cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
pleuronic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pleuron + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to pleurons
pneumatonometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of pneumotonometer.
polychronous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Containing multiple rhythms
polyfunctionally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From poly- + functionally.
Senses: glosses: In a polyfunctional manner
polypurinic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪnɪk
Etymology: From poly- + purinic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to a polypurine
postorbitosquamosal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to, or connecting the postorbital and squamosal bones
ultra-Darwinism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ultraDarwinism
form: ultra-darwinism
form: ultradarwinism
Etymology: From ultra- + Darwinism. Coined by Stephen Jay Gould.
Senses: examples: text: "On the one hand, we can embrace restrictive naturalism, and ultra-Darwinism, the no-nonsense, hard-nosed stance that accepts the limits of naturalistic explanation no matter the consequences, even if they include incoherence, rabid scepticism and the undermining of science."
ref: 2011 June 24, Conor Cunningham, “Richard Dawkins the Neanderthal, and Darwin's pious idea”, in ABC News:
text: "Dawkins was a strong advocate of what became known as ultra-Darwinism, which (as a caricature at least) attempted to explain all of evolution with respect to genes."
ref: 2017 April 17, Phil Madgwick, “Totalitarian Genesmanship I: on Superman’s sperm-count”, in Medium, archived from the original on 11 Dec 2019:
glosses: A belief system based heavily on Darwinism and evolutionism. Believers in it see Charles Darwin's work as vital, even all-encompassing, and usually see atheism as an implication of evolution.
postosmicate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: postosmicates
form: postosmicating
form: postosmicated
form: postosmicated
Etymology: From post- + osmicate.
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: To postfix a biological sample using osmium tetroxide
Related terms: postosmication
postosmication
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From post- + osmication.
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: postfixation of a biological sample using osmium tetroxide
Related terms: postosmicate
postosmicated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of postosmicate
postosmicated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: postfixed by means of postosmication
prechiasmal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + chiasmal.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: In front of a chiasma (especially the optic chiasma)
predialytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + dialytic.
Senses: glosses: prior to dialysis
ultra-darwinism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of ultra-Darwinism.
predilutionally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From pre- + dilutionally.
Senses: glosses: In a predilutional manner
predilutional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + dilutional.
Senses: glosses: Prior to dilution
ultraDarwinism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ultra-Darwinism.
ultradarwinism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ultra-Darwinism.
prereconstruction
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + reconstruction.
Senses: glosses: That occurs prior to reconstruction
prestarved
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + starved.
Senses: glosses: starved prior to some other operation
preterminally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From pre- + terminally.
Senses: glosses: In a preterminal manner
ultra-Darwinist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ultra-Darwinists
form: ultraDarwinist
form: ultra-darwinist
form: ultradarwinist
Etymology: From ultra- + Darwinist.
Senses: glosses: A believer in ultra-Darwinism.
ultraDarwinist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ultraDarwinists
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ultra-Darwinist.
ultra-darwinist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ultra-darwinists
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of ultra-Darwinist.
ultradarwinist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ultradarwinists
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ultra-Darwinist.
ultra-Darwinists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ultra-Darwinist
ultraDarwinists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ultraDarwinist
ultra-darwinists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ultra-darwinist
ultradarwinists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ultradarwinist
Andria
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city and comune in Barletta-Andria-Trani province, Apulia, Italy.
proteophosphoglycan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: proteophosphoglycans
Etymology: From proteo- + phosphoglycan.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A complex of a protein and a phosphoglycan
proteophosphoglycans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of proteophosphoglycan
pseudosequence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudosequences
Etymology: From pseudo- + sequence.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: An apparent sequence used as a key in data compression
pseudosequences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pseudosequence
pyroxamide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The carboxylic acid derivative of pyridine N'-hydroxy-N-pyridin-3-yloctanediamide
quinochalcone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quinochalcones
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any quinone derived from a chalcone
radioablation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: radioablations
Etymology: From radio- + ablation.
Senses: glosses: ablation (of cancer tissue) by means of radiofrequency radiation
radiosuppression
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From radio- + suppression.
