cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
metamerism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metamerisms
Etymology: From μετά (metá, “among”) + μερισμός (merismós, “rationing”) (< μέρος (méros, “part”) + -ισμός (-ismós, “-ism”)).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The segmentation of the body into similar discrete units.
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: The matching of a perceived attribute between objects with differing physical attributes.
topics: colorimetry
human-sciences
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
psychology
sciences
glosses: The matching of a perceived attribute between objects with differing physical attributes.
The matching of apparent color of objects with different spectral power distributions.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Structural isomerism.
Related terms: metamer
metamere
metameric
unreasonableness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unreasonablenesses
Etymology: From unreasonable + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state of being unreasonable
glosses: An unreasonable act
Related terms: Wednesbury unreasonableness
homophony
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /həˈmɒfəni/
ipa: /həˈmɑfəni/
Forms: form: homophonies
Etymology: From French homophonie, from Ancient Greek ὁμοφωνία (homophōnía, “unison”), from ὁμόφωνος (homóphōnos, “of the same sound or tone”); equivalent to homo- + -phony.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: a texture in which two or more parts move together in harmony, the relationship between them creating chords.
glosses: The quality of being homophonous.
conté
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: contés
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Conté.
bethel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bethels
Etymology: From Hebrew בֵּית אֵל (beth el, literally “house of God”). See also Bethel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia.
Senses: glosses: A holy place.
examples: text: Six thousand of this number constitute the seafaring portion of the floating population of New York and Brooklyn, and for their particular accommodation there are, of mission stations and bethels, fifteen places that invite the sailor to hear the Word of God.
ref: 1866, W. D. Bridge, L. A. Bosworth, editors, Methodist Centenary Convention: A Phonographic Report of the Debates and Addresses, B. B. Russell & Co., page 213:
text: 1867, The Sailor's Magazine, Volumes 29-30, The American Seamen's Friend Society, page 196,
Under the care of this body are two Floating Bethels, one in the East and the other in the North River, a "Missionary at large," and the "New Sailor's Home," 338 Pearl Street. The average attendance at the Bethels is about 110 each.
text: Bethels would be opened in all ports to provide sailors with facilities to shield them from the pervasive temptations of alcohol and prostitution. Once in the Bethels, the sailors would receive regular exposure to Christian doctrine and be encouraged to fulfill their religious duties daily, both in port and at sea.
ref: 2010, Peter P. Hinks, To Awaken My Afflicted Brethren, Penn State University Press, page 147:
glosses: A chapel, especially one for sailors, converted from an old ship.
glosses: A chapter of Job's Daughters International.
bethel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bethels
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of baetyl (“sacred stone”).
polyreaction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polyreactions
Etymology: From poly- + reaction.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A polymerization or polycondensation reaction
topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: Nonspecific reaction towards a range of materials
Related terms: polyreactive
polyreactivity
polyresin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polyresins
Etymology: From poly- + resin.
Senses: glosses: Any synthetic polymeric resin
polyribo-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From poly- + ribo-.
Senses: glosses: Forming the names of polyribonucleotides and derived words
Derived terms: polyriboadenylate
polyriboadenylic
polyribocytidylic
polyriboinosinic
polyribonucleotide
polyribosome
polyrod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polyrods
Etymology: From poly- + rod.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A directional dielectric antenna made from a rod of polystyrene projecting from a waveguide.
polysaccharose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polysaccharoses
Etymology: From poly- + saccharose.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: polysaccharide
polysilicon
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From poly- + silicon.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Containing many silicon atoms, especially when linked into chains or networks.
Related terms: multicrystalline
polycrystalline
multi-carbon
multicarbon
polysilicon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From poly- + silicon.
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Polycrystalline silicon: A polycrystalline form of silicon used in some solid-state devices.
Related terms: polycarbon
solid-state device
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: solid-state devices
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
technology
glosses: Any device which employs the electric, magnetic or optical properties of a solid, especially of semiconductors.
assise
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: assises
Etymology: Borrowed from French assise.
Senses: examples: text: The “Assises” in question are numbered III and IV by Mourlon , and are the lower two of his divisions of the ”psammites” (op. cit., tome i, pp. 92, 93). There is little doubt but that the present species is the Agelacrinus of Mourlon.
ref: 1898, Geological Magazine, volume V, Henry Woodward, page 543:
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
stratigraphy
synonyms: bed
glosses: Two or more beds or strata of rock united by the occurrence of fossils of the same characteristic species or genera.
polythionate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polythionates
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of polythionic acid, containing an anion or group of the form SₙO₆²⁻ or -SₙO₆-
polythionic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polythionic acids
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any acid of the form H₂SₙO₆ having a chain of sulfur atoms
Synonyms: thionic acid
Derived terms: polythionate
polythionic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to polythionic acid or its derivatives
polyunsaturate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polyunsaturates
Etymology: From poly- + unsaturate.
