cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
orchilla weed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: orchilla weeds
Senses: glosses: Any lichen from which orchil is obtained.
orchilla weeds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of orchilla weed
pass-parole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pass-paroles
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French passe-parole.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: An order passed from the front to the rear by word of mouth.
pass-paroles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pass-parole
archils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of archil
praemaxilla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: praemaxillae
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of premaxilla.
praemaxillae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of praemaxilla
superfetate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: superfetates
form: superfetating
form: superfetated
form: superfetated
Etymology: From Latin superfetare, from super (“above, over”) + fetare (“to bring forth”).
Senses: examples: text: The hare, for instance, which is hunted alike by beasts, birds, and men, breeds so abundantly as even to superfetate, a thing which is true of no other animal. You find in a hare's belly, at one and the same time, some of the young all covered with fur, others quite naked, others again just fully formed in the womb, while the hare perhaps has lately conceived afresh.
ref: 1910, Herodotus, translated by George Rawlinson, The History of Herodotus, Book 3:
text: Rabbits breed in every month of the year, and superfetate, as do hares; after giving birth they pair again at once.
ref: 1938, Pliny the Elder, translated by H. Rackham, Natural History, Book 10:
glosses: To conceive after a prior conception, but before the birth of the offspring.
Derived terms: superfetation
superfetated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of superfetate
superfetates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of superfetate
superfetating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of superfetate
strontitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From strontite + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: strontitic mineral
text: strontitic salt
synonyms: strontic
glosses: Of or relating to strontium
Pomptine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Pomptine
form: most Pomptine
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Pontine.
vascularisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vascularisation
avoutrer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: avoutrers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of avouterer.
avoutrers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of avoutrer
expectorative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more expectorative
form: most expectorative
Etymology: From expectorate + -ive.
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of expectorant.
expectorative
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: expectoratives
Etymology: From expectorate + -ive.
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of expectorant.
expectoratives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of expectorative
expectest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: expect + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of expect
diggest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: dig + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of dig
arapaimas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arapaima
pirarucu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pi-ˌrär-ə-ˈkü/
Forms: form: pirarucus
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Tupi-Guarani *pira
Old Tupi pirá
Proto-Tupian *ɨrʲuku
Proto-Tupi-Guarani *uruku
Old Tupi uruku
Old Tupi pirauruku
Nheengatu pirarukúbor.
Brazilian Portuguese pirarucubor.
English pirarucu
Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese pirarucu.
Senses: glosses: An arapaima (Arapaima gigas), a large fish of the Amazon.
wikipedia: Cologne Zoo
pirarucus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pirarucu
sea peach
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sea peaches
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any of a number of ascidians of the genus Halocynthia, resembling a ripe peach in size, colour, and velvety surface, especially
Halocynthia pyriformis
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any of a number of ascidians of the genus Halocynthia, resembling a ripe peach in size, colour, and velvety surface, especially
Halocynthia papillosa (red sea squirt, sea squirt)
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any of a number of ascidians of the genus Halocynthia, resembling a ripe peach in size, colour, and velvety surface, especially
Halocynthia aurantium
sea peaches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sea peach
Acroceraunian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin Acroceraunius, from Ancient Greek ἄκρος (ákros, “high, heights”) + κεραυνός (keraunós, “thunderbolt”).
Senses: examples: text: What grand irregular thunder, thought I, standing on my hearthstone among the Acroceraunian hills, as the scattered bolts boomed overhead and crashed down among the valleys, every bolt followed by zigzag irradiations, and swift slants of sharp rain, which audibly rang, like a charge of spear-points, on my low shingled roof.
ref: 1854, Herman Melville, The Lightning-Rod Man:
glosses: Of or relating to the Ceraunian Mountains
heartpea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From heart + pea.
Senses: glosses: heartseed (plant)
pistillody
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pistil + -oid + -y.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The metamorphosis of other floral organs into pistils.
stimulism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The theory of medical practice which regarded life as dependent upon stimulation, or excitation, and disease as caused by excess or deficiency in the amount of stimulation.
examples: text: a different theory of therapeutics, that have introduced, instead of the somewhat overdone antiphlogistic measures of our predecessors, the expectancy with some, and the stimulism with others[…]
ref: 1879, Henry Hartshorne, A System of Medicine:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The practice of treating disease by alcoholic stimulants.
subreptive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more subreptive
form: most subreptive
Etymology: Latin subreptivus.
