cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
West Asia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: Holonyms: Asia < Earth
synonyms: Western Asia
Southwest Asia
Southwestern Asia
related: word: Central Asia
word: East Asia
word: North Asia
word: South Asia
word: Southeast Asia
glosses: The westernmost geographic region of Asia, which includes Anatolia, the Arabian Peninsula, Iran, the Levant, Mesopotamia, the Sinai Peninsula, and Transcaucasia.
Derived terms: NAWA
WANA
West Asian
Western Asia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: [...] and on the banks of another, was seated the "Golden Babylon", once the proud mistress of the eastern world, being the capital of the Assyrian monarchy, which comprehended Syria, Mesopotamia, Chaldea, Persia; in short, except India, all the great nations of western Asia.
ref: 1795, Sir William Ouseley, Persian Miscellanies, page 106:
glosses: Synonym of West Asia.
synonyms: word: West Asia
Derived terms: Western Asian
washtub bassist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: washtub bassists
Senses: glosses: Someone who plays the washtub bass.
washtub bassists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of washtub bassist
upright bassist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: upright bassists
Senses: glosses: A double bassist; someone who plays the upright bass (double bass).
upright bassists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of upright bassist
electric bassist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: electric bassists
Senses: glosses: Someone who plays the electric bass guitar.
electric bassists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of electric bassist
octobassist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: octobassists
Etymology: From octobass + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Someone who plays the octobass.
octobassists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of octobassist
stand-up bassist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stand-up bassists
Senses: glosses: Someone who plays the stand-up bass (double bass).
stand-up bassists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stand-up bassist
stand-up basses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stand-up bass
fern pine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fern pines
Senses: glosses: An evergreen tree or shrub native to Africa, with long and narrow leaves, Afrocarpus gracilior (formerly Podocarpus gracilior), widely grown for its attractive foliage.
glosses: Any plant now or formerly in the genus Podocarpus.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Afrocarpus falcatus
word: African fern pine
fern pines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fern pine
string basses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of string bass
string bassist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: string bassists
Senses: glosses: A double bassist; someone who plays the string bass (double bass).
string bassists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of string bassist
tea chest bass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tea chest basses
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A washtub bass that uses a tea chest as the resonator for an upright stringed bass guitar.
Derived terms: tea chest bassist
Related terms: skiffle
washtub bass
tea chest basses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tea chest bass
tea chest bassist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tea chest bassists
Senses: glosses: Someone who plays the tea chest bass.
tea chest bassists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tea chest bassist
upright basses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of upright bass
yew pine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yew pines
Senses: glosses: A black spruce (Picea mariana).
glosses: An evergreen tree or shrub with long, narrow leaves, native to China and Japan, of species Podocarpus macrophyllus, widely grown for its attractive foliage.
glosses: Any plant now or formerly in the genus Podocarpus.
yew pines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yew pine
Wing
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A large village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP8822).
glosses: A village and civil parish in Rutland, England (OS grid ref SK8903).
glosses: An unincorporated community in Covington County, Alabama, United States.
glosses: A small town in Burleigh County, North Dakota, United States.
denialistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more denialistic
form: most denialistic
Etymology: From denial + -istic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to denialism.
doghouse basses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of doghouse bass
doghouse bassist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: doghouse bassists
Senses: glosses: A double bassist; someone who plays the doghouse bass (double bass).
doghouse bassists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of doghouse bassist
double bassist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: double bassists
form: double-bassist
Etymology: From double bass + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Someone who plays a double bass.
Synonyms: bass fiddler
bass violinist
bull fiddler
contrabassist
doghouse bassist
string bassist
upright bassist
double bassists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of double bassist
bass fiddlers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bass fiddler
plum pine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plum pines
Senses: glosses: Any of a number of plants in the family Podocarpaceae which have plum-like fruits and narrow leaves reminiscent of pines
plum pines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plum pine
double-bass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: double-basses
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of double bass.
Derived terms: double-bassist
double-basses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of double-bass
double-bassist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: double-bassists
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of double bassist.
double-bassists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of double-bassist
plum yew
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plum yews
form: plum-yew
Senses: glosses: Any of the east Asian trees and shrubs in the genus Cephalotaxus.
glosses: Any of the conifers in the genus Prumnopitys.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Prumnopitys andina
word: Chilean plum yew
plum yews
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plum yew
otoccipital
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əʊtəkˈsɪpɪtəl/
rhymes: -ɪpɪtəl
Forms: form: otooccipital
Etymology: From ot- + occipital.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the ear and the occiput.
electronification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From electron(ic) + -ification.
