cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
hashtivism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of hashtag + activism
Senses: examples: text: Promoting real civic engagement rather than slacktivism or hashtivism.
ref: 2015, Michael T. Rogers, Donald M. Gooch, Civic Education in the Twenty-First Century: A Multidimensional Inquiry:
glosses: A form of Internet slacktivism based around the posting of messages that contain hashtags.
untempestuous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more untempestuous
form: most untempestuous
Etymology: From un- + tempestuous.
Senses: glosses: Not tempestuous.
corroborational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From corroboration + -al.
Senses: glosses: Relating to corroboration.
coil winders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coil winder
coping stone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coping stones
Senses: glosses: A capstone.
examples: text: Other station works include platform extensions to 240 metres, track renewals (which had been completed on three of the four running lines at Kettering by early September) and work on the platform surfaces, such as realignment of coping stones.
ref: 2019 October, Philip Sherratt, “Midland Main Line upgrade presses on”, in Modern Railways, page 60:
glosses: One of the stones or slabs that form the outer edge of a railway station platform, next to the track.
coping stones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coping stone
endoactive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From endo- + active.
Senses: examples: text: ‘Endoactive’ is similar to the 'middle voice' in some IE languages: the action was conceived as operating in or on the subject; in the exoactive, the verbal action was directed outward from the subject (R.L. Palmer, The Latin Language, 1987: 262).
ref: 2007, Axel Schuessler, ABC Etymological Dictionary of Old Chinese, Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 39:
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Being or relating to a kind of verb where an action operates in or on the subject, similar to the middle voice.
Related terms: endopassive
exoactive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From exo- + active.
Senses: examples: text: 'Endoactive' is similar to the 'middle voice' in some IE languages: the action was conceived as operating in or on the subject; in the exoactive, the verbal action was directed outward from the subject (R.L. Palmer, The Latin Language, 1987: 262).
ref: 2007, Axel Schuessler, ABC Etymological Dictionary of Old Chinese, Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 39:
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Being or relating to a kind of verb whose action is directed outward from the subject.
Related terms: exopassive
jatha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jathas
Senses: glosses: An armed body of Sikhs.
jathas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jatha
brachycardia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brachycardias
Etymology: From brachy- + -cardia.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of bradycardia.
synonyms: word: bradycardia
brachycardias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brachycardia
brachymetropia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From brachy- (“short”) + metr- (“measure”) + -opia.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Synonym of myopia.
synonyms: word: myopia
miracle berry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: miracle berries
Senses: glosses: Certain plants and their fruit that make sour foods taste sweet, native to west Africa, of species:
Synsepalum dulcificum, which contain miraculin;
glosses: Certain plants and their fruit that make sour foods taste sweet, native to west Africa, of species:
Thaumatococcus daniellii, which contain thaumatin.
Synonyms: sense: Synsepalum dulcificum
word: miracle fruit
sense: Synsepalum dulcificum
word: miraculous berry
sense: Synsepalum dulcificum
word: miraculous fruit
Related terms: miraculin
miracle berries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of miracle berry
Cape Cod
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkeɪp ˈkɒd/
Etymology: Named, by by English explorer Bartholomew Gosnold in 1602, for the stocks of codfish in that part of the ocean.
Senses: examples: (informal)
synonyms: Cape
glosses: A geographic cape extending into the Atlantic Ocean from the southeastern corner of mainland Massachusetts in the northeastern United States.
Derived terms: Cape Cod and the Islands
Cape Cod Bay
Cape Cod berm
Cape Cod Canal
Cape Cod chair
Cape Codder
Cape Coddy
Cape Cod Reuben
Cape Cod turkey
Cape Cod weeder
Related terms: Barnstable County
Cape Cod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkeɪp ˈkɒd/
Forms: form: Cape Cods
Etymology: Named, by by English explorer Bartholomew Gosnold in 1602, for the stocks of codfish in that part of the ocean.
Senses: glosses: A traditional low, broad frame house originating in 17th-century New England, having a moderately steep, pitched roof with end gables, a large central chimney, and very little ornamentation.
