cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
watchdogging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of watchdog
perfluoro
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From per- + fluoro.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing any compound or radical in which every hydrogen atom has been replaced by fluorine
Derived terms: perfluoroalkoxy
perfluorocarbon
perfluorodecaline
perfluoroethanamine
perfluoroethane
perfluorohexane
perfluoroisobutene
perfluoromethane
perfluorooctanoic acid
perfluoropropane
loose coupling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: loose couplings
Senses: topics: computer
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
science
sciences
glosses: A low-level interdependent coupling between program modules.
qualifier: organizational studies
glosses: The situation where ties between people and groups in an organization are not as strong as those recognised by theories of bureaucracy.
Hypernyms: coupling
performic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Blend of peroxy + formic
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to performic acid or its derivatives
performic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From per- + formic acid?
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The simplest organic peracid H-CO-OOH that is used to cleave the disulfide links in peptides
perhaloalkane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: perhaloalkanes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any compound obtained by replacing every hydrogen atom of an alkane by that of a halogen
sore throat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sore throats
Senses: synonyms: strep throat
glosses: Any inflammation of the pharynx that causes soreness.
examples: text: Complains of a bad taste in his mouth ; there is some sore throat and difficulty of deglutition ; appetite very bad ; not very thirsty[…].
ref: 1846, C. H. J. Routh, “Hospital reports”, in Thomas Wakley, Henry Bennet, editors, The London Lancet, volume IV, page 78:
text: Some sore throat is a common symptom also in erysipelas of the scalp.
ref: 1879, Prosser James, Sore throat, its nature, varieties, and treatment', page 135:
text: I have a bit of sore throat.
ref: 2010, Kate Valery, “Prayer at the Bus Stop”, in Love Triangle: Anthology of Poetry and Short Stories, page 12:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: The same, as a common symptom for many viral and bacterial infections.
Derived terms: Boulogne sore throat
clergyman's sore throat
sore-throated
Related terms: pharyngitis
perhydro
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From per- + hydro.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing any saturated compound or radical in which every double bond has been replaced as if by the addition of hydrogen
peroxidation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peroxidations
Etymology: From peroxide + -ation.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any oxidation reaction, especially of an oxide, that produces a peroxide.
examples: text: Furthermore, wedelolactone also increased the activities of superoxidase dismutase (SOD) and glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) and decreased the level of the lipid peroxidation product malondialdehyde (MDA) in the liver, therefore decreasing the activity of alanine aminotransferase (ALT).
ref: 2015 July 14, “Wedelolactone Regulates Lipid Metabolism and Improves Hepatic Steatosis Partly by AMPK Activation and Up-Regulation of Expression of PPARα/LPL and LDLR”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The reaction of a double bond with a peroxide.
Derived terms: lipoperoxidation
photoperoxidation
self-deal
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: self-deals
form: self-dealing
form: self-dealt
form: self-dealt
Etymology: From self- + deal.
Senses: examples: text: But as in the case of Japan, the results of self-dealing corruption largely remain in the country rather than escaping to Swiss bank accounts as often happened with the style of 1950s era corruption seen in Vietnam or the Philippines.
ref: 2011 August 1, Steve Clemons, “China's Internal Pluralism Is Nothing to Cheer About”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 11 Apr 2021:
text: Among the issues the NYAG is examining is whether WeWork’s founder and former chief executive, Adam Neumann, indulged in self-dealing to enrich himself.
ref: 2019 November 19, “WeWork: New York attorney general investigating founder's possible self-dealing”, in The Guardian:
glosses: To engage in dealings favorable to oneself as principal, taking advantage of one's position as fiduciary.
peroxidic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From peroxide + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of, relating to, or involving a peroxide
Derived terms: endoperoxidic
self-dealing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of self-deal
peroxidisable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From peroxidise + -able.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of peroxidizable.
peroxidizable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From peroxidize + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to be converted into a peroxide
smash-mouth
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more smash-mouth
form: most smash-mouth
form: smashmouth
Etymology: Originating in American football.
Senses: examples: text: Wacker says his team, the Horned Frogs, plays "smash-mouth football." He means that his lads are (as less poetic coaches are wont to say) "physical," meaning vigorous.
ref: 1984, Newsweek:
text: Penn State quickly scored the first touchdown against Oklahoma, showing roughly what Switzer meant when he called State "a physical, smash-mouth type of ball club" that "splatters you."
ref: 1986, TIME:
text: For the record, I was not at all angry. I did want to talk about what conservatives stand for beyond the smashmouth politics that sometimes dominates campaigns.
ref: 2017, Jeff Flake, Conscience of a Conservative, page 15:
glosses: Violent; aggressive; vigorous.
smashmouth
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more smashmouth
form: most smashmouth
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of smash-mouth.
soi-disant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌswɑːdiːˈzɒ̃/
ipa: /swa diˈzɑn/
Etymology: From French soi-disant.
