cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
undegummed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /əndɪˈɡʌmd/
Etymology: From un- + degum + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Not degummed; not (yet) having had gum removed.
phenotypic suppression
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
sciences
virology
glosses: The prevention of a mutated phenotype by a second mutation.
phenotypic switching
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The switching of several cellular morphologies.
phenotypic value
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phenotypic values
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The measurement of a specific characteristic, such as the height of a plant or its stem.
phenotypic values
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phenotypic value
plant morphology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of phytomorphology.
synonyms: word: phytomorphology
Warmington
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in East Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref TL0791).
glosses: A village and civil parish (served by Warmington and Arlescote Parish Council) in Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP4147).
glosses: A surname.
NZDF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of New Zealand Defence Force.
lab-grown
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: It should come as no surprise that while the peasants are expected to eat fermented fungi, lab-grown meats and maggot milkshakes, the Controligarchs — with their private chefs — have no intention of doing the same.
ref: 2023, Seamus Bruner, Controligarchs: Exposing the Billionaire Class, Their Secret Deals, and the Globalist Plot to Dominate Your Life:
glosses: Grown from animal cells in a laboratory environment, as opposed to harvested from an animal.
raw_tags: of meat
examples: text: The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ruled in 2018 that lab-grown diamonds are included in the same definitional universe as mined diamonds but warned against the use of terms like "natural" in marketing that confused the two categories.
ref: 2020 March 10, Oliver Milman, “Are laboratory-grown diamonds the more ethical choice to say 'I do'?”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 Aug 2023:
glosses: Created in a laboratory as opposed to mined from the Earth.
raw_tags: of gemstones
Ssŭ-ch'uan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 四川 (Sìchuān) Wade–Giles romanization: Ssŭ⁴-chʻuan¹.
Senses: examples: text: In the typical pagoda of the south-eastern provinces the successive stages decrease both in height and diameter; but as the Ssŭ-ch’uan border is passed cases begin to occur in which the fifth or sixth stories are of the same breadth, or as it seems, of even a greater breadth, than the base,[…]
ref: 1886, E. Colborne Baber, “Travels and Researches of the Interior of China”, in Royal Geographical Society: Supplementary Papers, volume I, London: John Murray, →OCLC, A Journey of Exploration in Western Ssŭ-ch’uan, page 21:
text: The silver earrings worn by the women of the Chin-chʻuan, a border district of Ssŭ-ch’uan inhabited by Tibetans, are shown in fig. 2.
ref: 1895, William Woodville Rockhill, Notes on the Ethnology of Tibet, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 694:
text: Great though the quantity of silk produced in the province of Ssŭ-ch’uan is, the output might be quadrupled if some means could be devised for delaying the hatching of the silkworm eggs.
ref: 1897, Alexander Hosie, “To the White Wax County, the Sacred Mount O-mei, and the Highest Navigable Point on the Yang-tsze.”, in Three Years in Western China, 2nd edition, London: George Philip & Son, →OCLC, →OL, page 165:
glosses: Alternative form of Sichuan.
mini-high
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mini-highs
Senses: glosses: An elevated section of an otherwise low-level boarding platform.
Witkoff
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: wĭtʹkŏf
ipa: /ˈwɪtkɒf/
Etymology: Anglicisation of the Russian Витко́въ (Vitkóv), perhaps under the influence of its German and Polish transliteration, Witkow.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Russian
David T. Witkoff (1892–1970), tailor and Russian émigré to the United States; father of Martin Alvin “Marty” Witkoff and grandfather of Steven Charles “Steve” Witkoff
glosses: A surname from Russian
Martin Alvin “Marty” Witkoff (1928–2005), son of David T. Witkoff and father of Steven Charles “Steve” Witkoff
glosses: A surname from Russian
Steven Charles “Steve” Witkoff (born 1957), American real-estate investor and lawyer; son of Martin Alvin “Marty” Witkoff and grandson of David T. Witkoff
glosses: A surname from Russian
Benjamin M. Witkoff, American dermatologist
Carmaux
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from French Carmaux.
Senses: glosses: A town and commune of Tarn department, Occitania, France.
vanishing island
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vanishing islands
Senses: hypernyms: island#Noun
isle#Noun
<
landform#Noun
coordinate_terms: tidal island#Noun
tied island#Noun
glosses: A permanent island which is exposed at low tide but is submersed at high tide.
vanishing islands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vanishing island
geonate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: geonates
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gaonate.
Rosh HaGolah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew ראש הגולה
Senses: glosses: The Babylonian exilarch.
Nate Higgers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Spoonerism of hate niggers
Yanesha'
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A language spoken in Peru.
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Yanesha' terms
Yongtai
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: yo͝ongʹtīʹ
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 永泰 (Yǒngtài).
