cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
all-season tire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: all-season tires
form: all-season tyre
Senses: topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: A tire designed to have long tread life in warm conditions, with rubber that remains soft down to freezing weather, for good performance in three seasons and passable performance in winter
Synonyms: four-season tire
4-season tire
three-season tire
3-season tire
Coordinate terms: dry-weather tire
wet-weather tire
summer tire
all-weather tire
winter tire
snow tire
studded tire
winter tire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: winter tires
form: winter tyre
Etymology: From winter + tire.
Senses: topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: A tire with rubber that remains soft in most winter temperatures, to maintain grip on snow on ice, with good tread life on dry roads in cold conditions (tread life is poor in warm and hot conditions)
Coordinate terms: dry-weather tire
wet-weather tire
summer tire
all-season tire
all-weather tire
snow tire
studded tire
snow tire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snow tires
Etymology: From snow + tire.
Senses: topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: A tire with rubber that remains soft at most winter temperatures, designed to maintain grip on snow and ice (historically these tires have poor tread life on tarmac and pavement, especially in non-cold temperatures)
glosses: winter tires (due to winter tires being a more recent development than traditional snow tires)
Coordinate terms: dry-weather tire
wet-weather tire
summer tire
all-season tire
all-weather tire
winter tire
studded tire
studded tire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: studded tires
Etymology: From stud + tire.
Senses: topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: A tire with rubber that remains soft in subfreezing conditions, and equipped with metal studs (pins) to increase traction on ice by digging into it
Coordinate terms: dry-weather tire
wet-weather tire
summer tire
all-season tire
all-weather tire
winter tire
snow tire
summer tire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: summer tires
form: summer tyre
Etymology: From summer + tire.
Senses: topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: A tire designed to have long tread life in warm conditions, that will maintain grip in wet and dry conditions, and will function in hot and cool weather, but does not maintain grip in cold or freezing conditions
glosses: all-season tires (due to the fact that they are typically factory fitted to cars for summer use, and by law, they cannot be used in some jurisdictions in winter)
Coordinate terms: english: a summer tire with poor wet surface performance, but with improved high speed dry performance
translation: a summer tire with poor wet surface performance, but with improved high speed dry performance
word: dry-weather tire
english: a summer tire with improved wet weather performance to reduce aquaplaning
translation: a summer tire with improved wet weather performance to reduce aquaplaning
word: wet-weather tire
word: all-season tire
word: all-weather tire
word: winter tire
word: snow tire
word: studded tire
teenagerhoods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of teenagerhood
sayen
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From Middle English seien, equivalent to say + -en.
Senses: examples: text: But diuine Shepheards ſoothly ſayen,
In their high Layes with wordes plaine: […]
ref: 1606, N[athaniel] B[axter], Sir Philip Sydneys Ouránia, That Is, Endimions Song and Tragedie, Containing All Philosophie, London: […] Ed. Allde, for Edward White, […], →OCLC, signature [D4], verso:
text: No more do souls of men. For stories sayen
Well known 'mongst countrey folk, our spirits fly, […]
ref: 1647, Henry More, “[Philosophical Poems.] Antipsychopannychia or The Third Book of the Song of the Soul: Containing a Confutation of the Sleep of the Soul after Death. The Præexistency of the Soul, […].”, in Alexander B[alloch] Grosart, editor, The Complete Poems of Dr. Henry More (1614–1687) […] (Chertsey Worthies’ Library), [Edinburgh: […] Edinburgh University Press; Thomas and Archibald Constable, […]] for private circulation, published 1878, →OCLC, stanza 78, page 126, column 1:
text: That men sayen I make trewe melody,
ref: 1747, William Mason, Musaeus: a Monody to the Memory of Mr. Pope:
glosses: plural simple present of say
Englisheth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: English + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of English
graft-versus-host disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: graft-versus-host diseases
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
synonyms: graft-versus-host
glosses: A medical complication following the receipt of transplanted tissue from a genetically different person.
graft-versus-host diseases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of graft-versus-host disease
movedst
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple past indicative of move
livedst
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple past indicative of live
believedst
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple past indicative of believe
slimeway
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slimeways
Etymology: From slime + way.
