cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
pâte brisée
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /pat bʁi.ze/
/pɑt bʁi.ze/
Etymology: Borrowed from French pâte brisée (literally “broken dough”).
Senses: examples: text: Pâte brisée is the French version of pie pastry, made in traditional European style directly on the work surface with the dry ingredients spread in a well or “fountain” to enclose the fat (usually butter), egg yolks and water. The name means broken dough, because the ingredients are “broken” into each other after mixing, then kneaded until they are as pliable as putty. Pâte brisée is rolled more thinly than pie pastry, to about 1⁄8 in/3 mm thick. The French like their pâte brisée to be thin yet […]
ref: 1989, Anne Willan, La Varenne Pratique: Part 4, Baking, Preserving & Desserts, BookBaby, →ISBN:
text: Because pastry is such a dynamic field, and many like to make their own variations, formulas tend to vary significantly from source to source, and pâte brisée is a good example of this tendency. Some varieties may use bread flour, others pastry flour. Some may contain sugar, others not. However, according to Traite de Patisserie Moderne, a bible for pastry terminology, pâte brisée should not contain sugar (Darenne & Duval, 1974, p. 60). Some may contain water, others egg, some just […]
ref: 2008, Michel Suas, Advanced Bread and Pastry, Cengage Learning, →ISBN:
topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
hypernyms: shortcrust pastry
glosses: A form of shortcrust pastry made with butter instead of lard or shortening.
nahuatlato
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nahuatlatos
form: naguatato
Etymology: From Spanish nahuatlato, from Nahuatl nāhuatlahtoh.
Senses: examples: text: tranſlated from the Malaye Language, by the King’s Naguatatos, ſo they there call the Interpreters.
ref: 1708, Bartholomé Leonardo de Argensola (Spanish), John Stevens (English tr.), The Discovery and Conquest of the Molucco and Philippine Islands, p. 119
text: In Viceroy Antonio de Mendoza’s 1548 compilation of ordinances, a number deal with the nahuatlatos, prohibiting them from receiving gifts or bribes from Spaniards or Indians, hearing cases in their houses, or acting as procuradores, or soliciters.
ref: 1995, Susan Kellogg, Law and the Transformation of Aztec Culture, 1500–1700, page 23:
glosses: An interpreter in an indigenous language, not necessarily Nahuatl.
examples: text: It was my hope that the project could be completed with the aid of two of her most esteemed fellow Nahuatlatos and Sahagún scholars, Arthur Anderson and Charles Dibble.
ref: 1997, H. B. Nicholson, Primeros Memoriales, page 12:
text: In the year 2000 the celebrated Mexican historian and nahuatlato, Miguel León-Portilla, published his own translation and commentary.
ref: 2006, Stafford Poole, The Guadalupan Controversies in Mexico, page 114:
glosses: A scholar of Nahuatl.
sprytes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spryte
nux vomica
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nuces vomicae
Etymology: From Latin nux (“nut”) and vomica (“vomiting”).
Senses: glosses: A strychnine tree (Strychnos nux-vomica), an evergreen tree found in southeastern Asia.
glosses: The fruit of Strychnos nux-vomica, which contains strychnine and brucine.
examples: text: But most likely my judgement was distorted by my contempt for his acting the young buck [...] for ever waxing his moustaches and loading himself with medicaments supposed to replace the failing sap of youth, glycerophosphates, formates, nux vomica, yohimba, damiana.
ref: 1963, Xavier Herbert, Distubing Element, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 178:
glosses: A preparation made from the fruit of Strychnos nux-vomica, traditionally used as a stimulant.
Synonyms: sense: Strychnos nux-vomica
english: tree
translation: tree
word: poison-nut
sense: Strychnos nux-vomica
english: tree
translation: tree
word: vomit nut
sense: fruit of the tree
word: poison nut
sense: fruit of the tree
word: vomit nut
Åbo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Swedish Åbo.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Turku.
synonyms: word: Turku
witch hazel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: witch hazels
form: witch-hazel
form: wych-hazel
form: wych-hasel
form: wych hazel
form: witch-hasel
form: wych hasel
form: witch hasel
form: witch-hasell
form: wych-hasell
form: witch-hazell
form: wych-hazell
Etymology: See Middle English wiche, from Old English wiċe (“wych elm or rowan”), perhaps derived from the root of wīcan (“to give way”). Folk etymology refers to use by witches and other sorcerers of folkish magic using the plant in potions; however, compare German Zaubernuss (“witch hazel”, literally “magic nut”).
Senses: glosses: Any of several small deciduous trees, of the genus Hamamelis, having yellow flowers
Hamamelis virginiana (eastern North America)
glosses: Any of several small deciduous trees, of the genus Hamamelis, having yellow flowers
Hamamelis vernalis (Ozarks).
glosses: An extract of the bark and/or leaves of this plant, used as an astringent
glosses: A wych-elm, or a certain subspecies of it distinguished from wych-elm.
glosses: hornbeam, Carpinus betulus
Synonyms: sense: Hamamelis virginiana
word: American witch hazel
Derived terms: taxonomic: Hormaphis hamamelidis
word: witch-hazel cone gall aphid
Related terms: Hamamelis
tecum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tucum.
