cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
biomimicry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bio- + mimicry.
Senses: glosses: The imitation of biological designs or processes in engineering; biomimetics.
Related terms: biomimic
Benedicta
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Latin, a rare feminine form of Benedict.
butylated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of butylate
butylated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more butylated
form: most butylated
Senses: examples: text: The Food and Drug Administration earlier this year seized a common food preservative, butylated hydroxytoluene, known simply as BHT, from Life Extension Products in Dania and Hollywood, Fla., after the product had been advertised as a treatment for herpes and AIDS, an agency spokesman said. The agency said the claims had not been proved in scientific tests.
ref: 1987 August 30, Katherine Bishop, “Authorities Act Against AIDS 'Cures'”, in The New York Times:
text: The dyes portion of the West Virginia law will be enacted in schools beginning August 1. Then the dyes portion and the section on butylated hydroxyanisole and propylparaben will take effect statewide on January 1, 2028.
ref: 2025 March 29, Kristen Rogers, “Over half of US states are trying to eliminate food dyes. Here’s what you can do now”, in CNN:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Modified to contain one or more butyl groups.
Derived terms: butylated hydroxyanisole
butylated hydroxytoluene
Related terms: butylation
butyrated
butylate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: butylates
form: butylating
form: butylated
form: butylated
Etymology: From butyl + -ate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: To react so as to introduce one or more butyl groups into a molecule
Derived terms: word: butylated
alt: n.
word: butylation
Related terms: butyrate
caringly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more caringly
form: most caringly
Etymology: From caring + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a caring manner.
Jennings
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɛnɪŋz/
Forms: form: Jenningses
form: Jennings
Etymology: From Jenning + -s.
Senses: glosses: An English surname originating as a patronymic.
glosses: A placename:
A town in Tenterfield Shire, on the Northern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia, on the border with Queensland.
glosses: A placename:
A settlement in Saint Mary parish, on Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda.
glosses: A placename:
A number of places in the United States:
A small town in Hamilton County, Florida.
glosses: A placename:
A number of places in the United States:
A minor city and township in Decatur County, Kansas.
glosses: A placename:
A number of places in the United States:
A city, the parish seat of Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana.
glosses: A placename:
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Anne Arundel County, Maryland.
glosses: A placename:
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Garrett County, Maryland.
glosses: A placename:
A number of places in the United States:
A city in St. Louis County, Missouri.
glosses: A placename:
A number of places in the United States:
A small town in Pawnee County, Oklahoma.
glosses: A placename:
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in the town of Schoepke, Oneida County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A placename:
A number of places in the United States:
A number of other townships, in Indiana (4), and Ohio (2), listed under Jennings Township.
glosses: A placename:
Ellipsis of Jennings County.
Derived terms: Jennings County
Jennings
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɛnɪŋz/
Etymology: From Jenning + -s.
Senses: glosses: plural of Jenning
intellection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: intellections
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin intellectiō, intellectiōnem.
Senses: examples: text: These books will fill, and well fill, certain stretches of life […] But in old or nervous or solemnest or dying hours, when one needs the impalpably soothing and vitalizing influences of abysmic Nature, or its affinities in literature or human society, and the soul resents the keenest mere intellection, they will not be sought for.
ref: 1892, Walt Whitman, “Notes Left Over: Emerson's Books”, in Complete Prose Works:
text: None of Mr. Knott's gestures could be called characteristic, unless perhaps that which consisted in the simultaneous obturation of the facial cavities, the thumbs in the mouth, the forefingers in the ears, the little fingers in the nostrils, the third fingers in the eyes and the second fingers, free in a crisis to promote intellection, laid along the temples.
ref: 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC:
text: The purpose of philosophy is to unite oneself with the objects of the intellect, and even at last with the One that is above all intellection.
ref: 1993, M. J. Edwards, "A Portrait of Plotinus," The Classical Quarterly, New Series, vol. 43, no. 2, p. 487
glosses: The mental activity or process of grasping with the intellect; apprehension by the mind; understanding.
examples: text: Our senses, our instincts, our intellections are all instruments of adaptation.
ref: 1934, R. V. Feldman, “The Metaphysics of Wonder and Surprise”, in Philosophy, volume 9, number 34, page 210:
glosses: A particular act of grasping by means of the intellect.
examples: text: When Banerjee talks about the artist's thinking about the music, she is not referring to an intellection about the mechanics of technique.
ref: 1996, Ananya, "Training in Indian Classical Dance: A Case Study," Asian Theatre Journal, vol. 13, no. 1, p. 77
glosses: The mental content of an act of grasping by means of the intellect, as a thought, idea, or conception.
