cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
pharmaceutic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pharmaceutic
form: most pharmaceutic
Etymology: From Latin pharmaceuticus (“of drugs”), from Ancient Greek φαρμακευτικός (pharmakeutikós, “drug maker”).
Senses: glosses: pharmaceutical
Derived terms: biopharmaceutic
pharmaceutically
pharmaceutics
psychopharmaceutic
phosphonate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phosphonates
Etymology: From phosphonic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of a phosphonic acid; many of its derivatives have important biological activity.
Derived terms: acylphosphonate
allenylphosphonate
aminophosphonate
biphosphonate
bisphosphonate
dihexylphosphonate
diphosphonate
fluorophosphonate
glyphosate
organophosphonate
polyphosphonate
tetraphosphonate
phosphonate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: phosphonates
form: phosphonating
form: phosphonated
form: phosphonated
Etymology: From phosphonic acid + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To react with a phosphonic acid derivative.
polarizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polarizers
form: polariser
Etymology: From polarize + -er.
Senses: examples: text: a polarizer of opinions
glosses: One who polarizes; one who divides a group or community into two extremes.
examples: text: When the polarizers are aligned in the same direction, they block the same state of polarization, i.e. they both block horizontally polarized light, and both let the vertically polarized light through. The second polarizer therefore has no effect on the light. When the polarizers are aligned perpendicular to one another, one will block the horizontally polarized light and the other will block vertically polarized light — no light at all gets through the pair!
ref: 2013 July 16, skullsinthestars, “Simple fun with polarizers!”, in Skulls in the Stars:
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Any device that produces polarized light.
Derived terms: hyperpolarizer
preselected
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of preselect
preselected
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more preselected
form: most preselected
Senses: glosses: Selected in advance.
preselect
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: preselects
form: preselecting
form: preselected
form: preselected
Etymology: From pre- + select.
Senses: glosses: To select in advance.
Synonyms: forechoose
prototypic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more prototypic
form: most prototypic
Etymology: From prototype + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to a prototype; prototypical
radioisotopic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɒpɪk
Etymology: From radio- + isotopic.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or employing radioisotopes
semiordered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more semiordered
form: most semiordered
Etymology: From semi- + ordered.
Senses: glosses: Partially ordered
substitutional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more substitutional
form: most substitutional
Etymology: From substitution + -al.
Senses: examples: text: Peyotl eating, as a tribal habit, is current at the present time and retains its substitutional characteristic as a replacement of the Christian sacrament.
ref: 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 154:
glosses: Of or pertaining to substitution or to a substitute
substitutionally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From substitutional + -ly.
Senses: glosses: As a substitute.
succinic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪnɪk
Etymology: From Latin succin(um) (“amber”) + -ic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to succinic acid
Derived terms: succinic anhydride
succinic dehydrogenase
tetramine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tetramines
Etymology: From tetra- + amine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any amine having four amino groups, but especially hexamethylene tetramine
hexamethylene tetramine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The amine (CH₂)₆(NH₂)₄, that is used as a chelating agent
Synonyms: cystamine
hexamine
thermalgravimetric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From thermal + gravimetric.
Senses: examples: text: The occurrence of an amorphous ThO₂-P₂O₅ phase is suspected in the light of TGA (thermalgravimetric analysis) evidence, which showed little or no loss of P₂O₅ on heating to 900°C.
ref: 1964, Argonne National Laboratory, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Reactor Development Program Progress Report, page 52:
text: Its analytical tools range from compact, highly sophisticated units— spectroscopic and gas chromatographic equipment, thermalgravimetric balance, automatic microscopic electronic data accumulator and other hard-named devices to probe coal's nature—to the complete, separately housed coal preparation laboratory used in verifying the sulfur-reduction potential of raw coals.
ref: 1968, Bituminous Coal Facts:
text: Gasification behaviour of the optimally prepared briquette was examined using a custom-built thermalgravimetric analysis device.
ref: 2019, Huiqing Tang, Shihong Liu, Kai Fan, “Preparation of High-Carbon Metallic Briquette for Coke Saving in Blast Furnace”, in Tao Jiang, Jiann-Yang Hwang, Dean Gregurek, Zhiwei Peng, Jerome P. Downey, Baojun Zhao, Onuralp Yücel, Ender Keskinkilic, Rafael Padilla, editors, 10th International Symposium on High-Temperature Metallurgical Processing, →ISBN, page 65:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: thermogravimetric
thermogravimetric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From thermo- + gravimetric.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing an analytical technique in which the change in mass of a sample is plotted as it is heated and volatile materials are formed and removed.
triphenylphosphine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: triphenylphosphines
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The aromatic compound (C₆H₅)₃P, that is used in the synthesis of organic and organometallic compounds
Derived terms: triphenylphosphine oxide
ultrafine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ultrafine
form: most ultrafine
Etymology: From ultra- + fine.
