cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
prededucting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of prededuct
prededucted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of prededuct
Wabamun
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈwɑːbəmən/
Etymology: From Cree ᐚᐸᒪᐣ (waapaman, “mirror”).
Senses: glosses: A lake in central Alberta, Canada.
glosses: A village in Alberta, Canada.
Neepawa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈniːpəwə/
Etymology: From Cree ᓃᐸᐘ (niipawa, “land of plenty”).
Senses: glosses: A town in central Manitoba, Canada.
meriest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of merie: most merie
Innisfail
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˌɪnɪsˈfeɪl/
Etymology: From Inisfail, poetic name of Ireland, from Irish Inis Fáil.
Senses: glosses: A town in Alberta, Canada.
glosses: A town in Queensland, Australia.
Related terms: Innisfil
bannination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: banninations
Etymology: Humorous extension of ban; see -ation.
Senses: examples: text: There's been a bannination on the message board!
glosses: A ban.
banninations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bannination
overleak
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overleaks
form: overleaking
form: overleaked
form: overleaked
Etymology: From over- + leak.
Senses: examples: text: Without entering further into detail of all that took place at that remarkable interview, in which Mr. Bremner stated it was not his opinion only, but that of Mr. Crew and all on board, suffice it to say, Mr. Bremner's alarms were solely founded upon the belief that the ship would overleak the pumps, as she had in the engine-room and fore hold on that day's trial.
ref: 1847, The Great Britain Steam Ship, page 51:
text: Oft the fins of the volcano frantic with burning rage, madly heaves and struggles in the restless bosom of the mountain, and shaking the ponderous globe, scornfully overleak the rock walls within which they have been impaled, until their "Horrid roar embowels with outrageous noise the air" and blazing ruin scorches the fertile field and plain, and proud cities, with all their splendors, pomp, and wealth are submerged beneath the dark deep foundations by some gigantic impulse...
ref: 1970, Robert L. Hilten, The Hiwassee Story, page 177:
text: Moreover, the ESEM method used in the present study is nondestructive, and microleakage tests could be biased because the sizes of the molecules dye are small and it might overleak.
ref: 2015 July, AJ Delgado, AV Ritter, TE Donovan, T Ziemiecki, HO Heymann, “Effect of finishing techniques on the marginal integrity of resin‐based composite and resin‐modified glass ionomer restoration”, in Journal of Esthetic and Restorative Dentistry, volume 27, number 4:
glosses: To leak over.
overleaks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overleak
overleaking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overleak
overleaked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overleak
reviolate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reviolates
form: reviolating
form: reviolated
form: reviolated
Etymology: From re- + violate.
Senses: examples: text: Those polluted external intruders who cross the boundaries of her ritual sanctuary unwittingly "reviolate" her bodily boundaries with the pollutants which they exude.
ref: 1994, Marcia Claire Inhorn, Quest for conception:
text: Z felt most comfortable imposing the death penalty where the defendant is 'incorrigible and would reviolate if released,' and less comfortable where the defendant is found to have been 'temporarily insane.'
ref: 2007, Lorraine V. Coyne, Capital Punishment Update, →ISBN, page 92:
text: In this way, the state can learn which measures are most effective in ensuring that offenders do not reviolate.
ref: 2008, Guidance for Implementation of the AASHTO Strategic Highway Safety Plan, →ISBN:
glosses: To violate again.
reviolates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reviolate
reviolating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reviolate
reviolated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reviolate
Westlock
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of Westgate + Lockhart, surnames of the owners who owned the land where the settlement was built since 1912.
The original unincorporated community east of the present town, established 1902, is named Edson, after the Edgson family, who owned the settlement's land, but is renamed Edison by Irish immigrants after Thomas Edison, because it duplicated with another settlement along the Grand Trunk Railway.
Senses: glosses: A town in Westlock County, Alberta, Canada; formerly named Edson and Edison.
wikipedia: Edson, Alberta
Thomas Edison
Derived terms: Westlock County
merie
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: merier
form: meriest
Senses: examples: text: M. Mason, after his maner, was verie merie with both parties, pleasantlie playing, both, with the shrewde touches of many courste boyes, and with the small discretion of many leude Scholemasters.
ref: 1570, Roger Ascham, The Scholemaster, A Preface to the Reader:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of merry.
myrie
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: myrier
form: myriest
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of miry.