Related terms: intellect
nonrepudiation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: non-repudiation
Etymology: From non- + repudiation.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Assurance that a contract cannot later be denied by either of the parties involved.
topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
glosses: Assurance that the claimed sender or recipient is in fact the party who sent or received a given message.
pot luck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pot lucks
Senses: examples: text: We had but euen pot luck, a little to moyſten our lips, and no more.
ref: 1592 (first performance), Thomas Nash[e], A Pleasant Comedie, Called Summers Last Will and Testament, imprinted at London: By Simon Stafford, for Walter Burre, published 1600, →OCLC:
text: A pretty way to conciliate ‘little tempers’ indeed, to add to the offence of spoiling the fish the crime of bringing an unexpected friend to eat it. Pot luck, quotha, when the pot's boiled over this half hour!
ref: 1853, Pisistratus Caxton [pseudonym; Edward Bulwer-Lytton], chapter VII, in “My Novel”; Or Varieties in English Life […], volume I, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, book first, page 30:
text: But he never contradicted Mrs Hackit—a woman whose "pot luck" was always to be relied on, and who on her side had unlimited reliance on bleeding, blistering, and draughts.
ref: 1857, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], “[The Sad Fortunes of the Reverend Amos Barton.] Chapter I”, in Scenes of Clerical Life […], volume I, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, published January 1858, →OCLC, page 22:
glosses: Alternative form of potluck.
recapitalize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: recapitalizes
form: recapitalizing
form: recapitalized
form: recapitalized
form: recapitalise
Etymology: From re- + capitalize.
Senses: glosses: To change how a corporation is structured.
recapitalise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: recapitalises
form: recapitalising
form: recapitalised
form: recapitalised
Etymology: From re- + capitalise.
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of recapitalize.
reconcilable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more reconcilable
form: most reconcilable
Etymology: From reconcile + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being reconciled.
reconcilable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reconcilables
Etymology: From reconcile + -able.
Senses: examples: text: This is the only way that the reconcilables will be separated from the irreconcilables.
ref: 2009 May 8, Hassina Sherjan, “Talked to Death”, in New York Times:
glosses: Something that can be reconciled.
reconsign
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reconsigns
form: reconsigning
form: reconsigned
form: reconsigned
Etymology: From re- + consign.
Senses: glosses: Consign again.
oldtimer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oldtimers
form: old-timer
form: old timer
Senses: glosses: An elderly person.
glosses: A veteran.
examples: text: Are you already familiar with: […] The museums for oldtimers, racing cars, bicycles in Stuttgart, Karlsruhe, Neckarsulm and Langenburg?
ref: 1970 03, Motor Cycling and Motoring:
text: Oldtimers are rare on Japan's roads and can be admired only in manufacturers' museums.
ref: 2010 February 24, W. Stahel, The Performance Economy, Springer, →ISBN, page 255:
text: Someone had ran ^([sic]) into his special car, an oldtimer. The insurance would pay him much less than he had payed ^([sic]) for the car.
ref: 2013 March 9, Leo Montada, Melvin J. Lerner, Responses to Victimizations and Belief in a Just World, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 205:
text: [see title]
ref: 2022 July 26, “Opel Classics to Participate in Germany's Biggest Oldtimer Rally”, in LifePR (press release):
qualifier: non-native speakers' English
glosses: A classic car or vintage car.
Synonyms: sense: elderly person
word: geriatric
word: oldster
word: senior citizen
word: old person
recontact
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: recontacts
form: recontacting
form: recontacted
form: recontacted
Etymology: From re- + contact.
Senses: glosses: To contact again.
recontact
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From re- + contact.
Senses: glosses: The act of contacting again.
persimon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: persimons
Senses: glosses: Dated form of persimmon.
sharon
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sharons
form: sharoning
form: sharoned
form: sharoned
Etymology: Borrowed from Tagalog sharon.
Senses: glosses: Wrapping leftover foods to take home from any kind of social function such as a birthday or wedding.
rip-roaring
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more rip-roaring
form: most rip-roaring
Etymology: From rip + roaring.
Senses: examples: text: It was a rip-roaring bar fight, until the cops broke it up.
text: The brain matches the mind-image of doughnuts to images and emotions stored in his brain’s memory regions: “Mmmm … doughnuts.” Then—bingo!—his brain’s dopamine-producing reward centres light up and have a rip-roaring hootenanny.
ref: 2012 December 21, Monique Keiran, “Humans get more nutrition from tastier food”, in Times Colonist, 155th year, number 10, Victoria, B.C.: TC Publication Limited Partnership, →ISSN, →OCLC, page A13, column 4:
glosses: Exciting, energetic, enthusiastic, with gusto.
Derived terms: rip-roaringly
ribber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ribbers
Etymology: From rib + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who ribs; a good-natured tease.
Old Latin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The Latin language in the period before the age of Classical Latin; particularly Latin before 75 BC.
Synonyms: Archaic Latin
Early Latin
Early Latin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Old Latin.
synonyms: word: Old Latin
Archaic Latin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Old Latin.
synonyms: word: Old Latin
Pelasgians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Pelasgian
bolti
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boltis
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bolty.
TINSTAAFL
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: 1952, Ethics magazine, cited in 2006, Ralph Keyes, The Quote Verifier: Who Said What, Where, and When, Macmillan, page 70,
Professor Alvin Hansen's famous TINSTAAFL formula--"There is no such thing as a free lunch"
[Keyes adds, "This acronym had already appeared in a 1949 newspaper column."]
glosses: Acronym of there's no such thing as a free lunch, an alternative to TANSTAAFL.
ceratopsid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ceratopsids
Etymology: From Ceratops + -id.
