cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
cuboid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkjuːbɔɪd/
Forms: form: more cuboid
form: most cuboid
Etymology: From cube + -oid.
Senses: glosses: Of the shape of a cube.
cuboid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkjuːbɔɪd/
Forms: form: cuboids
Etymology: From cube + -oid.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The cuboid bone.
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
hyponyms: rectangular cuboid
cube
glosses: A hexahedron.
Derived terms: calcaneocuboid
cuboidal
cuboid syndrome
cuneocuboid
hypercuboid
nanocuboid
subcuboid
phalange
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfælændʒ/
ipa: /fəˈlændʒ/
ipa: /ˈfeɪlændʒ/
ipa: /fəˈlændʒ/
rhymes: -ændʒ
Forms: form: phalanges
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French phalange. Doublet of phalanx, planch, plancha, planche, and plank.
Senses: glosses: A phalanx (of soldiers, people etc.).
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A phalanx ("one of the bones of the finger or toe").
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any of the joints of an insect's tarsus.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A bundle of stamens joined by their filaments.
examples: text: The office of an Unarch is therefore but an honourable title. What can political authority be applied to in the Phalange, where all means of violence are absolutely useless, where no clashing interests, no enemies exist; […]
ref: 1910, Mikhail Ivanovich Tugan-Baranovskiĭ, Modern Socialism in Its Historical Development, page 164:
glosses: A phalanstery.
Derived terms: distal phalange
intermediate phalange
middle phalange
phalangeal
phalangigrade
polyphalange
proximal phalange
water melon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: water melons
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of watermelon.
distal phalange
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: distal phalanges
form: distal phalanx
Senses: glosses: Any of the phalanx bones at the tip of the fingers or toes.
Related terms: bone
penitente
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: penitentes
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish penitente, from the resemblance to white-hooded monks. Doublet of penitent.
Senses: glosses: A tall thin blade of hardened snow or ice, found closely spaced in large quantities at high altitudes.
Derived terms: micropenitente
penitentiary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: pĕn'·ĭ·tĕnʹ·shə·rē
ipa: /ˌpɛnɪˈtɛnʃəɹi/
Forms: form: penitentiaries
Etymology: From Middle English penitentiary, from Medieval Latin pēnitentiārius (“place of penitence”), from Latin paenitentia (“penitence”), term used by the Quakers in Pennsylvania during the 1790s, describing a place for penitents to dwell upon their sins.
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:penitentiary.
synonyms: pen#Etymology_1
glosses: A state or federal prison for convicted felons; (loosely) a prison.
glosses: A priest in the Roman Catholic Church who administers the sacrament of penance.
examples: text: The Race of this Warre fell vpon the losse of Vrbin it selfe, which was the Dukes vndoubted Right; Yet in this case, no Penitentiary, (though hee had enioyned him neuer so strait Penance to expiate his first Offence,) would haue counselled him to haue giuen ouer the pursuit of his Right for Vrbin; Which after he prosperously re-obtained, […]
ref: a. 1627 (date written), Francis [Bacon], “Considerations Touching a Warre with Spaine. […]”, in William Rawley, editor, Certaine Miscellany Works of the Right Honourable Francis Lo. Verulam, Viscount S. Alban. […], London: […] I. Hauiland for Humphrey Robinson, […], published 1629, →OCLC, pages 8–9:
glosses: One who prescribes the rules and measures of penance.
glosses: One who does penance.
examples: text: Topics which a priest may not treat , and which bishops declare are unfit for sacramental confession even in penitentiaries, become , with either public or private approval , the subject - matter of platform speeches
ref: 1875, Orby Shipley, A Theory about Sin:
glosses: A small building in a monastery, or a part of a church, where penitents confessed.
glosses: An office of the papal court which examines cases of conscience, confession, absolution from vows, etc., and delivers decisions, dispensations, etc.; run by a cardinal called the Grand Penitentiary who is appointed by the pope.
glosses: An officer in some dioceses since 1215, vested with power from the bishop to absolve in cases reserved to him.
Derived terms: penitentiaryship
Related terms: penitence
penitent
penitential
repent
repentance
repentant
penitentiary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: pĕn'·ĭ·tĕnʹ·shə·rē
ipa: /ˌpɛnɪˈtɛnʃəɹi/
Etymology: From Middle English penitentiary, from Medieval Latin pēnitentiārius (“place of penitence”), from Latin paenitentia (“penitence”), term used by the Quakers in Pennsylvania during the 1790s, describing a place for penitents to dwell upon their sins.
Senses: examples: text: A penitentiary tax.
ref: 1654, John Bramhall, A Just Vindication of the Church of England from the Unjust Aspersion of Criminal Schism:
glosses: Of or relating to penance; penitential.
examples: text: Penitentiary houses.
ref: 1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC:
glosses: Of or relating to the punishment of criminals.
Coordinate terms: sense: relating to the punishment of criminals
word: carceral
nm
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: A: well r u goi – B: huh? – A: nm tht was a mistake
synonyms: nvm
glosses: Initialism of never mind.
nm
Language: English
Part of speech: det
Senses: examples: text: A: hey – B: hey, 'sup? – A: nm u?
glosses: Initialism of not much or nothing much.
nm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of no message.
Related terms: nmu
nanometre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnænə(ʊ)ˌmiːtə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈnænoʊˌmidər/
rhymes: -iːtə(ɹ)
Forms: form: nanometres
Etymology: From nano- + metre.