Related terms: duces tecum
elastohydrodynamic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more elastohydrodynamic
form: most elastohydrodynamic
Etymology: From elasto- + hydrodynamic.
Senses: glosses: Describing the effects of the elastic properties of a liquid on its dynamic behaviour
Derived terms: elastohydrodynamically
elastohydrodynamic lubrication
gearboxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gearbox
viscosities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of viscosity
myotonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more myotonic
form: most myotonic
Etymology: From myotonia + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to myotonia.
Derived terms: antimyotonic
automysophobia
myotonic dystrophy
nonmyotonic
pseudomyotonic
myotonia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: myotonias
Senses: glosses: A symptom of several muscular disorders characterized by the slow relaxation of the muscles after voluntary contraction or electrical stimulation.
Derived terms: acromyotonia
amyotonia
myotonia acquisita
myotonia atrophica
myotonia congenita
myotonia dystrophica
myotonic
neuromyotonia
paramyotonia
pseudomyotonia
Cockayne
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Cockaynes
form: Cockin
form: Cokayne
Etymology: From Middle English cokayne (“cloud-cuckooland, Cockaigne”), a nickname for an idle dreamer.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Cockaigne.
glosses: A surname from Middle English.
Derived terms: Cockayne Hatley
Cockayne syndrome
Cockerell
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Coe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Coes
Etymology: English surname, from Middle English co and Old English ca (“jackdaw”), similar to caw, Scots ka.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A placename
An unincorporated community in Pike County, Indiana, United States.
glosses: A placename
An unincorporated community in Monroe County, Kentucky, United States.
glosses: A placename
An unincorporated community in Nicholas County, West Virginia, United States.
Colenso
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Colensos
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Collett
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Colletts
Etymology: From a medieval diminutive of Coll, from the given name Nicholas.
Senses: glosses: A surname originating as a patronymic.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Pike Township, Jay County, Indiana, United States.
Linus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlaɪ.nəs/
rhymes: -aɪnəs
Etymology: From Latin Linus, Ancient Greek Λῖνος (Lînos), of uncertain meaning.
Senses: examples: text: Do thy diligence to come before winter. Eubulus greeteth thee, and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the brethren.
ref: , 2 Timothy 4:21
text: Yes, my children are Peanuts characters. Charlie, seven, and Lucy, five, were given their names without thought or reference to the comic strip. Charlie was named after Bob's grandfather and we both just liked the name Lucy. Then, when I was unexpectedly expecting again, […]
"I'd go with Schroeder," a work colleague offered. "No, definitely Linus. Or Woodstock," said another. It was only then that I realized the pattern we'd started with our first two kids. And I liked the name Linus.
ref: 2011, Lisa Genova, Left Neglected, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, pages 8–9:
glosses: A male given name from Latin.
Derived terms: Linian
Linus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlaɪ.nəs/
rhymes: -aɪnəs
Forms: form: Linos
form: Linum
form: Linon
Etymology: Ancient Greek Λῖνος (Lînos)
Senses: glosses: A town on the coast of ancient Mysia, on the Propontis, between Priapus and Parium.
Thaddaeus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Thaddaeuses
form: Thaddæus
Etymology: From Latin Thaddaeus, from Ancient Greek Θαδδαῖος (Thaddaîos).
Senses: examples: text: Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the Publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus;
ref: Matthew 10: 3
glosses: An Apostle, identified with Jude.
glosses: A male given name from Ancient Greek; usually spelled Thaddeus.
Related terms: Thaddeus
Thad
Tad
Thaddeus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Thaddeuses
Senses: examples: text: "You must call me 'Thaddeus,' Hazel Jones. Better yet, 'Thad'. 'Mr. Gallagher' is for servants and other hirelings."
When Hazel made no reply, Thaddeus learned toward her suggestively: "Will you call me 'Thad'? It's very like 'Chet', - eh? Almost no one calls me 'Thad' any longer, my old friends are falling away - every season, like dying leaves."
ref: 2007, Joyce Carol Oates, The Gravedigger's Daughter, Fourth estate, →ISBN, page 503:
glosses: A male given name from Ancient Greek, of common usage, variant of Thaddaeus.
Thad
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /θæd/
rhymes: -æd
homophone: THAAD
Etymology: Clipping of Thaddeus.
Senses: examples: text: "You must call me 'Thaddeus,' Hazel Jones. Better yet, 'Thad'. 'Mr. Gallagher' is for servants and other hirelings."