Senses: glosses: Surreptitious.
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Relating to subreption.
MFP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MFPs
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of multi-function printer.
MFP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Multifunction Polis.
discommoned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of discommon
discommoning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of discommon
discommons
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of discommon
discommons
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: discommonses
form: discommonsing
form: discommonsed
form: discommonsed
Senses: glosses: Synonym of discommon (“to deprive of the right to deal with undergraduates”).
synonyms: word: discommon
extra: to deprive of the right to deal with undergraduates
discoast
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /dɪsˈkəʊst/
Forms: form: discoasts
form: discoasting
form: discoasted
form: discoasted
form: discost
Etymology: From dis- + coast: compare Italian discostare.
Senses: examples: text: As far as heaven and earth discoasted lie.
ref: a. 1623, Giles Fletcher, Christ's Victorie and Triumph, in Heaven, in Earth, over and after Death:
text: To discoast from the plain and simple way of speech.
ref: a. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “(please specify the chapter name or sermon number). Against Foolish Talking and Jesting”, in The Works of Dr. Isaac Barrow. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: A[braham] J[ohn] Valpy, […], published 1830–1831, →OCLC:
glosses: To depart; to quit the coast (that is, the side or border) of anything; to be separated.
discoasted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of discoast
discoasting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of discoast
discoasts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of discoast
appenage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: appenages
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of apanage.
appenages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of appenage
pelecypod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pelecypods
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any of the Pelecypoda.
pelecypods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pelecypod
dimyarian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dimyarian
form: most dimyarian
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Like or relating to the Dimya.
dimyarian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dimyarians
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any of the Dimya.
dimyarians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dimyarian
chorometry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From choro- + -metry.
Senses: glosses: The act of surveying a region or district.
paleola
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paleolae
Etymology: Diminutive of Latin palea.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A diminutive or secondary palea
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: a lodicule.
paleolae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paleola
tayassuid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tayassuids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any peccary of the family Tayassuidae
tayassuids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tayassuid
octodont
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Of or pertaining to the Octodontidae, a family of rodents including the degu (Octodon degus) and 12 other South American species.
octodont
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: octodonts
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: An octodontid, a member of the family Octodontidae.
octodonts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of octodont
pecary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pecaries
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of peccary.
elocation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From e- + location.
Senses: glosses: A removal from the usual place of residence.
glosses: Departure from the usual state; an ecstasy.
botargo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: botargos
form: botargoes
form: puttargo
Etymology: From Occitan boutargo, from Arabic بُطَارِخ (buṭāriḵ). Doublet of bottarga and tarek.
Senses: glosses: Bottarga; a cake or sausage made from salted mullet roe.
botargoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of botargo
snatch block
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snatch blocks
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A kind of block with an opening in one side to receive the bight of a rope.
examples: text: On a tramway installation, drag the haul rope through each intermediate tower, placing it in the snatch block as the tower is passed to lighten the load.
ref: 1964, United States Department of the Army, Cableways, Tramways and Suspension Bridges, page 117:
text: To effectively double the pulling power of a winch, you can use a snatch block.
ref: 1990 December, Joe Skorupa, “Wilderness Winching”, in Popular Mechanics, volume 167, number 12, page 84:
glosses: A block equipped with a hook that hooks a cable so that it can be doubled back on itself in order to double the load carrying ability of the cable.
snatch blocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snatch block
wauke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The paper mulberry, Broussonetia papyifera, used to make kapa.
paper mulberry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paper mulberries
Senses: glosses: A tree in the mulberry family (Moraceae), Broussonetia papyrifera, with fibrous inner bark used to make paper and tapa cloth.
Walmartian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈwɔːlmɑː(ɹ)ʃən/
Forms: form: Walmartians
Etymology: From Walmart + -ian, in the noun sense presumably influenced by Martian.
Senses: glosses: A person with strange habits or mannerisms, typically low income and sometimes obese, shopping at Walmart.
Walmartian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈwɔːlmɑː(ɹ)ʃən/
Etymology: From Walmart + -ian, in the noun sense presumably influenced by Martian.
