cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
applauseometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: əplôʹzōmē'tər
ipa: /əˈplɔːzəʊˌmiːtə/
Forms: form: applauseometers
form: applausometer
Etymology: From applause + -o- + -meter.
Senses: examples: text: Its four-color animation board has message capabilities, angled lenses for easy daytime viewing, and an applauseometer, which measures the crowd’s Longhorn-cheering levels.
ref: 1989, Nov.–Dec., The Alcalde, volume 78, № 2, page 24
text: Again, there was scattered applause. I looked into the crowd at Nelson. He told me he was bringing a new invention — an applauseometer — to the debate.
ref: 2000, Marshal Scott Younger, The Great Kidsboro Takeover, Review and Herald Publishing Association, →ISBN, page 93, →ISBN:
text: Is the best measurable? If so, by what kind of instrumentation? Certainly not by an “applauseometer,” as used to record the volume of applause on the “Major Bowes Amateur Night Talent” shows during the heyday of radio. I know of no universal empirical devices, but I do believe that the best is discernible to the observant eye.
ref: 2001, Stanley Marcus, Quest for the Best, University of North Texas Press, →ISBN, page 27, →ISBN:
glosses: A device of dubious accuracy used to measure the volume of an audience’s applause.
Synonyms: clapometer
bignum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɪɡnʌm/
Forms: form: bignums
Etymology: Short for big number.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A number whose digits of precision are limited only by available memory (as opposed to the usual fixed-point arithmetic).
examples: text: Then there's the membership fee. A serious bignum.
ref: 2017, Dean Koontz, The Silent Corner, page 198:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A very large number.
bignums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bignum
washlet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: washlets
Etymology: From a trademark registered by Japanese company Toto Ltd. Re-borrowed from Japanese ウォシュレット (woshuretto). Blend of wash + toilet, or wash + -let.
Senses: examples: text: Toto doesn’t sell its washlets in big-box stores like Home Depot, preferring the showroom experience instead. […] Most washlet owners, then, are converted after trying one out in the world.
ref: 2015 November 18, Steven Kurutz, “The Cult of the Toto Toilet”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 20 Nov 2015:
glosses: A bidet shower, bidet seat, or similar bathroom product meant to cleanse the user.
wikipedia: Toto Ltd.
inæsthetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: ĭnĭsthĕʹtĭk
ipa: /ɪnɪsˈθɛtɪk/
Senses: examples: text: The Oriental inæsthetic incuriousness for things, old stones, wild scenery, &c., is increased by political reasons and fears.
ref: 1846, Richard Ford, Gatherings from Spain, page 18:
text: It’s a bad habit I have acquired abroad. Our salon in Vienna was always full of diplomats of all sorts; and moreover, what has one in Ireland but politics? We don’t read; we don’t paint; we are all utterly ignorant and inæsthetic. We are exactly fifty years behind England in culture.
ref: 1878, May Laffan, The Hon. Miss Ferrard, page 262 (George Munro)
text: Compare a series of photographs of art with a series of photos from the nude, and you have proof enough that the beauty of the human body is an ideologic creation. Take away the egoistic sentiment of the race, and the sexual delirium, and man would appear very inferior in harmonic plentitude to most of the mammifers, the monkey, his brother, is, frankly inæsthetic.
ref: 1922, Remy de Gourmont (author), Ezra Pound, transl., The Natural Philosophy of Love, page 20:
glosses: Archaic spelling of inaesthetic.
forworn
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /fə(ɹ)ˈwɔː(ɹ)n/
ipa: /fɔː(ɹ)ˈwɔː(ɹ)n/
homophone: foreworn
homophone: forewarn
homophone: forwarn
Forms: form: more forworn
form: most forworn
form: foreworn
Etymology: Past participle of forwear (“to wear out”), from Middle English forweren (“to wear out”), equivalent to for- + worn. Compare Middle English forwerd, forwered (“forworn”), Old English forwered, forwerod, forweren, forweoron, forworen (“worn out, decrepit”).
