cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
balductum
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more balductum
form: most balductum
Etymology: From Latin balducta (“the curds of milk”).
Senses: examples: text: Richard Stanyhurst, whose own verse in his translations of Virgil is ridiculed by Thomas Nashe, scoffs at the "drafty poetry" and "rude rhyming and balductum ballads" of the time so objectionable to all the literati.
ref: 1914, Guy Andrew Thompson, Elizabethan criticism of poetry, George Banta Publishing Company, page 4:
text: And he suggests that "we beginners" (this from the author of these truly "barbarous and balductum" antics to the author of the Faerie Queene is distinctly precious) have the advantage, like Homer and Ennius, of setting examples.
ref: 1911, George Saintsbury, A history of English criticism: being the English chapters of A history of criticism and literary taste in Europe, W. Blackwood, page 50:
glosses: nonsensical
balductum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: balductums
Etymology: From Latin balducta (“the curds of milk”).
Senses: examples: text: And yet, just for once, it would be an experience to drink a "balductum": "A posset composed of hot milk curdled with ale or wine.
ref: 1927, Herbert Leslie Stewart, The Dalhousie review, volume 7, page 66:
glosses: a posset
examples: text: […] whose wild and madbrain humour nothing fitteth so just, as the stalest dudgen or absurdest balductum, that they or their mates can invent in odd and awk speeches […]
ref: 1815 Sir Egerton Brydges, Archaica: Harvey's Four letters, and sonnets, touching Robert Greene; Pierce's supererogation; [and] New letter of notable contents. Brathwaite's Essays upon the five senses, From the private press of Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, printed by T. Davison, p142
glosses: senseless talk or writing; balderdash.
Synonyms: sense: senseless talk or writing
word: drivel
sense: senseless talk or writing
word: balderdash
sense: senseless talk or writing
word: piffle
sense: senseless talk or writing
word: poppycock
sense: senseless talk or writing
word: rubbish
sense: senseless talk or writing
word: twaddle
encumbrous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more encumbrous
form: most encumbrous
Etymology: From Middle English acombrous, encomberous, encombrous, encomerous, encoumberouse, encoumbrous, encumbrous, from Old French encombros. By surface analysis, encumber + ous.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or causing an encumbrance; cumbersome; troublesome.
Synonyms: burdensome
cumbrous
gelotologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gelotologists
Etymology: From Latin zelus (“laughter”).
Senses: examples: text: However there are moral ramifications upon which a mere gelotologist, or student of laughter, would not be prepared to pass judgment.
ref: 1951, Albert Rapp, The origins of wit and humor, Dutton:
text: Fry, who calls himself a gelotologist (from the Greek root gelos, meaning laughter), says laughter defuses anger, lifts depression, increases alertness, enhances learning, promotes creativity and cooperation, fosters mental health […]
ref: 1994 Paul M. Insel, Core concepts in health, Mayfield Pub. Co., p31
text: A Stanford University professor and well-known Gelotologist has written that, "Besides increasing heart rate and hormone production, laughter moves extra nutrients and oxygen into your body's tissues."
ref: 2003, Alan Schlines, Stop Arthritis: How I Defeated It Naturally, Virtualbookworm Publishing, page 123:
glosses: A person who studies humour and laughter
gelotologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gelotologist
supranatural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more supranatural
form: most supranatural
Etymology: From supra- + natural.
Senses: glosses: supernatural
onolatry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: onolatries
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin onolatrīa, from the Ancient Greek ὀνολᾰτρείᾱ (onolătreíā), from ὄνος (ónos, “ass”) + λᾰτρείᾱ (lătreíā, “worship”).
Senses: examples: text: The calumny of onolatry, or ass-worship, attributed by Tacitus and other writers to the Jews, was afterwards, by the hatred of the latter, transferred to the Christians.
ref: 1913, Charles George Herbermann, The Catholic Encyclopedia, Encyclopedia Press, page 793:
glosses: Worship of the ass or donkey.
glosses: Preoccupation with or devotion to something foolish.
onolatries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of onolatry
carveout
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carveouts
form: carve-out
Etymology: Deverbal from carve out.
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: The selling of a minority stake in a subsidiary by a parent company; a partial spinoff.
examples: text: These laws create special exemptions for farms through statutory and regulatory carveouts.
ref: 2018, Jacob E. Gersen, Margot J. Pollans, Michael T. Roberts, Food Law and Policy, page 825:
text: Instead, G.O.P. lawmakers have sent carefully worded letters to agency heads and privately lobbied their personal connections within the White House to make piecemeal carveouts for their preferred projects and programs.
ref: 2025 March 28, Maya C. Miller, “Forgoing Oversight, Republicans Resort to Personal Appeals to Head Off DOGE Cuts”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
topics: law
glosses: An exception to a legal provision.
