cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
badlas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of badla
immunodoublestains
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of immunodoublestain
incapsidation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: incapsidations
Senses: glosses: The construction of a virus capsid surrounding its genetic material
unfocussing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unfocus
unfocusses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unfocus
defuel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: defuels
form: defueling
form: defuelling
form: defueled
form: defueled
form: defuelled
form: defuelled
Etymology: From de- + fuel.
Senses: examples: to defuel an aircraft
glosses: To remove the fuel from.
defuelled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of defuel
defuels
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of defuel
defuelling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of defuel
defueling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of defuel
defueled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of defuel
intraregnal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + regnal.
Senses: glosses: Within a reign
topics: biology
natural-sciences
taxonomy
glosses: Within a regnum
undisbursed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + disbursed.
Senses: glosses: Not having been disbursed.
undisappointed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more undisappointed
form: most undisappointed
Etymology: From un- + disappointed.
Senses: glosses: Not disappointed.
unappointable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + appointable.
Senses: glosses: Not appointable.
leucokinin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leucokinins
Senses: glosses: A myotropic neuropeptide present in most invertebrates
macroheterogeneity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: macroheterogeneities
Etymology: From macro- + heterogeneity.
Senses: glosses: Comparatively large-scale heterogeneity, typically of glycoproteins
mechanistics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of mechanism (“the means by which something operates”).
synonyms: word: mechanism
extra: the means by which something operates
unconsent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From un- + consent.
Senses: examples: text: Unlike contract law, though, tort law focuses on the dark regions of unconsent, revealing how its various types and subtypes range along a scale of justification. Express unconsent – such as the cry “Stop hitting me!” – evokes tort remedies more readily than does mere implied or hypothetical unconsent.
ref: 2017, Tom W. Bell, From the Nation State to Stateless Nations:
glosses: Lack of consent.
mesoporal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From meso- + poral.
Senses: glosses: Relating to mesopores
unconsensual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + consensual.
Senses: glosses: Without consent.
unconsensually
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From unconsensual + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Without consent.
mesopterygial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to mesopterygia
microdynamometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microdynamometers
Etymology: From micro- + dynamometer.
Senses: glosses: A dynamometer that has a micromotor
microeukaryotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: micro-eukaryotic
Etymology: From micro- + eukaryotic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to microeukaryotes
midtemporal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛmpəɹəl
Etymology: From mid- + temporal.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: In the middle of the temple (of the head)
bacoo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bacoos
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of baccoo.
bacoos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bacoo
baccoo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: baccoos
form: bacoo
Etymology: Compare Sranan Tongo bakru.
Senses: topics: arts
folklore
history
human-sciences
literature
media
publishing
sciences
glosses: A mischievous little male spirit in Caribbean folklore.
baccoos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of baccoo
modelocking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mode locking.
mode locking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The use of mode-locked lasers to generate ultrashort pulses of light.
Related terms: mode-locked
monoassociated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mono- + associated.
Senses: glosses: Having a single association
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: colonized by a single species of microbe
morpholaxis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of morphallaxis.
multifinger
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + finger.
Senses: glosses: Having, or for use with, multiple fingers
myoinhibiting
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From myo- + inhibiting.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of myoinhibitory.
synonyms: word: myoinhibitory
myomodulator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: myomodulators
Etymology: From myo- + modulator.
Senses: glosses: A muscular biomodulator
myomodulators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of myomodulator
myomodulin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A neuropeptide myomodulator
wristbanding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From wristband + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: If any Shirts should be found to want new wristbanding or collaring let it be done with rather purer cloth than that of the shirt itself — especially wristbanding.
ref: 1776, Jeremy Bentham, letter to Samuel Bentham:
glosses: Material for making shirt cuffs.
examples: text: The 70,000 number, though, was arrived at only after the refugees had been in place in refugee camps for seven to eight weeks, and was obtained by means of a large wristbanding exercise in which every single refugee had a non-removable wristband put on in one day.
ref: 2001, Tony Waters, Bureaucratizing the Good Samaritan:
glosses: The process of putting a wristband on a person.
neurointermediate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From neuro- + intermediate.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the neurohypophysis and the adjacent intermediate lobe
baithak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: baithaks
form: bethak
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi बैठक (baiṭhak).