Senses: glosses: The process or result of electronifying
MIDIs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of MIDI
Jud
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in North Dakota.
glosses: A ghost town in Texas.
Kief
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of Kyiv.
glosses: A hamlet in North Dakota.
Venturia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in North Dakota.
nutmeg yew
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nutmeg yews
Senses: glosses: Certain of the trees and shrubs in the genus Torreya, which are related to yew, but have fruits with large seeds that resemble nutmegs.
Derived terms: english: Chinese nutmeg yew
translation: Chinese nutmeg yew
word: Torreya grandis
word: Torreya nucifera (Japanese nutmeg yew
nutmeg yews
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nutmeg yew
Asparukh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Byzantine Greek Ἀσπαρούχ (Asparoúkh), from Bulgar, from Alanic Æspӕruk; see there for more.
Senses: glosses: the name of а ruler of Bulgars in the second half of the 7th century AD
Neche
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in North Dakota.
overbinding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overbind
Mountain
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Mountains
Etymology: From mountain.
Senses: glosses: A placename:
A minor city in Pembina County, North Dakota, United States.
glosses: A placename:
An unincorporated community in Ritchie County, West Virginia, United States, originally named Mole Hill.
glosses: A placename:
A town and census-designated place therein, in Oconto County, Wisconsin, United States.
glosses: A placename:
A number of townships in the United States, listed under Mountain Township.
glosses: A placename:
A rural municipality in western Manitoba, Canada; in full, the Rural Municipality of Mountain.
glosses: A placename:
A hamlet near Queensbury, Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0930).
glosses: A placename:
A huge province in the Cordilleras composed of the subprovinces of Apayao, Amburayan, Benguet, Ifugao, Kalinga, and Lepanto-Bontoc.
synonyms: Mountain Province
glosses: A surname.
glosses: The Montagnard party in the time of the French Revolution.
Related terms: word: Montaigne
word: Montano
word: Montaigne
english: Italian; Italian
translation: Italian; Italian
word: Montano
word: Montaño
Mountain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mountains
Etymology: From mountain.
Senses: examples: text: Western Pacific wisely devoted its design energies to the articulateds which produced most of its gross, left the 4-6-0's that came with the road plus a few secondhand Florida East Coast Mountains for its sparse passenger service.
ref: 1959, David P. Morgan, editor, Steam's Finest Hour, Kalmbach Publishing Co., page 106:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: a steam locomotive of the 4-8-2 wheel arrangement.
more at eleven
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: See film at 11.
Senses: examples: Near-synonym: film at 11
glosses: Used after a statement that is typical or should be obvious.
Related terms: Captain Obvious
does a bear shit in the woods
fork found in kitchen
is the Pope Catholic
no shit, Sherlock
people sit on chairs
up to eleven
water is wet
torpents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of torpent
traumatisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of traumatism
trinitrocresols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trinitrocresol
tritoxides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tritoxide
tropeins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tropein
tiburons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tiburon
teniacides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of teniacide
tenicides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tenicide
teratoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of teratosis
terpins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of terpin
test papers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of test paper
teucrins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of teucrin
Danube Swabian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Danube Swabians
Etymology: Although most migrants were not from Swabia, the peoples they settled among (Hungarians, Romanians, etc) often referred to them all as Swabians.
Senses: glosses: A member or descendant of any of the unrelated, usually non-Swabian groups of Germans that settled along the Danube and elsewhere in southeastern Europe (not including the Carpathian Germans or Transylvanian Saxons).
Hyponyms: Hungarian German
Sathmar Swabian
Satu Mare Swabian
Banat Swabian
Vojvodina German
Danube Swabians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Danube Swabian
oorari
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: curare
ourari
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: curare
wurari
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: curare
wourari
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: curare
neato burrito
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: Chosen for the rhyme.
Senses: synonyms: word: neato mosquito
word: neato torpedo
word: neato
glosses: Synonym of neato.
Swabian Turkey
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Because the region had previously been controlled by Turks, and some of the settlers were Swabians.