Senses: glosses: any polyunsaturated fat or fatty acid
polyunsaturate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more polyunsaturate
form: most polyunsaturate
Etymology: From poly- + unsaturate.
Senses: glosses: polyunsaturated
polyunsaturation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From poly- + unsaturation.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The state of being polyunsaturated, or the degree to which something is polyunsaturated.
polyurethaned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From polyurethane + -ed.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Treated or coated with a polyurethane varnish or other product.
polyurethaned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From polyurethane + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of polyurethane
polywater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From poly- + water.
Senses: topics: pseudoscience
synonyms: anomalous water
orthowater
superwater
glosses: A supposed polymeric form of water reported to have been produced in fine capillaries; now known to be illusory.
red-eared slider
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: red-eared sliders
Senses: glosses: A subspecies of pond slider, Trachemys scripta elegans, quite popular as a pet. Although native to the southern United States, it has become common in many areas of the world.
Synonyms: red-eared terrapin
red-eared turtle
Related terms: tortoise
Trachemys scripta elegans
rarities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rarity
tečka
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: tĕchʹkə
ipa: /ˈtɛt͡ʃkə/
enpr: tĕchʹkă
ipa: /ˈtɛt͡ʃka/
Forms: form: tečky
Etymology: From the Czech tečka (“dot, point, spot; period, full stop; tittle; dot (diacritic), tečka”).
Senses: examples: text: Unsystematic use of diacritics (the háček (ˇ), čárka (´), tečka (˙)) marks the Strahov copy…as no earlier than mid-15th century.
ref: 1977, Folia Slavica, I-II, page 82:
glosses: A dot diacritic (used to mark consonantal palatalisation).
raw_tags: in reference to the diacritic’s historical use in Czech
Coordinate terms: sense: Czech diacritics
roman: ´
word: čárka
sense: Czech diacritics
roman: ˇ
word: háček
sense: Czech diacritics
roman: ˚
word: kroužek
steik
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: steiks
form: steiking
form: steiked
form: steiked
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of steek.
Chinese compliment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Chinese compliments
Senses: glosses: A pretense of deference; a veiled or subtle insult.
Chinese puzzle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Chinese puzzles
Senses: examples: text: The Consul carried another drink with Yvonne’s letters into an inner room, one of the boxes in the Chinese puzzle.
ref: 1947, Malcolm Lowry, Under the Volcano, New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, page 343:
glosses: A kind of puzzle made of interlocking pieces that must be disassembled and reassembled.
glosses: A senseless situation.
kicking and screaming
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: to drag someone kicking and screaming
text: Well, then…you can say that I said it is a step in the right direction that will…er…be welcomed by all forward-thinking people and will drag the city kicking and screaming into the Century of the Fruitbat.
ref: 2000, Terry Pratchett, The Truth:
glosses: Against someone's will; with extreme reluctance on someone's part.
paho
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pahos
Etymology: Borrowed from Hopi.
Senses: topics: lifestyle
religion
glosses: A sacred prayer stick in the Hopi religion.
Chinee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃaɪniː/
Forms: form: Chinees
Etymology: Back-formation from Chinese, using -ee.
Senses: examples: text: But the hands that were played / By that heathen Chinee, / And the points that he made, / Were quite frightful to see,— / Till at last he put down a right bower, / Which the same Nye had dealt unto me.
ref: 1870, Bret Harte, Plain Language from Truthful James:
text: We endure our abuses of orphanotrophism even when they are repulsive to the heathen Chinee.
ref: 1910 September 10, Bayard Holmes, “Orphanotrophism”, in The Lancet-clinic, volume 104, number 11, page 238:
qualifier: Chinese Pidgin English
glosses: A person from China.
Related terms: Japanee
Portugee
Chinaman's chance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Chinamen's chances
Etymology: Originally a reference to the socio-economic prospects of immigrant Chinese labour in the United States in the 19th century, which often involved highly dangerous work on the railroads.
Senses: examples: text: And if I weren’t here now, Driscoll and Ann wouldn’t have a Chinaman’s chance.’
ref: 1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 103:
text: The Chinese, who in the mid-19th century had come to America by the tens of thousands and helped build the transcontinental railway, were on the receiving end of much prejudicial legislation. . . . In the slang wisdom of the day, sojourners from the Middle Kingdom "didn't stand a Chinaman's chance."
ref: 2005 January 29, Richard Corliss, “Anna May Wong Did It Right”, in Time:
glosses: No chance; zero possibility.