Blackfalds
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in central Alberta, Canada, north of Red Deer.
Red Deer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Translation of Cree ᐘᐢᑲᓲ ᓰᐱᕀ (waskasoo siipiy, “elk creek”), mistranslated by British fur traders as “red deer river” after mistaking elk for European red deer. The mistranslated name was used to name the Red Deer River which served as the namesake for the original settlement.
Senses: glosses: A city in Alberta, Canada, the centre of Red Deer County.
wikipedia: Red Deer River
Derived terms: Red Deer County
RTI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: RTIs
Senses: topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: Initialism of ramp travel index, a measure of offroad performance.
qualifier: logistics
glosses: Initialism of returnable transport item.
synonyms: R2I
glosses: Initialism of resistance to interrogation.
ramp travel index
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ramp travel indexes
form: ramp travel indices
Senses: glosses: A measure of the ability of an off-road vehicle to flex its suspension
Synonyms: RTI
RTIs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of RTI
abdominocutaneous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From abdomino- + cutaneous.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: abdominal and cutaneous
Derived terms: abdominocutaneous nerve entrapment
abnormospermia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ab- + normospermia.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: The condition of having an abnormal quantity of semen.
Related terms: abnormospermic
abscessogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From abscess + -genic.
Senses: glosses: That leads to the production of abscesses
acidotolerant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From acido- + tolerant.
Senses: glosses: Able to tolerate an acidic environment
Related terms: acidophilic
aclonal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From a- + clonal.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Synonym of solitary.
synonyms: word: solitary
metric-compatible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more metric-compatible
form: most metric-compatible
form: metrically compatible
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
media
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
publishing
sciences
typography
glosses: Of a font, having identical metrics as another font, enabling it to serve as a substitute for another font without affecting document layout.
Related terms: metric compatibility
agitoxin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: agitoxins
Senses: glosses: A peptide toxin in the venom of some scorpions
agitoxins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of agitoxin
agonescence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Coined by Thea D. Tlsty et al. in a 2001 paper. Explained as Latin agōn (“contest”) + -escence.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A halting of the growth of a colony of cells.
Related terms: agonescent
agonescent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛsənt
Etymology: From Latin agōn (“contest”) + -escent. See agonescence.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Of a cell: Undergoing agonescence.
aldonolactone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aldonolactones
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A lactone derived from an aldol
Derived terms: aldonolactonase
aldonolactones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aldonolactone
allonurse
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: allonurses
form: allonursing
form: allonursed
form: allonursed
Etymology: From allo- + nurse.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: To suckle the offspring of other females
raw_tags: of an adult female
Related terms: allosuck
allonursing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of allonurse
allonursed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of allonurse
allosuck
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: allosucks
form: allosucking
form: allosucked
form: allosucked
Etymology: From allo- (“other, different”) + suck.
Senses: examples: text: For each calf recorded to allosuck from a non-maternal hind, total number of allosucked hindswithin the periods of age 0 to 15, 16 to 30, 31 to 45and 45 plus days was calculated.
ref: 2001 June, L Bartoš, “Adoption, allonursing and allosucking in farmed red deer (Cervus elaphus)”, in Animal Science, volume 72, number 3, page 483:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: To suckle from a female who is not one's own mother.
raw_tags: of an infant
Derived terms: allosuckling
Related terms: allonurse
allosucking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of allosuck
allosucked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of allosuck
allosuckling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: allosucklings
Etymology: From allo- + suckling.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: An infant that is allonursed
allosucklings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of allosuckling
angiocrine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From angio- + -crine.
Senses: topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
glosses: Describing paracrine functions of blood vessels
anibamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A chemokine receptor antagonist
anocleithrum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anocleithra
Senses: glosses: A form of the cleithrum present in some early tetrapods
anteromesially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From antero- + mesially.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: In an anteromesial manner or direction
anterostyle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anterostyles
Etymology: From antero- + style.
