cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
goddidit
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: From God + did + it.
Senses: examples: text: Yes, well, I'm not surprised. I'll bet a lot of things are puzzling to you. But you can just say goddidit and forget about them, can't you?
ref: Dec 7, 1997, Chris Kennedy, Fighting something that doesn't exist, alt.atheism
text: Anything we can possibly observe can be explained by Goddidit, after the fact. If it rains, goddidit. If it didn't, goddidit. If the Earth is round, goddidit. If the Earth isn't round, goddidit. It explains everything, but predicts nothing, and is therefore is a totally content-free statement.
ref: Apr 28, 1998, Kevin Jaget, Either God or matter has existed for eternity, talk.atheism
text: How did whales survive in a fresh-water ocean for a year? Goddidit. How did any totally impossible thing happen?
ref: Sep 10, 1999, Al Klein, Recreating the Origins of Life, alt.talk.creationism
text: Goddidit is not a scientific theory, if God is assumed to be omnipotent, as omnipotence cannot be scientifically verified.
ref: Feb 2, 2001, Martijn Faassen, Can the Genetic Code be simpler?, talk.origins
text: The search for the truth is not over yet. In the previous chapter I described how creationism believes the opposite and tends to argue against science rather than providing answers to critical questions, usually falling back upon its untested and unproven "Goddidit" hypothesis.
ref: 2003, Leslie G. Howarth, Genesis 2.0: The Search for the Truth Continues, page 188:
glosses: A sarcastic assertion that something that has not been satisfactorily explained by science is therefore evidence of God.
Derived terms: aliensdidit
didit
evolutiondidit
flooddidit
FSMdidit
Satandidit
Goddidit
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of goddidit.
daisy roots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Derives from a simile between daisies (the roots of which are hard to eradicate) and boots which are hard to take off.
It is referred to in the traditional song "My Old Man's a Dustman" recorded by Lonnie Donegan during the 1950s: "he's got such a job to pull them off that 'e calls them daisy roots".
Senses: glosses: Boots or other footwear
hagoromo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 羽衣.
Senses: glosses: A feathered robe worn by tennin.
yukata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yukata
form: yukatas
Etymology: From Japanese 浴衣(ゆかた) (yukata), originally short for 湯帷子(ゆかたびら) (yukatabira, “kimono worn during or after bathing”).
Senses: examples: text: When made of lightweight cotton, the unlined and partially lined kimono become yukata. Yukata, however, do not have flutter sleeves, as they are considered too dressy for this informal kimono.
ref: 1988, John Marshall, Make Your Own Japanese Clothes: Patterns and Ideas for Modern Wear, Kodansha International, →ISBN, page 45:
text: Most Japanese now wear yukata as summer kimono that are cool and comfortable.
ref: 2012, Amy Sylvester Katoh, Blue & White Japan, Tuttle Publishing, →ISBN:
coordinate_terms: kimono
glosses: An unlined cotton summer kimono worn by both men and women.
cystidium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cystidia
Etymology: From cyst + -idium.
Senses: topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: A relatively large cell found on the hymenium of a basidiomycete
Hyponyms: metuloid
Derived terms: caulocystidium
cheilocystidium
chrysocystidium
circumcystidium
dermatocystidium
gloeocystidium
hymenial cystidium
leptocystidium
oleocystidium
pileocystidium
pleurocystidium
ixocutis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: The outer surface of a mushroom where the hyphae are a gelatinous horizontal layer and lying flat.
laccate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more laccate
form: most laccate
Senses: topics: biology
botany
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: Having a waxy covering that gives the appearance of lacquer
sterigmatum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sterigmata
Senses: topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: Alternative form of sterigma.
energised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more energised
form: most energised
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of energized.
energised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of energise
enolised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more enolised
form: most enolised
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Converted to the tautomeric enol
raw_tags: of a ketone
enone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: enones
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any ketone having a neighbouring double bond
Derived terms: haloenone
Related terms: enal
enimine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: enimines
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any imine having a neighbouring double bond
enyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: enyls
Etymology: Back-formation from alkenyl. By surface analysis -ene + -yl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any univalent radical derived from an alkene
Synonyms: alkenyl
Derived terms: enilconazole
molybdenyl
Related terms: -yl
-ynyl
-enyl
epoxidation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: epoxidations
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any reaction that converts a compound (especially an alkene) into an epoxide
Derived terms: deepoxidation
monoepoxidation
Related terms: epoxidate
erythritol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: erythritols
Etymology: From erythr- + -itol; ultimately from Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthrós, “red”).
