cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
teetotaling
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtitoʊtəlɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈtiːtəʊtəlɪŋ/
Forms: form: teetotalling
Etymology: From teetotal + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: Most were some variation of the girl-whistling, boyish, movie kind, but a few were serious, teetotalling and religious.
ref: 1958, Vance Nye Bourjaily, The Violated: A Novel:
text: Their teetotalling, absolutist frame of mind, along with its associated attitudes, simply closed off the option to drink.
ref: 1988, Arnold M. Ludwig, Understanding the Alcoholic's Mind: Refocusing the Past:
text: Insull was English, from an earnest, teetotalling family of modest means. He had learned shorthand and was advancing nicely in a London firm of auctioneers ...
ref: 1976, Sheldon M. Novick, The Electric War: The Fight Over Nuclear Power:
text: The name of this spacious restaurant and lounge is an ironic reference [to] the teetotaling Andrew J. Volstead, the Minnesota congressman who sponsored the act enforcing Prohibition in 1919.
ref: 2007 August 15, The New York Times, “Off the Menu”, in New York Times:
glosses: Abstaining from alcohol.
teetotaling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtitoʊtəlɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈtiːtəʊtəlɪŋ/
Forms: form: teetotalling
Etymology: From teetotal + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle of teetotal
underrecognizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of underrecognize
underrecognizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of underrecognize
underrecognized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of underrecognize
truthmakers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of truthmaker
utilityman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: utilitymen
form: utility man
Etymology: From utility + man.
Senses: examples: text: Franco, a 48-year-old utilityman, signed with Atlanta on Wednesday, rejoining the Braves a week after he was cut by the Mets .
ref: 2007 July 19, The Associated Press, “Franco Is Back With the Braves”, in New York Times:
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A player who can play in several different positions
Synonyms: utility player
truthmaking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From truth + making.
Senses: examples: text: On the whole, Dyke’s book is an important contribution to debates about philosophical methodology, truthmaking, and ontology.
ref: 2008 August 27, Kevin Dewan, “Review of Heather Dyke, Metaphysics and the Representational Fallacy”, in Erkenntnis, volume 69, number 2, →DOI:
glosses: The determination of the truth of something.
photogravures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of photogravure
niggeress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: niggeresses
form: nigger
Etymology: From nigger + -ess.
Senses: examples: text: Poor thing ! why whenever I thinks of that there female niggeress, and what she went through with us, it does pain me to turn my eyes back and look on it...
ref: 1864, Henry Mayhew, German Life and Manners as Seen in Saxony at the Present Day:
text: Myself, I think it was an albino niggeress. She had red hair and the biggest feet you ever saw. But Bumpo was no end pleased with her...
ref: 1922, Hugh Lofting, Voyages of Doctor Dolittle:
text: That niggeress Joann Something is pregnant and she been locked up for nine months...
ref: 1974, Folsom Prison, Echoes off the Walls:
glosses: A black woman; a negress.
niggeresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of niggeress
unattestable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + attest + -able.
Senses: glosses: That cannot be attested.
situationally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: /sɪtjuːˈeɪʃənəli/
/sɪt͡ʃuˈ(w)eɪʃənəli/
Etymology: From situational + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a situational way.
utilitymen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of utilityman
marrieds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of married
delegitimizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of delegitimize
delegitimized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of delegitimize
shmooze
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: shmoozes
form: shmoozing
form: shmoozed
form: shmoozed
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of schmooze.
shmoozes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of shmooze
shmoozing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of shmooze
shmoozed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of shmooze
nomming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of nom
nommed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of nom
unaudited
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + audited.
Senses: glosses: Not audited.
huia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈhuːjə/
Forms: form: huias
form: huia
Etymology: Borrowed from Maori huia.
Senses: examples: text: Other birds, such as the emblematically distinctive huia and the laughing owl, followed soon after.
ref: 2003, Michael King, The Penguin History of Aotearoa New Zealand, Penguin, published 2023, page 185:
glosses: A wattlebird (†Heteralocha acutirostris), endemic to New Zealand's North Island but extinct since the early twentieth century.
huias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of huia
psychometries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of psychometry
psychometrician
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: psychometricians
Etymology: From psychometric + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: Using AI-developed questions written by non-legally-trained psychometricians represented “an obvious conflict of interest,” Basick argued, because “these are the same psychometricians tasked with establishing that the questions are valid and reliable.” […] On Tuesday, a spokesperson for the State Bar told The Times that all questions — including the 29 scored and unscored questions from the agency’s independent psychometrician that were developed with the assistance of AI — were reviewed by content validation panels and subject matter experts ahead of the exam for factors including legal accuracy, minimum competence and potential bias.