Senses: examples: text: His idea is to stand billions of ultrafine wire loops around the edge of a silicon chip — hence the name racetrack — and use electric current to slide infinitesimally small magnets up and down along each of the wires to be read and written as digital ones and zeros.
ref: 2007 September 11, John Markoff, “Redefining the Architecture of Memory”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 09 Nov 2020:
glosses: Very fine.
raw_tags: of particles
Derived terms: ultrafine particle
underutilized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more underutilized
form: most underutilized
form: underutilised
Etymology: From under- + utilized.
Senses: glosses: Insufficiently utilized.
underutilized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: underutilised
Etymology: From underutilize + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of underutilize
absorbtivity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of absorptivity.
decomposable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: [diːkəmˈpəʊzəbəɫ]
Forms: form: more decomposable
form: most decomposable
Etymology: From decompose + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to be decomposed
Derived terms: equidecomposable
nondecomposable
machine-washable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more machine-washable
form: most machine-washable
form: machine washable
Senses: coordinate_terms: hand-washable
glosses: Capable of being washed in a washing machine without being damaged.
examples: text: Buy solid white dinner plates, bowls, and dessert/bread and butter plates. Choose machine-washable china that will not scratch or chip easily.
ref: 2007, Joyce Weinberg, The Everything Guide to Starting and Running a Catering Business, Everything Books,, →ISBN, page 233:
text: Modern dishwashers clean most pots, pans, china and cutlery[…]. Several china and cutlery manufacturers now indicate that their goods are machine-washable.
ref: 1986, Gwen Conacher, Kitchen Sense for Disabled People, Routledge,, →ISBN, page 53:
glosses: Dishwasher-safe.
deionized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of deionize
deionized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more deionized
form: most deionized
Senses: examples: text: He could taste the familiar tang of museum air—an arid, deionized essence that carried a faint hint of carbon—the product of industrial, coal-filter dehumidifiers that ran around the clock to counteract the corrosive carbon dioxide exhaled by visitors.
ref: 2003, Dan Brown, The Da Vinci Code, Doubleday, →ISBN, pages 25–26:
glosses: That has been prepared by deionization.
deionize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: deionizes
form: deionizing
form: deionized
form: deionized
form: de-ionize
form: deionise
form: de-ionise
Etymology: From de- + ionize.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To remove the ions from; to deprive of ions.
To cause (an ionized substance) to return to a neutral state; to convert (an ion) into a neutral atom or molecule.
synonyms: unionize
antonyms: ionize
examples: text: Water can be deionized using ion exchange resins.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To remove the ions from; to deprive of ions.
To remove the ionic constituents from (a liquid, e.g. water).
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To be deprived of ions.
examples: text: Sparks have been made with durations as light sources down to a few nanoseconds, the advantage being that the ionized gas which created the light can deionize and dissipate its heat sufficiently quickly whereas a discharge in gases like xenon in a bottle deionizes and dissipates more slowly.
ref: 1981 June 25, George H. Lunn, “High-speed photography”, in Nature, volume 291, →DOI, page 618:
text: In the acidic medium at pH 2.0, amino, imino and hydroxyl groups of the hybrid are protonated and KP [ketoprofen] deionizes and becomes less soluble [36]; this leads to a decrease in the release rate and percentage of KP.
ref: 2021 October, Islam M. Minisy, Nehal A. Salahuddin, Mohamad M. Ayad, “In vitro release study of ketoprofen-loaded chitosan/polyaniline nanofibers”, in Polymer Bulletin, volume 78, →DOI, page 5616:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To be deprived of ions.
Of an ionized substance, to return to a neutral state.
synonyms: unionize
Derived terms: deionization
deionized
deionizer
electrodeionize
deoxygenation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /diˌɒksɪdʒɪˈneɪʃən/
Forms: form: deoxygenations
Etymology: From de- + oxygenation.
Senses: coordinate_terms: oxygenation
reoxygenation
glosses: The removal of oxygen atoms or molecules from a material.
Derived terms: Barton-McCombie deoxygenation
hydrodeoxygenation
electrothermal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From electro- + thermal.