Senses: glosses: The suppression of radio and TV interference from the ignition system of a motor vehicle
rectosigmoidoscopy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rectosigmoidoscopies
Etymology: From recto- + sigmoidoscopy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Internal examination of the rectum and sigmoid colon
rectosigmoidoscopies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rectosigmoidoscopy
remorin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: remorins
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of protein found in solanaceous plants
remorins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of remorin
rostrolateroventral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From rostro- + lateroventral.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: rostral, lateral and ventral
salutogenetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to salutogenesis
sanguinivore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sanguinivores
Senses: glosses: Any sanguinivorous animal
sanguinivores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sanguinivore
blood-sucking
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: alternative form of bloodsucking
for the moment
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: Near-synonyms: for now, at the moment
glosses: At this time.
transcontinentals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of transcontinental
sarcophytol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sarcophytols
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of cyclic diterpenoid alcohols, that show anticarcinogenic activity, present in plants of the genus Sarcophyton.
sarcophytoxide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sarcophytoxides
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of cyclic diterpenoid epoxides related to the sarcophytols.
schizotypals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of schizotypal
scorpionism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From scorpion + -ism.
Senses: glosses: scorpion envenomation
silicotungstic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From silico- + tungstic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the silicotungstic acids
Beringians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Beringian
sorbierite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Synonym of sorbitol, when used as a food additive
synonyms: word: sorbitol
word: when used as a food additive
prejacents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prejacent
stomatosuchid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stomatosuchids
Senses: glosses: Any extinct crocodylomorph of the family Stomatosuchidae
stomatosuchids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stomatosuchid
subparietal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + parietal.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Beneath the parietal bones
superpyramidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From super- + pyramidal.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Above the carpal bones
supraoculomotor
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From supra- + oculomotor.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Above the oculomotor nucleus
synanthropically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From syn- + anthropically.
Senses: glosses: In a synanthropic manner
misery indices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of misery index
misery indexes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of misery index
synechobactin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: synechobactins
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of siderophores present in the Synechococcus cyanobacteria
synechobactins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of synechobactin
terpenol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of terpineol.
thiobarbital
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From thio- + barbital.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The barbiturate 5,5-diethyl-2-sulfanylidene-1,3-diazinane-4,6-dione
horseshoe curve
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɔːs.ʃuː kɜːv/
ipa: /ˈhɔːɹs.ʃuː kɝv/
Forms: form: horseshoe curves
Senses: examples: text: It only remains to notice briefly the branch from Whitland to Cardigan, which for a few miles pursues its tortuous and picturesque course along the valley of the Taf, thence rising by very severe gradients to Crymmych Arms, near to which station is a striking horse-shoe curve.
ref: 1939 September, T. R. Perkins, “The G.W.R in West Wales”, in Railway Magazine, page 202:
text: This route was constructed in 1883 and involves a horseshoe curve, two tunnels, ruling grades of 3.76 per cent southbound and 3.91 per cent northbound (with patches up to 4.8 per cent), and severe curvature.
ref: 1959, David P. Morgan, editor, Steam's Finest Hour, Kalmbach Publishing Co., pages 113, referring to the line between Mexico City and Toluca:
text: The viaduct has nine steel spans on a 16-chain (328-metre) curve and is one of two significant structures on the celebrated Horseshoe Curve.
ref: 2021 December 15, Robin Leleux, “Awards honour the best restoration projects: The Costain Structures Award: Auch Viaduct”, in RAIL, number 946, page 57:
glosses: A curve in the shape of a horseshoe, often on a railway, where hairpin bends cannot be used.
Coordinate terms: hairpin bend
switchback
titrational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: qualifier: analytical chemistry
glosses: Relating to, or by means of titration
horseshoe curves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of horseshoe curve
transfontanellar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From trans- + fontanellar.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Across the fontanelle
trofectoderm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of trophectoderm.
undecaacetate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: undecaacetates
Etymology: From undeca- + acetate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any compound that has eleven acetate groups (typically of a disaccharide)
underreplicated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From under- + replicated.