Senses: examples: text: Holonyms: micrometre < millimetre < centimetre < decimetre < metre < kilometre < megametre < gigametre < terametre < petametre
text: Meronym: picometre
text: A nanometre is one billionth of a metre. A single atom is between a tenth to half a nanometre across; a million or more of them stacked on top of one another would equal the thickness of a piece of paper.
ref: 2010 September 2, Thomas Barfield, “Get ready for a world of nanotechnology”, in The Guardian:
text: The resulting nanopasta is 372 nanometres thick, or about the same size as a measles virus.
ref: 2024 November 25, Ellen Phiddian, “There's nanna's pasta, and then there's nanopasta”, in Cosmos, Adelaide, S.A.: CSIRO Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 Nov 2024:
related: word: mul:nm
word: nanometer
glosses: An SI subunit of length equal to 10⁻⁹ metres.
Derived terms: subnanometre
nanometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnænəˌmitɚ/
ipa: [ˈnænəˌmiɾɚ]
ipa: [ˈnɛənəˌmiɾɚ]
Forms: form: nanometers
Etymology: From nano- + meter.
Senses: examples: text: We live our lives in three dimensions for our threescore and ten allotted years. Yet every branch of contemporary science, from statistics to cosmology, alludes to processes that operate on scales outside of human experience: the millisecond and the nanometer, the eon and the light-year.
ref: 2012 January 24, Robert L. Dorit, “Rereading Darwin”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, archived from the original on 14 Nov 2012, page 23:
text: Images also indicated that gel porosity was in the nanometer range, similar to previously characterized hyperporous beads generated using the same sol-gel methods, which limits mobility of encapsulated cells (Fig 2B ) [23 ].
ref: 2016 January 14, “Toward Bioremediation of Methylmercury Using Silica Encapsulated Escherichia coli Harboring the mer Operon”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
text: It is noteworthy that biological phenomena occur at scales ranging from nanometers to megameters, and from nanoseconds to gigaannums.
ref: 2017, Ashok K. Goel et al., “Is Biologically Inspired Design Domain Independent?”, in John S. Gero, editor, Design Computing and Cognition ’16, →ISBN, page 157:
text: The newest form of gold created in a lab is the thickness of two atoms, according to a new study. It’s only 0.47 nanometers thick, which is one million times thinner than a human finger nail.
ref: 2019 August 6, Ashley Strickland, “Scientists just created the world’s thinnest gold and it’s two atoms thick”, in CNN:
glosses: US spelling of nanometre.
Derived terms: NanoPutian
subnanometer
isobutylphenyl propionic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
pharmacology
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A substance used as an anti-inflammatory painkiller, often shortened to ibuprofen.
Lolita
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ləʊlˈli.tə/
ipa: /loʊlˈli.ɾə/
ipa: /ləlˈli.ɾə/
Etymology: The name is from Spanish Lolita, diminutive of Lola, from the given name Dolores.
The noun derives from the name: see the etymology at lolita for details.
Senses: examples: text: She was Lo, plain Lo, in the morning, standing four feet ten in one sock. She was Lola in slacks. She was Dolly at school. She was Dolores on the dotted line. But in my arms she was always Lolita.
ref: 1955, Vladimir Nabokov, chapter 1, in Lolita:
glosses: A female given name from Spanish.
Derived terms: lolita
Lolita
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ləʊlˈli.tə/
ipa: /loʊlˈli.ɾə/
ipa: /ləlˈli.ɾə/
Forms: form: Lolitas
Etymology: The name is from Spanish Lolita, diminutive of Lola, from the given name Dolores.
The noun derives from the name: see the etymology at lolita for details.
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of lolita, a girl pursued sexually by an adult man, a nymphet.
Lolita
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ləʊlˈli.tə/
ipa: /loʊlˈli.ɾə/
ipa: /ləlˈli.ɾə/
Etymology: Transliteration of Bengali ললিতা (lolita).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Lalita.
glosses: A female given name of Assamese, Bengali, Odia and Santali usage.
ardeb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ardebs
form: adeb
Etymology: From Arabic إِرْدَبّ (ʔirdabb), spoken in Egyptian Arabic something like /ar.ˈdæbb/.
Senses: examples: 1 ardeb of wheat is about 150 kg
1 ardeb of barley is about 120 kg
glosses: A Middle Eastern unit of volume used for agricultural crops.
hamate bone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hamate bones
Etymology: From Latin hāmātus (“hooked, crooked”).
Senses: glosses: One of the eight bones of the wrist (carpals).
Synonyms: sense: bone of the wrist
word: hamatum
sense: bone of the wrist
word: os hamatum
sense: bone of the wrist
word: unciform
sense: bone of the wrist
word: unciform bone
sense: bone of the wrist
word: uncinatum
hamate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈheɪmeɪt/
/ˈhæmeɪt/
Etymology: From Latin hamus (“hook”) + -ate (adjective forming suffix); the noun is a back-formation from hamate bone, see -ate (noun-forming suffix).
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Hooked at the end.
hamate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈheɪmeɪt/
/ˈhæmeɪt/
Forms: form: hamates
Etymology: From Latin hamus (“hook”) + -ate (adjective forming suffix); the noun is a back-formation from hamate bone, see -ate (noun-forming suffix).
