cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
rotary evaporator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rotary evaporators
Etymology: rotary + evaporator
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A piece of laboratory equipment used to gently evaporate solvents from a chemical solution in a temperature controlled environment.
Synonyms: rotoevaporator
rotaevaporator
rotovap
rotovape
rotavap
rotavape
rotavap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rotavaps
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of rotovap.
rotavap
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rotavaps
form: rotavapping
form: rotavapped
form: rotavapped
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of rotovap.
cryogenic liquid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cryogenic liquids
Senses: glosses: Any liquid (typically a liquified gas) with a very low boiling point
microplate reader
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microplate readers
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A piece of laboratory equipment used to detect the changes that might occur in a microtiter plate.
Synonyms: plate reader
plate reader
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plate readers
Etymology: From microplate reader.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A piece of laboratory equipment used to detect the changes that might occur in a microtiter plate.
Synonyms: microplate reader
vortex mixer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vortex mixers
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
qualifier: analytical chemistry
glosses: A piece of laboratory equipment used to mix the contents of small tubes of liquids by means of rapid oscillation.
grise
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɹiːz/
rhymes: -iːz
Forms: form: grises
form: greeze
form: greese
Etymology: Properly the plural of gree (“a step”).
Senses: examples: text: Every grise of fortune / Is smoothed by that below.
ref: c. 1605–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:
glosses: A step (in a flight of stairs); a degree.
grise
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɹiːz/
rhymes: -iːz
Forms: form: grises
Etymology: See grice.
Senses: examples: text: Grice or Grise, a Swine (6ᵗʰ S. vi. 537) — This word is derived from O.N. griss, porcellus.
ref: [1883 April 7, F.C. Birkbeck Terry, Notes and Queries, page 274:
text: ‘Grise,’ observe Nicolson and Burn, ‘is a common name for swine, and it may well seem to have taken its name from being frequented by wild boars, which are beasts of the forest. […] Swinedale,’ they add (probably in error), ‘may be so called from Wild Boars having frequented there ; as there are Grisedale, Boredale, Stybarrow, in the neighbouring parish of Barton ; and Wildboarfell
ref: 1892, Hugh Alexander MacPherson, “Wild Boar”, in A Vertebrate Fauna of Lakeland Including Cumberland and Westmorland with Lancashire North of the Sands, page l:
text: ‘Grice’ was used to designate the young of the badger, because the male and female were known as the boar pig and the sow. […]
So that from this it is perfectly clear that the word ‘grice’ or ‘grise,’ when used in connexion with badgers’ young, simply means the little badger pigs, and has nothing whatever to do with gris = grey.
ref: 1912 March 2, “Replies. Grise : Grey : Badger”, in Notes and Queries, page 170:
glosses: Alternative form of grice (a pig)
conical flask
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: conical flasks
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A glass laboratory flask of a conical profile with a narrow tubular neck and a flat bottom, used to manipulate solutions or to carry out titrations
Synonyms: Erlenmeyer flask
Erlenmeyer flask
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Erlenmeyer flasks
Etymology: Named after German chemist Emil Erlenmeyer, who invented it in 1861.
Senses: examples: text: An assistant arrived with a wheeled cart bearing coffee in an Erlenmeyer flask, cups, and a plate of strange muffins.
ref: 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 265:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A glass laboratory flask of a conical profile with a narrow tubular neck and a flat bottom, used to manipulate solutions or carry out titrations.
wikipedia: Emil Erlenmeyer
Synonyms: conical flask
erlenmeyer
atelic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From a- + telic.
Senses: glosses: Presenting an action or event’s significance as being the process or experience instead of the end accomplishment or goal.
glosses: Not tending nor directed toward a goal or specific end.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: That expresses lacking an end, resolution, or finite purpose.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: That expresses the imperfective aspect.
Derived terms: atelically
levered firm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: levered firms
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: A company that funds its operations by taking out loans.
unionised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjuːnjənaɪzd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unionise
unionised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjuːnjənaɪzd/
Forms: form: more unionised
form: most unionised
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of unionized.
unionised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjuːnjənaɪzd/
ipa: /ʌnˈaɪənaɪzd/
ipa: /ˈjuːnjənaɪzd/
Forms: form: more unionised
form: most unionised
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of unionized.
uncompromised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + compromised.
Senses: examples: text: Thus is a subtle, often anguished, at times tentative but uncompromised analytic confrontation with the meaning of intercourse to men transformed into a monotonic polemical admonishment to women, and an act of literary genius reduced to a Monarch outline.
ref: 1987 June 14, “Dworkin's Arguments”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Not compromised.
casten
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of cast
valu
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Clipping of value.
Senses: topics: advertising
business
marketing
qualifier: branding
glosses: Alternative form of value: Pertaining to value for money, or being discounted.
caribe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: caribes
Etymology: From Spanish caribe.