Senses: examples: text: A silly man, in simple weeds forworn
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “(please specify the book)”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: worn-out
glosses: exhausted
glosses: decayed
Synonyms: depleted
forworn
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /fə(ɹ)ˈwɔː(ɹ)n/
ipa: /fɔː(ɹ)ˈwɔː(ɹ)n/
homophone: foreworn
homophone: forewarn
homophone: forwarn
Forms: form: foreworn
Etymology: Past participle of forwear (“to wear out”), from Middle English forweren (“to wear out”), equivalent to for- + worn. Compare Middle English forwerd, forwered (“forworn”), Old English forwered, forwerod, forweren, forweoron, forworen (“worn out, decrepit”).
Senses: glosses: past participle of forwear
inaesthetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: inesthetic
form: inæsthetic
Etymology: From in- + aesthetic.
Senses: glosses: Not aesthetic:
Aesthetically displeasing.
glosses: Not aesthetic:
Devoid of aesthetic sensibilities, concerns, or considerations.
Synonyms: sense: not aesthetic
word: unaesthetic
Derived terms: inaesthetically
inesthetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From in- + esthetic.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of inaesthetic.
superaddition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superadditions
Etymology: From super- + addition.
Senses: glosses: The act or process of superadding.
glosses: Something superadded.
glosses: An oversum.
superadditions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superaddition
supernaturalize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: supernaturalizes
form: supernaturalizing
form: supernaturalized
form: supernaturalized
Etymology: From supernatural + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: The deepest impulse of philosophy is the naturalizing of the supernatural, and the highest function of religion is supernaturalizing the natural.
ref: 1910, William Owen Carver, Missions and modern thought:
glosses: To make supernatural; to place a supernatural interpretation upon.
supernaturalizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of supernaturalize
supernaturalizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of supernaturalize
supernaturalized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of supernaturalize
supernaturalise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: supernaturalises
form: supernaturalising
form: supernaturalised
form: supernaturalised
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of supernaturalize.
supernaturalises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of supernaturalise
supernaturalising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of supernaturalise
supernaturalised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of supernaturalise
supernaturalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: supernaturalisation
Etymology: From supernaturalize + -ation.
Senses: glosses: The act, process or result of supernaturalizing.
supernaturalisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of supernaturalization.
superport
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superports
Etymology: From super- + port.
Senses: examples: text: The most advanced superports in the world are to be found, as might be expected, in the Persian Gulf.
ref: 1978, George Sullivan, Supertanker!: The story of the world's biggest ships:
glosses: A large major port.
superports
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superport
cyclophellitol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A polyhydroxy epoxide, related to xylose, that is a potent β-glucosidase inhibitor
superalterns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superaltern
outlain
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of outlie
outlies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of outlie
outlied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of outlie
superterrific
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more superterrific
form: most superterrific
Etymology: From super- + terrific.
Senses: glosses: terrific, wonderful
dealkylative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: [diːˈæɫkɪlətɪv]
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Accompanied by dealkylation
decanethiol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: decanethiols
Etymology: From decane + thiol.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of many isomeric thiols derived from decane
decanethiols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of decanethiol
supersaver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: supersavers
Etymology: From super- + saver.
Senses: glosses: A very thrifty person; one who saves a lot of money.
examples: text: Like airlines, when demand is high for travel to sporting and cultural events, rail customers can expect to pay higher fares with restrictions placed on the sale of discounted saver and supersaver tickets.
ref: 2024 April 3, 'Industry Insider', “Passengers returning to rail”, in RAIL, number 1006, page 68:
glosses: A type of railway ticket offering a significant discount on the normal fare.
supersavers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of supersaver
superromantic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more superromantic
form: most superromantic
Etymology: From super- + romantic.
Senses: examples: text: They had a superromantic weekend in Paris.
glosses: Exceptionally romantic.
decarbopalladation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From de- + carbopalladation.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The reverse of a carbopalladation reaction
hydropalladation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydropalladations
Etymology: From hydro- + pallado- + -ation.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The addition of the elements of palladium hydride across a double bond or triple bond.