Senses: glosses: The hamate bone.
unciform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʌnsɪfɔːm/
ipa: /ˈʌnsɪfɔːɹm/
Forms: form: more unciform
form: most unciform
Etymology: From Latin uncus (“hook”) + -form.
Senses: glosses: Of the shape of a hook; hook-shaped.
unciform
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʌnsɪfɔːm/
ipa: /ˈʌnsɪfɔːɹm/
Forms: form: unciforms
Etymology: From Latin uncus (“hook”) + -form.
Senses: glosses: The hamate bone.
hyoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhaɪ.ɔɪd/
rhymes: -aɪɔɪd
Etymology: Borrowing from French hyoïde, from New Latin hȳoīdēs, from Ancient Greek ῡ̔οειδής (hūoeidḗs, “shaped like the letter "υ"”), from ὖ (û, “the Greek letter upsilon”) + -ο- (-o-) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-like, -oid”).
Senses: examples: text: This stick has a hyoid shape.
text: The hyoid bone in her throat flutters as if discharging some subvocal rosary.
ref: 1969, JG Ballard, The Atrocity Exhibition:
text: Beebe referred to these never-before-seen creatures as monsters, as devils and dragons. But he though of their bodies as philosophies, traditions of thought, as schools of dragonism. A college drop-out, he wondered what was to be learned at their great university: An astronesthes with batteries of hells-eye lights on its cheeks, a looped string of twenty lavender glowing beads suspended from its hyoid dewlap.
ref: 2023, Brad Fox, The Bathysphere Book: Effects of the Luminous Ocean Depths:
synonyms: U-shaped
glosses: Shaped like a U, or like the letter upsilon (υ).
topics: anatomy
biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
zoology
zootomy
synonyms: hyoidal
hyoideal
hyoidean
glosses: Of or pertaining to the hyoid bone.
Derived terms: basihyoid
ceratohyoid
epihyoid
geniohyoid
hyo-
hyoid arch
hyoid bone
infrahyoid
mandibulohyoid
mylohyoid
omohyoid
petrohyoid
posthyoid
sternohyoid
stylohyoid
subhyoid
suprahyoid
thyrohyoid
tympanohyoid
Related terms: hyoideal
hyoidean
hyoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhaɪ.ɔɪd/
rhymes: -aɪɔɪd
Forms: form: hyoids
Etymology: Borrowing from French hyoïde, from New Latin hȳoīdēs, from Ancient Greek ῡ̔οειδής (hūoeidḗs, “shaped like the letter "υ"”), from ὖ (û, “the Greek letter upsilon”) + -ο- (-o-) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-like, -oid”).
Senses: examples: text: the vulture, relinquishing its title, surely in natural justice gave me a right to this femur, this curiously distorted hyoid?
ref: 1973, Patrick O'Brian, HMS Surprise:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Ellipsis of hyoid bone.
glosses: A curved line resembling the English uppercase letter U.
Derived terms: hyoidal
hyoid bone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyoid bones
form: hyoid
form: lingual bone
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A U-shaped bone or complex of bones that is situated between the base of the tongue and the larynx and that supports the tongue, the larynx, and their muscles.
incus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪŋ.kəs/
rhymes: -ɪŋkəs
Forms: form: incudes
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin incūs (“anvil”).
Senses: examples: text: The tympanic cavity is spanned by the three smallest bones in the body: the auditory ossicles[…] These bones, named for their shape, are the malleus (malʹe-us; "hammer"); the incus (ingʹkus; "anvil"); and the stapes (staʹpēz; "stirrup").
ref: 2010, Elaine N. Marieb, Katja Hoehn, Human Anatomy & Physiology, 8th edition, page 576:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A small anvil-shaped bone in the middle ear.
topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
glosses: an accessory cloud, in the shape of an anvil which forms by spreading at the top of a cumulonimbus.
Synonyms: sense: bone in the middle ear
word: anvil
sense: cloud
word: anvil
sense: cloud
word: thunderhead
Related terms: incudal
ossicle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɒsɪkəl/
Forms: form: ossicles
Etymology: Late 16th century, from Latin ossiculum (“little bone, ossicle”) from os (“bone”).
Senses: examples: text: The incus is one of the three auditory ossicles.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
synonyms: auditory bone
auditory ossicle
bonelet
ossicular chain
ossicule
ossiculum
otic bone
hypernyms: bone
os
glosses: A small bone (or bony structure), especially one of the three of the middle ear.
examples: text: The skeleton of echinoderms is made of ossicles, linked to each other via muscles and connective tissue.
text: The eyeballs were surrounded by a ring of bones, the sclerotic ossicle, which probably protected their eyes when diving abruptly for prey.
ref: 1836, William Buckland, Geology and Mineralogy, Considered with Reference to Natural Theology, volume 1, William Pickering, page 174:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Bone-like joint or plate, especially
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Bone-like joint or plate, especially:
one of numerous small calcareous structures forming the skeleton of certain echinoderms, as the starfishes;
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Bone-like joint or plate, especially:
one of the hard articuli or joints of the stem or branches of a crinoid or encrinite;
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Bone-like joint or plate, especially:
one of the several small hard chitinous parts or processes of the gastric skeleton of crustaceans, as in the stomach of a lobster or crawfish.
