cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
krises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kris
krisses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kris
glosses: plural of kriss
keris
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of keri
keris
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Malay keris, doublet of kalis.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of kris.
Assyriologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Assyriologists
Etymology: From Assyriology + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A person who studies ancient Assyria.
Related terms: Assyriological
Assyriology
astrict
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: astricts
form: astricting
form: astricted
form: astricted
Etymology: From Latin astrictus, past participle of astringere. See astringe.
Senses: examples: text: That the solid parts were to be relaxed or astricted as they let the Humours pass, either in too small of too great Quantities.
ref: 1731, John Arbuthnot, An Essay Concerning the Nature of Ailments and the Choice of Them, According to the Different Constitutions of Human Bodies, page 105:
text: The mind is astricted to certain necessary modes or forms of thought.
ref: 1859–1860, William Hamilton, edited by H[enry] L[ongueville] Mansel and John Veitch, Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC:
glosses: To bind, constrain, or restrict.
glosses: To estop.
examples: to astrict lands
qualifier: Scots law
glosses: To restrict the tenure of.
astricting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of astrict
astricts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of astrict
back-to-basics
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of back to basics.
back-to-basics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of back to basics.
asteistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more asteistic
form: most asteistic
Senses: glosses: politely ironic
Related terms: asteism
boost
singularitarian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: singularitarians
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Singularitarian.
itchy trigger finger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: itchy trigger fingers
Senses: examples: text: As jittery as everyone was, there were bound to be some itchy trigger fingers, American and Kuwaiti.
ref: 2006, Seth W. B. Folsom, The Highway War, unnumbered page:
text: Travel at night was forbidden and frankly, none of us seemed upset about this as we all knew how the U.S. Army troops had itchy trigger fingers.
ref: 2009, Steven D. Orr, The Perennial Wanderer, page 379:
text: He, and many others who had “itchy trigger fingers” and who wanted America to get in bed with war against communist Cuba and the Soviet Union, felt betrayed because JFK did not provide direct air power or support, leaving the right-winged exiles to be crushed by the Cuban army.
ref: 2010, Drew Ryan Maras, Open Your Eyes: To 2012 and Beyond, page 219:
text: As the police made their way to the upper levels, they did so with guns drawn and itchy trigger fingers at the ready.
ref: 2011, Thomas Thorn, Ugly Stories, page 242:
glosses: The trigger finger of a person eager to fire their weapon or likely to do so unexpectedly.
examples: text: Given any remote chance to gun down an effective spokesman for conservative economics as a secret fascist and torturer, even Nobel laureates can, we see, succumb to an itchy trigger finger.
text: They all have an itchy trigger finger when it comes to advertising.
ref: 2002, Matthew W. Ragas, Bolivar J. Bueno, The Power of Cult Branding, page xii:
text: Under these kinds of circumstances, players with significant exposure, tight stops, and itchy trigger fingers can end up overreacting to what is essentially noise.
ref: 2004, Michael J. Panzner, The New Laws of the Stock Market Jungle, unnumbered page:
text: Look at Afghanistan and Iraq, it's plain to see that our current President has an itchy trigger finger.
ref: 2008, Casey Sherman, Black Dragon, page 168:
glosses: The metaphorical trigger finger of a person with a tendency or readiness to act in haste or without consideration; a tendency to so act.
Related terms: word: quick on the draw
word: quick-tempered
word: trigger-happy
GPS receiver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: GPS receivers
Senses: synonyms: GPS
glosses: An audiovisual device, fitted to a civilian road vehicle, that uses the military Global Positioning System (U.S. Navstar system) as an aid to navigation.
synonyms: satnav
glosses: A device that uses any global positioning system satellite network.
cystein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cysteins
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cysteine.
Derived terms: selenocystein
alanin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alanins
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of alanine.
asparagin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of asparagine.
glutamin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of glutamine.
histidin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: histidins
Senses: glosses: Dated form of histidine.
leucin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leucins
Senses: glosses: Dated form of leucine.
longeve
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more longeve
form: most longeve
Senses: examples: text: 1673-4, Grew, Veget. Trunks, iii: According as the Tree is less or more Longæve.
text: But the only use which that Philosopher makes of this Story is this, to prove that Demons having Bodies as well as men, (though of a different kind from them and much more longeve) yet were notwithstanding Mortal : […]
ref: 1678, Ralph Cudworth, The True Intellectual System of the Universe, page 345:
text: Whatever forms the average, strong, complete, sweet-blooded man or woman, the perfect longeve personality, / And helps its present life to health […]
ref: 1900, Walt Whitman, The Lamp, page 128:
text: The most long-lived men can arrive up to one hundred years, while the medium and less longeve respectively can live up to eighty and sixty years.