Senses: examples: text: Moreover, Lady Dudley flattered herself with filling the next best part to the principal, that of confidante with Mrs. Courtenaye. Constance had, however, too much good taste, as well as good feeling, for this; she had betrayed her jealousy, not confessed it. Still, this was enough for her soi-disant friend, who went on torturing her with stories about Lady Marchmont's powers of fascination, and Lady Marchmont's coquetry.
ref: 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 93–94:
text: "Fuck You, Buddy" is the first part in a series (The Trap - What Happened to Our Dreams of Freedom, Sunday, BBC2) about civil liberties: the keen-eared wireless listener will have been alerted to its soi-disant intellectual credentials by the fact that they are trailing it on Radio 4.
ref: 2007 March 12, Zoe Williams, “The weekend's TV”, in The Guardian:
qualifier: Of people
glosses: Self-styled; self-proclaimed (with implications of pretence or dishonesty).
examples: text: A soi-disant pedigree.
text: cicumstances which appear to have influenced his soi-disant historical labours.
ref: 1845, John Wilson Croker, s: Ess. French Revolution:
text: Among the delusions which at different periods have possessed themselves of the minds of large masses of the human race, perhaps the most curious -- certainly the least creditable -- is the modern soi-disant science of political economy, based on the idea that an advantageous code of social action may be determined irrespectively of the influence of social affection.
ref: 1860, John Ruskin, Unto This Last, Cornhill:
glosses: Of an object, claimed to be something it is not; pretended, so-called.
soi-disant
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌswɑːdiːˈzɒ̃/
ipa: /swa diˈzɑn/
Etymology: From French soi-disant.
Senses: glosses: Supposedly.
halieutic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: See halieutics.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to fishing.
Derived terms: halieutically
stylet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -aɪlət
Forms: form: stylets
Etymology: From French stylet (“stiletto”), from Middle French stilet (“stiletto”), from Old Italian stiletto. Doublet of stiletto.
Senses: glosses: An engraving tool, a stylus.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A style of a plant's flower.
topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
synonyms: style
glosses: A slender medical probe or device.
topics: engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
glosses: A poniard or stiletto.
examples: text: Even octopuses without stylets almost certainly retain the molecular machinery necessary to build them.
ref: 2017, Danna Staaf, Squid Empire, ForeEdge, →ISBN, page 120:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
synonyms: style
glosses: A stiff, slender organ of an animal.
surgent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɜː(ɹ)dʒənt
Forms: form: more surgent
form: most surgent
Etymology: From Latin surgens, present participle of surgo (“rise, get up”).
Senses: examples: text: […] the critical edge of a surgent Marxist scholarship emerged during the early 1970s with an imaginative grandeur and sweeping power.
ref: 2008, Gary Bridge, Sophie Watson, A Companion to the City (page 131)
glosses: Surging; rising.
switchgear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: switchgears
form: switch gear
Etymology: From switch + gear.
Senses: examples: text: The track-sectioning cabins house not only switchgear for the traction current, but also transformers to provide power supplies to the signalling equipment.
ref: 1961 December, “Planning the London Midland main-line electrification”, in Trains Illustrated, page 722:
topics: business
electrical
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A device used to control, meter, protect, and regulate electronics as part of electricity generation, transmission, and distribution.
just kidding
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: The winner of our trivia game here tonight will receive a prize of a million dollars. Just kidding! It's a fifty-dollar gift card.
text: She was just kidding when she teased him for being nerdy about zoology. In truth she likes his nerdiness.
text: Q: Why would you say such a hurtful thing that you can't take back? A: I was just kidding.
text: The court is apparently not buying the defendants' claim that they were just kidding about the death threats.
related: word: jk
word: JK
word: j/k
glosses: I wasn't serious; it was only a joke.
Related terms: english: likewise sometimes childish imagined to be a magic-wand protection from responsibility for one's own words
translation: likewise sometimes childish imagined to be a magic-wand protection from responsibility for one's own words
word: in Minecraft
word: not
word: psych
word: ^H
word: ^W
subepidermal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + epidermal.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Under the epidermis
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the subepidermis
vegetable soup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vegetable soups
Senses: examples: text: I made a creamy vegetable soup with carrots, celery, tomatoes, and potatoes.
topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: A soup made from a variety of vegetables
soup bowl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soup bowls
form: soupbowl
Senses: glosses: A deep bowl, designed for serving soup.
'a'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: a
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of have.
coper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: copers
Etymology: From cope + -er.
Senses: examples: text: And people who were adaptive copers early in life are likely to cope successfully with the losses that they encounter late in life.
ref: 2001, Lawrence C. R. Snyder, Coping with Stress, page 244:
glosses: One who copes.
Derived terms: noncoper
coper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: copers
form: cooper
Etymology: Related to Dutch kopen (“to buy”), German Low German kopen (“to buy”). Compare copeman.