Synonyms: Chinaman's chance in hell
bleep out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bleeps out
form: bleeping out
form: bleeped out
form: bleeped out
Senses: examples: text: "We have a 70 percent shortage of ammunition. Shoigu! Gerasimov! Where is the ******* ammunition?" he (Yevgeny Prigozhin) shouted into the camera. His tirade contained a torrent of expletives that were bleeped out by his press service.
ref: 2023 May 5, Unknown, “Wagner Group 'to pull out of Bakhmut'”, in RTHK:
synonyms: beep out
glosses: to censor inappropriate spoken words by obscuring them with the sound of a bleep
epistasis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈpɪstəsɪs/
Forms: form: epistases
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐπίστασις (epístasis, “stopping”), from ἐφίστημι (ephístēmi, “stop”), from ἐφ- (eph-) + ἵστημι (hístēmi, “make to stand”). The use in genetics was coined by English biologist William Bateson in 1909 in his book Mendel's Principles of Heredity.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The modification of the expression of a gene by another unrelated one.
Related terms: epistatic
hypostatic
epigenetics
alkalizateness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From alkalizate + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being alkalizate; alkalinity.
alkalizate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈælkəˌlaɪzət/
/ˈælkəˌlaɪzeɪt/
Forms: form: more alkalizate
form: most alkalizate
Etymology: From post-classical Latin alcalizatus, past participle of alcalizo.
Senses: examples: text: [P]erhaps some parts of the Earth through which it is to pass, may contain a Salt, that mixing and uniting with the Sea-salt, may precipitate it; much after the same manner as the Alkalizate and Acid Salts mix and precipitate each other in the preparation of Tartarum Vitriolatum.
ref: 1665, R[obert] Hooke, Micrographia: Or Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses. […], London: […] Jo[hn] Martyn, and Ja[mes] Allestry, printers to the Royal Society, […], →OCLC:
text: Nor are theſe themſelves all the vvayes I took to manifeſt the Alkalizate Nature of our tranſmuted Sea ſalt.
ref: 1666, Robert Boyle, “The II. Section, Containing the Experiments. [Experiment V.]”, in The Origine of Formes and Qualities, (According to the Corpuscular Philosophy,) Illustrated by Considerations and Experiments, […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Hen[ry] Hall printer to the University, for Ric[hard] Davis, →OCLC, page 330:
glosses: Alkaline.
Derived terms: alkalizateness
animadversiveness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From animadversive + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: [A]nd, better than all—better than the prism-tion of Wellintown—the narrow-mouthishness of Bathos—the animadversiveness of Whistmoreland—and the digastic honesty of Mr. Peile—we have got rid of John Lord Weldon’s ears!!!
ref: 1827, “Letter VI.”, in Demetrius Wyseman, editor, The Quality Papers, volume I, London: William Marsh, […]; and T. and J. Allman, […], page 236:
text: I think that the old party who in my childhood used to officiate at our hog-killings as First Royal fat-rendering mendicant must have had a presentiment of what Noah’s book was to contain, from the fact that she remarked to me once that my animadversiveness was remarkable for a child.
ref: 1889 November 29, “Too Much Language. Brown’s Electro-Phonographic Dictionary---Some of its Advantages.”, in Nemaha County Spectator, volume VII, number 51, Wetmore, Kan.:
text: Like everybody who tries to do something he is not trained for, they cause a good deal of trouble by their interference, sometimes to themselves, and sometimes, as in the instance under consideration, to innocent people, who are wounded by this animadversiveness on their conduct.
ref: 1892 March 3, “A Bad Practice”, in St. Paul Daily Globe, volume XIV, number 63, Saint Paul, Minn., page 4:
text: f it were possible to be a true artist or only a critic without ideality and heart—if great animadversiveness and knowledge of art, refined taste and improved technical ability, were sufficient—then the Emperor Nero had been what he prided himself on being.
ref: 1898, Viktor Rydberg, “Nero and His Mistress”, in Ottilia von Düben, transl., Roman Legends about the Apostles Paul and Peter, London: Elliot Stock, page 62:
glosses: The state or quality of being animadversive.
Synonyms: animadversion
animadversive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɜː(ɹ)sɪv
Etymology: From classical Latin animadvers-, past participial stem of animadvertere (“animadvert”) + -ive. Compare post-classical Latin animadversīvus.