When Hazel made no reply, Thaddeus learned toward her suggestively: "Will you call me 'Thad'? It's very like 'Chet', - eh? Almost no one calls me 'Thad' any longer, my old friends are falling away - every season, like dying leaves."
ref: 2007, Joyce Carol Oates, The Gravedigger's Daughter, Fourth estate, →ISBN, page 503:
glosses: A diminutive of the male given names Thaddeus or Thaddaeus, sometimes also used as a formal given name.
vanadium-associated protein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vanadium-associated proteins
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any protein, such as hemovanadin, that contains vanadium in an associated molecule
vanadium bromoperoxidase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A haloperoxidase, used by some algae to synthesize halogen compounds, that has a requirement for the element vanadium
haloperoxidase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: haloperoxidases
Etymology: From halo- + peroxidase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of enzymes that oxidize organic halogen compounds; they are hemoproteins or similar
vanadium chromagen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vanadium chromagens
Senses: glosses: Any of a class of blood pigments found in sea squirts, ascidians, and tunicates
peristome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peristomes
form: peristoma
form: peristomium
Etymology: From peri- + -stome.
Senses: examples: text: Its removal does not, however, leave the mouth of the capsule wide open, for around the margin are two circles of pointed teeth forming the peristome.
ref: 1911, “Bryophyta”, in Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: One or two rings of tooth-like appendages surrounding the opening of the capsule of many mosses.
examples: text: We can distinguish therefore in the body of a polyp the column, circular or oval in section, forming the trunk, resting on a base or foot and surmounted by the crown of tentacles, which enclose an area termed the peristome, in the centre of which again is the mouth. […] The mouth may be level with the surface of the peristome, or may be projecting and trumpet-shaped.
ref: 1911, “Polyp”, in Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: The parts of or surrounding the mouths of numerous invertebrates.
glosses: The lip, or edge of the aperture, of a spiral shell.
Derived terms: peristomal
peristomate
peristomial
Related terms: arthrodontous
chromagen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chromagens
Etymology: From chroma- + -gen.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any compound, such as heme, that forms a biological pigment when attached to a protein
Derived terms: vanadium chromagen
Nicodemus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek Νῑκόδημος (Nīkódēmos), from νῑ́κη (nī́kē, “victory”) + δῆμος (dêmos, “people”).
Senses: examples: text: There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews; The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God:
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, John 3:1-2:
glosses: A Pharisee, a secret follower of Jesus in the New Testament.
glosses: A male given name from Ancient Greek.
Derived terms: Nicodemian
Nicodemite
Nicodemus
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Nicodemuses
form: Nicodemusing
form: Nicodemused
form: Nicodemused
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek Νῑκόδημος (Nīkódēmos), from νῑ́κη (nī́kē, “victory”) + δῆμος (dêmos, “people”).
Senses: examples: text: How many Caesars and Pompeys, he would say, by mere inspiration of their names, have been rendered worthy of them? And how many, he would add, are there, who might have done exceedingly well in the world, had not their characters and spirits been totally depressed and Nicodemus’d into nothing?
ref: c. 1760, Laurence Sterne, Tristram Shandy:
glosses: To be kept hidden, in the manner of the Pharisee Nicodemus.
vanadium steel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vanadium steels
Senses: glosses: Any of a range of alloys of vanadium and steel having improved strength and high-temperature stability
patronite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: patronites
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A black form of vanadium sulfide that is an ore of vanadium
chromiferous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /krəʊˈmɪfəɹəs/
rhymes: -ɪfəɹəs
Forms: form: more chromiferous
form: most chromiferous
Senses: glosses: Containing, or yielding chromium.
chromium plate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: chromium plates
form: chromium plating
form: chromium plated
form: chromium plated
form: chromium-plate
Senses: glosses: To plate a metal with a layer of chromium
Related terms: chromium-plated
chromium-plated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: plated with a layer of chromium
Synonyms: chrome-plated
Related terms: chromium plate
chromium plating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of chromium plate
chromium plating
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The application of a layer of chromium onto the surface of a metal
ferrochromium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ferro- + chromium.
Senses: glosses: An alloy of iron and chromium
Related terms: ferrochrome
Theophilus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /θiːˈɒfɪləs/
Etymology: Ancient Greek Θεόφιλος (Theóphilos), meaning "love of God" or "friend of God".
Senses: examples: text: It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus.
ref: Luke 1:3
topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: The addressee of the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles.
examples: text: 'That's a good one, that is!' said Ern. 'Lovaduck, I'd like to see Uncle Theophilus when I tell him that!'
ref: 1948, Enid Blyton, The Mystery of the Hidden House:
text: "Call me Ted, will you, Rip? 'Theophilus' is unmanageable and 'Theo' is awkward. Everybody calls me Ted or Teddie, now."
ref: 1973, Thornton Wilder, Theophilus North, page 118:
glosses: A male given name from Ancient Greek; rare in English.
chroma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹoʊmə/
ipa: /ˈkɹəʊmə/
rhymes: -əʊmə
Forms: form: chromas
Etymology: From Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “color”).