Senses: glosses: piranha fish
videocamera
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: videocameras
Senses: examples: text: The Committee is actually registered as a business, the authorities said, a thread from the spool of legitimacy to go along with the hard hats, the clipboards and the videocameras.
ref: 2008 March 1, Jim Dwyer, “Outlining an Operation That Preyed on Builders”, in New York Times:
glosses: Alternative form of video camera.
virino
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: virinos
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A hypothetical infectious particle, consisting of nucleic acids in a protective coat of host cell proteins, once theorized to be the cause of scrapie and other degenerative diseases of the central nervous system.
skil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /skɪl/
rhymes: -ɪl
Forms: form: skils
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of skill.
skil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /skɪl/
rhymes: -ɪl
Forms: form: skils
Etymology: From Haida sqil.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of sablefish.
synonyms: word: sablefish
zingara
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zingaras
form: zingare
Senses: glosses: A female zingaro.
zingare
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zingara
decoct
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈkɒkt/
ipa: /dəˈkɑkt/
Forms: form: decocts
form: decocting
form: decocted
form: decocted
Etymology: From Latin decoquō (“I boil down”), from de- + coquō (“I cook”).
Senses: topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: To make an infusion.
examples: text: Her ambition had hitherto been confined to being the best of wives,—so she scolded the servants—opened no book but her book of receipts—made soup without meat—decocted cowslips, parsneps, currants, and gooseberries, which, if not good wine, were very tolerable vinegar
ref: 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter IV, in Romance and Reality. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 54:
topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: To reduce, or concentrate by boiling down.
examples: text: Can ſodden Water, / A Drench for ſur-reyn’d Iades, their Barly broth, / Decoct their cold blood to ſuch valiant heat?
ref: 1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene v], page 80, column 1:
glosses: To heat as if by boiling.
examples: text: […] and that rednesse / may neuere tournë to whiteness / (as clerkës sayn,) but yef so be / it be decoct by charyte, […]
ref: 1426 [c. 1330], Guillaume de Deguileville, translated by John Lydgate, edited by F. J. Furnivall, The Pilgrimage of the Life of Man, K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & co., translation of Le pèlerinage de la vie humaine (in Middle French), published 1904, page 655:
english: […] and that redness / may never turn to whiteness / (as clerics say), but if it does, / it will be decocted by Charity, […]
translation: […] and that redness / may never turn to whiteness / (as clerics say), but if it does, / it will be decocted by Charity, […]
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glosses: To reduce or diminish.
examples: text: Here ſhe [the body] attracts, and there ſhe doth retain; / There ſhe decocts, and doth the food prepare; / There ſhe diſtributes it to ev’ry vein, / There ſhe expels what ſhe may fitly ſpare.
ref: a. 1626, Sir John Davies, The Original, Nature, and Immortality of the Soul, R. & A. Foulis, published 1759, page 46:
glosses: To digest in the stomach.
glosses: To devise.
Derived terms: decoctible
decoctive
undecocted
Related terms: decoction
veinless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more veinless
form: most veinless
Etymology: From vein + -less.
Senses: synonyms: unveined
glosses: Without veins.
majorat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: majorats
Etymology: From French majorat.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: primogeniture
topics: law
glosses: property that descends with a title
altern
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin alternus (“every other, alternate”).
Senses: examples: text: And God made two great lights, great for thir use / To Man, the greater to have rule by day, / The less by night, alterne ; and made the stars, / And set them in the firmament of Heaven / To illuminate the Earth, and rule the day / In their vicissitude, and rule the night, / And light from darkness to divide. […]
ref: 1667, John Milton, “Book CLXXXIX”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 346-352:
glosses: Acting by turns; alternate.
Derived terms: altern base
alfajor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alfajores
form: alfajors
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish alfajor.
Senses: examples: text: My favorite was the simplest: alfajor, a double-deck Peruvian cookie, spread with a layer of caramel.
ref: 2010 March 26, Patricia Brooks, “Culinary Surprises and Peruvian Charm”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 Jun 2022:
text: From Tibetan momos (dumplings) to Uruguayan alfajors (cookies), the food consumed on New York's Eat The Street tours offers a taste of immigrant life in the world's most ethnically diverse neighborhood - the borough of Queens, where more than 160 languages are spoken.
ref: 2012 June 12, “Eating the food cart street in a New York afternoon”, in Reuters, London:
text: His Dulceria New York City, a new brick-walled bakery as narrow as a breadstick, features Chilean confections, notably alfajores (sandwich cookies). “Chile has great ingredients, but not much in the way of cuisine,” he said. “But pastries are the highlight.” He has hired Daniela Cañete to turn out several kinds of alfajores filled with dulce de leche, with one covered in chocolate, as well as elaborate cakes and layered confections, some embellished with meringue.
ref: 2020 January 6, Florence Fabricant, “At Dulceria, Chilean Cookies and Other Delights”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 Jan 2020:
text: En una mano tenía el ukelele y el alfajor, en la totra el porro.
ref: 2021, Pedro Mairal, The Woman from Uruguay, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 109:
text: A medium cup of helado at Pampas Helado Argentina in Aliso Viejo includes two flavors, which can be the chocolate alfajor and banana split.
ref: 2024 August 10, Edwin Goei, “You’re gonna need a bigger cone: 3 new ice cream shops in O.C. worth screaming for”, in Daily Pilot, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Aug 2024:
glosses: A popular confection in South America usually filled with dulce de leche.
tyee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tyees
Etymology: From Chinook.