Senses: examples: text: If soul were the material form of the body, it would be no better than the lower "Mundane sprite," which has no animadversive power either.
ref: 1642, Henry More, “The Immortal Soul”, in A platonick song of the soul:
glosses: Having the ability to perceive, perceptive, attentive, percipient.
examples: text: The disgraceful conduct of the Returning Officer for the City of London Election has been the subject of animadversive conversation in our own particular circle.
ref: 1843, “City Election,”, in Punch, volume 5, page 181:
text: The conduct of the medical practitioner was denounced by one of the jurors as "mercenary"; and a special verdict, animadversive of the practice (if it be a practice), was entered.
ref: 1863, George Pound, “Reading Branch: President's Address,”, in British Medical Journal, volume 2, page 33:
glosses: Characterized by disapproval, critical.
Derived terms: animadversiveness
Related terms: animadversion
animadvert
percipient
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /pəˈsɪp.i.ənt/
ipa: /pɚˈsɪp.i.ənt/
rhymes: -ɪpiənt
Forms: form: more percipient
form: most percipient
Etymology: From Latin percipiēns, present participle of percipiō (“to perceive”).
Senses: examples: text: Fasting, yet not of want
Percipient, he on that mysterious steed
Had reach’d his resting-place,
For expectation kept his nature up.
ref: 1801, Robert Southey, “The Sixth Book”, in Thalaba the Destroyer, volume II, London: […] [F]or T[homas] N[orton] Longman and O[wen] Rees, […], by Biggs and Cottle, […], →OCLC, page 8:
text: [...] he calls attention to the use of glasses […] The eye itself is no more percipient than the glass; is quite as much the instrument of the true self, and also as foreign to the true self, as the glass is.
ref: 1874, John Tyndall, Advancement of Science: The Inaugural Address of Prof. John Tyndall ... Delivered Before the British Association for the Advancement of Science, at Belfast, August 19, 1874, New York: Asa K. Butts & Co., page 43:
glosses: Having the ability to perceive, especially to perceive quickly.
topics: education
human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: Perceiving events only in the moment, without reflection, like a very young child.
Derived terms: impercipient
omnipercipient
percipiency
percipiently
unpercipient
percipient
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pəˈsɪp.i.ənt/
ipa: /pɚˈsɪp.i.ənt/
rhymes: -ɪpiənt
Forms: form: percipients
Etymology: From Latin percipiēns, present participle of percipiō (“to perceive”).
Senses: examples: text: As anatomy, physiology and, later, psychology have developed into more or less well-organized sciences, they have necessarily and rightly come to incorporate the study of, among other things, the structures, mechanisms, and functionings of animal and human bodies qua percipient.
ref: 1954: Gilbert Ryle, Dilemmas: The Tarner Lectures, 1953, dilemma vii: Perception, page 99 (The Syndics of the Cambridge University Press)
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
psychology
sciences
glosses: One who perceives something.
examples: text: In the course of investigating the haunting, I interviewed several percipients.
topics: parapsychology
pseudoscience
glosses: One who has perceived a paranormal event.
Related terms: perceive
perceptive
perceptor
answerableness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From answerable + -ness.
Senses: synonyms: answerability
antonyms: unanswerability
unanswerableness
glosses: The state or quality of being answerable.
depraving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of deprave
animoseness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From animose + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being animose.
animose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more animose
form: most animose
form: animous
Etymology: From Middle English animos, from Latin animosus (“full of courage, bold, spirited, proud”), from animus (“courage, spirit, mind”); see animus.
Senses: glosses: Resolute and full of vigor; vehement.
Derived terms: animoseness
Related terms: animosity
anomalousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From anomalous + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being anomalous.
Synonyms: abnormality
enormity
weirdness
strangeness
anteriorness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From anterior + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being anterior.
anticness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From antic + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being antic.
antipatheticalness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From antipathetical + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being antipathetical.
antiquatedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From antiquated + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being antiquated.
apetalousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From apetalous + -ness.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
synonyms: apetaly
glosses: The state or quality of being apetalous.
apishness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From apish + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Apiſhneſſe rides in a Chariot made of nothing but cages, in which are all the ſtrangeſt out-landiſh Birds that can be gotten: […]
ref: 1606, Tho[mas] Dekker, “Apishnesse: Or The First Dayes Triumph”, in The Seuen Deadly Sinnes of London: […], London: […] E[dward] A[llde] for Nathaniel Butter, […], →OCLC, page 32:
glosses: The quality or state of being apish.
apostolicalness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From apostolical + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: […] for the Question is not about the Succession, but the Regularity and Apostolicalness of it.
ref: 1735, The London Magazine, volume 4, page 352:
text: And this wild and extravagant opinion has not wanted its patrons and defenders; but herein deserted by the more modest and moderate of their own party; besides that their apostolicalness (in this sense) is by the learned Daillé everlastingly shattered and broken.
ref: 1834, William Cave, Primitive Christianity: Or, The Religion of the Ancient Christians in the First Ages of the Gospel:
text: […] for their not regarding the Apostolicalness of his see was no matter of special consideration, seeing that other sees were also called Apostolical […]
ref: 1851, Isaac Barrow, A Treatise of the Pope's Supremacy, page 544:
topics: Christianity
glosses: The state or quality of being apostolical.