Senses: glosses: Any member of the family †Ceratopsidae of dinosaurs.
ceratopsid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Ceratops + -id.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to these creatures.
cheesily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more cheesily
form: most cheesily
Etymology: From cheesy + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a cheesy manner
chesed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈxɛsɛd/
/ˈhɛsɛd/
/-əd/
Forms: form: hesed
form: khesed
form: ḥesed
Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew חסד (khésed, “grace, kindness, love”).
Senses: examples: text: Through ḥesed one deals faithfully or keeps faith with another.
ref: 2001, David L. Lieber, Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 66:
glosses: The Jewish attribute of grace, kindness or love; one of the sephiroth
Related terms: baal chesed
decimal fraction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: decimal fractions
Senses: topics: arithmetic
glosses: A proper or improper fraction the denominator of which is a power of ten and the decimal representation of which is a terminating decimal number.
moldings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of molding
patining
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of patine
patined
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: Some of the old cars were patined.
glosses: simple past and past participle of patine
jello
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɛloʊ/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɛləʊ/
rhymes: -ɛləʊ
Forms: form: jellos
form: Jell-O
form: Jello
Etymology: Genericized trademark of the brand name Jell-O.
Senses: examples: text: The jello was gone in five minutes and the cigarette smoked.
ref: 1940, Carson McCullers, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, Houghton Mifflin, published 2004, →ISBN, page 306:
text: Distribution of cherry jello was stepped up to college campus towns across America.
ref: 2002, Rich Zubaty, Your Brain Is Not Your Own, →ISBN, page 159:
text: She didn't want to eat anything heavy and decided that jello had zero fat content.
ref: 2006, Xana, Harvest Moon, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 178:
glosses: A dessert made by boiling gelatine, sugar and some flavoring (often derived from fruit) and allowing it to set.
wikipedia: Jell-O
Synonyms: word: jelly
Derived terms: jello salad
jello shooter
Jello
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Jell-O
form: jello
Etymology: From the brand name Jell-O.
Senses: examples: text: And the food! I mean, I'm not fussy, but couldn't they think of anything better than this toothpaste? A little Jello or something, a nice can of soup.
ref: 1968, Ronald Sukenick, Up, published 1998, →ISBN, page 26:
text: 1977, Florence King, WASP, Where is Thy Sting?, excerpt, in The Florence King Reader, 1996 St. Martin's Press ed., →ISBN, page 25,
Alex Portnoy thought his mother had magical powers because she could suspend fruit in mid-Jello.
text: "I never eat Jello. I never eat anything that moves on the spoon."
ref: 1984, William Martin, Nerve Endings, Crown, →ISBN, page 28:
glosses: A dessert made by boiling gelatin in water.
knob jockeys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of knob jockey
grammaticality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɹəˌmæt.ɪˈkæl.ɪ.ti/
rhymes: -ælɪti
Forms: form: grammaticalities
Etymology: From grammatical + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: One cannot consistently judge the grammaticality of utterances without knowing what grammatical types their constituent morphemes represent.
ref: 1963, Peter Lackowski, “Words as Grammatical Primes”, in Language, volume 39, number 2, page 214:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
synonyms: grammaticalness
coordinate_terms: idiomaticity
idiomaticness
glosses: (of language) The state or attribute of obeying the rules of grammar (being grammatical).
Related terms: grammaticity
grammaticalness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From grammatical + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: There appear to be at least two distinct ways to assign levels of grammaticalness to deviant sentences.
ref: 1967, Lawrence E. Marks, “Judgments of Grammaticalness of Some English Sentences and Semi-Sentences”, in The American Journal of Psychology, volume 80, number 2, page 196:
glosses: Synonym of grammaticality.
synonyms: word: grammaticality
raw_tags: of language
chimichanga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /t͡ʃɪmiˈt͡ʃæŋɡə/
ipa: /t͡ʃimiˈt͡ʃaŋɡa/
Forms: form: chimichangas
Etymology: From Mexican Spanish chimichanga (“trinket, thingamajig”), but the original sense is disputed and obscure. See chimichanga.
Senses: glosses: A deep-fried wet burrito
clootie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clooties
Etymology: From Scots [Term?]; see cloot (“cloth”).
Senses: glosses: A piece of rag.
Derived terms: clootie dumpling
Corbusian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Corbusian
form: most Corbusian
form: Corbusierian
Etymology: From Corbus(ier) + -ian. From French Corbusier, from Old French corbusier.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the Swiss architect Le Corbusier.
craniopagus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: craniopagi
Etymology: From German Kraniopagus, equivalent to cranio- + -pagus.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A pair of conjoined twins joined at the head.
glosses: Either of the individual twins of such a pair.
Derived terms: craniopagus parasiticus
cubomedusa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cubomedusas
form: cubomedusae
Senses: glosses: Any jellyfish of the order Cubomedusae; the box jellyfish.
