cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
antilopine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ænˈtɪləpaɪn/
Forms: form: more antilopine
form: most antilopine
Etymology: From New Latin antilope (“antelope”) + -ine.
Senses: examples: text: the antilopine kangaroo
glosses: Relating to, or resembling, antelopes.
examples: text: The Neotragini and Saigini are antilopine tribes.
glosses: Relating to, or resembling, antelopes in the bovid subfamily Antelopinae.
examples: text: African members of the subfamily Antilopinae include antilopine and neotragine species.
glosses: Relating to, or resembling, antelopes in the tribe Antelopini within that subfamily
Derived terms: taxonomic: Macropus antilopinus
word: antilopine kangaroo
taxonomic: Macropus antilopinus
word: antilopine wallaby
taxonomic: Macropus antilopinus
word: antilopine wallaroo
antilopine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ænˈtɪləpaɪn/
Forms: form: antilopines
Etymology: From New Latin antilope (“antelope”) + -ine.
Senses: examples: text: She kept an antilopine as a pet.
glosses: An antilopine kangaroo
glosses: Any antelope in the subfamily Antelopinae
glosses: Any antelope in the tribe Antilopini
cyprine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cyprine
form: most cyprine
Etymology: From cypress + -ine.
Senses: examples: text: Cyprine oil was made from the tree called cyprus in Egypt, according to Pliny.
ref: 1756, Aulus Cornelius Celsus, A. Cornelius Celsus of Medicine: In Eight Books. Translated, with Notes Critical and Explanatory, by James Greive, M.D., page 108:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to the cypress.
cyprine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyprines
Etymology: From Latin cyprium (“copper”) + -ine.
Senses: examples: text: The fibrous copper-bearing variety cyprine was first observed by the author in 1905 in a small dump of unknown origin at the mouth of the Parker shaft.
ref: 1935, Charles Palache, The Minerals of Franklin and Sterling Hill, Sussex County, New Jersey, page 95:
text: A bright blue variety of idocrase is known as cyprine and is so-called after Cyprus, which was the ancient source copper.
ref: 1949, The Gemmologist - Volume 18, page 104:
text: The shape of the "cyprine" optical spectrum is typical of minerals containing Cu²⁺ ions (Platonov, 1976).
ref: 1992, Krystyna Dyrek, Alexej N. Platonov, Zbigniew Sojka, Witold Żabiński, “Optical absorption and EPR study of Cu²⁺ ions in vesuvianite ("cyprine") from Sauland, Telemark , Norway”, in European Journal of Mineralogy, volume 5, page 1285:
glosses: A variety of tourmaline that contains copper, which gives it a unique blue color, also called cuprian elbaite.
cyprine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cyprine
form: most cyprine
Etymology: From Latin cyprīnus (“a species of carp”) + -ine.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Of or pertaining to the carp.
cyprine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyprines
Etymology: From Latin cyprīnus (“a species of carp”) + -ine.
Senses: examples: text: The mountain streams and upper reaches of the rivers are rich in trout, grayling and salmon, while the rivers of the plains abound in cyprine fish such as minnows, carp, huck, etc.
ref: 1966, Eugene Fodor, Yugoslavia, page 91:
text: It contains xenocypridines (Xenocypris), cultrines (Culter and Hemiculterella), cyprines (Cyprinus and Carassius), hypophthalmichthines (Hypophthalmichthys), leuciscines (Leuciscus, Mylopharyngodon, and Ctenopharyngodon), and gobionines (Gnathopogon) all of which were extant genera (Liu and Su 1962).
ref: 2020, Hiroya Kawanabe, Machiko Nishino, Masayoshi Maehata, Lake Biwa: Interactions between Nature and People, page 46:
glosses: A fish from the taxonomic family Cyprinidae.
cyprine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyprines
Etymology: Ultimately from Ancient Greek κύπρις (kúpris, “an epithet of Aphrodite”) + -ine.
Senses: examples: text: Older women who no longer menstruate, excited by the younger women's caresses, secrete enough cyprine to paint their bodies.
ref: 1977, Heresies - Volume 1, Issues 1-4, page 98:
text: No one is unaware that cyprine is different in taste depending upon the climate where it is produced and the diet of its producer.
ref: 1979, Monique Wittig, Sande Zeig, Lesbian Peoples, page 37:
text: No phallus seeks a sheath in this "mere hole," no Freudian or Lacanian child passes out through the root fibres and tangled grasses to become the symbolic phallus his deprived mother lacks. Instead, what is "fretilizing," fecundating, what leaves its damp stain from Regen't Park down to Euston, is the cyprine juice of female sexual pleasure, cyprine juice signalling a pleasure that, in Lacan's terms, is "beyond the phallus" ( 145 ) and supplementary to the biology of reproduction.