Senses: glosses: Of or related to Walmart.
shit factory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shit factories
Etymology: Alluding to the fact that babies and some animals produce a lot of feces.
Senses: examples: text: […] because you have neither the time nor the money to do any of the things you really wanted to do in life before you created a little shit factory of your own?
ref: 2000 October 4, Pete, “Re: Baby Laughter!”, in alt.support.childfree (Usenet):
text: “Damn it, Sandy,” he fumed. “You knew when we got married that I was going to hunt and fish any time I wanted to. I told you that. I said I'd marry you and take care of you, but I told you nothing was going to get in the way of my hunting and fishing. Not you. Not some five-day-a-week job. And not that little shit factory on your lap.”
ref: 2002, Al Craven, Slowly Dies the Rose, page 78:
text: "[…] Rumor has it that I pooped with wild abandon." Barb laughed and playfully smacked my arm. "You were a little shit factory."
ref: 2009, Gary A. Braunbeck, Far Dark Fields, page 252:
glosses: An infant, especially one who defecates a lot.
glosses: A bird, animal, etc. that defecates a lot.
shit factories
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shit factory
dropout factory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dropout factories
Senses: glosses: An underperforming high school, especially one with low graduation rates.
blue screen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blue screens
form: bluescreen
Etymology: A compound of blue + screen, from the historical film-making technique of using blue backgrounds.
Senses: topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: The filmmaking technique of shooting foreground action against an evenly-lit monochromatic background for the purpose of removing the background from the scene and replacing it with a different image or scene.
topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: The visual effect resulting from this technique as well as the colored screen itself, especially blue.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Ellipsis of blue screen of death.
Synonyms: sense: film technique
word: chromakey
sense: film technique
word: chroma-key
sense: film technique
word: chroma key
sense: film technique
word: greenscreen
sense: film technique
word: green screen
sense: error screen
word: blue screen of death
sense: error screen
word: BSOD
blue screens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blue screen
bullaun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbʊlɔːn/
/ˈbʊlɑːn/
Forms: form: bullauns
Etymology: From Irish bullán.
Senses: examples: text: And Castledawson we'll enlist
And Upperlands, each planted bawn-
Like bleaching-greens resumed by grass-
ref: 1972, Seamus Heaney, "A New Song", Wintering Out, Faber and Faber (1972)
roman: A vocable, as rath and bullaun.
text: For when he shuffles
across the esker
I glimpse my grandfather’s whiskers
stained with tobacco-pollen.
When he piddles against a bullaun
I know he carries bovine TB
ref: 1987, Paul Muldoon, "Brock", Meeting The British, Faber and Faber (1987)
glosses: A natural depression in a stone, often filled with water and sometimes pebbles.
hypermasculinized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hypermasculinized
form: most hypermasculinized
Etymology: From hyper- + masculinized.
Senses: examples: text: […] the hypermasculinized image of rappers such as Puff Daddy (Sean Combs) […]
ref: 2006, Robert C. Smith, Mexican New York: transnational lives of new immigrants, page 132:
glosses: Extremely masculinized.
proworker
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more proworker
form: most proworker
Etymology: From pro- + worker.
Senses: glosses: Supporting workers.
prosocialist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more prosocialist
form: most prosocialist
Etymology: From pro- + socialist.
Senses: glosses: Supporting or in favour of socialism.
prosocialist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prosocialists
Etymology: From pro- + socialist.
Senses: glosses: A supporter of socialism.
procapitalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: procapitalists
form: pro-capitalist
form: procapitalistic
form: pro-capitalistic
Etymology: From pro- + capitalist.
Senses: glosses: An advocate or supporter of capitalism.
procapitalist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more procapitalist
form: most procapitalist
form: pro-capitalist
form: procapitalistic
form: pro-capitalistic
Etymology: From pro- + capitalist.
Senses: glosses: Supporting or in favour of capitalism.
prosocialists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prosocialist
procapitalists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of procapitalist
Montgomery pie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Montgomery pies
Etymology: Named after Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
Senses: glosses: A kind of shoofly pie with lemon juice added to the bottom layer and buttermilk to the topping.
Brandoesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Brandoesque
form: most Brandoesque
Etymology: From Brando + -esque.
Senses: glosses: Reminiscent of Marlon Brando, Jr. (1924–2004), American actor known for his mumbling diction and animal magnetism.
daycarer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: daycarers
Etymology: From day + carer.
