cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
dairy product
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dairy products
Senses: synonyms: word: lacticinia
glosses: Any foodstuff made from milk, such as cheese or yogurt.
Synonyms: word: dairy product
Hypernyms: word: food
Hyponyms: word: airan
word: butter
word: buttermilk
word: cheese
word: clabber
word: clarified butter
word: clotted cream
word: cottage cheese
word: cream
word: crème fraîche
word: curd
word: curds and whey
word: custard
word: doogh
word: dulce de leche
word: flan
word: frozen yogurt
word: gelato
word: ghee
word: ice cream
word: ice milk
word: jameed
word: kaymak
word: kefir
word: kumiss
word: labneh
word: lassi
word: leban
word: lebni
word: matzoon
word: oxygal
word: paneer
word: quark
word: raita
word: schmear
word: sherbet
word: skyr
word: smetana
word: sour cream
word: tvorog
word: tzatziki
word: yoghurt
Related terms: dairy cake
dairy cattle
dairy cow
dairy farm
dairy farmer
dairy farming
dairying
squibbing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of squib
squibbing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: squibbings
Senses: glosses: A squib; a sarcastic jibe or petty dispute.
examples: text: Like the eagle, the nearer he approximates to the sun, the clearer his vision, and the less the squibbings of the marksman affect him […]
ref: 1847, Asenath Nicholson, Ireland's Welcome to the Stranger:
glosses: A small shot or explosion.
squibbed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of squib
shakos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shako
shakoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shako
eared seal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eared seals
Senses: glosses: A seal belonging in the Otariidae family; a fur seal or a sea lion, differing from the true seals in having small, visible ears and the ability to walk on land.
Synonyms: otariid
Coordinate terms: earless seal
walrus
unsurer
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: But if they had known, / Then had there been no mystery; / And Life had been poorer, / And laughter unsurer, / And the shadow of death securer
ref: 1892, Charles G. D. Roberts, “Bat, Bat, Come Under my Hat”, in AVE! An Ode for the Shelley Centenary:
glosses: comparative form of unsure: more unsure
unsurest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Upon a hanging ledge of rock unstable, / Th' unsurest spot that may in earth be found, / Showing to all that she is never stable.
glosses: superlative form of unsure: most unsure
unsurely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unsurely
form: most unsurely
Etymology: From unsure + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: I also look over at Tim, then at Courtney and then at Tim again, who looks at me once more before answering slowly, unsurely, "Cactus pear."
ref: 1991, Bret Easton Ellis, American Psycho, London: Picador, →ISBN:
glosses: In an unsure manner.
flip-screen
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Learic and Leanoric concoct their spells by travelling round the flip-screen landscape, collecting rare herbs and roots from the countryside.
ref: 1987, Feud (review in Crash magazine issue 38)
text: Yes, that's right, you've correctly deduced from the plot that what we're talking about here is a flip-screen adventure, each screen presenting you with a few baddies to beat up and one or two problems to solve before you can progress onto the next one.
ref: 1990, Hammerfist (review in Your Sinclair magazine issue 54)
text: So, your masterpiece is going to have to be either a straightforward (upward?) vertically scrolling blast (with a choice of fast or faster still but both supremely smooth), a single flip-screen affair or a 'push-scrolling' jobbie where the screen scrolls in accordance with the main sprite.
ref: 1992, Ian Osborne, Shoot-'Em-Up Construction Kit (review in Zzap! magazine issue 84)
topics: video-games
glosses: Not scrolling, but composed of linked screens between which the player can travel.
Synonyms: flick-screen
aerobridge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛəɹ.əʊˌbɹɪdʒ/
Forms: form: aerobridges
Etymology: From aero- + bridge.
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Alternative form of airbridge: an elevated corridor connecting an airport to a plane.
allocative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From allocate + -ive.
Senses: examples: text: [...] and Britain has recently experienced the emergence or increased importance of new types of allocative controllers in both the financial and management worlds. Property developers, unit trusts and the new group of financial entrepreneurs, ...
ref: 1974, Philip Stanworth, Anthony Giddens, Elites and Power in British Society, CUP Archive, →ISBN, page 115:
ref: 1978, Malcolm Gillis, Allocative Efficiency and X-efficiency in State-owned Enterprises: Some Asian and Latin American Cases in the Mining Sector:
ref: 1988, Wallace E. Oates, Robert M. Schwab, The Allocative and Distributive Implications of Local Fiscal Competition:
ref: 1996, Janet M. Eisenhauer, An Investigation of the Socioeconomic Determinants of Allocative Inefficiency for the Owner Operated Firm, with an Application to Family Farming in Wisconsin:
glosses: Synonym of allocational (“of or pertaining to the allocation of resources”).
synonyms: word: allocational
extra: of or pertaining to the allocation of resources
Derived terms: allocatively
misallocative
ballistically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From ballistic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a ballistic manner
glosses: With regard to ballistics
cryoelectronics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cryo- + electronics.
