dialectal and standard words or grammar
raw_tags: of a language or vocabulary
Dobos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from Hungarian.
Derived terms: Dobos torte
enantiodromic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more enantiodromic
form: most enantiodromic
Etymology: From enantiodromia + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to enantiodromia.
erythrophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From erythro- + -phobia.
Senses: examples: text: Erythophobia is no laughing matter if you are a sufferer of this phobia. It could tend to make the sufferer anti-social as it is a very real and serious concern that excessive blushing could occur at any moment.
ref: 2013, Mabel Dawn Van Niekerk - Erythrophobia, The Blushing Phobia - Erythrophobia:
glosses: abnormal and persistent fear of blushing
examples: text: As they passed through the upper hall J. noticed that the carpet was red. This immediately brought back to her mind the recollection of the suicide and produced a peculiar feeling of fear,—erythrophobia,—which was immediately followed by pain in the back of her head...
The erythrophobia and the suicidal obsession, which did not yield to the influence of hypnotic suggestion, entirely disappeared and sank at once into the background.
ref: 1908, William A. White, “Mental Dissociation in Psychic Epilepsy”, in Boris Sidis, editor, Psychopathological Researches: Studies in Mental Dissociation, pages 150 and 154:
text: This woman exhibited erythrophobia, i. e., fear of red, and at the same time she believed that she was responsible for or had actually caused the death of her mother.
ref: 1915, Dr. Shepherd Ivory Franz, Popular Science Monthly, page 88:
text: Red Coats. Red Cat. And she had erythrophobia...morbid fear of the color red...ailurophobia...morbid fear of cats.
ref: 1988, Jacqueline Martin, Bryarly, page 276:
text: Or, maybe it's erythrophobia, which no real spanker/spankee should have. (For those who are logophobic, erythrophobia is an abnormal fear of the color red. Not one of my problems! :)
ref: 1999 June 11, Nice But Naughty Boy Craves OTK w/SWF, “Has ANYONE had success meeting others on a.p.s.?”, in alt.personals.spanking (Usenet), retrieved 05 May 2015:
text: With over 250 coffeeshops (p129), the capital offers ample opportunity to partake in a spliff or two, and no one, but no one (unless they suffer from erythrophobia) should miss a stroll through Amsterdam’s legendary Red Light District (p85).
ref: 2007, Lonely Planet, The Netherlands, page 21:
text: ‘As in xenophobia?’ said Jack. ‘Or erythrophobia? I know some people really hate my red eyes.’
ref: 2012, Xanna Eve Chown, The Slender-Fingered Cats of Bubastis:
glosses: Abnormal and persistent fear of the colour red.
Synonyms: erytophobia
ereuthophobia
ereuthrophobia
Hypernyms: english: fear of colours
translation: fear of colours
word: chromophobia
Schmucksville
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From schmucks + -ville.
Senses: examples: text: That maybe^([sic]) okay for some hick from Schmucksville, Tennessee. But not for you kid. You got talent.
ref: 2007, David Lee, Nothing Rhymes with Silver 2, page 222:
text: You finally graduated—and with honors—but unfortunately you went to Schmucks University somewhere in Schmucksville that no schmuck has ever heard of.
ref: 2009, Gregory Bergman, Jodi Miller, WTF? College, page 232:
glosses: A dull and insignificant town.
detransformation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: detransformations
Etymology: From de- + transformation.
Senses: glosses: The reversal of a transformation.
detransformations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of detransformation
ultracognitive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ultra- + cognitive.
Senses: glosses: Taking a highly cognitive approach.
exterminatable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more exterminatable
form: most exterminatable
Etymology: From exterminate + -able.
Senses: examples: text: The House Sparrow is no longer exterminatable, but he may be, must be kept within bounds.
glosses: Capable of being exterminated.
Synonyms: exterminable
Christmas lily
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Christmas lilies
Senses: glosses: A bright red variety of lily that blooms in the Southern Hemisphere around Christmas.
Christmas lilies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Christmas lily
handicapable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈhændɪkeɪpəbl̩/
Etymology: Blend of handicapped + capable
Senses: glosses: Disabled or handicapped.
handicapable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈhændɪkeɪpəbl̩/
Forms: form: handicapables
Etymology: Blend of handicapped + capable
Senses: examples: text: After we went to all the trouble to only present photographs and posters of AmeriKKKa's only president in special hallmark wheelchair moments, handicapables feel that the photographic images are degrading to the integrity of FDR.
ref: 2008, Greg Mandanis, The Genes of Wrath, page 193:
glosses: A disabled person.