Senses: topics: dentistry
medicine
sciences
glosses: A style associated with the anterocone
Related terms: enterostyle
anterostyles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anterostyle
antianaphylactic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: anti-anaphylactic
Etymology: From anti- + anaphylactic.
Senses: glosses: That counters anaphylaxis
antibotulismic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + botulism + -ic.
Senses: glosses: That counters the effects of botulism
antielastolytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + elastolytic.
Senses: glosses: That counters the breakdown of elastic tissue
antifiloviral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + filoviral.
Senses: glosses: That counters the effects of filoviruses
antipimonidazole
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + pimonidazole.
Senses: glosses: That counters the effect of pimonidazole
antiporcine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + porcine.
Senses: topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: That attacks pig antigens
antirhinoviral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + rhinoviral.
Senses: glosses: That counters the effects of rhinoviruses
plain-clothed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of plainclothed.
arabinoglycerolipid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arabinoglycerolipids
Etymology: From arabino- + glycerolipid.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any glycoglycerolipid derived from arabinose
arabinoglycerolipids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arabinoglycerolipid
arythmogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of arrythmogenic.
ascomyceteous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of ascomycetous.
atherosusceptibility
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From athero- + susceptibility.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being atherosusceptible
monoscenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mono- + scenic.
Senses: examples: text: I only like monoscenic comics like The Family Circus and Dennis the Menace.
topics: art
arts
glosses: Occurring within one setting.
monoscenically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: In a monoscenic manner; taking place in only one setting.
bacillomycins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bacillomycin
barodenervate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: barodenervates
form: barodenervating
form: barodenervated
form: barodenervated
Etymology: From baro- + denervate.
Senses: glosses: To denervate by changes in blood pressure
Related terms: barodenervation
barodenervated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of barodenervate
bensonase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of benzonase.
bibenzimidazoles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bibenzimidazole
bicortically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From bi- + cortically.
Senses: examples: text: If all screws can be inserted bicortically, lateral mass screw and plate fixation is a rigid method of fixation.
ref: 1998, Edward J. Dunn, Cervical Spondylosis And Similar Disorders, page 565:
glosses: In a bicortical manner.
binwidth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: binwidths
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: The numerical width of a bin
binwidths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of binwidth
bioderv
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bio- + derv.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of biodiesel.
synonyms: word: biodiesel
babarigas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of babariga
commutals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of commutal
biofabricate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: biofabricates
form: biofabricating
form: biofabricated
form: biofabricated
Etymology: From bio- + fabricate.
Senses: glosses: To fabricate by means of biofabrication
biofabricated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of biofabricate
biofabricates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of biofabricate
biofabrication
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: biofabrications
Etymology: From bio- + fabrication.
Senses: glosses: The manufacture of things from biological materials.
Related terms: biofabricate
biofabricating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of biofabricate
biomesh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biomeshes
Etymology: From bio- + mesh.
Senses: glosses: A mesh made from biological materials
biomeshes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biomesh
bloodflow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bloodflows
form: blood flow
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of blood flow.
bodonid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bodonids
Senses: glosses: Any flagellate of the order Bodonida
bodonids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bodonid
buccohypophysial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bucco- + hypophysial.
Senses: glosses: buccal and hypophysial
BBT
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: broadcasting
media
television
glosses: Initialism of Big Bang Theory, a US sitcom first aired in 2007.
prescreenings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prescreening
caminoside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: caminosides
Senses: glosses: An antimicrobial glycolipid present in marine sponges of the genus Caminus
caminosides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caminoside
carbothiamide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of carbothioamide.
cardiopathogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cardio- + pathogenic.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: pathogenic to the heart
carrageenophyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkɛɹəˈɡinəfaɪt/
ipa: /ˌkæɹəˈɡiːnə(ʊ)faɪt/
Forms: form: carrageenophytes
Etymology: From carrageen + -o- + -phyte.