Related terms: word: carve out
carveouts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of carveout
coopetition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coopetitions
Etymology: Blend of cooperation + competition.
Senses: glosses: Cooperation between commercial competitors for their mutual advantage.
glosses: Conflict over how to divide up the benefits produced by cooperation, as for example in labor-management relations.
ethnoscience
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ethnosciences
Etymology: From ethno- + science.
Senses: glosses: The scientific study of different cultures' systems of knowledge, such as their folk classifications.
exilic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more exilic
form: most exilic
Etymology: From exile + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to exile.
Derived terms: exilically
postexilic
pre-exilic
Related terms: exilian
incensory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: incensories
Etymology: By surface analysis, incense + -ory.
Senses: glosses: thurible, censer
indicatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more indicatory
form: most indicatory
Etymology: From indicate + -ory.
Senses: examples: text: indicatory data
text: indicatory evidence
text: indicatory results
glosses: That indicates, signifies or implies
Synonyms: word: that indicates
Derived terms: contraindicatory
phytoindicatory
interspinal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -aɪnəl
Etymology: From inter- + spinal.
Senses: examples: text: interspinal ligament
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Between spines.
Between adjacent spinous processes of the vertebrae.
examples: text: True measurements are usually made from the anterior superior spine of the ilium to the tip of the medial malleolus or the femoral adductor tubercle. If possible the limbs should be in corresponding positions and preferably perpendicular to the interspinal line (Fig. 3–34).
ref: 1984, Michael Harty, “The Anatomy of the Hip Joint”, in Raymund G. Tronzo, editor, Surgery of the Hip Joint, 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Springer, →ISBN, pages 68–69:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Between spines.
Between the anterior superior iliac spines.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Between spines.
Between the ischial spines.
Synonyms: interspinous
inveracity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inveracities
Etymology: From in- + veracity.
Senses: glosses: A lack of veracity
glosses: untruth, falsehood
novaculite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: novaculites
Etymology: From Latin novācula (“dagger”) plus the suffix -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A variety of chert, very rich in quartz, that has been used to make whetstones
Derived terms: novaculitic
novelly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more novelly
form: most novelly
Etymology: From novel + -ly.
Senses: synonyms: word: newly
word: as of late
word: freshly
word: just now
word: just then
word: late
word: lately
word: latterly
word: newly
word: novelly
word: of late
word: recently
glosses: In a novel manner.
odontology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From odonto- + -logy.
Senses: glosses: The study of the structure and development of teeth
glosses: The branch of dentistry dealing with abnormalities of teeth
Derived terms: gerodontology
odontological
odontologist
pedodontology
ongoingness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ongoing + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: In the chapters that concern Ivan and Margaret, there is another branch in the narration, sometimes following Margaret and sometimes following Ivan as they text and talk and go through the busy ongoingness of daily life.
ref: 2024 October 29, Brandon Taylor, “A Roon with a View”, in Bookforum:
glosses: The condition of being ongoing; continuation; continuity.
psychogeriatrics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From psycho- + geriatrics.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: geriatric psychiatry
psychologese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From psychology + -ese.
Senses: glosses: The specialised language (or jargon) of psychology
Related terms: psychobabble
psychologism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: psychologisms
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The tendency to describe things in psychological or subjective terms
pumpion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pumpions
form: pompion
Etymology: From Middle French pompon (“melon, cucumber”), from Italian popone (“melon”) (chiefly Tuscan dialect), from Latin pepō, peponis (“large melon”). Doublet of pepo.
Senses: examples: text: “At that end next Mr. Pallet are fritters of pompions, lovage, origanum and oil; and here are a couple of pullets, roasted and stuffed in the manner of Apicius.”
ref: 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:
glosses: Pumpkin.
Derived terms: pumpion pie
pumpkin
sourgum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sourgums
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sorghum.
supplejack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: supplejacks
form: supple-jack
form: supple jack
Senses: glosses: Any of various North American vines that have supple stems.
examples: text: Above all, knock the first of them down who is insolent, and thrash any of them who are disobedient with a supplejack.
ref: 1895, Edgar Jepson, Sibyl Falcon: A Study in Romantic Morals:
glosses: A cane made from such a plant used as a walking stick or as a whip.
examples: text: and his body spread out as usual in his favourite position of a supplejack distorted to the utmost;
ref: 1854, James Blackwood, Narrative of an expedition of five Americans into a country of wild animals […] :
glosses: A child's toy in the form of a man with jointed limbs controlled by a string; a jumping jack.
glosses: Any of several vines belonging to the genus Ripogonum, native to New Zealand.