Senses: examples: text: Erythritol exists naturally in a wide variety of foods, including mushrooms, watermelons, pears and grapes. Erythritol is also found in fermented foods such as cheese, wine, sake, beer and soy sauce. In addition, erythritol is present in the tissues and bodily fluids of humans and animals.
ref: 1999, Peter de Cock, “Erythritol: A Novel Noncaloric Sweetener Ingredient”, in Antonietta Corti, editor, Low-calorie Sweeteners: Present and Future, Karger Publishers, page 110:
text: The resulting concentrated fermentation broth facilitates the isolation and purification of erythritol.
ref: 2001, Milda E. Embuscado, Sakharam K. Patil, “13: Erythritol”, in Lyn O'Brien-Nabors, editor, Alternative Sweeteners, 3rd edition, Marcel Dekker, page 238:
text: Erythritol is absorbed rapidly in the small intestine due to its small molecular size and structure. According to clinical studies in Europe and Japan, more than 90 percent of ingested erythritol is absorbed but not metabolized.
ref: 2008, Beatrice Trum Hunter, The Sweetener Trap & How to Avoid It, unnumbered page:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A naturally occurring tetrahydric sugar alcohol, (2R,3S)-butane-1,2,3,4-tetraol, found in some fruits and used as a food additive and sugar substitute.
Derived terms: methylerythritol
pentaerythritol
tetrahydric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tetra- + hydric.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Having four hydroxy groups
lamellar face
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lamellar faces
Senses: topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: The side of a mushroom gill; not the edge.
lamellar trama
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lamellar tramas
Senses: topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: The tissue inside a mushroom gill.
lamellula
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lamellulae
Etymology: From Latin lamellula.
Senses: topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: A short mushroom gill which does not extend all the way from the edge of the cap to the stem.
lateral stratum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lateral strata
Senses: topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: The area of divergent hyphae which is on either side of the central zone (mediostratum).
lecythiform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more lecythiform
form: most lecythiform
Etymology: From Ancient Greek λήκυθος (lḗkuthos, “oil flask or bottle”) + -iform (“having the shape of”).
Senses: topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: shaped like a bowling pin, a flask, or a bottle.
lepiotoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more lepiotoid
form: most lepiotoid
Senses: topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: Describes any mushroom that has free gills and an annulus but lacks a volva.
leptocystidium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leptocystidia
Etymology: From lepto- + cystidium.
Senses: topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: A cystidia on the subhymenium which has smooth, thin walls and no visible contents.
TICAM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
real-estate
glosses: Acronym of taxes, insurance, and common area maintenance.
cystidia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cystidium
limoniform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more limoniform
form: most limoniform
Etymology: From Italian limone (“lemon”) + -form.
Senses: glosses: Shaped like a lemon.
lubricous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈluːbɹɪkəs/
Forms: form: more lubricous
form: most lubricous
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin lūbricus (“slippery”). Doublet of lubricious.
Senses: examples: text: But my Leech—a leech
Fit to suck blood, with lubricous round rings,
Capaciously expatiative, which make
His little body like a red balloon,
As full of blood as that of hydrogene,
Sucked from men’s hearts
ref: 1820, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Oedipus Tyrannus; Or, Swellfoot The Tyrant: A Tragedy in Two Acts:
topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: Slimy to the touch.
Related terms: lubricant
lubricate
lubricious
mediostratum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mediostrata
Etymology: From medio- + stratum.
Senses: topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: The central strand of a divergent gill trama.
merulioid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more merulioid
form: most merulioid
Senses: topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: wrinkled with low, uneven ridges.
metuloid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metuloids
Senses: topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: A cystidium which is not pointed at the end and has thick walls.
metuloids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metuloid
mediostratums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mediostratum
basidiomycete
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: basidiomycetes
Senses: examples: text: The result is that over all these initiatives in classification have hovered the spectres of basidiomycete, and especially ascomycete, taxonomy.
ref: 1996, Brian Sutton, A Century of Mycology, page 135:
text: The majority of macroscopic fleshy fungi are basidiomycetes. Basidiomycetes produce spores on a basidium, the basic feature that separates them from other groups of fungi. Some of the basidiomycetes forcibly discharge their spores from the basidia, which remain after spore discharge. Other basidiomycete groups release their spores by collapse of the basidia, which are not present in the mature fruiting body.
ref: 2008, Donald M. Huffman, Lois H. Tiffany, George Knaphaus, Rosanne A. Healy, Mushrooms and Other Fungi of the Midcontinental United States, page 9:
text: Among basidiomycetes there are classic examples of farming interactions in which Old World termites cultivate a monophyletic group of fungi and New World leaf-cutting ants cultivate two distinct cultivar groups (Currie et al. 2003; Munkacsi et al. 2004; Little and Currie 2008).
ref: 2010, Meredith Blackwell, “Fungal evolution and taxonomy”, in Helen E. Roy, Fernando E. Vega, Dave Chandler, editors, The Ecology of Fungal Entomopathogens, page 7:
topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any fungus of the phylum Basidiomycota, that produces sexual spores on a basidium.
Related terms: basidiocarp
basidiomycetal
basidiomycetic
basidiomycetous
basidiospore
basidium
Basidiomycota
panga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpaŋɡə/
Forms: form: pangas
Etymology: From Swahili panga (“machete”).