Senses: topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: The track of slime connecting the spindle cells of certain slime moulds, composed of extracellular matrix.
slimeways
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slimeway
wrotest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: wrote + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple past indicative of write
spindle cell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spindle cells
Senses: topics: medicine
oncology
sciences
glosses: A cell in a tumour of mesenchymal origin.
topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: An amoeboid cell in a slime net.
topics: medicine
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
glosses: spindle neuron
Spitzenkorper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Spitzenkorpers
Etymology: Borrowed from German Spitzenkörper, from Spitze (“point”) + Körper (“body”).
Senses: topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: A region at the apex of the hyphae in certain fungi, which is refractive.
spindle neuron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spindle neurons
Senses: topics: medicine
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
glosses: One of a class of neurons with a spindle-shaped soma, a single apical axon, and a single dendrite.
Synonyms: spindle cell
von Economo neuron
von Economo neuron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: von Economo neurons
Etymology: Named for Austrian neurologist Constantin von Economo (1876–1931), who discovered them.
Senses: examples: text: Looking at the brains of 10 superagers after they died, Rogalski said they discovered these individuals have more of a certain type of brain cell known as Von Economo neurons than average elderly individuals.
ref: 2018 February 19, Nicola Davis, The Guardian:
glosses: A spindle neuron.
wikipedia: Constantin von Economo
autoglottonym
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɔː.təʊˈɡlɒ.tə.nɪm/
ipa: /ˌɔː.toʊˈɡlɑ.tə.nɪm/
ipa: /ˌɑː.toʊˈɡlɑ.tə.nɪm/
Forms: form: autoglottonyms
Etymology: From auto- + glottonym.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of autoglossonym.
Synonyms: autolinguonym
Related terms: endonym
autonym
exonym
xenonym
glottonym
glossonym
linguonym
diaurated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From di- + aurated.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Modified by addition of two atoms of gold, typically across a double bond
Related terms: deaurated
HTP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: HTPs
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of hydroxytryptophan.
topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of high-test peroxide.
glosses: Initialism of heated tobacco product.
diazinylmethyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diazinylmethyls
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any diazinyl derivative of a methyl radical
diazinyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diazinyls
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A univalent radical derived from a diazine
Related terms: diazenyl
high-test peroxide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: high-test peroxides
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
qualifier: liquids; solution; liquids; solution
glosses: An aqueous solution of hydrogen peroxide, containing at least 85% hydrogen peroxide, often also containing a stabilizer to prevent decomposition.
Synonyms: HTP
Hypernyms: hydrogen peroxide
peroxide
Derived terms: HTP
dibromocarbene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dibromocarbenes
Senses: examples: text: Vinyl bromide did not react under the above conditions, the dibromocarbene being consumed in alternative reactions.
ref: 1956, Philip S. Skell, Albert V. Garner, “Reactions of Bivalent Carbon Compounds. Reactivities in Olefin-Dibromocarbene Reactions.”, in Journal of the American Chemical Society, volume 78, number 20, page 5433:
text: Secondary reaction of lithium atoms with the tribromomethyl radical yields a sufficient concentration of dibromocarbene for infrared spectral study.
ref: 1968, Lester Andrews, T. Granville Carver, “Reactions of Alkali‐Metal Atoms with Carbon Tetrabromide. Infrared Spectra and Bonding in the Tribromomethyl Radical and Dibromocarbene in Solid Argon”, in The Journal of Chemical Physic, volume 49, number 2, page 896:
text: Dibromocarbene produced from bromoform and potassium tert-butoxide is minimally affected by carbenoid involvement.
ref: 1986, John F. Hartwig et al., “A photochemical source of dibromo- and dichlorocarbene: A cautionary tale regarding the stereochemistry of dibromocarbene addition reactions”, in Tetrahedron Letters, volume 27, number 49, page 5907:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any dibromo derivative of a carbene
quinolinolate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quinolinolates
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The anion (or O-derivative) derived from a hydroxyquinoline
dichloroquinolinolate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dichloroquinolinolates
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any dichloro derivative of a quinolinolate
dicyanoimidazole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dicyanoimidazoles
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any dicyano derivative of an imidazole
difunctionalised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From di- + functionalised.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of difunctionalized.
hybrid electric vehicle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hybrid electric vehicles
Senses: glosses: A battery-powered vehicle that also has a traditional internal combustion engine, for charging and in many cases also for propulsion.