Synonyms: apostolicity
apostolicness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From apostolic + -ness.
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: The state or quality of being apostolic.
apparentness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From apparent + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being apparent.
cavatappi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Italian cavatappi.
Senses: glosses: A type of pasta in the form of spiral macaroni.
appealingness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From appealing + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being appealing.
appeasableness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From appeasable + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being appeasable.
appeasable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more appeasable
form: most appeasable
Etymology: From appease + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to be calmed or pacified.
Derived terms: appeasableness
appeasably
unappeasable
polyallomer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polyallomers
Etymology: From poly- + allomer.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A copolymer of more than one olefin, especially of propylene and another olefin
appellativeness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From appellative + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being appellative.
polybenzimidazole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polybenzimidazoles
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: a polymer, containing imidazole repeat units, prepared from tetraaminobiphenyl and diphenyl isophthalate; it does not melt or ignite, so is used in fire-resistant materials
imidazole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ĭ'mĭ-dăʹzōl'
ipa: /ˌɪ.mɪˈdæˌzoʊl/
enpr: ĭ'mə-dăʹzōl'
ipa: /ˌɪ.məˈdæˌzoʊl/
Forms: form: imidazoles
Etymology: From imide + azo- + -ole.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A heterocyclic organic compound containing two nitrogen atoms separated by a carbon atom in a five-membered ring, called 1,3-diazole in IUPAC nomenclature.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A group of compounds containing that structure.
Hypernyms: diazole
Coordinate terms: pyrazole
Derived terms: aminoimidazole
benzimidazole
cefpimizole
climazolam
clotrimazole
diimidazole
dimethylimidazole
etomidate
imidazolate
imidazolium
imidazolone
isoimidazole
methimazole
methylimidazole
miconazole
midazolam
mitozolomide
nitroimidazole
nonimidazole
oxymetazoline
remimazolam
thiabendazole
thiamazole
zoledronic acid
zolpidem
Related terms: imidazolic
imidazoheterocycle
imidazopyrazinone
naphthoimidazole
appellative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /əˈpɛlətɪv/
Forms: form: appel.
Etymology: From the Late Latin appellātīvus, from the stem appella- (“to call”), with the adjectival suffix -ive.
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to an appellative noun or common noun.
examples: text: as these things of nature, or natures of things, were sometimes deified by the Pagans plainly and nakedly in their own appellative names
ref: 1678, R[alph] Cudworth, The True Intellectual System of the Universe: The First Part; wherein All the Reason and Philosophy of Atheism is Confuted; and Its Impossibility Demonstrated, London: […] Richard Royston, […], →OCLC:
glosses: Of or pertaining to ascribing names.
Derived terms: appellatively
appellativeness
appellativization
appellative
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /əˈpɛlətɪv/
Forms: form: appellatives
form: appel.
Etymology: From the Late Latin appellātīvus, from the stem appella- (“to call”), with the adjectival suffix -ive.
Senses: glosses: A common noun.
glosses: An epithet.
appetibleness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From appetible + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being appetible.
polybutadiene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polybutadienes
Etymology: From poly- + butadiene.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A polymer of butadiene, used to make synthetic rubber.
refurbished
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of refurbish
refurbished
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more refurbished
form: most refurbished
Senses: glosses: Rebuilt or replenished with all new material; or, restored to original (or better) working order and appearance.
appetible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈæpətɪbəl/
Forms: form: more appetible
form: most appetible
Etymology: From Latin appetibilis, from appetere: compare French appétible.
Senses: examples: text: my answer doth sufficiently prove that which I intend ; that the rational will hath power , both to slight the most appetible objects, and to control the most unruly passions.
ref: 1655, John Bramhall, Vindication of True Liberty:
glosses: Desirable; capable or worthy of being the object of desire.
Derived terms: appetibleness
butadiene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: butadienes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An unsaturated hydrocarbon, CH₂=CH-CH=CH₂; it is obtained from petroleum and is used in the preparation of the synthetic rubber polybutadiene.