Senses: glosses: A floating grogshop supplying the North Sea fishing industry.
coper
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: copers
form: copering
form: copered
form: copered
form: cooper
Etymology: Related to Dutch kopen (“to buy”), German Low German kopen (“to buy”). Compare copeman.
Senses: glosses: To supply the North Sea fishing industry from a floating grogshop.
coper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: copers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of couper (“a dealer in animals”).
L1
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: L1s
Etymology: From Language 1 (“first language”).
Senses: examples: text: This advantage was pertinent in the Hong Kong context where English is largely an L2 language, although would not be expected to be as large in an L1 context.
ref: 2017, Di Zou, James Lambert, “Feedback methods for student voice in the digital age”, in British Journal of Educational Technology, volume 48, number 5, page 1085:
coordinate_terms: L2
glosses: A mother tongue; someone's native language; own language.
L1
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: astrophysics
glosses: Abbreviation of Lagrange point 1, located between the larger and smaller objects along a line connecting the two.
Related terms: topics: astrophysics
word: Lagrange point
topics: astrophysics
word: L2
topics: astrophysics
word: L3
topics: astrophysics
word: L4
topics: astrophysics
word: L5
L1
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Level 1.
Senses: examples: text: Writing of the L1 is performed one cache line at a time and can be 64 bytes or 32 bytes.
ref: 2009, Sandeep Koranne, Practical Computing on the Cell Broadband Engine, →ISBN, page 22:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Short for first level in various contexts.
The first-level cache of a processor, closer to the processor than the second-level cache.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
networking
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Short for first level in various contexts.
The physical layer in the seven-layer OSI network model.
L2
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: L2s
Senses: examples: text: That is, for almost all late second language (L2) learners, the phonetic realization of phonological structures in the L2 is markedly different from native-language patterns.
ref: 2008, Jette G. Hansen Edwards, Mary L. Zampini, Phonology and Second Language Acquisition, John Benjamins Publishing, →ISBN, page 153:
text: This advantage was pertinent in the Hong Kong context where English is largely an L2 language, although would not be expected to be as large in an L1 context.
ref: 2017, Di Zou, James Lambert, “Feedback methods for student voice in the digital age”, in British Journal of Educational Technology, volume 48, number 5, page 1085:
coordinate_terms: L1
glosses: A second language (a language being learned, as opposed to a mother tongue).
L2
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Unlike the Hubble telescope, which orbits a few hundred miles above the Earth’s surface and is relatively accessible for servicing missions, the JWST will be located at what is called the L2 point, a location about a million miles farther away from the sun than the Earth.
ref: 2021 December 24, Don Lincoln, “The telescope that will replace Hubble will launch on Christmas. Here’s why it matters”, in CNN:
topics: astrophysics
glosses: Abbreviation of Lagrange point 2, located beyond the smaller object on a line passing through the centers of the smaller and larger objects.
Related terms: topics: astrophysics
word: Lagrange point
topics: astrophysics
word: L1
topics: astrophysics
word: L3
topics: astrophysics
word: L4
topics: astrophysics
word: L5
L2
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Level 2.
Senses: examples: text: In typical Intel chips L2 bandwidth is half of L1 bandwidth.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Short for second level in various contexts
The second-level cache of a processor, farther away from the processor than the first level cache.
examples: text: an L2 switch
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
networking
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Short for second level in various contexts
The data link layer in the seven layer OSI network model.
villified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of vilified.
villify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of vilify.
famous last words
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: famous last word
Senses: examples: text: Lawrence died defending his vessel and his famous last words, "Don't give up the ship," have been familiar to every schoolboy.
ref: 1908, "“Don't Give Up The Ship.”," New York Times, 5 Jan. (retrieved 2 Oct 2010)
text: When Arria's husband was hesitating to kill himself, she stabbed herself with his dagger, to demonstrate to him how to accomplish a noble suicide. Her famous last words—Paete, non dolet ["Paetus, it does not hurt!"].
ref: 1996, Jane Irwin, editor, George Eliot's Daniel Deronda Notebooks, →ISBN, page 367:
glosses: A notable final utterance before death, especially one made by a celebrity or historical figure.
examples: text: Says one Sperry product executive: "As a manager, there is almost nothing you can do to get fired here." Considering the new circumstances, those could be famous last words.
ref: 1986 June 9, Janice Castro et al., “The Price Was Finally Right”, in Time:
text: But Nick—I'm never getting married again. I'm serious about that."Famous last words.
ref: 1989, Danielle Steele, Season of Passion, →ISBN, page 246:
text: "Lindsey and Tess are both armed. And Stella and Robert are here. We're ridiculously safe."
"Those sound like such famous last words," Dave said.
ref: 2007, Suzanne Brockmann, Into the Storm, →ISBN, page 417:
qualifier: expressing sarcasm
glosses: A statement which is overly optimistic, results from overconfidence, or lacks realistic foresight.
phrase-book
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phrase-books
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of phrase book.
knock-knock
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: Onomatopoeic.