Derived terms: dehydropalladation
dehydropalladation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From de- + hydropalladation.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The reverse of a hydropalladation reaction
sablefishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sablefish
insipidities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of insipidity
sleepy cod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Oxyeleotris lineolata, a medium-sized freshwater fish native to tropical regions of northern Australia.
paralysingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more paralysingly
form: most paralysingly
Etymology: From paralysing + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of paralyzingly.
phosphatidylethanolamines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phosphatidylethanolamine
superrealism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From super- + realism.
Senses: glosses: Art intended to portray reality as accurately as possible.
Related terms: surrealism
superreal
superrealist
superhumanise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: superhumanises
form: superhumanising
form: superhumanised
form: superhumanised
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of superhumanize.
superhumanising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of superhumanise
superhumanised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of superhumanise
superhorses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superhorse
spideriness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From spidery + -ness.
Senses: synonyms: arachnidity
glosses: The state or condition of being spidery.
orchidometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: orchidometers
Etymology: From orchido- + -meter.
Senses: glosses: An instrument used to measure the volume of the testicles
Related terms: orchidometry
superspectacle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superspectacles
Etymology: From super- + spectacle.
Senses: glosses: A particularly grand and impressive spectacle.
Related terms: superspectacular
superspectacles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superspectacle
orchidometers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of orchidometer
supermundane
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more supermundane
form: most supermundane
Etymology: From super- + mundane.
Senses: glosses: Above or beyond the mundane.
Synonyms: supramundane
supermodern
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more supermodern
form: most supermodern
Etymology: From super- + modern.
Senses: glosses: Extremely modern; cutting-edge.
Related terms: supermodernism
supermodernity
polynymous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more polynymous
form: most polynymous
Senses: glosses: Having multiple names.
Related terms: polynym
polynymy
polynymously
supergovernmental
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From super- + governmental.
Senses: examples: text: Laurel argued: But there is no such thing as supergovernmental body in a constitutional government; it is a misnomer and contradiction in terms.
ref: 1992, Remigio E Agpalo, Jose P. Laurel, national leader and political philosopher:
glosses: Ranking above government.
polynyms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polynym
polynyas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polynya
supergovernment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: supergovernments
Etymology: From super- + government.
Senses: glosses: A government formed from the union of multiple lesser governments.
supergovernments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of supergovernment
supervisal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: supervisals
Etymology: From supervise + -al.
Senses: glosses: supervision
Hef
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /hɛf/
rhymes: -ɛf
Etymology: Clipping of Hefner.
Senses: examples: text: In a desperate attempt to impress Laura, Bart begins bathing and sashaying about in a smoking jacket while sucking thoughtfully on a bubble pipe as part of his new pint-sized Hef persona.
ref: 2012 May 27, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “New Kid On The Block” (season 4, episode 8; originally aired 11/12/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club:
glosses: A nickname for Hugh Hefner, American businessman and playboy.
hefs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hef
hefeweizens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hefeweizen
Eeyores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Eeyore
snortingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more snortingly
form: most snortingly
Etymology: From snorting + -ly.
Senses: glosses: With a snorting sound.
carrions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of carrion
supermale
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more supermale
form: most supermale
form: super-male
Etymology: From super- + male.
Senses: examples: text: I hate you when your being hopelessly super-male and retiscent (sp.?). Not really hate you but am constitutionally against strong, silent men. Not that you aren’t strong but you know what I mean.
ref: 1955, J. D. Salinger, “Franny”, in Franny and Zooey, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, published 1991, →ISBN, page 5:
glosses: Extremely male; supermasculine.
supermale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: supermales
form: super-male
Etymology: From super- + male.
Senses: synonyms: metamale
glosses: A male with XYY syndrome.
supermales
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of supermale
superindividual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more superindividual
form: most superindividual
Etymology: From super- + individual.
Senses: examples: text: The collective consciousness is, thus, superindividual. It resides, of course, in the individuals composing the group — there is nowhere else for it to exist — but it resides in all of them...
ref: 1912, Francis Macdonald Cornford, From religion to philosophy: a study in the origins of western speculation:
glosses: Above or beyond the individual.
superadditional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From super- + additional.