Derived terms: word: ambulacral ossicle
word: Andernach's ossicles
word: cardiac ossicle
word: carpal ossicle
word: epactal ossicles
word: episternal ossicles
word: intercalcar ossicles
alt: Kerkring's
word: Kerckring's ossicle
word: marginal ossicles
word: ossicle of Bertin
word: ossicular
word: ossiculate
word: ossiculectomy
word: ossiculoplasty
word: ossiculotomy
word: Riolan's ossicles
word: sphenoturbinal ossicle
word: tarsal ossicle
word: vertebral ossicle
word: Weberian ossicles
word: wormian ossicles
Related terms: otolith
malleus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmæl.i.əs/
rhymes: -æliəs
Forms: form: mallei
Etymology: From Latin malleus (“hammer, mallet”). Doublet of maul.
Senses: examples: text: A fracture of the malleus handle is a rare traumatic middle ear lesion.
text: The tympanic cavity is spanned by the three smallest bones in the body: the auditory ossicles[…] These bones, named for their shape, are the malleus (malʹe-us; "hammer"); the incus (ingʹkus; "anvil"); and the stapes (staʹpēz; "stirrup"). The "handle" of the malleus is secured to the eardrum, and the base of the stapes fits into the oval window.
ref: 2010, Elaine N. Marieb, Katja Hoehn, Human Anatomy & Physiology, 8th edition, page 576:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The small hammer-shaped bone of the middle ear.
topics: biology
ichthyology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: The tripus (ossicle in cypriniform fishes).
examples: text: […] in the typical mastax of a Brachionus there are two hammer-like bodies (mallei), which work on a kind of split anvil (incus); […] each malleus consists of an upper part or head (uncus) and a lower or handle (manubrium);
ref: 1884, “Memoirs: An Attempt to re-classify the Rotifers”, in Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science 1884 s2-24, C.T.: Hudson, pages 335-356:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: One of the paired calcareous structures within the mastax of rotifers.
Synonyms: sense: bone of the middle ear
word: hammer
word: malleus Weberi
word: tripus
Hypernyms: sense: bone of the middle ear
word: auditory ossicle
sense: bone of the middle ear
word: auditory bone
sense: bone of the middle ear
word: otic bone
sense: bone of the middle ear
word: ossicle
Derived terms: malleable
malleal
mallear
malleiform
Middle Eastern
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Middle Eastern
form: most Middle Eastern
Senses: examples: text: Frequent conflicts over water have occurred historically in this Middle Eastern region because of its natural water scarcity, the introduction of irrigated agriculture, and the tensions of religious and ethnic diversity.
ref: 2017, Anthony J. McMichael, Alistair Woodward, Cameron Muir, Climate Change and the Health of Nations, →ISBN, page 236:
glosses: Of or relating to the Middle East.
Derived terms: Middle Eastern Time
Middle Easterner
Middle Easternism
Middle Easternize
sexpot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɛks.pɒt/
ipa: /ˈsɛks.pɑt/
Forms: form: sexpots
Etymology: From sex + pot.
Senses: examples: text: Rather than asking her to play a shallow sexpot, Clash by Night and Don't Bother to Knock ask Monroe to play women with strong opinions and complex psyches.
ref: 2019, Amanda Konkle, Some Kind of Mirror: Creating Marilyn Monroe, Rutgers University Press, →ISBN:
text: After appearing in commercials and soaps as a child, Applegate broke out as a teenage sexpot on the long-running Fox sitcom “Married With Children,” then won an Emmy for her work on “Friends.”
ref: 2022 November 1, Alexis Soloski, “Christina Applegate Pours One Out for ‘Dead to Me’”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: A sexy person.
kamala
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkʌm(ə)lə/
Forms: form: kamalas
Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit कमल (kamala, “lotus”).
Senses: synonyms: kamala tree
dyer's rottlera
kamala dye tree
monkey face tree
orange kamala
red kamala
scarlet croton
glosses: A small or medium-sized tree (Mallotus philippensis) in the spurge family, found in Asia and Australia.
examples: text: After stating the varieties met with in this country, […] he stated that the chief points to be observed in the treatment [of common tapeworm] were: a preliminary starvation of twenty-four hours, and the administration of a combination of kamala and male fern—namely, two drachms of kamala to be rubbed up with a little gum-and-water till an emulsion is formed, and then two drachms of oil of male fern to be added, and the whole triturated in a mortar, […]
ref: 1875 December 4, “Medical Societies: Medical Society of London”, in James G. Wakley, editor, The Lancet, number 2727, London: John James Croft, page 803:
text: Mallotus Philippinensis, J. M. […] Though not of great importance this bush should not be passed on this occasion, inasmuch as the powdery substance investing the seed capsules constitutes the Kamala, which can be employed not only as an orange dye, but also as an anthelmintic remedy. The Hindoo silk-dyers use it for an orange colour, obtained by boiling the Kamala with carbonate of soda.
ref: 1876, Ferd[inand] von Mueller, Select Plants Readily Eligible for Industrial Culture or Naturalisation in Victoria, Melbourne: M‘Carron, Bird & Co., page 124:
text: In a recent examination of commercial kamalas, the mean percentage of ash found was 35.17 per cent., using a platinum crucible and as high a temperature as a common Bunsen burner would supply.
ref: 1907, C[onrad] Lewis Diehl, “Report on the Progress of Pharmacy. From July 1, 1906, to June 30, 1907”, in Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Fifty-Fifth Annual Meeting Held at New York, N. Y., September, 1907 […], Baltimore: American Pharmaceutical Association, page 815:
synonyms: kamala tree
dyer's rottlera
kamala dye tree
monkey face tree
orange kamala
red kamala
scarlet croton
glosses: A small or medium-sized tree (Mallotus philippensis) in the spurge family, found in Asia and Australia.