Senses: glosses: A region of southwestern Hungary inhabited by an ethnic German minority who settled there, beginning in the late 1600s after the land was conquered from the Ottoman Empire, from the Palatinate, Hesse, Swabia, Bavaria and elsewhere.
white gentians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of white gentian
xanthinin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of xanthinine.
xanthinoxidase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: xanthinoxidases
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of xanthine oxidase.
xanthinoxidases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of xanthinoxidase
xanthine oxidases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of xanthine oxidase
xanthocreatinin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of xanthocreatinine.
xanthocreatinine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From xantho- + creatinine.
Senses: glosses: The organic compound with chemical formula C₅H₁₀N₄O, related to creatinine.
xanthocyanopia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From xantho- + cyanopia.
Senses: glosses: Color blindness in which red and green cannot be distinguished.
wurali
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: curare
oorali
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of wourali.
xanthokreatinin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of xanthocreatinine.
xanthokyanopy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of xanthocyanopia.
xanthopsin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: xanthopsins
Senses: glosses: Visual yellow; any of a form of visual purple that has been bleached by exposure to light.
Related terms: rhodopsin
xanthopuccin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A supposed alkaloid related to berberine, possibly just an impure form of it.
xanthoxylin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Xanthoxylum + -in.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The active principle of the prickly ash (formerly in genus Xanthoxylum, now Zanthoxylum).
xylotherapy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From xylo- + therapy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A treatment of disease by applying wood to the surface of the body.
xanol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Former commercial name?
Senses: glosses: A sodium salicylate preparation used as an antirheumatic.
derouine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: derouines
form: derouin
form: drouine
Etymology: From French dérouine.
Senses: examples: text: St Germain &co returned from a Derouine L.L.P. [Rainy Lake] & R.L. [Red Lake] The Indians [arrived] with Two hundred Skins all good Furs, and the best Derouine ever made at the Panbian River.
ref: a. 1824, The Publications of the Champlain Society:
text: From this view of the case it will appear that the surest plan by which to draw from the Chilcotins all the benefit of which their country is susceptible will be by attending to them by the means of Derouins and by endeavouring to make them resume the intercourse which they formerly held with Alexandria […]
ref: 1830, William Connolly, Letter to George Simpson:
text: Arrived at Sunsett at Alexandria, where find Mr. Fisher and all his people safe and well […] three derouines were made to the Chilcotins, and produced about 3 Packs […]
ref: 1831, P. W. Dease, Stuart Lake Journal:
text: At present the bulk of the returns ostensibly yielded by the Chilcotins are procured at Tluz-cuz by drouine parties sent thither […]
ref: 1843, A. C. Anderson, Letter to George Simpson:
text: Two of my men returned from derouine well loaded with furs. I had the curiosity to count the Assiniboine dog travailles, and found no fewer than 230.
ref: 1897, Alexander Henry, New Light on the Early History of the Greater Northwest: The Manuscript Journals of Alexander Henry ..., page 579:
qualifier: fur trade
glosses: An expedition made to First Nations camps or villages for trade rather than waiting for the natives to come to the forts, often involving wintering in the camps.
canchalagua
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: canchalaguas
Etymology: From Spanish canchalagua, from Mapudungun cachanlagua.
Senses: glosses: Any of several plants of the Americas similar to centaury, and formerly used like it for medicinal purposes, among them:
Centaurium cachanlahuen, the original canchalagua
glosses: Any of several plants of the Americas similar to centaury, and formerly used like it for medicinal purposes, among them:
Centaurium chironioides, a Mexican species
glosses: Any of several plants of the Americas similar to centaury, and formerly used like it for medicinal purposes, among them:
Zeltnera venusta, a California species in the gentian family
glosses: Any of several plants of the Americas similar to centaury, and formerly used like it for medicinal purposes, among them:
Schkuhria pinnata, a plant in the sunflower family native to South America and used medicinally
weekend dad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: weekend dads
Senses: examples: text: She and the kids moved to Brentwood, and I continued to see the kids as much as being a weekend dad allowed.
ref: 1993, Levon Helm, Stephen Davis, This Wheel's on Fire: Levon Helm and the Story of The Band, A Capella Books, published 2013, →ISBN, page 245:
text: “I guess what she's saying, man, is that a good weekend dad is a hell of a lot better than no dad at all.”
ref: 1999, Tara Taylor Quinn, My Babies and Me, Harlequin, →ISBN:
text: My dad promised that he would be more than just a “weekend dad” who fulfilled his obligatory parental duties with limited visits.
ref: 2011, Kimberlee Murray, “The Constant”, in Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Wendy Walker, editors, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Thanks Dad: 101 Stories of Gratitude, Love, and Good Times, →ISBN:
glosses: A noncustodial father who has custody of or visitation with his child or children primarily or exclusively on weekends.