Synonyms: differently able
differently abled
immortalizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: immortalizers
Etymology: From immortalize + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who immortalizes something.
immortalizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of immortalizer
ribosomal RNA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ribosomal RNAs
Etymology: From ribosomal + RNA.
Senses: glosses: the structural backbone of ribosomes, which is composed of RNA (ribonucleic acid)
Synonyms: word: rRNA
word: ribosomal rRNA
word: ribosomal ribonucleic acid
Coordinate terms: messenger RNA
transfer RNA
RNA
Derived terms: word: rRNA
Related terms: messenger RNA
non-coding RNA
RNA
short interfering RNA
small interfering RNA
small RNA
soluble RNA
transfer RNA
ribosomal RNAs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ribosomal RNA
ribosomal ribonucleic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ribosomal ribonucleic acids
Etymology: From ribosomal + ribonucleic acid, from being the ribonucleic acid found in ribosomes.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of ribosomal RNA (the structural backbone of a ribosome)
synonyms: word: ribosomal RNA
extra: the structural backbone of a ribosome
Synonyms: rRNA
ribosomal RNA
ribosomal rRNA
Coordinate terms: messenger ribonucleic acid
transfer ribonucleic acid
ribonucleic acid
Derived terms: word: ribosomal RNA
word: rRNA
Related terms: messenger ribonucleic acid
non-coding ribonucleic acid
ribonucleic acid
short interfering ribonucleic acid
small interfering ribonucleic acid
soluble ribonucleic acid
transfer ribonucleic acid
myeloarchitectonics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From myelo- + architectonics.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: myeloarchitecture
myeloarchitecture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: myeloarchitectures
Etymology: From myelo- + architecture.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The arrangement of nerve fibers in an organism or organ.
Derived terms: myeloarchitectural
myeloarchitecturally
myeloarchitectures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of myeloarchitecture
myeloarchitecturally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From myeloarchitectural + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In myeloarchitectural terms.
Einstein refrigerator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Einstein refrigerators
Etymology: It was jointly invented in 1926 by Albert Einstein and his former student Leó Szilárd.
Senses: synonyms: Einstein-Szilárd refrigerator
glosses: An absorption refrigerator that has no moving parts, operates at constant pressure, and requires only a heat source to operate.
wikipedia: Albert Einstein
Leó Szilárd
Einstein refrigerators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Einstein refrigerator
oppugnants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oppugnant
Sobolev space
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sobolev spaces
Etymology: Named after the Russian mathematician Sergei Sobolev.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A vector space of functions equipped with a norm that is a combination of Lp-norms of the function itself as well as its derivatives up to a given order.
Sobolev spaces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sobolev space
light cavalry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: light cavalries
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A military unit consisting of lightly armed and lightly armored troops mounted on horses.
Related terms: heavy cavalry
heavy cavalry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heavy cavalries
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A military unit consisting of troops mounted on large powerful horses, and often equipped with armor as well as either swords, maces, lances, or battle axes.
Related terms: light cavalry
heavy cavalries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of heavy cavalry
light cavalries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of light cavalry
ergospheric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ergosphere + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to an ergosphere.
fors and againsts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɔːzən(d)əˈɡɛnsts/
ipa: /ˈfɔɹzən(d)əˈɡɛnsts/
Senses: examples: text: I was privy to all the fors and againsts, I was the friend to whom he confided his hopes and plans, [...]
ref: 1817, Jane Austen, Persuasion:
text: If the fors and againsts of any course of action were not so intrinsically mixed, [...]
ref: 1892, Rhoda Broughton, Mrs. Bligh:
text: We talked at length of the fors and againsts of each service [...]
ref: 2007, Ray Dousset, Rotor in the Green:
text: As with his preface, Kang short-circuits the intellectual fors-and-againsts of aid-giving [...]
ref: 2012, Helena Grice, Asian American Fiction, History and Life Writing: International Encounters:
glosses: pros and cons
electric guitarists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of electric guitarist
exomoonology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From exomoon + -ology.