Synonyms: word: HEV
word: hybrid car
Hypernyms: electric vehicle
EV
Hyponyms: plug-in hybrid electric vehicle
PHEV
Coordinate terms: battery electric vehicle
dihydroxybenzyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dihydroxybenzyls
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any dihydroxy derivative of a benzyl radical
dihydroxyphenyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dihydroxyphenyls
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any dihydroxy derivative of a phenyl radical
diisopropylphenyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diisopropylphenyls
Etymology: From diisopropyl + phenyl, ultimately di- + iso- + propyl + phenyl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any diisopropyl derivative of a phenyl radical
dimethoxybenzyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dimethoxybenzyls
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any dimethoxy derivative of a benzyl radical
dimethoxyphenyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dimethoxyphenyls
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any dimethoxy derivative of a phenyl radical
Derived terms: denopamine
dimethoxystyrene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dimethoxystyrenes
Etymology: From di- + meth- + oxy- + styrene.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any dimethoxy derivative of styrene
Derived terms: dimethoxystyryl
dimethoxystyryl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dimethoxystyryls
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any dimethoxy derivative of a styryl radical
dimethylacrylamide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dimethylacrylamides
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any N-dimethyl derivative of acrylamide
dinaphthalene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dinaphthalenes
Etymology: From di- + naphthalene.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of three isomeric polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons having the form of two naphthalene molecules linked by a single bond
flight number
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flight numbers
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
lifestyle
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
tourism
transport
travel
glosses: A callsign assigned to a commercial flight for the purposes of reservation and ticketing, typically consisting of a 2 character airline code and a 1 to 4 digit number to indicate a particular service.
Synonyms: flight code
dinaphthalenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dinaphthalene
dinitrosyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Two nitrosyl radicals in a molecule
diphenylallyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diphenylallyls
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any diphenyl derivative of an allyl radical
diradicaloids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diradicaloid
disulfonylimidazole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: disulfonylimidazoles
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any disulfonyl derivative of an imidazole
disulfonyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From di- + sulfonyl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Two sulfonyl groups in a molecule
semicensored
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From semi- + censored.
Senses: glosses: Partially censored.
semicensorship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From semi- + censorship.
Senses: glosses: The state of being semicensored.
anticensor
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anticensor
form: most anticensor
form: anti-censor
Etymology: From anti- + censor.
Senses: glosses: Opposed to censorship
anticensor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anticensors
form: anti-censor
Etymology: From anti- + censor.
Senses: glosses: One who opposes censorship.
GB virus C
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: GBV-C
Etymology: named after a surgeon, G. Barker, who fell ill in 1966 with a non-A non-B hepatitis, at the time thought to be caused by a new, infectious hepatic virus
Senses: glosses: Pegivirus C, an RNA Pegivirus that infects humans, though not known to cause human disease; coinfection seems to slow the progression of HIV disease
Synonyms: word: HPgV
sense: former name
alt: HGV
word: hepatitis G virus
Related terms: GBV-A
GBV-B
GBV-D
Uticans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Utican
ranklessness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From rankless + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Absence of rank.
hypomethylate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hypomethylates
form: hypomethylating
form: hypomethylated
form: hypomethylated
Etymology: From hypo- + methylate.
Senses: glosses: To cause, or to undergo hypomethylation
hypomethylates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hypomethylate
propwash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: propwashes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of prop wash.
Derived terms: propwash deflection unit
14ers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of 14er
agroeconomics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From agro- + economics.