examples: text: If a dad is commuting to the city to New York and goes to New York on the seven o'clock train and comes home on the seven o'clock at night train, then he is a weekend dad; [he] is not really involved as the primary parent.
ref: 2004, Gerald P. Mallon, Gay Men Choosing Parenthood, Columbia University Press, →ISBN, pages 128–129:
text: If you're a single dad, don't let anyone call you a weekend dad. Interact with your children daily and check up on their schoolwork daily.
ref: 2011, Edrid E. Tirado, The Dad Guide: A Collection of 1,001 Different Ways to Be a Better Dad, iUniverse, →ISBN:
text: The only real downside was that I had a daily commute to Dublin. I had to leave early and did not return until late in the evening. This all meant that I ended up being a weekend dad!
ref: 2015, David Caren, The Irish Dad's Survival Guide to Pregnancy [& Beyond], The O'Brien Press Ltd, →ISBN:
glosses: A custodial father whose time with his child or children is limited mainly to weekends.
Related terms: deadbeat dad
Disney parent
uninvolved parent
weekend dads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weekend dad
leave someone holding the baby
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: leaves someone holding the baby
form: leaving someone holding the baby
form: left someone holding the baby
form: left someone holding the baby
Senses: examples: text: He said he was very uneasy as the schooner owner owed him over $500 and he couldn't get a cent and feared that the owners had gone bankrupt and left him holding the baby.
ref: 2003, Vincent Roth, A Life in Guyana: The Later Years, 1923-1935, Peepal Tree, published 2003, →ISBN, page 160:
text: This statement might sound lame, but operations and network management will try to squeeze everything into one domestic home firewall hanging off a small DSL line. Then they will leave you holding the baby.
ref: 2006, Mark Osborne, How to Cheat at Managing Information Security, Syngress Publishing, Inc., published 2006, →ISBN, page 125:
text: With many of these seized goods auctions condition is everything and I would recommend that, having checked out the goods online, you go to the auction house and view the lots. You will not only get to see the goods themselves but you can find out a lot about the auctioneers themselves. They may be well-established businesses but others could be fly-by-nights and gone the next morning, leaving you holding the baby.
ref: 2009, Adrian Arnold, The Internet for the Older and Wiser: Get Up and Running Safely on the Web, John Wiley & Sons, published 2009, →ISBN, page 181:
glosses: To abandon someone and put them in a position where they must take the responsibility or blame.
Synonyms: leave somebody in the lurch
leave someone holding the bag
leaves someone holding the baby
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of leave someone holding the baby
leaving someone holding the baby
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of leave someone holding the baby
left someone holding the baby
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of leave someone holding the baby
jazzical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Blend of jazz + classical
Senses: examples: text: From the smoothest symphonic dance pieces to the most highly seasoned jazzical eccentricities runs the range; there is a spiced variety of good things for every taste.
ref: 1995, Mark Tucker, The Duke Ellington Reader, page 34:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Combining elements of jazz and classical music.
brown-nosing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of brown-nose
brown-nosed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of brown-nose
brumates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of brumate
on one's lonesome
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Forms: form: by one's lonesome
Senses: examples: text: "Sittin' there all on her lonesome the whole day long, it's understandable she gets down in the dumps."
ref: 1996, Joan Jonker, Sweet Rosie O'Grady (2012 Headline ebook edition), Google books online
text: But his skills with a bike were unassailable — while the factory teams were struggling with setup, it was Dunlop on his lonesome that gave the company its first International victories.
ref: 2003, Aaron P. Frank, Honda Motorcycles, →ISBN, page 176:
text: Working on his lonesome every day definitely had him craving a bit of human company.
ref: 2015, Josephine Myles, chapter 10, in Scrap, →ISBN:
glosses: Alone; without aid or accompaniment.
by one's lonesome
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of on one's lonesome.
open harp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: open harps
Senses: glosses: Synonym of angle harp.
synonyms: word: angle harp
angular harp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: angular harps
Senses: glosses: Synonym of angle harp.
synonyms: word: angle harp
angular harps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of angular harp
oudist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oudists
Etymology: From oud + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Someone who plays the oud.
oudists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oudist
ceterone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ceterones
Senses: glosses: A large cittern distinguished by the use of wire strings, and the presence of extra bass strings.
ceterones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ceterone
semantic networks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of semantic network
minilesson
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: minilessons
Etymology: From mini- + lesson.
