cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
throneroom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thronerooms
Etymology: From throne + room.
Senses: examples: text: Thrones, chairs, tables, beds, ropes, carts, and guns appear in lightning speed to transform the stage into battlefields, bedrooms and thronerooms, into roads, docks, and taverns.
ref: 1968, Antioch Review, volume 27, page 403:
text: Suddenly before them shone a throneroom of sparkling diamond, emerald, and transparent gold that overlooked a gleaming, golden altar fuming with smoke. Before it burned four flames that moved back and forth, then the vision vanished.
ref: 2005, Mark Norris, The Dark Forest, page 91:
text: In its totality, the throneroom represents a complex play between convention and innovation in the sequence of ancient Mesopotamian art up to that point.
ref: 2010, Irene Winter, On Art in the Ancient Near East, page 8:
glosses: Alternative form of throne room.
thronerooms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of throneroom
playne
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: Literal Figures: Puritan Allegory and the Reformation Crisis in Representation
There hast thou in the playne texte greate lerninge, greate frute and greate edifienge which I passe over because of tediousnes. Then come I, when I preach of the law and the gospell, and borow this example to expresse the nature of the law and of the Gospell and the paynte it unto the before thine eyes.
glosses: Obsolete spelling of plain.
rubberband
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rubberbands
Senses: examples: text: Once the hair is sewn onto the foundation, use the proper styling aids to blend all natural hair that is not in rubberbands into the commercial hair, if necessary.
ref: 1998, Natural Hair Care and Braiding, →ISBN, page 114:
text: Provide each child, or pair of children, with a shoebox (shoebox lid is not needed) and different sizes and thicknesses of rubberbands. The children are to stretch several different sizes of rubberbands around the entire shoebox's girth.
ref: 1999, Jennifer Overend Prior, Janet A. Hale, Bats, →ISBN, page 39:
text: Braiding with rubberbands is quicker than sewing in yarn or thread but it is not acceptable for high-level competition, and it will break off hairs and damage the mane.
ref: 2008, Susan E. Harris, Grooming To Win, →ISBN, page 203:
glosses: Alternative form of rubber band.
rubberband
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rubberbands
form: rubberbanding
form: rubberbanded
form: rubberbanded
Senses: examples: text: Rubberband them together.
ref: 2001, Braiding: Easy Styles for Everyone, →ISBN, page 71:
text: Long red-gray hair in a rubberbanded ponytail, […]
ref: 2013, Phil Rickman, The Fabric of Sin, →ISBN:
text: Editors are very set in their ways of whether they prefer doing level changes within a clip by rubberbanding or by breaking the clip into pieces and adjusting the levels of each piece.
ref: 2014, Steve Hullfish, Avid Uncut, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of rubber-band.
rubberbanded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rubberband
rubberbands
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rubberband
cumberer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cumberers
Etymology: From cumber + -er.
Senses: glosses: Someone or something that cumbers
cumberers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cumberer
cucumbery
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cucumbery
form: most cucumbery
Etymology: From cucumber + -y.
Senses: examples: text: She cut the frilly shamrock leaves of the burnet off the stems, minced the tiny pile with a butcher knife, then stirred their green flecks mightily into the bowl of dip, the better to have the catered-to ask, "Ooh, what gives it that cucumbery taste?"
ref: 1999, Ivan Doig, Mountain Time:
glosses: resembling cucumber
feathery false lily of the valley
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: feathery false lilies of the valley
Senses: glosses: Maianthemum racemosum
Synonyms: sense: Maianthemum racemosum
word: treacleberry
sense: Maianthemum racemosum
word: false Solomon's seal
sense: Maianthemum racemosum
word: Solomon's plume
sense: Maianthemum racemosum
word: false spikenard
medkit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: medkits
form: medikit
Etymology: From med + kit.
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
video-games
glosses: A small bag or case containing medical supplies
Related terms: first-aid kit
medkits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of medkit
datapad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: datapads
form: data-pad
form: data pad
Etymology: From data + pad.
Senses: examples: text: She produced a small datapad, tapped out a rapid sequence on the keys, and shoved it in front of Ma'adrys. “Does it look like this?”