Senses: glosses: the study, design and manufacture of electronic components that function at low temperatures; especially those that employ superconductivity
distributional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdɪs.tɹəˈbjuː.ʃə.nəl/
Forms: form: more distributional
form: most distributional
Etymology: From distribution + -al.
Senses: examples: text: Objective 2: Manage and enhance through fieldwork major segments of the U. S. National Insect Collection to be used for morphological and molecular research by U.S. scientists and stakeholders worldwide; mine the associated distributional and biological data for comprehensive databases, and provide rapid authoritative identifications, especially of potentially threatening insect pests.
ref: (Can we date this quote?), United States Department of Agriculture, SYSTEMATICS OF HYPER-DIVERSE MOTH SUPERFAMILIES, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON AGRICULTURAL PESTS, INVASIVE SPECIES, BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS, AND FOOD SECURITY:
glosses: Of or pertaining to distribution
topics: bridge
games
glosses: Having an uneven distribution.
Derived terms: distributionally
distributional semantics
distributionaly
equidistributional
interdistributional
intradistributional
nondistributional
palaeodistributional
paleodistributional
subdistributional
distributionally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From distributional + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a distributional manner
glosses: With regard to distribution
generalistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more generalistic
form: most generalistic
Etymology: From general + -istic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to a generalist
nonconvexity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonconvexities
Etymology: From non- + convexity.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The state of not being mathematically convex.
oppositionist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oppositionists
Etymology: From opposition + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: They felt that the fellow was a quockerwodger rather than a politician, an againster rather than a true American, an oppositionist in fundamental things rather than a sincere patriot.
ref: 1944, Morris Allison Bealle, Washington Squirrel Cage, page 9:
text: I see your marriage as a move to establish links with the oppositionist Russian intelligentsia.
ref: 2015, Rosemary Sullivan, Stalin's Daughter, →ISBN, page 137:
glosses: A person who opposes; especially a member of an official opposition
Related terms: oppositionism
reauthorization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reauthorizations
Etymology: From re- + authorization.
Senses: glosses: A second or subsequent authorization.
examples: text: The 1994 law remains crucial to the nation’s efforts to combat domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking. Previous reauthorizations sailed through Congress.
ref: 2012 November 24, “The G.O.P. and Violence Against Women”, in The New York Times:
text: This reauthorization cycle, those skeptics have backing among Republicans who have aligned themselves with former President Donald J. Trump’s distrust of security agencies and surveillance.
ref: 2023 February 27, Charlie Savage, “Security Agencies and Congress Brace for Fight Over Expiring Surveillance Law”, in The New York Times:
glosses: A renewal of an authorization.
shelterbelt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shelterbelts
form: shelter belt
Etymology: From shelter + belt.
Senses: examples: text: “The shelterbelts here," explained 53-year-old Ma Shoushou, head of the Bayannur League sand-protection station, “are only part of a great network of shelterbelts planted in 320 counties and banners stretching over 11 provinces and autonomous regions in China’s north, northeast and northwest.
ref: 1982 January, “Fighting Back the Deserts”, in China Reconstructs, China Welfare Institute, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 40:
text: And then the engines shifted up a note and we began to descend, coming in over a wide plain carved into geometric shapes by lines of dark shelterbelt and long straight roads with their ant hordes of cars and trucks.
ref: 2015, Fiona Farrell, The Villa at the Edge of the Empire, →ISBN, page 52:
text: Now derelict, it is surrounded by a shelterbelt of ancient sycamore trees.
ref: 2019, Alan Staniforth, Cleveland Way, page 36:
hypernyms: green belt
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belt#Noun
row#Noun
coordinate_terms: hedgerow
;
fencerow
glosses: A row of trees that acts as a windbreak.