Senses: glosses: A county of Fuzhou, Fujian, China.
Yonezawa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan.
Yatsushiro
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan.
Yasugi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Shimane Prefecture, Japan.
Widmanstätten
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Derived terms: Widmanstätten figure
Widmanstätten pattern
Widmanstaetten
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Widmanstätten.
Derived terms: Widmanstaetten figure
Widmanstaetten pattern
ice III
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A phase of ice formed from liquid water at 250 Kelvin.
machicolade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: machicolades
Senses: examples: text: The efforts of the besieging force were concentrated against a space of about two hundred and fifty yards, containing two curtains, and two towers, one of which was the square barbican, the other had a pointed roof that was built to overlap, resting on a stone machicolade, and by this means a row of dangerous crenelets between the roof and the masonry grinned down at the nearer assailants [...].
ref: 1861, Charles Reade, chapter 20, in The Cloister and the Hearth, volume 2, London: Trübner & Co., page 320:
text: He staggered to the battlements and leant against them and was sick unto death. [...] Pressing his hot brow against the cool granite of the machicolade there came an overpowering desire for sleep [...]
ref: 1924, Cyril Ranger Gull, “16: 'All's Well'”, in When the World Reeled, London: Ward, Lock, page 307:
text: The crenelets, which grinned between the roof and the machicolade at the top of Outfangthef, were cleared of all obstructions.
ref: 2021 January 18, Guy Thorne, “5: The three trees of Monkshood Glade”, in The Serf, Litres, →ISBN:
text: So high was the roof on which we stood that only one of the towers or cupolas rose much above us. [...] 'There is some one who isn't much troubled by sub-lunary affairs,' I said, pointing over the machicolade.
ref: 2022 September 16, Guy Thorne, The City in the Clouds, DigiCat:
glosses: A machicolation.
Synonyms: machicolation
sugar-cube
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sugar-cubes
Senses: examples: text: The professor meanwhile opened the drawer again, producing a square cardboard box. He removed its cover, sighed and took out some sugar-cubes and put two in each cup. “The captain wishes to study,” he murmured reminiscently. His eyes folllowed^([sic]) the sugar-cubes as they slowly settled to the bottom.
ref: 1978, Shammai Golan, translated by Reuven Ben Yosef, “The Death of Uri Peled”, in Yael Lotan, editor, Ariel: A Quarterly Review of Arts and Letters in Israel, number 47, Jerusalem: Cultural and Scientific Relations Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4:
text: The addition of enemy bombers helps to make the game more interesting from a difficulty point of view, although the demo mode – which did not exist on the B-bit games – does nothing to promote game content. The Spit merely takes off, shoots a few sugar-cubes at nothing in particular and tends.
ref: 1988 June, “Merlin Still Casts a Spell: Spitfire 40”, in Oliver Frey, editor, The Games Machine: Computer & Electronic Entertainment, number 7, Ludlow, Shropshire: Newsfield, →ISSN, →OCLC, “Reviews” section, page 60, column 4:
text: He left his room and went back into the kitchen. There was no bread. He took some rusks, an orange, some sugar-cubes, the remains of a bar of chocolate.
ref: 1991, Tony Duvert, translated by D. R. Roberts, part II, in When Jonathan Died, London: GMP Publishers, →ISBN, page 170:
glosses: Rare form of sugar cube.
sugar-cubes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sugar-cube
give it socks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gives it socks
form: giving it socks
form: gave it socks
form: given it socks
Senses: examples: text: It may have been a cliche entrance, but I gave it real socks!
ref: 2025 April 24, The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy:
glosses: To go for it.
crossover book
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crossover books
Senses: topics: media
publishing
glosses: A trade book about an academic topic.
a cigar is a cigar
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: Whenever I have dreamed that memory during the many Thanksgiving vacations I now have hunted in Kentucky, I’ve wondered why I did. It contains no Daliesque symbols. It’s a documentary dream. A cigar is a cigar. But you don’t need a shingle hanging in Vienna to know it has to do with pondering whether hunting, like war, qualifies as justifiable murder.
ref: 2002, Walt Harrington, “Twelve Years Later: Thanksgiving”, in The Everlasting Stream: A True Story of Rabbits, Guns, Friendship, and Family, New York, N.Y.: Atlantic Monthly Press, →ISBN, page 12:
text: Having read the book, I speak for all those who – unless it’s a Rudyard Kipling poem when you know for certain that a cigar is a cigar – have trouble figuring out the hidden meaning of a poem, or even if there was a hidden meaning, thanks for the back stories, Jack.
ref: 2011 January 20, Jack O’Connor, quoting Frank Emerson, Memories of Hurricane Katrina and Other Musings, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Trafford Publishing, →ISBN, page xi:
text: My family is salt-of-the-earth, and certainly not the type to sleep with crystals under their beds to summon some universal wisdom or study their chakras. To them, a cigar is a cigar, and life is pretty straightforward.
ref: 2011 September, Jim Harold, “Part V: Eating My Own Dogfood”, in Jim Harold’s Campfire: True Ghost Stories, Pompton Plains, N.J.: New Page Books, page 225:
glosses: Alternative form of a cigar is just a cigar.