Senses: glosses: Any red alga of the genus Kappaphycus
carrageenophytes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of carrageenophyte
catapleurite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: catapleurites
Senses: glosses: Synonym of coxopleurite.
synonyms: word: coxopleurite
coxopleurite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coxopleurites
Senses: glosses: A sclerite of the thoracic pleuron of some arthropods
cataractal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The other specialists told me that I had an opacity, or a cataractal opacity, or a cataract-like opacity, etc., but all agreed that nothing could be done except operation.
ref: 2004, Barker Ellis, The Story of My Eyes, page 1:
glosses: Relating to cataracts.
cellulomonad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cellulomonads
Senses: glosses: Any bacterium of the family Cellulomonadaceae
cellulomonads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cellulomonad
cenderitide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From [Term?] + -ritide (“natriuretic peptide”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A chimeric natriuretic peptide used to treat heart failure.
centanamycin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The carboxamide N-[4-amino-1-(2-chloroethyl)-2-naphthyl]-5,6,7-trimethoxy-1H-indole-2-carboxamide that is used as an antineoplastic agent.
beachcomb
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: beachcombs
form: beachcombing
form: beachcombed
form: beachcombed
Etymology: Probably a back-formation from beachcomber.
Senses: glosses: To go beachcombing.
beachcomb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beachcombs
Etymology: Probably a back-formation from beachcomber.
Senses: examples: text: It's better to amble around, drop the "pick" for a lunchtime swim or beachcomb, then find a nice anchorage for the night.
ref: 2021 December 24, The Road Ahead, Brisbane, page 41, column 2:
glosses: An instance of beachcombing.
beachcombs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of beachcomb
beachcombs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beachcomb
flytime
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flytimes
Etymology: From fly + time.
Senses: examples: text: "I'll take you up and show you your room, Rebecca," Miss Miranda said. "Shut the mosquito nettin' door tight behind you, so 's to keep the flies out; it ain't flytime yet, but I want you to start right; […]
ref: 1903, Kate Douglas Wiggin, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm:
glosses: The time of the year when there are a lot of flies in a certain place
free trader
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: free traders
Etymology: From free trade + -er (“supporter”).
Senses: examples: text: All the street-sellers in question are what street estimation pronounces to be educated men; they can all, as far as I could ascertain, read and write, and some of them were “keenish politicians, both free-traders, and against free-trade when they was a-talking of the better days when they was young.”
ref: 1851, Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor, published 1861:
glosses: A person in favor of free trade.
Related terms: libertarian
free traders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of free trader
fly-rod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fly-rods
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of flyrod.
seeing stone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: seeing stones
Senses: glosses: A magical crystal for divination.
seeing stones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of seeing stone
ivory palm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ivory palms
Senses: glosses: Synonym of tagua palm.
synonyms: word: tagua palm
Related terms: ivory tree
ivory nut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ivory nuts
Senses: glosses: The seed of the ivory palm.
ivory nuts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ivory nut
ivory palms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ivory palm
ivory porcelain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ivory porcelains
Senses: glosses: A fine ware with an ivory-white glaze.
ivory porcelains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ivory porcelain
dollared
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From dollar + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Possessing many dollars; wealthy.
dollarocracy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒkɹəsi
Etymology: From dollar + -o- + -cracy.
Senses: glosses: Rule by the wealthy; plutocracy.
whummle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: whummles
form: whummling
form: whummled
form: whummled
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of whemmel.
whummle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whummles
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of whemmel.
whummled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of whummle
whummling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of whummle
whummles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of whummle
whummles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whummle
constabled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of constable
constabling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of constable
trenchings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trenching
scytonematoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more scytonematoid
form: most scytonematoid
Etymology: Scytonema + -oid
Senses: glosses: Resembling Scytonema algae.
centrobin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A protein associated with centriole duplication and cytokinesis
centrosomin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A protein in the centrosome of some fies
menopome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: menopomes
Etymology: From Ancient Greek μένω (ménō, “remain”) + πῶμα (pôma, “lid”), referring to its persistent gill aperture.