Cape Cods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Cape Cod
borism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: boron poisoning
thymidylic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From thymidyl + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: Effect of actinomycin on thymidylic kinase activities of 24-hour regenerating liver supernatant fluid.
ref: 1965, The Journal of Biological Chemistry, page 1251:
text: In practice synchronization of the cultures is attained by blocking the synthesis of thymidylic nucleotides with amethopterin or 5 liuoro-deoxyuridine, by interfering with the synthesis of deoxyguanosine nucleotides with high levels of thymidine or by blocking DNA syntehesis with hydroxyurea.
ref: 1971, Renato Baserga, The Cell cycle and cancer, page 280:
text: This difference between the enzymes can be explained by two factors: either that for the "sliding" synthesis of poly(A) they require thymidylic sequences of different lengths […]
ref: 1978, Soviet Journal of Bioorganic Chemistry, volume 4, page 179:
glosses: Of or pertaining to thymidylic acid or thymidine.
torsiograph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: torsiographs
Etymology: From torsion + -graph.
Senses: examples: text: Mechanical seismic-type torsiographs which record on a continuous strip chart are generally limited to belt drive. This is due to difficulty in mounting the instrument drive shaft in proper axial alignment with the end of the shaft system under test.
ref: 1945, The Development of Improved Means for Evaluating Effects of Torsional Vibration on Internal Combustion Engine Installations, Society of Automotive Engineers, page 14:
text: In 1912 he originated the Geiger mechanical seismic torsiograph which was the first instrument to record torsional vibrations of shaft systems as a continuous wave-trace on a paper ribbon […]
ref: 1970, Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering International, page 330:
text: In appropriate installations, the torsiograph provides good evidence of most torsional vibration modes.
ref: 1997, John J. McKetta Jr, Encyclopedia of Chemical Processing and Design, volume 59:
glosses: An instrument for measuring the torsion of the crankshaft of an engine.
torsiographs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of torsiograph
go order
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: go orders
Senses: glosses: A police order that temporarily bans a perpetrator of domestic violence from the family home, preventing the victim from having to flee.
go orders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of go order
binotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -əʊtɪk
-ɒtɪk
Etymology: From bin- + otic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to both ears; binaural.
antireprisal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + reprisal.
Senses: glosses: Opposing or preventing reprisals.
biotomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bio- + -tomy.
Senses: glosses: The study of animal and plant structure by dissection.
glosses: Vivisection.
blastophthoria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From blasto- + Ancient Greek φθορά (phthorá, “destruction”) + -ia.
Senses: glosses: Degeneration of the germ cells as a result of poisoning by syphilis, lead, alcohol, opium, etc.
borine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: borines
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A compound of one atom of boron and three atoms or molecules of a univalent radical
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An unsaturated heterocycle that has five carbon atoms, one boron atom and two double bonds
Derived terms: azaborine
diazaborine
borines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of borine
bradyarthria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From brady- + -arthria.
Senses: glosses: A neurological disorder characterised by slow speech.
Synonyms: bradyglossia
bradylogia
bradylogia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From brady- + -logia.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of bradyarthria.
synonyms: word: bradyarthria
teleocracy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: teleocracies
form: telocracy
Etymology: From teleo- + -cracy.
Senses: examples: text: These policies of integration (which were often as comprehensive as circumstances and the available apparatus of management permitted) were adventures in teleocracy.
ref: 1975, “On the Character of a Modern European State”, in On Human Conduct, page 281:
text: In the first, the trend towards teleocracy is seen to be historically inevitable on account of recent (mainly technological) developments; "it is alleged to be the destiny imposed upon Europe (indeed, upon the world) by the 'needs of the epoch'."
ref: 1990, Paul Franco, The Political Philosophy of Michael Oakeshott, page 216:
text: The problem with these arguments, powerfully made and clearly well intentioned though they very often are, is they simply do not establish what they need to establish: the necessity of teleocracy.
ref: 2013, Nicholas Rengger, Just War and International Order, page 166:
glosses: An organization or system of government existing for a specific purpose.
Related terms: teleocrat
teleocratic
teleocracies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of teleocracy
thelygeny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek θῆλυς (thêlus) + -geny.