Synonyms: sense: vine
word: kareao
sense: vine
word: kareau
theoterrorism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From theo- + terrorism.
Senses: glosses: terrorism from religious motives
theo-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Forms: form: the-
Etymology: From Latin theo- (“god”), combining form of theos (“god”); from Ancient Greek θεο- (theo-, “god”), combining form of θεός (theós, “god”).
Senses: topics: lifestyle
religion
glosses: god; deity
Related terms: theism
theotherapy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From theo- + therapy.
Senses: glosses: The use of religion as therapy
glosses: faith healing
trigeminus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹaɪˈd͡ʒɛm.ən.əs/
rhymes: -ɛmɪnəs
Forms: form: trigemini
Etymology: PIE word
 *tréyes
Borrowed from Latin trigeminus (“threefold, triple, triform”), clipping of nervus trigeminus (“triple nerve”).
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
neuroanatomy
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
glosses: Alternative form of trigeminal nerve.
wrake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: rāk
ipa: /ɹeɪk/
ipa: [ɹeɪ̯kʰ]
rhymes: -eɪk
Forms: form: wrakes
Etymology: From Middle English wrake (“vengeance, persecution, injury”), from Old English wracu (“revenge, persecution, misery, etc.”), from Proto-Germanic *wrakō, likely related to *wrēkō (“persecution, revenge, vengeance”). Cognate with Gothic 𐍅𐍂𐌰𐌺𐌰 (wraka, “persecution”), Middle Low German wrake and Middle Dutch wrake.
Senses: glosses: Suffering which comes as a result of vengeance or retribution.
glosses: Wrecked state or condition; destruction, ruin.
wrake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: rāk
ipa: /ɹeɪk/
ipa: [ɹeɪ̯kʰ]
rhymes: -eɪk
Forms: form: wrakes
Etymology: Variant of wrack, possibly influenced by Etymology 1.
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of wrack.
wrake
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: rāk
ipa: /ɹeɪk/
ipa: [ɹeɪ̯kʰ]
rhymes: -eɪk
Forms: form: wrakes
form: wraking
form: wraked
form: wraked
Etymology: Variant of wrack, possibly influenced by Etymology 1.
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of wrack.
ultisol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ultisols
Senses: qualifier: soil science
glosses: A soil that has a weathered clay horizon as a result of argilluviation.
uncourtly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more uncourtly
form: most uncourtly
Etymology: From un- + courtly.
Senses: glosses: Not refined or courtly
uncovenanted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + covenanted.
Senses: glosses: Not bound by a covenant.
glosses: Not promised by covenant.
unking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unkings
form: unkinging
form: unkinged
form: unkinged
Etymology: From un- + king.
Senses: examples: text: God save King Harry, unking’d Richard says,
And send him many years of sunshine days!
ref: 1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene 1]:
text: […] the Scots were a free Nation, made King whom they freely chose, and with the same freedome un-Kingd him if they saw cause, by right of ancient laws and Ceremonies yet remaining,
ref: 1649, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates: […], London: […] Matthew Simmons, […], published 1649 (2nd printing), →OCLC, page 28:
text: 1754, Arthur Murphy, The Gray’s-Inn Journal, No. 66, 19 January, 1754, in Volume 2, London: P. Vaillant, 1756, p. 85,
The jesting of his Fool wholly turns upon his unkinging himself and retaining nothing, which Lear minutely attends to,
text: “Yes,” cried Jonathan; “that greenhorn, standing there by the Commodore, is sailing under false colours; he's an impostor, I say; he wears my crown.”
“[…] I say, Jonathan, my lad, don’t pipe your eye now about the loss of your crown; for, look you, we all wear crowns, from our cradles to our graves, and though in double-darbies in the brig, the Commodore himself can’t unking us.”
ref: 1850, Herman Melville, chapter 56, in White-Jacket; or, The World in a Man-of-War, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, publishers; London: Richard Bentley, published 1855, →OCLC:
synonyms: depose
dethrone
discrown
disenthrone
uncrown
unthrone
glosses: To remove (a king) from power.
examples: text: But if a Prince shall deign to be familiar and to converse with those upon whom he might trample, shall His condescension therefore Unking Him? And His familiarity rob Him of His Royalty?
ref: 1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London, page 371:
text: 1677, Charles Davenant, Circe, London: Richard Tonson, Act III, Scene 6, p. 31,
My swelling rage, in privacy I’le shrowd,
And not un-King my self before the Crowd.
text: The soul is indifferent what garment she wears, or of what color and texture; the true king is not unkinged by being discrowned.
ref: 1845, James Russell Lowell, Conversations on Some of the Old Poets, Cambridge: MA: John Owen, Third Conversation, page 215:
glosses: To deprive (a king) of his royal qualities.
examples: text: —Oh ’tis well y’are come,
there was within me fresh Rebellion,
and reason was almost unking’d agen.
ref: 1638, John Suckling, Aglaura, London: Thomas Walkley, act I, scene 1, page 9:
glosses: To remove (something) from a position of power or paramount importance.