Senses: glosses: A tribal chief of the Chinookan peoples in the Pacific Northwest of the United States.
glosses: A large chinook salmon that weighs more than 13.5 kg.
stun gun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stun guns
Senses: examples: text: Lodner tossed the stun gun on a flange between the stills and the fluxing panels.
ref: 1946 November, Mark Champion, “Unforeseen”, in Astounding Science Fiction, volume 38, number 3, page 42:
text: The removable pages are organized in strict military fashion and include complete data on the Commlock, Stun Gun, Laser Cannon, Communications Post, Uniforms, and several fold-out blueprints of the various levels and areas of Moonbase Alpha.
ref: 1978 January, “The Official Moonbase Alpha Technical Notebook (advert)”, in Starlog, volume 2, number 11, page 9:
text: A stun gun disguised as a mobile phone has been seized from a 14-year-old boy in Manchester.
ref: 2014 March 8, “Manchester police seize stun gun disguised as iPhone”, in BBC News:
glosses: A weapon intended to immobilize, usually through delivery of an electric shock.
Coordinate terms: taser
camisas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of camisa
étendue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The light power transmitted to the detector is proportional to the product of the solid angle #92;mathit#123;#92;Omega#125; and area A in the central plane, which is imaged by the lens onto the aperture (often called the étendue U).
ref: 2003, Wolfgang Demtröder, “Spectroscopic Instrumentation”, in Laser Spectroscopy: Basic Concepts and Instrumentation (Advanced Texts in Physics), 3rd edition, Berlin: Springer-Verlag, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 149:
glosses: Alternative form of etendue.
logomachist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: logomachists
Etymology: From logomachy + -ist.
Senses: synonyms: logomach
logomacher
glosses: One who disputes the meanings of words.
acft
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of aircraft.
dubba
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dubbas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dubber (“globular vessel”).
lul
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /lʌl/
ipa: /lʌl/
ipa: /lɔl/
rhymes: -ʌl
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of LOL.
lul
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /lʌl/
ipa: /lʌl/
ipa: /lɔl/
rhymes: -ʌl
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of LOL.
ropable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ropable
form: most ropable
Senses: examples: text: The phone rang a couple of hours later and it was Di. I have never heard her more ropable in my life; it is the only tongue-lashing I ever remember getting from her and it was excoriating.
ref: 2009, Sean Dooley, Cooking with Baz, page 115:
glosses: Alternative form of ropeable.
organ donor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: organ donors
Senses: glosses: A person (living or dead) from whom an organ is removed in order to be transplanted into another person.
examples: 2006, Bill Lankhof, Head Case, Slam! Sports (Canada), 14 Jun. (retrieved 21 Aug. 2008),
Wearing a motorcycle helmet is optional in Pennsylvania, but that's no reason for Ben Roethlisberger to go out and practise his organ donor technique.
glosses: A motorcyclist, especially one who does not wear a protective helmet.
Related terms: organ donation
blood donor
meid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: note: S Africa, UK
ipa: /meɪt/
rhymes: -eɪt
Forms: form: meide
Etymology: Borrowed from Afrikaans meid, from English maid. Doublet of maid.
Senses: glosses: A female domestic servant, usually non-white.
glosses: A black woman.
piracies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of piracy
dye in the wool
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dyes in the wool
form: dyeing in the wool
form: dyed in the wool
form: dyed in the wool
Senses: examples: text: The circumstance mentioned in the last two lines shows that it was usual to dye in the wool, as is sometimes done in England.
ref: 1838, The Saturday magazine, volume XII, page 108:
text: Next comes the dyeing; though when indigo is used, it is better to dye "in the wool" before carding.
ref: 1896, House Beautiful, page 20:
text: Therefore, it will be seen that it is easier and a timesaver to "dye-in-the-wool."
ref: 1957, Mary E. Black, New Key to Weaving: A Textbook of Hand Weaving for the Beginning Weaver, page 505:
glosses: To dye woolen fibers before they are spun into thread.
Derived terms: dyed-in-the-wool
nondisciplinary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + disciplinary.
Senses: glosses: Not disciplinary; not related to or for the purpose of punishment.
nondisclosure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌnɒndɪsˈkləʊʒə(ɹ)/
note: of Canada
ipa: /ˌnɑndɪsˈkloʊʒɚ/
note: of the US
ipa: /ˌnɒndɪsˈkloʊʒɚ/
ipa: /ˌnɔndɪsˈkləʉʒə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: nondisclosures
form: non-disclosure
Etymology: From non- + disclosure.