Senses: glosses: A daycare worker.
daycarers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of daycarer
semiduplex
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From semi- + duplex.
Senses: topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
glosses: Providing communication in both directions, but only one direction at a time, not simultaneously.
Synonyms: half duplex
Coordinate terms: duplex
full duplex
simplex
hyalea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyaleas
Etymology: From a taxonomic name, Hyalaeidae, that was used erroneously for the genus for many years.
Senses: glosses: A mollusk of the genus Cavolinia.
hyaleas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hyalea
tubicole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tubicoles
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any member of the order Tubicola (syn. Tubicolae) of annelids.
Related terms: tubicolous
tubicoles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tubicole
endysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἔνδυσις (éndusis, “a putting on”), from ἐνδύω (endúō).
Senses: examples: text: the endysis of hens
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The growing of a new coat of hair, or a new set of feathers, scales, etc.
Coordinate terms: ecdysis
apogeal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæpəˈd͡ʒiːəl/
ipa: /ˌæpoʊˈd͡ʒiːəl/
rhymes: -iːəl
Etymology: From Latin apogēus, from Ancient Greek ἀπόγειος (apógeios), ἀπόγαιος (apógaios), or from apogee + -al.
Senses: glosses: Connected with the apogee; apogeic.
Mossad
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Mossad
form: the Mossad
Etymology: From Hebrew מוֹסָד (mosád, literally “institute”).
Senses: examples: text: Israeli intelligence agency Mossad had smuggled weapons into Iran ahead of the strikes, according to Israeli security officials, and would use the weapons to target Iran’s defense from within. […] Intelligence gathered by the Mossad in Iran also gave Israel’s air force the ability to target senior Iranian commanders and scientists.
ref: 2025 June 13, Tamar Michaelis, Oren Liebermann and Jeremy Diamond, “Israel’s unprecedented attack shows Iran has become a ‘playground’ for the Mossad”, in CNN, archived from the original on 15 Jun 2025:
glosses: The national intelligence agency of Israel.
Adiaphorite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Adiaphorites
Senses: glosses: an adiaphorist.
Adiaphorites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Adiaphorite
microseme
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more microseme
form: most microseme
Etymology: From micro- + Ancient Greek σῆμα (sêma, “sign, mark”). Compare French microsème.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Having the orbital index relatively narrow, therefore having eye sockets far away.
sententiaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sententiary
sententiary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sententiaries
Etymology: Latin sententiarius.
Senses: examples: text: arranged under a hundred and seventy-five heads, not exhibiting the consent of antiquity, which had been the aim of all preceding sententiary collectors
ref: 1874, John Henry Blunt, Dictionary of Sects, Heresies, Ecclesiastical Parties, and Schools of Religious Thought:
glosses: One who read lectures, or commented, on the Sentences of Peter Lombard.
paraphyses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paraphysis
paraphysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paraphyses
Etymology: From para- + -physis.
Senses: examples: text: Spores tetrahedral, paraphyses mastoid-claviform, scales smooth, entire.
ref: 1899, Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club, volumes 6-8, page 192:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A minute jointed filament growing among the archegonia and antheridia of mosses, or with the spore cases, etc., of other flowerless plants.
topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: A type of sterile cell amongst the spore-bearing asci.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A derivative of the roof-plate of the telencephalon.
Derived terms: paraphysate
paraphysoid
pseudoparaphysis
desideration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: desiderations
Etymology: Latin desideratio.
Senses: glosses: The act of desiderating.
examples: text: Coriander-seed might correct it[…]The very desideration!
ref: 1836, Walter Savage Landor, Pericles and Aspasia:
glosses: Something desired.
desiderations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of desideration
thamyn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of thamin (“Eld's deer”) (Rucervus eldii)
silverfin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: silverfins
Etymology: From silver + fin.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A small North American freshwater cyprinoid fish (Notropis whipplei, now Cyprinella whipplei).
silverfins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of silverfin
emergy investment ratio
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: emergy investment ratios
Etymology: Attributed to author Howard T. Odum.
Senses: topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
glosses: The ratio of purchased emergy to the local free environmental emergy.
bergmaster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bergmasters
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of barmaster.
bergmasters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bergmaster
emergetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to emergy.
hypostrophe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypostrophes
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὑποστροφή (hupostrophḗ), from ὑποστρέφω (hupostréphō, “to turn round or back”) .