Ma'adrys drew back from the datapad until Geordi leaned over her shoulder to whisper a few words of reassurance
ref: 2000, Esther Friesner, To Storm Heaven:
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
synonyms: padd
PADD
glosses: A small handheld device used to gather, send, or process data.
synonyms: word: tablet
word: pad
word: iPad
alt: genericized
word: slate
qualifier: consumer electronics
glosses: A tablet computer, a personal mobile device
datapads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of datapad
gargoyled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From gargoyle + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Having gargoyles carved into it
raw_tags: of a building
braine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: braines
Senses: examples: text: That the three pricinpall faculties of the ſoule, the vnderſtanding, the imagination and memorie are diſtinguiſhed by three ſeverall Cells or Ventricles in the braine, the imaginatiō(as is cōceiued)being cōfined to the forepart, the memory to the hinder part, and judgement or vnderſtanding to the middle part thereof; which opinion Laurentius confutes, and Fermelius derides, makeing them all to be diſperſed thorow all the receptacles of the braine, in as much as ſomtime when the whole braine is diſaffected, the operation but of one of thoſe faculties is hurt; and ſometimes againe when but one ventricle is hurt, the operation of all the three faculties are hindered.
ref: 1627, George Hakewill, An Apologie or Declaration of the Power and Providence of God in the Government of the World:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of brain.
braines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of braine
rounde
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: And rounde and rounde, and faster rounde / The fairye ryng theye flewe / And aye the langer that theye daunsit / The madder on fonne theye grewe.
ref: 1865, James Hogg, The works of the Ettrick shepherd:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of round.
ranche
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ranches
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of ranch.
rancheria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rancherias
form: ranchería
form: rancherio
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish ranchería. Doublet of rancherie.
Senses: examples: text: The springs are so few in number that their names are household words in every Indian rancheria and every settler's home; and there are no brooks, no creeks, and no rivers but the trunk of the Colorado and the trunk of the Gila.
ref: 1895, J[ohn] W[esley] Powell, chapter I, in Canyons of the Colorado, Meadville, PA: Flood & Vincent; republished as The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons, New York: Dover, 1961, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 22:
text: As for escaping, there were eight hundred miles of dry wilderness between the ranchería and civilization.
ref: 2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster, published 2014, page 98:
glosses: A small settlement in the Americas, especially of Native Americans.
glosses: A political division denoting a small poor rural settlement.
Related terms: rancho
rancherias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rancheria
necker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neckers
Etymology: From neck + -er, from the verb.
Senses: examples: text: 1931, P. G. Wodehouse, 'Big Money', Herbert Jenkins: London, page 195.
"A nice girl like you! A girl who has always prided herself on her fastidiousness. A girl who could never understand how other girls in her set could make themselves cheap and let themselves be pawed about—Ugh!" said Conscience witheringly. "Necker!"
Ann shuddered.
"Yes, Necker!...
text: We all ate at the Liberty Grill, and then Bernice and I drove her family's Pontiac upriver, to a hill overlooking Tongue Point, where plenty of neckers were fogging up the windows.
ref: 2008, Don Malarkey, Bob Welch, Easy Company Soldier: The Legendary Battles of a Sergeant from World War II:
glosses: Someone who kisses primarily in the neck; a neck kisser.
necker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neckers
Etymology: From neck + -er, from the noun.
Senses: glosses: Someone or something with a certain type of neck.
necker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neckers
Etymology: Clipping of neckerchief.
Senses: examples: text: Our uniform is a green Scout shirt with the Group necker, woggle and badges. The Group necker is half blue, half yellow and worn so that the blue part is on the left, nect to the membership badge.
ref: 2010, Tom Dyer, Welcome to Scouting: An introduction to Scouting at the 1st Dinas Powys Scout Group for new Scouts and their parents, →ISBN, page 25:
text: It was only as they were doing that that I realised I hadn’t done my own necker. It was as crumpled as it had been when I had taken it off at bedtime. I slipped my woggle off and gave the necker to the Patrol Leader to do.
ref: 2014, Glynis Dunnit, Girls Scout for Boys, Academy Incorporated Limited, →ISBN, page 48:
text: The colours of a Scout necker identifies the wearer as belonging to a particular group. Additionally, the necker’s triangular point at the back of the wearer’s neck can provide space for a patch or symbol.
ref: 2022, Catherine Bannister, Scouting and Guiding in Britain: The Ritual Socialisation of Young People, Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 74:
glosses: A scarf that is worn looped or tied around the neck.
neckers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of necker
teagown
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: teagowns
Senses: examples: 20th century, Edith Wharton, The Other Two
The anticipation of such enjoyment was not, however, the sentiment expressed by Mrs. Waythorn's charming face when she presently joined him. Though she had put on her most engaging teagown she had neglected to assume the smile that went with it, and Waythorn thought he had never seen her look so nearly worried.
glosses: Alternative form of tea-gown.
teagowns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of teagown
retuck
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: retucks
form: retucking
form: retucked
form: retucked
Etymology: From re- + tuck.