Senses: glosses: The colorfulness relative to the brightness of a similarly illuminated area
glosses: The aspect of a colour's hue that depends on the amount of white or black in it; saturation
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Short for chromatic semitone
Derived terms: chroma dot
chromagram
chromakey
chroma keyer
chromatic
chrominance
chromoclasm
Related terms: luma
panchromium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pan- + Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “color”) + -ium.
Senses: glosses: An early proposed name for the element vanadium
green rouge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: chromic oxide
chromium-52
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The major stable isotope of chromium, ⁵²₂₄Cr, having 24 protons and 28 neutrons; it amounts to about 84% of the element in nature
chromium-53
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A minor stable isotope of chromium, ⁵³₂₄Cr, having 24 protons and 29 neutrons; it amounts to about 9% of the element in nature
chromium-54
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A minor stable isotope of chromium, ⁵⁴₂₄Cr, having 24 protons and 30 neutrons; it amounts to about 2% of the element in nature
manganese-55
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The only stable isotope of manganese, ⁵⁵₂₅Mn, having 25 protons and 30 neutrons
vent one's spleen
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: vents one's spleen
form: venting one's spleen
form: vented one's spleen
form: vented one's spleen
Senses: examples: text: I know that this is vitriol, no-solution spleen-venting;
but I feel better having screamed, don't you?
ref: 1992 October 5, R.E.M., “Ignoreland”, in Automatic for the People:
synonyms: take it out on
vent one's gall
glosses: To openly express pent-up anger, often on an unrelated matter or person.
shell-less
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From shell + -less.
Senses: glosses: Lacking a shell.
glosses: Unprotected, vulnerable.
affadavit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of affidavit.
affadavits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of affidavits.
geostrategists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of geostrategist
hydrophobicities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hydrophobicity
wedding finger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wedding fingers
Etymology: From wedding + finger.
One theory has it that the fourth finger of the left hand was used because it was thought to hold a vein connecting directly to the heart.
Senses: glosses: The ring finger of the left hand.
untimes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of untime
untimes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of untime
-sphere
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Senses: examples: n-sphere
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Sphere of a certain dimensionality.
examples: sarcosphere; chromosphere
glosses: Spherical field or object.
examples: biosphere; hydrosphere
glosses: Global system or layer of the Earth or another planet.
examples: blogosphere; wingnutosphere; Anglosphere
glosses: Particular realm or interest of a group of people, object, etc.; its spatial or virtual sphere of influence.
Derived terms: atmosphere
blogosphere
chondriosphere
hemisphere
lithosphere
oncosphere
somosphere
troposphere
vivosphere
zoosphere
atony
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈæt.ə.ni/
Forms: form: atonies
Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin atonia, from Ancient Greek ἀτονία (atonía, “languor”), from ἄτονος (átonos, “languid”), from ἀ- (a-, “privative”) + τόνος (tónos, “accent”), from τείνειν (teínein, “to stretch”).
Senses: glosses: Lack of muscle tone; flaccidity or atonia
Related terms: atonic
bat phone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bat phones
form: batphone
form: bat-phone
Etymology: From bat- + phone, after Commissioner Gordon's secure line to the Batphone in the 1960s-era Batman television show.
Senses: glosses: A telephone that has a direct connection to an important caller, or is only used for important calls
wikipedia: Batman
batphone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: batphones
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of bat phone.
bat-phone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bat-phones
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of bat phone.
Rousseauian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹuːˈsəʊɪən/
ipa: /ɹuˈsoʊɪən/
Forms: form: more Rousseauian
form: most Rousseauian
form: Rousseauan
form: Rousseauean
form: Rousseauvian
Etymology: From Rousseau + -ian.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778).
Synonyms: Rousseauesque
Rousseauian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹuːˈsəʊɪən/
ipa: /ɹuˈsoʊɪən/
Forms: form: Rousseauians
form: Rousseauan
form: Rousseauean
form: Rousseauvian
Etymology: From Rousseau + -ian.
Senses: glosses: A follower of Rousseau or his philosophies.
Synonyms: Rousseauist
Related terms: Rousseauean
Rousseauians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Rousseauian
Connels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Connel
faery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: faeries
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of fairy.
Derived terms: faerylike
hypermnesia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypermnesias
Etymology: From hyper- + -mnesia, on the model of amnesia.
Senses: examples: Near-synonym: total recall
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
coordinate_terms: hypomnesia
amnesia
glosses: An elevated level of memory recall.