Senses: examples: text: Children eventually bring their book bins to the meeting area for minilessons, and during minilessons they sit beside their reading partners in assigned rug spots.
ref: 2001, Lucy McCormick Calkins, The Art of Teaching Reading, →ISBN, page 280:
topics: education
glosses: A short lesson.
minilessons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of minilesson
microlesson
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microlessons
Etymology: From micro- + lesson.
Senses: topics: education
glosses: A very short lesson, typically lasting a few minutes.
Related terms: microlearning
microlessons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microlesson
microteaching
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From micro- + teaching.
Senses: topics: education
glosses: A teaching technique in which short lessons are videotaped and subsequently reviewed by the teacher in order to gauge their success.
marginations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of margination
doshpuluur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: doshpuluurs
Etymology: Borrowed from Tuvan дошпулуур (doşpuluur).
Senses: glosses: A long-necked plucked lute with two or three strings, of Tuvan origin, characterized by a skin head on both sides of the square wooden body.
Hyponyms: chanzy
doshpuluurs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of doshpuluur
melanosed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more melanosed
form: most melanosed
Senses: glosses: Affected with melanosis.
chanzy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chanzi
form: tyanzi
Senses: glosses: A three-stringed plucked lute of Tuvan origin, like a long-necked banjo with a skin head over a heart or kidney-shaped body.
metaproteins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metaprotein
metabolons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metabolon
frame drums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of frame drum
microsections
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microsection
kotoist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kotoists
Etymology: From koto + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Someone who plays the koto.
kotoists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kotoist
morcellations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of morcellation
mud baths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mud bath
vegetable fat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vegetable fats
Senses: glosses: Any vegetable oil that is solid at room temperature.
vegetable fats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vegetable fat
Chaumes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: French, literally "stubble".
Senses: glosses: A traditional French cow's-milk cheese from Périgord, with a soft orange rind.
Périgord
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From French Périgord.
Senses: glosses: A geographic region and former province corresponding roughly to the modern department of Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.
Derived terms: Périgord pie
Périgord
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Périgords
Etymology: From French Périgord.
Senses: glosses: A black truffle.
mezereum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mezereums
Senses: glosses: Synonym of mezereon.
synonyms: word: mezereon
harmala alkaloid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: harmala alkaloids
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of various alkaloids of similar chemical structure, including harmine, harmaline, and harmalol, that function as MAOIs and are found in the seeds of Peganum harmala.
harmala alkaloids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of harmala alkaloid
Warundi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Burundians.
Caucasion
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of Caucasian.
orthosia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: orthosias
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: glosses: Any moth of the genus Orthosia
orthosiphon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌoɹ.θoʊˈsaɪ.fən/
Forms: form: orthosiphons
Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Orthosiphon, itself from Ancient Greek ὀρθός (orthós, “straight”) + Ancient Greek σῑ́φων (sī́phōn, “pipe, tube”).
Senses: glosses: Any herbaceous shrub of the genus Orthosiphon.
Related terms: Orthosiphon
orthosiphons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of orthosiphon
orthostate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: orthostates
Senses: examples: text: ... the sill course. In the orthostate course of each is a single vertical Greek dowel cutting, the top edges measuring 0.489-0.52 m above the sill […]
ref: 1980, William Bell Dinsmoor, William B. Dinsmoor, The Propylaia to the Athenian Akropolis: The classical building, ASCSA, →ISBN, page 144:
text: […] the anta block but begins with the first full orthostate (Fig. 18:a). […] The same sort of truncating of a full orthostate occurs at the reveals of the east entranceway. […] A smashed east-jamb orthostate puts this detail beyond recognition, but the west-jamb orthostate retains the whole surface with the cyma reversa intact at either end.
ref: 1992, Frederick A. Cooper, The Temple of Apollo Bassitas: The architecture, ASCSA, →ISBN, page 195:
glosses: Alternative form of orthostat.
hymnary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hymnaries
Senses: glosses: A book of hymns.