Senses: glosses: To tuck again.
retucked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of retuck
retucks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of retuck
retucking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of retuck
handmirror
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: handmirrors
Etymology: From hand + mirror.
Senses: glosses: A handheld mirror
handmirrors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of handmirror
crossreference
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crossreferences
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cross-reference.
crossreference
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: crossreferences
form: crossreferencing
form: crossreferenced
form: crossreferenced
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cross-reference.
crossreferenced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of crossreference
crossreferences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crossreference
crossreferences
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of crossreference
crossreferencing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of crossreference
false lily of the valley
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: false lilies of the valley
Senses: glosses: Any of several species of Maianthemum:
Maianthemum bifolium, May lily, native from western Europe east to Siberia, China, and Japan
glosses: Any of several species of Maianthemum:
Maianthemum canadense, Canadian may-lily, Canada mayflower, Canadian lily-of-the-valley, wild lily-of-the-valley, two-leaved Solomonseal, native to the sub-boreal conifer forests in Canada and the northern United States
glosses: Any of several species of Maianthemum:
Maianthemum dilatatum, snakeberry, two-leaved Solomon's seal, native to western North America and Asia across the Kamchatka Peninsula, Japan, and Korea
glosses: Any of several species of Maianthemum:
Maianthemum racemosum, feathery false lily of the valley, treacleberry, false Solomon's seal, Solomon's plume, false spikenard
gunked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of gunk
gunking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of gunk
gunks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gunk
Pales
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Latin Palēs, from Etruscan.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The deity of shepherds, flocks and livestock in Roman mythology.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: 49 Pales, a main belt asteroid.
Synonyms: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
word: 49 Pales
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
word: ㊾
willow oak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: willow oaks
Senses: glosses: Quercus phellos
Synonyms: sense: Quercus phellos
english: as lumber
translation: as lumber
word: red oak
Nemausus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Latin Nemausus.
Senses: qualifier: Celtic mythology
glosses: The patron god of Nîmes during Roman times.
Moorean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Moorean
form: most Moorean
Etymology: From Moore + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to G. E. Moore (1873–1958), English philosopher, one of the founders of the analytic tradition in philosophy.
glosses: Of or relating to Henry Moore (1898–1986), Anglo-Irish sculptor and artist.
Moorean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Moorean
form: most Moorean
Etymology: From Moorea + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Moorea or Mo'orea, an island of French Polynesia.
conversaziones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of conversazione
Sidgwickian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Sidgwickian
form: most Sidgwickian
Etymology: From Sidgwick + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Relating to Henry Sidgwick (1838–1900), English utilitarian philosopher and economist.
eunicellins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eunicellin
counterpulsation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: counterpulsations
Etymology: From counter- + pulsation.
Senses: glosses: A procedure used to mitigate angina, heart failure, or cardiomyopathy, in which pneumatic cuffs are timed to inflate and deflate based on the individual's electrocardiogram, decreasing the afterload that the heart has to pump against and increasing the preload that fills the heart.
buttoners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of buttoner
buttonmaking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From button + making.
Senses: examples: text: Catastrophically for Dorset buttony, Ashton's buttonmaking machine was invented in 1850 and proudly exhibited at the Great Exhibition of 1851. As a consequence of this invention, the Dorset cottage industry collapsed virtually overnight […]
ref: 2010, David Hilliam, Little Book of Dorset:
glosses: The manufacture of buttons.
Synonyms: buttony
buttonmaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: buttonmakers
Etymology: From button + maker.
Senses: glosses: A manufacturer of buttons.
buttonmakers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of buttonmaker
tonya
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tonya
Etymology: From Japanese 問屋 (ton'ya).
Senses: glosses: A trade broker in Japan, usually a wholesaler, warehouse manager, or shipment manager.
cryocautery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cryo- + cautery.
Senses: glosses: cautery by the application of extreme cold
Related terms: cryocauterization
cryotronic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to cryotronics.
cryotronics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: While cryotronics is, to some degree, a rather special technology, it has not been possible to show that cryogenic circuits possess, on balance, any functional advantages over circuits realizable in competitive technologies.
ref: 1962, AFIPS Conference Proceedings, volume 22, page 229:
glosses: electronics making use of superconductivity
Related terms: cryoelectronics
cryolectronics
cryotron
cryotronic
cryptotia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From crypt- + oto- + -ia.
Senses: glosses: A condition where an ear appears to have its upper portion buried underneath the side of the head.
cryospheres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cryosphere
crottle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crottles
form: crotal
form: crottel
Etymology: From Scots crottle, from Scottish Gaelic crotal.