ref: 2025 April 23, Jenny Jarvie, quoting Mary Basick (first part), “State Bar of California admits it used AI to develop exam questions”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, →ISSN, archived from the original on 23 Apr 2025, retrieved 24 Apr 2025:
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: A person who administers psychometric tests.
psychometricians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of psychometrician
silversword
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪlvəsɔːd/
Forms: form: silverswords
Etymology: From silver + sword.
Senses: examples: text: It takes the silversword twenty years to screw up the energy for its final floral pyrotechnic.
ref: 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 37:
glosses: Any member of the genus Argyroxiphium of flowering plants native to Hawaii, with long, narrow leaves sometimes covered in silvery hairs.
silverswords
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of silversword
pentadecane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pentadecanes
Etymology: From pentadec- + -ane.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of very many isomeric saturated aliphatic hydrocarbons having fifteen carbon atoms; but especially n-pentadecane, CH₃(CH₂)₁₃CH₃
Derived terms: cyclopentadecane
pentadecanoic
pentadecyl
pentadecylic
tetramethylpentadecane
Related terms: pentadecene
pentadecyne
pentadecanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pentadecane
unfranked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + franked.
Senses: glosses: Not franked.
newsagency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: newsagencies
Etymology: From news + agency.
Senses: glosses: A newsagent's shop.
newsagencies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of newsagency
scratchie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scratchies
Etymology: From scratch + -ie.
Senses: examples: text: I sat on the balcony with my cup of coffee and my inhaler and I scratched my Scratchies. I won $6.
ref: 2009, Marja Harris, My Memoirs: A Period in the Life of Marja Harris, page 47:
text: Approximately half of the respondents had bought instant scratchies.
ref: 2010, Charlotte Fabiansson, Pathways to Excessive Gambling: A Societal Perspective on Youth and Adult Gambling Pursuits, page 119:
text: Grandparents and great-grandparents are big buyers of scratchies and lottery tickets — for their grandkids and great-grandkids.
ref: 2011, Ashley Ormond, How to Give Your Kids $1Million Each!: (And It Won't Cost You a Cent), page 40:
synonyms: instant scratchie
glosses: A scratch card.
examples: text: This was an invitation I couldn't resist...FIVE Goldens! I was in heaven! So I go over and spend 10-15 minutes talking and doing head scratchies and getting slobbered on and kissed.
ref: 1994 September 26, Andrea Dec, “Sniff, sniff, sniffsniffSNORT”, in rec.pets.dogs (Usenet), archived from the original on 20 Sep 2025:
text: Mango has decided that if he's on the couch, he is there to give her scratchies, so she eventually goes and parks herself in front of him and bows her head. […] Today this was established, I had her, then she started wandering off, walked all over Eric, he started screaming that he wasn't going to be bullied into giving scratchies to any stinking birds and passed her back to me […]
ref: 1996 April 13, Cathy Quinones, “Senegal stories”, in rec.pets.birds (Usenet), archived from the original on 20 Sep 2025:
text: Give Cornflake a cheek rub and some scratchies from me.
ref: 2002 August 29, Cyndi Meows, “OT: Cornflake update!”, in rec.crafts.textiles.quilting (Usenet), archived from the original on 20 Sep 2025:
text: Petting should start with an Under the Chin scratchie, then the neck, then the top of the head.... or start with the dog's back or side, coming from the side, not the front.
ref: 2012 September 7, Jo Wolf, “Gates”, in rec.pets.dogs.health (Usenet), archived from the original on 20 Sep 2025:
glosses: A scratch.
scratch cards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scratch card
pepstatin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pepstatins
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A hexapeptide (containing the unusual amino acid statine) that acts as a potent inhibitor of aspartyl proteases
scratchies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scratchie
scratchcard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scratchcards
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of scratch card.
scratchcards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scratchcard
pepstatins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pepstatin
hexapeptide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hexapeptides
Etymology: From hexa- + peptide.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any oligopeptide containing six amino acids
Derived terms: cyclohexapeptide
lipohexapeptide
hexapeptides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hexapeptide
volleyballer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: volleyballers
Etymology: From volleyball + -er.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of volleyball player.
synonyms: word: volleyball player
volleyballers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of volleyballer
statine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: statines
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An unusual amino acid 4-amino-3-hydroxy-6-methylheptanoic acid that is a component of pepstatin; any of several derivatives of this compound
statines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of statine
popster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: popsters
Etymology: From pop + -ster.