Senses: glosses: Insufficiently replicated
uracilation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: uracilations
Etymology: From uracil + -ation.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: reaction with uracil
uricolysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From uric + -lysis.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The metabolism or breakdown of uric acid
Related terms: uricogenesis
vagoaccessory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From vago- + accessory.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the vagus nerve and the accessory nerve
Related terms: vagoaccessorius
vesiculotubular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From vesiculo- + tubular.
Senses: glosses: vesicular and tubular
vpirna
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vpirnas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of vpiRNA.
vpiRNA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vpiRNAs
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: viral piRNA
vpiRNAs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vpiRNA
xylopolysaccharide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: xylopolysaccharides
Etymology: From xylo- + polysaccharide.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any polysaccharide based on xylose monomers.
xylopolysaccharides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of xylopolysaccharide
virospheres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of virosphere
pachyosteosclerotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pachyosteosclerotic
form: most pachyosteosclerotic
Etymology: From pachy- + osteo- + sclerotic.
Senses: glosses: Exhibiting or relating to pachyosteosclerosis.
gloomy octopus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gloomy octopuses
form: gloomy octopusses
form: gloomy octopi
form: gloomy octopii
form: gloomy octopodes
form: gloomy octopus
Senses: glosses: A species of octopus, Octopus tetricus, found in the subtropical waters of eastern Australia and northern New Zealand.
cognitive behavioral therapies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cognitive behavioral therapy
cognitive behavioural therapies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cognitive behavioural therapy
Laohekou
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: louʹhǔʹkōʹ
Forms: form: Laohokow
form: Lao-ho-k'ou
Etymology: From the pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 老河口 (Lǎohékǒu).
Senses: examples: text: In 1897 Ku-ch'eng Hsien, a city lying some fourteen miles below Lao-ho-k'eo, was opened as an out-station, and an evangelist sent down for permanent work.
ref: [1903 March, Miss Black, “The Work at Lao-ho-k'eo.”, in China's Millions, volume XI, number 3, China Inland Mission, →OCLC, page 34, column 2:
text: A middle school under construction on the outskirts of Laohekou, Hubei Province, China
ref: 2018 April 3, Emily Feng, “Chinese developers seek piece of booming education market”, in Financial Times, archived from the original on 02 Nov 2021, Education:
glosses: A county-level city of Xiangyang, Hubei, China.
wifflebat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wifflebats
form: wiffle bat
form: wiffleball bat
form: wiffle ball bat
Senses: glosses: The lightweight bat used in the game of wiffleball
make a joke of
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: makes a joke of
form: making a joke of
form: made a joke of
form: made a joke of
Senses: glosses: Synonym of make light of.
synonyms: word: make light of
sulfur-iodine cycle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A thermochemical cycle, used to produce hydrogen, consisting of three chemical reactions whose net reactant is water and whose net products are hydrogen and oxygen.
Synonyms: S-I cycle
Walter Plinge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A pseudonym used in some theatres for an unnamed actor.
seat at the table
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪbəl
Senses: examples: text: The Urban Transport Group says that "city regions must have a seat at the table" when decisions are taken about how the Government's planned reform of the railways is implemented.
ref: 2021 December 29, “City regions keen for meaningful involvement in rail reforms”, in RAIL, number 947, page 6:
coordinate_terms: stake
glosses: A status within a group that gives one sufficient authority to be taken seriously.
Related terms: at table
on the table
board member
have a say
stakeholder
unstreamline
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unstreamlines
form: unstreamlining
form: unstreamlined
form: unstreamlined
Etymology: From un- + streamline.