Senses: examples: text: It was known and uſed as a dye-ſtuff in the Highlands of Scotland by the name of corkes or crottel, ſome hundred years ago.
ref: 1791, John Sinclair, The Statistical Account of Scotland, volume 12, page 113:
text: Not that crotal and white was as humdrum as a simple definition of it as ‘brown and white’ implies. Crotal was the grey lichen which, over hundreds of years, had grown over the moorland rocks particularly
ref: 1982, Finlay MacDonald, Crotal & White, page 128:
text: Parmelia omphalodes and P. saxitilis, the “crottles” used traditionally in Britain and Ireland, are sub-alpine lichens in North America.
ref: 1993, Karen Leigh Casselman, Craft of the Dyer: Colour from Plants and Lichens, Dover Publications, page 270:
text: The older people, they knew all about the dyes, and we’d go and gather the crottles [a kind of moss used for dyeing woolens]. I don’t know what you call them here. They were round and you’d scrape them off a rock or stone.
ref: 1993, Joan Morrison, Charlotte Fox Zabusky, American Mosaic: The Immigrant Experience in the Words of Those Who Lived It, University of Pittsburgh Press, page 41:
text: The Land Conservancy's lichen is a member of the genus Parmelia or "crottle lichen", and has strap-like lobes pale grayish above and black below. […] Some crottle lichens have been used in Scotland in the dyeing of wool for socks and Harris tweed since the 16th century. They yield a reddish brown color.
ref: 2011 August 8, Keith McNeill, “North Thompson Valley naturalist auctions naming right to new species”, in North Thompson Journal, Barriere, British Columbia, page 1:
qualifier: orignally Scotland
glosses: Any of various lichens gathered for dyeing, especially those of the genus Parmelia.
crithidial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Crithidia + -al.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Of or relating to the Crithidia.
cryptitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From crypt + -itis.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Inflammation of an intestinal crypt.
CUSUM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CUSUMs
Senses: qualifier: statistical quality control
glosses: cumulative sum control chart: a sequential analysis technique typically used for monitoring change detection
CUSUMs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of CUSUM
cryptenamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A mixture of hypotensive alkaloids extracted from Veratrum album, used in the treatment of hypertension.
cyanoketone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cyano- + ketone.
Senses: glosses: A particular androstenol that inhibits steroidogenesis.
cyclamide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyclamides
Senses: glosses: Any of a class of oligopeptides produced by cyanobacteria.
cyclamides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyclamide
cycloleucine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cyclo- + leucine.
Senses: glosses: A non-proteinogenic amino acid that is a specific reversible inhibitor of nucleic acid methylation.
cuneocuboid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cuneo- + cuboid.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the joint between the cuboid and lateral cuneiform.
cyclopiazonate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyclopiazonates
Etymology: From cyclopiazonic + -ate (“salt or ester”).
Senses: glosses: A salt or ester of cyclopiazonic acid.
cyclopiazonates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyclopiazonate
cylindroma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cylindromas
form: cylindromata
Etymology: From cylinder + -oma.
Senses: glosses: A tumor with nests of cells that resemble a cylinder in cross section.
cylindromas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cylindroma
cylindromata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cylindroma
cyclotropia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyclotropias
Etymology: From cyclo- + -tropia.
Senses: topics: medicine
ophthalmology
sciences
glosses: A form of strabismus in which, compared to the correct positioning of the eyes, there is a torsion of one eye (or both) about the eye's visual axis. Consequently, the visual fields of the two eyes appear tilted relative to each other.
Derived terms: excyclotropia
Related terms: cyclodeviation
cyclophoria
cyclovertical
cyclotropias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyclotropia
cytohet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cytohets
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A eukaryotic cell whose non-nucleic genome is heterozygous.
Synonyms: heteroplasmon
cytohets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cytohet
heteroplasmon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heteroplasmons
Senses: glosses: cytohet
heteroplasmons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of heteroplasmon
cysticercoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cysticercoids
Etymology: From cysticercus + -oid.
Senses: glosses: The larval stage of certain tapeworms, similar in appearance to a cysticercus, but having the scolex filling completely the enclosing cyst.
Synonyms: metacestode
cysticercoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cysticercoid
metacestodes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metacestode
cyanopeptolin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyanopeptolins
form: cyanopeptoline
Senses: glosses: Any of a class of oligopeptides (or cyclic depsipeptides), some neurotoxic, produced by Microcystis and Planktothrix algae strains.
cyanopeptolins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyanopeptolin
cystathioninuria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cystathionine + -uria.