Senses: examples: text: If monogeny is determined exclusively by a cytoplasmic factor, then it is easy to see that the factor will either die out (if it causes arrhenogeny) or will become fixed and thereby sterilize the population (if it causes thelygeny).
ref: 1982, Graham Bell, The Masterpiece of Nature :: The Evolution and Genetics of Sexuality, page 441:
text: Both series of experiments show the possibility of an experimental induction for intersexuality and thelygeny.
ref: 2012, R. Reinboth, Intersexuality in the Animal Kingdom:
text: monogeny — the production of only male (“arrhenogeny”) or female (“thelygeny”) offspring.
ref: 2012, Rigomar Rieger, Glossary of Genetics: Classical and Molecular, page 335:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
qualifier: reproduction
glosses: The production of only female offspring.
Hypernyms: monogeny
Derived terms: thelygenous
bradypepsia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Slowness of digestion.
brayera
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of kousso (Hagenia abyssinica)
synonyms: word: kousso
extra: Hagenia abyssinica
brisement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From French brisement.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The breaking up of anything, such as an ankylosis.
arrhenogeny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἄρρην (árrhēn) + -geny.
Senses: examples: text: If monogeny is determined exclusively by a cytoplasmic factor, then it is easy to see that the factor will either die out (if it causes arrhenogeny) or will become fixed and thereby sterilize the population (if it causes thelygeny).
ref: 1982, Graham Bell, The Masterpiece of Nature :: The Evolution and Genetics of Sexuality, page 441:
text: A male-biased brood free of endosymbiotes was found in the SO population. The way in which this arrhenogeny occurs is as yet unclear.
ref: 1994, International Journal on Endocytobiosis and Cell Research, page 222:
text: monogeny — the production of only male (“arrhenogeny”) or female (“thelygeny”) offspring.
ref: 2012, Rigomar Rieger, Glossary of Genetics: Classical and Molecular, page 335:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
qualifier: reproduction
glosses: The production of only male offspring.
Hypernyms: monogeny
Derived terms: arrhenogenous
Bretonian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɹɛˈtəʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /bɹɛˈtoʊ.ni.ən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Forms: form: more Bretonian
form: most Bretonian
Etymology: From Breton + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to André Breton (1896–1966), French writer, anarchist, and founder of surrealism.
cowgal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cowgals
Etymology: From cow + gal.
Senses: glosses: cowgirl
dry up and blow away
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dries up and blows away
form: drying up and blowing away
form: dried up and blew away
form: dried up and blown away
Senses: examples: text: No-one wants to donate a large sum of hard-earned money to an agency that may dry up and blow away next year.
ref: 2010, John Mutz, Katherine Murray, Fundraising For Dummies:
text: But some neighbors still let their sprinklers spray, and Mr. Trussell worried that the little community his grandparents helped build was on the brink of drying up and blowing away.
ref: 2021 July 20, Jack Healy, Sophie Kasakove, “A Drought So Dire That a Utah Town Pulled the Plug on Growth”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 31 Jul 2021:
glosses: To go away; to disappear.
YKWIM
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: ykwim
Senses: glosses: Initialism of you know what I mean.
silkwork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Middle English silkewerk, sylkewerke, selkwerk, sylke work, equivalent to silk + work.
Senses: examples: text: The tax on silkwork and silk-dyeing in Fustat brought 334 dinars per year.
ref: 1967, A Mediterranean Society: The family
glosses: Goods or products manufactured from silk
hanging coffin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hanging coffins
Senses: glosses: A coffin suspended on a cliff as part of an ancient funeral custom practised in countries such as China, Indonesia and the Philippines.
hanging coffins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hanging coffin
cowgals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cowgal
autoagglutinating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From auto- + agglutinating.
Senses: examples: text: Some strains are non-typeable, and others can be rough or autoagglutinating, making these cultures un-typeable.
ref: 2016 January 30, “Comparison of O-Antigen Gene Clusters of All O-Serogroups of Escherichia coli and Proposal for Adopting a New Nomenclature for O-Typing”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Subject to autoagglutination
clostripains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The collagenases applied in this study are recommended for islet isolation by the vendor and within accepted boundaries of collagenases, neutral proteases, and clostripains activities for rat islet isolation [26 ], and do not contain significant amounts of endotoxins.
ref: 2016 January 30, “Enzymes for Pancreatic Islet Isolation Impact Chemokine-Production and Polarization of Insulin-Producing β-Cells with Reduced Functional Survival of Immunoisolated Rat Islet-Allografts as a Consequence”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of clostripain
deglucuronidated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From de- + glucuronidated.