Related terms: exposure
shelterlessness
unprotectedness
short seller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: short sellers
Etymology: short + seller
Senses: glosses: A person or organization that participates in short selling
strangeonium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: strangeoniums
form: strangeonia
Etymology: From strange quark + -onium.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Any meson formed from a strange quark and its antiquark
Related terms: bottomonium
charmonium
quarkonium
toponium
substantivity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: substantivities
Etymology: From substantive + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The state of being substantive.
examples: text: http://chlorhexidinefacts.com/mechanism-of-action.html
Protein bound chlorhexidine releases slowly leading to prolonged activity. This phenomenon is known as substantivity and allows for a longer duration of antimicrobial action against a broad spectrum of bacteria and fungi.
text: The term substantivity refers to the ability of a dye to transfer from a solution onto a textile fiber and to "set".
ref: 2015, Richard Blackburn, Sustainable Apparel: Production, Processing and Recycling, Woodhead Publishing, page 140:
glosses: The ability of a chemical or dye to stick to a target.
vagile
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvadʒʌɪl/
ipa: /ˈveɪdʒʌil/
Forms: form: more vagile
form: most vagile
Etymology: Borrowed from German vagil, from Latin vagus (“wandering”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
synonyms: word: motile
word: ambulatory
word: animate
word: kinetic
word: mobile
word: motile
word: motive
word: movable
word: vagile
antonyms: sessile
glosses: Free to move about.
Related terms: vagility
æolian harps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of æolian harp
grumose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more grumose
form: most grumose
Senses: glosses: grumous; lumpy.
gustative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more gustative
form: most gustative
Senses: glosses: gustatory
Derived terms: gustativeness
blatted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of blat
aide-mémoires
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aide-mémoire
heads-ups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of heads-up
kettlebell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɛtəlˌbɛl/
Forms: form: kettlebells
Etymology: From kettle + bell.
Senses: examples: text: Also called kettlebell sport, this is a Russian national sport in which the girya (kettlebell) is used either in single or double form to accumulate as many repetitions as possible in 10 minutes in order to compare one lifter with the next in a sporting framework.
ref: 2014, Steve Cotter, Kettlebell Training:
text: The rows of kettlebells, spotted with various colors of spray paint, fit in with the spartan surroundings. The kettlebell is intimidating in its simplicity: a ball with a handle, like a Biblical weapon or a giant bull’s testicle.
ref: 2021 March 29, E. Alex Jung, “The Budget Kettlebell That Vulture Writer E. Alex Jung Swings at Home”, in Wirecutter:
glosses: A weight consisting of a cast iron ball with a single handle for gripping the weight during exercise.
Synonyms: girya
Related terms: barbell
dumbbell
artist's proof
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: artist's proofs
form: artists' proofs
Senses: qualifier: printmaking
glosses: A very early proof impression of an engraving, etc., often distinguished by the artist's signature.
Related terms: printer's proof
working proof
otoh
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of OTOH.
alternances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alternance
shelterbelts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shelterbelt
short sellers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of short seller
strangeonia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of strangeonium
strangeoniums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of strangeonium
substantivities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of substantivity
ambassades
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ambassade
manouvre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of manoeuvre.
physical breaks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of physical break
roleplayer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: roleplayers
form: role player
form: role-player
form: rôle player
form: rôle-player
form: rôleplayer
Etymology: From role + player.
Senses: synonyms: RPer#Noun
RPGer
mun
glosses: A person who plays roleplaying games.
glosses: Someone who holds, does, or acts a role.
Syriasm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Syriasms
Senses: examples: text: The Scripture Greek is observed to be full of Syriasms and Hebraisms.
ref: 1762, William Warburton, The Doctrine of Grace:
qualifier: Semitic linguistics
glosses: A result of Syriac influence.
timocracies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of timocracy
hypodigms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hypodigm
double-whammy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: double-whammies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of double whammy.
double-whammies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of double-whammy
double whammies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of double whammy
Abadan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɑ.bɑˈdɑn/
ipa: /ˌɑ.bəˈdɑn/
ipa: /ˌæ.bəˈdæn/
Senses: glosses: A port city in Khuzestan, southwestern Iran.
caudectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛktəmi
Forms: form: caudectomies
Etymology: From Latin cauda (“tail”) + -ectomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The surgical removal of all or part of an animal's tail.
Synonyms: docking
pleural cavity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pleural cavities
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The part of the thoracic cavity that surrounds the lungs and is enclosed by the pleurae.
blatting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of blat
X-Philes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of X-Phile
unboxes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unbox
unboxing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From unbox + -ing (present participle ending).