Derived terms: 2-methyl-1,3-butadiene
acrylonitrile butadiene styrene
butadienyl
cyclobutadiene
diphenylbutadiene
hexachlorobutadiene
isobutadiene
styrene-butadiene-styrene
appliableness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From appliable + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being appliable.
appliable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈplʌɪəb(ə)l/
Etymology: From Middle English appliable, applyable; equivalent to apply + -able.
Senses: glosses: Compliant; accommodating.
examples: text: He that forgets not how Antiquity named this the Conjugall or wedding number, and made it the Embleme of the most remarkable conjunction, will conceive it duely appliable unto this handsome Oeconomy, and vegetable combination [...].
ref: 1658, Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus:
glosses: Able to be put into use or applied; applicable.
Derived terms: appliableness
appliably
unappliable
applicableness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From applicable + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being applicable.
apportionateness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From apportionate + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being apportionate.
appreciativeness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From appreciative + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being appreciative.
approachableness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From approachable + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being approachable.
approbativeness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From approbative + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being approbative.
approbative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæp.ɹəˌbeɪ.tɪv/
ipa: /əˈpɹəʊ.beɪ.tɪv/
ipa: /ˈæp.ɹəˌbeɪ.tɪv/
ipa: /əˈpɹoʊˈbeɪ.tɪv/
Forms: form: more approbative
form: most approbative
Etymology: From Medieval Latin approbātīvus, from Latin approbō (“assert, accept, confirm”).
Senses: examples: text: approbative criticism
text: His late Display of unparralled [sic] Generosity to a distressed, though reputable Family, will be enrolled in the Court above; and from the recording Angel, instead of a Tear, extort an approbative smile.
ref: 1792, John Pope, A Tour through the Southern and Western Territories of the United States of North-America, New York: Charles L. Woodward, published 1888, page 8:
text: […] the approbative shouts of his half-intoxicated auditors filled his simple soul with delight and pride.
ref: 1895, Joseph Conrad, “Chapter 2”, in Almayer’s Folly, London: T. Fisher Unwin, page 33:
text: An Irish friend then in his nineties once asked me if there were any Yiddish words that weren’t critical. I told him there must be some, though I did not know them. Even words that might seem approbative like chachem for wise man, with the slightest turn take on an ironic twist.
ref: Winter 2017, Joseph Epstein, “Jokes: A Genre of Thought”, in Jewish Review of Books, volume 7, number 4:
synonyms: approbatory
approving
antonyms: disapproving
pejorative
reprobative
reprobatory
glosses: Expressing approval.
examples: text: And if the words have any graine of truth in them, they must be undestood [sic] not of an Authorative, but onely of a Consultive Power to advise him, or at the most approbative, to give their assent to Laws propounded, he having limited himselfe to make no Laws without them.
ref: 1643, John Bramhall, The Serpent Salve, page 22:
glosses: Sanctioning officially, giving authorization or approval to something.
Derived terms: approbatively
approbativeness
Related terms: approbate
approbation
approbatory
approbative
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæp.ɹəˌbeɪ.tɪv/
ipa: /əˈpɹəʊ.beɪ.tɪv/
ipa: /ˈæp.ɹəˌbeɪ.tɪv/
ipa: /əˈpɹoʊˈbeɪ.tɪv/
Forms: form: approbatives
Etymology: From Medieval Latin approbātīvus, from Latin approbō (“assert, accept, confirm”).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A word or grammatical form which denotes a positive affect expressing the appreciation or approval of the speaker.
Related terms: laudative
pejorative
polybutene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polybutenes
Etymology: From poly- + butene.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a range of polymers of isobutene, used as adhesives and in rubber products.
appropriativeness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From appropriative + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being appropriative.
isobutene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: isobutenes
Etymology: From iso- + butene.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The unsaturated hydrocarbon methylpropene, (CH₃)₂C=CH₂; used in the manufacture of polybutene and butyl rubber.
Synonyms: word: isobutylene
word: methylpropene
Derived terms: polyisobutene
appropriative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more appropriative
form: most appropriative
Etymology: From appropriate + -ive.