Senses: glosses: A pop musician.
Derived terms: popstress
popsters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of popster
peptidergic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From peptide + -ergic.
Senses: glosses: Describing neurons that secrete peptide hormones as their neurotransmitters
Derived terms: neuropeptidergic
nonpeptidergic
antimagic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + magic.
Senses: examples: text: Second, French clerics enjoyed strong support from the crown and lay elites in their antimagic campaigns […]
ref: 2002, Richard Lachmann, Capitalists in Spite of Themselves:
glosses: Opposed to magic or witchcraft.
examples: text: […] a monster emits a natural antimagic field […]
ref: 2005, Matthew Kane, A Player's Guide to Deminar:
glosses: Serving to counteract magic or its effects.
raw_tags: in fiction
Related terms: antimagic square
perenniality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From perennial + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The state of being perennial.
leafleteers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leafleteer
agardite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: agardites
Etymology: From Agard + -ite, after French geologist Jules Agard.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of copper arsenate minerals that contain varying proportions of several rare earth elements such as cerium, neodymium, lanthanum and yttrium.
wikipedia: fr:Jules Agard
agardites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of agardite
megastructure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megastructures
form: mega-structure
form: mega structure
Etymology: From mega- + structure.
Senses: examples: text: I never cared for zipways as a way to get around megastructures like this. I always thought that there was a reason God invented taxis.
ref: 2006, K. A. Bedford, Hydrogen Steel:
text: “The concern,” said Mayor Brad Parton, “is ending up with a mega-structure that costs us more than we anticipated to maintain, and that will end up as a deficit on our tax rolls.”
ref: 1990 August 23, Shawn Hubler, “Redondo Considers Scaling Back Aviation Park Plans : Recreation: Council learns that cost estimates for the renovation project are rising. But changing the plan would require a public hearing.”, in Los Angeles Times:
glosses: A very large structure.
examples: text: A fusion of architecture and city planning, megastructures were supposed to bring together mixed uses -- like housing, shopping, transportation and public space -- within a single building.
ref: 1993 April 26, Herbert Muschamp, “Pritzker Prize for Japanese Architect”, in The New York Times, page C18:
topics: architecture
glosses: A very large structure.
A specific type of structure characterized by very large buildings with strictly artificial forms.
synonyms: omnibuilding
examples: text: For lack of anything intelligent to do (it's a slow weekend), I've been compiling a list of stories about "megastructures" -- ringworlds, Dyson spheres, and so forth.
ref: 1993 January 17, Ross Smith, “Enormous Big Things”, in rec.arts.sf.written (Usenet), message-ID <alien.02jk@acheron.amigans.gen.nz>:
text: Wright and his co-authors say the unusual star’s light pattern is consistent with a “swarm of megastructures,” perhaps stellar-light collectors, technology designed to catch energy from the star.
ref: 2015 October 13, Ross Andersen, “The Most Mysterious Star in Our Galaxy”, in The Atlantic:
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: A very large structure.
A hypothetical structure not possible with current technology, e.g., a Dyson sphere.
examples: text: That local concentration of the sulphur, phosphorous and carbon is also found in many other positions has been proved by the most invaluable method of examining the macrostructure or megastructure of complete sections, of ingots and forged material, after the surfaces of the steel have been polished and etched in a suitable way.
ref: 1907 August, John Edward Stead, “Segregation in Steel”, in Technical Literature, volume 2, number 2, page 86:
synonyms: macrostructure
antonyms: microstructure
glosses: The large-scale structure of a material, as contrasted to the fine-scale structure.
Derived terms: megastructural
Related terms: megaform
megastructures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of megastructure
leafleteering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From leafleteer + -ing.
Senses: glosses: The printing and distribution of leaflets, especially as propaganda.
pontificator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pontificators
Etymology: From pontificate + -or.