Senses: glosses: The hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis).
menopomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of menopome
pulmobranchiate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin pulmō (“lung”) + branchiate.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Breathing by means of lung sacs.
chip of the old block
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chips of the old block
form: chips of old blocks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chip off the old block.
chips of old blocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chip of the old block
chips of the old block
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chip of the old block
chip hat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chip hats
Senses: glosses: A cheap kind of hat, formerly made of strips of wood, the leaves of a Cuban palm tree (probably Leucothrinax morrisii), or of straw.
chip hats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chip hat
alnumycin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An aromatic polyketide with antimicrobial activity.
goadsporin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A peptidic molecule consisting of 19 amino acids, obtained from Streptomyces and having antimicrobial activity.
tantalisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tantalisations
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tantalization.
tantaliser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tantalisers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tantalizer.
tantalisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tantalisation
tantalisers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tantaliser
Tantalus cup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Tantalus cups
Senses: glosses: A scientific toy, having a siphon within the figure of a man whose chin is on a level with its bend.
Tantalus cups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Tantalus cup
durgy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more durgy
form: most durgy
Etymology: From Middle English *dwerghy, from Middle English dwergh (“dwarf”), equivalent to dwarf + -y.
Senses: glosses: Small; undersized.
Related terms: durgan
mittening
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of mitten
stigmatophilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From stigma + -philia.
Senses: glosses: A paraphilia involving sexual arousal from body modifications such as piercings and tattoos
spectrophilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From spectro- + -philia.
Senses: examples: text: These systems may be in the alternative insemination via mouth streams or spectrophilia or they may be in the actual birthing act or simulation of the act via ritual.
ref: 2007, Erica Eaton, Liminal: Spaces-in-between Visible and Invisible, page 52:
glosses: A paraphilia involving sexual excitement from ghosts or from images in mirrors.
trachelo-occipital
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪpɪtəl
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the nape of the neck and the occiput.
whizzbangery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of whizbangery.
Roger de Coverley
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Roger de Coverly
form: Sir Roger de Coverley
form: Sir Roger de Coverly
form: Sir Roger of Coverley
form: Sir Roger of Coverly
Senses: glosses: A kind of British country dance.
girl push-up
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: girl push-ups
Senses: examples: text: Imagine how embarrassing it was when the teacher made me do the girl push-ups because for the life of me I couldn't do the regular push-ups like the rest of the boys. One day I skipped school to escape the ridicule.
ref: 2007, Rajindra Narinesingh, The Writings of a Demi God:
text: Do 3 sets of 10 repetitions, with a little break in between, twice a day. Work your way up to 5-pound weights over time. Push-ups are another helpful exercise. You may want to start with girl's push-ups—on your knees—10 push-ups at a time.
ref: 2009, Maoshing Ni, Second Spring:
synonyms: modified push-up
knee push-up
glosses: A push-up exercise performed while balancing on one's knees.
girl push-ups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of girl push-up
GROs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of GRO
Roger de Coverly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Roger de Coverley (“country dance”).
Sir Roger de Coverley
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Roger de Coverley (“country dance”).
Sir Roger de Coverly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Roger de Coverley (“country dance”).
Sir Roger of Coverly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Roger de Coverley (“country dance”).
Sir Roger of Coverley
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Roger de Coverley (“country dance”).
extenuative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more extenuative
form: most extenuative
Etymology: From extenuate + -ive.
Senses: glosses: Tending to extenuate.
extenuative
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: extenuatives
Etymology: From extenuate + -ive.
Senses: examples: text: I'll leave aside the implications of connecting a 'general theory of intention' with 'extenuatives', that is, excuses.
ref: 2014, B. Garvey, J. L. Austin on Language:
glosses: That which extenuates.
cosmothetical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: In The Veil of Isis, Webb gives a thorough and sympathetic, though finally critical account, of six idealist systems, including not only the systems of Berkeley, Kant, and Hegel, but also the problematical' idealism of David Hume and the 'cosmothetical' idealism of another Scottish philosopher, Thomas Reid.
ref: 2002, Thomas Duddy, A History of Irish Thought, page 277:
glosses: Synonym of cosmothetic.
synonyms: word: cosmothetic
tapacolo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tapacolos
Etymology: Originally a misspelling by Charles Darwin. Darwin's journals were sufficiently influential that this spelling became adopted by many naturalists.