Senses: glosses: A verbal emulation of a knocking sound.
Derived terms: knock-knock burglary
knock-knock joke
tea-cosy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tea-cosies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tea cosy.
knocking-shop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: McPhail ran Maitland's brothels—knocking-shops in Maryhill, Riddrie, Dennistoun, and the more upscale saunas in the West End and city centre.
ref: 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 250:
glosses: Alternative spelling of knocking shop.
knock-about
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Deverbal from knock about.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of knockabout.
unspeaking
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unspeaking
form: most unspeaking
Etymology: From un- + speaking.
Senses: glosses: Silent, not talking.
glosses: Mute, unable to speak for physical or psychological reasons.
unspeaking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From unspeak + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unspeak
sea-lion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sea lion.
sea-cow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sea-cows
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sea cow.
glosses: Hippopotamus.
CHOGM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CHOGMs
Senses: examples: text: He is representing the Queen at the Commonwealth heads of government meeting (Chogm), where his visit has been overshadowed by a row over reported comments he made criticising the government’s scheme to send asylum seekers to Rwanda.
ref: 2022 June 24, Jamie Grierson, “Charles tells Commonwealth leaders dropping Queen is ‘for each to decide’”, in The Guardian, Guardian Media Group, retrieved 24 Jun 2022:
glosses: Acronym of Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, a biennial summit meeting of the heads of government from all Commonwealth nations.
urban myth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: urban myths
Senses: examples: text: The Circle generated urban myths: the man who died on it and then went round all day; the language school that conducted its classes on Circle trains, the collective daily fare being cheaper than office rental.
ref: 2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 67:
text: The urban myth of the sun shining through Box Tunnel on Brunel's birthday may have been knocked on the head, but in its portal facing designs he created structures which have stood the test of time well.
ref: 2020 August 26, Tim Dunn, “Great railway bores of our time!”, in Rail, page 46:
glosses: A widely circulated story, often believed to be true by the teller, but usually distorted, exaggerated or fabricated for sensational effect, and often having elements of humour or horror.
Synonyms: urban legend
myth
legend
folk tale
unspeak
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -iːk
Forms: form: unspeaks
form: unspeaking
form: unspoke
form: unspoken
Etymology: From un- + speak.
Senses: glosses: To retract what one has spoken, to unsay.
Synonyms: recant
take back
unsay
light-bulb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: light-bulbs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of light bulb.
peroxidise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: peroxidises
form: peroxidising
form: peroxidised
form: peroxidised
Etymology: From peroxide + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of peroxidize.
Derived terms: peroxidisable
peroxidize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: peroxidizes
form: peroxidizing
form: peroxidized
form: peroxidized
Etymology: From peroxide + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To convert into a peroxide.
synonyms: peroxide
glosses: To treat (especially hair) with a peroxide.
glosses: To be converted into a peroxide.
Derived terms: peroxidizable
peroxidization
peroxidizement
perspex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From the proprietary name Perspex.
Senses: glosses: Any tough, transparent plastic that is used instead of glass for windows.
persulphate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: persulphates
Etymology: From per- + sulphate.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of persulfate.
supernature
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsupərˌneɪt͡ʃər/
ipa: /ˈsuːpəˌneɪt͡ʃə/
ipa: /ˌsuːpəˈneɪt͡ʃə/
ipa: /ˈsjuːpəˌneɪt͡ʃə/
ipa: /ˌsjuːpəˈneɪt͡ʃə/
Forms: form: supernatures
Etymology: From super- + nature.
Senses: examples: text: "He might," said Bacon, "though I have small fear of his doubting the supernature of the android. He is much given to superstition, and his strange dream will confirm that bent of mind."
ref: 1891, William Douglas O'Connor, “The Brazen Android”, in Three Tales, page 181:
glosses: A nature transcending the usual constraints of the physical world.
examples: text: It is the most commont and grossest blunders of scientific diminutives, to imagine that all in nature is of nature. There are more excellent natures. We ascend the height of argument by means of supernatures. These supernatures are, so to speak, natural manifestations or degrees of the supernatural.
ref: 1881, Joseph William Reynolds, The Mystery of Miracles, page 365:
text: These peripheral ghosts earn large amounts of money in the streets, and the money they make is a convertible currency in the sense that it enables a contest of power with other higher social classes in supernature.
ref: 2008, Heonik Kwon, Ghosts of War in Vietnam, →ISBN, pages 151–152:
topics: human-sciences
lifestyle
philosophy
religion
sciences
theology
glosses: A supernatural realm beyond or apart from the physical world.
glosses: A supernatural system beyond or apart from the laws of nature.