Senses: examples: text: GUS activity increases body exposure to the deglucuronidated form and is therefore efficient for exacerbating toxicity of hormones or drugs recognized by the human MRP1/MDR1 multidrug transporters or AhR aryl hydrocarbon receptor known to be crucial in IBD [29 –32 ].
ref: 2016 January 30, “Unique β-Glucuronidase Locus in Gut Microbiomes of Crohn’s Disease Patients and Unaffected First-Degree Relatives”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: That is not glucuronidated
deneddylation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From de- + neddylation.
Senses: examples: text: It participates in the regulation of SCF complex deactivation by the deneddylation of cullin.
ref: 2016 January 30, “Characterization of SCF-Complex during Bovine Preimplantation Development”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The process by which NEDD8 is removed from a conjugated protein
homeokinesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌhoʊ.mi.oʊ.kəˈni.səs/
Etymology: From homeo- + -kinesis.
Senses: examples: text: Through these dynamical processes, biological systems perform under a delicate equilibrium which is defined by homeokinesis more precisely than previously used homeostasis.
ref: 2016 January 30, “Classification of Asthma Based on Nonlinear Analysis of Breathing Pattern”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: The dynamic formation of equilibrium in a bodily function.
hypoganglionated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hypo- + ganglionated.
Senses: examples: text: Tuj1 immunohistochemistry showed the proximal colon appeared normally ganglionated (Fig 5A and 5Ai ) progressing distally to the hypoganglionated region of transition zone (Fig 5A and 5Aii ) and to the distal-most bowel, which, although showing innervation by extrinsic fibres, lacks an intrinsic ENS (Fig 5A and 5Aiii ).
ref: 2016 January 30, “In Vivo Transplantation of Enteric Neural Crest Cells into Mouse Gut; Engraftment, Functional Integration and Long-Term Safety”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Less than normally ganglionated
methoximate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: methoximates
form: methoximating
form: methoximated
form: methoximated
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: To react with a methoxyamine compound
Related terms: methoximation
methoximated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: Concentrated samples were methoximated with 15 μL methoxyamine hydrochloride (40 mg/mL in pyridine) for 90 minutes at 30°C, then silylated with 30 μL N-methyl-N-(trimethylsilyl)-trifluoroacetamine for 90 minutes at 60°C. Samples (1 μL) were injected by autosampler onto a DB-5MS column (30 m x 0.25 mm ID, and 0.25 μm film, with deactivated guard column) in 1:5 split mode.
ref: 2016 January 30, “Evolutionary Divergences in Root Exudate Composition among Ecologically-Contrasting Helianthus Species”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: simple past and past participle of methoximate
carpetlayer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carpetlayers
Etymology: From carpet + layer.
Senses: glosses: A person who lays (cuts, shapes and fits) carpets.
microperfused
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From micro- + perfused.
Senses: examples: text: Thus, we tested in freshly isolated and microperfused mouse cortical collecting ducts whether luminal application of prorenin could stimulate H + -ATPase activity also in ex vivo preparations (Fig 9 ).
ref: 2016 January 30, “Colocalization of the (Pro)renin Receptor/Atp6ap2 with H + -ATPases in Mouse Kidney but Prorenin Does Not Acutely Regulate Intercalated Cell H + -ATPase Activity”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Subjected to microperfusion
carpetsweeper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carpetsweepers
Etymology: From carpet + sweeper.
Senses: glosses: besom
carpet fitter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carpet fitters
Senses: glosses: A person who fits carpets.
carpet slipper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪpə(ɹ)
Forms: form: carpet slippers
Senses: glosses: A slipper (footwear)
mycospheric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From myco- + spheric.
Senses: examples: text: Moreover, the presence of the fungus in wood resulted in a selection of cellulolytic and xylanolytic bacterial strains, highlighting the role of mycospheric bacteria in wood decomposition.
ref: 2016 January 30, “Impact of Phanerochaete chrysosporium on the Functional Diversity of Bacterial Communities Associated with Decaying Wood”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to, or originating in the mycosphere
carpet moth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carpet moths
Senses: synonyms: tapestry moth
glosses: The moth Trichophaga tapetzella.
synonyms: tapestry moth
glosses: The moth Tinea pellionella.
glosses: Synonym of carpet (“any of a number of moths in the geometrid subfamily Larentiinae”).
synonyms: word: carpet
extra: any of a number of moths in the geometrid subfamily Larentiinae
carpet bowling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: carpet bowls
carpet bowls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A variety of the sport of bowls, played on a long carpet
mycosphere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mycospheres
Etymology: From myco- + -sphere.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The part of the environment rich in fungi
Related terms: mycospheric
carpetbag steak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carpetbag steaks
Senses: glosses: A steak stuffed with oysters.
neuromusculature
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neuromusculatures
Etymology: From neuro- + musculature.
