cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
elastocapillary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more elastocapillary
form: most elastocapillary
form: elasto-capillary
Etymology: From elasto- + capillary.
Senses: glosses: That involves both elastic and capillary forces or effects
block capitals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of block capital
block capitals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Complete the form in block capitals.
glosses: Text written entirely in capital letters.
electroantennogram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: electroantennograms
Etymology: From electro- + antennogram.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: a display of the electrical activity of the cells of an insect antenna, especially in response to the detection of odour
electrodynamic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From electro- + dynamic.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: that involves the movement of electric charges
Derived terms: electrodynamically
pyroelectrodynamic
Related terms: electrodynamics
electrodynamical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From electro- + dynamical.
Senses: glosses: electrodynamic
electrotonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more electrotonic
form: most electrotonic
Etymology: From electrotonus + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of, or pertaining to, or caused by electrotonus
Derived terms: electrotonically
morphoelectrotonic
electrotonus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From electro- + tonus.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The variation of the excitability and conductivity of a nerve or muscle as an electric current passes through it
Derived terms: catelectrotonus
Related terms: anelectrotonus
electrotonic
electrotonize
katelectrotonus
embedment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: embedments
Etymology: From embed + -ment.
Senses: glosses: The act of embedding or the state of being embedded.
glosses: An embedded structure, especially a steel structure, embedded in concrete that transmits external loads to it.
encapsidated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of encapsidate
encapsidated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: enclosed in a capsid (used especially to describe the enclosure of viral nucleic acid)
Derived terms: nonencapsidated
unencapsidated
Related terms: encapsidation
endocranial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From endo- + cranial.
Senses: glosses: within the cranium
glosses: Of or pertaining to the endocranium
Derived terms: endocranially
perfectionistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more perfectionistic
form: most perfectionistic
Etymology: From perfectionist + -ic.
Senses: examples: perfectionistic parents
glosses: Perfectionist.
Related terms: perfectionism
perfectionist
endogeneity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: endogeneities
Senses: glosses: The state of being endogenous.
glosses: The extent to which something is endogenous.
Derived terms: endogeneity bias
fight back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /faɪt bæk/
ipa: [fʌɪt bæk]
Forms: form: fights back
form: fighting back
form: fought back
form: fought back
Etymology: From fight and back.
Senses: examples: text: The bully hadn't been expecting his victim to fight back, and now the bully has quadriplegia.
glosses: To defend oneself by fighting.
examples: text: During the Pearl Harbor attack, the U.S. Navy began fighting back, and it wouldn't stop until August 1945.
text: KIRA: You can change their minds. Convince your fellow Cardassians to go on the offensive.
DUKAT: No, I'd be wasting my breath. They wouldn't listen to me. No one wants to fight. There was a time when the mere mention of my race inspired fear. And now we're beaten people, afraid to fight back because we don't want to lose what little is left.
ref: 1996, “Return to Grace”, in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, season 4, episode 14 (Science Fiction), →OCLC:
text: With Scott and the outstanding Claire Rafferty in particular fighting back, all was not lost.
ref: 2015 June 9, “Women’s World Cup 2015: England beaten by France in Group F opener”, in The Guardian (London):
text: The 1928 Royal Commission on Transport not only set some controls for the road haulage industry, it also gave the railway companies the opportunity to fight back.
ref: 2021 August 25, Richard Foster, “The rise and fall of railway's Big Four...”, in RAIL, number 938, pages 54–55:
glosses: To defend oneself by fighting.
To counterattack (counterstrike); to resist an attack or respond after one.
examples: text: fight back tears
text: She tried to fight back her laughter.
text: It was especially after the Battle of Midway that the U.S. was able to fight the Japanese back toward their home islands.
glosses: to repress; to struggle to repress.
glosses: To overturn a losing deficit.
raw_tags: in sports
Related terms: escalation
give as good as one gets
punch up
punch upward
tit for tat
endoglin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A glycoprotein located on the surface of cells
endplate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: endplates
Etymology: From end + plate.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A modified muscle fibre in the form of a flattened discoid at a neuromuscular junction.
enteroendocrine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From entero- + endocrine.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the intestinal production of endocrine hormones.
enteropathogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more enteropathogenic
form: most enteropathogenic
Etymology: From enteropathogen + -ic.
Senses: glosses: of, pertaining to, or causing disease of the intestinal tract
glosses: of or pertaining to an enteropathogen
enthalpic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more enthalpic
form: most enthalpic
Etymology: From enthalpy + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to enthalpy
Derived terms: endoenthalpic
enthalpically
exoenthalpic
isoenthalpic
mentales
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɛnˈteɪˌliz/
Senses: glosses: plural of mentalis
claros
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of claro
robos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of robo
campesinos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of campesino
attritional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: ə-trĭ′-shə-nəl
ipa: /əˈtɹɪ.ʃə.nəl/
rhymes: -ɪʃənəl
Forms: form: more attritional
form: most attritional
Etymology: From attrition + -al.