Azolla event
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Azolla event
Senses: examples: text: Although at first it seems incredible, this mechanism alone—known as the Azolla Event—may have been enough to account for the rapid cooling that brought the Eocene to an end. There is enough carbon locked in the pickled tissues of Azolla at the bottom of the Arctic Ocean to have reduced the CO₂ content of the whole atmosphere—enough to put a stop to the greenhouse world that had prevailed through the millions of years of the Eocene.
ref: 2011, Colin Tudge, The Link: Uncovering Our Earliest Ancestor, Hachette, →ISBN:
glosses: A hypothesized palaeoclimatology event in the middle Eocene (49 million years ago), where large blooms of mosquito fern (azolla) caused mass-scale carbon sequestration which lead to the Late Cenozoic Ice Age and glaciation of the Antarctic.
fortune hunting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: “No doubt the fellow was very useful to her. But you could have knocked us all down with a feather when, three months ago, she suddenly announced that she and Alfred were engaged! The fellow must be at least twenty years younger than she is! It’s simply bare-faced fortune hunting; but there you are—she is her own mistress, and she’s married him.”
ref: 1920 October, Agatha Christie, “I Go to Styles”, in The Mysterious Affair at Styles […], New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, published March 1927, page 12:
glosses: The act of seeking wealth without working to earn it, especially in an unscrupulous way such as through marriage.
land smock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: land smocks
Senses: examples: text: “Poor Cynthia is quite frightened,” said Mrs. Cavendish in a low clear voice. She herself, I noticed, was dressed in her white land smock.
ref: 1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 29:
glosses: A simple smock-style dress or garment worn by women for working or dressing casually around the house or garden.
land smocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of land smock
Welford-on-Avon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP1452).
despatch case
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: despatch cases
Senses: examples: text: He opened a drawer, and took out a small despatch-case, then turned to me.
ref: 1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 36:
glosses: Alternative spelling of dispatch case.
despatch cases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of despatch case
chiffong
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chiffongs
Senses: examples: text: “A light green, sir; a sort of chiffong, they call it.”
ref: 1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954:
text: And beyond an inner door coursed the constant stream of shop traffic. "Cashmere stockings—a vard of Valzoen—hard-wearing undervests—Can you match this chiffong?"
ref: 1922 June 24, The Observer, Adelaide, page 43, column 2:
text: In this striking study, Maria wears a bejewelled bra top, and a brief "chiffong."
ref: 1945 July 30, The Daily Mirror, Sydney, page 5, column 1:
glosses: chiffon
chiffongs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chiffong
dressing-up
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: “But since then I’ve remembered what the young gentlemen”—John and Lawrence were still the “young gentlemen” to Dorcas—“call the ‘dressing-up box.’ It’s up in the front attic, sir. A great chest, full of old clothes and fancy dresses, and what not.”
ref: 1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 113:
text: It is a very good idea to have a large box of discarded clothes and brightly coloured pieces of material handy during Christmas for the youngsters to use for "dressing-up."
ref: 1927 December 22, The Brisbane Courier, page 17, column 4:
text: The dressing-up in corsets, mesh-stockings and frilly aprons which has become a hallmark of Rocky Horror productions quite transformed the tasteful grey atmosphere of the Canberra Theatre[.]
ref: 1988 August 3, The Canberra Times, page 22, column 6:
glosses: The act or practice of putting on fancy clothes or a costume.
choir stall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: choir stalls
Senses: examples: text: There are old box pews, 16th-century choir stalls, and a notable memorial brass of 1375.
ref: 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 399, about a church in Wensley, North Yorkshire:
glosses: Alternative form of choirstall.
choir stalls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Plural of choir stall.
pianee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /piˈænɪː/
Forms: form: pianees
Senses: examples: text: Here's fruit to feed our busy bee,
And flowers for her nose;
Here's music for her pianee,
An Afghan for her toes.
ref: 1869, Louisa May Alcott, Little Women. Part 1 & 2, →ISBN:
text: Play us some pianee! [Homer plays "Für Elise"] That's piano! I said pianee! [Homer plays honky-tonk music]
ref: 2002, Brian Kelley, “The Fright to Creep and Scare Harms”, in Treehouse of Horror XIII (The Simpsons):
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of piano.
