cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
greenout
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: greenouts
Etymology: From green + out. Compare English blackout, whiteout.
Senses: examples: text: One of my favourites is 'greenout', for which I only found a single quotation, which is the experience you have when you've been in Antarctica which has very little vegetation, no trees or shrubs, not many smells of the vegetation, and you come back after weeks, months or a year or more to a vegetated place and the warm air is blowing off the continent that you're coming towards and you have a 'greenout' - you're overwhelmed by the sensations.
ref: [2001 June 9, Bernadette Hince, “Antarctic Dictionary (transcript)”, in The Science Show, Australian Broadcasting Corporation:
text: Maybe a trip to the greenhouse will lessen my feeling of greenout when I go north?
ref: 2008 December 10, Mittlefehldt, David "Duck", “The Antarctic search for meteorites: preparations”, in The Planetary Society blog:
qualifier: Antarctica
glosses: The sensation caused by seeing plants again after a period in Antarctica.
examples: text: It [The Cannabis Kitchen Cookbook] also offers constant reminders about dosages and prudent consumption, so that noobs don’t do a Maureen Dowd and abandon pot after a single greenout.
ref: 2015 September 25, Jason Wilson, “I tried recipes from the Cannabis Kitchen Cookbook, then I needed a long nap”, in The Guardian:
text: One name gaining popularity is "greenout," which is when someone gets sick after smoking or eating cannabis.
ref: [2018 September 10, Dave Dormer, “Why overdose may be the wrong word when it comes to cannabis”, in CBC:
text: Students were also asked if they had ever witnessed or experienced "negative health effects" due to smoking weed or vaporized THC. These effects were defined as any kind of adverse reaction to inhaling a substance, most commonly reported as asthma attacks, seizures or "greenouts" — an experience where one dissociates from their body, similar to sleep paralysis.
ref: 2019 October 16, Aiza Bhuiyan, Sophie Partridge-Hicks, Gabe Samandi, “UPDATED: Clearing the Air: Addressing The Misconceptions about "E-Cigs"”, in Fordham Observer:
glosses: A feeling of sickness as a result of consuming excessive amounts of cannabis.
examples: text: There's again the greenout for "West," but what would have been greened out underneath "Junction"?
ref: 2012 October 22, Steve Alpert, “I-805 northbound”, in Alpsroads.net, retrieved 07 Aug 2025:
text: At Norwalk Blvd, the greenout covers a SR-35 shield.
ref: 2013 February 13, Michael F. Ballard, “5n-norwalk-blvd-sign”, in Southern California Regional Rocks and Roads, retrieved 07 Aug 2025:
text: Porcelain-on-steel signs really can't be drilled without rusting, although Caltrans apparently does this often and this is a major cause of overlay plates ("greenout") falling or dangling off of signs.
ref: 2020 July 5, Daniel P. Faigin, “Highway Numbering in California: Signing in California/Signing Standards”, in California Highways, retrieved 07 Aug 2025:
topics: road
transport
glosses: A green sign patch applied to a guide sign.
Related terms: word: green out
unpostered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + postered.
Senses: glosses: Not covered with posters.
greenouts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of greenout
unbarnacled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + barnacled.
Senses: glosses: Not covered in barnacles.
Muskegon County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after the Muskegon River.
Senses: glosses: One of 83 counties in Michigan, United States. County seat: Muskegon.
wikipedia: Muskegon River
Muskegon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city, the county seat of Muskegon County, Michigan, United States.
unfinancial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + financial.
Senses: examples: text: It is questionable whether notification in this way to an employer is a sufficient notification as required by the Award, as it places upon the employer the necessity of working out for himself which employees are unfinancial and which are not.
ref: 1952, Queensland justice of the peace and local authorities' journal:
text: There were 148 ordinary members, and 70 unfinancial members still owed newsletters on Sep 1.
ref: 1987, AUUGN, volume 7, number 6, page 58:
glosses: In debt; not having paid one's dues.
nectarian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɛkˈtɛə.ɹi.ən/
ipa: /nɛkˈtɛ.ɹi.ən/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiən
Forms: form: more nectarian
form: most nectarian
Senses: examples: text: Sometimes the memory of her peaceful life at Florence obtruded itself upon her, and more than that, her charitable occupations when she attended the sick in that city, and whence, as from a rough-hewn chalice containing nectarian drink, she had quaffed happiness.
ref: 1823, Mary Shelley, Valperga:
text: Peter accordingly, seated, near the door, with a tumbler of the nectarian stimulant steaming beside him, proceeded with marvellous courage, considering they had no light but the uncertain glare of the fire, to relate with minute particularity his awful adventure.
ref: 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard:
glosses: Of or like nectar; wonderfully delicious.
uncreped
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + creped.