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unbox
unboxing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unboxings
Etymology: From unbox + -ing (gerundive ending).
Senses: examples: text: The most popular unboxings are for expensive gadgets, like the iPhone, Xbox and PlayStation consoles.
ref: 2014 February 13, Heather Kelly, “The bizarre, lucrative world of ‘unboxing’ videos”, in CNN:
text: Clips of tech-fiends unwrapping new models of cell phones first began turning up on the Internet about a decade ago. Since then, an entire world has blossomed around the unboxing video, with whole YouTube channels dedicated to the unpackaging of dolls, purses, moisturizers, even food.
ref: 2014 December 16, Alex Frank, “Happy Unboxing Day! A Small Guide to the Very Large World of Unboxing Videos”, in Vogue:
glosses: The removal of something from its box; an unpacking.
examples: text: Autoboxing and unboxing are typically used for collections of primitives. […] Unboxing involves the production of a primitive for each object.
ref: 2014, Robert Liguori, Patricia Liguori, Java 8 Pocket Guide, O'Reilly, →ISBN, page 28:
antonyms: boxing
autoboxing
qualifier: object-oriented programming
glosses: Automatic conversion of objects back to value types.
unboxed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unbox
primitive types
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of primitive type
ISPF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Interactive System Productivity Facility; An IBM mainframe online application development system.
Related terms: PDF
demoticist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: demoticists
Etymology: From demotic + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A student of, or expert at the demotic script.
Synonyms: demotist
obsoletion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: obsoletions
Etymology: From obsolete + -ion.
Senses: examples: text: Hangers sitting, dripped in oil / Crying, "freedom" / Handed to obsoletion / Still you feed us lies from the tablecloth
ref: 2005, System of a Down, “B.Y.O.B.”:
glosses: Obsolescence.
occultly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more occultly
form: most occultly
Etymology: From occult + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an occult manner.
Synonyms: mysteriously
secretly
star anises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of star anise
one-percenters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of one-percenter
hard hats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hard hat
officialese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ə.fɪ.ʃəˈliːz/
Forms: form: officialeses
Etymology: From official + -ese.
Senses: examples: text: These were men, the chronicler continued, who ‘spoke pleasantly’, in the smooth officialese that most of Henry's counsellors were accustomed to deploy […]
ref: 2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin, published 2012, page 263:
text: But while using officialese might give your writing the outward appearance of being thorough and correct, that doesn't mean there's anything happening underneath. Officialese is a kind of defense mechanism. It's rooted in the fear of getting something wrong, or leaving something out, or looking stupid.
ref: 2021, Tom Albrighton, How to Write Clearly […] , ABC Business Communications Ltd, →ISBN, page 144:
synonyms: bureaucratese
glosses: The typical language of officials or official documents; legalistic and pompous language.
Related terms: legalese
sourcebook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sourcebooks
Etymology: From source + book.
Senses: glosses: A book consisting of a collection of writings on a particular subject.
examples: text: That sourcebook is aimed at players of fighters, rogues, rangers, and warlords, and by design you're not going to find much in that book to appeal to other characters.
ref: 2008, James Wyatt, Bill Slavicsek, Richard Baker, Dungeon Master 4th Edition For Dummies, page 156:
qualifier: roleplaying
glosses: A publication intended to supplement the core materials of a roleplaying game.
sourcebooks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sourcebook
overstuff
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overstuffs
form: overstuffing
form: overstuffed
form: overstuffed
Etymology: From over- + stuff.
Senses: glosses: To stuff to excess.
glosses: To cover completely with soft upholstery.
Related terms: word: overstuffed
word: overstuffing
starfield
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: starfields
Etymology: From star + field.
Senses: examples: text: This paper describes continuing research on metaphoric abstractions in developing an interface that employs the starfield (the night sky) as its underlying metaphor.
ref: 1996, Celestine A Ntuen, Eui H Park, Human Interaction with Complex Systems:
text: a classic space starfield effect that you can plug into your movies
ref: 2006, Alex Michael, Animating with Flash 8:
text: A practiced eye can detect the effects of advanced civilizations on a starfield, as technologies harness and affect the raw radiation emitted by so many stars.
ref: 2013 March 19, Greg Bear, String 4, in Halo: Silentium (Forerunner Saga; 3), New York: Tor, →ISBN, page 65:
glosses: A starry backdrop.
starfields
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of starfield
nanomechanical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From nano- + mechanical.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to nanomechanisms.