Senses: examples: text: Whether, or how soon, the production side of the book trade will be able or willing to unstreamline itself remains to be seen.
ref: 1947, The Twentieth Century, volumes 140-141, page 23:
text: A further point; on top of the motif one is now expected to add a very unsightly bug deflector in order to unstreamline that which has already been streamlined.
ref: 1953, Henry Sturmey, H. Walter Staner, The Autocar:
text: Let's unstreamline government.
ref: 1987, Gary North, The pirate economy, page 149:
text: The question is: Are those the kinds of issues which are best dealt with in a formal hearing taking into account that each time you set up a condition like that, you slightly unstreamline the process?
ref: 1993, Nuclear Power Licensing Reform:
glosses: To make unstreamlined
unstreamlining
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From unstreamline + -ing (present participle ending).
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unstreamline
unstreamlining
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From unstreamline + -ing (gerund ending).
Senses: glosses: The act or process of making (something) unstreamlined
unstreamlines
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unstreamline
malaanonang
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The tree Parashorea malaanonan.
Lumme
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lummes
Etymology: Borrowed from Finnish Lumme.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Finnish.
V8s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of V8
Euribors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Euribor
adhisthanas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adhisthana
hashflag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhæʃˌflæɡ/
Forms: form: hashflags
Etymology: Blend of hashtag + flag, coined during the 2010 FIFA World Cup by Twitter when national flags were added to the end of three-character national abbreviation hashtags (e.g., #rsa or #jpn)
Senses: examples: text: After posting a tweet about Wombat Strike Six, an upcoming videogame she was excited about, Monique noticed that the hashtag #wombatrevenge had an associated hashflag depicting a small, furious wombat.
text: Hashflags also don't last forever: Twitter turns them off, when the hashtag stops trending, I guess.
ref: 2015 September 28, Alissa Walker, “Twitter's Hashflags Are an Abomination, and They Must Be Stopped”, in Gizmodo, archived from the original on 14 Feb 2018:
text: While some hashtags are so specific as to render unlikely the chance that a hashflag will appear out of context (e.g., #turkishairlinesopen2017), there are numerous examples of hashflags being attached to hashtags with multiple meanings and applications.
ref: 2018, Tim Highfield, “Emoji hashtags // hashtag emoji: Of platforms, visual affect, and discursive flexibility”, in First Monday, volume 23, number 9, →DOI:
text: Despite the record-breaking number of #MahsaAmini tweets, the hashtag remains flagless. Hashflags are custom emojis specific to Twitter that help boost a particular hashtag on the platform and draw attention to a movement. By introducing a hashflag, Twitter would also make it less likely that misleadingly similar hashtags for #MahsaAmini will divert attention.
ref: 2022 September 30, Mahsa Alimardani, Kendra Albert, Afsaneh Rigot, “Big Tech Should Support the Iranian People, Not the Regime”, in The New York Times:
glosses: A non-Unicode pictogram, similar to an emoji, automatically appended to a trending and often branded hashtag in a tweet.
hashflags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hashflag
tauhous
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tauhou
sectionman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sectionmen
form: section man
form: section-man
Etymology: From section + man.
Senses: examples: text: 1916, Annual Report of the Public Utilities Commission, State of Maine, Sentinel Publishing Company https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=hi1FAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PA56&lpg=RA2-PA56&dq=%22sectionman%22&source=bl&ots=i9BCwYgdC9&sig=d72pK2gH6efsfs4_I_v6M619s-g&hl=no&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjT1uqotJ_dAhXCCMAKHfhZCTE4ChDoATAEegQIBhAB#v=onepage&q=%22sectionman%22&f=false
... a sectionman was killed when his motor velocipede was struck by an extra freight on a curve; a sectionman was crushed between two cars when working on a track left unprotected; a sectionman was struck by a shifting engine; …
text: Sectionmen step back to admire a T&P Texas in West Texas as the 2-10-4 comes charging up bad Baird Hill.
ref: 1959, Steam's Finest Hour, edited by David P. Morgan, Kalmbach Publishing Co. (photo caption)
text: Being on the engine when the engineer applied the brakes I asked why he was stopping and he said "there's a sectionman fighting with a wolf". So I backed up to the spot and the fireman and I jumped off with pick and shaker bar. I hit the wolf on the head with the pick and fireman Grier hit it with the shaker bar. This finished the wolf.
ref: 2013, Canadian Folk: Portraits of Remarkable Lives, by Peter Unwin, Dundum, →ISBN:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: A railroad worker who maintains and patrols the track.
swithest
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: superlative form of swithe: most swithe
homogenized milks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of homogenized milk
ubiquilins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ubiquilin
would you believe it
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: would you believe it !
form: would you believe
Senses: glosses: Used to express astonishment or incredulity.
sectionmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sectionman
Batesburg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A former town in South Carolina, United States, which is now a portion of Batesburg-Leesville.
glosses: Batesburg-Leesville itself.