Senses: examples: uncreped paper
glosses: Not creped; not creased to resemble crepe paper.
shoesole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shoesoles
form: shoe sole
form: shoe-sole
Etymology: From Middle English scho sole, schu sole; equivalent to shoe + sole.
Senses: examples: text: In the hollow by the Park wall it appeared again, distinctly; and here it was plain the transit of the wall had been made, for the traces of the mud were evident enough upon its surface, and the mortar at top was displaced, and a little tuft of grass in the mud, left by the clodded shoesole.
ref: 1863, J[oseph] Sheridan Le Fanu, “Relating after What Fashion Dr. Sturk Came Home”, in The House by the Church-yard. […], volume II, London: Tinsley, Brothers, […], →OCLC, page 157:
glosses: The sole of a shoe.
shoesoles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shoesole
Oceana County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Thought to be named after Lake Michigan, a freshwater "ocean".
Senses: glosses: One of 83 counties in Michigan, United States. County seat: Hart.
Oceana
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An unincorporated community in Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States.
glosses: A town in Wyoming County, West Virginia, United States.
Derived terms: Oceana County
EFB
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: EFBs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of electronic flight bag.
topics: metrology
glosses: Initialism of electrostatic force balance.
glosses: Initialism of European foulbrood.
EFBs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of EFB
Ogemaw County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From an Ojibwe word, ogimaa, meaning "chief" or "leader".
Senses: glosses: One of 83 counties in Michigan, United States. County seat: West Branch.
unbucklings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of unbuckling
dismals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: the dismals
Senses: examples: text: "Well, this is a bright fit of the dismals," said little Toole, nothing overawed.
ref: 1863, J[oseph] Sheridan Le Fanu, “How an Evening Passes at the Elms, and Dr. Toole Makes a Little Excursion; and Two Choice Spirits Discourse, and Hebe Trips In with the Nectar”, in The House by the Church-yard. […], volume II, London: Tinsley, Brothers, […], →OCLC, page 279:
glosses: A dismal or melancholy state.
dismals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dismal (“dreary swamp”)
harkee
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hearkee
Etymology: From hark + 'ee (“ye”, pronoun).
Senses: examples: text: Oh, all that's fair; but hark'ee, lads, I must have no grumbling on St. Patrick's Day; so here, take this, and divide it amongst you.
ref: 1789, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, St. Patrick's Day, or, The Scheming Lieutenant, act 1, scene 1:
text: ‘Harkee, my lad,’ said Dashleigh, calling after him, ‘remember, I’m your friend, at all events.—Take it as you will, I’ll make you mine yet, before I’ve done with you.’
ref: 1857, Maria Edgeworth, “Manoeuvering”, in Tales and Novels, volume 5:
text: “Well, then, have a care, and see that ye be prompt in action. I will go to the left side and kill, being used to such work. Do you separate from me here and give him the prick on the right side. Don’t get flurried. We must approach and act together. He seems inclined to meet us half-way, and must not be trifled with; and, harkee, prick him well, for methinks his hide will prove a tough one.”
ref: 1872, Robert Michael Ballantyne, chapter 12, in The Norsemen in the West:
glosses: imperative of hark; usually used figuratively or as an interjection.
Related terms: 'ark at 'ee
harken
lookee
hear ye
listen up
look here
look you
oyez
here
sithee
West Branch
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: the name of a number of river tributaries.
glosses: A city in Cedar County and Johnson County, Iowa, United States.
glosses: A city, the county seat of Ogemaw County, Michigan, United States.
glosses: A community in Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada.
'ee
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Forms: form: 'e
Senses: examples: text: Oh, all that's fair; but hark'ee, lads, I must have no grumbling on St. Patrick's Day; so here, take this, and divide it amongst you.
ref: 1789, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, St. Patrick's Day, or, The Scheming Lieutenant, act 1, scene 1:
text: "Look'ee here, Pip," said he, laying his hand on my arm in a suddenly altered and subdued manner; "first of all, look'ee here. I forgot myself half a minute ago. What I said was low; that's what it was; low. […]
ref: 1861, Charles Dickens, chapter 40, in Great Expectations:
text: "Will 'ee have some?" said Martha Ann presently, holding out her apron filled with rosy quarrendens.
ref: 1905, Mark Guy Pearse, “Terrible Expensive”, in The Quiver, page 1068:
text: If a sun-bonneted market woman got in with us, mother could never resist talking to her, and answering the invariable Cornish question: "Wheer be 'ee goin'?" Then would follow the astonished "From Lunnon are 'ee? Aw, my deer!"