Senses: glosses: The economics of agriculture.
peephole optimizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peephole optimization
hermit kingdom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hermit kingdoms
Senses: glosses: Any country or organization that deliberately isolates itself from the wider world.
hermit kingdoms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hermit kingdom
Cinderella club
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Cinderella clubs
Etymology: Named after the poor girl from the fairy-tale Cinderella.
Senses: glosses: A philanthropic group of the late nineteenth century, existing to provide food and entertainment for poor children.
Cinderella clubs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Cinderella club
Cinderella effect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after the mistreated girl from the fairy-tale Cinderella.
Senses: qualifier: evolutionary psychology
glosses: The alleged higher incidence of child abuse and mistreatment by stepparents than by biological parents.
Cinderella complex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Cinderella complexes
Etymology: From the title of a 1981 book by Colette Dowling, The Cinderella Complex: Women's Hidden Fear of Independence; named after the girl from the fairy-tale Cinderella, who is rescued from her life of poverty and mistreatment by a prince.
Senses: glosses: The situation where a woman has an unconscious desire to be taken care of by others, and thus requires help from some outside force, usually a man.
wikipedia: Colette Dowling
Cinderella complexes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Cinderella complex
inocculate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: inocculates
form: inocculating
form: inocculated
form: inocculated
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of inoculate.
inocculated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of inocculate
inocculates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of inocculate
inocculating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of inocculate
inocculation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inocculations
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of inoculation.
inocculations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inocculation
manboobed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having manboobs
Eames chair
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Eames chairs
Etymology: Designed by Charles and Ray Eames for the Herman Miller furniture company.
Senses: glosses: An iconic easy chair of the 1950s, made from plywood and leather.
Eames chairs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Eames chair
request stop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: request stops
Senses: examples: text: To compound the misery, Penmaenmawr is a request stop with poor visibility, so to ensure the train stops we had to stand in drenching rain.
ref: 2019 October, Chris Stokes, “Between the Lines”, in Modern Railways, page 97:
text: Where else in the world can you pre-order sushi and fondue on some of the trains, travel in family carriages equipped with mini-playgrounds, or use a request stop button at some small stations? Where else can you hear the announcement: "The train at Platform 4 is ten minutes late due to an incident in another country," as I did once at the Swiss station of Spiez?
ref: 2025 October 15, Vitali Vitaliev, “The recipe for Swiss bliss”, in RAIL, number 1046, page 68:
glosses: A location at which public transport does not ordinarily stop, but will do so if specifically requested by a passenger.
Hyponyms: flag stop
Related terms: whistle-stop
request stops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of request stop
Galileo's paradox
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after the scientist Galileo, though he did not originate the concept.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
set-theory
glosses: A demonstration of a surprising property of infinite sets. Some positive integers are squares while others are not; therefore, all the numbers, including both squares and non-squares, must be more numerous than just the squares; yet for every square there is exactly one positive number that is its square root, and for every number there is exactly one square; hence, there cannot be more of one than of the other.
decantable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From decant + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to be decanted.
blurrable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From blur + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to be blurred.
decantings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of decanting
recantings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of recanting
foggable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From fog + -able.
Senses: examples: text: And the sensitive material in a little camera is as foggable through the ruby window behind, if laid back up in the sun, as the film in any Kodak, Graflex or Ansco of any larger size.
ref: 1916, Frank V. Chambers, Camera: A Practical Magazine for Photographers:
glosses: Able to be fogged.
garden pea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: garden peas
Senses: examples: text: Contemporary snow pea cultivars have been bred from crosses between snow and garden peas. For example, 'Oregon Sugar Pod' came from a cross of 'Dwarf Gray Sugar' with OSU 102 (a garden pea with typical freezer pea characteristics).
ref: 2001, Jules Janick, Plant Breeding Reviews, volume 21, page 97:
text: Peas likely came ashore in the New World with the earliest English and French explorers and spread along with the colonies. Thomas Jefferson has a nearly mythical association with garden peas.
ref: 2011, Sheri Castle, The New Southern Garden Cookbook:
glosses: A variety of pea grown for food.
garden peas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of garden pea
Tilsit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From German Tilsit, from the name of the Tilse River, from Old Prussian tilzi (“soggy”).