Senses: examples: text: a prolonged attritional battle
text: attritional wear on a molar
text: After months of attritional, heavy-handed flirting […]
ref: 2009 February 1, Victoria Coren, “Ah, first love … lots of Steven Berkoff and no snogging”, in The Guardian:
text: Sighted on Habitat 7, this unknown species has proven to be extremely dangerous. Their armor and equipment suggest a technologically advanced species capable of spaceflight, while their battle tactics indicate attritional warfare with a centralized command.
ref: 2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Unknown Species Codex entry:
text: The drama of the finale was at odds with almost of all the match, which was an attritional affair on a tricky surface.
ref: 2019 July 14, Stephan Shemilt, “England win Cricket World Cup: Ben Stokes stars in dramatic finale against New Zealand”, in BBC Sport, London:
text: The first half was attritional, too congested for England’s liking. Tuchel has talked about bringing Premier League levels of intensity but that was in short supply.
ref: 2025 March 24, David Hytner, “Reece James bends it like Beckham to help England break down Latvia”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Of or pertaining to attrition.
Derived terms: attritionally
attritional mortality
Related terms: attritive
crossbench
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crossbenches
Etymology: From cross- + bench.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: The political parties and/or members of a legislature that do not form part of the governing party or coalition, nor the official opposition (the largest party or coalition not in government).
crossbench
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more crossbench
form: most crossbench
Etymology: From cross- + bench.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Of or pertaining to a legislature's crossbench.
examples: text: Mary Warnock is a philosopher and crossbench peer.
ref: 2009 April 12, Diane Abbott, Donald MacLeod, Mary Warnock, Barbara Gunnell, “What dilemma would you give a five-year-old?”, in The Observer:
text: Network Rail Chairman Sir Peter Hendy CBE has been nominated for a Crossbench Peerage.
ref: 2022 November 2, “Network News: Sir Peter Hendy destined for House of Lords”, in RAIL, number 969, page 21:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Alternative form of cross-bench.
Derived terms: crossbencher
crossbenches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The seats in either house of the British parliament, or a similar assembly, used by members who do not vote regularly with either the government or the main opposition party.
gritstone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gritstones
Etymology: From grit + stone.
Senses: examples: text: So Tom went to go down; and first he went down three hundred feet of steep heather, mixed up with loose brown grindstone, as rough as a file […]
ref: 1863, Charles Kingsley, The Water Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby:
text: Adjacent to the roundhouse, but a little further north towards Curzon Street, are the surprising remains of the wagon turntables for the goods shed. Unusually, these are made out of solid gritstone so survive pretty much intact.
ref: 2020 April 8, Paul Bigland, “Rail's future revealing railway's past”, in Rail, page 38:
glosses: A form of sedimentary rock, similar to sandstone but coarser.
docklands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: docklands
Etymology: From dock + lands.
Senses: glosses: An area of a town or city which contains, or used to contain, an industrial port.
get down to business
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets down to business
form: getting down to business
form: got down to business
form: got down to business
form: gotten down to business
Senses: glosses: To commit oneself to a task or activity that is employment-related or that requires serious effort or concentration.
Related terms: throw oneself into
crossbencher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crossbenchers
Etymology: From crossbench + -er.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: A member of a legislature who belongs to a political party or coalition that is not in government or official opposition (the largest party or coalition not in government), or is independent; a member of the crossbench.
examples: text: He has just become Lord Hendy, and will take his place in the House of Lords on December 12. He will be a Crossbencher, which means he will not represent a political party.
ref: 2022 November 30, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Hendy drops GBR name but reform plans proceed”, in RAIL, number 971, page 12:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Alternative form of cross-bencher.
ungreased
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: His eyes were red-rimmed, his hair ungreased and ruffled, skin pale as a potato root.
ref: 2004, Andrea Levy, chapter 26, in Small Island, London: Review, page 271:
text: Drop 1-1/2-inch spoonfuls of dough about 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets.
ref: 2009 February 4, Susan Sampson, “Cherry oatmeal cookies”, in Toronto Star:
glosses: Not greased
ungreased
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ungrease
ungrease
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: ungreases
form: ungreasing
form: ungreased
form: ungreased
Etymology: From un- + grease.
Senses: glosses: To remove grease from.