Senses: examples: text: Recently, one early GPT-4 tester — who was bound by a nondisclosure agreement with OpenAI but gossiped a little anyway — told me that testing GPT-4 had caused the person to have an “existential crisis,” because it revealed how powerful and creative the A.I. was compared with the tester’s own puny brain.
ref: 2023 March 15, Kevin Roose, “GPT-4 Is Exciting and Scary”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 15 Mar 2023:
coordinate_terms: nondisparagement
glosses: An act or policy of not disclosing.
Derived terms: nondisclosure agreement
non-disclosure agreement
Related terms: disclosed
nondisclosed
undisclosed
nondiscrimination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nondiscriminations
form: non-discrimination
Etymology: From non- + discrimination.
Senses: examples: text: “The college is unfortunately not comfortable accepting any new NSF or NIH grants, at least at this time,” wrote Provost Eiko Siniawer and Lara Shore-Sheppard, dean of faculty. “This new condition goes well beyond a standard certification that the college comply with all applicable nondiscrimination laws.”
ref: 2025 June 6, Jeffrey Mervis, “Exclusive: U.S. college is first to decline federal science grants because of new DEI language”, in Science:
glosses: An act or policy of not engaging in discrimination.
nondramatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + dramatic.
Senses: glosses: Not dramatic; not exciting; mundane.
glosses: In entertainment, not a drama; light entertainment.
nondrinker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nondrinkers
Etymology: From non- + drinker.
Senses: examples: text: A majority of adolescents (66%) believe that an adolescent who changed from heavy drinker to nondrinker will be accepted by nondrinkers/moderate drinkers.
ref: 1985, The Journal of Applied Social Sciences, Volumes 10-11, Digitized edition, Case Western Reserve University, published 2006, page 17:
glosses: One who does not drink alcohol; a teetotaler.
examples: text: Data were analyzed to test differences between: (1) drinkers and nondrinkers of milk, and (2) [...]
ref: 1959, Daniel A. Swope, Francena Lounsbery Nolan, Basic Appeals in Consumer Acceptance of Milk:
glosses: Someone who does not drink a specified beverage (milk, wine, coffee, etc).
Synonyms: sense: one who does not drink alcohol
word: teetotaler
sense: one who does not drink alcohol
word: abstainer
nondrying
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + drying.
Senses: glosses: Not drying; remaining wet.
glosses: Of a garment, not requiring use of a dryer after washing.
noneducational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + educational.
Senses: glosses: Not educational; not related to or for the purpose of education.
examples: text: George found Professor Schnublett's repetitive lectures to be wholly noneducational and, in fact, a waste of time.
glosses: Failing to educate.
Derived terms: noneducationally
nonelastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + elastic.
Senses: coordinate_terms: inelastic
rigid
glosses: Not elastic; not able to stretch.
nonelectric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-electric
Etymology: From non- + electric.
Senses: examples: text: Since the power was out, we used an old-fashioned nonelectric can opener.
glosses: Not electric; not operated by electricity.
glosses: Not capable of conducting electricity.
Synonyms: nonelectrical
nonelectric
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonelectrics
Etymology: From non- + electric.
Senses: antonyms: electric
glosses: A substance or object that cannot be electrified, but through which electricity passes; a conductor.
nonelectrical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-electrical
Etymology: From non- + electrical.
Senses: examples: text: Since the power was out, we used an old-fashioned nonelectrical can opener.
glosses: Not electrical; not operated by electricity.
glosses: Not capable of conducting electricity.
Synonyms: nonelectric
Derived terms: nonelectrically
nonelectrical
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonelectricals
Etymology: From non- + electrical.
Senses: examples: text: Moreover, the Power System is run largely by electrical engineers, who occupy the top two positions. In the past, nonelectricals who have made it into upper management circles seem to be exceptions […]
ref: 1981, Marc J. Roberts, Jeremy S. Bluhm, The Choices of Power: Utilities Face the Environmental Challenge, page 265:
text: For our final example let us finish the problem posed in the introduction to this chapter. The ideas and formulas needed will be familiar to electrical students, and would be handy for nonelectricals to know as well.
ref: 2011, Paul A. Calter, Michael A. Calter, Technical Mathematics, page 275:
antonyms: electrical
glosses: One who is not an electrical engineer.
nonequivalent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + equivalent.
Senses: glosses: Not equivalent; different.
nonexchangeable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + exchangeable.
Senses: glosses: Not exchangeable; unable to be exchanged.
nonexempt
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + exempt.
Senses: glosses: Not exempt.
topics: law
glosses: Subject to taxation; not within any category of income to which taxes are not applied.
nonexempt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonexempts
Etymology: From non- + exempt.
Senses: glosses: One who is not exempt.
nonexplosive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more nonexplosive
form: most nonexplosive
Etymology: From non- + explosive.
Senses: glosses: Not explosive; unable to explode.
nonfactual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-factual
Etymology: From non- + factual.