An orange or red powder obtained from the fruit capsules of this plant, used as dyestuff for colouring silk or wool, and employed as an anthelmintic.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Mallotus rhamnifolius
word: buckthorn-leaved kamala
taxonomic: Mallotus philippensis
word: orange kamala
taxonomic: Mallotus philippensis
word: red kamala
taxonomic: Mallotus tetracoccus
word: rusty kamala
viridescent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌvɪɹəˈdɛs(ə)nt/
rhymes: -ɛsənt
Forms: form: more viridescent
form: most viridescent
Etymology: C 1850 from Late Latin viridescens, present participle of viridescere; see virescent.
Senses: examples: text: In from two to three years the newt changes its red for a viridescent coloration, returns to the water, loses its ciliated and regains a stratified non-ciliated oral epithelium, and reassumes a partial aquatic respiration, and during the remainder of its life is properly an aquatic form.
ref: 1891 December, Simon Henry Gage, “Life-History of the Vermilion-Spotted Newt (Diemyctylus viridescens Raf.)”, in The American Naturalist, volume 25, number 300, Salem, Mass.: Essex Institute, American Society of Naturalists, page 1084:
synonyms: word: greenish
word: greenly
word: greeny
word: verdant
word: verdurous
word: vert
word: virescent
word: virid
word: viridescent
word: bosky
word: greenly
word: lavish
word: lush
word: verdant
word: verdured
word: verdurous
word: virid
word: viridescent
glosses: Having a greenish hue; becoming somewhat green in color.
Derived terms: viridescence
ricinoleic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɹʌɪ.sɪ.nəʊˌliː.ɪk ˈas.ɪd/
ipa: /ˌɹaɪ.sɪ.noʊˌli.ɪk ˈæs.ɪd/
rhymes: -æsɪd
Etymology: From translingual Ricin(us) + oleic acid.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A crystalline unsaturated hydroxy fatty acid C₁₈H₃₄O₃ that yields esters important as plasticizers and whose glyceride (ricinolein) is the main component of castor oil.
Derived terms: ricinelaidic acid
ricinoleate
ricinolein
castor oil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɑː.stə ˌɔɪl/
ipa: /ˈkæ.stɚ ˌɔɪl/
Forms: form: castor oils
form: castor-oil
Etymology: From its medicinal use in succession to castor.
Senses: examples: text: Every six months, spoonfuls of castor oil were administered to combat constipation.
ref: 2020, Avni Doshi, Burnt Sugar, Hamish Hamilton, page 127:
synonyms: ricinus oil
hypernyms: seed oil
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glosses: The pale yellow vegetable oil extracted from the castor bean; used as a laxative and an industrial lubricant.
Derived terms: castor oil plant
Related terms: castoreum
ricinoleic acid
castor bean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: castor beans
Senses: glosses: A castor oil plant, of species Ricinus communis.
glosses: Seed of the castor oil plant, used in the production of castor oil and of the poison ricin.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Ixodes ricinus
word: castor bean tick
castor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɑːs.tə/
ipa: /ˈkæs.tɚ/
rhymes: -ɑːstə(ɹ)
rhymes: -æstə(ɹ)
homophone: caster
Forms: form: castors
Etymology: From Middle French castor, from Old French castor (“beaver”), from Latin castor (“beaver”), from Ancient Greek κάστωρ (kástōr), from Doric Greek κάστον (káston, “wood”).
Senses: examples: text: I have been always noted for the jaunty manner in which I wear my castor—[…]
ref: 1826, [Walter Scott], chapter V, in Woodstock; Or, The Cavalier. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, →OCLC, page 135:
glosses: A hat made from the fur of the beaver.
glosses: A heavy quality of broadcloth for overcoats.
glosses: Castoreum (bitter exudate of mature beavers).
glosses: Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Ariadne, of Africa and Asia.
Synonyms: sense: hat
word: beaver
sense: hat
word: castoreum
sense: cloth
word: beaver
Derived terms: castorin
Related terms: castorette
castoreum
castor bean
castor oil
castor sac
castor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɑːs.tə/
ipa: /ˈkæs.tɚ/
rhymes: -ɑːstə(ɹ)
rhymes: -æstə(ɹ)
homophone: caster
Etymology: Named from Greek mythology; see Castor and Pollux. The name pollux was given to another mineral with which it was always found.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A variety of petalite found in Elba.
Synonyms: castorite
castor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɑːs.tə/
ipa: /ˈkæs.tɚ/
rhymes: -ɑːstə(ɹ)
rhymes: -æstə(ɹ)
homophone: caster
Forms: form: castors
Etymology: Alternative spelling of caster, via cast + -or (the Latinate varient of -er).
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of caster, especially in its senses
A pivoting roller attached to the bottom of furniture to allow it to be moved.
examples: text: Mrs. Hussey soon appeared, with a mustard-pot in one hand and a vinegar-cruet in the other, having just broken away from the occupation of attending to the castors, and scolding her little black boy meantime.
ref: 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “The Ramadan”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 92:
glosses: Alternative spelling of caster, especially in its senses
A container with a perforated cap for sprinkling its contents, especially salt, pepper, etc.