Synonyms: degrease
caup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: caups
Senses: examples: On Tintock Tap there is a mist / And in the mist there is a kist / And in the kist there is a caup / And in the caup there is a drap / Tak' up the caup and drink the drap / And set the caup on Tintock Tap.
glosses: Cup.
autocorrelators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of autocorrelator
beclothes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of beclothe
beclothing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of beclothe
beclothed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of beclothe
brainboxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brainbox
brutalizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brutalization
cannonading
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cannonade
cannonading
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cannonadings
Senses: examples: text: Deputies waited on the governor of the castle and obtained a respite from the cannonading for a few days ; but a centry of the Pretender's army in the mean time firing at some people who were carrying provisions to the garrison, a sharp attack commenced, which did considerable damage to the buildings, and killed many of the citizens; this induced the Chevalier to take off the blockade of the castle, and the firing was then discontinued.
ref: 1820, Views in Edinburgh and Its Vicinity:
text: […] the King's Entrance takes place under volleyings and cannonadings.
ref: 1858–1865, Thomas Carlyle, History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC:
glosses: A discharge of artillery fire.
cannonading
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cannonading
form: most cannonading
Senses: topics: hobbies
ice-hockey
lifestyle
skating
sports
glosses: A Gallivanism; Pertaining to a hard shot
cannonaded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cannonade
chorusing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of chorus
disapparate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: disapparates
form: disapparating
form: disapparated
form: disapparated
Etymology: A negative back-formation from apparition, coined by J. K. Rowling.
Senses: examples: text: But again, over time and over many, many pages this scenario fails to chill: most of the “muggle” population goes about its ordinary existence, and every time the secret police close in, our heroes are able to “disapparate” — a term that always makes me think of an attempt at English by George W. Bush.
ref: 2007 August 12, Christopher Hitchens, “Harry Potter: The Boy Who Lived”, in New York Times:
text: Even without Alastair Campbell's assistance, a visiting idealist can see that the simplest thing John Prescott could do, to help secure a fourth term for Labour, would be to disapparate, taking his fellow revenants with him.
ref: 2009 February 1, Catherine Bennett, “Does Labour really think John Prescott is the new Obama?”, in The Guardian:
antonyms: reapparate
glosses: To disappear magically.
circumambulations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of circumambulation
counterprograms
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of counterprogram
counterprogrammed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of counterprogram
degums
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of degum
degummed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of degum
Coleen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Her name is spelled Coleen making her "Co" with a hard O and not Colleen by any stretch - I'm suspicious on her authority on the subject.
ref: 2007, Laurie Lindeen, Petal Pusher, Atria Books, →ISBN, page 137:
glosses: A female given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Coline, from Nicoline.
glosses: A mountain in Alaska.
glosses: A river in Alaska.
Derived terms: Wayleen
dæmons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: He is then directed to preserve its head and heart as specifics to drive away dæmons and evil spirits, and its liver as a cure for blindness.
ref: 1829, Algernon Herbert, Nimrod, page 20:
glosses: plural of dæmon
eBays
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of eBay
eBaying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of eBay
eBayed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of eBay
fistulotomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fistulotomy
genericizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of genericize
lurcher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lurchers
Etymology: From lurch + -er. See lurch (“to lurk, lie in wait”).
Senses: glosses: One who lurks or lies in wait; one who watches in order to rob or betray; a poacher.
examples: text: “Since we are both obsessed with our dogs” — Ms. Muir has a whippet; Ms. Osborne, a lurcher — “we thought we’d try pets,” she said.
ref: 2009 February 5, Penelope Green, “New Book Offers Knitted Projects for Pets”, in New York Times:
glosses: A type of crossbreed dog ― a cross between a sighthound and any other breed or the offspring of such crosses.
glosses: A large nymphalid butterfly, Yoma sabina, of Australia and Asia.
lurcher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lurchers
Etymology: From Latin lurco, lurcho (“a glutton”). See lurch.
Senses: examples: text: Is not loue a lurcher, that taketh mens stomacks away that they cannot eate, their Spleen that they cannot laugh
ref: 1591, John Lyly, Endymion:
glosses: A glutton; a voracious eater
genericizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of genericize
Anatolius
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Latin Anatolius, from Ancient Greek ἀνατολή (anatolḗ, “sunrise”). Name of early saints in the Eastern Orthodox Church.
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Ancient Greek, of only historical usage (though its cognates are common given names in Eastern Europe).
Related terms: Anatoli
apparation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: apparations
Etymology: From Latin apparō (“to make ready”).
Senses: glosses: A preparation.
Anatole
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈænətoʊl/
Etymology: From French Anatole, from Ancient Greek ἀνατολή (anatolḗ, “sunrise”). Cognate with Latin Anatolius.
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Ancient Greek.