Derived terms: cubomedusan
cubomedusan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cubomedusa + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the cubomedusa
cubozoan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cubozoa
form: cubozoans
Etymology: From cubo(medusa) + -zoan, after class name Cubozoa.
Senses: examples: text: Sume cubozoans have truly brutal venom in their stingers, strong enough to have killed large numbers of humans.
ref: 2016, Peter Godfrey-Smith, Other Minds, William Collins, published 2018, page 35:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any cnidarian of the class Cubozoa, including the cubomedusae; a box jellyfish.
cubozoan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cubo(medusa) + -zoan, after class name Cubozoa.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to these creatures.
cybrid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsaɪ.bɹɪd/
rhymes: -aɪbɹɪd
Forms: form: cybrids
Etymology: Blend of cytoplasmic + hybrid
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: An artificial hybrid cell produced by introducing nuclear material from one organism into a cell (of the same or different species) from which the nucleus has been removed
dangdut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From the Javanese onomatopoeia for the sound of the tabla, reportedly coined by the music magazine Aktuil.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A genre of Indonesian music that combines elements of Arab and Malay folk music.
permille
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /pə(ɹ)ˈmɪli/
/pə(ɹ)ˈmɪl/
Forms: form: permille
Etymology: From Latin: per (“per”) + mīlle (“thousand”).
Senses: examples: text: three permille (0.003)
related: word: per mil
word: per mill
word: per mille
synonyms: mul:‰
ppt
glosses: A part or other object per thousand.
Related terms: per cent
percent
%
permyriad and ‱
ppm
ppb
ppt
ppq
per mille
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: per mille
Senses: examples: text: three per mille (0.003)
glosses: Alternative form of permille; a part or other object per thousand.
darbuka
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdɑːˈbuːkə/
Forms: form: darbukas
form: darbouka
form: tarbouka
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic دَرْبُوكَة (darbūka).
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A type of goblet drum, originating in the Middle East and North Africa.
darknet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: darknets
Etymology: From dark + net.
Senses: examples: text: Despite all the openness of the Internet, there are still places you cannot saunter into on the Web. You must be invited. These are “darknets”: exclusive peer-to-peer networks in which membership is based on circles of trust, whose activities are veiled from the general public.
ref: 2005 October 5, Tim Gnatek, “Darknets: Virtual Parties With a Select Group of Invitees”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: A network of computers that can only be accessed using special software, configuration, or authorization, usually characterized by the anonymization of users, participating hosts, or both.
Derived terms: darknet market
darknet marketplace
Related terms: Dark Web
vials
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vial
vials
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of vial
murmurings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of murmuring
underweight
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more underweight
form: most underweight
Etymology: From under- + weight.
Senses: examples: text: He's so underweight he's had to buy smaller clothes.
text: He's thirty pounds underweight.
text: The market trader was fined for selling underweight bags of fruit.
glosses: Of an inappropriately or unusually low weight.
examples: text: The suitcase is just slightly underweight; I'll let it on the plane.
glosses: Not too heavy for an intended purpose.
examples: text: The fund is underweight in mining.
text: 2011, Murdoch, S. Foreigners back for Aussie stocks, The Australian
"It's a long-run trend of foreign investors -- typically being underweight the banking sector in Australia," Mr Baker said.
topics: business
finance
glosses: Being less invested in a particular area than market wisdom suggests.
underweight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: underweights
Etymology: From under- + weight.
Senses: examples: 1996, United States Institute of Medicine Committee on Scientific Evaluation of WIC Nutrition Risk Criteria, WIC Nutrition Risk Criteria: A Scientific Assessment, National Academies Press, →ISBN, page 110,
Underweight reflects the body’s thinness, but the term does not necessarily imply the nature and causes of underweight.
glosses: The state or quality of being underweight.
glosses: An underweight person.
examples: text: Further, structured managers usually attempt to hit their lower targets by relying on a relatively large number of small active deviations (i.e., overweights and underweights).
ref: 2004, Bob Litterman, Modern Investment Management: An Equilibrium Approach, page 198:
text: Consider a conventional long-only portfolio with underweights on holdings the investment manager does not like and overweights on holdings the manager does like.
ref: 2011, Peter L. Bernstein, Capital Ideas Evolving, page 230:
topics: business
finance
glosses: An underweight investment.
underweight
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: underweights
form: underweighting
form: underweighted
form: underweighted
Etymology: From under- + weight.
Senses: glosses: To underestimate the weight of.
glosses: To give insufficient weight to (a consideration); to underestimate the importance of.
examples: text: Although the portfolio overweights the German market, it underweights German marks.
ref: 2009, Philip Lawton, Todd Jankowski, Investment Performance Measurement, page 419:
topics: business
finance
glosses: To invest in less than conventional wisdom would dictate.
feuillage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: feuillages
Senses: glosses: archaic form of foliage
toxology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek τόξον (tóxon, “bow”) + -o- + -logy.