ref: 1948 November and December, “By Broad Gauge to Cornwall”, in Railway Magazine, page 361:
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of ye (second person pronoun) used like an enclitic, after a consonant
Derived terms: 'ark at 'ee
harkee
lookee
quarrenden
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quarrendens
form: quarrender
Senses: examples: text: "Will 'ee have some?" said Martha Ann presently, holding out her apron filled with rosy quarrendens.
ref: 1905, The Quiver, page 1068:
glosses: An old English variety of red apple.
quarrendens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quarrenden
all-inclusives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of all-inclusive
horticulturism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From horticulture + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The practice of horticulture; a small-scale agricultural lifestyle.
horticulturalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From horticultural + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of horticulturism (“small-scale agricultural lifestyle”).
synonyms: word: horticulturism
extra: small-scale agricultural lifestyle
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: The idea, opposing interventionism, that people do not need explicit instruction from others in order to develop cognition, but can be nurtured to develop cognition individually.
hubbed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hub + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: Clearwater-Tampa-St. Petersburg is a three-hubbed city with a bay in the middle, as is San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose.
ref: 2016, Fritz W. Wagner; Timothy E. Joder; Anthony J. Mumphrey, Jr, Revitalizing the City:
glosses: Having a specified kind or number of hubs.
hub-and-spoke
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: We had no NATO counterpart in the Pacific, only a series of "hub and spoke" bilateral alliances, so we always worked for greater South Korean–Japanese cooperation[…]
ref: 2020 June 23, John Bolton, The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 357:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
networking
physical-sciences
sciences
transport
glosses: Being or relating to a topology, whether for the physical distribution of goods or for telecommunications, that has a central "hub" connecting a number of outlying "spokes".
Related terms: hubbing
point-to-point
hubbing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hub + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: To begin with, what effect does hubbing have on airline operating costs?
ref: 2007, James Patrick Hanlon, Global Airlines: Competition in a Transnational Industry, page 208:
glosses: The arrangement of a transportation network as a hub-and-spoke model.
aceprozamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of acepromazine.
aceticlastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of acetoclastic.
nonagnatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + agnatic.
Senses: glosses: Not agnatic.
Ontonagon County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after the Ontonagon River.
Senses: glosses: One of 83 counties in Michigan, United States. County seat: Ontonagon. It is situated on the Upper Peninsula.
wikipedia: Ontonagon River
acireductone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The compound (Z)-1,2-dihydroxy-5-methylsulfanylpent-1-en-3-one which plays a part in methionine biochemistry
Derived terms: acireductone dioxygenase
adapine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adapines
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A dihydropyridine calcium channel blocker (or a class of similar drugs)
adapines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adapine
agroinoculated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From agro- + inoculated.
Senses: glosses: inoculated by agroinoculation
Ontonagon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village, the county seat of Ontonagon County, Michigan, United States.
alkylhydroperoxidase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alkylhydroperoxidases
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any hydroperoxidase that reduces an alkyl peroxide to the corresponding alcohol
alkylhydroperoxidases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alkylhydroperoxidase
allotypically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From allotypic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In an allotypical manner
Oscoda County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: A pseudo-Native American word coined by Henry Schoolcraft.
Senses: glosses: One of 83 counties in Michigan, United States. County seat: Mio.
wikipedia: Henry Schoolcraft
antisynchronous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + synchronous.
Senses: glosses: Having the same frequency, but exactly out of phase
Related terms: antisynchrony
antisynchronously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From anti- + synchronously.
Senses: glosses: In an antisynchronous manner
aposome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aposomes
Etymology: From apo- + -some.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any body within a cell
aposomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aposome
Oscoda
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An unincorporated community in Iosco County, Michigan, United States.
Derived terms: Oscoda County
kueh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of kuih.
miraclist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: miraclists
Etymology: From miracle + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A believer in miracles.
miraclists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of miraclist
redsear
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: redsears
form: redsearing
form: redseared
form: redseared
Etymology: From red + sear.
Senses: topics: engineering
metallurgy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To break or crack through brittleness when red-hot; to be red-short or hot-short.
redseared
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of redsear
redsears
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of redsear
redsearing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of redsear
Roscommon County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after County Roscommon in Ireland.
Senses: glosses: One of 83 counties in Michigan, United States. County seat: Roscommon.
wikipedia: County Roscommon
human-rightism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From human rights + -ism, calque of French droits-de-l'hommisme.