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The act of a patient turning himself or herself.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A relapse, or return of a disease.
glosses: The use of insertion or parenthesis.
Related terms: hypostrophic
hypostrophes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hypostrophe
surmark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: surmarks
form: sirmark
Etymology: From sur- + mark?
Senses: topics: business
manufacturing
shipbuilding
glosses: A mark made on the moulds of a ship to show where the angles of the timbers are to be placed.
surmarks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of surmark
snobocratic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more snobocratic
form: most snobocratic
Etymology: From snob + -o- + -cratic.
Senses: glosses: Exhibiting, or relating to, snobocracy.
snobocracies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snobocracy
snobocracy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snobocracies
Etymology: From snob + -o- + -cracy.
Senses: examples: text: You will not surely live to solicit ( as many a fine fellow , alas ! did but last year ) the votes , not even of the people , but merely of the snobocracy , on the ground of your having neither policy nor principles , nor even opinions , upon any matter in heaven or earth
ref: c. 1860, Charles Kingsley, My Winter-Garden:
text: Little disappointed, then, she turned attention to "Chat of the Social World," gossip which exercised potent fascination upon the girl's intelligence. She devoured with more avidity than she had her food those pretentiously phrased chronicles of the snobocracy—[…]—distilling therefrom an acid envy that robbed her napoleon of all its flavor.
ref: 1914 November, Louis Joseph Vance, “An Outsider […]”, in Munsey’s Magazine, volume LIII, number II, New York, N.Y.: The Frank A[ndrew] Munsey Company, […], published 1915, →OCLC, chapter I (Anarchy), page 373, column 2:
glosses: Snobs, collectively; snobbish behaviour or attitudes.
circumagitate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: circumagitates
form: circumagitating
form: circumagitated
form: circumagitated
Etymology: From circum- + agitate.
Senses: examples: text: God […]hath placed his angels in their houses of light , and given to every one of his appointed officers a portion of the fiery matter to circumagitate and roll
ref: 1651–1653, Jer[emy] Taylor, ΕΝΙΑΥΤΟΣ [Eniautos]. A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Richard Royston […], published 1655, →OCLC:
glosses: To agitate on all sides.
Related terms: circumagitation
circumagitated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of circumagitate
circumagitates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of circumagitate
circumagitating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of circumagitate
sirmark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sirmarks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of surmark.
sirmarks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sirmark
half-duplex
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
glosses: Semiduplex.
subitany
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more subitany
form: most subitany
Etymology: See subitaneous.
Senses: examples: text: This which I now have commented is very subitany, and I fear confused Mr. Bagley , who was by me all the time I wrote it, would not conceive, that the frequent discourses betwixt his little son and himself, could be an hinderance to me
ref: 1659, John Hales, Golden Remains of the Ever Memorable Mr. John Hales:
glosses: Sudden; hasty.
epanastrophe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐπαναστροφή (epanastrophḗ, “return”).
Senses: examples: text: The repetition of a word or phrase in the same sense[…]as in epanastrophe, […]adds weight to the thought or idea, and increases its logical worth.
ref: 1857, Josiah Willard Gibbs, Philological Studies: With English Illustrations:
glosses: Anadiplosis.
stephanotis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stephanotises
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: examples: text: Palms towered majestically over the heads of the lower shrubs, and camellias, stephanotis, and many other semi-tropical flowers were growing luxuriantly in the open air.
ref: 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 22:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any of the genus Stephanotis of climbing asclepiadaceous shrubs with large white waxy flowers in cymes.
glosses: A perfume prepared from the flowers of Stephanotis floribunda.
stephanotises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stephanotis
scorper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scorpers
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of scauper.
scorpers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scorper
beaufin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beaufins
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of biffin (“apple”).
beaufins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beaufin
bergander
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: berganders
Etymology: From berg (“burrow”) + gander (“a male goose?”). Compare German Bergente, Danish gravgaas.
Senses: synonyms: bergander duck
glosses: A European duck (Tadorna tadorna), a sheldrake.
berganders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bergander
ruddying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ruddy
ruddied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ruddy
cavo-rilievo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌkɑːvəʊ ɹɪlˈjeɪvəʊ/
Forms: form: cavo-relievo
Etymology: From Italian cavo rilievo (literally “hollow relief”).