Derived terms: castor sugar
castored
castoring
double star
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: double stars
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Two stars which form a stellar system, such that they orbit the point of equilibrium of their gravitational fields; a binary star.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Two stars that appear to be one when seen with the naked eye, either because they orbit one another (binary stars) or happen to be in the same line of sight even though they are separated by a great distance (optical binaries).
Synonyms: sense: star system
word: binary
sense: star system
word: binary star
sense: star system
word: double star system
sense: star system
word: binary star system
Derived terms: double star system
Related terms: single star
single star system
triple star
multiple star
star system
naked eye
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: naked eyes
Senses: glosses: Eyesight, unaided by equipment such as a telescope or microscope.
Synonyms: word: unaided eye
word: bare eye
topics: military
war
government
politics
word: mark 1 eyeball
Derived terms: naked-eye
sebacic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid, (CH₂)₈(COOH)₂, originally prepared from tallow; it is used in the manufacture of resins, plasticizers and polyester rubbers
Synonyms: decanedioic acid
Related terms: sebaceous
tallow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtæləʊ/
ipa: /ˈtæloʊ/
rhymes: -æləʊ
Forms: form: tallows
Etymology: From Middle English talow, talgh, from Old English *tealh, *tealg, (compare Old English tælg, telg (“dye”)), from Proto-West Germanic *talg, from Proto-Germanic *talgaz (compare Dutch talg, German Talg), from Proto-Indo-European *del- (“to flow”) (compare Middle Irish delt (“dew”), Old Armenian տեղ (teł, “heavy rain”)).
Senses: examples: text: "I have got a very fine shirt, which I am going to use for my wedding shirt; but there are three tallow stains on it which I want washed out[.]"
ref: 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 240:
text: Nor were the wool prospects much better. The pastoral industry, which had weathered the severe depression of the early forties by recourse to boiling down the sheep for their tallow, and was now firmly re-established as the staple industry of the colony, was threatened once more with eclipse.
ref: 1929, M. Barnard Eldershaw, A House Is Built, chapter VIII, section ii:
text: Rendering is done by boiling the animal carcasses to separate the fat from the meat. At high temperatures, the fat floats as a creamy white substance called tallow, while the heavier protein sinks to the bottom, producing greaves, which can be fed to animals. Tallow is used to make candle wax or is mixed with ash and heated again to form soap.
ref: 2005, Carmen Ferreiro, Mad Cow Disease, Infobase Publishing, →ISBN, page 13:
glosses: A hard animal fat obtained from suet, etc.; used in cooking as well as to make candles, soap and lubricants.
Derived terms: Japan tallow
mountain tallow
tallow-faced
tallow gourd
tallow tree
tallowweed
tallow wood
tallow-wood
tallow
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtæləʊ/
ipa: /ˈtæloʊ/
rhymes: -æləʊ
Forms: form: tallows
form: tallowing
form: tallowed
form: tallowed
Etymology: From Middle English talow, talgh, from Old English *tealh, *tealg, (compare Old English tælg, telg (“dye”)), from Proto-West Germanic *talg, from Proto-Germanic *talgaz (compare Dutch talg, German Talg), from Proto-Indo-European *del- (“to flow”) (compare Middle Irish delt (“dew”), Old Armenian տեղ (teł, “heavy rain”)).
Senses: glosses: To grease or smear with tallow.
examples: text: to tallow sheep
glosses: To cause to have a large quantity of tallow; to fatten.
examples: text: […] their beef is finer than that of the old short-horned breed, and they fatten much earlier and quicker, conveying still a vast depth of natural flesh, and tallowing within in the first degree.
ref: 1824, R. W. Dickson, A Complete System of Improved Live Stock and Cattle, page 53:
glosses: Of animals: to develop quantities of tallow.
suet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈs(j)uːɪt/
rhymes: -ɪt
Forms: form: suets
Etymology: From Middle English suet, sewet, borrowed from Anglo-Norman suet, siuet, from Old French seu, from Latin sebum.
Senses: examples: text: [T]he ſevvet of oxen […] is alſo good againſt the inflammation of the eares, the ſtupidity and dulneſſe of the teeth, the running of the eyes, the vlcers and rimes of the mouth, and ſtiffneſſe of the neck.
ref: 1607, Conradus Gesnerus [i.e., Conrad Gessner]; Edward Topsell, “Of Cowes”, in The Historie of Foure-footed Beastes. […], London: […] William Iaggard, →OCLC, page 83:
text: Many seed-eating birds also need animal fat and protein which they obtain from insects, animal carcasses, and suet.
ref: 1996, Laura Erickson, Sharing the Wonder of Birds with Kids:
text: Some jays, chickadees, nuthatches, and titmice regularly feed at suet; others seem never to indulge.
ref: 1998, Alan Pistorius, Everything You Need to Know About Birding and Backyard Bird Attraction:
glosses: The fatty tissue that surrounds and protects the kidneys; that of sheep and cattle is used in cooking and in making tallow.
Derived terms: suet cake
suet pudding
hell on wheels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: First used to refer to the towns at the end of the Union Pacific Railroad when under construction.
Senses: glosses: A situation that is tough, aggressive, lawless, and wild.