Senses: examples: text: With the notion of human-rightism, Pellet (2000) tried to warn of the costs and dangers of the slippery slope of activism within the arena of international human rights law. ‘Human-rightism’ was immediately ascribed pejorative meanings and used to express different forms of critique when it came to human rights.
ref: 2020, Lea David, The Past Can't Heal Us, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 31:
glosses: A political philosophy that focuses on human rights.
Related terms: human-rightist
human-rightist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: human-rightists
Etymology: From human rights + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A proponent of human-rightism.
human-rightists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of human-rightist
Malaybalay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city, the capital of Bukidnon, Philippines.
Roscommon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: County Roscommon in Ireland.
glosses: A town in and the county town of County Roscommon, Ireland.
glosses: A village, the county seat of Roscommon County, Michigan, United States.
Derived terms: Roscommon County
brasques
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brasque
TESSAs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of TESSA
TOISA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: TOISAs
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: Acronym of TESSA-only ISA, a form of cash ISA that could be opened using either capital that was originally invested in a TESSA and had not been withdrawn, or with funds transferred from another TOISA.
TOISAs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of TOISA
Manolo Fortich
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Governor Manuel "Manolo" González Fortich, the first Governor of the District of Bukidnon (1907-1914).
Senses: glosses: A municipality of Bukidnon, Philippines.
NHCs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of NHC
segregativeness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From segregative + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being segregative.
Schoolcraft County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Henry Schoolcraft.
Senses: glosses: One of 83 counties in Michigan, United States. County seat: Manistique. It is situated on the Upper Peninsula.
wikipedia: Henry Schoolcraft
Manistique
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city, the county seat of Schoolcraft County, Michigan, United States.
caudate nuclei
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caudate nucleus
POTDs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of POTD
Makhnovshchina
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Makhnovshchyna
Etymology: From Russian махно́вщина (maxnóvščina) or Ukrainian махно́вщина (maxnóvščyna). Both mean "the thing relating to Makhno", and are equivalent to Махно (Maxno) + -ов (-ov) + -ский (-skij) + -ина (-ina).
Senses: topics: anarchism
communism
government
human-sciences
ideology
philosophy
politics
sciences
glosses: Synonym of Makhnovism.
synonyms: word: Makhnovism
topics: history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: Synonym of Black Army.
synonyms: word: Black Army
topics: history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: Synonym of Free Soviets.
synonyms: word: Free Soviets
Black Army
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Black Army
Senses: topics: history
human-sciences
sciences
synonyms: Makhnovshchina
Revolutionary Insurrectionary Army of Ukraine
glosses: A Ukrainian army of anarchist peasants and other workers during the Russian Civil War.
points races
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of points race
scratch races
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scratch race
amusively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more amusively
form: most amusively
Etymology: From amusive + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an amusive manner.
sister from another mister
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪstə(ɹ)fɹəm əˈnʌðə(ɹ)ˈmɪstə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈsɪstɚ fɹəm əˈnʌðə ˈmɪstɚ/
rhymes: -ɪstə(ɹ)
Forms: form: sisters from another mister
form: sisters from other misters
Etymology: By analogy with brother from another mother.
Senses: examples: text: My deepest thanks to my sister, Pamela Wilson and to my brother from another mother, Richard Montgomery, and my sister from another mister, Muriel Funches.
ref: 2010, Vanessa D[iana] Gilmore, “Dedication”, in You Can’t Make This Stuff Up: Tales from a Judicial Diva, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Xlibris, →ISBN:
text: And this is our sister from another mister, the fabulous Best Lightburn, but you already know all about her and her work.
ref: [2016], Nicole Blades, The Thunder beneath Us, New York, N.Y.: Dafina Books/Kensington Publishing Corp., →ISBN:
text: Ollie, my sister from another mister, would have shared her tiny bedroom with me in a heartbeat if I'd asked, but I'd never stoop to asking.
ref: 2017, Liz Reinhardt, chapter 1, in Rebels Like Us, Don Mills, Ont.: Seventeen Fiction, Harlequin Teen, →ISBN:
text: If I've done my job, you'll know and love these characters—sisters from another mister, brothers from another mother.
ref: 2018, J. Kenner, “An Introduction to the Lexi Blake Crossover Collection”, in Justify Me (A Stark International/Masters & Mercenaries Novella), [s.n.]: Evil Eye Concepts, →ISBN:
text: I'm the only child, no brothers, or sisters / Other than brothers from other mothers / Or the sisters from other misters
ref: 2020, Felice Mathieu, “The Man behind the Message”, in A Christian Marriage Guide: Preventing Arguments and Promoting Unity in the Christian Marriage, [s.n.]: Felice Mathieu:
hypernyms: friend#Noun
;
fam
coordinate_terms: brother from another mother
glosses: A very close female friend.