Related terms: Anatol
Anatoli
Anatoly
hair stroke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hair strokes
Senses: topics: media
printing
publishing
glosses: A fine line drawn out at the top or bottom of a letter.
glosses: A very fine line in penmanship.
josh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: joshes
Etymology: Disputed origin, first attested in the mid-19th century. The earliest example is capitalized, therefore is likely derived from the proper name Joshua.
Senses: glosses: An instance of good-natured banter.
josh
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: joshes
form: joshing
form: joshed
form: joshed
Etymology: Disputed origin, first attested in the mid-19th century. The earliest example is capitalized, therefore is likely derived from the proper name Joshua.
Senses: examples: text: "My dear Polly. I welcome criticism, but this is mere——"
Lady Wetherby stroked his coat sleeve fondly.
"Never mind, Algie, I was only joshing you, precious.[…]"
ref: 1915, Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, Uneasy Money, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton and Company, published 17 March 1916, →OCLC, page 171:
glosses: To tease someone in a kindly or friendly fashion.
examples: text: We are old friends, did I not tell you? So I may, what you Americans call, josh with him.
ref: 1902, Jack London, chapter XIV, in A Daughter of the Snows:
text: “Cut that joshing out,” she said, coolly and briskly. “Who do you think you are talking to? Your check, please. Oh, Lordy!—”
ref: 1910, O. Henry [pseudonym; William Sydney Porter], “The Girl and the Habit”, in Strictly Business:
text: Boris, it seems, is taking it in this spirit, joshing beneath his ever-redeeming barnet that Labour's opposition to military action in Syria is a fey stance that he, as GQ politician of the year, would never be guilty of.
ref: 2013 September 13, Russell Brand, “Russell Brand and the GQ awards”, in The Guardian:
glosses: To make or exchange good-natured jokes.
Derived terms: josher
joshingly
Related terms: rogan josh
Electra
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ɪˈlɛktɹə/
Forms: form: Elektra
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ἠλέκτρα (Ēléktra), from ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron, “amber”), related to ἠλέκτωρ (ēléktōr, “shining sun”).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Any of several mythical women, including a daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, one of the Pleiades, and one of the daughters of Oceanus and Tethys.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: One of the stars in the Pleiades star cluster.
glosses: A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Cartesian doubt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Cartesian doubts
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The philosophical idea proposed by Descartes that the world outside the self is subject to uncertainty.
Related terms: cogito ergo sum
solipsism
Euphemia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /juːˈfiːmɪ.ə/
ipa: /juˈfimi.ə/
Etymology: Name of an early Christian martyr, from Ancient Greek Εὐφημία (Euphēmía), from εὐ- (eu-, “good”) + φήμη (phḗmē, “repute”) + -ίᾱ (-íā).
Senses: examples: text: "Euphemia is Grandmama's name, my dear." The children looked grave. Euphemia sounded very strange and old-fashioned to them. "Or Effie," added Mr. Barclay, "if you like that better."
Effie, the prettiest of diminutives, gained all suffrages.
ref: 1835, Catharine Maria Sedgwick, Home, James Munroe and Company, published 1850, page 52:
text: "Euphemia," said Kipps at last, unable altogether to keep to himself this suspicion of a high origin that floated so delightfully about him, "Eu-phemia; it isn't a name common people would give to a girl, is it?" - - -
"It's givin' girls names like that," said Buggins, "that nine times out of ten makes 'em go wrong. It unsettles 'em. If ever I was to have a dozen girls, I'd call 'em all Jane.
ref: 1905, H. G. Wells, Kipps, Kessinger Publishing, published 2005, →ISBN, page 136:
glosses: A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Related terms: Effie
Phemie
Phemie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Diminutive + -ie.
Senses: examples: text: I was named Euphemia, after my mother's mother. A terrible name, such as nobody has nowadays. At home they called me Phemie, but when I started to work, I called myself Fame. My husband, Dan Casey, called me Fame. Then in a bar of the Shamrock Hotel, years later, after my divorce, when I was going out, a man said to me, "Fame, I've been meaning to ask you, just what is it that you are famous for?"
ref: 1985, Alice Munro, The Progress of Love, Chatto&Windus, published 1987, →ISBN, page 7:
glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Euphemia.
xyridaceous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Xyridaceae + -ous
Senses: glosses: Belonging or pertaining to the Xyridaceae, a family of flowering plants.
Ezekias
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ἐζεκίας (Ezekías).
Senses: examples: text: And Ozias begat Joatham; and Joatham begat Achaz; and Achaz begat Ezekias; And Ezekias begat Manasses; and Manasses begat Amon; and Amon begat Josias;
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 1:9-10:
glosses: King Hezekiah, in the New Testament form.
-xor
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Forms: form: -xxor
Senses: examples: He's a real haxor, man.
glosses: used in respelling words ending in -cker or -ker
P-waves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of P-wave
site maps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of site map
labber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: labbers
Etymology: From lab + -er.