ref: 2003, Paolo Santangelo, Sentimental Education in Chinese History, page 444:
qualifier: largely
glosses: Longevous, long-lived.
tyrosin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tyrosins
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tyrosine.
chemodynamics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From chemo- + dynamics.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The study of the dynamics of chemical reactions
topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
glosses: The study of the dynamic changes that take place in the environment as a result of reaction between natural and man-made compounds, especially by pollutants
local preacher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: local preachers
Senses: topics: lifestyle
religion
glosses: A person who is not ordained but is appointed to lead Church services in some religious denominations.
Related terms: word: Lay preacher
word: Lay speaker in the United Methodist Church
word: Lay reader in the Anglican and Episcopal Churches
computer security
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: cybersecurity
glosses: A branch of information security applied to both theoretical and actual computer systems and networks.
glosses: A branch of computer science that addresses enforcement of 'secure' behavior on the operation of computers.
citrin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From citro- + -in.
Senses: glosses: A protein associated with type II citrullinemia.
Derived terms: NICCD
amantadine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈmæn.təˌdin/
Forms: form: amantadines
Etymology: From amantad- (“alteration of adamantane”) + -ine.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A drug used especially as the hydrochloride C₁₀H₁₇N·HCl to prevent infection (as by an influenzavirus) by interfering with virus penetration into host cells.
Derived terms: english: adamantane derivative
translation: adamantane derivative
word: -mantadine
aetosaur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aetosaurs
Senses: topics: biology
history
human-sciences
natural-sciences
paleontology
sciences
glosses: Any of an extinct group of heavily armoured herbivorous archosaurian reptiles, of the order †Aetosauria.
Related terms: aetosaurine
self-assembly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From self- + assembly.
Senses: glosses: The assembly of a retail product by the customer.
glosses: The assembly of a biological or chemical material from a disorganized collection by means of interactions between the components.
Related terms: self-assemble
morphotropic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more morphotropic
form: most morphotropic
Senses: topics: chemistry
crystallography
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to morphotropism
glosses: Describing a phase transition due to a change in composition
glosses: Describing the phase boundary between tetragonal and rhombohedral regions of a ferroelectric
microtexture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microtextures
Etymology: From micro- + texture.
Senses: topics: chemistry
crystallography
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The set of crystallographic orientations whose components are linked to their individual location in the microstructure.
topics: computer-graphics
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A small-scale texture used to produce fine detail.
rimantadine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈmæn.təˌdin/
Etymology: From [Term?] + -mantadine (“adamantane derivative”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A synthetic antiviral drug that is chemically related to amantadine and is administered orally in the form of its hydrochloride C₁₂H₂₁N·HCl in the prevention and treatment of influenza A; 1-(1-adamantyl)ethanamine.
permissions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of permission
passive smoking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: secondary smoking
glosses: The involuntary inhalation of tobacco smoke by a non-smoker due to the proximity to a smoker.
Related terms: word: smoke
word: smoker
word: vaping
word: second-hand smoke
Kabuverdianu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Cape Verdean Creole.
synonyms: word: Cape Verdean Creole
Cape Verdean Creole
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: Cape Verdean
Kabuverdianu
Cabo Verdean
glosses: A creole language spoken in Cape Verde.
knocking on heaven's door
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Dying, close to death.
Synonyms: at death's door
on one's deathbed
knocking on heaven's door
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of knock on heaven's door
aretaic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more aretaic
form: most aretaic
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀρετή (aretḗ, “virtue or excellence”).
Senses: topics: ethics
human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to virtue or excellence.
Derived terms: aretaics
Related terms: arete
alkali metals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alkali metal
e-store
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: e-stores
Etymology: From e- + store.
Senses: glosses: The virtual store of a retailer that sells goods or services over the Internet.
e-shop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: e-shops
Etymology: From e- + shop.
Senses: glosses: A sales outlet which supplies goods or services over the Internet.
Derived terms: e-shopper
e-shopping
webshop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: webshops
Etymology: From web + shop.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of webstore.
synonyms: word: webstore
dihydride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /daɪˈhaɪdɹaɪd/
Forms: form: dihydrides
Etymology: From di- + hydride.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any hydride containing two atoms of hydrogen per molecule.