Derived terms: nanomechanically
nanomechanism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanomechanisms
Etymology: From nano- + mechanism.
Senses: glosses: Any nanoscale mechanism.
feedforward
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: feedforwards
form: feed-forward
form: feed forward
Etymology: From feed + forward. Formed by analogy with feedback.
Senses: examples: text: The continuum is dynamic through the action of modulating feedbacks and feedforwards.
ref: 1991, Christopher Hodgkinson, Educational Leadership: The Moral Art, →ISBN, page 96:
glosses: An anticipatory response to expected changes in the environment of a system
feedforward
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: feedforwards
form: feedforwarding
form: feedforwarded
form: feedforwarded
form: feed-forward
form: feed forward
Etymology: From feed + forward. Formed by analogy with feedback.
Senses: examples: text: Contingency is handled by, for example, managers and nurses, through feedforwarding, that is, by acting anticipatively, and thereby raising the prospect of modifying not just the practical means toward an end, but of modifying the end itself.
ref: 2002, David Beckett, Paul J. Hager, Life, Work and Learning, →ISBN, page 36:
glosses: To respond in advance
Synonyms: anticipate
proact
Derived terms: feedforward control
feedforward neural network
Related terms: feedback
feedforwarded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of feedforward
feedforwarding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of feedforward
feedforwards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of feedforward
feedforwards
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: feeds forward
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of feedforward
viscoelasticity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: viscoelasticities
Etymology: From visco- + elasticity.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The property of a material that is both viscous and elastic.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The branch of rheology that studies such materials.
Related terms: poroviscoelasticity
viscoelastic
glass transition temperature
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glass transition temperatures
form: T_g
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The temperature below which an amorphous material is a glassy solid and above which it is a viscous liquid
proact
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: proacts
form: proacting
form: proacted
form: proacted
Etymology: From pro- + act. Probable back-formation from proactive.
Senses: examples: text: An (E)-style manager, on the other hand, will proact. He will try to imagine where the ball is going to land and go there and get ready to hit it.
ref: 1979, Ichak Adizes, How to Solve the Mismanagement Crisis, →ISBN, page 88:
glosses: To take action in advance of an expected event
Synonyms: anticipate
feedforward
Derived terms: proactor
Related terms: proactive
proactivity
proacts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of proact
proacting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of proact
proacted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of proact
netrin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: netrins
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of proteins involved in axon guidance
off-target
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more off-target
form: most off-target
form: off target
Senses: examples: text: The opening exchanges were rich in quality and a wonderful passage of build-up play from Spurs ended with Crouch meeting Hutton's right-wing cross but his effort was narrowly off-target.
ref: 2011 January 15, Phil McNulty, “Tottenham 0 - 0 Man Utd”, in BBC:
glosses: Away from a target.
off-target
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more off-target
form: most off-target
form: off target
Senses: glosses: Away from a target.
thermopower
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thermopowers
Etymology: From thermo- + power.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
synonyms: Seebeck coefficient
glosses: A measure of the voltage induced in a material by the thermoelectric effect.
submitochondrial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + mitochondrial.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Describing any subunit of a mitochondrion
mosquitofish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mosquitofishes
form: mosquitofish
form: mosquito fish
Etymology: From mosquito + fish.
Senses: glosses: Any of several small fish that feed on mosquitoes, but especially those of the genus Gambusia.
allozyme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: allozymes
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonyms: isoenzyme, isozyme
text: […] suggesting the two are different stages of the same species. The identity of the two species is further suggested by allozyme analysis […]
ref: 1997, “Hydrothermal Vent Fauna”, in Advances in Marine Biology: The Biogeography of the Oceans, page 111:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
genetics
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
hypernyms: isoform
glosses: Either form of an enzyme specified by an allelic gene.
Derived terms: allozymic
ion milling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The use of a beam of high-energy ions to remove material from a surface
Synonyms: ion machining
gustducin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A protein associated with the sensation of taste
Related terms: gustatory
transducin
transducin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: transducins
Etymology: From transduce + -in.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of proteins associated with the visual process
Related terms: gustducin
humanmade
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: human-made
Etymology: From human + made.
Senses: glosses: Made by humans.
Related terms: manmade
my my
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: my my !