Senses: examples: text: We ourselves prefer the "forest moon of Endor" pop-culture nod when discussing exomoonology.
ref: 2009 December 21, Lewis Page, “Aliens more likely to live on moons than planets, say boffins”, in The Register:
text: My research interests include the theory of transiting exoplanets, the development of novel detection techniques, signal detection theory and exomoonology.
ref: 2012, Dr. David Kipping, The Space Show (broadcast):
text: The bases of exomoonology are the initial success of the CoRoT mission that was the first space mission designed to search for exo-planets similar to the Earth itself.
ref: 2012, Julián Chela-Flores, Fluid mechanics and systems biology for understanding cosmic distribution of life: A review, page 10:
text: With the advent of exomoonology (Kipping et al. 2012), the new batch of data to arrive will be particularly relevant for adding yet another factor in defining habitability and life, as suggested in a systems astrobiological approach.
ref: 2014, Leonardo Di G. Sigalotti, Jaime Klapp, Eloy Sira, Computational and Experimental Fluid Mechanics with Applications to Physics, →ISBN, page 115:
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: The search for, and study of, exomoons.
Synonyms: planetary science
exoplanetology
Related terms: exomoonologist
exomoonologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exomoonologists
Etymology: From exomoonology + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: One of Blighty's top exomoonologists has said that NASA's new "Kepler" space telescope - in addition to its hotly-anticipated ability to discover habitable planets orbiting other stars - will also be able to detect habitable moons orbiting the gas giants of far-flung solar systems.
ref: 2009 September 4, Lewis Page, “'Exomoonologist': NASA can detect forest moon of Endor”, in The Register:
text: “We don’t know for sure whether any of the planets in our sample are truly habitable,” explains David Kipping, astroboffin (and sometime exomoonologist). “All we can say is that they’re promising candidates.”
ref: 2015 January 24, Lewis Page, “ALIEN EARTH: Red sun's habitable world spotted 470 light years away”, in Give Back Our Freedom:
text: Imagine sitting in bed watching the Science Channel with your daughter and you hear a great quote from the astronomy expert — exomoonologist, to be exact- being interviewed.
ref: 2016 April 6, Amy Burvall, “The Scientist Storyteller: Interview with Dr. David Kipping, exomoonologist”, in Medium:
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A person who searches for, and studies, exomoons.
exomoonologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of exomoonologist
redesignation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: redesignations
Etymology: From re- + designation.
Senses: examples: text: In a bid to help address this, the Biden Administration last month announced the redesignation of Venezuela for Temporary Protected Status (TPS), which now allows nearly half a million Venezuelans who entered the US before July 31, 2023, to apply to remain here and work lawfully for an 18-month period.
ref: 2023 October 5, Ben Helms, David Leblang and Tom Jawetz, “Opinion: A smart and humane answer on immigration”, in CNN:
glosses: The act of redesignating.
redesignations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of redesignation
HFR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: HFRs
Senses: topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
coordinate_terms: VFR
glosses: Initialism of high frame rate.
topics: transport
coordinate_terms: HSR
PDL
glosses: Initialism of high-frequency rail
HFR
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: topics: journalism
media
glosses: Initialism of hold for release.
miliary tuberculosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: miliary tuberculoses
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A form of tuberculosis that is characterized by a wide dissemination into the human body and by the tiny size of the lesions (1-5 mm).
flytipping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fly-tipping.
flytipping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fly-tipping, present participle and gerund of flytip
loserboard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: loserboards
form: loser board
Etymology: From loser + board, perhaps modelled on leaderboard.
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: A tabular display of stocks/shares whose value/price has recently fallen
passportification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From passport + -ification.
Senses: glosses: The supply of passports to citizens of another country for national political reasons.
dustpile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dustpiles
form: dust pile
Etymology: From dust + pile.
Senses: glosses: A pile of dust and other material, typically composed household refuse.
managerialised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more managerialised
form: most managerialised
Senses: glosses: Affected by, or controlled via managerialism
news stream
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: news streams
Senses: glosses: A stream of breaking news items generated automatically
teixobactin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Ancient Greek τεῖχος (teîkhos, “wall”) + -bactin, pertaining to a cell wall (broken down by the antibiotic).
Senses: examples: text: Here we report a new antibiotic that we term teixobactin, discovered in a screen of uncultured bacteria.
ref: 2015 January 22, Losee L. Ling et. at., “A new antibiotic kills pathogens without detectable resistance”, in Nature, volume 517, number 7535, page 455:
text: As we finished writing this book, a study published online in the journal Nature reported the discovery of teixobactin, a new antibiotic derived from previously unculturable soil bacteria.
ref: 2015, David R. Montgomery, Anne Biklé, The Hidden Half of Nature: The Microbial Roots of Life and Health:
text: Scientists at the University of Lincoln, UK, have successfully produced two synthetic derivatives of Teixobactin – the world's first known antibiotic capable of destroying 'drug resistant' bacteria.
ref: 2016 April 27, Elizabeth Allen, “UK scientists pioneer synthetic forms of 'game-changing' antibiotic”, in phys.org:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: An antibiotic discovered in a screen of uncultured bacteria (Eleftheria terrae) grown in situ in soil, thought to be unlikely to lead to the development of resistance in pathogens.
horned melon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: horned melons
Etymology: From horned + melon.