Derived terms: hypermnesic
kogo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kogos
form: kogoes
Etymology: Blend of K- (“Korea, Korean”) + pogo (“corndog-on-a-stick”)
Senses: topics: food
lifestyle
glosses: Korean-style deep-fried battered sausage on a stick
Synonyms: K-corndog
Korean corndog
Korean pogo
Korean-style corndog
Korean-style pogo
K-pogo
Hypernyms: corndog
frankfurter
hotdog
pogo
sausage
Related terms: pogo
frounce
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɹaʊns/
rhymes: -aʊns
Forms: form: frounces
Etymology: From Middle English frouncen, from Old French froncir "to wrinkle, frown", from Frankish *hrunkiju (“a wrinkle”), from Proto-Germanic *hrunkijō, *hrunkitō (“fold, wrinkle”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”).
Akin to Old High German runza "fold, wrinkle, crease" (German Runzel "wrinkle"), Middle Dutch ronse "frown", Old Norse hrukka "wrinkle, crease" (Icelandic hrukka "wrinkle, crease, ruck"). More at ruck₂.
Senses: examples: text: The hawke had no lyst
To come to his fyst;
She loked as she had the frounce; […]
ref: c. 1503–1512, John Skelton, Ware the Hauke; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 64, lines 83–85:
text: I say that the eyass should have her meat unwashed, until she becomes a brancher—’twere the ready way to give her the frounce, to wash her meat sooner, and so knows every one who knows a gled from a falcon.
ref: 1820, [Walter Scott], chapter IV, in The Abbot. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne & Co.] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and for Archibald Constable and Company, and John Ballantyne, […], →OCLC, page 85:
glosses: A canker in the mouth of a hawk.
glosses: A plait or curl.
frounce
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɹaʊns/
rhymes: -aʊns
Forms: form: frounces
form: frouncing
form: frounced
form: frounced
Etymology: From Middle English frouncen, from Old French froncir "to wrinkle, frown", from Frankish *hrunkiju (“a wrinkle”), from Proto-Germanic *hrunkijō, *hrunkitō (“fold, wrinkle”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”).
Akin to Old High German runza "fold, wrinkle, crease" (German Runzel "wrinkle"), Middle Dutch ronse "frown", Old Norse hrukka "wrinkle, crease" (Icelandic hrukka "wrinkle, crease, ruck"). More at ruck₂.
Senses: examples: text: Beard untrimmed by barber's shears,
Hair all frouncing 'bout his ears,
ref: 1879, Harmon Seeley Babcock, "The Peanut Man", in Trifles, Providence Press Company (1879), page 43
text: As though to give him a warlike note, his clothes were thrown on in a slovenly way, and his moustache frounced out so shock and bristling that it seemed from each hair-end a crackling oath must start with every word he said.
ref: 1887, Julian Corbett, For God and Gold, Macmillan and Co, page 214:
text: Under the day-long beating of the sun their brow is frounced out, […]
ref: 1888, Charles M. Doughty, Travels in Arabia Deserta, volume 1, Cambridge, page 498:
text: The unruly, shoulder-length hair of the redeemed made a strong contrast to the well-tended coiffures of fashionable men, who "frounced their hair with curling irons" and wore long "love locks" tied with ribbons or silk favors.
ref: 1983, Carolly Erickson, The First Elizabeth, St. Martin's Griffin, published 1997, →ISBN, page 307:
text: My hairdresser stopped coming. Fortunately, my friend Seton had always enjoyed frouncing my hair, and she readily took up the responsibility, fixing my hair in a different style every day.
ref: 2012, Carolyn Meyer, The Wild Queen: The Days and Nights of Mary, Queen of Scots, Harcourt, published 2012, →ISBN, page 107:
glosses: To curl.
examples: text: He frounced his brow, and from his scornful eye
Shot wrath indignant, and disdain and pride,
ref: 1871, George Mac-Henry, Time and Eternity: A Poem, A L Bancroft and Company (1871), page 42
text: Mury, however, frounced her brows, and made Sir Tyke Winchap's niece a profound courtesy behind her back.
ref: 1885 December, “The Old Corner Shop: A Story of Very Poor Humanity”, in The Phrenological Magazine:
text: "But they know who you are?" I asked, and frounced my brow in skeptical doubt.
ref: 2000, Patrick Madden, "Down on Batlle's Farm", Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, Volume 33, Number 2, Summer 2000, page 160
glosses: To crease, wrinkle, to frown.
glosses: To gather into or adorn with plaits, as a dress.
2-10-10-2s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of 2-10-10-2
gear wheels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gear wheel
first rain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: first rains
Senses: glosses: The first rainfall of a season, at the start of spring in cold climates or the end of summer in hot, dry climates.
bedcover
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɛdˌkʌvɚ/
Forms: form: bedcovers
form: bed cover
form: bed-cover
Etymology: From bed + cover.
Senses: synonyms: bedspread
counterpane
glosses: The topmost cover of a bed, often functioning as a blanket.
glosses: A tonneau cover.
Related terms: duvet
bed cover
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bed covers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of bedcover.
bed-cover
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bed-covers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of bedcover.