Coordinate terms: unqueen
unkink
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unkinks
form: unkinking
form: unkinked
form: unkinked
Etymology: From un- + kink.
Senses: glosses: To remove the kinks from.
unknownness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unknownnesses
Etymology: From unknown + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being unknown
Synonyms: obscurity
vicomtesse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vicomtesses
Etymology: From French vicomtesse. Doublet of viscountess.
Senses: glosses: A French noblewoman having a rank equivalent to a viscountess
Coordinate terms: vicomte
Related terms: comtesse
acausality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acausalities
Etymology: From a- + causality.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A lack of causality
crossflow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crossflows
Etymology: From cross- + flow.
Senses: glosses: A crosswise flow.
crossflow
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: crossflows
form: crossflowing
form: crossflowed
form: crossflowed
Etymology: From cross- + flow.
Senses: examples: text: his cross-flowing course
ref: 1634 October 9 (first performance), [John Milton], edited by H[enry] Lawes, A Maske Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634: […] [Comus], London: […] [Augustine Matthews] for Hvmphrey Robinson, […], published 1637, →OCLC; reprinted as Comus: […] (Dodd, Mead & Company’s Facsimile Reprints of Rare Books; Literature Series; no. I), New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1903, →OCLC:
english: Comus
translation: Comus
glosses: To flow across, or in a contrary direction.
ecodesigning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ecodesign
fibrillization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fibrillizations
Etymology: From fibril + -ization.
Senses: glosses: The formation of fibrils
Derived terms: antifibrillization
protofibrillization
macrospheres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of macrosphere
macrosphere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: macrospheres
Etymology: From macro- + sphere.
Senses: glosses: A relatively large sphere (in a variety of contexts)
Related terms: macrospheric
macrospherical
micellization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: micellizations
Etymology: From micelle + -ization.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The formation of micelles
microcones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microcone
microcone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microcones
Etymology: From micro- + cone.
Senses: glosses: A microscopic cone
Related terms: nanocone
precongruences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of precongruence
precongruence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: precongruences
Etymology: From pre- + congruence.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A congruence of a preorder
superallowed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From super- + allowed.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Describing transitions between members of an isospin multiplet (in supersymmetry)
worldvolumes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of worldvolume
biphosphonates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biphosphonate
biphosphonate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biphosphonates
Etymology: From bi- + phosphonate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any compound that has two phosphonate groups
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: bisphosphonate
calciotrophic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of calciotropic.
calcitropic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From calci- + -tropic.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of calciotropic.
calciotropic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: calciotrophic
form: calcitropic
Etymology: From calcio- + -tropic.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing any material (especially a hormone) that is involved in the regulation of calcium in the blood and in bone
enterolignans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of enterolignan
enterolignan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: enterolignans
Etymology: From entero- + lignan.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any lignan that is formed from another by metabolism in the gut.
Related terms: enterodiol
enterolactone
epididymitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: epididymites
form: epididymitides
Etymology: From epididymo- + -itis (“inflammation”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: inflammation of the epididymis
ergogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ergogenic
form: most ergogenic
Etymology: From ergo- (“work”) + -genic.
Senses: glosses: That enhances physical performance (especially in sports or exercise).
indapamide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A particular sulphonamide diuretic drug
leucoaraiosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of leukoaraiosis.
leukoaraiosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leukoaraioses
form: leucoaraiosis
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A rarefaction of the white matter in the brain.
luteinising
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of luteinizing.
microinfarcts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microinfarct
microinfarct
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microinfarcts
Etymology: From micro- + infarct.
Senses: glosses: A very small infarct, especially of a capillary
orthogeriatric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ortho- + geriatric.
Senses: glosses: Describing orthopaedic care for geriatric patients
Related terms: orthogeriatrics
osteomalacic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From osteomalacia + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to osteomalacia
permanent residency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A visa status which allows a person to reside indefinitely in a foreign country without acquiring citizenship in that country
Related terms: residence permit
I'm divorced
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Indicates that the speaker is divorced.
psychowarfare
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Shortening.