Senses: glosses: A sacred site in Hinduism.
synonyms: Hindu squat
glosses: A kind of deep knee bend in Indian gymnastics.
baithaks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of baithak
baitcaster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: baitcasters
Etymology: From bait + caster.
Senses: topics: fishing
hobbies
lifestyle
glosses: A baitcasting reel.
baitcasters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of baitcaster
lafanga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lafangas
Senses: glosses: A bad person; a ne'er-do-well or good-for-nothing.
lafangas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lafanga
neurometric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From neuro- + -metric.
Senses: glosses: Relating to neurometrics
neurometrics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From neuro- + metrics.
Senses: glosses: The measurement of electrical activity (brain waves) within the brain
Related terms: neurometric
minigrid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: minigrids
Etymology: From mini- + grid.
Senses: glosses: A small electricity distribution network.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A component consisting of conductive horizontal and vertical filaments woven together.
Synonyms: sense: electricity network
word: microgrid
minigrids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of minigrid
nonclumpy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + clumpy.
Senses: glosses: Not clumpy
starcast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: starcasts
Etymology: From star + cast.
Senses: glosses: A cast of celebrity actors in a film or play.
starcasts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of starcast
octaprenyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From octa- + prenyl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Formed from eight isoprene units
Derived terms: octaprenyl diphosphate
palmitylation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: palmitylations
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: modification by reaction with a palmityl group
glosses: Misspelling of palmitoylation.
ourisia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ourisias
Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Ourisia.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
taxonomy
glosses: Any plant of the genus Ourisia.
ourisias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ourisia
astelia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: astelias
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any plant of the genus Astelia.
Related terms: pineapple grass
astelias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of astelia
simple algebra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: simple algebras
Senses: examples: text: 1945 [McGraw-Hill], E. T. Bell, 2nd Edition, 1992, Dover, The Development of Mathematics, page 252,
A semi-simple algebra over F is either simple or the direct sum of simple algebras over F.
text: 1989 [W. H Freeman & Company], Nathan Jacobson, Basic Algebra II, 2nd Edition, 2009, Dover, page 215,
If A is a finite dimensional simple algebra over F, then A≅M_n(Δ) where Δ is a finite dimensional division algebra over Δ.
text: One proves that if #92;mathcal#123;L#125; is a simple algebra over #92;mathbb#123;R#125;, then L#95;C is either a simple algebra over #92;mathbb#123;C#125;, or a direct sum of two isomorphic simple algebras. Thus the problem of studying simple algebras over #92;mathbb#123;R#125; reduces to a similar problem over #92;mathbb#123;C#125;.
ref: 2005, Igor R. Shafarevich, translated by Miles Reid, Basic Notions of Algebra, Springer, page 198:
topics: algebra
mathematics
sciences
glosses: An algebra that contains no nontrivial proper (two-sided) ideals and whose multiplication operation is not zero (i.e., there exist a and b such that ab ≠ 0).
Hyponyms: central simple algebra
Related terms: semisimple algebra
simple algebras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of simple algebra
octathlon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɒkˈtæθlɒn/
Forms: form: octathlons
form: octathla
Etymology: From octa- + -athlon.
Senses: topics: athletics
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A sporting event consisting of eight different sports or contests.
Related terms: octathlete
octathlons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of octathlon
pasteurellacean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to proteobacteria of the family Pasteurellaceae
interfibrillary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + fibrillary.
Senses: glosses: Between fibrils.
intrafibrillary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + fibrillary.
Senses: glosses: Within fibrils.
politrickery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of politics + trickery.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of politricks.
synonyms: word: politricks
perisympathetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛtɪk
Etymology: From peri- + sympathetic.
Senses: glosses: That surrounds the organs of the sympathetic nervous system in some insects
politricking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of politricks.
synonyms: word: politricks
periviscerokinin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: periviscerokinins
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a family of neuropeptides present in some insects
coastlander
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coastlanders
Etymology: From coastland + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person who lives along the coast.
coastlanders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coastlander
periviscerokinins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of periviscerokinin
perlecans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of perlecan
backball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From back + ball.