Senses: examples: text: Unburdened by defensiveness, Ravel is able to figure the exotic in ways that are genuinely open to the energies of the other as well as appropriative of them. Those emergies find their culminating expression in the “General Dance” celebrating the union of Daphnis and Chloe. By organizing its dithyrambic whirl with an irregular meter, 5/4, the dance becomes an orgy of “false steps” utterly alien to the European tradition of superenergetic finales.
ref: 1996, Lawrence Kramer, Classical Music and Postmodern Knowledge, →ISBN, page 222:
text: It seeks to not homogenize or be appropriative of women of color, but even given this commitment, it does “turn women of color into something that can be used to further her own ideas.” White feminists end up painting broad strokes about women of color and oppressed groups, because they fail to fully engage and interrogate their work.
ref: 2015, Nancy Arden McHugh, The Limits of Knowledge: Generating Pragmatist Feminist Cases, →ISBN:
text: [...] pointing to the tourism industry's appropriation and marketisation of Indigenous cultural material. Decontextualised and simplistically displayed on a tourist's shirt, this particular reference to Indigenous Australian cultures complements the 'exoticised' and culturally appropriative experience of the outback 'served' to the tourists. It also encapsulates the entitlement of the white tourists exemplified by careless cultural appropriation and lack of knowledge about the land's histories.
ref: 2016, Katarina Gregersdotter, Johan Höglund, Nicklas Hållén, Animal Horror Cinema: Genre, History and Criticism, →ISBN, page 81:
synonyms: appropriatory
glosses: Taking or setting apart for oneself; appropriating; constituting appropriation.
Derived terms: appropriatively
appropriativeness
culturally appropriative
nonappropriative
unappropriative
Related terms: confiscatory
imprecating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of imprecate
isobutylene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: isobutylenes
Etymology: From iso- + butylene or isobutyl + -ene?
Senses: examples: text: He combined styrene with isobutylene, a volatile liquid, under pressure.
ref: 1996 April 2, Julia Campbell, “Ray McIntire, 77, Dow Engineer And the Inventor Of Styrofoam”, in The New York Times:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: methylpropene; isobutene
Derived terms: hexafluoroisobutylene
polyisobutylene
approvableness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From approvable + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being approvable.
approvable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more approvable
form: most approvable
Etymology: From approve + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to be confirmed or approved.
Derived terms: approvableness
approvably
nonapprovable
unapprovable
butyl rubber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: butyl rubbers
Senses: glosses: A synthetic rubber made by the polymerization of isobutene and isoprene.
longspur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: longspurs
Etymology: From long + spur.
Senses: glosses: A specific type of bird, of the genus Calcarius; it has a long claw on the hind toe of each foot.
Derived terms: Lapland longspur
McCown's longspur
Smith's longspur
thick-billed longspur
approvedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From approved + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being approved.
approximativeness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From approximative + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being approximative.
approximative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more approximative
form: most approximative
Etymology: From approximate + -ive.
Senses: glosses: Of, relating to, or being an estimate or approximation.
Derived terms: approximatively
approximativeness
approximative
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: approximatives
Etymology: From approximate + -ive.
Senses: examples: text: In Example 6, we can see speakers using the vague approximatives 'two or three' and 'one or two'.
ref: 2007, J. Cutting, Vague Language Explored, page 190:
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A grammatical construct that expresses approximation.
aqueousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From aqueous + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being aqueous.
arbitrariousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From arbitrarious + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being arbitrarious.
sparrowlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sparrowlike
form: most sparrowlike
Etymology: From sparrow + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling a sparrow in some way; vivacious, chirpy, frail, etc.
examples: a sparrowlike bill
a sparrowlike voice
glosses: Similar to that of a sparrow.
Related terms: passerine
arbitrarious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛəɹi.əs
Forms: form: more arbitrarious
form: most arbitrarious
Senses: examples: text: For it is the perfection of every being to act according to the principle of its nature, and it is the nature of an arbitrarious principle to act or not, to do or undo, upon no account but its own will and pleasure […]
ref: a. 1670, George Rust, A Discourse of the Use of Reason in Matters of Religion:
glosses: Arbitrary; capricious.
Derived terms: arbitrariously
arbitrariousness
ardentness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ardent + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being ardent.
arguteness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From argute + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being argute.
aridness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aridnesses
Etymology: From arid + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being arid.
aristocraticalness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From aristocratical + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being aristocratical.
armpit fart
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: armpit farts
Senses: examples: text: A tort reformer showed him how to armpit-fart.
ref: 2002, Mark Costello, Big If, page 141:
glosses: A simulation of the sound of flatulence, made by creating a pocket of air between the armpit of a partially raised arm and the hand, and then swiftly closing this pocket by bringing the arm close to the torso.
aristocraticness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From aristocratic + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being aristocratic.
aromaticalness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From aromatical + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being aromatical.
armpit farts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of armpit fart
aromaticness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From aromatic + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being aromatic.
artificialness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From artificial + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being artificial.
ascertainableness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ascertainable + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being ascertainable.
ashamedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ashamed + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being ashamed.
geographers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of geographer
asideness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From aside + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being aside.