varenje
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: varenjes
Senses: examples: text: The food situation in Moscow seems to be somewhat better than before the war. Bread, cake and varenje, that excellent Russian candy, are to be had in abundance.
ref: 1947 February 25, Emil Sourdan, “Night Life at Moscow Found Rather Expensive”, in The Sheboygan Press, volume XL, number 59, Sheboygan, Wis., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 7, column 5:
text: Fama makes an Ethrog marmalade which is so heavenly that every year I vow to make mine up likewise into a varenje.
ref: 1957 October 16, Molly [Lyons] Bar-David, “Some Quick Dishes”, in The Jerusalem Post, volume XXXIII, number 8939, Jerusalem, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 7, column 4:
text: Since we usually do not have real varenje we take jam with the tea instead.
ref: 1999 September 11, Tamara Danilenko, “Samovar Chronicles, Vol. 3”, in rec.food.drink.tea (Usenet), archived from the original on 29 Apr 2025:
glosses: Alternative form of varenye.
ACORN
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Acronym of Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now.
Chenab Valley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /tʃəˈnɑːb ˈvæli/
rhymes: -æli
Forms: form: Chenab valley
form: Chenab Region
Etymology: From Chenab, the name of a major river in northern India and Pakistan, and valley, denoting a low area between hills or mountains.
Senses: examples: text: It’s important to note that the Kashmiri spoken in the Chenab Valley is distinct from the dialect spoken in the Kashmir Valley.
ref: 2024 August 21, Abid Pampori, “Chenabi Kashmiris: A Community in the Heart of the Himalayas”, in Brighter Kashmir:
text: Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) Doda, Mehraj Malik raised a series of probing questions concerning the power crisis and environmental safeguards in the Chenab Valley, particularly in the districts of Ramban, Doda and Kishtwar—home to major hydroelectric power projects.
ref: 2025 April 9, “Why Chenab Valley faces power shortages despite abundant hydroelectric resources: MLA Doda”, in Rising Kashmir, archived from the original on 16 May 2025:
glosses: A mountainous and culturally diverse region in the Jammu division of the Indian-administered Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, comprising the districts of Doda, Kishtwar, and Ramban. The valley is named after the Chenab River, which flows through it.
Derived terms: Chenab Valley Division
Chenab culture
Chenabi
Related terms: Chenab
Jammu
Doda
Kishtwar
Ramban
measily
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of measly
Shipham
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: shĭpĕm
ipa: /ˈʃɪp.əm/
rhymes: -ɪpəm
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English Shepeham, Shepehm, via Anglo-Norman Sipeham, a spelling reinterpretation of Old English *Sċēaphām, from sċēap (“sheep”) + hām (“homestead”), literally the 'The sheep home'.
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Somerset, England.
bug eye
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bug eyes
Senses: glosses: singular of bug eyes
examples: text: […] more like a boy, though, Haldane thought, with his pink skin and his bug-eye glasses.
ref: 1994, Robert Charles Wilson, Mysterium, Hachette, →ISBN:
coordinate_terms: cat-eye
glosses: A style of eyeglasses with large lenses, usually covering the entire eye.
trailer court
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trailer courts
Senses: glosses: Synonym of trailer park
synonyms: word: trailer park
trailer courts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trailer court
wild woman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wild women
form: wildwoman
Senses: glosses: Female equivalent of wild man.
wild women
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wild woman
Your Excellencies
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Senses: glosses: plural of Your Excellency
imination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: iminations
Derived terms: deimination
transimination
papacide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: papacides
Etymology: From papa- + -cide.
Senses: examples: text: Popular novels advertised the order’s depravity, booking conspiracies, wars, even papacide to the Jesuit account.
ref: 2000, Margaret Lavinia Anderson, “Jesuit Phobia and the Mobilization of the Priests”, in Practicing Democracy: Elections and Political Culture in Imperial Germany, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, →ISBN, part II (Fields of Force), chapter 4 (Black Magic I: The First Mobilization), page 95:
text: With regard to strategic surprise, although it is unclear who the actual readership of The Prince was, overtly suggesting papacide would increase the chances that Lorenzo would be exposed and suffer the same fate as Porcari.
ref: 2005 winter, Joseph M. Parent, “Machiavelli’s Missing Romulus and the Murderous Intent of The Prince”, in History of Political Thought, volume XXVI, number 4, Exeter, Devon: Imprint Academic, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 636:
text: Within Munich Ağca and Çatli were joined by Oral Çelik, a fellow Grey Wolf who would take part in the attempted papacide.
ref: 2015, Paul L. Williams, “The Shooting in St. Peter’s Square”, in Operation Gladio: The Unholy Alliance between the Vatican, the CIA, and the Mafia, Amherst, N.Y.: Prometheus Books, →ISBN, page 210:
text: There are psychopaths, papacides, scamping vampires (“scampires”?), droopy boom mics, narcoleptic background extras who engage the camera in impromptu staring contests.