Senses: glosses: A plant of the species Cucumis metulifer, bearing a cucumber-like fruit.
glosses: The fruit of the horned melon plant, having yellow-orange skin and lime green, jelly-like flesh with a tart taste, and texture similar to a cucumber.
bioassayed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bio- + assayed.
Senses: glosses: Subjected to bioassay
horned melons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of horned melon
bovinized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bovine + -ize + -ed.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Into whose genome has been introduced bovine genes
raw_tags: of an animal
coelenteramide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An aminopyrazine that is the oxyluciferin of coelenterazine
aminopyrazine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aminopyrazines
Etymology: From amino- + pyrazine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any amino derivative of a pyrazine
designatable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈdɛzɪɡneɪtəbəl/
Etymology: From designate + -able, replacing older and more opaque designable in the same sense.
Senses: glosses: That can be designated; designable.
diglycosylated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From di- + glycosylated.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Having two attached sugar moieties
Related terms: diglycosylation
fibroblastoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fibroblastomas
form: fibroblastomata
Etymology: From fibro- + blastoma.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Any tumour associated with a fibroblast
Derived terms: myofibroblastoma
Brussels griffon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Brussels griffons
Senses: examples: text: On Dec. 4, 2021, Twixie and Cowboy, both 2-year-old Brussels Griffons, were married at the Dallas home of the bride (Twixie), in the backyard. She wore an appliquéd lace bodice with a ruffle of layered tulle at the waist. The groom donned a handmade silk-cotton tuxedo and top hat.
ref: 2022 March 16, Sean Malin, “Love Is in the Air. So Is Dander.”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Any of several related breeds of toy dog from Belgium.
pædagogically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more pædagogically
form: most pædagogically
Senses: glosses: Obsolete typography of paedagogically.
paedagogically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more paedagogically
form: most paedagogically
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of pedagogically.
hemibiotrophic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hemi- + biotrophic or hemibiotroph + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: Hemibiotrophic fungi include those that infect living tissue, similar to biotrophs, but after an extended incubation period of days or weeks the infected tissue dies, within which the fungus now continues to develop as a saprotroph, usually resulting in sporulation.
ref: 2007, Barbara J.E. Schulz, Microbial Root Endophytes, page 138:
glosses: Biotrophic in some circumstances, or some of the time.
hemisegment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hemisegments
Etymology: From hemi- + segment.
Senses: glosses: half of a segment
homooligomeric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: homo-oligomeric
Etymology: From homo- + oligomeric.
Senses: glosses: Relating to a homooligomer.
homooligomerization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From homo- + oligomerization.
Senses: glosses: Conversion into a homooligomer
intraspinal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -aɪnəl
Etymology: From intra- + spinal.
Senses: glosses: Within the spinal column (especially within the spinal canal)
Derived terms: intraspinally
theopath
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: theopaths
Etymology: From theo- + -path.
Senses: glosses: One who practices theopathy.
mannopeptide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mannopeptides
Etymology: From manno- + peptide.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any glycopeptide in which the sugar moiety is mannose.
diathermia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From diathermy + -ia.
Senses: glosses: diathermy
matrilineage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: matrilineages
Etymology: From matri- + lineage.
Senses: antonyms: patrilineage
glosses: Lineage based upon the maternal line; a group of descendants related through a common female lineage.
micropellet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: micropellets
Etymology: From micro- + pellet.
Senses: glosses: A very small pellet
micropellets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of micropellet
midsegment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: midsegments
Etymology: From mid- + segment.
Senses: glosses: The middle part of a segment
Related terms: midsegmental
midsegments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of midsegment
acroparalysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acroparalyses
Etymology: From acro- + paralysis.
Senses: glosses: Paralysis of the extremities.
acroparalyses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acroparalysis
paresthetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: paræsthetic
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to paresthesia.
Derived terms: acroparesthetic
octarepeat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: octarepeats
Etymology: From octa- + repeat.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A sequence of octapeptides that are repeated in a polypeptide or protein
apoplectiform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Of or resembling apoplexy.
plexinome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plexinomes
Etymology: From plexin + -ome.