Senses: examples: text: "We presume he is reluctant to proceed further and run the risk of exposing his well-varnished cab as a pleasing target for the poles of the loitering omnibuses, the drivers of which latter have obtained a well-earned fame for their dexterity in this diverting and innocent department of toxology."
ref: 1843, “Illustrations of Discount”, in Fraser's Magazine, volume 27, page 401:
text: "This was provoking : the young lady blushed, looked as amiable as circumstances required,and retired, with a most sincere hope that the next essayist in toxology might have precisely the same success as herself, in which she was gratified, for Miss Jones West Jones Smith Jones Jones made to the full as bad a shot as she had done."
ref: 1843, Charles Henry Knox, Harry Mowbray, page 168:
text: "'Forgive us, Mr. Austin,' Lestrade said, 'but we are as yet unfamiliar with the toxology of the churchyard. Would the Bishop have had to pass you to reach the road?'"
ref: 2000, M.J. Trow, Lestrade and the Sign of Nine, →ISBN, page 29:
glosses: Archery; or more broadly, the study of projectiles and trajectories.
toxology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Omitting -ic.
Senses: examples: text: 1893, Louisa Parsons Hopkins, "Women in Science", in Maud Howe Elliott, ed., Art and Handicraft in the Woman's Building of the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893, Goupil & Co., page 91,
She filled the chair of chemistry and toxology in the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania, and became dean of the faculty.
text: Be sure toxology looks for sedatives.
ref: 1992, Nelson DeMille, The General's Daughter, Warner Books, published 2002, →ISBN, page 84:
text: Toxology reports found that drugs and alcohol were factors in each of the three suicide stories mentioned at the beginning of this chapter.
ref: 1999, Walt Mueller, Understanding Today's Youth Culture, Tyndale House, →ISBN, page 354:
text: I read the report carefully, including the toxology reports concerning the blood levels.
ref: 2004, William J. Coughlin, Death Penalty, St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 353:
glosses: Misspelling of toxicology.
apeirophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From apeiro- + -phobia.
Senses: examples: text: My view is free from apeirophobia, the horror of the infinite, which colored so much of what was written at the beginning of this century about the foundations of mathematics.
ref: 1990, Reinhardt Grossman, The Fourth Way: A Theory of Knowledge, Indiana University Press, →ISBN, page 227:
text: The clearest evidence of Aristotle's apeirophobia is to be found in the Posterior Analytics, book 1, chapters 19-22.
ref: 1998, P. Christopher Smith, The Hermeneutics of Original Argument: Demonstration, Dialectic, Rhetoric, Northwestern University Press, →ISBN, page 192:
text: Apeirophobia (fear of infinity) seems here to prod thanatophobia (fear of death) and necrophobia (fear of corpses) into being and later nonbeing, […]
ref: 1999, Spencer Golub, Infinity (Stage), University of Michigan, published 2001, →ISBN, page 14:
text: Wiener’s explanation would predict that apeirophobia creeps up in younger stages of life, and although we cannot know anything for sure without sufficient data, the reports scattered across the web seem to roughly match this concept. But there does seem to be a small percentage of people with apeirophobia who first experienced fear even before adolescence, such as myself.
ref: 2016 September 1, Bobby Azarian, “Apeirophobia: The Fear of Eternity”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 18 Oct 2017:
glosses: The fear of infinity and/or eternity.
Related terms: apeirophobe
apeirophobic
Lokean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Lokeans
Etymology: From Loki + -an.
Senses: examples: text: Lokeans will often cite this myth as the Aesir and Vanir going too far; naturally Loki wants vengeance after these events.
ref: 2013, Patricia M. Lafayllve, A Practical Heathen's Guide to Asatru, page 221:
text: Strictly speaking, the only thing required to be a Lokean is to worship Loki as either your fulltrúi or as a deity that holds a significant place in your life.
ref: 2020, Dagulf Loptson, Pagan Portals - Loki: Trickster and Transformer, unnumbered page:
text: Even in my own region, there's been a shift in the attitude toward the Mischief Maker, and I've used the reputation I and other Lokeans have built in the community to start getting vocal about why he's worth having around.
ref: 2022, Lea Svendsen, Loki and Sigyn: Lessons on Chaos, Laughter & Loyalty from the Norse Gods, page 5:
text: For quotations using this term, see Citations:Lokean.
topics: lifestyle
paganism
religion
glosses: One who honours Loki as their primary god.
Related terms: Rokkatru
fabless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: fabrication and -less.