ref: 2015, Ryan Rashotte, “Two Foul Score of the Brothers Almada”, in Narco Cinema: Sex, Drugs, and Banda Music in Mexico’s B-Filmography, New York, N.Y.: Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN, page 72:
glosses: Alternative form of papicide.
papacides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of papacide
papicides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of papicide
varenyes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of varenye
omnicides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of omnicide
Hugoboom
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The leading voices of the womanosphere are using a similar strategy. As Brittany Hugoboom put it in an op–ed for the rightwing outlet Quillette: “Conservatives will never win if they imagine themselves as combatants atop defensive battlements, hurling abuse on the mass media. We need to involve ourselves in the creation of pop culture.”
ref: 2025 April 24, Anna Silman, “Now comes the ‘womanosphere’: the anti-feminist media telling women to be thin, fertile and Republican”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: A surname.
typicalize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: typicalizes
form: typicalizing
form: typicalized
form: typicalized
Etymology: From typical + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To make typical.
styloform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of styloid.
synonyms: word: styloid
typicalizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of typicalize
typicalizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of typicalize
typicalized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of typicalize
Wysoka
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Polish Wysoka.
Senses: glosses: A town in Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland.
Weston Underwood
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in the City of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP8650).
glosses: A village and civil parish in Amber Valley district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2942).
Spoore
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Spoores
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Spors
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
wordplayfully
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:wordplayfully.
glosses: In a manner involving or constituting wordplay; playing with words.
Spores
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Spor
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Schlenk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Schlenk flask
Schlenk tube
pyralid moth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pyralid moths
Senses: glosses: Synonym of snout moth.
synonyms: word: snout moth
pyralid moths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pyralid moth
grass moths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grass moth
DeJonghe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname
Derived terms: shrimp DeJonghe
DeJongs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of DeJong
de Jongs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of de Jong
LIDO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Lightweight Information Describing Objects.
Equatoguinean Spanish
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A variety of Spanish spoken in Equatorial Guinea.
Whalton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish south-west of Morpeth, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ1381).
herbcraft
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɜːbˌkɹɑːft/
ipa: /ˈ(h)ɝbˌkɹæft/
Forms: form: herbcrafts
Etymology: From herb + -craft.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonyms: herbalism, herblore
text: (1.) Botany, superseding the ancient Herbcraft, is the name now given to the science which relates to all those inferior ranks of the organic creation called plants, or vegetables.
ref: 1835, Gilbert T[homas] Burnett, “Introduction”, in Outlines of Botany, […], London: Henry Renshaw, page 15:
text: For he was a cunning man in herbcraft, was Father Peter, and he knew well the nature of each herb and flower, and their several virtues curative, sedative, stimulative—said virtues very possibly all being quite the reverse: […]
ref: 1858, M[artin] F[arquhar] Tupper, “Dame Margery's Discovery” (chapter X), in Stephan Langton; or, The Days of King John, Guildford: Frank Lasham, page 36:
text: The first stage was simple, for one with knowledge of herbcraft, but had to be done with meticulous care.
ref: 1982 February 24, Jayge Carr, “Reunion”, in Susan M. Schwartz, editor, Hecate's Cauldron, United States: DAW Books, →ISBN, page 227:
text: ‘I first met you when you were about eight years old,’ Nevyn said. ‘I doubt if you remember. And then once when you were about sixteen, you were very ill of a fever, and I cured you — just with herbcraft, though, not dweomer.’
ref: 1990, Katherine Karr, Dragonspell: The Southern Sea, Grafton Books, →ISBN, page 301:
text: “Yes,” Sunny confided shyly. “It helps me when I work on them to give them a story. Griselda, for instance, escaped the Salem witch trials and lived by herself in a cranberry bog for two hundred years—see her cranberry wreath?—before coming back to civilization to share her herbcraft with select acolytes. I based her on one of my teachers at Bailey.”
ref: 2017, Carol Goodman, chapter 10, in The Widow's House, William Morrow and Company, →ISBN, page 114:
glosses: The practice, art, or skill of using herbs, especially for medicinal or magical purposes.
herbcrafts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of herbcraft
cable harness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cable harnesses
Senses: glosses: Synonym of wiring harness.
synonyms: word: wiring harness
cable harnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cable harness
shrink rate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shrink rates
Senses: examples: text: Patternmakers, moldmakers, diemakers, and toolmakers must understand the shrink rates of the materials involved in the casting, molding, and stamping processes.