Senses: glosses: A metabolic disorder that results in an excess of cystathionine in the urine.
panuveitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pan- + uveitis.
Senses: glosses: inflammation of all the layers of the uvea
cuvet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cuvets
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cuvette (chemical vessel)
cuvets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cuvet
cryoprecipitate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cryoprecipitates
Etymology: From cryo- + precipitate.
Senses: glosses: A frozen blood product prepared from plasma.
Coordinate terms: cryosupernatant
cryoprecipitate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cryoprecipitates
form: cryoprecipitating
form: cryoprecipitated
form: cryoprecipitated
Etymology: From cryo- + precipitate.
Senses: glosses: To precipitate at low temperatures
Related terms: cryoprecipitation
cryo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Shortening.
Senses: glosses: cryoprecipitate
glosses: cryopreservation, or cryogenic cold
cryoprecipitates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cryoprecipitate
cystometrically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From cystometric + -ally.
Senses: glosses: By means of cystometry.
cystometric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cysto- + -metric.
Senses: glosses: Relating to cystometry.
Derived terms: cystometrically
cystometrogram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cystometrograms
Etymology: From cystometry + -gram.
Senses: glosses: A diagnostic chart produced by cystometry.
cystometrograms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cystometrogram
cystometry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cystometries
Etymology: From cysto- + -metry.
Senses: glosses: A clinical diagnostic procedure used to evaluate bladder function by measuring contractile force of the bladder when voiding
Derived terms: cystometrogram
Related terms: cystometer
cystometries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cystometry
cystography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cystographies
Etymology: From cysto- + -graphy.
Senses: glosses: A procedure used to visualize the urinary bladder by means of X-rays.
Synonyms: cystoradiography
Derived terms: dacryocystography
electrocystography
cytomere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cytomeres
Etymology: From cyto- + -mere.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A structure formed when the contents of a single large schizont are separated into multiple daughter cells in the course of schizogony.
cytomeres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cytomere
cystourethroscopic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cysto- + urethroscopic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to cystourethroscopy.
cystourethroscopies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cystourethroscopy
cystogram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cystograms
Etymology: From cysto- + -gram.
Senses: glosses: A diagnostic image produced by cystography.
Derived terms: dacryocystogram
cystograms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cystogram
cystourethrogram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cystourethrograms
Etymology: From cysto- + urethrogram.
Senses: glosses: A diagnostic image produced by cystourethrography.
cystourethrograms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cystourethrogram
cuneocerebellar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛlə(ɹ)
Etymology: From cuneo- + cerebellar.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the accessory cuneate nucleus and the cerebellum.
cystourethrocele
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cystourethroceles
Etymology: From cysto- + urethrocele.
Senses: glosses: A urethrocele occurring with a cystocele.
cystourethroceles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cystourethrocele
cysteinyldopa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A catecholamine, linked to malignant melanoma when found in large amounts in the plasma and urine.
cryppie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cryppies
Etymology: Diminutive, + -ie.
Senses: examples: text: Joe oversaw a team of one hundred cryppies, translators, typists, punch card operators, and clerks. Their top secret work involved cracking the Japanese naval traffic codes[…]
ref: 2011, Samantha Seiple, Ghosts in the Fog, page 11:
glosses: A cryptographer.
cryppies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cryppie
cupulolithiasis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cupula + -o- + lithiasis.
Senses: glosses: A rare ear condition in which otoliths adhere to a semicircular canal cupula, rendering it heavier than the surrounding endolymph. Upon reorientation of the head relative to gravity, the cupula is weighted down by the dense particles, inducing an immediate and maintained excitation of semicircular canal afferent nerves.
canalithiasis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From canalith + -iasis.
Senses: synonyms: canalolithiasis
glosses: An ear condition in which otoliths are dislodged from their usual position within the utricle and migrate over time into one of the semicircular canals. When the head is reoriented relative to gravity, the movement of this debris causes abnormal fluid endolymph displacement and a sensation of vertigo.
ear rocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: otoliths
semicircular canal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: semicircular canals
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Any of three semicircular interconnected tubes located inside each ear: the horizontal (or lateral) semicircular canal, the superior (or anterior) semicircular canal, and the posterior semicircular canal. They form part of the bony labyrinth.
semicircular canals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of semicircular canal
Epley maneuver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Developed by Dr. John Epley and first described in 1980.
Senses: glosses: A maneuver used to treat benign paroxysmal positional vertigo of the posterior or anterior semicircular canals, by moving the patient's head into various positions for certain lengths of time.
Related terms: Semont maneuver
BPPV
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo.