ref: 1987, John George Moss, Future Indicative: Literary Theory and Canadian Literature, page 96:
text: In the last line, sweetest soup (in other versions: sweetest sauce); compare in No. 242, "John Harloson's Saltpeter," on version note A, on the unusualness in English-language folksong or folklore of any appreciative reference, as here, to the female vaginal liquor, or cyprine.
ref: 1992, Vance Randolph, Blow the Candle Out, page 663:
glosses: Vaginal secretions that result from sexual arousal.
queening
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: (apple): From Middle English quenynges pl, from quene (“queen”) but not completely certain.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of queen
queening
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: queenings
Etymology: (apple): From Middle English quenynges pl, from quene (“queen”) but not completely certain.
Senses: glosses: Any of several kinds of apple.
examples: text: Over 1,200 games were examined in detail and 89 queenings were identified in 70 games.
ref: 1978, American Statistical Association. Social Statistics Section, Proceedings (part 1, page 536)
topics: board-games
chess
games
glosses: The promotion of a pawn to a queen.
glosses: The sexual practice of facesitting.
Derived terms: early queening
queening square
queening stool
scarlet queening
summer queening
queened
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of queen
insectary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: insectaries
Senses: glosses: A place for keeping living insects.
insectaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of insectary
rices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Indica rices have longer grains that cook drier, like most Chinese and Indian rices. Some rices, also, already had the now-common genetic variant of the starch amylose that makes them cook up sticky.
ref: 2014, E. N. Anderson, Food and Environment in Early and Medieval China, page 40:
glosses: plural of rice (Referring to more than one strain or variety of rice. Rice is usually uncountable.)
rices
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rice
milvine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more milvine
form: most milvine
Etymology: From Latin milvus (“kite”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Of or resembling birds of the kite kind.
ricing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rice
ricing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Fragrances can mutate; seizure and ricing are more common; and the soap batter traces rapidly.
ref: 2012, Alicia Grosso, The Everything Soapmaking Book, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:
text: Sometimes accompanied by acceleration, ricing is different in that it creates small individual clumps of soap that look like rice granules.
ref: 2016, Anne-Marie Faiola, Pure Soapmaking, Storey Publishing, →ISBN, page 14:
qualifier: soap-making
glosses: (Development of) undesirable, hard white granules in soap.
Related terms: word: figging
riced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -aɪst
Senses: examples: riced cauliflower
glosses: Made into or consisting of finely minced pieces resembling rice
riced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -aɪst
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rice
owlery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: owleries
Etymology: From owl + -ery.
Senses: examples: text: Or perhaps there is now no heroic wisdom left in England; England, once the land of heroes, is itself sunk now to a dim owlery, and habitation of doleful creatures, intent only on money-making and other forms of catching mice, for whom the proper gospel is the gospel of M‘Croudy, and all nobler impulses and insights are forbidden henceforth?
ref: 1850 April 1, Thomas Carlyle, “No. III. Downing Street.”, in Latter-Day Pamphlets, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, page 93:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: An abode of owls.
glosses: A pen or enclosure for owls.
owleries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of owlery
penguinery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: penguineries
Etymology: From penguin + -ery.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A breeding place, or rookery, of penguins.
penguineries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of penguinery
pheasantry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈfɛ.zən.tɹɪ/
Forms: form: pheasantries
Etymology: From pheasant + -ry.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A place for keeping and rearing pheasants.
pheasantries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pheasantry
slims
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of slim
slims
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slim
slimmed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of slim
swannery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: swanneries
Etymology: From swan + -ery.
Senses: glosses: A place where swans are bred.
Mao
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /maʊ̯/
rhymes: -aʊ
Forms: form: Mow
Etymology: From Mandarin 毛 (Máo).
Senses: examples: text: As the revered Mao has said, 'There cannot be two suns in the same sky.'
ref: 1968, Edward S. Aarons, Assignment—Nuclear Nude, Fawcett Publications, page 135:
text: RN: You think you should not have gone?
TN: Yeah, I think it was a bad one to do. It was a good idea, but we shouldn't have gone to the University of Maryland … It was the motliest crew you've ever seen.
RN: Well, that's my view about going to the universities. Well, I hope it didn't bother you too much.
TN: No, it didn't. It was just—I know, I was just embarrassed because the Chinese issued a complaint.
RN: A complaint about what?