Senses: examples: text: She turned to the small basket she was carrying and took out a panga.
ref: 1967, Ngugi wa Thiong'o, A Grain of Wheat, EAEP, published 2008, page 77:
text: Charlie had told me what it had looked like immediately after the riots. Bodies hacked to pieces with pangas.
ref: 1978, André Brink, Rumours of Rain, Vintage, published 2000, page 73:
text: I pleaded with them to lay down their arms, to take each other's hands in peace: ‘Take your guns, your knives and your pangas, and throw them into the sea!’
ref: 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus, published 2010, page 690:
glosses: A large broad-bladed knife.
panga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpaŋɡə/
Forms: form: pangas
Etymology: Back-formation from the plural, from the stem of translingual Pangasius (genus name), from Bengali পাঙ্গাশ (paṅgaś, “mud- or brown-coloured fish”).
Senses: glosses: Any of various edible freshwater fish of the genus Pangasius, native to southeast Asia, especially an iridescent shark, Pangasius hypophthalmus, now reclassified as Pangasianodon hypophthalmus.
glosses: A type of modest-sized, open, outboard-powered, fishing boat common throughout much of the developing world, including Central America, the Caribbean, parts of Africa, the Middle East, and much of Asia.
panga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpaŋɡə/
Forms: form: pangas
Etymology: From Spanish panga (“motorboat”).
Senses: glosses: A small inflatable motorboat used in Latin America.
Related terms: panga panga
basidia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of basidium
leptocystidia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leptocystidium
hymenophores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hymenophore
monotypic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmɒ.nəˈtɪ.pɪk/
Forms: form: more monotypic
form: most monotypic
Etymology: From mono- + typic.
Senses: examples: text: Much more diffuse affinities occur to the Australasian monotypic Goebeliellaceae.
ref: 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 4:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
taxonomy
glosses: Relating to or exhibiting monotypy.
Coordinate terms: monospecific
cephalic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: sĭfăl' ĭk
ipa: /sɪˈfælɪk/
ipa: /ˈsɛfəlɪk/
other: /ˈsɛfəlæd/
other: /ˈsɛfəl(oʊ)-/
Forms: form: cephalics
form: cephalick
Etymology: From Middle French céphalique, from Latin cephalicus (“head”), from Ancient Greek κεφαλικός (kephalikós, “capital”), from κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”).
Senses: examples: text: […] recover their Sight […] by the use of Bleeding, Purging, Blistering and Cephalics.
ref: 1707, Hans Sloane, A Voyage to the Islands Madera, Barbados, Nievas, S. Christophers and Jamaica, page cliv:
text: All that of this Form could be titled Stomachics, we have subjoin'd to this Division, because they are all of the Aromatic kind, and thereby claim equally to be Cephalics. The latter we have given, extend their Influences to the Head and whole nervous System, at the same time that they warm, comfort, and strengthen the Fibres of the Stomach, and dissipate Flatulencies, corrugate the Membranes, and promote Digestion: […]
ref: 1724, John Quincy, Pharmacopœia officinalis & extemporanea, page 595:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A remedy that benefits the head or brain.
muricate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: muricated
Etymology: First attested in 1661; borrowed from Latin mūricātus (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from mūrex (“a pointed rock or stone”).
Senses: examples: text: […] the small areola at base scarcely forked, closely muricate with silvery-gray spinellae on a brown background.
ref: 1912, John Merle Coulter, M. S. Coulter, Charles Reid Barnes, Botanical Gazette (volume 54, page 145)
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: covered with short rough points or studs
topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: covered with crystals
muscicolous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: Growing with mosses.
Related terms: muscicole
mycelioid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mycelium + -oid.
Senses: topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: With a resemblance to mycelium.
mycenoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: Describes any mushroom with attached gills and a cone shaped cap and without a volva or annulus.
naucorioid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: Describes any mushroom with a fleshy stem, attached gills, and not having an annulus or volva.
nodulose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more nodulose
form: most nodulose
form: nodulous
Etymology: From nodule + -ose.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: having nodules.
Derived terms: angular-nodulose
nodulosely
obtusely umbonate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more obtusely umbonate
form: most obtusely umbonate
Senses: topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: Having a broad and non-pointy umbo.
ochraceous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ochraceous
form: most ochraceous
form: ocheraceous
Etymology: From ochre + -aceous.
Senses: examples: text: Cap dull orange-brown to ochraceous brown or pale reddish brown, sticky when fresh; gills pale ochre when young, becoming pale cinnamon-brown in age; […]
ref: 1997, Alan Bessette, “Key to Species of Chroogomphus”, in Mushrooms of Northeastern North America, page 77:
glosses: Ochre-colored.
Derived terms: ochraceous attila
ocular micrometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ocular micrometers
Senses: topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: A measuring instrument that is inserted into the eyepiece of a microscope, used to measure microscopic features.
oleocystidium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oleocystidia
Etymology: From oleo- + cystidium.
Senses: topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: A cystidium which is leaking an oily substance.
olivaceous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more olivaceous
form: most olivaceous
Etymology: From olive + -aceous.