Senses: examples: text: The fabless semiconductor company recently finished designing its new line of microchips.
glosses: Of a company: that does not make its own silicon wafers, and primarily concerns itself with research and design.
baulking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of baulk
baulking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: baulkings
Senses: examples: text: Up jump half-a-dozen off the logs and baulkings, where they have been squatting, doubled up knee to nose, after the fashion of their class; and a volley of execrations, like a storm of grape, almost blows the two offenders off the wall.
ref: 1857, Charles Kingsley, “Still Life”, in Two Years Ago, volume I, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC, page 45:
text: I have seldom experienced such trying bafflings and baulkings of purpose.
ref: 1891 May 2, Thomas Valpy French, “The Lonely Pioneer”, in Herbert [Alfred] Birks, editor, The Life and Correspondence of Thomas Valpy French, First Bishop of Lahore, volume II, London: John Murray, […], published 1895, page 389:
text: What he meant was that in the old days a root-field would receive three or four ploughings in addition to the necessary baulkings.
ref: 1899, H[enry] Rider Haggard, “June”, in A Farmer’s Year: Being His Commonplace Book for 1898, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., […]; New York and Bombay, page 223:
glosses: Alternative form of balking.
baulked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of baulk
-biotic
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: From Ancient Greek βιωτικός (biōtikós, “of life”), from βίος (bíos, “life”).
Senses: glosses: Used to form adjectives describing a method of living
glosses: Used to form nouns describing organisms having a specified method of living
Derived terms: anabiotic
anthropobiotic
chronobiotic
halobiotic
kleptobiotic
lestobiotic
limnobiotic
lithobiotic
parasymbiotic
saprobiotic
zoobiotic
medible
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: medibles
Etymology: Blend of m(arijuana) + edible.
Senses: examples: text: Bear in mind that tinctures and medibles (edibles containing marijuana) use far more than ingestion by smoking.
ref: 2010 October 18, Alicia Williamson, Grow Marijuana Now!: An Introductory, Step-by-Step Guide to Growing Cannabis, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:
text: “Medical Marijuana: More Than Just THC”; “Medibles: Cannabis 86 Cooking”; “NORML at 40-Years-Old”; […]
ref: 2013, David E. Newton, Marijuana: A Reference Handbook, ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, page 202:
text: Jonathan Martin, “Medical Marijuana: 'Medibles' Industry Thrives, Lacks Safety Regulations,” Seattle Times, October 7, 2012. http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2019372300 _medibles08m.html.
ref: 2013 September 17, Arthur Gillard, Medical Marijuana, Greenhaven Publishing LLC, →ISBN, page 95:
text: Experimenting with marijuana tinctures and edibles (medibles), while also continuing to immerse their daughter in social therapy, the parents saw rapid, significant improvements. They found specific profiles of CBD (cannabadiol),[…]
ref: 2014 August 6, Dr. Mark Sircus, Medical Marijuana, Lulu Press, Inc, →ISBN:
text: [...] is most common but homemade or commercial foods laced with concentrated marijuana (“medibles”) are gaining popularity.
ref: 2015 October 26, Larry P. Tilley; Francis W. K. Smith, Jr., Blackwell's Five-Minute Veterinary Consult: Canine and Feline, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 844:
glosses: A marijuana edible.
social security number
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: social security numbers
form: Social Security number
form: social-security number
Senses: synonyms: SSN
glosses: A nine-digit number issued to citizens, permanent residents, and temporary (working) residents by the Social Security Administration under section 205(c)(2) of the Social Security Act, codified as 42 U.S.C. § 405(c)(2), introduced primarily to track people for taxation purposes, and in recent years serving as a de facto national identification number.
glosses: A corresponding number in other countries.
Related terms: word: national insurance number
word: NI number
all things come to those who wait
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: A patient person will be satisfied in due time; patience is a virtue.
Related terms: all in good time
CPT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CPTs
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of charge, parity, time-reversal (in the phrase CPT symmetry).
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of current procedure terminology.
glosses: Abbreviation of carpet.
qualifier: sometimes reclaimed
glosses: Initialism of Colored People's Time.
topics: advertising
business
marketing
synonyms: CPM
glosses: Initialism of cost per thousand.
CPT
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Carriage Paid To.
Africa-Eurasia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæf.ɹɪk.ə.jʊɹˈeɪ.ʒə/
Senses: glosses: Afro-Eurasia.
Synonyms: word: Afro-Eurasia
word: Eurafrasia
word: Afrasia
borrasca
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: borrascas
Senses: topics: business
mining
glosses: A mine that is no longer producing profitably.
fillo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fillos
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of phyllo.
magic wands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of magic wand
banana bond
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: banana bonds
Etymology: From its shape, thought to resemble the fruit.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An extended covalent bond found in boranes in which a hydrogen atom is shared by two boron atoms; a form of three-center two-electron bond.
three-center two-electron bond
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: three-center two-electron bonds
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of several forms of extended covalent bond, deficient in one electron, joining three atoms.
Related terms: banana bond
DHEA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of dehydroepiandrosterone.
dehydroepiandrosterone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dehydroepiandrosterones
Etymology: From dehydro- + epiandrosterone.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: word: DHEA
glosses: An androgen hormone, secreted by the adrenal cortex; a synthetic version is used as a dietary supplement
Derived terms: dehydroepiandrosteronesulfate
dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate
dyskaryosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dyskaryoses
Etymology: From dys- + karyo- + -osis.
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Any abnormality in the nucleus of a cell
tail-end
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tail-ends
Senses: examples: text: We moved at the tail-end of summer.
glosses: Alternative form of tail end.
ebene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Yanomamö [Term?].