TN: Oh, you know, that they were being rude to the chairman—they were insulting Chairman Mao. There was nothing we could do! It's a free country!
ref: 1972, James Warren, “More Nixon Tapes A selection from recordings in the National Archives”, in The Atlantic:
glosses: A common surname from Chinese, from Mandarin, usually referring to Mao Zedong.
glosses: A card game, named after Mao Zedong, in which players attempt to shed all their cards without violating certain unspoken rules.
Derived terms: Madame Mao
Maoism
Maoist
Mao Zedong Thought
Mao
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /maʊ̯/
rhymes: -aʊ
Forms: form: Maos
form: Maoing
form: Maoed
form: Maoed
form: Mow
Etymology: From Mandarin 毛 (Máo).
Senses: glosses: To kill and dispossess, esp. to kill and dispossess a landlord.
Mao
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /maʊ̯/
rhymes: -aʊ
Senses: synonyms: Emela
Sopvoma
glosses: A Sino-Tibetan language.
Mao
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /maʊ̯/
rhymes: -aʊ
Senses: glosses: A branch of the Omotic languages spoken in Ethiopia.
swanneries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of swannery
UPI
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: journalism
media
glosses: Initialism of United Press International.
topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: Initialism of Universal Pictures International.
qualifier: financial services
glosses: Initialism of Unified Payments Interface.
UPI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: UPIs
Senses: examples: text: Their new methods and computational tools could create UPI from integrating and analyzing a user's search patterns, document inquiries, and myriad other signals of online behaviors, even when users do not directly provide that personal information: […]
ref: 2018, Shoshana Zuboff, chapter 3, in The Age of Surveillance Capitalism:
glosses: Initialism of user profile information.
MAI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare infection.
glosses: Initialism of machine augmented intelligence.
vivarium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /vaɪˈvɛəɹi.əm/
ipa: /vaɪˈvɛɹi.əm/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiəm
Forms: form: vivariums
form: vivaria
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin vīvārium.
Senses: glosses: A place artificially arranged for keeping or raising living animals.
Hyponyms: aquarium
aviary
oceanarium
paludarium
riparium
rivarium
terrarium
vivaria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vivarium
jetés
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jeté
galactophagous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From γαλακτοφάγος (galaktophágos, “milk-fed”).
Senses: examples: text: The oldest explicit information concerning a Nomado-Slavic State on the lower Danube is to be found in Pseudo-Caesarius of the Nazianzus of the sixth – probably even the fourth – century A.D., viz. that of the galactophagous Phisonitae or Danubians […] and the vegetarian Slavs.
ref: 1913, John Bagnell Bury, editor, The Cambridge Medieval History, page 432:
text: I am reading Herodotus, who describes in detail and with great fidelity these same galactophagous Scythians among whom I am living.
ref: 1918, George Rapall Noyes, quoting Leo Tolstoy, Tolstoy, letter to Fet, page 141:
text: Of course, we may not have the same taste in teas, as I am one of the few (the proud, the galactophagous) that adds milk to tea.
ref: 1997 January 12, Craig Helfgott, “Re: Ok, time to stand up”, in alt.callahans (Usenet):
glosses: Consuming milk.
noseband
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nosebands
Etymology: From nose + band.
Senses: glosses: The part of a bridle or halter that goes over the nose of an animal, particularly a horse.
Synonyms: bosal
musrole
bip
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bips
form: bipping
form: bipped
form: bipped
Etymology: Imitative.
Senses: examples: text: Jihad Merhi bipped the horn as he pulled up in his Land Cruiser outside chez Lattouf.
ref: 2011, David Cullen, The Byblos Discovery, page 275:
glosses: To make or cause to make a short beeping or blipping sound.
examples: text: After the entire table burst into laughter, she playfully bipped the man in the mouth and followed it with a kiss.
ref: A. P. Vasko, 33 Miracles (page 188)
text: I swung the bat, barely bipped the ball, and sent it spinning off into a neighbor's yard. That was the closest I'd come to hitting that thing all day.
ref: 2003, C. D. Blizzard, Broken:
synonyms: bop
boop
glosses: To hit lightly.
qualifier: Bay Area
glosses: To break into a car and steal its contents.
examples: text: So many cars get bipped on that street.
text: Around Christmas of that year me and a friend was going to go up through Oklahoma bipping — scallybipping [burglarizing a house when they saw the wife out back hanging clothes], you know. We had been doing it around Houston, Dallas, places like that, but now we was going to go up through the States.
ref: 1972, Bruce Jackson, In the Life: Versions of the Criminal Experience, New York, N.Y.; Chicago, I.L.; San Francisco, C.A.: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, →ISBN, page 82:
qualifier: Bay Area
glosses: To break into a car and steal its contents.
To rob; steal.
bip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bips
Etymology: Imitative.