Batesburg-Leesville
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Lexington County and Saluda County, South Carolina, United States.
staybolt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: staybolts
form: stay bolt
Etymology: From stay + bolt.
Senses: examples: text: Code of Federal Regulations, ProStar Publications →ISBN (no publication date given)https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mLdukh4tXdcC&pg=PA477&lpg=PA477&dq=%22staybolts%22&source=bl&ots=2m6CqRS0M0&sig=BIoUcN1TYS7S3IhFTAQEekhkKoU&hl=no&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj54s77zp_dAhVpCcAKHRsrC2Y4ChDoATADegQIBxAB#v=onepage&q=%22staybolts%22&f=false
At the time of replacement of broken staybolts, adjacent staybolts shall be inspected.
glosses: A rod with threaded ends, used as a stay in a boiler, firebox etc.
Derived terms: staybolted
quercic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: quercin
staybolts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of staybolt
staybolted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From staybolt + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: Kansas City Southern's 10 J-class 2-10-4's of 1937 had the first staybolted boilers with 310 pounds pressure.
ref: 1959, David P. Morgan, editor, Steam's Finest Hour, Kalmbach Publishing Co.:
text: 7.2.6 Problems of the Staybolted Firebox: The firebox was the most problematical of the component structures of the steam locomotive. It required endless maintenance.
ref: 2018, The American Steam Locomotive in the Twentieth Century, by Tom Morrison, McFarland, →ISBN:
qualifier: boiler etc.
glosses: fitted with staybolts.
raw_tags: of a firebox
thocking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of thock
thocked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of thock
thocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thock
thocks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of thock
thwopping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of thwop
thwops
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of thwop
thwopped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of thwop
truck crop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: truck crops
Senses: glosses: A vegetable crop grown by truck farming.
Related terms: row crop
truck farm
truck farming
market garden
truck crops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of truck crop
truck farms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of truck farm
bore draw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bore draws
form: bore-draw
Etymology: From the notion that a scoreless draw is boring to watch.
Senses: examples: text: "ROB GREEN was the hero as his penalty save allowed returning Eden Hazard to settle this bore draw in a shootout."
ref: 2018 August 7, Tom Barclay, “KANTE BELIEVE IT Chelsea 0 Lyon 0 (5-4 pens): Eden Hazard and N’Golo Kante return as Rob Green makes Blues debut in goal”, in The Sun:
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: A draw in which neither team scores, i.e. the game ends 0–0.
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: A draw in which both teams score but it is considered a boring game to watch.
Related terms: score draw
lattice-works
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lattice-work
ochras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ochra
okwas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of okwa
harbourmistress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: harbourmistresses
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of harbormistress.
harbourmistresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of harbourmistress
collarmaking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From collar + making.
Senses: glosses: The manufacture of collars.
Poirotesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Poirotesque
form: most Poirotesque
Etymology: From Poirot + -esque.
Senses: examples: text: Even more stimulating is the sleuth-like pursuit of clues in Ovid culminating in a Poirotesque gathering of all threads in a final denouement […]
ref: 1990, JACT Review, page 29:
text: The tabloids played on the drama and gave it a Poirotesque twist, of deep plots being hatched in space to do away with troublesome officers.
ref: 2000, Sam Mangat, The Homestead: The Great Space Mutiny, page 254:
text: While generally restraining himself from the Poirotesque habit of assembling rooms full of suspects to heighten the sense of theatre at the denouement of a case, he would occasionally milk a scene.
ref: 2009, Daniel Smith, The Sherlock Holmes Companion: An Elementary Guide, page 27:
text: Photographs of Murif on the journey show him looking somewhat Hercule Poirotesque, with a neatly trimmed beard and moustache and wearing a homburg hat. The rest of his attire was designed purely for comfort, […]
ref: 2012, Warren Brown, Francis Birtles:
glosses: Reminiscent of Hercule Poirot, a fictional Belgian detective in the works of Agatha Christie, known for his finicky neatness and for assembling suspects at the conclusion of a case to explain what happened and who committed the crime.