Roman candle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Roman candles
Senses: examples: text: [Karoline] Leavitt threw Roman candles, Catherine wheels and smoke bombs in the air in the hope of distracting reporters. But she was unable to quash the nagging suspicion that Donald Trump has something to hide.
ref: 2025 September 9, David Smith, “The president doth protest too much: Trump’s denial on Epstein is backfiring”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
qualifier: pyrotechnics
glosses: A traditional type of firework that ejects one or more stars or exploding shells.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A parachute deployment failure in which the parachutist whirls downward at high speed.
Derived terms: english: verbal form
translation: verbal form
word: Roman-candle
Roman candle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Roman candles
form: Roman candling
form: Roman candled
form: Roman candled
Senses: examples: text: At first, Cyclops's chute began to Roman candle, but in another moment, it popped.
ref: 2007, J. Joseph Higgins, The Splat Conspiracy: America in Peril, page 145:
text: Canopies used to be made of silk and when they got wet they would not open, leaving the parachutist to “Roman candle” to a certain death.
ref: 2012, Nigel Cawthorne, The Mammoth Book of Inside the Elite Forces:
text: That was the theory, but as Corby continued, 'Unfortunately, in operation, this type of parachute tended to "Roman Candle" twist round and round, so that ultimately caused the parachute to collapse and allow the man to fall to the ground unsupported.'
ref: 2018, Mark Seaman, Undercover Agent:
glosses: Alternative form of Roman-candle.
reknowned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of renowned.
biddability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bid + -ability.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being biddable.
glosses: The extent to which something or someone is biddable.
Bonapartism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbəʊnəpɑːtɪzəm/
ipa: /ˌboʊnəˈpɑɹ(ˌ)tɪzəm/
Etymology: From Bonaparte + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The practices and ideology of Napoleon Bonaparte
glosses: A populist alliance between the bourgeoisie and the lumpenproletariat characterized by strong leadership and conservative nationalism
Related terms: Bonapartist
castellan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkæstələn/
/ˈkæstɪlən/
Forms: form: castellans
Etymology: From Middle English castelain, from Old French castelain (compare modern châtelain), from Latin castellanus (“pertaining to a castle, an occupant of a castle, or a governor of a castle”), from castellum castle, citadel, diminutive of castrum fortified place. See castle. Doublet of Castilian, castellano, castellanus, and chatelain and compare chatelaine.
Senses: glosses: A feudal lord with a fortified manor.
examples: text: The inferior secular senators are ninety-two, containing the ten crown-officers, and eighty-two castellans. The latter are again divided into thirty-three great castellans, and forty-nine little castellans.
ref: 1851, Luther Calvin Saxton, Fall of Poland, volume 2, Charles Scribner, page 442:
text: Castellans, often exercising control over a few villages and half a dozen small lordships, transformed their banal lordships into quasi-sovereign mini-states, independent of royal or comital sanction or control.
ref: 2003, Benno Teschke, The Myth of 1648: Class, Geopolitics, and the Making of Modern International Relations, Verso, page 86:
text: The wave of attacks on the castellans in 1511 followed faction-fighting in Udine, in which castellans and their families were massacred by supporters of the Savorgnan.
ref: 2015, Christine Shaw, Barons and Castellans: The Military Nobility of Renaissance Italy, Koninklijke Brill, page 47:
glosses: The governor or caretaker entrusted to oversee a castle or keep for its lord.
Synonyms: chatelain
Hypernyms: sense: lord
word: lord
sense: lord
word: feudal lord
sense: lord
word: lord of the manor
Derived terms: castellanship
castellany
castellate
center-board
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: center-boards
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of centreboard.
centre-board
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: centre-boards
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of centreboard.
collapsar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: collapsars
Etymology: Blend of collapse + star, patterned after quasar, pulsar. By surface analysis, collapse + -ar
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: The black hole thought to form following the gravitational collapse of a massive star.
Synonyms: stellar black hole
SBH
Coordinate terms: stellar mass black hole
StMBH
Derived terms: supercollapsar
Related terms: hypernova
hypernova
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -əʊvə
Forms: form: hypernovas
form: hypernovae
Etymology: From hyper- + nova.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: The gravitational collapse of a massive star to form a black hole.
Related terms: collapsar
computistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From compute + -istic.
Senses: examples: text: The computistic writings of the Anglo-Saxon monk Bede (De temporibus, De temporum ratione) became highly authoritative and were widely circulated.
ref: 1996 [1992], Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum, chapter 3, in Thomas Dunlap, transl., History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders, University of Chicago Press, translation of Die Geschichte der Stunde: Uhren und moderne Zeitordnungen (in German), →OCLC, page 41:
glosses: Of or relating to the calendrical technique of computus.