Senses: glosses: One who pontificates.
perforin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: perforins
Etymology: From perforate + -in, alluding to its action on the cell membrane.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A cytolytic protein found in natural killer cells.
deprogrammer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deprogrammers
Etymology: From deprogram + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Stephaniie's mother paid nationally famous cult "deprogrammer" Patrick $8,000 to change her daughter's "lifestyle," accord to reports in the local news media. The reports said that Marita Miethmiller objects to her daughter's relationship with her roommate.
ref: 1981 December 19, Jil Clark, “Ohio Woman Files Suit Against "Deprogrammers"”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 22, page 1:
glosses: One who deprograms.
deprogrammers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deprogrammer
cyclewear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cycle + -wear.
Senses: glosses: Clothes intended to be worn while riding a bicycle.
bikewear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bike + -wear.
Senses: glosses: Clothes intended to be worn while riding a bicycle.
Synonyms: cyclewear
avuncularly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more avuncularly
form: most avuncularly
Etymology: From avuncular + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an avuncular way.
pontificators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pontificator
pericentric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pericentric
form: most pericentric
Etymology: From peri- + centric.
Senses: glosses: pericentral
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to a pericentre
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to the centromere of a chromosome
pericentre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pericentres
Etymology: From peri- + centre.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of pericenter.
pericentres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pericentre
perforins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of perforin
periclase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: periclases
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A cubic crystalline form of magnesium oxide (MgO).
Derived terms: ferropericlase
periclasite
peridium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peridia
form: peridiums
Etymology: A New Latin form of Ancient Greek πηρίδιον (pērídion, “little pouch”).
Senses: topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: The outer layer that covers the spore-bearing organ in many fungi.
Derived terms: endoperidium
exoperidium
peridial
peridiolum
pseudoperidium
periendosteal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From peri- + endosteal.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Surrounding the endosteum
peridia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peridium
periclases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of periclase
perivascularly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From perivascular + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a perivascular manner
Oxford shoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Oxford shoe
sneezier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of sneezy: more sneezy
sneeziest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of sneezy: most sneezy
quisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quism
all-overishness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From all-overish + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being all-overish; an uncomfortable physical feeling.
beginningless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From beginning + -less.
Senses: examples: text: But besides this imperfect beginningless story, entitled "William Montgomery," we find in the volume another, of which the title-page gives no hint.
ref: 1829 February, Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths, “Article XIII”, in The Monthly Review, volume 10, page 305:
glosses: Incomplete for lack of a beginning.
examples: text: Backwards, it spreads to the beginningless beginning. Forwards, it spreads to the endless end. We are always in the middle.
ref: 1980, Rajneesh, Osho, Yoga Vivek, Prem Chinmaya, Ananda Prem, The Supreme Doctrine: Discourses on the Kenopanishad:
text: Beginningless time is one of those concepts which, in our human state, we find difficult to comprehend.
ref: 2004, David Michie, Buddhism for Busy People:
glosses: Eternal; uncreated; having always existed.
Synonyms: word: beginningless
word: unbeginning
word: unbegun
word: uncreated
Hypernyms: word: infinite
word: lacking
Coordinate terms: word: endless
Derived terms: beginninglessness
operads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of operad
pseudohexagonal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pseudo- + hexagonal.
Senses: glosses: being or pertaining to a pseudohexagon
Related terms: pseudohexagonally
pseudohexagonally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From pseudohexagonal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a pseudohexagonal way.
pseudovirus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudoviruses
Etymology: From pseudo- + virus.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any of the family Pseudoviridae of viruses.
Related terms: pseudoviral
pseudoviruses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pseudovirus
pythonid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pythonids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any of the family Pythonidae of non-venomous snakes, distinguished from the boids by teeth on the premaxilla.
pythonids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pythonid
protocerebrally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From protocerebral + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a protocerebral way.
pyoverdin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pyoverdins
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Alternative form of pyoverdine.
pyoverdins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pyoverdin
chaitya
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chaityas
Senses: glosses: A Buddhist or Jain shrine including a stupa.
pyoverdine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A fluorescent siderophore produced by the bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Derived terms: ferripyoverdine
pyoverdines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pyoverdine
chaityas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chaitya
rhadinovirus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rhadinoviruses
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any of the genus Rhadinovirus of herpesviruses,.
rhadinoviruses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rhadinovirus
sulphorhodamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sulphorhodamines
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sulforhodamine.
sulphorhodamines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sulphorhodamine
ubiquitinylate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: ubiquitinylates
form: ubiquitinylating
form: ubiquitinylated
form: ubiquitinylated
Etymology: From ubiquitinyl + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Senses: glosses: To ubiquitinate.
ubiquitinating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ubiquitinate
ubiquitinates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ubiquitinate
ubiquitinylating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ubiquitinylate
ubiquitinylates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ubiquitinylate
ubiquitinylated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ubiquitinylate
unimplementable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + implementable.