Senses: glosses: A children's game in which one player throws a ball backwards over his/her head towards the others, who attempt to catch it.
vinolay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Marketing coinage, presumably from vinyl and lay.
Senses: examples: text: She paints pictures that look like vinolay and sell at Liberty's […]
ref: 1970, London Magazine, numbers 7-12, page 49:
text: She flexes toes on the vinolay, chin between knees, licking for comfort her own salt off her own skin, not seeing what he sees.
ref: 1990, Carol Rumens, New Women Poets, page 58:
glosses: A vinyl floor covering.
perturbants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of perturbant
ambiverted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /æmbɪˈvɜːtɪd/
ipa: /-ˈvəː-/
ipa: /ˌæmbəˈvɚtɪd/
ipa: /-təd/
ipa: [-ɾɪd]
Etymology: From ambiver(sion) + -ed, modelled after extroverted and introverted.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: Neither extroverted nor introverted, but having characteristics of each.
Related terms: ambiversion
ambivert
postembedding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From post- + embedding.
Senses: glosses: Embedding subsequent to another process.
tro tro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: note: Ghanaian
ipa: /ˈtrɔ.trɔ/
Forms: form: tro tros
form: trotro
Senses: qualifier: Ghana
glosses: A minibus operated as a shared taxi.
trotro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trotros
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tro tro (“minibus operated as a shared taxi”).
tro tros
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tro tro
trotros
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trotro
preacetylated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + acetylated.
Senses: glosses: acetylated prior to some other operation
Related terms: preacetylation
proatheroma
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pro- + atheroma.
Senses: glosses: That leads to the formation of atheromas
Related terms: preatheroma
kapana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kapanas
form: okapana
Etymology: From Ndonga okapana.
Senses: glosses: barbecued meat, especially as street food.
examples: text: In the Okakarara area in Namibia, relations between commercial food stores and the "kapanas," the traditional street vendors, seem to be good and they appear to act in a complementary fashion.
ref: 2010, Advances in Food and Nutrition Research, page 236:
glosses: A street food vendor.
kapanas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kapana
proctolinergic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From proctolin + -ergic.
Senses: glosses: activated by proctolin
Ozaukee County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the Ojibwe name for the Sauk people.
Senses: glosses: One of 72 counties in Wisconsin, United States. County seat: Port Washington.
wikipedia: Sauk people
dala dala
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dala dalas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of daladala (“Tanzanian shared taxi”).
daladalas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of daladala
dala dalas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dala dala
proprioreceptor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: proprioreceptors
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of proprioceptor.
proprioreceptors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of proprioreceptor
sandwinners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sandwinner
sand winners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sand winner
pseudorabiesvirus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudorabiesviruses
form: pseudorabies virus
Senses: glosses: The virus responsible for pseudorabies
preggie
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pregnant + -ie.
Senses: glosses: Pregnant (carrying a baby).
preggie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: preggies
Etymology: From pregnant + -ie.
Senses: glosses: A pregnant woman.
preggies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of preggie
campstove
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: campstoves
Etymology: From camp + stove.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of camp stove.
campstoves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of campstove
pyrokinin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pyrokinins
Senses: glosses: A neuropeptide that regulates some pheromones in some insects
reentrainment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reentrainments
Etymology: From re- + entrainment or reentrain + -ment.
Senses: glosses: A second or subsequent entrainment.
replicatively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From replicative + -ly.
Senses: glosses: By means of replication
singleplexes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of singleplex
heartman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heartmen
Etymology: From heart + -man.
Senses: glosses: A witch doctor who kills people to steal their organs.
heartmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of heartman
supersynapse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: supersynapses
Etymology: From super- + synapse.
Senses: glosses: A very strong, active synapse
Related terms: supersynaptic
supersynapses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of supersynapse
poui
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pouis
Senses: examples: text: He turn a corner and, just so, the road open out into gold: a big park with tall poui trees spread wide.
ref: 2022, Ayanna Lloyd Banwo, When We Were Birds, Hamish Hamilton, page 19:
glosses: Any of various trees in the genus Handroanthus.
pouis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poui
supersynaptic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From super- + synaptic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to a supersynapse
guayacan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: guayacans
Etymology: From Spanish guayacán, from Taíno waiacan.