Senses: glosses: of or pertaining to the production of heat by electricity
Derived terms: electrothermally
Related terms: thermoelectric
macular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From macula + -ar.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the macula, the area of the retina responsible for detailed central vision
glosses: Having macules; spotted
Derived terms: epimacular
extramacular
foveomacular
hemimacular
juxtamacular
macular degeneration
macular sparing
nonmacular
panmacular
papillomacular
paramacular
perimacular
premacular
submacular
unimacular
vitreomacular
headwater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: headwaters
Etymology: From head + water.
Senses: glosses: The source (and the initial part) of a stream
indophenol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: indophenols
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of blue or green dyes produced by oxidation of phenols and aromatic diamines
Derived terms: dichloroindophenol
uncreated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + created.
Senses: examples: text: The author died, leaving his planned future novels uncreated.
glosses: Not having been created, thus not existing.
examples: text: A letter from Mr. [Brian Houghton] Hodgson to Mr. Bayley, was then read, giving an outline of the theocracy of the Buddha system of Nepal. […] According to the information now communicated, the northern Buddhas acknowledge four sets of divine beings, or of superhuman objects of veneration. The first of these is, contrary to the generally supposed atheistical tendency of the faith, one primæval and uncreated deity. This first Buddha manifested five of his attributes, as five secondary Buddhas; in one of whom, Amitabha, or the 'immeasurably splendid,' in Prakrit and Pali, Amitabo, we recognise the Amito of the Japanese.
ref: 1827 July, “Asiatic Society of Calcutta”, in The Oriental Herald, and Journal of General Literature, volume XIV, number 43, London: Printed for the editor, and sold by all booksellers [printed by J. R. Gordon, 147, Strand], →OCLC, page 147:
synonyms: word: beginningless
word: unbeginning
word: unbegun
word: uncreated
glosses: That exists without having been created.
Derived terms: uncreatedness
uncreated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of uncreate
macular degeneration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A disease of the retina of the eye resulting in loss of central vision.
Synonyms: MD
Hyponyms: alt: AMD/ARMD
word: age-related macular degeneration
alt: dry AMD/dry ARMD
word: dry age-related macular degeneration
alt: exudative AMD/exudative ARMD
word: exudative age-related macular degeneration
alt: neurovascular AMD/neurovascular ARMD
word: neurovascular age-related macular degeneration
alt: wet AMD/wet ARMD
word: wet age-related macular degeneration
Related terms: degenerate
degeneration
macula
macular
inductively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈdʌktɪvli/
ipa: /ɪnˈdʊktɪvli/
Forms: form: more inductively
form: most inductively
Etymology: From inductive + -ly.
Senses: synonyms: a posteriori#Adverb[Appendix:Glossary#broadly|broadly]] synonymous outside of philosophic arcanity>
antonyms: deductively
;
a priori#Adverb
glosses: In an inductive manner; by using induction.
Derived terms: hyperinductively
inorganics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inorganic
Related terms: organics
organics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of organic
Related terms: inorganics
magnetic dip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: magnetic dips
Senses: glosses: The angle between magnetic north and the horizontal (as shown by a compass held vertically).
magnetise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: magnetises
form: magnetising
form: magnetised
form: magnetised
Etymology: From magnet + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of magnetize.
Derived terms: magnetisable
magnetisation
magnetiser
Related terms: magnetic
magnetism
magnetisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: magnetisations
Etymology: From magnetise + -ation.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of magnetization.
iodometric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From iodometry + -ic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or using iodometry
iodometry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From iodo- + -metry.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An analytical technique that uses the sudden disappearance (or appearance) of iodine to mark the end of a redox titration
Related terms: iodometric
manganometry
feni
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fenis
form: fenim
form: fenny
Senses: examples: text: A shot of Indian-made spirits is about Rs 40 to 60 (mixers cost extra) and a shot of feni is Rs 20.[…]Goans are keen to offer advice to foreigners; don't drink it on an empty stomach, don't mix it with other spirits, and certainly don't swim after a couple of fenis.
ref: 2003, Paul Harding, Goa, page 71:
text: The Department of Agriculture's official definition of feni is many soulless removes from its ebullient metaphysics; ‘Feni (the more accurate rendering, as opposed to the Portuguese 'fenim') has achieved the status of a generic term applying to a wide variety of distilled alcoholic liquors derived from extracts of the coconut palm and the cashew fruit.'
ref: 2006, Frank Simoes, “Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Feni but Were Too Drunk to Ask”, in Jerry Pinto, editor, Reflected in Water: Writings on Goa, page 243:
text: Feni is really country liquor that has risen from its lowly status.[…]Whatever claims the Goans may lay to its potency, feni is no stronger than whisky or vodka.
ref: 2009, Bhaichand Patel, Happy Hours: The Penguin Book of Cocktails, unnumbered page:
glosses: An alcoholic drink made in Goa, India, from fermented cashew apples or coconut toddy (sap).