Kraepelinian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Kraepelinian
form: most Kraepelinian
Etymology: From Kraepelin + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Relating to Emil Kraepelin (1856–1926), German psychiatrist who believed that psychiatric disorders were the result of biological and genetic malfunction.
Derived terms: neo-Kraepelinian
Kraepelinian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kraepelinians
Etymology: From Kraepelin + -ian.
Senses: glosses: A follower of Emil Kraepelin's approach.
cystadenocarcinoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cystadenocarcinomas
form: cystadenocarcinomata
Senses: glosses: A malignant neoplasm derived from glandular epithelium, in which cystic accumulations of retained secretions are formed.
cystadenocarcinomas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cystadenocarcinoma
cystadenocarcinomata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cystadenocarcinoma
transcytotically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From transcytotic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: By means of transcytosis.
macrocirculatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From macro- + circulatory.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to macrocirculation.
macrocirculation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From macro- + circulation.
Senses: glosses: The circulation of blood to and from the organs, as distinguished from microcirculation.
cyclacillin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ciclacillin.
multitexting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From multi- + texting, presumably as a play on multitasking.
Senses: glosses: The act of electronically text messaging several people at the same time.
glosses: The act of electronically text messaging while doing other things, i.e. multitasking.
cricothyroideus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkɹaɪ.koʊ.θaɪˈɹɔɪ.di.əs/
rhymes: -ɔɪdiəs
Forms: form: cricothyroidei
Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin cricothyroīdeus, clipping of musculus cricothyroīdeus (“cricothyroid muscle”).
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Alternative form of cricothyroid muscle.
cricothyroidei
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkɹaɪ.koʊ.θaɪˈɹɔɪ.diˌaɪ/
Senses: glosses: plural of cricothyroideus
culdotomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of culdotomy
knobtwats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of knobtwat
qubitopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of qubitope
geekgasm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: geekgasms
form: geekasm
Etymology: From geek + -gasm.
Senses: glosses: A feeling of intense excitement or pleasure over something geeky.
Synonyms: nerdgasm
geekgasms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of geekgasm
cytosmears
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cytosmear
cytopipettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cytopipette
counterinvestments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of counterinvestment
phirotope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phirotopes
Etymology: Blend of phase + chirotope
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A generalization of oriented matroid chirotopes for complex point configurations.
phirotopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phirotope
FPT
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: This November's meeting of the FPT health ministers will provide an excellent opportunity for governments to propose critical next steps in this area.
ref: 2011 November 17, Heart and Stroke Foundation: Sodium Reduction Must be a Priority for Canada:
glosses: Initialism of federal, provincial, territorial.
cytobiology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cyto- + biology.
Senses: glosses: cell biology
cytobiological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cyto- + biological.
Senses: glosses: Relating to cell biology.
cytobiologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cytobiologists
Etymology: From cyto- + biologist.
Senses: glosses: A biologist who studies cells.
cytobiologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cytobiologist
gynandromorphophilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From gynandromorph + -o- + -philia.
Senses: synonyms: GAMP
coordinate_terms: androgynemorphophilia
glosses: Paraphilic attraction to transgender women ("gynandromorphs").
Derived terms: autogynandromorphophilia
mechanophilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mechano- + -philia.
Senses: glosses: attraction to machines
narratophilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: sexual arousal from obscene language or stories
Related terms: narrate
plushophile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈplʌ.ʃə.faɪl/
rhymes: -ʌʃəfaɪl
Forms: form: plushophiles
Etymology: From plush + -o- + -phile.
Senses: glosses: One who has plushophilia.
glosses: A person who has a fondness for plush toys.
plushophiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plushophile
autoandrophilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɔː.təʊˌæn.dɹəʊˈfɪ.li.ə/
ipa: /ˌɔ.toʊˌæn.dɹoʊˈfɪ.li.ə/
ipa: /ˌɑ.toʊˌæn.dɹoʊˈfɪ.li.ə/
rhymes: -ɪliə
Etymology: From auto- + androphilia. Formed as a coordinate term to autogynephilia. It is sometimes misattributed to Ray Blanchard, who himself did not use the term in his theories.
Senses: coordinate_terms: autogynephilia
glosses: The supposed paraphilic tendency of a female person to be sexually aroused by the thought of becoming a male.
Related terms: autoandrophilic
autosexuality
transfuser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: transfusers
Etymology: From transfuse + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who transfuses.
glosses: A device for performing transfusion.
transfusers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of transfuser
biastophilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek βιαστής (biastḗs, “rape”) + -philia.