Senses: glosses: Any of various trees of Latin America which typically have strong, hard wood.
in genus Guaiacum (lignum vitae)
glosses: Any of various trees of Latin America which typically have strong, hard wood.
in genus Tabebuia
glosses: Any of various trees of Latin America which typically have strong, hard wood.
in genus Handroanthus
glosses: Any of various trees of Latin America which typically have strong, hard wood.
in species Libidibia paraguariensis (syn. Caesalpinia melanocarpa), of Argentina
glosses: Any of various trees of Latin America which typically have strong, hard wood.
in species Pseudalbizzia pistaciifolia, of Colombia
glosses: Any of various trees of Latin America which typically have strong, hard wood.
in species Centrolobium yavizanum, of Colombia
glosses: Any of various trees of Latin America which typically have strong, hard wood.
in species Minquartia guianensis, of Ecuador
glosses: Any of various trees of Latin America which typically have strong, hard wood.
in species Porlieria chilensis, of Chile
guayacans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of guayacan
temporobasal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From temporo- + basal.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the base of the temporal area of the head
shadehouse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shadehouses
Etymology: From shade + house.
Senses: glosses: A greenhouse used to provide plants with shade in a hot climate.
shadehouses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shadehouse
thermoprotection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From thermo- + protection.
Senses: glosses: protection from damage by heat
Related terms: thermoprotective
churile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: arts
folklore
history
human-sciences
literature
media
publishing
sciences
qualifier: Ghana
glosses: The ghost of a woman who dies in childbirth, said to prowl in the darkness giving mournful cries.
thermoprotective
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From thermo- + protective.
Senses: glosses: That provides thermoprotection
uncontextual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more uncontextual
form: most uncontextual
Etymology: From un- + contextual.
Senses: glosses: Not contextual.
uncontextually
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more uncontextually
form: most uncontextually
Etymology: From uncontextual + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an uncontextual manner.
dekink
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dekinks
form: dekinking
form: dekinked
form: dekinked
Etymology: From de- + kink.
Senses: examples: to dekink a rope
glosses: To remove kinks from.
dekinked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dekink
dekinks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dekink
tribasal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tri- + basal.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Having three basal cartilages
raw_tags: of a fish fin
dekinking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dekink
Port Washington
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hamlet and census-designated place in Nassau County, New York, United States.
glosses: A village in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States.
glosses: A city, the county seat of Ozaukee County, Wisconsin, United States.
glosses: A town in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin, partly surrounding the city of the same name.
kiyomi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kiyomi
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 清見 (きよみ, kiyomi).
Senses: glosses: A sweet Japanese hybrid citrus fruit.
trichodinid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trichodinids
Senses: glosses: Any ciliate alveolate of the family Trichodinidae
trichodinids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trichodinid
underilluminating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From under- + illuminating.
Senses: glosses: That provides insufficient illumination
daasi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: daasis
Senses: glosses: A female slave.
daasis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of daasi
jugalbandhi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jugalbandhis
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of jugalbandi.
jugalbandhis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jugalbandhi
jugalbandi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jugalbandis
form: jugalbandhi
Senses: examples: text: I was left to play my part, grudgingly, in the eternal jugalbandi of tourist life: ‘Boat, sir?’ ‘No, thank you.’ ‘Rickshaw, sir?’ ‘No, thank you.’
ref: 2009, Geoff Dyer, Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi, Canongate, published 2015, page 226:
glosses: A kind of duet in Indian classical music.
jugalbandis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jugalbandi
vibrosection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vibrosections
Etymology: From vibro- + section.
Senses: glosses: A tissue section made using a vibrocutter.
dibasal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From di- + basal.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Having two basal cartilages.
raw_tags: of a fish fin
vibrosections
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vibrosection
tonload
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tonloads
Etymology: From ton + load.
Senses: glosses: A very large amount.
tonloads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tonload
ayeeko
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: From Akan [Term?].