Senses: glosses: Having the color of a green olive.
Derived terms: eastern olivaceous warbler
olivaceous-umber
western olivaceous warbler
olivaceous-umber
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more olivaceous-umber
form: most olivaceous-umber
Senses: glosses: Having the color of a green olive with a brown tint.
omphalinoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From translingual Omphalina + -oid.
Senses: topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: Describing any mushroom with decurrent gill attachment, a cartilaginous stem, a broad or depressed cap surface and lacking an annulus and volva.
palisadoderm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: palisadoderms
Senses: topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: A type of outer skin of a fungus where all the ends of the hyphae all reach the same height and form a palisade of long inflated cells.
parallel gill trama
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parallel gill tramas
Senses: topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: A gill trama that is not divided and whose cells are parallel in a cross section.
partial veil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: partial veils
Senses: topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: A veil which covers the mushroom gills from the edge of the cap to the stem.
pavement cells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pavement cell
pavement cell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pavement cells
Senses: topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: Brachycystidia in the gills of some species of Coprinus.
yōkai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yōkai
form: yōkais
Senses: examples: text: Even today, visitors to Japan can see just how interwoven the nation’s culture is with its reverence toward the supernatural or unexplainable. This ranges from whimsically animated spirit worlds on film to the eccentric monsters and ghosts that feature prominently in contemporary artwork, to the yōkai woven into the tales of post-modernist writers.
ref: 2019 August 2, AMC, “Dreaded and Revered: The Ghosts of Japan”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Sep 2021:
text: Japanese Twitter is alive with images of a duck-billed mermaid yōkai from Edo-era folklore with the supposed power to see off the coronavirus
ref: 2020 April 10, Russell Thomas, “Meet Amabie: the pandemic-defeating monster bringing hope to Japan”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Apr 2020:
text: Ryōtora passed under a torii arch, leaning semi-drunkenly to one side and propping itself up on a nearby tree. It looked like the work of time and weather, not yōkai malice.
ref: 2021, Marie Brennan [pseudonym; Bryn Neuenschwander], chapter 5, in The Night Parade of 100 Demons (Legend of the Five Rings), Nottingham, Nottinghamshire: Aconyte Books, →ISBN, page 60:
text: Nobody knows more about these yōkais than you. You have the police experience, and you took care of a giant one without any human casualties.
ref: 2022, Jack McGuigan, chapter 1, in Dog Walker III: Wedding Siege, [Chicago, Ill.]: Gorilla House, →ISBN, page 14:
glosses: Alternative form of yokai.
bopomofo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bopomofo
Etymology: Borrowed from Mandarin ㄅㄆㄇㄈ (bōpōmōfō), from the first four letters: ㄅ (bō), ㄆ (pō), ㄇ (mō), ㄈ (fō).
Senses: glosses: Name for Zhuyin Fuhao used by ISO and Unicode.
diss song
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diss songs
Senses: glosses: A song or hip-hop track, frequently as part of a hip-hop feud, primarily intended to verbally assault or insult a person or a group of people.
Synonyms: diss track
NAO
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of National Applications Office: a former agent of the United States Department of Homeland Security.
glosses: Initialism of National Audit Office.
glosses: Initialism of Nautical Almanac Office.
topics: climatology
natural-sciences
glosses: Initialism of North Atlantic oscillation.
North Atlantic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the North Atlantic
Senses: glosses: The portion of the Atlantic Ocean that lies primarily between North America and the northeast coast of South America to the east, and Europe and the northwest coast of Africa to the west.
Synonyms: North Atlantic Ocean
Derived terms: North Atlanticist
North Atlanticism
North Atlantican
Related terms: Atlantic Ocean
South Atlantic
North Atlantic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to the North Atlantic Ocean or locations adjacent to it.
North Atlantic Ocean
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The portion of the Atlantic Ocean that lies primarily between North America and the northeast coast of South America to the east, and Europe and the northwest coast of Africa to the west.
Synonyms: North Atlantic
latifundium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: latifundia
Etymology: From Latin lātifundium, from lātus (“wide, extensive”) + fundus (“ground, base, estate, farm”). Doublet of latifundio.
Senses: examples: text: The conclusive military victory of Philip V left the grandees stranded, still rich and still powerful on their latifundia, but stripped of the ‘aristocratic republicanism’ they had previously enjoyed.
ref: 2007, Tim Blanning, The Pursuit of Glory, Penguin, published 2008, page 251:
text: His vision for the future of the African continent in the Age of the Aerotropolis seems to be as a vast latifundium sown with GM wheat.
ref: 2011, Will Self, “The frowniest spot on Earth”, in London Review of Books, XXXIII.9:
glosses: A great landed estate with absentee ownership and labor often in a state of partial servitude.