Related terms: supernatural
infranatural
preternatural
subnature
supranature
head-butt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: head-butts
form: head butt
form: headbutt
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of headbutt.
head-butt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: head-butts
form: head-butting
form: head-butted
form: head-butted
form: head butt
form: headbutt
Senses: examples: text: Part of me want to head-butt this Bamidele in the nose for talking like a fool.
ref: 2020, Abi Daré, The Girl With The Louding Voice, Sceptre, page 80:
glosses: Alternative spelling of headbutt.
vetos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: vetoes
Senses: glosses: plural of veto
circumduction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsɜː.kəmˈdʌk.ʃən/
ipa: /ˌsɝ.kəmˈdʌk.ʃən/
rhymes: -ʌkʃən
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin circumductiō (“a leading or conducting around”), from circumdūcō (“to lead or draw around”) + -tiō (nominal suffix). Equivalent to circumduct + -ion.
Senses: examples: text: Windmilling the arms and rotating the hand from the wrist are examples of circumduction.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The circular (or, more precisely, conical) movement of a body part, such as a ball-and-socket joint or the eye. It consists of a combination of flexion, extension, adduction, and abduction.
Derived terms: word: circumduct
circumduction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsɜː.kəmˈdʌk.ʃən/
ipa: /ˌsɝ.kəmˈdʌk.ʃən/
rhymes: -ʌkʃən
Forms: form: circumductions
Etymology: From circumduce + -tion.
Senses: qualifier: Scots law
glosses: The act of circumducing.
sciosophy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sciosophies
Etymology: From Ancient Greek σκιά (skiá, “shadow”) and Ancient Greek σοφία (sophía, “knowledge, wisdom”). Coined by American academic David Starr Jordan.
Senses: glosses: False or pretended knowledge of science or natural phenomena.
wikipedia: David Starr Jordan
dudess
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd(j)uːdɛs/
Forms: form: dudesses
Etymology: From dude + -ess.
Senses: examples: text: Of course that taint, that reverence for rank and title, had been in our American blood, too—I know that; but when I left America it had disappeared—at least to all intents and purposes. The remnant of it was restricted to the dudes and dudesses. When a disease has worked its way down to that level, it may fairly be said to be out of the system.
ref: 1889, Mark Twain, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, New York, N.Y.: Charles L. Webster and Company, →OCLC:
text: Marge recently dressed Joanne Dru ranch style during the making of Howard Hawks' Red River. Miss Dru, in old-style calicoes and ginghams, felt grubby beside the dudes and dudesses who galloped over from near-by ranches […]
ref: 1947, Collier's, volume 120, New York, N.Y.: P. F. Collier, →OCLC, page 258:
glosses: A female dude.
A cowgirl.
examples: text: “Sorry, dude,” I said. “Dispatch One, she's gonna call me?” / “Yo, the dudess,” he said, heading out the door.
ref: 1988, Larry Beinhart, You Get What You Pay For, New York, N.Y.: William Morrow and Company, →ISBN:
text: DEALING WITH DEFIANT DUDES (AND DUDESSES) [chapter title]
ref: 1997, Ed Dunlop, chapter 10, in “How Do I Get These Kids to Listen?”: Practical Ways to Gain and Hold Attention in the Classroom, Murfreesboro, Tenn.: Sword of the Lord Publishers, →ISBN, page 181:
text: Those smart dudes (and dudesses) on ESPN (and virtually every other channel, it seems) winning hundreds of thousands, or even millions, at Texas Hold 'Em, don't become legends because they're lucky, although that is an element of poker, as it is in life, that should never be discounted.
ref: 2007, “Foreword”, in Otto Penzler, editor, Dead Man's Hand, Orlando, Fla.: Harcourt, →ISBN:
glosses: A female dude.
A woman, generally a younger woman, especially one who is perceived to be cool or hip.
Synonyms: dudette
writes down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of write down
writing down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of write down
wrote down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of write down
sigh of relief
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sighs of relief
Senses: glosses: A release of stress through breathing motions.
examples: text: Boyd was put in charge of SWAT three years later. Indeed, the force of the elite SWAT Team was a big sigh of relief for the other police offices on the ground. However, for the bank robbers, it was not.
ref: 2005, Erich Hartung, America's Finest, page 149:
glosses: A reassurance or support, something that reduces stress from an arduous activity.
Derived terms: breathe a sigh of relief
buck up
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Cheer up; take courage; take heart.
glosses: Hurry up; make haste.
buck up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bucks up
form: bucking up
form: bucked up
form: bucked up
Senses: examples: text: I realized I needed to buck up and tackle the problem head-on.
glosses: To become encouraged, reinvigorated, or cheerful; to summon one's courage or spirits; to pluck up courage.
examples: text: I knew I had to try and buck up the rest of my team as well.
glosses: To encourage; to hearten.
examples: text: You better buck up or you'll never make it.
glosses: To do better.
glosses: To dress oneself up smartly; compare (obsolete) buck ("a fop, dandy")
examples: text: He started bucking up everything to management when he didn't get a raise.
text: He just bucked everything risky up to management.
text: Instead of dealing with the customer's complaint himself, he just bucked it up to his boss.
glosses: To pass on to higher authority for resolution. See also pass the buck.
examples: text: 'Now' said Cameron, 'we must buck up; it's getting late. Now about the child, Boshy: she must come with us, you see.'
ref: 1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), published 1980, page 141:
glosses: To hurry up.