Senses: qualifier: Ghana
glosses: well done; congratulations
thandai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An Indian cold drink of milk and sugar with almonds, spices, etc.
Synonyms: sardai
sardai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of thandai (“Indian drink”).
synonyms: word: thandai
extra: Indian drink
tenureship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tenureships
Etymology: From tenure + -ship.
Senses: glosses: tenure
tenureships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tenureship
intersessional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + sessional.
Senses: glosses: Between sessions.
intersessional
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: intersessionals
Etymology: From inter- + sessional.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of intersession.
intersessionals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of intersessional
setwise
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From set + -wise.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: In terms of a set or sets.
wutless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more wutless
form: most wutless
Senses: glosses: worthless; good-for-nothing
saijan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Moringa oleifera, the drumstick tree.
knowledgeables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of knowledgeable
subabul
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subabuls
Etymology: Possibly from some Indo-Aryan language. Compare Sanskrit बब्बूल (babbūla).
Senses: glosses: A tree of species Leucaena leucocephala.
subabuls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subabul
sesbania
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sesbanias
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any of the plants of the genus Sesbania.
sesbanias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sesbania
benzoil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: benzoils
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of benzoyl.
benzoils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of benzoil
bouffed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bouffe
bouffing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bouffe
karaila
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: karailas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of karela (“bitter melon”).
karailas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of karaila
Price County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after William T. Price.
Senses: glosses: One of 72 counties in Wisconsin, United States. County seat: Phillips.
wikipedia: William T. Price
guinep
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: guineps
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of genip.
glosses: Alternative form of quenepa.
guineps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of guinep
koliwada
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: koliwadas
Senses: glosses: A colony of fishermen.
koliwadas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of koliwada
gaothans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gaothan
firetender
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: firetenders
Etymology: From fire + tender.
Senses: glosses: A person responsible for tending a fire.
firetending
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From fire + tending.
Senses: glosses: The tending of a fire.
firetenders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of firetender
petroyuan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: petroyuan
Etymology: From petro- + yuan, modelled on earlier petrodollar.
Senses: glosses: Money (in Chinese yuan) earned from the sale of oil.
Germlish
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of German + English
Senses: glosses: Denglish
Hebrish
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of Hebrew + English
Senses: glosses: An informal hybrid language combining elements of Hebrew and English.
Florida honeymoon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Florida honeymoons
Senses: glosses: dirty weekend
Florida honeymoons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Florida honeymoon
untipsy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more untipsy
form: most untipsy
Etymology: From un- + tipsy.
Senses: glosses: Not tipsy or drunk; sober.
Tanada effect
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Tanada effect
Etymology: Named after the scientist Takuma Tanada, who first described it.
Senses: glosses: The tendency of root tips to adhere to glass surfaces, believed to involve electric potentials.
reliveried
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From re- + liveried.
Senses: examples: text: The first of 14 Class 68s to be taken on by Chiltern Railways (68020) has been reliveried in the company's new dark blue livery.
ref: 2025 October 1, “News in brief: '68' gains new livery”, in RAIL, number 1045, page 13:
glosses: Decorated with a replacement livery, especially of a train.
kuchela
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kucheela
form: kuchila
Senses: examples: text: Find the small glass bottle of kuchela from the fridge and add a little bit on the side.
ref: 2022, Ayanna Lloyd Banwo, When We Were Birds, Hamish Hamilton, page 44:
glosses: A fiery Trinidadian relish made from unripe mango pulp and spices.
interserver
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + server.
Senses: examples: text: An interserver communications server can support and communication facility: connection-based, connectionless, urgent messages, communication via shared memory, and other paradigms.
ref: 1987, Y. Artsy, A Study of Fully Open Computing Systems, page 58:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Between servers.
kucheela
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of kuchela.
kuchila
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of kuchela.
Sawyer County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Philetus Sawyer.
Senses: glosses: One of 72 counties in Wisconsin, United States. County seat: Hayward.
wikipedia: Philetus Sawyer
colorbearer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: colorbearers
Etymology: From color + bearer.