Senses: topics: art
arts
synonyms: sunk relief
sunken relief
cavo relievo
intaglio-rilievo
glosses: Sculpture in relief within a sinking made for the purpose, so no part of it projects beyond the surrounding surface.
Related terms: coelanaglyphic
paleothere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paleotheres
Etymology: French paléothère
Senses: topics: biology
history
human-sciences
natural-sciences
paleontology
sciences
glosses: Any extinct mammal of the genus Palaeotherium.
paleotheres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paleothere
persicaria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpɜː.sɪˈkɛəɹi.ə/
ipa: /ˌpɝ.səˈkɛɹi.ə/
rhymes: -ɛəɹi.ə
Forms: form: persicarias
Etymology: From Latin persicarius (“a peach tree”). See peach.
Senses: examples: text: […] and the arrow-shaped leaves of the blue spiked pondwort and rosy flowers of the persicaria, form a beautiful sight on hot sunny days.
ref: 1857, Catherine Parr Strickland Traill, The Canadian Settler's Guide, page 208:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: lady's thumb
persicarias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of persicaria
cadilesker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cadileskers
Etymology: From Ottoman Turkish قاضی العسكر (kadilasker), see kazasker for more.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of kazasker.
synonyms: word: kazasker
cadileskers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cadilesker
pertinately
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more pertinately
form: most pertinately
Etymology: From pertinate + -ly.
Senses: glosses: pertinaciously
favouredly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more favouredly
form: most favouredly
form: favoredly
Etymology: From favoured + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: For of fence , almost in every town , there is not only masters to teach it , with his provosters , ushers , scholars , and other names of art and school ; but there hath not failed also , which hath diligently and favouredly written it
ref: 1545, Roger Ascham, Toxophilus:
glosses: In a favoured or favourable manner; favourably.
coagulatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /koʊˈæɡjələˌtɔɹi/
ipa: /kəʊˈæɡjʊlətəɹi/
ipa: /kəʊˈæɡjʊlətɹi/
ipa: /kəʊˌæɡjʊˈleɪtəɹi/
Etymology: From coagulate + -ory.
Senses: synonyms: coagulative
glosses: Serving to coagulate.
examples: text: A specific may subdue the too great proportion of acid , or other luxuriant particles , in the mass of blood , and prevent their coagulatory , or other pernicious effects.
ref: 1686, Robert Boyle, The Notion of Specific Remedies Prov'd agreeable to Mechanical Philosophy:
glosses: Produced by coagulation.
Derived terms: anticoagulatory
hypercoagulatory
procoagulatory
precisianist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: precisianists
Etymology: From precisian + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A precisian; a religious purist or Puritan.
Derived terms: precisianistic
precisianists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of precisianist
falness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of fullness.
poonac
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: poonacs
Etymology: Sinhalese [script needed] (punakku) (compare Tamil புண்ணாக்கு (puṇṇākku)), from Sanskrit पिण्याक (piṇyāka).
Senses: synonyms: coconut cake
copra cake
glosses: A kind of oil cake prepared from the coconut.
poonacs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poonac
patrocination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: patrocinations
Senses: examples: text: patrocinations of treasons
ref: c. 1626, Bishop Hall, Saint Paul's Combat:
glosses: The act of patrocinating or patronizing.
patrocinations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of patrocination
toged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: […]Nor the deuiſion of a Battell knowes, / More then a Spinſter, vnleſſe the bookiſh Theorique, / Wherein the toged Conſuls can propoſe
ref: c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragœdy of Othello, the Moore of Venice. […] (First Quarto), London: […] N[icholas] O[kes] for Thomas Walkley, […], published 1622, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], pages 1–2:
glosses: togated; dressed in a toga
exprobration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exprobrations
Etymology: From Latin exprobration: compare French exprobration.