Derived terms: latifundism
Related terms: latifondo
latifundial
latifundiary
latifundio
break-up
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: break-ups
Etymology: Deverbal from break up.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of breakup.
outen
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Pronunciation: /ˈaʊtən/
Forms: form: out'n
Etymology: From Middle English outen, uten, from Old English ūtan (“from outside, on the outside, without”), from Proto-West Germanic *ūtanā, from Proto-Germanic *ūtanē (“from without, outside of”), from Proto-Indo-European *úd (“up, over”).
Cognate with Middle Low German ûten (“out, forth”), German außen (“outside, out”), Swedish utan (“without, free from”). More at out.
Senses: examples: text: […] so if any of you ginks are me frien's yeh better keep outen here so's yeh won't get hurted.
ref: 1914 October – 1916 July, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Mucker, Chicago, Ill.: A[lexander] C[aldwell] McClurg & Co., published 31 October 1921, →OCLC:
text: And there was silence again. Then: ‘And you sent that girl away, didn't you? With the money outen that box?’
ref: 1953, James Baldwin, “Gabriel's Prayer”, in Go Tell It on the Mountain (Penguin Classics), London: Penguin Books, published 2001, →ISBN:
glosses: Out; out of; out from.
outen
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈaʊtən/
Forms: form: more outen
form: most outen
form: out'n
Etymology: From Middle English outen, uten, from Old English ūtan (“from outside, on the outside, without”), from Proto-West Germanic *ūtanā, from Proto-Germanic *ūtanē (“from without, outside of”), from Proto-Indo-European *úd (“up, over”).
Cognate with Middle Low German ûten (“out, forth”), German außen (“outside, out”), Swedish utan (“without, free from”). More at out.
Senses: examples: text: an outen man
glosses: Being from without; strange; foreign; peculiar.
Derived terms: outener
outen
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈaʊtən/
Forms: form: outens
form: outening
form: outened
form: outened
form: out'n
Etymology: From out + -en.
Senses: examples: text: I shined the light directly in his eyes, temporarily blinding him, then outened it and ran through the tunnel in the dark as best I could, not knowing where I was going.
ref: 2012, K. A. Kron, Shades of Gray, page 2017:
text: When Susan said good-night and they outened the lights and headed to their respective rooms, Lettie found her most treasured book of poems.
ref: 2017, Beverly Lewis, The Missing, page 274:
glosses: To put out; extinguish.
tould
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of told.
coorse
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more coorse
form: most coorse
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of coarse.
coorse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coorses
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of course.
shet
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɛt
Forms: form: shets
form: shetting
form: shetted
form: shetted
form: shet
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of shut.
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of shit.
shet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛt
Forms: form: shets
Senses: glosses: shed
glosses: sheet
sowl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /saʊl/
ipa: /ˈsaʊəl/
ipa: /suːl/
rhymes: -aʊl
rhymes: -aʊəl
Forms: form: sowls
form: seawl
form: sewl
form: sool
form: soul
form: soule
form: sow
form: sowe
form: sowel
form: sowle
form: sowli
Etymology: From Middle English sowel, souel, suvel (“food eaten with bread; food in general”), from Old English sufel, sufol (“anything (especially relish) eaten with bread; sowl”), from Proto-West Germanic *sufl, from Proto-Germanic *suflą (“entremets, viands”), from Proto-Indo-European *seu-, *sew- (“juice; moisture; rain”). The word is cognate with Danish sul (“sowl”), Middle Dutch suvel, zuvel (Dutch zuivel (“dairy products”)), Middle Low German suvel, süvel, suffel (“sowl”), Old High German sufil, sufili, Old Norse sufl, Norwegian suvl, sovl, sul (“milk porridge; food eaten with bread, porridge or soup”), Saterland Frisian süfel (“dairy products”), Swedish sovel (“sowl”), West Frisian suvel (“dairy products”).
Senses: examples: text: Good lorjus days, whot whofo times ar' theese! / Pot-baws ar scant, an dear is seawl an cheese!
ref: 1812, Tim Bobbin [pseudonym; John Collier], “Reader. Hear a Spon-new Cank between th’ Eawther and His Buk.”, in The Miscellaneous Works of Tim Bobbin, Esq. Containing His View of the Lancashire Dialect, […], Salford: Printed by Cowdroy & Slack, […], →OCLC, page 16:
text: It [the word pittance] does not signify the whole share of each individual in a conventual meal, but merely that smaller portion of more tasty viands which in frugal housekeeping is used to give relish to the bread or pottage constituting the substance of the meal; what is still called sowl or sowling in some parts of England. The Pembrokeshire peasant says, "I have not had a bit of sowl to my bread for these six months".
ref: 1850 May 10, Hensleigh Wedgwood, “English Etymologies [continued]”, in Proceedings of the Philological Society, volume IV, number 97, London: Printed by Richard and John E. Taylor, […], →OCLC, page 249:
text: What was called "souling," or "sowling," was practised by the female portion of the poor, who visited their more wealthy neighbours, demanding "sowl," which signified, in its provincial acceptation, any condiment eaten with bread, such as meat, fish, &c., but especially cheese.