Senses: examples: text: If the lab leader is more experienced than the labbers, i.e. a senior debater overseeing a group of novices, the lab leaders should stay in the background during the topic analysis part […]
ref: 2011, N. Andre Cossette, The Art of Debate: 12th Edition, page 33:
glosses: A person taking part in a laboratory session.
Related terms: dry-labber
genopathy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: genopathies
Etymology: From geno- + -pathy.
Senses: glosses: Hereditary health disorder caused by gene mutation.
iggy
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: iggies
form: iggying
form: iggied
form: iggied
Etymology: Diminutive ignore + -y.
Senses: examples: text: […] sometimes they just really get under your skin but that is what they want to do. Just try to iggy them and you can always filter them out
ref: 2002, MAGNOLIATR, “Cleaning up this group?”, in misc.transport.trucking (Usenet):
text: i wrote somethin^([sic]) to jammer and another thing to ginger, 2 things to ginger, and a few other things and got completely iggied
and they were online cuz they replied to everybody.
ref: 2003, darix29, “well its^([sic]) decided”, in alc.suicide (Usenet):
text: I'm just here to tell you that iggying people who give you problems is rarely a way to personal growth.
ref: 2007, AllYou!, “On Resentments and Buried Anger”, in alt.support.marriage (Usenet):
glosses: To ignore (a user on a chat system, etc.).
iggy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: iggies
Etymology: Diminutive ignore + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Sniper, I'm putting you on iggy until you stop posting all those song lyrics.
glosses: The ignore function of such a chat system.
Related terms: ig
igg
iggie
iggy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: iggies
Etymology: Diminutive iguana + -y.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of iggie (“an iguana”).
Gaspesians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Gaspesian
winable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more winable
form: most winable
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of winnable.
ledden
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of leden.
holy wars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of holy war
telar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to a tela, a web or membrane.
almond trees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of almond tree
Omsk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian Омск (Omsk).
Senses: glosses: A city, the administrative center of Omsk Oblast, Russia, the seventh-largest in the country by population.
glosses: An oblast of Russia.
Derived terms: Omsk Time
ab-dabs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of abdabs.
Related terms: screaming abdabs
optimise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: optimises
form: optimising
form: optimised
form: optimised
Senses: examples: text: Used from mobile network operators' (MNOs) usual base stations, these waves work well in open country, which gives passengers a decent service. But DfT's report says that MNO base stations are not optimised for railways.
ref: 2022 September 7, Philip Haigh, “Wireless coverage leaves us hanging on our telephones”, in RAIL, number 965, page 42:
glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of optimize.
Derived terms: deoptimised
nonoptimised
optimisable
optimisation
reoptimise
renin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹiː.nɪn/
ipa: /ˈɹi.nɪn/
ipa: /ˈɹɛ.nɪn/
Forms: form: renins
Etymology: From reno- + -in.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A circulating enzyme released by mammalian kidneys that converts angiotensinogen to angiotensin I. Due to its activity which ultimately leads to the formation of angiotensin II and aldosterone, this hormone plays a role in maintaining blood pressure.
Synonyms: angiotensinogenase
Derived terms: renin-angiotensin system
Related terms: rennin
buyer's premium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: buyers' premiums
Senses: glosses: A bonus paid by a buyer in addition to normal payments or cost. Usually such payment is made to an auctioneer or merchandise club to cover administrative costs.
zymogens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zymogen
zincographs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zincograph
varicotomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of varicotomy
upheaves
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of upheave
upheaving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of upheave
upheaving
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: upheavings
Senses: examples: text: With great social, political, and religious upheavings, it is trying to escape from the thraldom of the dark ages.
ref: 1866, The British Controversialist and Literary Magazine:
glosses: upheaval
upheaved
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of upheave
spadesful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spadeful
advenes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of advene
advening
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of advene
advened
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of advene
whiskified
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more whiskified
form: most whiskified
form: whiskeyfied
form: whiskyfied
Etymology: From whisky + -ify + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: Fact and fiction reeled together in his muzzy, whiskified brain.
ref: 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:
text: Of the various types of field-officer upon whom he could have modelled himself as regards the men, he had chosen that of the genial, rubicund, slightly whiskyfied C.O. who finishes every sentence with the words: ‘Eh, what?’
ref: 1926, Ford Madox Ford, A Man Could Stand Up— (Parade's End), Penguin, published 2012, page 584:
text: But Tom — rather, the kids' dad — had passed from her as surely as if he had been tumbled into the grave with the whiskeyfied rancher.
ref: 1980, Ivan Doig, This House of Sky:
glosses: Drunk on whisky.
whiskyfied
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more whiskyfied
form: most whiskyfied
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of whiskified.
hemangioma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hemangiomas
form: hemangiomata
form: haemangioma
form: hæmangioma
Etymology: From hemo- + angioma.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A congenital, benign tumor of endothelial cells.
hemangiomas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hemangioma
interatom
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + atom.