Related terms: Poirotian
street cleaner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: street cleaners
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of streetcleaner.
street cleaners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of street cleaner
RYLA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Rotary Youth Leadership Awards.
Christiesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Christiesque
form: most Christiesque
Etymology: From Christie + -esque.
Senses: examples: text: I would even go so far as to say that Sayers sometimes does her best to construct a tale that has the same Christiesque emphasis on the fantastically ingenious crime and the game between reader and detective.
ref: 1977, John G. Cawelti, Adventure, Mystery, and Romance:
text: A devotee of mystery novels, the poet's theories began to take on Christiesque twists, involving disguises, conspiracies and elaborate plots.
ref: 2014, Sulari Gentill, A Murder Unmentioned:
glosses: Reminiscent of the works of Agatha Christie (1890–1976), English writer known for her detective fiction.
Synonyms: Agatha Christie-esque
Hyponyms: Poirotesque
gullibles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gullible
lootocratic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more lootocratic
form: most lootocratic
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to lootocracy.
lootocrat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lootocrats
Senses: glosses: A member of the corrupt elite in a lootocracy.
lootocrats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lootocrat
lootocracy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lootocracies
Etymology: Blend of loot + plutocracy, or pluto- + -cracy.
Senses: glosses: A corrupt political system in which the elite fraudulently help themselves to money or resources intended for other purposes.
Related terms: lootocrat
lootocratic
kleptocracy
lootocracies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lootocracy
loovered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of louvered.
loxP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: By abbreviating "locus of X-over P1"
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A DNA site on the phage P1 genome, with sequence "ATAACTTCGTATANNNTANNNTATACGAAGTTAT" used in genetic engineering.
Derived terms: loxP site
cabside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cabsides
Senses: examples: text: From 1974, Class 20s repainted at Glasgow emerged with a cabside number and an arrow on the bodyside behind the cab door,…
ref: 2016, Pip Dunn, British Rail Class 20 Locomotives, Crowood, page 354:
glosses: The side of a railway engine cab.
glosses: A number plate displayed on the side of a railway engine cab.
signalbox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: signalboxes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of signal box.
signalboxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of signalbox
hyetogram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyetograms
Etymology: From hyeto- + -graph.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of hyetograph.
synonyms: word: hyetograph
hyetograms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hyetogram
nondissipation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + dissipation.
Senses: glosses: Absence of dissipation; failure to dissipate.
nondisrupting
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + disrupting.
Senses: glosses: Not causing disruption.
adipose tissues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adipose tissue
centenionales
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of centenionalis
equivalizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of equivalize
equivalizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of equivalize
gumnut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gumnuts
Etymology: From gum + nut.
Senses: glosses: The hard woody fruit of trees of the genus Eucalyptus.
gumnuts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gumnut
emigree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: emigrees
Etymology: From French émigrée.
Senses: glosses: a migrant, one who moves from one region to another.
emigrees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of emigree
axiom schemas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of axiom schema
breaches of promise
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of breach of promise
woolenets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of woolenet
heart balms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of heart balm
claimability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From claim + -ability.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being claimable.
Iranist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Iranists
Etymology: From Iran + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who studies the history and culture of Iran.
Iranists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Iranist
lophs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of loph
unlimping
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + limping.
Senses: glosses: Not limping; walking without a limp.
PC bang
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PC bangs
Etymology: From Korean PC방 (pisi-bang, literally “PC room”). First attested in 1999.