Senses: glosses: Not factual; false or fictional.
nonfading
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + fading.
Senses: synonyms: unfadeable
glosses: Not fading.
synonyms: unfadeable
colorfast
glosses: Not fading.
Of clothing, resistant to losing color.
Related terms: word: unfaded
nonfat
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɒnˈfæt/
ipa: /nɑnˈfæt/
Etymology: From non- + fat.
Senses: glosses: Containing no fat; fat-free.
nonfattening
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + fattening.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of non-fattening.
nonfictional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + fictional.
Senses: glosses: Not fictional.
Derived terms: nonfictionally
Related terms: nonfiction
nonfluctuating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + fluctuating.
Senses: glosses: Not fluctuating; steady; stable.
nonflying
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-flying
Etymology: From non- + flying.
Senses: glosses: Not flying; traveling by means other than flight.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
synonyms: flightless
;
unflying
glosses: Unable to fly, as of a bird.
Related terms: unflightworthy
unflyable
nonfood
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-food
Etymology: From non- + food.
Senses: examples: text: The use of synthetic fuels from nonfood crops can reduce the carbon footprint.
text: The three most common nonfood picas were eating of strings and rags; feces, vomit, and urine; and paper, cigarettes, and soil.
ref: 1986, George S Baroff, Mental retardation: nature, cause, and management:
glosses: Not intended for consumption as a food.
nonfood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonfoods
form: non-food
Etymology: From non- + food.
Senses: examples: text: Many supermarkets do not consider nonfoods a core segment.
glosses: A crop or product that is not intended for consumption as a food.
nonfunctional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-functional
Etymology: From non- + functional.
Senses: antonyms: functional
glosses: Not functional; useless; broken.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
antonyms: functional
glosses: Not of the functional programming paradigm.
topics: mathematics
sciences
antonyms: functional
glosses: Not a function in the mathematical sense.
raw_tags: of a relation
Derived terms: non-functional DNA
nonfunctionally
nonfreezing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + freezing.
Senses: glosses: Not capable of freezing.
examples: a nonfreezing cold injury
glosses: Not involving freezing
nonfoods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonfood
fat free
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fat-free.
nondrinkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nondrinker
nondisclosures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nondisclosure
nondisclosure agreement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nondisclosure agreements
Senses: examples: text: Recently, one early GPT-4 tester — who was bound by a nondisclosure agreement with OpenAI but gossiped a little anyway — told me that testing GPT-4 had caused the person to have an “existential crisis,” because it revealed how powerful and creative the A.I. was compared with the tester’s own puny brain.
ref: 2023 March 15, Kevin Roose, “GPT-4 Is Exciting and Scary”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 15 Mar 2023:
glosses: Alternative spelling of non-disclosure agreement.
nondisclosure agreements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nondisclosure agreement
nonflowering
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + flowering.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Of a plant, not flowering; reproducing by means other than pollination from flowers.
stun guns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stun gun
jakie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒeɪki/
Forms: form: jakies
Senses: glosses: A South American striped frog, Pseudis paradoxa, remarkable for having tadpoles larger than the adults.
Synonyms: paradoxical frog
shrinking frog
dede
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of deed.
xyston
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: xystons
form: xysta
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ξυστόν (xustón, “spear, javelin”), of unknown origin. Potentially from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰasto- or *ǵʰasdʰo- (“branch ~ spear, sharp spine”) (whence also gad, goad, and yard), but this is likely a substrate word in view of the various irregularities.
Senses: examples: text: The Companions, like the Thessalian cavalry, were a well-mounted force armed with cuirass and the short thrusting spear (xyston) for close combat.
ref: 2004, J. F. C. Fuller, The Generalship of Alexander the Great, page 47:
glosses: A type of long thrusting lance, used in ancient Greece.
koel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: koels
Etymology: From Hindi कोयल (koyal), from Sanskrit कोकिल (kokila) which is of onomatopoeic origin.
Senses: examples: text: It's a beautiful night / a koel starts up / its one weird note.
ref: 1994, Dorothy Porter, The Monkey's Mask, page 49:
glosses: A cuckoo of the genus Eudynamys, native to Asia, Australia and the Pacific.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Eudynamys scolopaceus
word: Asian koel
taxonomic: Eudynamys (orientalis) cyanocephalus
word: Australian koel
taxonomic: Eudynamys melanorhynchus
word: black-billed koel
taxonomic: Eudynamys orientalis
word: eastern koel
taxonomic: Eudynamys orientalis
word: Pacific koel
taxonomic: Eudynamys scolopaceus
word: western koel
piquante
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more piquante
form: most piquante
Senses: examples: text: "The character you assume," continued Lady Rotheles, not heeding the interruption, "must be completely in opposition to that to which his attention is at present directed. Mary is tame, meek, spiritless—you must, therefore, be lively, quick, and piquante...
ref: 1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter III, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 25:
glosses: Alternative form of piquant.
gamy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more gamy
form: most gamy
Senses: examples: text: Such a funny, sporty, gamy, jesty, joky, hoky-poky lad, is the Ocean.
ref: 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 119, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:
glosses: Alternative spelling of gamey.