Related terms: on wheels
silicic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: silicic acids
Senses: examples: metasilicic acid H₂SiO₃
orthosilicic acid H₄SiO₄
disilicic acid H₂Si₂O₅
pyrosilicic acid H₆Si₂O₇
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: any of a range of compounds, being hydrates of silica; they form silicates having complex polymeric structures
stapes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsteɪ.piːz/
Forms: form: stapes
form: stapedes
Etymology: From Medieval Latin stapēs (“stirrup”). Doublet of step.
Senses: examples: text: The tympanic cavity is spanned by the three smallest bones in the body: the auditory ossicles[…] These bones, named for their shape, are the malleus (malʹe-us; "hammer"); the incus (ingʹkus; "anvil"); and the stapes (staʹpēz; "stirrup"). The "handle" of the malleus is secured to the eardrum, and the base of the stapes fits into the oval window.
ref: 2010, Elaine Nicpon Marieb, Katja Hoehn, Human Anatomy & Physiology, 8th edition, page 576:
topics: anatomy
biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
zoology
zootomy
synonyms: stirrup
glosses: A small stirrup-shaped innermost ossicle of the middle ear of mammals, transmitting vibrations from the incus to the inner ear.
Related terms: stapedial
stapedo-
staped-
bone
stapes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsteɪ.piːz/
Senses: glosses: plural of stape
suberic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid, (CH₂)₆(COOH)₂, obtained from cork; used in the manufacture of plastics
dementia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈmɛnʃə/
rhymes: -ɛnʃə
Forms: form: dementias
form: dementiae
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin dementia.
Senses: examples: text: Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems— […]. Such a slow-release device containing angiogenic factors could be placed on the pia mater covering the cerebral cortex and tested in persons with senile dementia in long term studies.
ref: 2013 May-June, Charles T. Ambrose, “Alzheimer’s Disease”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 200:
text: In recent years some clinical trials involving potential dementia drugs have had disappointing setbacks.
ref: 2018 January 18, Jürgen Götz, “Why it’s so hard to treat dementia”, in CNN:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A progressive decline in cognitive function due to damage or disease in the brain beyond what might be expected from normal aging. Areas particularly affected include memory, attention, judgement, language and problem solving.
glosses: Madness or insanity.
Derived terms: academentia
antidementia
dementia café
dementia dialytica
dementialike
dementia paralytica
dementia praecox
dementia precox
dementia pugilistica
familial British dementia
infantile dementia
nondementia
paralytic dementia
predementia
pseudodementia
pseudopseudodementia
semidementia
senile dementia
steroid dementia
vascular dementia
Related terms: amentia
demented
demential
Alzheimer's disease
delirium
metacarpus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)pəs
Forms: form: metacarpi
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The five bones that form the intermediate part of the hand between the fingers and the wrist.
Derived terms: carpometacarpus
metacarpal
metacarpally
Related terms: bone
sulfonic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sulfonic acids
form: sulphonic acid
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: a strong inorganic acid, HSO₂OH
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: the univalent functional group -SO₂OH
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: any member of the class or organic acids containing this group; used in detergents, dyes and ion exchange resins
Related terms: sulfonate
sulfonate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sulfonates
form: sulphonate
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of a sulfonic acid.
Derived terms: benzenesulfonate
disulfonate
lignin sulfonate
naphthalenesulfonate
organosulfonate
perfluorooctane sulfonate
perfluorosulfonate
tetrasulfonate
thiosulfonate
sulfonate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sulfonates
form: sulfonating
form: sulfonated
form: sulfonated
form: sulphonate
Senses: glosses: To treat or react with a sulfonic acid, or to introduce such a group into a compound.
Derived terms: desulfonate
metatarsus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmɛtəˈtɑː(ɹ)səs/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)səs
Forms: form: metatarsi
Etymology: From New Latin metatarsus.
Senses: synonyms: instep
glosses: The part of the foot between the toes and the ankle, especially its five bones.
Coordinate terms: metacarpus
tarsus
Derived terms: word: metatarsal
alt: metatars-
word: metatarso-
word: metatarsus adductus
word: tarsometatarsus
Related terms: bone
metatarsal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmɛtəˈtɑː(ɹ)səl/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)səl
Etymology: From meta- + tarsal.
Senses: glosses: Of the metatarsus.
Derived terms: carpometatarsal
cuneometatarsal
distalometatarsal
distometatarsal
intermetatarsal
intrametatarsal
submetatarsal
talometatarsal
tarsometatarsal
transmetatarsal
metatarsal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmɛtəˈtɑː(ɹ)səl/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)səl
Forms: form: metatarsals
form: metatarsalia
Etymology: From meta- + tarsal.
Senses: glosses: Any of the bones of the metatarsus.
Related terms: bone
astragalus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: astragali
Etymology: From Latin astragalus, from Ancient Greek ἀστράγαλος (astrágalos). Doublet of astragal.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Synonym of anklebone.
synonyms: word: anklebone
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Synonym of milkvetch: a plant of the genus Astragalus.
synonyms: word: milkvetch
extra: a plant of the genus Astragalus
Derived terms: astragalar
astragalectomy
astragaloid
astragaloside
anklebone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈaŋk(ə)lbəʊn/
Forms: form: anklebones
Etymology: From Middle English ancle bone; equivalent to ankle + bone.