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: To hit or fight (someone).
Derived terms: buck up one's ideas
buck up to
theanthroposophy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /θiˌænˌθroʊˈpɑːsəfi/
Etymology: From theanthropos, from Ancient Greek θεάνθρωπος (theánthrōpos), from θεός (theós, “god”) + ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos, “human”) + -sophy, from Ancient Greek σοφία (sophía, “wisdom”).
Senses: glosses: Beliefs of or pertaining to theanthropism.
herbicides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of herbicide
interbreeds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of interbreed
investitures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of investiture
inoculations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inoculation
implodes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of implode
daïs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: daïses
Senses: examples: text: At last we came to the head of the cave, where there was a rock daïs almost exactly similar to the one on which we had been so furiously attacked, a fact that proved to me that these daïs must have been used as altars, probably for the celebration of religious ceremonies, and more especially of rites connected with the interment of the dead.
ref: 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
glosses: Dated spelling of dais.
Aepyornis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /iːpɪˈɔːnɪs/
Forms: form: Aepyornises
Etymology: From scientific Latin Aepyornis (genus name).
Senses: examples: text: I wonder how long it is since these Aepyornises really lived.
ref: 1894, H. G. Wells, Aepyornis Island:
text: For how long the Aepyornis survived the arrival of Europeans was, and remains, a mystery.
ref: 2000, Errol Fuller, Extinct Birds, Oxford, page 35:
glosses: An elephant bird of the genus Aepyornis.
anhinga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anhingas
Etymology: From New Latin anhinga or Portuguese anhinga, from Old Tupi anhinga.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of darter: any bird of the genus Anhinga.
synonyms: word: darter
extra: any bird of the genus Anhinga
glosses: A fish-eating bird (Anhinga anhinga) of the Americas with a thin, pointed bill and a long, thin neck.
Synonyms: American darter
American snakebird
water turkey
Hypernyms: snakebird
darter
sympathizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sympathize
classeme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: classemes
Etymology: From class + -eme.
Senses: examples: text: Given that "bark" has two classemes, human and canine, it is the presence of the dog or the commissioner that decides whether "bark" is taken in a literal or figurative sense.
ref: 1986, Umberto Eco, Semiotics and the Philosophy of Language, →ISBN, page 190:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
semiotics
glosses: A generic or contextual seme, denoting a group of objects.
Derived terms: classemic
classemes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of classeme
take a stand
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: takes a stand
form: taking a stand
form: took a stand
form: taken a stand
form: make a stand
Senses: examples: text: There will come a time when you'll need to take a stand for the changes you want.
glosses: To assert an opinion or viewpoint; to defend one's point of view or beliefs.
Related terms: stand up and be counted
take sitting down
take the stand
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: takes the stand
form: taking the stand
form: took the stand
form: taken the stand
Senses: examples: text: The press speculated about whether he would take the stand and testify in his defense.
text: At the conclusion of the case, the defendant not having dared to take the stand, the lawyer arose to address the jury in behalf of what appeared a hopeless cause.
ref: 1912, Arthur Cheney Train, “Tricks of the Trade”, in Courts and Criminals:
glosses: To testify as a witness in a trial.
German studies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: word: Germanistics
qualifier: humanities
glosses: A field that researches, documents, and disseminates German language and literature in both its historic and present forms.
English studies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: qualifier: humanities
glosses: An academic discipline that includes the study of literatures written in the English language, English linguistics, and English sociolinguistics.
Synonyms: Anglistics
celly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɛli/
homophone: selly
rhymes: -ɛli
Forms: form: cellies
form: cellie
Etymology: From cell + -y.
Senses: glosses: A cellmate.
examples: text: So tragic, need a hot meal in my baby’s belly / Reminisce no hard times in my pen, in my celly, / I ain’t tryna go back, cause backwards ain’t part of my PJ
ref: 2000, “Win Or Lose”, in Baller Blockin, performed by Rappin’ 4-Tay, from 2:43:
text: I was locked up in my celly / Murder for hire, no snitchin or tellin / I got no calls or no type of mailin
ref: 2017 October 7, “No questions”, in Who Am I 3, performed by BlocBoy JB:
glosses: A jail cell.
examples: text: You got no hand skills, there's no security to save ya / No pager, no celly, no drop top Benz-y
ref: 1998, “Moment of Truth”, in Moment of Truth, performed by Gang Starr:
text: […] but I am ready to dip / to the telly with my relly / cuz these fuckin git up chicks keep blowin up my celly.