Senses: glosses: Impossible to implement.
suboceanic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + oceanic.
Senses: examples: text: His eyes, like hard bright sea creatures hiding deep under a suboceanic shelf, regarded Charlie with a pure malignant fury...
ref: 1984, Dean Koontz, The Servants of Twilight:
text: Low attenuation translates directly to efficient long-distance communications, such as transatlantic or other suboceanic cable routes...
ref: 2007, Pelin Aksoy, Laura DeNardis, Information Technology in Theory:
glosses: Beneath the surface of the ocean.
supercontinental
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From super- + continental.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to a supercontinent.
submicrometre
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of submicrometer.
premitotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + mitotic.
Senses: glosses: Before the occurrence of mitosis.
Related terms: premitosis
spammable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more spammable
form: most spammable
Etymology: From spam + -able.
Senses: examples: text: ...such as finding people to cold-call and prospecting for spammable addresses.
ref: 2000, Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder, Scott Seebass, Trent R Hein, Unix System Administration Handbook:
text: This can be done in many ways, which we look at shortly. Once you know it is spammable, you just need to know exploit ^([sic]) the system.
ref: 2003, Robert Shimonski, Building DMZs for Enterprise Networks:
text: He didn't recognize the sender, but this was a very secure, non-spammable address. The subject line simply said MESSAGE.HTML. He clicked on the blue text...
ref: 2006, Eric Fullilove, Credible Threat:
text: But now software vulnerabilities — as with stolen credit-card numbers and spammable e-mail addresses — carry real financial value.
ref: 2007 January 30, Brad Stone, “A Lively Market, Legal and Not, for Software Bugs”, in New York Times:
glosses: That can be spammed; susceptible to spamming.
sizzlers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sizzler
go through
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: goes through
form: going through
form: went through
form: gone through
Senses: examples: text: The train went through the tunnel.
glosses: To travel from one end of something to the other.
glosses: To execute or carry out.
examples: text: Every morning, she went through her mail over a cup of coffee.
text: After Betty died, Greg and Nicole had the job of going through her apartment and giving things away to charity, no small job since they felt the need to clean everything and make it look as good as possible before giving it away.
ref: 2005, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, David Kessler, On Grief and Grieving, →ISBN, page 135:
glosses: To examine or scrutinize (a number or series of things).
glosses: To rob (someone), especially after searching through their clothes.
examples: text: Juve’s indignities in that period also featured a sending-off for Juan Cuadrado, one of their substitutes, and a late goal from Marco Asensio when the thousands of Madridistas were already going through their victory songs.
ref: 2017 June 3, Daniel Taylor, “Real Madrid win Champions League as Cristiano Ronaldo double defeats Juv”, in The Guardian (London):
glosses: To enact or recite the entire length of (something).
examples: text: I went through a lengthy immigration process before I was allowed across the border.
text: She's yet to go through puberty, although she's already 17.
text: I feel certain that I am going mad again. I feel we cant[sic] go through another of those terrible times. And I shant[sic] recover this time.
ref: 1941, Virginia Woolf, suicide note:
glosses: To undergo, suffer, experience.
examples: text: Her family drinks so much milk that they go through two gallons a week.
text: I've gone through two pairs of shoes already this holiday.
glosses: To use up or wear out (clothing etc.).
examples: text: If United don't lose by more than 2 goals, they should go through to the next round.
glosses: To progress to the next stage of something.
examples: text: My payment hasn't gone through yet.
text: I don't think my instant messages are going through.
text: And you have to be careful. If you don't book your parking in double-quick time, you risk a fine, so always double-check that your payment has gone through. Some operators don't even send you an email or text to say you've paid.
ref: 2025 October 15, 'Mystery Shopper', “About Anglia... and high scores”, in RAIL, number 1046, page 53:
glosses: To reach an intended destination after passing through some process.
glosses: To beat, fight or attack (someone).
examples: text: The cardamom goes through the cake.
glosses: To be present and intense.
raw_tags: of a flavor or ingredient
Related terms: go through with
verset
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɜːsɪt/
ipa: /ˈvɜːsət/
ipa: /ˈvɚsɪt/
ipa: /ˈvɚsət/
Forms: form: versets
Etymology: From Middle English verset, from Old French verset; equivalent to verse + -et.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A very short organ interlude or prelude.