Senses: examples: text: For it will, it must needs be a fearful exprobration of our unworthiness, when the Judge himself shall bear witness against us, that the wisdom of God himself was strangely employed in bringing us safely to felicity.
ref: 1653, Jeremy Taylor, “Twenty-five Sermons Preached at Golden Grove; Being for the Winter Half-year, […]: Sermon II. [Doomsday Book; or, Christ’s Advent to Judgment.] Part II.”, in Reginald Heber, editor, The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor, D.D. […], volume V, London: Ogle, Duncan, and Co. […]; and Richard Priestley, […], published 1822, →OCLC, page 27:
glosses: Reproachful accusation; upbraiding.
Related terms: exprobratory
exprobrations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of exprobration
cephalotomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cephalotomy
cephalotomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cephalotomies
Etymology: From cephalo- + -tomy.
Senses: glosses: dissection or opening of the head
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A craniotomy; usually applied to bisection of a dead fetal head with a saw.
shovelard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shovelards
Etymology: From Middle English schovelerd, schulerde, schevelard, from schovel (“shovel”), perhaps influenced by malard (“mallard”), on model of Middle Dutch lepelaar (“spoonbill”), with Middle English -ard replacing -aar, but not completely certain.
Senses: glosses: A kind of dabbling duck; the shoveler.
shovelards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shovelard
platycoelian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: anatomy
biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
zoology
glosses: Synonym of platycoelous.
synonyms: word: platycoelous
Swaddler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Swaddlers
Senses: examples: text: Nobody is taking any interest in the fine subtle Irish language, apart from mean Swaddlers who try to lure the Irish to join their new cursed religion
ref: May 14 1827, Humphrey O'Sullivan, The Diary of Humphrey O'Sullivan:
glosses: A member of the Methodist Church in Ireland.
Swaddlers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Swaddler
hemicollin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hemi- + collin.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A more soluble form of semiglutin.
tellee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tellees
Etymology: From tell + -ee.
Senses: examples: text: This shows that it is just as important to understand the social relationships between the status of the teller, the tellee and the butt of the humour, as it is to understand other language devices used to construct the humour.
ref: 1998, Alison Ross, The language of humour, page 60:
glosses: One who is told something.
pondfish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pondfishes
form: pondfish
Etymology: From pond + fish.
Senses: synonyms: pond perch
sunfish
glosses: Any of numerous species of American freshwater fishes belonging to the family Centrarchidae.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Lepomis gibbosus
alt: bream, pumpkinseed, sunny
word: common pondfish
taxonomic: Lepomis auritus
word: long-eared pondfish
pondfishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pondfish
chroma-key
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of chromakey.
chroma key
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chroma keys
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of chromakey.
chroma key
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: chroma keys
form: chroma keying
form: chroma keyed
form: chroma keyed
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of chromakey.
sageland
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sagelands
Etymology: From sage + land.
Senses: glosses: A habitat with many sagebrush plants.
sagelands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sageland
shrubsteppe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shrubsteppes
Etymology: From shrub + steppe.
Senses: glosses: A kind of natural grassland with low rainfall, less dry than a desert and capable of supporting perennial grasses and shrubs.
shrubsteppes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shrubsteppe
septemvirate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: septemvirates
Etymology: From Latin septemvirātus, from septemvir + -ātus (“-ate”).
Senses: glosses: A group of seven people, especially (politics) a council of seven men who share office or rule.
Synonyms: government
Coordinate terms: government
Related terms: septemvir
septemviral
septemvirates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of septemvirate
somniative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more somniative
form: most somniative
Senses: glosses: Relating to sleep or dreams.
Synonyms: somnial
somniatory
septendecillions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of septendecillion
pectoriloquism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: pectoriloquy
electaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of electary
electary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: electaries
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of electuary.
colophene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: colophenes
Etymology: From colophony + -ene.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A colorless oily liquid, formerly obtained by distillation of colophony, and regarded as a polymeric form of terebenthene.
Synonyms: diterebene
colophenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of colophene
compte rendu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: comptes rendus
Etymology: Borrowed from French compte rendu.
Senses: glosses: A report by an officer or agent.
comptes rendus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of compte rendu
pedimane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pedimanes
Etymology: Compare French pédimane.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A pedimanous marsupial; an opossum.
pedimanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pedimane
terebration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: terebrations
Etymology: Latin terebratio.