ref: 2007, “Fucc & Git Up”, in DZ (lyrics), Sleepless City Livin, performed by DZ ft. Gangsta Nutt, from 1:59:
text: This a celly / That's a tool / On my Kodak
ref: 2018, “This Is America”, in CG4, performed by Childish Gambino:
glosses: A cellular phone.
celly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɛli/
homophone: selly
rhymes: -ɛli
Forms: form: cellys
form: cellies
form: cellie
Senses: topics: hobbies
ice-hockey
lifestyle
skating
sports
glosses: Diminutive of celebration (of a goal).
second-generation
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: MP Taverna offers a second-generation, melting-pot vision of an America where Greek flavors have been woven into the fabric of American cooking so thoroughly that they’re taken for granted.
ref: 2013 August 6, Pete Wells, “A Second-Generation Ode to Greece”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: Of or pertaining to someone whose parents are immigrants.
examples: text: Looming over her is the statistic that only 30 percent of family-owned businesses make it through the second generation. That data is from 1987, but experts say it still holds true today. It is known as the second-generation curse.
ref: 2016 July 13, Amy Haimerl, “Lifting the Second-Generation Curse”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: Of or pertaining to a second version of something that is materially different to the first.
semes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /siːmz/
rhymes: -iːmz
homophone: seams
homophone: seems
Senses: glosses: plural of seme
semes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /siːmz/
rhymes: -iːmz
homophone: seams
homophone: seems
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of seme
harmonic oscillator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: harmonic oscillators
Senses: qualifier: classical mechanics
glosses: A system which, when displaced from its equilibrium position, experiences a restoring force F proportional to the displacement x according to Hooke's law: F=-kx,, where k is a positive constant.
machine learning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ML
Etymology: Coined by Arthur Samuel in 1959.
Senses: qualifier: artificial intelligence
glosses: The ability of computers to learn without being explicitly programmed.
examples: text: Much of today’s AI-related technologies are powered by machine learning.
ref: 2019 February 3, “UN Study: China, US, Japan Lead World AI Development”, in Voice of America, archived from the original on 07 Feb 2019:
qualifier: artificial intelligence
glosses: A field of study concerned with the design and development of algorithms and techniques that allow computers to learn.
Hyponyms: deep learning
computer vision
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkəmˈpjuːtəˌvɪʒn/
Senses: examples: text: The single most popular AI technology identified in the report was computer vision.
ref: 2019 February 3, “UN Study: China, US, Japan Lead World AI Development”, in Voice of America, archived from the original on 07 Feb 2019:
qualifier: artificial intelligence
glosses: The science and technology of machines that see, concerned with the theory for building artificial systems that obtain information from images, such as a video sequence, views from multiple cameras, or multi-dimensional data from a medical scanner.
unship
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unships
form: unshipping
form: unshipped
form: unshipped
Etymology: From un- + ship.
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: To unload cargo from a ship or other vessel.
examples: text: Dan sluiced the pen energetically, unshipped the table, set it up to dry in the moonlight, ran the red knife-blades through a wad of oakum, and began to sharpen them on a tiny grindstone […]
ref: 1897, Rudyard Kipling, Captains Courageous:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: To remove (an oar, a mast, etc.) from its normal position.
examples: text: Ben hired a nag, but 'twould stumble of course, / And by falling endanger poor Ben, / Aye, and over her bows, sir, this crazy old horse / Would unship, and unship him again.
ref: 1823 February 8, L. O., “Ballast”, in The Mirror, number XV, page 240:
text: Before starting Mytton posted a wagoner at a spot on the "course" where the slope was steep, and gave him orders to cry "Whoa!" as the horses passed him. The man did so, with the result that two of the friends were unshipped by the abruptness of the stop to which their clumsy mounts came on hearing the familiar order.
ref: 1901 October 11, “Gleanings”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume 4, number 16, page 497:
glosses: To throw from a horse; to unseat.
Derived terms: unshipment
thiazine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thiazines
Etymology: From thia- + azine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A six-membered heterocycle containing four carbon atoms, one nitrogen and one sulfur atom, and two double bonds.
armed probe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: armed probes
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A military reconnaissance mission performed with heavy combat units where hostile contact with the enemy is expected.
interdisciplinarity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: interdisciplinarities
Etymology: By surface analysis, inter- + disciplinar(y) + -ity.
Senses: examples: Near-synonyms: cross-disciplinarity, multidisciplinarity, pluridisciplinarity, transdisciplinarity
glosses: Any academic or scientific study that draws on the expertise of more than one discipline.
Related terms: disciplinarity
schistosome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃɪ.stə(ʊ)ˌsəʊm/
ipa: /ˈʃɪ.stəˌsoʊm/
ipa: /ˈskɪ.stəˌsoʊm/
Forms: form: schistosomes
Etymology: From translingual Schistosoma, from Ancient Greek σχιστός (skhistós, “cleaved, divided”) + σῶμα (sôma, “body”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
synonyms: blood fluke
glosses: A parasitic flatworm which needs two hosts to complete its life cycle. The immature form infests freshwater snails and the adult lives in the blood vessels of birds and mammals, causing bilharzia in humans.