Senses: glosses: A psychoactive material, variously described as obtained from plants of either the genus Virola or of Anadenanthera peregrina, used ritually as snuff by the Yanomamo people of South America.
Yanomamo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Yanomamos
form: Yanomamo
form: Yanomami
form: Yanomamö
form: Yąnomamö
Etymology: From the form Yąnomamö stripped of its diacritics, itself from Yanomamö yãnomãmɨ (“man, human being”).
Senses: glosses: A member of an Indian people of Venezuela and Brazil.
Yanomamo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Yanomami
form: Yanomamö
form: Yąnomamö
Etymology: From the form Yąnomamö stripped of its diacritics, itself from Yanomamö yãnomãmɨ (“man, human being”).
Senses: glosses: The language group of this people.
farofa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fəˈroʊfə/
Etymology: From Portuguese farofa, perhaps from Kimbundu falofa or from Latin far (“a type of hulled wheat”) + offa (“chunk; dumpling”).
Senses: examples: text: Farofa will be a part of any memorable Brazilian lunch, and it was of one in particular.
ref: 2003, Peter Robb, A Death in Brazil, Bloomsbury, published 2005, page 83:
glosses: A toasted manioc flour used in Brazilian cookery, typically as an accompaniment to a main meal.
followership
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: followerships
form: follower-ship
Etymology: From follower + -ship.
Senses: examples: text: The Prime Minister talks about setting out his vision of the country, but he has to wait for us to tell him what it is. That is not leadership of this country — it is followership, Prime Minister. It is not strong, Prime Minister, it is weak.
ref: 2007 October 9, George Osborne MP (in the Tory Opposition), “Pre-Budget Report and Comprehensive Spending Review”, in Hansard:
glosses: An adherence to a leader.
glosses: A group of followers.
foregut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foreguts
Etymology: From fore- + gut.
Senses: topics: anatomy
biology
embryology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The anterior part of the alimentary canal of an embryo, from the mouth to the duodenum, in humans and some other animals.
topics: anatomy
biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The developed counterpart in the adult: the proximal part of the alimentary canal, which in humans runs from the mouth to the first half of the duodenum, up to the ampulla of Vater.
Hypernyms: alimentary canal
digestive tract
gut
gastrointestinal tract
Coordinate terms: midgut
hindgut
midgut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: midguts
Etymology: From mid- + gut.
Senses: topics: anatomy
biology
embryology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The central loop of the alimentary canal of an embryo between the foregut and the hindgut, in humans and some other animals.
topics: anatomy
biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The developed counterpart in the adult: the intermediate part of the alimentary canal, which in humans runs from the second half of the duodenum through the proximal two-thirds of the transverse colon.
Hypernyms: alimentary canal
digestive tract
gut
gastrointestinal tract
Coordinate terms: foregut
hindgut
Derived terms: mialome
hindgut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hindguts
Etymology: From hind + gut.
Senses: topics: anatomy
biology
embryology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The caudal part of the alimentary canal of an embryo, including the colon and the rectum, in humans and some other animals.
topics: anatomy
biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The developed counterpart in the adult: the most distal part of the alimentary canal, which in humans is generally defined as comprising the distal third of the transverse colon, the splenic flexure, descending colon, sigmoid colon, and anorectal junction.
Hypernyms: alimentary canal
digestive tract
gut
gastrointestinal tract
Coordinate terms: foregut
midgut
gobar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Hindi गोबर (gobar).
Senses: glosses: Dried cow dung used directly as fuel or as a source of gas.
guggle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡʌɡəl/
Forms: form: guggles
form: guggling
form: guggled
form: guggled
Etymology: From gurgle.
Senses: glosses: To make a sound as of liquid being poured from a small-necked container
glosses: To pour from a container and make this sound
raw_tags: of a liquid
Derived terms: misguggle
guggle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡʌɡəl/
Forms: form: guggles
Etymology: From gurgle.
Senses: glosses: The sound of liquid being poured.
Synonyms: gurgle
haemocyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: haemocytes
Etymology: From haemo- + -cyte.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of hemocyte.
Derived terms: haemocytolysis
prohaemocyte
havan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: havans
Etymology: From Sanskrit हवन (havana).
Senses: glosses: A ritual, rooted in the Vedic religion, in which offerings of food etc. are burnt in order to bring good luck on a special occasion.
indricothere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: indricotheres
Etymology: From the taxonomic name, from Russian и́ндрик (índrik) + Ancient Greek θηρῐ́ον (thērĭ́on).
Senses: glosses: Any member of the extinct genus †Indricotherium of mammals, from the Oligocene and Miocene epochs
ischiadic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ischiadic
form: most ischiadic
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of ischiatic.
Derived terms: interischiadic
puboischiadic
ischiatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the ischium
Derived terms: ischiatic nerve
puboischiatic
izakaya
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: izakaya
form: izakayas
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 居(い)酒(ざか)屋(や) (izakaya).