Derived terms: gamily
gaminess
Achilles' heel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Achilles' heels
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Achilles heel.
Achilles' heels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Achilles' heel
Achilles heels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Achilles heel
NOT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: NOTs
Senses: examples: text: Notice that the NOT symbol is simply a BUF symbol followed by a bubble. The bubble represents logical inversion and is the actual NOT gate. Anytime you see a bubble attached to a gate pin, you can detach it from the pin and insert a separate NOT gate in its place without affecting the resulting logic.
ref: 2022 August 4, William Bahn, “Boolean Algebra Laws—Delving Into Boolean Identities”, in All About Circuits:
topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A unary operation on logical values that changes true to false, and false to true.
Synonyms: ¬
!
~
ˈ
Derived terms: NAND
NOR
XNOR
addictiveness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From addictive + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The characteristic of being addictive.
Related terms: addiction
hyperpalatability
addictively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more addictively
form: most addictively
Etymology: From addictive + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an addictive manner.
Related terms: addictingly
open letters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of open letter
it's all good
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: it's all G
form: it's all g
form: 'sall good
Senses: glosses: Used to express unconcern.
Synonyms: sense: expression of unconcern
word: all good
sense: expression of unconcern
word: no worries
sense: expression of unconcern
word: no problem
sense: expression of unconcern
word: no prob
sense: expression of unconcern
word: no probs
sense: expression of unconcern
word: no biggie
sense: expression of unconcern
word: don't worry about it
sense: expression of unconcern
word: it's fine
polegar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polegars
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of poligar.
pony keg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pony kegs
Senses: examples: text: Depending on the crowd, a keg or pony keg may be the way to go. […] For fewer than 20 guests, consider a pony keg, which serves 80 drinks.
ref: 2006 February 1, Sadie Jo Smokey, “Beer lineup impressive for Super Bowl Sunday”, in The Arizona Republic, archived from the original on 12 Feb 2006:
glosses: A container for beer holding 7.75 US gallons, equal to half the size of a standard beer keg.
Derived terms: pony keg station
pony keg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pony kegs
Etymology: Clipping of pony keg station, from pony keg (“container for beer”).
Senses: examples: text: A visitor may well be baffled by “pony keg” and “jack salmon,” but Cincinnatians know that the first is a store where beer may be purchased and the second is deep-fried pike.
ref: 1967, Robert E. McLaughlin, The Heartland: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, New York, N.Y.: Time Inc., →OCLC, page 16:
text: For example, a pony keg is a small beer keg. In Cincinnati it is a place to buy a small beer keg.
ref: 1976 February, Walter S. Adams, “Queen City Report”, in Cincinnati, volume 9, number 5, page 72:
text: A pony keg (a few survive to this day) is a drive-through structure with cases of beer stacked on skids — golden liquid mountains, lining the walls of elongated garages or steel Quonset huts, looming above the consumer […] Our pony keg of choice was on Montgomery Road, on the Norwood-Pleasant Ridge border, a small affair next to a hairdresser's, neatly tucked behind the drugstore at the corner of Quatman and Montgomery.
ref: 1999, Richard B. Schwartz, The Biggest City in America: A Fifties Boyhood in Ohio, Akron, Oh.: University of Akron Press, →ISBN, pages 163 and 165:
text: In the Cincinnati area one can also find drive-through liquor stores (and for some people, regular liquor stores) referred to as pony kegs. (Elsewhere in the US, on the other hand, pony keg usually refers to a small keg.)
ref: 2007, Caitlin Claire Vincent, editor, Roadtripping USA: The Complete Coast-to-Coast Guide to America, 2nd edition, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 47:
text: Not in “Cincy,” with the twang that was so often heard in casual conversation in the corner “Pony Keg” mini-marts. There you could buy snow cones, the daily Cincinnati Enquirer, Hudepohl beer, five-cent Ibold cigars, and Reds baseball trading cards.
ref: 2010, Ben Kamin, Nothing Like Sunshine: A Story in the Aftermath of the MLK Assassination, East Lansing, Mich.: Michigan State University Press, →ISBN, page 1:
text: Their heyday might be in the rear-view mirror, but the region’s remaining pony kegs still sell cigarettes, lottery tickets, six packs and salty snacks. The Gertz Pony Keg is one of two remaining in Reading, a community that once had six of the little corner stores known for selling small barrels of beer.
ref: 2014 February 2, Lance Lambert, “Pony keg tradition lives on in Reading”, in The Cincinnati Enquirer, archived from the original on 24 Jan 2016:
glosses: A drive-through liquor store; by extension, any convenience store.