Senses: glosses: psychological warfare
repastes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of repaste
do you have a boyfriend
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: have you got a boyfriend
Senses: glosses: Used to ask whether the interlocutor has a boyfriend.
Related terms: do you have a girlfriend?
blood pressures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blood pressure
cohesure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: kōhēʹzyo͝oər
enpr: kōhēʹzhər
ipa: /kəʊˈhiːzjʊə/
ipa: /kəʊˈhiːʒə/
Etymology: From cohaesūr-, the future active participial stem of cohaereō (“I cleave together, I cohere”).
Senses: examples: text: He was of opinion that the action of the sand was not of a chemical nature, but that the attraction of cohesure, or adhesion, exerted on the surface of the sand in contact with the impurities, constituted a physical force sufficient to overcome the weak chemical affinity in virtue of which salts were held in solution, and to cause the exposure to the action of the air, and consequent neutralization of much of the organic impurities.
ref: 1868, Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, volume 27, page 31:
text: 2002, April 7th: RoseKira, alt.tv.xena (Google group): The Gods -- A Question of Powers, 4:08am
Or, as Ares said, the only thing the gods had to fear was dissent amongst their ranks… they needed cohesure, or it fell apart.
glosses: cohesion
circuli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of circulus
predialysis
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: pre-dialysis
Etymology: From pre- + dialysis.
Senses: glosses: Prior to dialysis
reinfarction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reinfarctions
Etymology: From re- + infarction.
Senses: glosses: A second or subsequent infarction
revascularisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of revascularisation
risedronate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈsɛ.dɹəˌneɪt/
Forms: form: risedronates
Etymology: From risedronic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: The conjugate base, or any salt or ester, of risedronic acid, used as a medication to inhibit bone loss in disorders of bone metabolism.
Hypernyms: bisphosphonate
diphosphonate
Coordinate terms: english: coordinate as an acid versus a base, but synonymous in the practical sense that the conjugate base and conjugate acid coexist in solution
translation: coordinate as an acid versus a base, but synonymous in the practical sense that the conjugate base and conjugate acid coexist in solution
word: risedronic acid
risedronic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɹɪs.əˌdɹɑn.ɪk ˈæs.ɪd/
rhymes: -æsɪd
Etymology: From (py)ri(dinyl) + -se- (of unknown origin) + -dronic (“calcium metabolism regulator”) acid.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
synonyms: word: Actonel
english: trade name
translation: trade name
word: Atelvia
english: trade name
translation: trade name
coordinate_terms: word: risedronate
english: coordinate as a base versus an acid, but synonymous in the practical sense that the conjugate base and conjugate acid coexist in solution
translation: coordinate as a base versus an acid, but synonymous in the practical sense that the conjugate base and conjugate acid coexist in solution
glosses: A bisphosphonate C₇H₁₁NO₇P₂ taken orally to inhibit bone resorption especially in the prevention or treatment of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women.
thromboprophylaxis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thromboprophylaxes
Etymology: From thrombo- + prophylaxis.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Any measure taken to prevent thrombosis.
visuopractical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From visuo- + practical.
Senses: glosses: Describing any ability or skill by which what is seen must be understood and then acted on.
docimasia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of docimasy (“assaying”).
Derived terms: pulmonary docimasia
wrength
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: rĕngth
ipa: /ɹɛŋθ/
rhymes: -ɛŋθ
Etymology: Probably originally a nonce formation from wrong + -th (abstract nominal suffix) by analogy with strong ~ strength and long ~ length; compare Middle English wrengthe (“crookedness, distortion”).
Senses: examples: text: Those who would exalt themselves by abetting the strength of the Godless, and the wrength of the oppressors.
ref: 1823, Ringan Gilhaize, The covenanters, by the author of Annals of the parish:
text: [...] Wrong is short-lived, and right must vanquish at length, If, scorning the wrong, we do others no wrength.
ref: 1905, Juvenile Nonfiction:
text: "Dad," I said, "this isn't an in-between, is it?" "This isn't an in-between," He said. "Honestly, Cass, I'm at a loss for what to call this." "I know exactly what to call it," I said. "Wrength." "Wrength?" "Wrongness." In fact, the way I saw it, Mom had invented a whole new level of wrongness. A bad so bad that wrength might not even be capable of describing it. [...]"
ref: 2012, Amber McRee Turner, Sway:
text: This world is full of wrength,
Nothing will be done till we stand up to it upto^([sic])
its maximum length […]
ref: 2022, Jaymin Shah, Life Travel, page 12:
text: In wrength they banished him, astride
His vengeful rage now rode, and chide
He did his sense, his kin and home;
Yet sunderance he would not abide.
ref: 2024, Maria Qatato, The Return of the Sun & Other Poems:
glosses: The state or condition of being wrong; wrongness; wrongfulness; error.