Senses: examples: text: Our further studies will aim to determine whether the nNOS component of transplanted cells is capable of restoring the inhibitory response in models of nNOS deficiency Transplanted ENCCs localised to the myenteric plexus and with their projections followed established networks for considerable distances, which, accompanied by expression of the synaptic marker synaptophysin, suggested integration with the host neuromusculature.
ref: 2016 January 30, “In Vivo Transplantation of Enteric Neural Crest Cells into Mouse Gut; Engraftment, Functional Integration and Long-Term Safety”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: All the muscles and associated nerves of the body
ophthalmodynamometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ophthalmodynamometers
Etymology: From ophthalmo- + dynamometer.
Senses: examples: text: The minimum additional pressure required to induce venous pulsation can be measured with an ophthalmodynamometer using the known calibration constant (0.32mmHg/g) to convert the applied force (g) into ophthalmodynamometric pressure (ODP).
ref: 2016 January 30, “Intraocular Pressure Reduction Is Associated with Reduced Venous Pulsation Pressure”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: An instrument that is used to measure blood pressure in the blood vessels of the retina
ophthalmodynamometry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ophthalmo- + dynamometry.
Senses: examples: text: Where venous pulsation was spontaneous ophthalmodynamometry could not be performed and VPP was considered equal to IOP. Change in VPP was calculated and binarized with reduction in pressure scored 1 and no change or increase scored as 0.
ref: 2016 January 30, “Intraocular Pressure Reduction Is Associated with Reduced Venous Pulsation Pressure”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: The measurement of blood pressure in the blood vessels of the retina.
Derived terms: ophthalmodynamometric
Related terms: ophthalmodynamometer
inverse semigroup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inverse semigroups
Senses: examples: text: Examples of regular semigroups include any band, inverse semigroup or completely regular semigroup (see sections A. 2, A. 11, and A. 10); in particular, any group is a regular semigroup.
ref: 2002, Peter G. Trotter, “A.9: Regular Semigroups”, in Aleksandr Vasilʹevich Mikhalev, Günter Pilz, editors, The Concise Handbook of Algebra, page 35:
text: Inverse semigroups form a class of semigroups which are closest (in some sense) to groups.
ref: 2008, Olexandr Ganyushkin, Volodymyr Mazorchuk, Classical Finite Transformation Semigroups: An Introduction, page v:
text: Inverse semigroups are central to modern semigroup theory: arguably, they form the most-studied class of semigroups.
ref: 2014, Christopher Hollings, Mathematics across the Iron Curtain: A History of the Algebraic Theory of Semigroups, page 249:
topics: algebra
group-theory
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A semigroup in which every element x has an inverse y, such that x = xyx and y = yxy.
Related terms: regular semigroup
inverse semigroups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inverse semigroup
paracavernous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ævə(ɹ)nəs
Etymology: From para- + cavernous.
Senses: examples: text: The cavernoussinus contains a complicated and crucial network that consists of the carotid artery, venous plexus and cranial nerves, which communicate in a complicated manner with various paracavernous venous channels.
ref: 2016 January 30, “Prognostic Value of Cavernous Sinus Invasion in Patients with Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Treated with Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: On the far side of the cavernous sinus
sociable lapwing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sociable lapwings
Senses: glosses: A plover, Vanellus gregarius.
Synonyms: sociable plover
phylogenicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From phylogenic + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: The former study of Zhao [15 ]was designed to characterize antimicrobial susceptibility, distribution of drug resistance genes, phylogenicity and sequence types of EC-BSI in only one hospital in Shanghai.
ref: 2016 January 30, “Antimicrobial Resistance and Molecular Epidemiology of Escherichia coli Causing Bloodstream Infections in Three Hospitals in Shanghai, China”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: The condition of being phylogenic; a specific collection of phylogenic characteristics
sociable plover
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sociable plovers
Senses: glosses: A plover, Vanellus gregarius.