Synonyms: hymnal
hymnarium
hymnaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hymnary
parabioses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parabiosis
paraconids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paraconid
orthopraxies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of orthopraxy
orthostates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of orthostate
glosses: plural of orthostat
orthostates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὀρθοστάτης (orthostátēs, “upright shaft”).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of orthostat
synonyms: word: orthostat
parapses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parapsis
parotidectomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parotidectomy
fall on hard times
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: falls on hard times
form: falling on hard times
form: fell on hard times
form: fallen on hard times
Senses: glosses: To experience a difficult period, especially financially.
falls on hard times
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fall on hard times
falling on hard times
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fall on hard times
fell on hard times
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of fall on hard times
fallen on hard times
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of fall on hard times
pelmatograms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pelmatogram
pentosurias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pentosuria
live-tweets
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of live-tweet
live-tweeting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of live-tweet
live-tweeted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of live-tweet
guest stars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of guest star
guest stars
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of guest star
guest starring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of guest star
guest starred
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of guest star
inappreciability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The quality of being inappreciable.
guest-star
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: guest-stars
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of guest star.
guest-star
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: guest-stars
form: guest-starring
form: guest-starred
form: guest-starred
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of guest star.
guest-stars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of guest-star
guest-stars
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of guest-star
guest-starring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of guest-star
guest-starred
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of guest-star
pulsatillas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pulsatilla
pygopagi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pygopagus
kaffirgram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kaffirgrams
Etymology: From kaffir + -gram.
Senses: glosses: Mail carried by native runners, smuggled out of the siege of Mafeking during the Boer War.
hdqrs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hdqrs
form: h'dq'rs
form: hdqrs.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of headquarters.
oyster knife
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -aɪf
Forms: form: oyster knives
Senses: examples: text: That Puddin', sir, and me, has, back to back,
Withstood the fearful Rumty Tums' attack,
And swum the Indian Ocean for our lives,
Pursued by Oysters, armed with oyster knives.
ref: 1918, Norman Lindsay, The Magic Pudding, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 160:
glosses: A knife with a short, thick blade, used to pry open oysters and separate the meat from the shell.
oyster knives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oyster knife
deveiner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deveiners
Etymology: From devein + -er.
Senses: glosses: A small knife used to remove the colon from the back of shrimp.
deveiners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deveiner
undeveined
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + deveined.
Senses: examples: undeveined shrimp
glosses: Not having been deveined.
Fountain
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Fountains
Etymology: Topographic surname for someone who lived near a fountain, spring or well.
Senses: glosses: A placename:
A ghost town in Mendocino County, California, United States.
glosses: A placename:
A city in El Paso County, Colorado, United States, named after Fountain Creek (Arkansas River tributary).
glosses: A placename:
An unincorporated community in Bay County, Florida, United States.
glosses: A placename:
An unincorporated community in Monroe County, Illinois, United States.
glosses: A placename:
A city in Fountain County, Indiana, United States, USA formerly known as Portland.
glosses: A placename:
A village in Mason County, Michigan, United States.
glosses: A placename:
A city in Fillmore County, Minnesota, United States.
glosses: A placename:
A town in Pitt County, North Carolina, United States.
glosses: A placename:
An unincorporated community in Mineral County, West Virginia, United States.
glosses: A placename:
A town in Juneau County, Wisconsin, United States.
glosses: A topographic surname.
Coordinate terms: Fontaine
Fontana
Derived terms: Fountain syndrome
jabisen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jabisens
Etymology: From Japanese 蛇皮線 (jabisen, literally “snakeskin strings”).
Senses: examples: text: Introduced into China from Central Asia and thence to Ryūkyū in the very late 14th century, the jabisen gives a special flavor to the folk culture of Okinawa.
ref: 1973 June, “OKINAWA, The Islands That Fortune Overlooked”, in The East, volume 9, number 5, Tokyo: East Publications, →ISSN, page 48, columns 1–2:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Alternative spelling of jamisen.
brake van
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brake vans
form: brakevan
Senses: examples: text: The provision of sanding-gear on brake vans operating over such lines should be compulsory (this old Highland brake was not so fitted); [...].
ref: 1940 November, “Notes and News: A Highland Collision”, in Railway Magazine, page 612:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: A railway vehicle used to brake a (goods) train, usually placed at the end of the train. These were essential before continuous train braking became universal.
Related terms: caboose
guard's van
kerb weight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kerb weights
form: curb weight
Senses: glosses: the weight of a vehicle including fuel, but without passengers and luggage etc.
curb weight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: curb weights
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of kerb weight.
bleedingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From bleeding + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Fitzsimons has been careful to frame his push for change as not a rejection of the Queen or a denial of Australia’s history as a British colony, but as a bleedingly obvious next step in the life of the nation.
ref: 2015 September 6, “The Queen marks a milestone, but Australian republicans are regrouping”, in The Observer:
glosses: extremely
raw_tags: used as an intensifier
bongful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bongfuls
Etymology: From bong + -ful.