Derived terms: caju feni
cashew feni
coconut feni
palm feni
microammeter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microammeters
Etymology: From micro- + ammeter.
Senses: glosses: An ammeter that measures currents of the order of microamperes
micropore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: micropores
Etymology: From micro- + pore.
Senses: glosses: A microscopic pore
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A pore of size 0-2 nanometers
Derived terms: microporous
supermicropore
ultramicropore
Related terms: macropore
mesopore
millipore
nanopore
manoeuver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: manoeuvers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of maneuver.
manoeuver
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: manoeuvers
form: manoeuvering
form: manoeuvered
form: manoeuvered
Senses: examples: text: he boldly asserts that the “job of the organiser is to manoeuver and bait the establishment …”
ref: 2011 August 4, James Derounian, “Building the civic core and getting more people involved”, in The Guardian, retrieved 24 Apr 2014:
glosses: Alternative spelling of maneuver.
Derived terms: outmanoeuver
accommodation address
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: accommodation addresses
Senses: glosses: An address on letters, etc., to a person or business that does not wish or is not able to receive post at a permanent or actual address.
Related terms: poste restante
accommodation ladder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: accommodation ladders
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: a flight of stairs or a ladder for lowering over the side of a ship for access to and from a small boat.
glosses: The property ladder, without the implication of necessarily owning the place where one lives.
account executive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: account executives
Senses: topics: business
glosses: An executive in an advertising agency, or public relations firm who manages a client's account.
inconsequent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more inconsequent
form: most inconsequent
Etymology: From Middle French inconséquent.
Senses: examples: text: —Don’t mope over it all day, he said. I’m inconsequent.
ref: 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 1]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:
glosses: Alternative form of inconsequential.
examples: text: She looked at him a minute, and it came to him as he met it an inconsequent sense that her eyes, when one got their full clearness, were still as beautiful as they had been in youth, only beautiful with a strange, cold light - a light that somehow was a part of the effect, if it wasn't rather a part of the cause, of the pale, hard sweetness of the season and the hour.
ref: 1903, Henry James, The Beast in the Jungle:
text: That possibility was now ever so much further from sight than on the eve of his arrival, and he perfectly felt that, should it come at all, it would have to be at best inconsequent and violent.
ref: 1903 September 28, Henry James, The Ambassadors, London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC:
glosses: illogical; not following from the premises
Derived terms: inconsequently
inconsequentness
audion tube
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: audion tubes
Senses: glosses: An electronic amplifier device invented in 1906, the forerunner of the triode.
nitroprusside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nitroprussides
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt, of the hypothetical nitroprussic acid, that contains a pentacyanonitrosylferrate anion
nondegradable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-degradable
Etymology: From non- + degradable.
Senses: glosses: That does not degrade.
nondegradable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nondegradables
form: non-degradable
Etymology: From non- + degradable.
Senses: glosses: A material that does not degrade.
phenate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phenates
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of phenol (when considered as an acid)
photometrically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From photometric + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a photometric manner
glosses: By using photometry
premeasured
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: pre-measured
Etymology: From pre- + measured.
Senses: glosses: measured in advance
spectrophotometrically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From spectrophotometric + -ally.
Senses: glosses: By using spectrophotometry.
thermister
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thermisters
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of thermistor.
trihalomethane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trihalomethanes
Etymology: From tri- + halomethane.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
synonyms: word: THM
glosses: Any of many halogenated derivatives of methane containing three (not always the same) halogen atoms; many are environmental pollutants
Derived terms: TTHMs
unchlorinated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unchlorinated
form: most unchlorinated
Etymology: From un- + chlorinated.
Senses: glosses: Not chlorinated
interdendritic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + dendritic.
Senses: glosses: Between the dendrites of a crystal or metal.
latence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: latences
Etymology: From latent + -ence.
Senses: examples: text: Infinite Love,
Whose latence is the plenitude of all,
Thou with retracted beams, and self-eclipse
Veiling, revealest thine eternal Sun.
ref: 1796, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Destiny of Nations:
glosses: Obsolete form of latency.
metallostatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From metallo- + static.