Senses: examples: text: The Tapacolo frequents hedge-rows, and the bushes which are scattered at a considerable elevation over the sterile hills, where scarcely another bird can exist: hence it plays a conspicuoous part in the ornithology of Chile.
ref: 1839, Charles Darwin, The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle:
text: The typical slaty finch of Santa Isabel and two species of honey creepers were by far the commonest, followed by a small, slaty tapacolo.
ref: 1916, Bulletin of the Pan American Union - Volume 42, page 83:
text: Birds were more abundant than at Villa Nougués, but the tapacolo was not forthcoming.
ref: 1917, American Museum of Natural History, The American Museum Journal, page 163:
text: The llamas, mice of the genera Nyctomys and Chinchillula, and the tapacolo bird (Scytalopus) are typical residents of the mountain Andean province.
ref: 1965, American Geographical Society of New York, Soviet Geography: Review & Translation:
text: Tapacolos are stocky birds 4½ to 10 inches ( 11 - 25 cm ) long with short rounded wings and powerful legs and feet.
ref: 1980, The Encyclopedia Americana - Volume 26, page 278:
glosses: Alternative form of tapaculo.
wikipedia: Charles Darwin
tapacolos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tapacolo
Fort McMurray
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɔɹt mɪkˈmʌɹi/
rhymes: -ʌɹi
Etymology: After Hudson's Bay Company factor William McMurray.
Senses: glosses: A hamlet and former city in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, Alberta, Canada, disincorporated in 1995 when it amalgamated into the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo.
Brazeau County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipal district of Alberta, Canada; centre: Drayton Valley
Parkland County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipal district of Alberta, Canada; centre: Stony Plain.
Sturgeon County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipal district of Alberta, Canada; centre: Morinville.
Yellowhead County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipal district in Alberta, Canada; centre: Edson.
Related terms: Yellowhead Pass
well-pleased
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: “I also,” said the Tin Woodman, “am well pleased with my new heart; and, really, that was the only thing I wished in all the world.”
ref: 1900 May 17, L[yman] Frank Baum, “Away to the South”, in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y.: Geo[rge] M[elvin] Hill Co., →OCLC, page 212:
glosses: Highly gratified or satisfied.
Stony Plain
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Uncertain, but two name origins exist:
*The community is named after the Stoney (Nakoda) First Nations, who historically camped in the surrounding area, and;
*According to Dr. James Hector, a geologist on the Palliser Expedition, the town is named after boulders in the area.
Senses: glosses: A town in Alberta, Canada; the centre of Parkland County.
wikipedia: James Hector
Calahoo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: After the Michel Calihoo Reserve.
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Alberta, Canada.
wikipedia: Michel Calihoo Reserve
Changyang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /(ˈ)t͡ʃæŋˈjæŋ/
other: /(ˈ)t͡ʃɑŋˈjɑŋ/
enpr: chängʹyängʹ
Forms: form: Ch'ang-yang
Etymology: From Mandarin 長陽 /长阳 (Chángyáng).
Senses: examples: text: The following is a list of names in colloquial use at Ichang and in the mountainous region to the south, indicated by “Patung,” in which district and that of Changyang I have had a native collecting for the past three years.
ref: 1888, Augustine Henry, “Chinese Names of Plants”, in Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, volume XXII, Shanghai, page 233:
text: CHIN HSIANG-KUAN is a barefoot doctor in the Tuchiatsun brigade, Loyuan commune, Changyang county, Hupeh province. He is also a member of both the Fourth and Fifth National People’s Congresses.
ref: 1978 October, Hsiang-Kuan Chin, “A Barefoot Doctor Describes His Work”, in Medical Care for China's Millions, Peking, →OCLC, page 8:
text: For example, a post dated May 4 on the official WeChat account of the Changyang Tujia Autonomous County police force said the company attracted new “members” by claiming they could earn rebates by spending a certain amount of money.
ref: 2023 May 17, Wynna Wong, “Hong Kong shopping spree for 2,000-strong mainland China tour group as some locals complain about disturbance to daily life”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 May 2023, Hong Kong economy:
glosses: A Tujia autonomous county in Yichang, Hubei, China.
chasmaconitine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An antileishmanial diterpenoid alkaloid present in aconites
Related terms: bikhaconine
indaconitine
cheilanthifoline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An isoquinoline alkaloid 6,6a,11,14-tetrahydro-8-methoxy-12H-benzo[a]-1,3-benzodioxolo[4,5-g]quinolizim-9-ol present in Corydalis
chemolithotrophically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From chemo- + lithotrophically.