Senses: examples: text: My niggas getting greasy with them licks, nigga
But these free banks, I ain’t use no bip, nigga
ref: 2020 October 10, “Toot That Sh!t Up”, Kai Bandz (lyrics), 1:34:
text: You have your bip on you?
'Cause if you ain't got no bip on you, I ain't hangin' out with you
ref: 2022 March 11, “B$G Intro” (track 1, right in the beginning), in Baby Stone Gorillas (lyrics), BABYST5XNE GORILLAS:
qualifier: Bay Area
glosses: Synonym of spliff.
synonyms: word: spliff
topics: business
finance
glosses: Abbreviation of basis point.
qualifier: African-American Vernacular; Baltimore; African-American Vernacular; Baltimore
glosses: Can refer to multiple different things, but usually refers to a piece that someone owns, most often a gun or a haircut.
douane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /duːˈɑːn/
ipa: /ˈdwɑːn/
rhymes: -ɑːn
Forms: form: douanes
Etymology: From French douane. Doublet of divan, dewan, and diwaniya.
Senses: glosses: A custom house.
feuilleté
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /fə.jə.teɪ/
/ˈfɔɪ.ɪ.teɪ/
Forms: form: feuilletés
Etymology: Borrowed from French feuilleté.
Senses: glosses: A dish made with thin layers of puff pastry.
feuilletés
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of feuilleté
ficelles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ficelle
never eat shredded wheat
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: never eat soggy wheat
form: never eat soggy waffles
form: never eat soggy Weet-Bix
Etymology: From the initials of north, east, south and west.
Senses: examples: text: Which sentence might help you remember that the points of the compass, listed clockwise, are north, east, south, and west? […] Never eat shredded wheat.
ref: 1990, McDougal, Littell English: Test Booklet, McDougal, Littell, →ISBN, page 92:
text: The directions are easy . . . North, east, south, west. ‘Never eat shredded wheat.’ That’s how I remember them. Just start at the top of the map and think ‘Never eat shredded wheat.’ The first letter in each word begins with the same letters as the directions.
ref: 2006, Peter D. Eckel, Toward Higher Ground: Reclaiming Public Confidence in a Competitive Environment, American Council on Education, page 291:
text: So we tried to work on that, how to remember that, and you know with your right hand and your left hand and never eat shredded wheat and all those little memory tricks.
ref: 2006, Mark Dennis Vagle, When Students Do Not Understand: Recognition and Response in the Action Present of Teaching, University of Minnesota, page 127:
text: If Lachemi was hiding somewhere it’d be in Ryerson’s equivalent of a sneaky labyrinth: Kerr Hall. You look around with a strong sense of direction. Maybe he’s perched on the shiny basketball court in the Kerr Hall gym. Or doing lab experiments in Kerr Hall south. O-or m-maybe he’s in a classroom in the basement of Kerr Hall E-e-east? West? Every hall starts to look the same. You desperately mutter, “Never eat shredded wheat,” whipping your head around. You check the compass on your phone and it’s going haywire.
ref: 2020 April 1, Andrea Josic, Nathaniel Crouch, Zachary Roman, “Help deliver a secret message to Rye’s president”, in The Eyeopener, volume 53, number 21, page 7:
text: Despite the compass part of the body art having been beautifully drawn, the large inking had quite a big mistake. / Never eat shredded wheat, right? One of the easy ways to remember the four directions… / Well it seems like someone may have missed that class in school as the tattoo artist mixed up the letters.
ref: 2022 June 14, Layla Nicholson, “People left in fits of giggles at 'idiotic' mistake on tattoo of compass”, in Daily Star, archived from the original on 14 Jun 2022:
text: I have no sense of direction… I mean literally none! If someone tells me it’s north I still have to do “never eat shredded wheat” in my head to work out where to point, and even then I’m still generally going the wrong way.
ref: 2023 May 24, Natalie Lewis, quotee, “My London: Natalie Lewis – PR Expert & Author”, in LDNFASHION, archived from the original on 24 May 2023:
glosses: Used to learn the cardinal points in clockwise order.
cash in hand
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Many high school students get cash in hand jobs for extra pocket money.
glosses: Receiving wages or salary directly in the form of cash, often without deducting tax.
cash in hand
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: I heard he's working at that restaurant cash in hand to pay the bills.
glosses: In a manner receiving direct payment by cash, often without paying tax.
cash in hand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: This cash in hand will come in handy as spending money on my trip to Asia.
glosses: Direct payment by cash, as opposed to through a bank.
glosses: Unbanked, undeposited monies.
advertainment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌad.vəˈteɪn.mənt/
ipa: /ˌæd.vɚˈteɪn.mənt/
rhymes: -eɪnmənt
Forms: form: advertainments
Etymology: Blend of advertisement + entertainment.