Derived terms: computistically
Fette
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Fettes
Etymology: Borrowed from German Fette.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
four-four time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A meter or rhythm with four beats to a measure and four beats to a whole note. Specifically simple quadruple time or common time.
chalutz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chalutzes
form: chalutzim
Etymology: From Hebrew חָלוּץ.
Senses: examples: text: Rabbi Avraham Yitzḥak Hacohen Kook was asked in 1935 by Moshe Yurevich, a member of the Torah Va'avodah Hakhsharah movement in Pressburg, about mixed dancing. The question probably referred to dancing the Hora, which was popular at the time among ḥalutzim and members of kibbutzim.
ref: 2024, David Golinkin, “Is Mixed Dancing Really Forbidden At Weddings?”, in Responsa in a Moment, volume 4, page 242:
glosses: A member of a group of Jewish immigrants to Palestine who worked in agriculture or forestry.
4-8-8-2s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of 4-8-8-2
2-8-8-4s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of 2-8-8-4
2-8-8-0s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of 2-8-8-0
0-8-8-0s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of 0-8-8-0
4-6-6-4s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of 4-6-6-4
4-6-6-2s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of 4-6-6-2
2-6-8-0s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of 2-6-8-0
2-6-6-6s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of 2-6-6-6
2-6-6-4s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of 2-6-6-4
2-6-6-2s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of 2-6-6-2
2-6-6-0s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of 2-6-6-0
0-6-6-0s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of 0-6-6-0
2-4-4-2s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of 2-4-4-2
0-4-4-2s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of 0-4-4-2
0-4-4-0s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of 0-4-4-0
0-2-2s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of 0-2-2
2-2-0s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of 2-2-0
2-2-2s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of 2-2-2
2-2-4s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of 2-2-4
4-2-2s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of 4-2-2
4-2-4s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of 4-2-4
6-2-0s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of 6-2-0
0-4-0s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of 0-4-0
4-4-2s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of 4-4-2
0-6-0s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of 0-6-0
0-6-2s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of 0-6-2
0-6-4s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of 0-6-4
2-6-6s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of 2-6-6
4-6-0s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of 4-6-0
0-8-0s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of 0-8-0
0-8-2s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of 0-8-2
0-8-4s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of 0-8-4
2-8-6s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of 2-8-6
4-8-0s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of 4-8-0
0-10-2s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of 0-10-2
2-10-0s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of 2-10-0
2-10-4s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of 2-10-4
4-10-0s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of 4-10-0
0-12-0s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of 0-12-0
2-12-0s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of 2-12-0
tank park
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tank parks
Etymology: 1918, tank + park.
Senses: examples: text: Regimental headquarters and headquarters company are usually at or near the tank park.
ref: 1938, Paul Stanley Bond, Military Science and Tactics: A Text and Reference for the Reserve Officers, P.S. Bond Publishing, p. 623
glosses: An area for parking or storage of military tanks.
examples: text: In the carnage of that first summer the Red Army had lost its entire tank park of nearly twenty thousand.
ref: 1965, Alan Clark, Barbarossa: The Russian-German Conflict, 1941-45,, Harper Perennial, published 1985, →ISBN, page 189:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: The tank inventory of a country or army.
glosses: A storage facility with tanks for petroleum, etc.
Synonyms: sense: parking area
word: laager
sense: fuel storage
word: tank farm
Related terms: artillery park
car park
ICANN
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈaɪ.kæn/
Forms: form: Icann
Senses: glosses: Acronym of Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers.
sock puppeteers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sock puppeteer
sockpuppeteer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sock puppeteer.
sockpuppeteers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sockpuppeteer
Heuer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the German surname, from Heu (“hay”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
folded mountain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: folded mountains
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Synonym of fold mountain.
synonyms: word: fold mountain
petrifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of petrify
reconstitutes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reconstitute
Decapolis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Ancient Greek δέκα (déka, “ten”) + πόλις (pólis, “city”).
Senses: glosses: A group of ten cities on the eastern frontier of the Roman Empire in Jordan, Syria, and Palestine.
young adults
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of young adult
nanocapsules
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nanocapsule
Cabo Verde
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɑboʊ ˈvɝdeɪ/
Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese Cabo Verde (literally “green cape”), from cabo (“cape”) + verde (“green”).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Cape Verde: an archipelago and country in West Africa.
synonyms: word: Cape Verde
extra: an archipelago and country in West Africa
Related terms: Praia
oogle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈuːɡəl/
rhymes: -uːɡəl
Forms: form: oogles
Senses: examples: text: If you want to be accepted by them, you have to wear all black. My hair wraps, I have one that's a rainbow, so I'm not a hobo. I'm an oogle, because I'm not wearing all black. That's just kid stuff. But the old hoboes are cool.
ref: 2009, Cliff (Oats) Williams, One More Train to Ride (page 52)
text: […] an older couple with a dog and a coffee cup containing coins that the woman rattled hopefully. "Like this is a scene. Like this is a choice, like it's some party you can drop by and then leave when you get tired of it. But for some stupid reason, oogles like to playact."