Related terms: word: dihydric
english: and its derivatives
translation: and its derivatives
word: dihydro-
word: dihydrogen
word: dihydroxide
word: dihydroxy
Reno
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈriːnoʊ/
Forms: form: Renos
Etymology: Named after U.S. officer Jesse L. Reno, whose surname's spelling was changed from Renault.
Senses: glosses: A large city, the county seat of Washoe County, in northwestern Nevada, United States.
glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: County of Reno
El Reno
Reno County
Reno divorce
Reno
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈriːnoʊ/
Forms: form: Renos
Senses: glosses: A river in northeastern Italy.
glosses: A surname.
cuntsucker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkʌntsʌkə/
ipa: /ˈkʌntˌsʌk.ɚ/
Forms: form: cuntsuckers
Etymology: From cunt + sucker.
Senses: synonyms: word: cunnilinguist
word: cunning linguist
qualifier: very uncommon; literal; very uncommon; literal
glosses: Someone who performs cunnilingus.
glosses: A vile or detestable person.
dhoby
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dhobies
Senses: examples: text: The working of the household turned on Tods, who was adored by everyone from the dhoby to the dog-boy.
ref: 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘Tods' Amendment’, Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio Society, published 2005, page 132:
glosses: Alternative form of dhobi.
nationalisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nationalisations
form: nationalization
Etymology: From French nationalisation. By surface analysis, nationalise + -ation.
Senses: examples: text: the nationalisation of India
glosses: The act or process of nationalising:
The act or process of making or becoming a nation.
examples: text: Despite criticisms which were made of the Railway Executive, it must be recalled that the general framework of the new railway set-up was established by statute, while this form of organisation was particularly well adapted for carrying out the unification of the railways—a very different thing from the purely political act of nationalisation, but an essential part of the objective of nationalisation.
ref: 1958 January 24, 'Borderer', “Ten Years of British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 13:
text: However the Labour Party and rail unions regard the move as a step closer to full nationalisation. TSSA General Secretary Manuel Cortes said: "The ONS has candidly exposed the truth about our railways. They are now in public ownership. Grant Shapps must now take direct control of running them, rather than continue to line the pockets of privateers."
ref: 2020 August 12, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Rail passenger services nationalised in all but name”, in Rail, page 6:
glosses: The act or process of nationalising:
The act of taking formerly private assets into public or state ownership.
examples: text: […] study of the legacy of classical republican patriotism through to the nationalisation of patriotism […]
ref: 2006, Catherine Davies, Claire Brewster, Hilary Owen, South American Independence, page 185
glosses: The act or process of nationalising:
The act of becoming nationalistic.
topics: government
politics
glosses: The act or process of nationalising:
The process of losing local and regional variation and becoming national in character and scope.
Synonyms: sense: becoming nationalistic
word: patriotisation
Derived terms: denationalisation
renationalisation
Related terms: nationalise
pork loin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pork loins
Senses: glosses: A cut of pig meat from along the top of the rib cage
Chandrasekhar limit
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˌtʃændrəˈseɪkɑːr/
Etymology: Named after Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: The maximum theoretical mass of a white dwarf, approximately 1.4 solar masses.
wikipedia: Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
giant stars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of giant star
planetary nebula
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: planetary nebulas
form: planetary nebulae
Etymology: Coined by William Herschel because of their apparent resemblance to the planet Uranus.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A nebulosity surrounding a dying red giant, consisting of material expelled by the star.
Synonyms: word: PN
Derived terms: preplanetary nebula
protoplanetary nebula
planetary nebula nucleus
Related terms: plerion
nova remnant
supernova remnant
reflection nebula
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reflection nebulas
form: reflection nebulae
Senses: examples: text: The Pleiades are surrounded by a reflection nebula.
text: The Citadel is surrounded by a blue-tinted reflection nebula. The light of the nebula is actually light from the Citadel, scattered and reflected back at the station.
ref: 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Citadel Station: Serpent Nebula Codex entry:
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A nebula that consists of dust which reflects starlight and appears blue in photographs.
Related terms: dark nebula
emission nebula
supernova remnant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: supernova remnants
Senses: examples: text: The Crab Nebula is the most studied supernova remnant.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A nebula that is formed from supernova explosion debris.
Synonyms: word: SNR
Related terms: nova remnant
plerion
planetary nebula
preplanetary nebula
protoplanetary nebula
Large Magellanic Cloud
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Large Magellanic Cloud
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A particular dwarf irregular galaxy, the largest satellite of Milky Way.