Related terms: wrangle
wring
wrong
wrongeous
voorleser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: voorlesers
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch voorleser (modern spelling voorlezer), from voor- (“before”) + lezer (“reader”).
Senses: glosses: A prominent citizen in New Amsterdam, whose duties spanned across law, education and religion.
glosses: A legal or religious reader.
Related terms: voorlezen
abruptio
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin abruptiō.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: An abrupt pause or stop; an abruption.
acetamid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acetamids
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of acetamide.
acetonitril
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of acetonitrile.
acheilous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Derived from Ancient Greek χεῖλος (kheîlos, “lip”) with privative a- + -ous.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: lipless
achenium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acheniums
form: achenia
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: achene
achor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: dandruff (or similar condition)
chair rail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chair rails
Senses: qualifier: finish carpentry; interior decorating; finish carpentry; interior decorating
glosses: A molding, traditionally of wood, intended to prevent chairs from contacting the painted plaster of a wall.
acid-proof
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of acidproof.
picture molding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: picture moldings
Senses: qualifier: finish carpentry; interior decorating; finish carpentry; interior decorating
glosses: A horizontal molding attached to a wall intended to facilitate the hanging of decorative objects.
crown molding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crown moldings
Senses: topics: arts
business
carpentry
construction
crafts
hobbies
lifestyle
manufacturing
woodworking
qualifier: interior decorating
glosses: A molding at the edge of a room between the ceiling and the wall.
Related terms: coving
whazzup
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of wassup.
Oromos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Oromo
oroidins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oroidin
kidnappable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more kidnappable
form: most kidnappable
Etymology: From kidnap + -able.
Senses: examples: text: ...she had a woman who stayed with her twenty-four hours a day, because old Tommy Cruse was one of the only two or three millionaires in Helena and Mamie was the only kidnappable child.
ref: 1986, Thomas N. Bethell, Michael S. Clark, The Native home of hope: people and the Northern Rockies:
glosses: Suitable for kidnapping.
interfleet
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + fleet.
Senses: examples: text: The US Navy is building an interfleet telecommunications center in Yokosuka […]
ref: 1989, Samuel S. Kim, China and the world: new directions in Chinese foreign relations:
glosses: Between fleets.
verandaless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From veranda + -less.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of verandahless.
boroscope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boroscopes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of borescope
verandahless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: verandaless
Etymology: From verandah + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without a verandah.
allnighter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: allnighters
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of all-nighter.
for the love of Mike
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: "For the love of Mike!" cried that young lady, "where have you been all this time, and what's happened to you? You look as though you'd lost your last friend."
ref: 1919 (date written), Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Efficiency Expert: Part III. Chapter XV. Little Eva.”, in Argosy All-Story Weekly, volume CXXXVII, number 6, New York, N.Y.: Frank A. Munsey Company, published October 1921, →OCLC, page 809, column 1:
text: "[…] But the police have an idea that I committed—" / "What—for the love of Mike?" / "Murder!" / "Good heavens!" / "And that isn't all, Bob. They've a couple of bakers' dozens of witnesses, all cocked and primed to swear to it!"
ref: 1921 April 16, Achmed Abdullah, “Framed at the Benefactor’s Club”, in Detective Story Magazine; republished in Fear and Other Stories from the Pulps, [Holicong, Pa.?]: Wildside Press, 2005, →ISBN, chapter IV (In His Pocket), page 104:
text: "Ted, you listen to Mr. Thompson!" said Howard Littlefield. "Oh, for the love o' Mike, I am listening!" Ted shouted.
ref: 1922, Sinclair Lewis, Babbitt, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace and Company, →OCLC:
text: "For the love of Mike! What did you pay?" "Ten thousand francs apiece." "But, Irma, that's preposterous! He never got half that for a painting in all his life."
ref: 1942, Upton Sinclair, Dragon's Teeth:
synonyms: word: FFS
word: for Christ's sake
word: for cripes' sake
word: for crying in the beer
word: for crying out loud
word: for fucking out loud
word: for fuck's sake
word: for Fuck's sake
word: for God's sake
word: for goodness' sake
word: for heaven's sake
word: for mercy's sake
word: for Pete's sake
word: for pity's sake
word: for the love of all that is holy
word: for the love of Betsy
word: for the love of God
word: for the love of Mike
word: for the love of fuck
word: for the love of Fuck
glosses: For the love of God.