Matt.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Abbreviation of Matthew.
polyethylene terephthalate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From polyethylene + terephthalate.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: ♳
text: For eons, the debris has contained the same things — flecks from plant and animal carcasses, feces, mucus, dust, microbes, viruses — and transported the ocean’s carbon to be stored on the seafloor. Increasingly, however, marine snowfall is being infiltrated by microplastics: fibers and fragments of polyamide, polyethylene and polyethylene terephthalate. And this fauxfall appears to be altering our planet’s ancient cooling process.
ref: 2022 April 3, Sabrina Imbler, “In the Ocean, It’s Snowing Microplastics”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 05 Apr 2022:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
synonyms: PET
PET-E
PETE
PET-P
PETP
hypernyms: polyester
glosses: A thermoplastic resin of the polyester family used particularly in the manufacture of plastic bottles (PET) and fabrics (Terylene).
Derived terms: PETase
2 Pet.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of 2 Peter.
Related terms: Pet.
1 Pet.
1 Pet.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of 1 Peter.
Related terms: Pet.
2 Pet.
2 Peter
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
synonyms: word: 2 Pet.
glosses: The second epistle of Peter, the twenty-second book of the New Testament of the Bible.
Related terms: 1 Peter
1 Peter
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
synonyms: word: 1 Pet.
glosses: The first epistle of Peter, the twenty-first book of the New Testament of the Bible.
Related terms: 2 Peter
teinture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈteɪnt͡ʃə(ɹ)/
/ˈteɪnt͡ʃʊə(ɹ)/
/ˈteɪntjʊə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: teintures
Etymology: Borrowed from French teinture. Doublet of tainture, tinctura, and tincture.
Senses: examples: text: Thy blithe vivacity, yet manners meek, Thy waving ringlets and thy step so light, The rosy teinture of thy dimpled cheek, Impress'd each heart with exquisite delight.
ref: 1799 May, “The Gleaner, No. VII”, in The Edinburgh Magazine, Or, Literary Miscellany, page 324:
text: A boundless view, like that of the Atlantic, or Pacific; but destitute of the sound of the winds, the music of waters, the teinture of clouds, and the motion, which gives life and circulation to the most torpid of temperatures.
ref: 1837, Charles Bucke, On the Beauties, Harmonies, and Sublimities of Nature, page 245:
text: To Maria it was an epoch which seemed to be of the utmost importance to her future life—alas! how little did she dream that, in reality, it would decide what the teinture of that life was to be! —and some hours were spent in dressing for this momentous appearance, which, in both Maria and Mrs. Woodford's estimation, was not of less consequence than that of a first-rate beauty of the court circle.
ref: 1837, Hannah Maria Jones, The Pride of the Village; Or, The Farmer's Daughters, page 295:
text: his eyes as bright as the burnishing of the heauen, darting foorth frownes with disdaine, and smiles with fauor, lightning such lookes as would enflame desire, were shee wrapt in the Circle of the frozen Zoane; in his cheekes the vermilion teinture of the Rose flourished vpon naturall Alabaster, the blush of the Morne and Lunaes siluer showe were so liuely portrayed, that the Troyan that fils out wine to Iupiter was not halfe so beautifull;
ref: 1890, “Appendix: Lodge's Rosalynde”, in Horace Howard Furness, editor, A New Variorum Edition of Shakespeare - Volume 8, page 374:
text: He had called at her quiet cottage, and he liked the teinture of old family pride that sat upon her simpleness like a vellum volume, richly bound, upon a bare deal board.
ref: 1904 February, E. Ryves, “The Old Nurse: A Tragedy Without Acts”, in Womanhood, volume 11, number 63, page 143:
text: Otherwise, the doctor could administer a decoction of husks of nuts, quinine, sulphuric ether, and teinture of oranges.
ref: 2016, Harry W. Paul, Bacchic Medicine, page 45:
glosses: colour; tinge; tincture
sufix
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sufixes
Etymology: Probably originated out of confusion with its antonym, prefix, spelled a single F.
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of suffix.
Related terms: preffix
relace
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: relaces
form: relacing
form: relaced
form: relaced
Etymology: From re- + lace.
Senses: glosses: To lace again.
ribands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of riband
hink
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /hɪŋk/
rhymes: -ɪŋk
Forms: form: hinks
Senses: glosses: A reaping hook.
Related terms: english: etymologically unrelated
translation: etymologically unrelated
word: hink pink
Werner
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Werners
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Related terms: Warner
Verner
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Derived from German Werner.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
glosses: A town in Ontario, Canada.
Derived terms: Verner-Morrison syndrome
Verner's law
Sander
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɑːndə/
enpr: săndʹər
ipa: /ˈsændɚ/
rhymes: -ændə(ɹ)
rhymes: -ɑːndə(ɹ)
Forms: form: Sanders
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Alexander, from Ancient Greek.
glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
glosses: A village in Norway.
Derived terms: Sandercock
Sanders
Sanderson
Related terms: sense: given name
word: Sanders
sense: given name
word: Xander
sense: given name
word: Zander
Sacha
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from French Sacha.
Senses: glosses: A unisex given name from French, equivalent to English Sasha.