Synonyms: word: LMC
word: Nubecula Major
Related terms: Small Magellanic Cloud
Magellanic Clouds
Small Magellanic Cloud
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Small Magellanic Cloud
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A particular dwarf irregular galaxy, a satellite of Milky Way.
Synonyms: word: SMC
word: NGC 292
word: Nubecula Minor
Related terms: Large Magellanic Cloud
Magellanic Clouds
video chat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: video chats
form: videochat
form: video-chat
Senses: glosses: An audiovisual conversation with one or more other people by means of telecommunication technology.
Related terms: video call
video conference
video chat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: video chats
form: video chatting
form: video chatted
form: video chatted
form: videochat
form: video-chat
Senses: glosses: To participate in a video chat.
examples: text: With Apple’s solar farm, customers could now be confident that downloading an app or video-chatting a friend would not increase carbon pollution, Jackson said.
ref: 2014 July 25, Suzanne Goldenberg, “Apple eyes solar to power the cloud and iPhone 6 sapphire manufacturing”, in The Guardian:
glosses: To communicate with (someone) via video chat.
dark nebula
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dark nebulas
form: dark nebulae
Senses: examples: text: The Horsehead Nebula is a typical dark nebula, and is famous for resembling the head of a horse.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
synonyms: dark cloud
glosses: A type of nebula that does not emit or reflect (visible) light, and thus obscures light sources behind it.
Related terms: emission nebula
reflection nebula
talian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: talians
Senses: glosses: An old Bohemian dance, or its music.
Related terms: Eye-talian
absorption lines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of absorption line
apocenter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: apocenters
form: apocentre
Etymology: From apo- + center.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: The furthest point of an astronomical object in an elliptical orbit to its center of attraction (the principal focus of the ellipse)
Synonyms: apofocus
apobaryon
Related terms: apoapsis
facil
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more facil
form: most facil
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of facile.
MMA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MMAs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of manual metal arc.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of middle meningeal artery.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of methyl methacrylate.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of monomethylaniline.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of microelectronic modular assembly.
topics: law
qualifier: Islamic finance
glosses: Initialism of master murabaha agreement.
examples: text: Mark Zuckerberg shares photos from the hospital after undergoing knee surgery for a torn ACL suffered during MMA training.
ref: 2023 November 4, “Mark Zuckerberg tears ACL while training for MMA fight early next year”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
glosses: Initialism of mixed martial arts.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of mastitis–metritis–agalactia.
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of mammalian meat allergy.
MMA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: museums
glosses: Initialism of Museum of Modern Art.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Initialism of MIDI Manufacturers Association.
polar cap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polar caps
Senses: examples: text: Earth's polar caps may melt if global warming continues.
text: The southern polar cap of Mars consists of both carbon dioxide and water ice.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
planetology
glosses: A high-latitude region of a celestial body that is covered by ice.
Related terms: ice cap
ice sheet
XFL
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: American-football
ball-games
football
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Initialism of Xtreme Football League.
topics: American-football
ball-games
football
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Initialism of Extreme Football League.
Related terms: AFL
LFL
NFL
USFL
WLAF
fried chicken
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The meat of chicken, cut into pieces and usually with the bone in, coated in batter and deep-fried.
Derived terms: fried chicken mushroom
KFC
uranography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒɡɹəfi
Forms: form: uranographies
Etymology: From Ancient Greek οὐρανογραφία (ouranographía).
Senses: topics: astronomy
cartography
geography
natural-sciences
glosses: Celestial cartography; the mapping of celestial bodies.
Synonyms: astrography
Cpl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Abbreviation of corporal.
visual binary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: visual binaries
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A binary star whose components can be visually resolved.
Related terms: optical double
optical double
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: optical doubles
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A star that appears as a double due to an optical illusion; in reality, the stars may be far apart from each other.
Related terms: visual binary
Etna
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛtnə/
homophone: Aetna
homophone: etna
Forms: form: Ætna
Etymology: From the Latin Aetna, perhaps via the Italian Etna. From either Ancient Greek Αἴτνη (Aítnē, “Aetna”) or αἴθω (aíthō, “I burn”), or from a Sicanian dialect Italic base *aið-na (“fiery one”), all from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eydʰ- (“burn; fire”). Doublet of Aetna.
Senses: synonyms: word: Mount Etna
english: in full
translation: in full
glosses: An active stratovolcano on the east coast of Sicily, Italy, between Messina and Catania.
glosses: A city in Siskiyou County, California, United States.
glosses: A town in Penobscot County, Maine, United States.