Senses: glosses: Former name of Sovetsk: a city in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia.
glosses: A light-yellow semihard smear-ripened cheese of East Prussian origin.
onionin A
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From onion + -in.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A sulfur-containing compound isolated from onions, having anticancer properties.
white bear problem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: The problem posed by ironic process theory, where, for example, explicitly trying not to think about a white bear makes one more likely to think of it.
ironic process theory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: The theory of the psychological process whereby deliberate attempts to suppress certain thoughts make them more likely to surface.
Related terms: white bear problem
Whitten effect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Whitten effects
Etymology: Observed by Wesley K. Whitten in the mid-20th century.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The situation where male pheromones stimulate synchronous estrus in a female population.
Whitten effects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Whitten effect
Coolidge effect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Coolidge effects
Etymology: First used in a 1955 publication by behavioral endocrinologist Frank A. Beach, to whom it was suggested by a student, in reference to a joke about US president Calvin Coolidge and sexual promiscuity.
Senses: topics: biology
human-sciences
natural-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: A phenomenon in animal species whereby males (and to a lesser extent females) exhibit renewed sexual interest if introduced to new receptive sexual partners, even after cessation of sex with prior but still available sexual partners.
wikipedia: Calvin Coolidge
Coolidge effects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Coolidge effect
Hauptvermutung
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From German Hauptvermutung, from haupt- (“main, chief, primary”) + Vermutung (“conjecture”).
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
topology
glosses: The conjecture, now proven false, that any two triangulations of a triangulable space have a common refinement, a single triangulation that is a subdivision of both of them.
Spitzenkorpers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Spitzenkorper
Mendesians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mendesian
ALK
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: anaplastic lymphoma kinase
quasireflexive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From quasi- + reflexive.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
set-theory
glosses: Of a relation ~ on a set S: such that every element that is related to some element is also related to itself, i.e. ∀x,y∈S: x~y ⇒ x~x ∧ y~y.
topics: mathematics
sciences
topology
glosses: Of a Banach space X: such that the quotient X ′′ / J(X) has finite dimension d. (It is then said to be "quasireflexive of order d".)
imploder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: imploders
Etymology: From implode + -er.
Senses: examples: text: To a certain extent anger is natural. The therapeutic question is to determine how anger affects attitude and managerial skills. In general, anger behaviour results in the so-called anger personalities: the exploders and the imploders.
ref: 2012, Daniël Louw, Network of the Human Soul, page 157:
text: Imploders have a tendency to hold in their stress for long periods of time […]
ref: Shut the Duck Up!!! (page 111)
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: A person who directs their anger inward.
glosses: A device used to create underwater shock waves by causing water to rush into a region of low pressure.
examples: text: Ship to ship actions once again became brutally short. Warhead designers quickly realized that they could change the compression pattern and sequence of the new gravitic imploders to somewhat shape the resulting release of radiation.
ref: 2011, David Weber, In Fire Forged: Worlds of Honor V:
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: A weapon or other device that causes implosion.
imploders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of imploder
scripsits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scripsit
scaly clam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scaly clams
Senses: glosses: Synonym of fluted giant clam.
synonyms: word: fluted giant clam
scaly clams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scaly clam
fluted giant clam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fluted giant clams
Senses: glosses: Tridacna squamosa, a large clam native to the shallow coral reefs of the South Pacific and Indian Oceans, distinguished by the leaf-like fluted edges (scutes) on its shell.
Synonyms: scaly clam
fluted giant clams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fluted giant clam
Orfed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A variety of wheat derived from the Oro and Federation varieties.
pudgala
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Sanskrit पुद्गल (pudgala, “body, soul”).
Senses: glosses: matter (that the world is made of)
topics: Buddhism
lifestyle
religion
glosses: person, individual (constancy across reincarnations)
Lemhi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An American variety of spring wheat derived from the Dicklow and Federation varieties.
Lemhi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A river in Idaho, United States, which is a tributary of the Salmon River.
Related terms: Lemhi County
unwalking
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + walking.