Senses: topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
glosses: Relating to metallostasis
examples: metallostatic pressure
topics: engineering
metallurgy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Measured within the body of liquid metal
microsegregation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From micro- + segregation.
Senses: topics: engineering
metallurgy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: segregation within microscopic grains
manual transmission
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: manual transmissions
Senses: topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: A multi-speed vehicle transmission, where gear changes require the driver to manually select the gears by operating a gear stick and clutch (which is usually a foot pedal for cars, or a hand lever for motorcycles).
Synonyms: word: stickshift
word: standard transmission
Related terms: continuously variable transmission
semi-automatic transmission
microstructural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From micro- + structural.
Senses: glosses: Relating to a microstructure
Derived terms: microstructurally
ultramicrostructural
standard transmission
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: standard transmissions
Senses: topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: Synonym of manual transmission.
synonyms: word: manual transmission
Synonyms: stickshift
manual transmission
multicomponent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more multicomponent
form: most multicomponent
form: multi-component
Etymology: From multi- + component.
Senses: glosses: Having, or affecting, multiple components
multiphase
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + phase.
Senses: coordinate_terms: uniphase
glosses: That generates, or employs, multiple alternating current supplies with the same voltage but different phase angles.
solutal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From solute + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to a solute.
gearstick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gearsticks
form: gear stick
Etymology: From gear + stick.
Senses: glosses: The lever used to change gear in a vehicle.
Synonyms: gear lever
superalloy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superalloys
Etymology: From super- + alloy.
Senses: topics: engineering
metallurgy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: HRSA
hypernyms: alloy
<
material#Noun
substance#Noun
glosses: Any of several high-performance alloys that are resistant to high temperatures.
superheated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of superheat
superheated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more superheated
form: most superheated
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: heated above the critical point
examples: text: The only through-draught came from the two Dorade ventilators in the heads compartment but by the time the air from them reached us on our bunks it felt superheated.
ref: 2004, Ben Pester, Through the Land of Fire: Fifty-Six South, page 231:
glosses: Heated above the boiling point
examples: text: These hyperliterary historical misshifts centered in the superheated technological and cultural engine of the US-centric English-speaking imperium.
ref: 2009, Francisco J. Ricardo, Literary Art in Digital Performance, page 182:
glosses: exceedingly intense or emotional
superheat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: rhymes: -iːt
Forms: form: superheats
form: superheating
form: superheated
form: superheated
Etymology: From super- + heat.
Senses: glosses: To heat a liquid above its boiling point
glosses: To heat a vapour above its saturation point
examples: to superheat an oven
glosses: To heat too much, to overheat.
Derived terms: superheatable
superheat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -iːt
Etymology: From super- + heat.
Senses: examples: text: In addition to all this, the fluidity of the steam itself was much increased by high superheat, usually achieved by means of the Houlet superheater.
ref: 1944 November and December, Lord Monkswell, “The French Four-Cylinder Compound Engine”, in Railway Magazine, page 326:
glosses: The excess of temperature of a vapour above its temperature of saturation.
thermosolutal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From thermo- + solutal.
Senses: glosses: Describing convection in a liquid caused by a combination of heat and varying concentration of solute
disentanglement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: disentanglements
Etymology: From dis- + entanglement.
Senses: glosses: Removal of, or extrication from twists, tangles, complications or confusion.
voice coil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: voice coils
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A coil of wire attached to the apex of the cone of a loudspeaker that provides the motive force to the cone by the reaction of a magnetic field to the current passing through it.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A similar mechanism that positions the disk read-write head in a computer hard disk drive.
tennis shoe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈtɛ.nɪ.ʃu(ː)/
Forms: form: tennis shoes
Senses: glosses: A sneaker (trainer).
glosses: A specialty sports shoe designed for playing tennis.
Synonyms: sense: sneaker, trainer
word: jogger
sense: sneaker, trainer
word: jogging shoe
sense: sneaker, trainer
word: runner
sense: sneaker, trainer
word: running shoe
sense: sneaker, trainer
word: sneaker
sense: sneaker, trainer
word: trainer
sense: sneaker, trainer
word: training shoe
tennis shoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tennis shoe
iminodiethanol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The compound diethanolamine.
through thick and thin
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From thick and thin, meaning: “thick (dense) and thin woodland; all obstacles in a path”.
Senses: examples: text: Mr. Trump’s followers have supported him through thick and thin, and political reaction so far has been dividing more along partisan than ideological lines.
ref: 2025 June 22, Luke Broadwater, “Trump Picks a Side on Entering the War in Iran, for Now”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: Through all (especially grim, rough and difficult) conditions; in all weathers.
misdemeanour
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: misdemeanours
Etymology: From mis- + demeanour.