Related terms: sisters before misters
aprosodic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From a- + prosodic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to aprosodia
aprosodia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An inability to interpret emotional prosody
astrogliotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to astrogliosis
autodeubiquitination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From auto- + deubiquitination.
Senses: glosses: The autoregulation of deubiquitination.
Related terms: autodeubiquitinate
autodeubiquitinate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: autodeubiquitinates
form: autodeubiquitinating
form: autodeubiquitinated
form: autodeubiquitinated
Etymology: From auto- + deubiquitinate.
Senses: glosses: To cause, or to undergo autodeubiquitination.
autodeubiquination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of autodeubiquitination.
autodeubiquinate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of autodeubiquitinate.
autofluorography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From auto- + fluorography.
Senses: glosses: visualisation of radiolabelled material
Shiawassee County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after the Shiawassee River.
Senses: glosses: One of 83 counties in Michigan, United States. County seat: Corunna.
wikipedia: Shiawassee River
autometallography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From auto- + metallography.
Senses: glosses: A technique, employing photographic emulsion, for visualisation of metal in biological tissue.
Related terms: autometallographic
avicin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: avicins
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of triterpenoid saponins, present in some acacias, that possess a broad range of biochemical actions
avicins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of avicin
rallying cry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rallying cries
Senses: examples: text: Soon enough, Evan is faking elaborate email correspondence between himself and Connor, and turning his fake grief into viral fame with a memorial speech that becomes an internet rallying cry for mental health and suicide prevention.
ref: 2021 September 22, Caroline Siede, “Dear Evan Hansen is a misfire on just about every level”, in AV Club:
text: “Scale is all you need” soon became a rallying cry for A.I.
ref: 2024 April 6, Cade Metz, Cecilia Kang, Sheera Frenkel, Stuart A. Thompson, Nico Grant, “How Tech Giants Cut Corners to Harvest Data for A.I.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: A form of war cry that encourages people to unite in a common cause.
Related terms: battle cry
rallying point
avicinylation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Reaction with an avicin
productises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of productise
productising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of productise
productised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of productise
betaproteobacterial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to betaproteobacteria
Washtenaw County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From an Ojibwe word, O-wash-ta-nong, meaning "faraway waters", referring to the Grand River, which was in the county before boundary changes.
Senses: glosses: One of 83 counties in Michigan, United States. County seat: Ann Arbor.
wikipedia: Grand River (Michigan)
eats lead
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of eat lead
eating lead
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of eat lead
ate lead
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of eat lead
eaten lead
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of eat lead
Ann Arbor
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /æn ˈɑɹbɚ/
Etymology: 1824 as Annarbour. From the names of two women named Ann, wives of the founders; "arbor/arbour" referring to stands of bur oak.
Senses: glosses: A city, the county seat of Washtenaw County, Michigan, United States.
glosses: A charter township in Washtenaw County, Michigan, next to the city.
Wexford County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -aʊnti
Etymology: Named after County Wexford in Ireland.
Senses: glosses: One of 83 counties in Michigan, United States. County seat: Cadillac.
wikipedia: County Wexford
most vexing parse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: The phrase was introduced by Scott Meyers in Effective STL (2001).
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: A specific form of syntactic ambiguity resolution in the C++ programming language, whereby attempts to declare a variable may be undesirably interpreted as attempts to declare a function.
wikipedia: Scott Meyers
Arcado-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: Arcadia
Derived terms: Arcado-Achaean
Arcado-Cyprian
Arcado-Cypriot
Atkinson County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after William Yates Atkinson.
Senses: glosses: One of 159 counties in Georgia, United States. County seat: Pearson.
wikipedia: William Yates Atkinson
Barrow County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after David Crenshaw Barrow Jr.
Senses: glosses: One of 159 counties in Georgia, United States. County seat: Winder.
wikipedia: David Crenshaw Barrow Jr.
Ben Hill County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Benjamin Harvey Hill.
Senses: glosses: A county of Georgia, United States. County seat: Fitzgerald.
wikipedia: Benjamin Harvey Hill
linguae francae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin linguae francae.
Senses: glosses: plural of lingua franca
diesely
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more diesely
form: most diesely
Etymology: From diesel + -y.