Senses: examples: text: What if it did actually uphold certain standards? What if – faced with a future dominated by social media advertainment and AI-generated content – it’s our only hope?
ref: 2025 September 28, Rachel Aroesti, “In an era of AI slop and mid TV, is it time for cultural snobbery to make a comeback?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 28 Sep 2025:
glosses: A form of communication that combines the elements of advertising and entertainment.
gerocomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dʒ(ɪ)əˈɹɒkəmi/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek γηροκομία (gērokomía), from γῆρας (gêras, “old age”) + -κομία (-komía, “looking after”).
Senses: examples: text: Among the aristocracy of eighteenth-century Europe, recourse to what is now called gerocomy was in vogue, both in Paris and London, for the rehabilitation of the victims of old age.
ref: 1978, Benjamin Walker, Encyclopedia of Metaphysical Medicine, Routledge, page 261:
glosses: Medical treatment of the elderly.
artsploitation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From art + -sploitation.
Senses: topics: art
arts
glosses: A genre of art that relies on self-reference;
glosses: A genre of art film with lots of gratuitous sex or violence
BMOC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: BMOCs
Senses: qualifier: US university and university slang
glosses: Initialism of big man on campus.
Related terms: UMOC
chemise cagoule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chemise cagoules
Etymology: From French.
Senses: examples: text: In the Middle Ages one result of this extreme view was the invention of the chemise cagoule, a sort of heavy nightdress with a suitably placed hole, through which the husband could impregnate his wife while avoiding all other contact.
ref: 1978, Benjamin Walker, Encyclopedia of Metaphysical Medicine, Routledge, page 257:
glosses: A heavy form of woman's nightwear, with a hole to allow for sexual intercourse with the minimum of physical contact.
penilingus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin penis + lingere (“to lick”).
Senses: examples: text: It [semen] was best obtained fresh, before exposure, whence the practice of penilingus or penis-sucking.
ref: 1978, Benjamin Walker, Encyclopedia of Metaphysical Medicine, Routledge, page 253:
glosses: Fellatio.
anthranilic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anthracene + anil.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to anthranilic acid or its derivatives
Derived terms: anthranilate
bolet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bolets
Senses: examples: text: The Edible Bolet (Boletus edulis)
ref: 1917, L. C. R. Cameron, The Wild Foods Of Great Britain Where To Find Them And How To Cook Them, G. Routledge & sons Limited:
glosses: Alternative form of bolete.
staysail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: staysails
Etymology: From stay + sail.
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A fore-and-aft rigged sail whose luff can be affixed to a stay running forward from a mast to the deck, the bowsprit or to another mast.
tellurites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tellurite
ACE inhibitor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈeɪs ɪnˌhɪb.ɪ.tɚ/
enpr: āsʹ ĭn-hĭb'-ĭ-tər
ipa: /ˈeɪs ɪnˌhɪb.ɪ.tə/
enpr: āsʹ ĭn-hĭb'-ĭ-tər
Forms: form: ACE inhibitors
Etymology: Circa 20th century: from Angiotensin-Converting-Enzyme inhibitor.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Any of a class of blood pressure-lowering drugs, including captopril and enalapril, that cause the arteries to widen by preventing the synthesis on angiotensin.
Related terms: vasodilator
land degradation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
glosses: The decline in the overall quality of soil, water or vegetation condition commonly caused by human activities.
ectomycorrhizae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ectomycorrhiza
ectomycorrhiza
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ectomycorrhizae
form: ectomycorrhizas
Etymology: From ecto- + mycorrhiza.
Senses: topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
glosses: A form of mycorrhiza consisting of a sheath of fungus around the root tips of the symbiotic plant.
Bön
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Bon.
plasmaspheric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more plasmaspheric
form: most plasmaspheric
Etymology: From plasmasphere + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the plasmasphere
Derived terms: plasmaspheric hiss
plasmasphere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plasmaspheres
Etymology: From plasma + -sphere.
Senses: glosses: The inner region of the magnetosphere, containing relatively cold, dense plasma, above the ionosphere
Derived terms: plasmaspheric
plasmaspheric hiss
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An electromagnetic wave found throughout the plasmasphere; it removes high-energy electrons trapped by the Earth's magnetic field
vio
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvaɪ.əʊ/
Forms: form: vios
Etymology: Clipping of violation.