Senses: examples: text: In South Korea, mobile phones have created a new population called transyouths who connect to each other through screens and PC bangs (J.H-j. Choi, 2010).
ref: 2021, Micky Lee, Peichi Chung, Media Technologies for Work and Play in East Asia, page 23:
glosses: A public internet cafe where people can meet to play multiplayer computer games for a fee.
PC bangs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of PC bang
death barriers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of death barrier
championer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: championers
Etymology: From champion + -er.
Senses: examples: text: He was a championer of lost causes.
glosses: One who champions something.
championers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of championer
theorycrafts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of theorycraft
theorycrafts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of theorycraft
theorycrafted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of theorycraft
come up trumps
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: comes up trumps
form: coming up trumps
form: came up trumps
form: come up trumps
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of turn up trumps.
modern as next week
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: qualifier: simile
glosses: Thoroughly modern; completely up to date.
Aherne
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ahernes
Etymology: Variant of Ahern.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
sympathetic inks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sympathetic ink
problematological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to problematology.
problematologically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From problematological + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Therefore, the question to which the answer refers (problematologically) differs from the one which it resolves (apocritically).
ref: 1986, Michel Meyer, From Logic to Rhetoric, page 119:
glosses: In terms of, or by means of, problematology.
unproblematizable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unproblematizable
form: most unproblematizable
Etymology: From un- + problematizable.
Senses: glosses: Not capable of being problematized.
attack aircraft
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: attack aircraft
Senses: examples: text: Adapting advanced attack aircraft for nuclear delivery is not a simple technical matter, but it should be within the capability of India, Israel, and Brazil.
ref: 1982, M. Eisentein, “Third World missiles and nuclear proliferation”, in The Washington Quarterly:
glosses: A tactical military aircraft designed to carry out precise airstrikes against ground or naval targets
Hyponyms: attack helicopter
trirubidium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tri- + rubidium.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Three atoms of rubidium in a chemical compound.
EGDs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of EGD
subfeed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subfeeds
Etymology: From sub- + feed.
Senses: topics: business
electrical
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A part of an electricity or antenna feed.
topics: broadcasting
media
television
glosses: A customised or selected part of a video feed.
hodmadod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hodmadods
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hodmandod.
hodmadods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hodmadod
subfeeds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subfeed
preenactment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: preenactments
Etymology: From pre- + enactment.
Senses: glosses: Prior enactment.
preenactments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of preenactment
prick-teaser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prick-teasers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of prickteaser.
prick teaser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prick teasers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of prickteaser.
avemetatarsalians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of avemetatarsalian
avemetatarsalian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: avemetatarsalians
Etymology: From translingual Avemetatarsalia + -n.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A member of the Avemetatarsalia clade of archosaurs which resemble birds more than crocodiles.
no string attached
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: Mr. [James Gillespie] Blaine's declination—it is always understood that we assume there is no string attached to his letter—is undoubtedly a wise move on his part.
ref: 1892 February 17, “Cartoons and Comments”, in H[enry] C[uyler] Bunner, editor, Puck, volume XXX, number 780, New York, N.Y.: Keppler & Schwarzmann, →OCLC, page 430, column 2:
text: "No," I assured him, after receiving his cordial welcome, "my offer had no string attached. I'm more than ready to help in any way I can, to find a niche for you in this old town and fit you into it. It doesn't matter where you hail from, or how you got here; New York is an all-comers' race, and the devil take the hindmost."
ref: 1919, Carolyn Wells, “Case Rivers”, in The Man Who Fell through the Earth, New York, N.Y.: George H[enry] Doran Company, →OCLC, page 170:
text: As to the $12 billion State share, there is not even the pretense of an attempt at congressional oversight, Federal control, or standards of performance. The State share is totally no-string attached.