Derived terms: etna
Etnean
Etna
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛtnə/
homophone: Aetna
homophone: etna
Etymology: From the Norwegian Etna.
Senses: glosses: A river that flows through Etnedal and Nordre Land municipalities, Innlandet, Norway.
Etna
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛtnə/
homophone: Aetna
homophone: etna
Etymology: Possibly an anglicisation of Irish Eithne.
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:Etna.
glosses: A female given name from Irish.
eclipsing binary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eclipsing binaries
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of extrinsic variable stars where changes in brightness are caused by stars eclipsing each other.
mineral right
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mineral rights
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: mines and minerals
text: In 1900 it was found that the stability of the viaduct was threatened by colliery workings. To overcome this, the G.W.R. obtained an Act of Parliament on August 8, 1902, authorising the purchase of all the land, mines and mineral rights within eight chains of any portion of the viaduct. This is, I believe, the only instance of a railway company obtaining an Act for this specific purpose, although there has been a number of instances where ordinary sections of line have been protected by purchase of mineral rights.
ref: 1957 November 24, C. R. Clinker, “Letters to the Editor: Crumlin Viaduct”, in Railway Magazine, page 805:
topics: business
law
mining
hypernyms: profit à prendre
glosses: The right to exploit the mineral resources located on or, especially, beneath a parcel of land.
variable stars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of variable star
binary stars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of binary star
double stars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of double star
giant star
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: giant stars
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A star that has stopped fusing hydrogen in its core, and as a result has grown much larger and brighter.
Synonyms: giant
Related terms: bright giant
hypergiant
subgiant
supergiant
dwarf star
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dwarf stars
form: dwarfstar
Etymology: From dwarf + star. Compare West Frisian dwerchster (“dwarf star”), Dutch dwergster (“dwarf star”), German Zwergstern (“dwarf star”), Danish dværgstjerne (“dwarf star”), Swedish dvärgstjärna (“dwarf star”), Icelandic dvergstjarna (“dwarf star”).
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A star that is located in the main sequence in the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram, though generally excluding the small minority which fall in the blue band due to their large size and high luminosity; fuses hydrogen into helium in its core.
Synonyms: dwarf
Hypernyms: main-sequence star
Related terms: giant star
subdwarf
fantasticate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: fantasticates
form: fantasticating
form: fantasticated
form: fantasticated
Etymology: From fantastic + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Senses: glosses: To make fantastical.
glosses: To behave fantastically.
Derived terms: fantastication
radio source
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radio sources
Senses: examples: text: Some quasars are bright radio sources.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Any astronomical object that emits radio waves.
huffer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhʌfə/
ipa: /ˈhʌfɚ/
rhymes: -ʌfə(ɹ)
Forms: form: huffers
Etymology: From huff + -er.
Senses: glosses: A drug addict who gets a high by inhaling or sniffing (huffing) intoxicating fumes, as in glue or aerosols.
examples: text: “Taxi,” I yelled, “taxi,” racing across the street and grazing the bumper of a delivery van that veered and stopped short, the driver cursing me with proletarian gusto. I reached the door about half an arm’s length ahead of a grey-haired gentleman who huffed, “It’s mine, it’s mine,” and I dropped into the vinyl-covered seat, twirled the handle that lifted a safety-glass barrier between me and the huffer, […]
ref: 1993, António Lobo Antunes, translated by Richard Zenith, “Morning”, in Act of the Damned, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Grove Press, published September 1995, →ISBN, “Two Days Before the Festival: Nuno All Day Long” section, page 22:
text: “I don’t want paperback.” / Of course she didn’t. “Well, you can borrow an electronic version. The library—” / “Eh, that’s not reading.” She huffed again. She was a major huffer. “Kids today, reading on their phones. That’s not real reading.”
ref: 2021 May 4, Ellis Leigh, “Brittani”, in Bibliophile and the Beast (Books & Baes; 1), Kinship Press, →ISBN:
text: Moving back out into the other room, I opened the other door, looking forward to seeing what Seamus’s room was going to be like. Unfortunately, that door opened up into a huge dressing room and nothing else. My heartbeat sped up and I turned to Seamus, who was biting his lip, trying not to laugh. I huffed louder than I’d ever done in my life. And that was hard because I was a good huffer! ‘It’s like the scene from a romcom movie. There’s only one bed.’
ref: 2025 May 10, Kim Nash, chapter 31, in The Cornish Cottage by the Sea (Sandpiper Shores; 1), London: Boldwood Books, →ISBN:
glosses: One who huffs.
examples: text: To be expos'd in th'end to ſuffer / By ſuch a Braggadochio Huffer.
ref: 1663 (indicated as 1664), [Samuel Butler], “Canto III”, in Hudibras. The Second Part. […], London: […] T[homas] R[oycroft] for John Martyn, and James Allestry […], →OCLC, page 205:
glosses: A bully; a blusterer.