Senses: examples: text: The two photons from the two atoms are jointly measured with a beam splitter, which mixes the two input photons, and the atom-photon entanglement is transferred to interatom entanglement, which is the entanglement swap.
ref: 2009 January 23, M. S. Kim, Jaeyoon Cho, “PHYSICS: Teleporting a Quantum State to Distant Matter”, in Science, volume 323, number 5913, →DOI:
glosses: Occurring between atoms.
laurel water
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Water distilled from the fresh leaves of Prunus laurocerasus (cherry laurel), and containing prussic acid, a poison.
laurel wreath
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: laurel wreaths
Senses: glosses: A wreath, traditionally made of laurel, worn on the head as a symbol of victory.
Related terms: oak wreath
American laurel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: American laurels
Senses: glosses: A flowering shrub, native to the eastern United States (Kalmia latifolia)
Synonyms: mountain laurel
spoonwood
California laurel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: California laurels
Senses: glosses: Umbellularia californica, a tree native to coastal forests of western North America.
Synonyms: sense: Umbellularia californica
word: Oregon laurel
sense: Umbellularia californica
word: Oregon myrtle
sense: Umbellularia californica
word: California bay
sense: Umbellularia californica
word: pepperwood
cherry laurel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cherry laurels
Senses: glosses: An evergreen cherry in the section Prunus sect. Laurocerasus, some of which are cultivated as ornamentals.
Prunus laurocerasus, an evergreen shrub, native to regions bordering the Black Sea in southwestern Asia.
glosses: An evergreen cherry in the section Prunus sect. Laurocerasus, some of which are cultivated as ornamentals.
Prunus caroliniana, native to the southeastern United States.
Synonyms: sense: Prunus laurocerasus
word: English laurel
great laurel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: great laurels
Senses: glosses: Rhododendron maximum, a species of rhododendron native to eastern North America.
Synonyms: sense: Rhododendron maximum
word: American rhododendron
sense: Rhododendron maximum
word: big rhododendron
sense: Rhododendron maximum
word: great rhododendron
sense: Rhododendron maximum
word: rosebay rhododendron
ground laurel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ground laurels
Senses: glosses: Epigaea repens, a low, spreading shrub found throughout eastern North America.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ground, laurel.
Synonyms: sense: Epigaea repens
word: mayflower
sense: Epigaea repens
word: trailing arbutus
mosser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mossers
Etymology: From moss + -er.
Senses: examples: text: But a mosser with a strong back and a good pair of hands is able to rake in at least 400 pounds during the two hours before and after low tide. […] Moss gathered [by hand] yields a high price for food and drug purposes; […]
ref: 1942, Fishery Market News, page 27:
glosses: A person who gathers Irish moss, a type of seaweed.
infirmarians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of infirmarian
rank-and-file
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The morale of the rank-and-file Highland railwaymen has remained remarkably high, in view of the extent to which the London press and many an English M.P. have already discarded their railways.
ref: 1962 September, G. Freeman Allen, “The New Look in Scotland's Northern Division—1”, in Modern Railways, page 164:
text: Rank-and-file progressives don’t usually think of the immigration policies they support—expanding refugee quotas, easing restrictions on some classes of immigrants, and ending family separation—as an endorsement of detention, deportation, and racialized terror.
ref: 2019 July 15, Greg Afinogenov, “The Jewish Case for Open Borders”, in Jewish Currents, number Summer 2019:
glosses: Belonging or pertaining to the rank and file.
rank-and-file
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: But Mr. Musk also has fans among Twitter’s rank-and-file, and some employees have welcomed his bid.
ref: 2022 April 25, Kate Conger, “Twitter Employees Search for Answers as Musk Deal Takes Shape”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: Alternative form of rank and file.
geasa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Irish geasa, the plural of both geis and geas.
Senses: glosses: plural of geis
glosses: plural of geas
examples: text: Their physical yearning for each other was nearly as great as their union of poetry, but it was inhibited by a geasa, or taboo, that had been inflicted on Curither by an elderly aesodan, his poetic mentor during the long years of ...
ref: 1994, Desmond MacNamara, The Book of Intrusions, Dalkey Archive Press, →ISBN, page 45:
text: [Y]ears ago I placed a geasa on a baby girl. It was that if she ever saw a three-legged fox, she should follow it. Last year she saw a fox that had three legs, and she followed her geasa. She found a young man sitting by a stream.
ref: 2011, David Gemmell, Sword in the Storm, Del Rey, →ISBN:
text: The gallant lad did that, too, and triumphed, but, as the Black Goat was passing out, he put upon the boy a geasa to tie up the Jester of the Prince of Darkness. That also the youth did, only to have another geasa put upon him.
ref: 2019, Brendan Wolfe, Wolfe's History: A Family Story, →ISBN, page 388:
glosses: Synonym of geas or geis, mistakenly treated as a singular.
synonyms: word: geas or geis
word: mistakenly treated as a singular
windslab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: windslabs
Etymology: From wind + slab.