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
hypernyms: rate#Noun
glosses: The percentage or fraction of an original size, weight, or mass that is lost when an object or material shrinks.
examples: text: Retail analysts must understand the shrink rates of the businesses whose performance they forecast.
topics: business
hypernyms: rate#Noun
glosses: The percentage or fraction of an original inventory that is left after reductions from theft, spoilage, evaporation, mislaying, and so on.
Related terms: word: shrinkage
word: shrink-wrap
sense: inventory loss
word: loss prevention
shrink rates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shrink rate
Whitchurch Canonicorum
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Canonicorum is from Latin.
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Dorset, England, previously in West Dorset district (OS grid ref SY3995).
personality difficulty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: personality difficulties
Senses: glosses: A subthreshold diagnosis encoded under ICD-11 distinguished from a personality disorder by not establishing psychosocial impairment by itself but requiring particular respect in the course of the treatment of another, possibly non-psychiatric diagnosis.
wikipedia: Karl Leonhard
personality difficulties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of personality difficulty
Urduization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Urdu + -ization
Senses: examples: text: Parents were critical of the Urduization policy, which they saw as hypocritical, and preferred sending their children to English medium private schools. They felt that the Urduization would not be able to continue for long.
ref: 2002, Samuel Gyasi Obeng, Beverly Hartford, Political Independence with Linguistic Servitude: The Politics about Languages in the Developing World, Nova Publishers, →ISBN, page 25:
text: He discussed the Urduization and other features of Pakistani English with respect to the novels and divided examples in various semantic categories.
ref: 2018 April 24, Asma Iqbal, Pakistani Englishes: Syntactic Variations, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, page 1967:
glosses: The process of adopting or integrating elements of the Urdu language into another language or region.
conclaving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of conclave
conclaved
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒnkleɪvd/
ipa: /ˈkɒŋ-/
ipa: /ˈkɑnˌkleɪvd/
ipa: /ˈkɑŋ-/
Etymology: From conclave + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: [N]oble Rivaulx' shrine, whose frequent tolling bells / Disturbed our holy conclaved monks in hours of fast and prayer, […]
ref: 1881, Adra [pseudonym; Edward Fitch], “Calder Abbey: A Legend of the Brothers There”, in Legends of Lakeland, Scarborough, Yorkshire: S. W. Theakston & Co., […], →OCLC, stanza LXXXIV, page 86:
glosses: Participating in a closed, private, or secret meeting.
examples: text: "Brothers, we have a Pope!" Bennelli exclaimed. "But I request that you remain conclaved, until I consult the man whom we elected. I shall return within the hour."
ref: 2007, Peter M. Sciarrotta, “Seeing is Believing”, in The Seven Angels of the Apocalypse, 2nd edition, Bloomington, Ind.; Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire: AuthorHouse, →ISBN:
topics: Catholicism
Christianity
Roman-Catholicism
glosses: Participating in a closed, private, or secret meeting.
Of a cardinal: attending, or secluded in, a closed assembly to elect a pope.
examples: text: [D]eathlike silence reigns / Over that conclaved scorn, pride, shame, and dread; […]
ref: 1853, Thomas Hawkins, “Book VI”, in The Christiad, London: […] [F]or the author by Shaw and Sons, →OCLC, page 250:
text: [A]fter having sealed his letters, and once his own messages have become invisible for him, sealed, secret, ciphered, conclaved, and have from that point become substitutable, Menalcas naturally makes mistakes in address and confuses the addressees of those to whose houses he sends his letters.
ref: 2023, Jacques Derrida, “Seventh Session”, in E. S. Burt, transl., edited by Pascale-Anne Brault and Peggy Kamuf, Hospitality (The Seminars of Jacques Derrida), Chicago, Ill.; London: University of Chicago Press, →DOI, →ISBN, page 192:
glosses: Hidden, secluded.
conclaved
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒnkleɪvd/
ipa: /ˈkɒŋ-/
ipa: /ˈkɑnˌkleɪvd/
ipa: /ˈkɑŋ-/
Etymology: From conclave + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of conclave
Spreyton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in West Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX6996).
glosses: A town in the City of Devonport and Latrobe council area, Tasmania, Australia.
shrink ray
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shrink rays
Senses: examples: text: On this episode of Interstellar Voyagers From Uranus, our heroes encounter a planet where aliens have built shrink rays that threaten to trap them inside a terrarium as the aliens' pets!
text: “Listen, the weather is in your blood. You should be the Green Man holding the fluffy white fun bags.” “Do you mean clouds?” “If only you could think of a way to get into that Cloud Guy suit.” “Like, if it shrank. Yes. So I need to... invent a shrink ray?” “No. At the station, use the dryer.”
ref: 2025 August 14, Asha Michelle Wilson, “Anchor Ham Adventure” (11:42 from the start), in The Great North, season 5, episode 19, spoken by Ham Tobin (Paul Rust):
hypernyms: device#Noun
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object#Noun
coordinate_terms: death ray
heat-ray
glosses: A fictional device that shrinks objects to a smaller size.
examples: text: On this episode of Interstellar Voyagers From Uranus, our heroes encounter a planet where shrink rays threaten to trap them inside a terrarium as an alien's pets!
hypernyms: ray#Noun
beam#Noun
coordinate_terms: death ray
glosses: A fictional ray of energy or influence, or beam of radiation, that emanates from such a device.