Synonyms: alt: blusterer
word: braggart
Hypernyms: sense: addict
word: addict
Hyponyms: sense: addict
word: glue sniffer
fawn lily
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fawn lilies
form: fawnlily
Senses: glosses: Any of various plants in the Liliaceae genus Erythronium, also called trout lily and dog's tooth violet.
fawnlily
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fawnlilies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fawn lily.
trout lily
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trout lilies
Senses: glosses: Any of various plants in the Liliaceae genus Erythronium, also called fawn lily and dog's tooth violet.
blueshift
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbluːˌʃɪft/
enpr: blo͞o'-shĭftˌ
rhymes: -uːʃɪft
Forms: form: blueshifts
form: blue shift
Etymology: From blue + shift.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
antonyms: redshift#Noun
qualifier: relativity
glosses: A decrease in the wavelength of a photon or of light, corresponding to a higher frequency and a shift toward the blue end of the electromagnetic spectrum.
blueshift
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbluːˌʃɪft/
enpr: blo͞o'-shĭftˌ
rhymes: -uːʃɪft
Forms: form: blueshifts
form: blueshifting
form: blueshifted
form: blueshifted
form: blue shift
Etymology: From blue + shift.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
antonyms: redshift#Verb
qualifier: relativity
glosses: (ergative) (said of light or a photon) To shift toward the blue end of the electromagnetic spectrum; to change to a shorter wavelength and a higher frequency.
Derived terms: blueshifted
Related terms: Doppler effect
tornadocane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tornadocanes
Etymology: Blend of tornado + hurricane
Senses: topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
glosses: A supercell thunderstorm whose radar signature resembles that of a hurricane, with a center free of precipitation; a landphoon.
fabricant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fabricants
Etymology: From French.
Senses: glosses: One who fabricates; a manufacturer.
landphoon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: landphoons
Etymology: Blend of land + typhoon
Senses: topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
glosses: A tropical depression over land whose satellite signature resembles that of a typhoon.
splog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /splɒɡ/
ipa: /splɔɡ/
ipa: /splɑɡ/
rhymes: -ɒɡ
Forms: form: splogs
Etymology: Blend of spam + blog.
Senses: examples: text: The “b” in these words is all that remains from its ancestor, Berners-Lee’s Web, and even that slim vestige can be lost when blog blends with other words, as in vlog (a video blog) and splog (a spam blog).
ref: [2010 November 11, Ben Zimmer, “Web”, in The New York Times Magazine:
synonyms: flog#Noun
spamblog
glosses: A fake blog, usually reusing content from other sources in order to generate link spam.
week-end
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: week-ends
Senses: glosses: Dated spelling of weekend.
restructuration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: restructurations
Etymology: Mistranslation by non-native speakers, based on their native languages’ equivalent terms. These include, but are not limited to, French restructuration, Portuguese reestruturação, and Spanish reestructuración. Likely independently reformed various times.
Senses: qualifier: non-native speakers' English
glosses: Restructuring.
pension fund
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pension funds
Senses: examples: text: Investors face a quandary. Cash offers a return of virtually zero in many developed countries; government-bond yields may have risen in recent weeks but they are still unattractive. Equities have suffered two big bear markets since 2000 and are wobbling again. It is hardly surprising that pension funds, insurers and endowments are searching for new sources of return.
ref: 2013 July 6, “The rise of smart beta”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8843, page 68:
glosses: A pool of assets forming an independent legal entity that are bought with the contributions to a pension plan for the exclusive purpose of financing pension plan benefits.
fouetté
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfwɛteɪ/
ipa: /fwɛˈteɪ/
Forms: form: fouettés
Etymology: From French fouetté (“whipped”).
Senses: examples: text: Sometimes, when they were drinking, Goran would get up from the floor and do a pirouette or a fouetté, for a moment so graceful and beautiful that it hurt to look at him.
ref: 2023, Brandon Taylor, The Late Americans, Jonathan Cape, page 143:
qualifier: ballet
glosses: A ballet move in which either the body or the working leg is whipped around forcefully.
onnagata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɒnəˈɡɑːtə/
rhymes: -ɑːtə
Forms: form: onnagatas
form: onnagata
Etymology: From Japanese 女形 (おんながた, onnagata), a compound of 女 (おんな, onna, “woman”) + 形 (かた, kata, “form”).