Synonyms: sociable lapwing
Long Island Iced Tea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Long Island Iced Teas
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Long Island iced tea.
spur-winged lapwing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spur-winged lapwings
Senses: glosses: Vanellus spinosus, a plover of the eastern Mediterranean and sub-Saharan Africa.
Synonyms: spur-winged plover
spur-winged plover
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spur-winged plovers
Senses: glosses: Vanellus spinosus, a plover of the eastern Mediterranean and sub-Saharan Africa.
glosses: Vanellus miles, the masked lapwing.
Synonyms: spur-winged lapwing
spur-winged lapwings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spur-winged lapwing
spur-winged plovers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spur-winged plover
sociable plovers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sociable plover
sociable lapwings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sociable lapwing
white-tailed lapwing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: white-tailed lapwings
Senses: glosses: Vanellus leucurus, a marshland bird species of central Asia.
Synonyms: white-tailed plover
white-tailed plover
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: white-tailed plovers
Senses: glosses: Vanellus leucurus, a marshland species of central Asia.
Synonyms: white-tailed lapwing
white-tailed plovers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of white-tailed plover
white-tailed lapwings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of white-tailed lapwing
imperative languages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of imperative language
Fraunhofer lines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Fraunhofer line
oppignorates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of oppignorate
oppignorating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of oppignorate
oppignorated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of oppignorate
Russignon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Besides that, Ferdinando had but newly taken breath from the war with the Moors; and merchanded at this time with France for the restoring of the counties of Russignon and Perpignian, oppignorated to the French.
ref: 1622, Francis Bacon, Bacon's History of the Reign of King Henry VII, Cambridge University Press, published 1902, page 91:
glosses: Obsolete form of Roussillon.
oppignoration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oppignorations
Senses: examples: text: Especially seeing there is no direct contestation used, but rather by way of oppignoration, engaging unto God our salvation, faith, rejoicing, part in His Gospel and promises, the contents, &c. if we utter an untruth.
ref: 1843, The Library of Anglo-Catholic Theology:
glosses: The act of pawning or laying in pledge.
Related terms: oppignorate
gaufferings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gauffering
guising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: guizing
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of guise
guising
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: guisings
form: guizing
Senses: examples: text: [I]n more genial ages, your Christmas Guisings, Feasts of the Ass, Abbots of Unreason, were a considerable something: sincere sport they were[.]
ref: 1837, Thomas Carlyle, chapter 9, in The French Revolution: A History […], volume II (The Constitution), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, book I (The Feast of Pikes), page 47:
glosses: A festival at which people disguised themselves in costumes and often played pranks.
Related terms: guiser
guisings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of guising
lasings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lasing
limings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of liming
pantiling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pantile
prankings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pranking
down-and-outs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of down-and-out
convexifications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of convexification
qbit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: qbits
Senses: examples: text: We show that under certain error terms, Alice can optimize transmission, up to logarithmic precision, by sending only a classical description of the qbits.
ref: 2015, Samuel Epstein, “On Quantum Noncompression”, in arXiv:
glosses: Alternative form of qubit.
qbits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of qbit
Chu-Harrington limit
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: The theorem was developed in the mid-20th century by Lan Jen Chu and Harold Wheeler.
Senses: glosses: The lower limit on the Q factor for a small radio antenna.
russetting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: russettings
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of russeting.
russetting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of russet
russettings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of russetting
shutterings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shuttering
simplings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of simpling
sourcings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sourcing
stopings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stoping
trawlings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trawling
souming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of soum
souming
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soumings
Senses: glosses: A measure of the number of animals that can be fed on a given amount of pasturage.
soumings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of souming
halfhuman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: halfhumans
Senses: glosses: Rare spelling of half-human.
flanching
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flanchings
Etymology: From flanch + -ing.
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: A flange.
flanchings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flanching
flangings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flanging
halfwizard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: halfwizards
Senses: glosses: Rare spelling of half-wizard.
finickings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of finicking
halfwitch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: halfwitches
Senses: glosses: Rare spelling of half-witch.
ochered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ocher
ochering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ocher
Beothuck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Beothucks
form: Beothuck
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Beothuk.