Senses: glosses: Being a superaddition; added on top of a previous addition.
superimportant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more superimportant
form: most superimportant
Etymology: From super- + important.
Senses: examples: text: Punching her in the head is not an option, not even after Josie joins her bosom buddy, a superimportant rock star named Raquel, for their Mexican getaway.
ref: 2009 June 12, Janet Maslin, “The Girls of Summer”, in New York Times:
glosses: Very important.
Related terms: superimportance
XYY syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An aneuploidy of the sex chromosomes in which a human male receives an extra Y chromosome, giving a total of 47 chromosomes instead of the usual 46; the condition is associated with learning difficulties and above-average height.
Related terms: XXXY syndrome
XXYY syndrome
supermale
supersedable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From supersede + -able.
Senses: examples: text: This document is temporary and supersedable.
glosses: Capable of being superseded.
superabound
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: superabounds
form: superabounding
form: superabounded
form: superabounded
Etymology: From super- + abound.
Senses: glosses: To abound very much; to be superabundant.
superabounded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of superabound
superabounds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of superabound
superabounding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of superabound
Derived terms: superaboundingly
superabounding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superaboundings
Senses: glosses: superabundance
superaboundings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superabounding
unvocalized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: unvocalised
Etymology: From un- + vocalized.
Senses: glosses: Not vocalized; unspoken, unvoiced.
glosses: Not having vowel diacritics in its spelling.
unuttered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnˈʌtə(ɹ)d/
ipa: /ˌʌnˈʌtɚd/
Etymology: From un- + uttered.
Senses: glosses: Not uttered; unspoken.
Related terms: unutterable
unutterableness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From unutterable + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being unutterable.
unvocalised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + vocalised.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of unvocalized.
plzthx
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Senses: glosses: please, thanks
cloudbank
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cloudbanks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cloud bank.
cloudbanks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cloudbank
clottishness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From clottish + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being clottish; foolishness.
meaningly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmiːnɪŋli/
Forms: form: more meaningly
form: most meaningly
Etymology: From Middle English meningli, menyngli, equivalent to meaning + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Fascinated, she stood shaken ungovernably by its horrible suggestiveness, while above and about her the trees shivered meaningly.
ref: 1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 286:
text: Ada opened the album at one of its maroon markers meaningly inserted here and there, glanced once, reclicked the clasp, handed the grinning blackmailer a thousand-dollar note that she happened to have in her bag, summoned Bouteillan and told him to throw Kim out.
ref: 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 309:
glosses: With an implied meaning; with significance; meaningfully.
Related terms: well-meaningly
murmuringly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more murmuringly
form: most murmuringly
Etymology: From murmuring + -ly.
Senses: glosses: With a murmuring sound.
mumblingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more mumblingly
form: most mumblingly
Etymology: From mumbling + -ly.
Senses: glosses: With a mumbling sound.
mutteringly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more mutteringly
form: most mutteringly
Etymology: From muttering + -ly.
Senses: glosses: With a muttering sound.
fumingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more fumingly
form: most fumingly
Etymology: From fuming + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a rage.
remonstratingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more remonstratingly
form: most remonstratingly
Etymology: From remonstrating + -ly.
Senses: glosses: With remonstrations.
protestingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more protestingly
form: most protestingly
Etymology: From protesting + -ly.
Senses: glosses: unwillingly, with protests
extenuatingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more extenuatingly
form: most extenuatingly
Etymology: From extenuating + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a manner that extenuates.
saunteringly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more saunteringly
form: most saunteringly
Etymology: From sauntering + -ly.
Senses: glosses: With a casual, sauntering gait.
eschatologies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eschatology
reproachingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more reproachingly
form: most reproachingly
Etymology: From reproaching + -ly.