Senses: glosses: A male actor who plays female roles in Japanese kabuki theatre.
andradite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: andradites
Senses: glosses: A nesosilicate mineral of the garnet group with chemical formula Ca₃Fe₂Si₃O₁₂.
Derived terms: hydroandradite
admissive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more admissive
form: most admissive
Senses: examples: text: Criminals are sometimes admissive of their guilt and compassionate toward victims.
glosses: Tending to admit or allow.
Derived terms: admissively
nesosilicate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nesosilicates
Etymology: From Ancient Greek νῆσος (nêsos, “island”) + silicate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Synonym of orthosilicate.
synonyms: word: orthosilicate
tetrahedrally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From tetrahedral + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a tetrahedral manner; arranged in tetrahedrons.
nesosilicates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nesosilicate
andradites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of andradite
affectively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more affectively
form: most affectively
Etymology: From affective + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an affective way; emotionally.
andrological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: andrologic
Etymology: From andrology + -ical or andro- + -logical.
Senses: glosses: Relating to andrology.
angel shark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: angel sharks
form: angelshark
Senses: glosses: A member of the unusual genus Squatina of sharks with flattened bodies and broad pectoral fins resembling skates or rays. There are approximately 16 known species, which are the only members of their taxonomic genus, family and order. They occur worldwide in temperate and tropical seas.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Squatina legnota
word: Indonesian angelshark
angel sharks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of angel shark
angler fish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: angler fish
form: angler fishes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of anglerfish.
angler fishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of angler fish
agley
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈɡleɪ/
ipa: /əˈɡliː/
rhymes: -eɪ
rhymes: -iː
Forms: form: more agley
form: most agley
form: aglee
form: agly
form: gley
Etymology: From Scots agley.
Senses: examples: text: X tells of cavalry; of Sheridan, Hampton and Fitz Lee;
Of Early’s Valley march, that Sheridan long held agley!
ref: 1932, Rosewell Page, The Iliads of the South: an epic of the War Between the States, Garrett and Massie, p. 165
text: “I don't know if you know the meaning of the word ‘agley’, Kipper, but that, to put it in a nutshell, is the way things have ganged.”
ref: 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, “XII AND XV”, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:
text: "You bastard."
"I beg your pardon Miss Martin. What did you say."
"You heard me."
All I need. For Miss Martin to go agley on me. Pout, stamp and generally upstage my authority. When they learn about your inner life, wham they take liberties with the outer. Until one is driven to putting on the stone face with creases downturned around the eyes and mouth. Scowl.
ref: 1963, J P Donleavy, A Singular Man, published 1963 (USA), page 125:
text: We meant to sail from Charleston, but things went agley there, and so we’re bound for Portsmouth now, as fast as we can make speed.
ref: 2002, Diana Gabaldon, The Fiery Cross, p. 29
glosses: Wrong, awry, askew, amiss, or distortedly.
Related terms: the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry
agley
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈɡleɪ/
ipa: /əˈɡliː/
rhymes: -eɪ
rhymes: -iː
Forms: form: more agley
form: most agley
form: aglee
form: agly
form: gley
Etymology: From Scots agley.
Senses: examples: text: But though the bear in the picture was a disguised man he appeared so naturally calm, so benignly strong, that beside him Pete […] looked comparatively shifty and agley.
ref: 1983, Alasdair Gray, “The Great Bear Cult”, in Every Short Story 1951-2012, Canongate, published 2012, page 57:
glosses: Wrong; askew.
fantard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fantards
Etymology: From fan + -tard.
Senses: topics: lifestyle
glosses: A stupid fan, especially one who gives the fandom a bad name or engages in wank or fanwank.
anglerfishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anglerfish
aphetisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aphetism
aglee
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more aglee
form: most aglee
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of agley.
reloader
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reloaders
Etymology: From reload + -er.
Senses: examples: text: He is a fine shot on horseback and a very quick reloader.
ref: a. 1947, James Willard Schultz, "The Peril of Lone Man", Why Gone Those Times?: Blackfoot Tales (1974)
glosses: One who reloads.
topics: engineering
firearms
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
glosses: A shooter who makes their own ammunition from separately purchased components.
topics: engineering
firearms
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
glosses: The equipment used by such a shooter, particularly a levered press used to force the components together.
topics: engineering
firearms
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
glosses: a speed loader.
aphrodisiacal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more aphrodisiacal
form: most aphrodisiacal
Etymology: From aphrodisiac + -al.