Senses: examples: text: £2.50 for icecreams a vio
glosses: A ripoff.
examples: text: Insulting your dad like that is actually the fattest vio 😭
glosses: A violation.
name-sake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: name-sakes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of namesake.
marital status
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: marital statuses
Senses: synonyms: civil status
coordinate_terms: relationship status
status
glosses: One of several discrete options describing a person's relationship with a significant other, such as single, married, divorced, widowed, civil union, domestic partnership, etc.
panoja
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of panocha.
elem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Clipping of elementary (elementary school).
alleja
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: allejas
form: alacha
form: allacha
form: allejah
Senses: glosses: A kind of silk cloth with a wavy pattern.
p.o.ed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more p.o.ed
form: most p.o.ed
Senses: examples: text: “[…] That’s why I threw the Yuban coffee jar against my kitchen wall. I was p.o.ed they found out. How the hell did they find out?”
ref: 2005, Chuck Barris, The New, You and Me, Babe: A Love Story, Carroll & Graf Publishers, →ISBN, page 94:
glosses: Alternative spelling of PO'd.
anionic detergent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anionic detergents
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any detergent in which the lipophilic part of the molecule is an anion; examples include soaps and synthetic long-chain sulfates and sulfonates
Related terms: cationic detergent
cationic detergent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cationic detergents
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any detergent in which the lipophilic part of the molecule is a cation; examples include long-chain quaternary ammonium compounds
Related terms: anionic detergent
antimonyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antimonyls
Etymology: From antimony + -yl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Either the radical SbO- or the cation SbO⁺ containing antimony and oxygen
Derived terms: potassium antimonyl tartrate
aprotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more aprotic
form: most aprotic
Etymology: From a- + protic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: That does not contain (or cannot donate) a hydrogen ion (proton).
raw_tags: of a solvent
protic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more protic
form: most protic
Etymology: From proton + -ic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
qualifier: base or acid
glosses: That contains (and can donate or accept) a hydrogen ion (proton).
raw_tags: of a solvent
Zander
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈzæn.dɚ/
ipa: /ˈzɑːndə/
ipa: /ˈzɐːndə/
homophone: Xander
Forms: form: Zanders
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Alexander, from Ancient Greek, variant of Xander.
Related terms: Sander
Sanders
Xander
aquabis
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From aqua- + bis-.
Senses: examples: trans-aquabis (ethylenediamine) sulphitocobalt (III) perchlorate monohydrate
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Containing two molecules of water as a ligand
arachidonate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arachidonates
Etymology: From arachidonic + -ate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of arachidonic acid.
aromatisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of aromatization.
arsenobenzene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arsenobenzenes
Etymology: From arseno- + benzene.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The aromatic derivative of arsenic C₆H₅-As=As-C₆H₅, whose derivatives include some pharmaceuticals
arylamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arylamines
Etymology: From aryl + amine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any amine having at least one aryl group attached to the nitrogen atom.
Derived terms: arylamination
kingfishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kingfish
pay the penalty
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pays the penalty
form: paying the penalty
form: paid the penalty
form: paid the penalty
Senses: synonyms: pay the price
pay the piper
face the music
glosses: To incur negative consequences of one's deeds; to suffer as a result of some choice.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pay, the, penalty.
arylhydrazine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arylhydrazines
Etymology: From aryl + hydrazine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any derivative of hydrazine having an aryl group directly attached to one of its nitrogen atoms
arylhydroxylamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arylhydroxylamines
Etymology: From aryl + hydroxylamine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any derivative of hydroxylamine having an aryl group directly attached to its nitrogen atom
arylmetal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From aryl + metal.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing any organometallic compound that has at least one aryl group directly attached to a metal atom
aryloxy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aryloxys
Etymology: From aryl + oxy.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any univalent radical of the form Ar-O- where Ar is an aryl group
Derived terms: aryloxyphenoxypropionate
ascaridole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ascaridoles
Etymology: After the genus Ascaris (nematode worms), referring to this compound’s anthelmintic properties.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A bicyclic monoterpene peroxide found in plants of the Chenopodium genus; it is explosive
wikipedia: De Gruyter
asphyxiant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more asphyxiant
form: most asphyxiant
Senses: glosses: That can cause asphyxiation
asphyxiant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: asphyxiants
Senses: glosses: Any substance that can cause asphyxia
atomised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: Valve and cylinder lubrication is by atomised oil delivered by mechanical lubricators.
ref: 1951 March, “British Railways Standard "Britannia" Class 4-6-2 Locomotives”, in Railway Magazine, page 186:
glosses: simple past and past participle of atomise
Derived terms: non-atomised
autoanalysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: autoanalyses
Etymology: From auto- + analysis.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: analysis of oneself
qualifier: analytical chemistry
glosses: automated analysis
Related terms: autoanalyst
autocatalysed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From auto- + catalysed.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing the products of an autocatalysis reaction
autocatalytically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From autocatalytic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: By means of autocatalysis.