Senses: examples: text: September 5, 1769, Horace Walpole, letter to the Hon. H. S. Conway
I […] am so unwalking, that prospects are more agreeable to me when framed and glazed […]
text: So far as I can see, unconscious consciousness is in precisely the same position, logically, as unthinking thinking, or unwalking walking […]
ref: 1922, Mind, volume 31, page 442:
text: Your unwalking feet are stasis; your hands, motion, "mutually interested" in embroidering, earlier today, the "wicked, yellow-lidded eye" of a cross-stitched peacock.
ref: 1988, Sandra McPherson, Streamers, page 25:
glosses: Not walking.
horseradished
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɔɹsɹædɪʃt/
ipa: /ˈhɔːsɹædɪʃt/
Etymology: From horseradish + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Seasoned or flavoured with horseradish.
kinetofragminophoran
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kinetofragminophorans
Etymology: Kinetofragminophora + -an
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any member of the Kinetofragminophora.
kinetofragminophorans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kinetofragminophoran
cathead biscuit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkæthɛd ˈbɪskɪt/
ipa: /ˌkætˌ(h)ɛd ˈbɪskɪt/
rhymes: -ɪskɪt
Forms: form: cathead biscuits
Etymology: From cat + head + biscuit, apparently from the fact that the biscuit is similar in size to a cat’s head.
Senses: examples: text: Her cathead biscuits were at least three inches in diameter and two inches thick. The trick to eating catheads was to get the butter on them before they got cold—then they were delicious. When, unluckily, they were allowed to get cold, they tended to a gooeyness, not unlike a wad of tired gum.
ref: 1969, Maya Angelou, chapter 6, in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, New York, N.Y.: Random House, →LCCN, page 36:
synonyms: cathead
glosses: A large fluffy biscuit, typically served with gravy.
cathead biscuits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cathead biscuit
forebells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of forebell
cushion gum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A rubber-based gum used for repairing tyres, electrical cords, etc.
iridoplast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: iridoplasts
Etymology: From irido- + -plast.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any of the epidermal chloroplasts of certain plants that contain tiny regular structures that focus light
Related terms: iridoblast
compositable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From composite + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being composited.
iridoplasts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of iridoplast
recomposite
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: recomposites
form: recompositing
form: recomposited
form: recomposited
Etymology: From re- + composite.
Senses: glosses: To composite again or anew.
recomposited
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of recomposite
recomposites
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of recomposite
recompositing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of recomposite
lemon chicken
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A Chinese-style dish of fried, sometimes battered chicken in a thick, sweet lemon-flavoured sauce.
gunpowder chicken
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A spicy Asian dish of chicken cooked with dried chili peppers, spring onion, peanuts, etc.
wolf herring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wolf herrings
form: wolf herring
Senses: glosses: Any of the family Chirocentridae of marine ray-finned fish related to the herrings, with elongated jaws and sharp teeth.
wolf herrings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wolf herring
yusheng
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yu shiang
form: yee sang
form: yu sheng
Etymology: From Mandarin 魚生 /鱼生 (yúshēng).
Senses: glosses: A Chaozhou-style raw fish salad.
Related terms: lo hei
yu shiang
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of yusheng.
microsurvey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microsurveys
Etymology: From micro- + survey.
Senses: glosses: A microscale survey.
microsurveys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microsurvey
ubiquitous computing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A concept of computing as pervasive and ambient, not limited to particular devices or locations.
Synonyms: everyware
ubicomp
schlurp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: schlurps
Etymology: Imitative.
Senses: glosses: A slurping sound.
schlurp
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: schlurps
form: schlurping
form: schlurped
form: schlurped
Etymology: Imitative.
Senses: glosses: To produce a slurping sound.
schlurped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of schlurp
schlurping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of schlurp
schlurps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of schlurp
schlurps
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of schlurp
Sueish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Sueish
form: most Sueish
Etymology: From Sue + -ish.
Senses: topics: lifestyle
glosses: Characteristic of a Mary Sue character.
Mary Sueish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Mary Sueish
form: most Mary Sueish
Etymology: From Mary Sue + -ish.