Senses: glosses: reproachfully
deservingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more deservingly
form: most deservingly
Etymology: From deserving + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: She was deservingly jailed for her crimes.
glosses: In a deserving manner.
lasagnes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lasagne, when this word is used as a singular (the name of a dish), rather than as the plural of lasagna
pouringly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more pouringly
form: most pouringly
Etymology: From pouring + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: It rained pouringly that night.
glosses: In a manner that pours.
upliftingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more upliftingly
form: most upliftingly
Etymology: From uplifting + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an uplifting manner.
sidlingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more sidlingly
form: most sidlingly
Etymology: From sidling + -ly.
Senses: glosses: With a sidling motion.
slidingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more slidingly
form: most slidingly
Etymology: From sliding + -ly.
Senses: glosses: With a sliding motion.
terrorisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of terrorism
terroristically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more terroristically
form: most terroristically
Etymology: From terroristic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: By means of terrorism, or in a manner that suggests it.
mourningly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more mourningly
form: most mourningly
Etymology: From mourning + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a mourning manner; grievingly.
glisteningly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more glisteningly
form: most glisteningly
Etymology: From glistening + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The dew lay glisteningly on the grass.
glosses: In a glistening manner.
glimmery
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: glimmerier
form: glimmeriest
Etymology: From glimmer + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Given enough cold rain, a gray dusk that is fast glooming into black night, a pair of wet shoes, a skipped luncheon, a longing for people who are under the sod and a home that is only a memory, and the vaguest, glimmeriest bit of auld lang syne becomes in a twinkling a rampant friendship.
ref: 1913 August, Ida M. Evans, “The One-Tenth”, in The Green Book Magazine: A Magazine of the Passing Show, volume X, number 2, Chicago, Ill.: Story-Press Corporation, →OCLC, page 285, column 2:
text: Silver-faced ribbons / A silver and rose one—or silver and orchid—or silver and blue! They are the loveliest, softest, glimmeriest things—and so rich, too.
ref: 1924 January 18, “The Emporium”, in The Bulletin, volume 137, number 89, San Francisco, Calif., →OCLC, page 5, column 3:
text: MARIAH CAREY CAN GLIMMER UNTIL SHE DROPS. WE DON’T CARE. RON PROUSE SHOWS YOU HOW TO OUT-GLOW THE GLIMMERIEST, IF YOU’RE PREPARED TO GLOW, GLIMMER AND JUST GENERALLY ANNOY YOUR NEIGHBOURS. GO THE GLOWCOMOTIVE!
ref: 2003 April, Ron Prouse, “Macase Glowy Door Mod”, in Ben Mansill, editor, Atomic: Maximum Power Computing, number 27, Redfern, N.S.W.: AJB Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 88:
text: Light, fresh and evanescent, they are suffused with the glimmery yellowness of East End light; it’s not quite yellow or white, but a color somewhere in between.
ref: 2009 June 7, Benjamin Genocchio, “The Glimmer of East End Light”, in New York Times:
glosses: Glimmering; shimmery.
glimmeringly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more glimmeringly
form: most glimmeringly
Etymology: From glimmering + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Lamplight was reflected glimmeringly from the wet street.
glosses: In a glimmering manner.
examples: text: The truth came to her glimmeringly.
glosses: By way of vague, imprecise notions or suspicions.
mortifyingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more mortifyingly
form: most mortifyingly
Etymology: From mortifying + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a mortifying manner; so as to cause great embarrassment.
covery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coveries
Etymology: Back-formation from discovery.
Senses: examples: text: The Art of Covery: This is as important and interesting as Dis-covery. Surely the glory of finally getting rid of and burying a long and troublesome matter should be as great as that of making an important discovery. The trouble is that the coverer is like Samson who perished in the wreck of what he had destroyed; if he gets rid of a thing effectually he gets rid of himself too.
ref: 1912, Samuel Butler, edited by Henry Festing Jones, The Note-Books of Samuel Butler, London: A. C. Fifield, page 180:
text: This book is indispensable not only because of the discoveries it describes, but almost equally on account of the coveries, to borrow a word from Samuel Butler. A fundamental covery is that the expressions “reductional division” and “equational division,” those bogies of our schooldays, are meaningless.
ref: 1937, C. D. Darlington, J. B. S. Haldane, “Foreword”, in Recent Advances in Cytology, page vi:
glosses: A dispelling of false or misleading notions.