ref: 1857, L. P. Barnaschone, “Manners and Customs of the People of Tenby in the Eighteenth Century”, in J. Williams ab Ithel, editor, The Cambrian Journal, volume IV, London: Published under the auspices of the Cambrian Institute; Longmans & Co., J[ohn] Russell Smith, and J. Petheram; Tenby, Pembrokeshire: R. Mason, →OCLC, page 185:
text: All Souls' Day was celebrated by souling, a custom going back to pre-Reformation days: soul cakers and mummers toured the village begging for a soul cake – a plain, round, flat cake seasoned with spices.
ref: 1981, Geoffrey Scard, Squire and Tenant: Life in Rural Cheshire, 1760–1900 (History of Cheshire; 10), Chester, Cheshire: Chester Community Council, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 93:
glosses: A dainty; a relish; a sauce; anything eaten with bread.
sowl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /saʊl/
ipa: /ˈsaʊəl/
ipa: /suːl/
rhymes: -aʊl
rhymes: -aʊəl
Forms: form: sowls
Etymology: From Middle English soul, soule, sowel, sawel (“soul”). See further at soul.
Senses: examples: text: [W]here in tyme past wthin the p[ar]ish chirch of new Wyndesor hath ben kept yerely on Trinite Sunday an obitt wᵗʰ mass of requiem on the moro next followᵍ for the Sowles of all the Brethren and sisters of the Trinite brotherhood there, wᶜʰ tyme out of mynde hath bene usyd, the said Andrew for th' inlarging of the sᵈ anniv[er]sary or obiit for more merytte to all the seyd sowls and for the well of all his good friends sowls hath gyven to the wardens of the sᵈ fraternite or Brotherhood to the brothern and systers of the same frat[er]nite and to their successors for ev[er] a certaine tenem[en]t in new Wyndsor […]
ref: 1525 September 1, Robert Richard Tighe, James Edward Davis, “Windsor in the Reign of Henry the Eighth (Continued.)”, in Annals of Windsor, being a History of the Castle and Town; with Some Account of Eton and Places Adjacent, volume I, London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, published 1858, →OCLC, page 515:
text: Of yowr cherity pray for the ſowls of Reynald Peckham the elder, Squire for the body of the moſt excellent Prince king Henry the eight, who deceſed 27 Feb. 1525. and for the ſowl of Ioice Colepeper his wife which deceſed 20. March, 1523.
ref: 1631, John Weever, “Ancient Fvnerall Monvments within the Diocesse of Rochester”, in Ancient Fvnerall Monvments within the Vnited Monarchie of Great Britaine, Ireland, and the Islands Adiacent, with the Dissolued Monasteries therein Contained: Their Founders, and what Eminent Persons haue beene in the Same Interred. …, London: Printed by Thomas Harper … and are to be sold by Laurence Sadler […], →OCLC, page 326:
text: [T]he guide who accompanied me […] told me, with a most serious face, that there were three different fires in purgatory, through which all the faithful passed. […] "And what is the third fire to do?" "Oh, that is to purify them entirely, and fit their sowls for the presence of the grate God!"
ref: 1829, “an independent layman” [pseudonym], “XIX. I do firmly believe that there is a purgatory, and that the souls kept prisoner there, do receive help by the suffrages of the faithful.”, in The Catholic Church Invulnerable and Invincible: Or, An Explication of the Celebrated Creed of Pope Pius IV. […], London: Published for the author, by Thomas Flint, […], →OCLC, page 113:
text: For in all the long coorse av a twinty year's spell, / Dael an' Irishman's sowl cud he get into hell— […]
ref: 1884, Cruck-a-leaghan [pseudonym; Dugald Macfadyen], Slieve Gallion [pseudonym; David Hepburn], “Father Magee”, in Lays and Legends of the North of Ireland, London: Houlston & Sons, […]; Edinburgh; Glasgow: J. Menzies & Co.; Dublin: M. H. Gill & Son, →OCLC, page 69:
glosses: Archaic spelling of soul.
sowl
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /saʊl/
ipa: /ˈsaʊəl/
ipa: /suːl/
rhymes: -aʊl
rhymes: -aʊəl
ipa: /səʊl/
enpr: sōl
ipa: /soʊl/
rhymes: -əʊl
homophone: Seoul
homophone: sole
homophone: soul
ipa: /saʊl/
ipa: /ˈsaʊəl/
ipa: /suːl/
rhymes: -aʊl
rhymes: -aʊəl
Forms: form: sowls
form: sowling
form: sowled
form: sowled
Etymology: Origin unknown; compare German zaulen, zauseln, zausen (“to tug, drag”). See also tousle.