Derived terms: schistomulum
schistosomiasis
schistosomicidal
schistosomicide
hexactine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having six rays.
hexactine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hexactines
Senses: glosses: A six-rayed spicule, made of silica, that makes up the skeleton of some sponges.
Related terms: actinal
hexact
hexactinellid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hexactinellids
Senses: examples: text: 2007, S. P. Leys, et al., The Biology of Glass Spomges, David W. Sims (series editor), Advances in Marine Biology, Volume 52, page 78,
Spicules of hexactinellids are nearly indistinguishable from those of demosponges in most measured characteristics.
text: But Aka is also found in skeletons of hexactinellids and lithistids in Jurassic sponge mounds.
ref: 2012, Joachim Reitner, Helmut Keupp, editors, Fossil and Recent Sponges, page 5:
text: The skeleton of a hexactinellid is composed entirely of silica in the form of six-pointed siliceous spicules.[…]Hexactinellids are completely sessile; even the larvae seem to display no movement outside of their ability to disperse small distances with currents.
ref: 2015, Dennis Holley, General Zoology: Investigating the Animal World, page 193:
glosses: Any of the many sponges of class Hexactinellida, which have hexactine spicules; a glass sponge.
Synonyms: sense: any species of Hexactinellida
word: glass sponge
sense: any species of Hexactinellida
word: hexactinellid sponge
Related terms: hexactine
chemorepellent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chemorepellents
Etymology: From chemo- + repellent.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any substance that produces negative chemotaxis
choroidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɔɪdəl
Etymology: From choroid + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the choroid
Derived terms: ciliochoroidal
extrachoroidal
intrachoroidal
iridochoroidal
nonchoroidal
pachychoroidal
retinochoroidal
sclerochoroidal
subchoroidal
transchoroidal
choroidal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɔɪdəl
Forms: form: choroidals
Etymology: From choroid + -al.
Senses: glosses: choroidal effusion
cyberscholarship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cyber- + scholarship.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: academic research using high-performance computing coupled with digital libraries
zoochemistry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zoöchemistry
Etymology: From zoo- + chemistry.
Senses: examples: text: In 1865, he did advanced study in Zoophysics and Zoochemistry while on the Philosophical Faculty at the University of Bonn, and he received his medical degree in 1866.
ref: 2013, Gilbert Gottlieb, Behavioral Embryology:
glosses: Animal chemistry; particularly, the description of the chemical compounds entering into the composition of the animal body, in distinction from biochemistry.
zoochemy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Zoöchemy, says the author, has not for its object the analysis of dead animal substances, but should be considered as a part of general philosophy, of which the treatise before us contains the first principles.
ref: 1802, Tobias George Smollett, The Critical Review, or, Annals of Literature, page 578:
text: Zoöchemy, once a week, by Prof. Mitscherlich, gratis.
ref: 1851, Henry Philip Tappan, University Education, page 108:
glosses: Zoochemistry.
epistemological turn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: epistemological turns
Senses: examples: text: The core of Kant's "epistemological turn" is the claim that the distinction between epistemic and ontological categories is an illusion.
ref: 1967, Wilfrid Sellars, “Some Remarks on Kant's Theory of Experience”, in The Journal of Philosophy, volume 64, number 20, page 634:
text: 1980, Robert Greene, "Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature" (review of Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature by Richard Rorty), MLN, vol. 95, no. 5, p. 1387,
He spends several of the book's eight chapters giving an account of "the epistemological turn" of modern philosophy, dealing primarily with the thought of Descartes, Locke, and Kant.
text: On standard accounts, Descartes's epistemological turn—a sea change in the history of philosophy—is marked by an inside-out approach to philosophical inquiry, an approach owed to the priority of thought.
ref: 2004, Lex Newman, “Rocking the Foundations of Cartesian Knowledge”, in The Philosophical Review, volume 113, number 1, page 102:
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: In the history of Western philosophy, the shift in philosophical attention from the classical and medieval focus on themes of metaphysics to a primary focus on themes and issues relating to human knowledge, usually considered to have occurred during the period from Descartes (1596-1650) through Kant (1724-1804).
Related terms: linguistic turn
supernatures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of supernature
Naruto
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Japanese なると and ナルト (“Naruto”)
* (Naruto, Tokushima): From 鳴門市 (鳴門)
Senses: glosses: A city in Tokushima Prefecture, Shikoku, Japan.
glosses: Naruto, a popular anime and manga franchise
Derived terms: topics: manga
comics
literature
publishing
media
word: Narutard
topics: manga
comics
literature
publishing
media
word: Naruto run
epistemologies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of epistemology