Senses: examples: text: Therefore, welcome new Secretary of State for Transport Mark Harper, a man about whom even my esteemed political journalist friends know little - apart from the fact he was once Chief Whip, a job that requires knowing about every Tory MP's misdemeanours.
ref: 2022 November 16, Christian Wolmar, “Can Merriman use his rail knowledge to make a difference?”, in RAIL, number 970, page 44:
glosses: Alternative form of misdemeanor.
opaques
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of opaque
opaques
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of opaque
filter funnels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of filter funnel
breastpin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: breastpins
Etymology: From breast + pin.
Senses: examples: text: Mark on that nose the colour left by too copious port and viands; to which the profuse cravat with exorbitant breastpin, and the fixed, forward, and as it were menacing glance of the eyes correspond.
ref: 1843, Thomas Carlyle, chapter 17, in Past and Present:
text: A sprig of white flowers was in her light wavy hair, and another fastened by her breastpin drooped over her bosom.
ref: 1883, Edward Payson Roe, chapter 5, in His Sombre Rivals:
glosses: An ornamental pin attached to clothing in a person's upper chest area; a brooch.
Synonyms: broach
brooch
Hypernyms: pin
smitham
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Perhaps compare English smeddum (“fine powder, lump ore, etc.”).
Senses: glosses: Small lumps of ore which free miners scavenged because small quantities were exempt from payment of taxes. The practice ended in 1760 when the Duke of Devonshire challenged the tax exemption.
Related terms: smeddum
Chang Jiang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /tʃæŋ ˈdʒ(j)ɒŋ/
/-d͡ʒi.æŋ/
Forms: form: Ch'ang Chiang
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 長江 /长江 (Cháng Jiāng).
Senses: examples: text: ONE of the problems in China’s economy today is: In the past decade many places built industries to utilize local raw materials or supply local markets with goods. But often these plants were technically backward, and the goods they produced were of poor quality, or even unsalable. This was once true of the Xianning district, consisting of seven counties south of the Changjiang (Yangtze) River in Hubei province.
ref: [1980 December, Huo Bolin, “Shanghai Helps Backward Small Industries”, in China Reconstructs, volume XXIX, number 12, Beijing: China Welfare Institute, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 34, column 1:
glosses: Synonym of Yangtze.
synonyms: word: Yangtze
Synonyms: Chang River
beta-carotene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /biː.təˈka.ɹə.tiːn/
ipa: /ˌbeɪ.təˈkɛɹ.əˌtin/
Forms: form: betacarotene
form: beta carotene
form: β-carotene
Etymology: From beta + carotene.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A plant pigment that is an isomer of carotene, found in dark green and dark yellow vegetables and fruits and important in the diet as a precursor of vitamin A.
Related terms: alpha-carotene
hybridoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hybridomas
form: hybridomata
Etymology: From hybrid + -oma.
Senses: examples: text: Athymic (nude) mice and rats were inoculated intraperitoneally with rat-mouse hybridoma cells secreting monoclonal antibodies to rat MHC class I antigens in order to improve the yield of antibodies.
ref: 1982, Saad A. Noeman, Dhirendra N.Misra, Robert J. Yankes, Heinz W. Kunz, Thomas J. Gill III, “Growth of Rat-mouse hybridomas in nude mice and nude rats”, in Journal of Immunological Methods, →DOI:
topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: A hybrid cell engineered from a lymphocyte and a tumour cell; used to generate monoclonal antibodies
Derived terms: heterohybridoma
kilogray
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kilograys
Etymology: From kilo- + gray.
Senses: topics: metrology
glosses: An SI unit of absorbed energy from ionizing radiation equal to 10³ grays. Symbol: k
beta carotene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of beta-carotene.
malignancies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of malignancy
megacurie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megacuries
Etymology: From mega- + curie.
Senses: glosses: The unit of radioactivity equal to one million curies
millicurie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: millicuries
Etymology: From milli- + curie.
Senses: glosses: The unit of radioactivity equal to one thousandth of a curie: symbol mCi.
executorial trustee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: executorial trustees
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Someone appointed to be an executor (the person who carries out the directions set forth in a will) and also be a trustee of an estate after the executor's duties have been completed.
monocrystal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monocrystals
Etymology: From mono- + crystal.