Beothucks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Beothuck
kokowai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Maori kōkōwai.
Senses: glosses: Red ochre.
halfhumans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of halfhuman
halfdemon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: halfdemons
Senses: glosses: Rare spelling of half-demon.
halfangel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: halfangels
Senses: glosses: Rare spelling of half-angel.
halfdemons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of halfdemon
halfangels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of halfangel
halfbat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: halfbats
Senses: glosses: Rare spelling of half-bat.
halfbats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of halfbat
odaller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: odallers
Etymology: From odal + -er.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of udaller.
odallers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of odaller
oddsman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oddsmen
Etymology: From odds + -man.
Senses: glosses: A person who offers odds to gamblers.
oddsmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oddsman
half-angel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: half-angels
form: halfangel
Etymology: From half- + angel.
Senses: glosses: A hybrid of an angel and a creature that is not an angel.
half-demon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: half-demons
form: halfdemon
Etymology: From half- + demon.
Senses: glosses: A hybrid of a demon and a creature that is not a demon.
half-witch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: half-witches
form: halfwitch
Etymology: From half- + witch.
Senses: topics: fantasy
antonyms: half-wizard
glosses: A person, especially a woman, with one magical and one non-magical parent.
Related terms: half-human
half-wizard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: half-wizards
form: halfwizard
Etymology: From half- + wizard.
Senses: topics: fantasy
antonyms: half-witch
glosses: A person, especially a man, with one magical and one non-magical parent.
Related terms: half-human
half-human
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: half-humans
form: halfhuman
Etymology: From half- + human.
Senses: glosses: Any hybrid of a human and some other creature.
half-human
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: halfhuman
Etymology: From half- + human.
Senses: glosses: Only partly human.
half-bat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: half-bats
form: halfbat
Etymology: From half- + bat.
Senses: examples: text: To avoid excessive cutting, the bond is arranged as shown in the figure, i.e. two half-bats and a one-brick bonder placed alternately.
ref: 2006, J. C. Hodge, Malcolm Thorpe, Brickwork for Apprentices, page 97:
topics: business
construction
manufacturing
glosses: A bat (brick with one whole end) that is exactly half the length of the original brick.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A half of a battalion.
Oerlikon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A district of Zurich, Switzerland.
glosses: A manufacturer of anti-aircraft weaponry based in this city.
Oerlikon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Oerlikons
Senses: examples: text: When the claxon sounded they immediately stopped what they were doing and uncovered the Oerlikon. Paddy, who was ammunition feeder, stood by while Jock trained the 20mm gun around.
ref: 2007, Thomas E. Lightburn, The Shield and the Shark, page 173:
glosses: A 20-millimeter anti-aircraft autocannon designed by the Oerlikon company.
Oerlikons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Oerlikon
halfwitches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of halfwitch
half-angels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of half-angel
half-demons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of half-demon
half-witches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of half-witch
half-humans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of half-human
half-bats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of half-bat
offput
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: offputs
Etymology: From off + put.
Senses: glosses: A postponement; the act of putting something off for later.
offputs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of offput
odals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of odal
half-wizards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of half-wizard
Ogmic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Written in, or relating to, Ogham.
ogams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ogam
oiticica
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oiticicas
Etymology: Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese oiticica, from Old Tupi.
Senses: glosses: The tree Licania rigida, endemic to Brazil and Puerto Rico.
Derived terms: oiticica oil
oiticicas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oiticica
protominimalists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of protominimalist
ombrellas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ombrella
ologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒlədʒɪst
Forms: form: ologists
form: 'ologist
form: Ologist
Etymology: From the suffix -ologist.
Senses: examples: text: First was the increasing number of ologists. While they were far from dominant, their voices were heard throughout the agency, and what they said caused many of the foresters to think.
ref: 1994, Different Drummer Magazine - Volumes 1-2, page 109:
text: I was talking with my ologist this week and he asked if I felt like I was in a fog.
ref: 2010, Joseph Potocny, Living with Alzhiemers': A Conversation If You Will, →ISBN, page 297:
text: Ologist physicians dominate America's healthcare system. An ologist might take care only of your bones, your skin, or your liver.
ref: 2012, Richard Young, American Healthscare, →ISBN:
glosses: One who studies some branch of learning, especially one ending in -ology; a specialist.