Ruger
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An American surname.
Ruger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Rugers
Senses: glosses: A firearm manufactured by the Ruger company.
autodecomposition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: autodecompositions
Etymology: From auto- + decomposition.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The spontaneous decomposition of a substance, especially in an explosive manner.
autodetonation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: autodetonations
Etymology: From auto- + detonation.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The spontaneous detonation of a substance.
autoexplosive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more autoexplosive
form: most autoexplosive
Etymology: From auto- + explosive.
Senses: glosses: Tending to explode spontaneously.
autopipette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: autopipettes
Etymology: From auto- + pipette.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A mechanical pipette that can transfer measured amounts of a liquid automatically.
autoxidative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more autoxidative
form: most autoxidative
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: That employs autoxidation
autoxidisable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: autoxidizable
Etymology: From autoxidise + -able.
Senses: glosses: Subject to autoxidation
autoxidise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: autoxidises
form: autoxidising
form: autoxidised
form: autoxidised
form: autoxidize
Senses: glosses: To subject (or be subjected) to autoxidation.
Derived terms: autoxidisable
autoxidised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of autoxidise
autoxidised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more autoxidised
form: most autoxidised
Senses: glosses: That has been modified by autoxidation
azadiphosphole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: azadiphospholes
Etymology: From aza- + di- + phosphole.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of several isomeric five-membered heterocycles having one nitrogen atom, two phosphorus atoms and two double bonds.
oblasti
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oblast
azatricyclo
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From aza- + tri- + cyclo-.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing any polycyclic heterocycle in which one nitrogen atom is simultaneously part of three different rings
Derived terms: zalospirone
aftergrowth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aftergrowths
Etymology: From after- + growth.
Senses: glosses: A second growth, seen in plants like crops or timber after harvesting.
examples: text: If we suppose that the Greek myth started with a single personification, the aftergrowth of a second personification may perhaps be explained as follows.
ref: 1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 7, page 211:
glosses: Any abstraction of the above.
aftergrowths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aftergrowth
Zealander
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Zealanders
Etymology: From Zealand + -er.
Senses: glosses: A resident or inhabitant of Zealand.
glosses: A resident or inhabitant of New Zealand; a New Zealander.
Zealanders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Zealander
Ohioans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ohioan
Alabamans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Alabaman
Texans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Texan
false morel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: false morels
Senses: glosses: Any of several Ascomycota mushrooms in the genus Gyromitra which bear a resemblance to the highly regarded true morels of the genus Morchella.
Hyponyms: english: big red
translation: big red
word: Gyromitra caroliniana
english: brain mushroom
translation: brain mushroom
word: Gyromitra esculenta
english: snow morel
translation: snow morel
word: Gyromitra gigas
english: elfin saddle
translation: elfin saddle
word: Gyromitra infula
lampion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lampions
Etymology: From French lampion, from Italian lampione, from lampa.
Senses: glosses: A small oil lamp.
claim jumper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: claim jumpers
Senses: glosses: One who disreputably mines land legitimately claimed by another.
Finno-Ugrian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Finno-Ugrian
Etymology: From Finno- + Ugrian.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Finno-Ugric.
Finno-Ugrian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Finno- + Ugrian.
Senses: examples: text: A Corded Ware way of life may have been adopted in Finno-Ugrian regions by people still living a sub-Neolithic, foraging way of life, for whom the mobility of herding would have come naturally.
ref: 2006, Carl Waldman, Catherine Mason, Encyclopedia of European Peoples, page 252:
glosses: Alternative form of Finno-Ugric.
helicoptered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of helicopter
recoure
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: recoures
form: recouring
form: recoured
form: recoured
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of recover.
witched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of witch
apple pies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of apple pie
fraternises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fraternise
fraternising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fraternise
fraternised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fraternise
sours
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sour
sours
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sour
souring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sour
souring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sourings
Senses: glosses: The process by which something is made, or becomes, sour; acidification.
glosses: The process by which fabric is soured, washing out the lime by means of acid.
coordinate_terms: sweeting
glosses: Any sour apple
glosses: Vinegar.
marted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of mart
refolds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of refold
refolding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of refold
refolding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: refoldings
Senses: glosses: A second or subsequent folding.
refolded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of refold
ladling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ladle
ladling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ladlings
Senses: examples: text: […] by means of a spade only, without any of the filthy ladlings and bucketings which accompany the clearing a cesspool.
ref: 1870, Henry Julian Hunter, Inquiry on the state of the Dwellings of Rural Labourers, page 142:
glosses: The act of moving material using a ladle.
ladled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ladle
memorizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of memorize
pebbling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: Sense 3 is referencing the courtship displays of Adélie penguins and Gentoo penguins, who present smooth pebbles used for nest building to their partners. Popularized on social media in 2024.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pebble
pebbling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pebblings
Etymology: Sense 3 is referencing the courtship displays of Adélie penguins and Gentoo penguins, who present smooth pebbles used for nest building to their partners. Popularized on social media in 2024.