coveries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of covery
gruellingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more gruellingly
form: most gruellingly
form: gruelingly
Etymology: From gruelling + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a gruelling manner.
gruelingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more gruelingly
form: most gruelingly
Etymology: From grueling + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of gruellingly.
creakingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more creakingly
form: most creakingly
Etymology: From creaking + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: With a nervous giggle, Annie took herself creakingly out of the room.
ref: 1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 51:
glosses: With a creaking sound.
displeasingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more displeasingly
form: most displeasingly
Etymology: From displeasing + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a displeasing manner.
grinningly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more grinningly
form: most grinningly
Etymology: From grinning + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Squeaker's dog sniffed and barked joyfully around them till his licking efforts to bottom a salmon tin sent him careering in a muzzled frenzy, that caused the younger woman's thick lips to part grinningly till he came too close.
ref: 1902, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Bush Studies (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 21:
text: It’s very funny — Bob is played by Bill Murray at his most unhinged, the psychiatrist by Richard Dreyfuss at his most grinningly uptight — but it’s a little creepy too.
ref: 2009 July 19, Terrence Rafferty, “On the Screen, the Shrink Has Shrunk”, in New York Times:
glosses: With a grin.
twitteringly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more twitteringly
form: most twitteringly
Etymology: From twittering + -ly.
Senses: glosses: With a twittering sound.
whiffled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of whiffle
dressed up
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dressed up
form: most dressed up
Senses: examples: text: Everyone was so nicely dressed up for the wedding, I couldn't resist taking a picture.
glosses: Wearing formal (dress) clothes.
glosses: Wearing a costume.
Synonyms: endimanched
Derived terms: all dressed up and nowhere to go
dressed up like a Christmas tree
dressed up like a dog's dinner
mutton dressed up as lamb
dressed up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dress up
TEL
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
automotive
aviation
business
chemistry
engineering
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
transport
vehicles
glosses: tetraethyllead (or tetraethyl lead, tetra-ethyl lead); a gasoline additive to boost octane rating
glosses: A label for telephone number.
topics: aerospace
astronautics
business
engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of transporter erector launcher.
intellectualization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: intellectualizations
form: intellectualisation
Etymology: From intellectual + -ization or intellectualize + -ation.
Senses: examples: text: To me, part of the power of dealing with images is that they can bypass the intellectualization process, they can go right to making you feel something.
ref: 1981 August 8, Maida Tilchen, Joan E. Biren, “Picturing Lesbians”, in Gay Community News, page 12:
glosses: The act or process of intellectualizing.
Derived terms: deintellectualization
overintellectualization
intellectualisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: intellectualisations
form: intellectualization
Etymology: From intellectual + -isation.
Senses: glosses: The act or process of intellectualising.
cry-baby
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cry-babies
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of crybaby.
cry-babies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cry-baby
jiko
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jikos
Etymology: From Swahili jiko.
Senses: glosses: A portable stove of the type common in Africa.
revenue bills
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of revenue bill
down start
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: down starts
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: a starting position in longtrack speedskating, whereby the speedskater adopts tripod position with the ice surface, with one hand down, and both skates.
Synonyms: sense: three-point start
word: longtrack speedskating
clap skate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clap skates
form: clapskate
form: klap skate
form: slap skate
Etymology: From clap + skate, calque of Dutch klapschaats.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: a type of speedskate used in longtrack speedskating, where the skate blade is hinged at the front pillar to the boot, with the heel pillar being free, and kept in place by a spring mechanism.
speedskate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: speedskates
Etymology: From speed + skate.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A type of ice skate used in speedskating, with a long blade attached to the sole of the boot via two pillars, at the heel and ball of the foot.
Derived terms: clap skate
Related terms: rollerskate
figure skate
hockey skate
inline skate
speedskater
speedskate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: speedskates
form: speedskating
form: speedskated
form: speedskated
Etymology: From speed + skate.
Senses: glosses: To skate on speedskates.