Senses: glosses: As much as a bong will hold.
bongfuls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Twenty-three tracks long and veering between proto-bangers bearing the imprimatur of hip-hop producer Mike Will Made It (Bang Me Box, Fweaky and Lighter, possibly the most accessible tracks here) and wiggy synth creations belying bongfuls of weed (“I’m sucking on your nipples, licking milky milky stars,” goes a bagatelle called Milky Milky Milk), Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz boasts the blessing, but not the involvement, of Cyrus’s record company.
ref: 2015 September 6, Kitty Empire, “Miley Cyrus: Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz – a sweary, engaging self-release”, in The Observer:
glosses: plural of bongful
kebz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: From the Mexican corn tortilla to the millet, barley and rye of the Swedish tunnbröd, the Norwegian barley flatbrød, or the round Levantine kebz, thin, flat doughs have been used for centuries to wipe our plates and swaddle our food.
ref: 2015 September 6, Nigel Slater, “Nigel Slater’s flatbread recipes”, in The Observer:
glosses: Misspelling of khubz.
allodepletion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From allo- + depletion.
Senses: examples: text: Selective allodepletion in T-cell replete haplo-HCT was another strategy explored that includes ex vivo T-cell tolerance induction via co-stimulation blockade [ 93, 94 ], ex vivo selective depletion of T-cells [ 95, 96, 97, 98 ], and use of PT-Cy [ 9, 76, 99, 100, 101 ].
ref: 2015 June 9, Nelli Bejanyan et al., “Alternative Donor Transplantation for Acute Myeloid Leukemia”, in Journal of Clinical Medicine, volume 4, →DOI:
glosses: The removal (or reduction) of alloreactive T cells
miR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: miRs
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of microRNA.
Derived terms: antimir
antimir
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antimirs
Etymology: From anti- + miR.
Senses: examples: text: Regardless of these arguments, anti-miRNA therapeutics have recently turn into reality by the success of Phase I and Phase II clinical trials of Santaris Pharma antimir against miR-122, miravisen, which is currently in development as a cure for hepatitis C virus [ 118 ].
ref: 2015 June 28, Mario Notari, Julián Pulecio, Ángel Raya, “Update on the Pathogenic Implications and Clinical Potential of microRNAs in Cardiac Disease”, in BioMed Research International, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: Any agent that counters microRNA activity
ascophyllan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: It is good source of fucoidan, alginates, ascophyllan, laminarins and polyphenols.
ref: 2015 July 10, Shekhar U. Kadam et al., “Laminarin from Irish Brown Seaweeds Ascophyllum nodosum and Laminaria hyperborea: Ultrasound Assisted Extraction, Characterization and Bioactivity”, in Marine Drugs, volume 13, →DOI:
glosses: A fucose-containing, sulfated polysaccharide isolated from brown alga of the genus Ascophyllum.
asteroidean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: asteroideans
Etymology: From translingual Asteroidea + -an.
Senses: examples: text: Astaxanthin (ATX), one of the most common carotenoids, is widely distributed in the red pigment of shrimp, salmon, crab and asteroidean [ 1, 2 ].
ref: 2015 July 14, Li Zhang, Handong Wang, Orazio Taglialatela-Scafati, “Multiple Mechanisms of Anti-Cancer Effects Exerted by Astaxanthin”, in Marine Drugs, volume 13, →DOI:
glosses: Any starfish of the class Asteroidea
carbinolic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From carbinol + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: Anomeric/carbinolic (a) and aliphatic regions (b) of 1 H- 13 C DEPT-HSQC spectrum of OS core of the LOS from P. arcticus strain 273-4.
ref: 2015 July 22, Angela Casillo et al., “Structural Investigation of the Oligosaccharide Portion Isolated from the Lipooligosaccharide of the Permafrost Psychrophile Psychrobacter arcticus 273-4”, in Marine Drugs, volume 13, →DOI:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Relating to a carbinol
curli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: In order to identify the presence of gene sequences related to curli […] in the isolates studied, PCR assays were carried out, and curli expression and production of cellulose were determined according to Biscola et al. (2011).
ref: 2015 March 1, Maria C. Cergole-Novella, Antonio C.C. Pignatari, Beatriz E.C. Guth, “Adhesion, biofilm and genotypic characteristics of antimicrobial resistant Escherichia coli isolates”, in Brazilian Journal of Microbiology, volume 46, →DOI:
glosses: Thin, coiled, proteinaceous fibres, on the surface of the bacterium Escherichia coli, by means of which the bacterium adheres to and infects wounds etc.