aspiringness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From aspiring + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being aspiring.
assailableness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From assailable + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being assailable.
assentiveness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From assentive + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being assentive.
assimilateness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From the very rare adjective assimilate (“similar”) + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Similarity.
associableness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From associable + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being associable.
associatedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From associated + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being associated.
assortedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From assorted + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being assorted.
assumingness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From assuming + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of assuming.
assuredness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From assured + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonyms: assurance, guarantee
text: A lack of assuredness in defence, with Spurs missing holding midfielder Scott Parker, also did not help the home side and Norwich took advantage to score the winner.
ref: 2012 April 9, Mandeep Sanghera, “Tottenham 1 - 2 Norwich”, in BBC Sport:
synonyms: certainty
glosses: The state or quality of being assured.
Derived terms: self-assuredness
astoniedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From astonied + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being astonied.
astonishedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From astonished + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being astonished.
astonishingness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From astonishing + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being astonishing.
astonied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: ə-stŏn'ēd
ipa: /əˈstɒnid/
ipa: /əˈstɑnid/
Etymology: Apparently from astony, astonie, from Old French estonner, from Vulgar Latin *extonare. Compare English astonish, of which this was claimed in olden sources to be the more "correct" (or at least Biblical) version of the word.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of astony
astonied
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: ə-stŏn'ēd
ipa: /əˈstɒnid/
ipa: /əˈstɑnid/
Forms: form: more astonied
form: most astonied
Etymology: Apparently from astony, astonie, from Old French estonner, from Vulgar Latin *extonare. Compare English astonish, of which this was claimed in olden sources to be the more "correct" (or at least Biblical) version of the word.
Senses: examples: text: Then were assembled vnto me euery one that trembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of the transgression of those that had bene caried away, and I sate astonied, vntill the euening sacrifice.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ezra 9:4:
text: Surpriz’d with feare and hideous reuenge,
I ſtand agaſt: but moſt aſtonied
To ſee his choller ſhut in ſecrete thoughtes,
And wrapt in ſilence of his angry ſoule.
ref: c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act III, scene ii:
text: ... astonied. Nobody was astonied in Russia. There, to the wise observer, it seemed perfectly natural. The Russian woman had no more than found a new field for her capable mind and restless energy. Why be astonied? She was but making[…]
ref: 1917, Good Housekeeping, page 4:
glosses: In shock or confusion; bewildered, astonished.
Derived terms: astoniedness
asunderness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From asunder + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being asunder.
atheisticalness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From atheistical + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being atheistical.
atheisticness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From atheistic + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being atheistic.
atrabilariousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From atrabilarious + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being atrabilarious.
atrabilarious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌætɹəbɪˈlɛəɹi.əs/
ipa: /ˌætɹəbəˈlɛɹi.əs/
rhymes: -ɛəɹi.əs
Forms: form: more atrabilarious
form: most atrabilarious
Etymology: From Latin ātrabīlārius.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Pertaining to black bile.
examples: text: This gentleman was naturally of an atrabilarious temperament, and much troubled with those phantoms of indigestion which are commonly called blue devils.
ref: 1818, Thomas Love Peacock, Nightmare Abbey, section I:
glosses: Characterized by melancholy or gloom.
Derived terms: atrabilariousness
atrabilarian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌætɹəbɪˈlɛəɹi.ən/
ipa: /ˌætɹəbəˈlɛɹi.ən/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiən
Forms: form: more atrabilarian
form: most atrabilarian
Etymology: From Latin ātra bīlis (“black bile”).
Senses: examples: text: We come now to what we call the earthy or atrabilarian Constitution , where the spirituous and most fluid Parts of the Blood are dissipated
ref: 1731, John Arbuthnot, An Essay Concerning the Nature of Aliments, and the Choice of Them, According to the Different Constitutions of Human Bodies. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson […], →OCLC:
text: He stopped, he directed upon her his atrabilarian eyes, biting his umbrella handle; he was extremely nervous.
ref: 1924, Ford Madox Ford, “Some Do Not”, in Parade's End, volume 1:
glosses: Characterized by melancholy or glum; atrabilarious; atrabilious.
Related terms: atrabilious
separatings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of separating
attachableness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From attachable + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being attachable.
attachingness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From attaching + -ness.
Senses: examples: July 26, 1808, William Taylor, letter to Robert Southey
Fox's historic work I have been reading with great delight: it is meritorious for research, and has all the attachingness of romance, to which the bursts of oratory contribute not a little.
glosses: The state or quality of attaching.
attainableness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From attainable + -ness.
Senses: synonyms: attainability
glosses: The state or quality of being attainable.