Senses: glosses: The placing of pebbles in any of several board games.
glosses: A way of graining leather with a ribbed or roughened appearance.
examples: text: penguin pebbling
glosses: In neurodivergent people, the act of offering small, meaningful gifts or gestures to express affection and establish social bonds.
misting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪstɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪstɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of mist
misting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪstɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪstɪŋ
Forms: form: mistings
Senses: examples: text: During daily mistings, the lizards drank droplets of water from the plant leaves.
ref: 2001, Richard D. Bartlett, Patricia Pope Bartlett, Day Geckos:
glosses: The application of a spray of fine droplets.
Derived terms: antimisting
misted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪstɪd
Senses: glosses: misty
Derived terms: unmisted
misted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɪstɪd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of mist
not quite
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: almost, very nearly
refait
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: refaits
Etymology: French
Senses: topics: card-games
games
glosses: A drawn game.
topics: card-games
games
glosses: In the game of trente et quarante, the situation where the aggregate pip value of cards dealt to red equals that of those dealt to black. All bets are then off, unless the value is 31, in which case the banker wins half the stakes.
refaits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of refait
Atari
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ataris
Etymology: Company name, founded in California in 1972, from Japanese 当たり (atari), with reference to the game of Go.
Senses: examples: text: Asked what they liked best about visiting their father, both named playing his Atari game. "What if he didn't have an Atari, would you still go visit him?" Dr. Davis asked.
ref: 1988, Jerry Bledsoe, Bitter Blood: A True Story of Southern Family Pride, Madness, and Multiple Murder, Dutton, →ISBN, page 204:
text: Even my husband, when he takes a break from playin' his Atari on the TV, makes comments about how weird the livin' room looks without the rain lamp.
ref: 2003, Ruby Ann Boxcar, Ruby Ann's Down Home Trailer Park Guide to Livin' Real Good, Citadel Press, →ISBN, page 76:
text: Whatever the reason, you've found yourself wanting an Atari once again. Yes, the very first video game company did produce many different consoles, but when I say "an Atari" you know what I'm talking about: the Video Computer System, a.k.a. the VCS, a.k.a. the 2600, a.k.a. the Atari.
ref: 2005, Chris Kohler, Retro Gaming Hacks, O'Reilly, →ISBN, page 8:
topics: video-games
glosses: An Atari video game system or computer, such as the Atari 2600 or Atari ST.
Derived terms: Atarian
Atari Democrat
zesting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of zest
zested
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of zest
nourishingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more nourishingly
form: most nourishingly
Etymology: From nourishing + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a way that provides nourishment or food.
Synonyms: nutritiously
carbide lamp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carbide lamps
Senses: glosses: A simple lamp that produces and burns acetylene (C₂H₂) created by the reaction of calcium carbide (CaC₂) with water.
kneels
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /niːlz/
rhymes: -iːlz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of kneel
kneeler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kneelers
Etymology: From Middle English knelere, equivalent to kneel + -er.
Senses: examples: text: All the kneelers sighed with relief when they were told it was over and they could finally stand up.
glosses: A person who kneels.
examples: text: The parish deacon was always pushing to get new kneelers for the church, probably because he was old and his knees were sensitive.
text: The benches are scuffed Victorian, and lying on them are sets of kneelers embroidered by parishioners.
ref: 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 207:
glosses: A hassock.
glosses: An apparatus that permits the loading door of a bus to decrease in height in order to facilitate boarding of passengers that are seniors and physically disadvantaged
topics: architecture
synonyms: kneestone
glosses: On a gable end, the stone (often decorated) at the base of the slope of the gable on either side.
Related terms: kneeling chair
kneelers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kneeler
azelaic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From azo + Ancient Greek ἔλαιον (élaion, “olive tree”) + -ic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to azelaic acid or its derivatives
azelaic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
pharmacology
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An aliphatic dicarboxylic acid found in many cereals; it has an antibacterial action and is used in skin creams etc; HOOC(CH₂)₇COOH.
Synonyms: nonanedioic acid
debilitates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of debilitate
disfigures
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of disfigure