Senses: glosses: A soldier tasked with carrying the flag in battle.
colorbearers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of colorbearer
Kelly criterion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Described by J. L. Kelly, Jr, a researcher at Bell Labs, in 1956.
Senses: topics: mathematics
probability-theory
sciences
glosses: A formula used to determine the optimal size of a series of bets in order to maximize the logarithm of wealth.
Related terms: Kelly bet
Kelly strategy
swoon hypothesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: The hypothesis that Jesus did not die on the cross, but merely lost consciousness, and thus his resurrection in the tomb was not miraculous.
wholemounts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wholemount
highset
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: high + set
Senses: examples: text: This highset Queenslander has two bedrooms.
glosses: Of a house: built on high stumps.
TGNs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of TGN
Golgis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Golgi
Washburn County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Cadwallader C. Washburn.
Senses: glosses: One of 72 counties in Wisconsin, United States. County seat: Shell Lake.
wikipedia: Cadwallader C. Washburn
trans-Golgi network
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trans-Golgi networks
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A complex network of membranes and associated vesicles within the Golgi apparatus, where departing proteins are assigned a destination according to their signal sequence.
Synonyms: TGN
trans-Golgi networks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trans-Golgi network
lowset
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: low + set
Senses: examples: text: This lowset brick house is build on a solid slab.
glosses: Of a house: built on low foundations.
glosses: Short and thick.
grounding problem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The problem that the meanings of symbols cannot be grounded, but require more symbols to explain them.
queen for a day
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: In reference to the US radio and television show Queen for a Day, in which female contestants described their recent hardships.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Describing a proffer letter agreement.
proffer letter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: proffer letters
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A written agreement between a prosecutor and a defendant or prospective witness, allowing the latter to give the prosecutor information about an alleged crime, while limiting the prosecutor's ability to use that information against them.
Related terms: queen for a day
proffer letters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of proffer letter
Shell Lake
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in the Rural Municipality of Spiritwood, Saskatchewan, Canada.
glosses: A lake in central Saskatchewan.
glosses: A lake in Becker County, Minnesota, United States.
glosses: A township in Becker County, Minnesota, named after the lake.
glosses: A lake in Washburn County, Wisconsin, United States.
glosses: A city, the county seat of Washburn County, Wisconsin, named after the lake.
paradox of saving
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paradoxes of saving
Senses: glosses: Synonym of paradox of thrift.
synonyms: word: paradox of thrift
cosmic bowling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Introduced as a trademark of Brunswick Corp.
Senses: examples: text: For the uninitiated, cosmic bowling popped up on the west coast about a year ago and has slowly made its way east. It offers customers a chance to knock down a few pins in a jumping nightclub atmosphere.
ref: 1998, Funworld, volume 14, page 96:
text: Faced with a 40 percent decline in league bowling (the primary source of bowling center revenues and profits), Brunswick developed the Cosmic Bowling concept to attract young people to its centers. The target market for cosmic bowling is Generation Yers and Xers, people in the 18-to-34 demographic group; however, the retail concept works for youngsters and even senior citizens. The nightclub atmosphere draws lots of high school students who aren't old enough to attend clubs.
ref: 2001, Michael Levy, Barton A. Weitz, Retailing Management, page 197:
text: You'll find plenty of spots around Memphis to go bowling, most of them open until midnight during the week and into the wee hours on the weekends. All of them rent shoes, and most offer cosmic bowling, so you can play under wild, psychedelic lights during set hours.
ref: 2008, Rebecca Finlayson, Insiders' Guide® to Memphis, page 192:
glosses: An event at a bowling alley where the bowling takes place under special illumination, with lasers, music, etc.
Frankfurt case
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Frankfurt cases
Etymology: Presented by philosopher Harry Frankfurt in 1969.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Any of a set of counterexamples to the principle of alternate possibilities (PAP), which holds that an agent is morally responsible for an action only if they could have acted otherwise.
Frankfurt cases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Frankfurt case
life-dinner principle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Coined by British biologists Richard Dawkins and by John Krebs in 1979, in reference to one of Aesop's fables (see the quotation below).