Related terms: ology
ologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ologist
olivinic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪnɪk
Forms: form: more olivinic
form: most olivinic
Etymology: From olivine + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the mineral olivine.
omphalus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: omphali
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of omphalos.
omphali
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of omphalus
oncolytics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oncolytic
on cue
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: I was talking to Bob about the noise made by my neighbours, when right on cue their music started thumping through the wall.
glosses: Exactly when expected or appropriate.
onerier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of onery: more onery
oogamete
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oogametes
Etymology: From oo- + gamete.
Senses: glosses: The female gamete; the egg cell or oosphere.
oogametes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oogamete
oosed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of oose
ooses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of oose
oosing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of oose
oosporic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From oospore + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the oospore.
opinionatively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more opinionatively
form: most opinionatively
Etymology: From opinionative + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an opinionative manner.
optants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of optant
opticist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: opticists
Etymology: From optic + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who studies optics.
opticists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of opticist
optionals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of optional
nonaccepter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonaccepters
Etymology: From non- + accepter.
Senses: glosses: One who does not accept something.
nonaccepters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonaccepter
opulencies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of opulency
orchidist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: orchidists
Etymology: From orchid + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A person who cultivates orchids.
orchidists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of orchidist
ordinants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ordinant
oreology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of orology.
organicities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of organicity
organologies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of organology
organologic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to organology.
organums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of organum
orichalc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Compare French orichalque.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of orichalcum.
Orleanses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Orleans
orologically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From orological + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In terms of orology.
Oropesa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Oropesas
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Oropesa. The surname is predominantly found in Cuba and in the Philippines.
Senses: glosses: A town in Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain.
glosses: A habitational surname from Spanish.
Oropesa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Oropesas
Etymology: After the ship HMS Oropesa, on which it was developed.
Senses: glosses: A streamlined towed body used in minesweeping to keep the towed sweep at a determined depth and position relative to the sweeping ship.
Related terms: Oropeza
Oropesas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Oropesa
orseilles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of orseille
osteopathies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of osteopathy
osteomyelitises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of osteomyelitis
otherwhile
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From other + while.
Senses: glosses: At other times; on other occasions.
Coordinate terms: sometimes
somewhile
ottars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ottar
ouabains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ouabain
War of 1812
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the War of 1812
Senses: glosses: A military conflict that lasted from 1812 to 1815, fought between the United States of America and the United Kingdom, its North American colonies, and its North American Indian allies.
chillaxer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chillaxers
Etymology: From chillax + -er.
Senses: examples: text: She is a transcendent chillaxer.
ref: 2012, Angel Hinman, Water Walk America, page 221:
text: And that goes for whether you're a hardcore exerciser or a serial chillaxer. Because most stretching exercises involve no amazing feat of contortionism, they can be performed by anyone […]
ref: 2014, Amber O'Connor, 105 Stretching Exercises for Women:
glosses: One who chillaxes.
chillaxers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chillaxer
outbawl
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: outbawls
form: outbawling
form: outbawled
form: outbawled
form: out-bawl
Etymology: From out- + bawl.
Senses: glosses: To bawl louder or longer than.
outbawls
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of outbawl
outbawling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of outbawl
outbawled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of outbawl
outbidden
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of outbid
outblaze
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: outblazes
form: outblazing
form: outblazed
form: outblazed
Etymology: From out- + blaze.
Senses: examples: text: Charlie was not someone who liked to shine among a group of lesser minds. She wanted to outblaze the cleverest people she knew.
ref: 2024, Susie Dent, Guilty By Definition, Zaffre, page 119:
glosses: To shine or burn more brightly or intensely than.
outblazed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of outblaze
outblazes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of outblaze
outblazing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of outblaze
outbluff
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: outbluffs
form: outbluffing
form: outbluffed
form: outbluffed
Etymology: From out- + bluff.
Senses: glosses: To surpass in bluffing.
outbluffed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of outbluff
outbluffs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of outbluff
outbluffing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of outbluff
bluffings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bluffing
polings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poling
outbrawl
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: outbrawls
form: outbrawling
form: outbrawled
form: outbrawled
Etymology: From out- + brawl.
Senses: glosses: To surpass in brawling.
outbrawled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of outbrawl