Senses: qualifier: The analysis of
glosses: all the plexins of an organism.
arteriosclerotics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arteriosclerotic
bromidism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bromide + -ism.
Senses: glosses: bromism
postinoculation
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + inoculation.
Senses: glosses: Following inoculation
presprayed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + sprayed.
Senses: glosses: sprayed prior to some other process or operation
hematomyelia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: haematomyelia
Etymology: From hemato- + -myelia.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: hemorrhage of the spinal cord.
substructuring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: substructurings
Etymology: From sub- + structuring.
Senses: glosses: decomposition into substructures
morphinist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: morphinists
Etymology: From morphine + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who is addicted to morphine.
Synonyms: morphinomaniac
Hainault
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /heɪnɔɫt/
ipa: /-oɫt/
Etymology: From Old English, recorded as Henehout in 1221 and Hyneholt in 1239. It means "wood belonging to a religious community", referring to the ownership of Hainault Forest, part of the larger Epping Forest, by Barking Abbey. The spelling was altered from the 17th century because of a false connection to Philippa of Hainault, the wife of Edward III.
Senses: glosses: A suburban area in the borough of Redbridge, in north-eastern Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ4591).
science-fictioneer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsaɪ.əns ˌfɪk.ʃənˈɪə/
ipa: /ˈsaɪ.ɛns ˌfɪk.ʃənˈɪə/
rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
Forms: form: science-fictioneers
form: science fictioneer
Etymology: From science fiction + -eer. Compare fictioneer.
Senses: examples: text: The cult of dianetics, which was going strong a year ago (TIME, July 24, 1950), has some of the features of a new religion. Its founder, Science-Fictioneer L. Ron Hubbard, claimed that his "science of the mind" could cure all mental and most bodily ills, make supermen of truly devoted converts.
ref: 1951 September 3, “Medicine: Departure in Dianetics”, in Time, volume 63, number 10:
text: Science-fictioneers such as Robert Sheckley, Joe Haldeman and Frederik Pohl.
ref: 1994 April, Interzone, number 82, page 64:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: Creator of science fiction.
examples: text: We wonder how you science-fictioneers would have greeted the theorists of the year 600!
ref: 1940 November, Mort Weisinger, “Looking Forward”, in Thrilling Wonder Stories, volume 18, number 2, page 8:
text: The 4th World Science-Fiction Convention, first full-scale meeting of science-fictioneers since 1941, will be held in Los Angeles on July 4-5-6-7.
ref: 1946 May, Forrest J Ackerman, Astounding Science-Fiction, volume 37, number 3, page 93:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: Fan of science fiction.
Synonyms: sense: fan
word: stfan
sense: both senses
word: scientifictionist
sense: both senses
word: science-fictionist
sense: both senses
word: stfnist
sense: both senses
word: stefnist
science-fictioneers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of science-fictioneer
Chrislamic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Chrislamic
form: most Chrislamic
Etymology: From Chrislam + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Chrislam.
examples: text: “Commie Chrislamist goon @annavetticad also giving film reviews. Her hatred of Hinduism is quite appalling.”
ref: 2017, Firstpost:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Associated with Christian missionaries or Islamist groups; opposed to Hindutva or Hindu nationalism.
supergeneric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From super- + generic.
Senses: qualifier: taxonomic
glosses: Above the level of a genus.
Hamiltonian spite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Derived from a 1964 paper on genetics by W. D. Hamilton.
Senses: qualifier: social evolution
glosses: Behaviours occurring among conspecifics that have a cost for the actor and a negative impact upon the recipient.
Dodgson condensation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after mathematician Charles Dodgson.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A method of computing the determinants of a square matrix by constructing a series of sequentially smaller matrices.
Dodgsonian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɒd͡ʒˈsəʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /dɑd͡ʒˈsoʊ.ni.ən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Forms: form: more Dodgsonian
form: most Dodgsonian
Etymology: From Dodgson + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the mathematician and author Charles Dodgson, known more commonly by pen name Lewis Carroll.
loose lips sink ships
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlus ˈlɪps ˈsɪŋk ˈʃɪps/
rhymes: -ɪps
Etymology: Shortening of a wartime slogan from World War II.