Senses: examples: text: The local Lombarde has blasted upper slopes, occasionally closed lifts and deposited windslab, potentially dangerous to off-piste skiers, on lee slopes.
ref: 2009 February 6, Stephen Lee, “Skiwatch”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Snow that peels off in large slabs when disturbed, increasing the risk of avalanche.
wireworm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wireworms
Etymology: From wire + worm, because of their slenderness and unusual hardness.
Senses: examples: text: A farmer tells me that moles can be beneficial because they eat a lot of wireworms and other pests, not just earthworms.
ref: 2009 February 6, Veronica Heath, “Country diary”, in The Guardian:
glosses: The larva of the click beetle.
Derived terms: tobacco wireworm
wireworms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wireworm
cardiomegaly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cardiomegalies
Etymology: From cardio- + -megaly.
Senses: glosses: megalocardia
boiler suits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boiler suit
xylocopine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Wilson thinks today's eusocial species likely had ancestors similar to a Japanese stem-nesting xylocopine bee, Ceratina flavipes. Most of the time females make do on their own, but every once in a while, they pair up and divide the labor, setting the stage for a "group" to outdo individuals and for the tendency to form groups to be favored.
ref: 2009 February 6, Elizabeth Pennisi, “EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY: Agreeing to Disagree”, in Science, volume 323, number 5915, →DOI, pages 706–708:
glosses: In the subfamily Xylocopinae of carpenter bees.
Related terms: xylocopid
ameliorative waste
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: An improvement to an estate that changes its character such that a holder of a future interest in the estate can recover damages against the owner who permitted the improvement to be made, even if the change actually increases the value of the estate.
vaccinator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vaccinators
Etymology: From vaccinate + -or.
Senses: examples: text: In mid-2007, GPEI thought it had made significant headway; a "third party" had brokered an agreement with the Taliban to let polio vaccinators work unimpeded.
ref: 2009 February 6, Leslie Roberts, “POLIO ERADICATION: Looking for a Little Luck”, in Science, volume 323, number 5915, →DOI, pages 702–705:
synonyms: vacciner
vaccinist
glosses: A person or agent that administers vaccines.
Derived terms: antivaccinator
anti-vaccinator
provaccinator
pro-vaccinator
Related terms: antivaccination
anti-vaccination
antivaccinationist
anti-vaccinationist
antivax
anti-vax
anti-vaxx
antivaxx
antivaxxer
anti-vaxxer
pro-vaccination
provaccination
pro-vaccinationist
provaccinationist
provax
pro-vax
pro-vaxx
provaxx
provaxxer
pro-vaxxer
vaccinate
vaccination
vaccinationist
vaccine
vax
vaxxer
vaccinators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vaccinator
unevaluatable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unevaluatable
form: most unevaluatable
Etymology: From un- + evaluatable.
Senses: examples: text: It identified 24 categories of such services, finding that 15 are being degraded or used unsustainably, 4 have been enhanced, and the remaining 5 are unevaluatable.
ref: 2009 February 6, Robert M. May, Paul H. Harvey, “Species Uncertainties”, in Science, volume 323, number 5915, →DOI:
glosses: Not able to be evaluated.
Related terms: evaluatable
evaluable
unevaluable
trophozoite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trophozoites
Etymology: From tropho- + -zoite.
Senses: examples: text: Synchronized cultures of P. falciparum trophozoites were grown in human RBCs and incubated with increasing concentrations of purified human platelets.
ref: 2009 February 6, Brendan J. McMorran et al., “Platelets Kill Intraerythrocytic Malarial Parasites and Mediate Survival to Infection”, in Science, volume 323, number 5915, →DOI, pages 797–800:
glosses: A protozoan in the feeding stage of its life cycle.
trophozoites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trophozoite
thrombopoietin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thrombopoietins
Etymology: From Ancient Greek θρόμβος (thrómbos, “lump, piece, blood clot, milk curd”) and ποιητής (poiētḗs, “creator, maker”) and -in.