Senses: synonyms: raptophilia
antonyms: agonophilia
glosses: A paraphilia involving sexual arousal from committing rape.
Related terms: biastophile
biastophiliac
biastophilic
rapeplay
elmness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From elm + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: We seem to have become similarly obsessed, abandoning particular, familiar trees in favour of a kind of abstract notion of elmness.
ref: 1979, December 13, New Scientist, Vol. 84, No. 1185, page 895
text: They were spectral, with all vestige of elmness leached back to the soil by the winter rains: twigs and bark gone from each one, leaving only a pale and spiky skeleton.
ref: 1983, Tom Vernon, Fat Man on a Roman Road: A Bicycle Exploration of Britain, page 129:
text: The rational detective, of course, is not prepared to bow before oakness and elmness.
ref: 2004, François Gallix, Vanessa Guignery, Crime Fictions: Subverted Codes and New Structures, page 2:
text: This is because, when we infer the absence of smoke from the non-apprehension of fire or the absence of elmness from the non-apprehension of tree, we not only prove the negative activities concerning them, but also the absence itself.
ref: 2007, Madhumita Chattopadhyay, Walking Along The Paths Of Buddhist Epistemology, page 171:
glosses: The quality of being an elm tree.
morphophilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From morpho- + -philia.
Senses: glosses: A paraphilia involving attraction to particular body shapes or sizes.
olfactophilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From olfacto- + -philia.
Senses: glosses: Sexual arousal caused by certain smells or odors.
technocutie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: technocuties
Etymology: From techno- + cutie.
Senses: examples: text: And if any of those engineers ever met one of those technocuties, they probably wouldn't even warrent a second glance.
ref: 2008, ‘She's a Revel’ (blog), http://revelproductions.blogspot.ch/2008/09/oh-yeah-how-you-shine-like-miracle-girl.html
text: Beach-tanned technocuties at distant tables who'd scanned them with interest when they came in now turned away scowling.
ref: 2013, Thomas Pynchon, Bleeding Edge, Vintage, published 2014, page 71:
glosses: A desirable young woman associated with a technology field or subculture.
technocuties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of technocutie
toucherism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From toucher + -ism.
Senses: glosses: frotteurism
transvestophilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The state of transvestophilia is either extremely rare or nonexistent in women. Transvestophilia is only secondarily a fetishistic syndrome. Primarily it is one of the gender-transposition syndromes.
ref: 1986, John Money, Lovemaps, page 66:
text: Onset of transvestophilia is retrospectively dated to peripuberty or later, although fascination with female clothing may be dated to an earlier age, frequently age 8 or younger.
ref: 1999, Robert T. Ammerman, Michel Hersen, Cynthia G. Last, Handbook of Prescriptive Treatments for Children and Adolescents:
glosses: Sexual arousal from transvestism.
Related terms: transvestophile
nonapprehension
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + apprehension.
Senses: glosses: Failure to apprehend or understand.
nonaffluence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + affluence.
Senses: glosses: The condition of not being affluent.
telephonicophilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: sexual arousal from making obscene telephone calls
autovampirism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From auto- + vampirism.
Senses: examples: text: "I know what autovampirism is. I simply did not hear." Veena's defensiveness was characteristic of most of her exchanges with Abby. "The myth of the vampire originates in the Indian subcontinent," she added with a certain pride.
ref: 2010, Michael Romkey, Vampire Hunter, Random House, →ISBN:
glosses: The drinking of one's own blood.
shviger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shvigers
Etymology: From Yiddish שוויגער (shviger).
Senses: examples: text: As soon as she hears the news, Miriam's shviger Fay goes to visit her daughter-in-law in hospital.
ref: 2009, David Minkoff, Oy Vey: More!: The Ultimate Book of Jewish Jokes, Part 2, page 77:
text: ‘Come back to the apartment,’ Elaine giving Horst the usual shviger evil eye, ‘we'll have coffee.’
ref: 2013, Thomas Pynchon, Bleeding Edge, Vintage, published 2014, page 96:
glosses: A mother-in-law.
transfan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: transfans
Etymology: From trans + fan.
Senses: examples: text: […] saying that she did not want to live if I wanted to throw her over for a man, especially a “transfan” type of man.
ref: 2008, Rusty Mae Moore, “Satan and Lady Babalon: Polymory Again at 64”, in Tracie O'Keefe, Katrina Fox, editors, Trans People in Love, Routledge, →ISBN, page 154:
text: "Just make sure he's not a transfan. You know about them, right? Make sure if he's interested, that he's interested in who you are, not what you are."
ref: 2013, Linda Vista, Siva's Arrow, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 40:
text: "I'm...." he pauses, glancing over to Frank, then to me again, "I'm what they call a transgender admirer, or transfan. I'm attracted to transgender people," he concedes.
ref: 2015, Amy Daws, London Bound, Star Hollows Publishing, →ISBN:
glosses: One who is attracted to transsexual or transgender people.