Related terms: rollerblade
rollerski
hockey skate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hockey skates
Senses: topics: hobbies
ice-hockey
lifestyle
skating
sports
glosses: A type of ice skate used in ice hockey, with a smooth skate blade attached to a skate boot via two pillars, one at the heel and one at the ball of the foot.
Related terms: figure skate
speedskate
inline skate
roller skate
roller blade
roller ski
deoxystreptamines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deoxystreptamine
deoxystreptamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /diˌɒksɪˈstɹɛptəmiːn/
Forms: form: deoxystreptamines
Etymology: From deoxy- + streptamine.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A diamino deoxy sugar that is the basis of a range of antibiotics
desymmetrize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: desymmetrizes
form: desymmetrizing
form: desymmetrized
form: desymmetrized
Etymology: From de- + symmetrize.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To convert a symmetric molecule into an asymmetric one in such a way that both enantiomers may be isolated
Related terms: desymmetrization
desymmetrizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of desymmetrize
dialkylamino
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From dialkyl + amino.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any dialkyl derivative of an amino radical
diaminocyclohexyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From diamino + cyclohexyl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any diamino derivative of a cyclohexyl radical
dialkylzinc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dialkylzincs
Etymology: From dialkyl + zinc.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any organometallic compound of zinc containing two alkyl groups
diarylated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From di- + arylated.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: modified by the addition of two aryl groups
diaryliodonium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diaryliodoniums
Etymology: From diaryl + iodonium.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any diaryl derivative of an iodonium ion
diazaphospholane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diazaphospholanes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A saturated, five-membered heterocycle having two carbon atoms, two nitrogen atoms and one phosphorus atom; any derivative of this compound
Related terms: phospholane
phot-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: prevocalic form of photo-
Derived terms: photagogue
photic
photism
photistic
photronic
photuria
phospholane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phospholanes
Etymology: From phosphole + -ane.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A saturated, five-membered heterocycle having four carbon atoms and one phosphorus atom; any derivative of this compound
Synonyms: phospholidine
Derived terms: diazaphospholane
transwomen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of transwoman
dissuasives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dissuasive
diazoimine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diazoimines
Etymology: From diazo + imine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any diazo derivative of an imine.
dienyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dienyls
Etymology: From diene + -yl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any univalent radical derived from a diene.
dihydrocarbazole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dihydrocarbazoles
Etymology: From dihydro + carbazole.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The unsaturated, tricyclic heterocycle formed by adding two hydrogen atoms to the pyrrole ring of a carbazole.
applausometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: applausometers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of applauseometer.
applausometers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of applausometer
battable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more battable
form: most battable
Etymology: See batful, + -able.
Senses: examples: text: Massinissa made many inward parts of Barbarie and Numidia in Africk (before his time incult and horrid) fruitful and battable by this means.
ref: 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy:
glosses: Capable of cultivation; fertile; productive.
incorruptibles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of incorruptible
dihydrofurans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dihydrofuran
dihydrofuran
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dihydrofurans
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A five-membered, unsaturated heterocycle having four carbon atoms, one oxygen atom and one double bond; any derivative of this compound
Synonyms: dihydrooxole
Related terms: furan
coutil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coutils
form: coutille
Etymology: From French coutil.
Senses: glosses: A woven cloth created specifically for making corsets.
dihydroimidazoles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dihydroimidazole
dihydroimidazole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dihydroimidazoles
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The heterocycle imidazoline
dihydrothiophenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dihydrothiophene
dihydrothiophene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dihydrothiophenes
Etymology: From di- + hydro- + thiophene.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An unsaturated, five-membered heterocycle containing four carbon atoms, one sulfur atom and one double bond; any derivative of this compound
Synonyms: dihydrothiole
Related terms: thiophene
dimethylene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From di- + methylene.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Two methylene groups in a molecule
dioxolanone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dioxolanones
Etymology: From dioxolane + -one.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any cyclic ketone derived from dioxolane, but especially the cyclic carbonates in which the carbonyl group is attached to both oxygen atoms
diphosphonite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diphosphonites
Etymology: From di- + phosphonite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any compound containing two phosphonite groups
dipodal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From di- + -podal.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing any compound in which two (of the same) functional groups are on two separate chains
Related terms: tripodal
enantiocontrolling
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From enantio- + controlling.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: That maintains enantiocontrol.