Senses: examples: text: This latest album, Too Hot To Sleep, concentrates more on his "natural" voice, which is baritone. But on those tunes where he exercises that magical falsetto, I just found myself shaking my head and saying "My, my, my!" The way he moves from low to high octaves is breath taking; his transition is almost flawless.
ref: 1981 December 5, Julie Coles, “Sylvester: Too Hot”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 20, page 12:
glosses: An extension of my! used to express surprise or pleasure. Also "my my my!".
turbiditic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From turbidite + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: As a consequence, the turbiditic currents of marly mud are not able to cause erosion similar to those of siliciclastic mud.
ref: 2007, William Miller, Trace Fossils, →ISBN, page 257:
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
oceanography
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or arising from turbidite, a sedimentary deposit formed by a turbidity current
Coordinate terms: pelagic
hemipelagic
brain-gain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brain-gains
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of brain gain.
brain gain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brain gains
form: brain-gain
Senses: antonyms: brain drain
glosses: An increase in the number of skilled workers in a country as a result of immigration.
salary cap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: salary caps
Senses: glosses: A limit on the salaries paid to the employees of an organization imposed by government or some other body
spookier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of spooky: more spooky
paleodepth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paleodepths
form: palaeodepth
Etymology: From paleo- + depth.
Senses: examples: text: These models indicate that paleodepths were on the order of 30 m or so at the time of the boundary event.
ref: 1996, Richard K. Olsson et al., “The Cretaceous-Tertiary Catastrophic Event at Millers Ferry, Alabama”, in Graham Ryder et al., editors, The Cretaceous-Tertiary Event and Other Catastrophes in Earth History, →ISBN, page 273:
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Depth of an ocean deposit at a particular time in the geologic past
Related terms: paleoaltitude
paleodepths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paleodepth
carbon-intensive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more carbon-intensive
form: most carbon-intensive
Senses: glosses: Describing any process that has a high carbon footprint in relation to its economic importance
palaeodepth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: palaeodepths
Etymology: From palaeo- + depth.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of paleodepth.
water bath
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: water baths
Senses: glosses: A piece of laboratory equipment consisting of a vessel containing water, in which is suspended a flask that is to be subject to careful heating or cooling.
synonyms: bain marie
glosses: An analogous piece of equipment used in a kitchen (especially a commercial kitchen), to cook food or to keep it hot.
spookily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈspuːk.ɪ.li/
Forms: form: more spookily
form: most spookily
Etymology: From spooky + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Rock bands record classic albums, while pop stars create "guilty pleasure" singles. It's supposed to be self-evident: U2's entire oeuvre deserves respectful consideration, while a spookily seductive song by an R&B singer named Tweet can only be, in the smug words of a recent VH1 special, "awesomely bad."
ref: 2004 October 31, Kelefa Sanneh, “The Rap Against Rockism”, in The New York Times:
glosses: In a spooky manner; eerily.
cold-calling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of cold calling.
coral bleaching
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coral bleachings
Senses: topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
glosses: The loss of colour in a coral reef due to the loss of symbiotic algae as a result of stress.
threonines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of threonine
alanines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alanine
poikilotopic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more poikilotopic
form: most poikilotopic
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Describing a crystalline sedimentary rock having multisized crystals the larger of which enclose small ones, often of a different mineral
Synonyms: poikilocrystallic
sole mark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sole marks
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A feature, on the undersurface of a sedimentary stratum, that is a cast of a corresponding feature on the upper surface of the lower stratum
no-ops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of no-op
undersurface
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: undersurfaces
Etymology: From under- + surface.
Senses: glosses: The underneath surface; the bottom, or underside
nops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nop
Amerocentric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Amerocentric
form: most Amerocentric
Etymology: From Amero- + -centric.
Senses: glosses: Describing a tendency to view the world from the perspective of the United States of America, with an assumption that the United States is superior to other countries.
tercile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: terciles
Senses: examples: text: We estimate markups following the production-function approach proposed by De Loecker and Warzynski (2012) […] and then classify firms in the top tercile of the markup distribution as high-markup firms and firms in the bottom tercile as low-markup firms.
ref: 2025 January 24, Niklas Amberg, Richard Friberg, Chad Syverson, “Have We Got News For You: Firm-Level Evidence on the Optimal Choice of Expected Capacity Utilization”, in NBER Working Papers, number 33400, page 16:
glosses: Alternative form of tertile.
heterogametic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: That produces heterogametes
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: That produces different forms of the same gamete e.g. spermatozoa containing either an X- or a Y-chromosome
face validity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: face validities
Senses: glosses: A property of a hypothesis by which its appearance suggests to an observer that the hypothesis will be determined true if tested.
examples: text: One means toward avoiding a split between a profession and its academic discipline is to ensure that teaching programmes have face validity for members of those professions in which students might seek employment.
ref: 2004, Kirsten Malmkjær, editor, Translation in Undergraduate Degree Programmes, John Benjamins Publishing Co, page 2:
glosses: A property of a test by which its appearance suggests to an observer that it will measure that which it has been designed to measure.