Senses: glosses: A single crystal
radiolabeled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of radiolabel
radiolabeled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more radiolabeled
form: most radiolabeled
Senses: glosses: labeled with a radioactive tracer
radiolytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more radiolytic
form: most radiolytic
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, caused by, or causing radiolysis
rhinovirus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rhinoviruses
Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Rhinovirus.
Senses: topics: biology
microbiology
natural-sciences
virology
glosses: Any of many common infectious RNA viruses, of the genus Rhinovirus, that cause disorders such as the common cold.
Synonyms: RV
Derived terms: RV
thyratron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈθaɪ.ɹəˌtɹɒn/
ipa: /ˈθaɪ.ɹəˌtɹɑn/
Forms: form: thyratrons
Etymology: From Ancient Greek θύρα (thúra, “door”) + -tron. Originally a trademark, registered 17 June 1930 by the General Electric Company (United States Patent Office, Registration No. 271-660).
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Any of several types of thermoelectric valve once used as a high-speed switch
wikipedia: General Electric Company
alap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alaps
form: alaap
form: alapa
Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit आलापा (ālāpā).
Senses: examples: text: The alaap is the part of our classical music that I like best. It is an inward voyage, an odyssey into the unknown.
ref: 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 176:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The opening, improvised section of a Classical raga performance, before the formal recitation.
hospodar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hospodars
Etymology: From Polish hospodar m sg, from Middle Ukrainian господаръ m sg (hospodar), from Proto-Slavic *gospodãřь m sg.
Senses: glosses: A title borne by the governors of Moldavia and Wallachia.
Derived terms: hospodarate
resolvability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From resolve + -ability.
Senses: glosses: The quality or condition of being resolvable.
irresolvability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ir- + resolve + -ability.
Senses: glosses: the quality of being irresolvable
lactiferous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪfəɹəs
Etymology: From lacto- + -i- + -ferous.
Senses: examples: text: The sprouts proliferate and canalize to form the lactiferous ducts and the outbuddings form the alveoli of the mammary glands.
ref: 1997, Comprehensive Toxicology: Reproductive and endocrine toxicology, page 258:
synonyms: galactophorous
glosses: Able to secrete milk or a milky fluid.
Derived terms: lactiferousness
Related terms: laticiferous
pilosity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pilosities
Senses: glosses: The quality or state of being pilose.
rouncy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹaʊnsi/
Forms: form: rouncies
form: rouncey
form: rounsey
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman rouncie, runcin, Old French roncin, from Late Latin runcinus, of uncertain origin.
Senses: examples: text: Too many of my men ride rounseys, drays, and mules against foes mounted on coursers and destriers.
ref: 2000 August 8, George R[aymond] R[ichard] Martin, “Arya [Stark]”, in A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire; 3), London: Voyager, →ISBN, page 445:
glosses: A horse, especially a common riding-horse.
glosses: A vulgar woman.
Synonyms: sense: horse
word: nag
nucleic acids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nucleic acid
disatisfied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of dissatisfied.
cut one loose
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cuts one loose
form: cutting one loose
form: cut one loose
form: cut one loose
Senses: glosses: To flatulate; to fart.
Synonyms: flatulate
Related terms: cut it loose
cut loose
cut someone loose
war reparations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Monetary compensation intended to cover damage or injury during a war.
anagogies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anagogy
loligo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: loligos
Etymology: From Latin lōlīgō.
Senses: examples: text: the learned may consider the Crystalline humour of the eye in the cuttle fish and Loligo.
ref: 1658, Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus:
text: […]the loligos or squids, the sepias, and the argonauts or paper nautili, are among the best known of its representatives.
ref: 1882 October, Popular Science, volume 21, number 46, page 755:
glosses: A member of the Loligo genus of cephalopods; a squid.
preseeding
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The effects of seeding are assessed by comparing preseeding (or unseeded) estimates to the postseeding estimates.
ref: 2002, Brian H. Ross, Psychology of Learning and Motivation: Advances in Research and Theory, page 342:
glosses: Before seeding.
preseeding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of preseed
glosses: Misspelling of preceding.
preseeding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: preseedings
Senses: examples: text: 2004, Joey Hess, "d-i preseed file version 0.1", reprinted in Frank Ronneburg, 2005, Debian GNU/ Linux Anwenderhandbuch,
Some parts of the installation process cannot be automated using some forms of preseeding, because the questions are asked before the preseed file is loaded.
text: In addition to the preseed option, the boot command will then be longer than 100 characters, which defeats the purpose of preseeding -- a manual installation of Debian requires only twelve keystrokes before you are prompted for the root password.