Related terms: word: skoliosexual
word: tranny chaser
transfans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of transfan
homophilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From homo- + -philia.
Senses: glosses: Homosexuality.
heterophilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hetero- + -philia.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Ability to react immunologically with material from another species.
Related terms: heterophile
Croatianness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Croatian + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being Croatian.
Slavicness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Slavic + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being Slavic.
Spider sense
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Spider senses
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Spidey sense
Spider Sense
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Spider Senses
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Spidey sense
Spider-sense
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Spider-senses
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Spidey sense
Spider-Sense
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Spider-Senses
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Spidey sense
Spider senses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Spider sense; alternative form of Spidey-senses
spider-sense
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spider-senses
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Spidey sense
Spider Senses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Spider Sense; alternative form of Spidey-senses
spider-senses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spider-sense; alternative form of Spidey-senses
Spider-senses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Spider-sense; alternative form of Spidey-senses
sweetbay magnolia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sweetbay magnolias
Senses: glosses: Magnolia virginiana, native to lowlands from New Jersey to Florida and Texas
Synonyms: sense: Magnolia virginiana
word: sweetbay
sense: Magnolia virginiana
word: swampbay
sense: Magnolia virginiana
word: swamp magnolia
sense: Magnolia virginiana
word: whitebay
sense: Magnolia virginiana
word: beaver tree
kiss 'n' ride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Contraction of kiss and ride.
thornless honey locust
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thornless honey locusts
Senses: glosses: Cultivars of the normally heavily thorned honey locust tree (Gleditsia triacanthos), known variously as Gleditsia triacanthos subsp. inermis (subspecies), Gleditsia triacanthos var. inermis (variety), or Gleditsia triacanthos f. inermis (form).
high church
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: High Church
form: high-church
Etymology: Back-formation from High Churchman, originally denoting an opponent of religious toleration with high meaning “extreme”; see churchman (“supporter of the established church”). Compare High Tory.
Senses: qualifier: Anglicanism
glosses: A tradition within the Anglican church with an elevated view of the priesthood, episcopacy, and sacraments, practising a formal style of liturgy and emphasising continuity with Catholicism.
glosses: Any similar Christian tradition.
high church
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more high church
form: most high church
form: High Church
form: high-church
Etymology: Back-formation from High Churchman, originally denoting an opponent of religious toleration with high meaning “extreme”; see churchman (“supporter of the established church”). Compare High Tory.
Senses: glosses: Characteristic of or pertaining to such a tradition.
low church
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Low Church
form: low-church
Etymology: By analogy with high church.
Senses: qualifier: Anglicanism
glosses: A tradition within the Anglican church more heavily influenced by Protestant and Reformed belief and practice, characterised by an informal style of worship, a less elevated view of the priesthood and sacraments, and a focus on evangelical principles.
glosses: Any similar Christian tradition.
Related terms: Low Churchman
low church
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more low church
form: most low church
form: Low Church
form: low-church
Etymology: By analogy with high church.
Senses: examples: text: What a sly fox that Curate was! He was low-church, and she never liked him.
ref: 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 16, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:
text: Dr. Newman and Dr. Manning began with very Low Church principles.
ref: 1858 July, “Where Do Defections to Rome Come from?”, in The American Quarterly Church Review, and Ecclesiastical Register, volume 11, number 2, page 366:
text: The most high-church worship may be vivid and engaging, while the most low-church or contemporary worship service might be dull and uninspired.
ref: 2009, Clayton J. Schmitt, Sent and Gathered: A Worship Manual for the Missional Church, →ISBN, page 13:
glosses: Characteristic of or pertaining to such a tradition.
gift voucher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gift vouchers
Senses: glosses: A voucher for a specified amount purchased from a retailer (or other business) and given to someone as a present. The voucher can be exchanged for goods or services by the recipient at the retailer or business concerned.
Synonyms: gift certificate
gift token
Derived terms: e-gift voucher
-nado
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: -eɪdəʊ
Etymology: From the latter part of tornado.
Senses: examples: fire → firenado
snow → snownado
glosses: Denoting a hurricane or a whirl containing or made of the stem word.
Kpelle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /kəˈpɛlə/
Forms: form: Kpelles
form: Kpelle
Senses: glosses: A member of the largest ethnic group of Liberia.