Senses: glosses: In a chemolithotrophic manner
chemoorganotrophically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: chemo-organotrophically
Etymology: From chemo- + organotrophically.
Senses: glosses: In a chemoorganotrophic manner
chemophore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chemophores
Etymology: From chemo- + -phore.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The molecular framework responsible for a compound's biological activity
chemophrophylaxis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of chemoprophylaxis.
chemosyndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chemosyndromes
Etymology: From chemo- + syndrome.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The set of metabolites produced by a species
chemosyndromes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chemosyndrome
chemotyping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From chemo- + typing.
Senses: glosses: The separation and identification of chemotypes
cholestanyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The univalent radical derived from cholestanol / cholestane
chromovitrectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From chromo- + vitrectomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The use of stains to facilitate visualization of tissue during vitreoretinal surgery
chymotrypsinized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From chymotrypsin + -ize + -d.
Senses: glosses: Modified by reaction with chymotrypsin
clinicogenomic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From clinico- + genomic.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Relating to clinicogenomics
clinicogenomics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From clinico- + genomics.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: clinical genomics
Related terms: clinicogenomic
coalbearing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of coal-bearing.
one swell foop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Only one meal a week is required, thus doing away, at one swell foop, with cooks, scullions, stewards, butlers, waiters and other tip-extractors.
ref: 1902, The Elwinkle Company, “Beesum: The New Battle Creek Bellytimber!“ (advertisement), The Philistine vol. 15 no. 3, The Society of Philistines
text: You have to pull it in, in one swell foop!.
ref: 1988, Ralph Zumbro, Tank Sergeant, Pocket Books, page 114:
text: If I can’t quite see how to do it all in one swell foop, I fall back on the principles of lazy programming: [...]
ref: 2014, Michael Friendly, Advanced Logo: A Language for Learning, Psychology Press, Section 9.6.1:
glosses: Spoonerism of one fell swoop.
knob of butter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: knobs of butter
Senses: glosses: A relatively small piece of butter.
cocrystalized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of cocrystallized.
coincorporation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coincorporations
Etymology: From co- + incorporation.
Senses: glosses: incorporation along with another material
conopsin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: conopsins
Senses: glosses: The pigment present in cone cells of the eye
Related terms: rhodopsin
conopsins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of conopsin
corynephage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: corynephages
Senses: glosses: A DNA-containing bacteriophage present in corynebacteria.
corynephages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of corynephage
corystosperm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: corystosperms
Senses: glosses: Any extinct seed fern of the family Corystospermaceae
corystosperms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of corystosperm
cranialmost
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cranial + -most.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Most cranial
Dutch admiral
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Dutch admirals
Senses: glosses: A marrowfat pea.
Dutch admirals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Dutch admiral
sheetable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sheet + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to be formed into a sheet.
bergy bit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bergy bits
Senses: examples: text: As Ed held onto my kayak, I carefully slithered up onto the chunk of ice, wondering just how much weight would cause a bergy bit to roll, and whether or not the toutons I'd had for breakfast were enough to do the trick.
ref: 2010, Kari Bodnarchuk, “Close Encounters”, in Lucy McCauley, editor, The Best Women's Travel Writing 2009: True Stories from Around the World, Palo Alto: Travelers' Tales, →ISBN, page 27:
glosses: A fragment of ice, larger than a growler but smaller than an iceberg proper.
bergy bits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bergy bit
Macarian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Macarius of Egypt, Egyptian Christian monk and hermit.
niddle-noddle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: niddle-noddles
form: niddle-noddling
form: niddle-noddled
form: niddle-noddled
Senses: glosses: To wag the head.
niddle-noddle
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: vacillating
niddle-noddles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of niddle-noddle
niddle-noddled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of niddle-noddle
niddle-noddling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of niddle-noddle
hanched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hanch
hanching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hanch
social whale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: social whales
Senses: glosses: pilot whale
social whales
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of social whale
telescript
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: telescripts
Etymology: From tele- + script.