Senses: examples: text: Hindu women make a powder of an aphrodisiacal nature by frying the genital organs of male turtles, which they also use for enchantments.
ref: 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 162:
glosses: Of or relating to an aphrodisiac; having aphrodisiac properties.
vigilanteism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From vigilante + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of vigilantism.
aphanite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈæf.əˌnaɪt/
Forms: form: aphanites
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀφανής (aphanḗs, “indistinct, unseen, obscure”) + -ite.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
petrology
antonyms: phanerite
glosses: Certain dark igneous rocks having grain so fine that the individual crystals cannot be seen with the naked eye.
Derived terms: aphanitic
aphanites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aphanite
allotropism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: note: us
ipa: /æloʊˈtroʊpɪzəm/
Forms: form: allotropisms
Etymology: From allo- + -tropism.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The ability (of an element) to exist in more than one physical form without change of state.
Synonyms: allotropy
Related terms: allotrope
allotropic
allotropical
allotropous
aphorist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aphorists
Senses: examples: text: Leaving the reader to study the details of the discussion in Dr. Ballantyne's aphorisms of the Nyāya (Part Second, pp. 77 ff.), I will pass over most of the Sūtras, and merely quote the principal conclusions of the Nyāya aphorist.
ref: 1873, J. Muir, Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, 2nd edition, volume 3, page 110:
text: In the examination of the revisions which these texts underwent, we have stolen a rare glance into the interior of the workshop of the aphorist.
ref: 1987, Richard T. Gray, Constructive Destruction: Kafka's Aphorisms: Literary Tradition and Literary Transformation:
text: [Juhani Siljo]'s natural form of expression was the aphorism; he is one of the best aphorists of his time and in Finnish literature.
ref: 1998, George C. Schoolfield, A History of Finland's Literature, page 142:
glosses: A person who creates or recites aphorisms.
Derived terms: aphoristic
aphorists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aphorist
aphthous ulcer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aphthous ulcers
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
synonyms: canker sore
mouth ulcer
aphthous stomatitis
Sutton's disease
glosses: An ulcer in the mouth, caused by a break in the mucous membrane.
aphthous ulcers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aphthous ulcer
allotropical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɒpɪkəl
Senses: examples: text: Graphite and diamond are allotropical forms of carbon.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: word: allotropic
glosses: Of or pertaining to an element that exhibits allotropy.
canker sore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: canker sores
Senses: glosses: An ulcer in the mouth, called an aphthous ulcer, caused by a break in the mucous membrane.
canker sores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of canker sore
aphthous stomatitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: The condition of having aphthous ulcers.
stomatitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stomatitises
form: stomatitides
Etymology: From stomato- + -itis.
Senses: glosses: An inflammation of parts of the mucous membrane that lines the mouth.
Derived terms: aphthous stomatitis
bovine papular stomatitis
gingivostomatitis
nicotine stomatitis
stomatitis areata migrans
Vincent's stomatitis
stomatitises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stomatitis
apidictors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of apidictor
apple trees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of apple tree
crabbedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more crabbedly
form: most crabbedly
Etymology: From Middle English crabbidly; equivalent to crabbed + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a crabbed manner.
allotropous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more allotropous
form: most allotropous
Etymology: From allo- + -tropous.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Pertaining to a flower which attracts a large range of different insects to feed on its nectar.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Pertaining to an insect which is attracted to flowers of a large range of different species of plant, or an insect which does not feed exclusively on one type of flower.
Related terms: allotropic
allotropical
arithmetics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: There is decimal arithmetic and binary arithmetic. In fact, there are an infinite number of arithmetics of different bases.
glosses: plural of arithmetic
alluvials
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Deposits of sediment formed over a long period of time by rivers; layers of alluvium.
disjunct
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪsˈdʒʌŋkt/
ipa: /dɪsˈdʒʊŋkt/
rhymes: -ʌŋkt
rhymes: -ʊŋkt
Forms: form: more disjunct
form: most disjunct
Etymology: From dis- + Latin junctus (“joined”).
Senses: synonyms: disjunctive
antonyms: conjunct#Adjective
conjunctive
glosses: Separate; discontinuous; not connected.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Occurring in widely separated geographic areas.
Derived terms: disjunctly
nondisjunct