Related terms: construct validity
content validity
logical validity
acetabulae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Sizing the acetabulum on an orthogonal lateral view of the acetabulum will provide additional insight on sizing, particularly in the nonhemispheric acetabulae.
ref: 1999, Ray C. Wasielowski, “Pelvis, Hip, and Femur Reconstruction”, in Ray Baratz, editors, Orthopaedic Surgery, →ISBN, page 499:
glosses: plural of acetabulum
anteroposteriorly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From anteroposterior + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The nonpregnant uterus has the shape of a pear, compressed anteroposteriorly and bent forward upon its neck.
ref: 1959, Fred Albert Mettler, The Medical Sourcebook, page 669:
text: The neural spine is about 120 mm long anteroposteriorly at the base, while it is only about 13 mm thick.
ref: 1997, University of Michigan. Museum of Paleontology, Contributions, volume 30, page 67:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Along the anteroposterior axis
Coordinate terms: laterally
anteroposterior
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪəɹiə(ɹ)
Forms: form: antero-posterior
Etymology: From antero- + posterior.
Senses: examples: text: anteroposterior movement
text: […] also effects the fore-aft (anteroposterior) wing motions known as promotion and remotion.
ref: 2002, Robert Dudley, The Biomechanics of Insect Flight: Form, Function, Evolution, →ISBN, page 43:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Anterior to posterior; front-to-back.
examples: the anteroposterior axis
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to the relation between anterior and posterior.
Synonyms: AP
Coordinate terms: posteroanterior
dorsoventral
lateral
mediolateral
proximodistal
vertical
Derived terms: anteroposteriorly
anteroposteriority
anteroposterior axis
midanteroposterior
archaebacterial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From archaebacteria + -al.
Senses: topics: bacteriology
biology
microbiology
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to bacteria of the domain Archaea, formerly classified as Archaebacteria
Synonyms: archaeal
Derived terms: nonarchaebacterial
autoionization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: autoionizations
form: autoionisation
Etymology: From auto- + ionization.
Senses: glosses: A process by which atoms or molecules spontaneously transition from an electrically neutral state to a lower-energy ionized state
Derived terms: autoionizational
autoion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: autoions
Etymology: From auto- + ion. Probable back-formation from autoionize.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: An ion which has been formed by autoionization
Derived terms: autoionic
Related terms: autoionize
autoionizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of autoionization
screen-scrape
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: screen-scrapes
form: screen-scraping
form: screen-scraped
form: screen-scraped
Senses: examples: text: Screen-scraping programs, by their nature, are very reliant on the layout of the information source that they are analyzing.
ref: 2003, Kim Topley, Java Web Services in a Nutshell:
text: Often it is simpler to screen-scrape this data rather than trying to recreate the logic of a script using programmatic interfaces to the database.
ref: 2006, Kevin Strange, C. Elegans: Methods and Applications:
text: Or you could go to the other extreme and screen-scrape the site at will.
ref: 2008, Raymond Yee, Pro Web 2.0 Mashups: Remixing Data and Web Services:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To extract data from (a source such as a webpage) by picking it out from among the human-readable content.
autoions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of autoion
screen-scrapes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of screen-scrape
screen-scraping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of screen-scrape
screen-scraped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of screen-scrape
brake horsepower
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brake horsepowers
form: bhp
form: b.hp.
Etymology: The term refers to a method of measuring the usable power of an engine by connecting a brake to the drive shaft of the engine. Other methods have been developed but the term remains.
Senses: glosses: The useful horsepower of an engine as measured at its drive shaft.
slumping
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more slumping
form: most slumping
Senses: glosses: something that makes a slumping voice
slumping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slumpings
Senses: glosses: the result of a slumping movement, like that of a mountain
Synonyms: sliding
slumping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of slump
psycholinguistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From psycho- + linguistic.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to psycholinguistics.
psycholinguist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: psycholinguists
Etymology: Back-formation from psycholinguistics.