Senses: examples: text: Two other students presented complete telescripts for plays, which were not produced, and the architectural student is still working for his degree on the subject of designing a television studio.
ref: 1944, Frederik A. Kugel, Television Magazine, volumes 1-3:
text: Though Enjoy remains his only stage play set in the North, the six television monologues comprising Talking Heads, the film A Private Function, and all but one of the telescripts making up Objects of Affection (1982) have a northern setting, […]
ref: 1999, Peter Wolfe, Understanding Alan Bennett, page 13:
glosses: Synonym of teleplay.
synonyms: word: teleplay
telescripts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of telescript
kileys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kiley
prosobranchiate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From the taxonomic name Prosobranchia + -ate. By surface analysis, proso- + branchiate. Compare the taxonomic name Prosobranchiata.
Senses: examples: a prosobranchiate gastropod
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Synonym of prosobranch (“having the gills anterior to the heart”).
synonyms: word: prosobranch
extra: having the gills anterior to the heart
prosobranchiate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prosobranchiates
Etymology: From the taxonomic name Prosobranchia + -ate. By surface analysis, proso- + branchiate. Compare the taxonomic name Prosobranchiata.
Senses: examples: text: An external shell, usually sufficiently large to contain the entire animal, is common to all the prosobranchiates.
ref: 1880, George W[ashington] Tryon, Jr., “Prosobranchiata”, in Manual of Conchology; Structural and Systematic. […], volume II (Muricinæ, Purpurinæ), Philadelphia, Pa.: […] [T]he Author, Academy of Natural Sciences, […], →OCLC, “Anatomy” section, “External Features” subsection, page 6:
text: Pulmonate freshwater snails are found in every type of fresh water, as one might expect, and equally predictably the prosobranchiates are found only in streams and rivers.
ref: 1974, Philip Street, “Molluscs”, in Animal Reproduction, Newton Abbot, Devon: David & Charles, →ISBN, page 151:
text: The number of axons in the static nerve of prosobranchiates is usually greater than the number of receptor cells.
ref: 1982, Yakov A[bramovich] Vinnikov, translated by Nicholas Bobrov, “Receptor Cells of the Gravity Organ of Invertebrates”, in Evolution of Receptor Cells: Cytological, Membranous and Molecular Levels (Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and Biophysics; 34), Berlin: Springer-Verlag, →ISBN, chapter 4 (Mechanoreceptor Cells), page 93:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Synonym of prosobranch (“a gastropod with gills anterior to the heart”).
synonyms: word: prosobranch
extra: a gastropod with gills anterior to the heart
platform car
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: platform cars
Senses: glosses: A railway car open all round and without a roof.
platform crane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪn
Forms: form: platform cranes
Senses: glosses: A crane mounted on a movable truck.
glosses: A crane used on a railway platform.
platform cars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of platform car
platform cranes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of platform crane
platform scale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: platform scales
Senses: glosses: A weighing-machine with a flat surface for holding the thing to be weighed.
platform scales
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of platform scale
ivory tree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ivory trees
Senses: glosses: Wrightia tinctoria, a flowering plant with hard white wood resembling ivory.
Related terms: ivory palm
ivory trees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ivory tree
mambrino
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mambrinos
Etymology: In reference to an incident in Cervantes' Don Quixote de la Mancha, where a barber uses his brass basin to protect his hat from the rain; Don Quixote believes this basin to be the enchanted helmet of the Moorish king Mambrino.
Senses: examples: text: Even the better class of people put up with very bad hats or mambrinos of all shapes and sizes.
ref: 1865, The Eagle: A Magazine Support by Members of St. John's College:
text: The women, in white smocks and blue petticoats, walked barefoot in the mud and boulders, carrying their yellow boots with red heels in their hands. The long locks of each man falling from beneath his Mambrino hat, looked as if each of them had just taken a bath, but this appearance was due only to the good oiling or greasing of Sunday morning.
ref: 1840-45, Roderick Murchison, quoted in 2010, Michael Collie, Science on Four Wheels: The Travels of Roderick Murchison (1840-45)
glosses: A medieval iron hat.
wikipedia: Mambrino
mambrinos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mambrino
caaing whale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: caaing whales
form: ca'ing whale
Etymology: From Scots ca, "to drive".
Senses: glosses: pilot whale