Related terms: curliate
curliation
dermatomyotome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dermatomyotomes
Etymology: From dermato- + myotome.
Senses: examples: text: Pax3 and Pax7 are paired box transcription factors that contribute to early striated muscle development and are expressed in the dermatomyotome of paraxial mesoderm.
ref: 2015 January 29, Isart Roca et al., “Myogenic Precursors from iPS Cells for Skeletal Muscle Cell Replacement Therapy”, in Journal of Clinical Medicine, volume 4, →DOI:
glosses: The myotome of the somite wall
dihydrodaidzein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: A negative correlation was observed between BMI and the dihydrodaidzein (DHD) production in men, and between BMI and the equol production in women.
ref: 2015 May 19, Motoi TAMURA et al., “Relationships among fecal daidzein metabolites, dietary habit and BMI in healthy volunteers: a preliminary study”, in Bioscience of Microbiota, Food and Health, volume 34, →DOI:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The isoflavone 7-hydroxy-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-2,3-dihydrochromen-4-one
endolysin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: endolysins
Etymology: From endo- + lysin.
Senses: examples: text: Some phages lyse their hosts using a holin-endolysin system; however, in others, there is no interaction between the holin and the endolysin genes in host lysis [ 47 ].
ref: 2015 July 28, Tasha M. Santiago-Rodriguez et al., “Transcriptome analysis of bacteriophage communities in periodontal health and disease”, in BMC Genomics, volume 16, →DOI:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any endogenous lysin
endolysins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Some of these endolysins are secreted to the extracellular environment before completion of the viral lysis cycle independent of holin activity.
ref: 2015 July 28, Tasha M. Santiago-Rodriguez et al., “Transcriptome analysis of bacteriophage communities in periodontal health and disease”, in BMC Genomics, volume 16, →DOI:
glosses: plural of endolysin
gastroenterectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛktəmi
Forms: form: gastroenterectomies
Etymology: From gastro- + entero- + -ectomy.
Senses: examples: text: Although neogenetic islets are reduced with aging 9, islet neogenesis is commonly encountered in obese persons, patients with gastroenterectomy and pregnant women.
ref: 2014 October 18, Soroku Yagihashi, Hiroki Mizukami, Wataru Inaba, “Quo vadis: Where have the β-cells gone?”, in Journal of Diabetes Investigation, volume 6, →DOI:
topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: Removal of part of the stomach and intestines.
homofermentative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From homo- + fermentative.
Senses: examples: text: Since this, the proposed classification to separate the genus homofermentative Lactobacillus and Brochothrix from the catalase test may result an overlap in the case of positive reaction.
ref: 2015 March 31, Daneysa Lahis Kalschne et al., “Characterization of the spoilage lactic acid bacteria in “sliced vacuum-packed cooked ham””, in Brazilian Journal of Microbiology, volume 46, →DOI:
glosses: That produce (almost entirely) a single fermentation product (typically lactic acid)
Coordinate terms: heterofermentative
Related terms: homofermentation
hydatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The bluish coloration observed in two of our three patients is an unusual appearance and may also be seen with: hemangioma; dermoid or teratogenous cyst; hydatic cyst; neural cyst; inflammatory cyst; secondary cyst from adjacent structures (skin or conjunctival); and malignant melanoma.
ref: 2015 January 13, Lucieni B. Ferraz et al., “Three Adult Cases of Orbital Hidrocystoma Presenting with Blepharoptosis”, in Journal of Clinical Medicine, volume 4, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to a hydatid
hydrazinolysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydrazinolyses
Etymology: From hydrazine + -o- + -lysis.
Senses: examples: text: The lipooligosaccharide was degraded both by mild hydrazinolysis (O -deacylation) and by acetic acid hydrolysis.
ref: 2015 July 22, Angela Casillo et al., “Structural Investigation of the Oligosaccharide Portion Isolated from the Lipooligosaccharide of the Permafrost Psychrophile Psychrobacter arcticus 273-4”, in Marine Drugs, volume 13, →DOI:
glosses: Cleavage (similar to hydrolysis) using a solution of hydrazine.