Derived terms: grocery shrink ray
Related terms: ray gun
shrink rays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shrink ray
measure for measure
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: synonyms: tit for tat
glosses: An act of responding with exactly what one receives.
SnorriCam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SnorriCams
form: snorricam
Etymology: From Icelandic Snorri + cam(era), named after two Icelandic photographers and directors, Einar Snorri and Eiður Snorri Eysteinsson.
Senses: examples: text: Harry convinces Marion to have sex with her psychiatrist in exchange for money to buy drugs, and when she is leaving the man's apartment she is filmed with a SnorriCam, the lens facing her directly.
ref: 2017, Tarja Laine, Bodies in Pain: Emotion and the Cinema of Darren Aronofsky, Berghahn Books, →ISBN, page 61:
topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: A camera device used in filmmaking that is rigged to the body of the actor, with the camera facing the actor.
get back on the horse
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets back on the horse
form: getting back on the horse
form: got back on the horse
form: got back on the horse
form: gotten back on the horse
Senses: examples: text: I have picked myself up, brushed myself off, and will get back on the horse again, but I think I'll try the bar scene for a while instead.
ref: 2012, Jan Cullinane, The Single Woman's Guide to Retirement, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN:
glosses: To return to an activity after a period of abstaining from the activity.
Related terms: get back on the horse that bucked one
newsbar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈnjuːzˌbɑːɹ/
Forms: form: newsbars
Etymology: From news + bar.
Senses: examples: text: There are differences, of course, but they can be very, very subtle. The graphics at the top of the screen, the newsbar running across the bottom.
ref: 2007, Jennifer Oko, Gloss, MIRA, page 164:
text: I put the television on and I saw his name on the breaking news, on the newsbar.
ref: 2012 November 1, Hilda Reilly, Prickly Pears of Palestine: The People Behind the Politics, Eye Books (US&CA), page 102:
text: But as the hours passed and we entered different national airspaces, the newsbar flashed in the side panel with various regional propaganda.
ref: 2023, Joseph Zigmond, Constance, Black Spot Books, page 134:
topics: broadcasting
computing
engineering
mathematics
media
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A horizontal or vertical strip on a screen that displays scrolling or static text, typically used to present news headlines, alerts, or other real-time information.
newsbars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of newsbar
directed-energy weapon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: directed-energy weapons
Senses: synonyms: DEW
hypernyms: energy weapon#Noun[Appendix:Glossary#loosely|loosely]] synonymous>
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weapon#Noun
glosses: An energy weapon whose energy emissions are focused into a narrow beam.
directed-energy weapons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of directed-energy weapon
silverist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: silverists
Etymology: silver + -ist
Senses: glosses: Synonym of silverite.
synonyms: word: silverite
silverite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: silverites
Etymology: silver + -ite
Senses: synonyms: silverist
glosses: A supporter of free silver.
Related terms: free silverite
silverists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of silverist
silverites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of silverite
goldite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: goldites
Senses: glosses: A supporter of the gold standard in opposition to free silver.
goldist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: goldists
Senses: glosses: A goldite.
goldists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of goldist
goldites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of goldite
Baikal seal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Baikal seals
Senses: glosses: An earless seal of species Pusa sibirica, inhabiting Lake Baikal.
Baikal seals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Baikal seal
menispermina
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of menispermine.
mericarpium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mericarpia
Senses: glosses: Synonym of mericarp.
synonyms: word: mericarp
mericarpia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mericarpium
mesostylous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having styles of intermediate length.
metacellulose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From meta- + cellulose.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of fungin.
synonyms: word: fungin
teleswitch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: teleswitches
Etymology: tele- + switch
Senses: glosses: A switch operated remotely by radio signals.
teleswitches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of teleswitch
teleswitching
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The use of a teleswitch.
desilicate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: desilicates
form: desilicating
form: desilicated
form: desilicated
Senses: glosses: To remove silicon from a material.
Muileach
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Muileachs
form: Muilich
Etymology: Scottish Gaelic [Term?]
Senses: examples: text: […] Muileachs were trying to run away across the water to their womenfolk to shun the battle.
ref: 2007, Robert Grieve Black, Queen of Destiny, page 46:
glosses: A person from the Scottish island of Mull.