Senses: topics: lifestyle
glosses: Characteristic of a Mary Sue character.
Synonyms: Sueish
Euromodernism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: European modernism
Euromodernist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Euromodernists
Senses: glosses: A European modernist.
Euromodernists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Euromodernist
remodernism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From re- + modernism.
Senses: glosses: A movement aiming to revive aspects of modernism, in response to postmodernism, which is viewed as cynical and spiritually bankrupt.
Related terms: Stuckism
remodernist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: remodernists
Etymology: From remodernism + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A proponent of remodernism.
remodernists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of remodernist
transmodally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From transmodal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Across more than one mode or modality.
transmodality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: transmodalities
Senses: glosses: The quality of crossing more than one mode or modality.
transmodalities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of transmodality
rekeyings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rekeying
tank car
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tank cars
Senses: examples: text: I saw livestock kept alive only because water had been brought to them long distances in tank cars.
ref: 1936 September 6, Franklin Roosevelt, 1:16 from the start, in Fireside Chat 8: On Farmers and Laborers, Miller Center:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
synonyms: tank wagon
coordinate_terms: tanker truck
glosses: A railroad car or rolling stock designed to transport liquids or gases.
Related terms: chemical car
hopper car
tank cars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tank car
superfights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superfight
Sudakov expansions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sudakov expansion
bread-and-cheese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bread and cheese
Senses: glosses: The edible young leaves of the hawthorn.
Gawaine
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of Gawain.
Dr. & Mrs. Vandertramp
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Acronym used to remember the common non-reflexive French verbs that take être in the perfect tense.
Lee-Boot effect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Lee-Boot effects
Etymology: Described in a 1956 paper by S. van der Lee and L. M. Boot.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A phenomenon concerning the suppression or prolongation of estrous cycles of mature female mice (and other rodents), when females are housed in groups and isolated from males.
ZP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ZPs
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of zona pellucida.
chowkats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chowkat
pattern theory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A mathematical formalism for describing knowledge of the world in terms of patterns that can be studied using statistical methods.
CD15
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CD15s
Etymology: from cluster of differentiation
Senses: glosses: a carbohydrate adhesion molecule that can be expressed on glycoproteins, glycolipids and proteoglycans, mediating phagocytosis and chemotaxis; used as a marker in mostly hematologic malignancies
Synonyms: word: 3-fucosyl-N-acetyl-lactosamine
english: Le(X)
translation: Le(X)
word: Lewis x
english: stage-specific embryonic antigen 1
translation: stage-specific embryonic antigen 1
word: SSEA-1
hispi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hispis
Senses: examples: text: At Akub in Notting Hill, chef Fadi Kattan does a modern take on the traditional Palestinian dish, malfouf with laban, showcasing grilled hispi with garlic yoghurt and pomegranate.
ref: 2023 November 24, Chloe Mac Donnell, “Why the humble hispi cabbage is the new cauliflower steak”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
synonyms: hispi cabbage
glosses: pointed cabbage
hispis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hispi
booable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more booable
form: most booable
Etymology: From boo + -able.
Senses: examples: text: Thanks, then, to white South Africans, who, before dumping Apartheid, were universally despised and proved instantly booable at the movies.
ref: 1996, Marshall Julius, Action!: The Action Movie A-Z, page 2:
text: Not for nothing do screenwriters and dramatists, in search of a booable villain, regularly opt for a tabloid reporter. It saves time. They don't have to spend pages establishing a lack of morals […]
ref: 2000, David Randall, The Universal Journalist, page 1:
glosses: Suitable for being booed.
endergonicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: endergonicities
Etymology: From endergonic + -ity.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The condition of being, or the extent to which a reaction is endergonic
enediallene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: enediallenes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any compound that has two allene groups, one each side of a >C=C< double bond
enediallenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of enediallene
enthalpicly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more enthalpicly
form: most enthalpicly
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of enthalpically.
epidioxide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: epidioxides
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any compound that has a peroxide bridge between two parts of its molecule
Related terms: epoxide
epidioxides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of epidioxide
ethyladamantyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ethyladamantyls
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any ethyl derivative of an adamantyl radical
ethylbenzothiazoline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ethylbenzothiazolines
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any ethyl derivative of benzothiazoline
ethynylbenzene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ethynylbenzenes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any ethynyl derivative of benzene; phenylacetylene
exoearth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exoearths
form: exoEarth
form: exo-Earth
Etymology: From exo- + Earth.