Senses: examples: text: And immediatly his fete ãd anclebones receaved ſtrenght / and he ſprange / ſtode / ãd alſo walked / ãd entred with them into the temple walkinge / and leapynge / and laudynge god.
ref: 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, The Actes off the Apostles iij:[7–8], folio clvii, recto:
synonyms: talus
astragalus
astragal
huckle bone
glosses: The bone of the ankle, forming the lower part of the ankle joint and joining with the tibia and fibula.
detergent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈtɜːdʒənt/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)dʒənt
Forms: form: detergents
Etymology: From French détergent, from Latin dētergēns, the present participle of dētergeō, from dē (“off”) + tergeō (“wipe, polish”).
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: cleaner (sometimes coordinate)
text: laundry detergent
text: liquid detergent
text: powdered detergent
text: She used a mild detergent to wash the clothes.
coordinate_terms: soap[Appendix:Glossary#loose|loosely]] synonymous>
glosses: Any non-soap cleaning agent, especially a synthetic surfactant.
Derived terms: anionic detergent
cationic detergent
detergentless
dish detergent
nondetergent
zwittergent
Related terms: surfactant
detergent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈtɜːdʒənt/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)dʒənt
Forms: form: more detergent
form: most detergent
Etymology: From French détergent, from Latin dētergēns, the present participle of dētergeō, from dē (“off”) + tergeō (“wipe, polish”).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of cleansing.
synonyms: word: cleansing
surfactant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /səɹˈfæktənt/
Forms: form: surfactants
Etymology: Blend of surface-active + agent.
Senses: examples: text: Dr. Khorana added that this is especially true of cleansers that feature surfactants like sodium lauryl sulfate, as this class of ingredients can cause “dryness, irritation and eczema.”
ref: 2023 December 6, Jessica DeFino, “Too Many Products Can Stress Out Your Skin. Here’s How to Scale Back.”, in The New York Times:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: tenside
glosses: A surface-active agent, or wetting agent, capable of reducing the surface tension of a liquid; typically organic compounds having a hydrophilic “head” and a hydrophobic “tail”.
examples: text: It is conceivable that impairment of surfactant proteins is due to rheological and immunodefensive disorders of testis and epididymis or prostate.
ref: 2015 November 25, “Expression and Localization of Lung Surfactant Proteins in Human Testis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A lipoprotein in the tissues of the lung that reduces surface tension and permits more efficient gas transport.
Derived terms: biosurfactant
cosurfactant
fluorosurfactant
nonsurfactant
prosurfactant
surfactantless
surface-active
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: capable of lowering the surface tension of a liquid
Related terms: surfactant
detergent
surface tension
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: surface tensions
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: the effect on the surface of a liquid that makes it behave as a stretched elastic membrane; it is caused by unbalanced intermolecular forces
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: a measure of this effect
Related terms: surface active
surfactant
intermolecular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + molecular.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: from one molecule to another; between molecules
Derived terms: intermolecular force
intermolecularity
intermolecularly
Related terms: intramolecular
Van der Waals force
intramolecular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + molecular.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Between different parts of the same molecule.
Derived terms: intramolecularity
intramolecularly
nonintramolecular
Related terms: intermolecular
hydrophilic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hydrophilic
form: most hydrophilic
Etymology: From hydro- + -philic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
antonyms: hydrophobic
glosses: Having an affinity for water; able to absorb, or be wetted by water; water-loving.
Derived terms: -filcon
hydrophilicity
superhydrophilic
Related terms: hydrophile
hydrophilia
hygroscopic
hydrophobic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /haɪdɹəˈfəʊbɪk/
Etymology: From hydrophobia + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of, or having, hydrophobia (rabies).
Related terms: sense: hydrophobia
word: aquaphobic
hydrophobic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /haɪdɹəˈfəʊbɪk/
Forms: form: more hydrophobic
form: most hydrophobic
Etymology: From hydrophobe + -ic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
synonyms: water-fearing
glosses: Lacking an affinity for water; unable to absorb or to be wetted by water.
Derived terms: antihydrophobic
-focon
hydrophobically
hydrophobicity
nonhydrophobic
pseudohydrophobic
superhydrophobic
ultrahydrophobic
Related terms: oleophobic
hydrophobe
unproduced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unproduced
form: most unproduced
Etymology: From un- + produced.
Senses: examples: an unproduced teleplay
glosses: Not having been produced.
examples: text: The new album has a very unproduced sound, unlike their earlier efforts.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Recording the music directly, with a minimum of overdubs, effects and other processing.
sound engineering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Sound engineering has progressed greatly since the early days of the phonograph.
coordinate_terms: light engineering
glosses: The technical discipline of recording and producing sound.
examples: text: This project is important, and must be based in sound engineering.
glosses: Engineering which is sound in the sense of being reliable.
Related terms: acoustical engineering
audio engineering
sound engineer
sound engineer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sound engineers
Senses: examples: text: Your records will sound a lot better if you hire a good sound engineer.
glosses: One who practices sound engineering.
overdub
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overdubs
form: overdubbing
form: overdubbed
form: overdubbed
Etymology: From over- + dub (in the sense derived from double).
Senses: examples: text: The rhythm guitar part is live, but the solo was overdubbed.
qualifier: sound engineering
glosses: To record a part along with an already recorded part or parts.
Derived terms: overdubber
overdub
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overdubs
Etymology: From over- + dub (in the sense derived from double).
Senses: examples: text: The rhythm guitar part is live, but the solo is an overdub.
qualifier: sound engineering
glosses: An overdubbed part.
Related terms: dub
over
multitrack