Senses: examples: text: The life-dinner principle (unequal selection pressures) ¶ ‘The rabbit runs faster than the fox, because the rabbit is running for his life while the fox is only running for his dinner’ (Dawkins 1979, after Aesop). There is a built in imbalance between predator and prey with respect to the penalty of failure. Mutations that make foxes lose races against rabbits might therefore survive in the fox gene pool longer than mutations that cause rabbits to lose races can expect to survive in the rabbit gene pool.
ref: 1979, Richard Dawkins, John Krebs, “Arms races between and within species”, in Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences, volume 205, page 493:
text: Dawkins and Krebs (1979) have suggested that, unless predators are rare (Dawkins, 1982), prey should evolve more quickly than their predators due to stronger selection on the prey. This has been termed the “life-dinner” principle […]
ref: 1992, Heather Joanne Henter, The ecological genetics of interactions between the pea aphid (Acyrthosiphon pisum) and the parasitoid Aphidius ervi. PhD dissertation. Cornell University. page 8
qualifier: evolutionary theory
glosses: A principle of asymmetry in selective pressure between predators and prey.
in the article of death
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Etymology: Calque of Latin in articulō mortis.
Senses: synonyms: in articulo mortis
glosses: At the point of death.
moisted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of moist
moists
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of moist
moisting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of moist
embleming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of emblem
soramimi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɔːɹəˈmiːmi/
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 空耳 (soramimi, “lit. air ear; mishearing; deafness”).
Senses: glosses: A homophonic translation of a song lyric, typically humorous; a mondegreen.
dissolving view
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dissolving views
Senses: glosses: A picture projected onto a screen and made to change gradually into another picture.
Related terms: magic lantern
polyorama
stereopticon
dissolving views
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dissolving view
trophotropic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɒpɪk
Senses: glosses: Relating to trophotropy.
trophotropism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tropho- + -tropy + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The movements of the organs in a growing plant, as towards nutrient substances, induced by the chemical nature of its surroundings.
Related terms: trophotropic
trophotropy
Waukesha County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: See Waukesha.
Senses: examples: text: Advertisers from both sides in the officially nonpartisan contest have already combined to spend more than $70 million on the 2025 race, according to data from the ad tracking firm AdImpact. Supporters of the liberal candidate, Dane County Circuit Judge Susan Crawford, have outspent supporters of the conservative candidate, Waukesha County Circuit Judge Brad Schimel, by about $40 million to $33 million.
ref: 2025 March 29, David Wright and Alex Leeds Matthews, “Musk flexes influence as Wisconsin Supreme Court race smashes spending records”, in CNN:
glosses: One of 72 counties in Wisconsin, United States. County seat: Waukesha.
mistry
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɪsˈtɹaɪ/
rhymes: -aɪ
Forms: form: mistries
form: mistrying
form: mistried
form: mistried
Etymology: From mis- + try, as a back-formation from mistrial.
Senses: examples: text: Having considered the aforementioned general principles and measured the improprieties of the Crown’s opening against those of the other cases noted above, I decided not to mistry this case, but, rather, to issue a corrective instruction.
ref: 2012 October 19, Ontario Superior Court of Justice, R. v. Khairi, retrieved 28 Apr 2018:
topics: law
glosses: To declare a mistrial in (a court case).
examples: text: ...Ms. Masrour was informed by a judge that the defendant in a matter before the court raised the issue of the quality of Mr. Dhir’s interpretation. She was unaware as to whether the case mistried but she took steps to switch interpreters.
ref: 2005 November 17, Ontario Superior Court of Justice, R. v. Sidhu, retrieved 27 Jan 2025:
topics: law
glosses: (of a court case) To end in a mistrial.
mistry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɪsˈtɹaɪ/
rhymes: -aɪ
Forms: form: mistries
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of maistry (“foreman or artisan”).
mistried
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of mistry
mistrying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -aɪɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of mistry
mistries
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of mistry
mistries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mistry
mossland
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mosslands
Etymology: From moss + land.