Senses: examples: text: As the car drew closer the sound of the engine became a deep diesely rumble and I realised that it wasn't a car at all – it was a truck.
ref: 2007, Mardi McConnochie, Melissa, Queen of Evil, →ISBN:
text: He throttles down, and the engines' roar quiets to a diesely growl.
ref: 2010, Carl Safina, Song for the Blue Ocean, →ISBN:
text: Yes, it sounds a bit coarse and diesely when you fire it up, but thereafter, it's sewing-machine smooth, nicely zingy and almost unbelievably economical.
ref: 2011, Jeremy Clarkson, Round the Bend, →ISBN:
glosses: Characteristic of dieseling.
examples: text: My apartment, and the garden, are just a block away from the busy intersection of Bathurst and Dupont, with its diesely bus lanes and truck traffic, but, barring an emergency-vehicle siren or an atypical outbreak of energy from the body-shop workers across the alley, the garden is calm, even meditative.
ref: 1999, Mark Kingwell, Marginalia: A Cultural Reader, →ISBN, page 32:
text: Let me tell you, under twenty feet of diesely mud-water, the flowing robes of the Order of St. Benedict don't flow — and rosaries on a belt can get tangled up to beat hell in corkscrewy windscreen wipers.
ref: 2004, Sonny Brewer, Stories from the Blue Moon Café III, →ISBN, page 16:
text: Coll swung his big leather bag onto the diesely floor beside the driver's seat.
ref: 2015, Alan Warner, Morvern Callar, →ISBN, page 141:
text: It feels and smells dankish and diesely.
ref: 2015, Winona Kent, Cold Play, →ISBN:
glosses: Pertaining to, typical of, or filled with diesel fuel.
continued on page 94
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of continued page 94.
cont p.94
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of continued page 94.
cont. p.94
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of continued page 94.
cont p94
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of continued page 94.
cont. p94
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of continued page 94.
clam gun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clam guns
Senses: examples: text: Then you put your finger over the hole in the closed in end of the gun and pull with all of your might on the handle, to pull the clam gun back up out the sand again.
ref: 2006, Randy Badeaux, Are We There Yet?, →ISBN:
text: It's a technique that takes practice, so first timers usually stick to the clam gun technique for a successful clam digging adventure.
ref: 2013, Grant McOmie, Grant's Getaways: 101 Oregon Adventures, →ISBN:
text: They got out, took off their shoes, got a bucket and a clam gun each and headed toward the line of white surf on the beach.
ref: 2013, Thomas James McGoldrick, The New Hires of 1965, →ISBN:
glosses: A hollow cylinder with a handle and a hole in the cap, used to dig up clams by suction.
clam guns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clam gun
finite continued fraction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: finite continued fractions
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A continued fraction which terminates after a certain number of steps.
finite continued fractions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of finite continued fraction
gun-paper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gun-papers
form: gun paper
form: gunpaper
Senses: examples: text: After rolling, the gun-paper is dried at 212° Fahr., and has the appearance of a compact grayish mass.
ref: 1867, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art, page 102:
text: In the same lecture he noticed the decomposition of gun-paper by exposure to oxygen.
ref: 1873, Van Nostrand's Eclectic Engineering Magazine - Volume 9, page 265:
text: Another very good material is gun-paper. which has been immersed for a few seconds in a mixture of nitric and sulphuric acids, and then washed in an abundance of water.
ref: 1886, English Mechanics and the World of Science - Volume 42, page 293:
glosses: Paper-pulp that has been impregnated with nitrates, used for the explosive charge in firearms.
Synonyms: word: papyroxylin
gun-papers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gun-paper
gun paper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gun papers
Senses: examples: text: Both these substances, gun cotton and gun paper, have been tried successfully in firearms; but as the separation of the fibres of the former facilitates rapid combustion, it will probably be always found most suitable for that purpose; whilst in all those cases where it has been deemed desirable to condense the gun cotton, the gun paper made from paste or pulp will be found an equally advantageous and effective substance.
ref: 1850, Aide-mémoire to the Military Sciences: Fortification-Palanque:
text: Six rounds were then fired with 10 grains of gun paper, and a conical bullet, at same range, and gave an average penetration of 1% int) deal.
ref: 1866, The Journal of the Board of Arts and Manufactures for Upper Canada:
text: Also found gun paper, a machine gun stock and a bunch of empty ammo boxes.
ref: 2014, James J. Dunn, Kidnapping the Prince of Albany: John O'Connell Kidnapping, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of gun-paper.
gun papers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gun paper
gunpaper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gunpapers
Senses: examples: text: Mr. G. S. Melland, of Lime-street, London, who has distinguished himself among our makers of firearms, has brought out a gunpaper to supersede our old gunpowder.
ref: 1866, The Artizan - Volume 24, page 102:
text: With improved revolvers of Mr. Millard six rounds were fired first with cartridges containing fifteen grains of gunpaper and a conical bullet, at fifteen yards' range, which gave as a result an average of 13-16 inch penetration into deal.