ref: 2005, Martin F. Krafft, The Debian System: Concepts and Techniques, →ISBN, page 426:
text: This first command is run as early as possible, just after preseeding is read.
ref: 2005: Frank Ronneburg, Debian GNU/Linux Anwenderhandbuch für Einsteiger, Umsteiger und Fortgeschrittene, page 124 (Pearson Education; ISBN 978‒3‒8273‒2303‒3)
text: I'm using preseeding over network(PXE).
ref: 2008, "etch-n-half netboot problems", Unix Linux Forum, Aug 18
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: a way to set answers to questions asked during the installation process, without having to manually enter the answers while the installation is running.
teint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /teɪnt/
rhymes: -eɪnt
Forms: form: teints
Etymology: From French teint, teinte. See tint.
Senses: examples: text: For time ſhall with his ready pencil ſtand; / Retouch your figures with his ripening hand; / Mellow your colors, and imbrown the teint; / Add every grace, which time alone can grant; / To future ages ſhall your fame convey, / And give more beauties than he takes away.
ref: a. 1701 (date written), John Dryden, “Epistle the Fourteenth. To Sir Godfrey Kneller, Principal Painter to His Majesty.”, in The Miscellaneous Works of John Dryden, […], volume II, London: […] J[acob] and R[ichard] Tonson, […], published 1760, →OCLC, page 201:
text: The paleness of Madame de St. Irvyne's cheek, on which the only teint was an occasional and hectic flush, announced that the illness which consumed her, rapidly increased, and would soon lead her gently to the gates of death.
ref: 1811, Percy Bysshe Shelley, St. Irvyne; or, the Rosicrucian, Chapter VII:
text: There was no rose-teint on his wasted cheek
ref: 1844, Mary Noel McDonald, Poems, The Dying Boy:
glosses: Colour, tinge; tint.
teins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tein
oint
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɔɪnt/
rhymes: -ɔɪnt
Forms: form: oints
form: ointing
form: ointed
form: ointed
Etymology: From Middle English ointen, from Anglo-Norman oint or Old French oint, past participle of oindre, from Latin unguere.
Senses: examples: text: They oint their naked limbs with mothered oil.
ref: 1697, Virgil, “The Third Book of the Georgics”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
text: to make his excuse more likely, he caused his legges to be ointed and swathed, and lively counterfeted the behaviour and countenance of a goutie man.
ref: 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 25, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
glosses: To anoint.
oints
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of oint
fiscal year
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fiscal years
Etymology: From fiscal + year.
Senses: topics: accounting
business
finance
hypernyms: year
coordinate_terms: calendar year
academic year
glosses: An accounting period of one year, not necessarily coinciding with the calendar year.
Synonyms: sense: one-year accounting period
word: financial year
sense: one-year accounting period
word: budget year
sense: one-year accounting period
word: tax year
sense: one-year accounting period
word: accounting reference period
sense: one-year accounting period
word: FY
sense: one-year accounting period
word: annum
Related terms: fiscal quarter
peins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pein
peins
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pein
fiscal years
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fiscal year
atteint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: atteints
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of attaint.
atteints
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of atteint
abietate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæb.i.əˌteɪt/
Forms: form: abietates
Etymology: From abietic + -ate (a chemical compound).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of abietic acid; resinate.
acetaldoxime
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acetaldoximes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Either of two isomeric forms of the oxime, CH₃-CH=N-OH, formally derived from acetic acid
acetoacetate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acetoacetates
Etymology: From aceto- + acetate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of acetoacetic acid
acetoacetic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The ketonic carboxylic acid CH₃-CO-CH₂-COOH, that is present in the urine of people suffering from starvation or some forms of diabetes.
Related terms: acetoacetate
acetoxy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acetoxys
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The univalent radical, CH₃-COO-, derived from acetic acid by loss of a hydrogen atom
Derived terms: acetoxyketobemidone
acetoxymethyl
diacetoxyscirpenol
acetylacetone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From acetyl + acetone.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The diketone CH₃COCH₂COCH₃ used as a solvent and as a coordination ligand
acetylenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From acetylene + -ic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to acetylene or its derivatives; having a carbon-to-carbon triple bond
Derived terms: polyacetylenic
Related terms: diacetylenic
acrylaldehyde
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The unsaturated aldehyde acrolein
acryloyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acryloyls
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The univalent radical CH₂=CH-CO- derived from acrylic acid; 2-propenoyl
Derived terms: acryloyl chloride
acryloyldimethyltaurate
etacrynic acid