Senses: examples: text: [...] wet regions. The author uses the term "moos" (mossland) for "hochmoor" and defines it as an area with at least 50 cm. of peat consisting of Sphagnum or some substitute. The term "reed-swamp" is used for "flachmoor" or ...
ref: 1916, Frederic Edward Clements, Plant Succession: An Analysis of the Development of Vegetation, page 268:
text: [...] swampy mossland in Cumberland : […]
ref: 1947, Norman Ellison, Our British Birds and Beasts, page 91:
text: [...] swampy mossland, difficult to drain. With this poor though improving agricultural land as the main basis for existence the population was sparse, resulting in very large parishes made up of small and scattered townships.
ref: 1973, John Henry Smith, The Great Human Exploit: Historic Industries of the North-west, page 2:
text: [...] swampy marsh, known as the Mossland : today , a path of wooden planks meanders across the marsh. As for the water, rumor has it that it never freezes over; in the middle, it is always warm. The crater has been dead for millennia ...
ref: 2013, László Krasznahorkai, Seiobo There Below, page 313:
glosses: Land abounding in peat bogs.
mosslands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mossland
Waukesha
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɔːkɪʃɔː/
Etymology: See Waukesha's name in Wikipedia.
Senses: examples: text: The city of Waukesha confirmed the names of five victims as Virginia Sorenson, 79; Leanna Owen, 71; Tamara Durand, 52; Jane Kulich, 52; and Wilhelm Hospel, 81.
ref: 2022 October 26, Christina Zdanowicz, Claudia Dominguez, Lauren M. Johnson and Sara Smart, “The Waukesha victims included an 8-year-old boy, a loving grandmother and a woman excited to make her debut in the Dancing Grannies”, in CNN:
glosses: A city, the county seat of Waukesha County, Wisconsin, United States.
glosses: A town in Waukesha County, Wisconsin, United States, adjacent to the city of the same name.
glosses: Ellipsis of Waukesha County.
Derived terms: County of Waukesha
Waukesha County
dirt yard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dirt yards
form: dirtyard
Senses: examples: text: Out front was a clean dirt yard with every vestige of grass patiently uprooted and the ground scarred in deep whorls from the strike of Livvie’s broom.
ref: 1943, Eudora Welty, “Livvie”, in The Wide Net and Other Stories, New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co., page 156:
text: One summer morning, after I had swept the dirt yard of leaves, spearmint-gum wrappers and Vienna-sausage labels, I raked the yellow-red dirt, and made half-moons carefully, so that the design stood out clearly and mask-like.
ref: 1969, Maya Angelou, chapter 5, in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, New York: Bantam, published 1971, page 23:
text: Maintaining a communal dirt yard was once routine for black families in the South, and it is also traditional in most West African villages.
ref: 1987, Patricia Jones-Jackson, chapter 1, in When Roots Die: Endangered Traditions on the Sea Islands, Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press, page 8:
text: Outside, the familiar darkness disturbed by smog and the distant grumble of dysfunctional Trabants, an empty dirtyard facing the rump of a low, gray municipal building, the only illumination provided by the light trailing from the bar’s open door.
ref: 2002, Gary Shteyngart, chapter 35, in The Russian Debutante’s Handbook, New York: Riverhead Books, page 419:
glosses: An unpaved yard that is kept free of grass and other vegetation.
dirt yards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dirt yard
dirtyard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dirtyards
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dirt yard.
dirtyards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dirtyard
dirt sandwiches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dirt sandwich
Waushara County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From a Native American word meaning "good earth" or "good land".
Senses: glosses: One of 72 counties in Wisconsin, United States. County seat: Wautoma.
superconcentration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superconcentrations
Etymology: From super- + concentration.
Senses: glosses: A very high concentration.
superconcentrations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superconcentration
rhynchocoelan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rhynchocoelans
Etymology: Rhynchocoela + -an
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any member of the Rhynchocoela.
rhynchocoelans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rhynchocoelan
restorableness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From restorable + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Capability of being restored.
restorability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From restore + -ability.
Senses: glosses: Capability of being restored.
Hutchinson County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of 66 counties in South Dakota, United States. County seat: Olivet. Named after John Hutchinson.
glosses: One of 254 counties in Texas, United States. County seat: Stinnett. Named after Andrew Hutchinson.