Senses: examples: text: It hath been touched before , that terebration of trees doth make them prosper better . But it is found also , that it maketh the fruit sweeter and better
ref: 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “V. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
glosses: The act of terebrating, or boring through something.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A pain that feels like boring or drilling.
terebrations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of terebration
base-burner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: base-burners
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of baseburner.
paroophoron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From para- + oophoron.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A small mass of tubules near the ovary in some animals, corresponding with the paradidymis of the male.
purre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: purres
Etymology: From Old English pur (“bittern”).
Senses: glosses: A bird, the dunlin.
purres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of purre
derotations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of derotation
derotational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From derotation + -al.
Senses: examples: text: Traditionally, proximal femoral varus derotational osteotomy has been used in nonambulatory patients to produce a more stable sitting base.
ref: 2010, Tulio E. Bertorini, Neuromuscular Disorders: Management and Treatment E-Book:
glosses: Of or relating to derotation.
SOBs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of SOB
politicizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: politicizers
Etymology: From politicize + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who politicizes.
politicizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of politicizer
hypotrachelia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɪ.pəʊ.trəˌkiː.lɪ.ə/
rhymes: -iːliə
Senses: glosses: plural of hypotrachelium
hypotrachelium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɪ.pəʊ.trəˌkiː.lɪ.əm/
rhymes: -iːliəm
Forms: form: hypotrachelia
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin hypotrachelium, from Ancient Greek ὑποτραχήλιον (hupotrakhḗlion), from ὑπό (hupó, “under”) + τράχηλος (trákhēlos, “neck”).
Senses: examples: text: In the case of the Hansell House in Rosewell, Georgia, […] the mason, in endeavoring to indicate the hypotrachelium, or gorgerin, or whatever is the right name for the incised lines which in the Greek Doric play somewhat the part that the astragal plays in the Roman orders, made a very broad incision all around the shaft with the point of his trowel, but unfortunately held its blade the wrong way, so that the shadow effect is lost and no proper drip is formed.
ref: 1988, Roy Underhill, chapter 4, in Lisa C. Mullins, Architectural Treasures of Early America: Spirit of New England, The National Historical Society, page 170:
topics: architecture
synonyms: colarino
gorgerin
neck
necking
glosses: the portion of the capital of a column that is below the annulets, and above the end of the shaft
Hopf algebra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Hopf algebras
Etymology: Named after Heinz Hopf.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A structure that is simultaneously a unital associative algebra and a counital coassociative coalgebra, equipped with an antiautomorphism satisfying a certain property.
wikipedia: Heinz Hopf
Hopf algebras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Hopf algebra
coaction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəʊˈakʃən/
ipa: /koʊˈækʃən/
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English coaccioun, from Latin coāctiō.
Senses: examples: November 9, 1662, Robert South, Of the Creation of Man in the Image of God
It had the passions in perfect subjection; and though its command over them was persuasive and political, yet it had the force of coaction, and despotical.
glosses: Force; compulsion, either in restraining or impelling
coaction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəʊˈakʃən/
ipa: /koʊˈækʃən/
Forms: form: coactions
Etymology: From co- + action.
Senses: examples: text: In the coaction condition, however, where the children did not have any opportunity to interact with one another, the mixed gender pairings produced a marked and statistically significant polarization of performance […]
ref: 1997, Lauren B. Resnick, Discourse, Tools and Reasoning: Essays on Situated Cognition:
glosses: Collective or collaborative action.
examples: text: actions and coactions of measured groupoids on von Neumann algebras
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The mapped version of an action to a cogroup.
coactions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coaction
antiautomorphism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antiautomorphisms
Etymology: From anti- + automorphism.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A bijective antihomomorphism, i.e., an antiisomorphism, from a magma to itself.
antiautomorphisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antiautomorphism
antihomomorphism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antihomomorphisms
Etymology: From anti- + homomorphism.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A type of function defined on sets with multiplication that reverses the order of multiplication.
Hyponyms: antiepimorphism
antiendomorphism
antiisomorphism
antiautomorphism
antihomomorphisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antihomomorphism
cogebra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cogebras
Etymology: Blend of co- + algebra
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: coalgebra
cogebras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cogebra
coassociativity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From co- + associativity.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A relationship that is the dual of associativity.
carthamin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Carthamus (“genus of safflower”) + -in
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A red pigment obtained from the safflower, Carthamus tinctorius.
Synonyms: carthamic acid
carthamus red
Greek fries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Fries that are served with cheese, herbs, and lemon.