Senses: examples: text: Loose Lips Sink Ships, said the wartime poster. Of course the ships will all sink anyway, sooner or later.
ref: 2000, Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin, Anchor, published 2007, →ISBN, page 448:
text: ‘Loose lips sink ships,’ she spat at Dad once, when they were arguing about Grandpa, but ‘loose lips killed our son.’
ref: 2014, Crystal Chan, Bird, Random House, →ISBN, page 59:
glosses: Saying too much or releasing confidential information can have dangerous consequences.
Related terms: word: loose-lipped
Dodgson's method
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after mathematician Charles Dodgson.
Senses: glosses: A voting system by which each voter submits an ordered list of all candidates according to personal preference (from best to worst). The winner is the candidate for whom we need to perform the minimum number of pairwise swaps (added over all candidates) before they become a winner according to the Condorcet method.
Condorcet method
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after its inventor, Nicolas de Condorcet (1743–1794).
Senses: glosses: A voting system that selects the candidate who would beat each of the other candidates in a run-off election
Related terms: Condorcet paradox
Herculanean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Herculanean
form: most Herculanean
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Herculaneum.
Herculanean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Herculaneans
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Herculaneum.
Herculaneans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Herculanean
recarbonization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: recarbonizations
Etymology: From re- + carbonization.
Senses: synonyms: recarburization[iron]] or steel>
glosses: The act or process of recarbonizing.
Related terms: recarbonation
recarbonizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of recarbonization
Hobsbawmian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Hobsbawmian
form: most Hobsbawmian
Etymology: From Hobsbawm + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Eric Hobsbawm (1917–2012), British Marxist historian of the rise of industrial capitalism, socialism, and nationalism.
highlier
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: comparative form of highly: more highly
highliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: superlative form of highly: most highly
Price equation
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: It was derived by George R. Price.
Senses: glosses: A covariance equation that provides a way to understand the effects that gene transmission and natural selection have on the proportion of genes within each new generation of a population.
Synonyms: Price's equation
Price's theorem
Price's equation
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Price equation.
Philo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Philos
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A placename
A census-designated place in Mendocino County, California, United States.
glosses: A placename
A village in Illinois, United States.
glosses: A placename
A village in Ohio, United States.
backscreens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of backscreen
metaprocesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metaprocess
like fuck
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Synonym of like hell.
synonyms: word: like hell
proletarianisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of proletarianisation
common squirrel monkey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: common squirrel monkeys
Senses: glosses: An arboreal monkey of the species Saimiri sciureus, native to tropical South America.
Synonyms: sense: Saimiri sciureus
word: South American squirrel monkey
uncorporeal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more uncorporeal
form: most uncorporeal
Etymology: From un- + corporeal.
Senses: glosses: Not corporeal.
Synonyms: incorporeal
noncorpus
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + corpus.
Senses: examples: text: It might be claimed that much of the noncorpus data I have mentioned above is performance data and therefore is not relevant to the task of grammar construction and verification.
ref: 1974, David Cohen, Explaining linguistic phenomena, page 64:
text: Most of this noncorpus poetry has previously not been easily accessible and has been ignored by the critics, with the notable exceptions of Laurence Housman, Tom Burns Haber, and William White.
ref: 2002, Carol Efrati, The Road of Danger, Guilt, and Shame, page 13:
glosses: Not of or relating to a corpus.
tie pin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tie pins
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tiepin.
South American squirrel monkey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: South American squirrel monkeys
Senses: glosses: An arboreal monkey of the species Saimiri sciureus, native to tropical South America.
Synonyms: sense: Saimiri sciureus
word: common squirrel monkey
akasic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of akashic.
snuffs it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of snuff it
snuffing it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of snuff it
infrareds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of infrared
ultraroyalists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ultraroyalist
ultraroyalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ultraroyalists
Etymology: From ultra- + royalist.
Senses: glosses: A member of a reactionary faction which sat in the French parliament from 1815 to 1830 under the Bourbon Restoration, favouring the monarchy and opposing liberal, republican, and democrat ideas.
glosses: A person or group that favours monarchy and opposes liberal, republican, and democrat ideas; a person or group that has extremely royalist views.
Synonyms: ultra
European toad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: European toads
Senses: glosses: A common European toad, of the species Bufo bufo.
Synonyms: sense: Bufo bufo
word: common toad
tube worm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tube worms
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tubeworm.
tube worms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tube worm
fairy light
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fairy lights
Etymology: From the similarity of such a light to a fairy lamp (small candle lamp).
Senses: glosses: One of a set of decorative electric lights attached along the length of a cable.
Synonyms: Christmas light
fairy lamp
Derived terms: fairy-lit
fairy cakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fairy cake