examples: text: Remon[strant]. Were the impoſition amiſſe, what is that to the people? Anſw[er]. Not a little, becauſe they beare an equall part with the Prieſt in many places, and have their cues and verſets as well as he.
ref: 1641, [John Milton], Animadversions upon the Remonstrants Defence against Smectymnuus, London: […] [Richard Oulton and Gregory Dexter] for Thomas Vnderhill, […], →OCLC, page 26:
glosses: A verse.
versets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of verset
hosel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hosels
Etymology: Equivalent to hose + -le.
Senses: examples: Though largely ignored by players, hosel design is integral to the balance, feel and power of a club.
glosses: The portion of the head of a golf club to which the shaft of the club attaches.
examples: The new hosel will be using the format suggested by students.
glosses: A semester, in the context of a course of study which should be enjoyable as opposed to required work.
kermas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kerma
cross-benches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cross-bench
lamper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lampers
Etymology: From lamp + -er.
Senses: synonyms: jacklighter
spotlighter
glosses: One who takes part in lamping, or hunting with bright lights.
lamper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lampers
Senses: glosses: A lamprey.
Derived terms: lamper eel
castle nuts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of castle nut
paratactic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more paratactic
form: most paratactic
Senses: examples: text: BARR (Tonight and tomorrow night) Over bare stutters of piano and drums, Brendan Fowler of Barr lets loose an endlessly self-regarding logorrhea, questioning his every thought and instinct in a naked, paratactic melancholy.
ref: 2007 February 16, The New York Times, “Pop and Rock Listings”, in New York Times:
glosses: Pertaining to or using parataxis.
Related terms: paratactically
paratactical
parataxis
kente
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Akan [Term?] (“basket”).
Senses: examples: text: One trend shaping up for spring is an abundance of graphic black and white textiles that recall Op Art paintings, or messed up checkerboards. Mr. Panichgul’s were subtle, made of patchwork ticking stripes, but Ms. Cornejo’s looked almost as if she had recolored traditional kente cloth for her inviting wraps and a one-shouldered sheath. […]
ref: 2007 September 11, Eric Wilson, “Numerous Directions, a Few Clear Thoughts”, in New York Times:
text: And there were others that four years later you cringe to remember: the black squares on social media, Nancy Pelosi taking the knee wearing kente cloth, Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner also taking the knee while looking soberly into the camera.
ref: 2024 May 20, Nesrine Malik, “The Black Lives Matter era is over. It taught us the limits of diversity for diversity’s sake”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
synonyms: kente cloth
glosses: A type of fabric made of interwoven cloth strips, native to Ghana.
fleetside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fleetsides
Etymology: Originally a brand name of Chevrolet, from fleet + side.
Senses: examples: text: That pickup truck is a fleetside because the sides of the box are flat.
coordinate_terms: stepside
styleside
glosses: A pickup truck having flat bedsides. The rear quarter panels are flat and run lengthways along the wheel-well openings.
pasilla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /pəˈsiːjə/
Forms: form: pasillas
Etymology: From the Spanish pasilla, diminutive of pasa (“raisin”).
Senses: examples: text: Is it worth $9.99 to have someone buy and cook short ribs, shred them, season them with chipotle, arbol and pasilla chilies, mix them with slices of nopales (cactus paddles), fill two soft tortillas with the mixture and slather them with a rich sauce so you can have beef short rib enchiladas with salsa mestiza and cactus for dinner?
ref: 2007 April 18, Florence Fabricant, “A Serving of Kalderetang, and a Guy to Explain It”, in New York Times:
glosses: A variety of chili (a dried chilaca), used especially in sauces.
pasillas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pasilla
pranking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of prank
pranking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prankings
Senses: glosses: A showy adornment.
examples: text: So they have trooped forth to organize village down-and-outs and ne'er-do-wells into would-be combat units. If this is the case, then like most other collegiate prankings, the show has turned out to be both trite and puny, deceiving no one […]
ref: 1933, The Commonweal, volume 19, page 241:
glosses: The playing of pranks or tricks; monkeyshines, didoes.
pranked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of prank
katsura
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ʊəɹə
Forms: form: katsuras
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 桂 (katsura).