Muileachs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Muileach
Muilich
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Muileach
Pahalgam
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Pahalgom
Senses: glosses: A town in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir, India.
Pahalgom
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Pahalgam.
decopperization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The process of removing copper from a material or solution.
decopperisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of decopperization.
metoxenous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more metoxenous
form: most metoxenous
Senses: glosses: Synonym of heteroecious.
synonyms: word: heteroecious
microgerm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microgerms
Etymology: From micro- + germ
Senses: glosses: A microbe.
microgerms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microgerm
B3B-test
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: B3B-tests
Senses: glosses: Initialism of ball-on-three-balls test.
micromyiophilous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Fertilized by small Diptera.
plagiophototropic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more plagiophototropic
form: most plagiophototropic
Etymology: From plagio- + photo- + -tropic.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Assuming an oblique position with respect to the rays of light, like the leaflets of Robinia or Tropaeolum.
Related terms: phototropic
plagiotropic
ball-on-three-balls test
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ball-on-three-balls tests
Senses: glosses: A biaxial flexural strength test used for brittle materials.
tannosome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tannosomes
Senses: glosses: A kind of organelle found in vascular plants, formed when the chloroplast membrane forms pockets filled with tannin.
tannosomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tannosome
plasmatosome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plasmatosomes
Senses: glosses: Synonym of plasome.
synonyms: word: plasome
plasmatosomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plasmatosome
lignin sulfonate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lignin sulfonates
Senses: glosses: Synonym of lignosulfonate.
synonyms: word: lignosulfonate
lignin sulphonate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lignin sulphonates
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of lignin sulfonate.
glycol ether
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glycol ethers
Senses: glosses: An alkyl ether that is based on glycols such as ethylene glycol or propylene glycol.
glycolether
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glycolethers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of glycol ether.
triconcave
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having three concave surfaces.
nonstoichiometrically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: In a nonstoichiometric manner.
nonstoichiometrical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nonstoichiometric.
monopterous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having a single wing or wing-like element.
nanofunctionalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The process of modifying materials or surfaces at the nanoscale to impart new functionalities.
nanofunctionalisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nanofunctionalization.
monocarpian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of monocarpic.
synonyms: word: monocarpic
Polycarpian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Polycarp.
nectarilyma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any appendages to a nectary, such as the long hairs in Menyanthes.
deshbhakti
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Hindi देशभक्ति (deśbhakti), composed of देश (deś, “country”) + भक्ति (bhakti, “worship”)
Senses: glosses: patriotism, especially to India.
Derived terms: word: deshbakth
word: deshbhakt
gameto-nucleus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gameto-nuclei
Senses: glosses: The nucleus of a gamete.
florileges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of florilege
BATA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Now BATA is increasing tolls again saying additional maintenance and repair costs were not factored into the 2018 measure.
ref: 2025 February 13, Tim Fang, “Bay Area State Sen. Dave Cortese seeks audit of MTC, BATA over bridge toll hikes”, in CBS News:
topics: road
transport
glosses: Initialism of Bay Area Toll Authority.
legitimate fertilization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: legitimate fertilizations
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The fertilization of a dimorphic or trimorphic plant by pollen from a plant of the same form.
legitimate fertilizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of legitimate fertilization
leptoform
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leptoforms
Senses: glosses: A heteroecious fungus having teleutospores only, which as soon as they arrive at maturity germinate on living plants.
leptoforms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leptoform
lipoxenous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Exhibiting or relating to lipoxeny.
virtual meeting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: vûr′cho͞o-əl mē′tĭng
ipa: /ˈvɜː.t͡ʃuː.əl ˈmiː.tɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈvɜɹ.t͡ʃu.əl ˈmi.tɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈvɜː.t͡ʃʉː.əl ˈmiː.tɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈvøː.t͡ʃʉː.əl ˈmiː.təŋ/
ipa: /ˈvɪɹ.t͡ʃʉ.əl ˈmi.tɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈvɜːʳ.t͡ʃuː.al ˈmiː.ʈiŋ/
Forms: form: virtual meetings
Senses: glosses: Synonym of webinar.
synonyms: word: webinar
virtual meetings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of virtual meeting
macrogonidium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: macrogonidia
Etymology: From macro- + gonidium.
Senses: glosses: A relatively large gonidium.
macrogonidia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of macrogonidium
macrophylline
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more macrophylline
form: most macrophylline
Senses: glosses: Synonym of macrophyllous.
synonyms: word: macrophyllous
megistotherm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megistotherms
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A plant requiring a very high temperature for growth.
megistotherms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of megistotherm
meiophylly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A diminution in number of the leaves in a whorl, as compared with the preceding whorl.
meiostemonous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having fewer stamens than petals.