Senses: examples: text: Hee'l go he ſayes, and ſole the Porter of Rome Gates by th'ears. He will mowe all downe before him, and leaue his paſſage poul'd.
ref: c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene v], page 23, column 1:
text: Like draws to like, ilk sma'-sowled cub, / To gnaw its Bane.
ref: 1876, George Bruce, “Saint Andrews Burns’ Club”, in Destiny and Other Poems, St. Andrews, Fife: Printed for the author, →OCLC, page 387:
glosses: To pull (especially an animal) by the ears; to drag about.
sowl
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /saʊl/
ipa: /ˈsaʊəl/
ipa: /suːl/
rhymes: -aʊl
rhymes: -aʊəl
ipa: /səʊl/
enpr: sōl
ipa: /soʊl/
rhymes: -əʊl
homophone: Seoul
homophone: sole
homophone: soul
rhymes: -əʊl
homophone: Seoul
homophone: sole
homophone: soul
ipa: /saʊl/
ipa: /ˈsaʊəl/
ipa: /suːl/
rhymes: -aʊl
rhymes: -aʊəl
ipa: /səʊl/
enpr: sōl
ipa: /soʊl/
rhymes: -əʊl
homophone: Seoul
homophone: sole
homophone: soul
Forms: form: sowls
form: sowling
form: sowled
form: sowled
Etymology: From Middle English sōlen (“to become dirty or soiled; to make dirty, soil; to be defiled, polluted”), from Old English solian (“to make or become foul, sully”), from Proto-Germanic *sulwōną, *sulwijaną; compare sullow and sully, and Danish søle (“to make dirty, defile”), Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (bisauljan, “to bemire”), Middle Dutch soluwen, seulewen (“to besmirch, soil”), Old French soillier, souillier, soller (“to dirty, stain; to tarnish (a reputation, etc.)”) (modern French souiller), Old High German solagōn, bisullen (“to make dirty”), German suhlen (“to make dirty, soil”), Old Saxon sulian (“to mire, soil”), West Flemish sowelen, suwelen.
Senses: synonyms: sullow
sully
glosses: To soil or stain; to dirty.
wyse
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: wyser
form: wysest
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of wise.
wyse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of way
lyke
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: lyker
form: more lyke
form: lykest
form: most lyke
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of like.
Related terms: alyke
lyke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lykes
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of like.
examples: text: Lyke-Wake Dirge
glosses: Obsolete form of lich (“a corpse”).
lyke
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of like.
Related terms: english: etymologically unrelated
translation: etymologically unrelated
word: lyke-wake
lyketh
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: lyke + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lyke
newe
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of new.
queene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: queenes
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of queen.
thair
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more thair
form: most thair
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of there.
thair
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of their.
Related terms: theirs
holde
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of hold.
holde
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of hold.
thinge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thinges
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of thing.
aboord
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of aboard.
aboord
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of aboard.
deere
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: deerer
form: deerest
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of dear.
deere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deeres
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of dear.
glosses: Archaic spelling of deer.
bicause
Language: English
Part of speech: conj
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of because.
deale
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of deal.
deale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deales
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of deal.
loike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of like.
loike
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: loikes
form: loiking
form: loiked
form: loiked
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of like.
posset
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɒsɪt/
ipa: /ˈpɑsɪt/
Forms: form: possets
Etymology: From Middle English posset, possot, possate, poshet, posthot, of unclear origin. Perhaps from Welsh posel. A connection to Latin pōsca (medieval/dialectal poscada) has also been suggested.
Senses: examples: text: I have drugged their possets.
ref: c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:
glosses: A beverage composed of hot milk curdled by some strong infusion, such as wine.
examples: text: Some people will tell you that this position may allow inhalation of posset, but there is no evidence to support this.
ref: 2008, Miriam Stoppard, Complete Baby and Childcare: Everything You Need to Know for the First Five Years, Dorling Kindersley Ltd, →ISBN:
text: Derek saw that a smear of posset had appeared on the left shoulder of his jacket [...] He smiled softly at Charlotte and said softly, 'I've been puked on.'
ref: 2012, Dave Hill, Man Alive, Hachette UK, →ISBN:
text: While a little posseting is nothing to be worried about, a lot of posset is more likely to be 'reflux'.
ref: 2014, Nick Harper, Help! I'm a Dad: All a new dad needs to know about the difficult first few months, Michael O'Mara Books, →ISBN:
glosses: A baby's vomit, comprising curdled milk.
examples: text: LEMON POSSET / WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS : The classic English dessert lemon posset transforms cream, sugar, and lemon into a lush pudding with clean citrus flavor. It is the easiest dessert you've never made.[…]
ref: 2022 October 4, America's Test Kitchen, The Complete America’s Test Kitchen TV Show Cookbook 2001–2023: Every Recipe from the Hit TV Show Along with Product Ratings Includes the 2023 Season, America's Test Kitchen, →ISBN, page 939:
glosses: A pudding-like food composed of cream, sugar, and other flavoring, such as lemon.
posset
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɒsɪt/
ipa: /ˈpɑsɪt/
Forms: form: possets
form: posseting
form: posseted
form: posseted
Etymology: From Middle English posset, possot, possate, poshet, posthot, of unclear origin. Perhaps from Welsh posel. A connection to Latin pōsca (medieval/dialectal poscada) has also been suggested.