ref: 1972 July 27, Andrew J[ohn] Biemiller, witness, “Statement of Andrew J. Biemiller, Director, Department of Legislation, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, Accompanied by Nathaniel Goldfinger, Director, Research Department, and Arnold Cantor, Economist, Research Department”, in Revenue Sharing: Hearings before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate, Ninety-second Congress, Second Session on H.R. 14370 to Provide Payments to Localities for High-priority Expenditures, to Encourage the States to Supplement Their Revenue Sources, and to Authorize Federal Collection of State Individual Income Taxes […], Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 452:
text: When government delivers handouts with no string attached, more people naturally want to use and abuse them, which eventually ruins economy and drains a country's wealth. Essentially the welfare state destroys the ethic which sustains this very state.
ref: 2021, Andrei Znamenski, “Regime of Goodness: Social Democracy and the Swedish Model, 1920s–1990s”, in Socialism as a Secular Creed: A Modern Global History, Lanham, Md.: Lexington Books, The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 205:
glosses: Rare form of no strings attached.
beerstone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beer stone
Etymology: From beer + stone.
Senses: examples: text: Beerstone is a composite coating of protein and calcium oxalate that is more difficult to remove than typical hard water limescale.
ref: 2017, John J. Palmer, How To Brew: Everything You Need to Know to Brew Great Beer Every Time:
glosses: A precipitate of calcium oxalate and related organic compounds which forms in brewery vessels and other equipment for handling and serving beer.
score draw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: score draws
form: score-draw
Senses: examples: text: "The former Liverpool captain, renowned for his reputation in the past as a no-nonsense midfield-enforcer, put Thierry Henry firmly in his place on Sunday afternoon after Arsenal's score draw with Tottenham."
ref: 2015 November 9, Callum Davis, “Graeme Souness shouting at Thierry Henry is frightening and awkward”, in The Telegraph:
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: A draw in which both teams score, i.e. the game ends 1–1, 2–2, 3–3, etc.
Related terms: bore draw
bore-draw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bore-draws
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bore draw.
score-draw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: score-draws
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of score draw.
bore draws
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bore draw
bore-draws
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bore-draw
score draws
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of score draw
score-draws
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of score-draw
calcium oxalate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The calcium salt of oxalic acid, Ca(COO)₂.
clip font
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clip fonts
Senses: glosses: A non-Unicode Indic-script font that composes characters using fixed components as opposed to using complex text layout algorithms.
adysplasia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adysplasias
Etymology: From a- + dysplasia.
Senses: glosses: A severe form of dysplasia in which an organ is extremely shrunken
aminopimelate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aminopimelates
Etymology: From amino- + pimelate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any amino derivative of a pimelate
amyloidotropic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From amyloid + -tropic.
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Having an affinity for amyloid tissue
androglobin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: androglobins
Etymology: From andro- + globin.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A chimeric globin associated with the testes
antagonisable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of antagonizable.
antiidiotypic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: anti-idiotypic
Etymology: From anti- + idiotypic.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: That binds to an idiotype of another antibody
raw_tags: of an antibody
antinatriuresis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From anti- + natriuresis.
Senses: glosses: A decrease in the amount of sodium in the urine
Related terms: antinatriuretic
antinatriuretic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + natriuretic or anti- + natriuresis + -etic.
Senses: glosses: That lowers the amount of sodium in the urine
Related terms: antinatriuresis
apendicularian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of appendicularian.
apoplastically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From apoplastic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: Via an apoplast
archostematan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to beetles of the suborder Archostemata
arylazide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arylazides
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An aryl azide
arylazides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arylazide
asynaptic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From a- + synaptic.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Relating to asynapsis
autosterilized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From auto- + sterilized.
Senses: glosses: sterilized by autosterilization
autosterilization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: autosterilizations
Etymology: From auto- + sterilization.
Senses: glosses: Sterilization without the intervention of external agents.
bacterioplanktonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɒnɪk
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or composed of bacterioplankton
bilateralized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bilateralize
bilateralized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Modified by bilateralization
ypipo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of wypipo.
binaurality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The condition of being binaural.
bioactuated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bio- + actuated.
Senses: glosses: Actuated by means of bioactuation.
bioactuation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bioactuations
Etymology: From bio- + actuation.
Senses: glosses: Biological or biochemical actuation (typically by a muscle).