Senses: examples: text: To screen out the houses, Mr. Darke and Ms. Zoehrer have planted cedars and katsura trees, sweetshrub and shadbush, and turned their gaze inward, to the garden of their own making.
ref: 2007 May 31, Anne Raver, “Reshaping Their Own Worldview”, in New York Times:
glosses: One of two species of trees in the genus Cercidiphyllum, most commonly Cercidiphyllum japonicum, one of the largest trees in Asia.
wikipedia: katsura
Related terms: Cercidiphyllum
salchow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsalkɒv/
ipa: /ˈsalkəʊ/
Forms: form: salchows
Etymology: Named after the Swedish skater Ulrich Salchow.
Senses: examples: text: Naomi Nari Nam and Themi Leftheris had a chance to grab a world team spot after Inoue and Baldwin stumbled, but Nam fell to a knee trying to land a throw triple salchow and also fell on the next throw, a triple loop.
ref: 2007 January 27, Lynn Zinser, “Sights Set on Title, Meissner Is All Smiles”, in New York Times:
glosses: A figure skating jump with a takeoff from a back inside edge and landing on the back outside edge of the opposite foot after one or more rotations in the air.
salchow
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsalkɒv/
ipa: /ˈsalkəʊ/
Forms: form: salchows
form: salchowing
form: salchowed
form: salchowed
Etymology: Named after the Swedish skater Ulrich Salchow.
Senses: glosses: To perform a figure skating jump of this kind.
perruthenate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: perruthenates
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The oxyanion of ruthenium RuO₄⁻ or any salt containing this anion
Related terms: TPAP
letterlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more letterlike
form: most letterlike
Etymology: From letter + -like. Compare West Frisian letterlik, Dutch letterlijk.
Senses: synonyms: alphabetiform
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a letter of the alphabet.
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a letter (written communication).
TPAP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of tetrapropylammonium perruthenate.
perturbatively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more perturbatively
form: most perturbatively
Etymology: From perturbative + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a perturbative manner
glosses: With regard to perturbation
Derived terms: nonperturbatively
halser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: halsers
Senses: examples: text: At once we fix our halsers on the land, At once descend, and press the desert sand
ref: Homer. The Odyssey, Book XII, Trans Alexander Pope (p. 298, Kindle Edition)
glosses: Alternative form of hawser.
petrologic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From petrology + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to petrology.
phalloidin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phalloidins
Etymology: From translingual phalloides + -in.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A toxic cyclic peptide obtained from the mushroom Amanita phalloides
Related terms: phallotoxin
phallotoxin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phallotoxins
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of several toxic cyclic peptides obtained from the mushroom Amanita phalloides
Related terms: phallacidin
phallacin
phallisacin
phallisin
phalloidin
phalloin
prophalloin
phallacidin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A toxic cyclic peptide obtained from the mushroom Amanita phalloides
Related terms: phallotoxin
phallacin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A toxic cyclic peptide obtained from the mushroom Amanita phalloides
Related terms: phallotoxin
phallisacin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A toxic cyclic peptide obtained from the mushroom Amanita phalloides
Related terms: phallotoxin
phallisin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A toxic cyclic peptide obtained from the mushroom Amanita phalloides
Related terms: phallotoxin
phalloin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: phalloides + -in
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A toxic cyclic peptide obtained from the mushroom Amanita phalloides
Related terms: phallotoxin
prophalloin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A toxic cyclic peptide obtained from the mushroom Amanita phalloides
Related terms: phallotoxin
phanaeine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phanaeines
Etymology: From translingual Phanaeus + -ine.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any of several dung beetles of the genus Phanaeus.
pharmacogenomic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pharmaco- + genomic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to pharmacogenomics or to pharmacogenomes
pharmacotherapies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pharmacotherapy
phenylenevinylene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phenylenevinylenes
Etymology: From phenylene + vinylene.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The divalent radical derived from phenylene and vinylene (used especially as a polymer)
Derived terms: oligophenylenevinylene
polyphenylenevinylene
phenylenevinylenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phenylenevinylene
phanaeines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phanaeine
chi-rhos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chi-rho
Bksp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of backspace, on a computer keyboard.
yin-yangs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yin-yang
stone brambles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stone bramble
weblogger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: webloggers
Etymology: From weblog + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who maintains a weblog.
Synonyms: blogger
webloggers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weblogger
Labourites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Labourite
homosexualists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of homosexualist
asteroid belts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of asteroid belt
bittercress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bittercresses
Etymology: From bitter + cress.