Related terms: for the love of
coinventor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛntə(ɹ)
Forms: form: coinventors
Etymology: From co- + inventor.
Senses: glosses: One who invents something jointly with another person or persons.
Related terms: coinvention
coinventorship
coinventors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coinventor
coinvention
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coinventions
Etymology: From co- + invention.
Senses: glosses: The invention of something jointly by two or more people.
Related terms: coinventor
coinventions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coinvention
coinsured
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of coinsure
coinsured
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coinsureds
Senses: glosses: A person covered by coinsurance.
coinsures
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of coinsure
coinsuring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of coinsure
cointegrations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cointegration
coinsurances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coinsurance
sister cities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sister city
boroscopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boroscope
Hermian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the planet Mercury
boy-shorts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of boyshorts.
ATOL
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Acronym of Air Travel Organisers' Licensing.
helis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of heli
I have no money
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: I don't have any money
form: I haven't got any money
Senses: glosses: Indicates that the speaker has no money.
-nesse
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of -ness.
drawen
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of drawe
wheater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wheaters
Senses: examples: text: It is particularly famous for its wheaters, a small bird, of the size of a lark, not much inferior to an ortolane, which is taken on the SE.
ref: 1801, John Walker, Arthur Kershaw, The Universal Gazetteer, page 19:
text: The people have plenty of patridges, woodcocks, snipes, thrushes, woodpigeons, turtle doves, wheaters, and poultry.
ref: 1813, Elijah Parish, Sacred Geography:
text: As less and less of the Downs is used as traditional pasture and more grassland is turned over to arable agriculture, the once-common wildlife species – the Adonis Blue and Chalkhill Blue butterflies, grasshoppers and the wheater bird, for example – are fast disappearing.
ref: 1987, The Geographical Magazine, page 572:
glosses: Misspelling of wheatear (“bird”).
wheaters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wheater
isochemical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From iso- + chemical.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Having constant chemical composition
raw_tags: of a series of rocks
rotovate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rotovates
form: rotovating
form: rotovated
form: rotovated
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of rotavate.
inertially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From inertial + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an inertial manner
glosses: By means of inertia (or inertial forces)
monocularly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From monocular + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a monocular manner
glosses: With one eye only
dorbeetle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dorbeetles
Etymology: From dor + beetle.
Senses: glosses: The dor.
Haiku
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Hawaiian Haʻikū.
Senses: glosses: A village in the census-designated place of Haiku-Pauwela, Hawaii, United States.
Derived terms: Haiku-Pauwela
adda
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: addas
Etymology: Borrowed from Bengali আড্ডা (aḍḍa).
Senses: glosses: An informal meeting place for conversation.
glosses: A session of chat.
Grez
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
glosses: A commune of Oise department, in northern France.
glosses: A village in the municipality of Urraúl Bajo, Navarre, Spain.
almacantar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: almacantars
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of almucantar.
aposiopetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more aposiopetic
form: most aposiopetic
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to aposiopesis.
aposiopestic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more aposiopestic
form: most aposiopestic
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of aposiopetic.
tolerator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈtɒləˌɹeɪtə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: tolerators
Etymology: From tolerate + -or.
Senses: glosses: One who tolerates.
water oak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: water oaks
Senses: examples: text: Some young people were out under the wateroaks playing croquet. Mr. Pontellier's two children were there—sturdy little fellows of four and five.
ref: 1899, Kate Chopin, The Awakening:
text: I recall a catbird high in the water oak above, swinging like a rag amid the branches, jabbering and screeching [...].
ref: 1967, William Styron, The Confessions of Nat Turner, Vintage, published 2004, page 200:
glosses: Any of various hard oaks that grow near rivers or swamps, especially Quercus nigra, of the southern US.
closish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of closeish.
nearish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From near + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Somewhat near
cooncan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Spanish con quién (“with whom?”).
Senses: examples: text: Tea Cake and Janie playing checkers; playing coon-can; playing Florida flip on the store porch all afternoon as if nobody else was there.
ref: 1937, Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Amistad, published 2013, page 110:
topics: card-games
games
glosses: A card game originally from Mexico, similar to rummy where the object is to form sequences.