ref: 1870, The American Annual Cyclopedia and Register of Important Events:
text: In 1832, Braconnot transformed starch into a source of terrific power by treating it with nitric acid; six years afterwards, Pelouse and Dumas changed cotton and paper into guncotton and gunpaper by nitrating these substances.
ref: 1926, The Book of Popular Science - Volume 10, page 3240:
glosses: Alternative form of gun-paper.
gunpapers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gunpaper
loss prevention
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: loss preventions
form: LP
Senses: examples: text: aggressive loss prevention strategies at Target
text: loss prevention officer
glosses: Prevention of a loss of profit (instances of theft, fraud, etc.) done by retail stores.
examples: text: caught shoplifting by loss prevention
glosses: The department or person who is employed to carry out loss prevention.
Related terms: five-finger discount
loss aversion
mall cops
risk management
shoplifter
shoplifting
shrinkage
shrink rate
hogberry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hogberries
Etymology: From hog + berry.
Senses: glosses: Any of several plants or their berries, usually neglected by humans
Hagberry, bird cherry (Prunus padus)
glosses: Any of several plants or their berries, usually neglected by humans
Byrsonima crassifolia
glosses: Any of several plants or their berries, usually neglected by humans
Margaritaria nobilis (bastard hogberry)
Derived terms: taxonomic: Byrsonima crassifolia
word: hogberry locust
taxonomic: Margaritaria nobilis
word: bastard hogberry
trackpants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of track pants.
dungmere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dungmeres
Etymology: From dung + mere.
Senses: examples: text: By means of this Act farmers are helped in carrying out a good many improvement, such as transforming his property into irrigable land, well-prospecting, purchase and installation of pumps for water elevation, construction of reservoirs, electrification, erection of buildings for agricultural exploitation (hen-houses, stables, barns, hogsties, etc.), new plantations, stockfeed silos, dungmeres, land-supporting, etc.
ref: 1950, Información comercial española - Issues 203-208, page 981:
text: The present invention overcomes these disadvantages and relates to a method of conveying manure from a stable via a dungmere to a storage or loading site.
ref: 1967, Nils Einar Andersson, Method of and apparatus for conveying manure from stable gutters: US Patent 3,319,896:
text: It seems Musaliar predicted that 'the gold chain would be retrieved tomorrow from the dungmere'.
ref: 2001, Malayalam Literary Survey - Volume 23, page 57:
glosses: A pit or pile where dung is mixed with other organic material to produce manure for fertilizer.
dungmeres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dungmere
underdirect
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: underdirects
form: underdirecting
form: underdirected
form: underdirected
Etymology: From under- + direct.
Senses: examples: text: Despite the seeming interest of the screenplay, Romero underdirects the entire effort, sending his actors through their paces without bothering to make them believe in the film.
ref: 1971 fall, John R. Davoli, quotee, “Short Notices”, in Cinefantastique, volume 1, number 4, Frederick S. Clarke, →ISSN, page 40, column 4:
text: I think he underdirects because he wants the script — the text — to be in control.
ref: 1987 January, James Palmarini, “Rick Cluchey: A Beckett disciple's long journey from San Quentin to Notre Dame”, in Dramatics, volume 58, number 5, Cincinnati, Ohio: International Thespian Society, →ISSN, page 17, column 3:
text: We think it is time that some one explained to him, before he overacts and underdirects another feature picture for Broadway consumption, that while art suffereth long and is kind, cheapness and vulgarity are something else again.
ref: 2017, Gabriella Oldham, Mabel Langdon, Harry Langdon: King of Silent Comedy, →ISBN, page 171:
glosses: To exert too little artistic control when directing (a play or film).
examples: text: The opinion is expressed that time is wasted by misdirected or underdirected visiting of schools.
ref: 1913, Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, Proceedings of the Annual Convention - Volumes 26-28, page 75:
text: They should neither overdirect nor underdirect the program.
ref: 1946, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations, Cancer Research:
text: When a meeting is either overdirected (Example A) or underdirected (Example B), you're in trouble.
ref: 1982, Susan Dellinger, Communicating Effectively: A Complete Guide for Better Management, →ISBN:
glosses: To provide too little guidance or direction.
underdirects
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of underdirect
underdirecting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of underdirect
underdirected
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of underdirect
overferment
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overferments
form: overfermenting
form: overfermented
form: overfermented
Etymology: From over- + ferment.