Xander
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈzæn.dɚ/
ipa: /ˈzɑːndə/
ipa: /ˈzɐːndə/
homophone: Zander
Forms: form: Xanders
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Alexander, from Ancient Greek, of modern usage.
Related terms: Sander
Sanders
Zander
Baskin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Baskins
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A village in Franklin Parish, Louisiana, United States.
basker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: baskers
Senses: examples: text: We'd had our first encounter with a basking shark, and, metaphorically at least, this gigantic, strange beast had me firmly in its jaws. Out of our wetsuits and back on dry land, we headed for the marine laboratories at Port Erin on the south of the island to meet biologist Jill Strawbridge. Coming face to face with a basker had whetted my appetite, and I was keen to get to the bottom of some of the mysteries surrounding Cetorhinus maximus.
ref: 1992, BBC Wildlife, BBC:
glosses: Clipping of basking shark.
basker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: baskers
Etymology: From bask + -er.
Senses: examples: text: […] they needed an animal that was content to bask in various different conditions. What they hadn't banked on was that their ideal basker, would come equipped with a bad attitude and fearsome set of teeth: 'crocodiles are the perfect model organism for this study' explains Seebacher, because they are happy to bask both in and out of water.
ref: 2003, Journal of Experimental Biology, volume 206, number 7, University Press:
glosses: One who or that which basks; agent noun of bask.
glosses: Any of various species of libellulid dragonfly of the genus Urothemis, endemic to Africa and Asia.
gross pay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An amount of pay, wages, salary, or other compensation before deductions, such as for taxes, insurance, and retirement.
glosses: A payment for the entire year's income.
Related terms: net earnings
à bas
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɑˈbɑ/
ipa: /aˈba/
ipa: /aˈbɑ/
Etymology: Borrowed from French à bas (literally “to the bottom”).
Senses: glosses: Down with.
Keld
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Shap parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY5514).
glosses: A hamlet in Muker parish, North Yorkshire, England, previously in Richmondshire district (OS grid ref NY8901).
palmier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: palmiers
Etymology: Borrowed from French palmier, ellipsis of feuille de palmier (“palm tree leaf”), the original name of this pastry.
Senses: examples: text: Glass cases are filled with a pastel field of pink sweet buns, glossy guava-oozing pastries and their vanilla custard cousins, crispy, heart-shaped orejas (elephant ears, or, at French bakeries, palmiers), and conchas (shells).
ref: 2007 January 30, Lily Koppel, “In a Bakery Window, Shades of Miss Havisham”, in New York Times:
synonyms: elephant ear
glosses: A type of puff pastry biscuit made in the shape of a palm leaf and rolled in sugar.
palmier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of palmy: more palmy
eagers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eager
eagers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of eager
Grand Canyon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A large national park and gorge carved by the Colorado River, located in Arizona, United States.
glosses: Synonym of Grand Canyon Village, a settlement on the south rim of the canyon.
synonyms: word: Grand Canyon Village
extra: a settlement on the south rim of the canyon
Derived terms: Grand Canyon State
Grand Canyon Village
spinny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spinnies
Etymology: From Latin spīnētum.
Senses: examples: text: The downs rise steep, crowned with black fir spinnies.
ref: 1857, Charles Kingsley, “(please specify the page)”, in Two Years Ago, volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC:
glosses: Alternative spelling of spinney (“small copse or wood”).
spinny
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: spinnier
form: spinniest
Etymology: From spin + -y.
Senses: examples: text: 1997, DAN Seemiller, M Holowchak, Winning Table Tennis: Skills, Drills, and Strategies - all 3 versions »
The sound at contact should be solid and crisp, not “spinny.”
text: “It is a spinny thing with wires in it, with the wires wrapped around something (coil) and N and S (unsure what N and S were)."
ref: 2003, Ian S. Ginns, Stephen J. Norton, Campbell J. McRobbie, “Adding Value to the Teaching and Learning of Design and Technology”, in Pupils ^([sic]) Attitudes Towards Technology Annual Conference June 2003, pages 115–118:
text: Then you got a double whammy - your eyes were full of orange and your head was spinny and dizzy.
ref: 2006, J Purkis, Finding a Different Kind of Normal: Misadventures with Asperger Syndrome:
glosses: Associated with spinning; moving with a spinning motion.
myeloid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmaɪəˌlɔɪd/
Etymology: From myelo- + -oid.
Senses: topics: hematology
medicine
sciences
synonyms: myelogenous
glosses: Of or pertaining to bone marrow.
qualifier: less commonly used
glosses: Of or pertaining to the spinal cord.
Derived terms: agnogenic myeloid metaplasia
chronic myeloid leukemia
erythromyeloid
lymphomyeloid
myeloid cell
nonmyeloid
panmyeloid
premyeloid
promyeloid
myeloid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmaɪəˌlɔɪd/
Forms: form: myeloids
Etymology: From myelo- + -oid.
Senses: glosses: Such a stem cell