Senses: glosses: Barbarea vulgaris (garden yellowrocket), a biennial herb native to Europe.
glosses: Any plant of the Cardamine genus, especially Cardamine bulbosa and Cardamine hirsuta.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Cardamine bellidifolia
word: alpine bittercress
taxonomic: Cardamine rotundifolia
word: American bittercress
taxonomic: Cardamine occidentalis
word: big western bittercress
taxonomic: Packera cardamine
word: bittercress ragwort
taxonomic: Cardamine flagellifera
word: Blue Ridge bittercress
taxonomic: Cardamine breweri
word: Brewer's bittercress
taxonomic: Cardamine bulbosa
word: bulbous bittercress
taxonomic: Cardamine carrii
word: Carr's bittercress
taxonomic: Cardamine rupicola
word: cliff bittercress
taxonomic: Cardamine constancei
word: Constance's bittercress
taxonomic: Cardamine bulbifera
word: coralroot bittercress
taxonomic: Cardamine hirsuta
word: hairy bittercress
taxonomic: Cardamine cordifolia
word: heartleaf bittercress
taxonomic: Cardamine regeliana
word: Japanese bittercress
taxonomic: Cardamine macrocarpa
word: largeseed bittercress
taxonomic: Cardamine douglassii
word: limestone bittercress
taxonomic: Cardamine oligosperma
word: little western bettercress
taxonomic: Cardamine longii
word: Long's bittercress
taxonomic: Cardamine impatiens
word: narrowleaf bittercress
taxonomic: Cardamine pensylvanica
word: Pennsylvania bittercress
taxonomic: Cardamine purpurea
word: purple bittercress
taxonomic: Cardamine digitata
word: Richardson's bittercress
taxonomic: Cardamine debilis
word: roadside bittercress
taxonomic: Cardamine pattersonii
word: Saddle Mountain bittercress
taxonomic: Cardamine parviflora
word: sand bittercress
taxonomic: Cardamine angulata
word: seaside bittercress
taxonomic: Cardamine pachystigma
word: serpentine bittercress
taxonomic: Cardamine microphylla
word: small-leaf bittercress
taxonomic: Cardamine clematitis
word: small mountain bittercress
taxonomic: Cardamine micranthera
word: streambank bittercress
alt: Cardamine macrocarpa Brandegee var. texana
word: Texas bittercress
taxonomic: Cardamine penduliflora
word: Willamette Valley bittercress
taxonomic: Cardamine flexuosa
word: woodland bittercress
bittercresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bittercress
microprogramme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microprogrammes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of microprogram.
microprogrammes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microprogramme
microprogrammer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microprogrammers
Etymology: From micro- + programmer.
Senses: glosses: A programmer who develops microprograms.
microprogrammers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microprogrammer
veg*ns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of veg*n
brazen bull
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brazen bulls
head_nr: 1
Senses: head_nr: 1
synonyms: bronze bull
Sicilian bull
glosses: An ancient torture device, supposed to have been devised by Perillos of Athens, consisting of a hollow bull fashioned from brass in which victims were imprisoned and burned to death.
brazen bulls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brazen bull
popstress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: popstresses
Etymology: From popster + -ess.
Senses: glosses: A female popster.
popstresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of popstress
pop star
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pop stars
Senses: glosses: A very successful pop musician.
pop stars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pop star
pop musician
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pop musicians
Senses: glosses: A person who composes, plays, or sings pop music.
pop musicians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pop musician
pop tarts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pop tart
sticking plasters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stick plasters
Senses: glosses: plural of sticking plaster
elastoplasted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Elastoplast + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: He is dressed in an old sweater, corduroy trousers, sandles and elastoplasted spectacles. A row of fairy lights hangs round his neck.
ref: 1987, David Edgar, Plays: One:
text: Fr. Malachy moved his elastoplasted glasses down his nose with a cowshit covered hand and turned to the two men.
ref: 1993, Arthur Broomfield, When the Dust Settles:
text: Relevant literature had told me so; / Propped up on scuffed, elastoplasted knees / Down unfrequented aisles of libraries, / It reassured me I was QUITE ALL RIGHT...
ref: 1993, John Whitworth, Landscape with Small Humans:
text: They have taken her glasses, and elastoplasted over the good left eye's lens; but still her right eye wanders.
ref: 2007, Patricia Ferguson, Peripheral Vision:
glosses: Covered with Elastoplast.