Synonyms: conquian
radio-telephone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radio-telephones
Senses: examples: text: Another interesting feature of the Falaise is that she is provided with a Denny Brown stabiliser to minimise rolling, and amenities for the passenger include the provision of a radio telephone service, which is available on passage.
ref: 1947 September and October, “First Southern Railway Post-War Vessel”, in Railway Magazine, page 294:
text: Recently the L.M.R., in conjunction with Pye Telecommunications and the G.P.O., has been conducting trials between Crewe, Lancaster, Birkenhead, Liverpool and Manchester with a brakevan fitted up with radio-telephone equipment and beamed on G.P.O. radio-telephone stations in the Manchester and Liverpool area.
ref: 1960 April, “Talking of Trains: Telephones in trains”, in Trains Illustrated, page 197:
text: In accordance with Southampton Docks practice for shunting engines during the past four years, a radio-telephone in the cab allows two-way conversation with the Dock Traffic Control Office.
ref: 1962 September, “Diesels take over at Southampton Docks”, in Modern Railways, page 171:
topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
telephony
glosses: Alternative spelling of radiotelephone.
coralroot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coralroots
Etymology: coral + root, a calque of translingual Corallorhiza.
Senses: glosses: Any of several saprophytic orchids of the genus Corallorhiza.
glosses: Cardamine bulbifera.
radio-telephones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of radio-telephone
cuckooflower
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cuckooflowers
Etymology: From cuckoo + flower.
Senses: glosses: Either of two flowering plants
lady's smock (Cardamine pratensis)
glosses: Either of two flowering plants
ragged robin (Silene flos-cuculi, syn. Lychnis flos-cuculi)
familist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: familists
Etymology: From family + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: Like Francis Bacon, Familists believed that men and women might recapture on earth the state of innocence which existed before the Fall: their enemies said they claimed to attain the perfection of Christ.
ref: 1972, Christopher Hill, The World Turned Upside Down, Folio Society, published 2016, page 15:
topics: lifestyle
religion
glosses: A member of the Family of Love religious group in 16th-century England.
fanner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fanners
Etymology: From fan + -er.
Senses: examples: text: And will send unto Babylon fanners, that shall fan her, and shall empty her land.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Jeremiah 51:2:
glosses: One who fans.
glosses: A fan wheel; a fan blower.
growmore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From grow + more, originally a proprietary product manufactured and sold by the Growmore Company.
Senses: glosses: A general-purpose inorganic fertilizer for garden use.
grozing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of groze
Related terms: grozing iron
groze
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: grozes
form: grozing
form: grozed
form: grozed
Senses: glosses: To trim a piece of glass to shape by using a grozing iron
grozed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of groze
grozes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of groze
harewood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: airwood
form: hairwood
Senses: glosses: stained sycamore maple wood, used in cabinet making
icterine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Yellowish.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Of or pertaining to the Icteridae family of passerine birds.
Derived terms: icterine warbler
itinerate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: itinerates
form: itinerating
form: itinerated
form: itinerated
Senses: glosses: To travel from place to place, especially to preach or lecture.
Related terms: itinerant
itinerary
itineration
Vectisian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /vɛkˈtiːz.i.ən/
Forms: form: more Vectisian
form: most Vectisian
Etymology: From Vectis + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: We are not not going to discuss the causes which have induced the Vectesian agriculturalists to arrive at this conclusion;[…]
ref: 1857 October 17, “Observation and Inference”, in The Entomologist's Weekly Intelligencer, volume 3, number 55, E. Newman, page 17:
text: The first stretch of Vectesian railway to be encountered by most visitors from London belonged to none of the island railways.
ref: 1947, Cuthbert Hamilton Ellis, The Trains We Loved, Allen:
text: When did you last go to the IOW. Its been there donkeys years.¶ Probably what makes people scream when they use it and notice the signs of Vectisian maintenance,^([sic])
ref: 2005 August 27, Tony Davison, “Re:back”, in uk.misc (Usenet):
glosses: Of or pertaining to the Isle of Wight.
pennycress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pennycresses
Etymology: From penny + cress.
Senses: glosses: Any of several plants, of the genus Thlaspi, that have flattened seedpods (in the form of an old penny)
Synonyms: word: mithridate
word: mithridate mustard
Derived terms: field pennycress
programed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of programmed.
programing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of programming.
sulphamate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sulphamates
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Alternative spelling of sulfamate.
tinkerbird
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tinkerbirds
Etymology: From tinker + bird, from the resemblance of its call to the sound of metalwork.
Senses: glosses: Any of several barbets of the genus Pogoniulus.
Derived terms: red-fronted tinkerbird
Vectis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɛk.tɪs/
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Vectis.
Senses: glosses: the Isle of Wight
Derived terms: vectensis
Vectisian
aggrecan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aggrecans
Etymology: From aggre(gating)-(proteogly)can.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A proteoglycan, containing chondroitin sulfate, that is a major component of cartilage
Derived terms: aggrecanase
aggrecanolysis
Related terms: aggrecanopathy
alveolarisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From alveolar + -isation.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of alveolarization.