"Wait. You're saying this girl liked to pretend she was homeless?"
ref: 2014, April Henry, The Body in the Woods (page 134)
text: And while Eli's vibe is hipsterish and cheerful, his friends are clearly "travelers" — also known as crusties, also known as crust punks, also known as gutter punks, also known as oogles, also known as homeless, transient young people.
ref: 2019, Emily Guendelsberger, On the Clock:
glosses: A hobo or transient who is homeless by choice rather than necessity.
oogle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈuːɡəl/
rhymes: -uːɡəl
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of ogle.
zipperhead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zipperheads
Etymology: From zipper + head. From the leather helmets formerly used by early Canadian armoured crewmen, with a pattern of stitching resembling a zipper. There is also a folk etymology referring to the zippers on armoured-vehicle crew suits (repurposed flight suits).
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A soldier in the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps or in the Armoured Crewman military trade.
Synonyms: trooper
crewman
tanker
armoured crewman
armoured soldier
tread-head
treadhead
zipperhead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zipperheads
Etymology: 1960s–1970s, zipper + head. Used by soldiers during the Korean and Vietnam Wars; multiple hypotheses exist as to the specific origin. One is that if an East Asian person were shot in the middle of the forehead with a machine gun, the head would split as if being unzipped; another is that the appearance of tire or tank tracks on a body which had been run over by a military Jeep or tank resembled a zipper.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A person of East Asian descent.
Synonyms: almond eyes
chicken lips
dink
gook
slant eye
slopehead
zipperlid
knicker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɪkə(ɹ)/
homophone: nicker
Senses: examples: text: knicker elastic, knicker drawer, knicker thief
text: A knicker nicker nicked a pair of knickers off the clothesline.
glosses: Of or relating to knickers.
raw_tags: as a modifier
examples: text: Country club men had reinstated the knicker, adding four inches in length […]
ref: 1983, David Lanier Lewis, Laurence Goldstein, The Automobile and American Culture, page 58:
text: A sock worn in the regulation fashion, under the knicker, looks neatest and permits the proper full flare of the knicker.
ref: 1925, The Clothier and Furnisher, volume 106, page 79:
glosses: knickerbockers
Derived terms: knickered
knickerless
knicker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɪkə(ɹ)/
homophone: nicker
Forms: form: knickers
Etymology: From Dutch knikker.
Senses: synonyms: nicker
glosses: A kind of marble used in games, originally made of clay, baked hard and oiled.
counterparty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: counterparties
form: counter-party
Etymology: From counter- + party.
Senses: topics: business
finance
insurance
law
glosses: The other party to a financial transaction.
Derived terms: counterparty risk
central counterparty
critical angle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: critical angles
Senses: topics: engineering
natural-sciences
optics
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The angle of incidence beyond which light traveling through a medium experiences total internal reflection upon encountering a boundary with a less refractive medium.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The angle of attack beyond which an airfoil stalls, experiencing a decrease in lift and increase in drag due to separation of airflow from the upper surface of the airfoil.
topics: architecture
glosses: The angle beyond which a ramp or a set of stairs is considered uncomfortable or unsafe.
Synonyms: alpha max
stall angle
Related terms: Snell's law
total internal reflection
lacrimal lake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lacrimal lakes
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The pool of tears in the lower conjunctival cul-de-sac of the eye, which drains into the opening of the tear drainage system
achirotopic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more achirotopic
form: most achirotopic
Etymology: From a- + chirotopic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Not chirotopic
chirotopic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more chirotopic
form: most chirotopic
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing an atom (or group of atoms in a molecule) within a chiral environment
Derived terms: achirotopic
acidimetric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more acidimetric
form: most acidimetric
Etymology: From acid + -metric.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing a titration in which the titrant is an acid.
Derived terms: acidimetrically
Related terms: acidimetry
acylium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acyliums
Etymology: From acyl + -ium.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any acyl cation R-C⁺=O derived from a carboxylic acid.
aerometric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more aerometric
form: most aerometric
Etymology: From aero- + -metric.
Senses: glosses: Describing any measurement of a physical property of air (or other gases), but especially of temperature, pressure and velocity.
agostic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From the supposed Ancient Greek ἀγοστέω (agostéō, “to clasp, hold”) + -ic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing a structure in which a hydrogen atom is bonded to both a carbon (or silicon) atom and a metal atom in a three-center, two-electron interaction.
Derived terms: nonagostic
serpentwood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From serpent + wood.
Senses: glosses: A tree of species Rauwolfia serpentina or its extracts, an important ingredient in Indian traditional medicine.
Synonyms: sarpagandha
Napierite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Napierites
Etymology: From Napier + -ite.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Napier, New Zealand.
glosses: A student or alumnus of Edinburgh Napier University, Scotland.