enantiodiscrimination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From enantio- + discrimination.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The ability to discriminate between enantiomers
enolized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more enolized
form: most enolized
Etymology: From enol + -ize + -ed.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Converted into an enol
epimerized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more epimerized
form: most epimerized
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Converted into an epimer
ethenolysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ethenolyses
Etymology: From ethene + -o- + -lysis.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The reverse of a crossmetathesis reaction.
ethynylene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ethynylenes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The divalent radical derived from ethyne -C≡C-
intrigants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of intrigant
intrigantes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of intrigante
three-pronged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From three + pronged.
Senses: examples: text: A three-pronged attack to bridge the gap between current and budgeted performance envisaged £31m in revenue growth, £47m in cost reduction and £25m from redefining the InterCity route network [...].
ref: 2020 January 2, David Clough, “How InterCity came back from the brink”, in Rail, page 66:
glosses: Having three prongs or similar parts; trifurcate.
Hypernyms: pronged
Helmand
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Pashto هلمند (Helmand) or Persian هلمند (helmand), ultimately from Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬉𐬙𐬎𐬨𐬀𐬥𐬝 (haētumant̰, literally “with dams”).
Senses: examples: text: To the west the Afghan plateau undergoes a very considerable depression, at the bottom of which lies the marshy lake, Hamoun, into which the Helmand river finds its way; but it again rises in the vast plains which lead towards Farsistan.
ref: 1879, Sir Norman Lockyer, Nature, volume 19, page 41:
glosses: A river in Afghanistan.
raw_tags: with the
examples: text: Since late July, the Taliban have seized new territory across Helmand, defying a series of about 30 US airstrikes, and raising concern of an attack on the capital.
ref: 2016 August 22, Sune Engel Rasmussen, The Guardian:
glosses: A province of Afghanistan, named after the river.
ferrocenylphosphine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ferrocenylphosphines
Etymology: From ferrocenyl + phosphine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any ferrocenyl derivative of a phosphine, several of which form complexes with metals.
fluorenyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fluorenyls
Etymology: From fluorene + -yl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A radical or cation derived from fluorene
Derived terms: hexafluronium
fluoroboric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From fluoro + boric.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to fluoroboric acid
Related terms: fluoroborate
fluoroboric acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The acid HBF₄ that is used as a catalyst in organic chemistry
Related terms: fluoroborate
fucosyltransferase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fucosyltransferases
Etymology: From fucosyl + transferase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A transferase that catalyzes the transfer of fucose sugars
furaquinocin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a family of hybrid isoprenoid/polyketide compounds, produced by Streptomyces bacteria, that exhibit a potent antitumor activity.
glycodendrimers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glycodendrimer
glycodendrimer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glycodendrimers
Etymology: From glyco- + dendrimer.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any dendrimer composed of sugar moieties
WW1
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: WWI
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of World War I.
glycopolymer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glycopolymers
Etymology: From glyco- + polymer.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any polymer containing sugar moieties
Derived terms: neoglycopolymer
sialoglycopolymer
glycopolymers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glycopolymer
glycosylations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glycosylation
haloamides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of haloamide
escapers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of escaper
haloamide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: haloamides
Etymology: From halo- + amide.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any N-halogen derivative of an amide
Related terms: haloamine
bromoamide
chloroamide
fluoroamide
iodoamide
halofurans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of halofuran
halofuran
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: halofurans
Etymology: From halo- + furan.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any halogen derivative of a furan
halohydroxylation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: halohydroxylations
Etymology: From halo- + hydroxylation.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any addition reaction in which hydroxyl and halide residues are added across a double bond or triple bond
halophenols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of halophenol
halophenol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: halophenols
Etymology: From halo- + phenol.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any halogen derivative of a phenol
homopropargylic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From homo- (“homologous”) + propargylic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing a saturated carbon atom in a molecule adjacent to a propargylic carbon atom
Related terms: homopropargyl