Senses: glosses: Any earthlike exoplanet
exoearths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of exoearth
flowlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From flow + -like.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Having the properties of plastic flow
tabooer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tabooers
Etymology: From taboo + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who imposes a taboo.
tabooers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tabooer
fluorodenitration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fluorodenitrations
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any reaction that replaces a nitro group with a fluorine atom
fluorodenitrations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fluorodenitration
tabooings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tabooing
heteroarylidene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heteroarylidenes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any heteroaryl derivative of a methylene radical
Line Islander
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Line Islanders
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of the Line Islands.
Line Islanders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Line Islander
Dicklow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A variety of wheat from Idaho, United States.
heteroarylidenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of heteroarylidene
heterobenzylic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heterobenzylics
Etymology: From hetero- + benzylic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any heteroaryl analogue of the benzylic radical
heterobenzylics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of heterobenzylic
heterodifunctionalized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hetero- + difunctionalized.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Modified by the addition of two different functional groups
blindish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more blindish
form: most blindish
Etymology: From blind + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: She had been fishing; all she wore was a chemise, and it was wetted through. She was young and very slender for an island maid, with a long face, a high forehead, and a shy, strange, blindish look, between a cat's and a baby's.
ref: 1892, Robert Louis Stevenson, The Beach of Falesá:
glosses: As if blind; characteristic of blindness.
boycottee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boycottees
Etymology: From boycott + -ee.
Senses: glosses: A company or organization that is subjected to a boycott.
boycottees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boycottee
heterodisubstituted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hetero- + disubstituted.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Having two different substituents
heterogenisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heterogenisations
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of heterogenization.
moor up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: moors up
form: mooring up
form: moored up
form: moored up
Senses: examples: text: We have to moor up for the night.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: To cast anchor or become fastened.
examples: text: All the fleet was moored up in harbour.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: To fix or secure (e.g. a vessel) in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with ropes, cables or chains or the like
Hume's guillotine
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Hume's law.
synonyms: word: Hume's law
Hume's law
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Scottish philosopher and historian David Hume (1711–1776).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The idea that what ought to be the case cannot be deduced from what is already the case.
Synonyms: Hume's guillotine
Related terms: is-ought problem
Nigerois
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Nigerois
Etymology: Of French construction, Niger + -ois, perhaps to render a clearer distinction from Nigerian.
Senses: glosses: A Nigerien; a person from Niger.
Nigerois
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Nigerois
form: most Nigerois
Etymology: Of French construction, Niger + -ois, perhaps to render a clearer distinction from Nigerian.
Senses: glosses: Nigerien.
foot up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: foots up
form: footing up
form: footed up
form: footed up
Senses: examples: text: He had knocked over my girl, I had got to fix him for it; and I lay there and gritted my teeth, and footed up the chances. My leg was broke, my gun was gone. Case had still ten shots in his Winchester. It looked a kind of hopeless business.
ref: 1892, Robert Louis Stevenson, The Beach of Falesá:
glosses: To add up; to calculate.
oenography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From oeno- + -graphy.
Senses: examples: text: Two South Australian writers who have made their mark in twentieth-century oenography are Geoffrey Bishop and Bryce Rankine.
ref: 1994, South Australian Year Book, number 28, page 16:
text: But he also regarded viticulture as fitted "to increase the comforts, and promote the morality of the lower classes of the Colony" — a theme that persists through much of our nineteenth century oenography.
ref: 2001, Wayward Tendrils Quarterly, page 42:
glosses: Writing about wine.
quasihistorical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From quasi- + historical.
Senses: examples: a quasihistorical novel
glosses: Having certain historical elements.
Related terms: pseudohistorical
feldwebels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of feldwebel
chromistae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chromista
chromistas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chromista