Senses: examples: text: The sprawling multipage menu offers cleanly executed dishes meant to accompany the sake, including standards like boiled edamame, and the filling rice balls called onigiri that you would expect at any izakaya, or Japanese pub.
ref: 2007 January 28, “Island Within an Island”, in New York Times:
glosses: A Japanese bar that also sells snacks.
topics: business
marketing
glosses: A Japanese restaurant outside of Japan; used in the naming or styling of the restaurant.
kaiseki
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kaiseki
form: kaisekis
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 懐石.
Senses: glosses: A style of Japanese cuisine involving a series of small, intricate dishes; a tasting menu
tasting menu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tasting menus
Senses: synonyms: degustation menu
glosses: A series of small, intricate dishes made using special techniques or with unusual or seasonal ingredients, served as a restaurant dining experience.
kibbeh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɪbi/
rhymes: -ɪbi
Forms: form: kibbehs
form: kibbe
form: kibbi
form: kebbeh
form: kubbeh
form: kubba
Etymology: From Arabic كِبَّة (kibba, “ball”) and كُبَّة (kubba, “ball”).
Senses: glosses: A form of dumpling, from the Levant, made of spiced lamb and bulgur wheat.
medick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: medicks
form: medic
Etymology: From Middle English medike, from Latin mēdica, from Ancient Greek μηδίκη (mēdíkē), short for Μηδικὴ πόα (Mēdikḕ póa, “Median grass”); so called because medick was imported from Media to Greece during the Greco-Persian Wars.
Senses: glosses: Any of various European and North African herbs, of the genus Medicago, several of which are grown for fodder etc.
Synonyms: burclover
Derived terms: taxonomic: Medicago lupulina
word: black medick
taxonomic: Medicago sativa
word: purple medick
taxonomic: Medicago scutellata
word: shield medick
taxonomic: Medicago falcata
word: sickle medick
taxonomic: Medicago arborea
word: tree medick
taxonomic: Medicago falcata
word: yellow medick
medick
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: medic
Senses: examples: text: […] guided not by his own Will, but by the Medick Science, […]
ref: 1743, Martin Marley, The Good Confessor, page 307:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of medic (“medical”).
melic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɛlɪk/
Forms: form: more melic
form: most melic
Etymology: From Latin melicus, from Koine Greek μελικός (melikós), from Ancient Greek μέλος (mélos, “song, lyric”).
Senses: examples: text: I dined at their house, and in the evening, Miss Hart gave a demonstration of her musical and melic [translating melischen] talents.
ref: 1962, JW Goethe, translated by WH Auden and Elizabeth Mayer, Italian Journey, Penguin, published 1970, page 315:
glosses: Of or pertaining to Greek lyric verse.
Related terms: melody
melos
melic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɛlɪk/
Forms: form: melics
form: melick
Etymology: From translingual Melica (genus name), probably from Italian melica, meliga (“sorghum, millet”).
Senses: glosses: Any of various grasses, of the genus Melica, from northern temperate regions.
moneywort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmʌnɪwəːt/
Forms: form: moneyworts
Etymology: From money + wort.
Senses: examples: text: Moneywort is singular good to stay all fluxes in man or woman, whether they be lasks, bloody fluxes, the flowing of women's courses, bleedings inwardly or outwardly, and the weakness of the stomach that is given to casting.
ref: 1653, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician Enlarged, Folio Society, published 2007, page 193:
synonyms: creeping Jenny, creeping Charlie, herb twopence
glosses: A prostrate perennial of species, Lysimachia nummularia, native to Europe, having yellow flowers.
glosses: Any plant of genus Alysicarpus, of Old World tropics and subtropics.
glosses: coastal waterhyssop, Indian pennywort (Bacopa monnieri).
Related terms: pennywort
keefir
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of kefir.
smarminess
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From smarmy + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The property of being smarmy.
toxophily
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The love of, or an addiction to, archery
Related terms: toxophilite
eggball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From egg + ball.
Senses: glosses: Rugby Union, rugby league, Australian rules football, American football, or any game played with an elliptical ball.
Montrachet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Montrachets
Etymology: French
Senses: glosses: A white grand cru Burgundy wine
pastilla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pastillas
form: b'steeya
form: bisteeya
Etymology: From Spanish pastilla. Doublet of pastegh, pastel, pastiglia, pastila, and pastille.
Senses: examples: text: The lower (right-hand) fork is the Talaa Seghira, or Rue du Petit Talaa, a street which begins with a handful of small foodstalls where you can buy chunks of pastilla – the great Fassi delicacy of pigeon-pie; […]
ref: 1988, Mark Ellingham, Shaun McVeigh, The Rough Guide to Morocco (The Rough Guides), London: Harrap-Columbus, →ISBN, page 148:
glosses: A Moroccan meat pie, usually of pigeon.
collocations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of collocation
infixes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of infix
infixes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of infix
mottos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mottoes
Senses: glosses: plural of motto
mottoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mottos
Senses: glosses: plural of motto
-polises
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Forms: form: -poleis
Senses: glosses: plural of -polis
Pauranic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Pauranic
form: most Pauranic
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Puranic.