Senses: examples: text: The megakaryocyte growth and differentiation factor, C-mpl, is the receptor for thrombopoietin and is encoded by the Mpl gene.
ref: 2009 February 6, Brendan J. McMorran et al., “Platelets Kill Intraerythrocytic Malarial Parasites and Mediate Survival to Infection”, in Science, volume 323, number 5915, →DOI, pages 797–800:
glosses: A protein produced by the liver and kidney, which regulates the production of platelets
squamates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of squamate
sphalerites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sphalerite
putamen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: putamens
form: putamina
Etymology: From Latin putāmen (“husk, shell”).
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The shell of a nut; the stone of a drupe fruit; endocarp.
examples: text: For calculation of D2 BP, bilateral caudate and putamen ROIs were defined anatomically.
ref: 2009 February 6, Fiona McNab et al., “Changes in Cortical Dopamine D1 Receptor Binding Associated with Cognitive Training”, in Science, volume 323, number 5915, →DOI, pages 800–802:
text: [M]ultilingual speakers have a greater density of grey matter in the area involved in articulation and phonological processes, namely the left putamen.
ref: 2019, Albert Costa, translated by John W. Schwieter, The Bilingual Brain, Penguin, published 2021, page 92:
topics: anatomy
medicine
neuroanatomy
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
glosses: A round structure located at the base of the forebrain, regulating movement and learning.
Related terms: putamenal
putaminal
postisolation
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + isolation.
Senses: examples: text: In this case, the HABC results infer long-term persistence of populations in isolated refugia for all three species, even when allowing for postisolation migration.
ref: 2009 February 6, Ana Carolina Carnaval et al., “Stability Predicts Genetic Diversity in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest Hotspot”, in Science, volume 323, number 5915, →DOI, pages 785–789:
glosses: Occurring after a period of isolation.
polyphenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Both types of threshold mechanism have been shown to couple horn growth with nutrition in scarab beetles and are considered facultative (polyphenic) regulatory processes, and preliminary evidence suggested that they might sometimes both be present in the same species.
ref: 2009 February 6, J. Mark Rowland, Douglas J. Emlen, “Two Thresholds, Three Male Forms Result in Facultative Male Trimorphism in Beetles”, in Science, volume 323, number 5915, →DOI, pages 773–776:
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Having multiple phenotypes that can arise as a result of differing environmental conditions.
Related terms: polyphenism
departee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: departees
Etymology: From depart + -ee.
Senses: examples: text: And Mr. Reid, who is devoted to the Senate, said it would be wrong to presume other recent departees were simply fed up.
ref: 2009 February 5, Carl Hulse, “Despite Prestige, Senate’s Allure Seems to Fade”, in New York Times:
glosses: One who has departed from a place or group.
departees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of departee
remodelings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of remodeling
signees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The 23 signees included a surprise.
ref: 2009 February 5, Dave Caldwell, “Quarterback Tom Savage Sticks to Game Plan and Signs With Rutgers”, in New York Times:
glosses: plural of signee
teardown
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: teardowns
Etymology: Deverbal from tear down.
Senses: examples: text: The downtown redevelopment involved numerous teardowns.
text: Architect and clients also agreed that a teardown wasn’t an option.
ref: 2009 February 5, Ernest Beck, “Striped With Light”, in New York Times:
topics: business
real-estate
glosses: A well-maintained structure purchased and torn down to make way for a new structure.
examples: text: Every new shop manual that our team writes is based on a complete teardown.
text: Professional teardown reports often cost a few thousand dollars and include component photos, descriptions, comparison tables, and access to an online database of teardown data.
ref: 2014, Elizabeth Woyke, The Smartphone: Anatomy of an Industry, New Press, The, →ISBN:
synonyms: stripdown
antonyms: build#Noun
buildup
glosses: The process of opening and disassembling a device to inspect, showcase, or refurbish its components.
Related terms: word: tearoff
word: tearout
topics: real-estate
business
word: demo
topics: real-estate
business
word: demolition
word: takedown
teardown
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: Deverbal from tear down.
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of tear down.
teardowns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of teardown
panda car
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpændə ˈkɑː/
ipa: /ˌpændə ˈkɑɹ/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
Forms: form: panda cars
Etymology: From the original black and white colouring of the automobiles, like that of a giant panda.
Senses: topics: government
law-enforcement
synonyms: panda
glosses: A police car; specifically (historical), one with a broad white stripe painted around its middle on a darker-coloured or, originally, black background.
wikipedia: Ford Anglia
Hypernyms: police vehicle
tear-down
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tear-downs
Etymology: Deverbal from tear down.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of teardown.
tear-downs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tear-down; alternative spelling of teardowns.
paludicolous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more paludicolous
form: most paludicolous
Etymology: From Latin palūs (“marsh”) + -colous.
Senses: synonyms: paludicole
glosses: That lives in swamps or marshes.