Senses: examples: text: to posset the blood
text: […] And with a ſodaine vigour it [Hebenon, a poison] doth poſſet / And curd, like Aygre [vinegar] droppings into Milke, / The thin and wholſome blood: […]
ref: c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene v], page 258:
glosses: To curdle; to turn, as milk; to coagulate.
examples: text: Nevertheless, as she laid him in bed and posseted him, how frail and fragile he looked!
ref: 1908, Arnold Bennett, The Old Wives' Tale:
glosses: To treat with possets; to pamper.
examples: text: Some babies never posset at all. Others do so with surprising ease, and this can be quite a cause of concern to parents.
ref: 1990, Miriam Stoppard, The New Baby Care Book, →ISBN:
text: All babies posset.
ref: 2003, Pearson Education, Limited, Baby's First Year, Pearson South Africa →ISBN, page 23
text: It's also common for babies to 'posset' - bring up small amounts of milk after a feed - and to vomit occasionally.
ref: 2012, Andy Raffles, Felicity Fine, Harriet Sharkey, Yehudi Gordon, Mother and Baby Health: The A-Z of pregnancy, birth and beyond, Random House, →ISBN, page 421:
glosses: To vomit up curdled milk.
raw_tags: of a baby
Synonyms: sense: pamper
word: coddle
word: cosset
word: pamper
Derived terms: sneck posset
give a sneck posset
broncho
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bronchos
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of bronco.
escalates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of escalate
esterification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: esterifications
Etymology: From ester + -ification.
Senses: examples: Aldrichimica Acta Volume 30 No 4 (pdf) from Sigma-Aldrich
Vinylcyclopropane 19 is readily converted to diester 22 by oxidative cleavage followed by esterification.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any reaction (typically between an acid and an alcohol) that results in the production of an ester
Derived terms: deesterification
diesterification
Fischer esterification
intraesterification
monoesterification
reesterification
self-esterification
thioesterification
etherate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: etherates
Etymology: From ether + -ate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any complex formed between a compound and an ether
Derived terms: boron trifluoride etherate
monoetherate
ethoxylate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: ethoxylates
form: ethoxylating
form: ethoxylated
form: ethoxylated
Etymology: From ethoxyl + -ate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: To react with ethylene oxide
ethoxylate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ethoxylates
Etymology: From ethoxyl + -ate.
Senses: examples: text: The most important and commonly used APEs are nonylphenol ethoxylates (NPEs), which account for 80% of the APE market.
ref: 2008, Uri Zoller, Paul Sosis, editors, Handbook of Detergents, Part F: Production (Surfactant Science Series), CRC Press, →ISBN, page 66:
text: Make sure you don’t use detergents with phosphates or nonylphenol ethoxylate surfactants, but that information is rarely available on the labels.
ref: 2009 February 26, Julie Scelfo, “When It Comes to Detergents, What’s the Least Irresponsible Choice?”, in The New York Times:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The product of such a reaction.
Derived terms: polyethoxylate
ethoxylated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ethoxylate
ethoxylated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Treated or reacted with ethylene oxide
Derived terms: nonethoxylated
polyethoxylated
ethoxylation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ethoxylations
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Treatment or reaction with ethylene oxide
Derived terms: polyethoxylation
ethylated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ethylate
ethylated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: That has had one or more ethyl groups attached
Derived terms: nonethylated
unethylated
ethylate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: ethylates
form: ethylating
form: ethylated
form: ethylated
Etymology: From ethyl + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: To react with an ethyl compound so as to introduce one or more ethyl groups into a compound
ethylenediamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɛ.θɪ.liːnˈdaɪ.ə.miːn/
Etymology: From ethylene + diamine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The diamine NH₂-CH₂-CH₂-NH₂ that is used in organic synthesis and in the manufacture of polymers
Derived terms: etamocycline
ethambutol
ethylenediaminetetracetic acid
tetraethylethylenediamine
tetramethylethylenediamine
ethylenediaminetetraacetate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ethylenediaminetetraacetates
Etymology: From ethylene + diamine + tetra- + acetate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of ethylenediaminetetracetic acid
Synonyms: edtate
edetate
ethylenediaminetetracetate
ethylenediaminetetracetate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ethylenediaminetetracetates
form: ethylenediaminetetraacetate
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of ethylenediaminetetracetic acid.
Synonyms: edtate
edetate
ethylenediaminetetraacetate
ethylenimine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ethylenimines
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: aziridine
ethylidene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ethylidenes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The divalent radical CH₃-CH= formally obtained by removing two hydrogen atoms from the same carbon atom of ethane
Derived terms: ethylideneproline
propidene
ethynide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ethynides
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: the monobasic anion [HC≡C]⁻ (a form of carbide) formally derived by removing a hydrogen atom from ethyne; any salt containing this anion
Synonyms: acetylide
evaporative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more evaporative
form: most evaporative
Etymology: From evaporate + -ive.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, producing, or produced by evaporation.
Derived terms: evaporative cooler
evaporative cooling
evaporatively
photoevaporative