Senses: examples: text: Care must be taken not to overferment the berries, as this will spoil the quality of the coffee.
ref: 1939, Manila (Philippines). University of the Philippines. College of agriculture, A Handbook of Philippine Agriculture, page 101:
text: Pour into a scalded jar, cover and let stand at room temperature until thick throughout on the bottom when you test with a chopstick or knife blade. (Don't overferment.)
ref: 1987, Frances Sheridan Goulart, Staying Young: How to Look Good, Feel Better, and Live Longer, →ISBN:
text: The local brews seemed to overferment and not last long.
ref: 1998, Christopher Ondaatje, Journey to the source of the Nile, →ISBN, page 169:
glosses: To ferment for too long; allow or exhibit too much fermentation.
overferments
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overferment
overfermenting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overferment
underferment
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: underferments
form: underfermenting
form: underfermented
form: underfermented
Etymology: From under- + ferment.
Senses: examples: text: To obtain a raw, rasping and pungent flavor I am compelled to underferment, the indication of which is that the colour of infused leaves are of a greenish brown tint.
ref: 1882, The tea cyclopædia. Articles on tea, tea science [&c.].:
text: Beginning bakers are much more likely to underferment and underproof their dough than to overferment and overproof, due to lack of experience combined with a lack of patience.
ref: 2009, Lauren Chattman, The Baking Answer Book:
text: Be mindful that if you underferment your kimchi or open the jar too soon and expose it to oxygen, it will taste bitter or "oil" or have a slight chemical smell, but this is quite natural.
ref: 2012, Lauryn Chun, Olga Massov, The Kimchi Cookbook, →ISBN:
glosses: To ferment insufficiently.
underferments
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of underferment
underfermenting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of underferment
bechecker
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: becheckers
form: becheckering
form: becheckered
form: becheckered
Etymology: From be- (“about, all over”) + checker.
Senses: examples: text: For here, alternate changes bechecker each scene,
In which mortals their path have to tread; […]
ref: 1842, Universalist Union, volume 7, page 367:
text: And sunshine and shadow bechecker the way; […]
ref: 1899, The Harlequin, volume 1, page 136:
glosses: To cover or mark all over with checkers or a checkered pattern
becheckered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From bechecker + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bechecker
becheckered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more becheckered
form: most becheckered
Etymology: From bechecker + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Covered with checkers
bicupin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bicupins
Etymology: From bi- + cupin.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any protein that has two copies of the cupin domain
bicupins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bicupin
bincount
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bincounts
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: A count of the number of things in each element of an array
Related terms: binsize
bincounts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bincount
binsize
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: binsizes
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: The number of things in each element of an array
Related terms: bincount
binsizes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of binsize
bleomycins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bleomycin
bootscanning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bootscan + -ing.
Senses: glosses: An instance of running a bootscan.
bromoacetamido
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A univalent radical derived from bromoacetamide
bromoacetyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bromoacetyls
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any bromo derivative of an acetyl group
caulonema
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: caulonemata
Etymology: From Latin caulis (“stem, stalk”) + -nema.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A filamentous, pigmented growth in a bryophyte
Derived terms: caulonemal
caulonemata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caulonema
caulonemal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Related to, or composed of caulonemata
be late
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: is late
form: being late
form: was late
form: been late
Senses: glosses: To have one’s menstrual discharge late, implying successful nidation suspected.
chloronema
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chloronemata
Etymology: From chloro- + -nema.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: An elongated cell that develops to form a caulonema
Related terms: chloronemal
chloronemata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chloronema
chloronemal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Related to, or composed of chloronemata
circumnatal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From circum- + natal.
Senses: glosses: Around the time of birth
corneotropic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From corneo- + -tropic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or attracted to the cornea
cortistatin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cortistatins
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A neuropeptide present in inhibitory neurons of the cerebral cortex
coulochemical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of electrochemical.
synonyms: word: electrochemical
Related terms: coulomb
crosslinkage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crosslinkages
form: cross-linkage
Senses: glosses: A linkage between two things
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A covalent bond between two molecules (especially one of a series between polymer chains)
crosslinkages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crosslinkage
cryolesion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cryolesions
Etymology: From cryo- + lesion.
Senses: glosses: A lesion (such as frostbite) caused by low temperature
glosses: The cooling of an area of tissue in order to disrupt it
cryolesion
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cryolesions
form: cryolesioning
form: cryolesioned
form: cryolesioned
Etymology: From cryo- + lesion.
Senses: glosses: To cause such a lesion
cryolesions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cryolesion
cryptobranchoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cryptobranchoids
Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Cryptobranchoidea, from translingual Cryptobranchus.
Senses: glosses: Any salamander of the suborder Cryptobranchoidea.