Senses: glosses: A practitioner of psycholinguistics.
psycholinguists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of psycholinguist
magic squares
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of magic square
beakful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beakfuls
form: beaksful
Etymology: From beak + -ful.
Senses: glosses: As much (food) as a creature's beak will hold or carry.
inusitate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more inusitate
form: most inusitate
Etymology: From Latin inūsitātus (“unusual; new; unseen; different”). See use.
Senses: examples: text: a phrase inusitate to English ears
ref: 1643, John Bramhall, Serpent Salve:
text: It is the objection to archaic, foreign, and otherwise inusitate words […]
ref: 1908, George Saintsbury, Classical and mediaeval criticism:
glosses: Unusual.
tetraquark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tetraquarks
Etymology: From tetra- + quark.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A hypothetical meson composed of four valence quarks.
tetraquarks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tetraquark
goldstino
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: goldstinos
Etymology: From Goldstone + -ino.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A theoretical Goldstone fermion created by the spontaneous breaking of supersymmetry.
Derived terms: antigoldstino
sgoldstino
goldstinos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of goldstino
skyrmion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skyrmions
Etymology: Blend of Skyrme + fermion, after British physicist Tony Skyrme (1922–1987), who proposed the mathematical structure as a model of the nucleon in 1961.
Senses: examples: text: No conclusive results are available yet; the hope is that the skyrmion would be stabilized at R#92;approx#92;lambda#95;c, where the gradient expansion breaks down and yet the skyrmion may still carry the quark quantum numbers.
ref: 1985, William A. Bardeen, Alan R. White, editors, Symposium on Anomalies, Geometry, Topology, World Scientific, page 502:
text: The properties of nuclear matter at high densities have been investigated in many ways. Castillejo et al. studied Skyrmion matter by placing SU(2) hedgehog Skyrmions on a lattice and show that the deconfinement phase transition and the chiral symmetry restoration occur above a critical density [11].
ref: 1998, Physics Letters: B., Volume 430, Part 2, North-Holland Publishing Company, page 169:
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
qualifier: solid state physics; string theory; solid state physics; string theory
glosses: Any of a particular class of topological soliton that can be used to model certain properties of a nucleon.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
synonyms: magnetic skyrmion
qualifier: solid state physics
glosses: A type of topological soliton that occurs in magnetic materials and magnetic thin films.
Derived terms: antiskyrmion
interskyrmion
multiskyrmion
nanoskyrmion
skyrmionic
skyrmionics
skyrmionium
skyrmions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of skyrmion
glueball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glueballs
Etymology: From glue + ball.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A particle composed entirely of gluons.
Synonyms: gluonium
Related terms: gluinoball
glueballs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glueball
supermanifold
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: supermanifolds
Etymology: From super- + manifold.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A manifold with both bosonic and fermionic coordinates, used in mathematical models.
supermanifolds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of supermanifold
superfield
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superfields
Etymology: From super- + field.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A field that depends on all coordinates of the superspace.
superfields
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superfield
antiphotino
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antiphotinos
Etymology: From anti- + photino.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The antiparticle of the photino.
antigoldstino
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antigoldstinos
Etymology: From anti- + goldstino.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The antiparticle of the goldstino.
antiskyrmion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antiskyrmions
Etymology: From anti- + skyrmion.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The antiparticle of the skyrmion.
antiskyrmions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antiskyrmion
antigoldstinos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antigoldstino
antiphotinos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antiphotino
photino
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photinos
form: photini
Etymology: From photon + -ino.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The superpartner of the photon.
Derived terms: antiphotino
photinos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of photino
gluino
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gluinos
Etymology: From glue + -ino.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The superpartner of the gluon
Derived terms: gluinoball
gluinos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gluino
zino
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zinos
Etymology: From Z + -ino.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The superpartner of the Z-boson.
zinos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zino
champagne socialist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: champagne socialists
Etymology: From the association of champagne with upper social classes.
Senses: topics: government
politics
synonyms: word: café revolutionary
word: chardonnay socialist
word: gauche caviar
word: Gucci socialist
word: silver-spoon socialist
word: smoked salmon socialist
word: parlor pink
glosses: A person adhering to socialism or supporting socialist policies while enjoying a lifestyle that is ostensibly in conflict with their political beliefs, or whose status would shield them from negative consequences of said policies.
topics: government
politics
glosses: A privileged supporter of any policy or cause addressing socio-economic inequality.
Related terms: hypocrite
liberal elite
limousine liberal
steak commando
amorces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amorce