cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Galapagos tortoise
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Galapagos tortoises
form: Galápagos tortoise
Senses: glosses: Chelonoidis nigra, a tortoise native to the Galapagos archipelago
wikipedia: Galapagos tortoise
Hypernyms: chelonian
Hyponyms: Santa Fe Island tortoise
arb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɑː(ɹ)b
Forms: form: arbs
Etymology: Clipping.
Senses: topics: business
finance
trading
glosses: The act of or potential for arbitrage.
topics: business
finance
trading
glosses: One who engages in arbitrage; an arbitrageur.
examples: text: Just don't be too scared when you hear rumors of sacrificial ceremonies in the Arb […]
ref: 2005, Adam Zang, Jendrey Julie, Chris Mason, Carleton College:
glosses: An arboretum.
arb
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɑː(ɹ)b
Forms: form: arbs
form: arbing
form: arbed
form: arbed
Etymology: Clipping.
Senses: topics: business
finance
trading
glosses: To engage in arbitrage.
Derived terms: arbable
arber
sharbing
Linux
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɪ.nəks/
ipa: /ˈlɪ.nʊks/
Forms: form: Linuxes
form: Linuxen
Etymology: Etymology tree
Ancient Greek Λῖνος (Lînos)bor.
Latin Linusbor.
English Linus
English Multics
Ancient Greek εὐνή (eunḗ)
Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ-der.
Proto-Hellenic *hékʰō
Ancient Greek ἔχω (ékhō)
Ancient Greek εὐνοῦχος (eunoûkhos)bor.
Latin eunūchusder.
Middle English eunuk
English eunuchinflu.
English Unix
blend
English Linux
Blend of Linus + Unix, from the name of its creator Linus Torvalds.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
qualifier: strictly
glosses: The Unix-like open-source computer operating system kernel created by Linus Torvalds in 1991.
related: word: linux
glosses: Any operating system that uses this kernel.
Derived terms: ALSA
COLA
COLAtard
GNU/Linux
LAMP
LAMPP
LDP
LEMP
LFS
Lienux
Linmodem
Lintard
Linuxer
Linuxism
Linux ISO
LNMP
LSB
LUG
Lunix
OEL
RHEL
WSL
olive ridley sea turtle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: olive ridley sea turtles
Senses: glosses: Lepidochelys olivacea, a species of sea turtle
wikipedia: olive ridley sea turtle
ridleys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ridley
nerdlinger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nerdlingers
Etymology: From nerd + -ling + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Hey, only in America could a nerdlinger in tight pants announce that he wanted to poof the Statue of Liberty and get on TV as a result.
ref: 2006, Tara Ariano, Sarah Buntin, Television Without Pity: 752 Things We Love to Hate (and Hate to Love) About TV:
text: I'd much rather work with crazy, driven nerdlingers, even if they get the occasional goober on their report card.
ref: 2007, Men's Health, volume 22, number 3:
text: We might be perceived by the majority of our business counterparts as semi-autistic nerdlingers, and we know we haven't exactly been stellar communicators in the past, but yes, we want to change.
ref: 2009, Peter Hinssen, Business: How to move beyond Alignment and transform IT in your organization:
glosses: A nerd.
contrast agent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: contrast agents
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Synonym of contrast medium.
synonyms: word: contrast medium
sheddings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shedding
cycloidian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɔɪdiən
Forms: form: cycloidians
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: cycloid
cycloidian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɔɪdiən
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: cycloid
cycloidians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cycloidian
trillos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trillo
trilloes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trillo
lanterne rouge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lanternes rouges
Etymology: From French lanterne rouge (literally “red lantern”), referring to the red lantern at the rear of a train.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The competitor in last place in a competition; the person or entity at the bottom of a ranking
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Last place in a competition or other ranking
pimentoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pimento
bountihood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bounty + -hood.
Senses: glosses: goodness; generosity
Related terms: bountihead
symarr
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: symarrs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of simar.
symar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: symars
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of simar.
symarrs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of symarr
symars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of symar
smaltine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: smaltines
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: smaltite
capouch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: capouches
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of capoch.
capouches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of capouch
pichiciego
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pichiciegos
form: pichiciago
Senses: glosses: A small, burrowing, South American armadillo (Chlamyphorus truncatus); a pink fairy armadillo.
pichiciegos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pichiciego
pichiciago
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pichiciagos
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pichiciego.
pichiciagos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pichiciago
sokos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of soko
shamois
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈʃæmi/
Senses: examples: text: Even the most bleak and barren of these mountains, however, have their inhabitants, the most remarkable of which is the shamois or wild goat[…]
ref: 1764, “Faesi's Description of Switzerland”, in The Monthly Review, volume 32, page 526:
glosses: Alternative form of chamois.
shamoys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shamoy
settering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of setter
settered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of setter
roist
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɔɪst/
rhymes: -ɔɪst
Forms: form: roists
form: roisting
form: roisted
form: roisted
Senses: examples: text: I have a roisting challenge sent amongst
The dull and factious nobles of the Greeks
Will strike amazement to their drowsy spirits.
ref: c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:
glosses: To roister.
roisted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of roist
roisting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of roist
roists
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of roist
Peyer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Peyerian
Peyer's gland
Peyer's patch
Peyer's patch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Peyer's patches
Etymology: Named after Johann Conrad Peyer, who described them in 1677.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
synonyms: Peyerian gland
Peyer's gland
glosses: A patch of lymphoid tissue or lymphoid nodules on the walls of the ileal-small intestine.
wikipedia: Johann Conrad Peyer
exigendaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of exigendary
exigendary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exigendaries
Senses: glosses: Synonym of exigenter.
synonyms: word: exigenter
platyrrhines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of platyrrhine
Canton crape
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Canton crapes
Senses: glosses: A soft silk fabric, of a gauzy texture and wavy appearance, used for ladies' scarves, shawls, bonnet trimmings, etc.
Synonyms: Oriental crape
Canton crapes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Canton crape
calcedonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of chalcedonic.
Eastern
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Eastern
form: most Eastern
Senses: examples: text: The noble steamer Atlantic, after a most favorable passage of twelve days, carried our friends safely to the desired port of Liverpool. As Natalie stood once again upon terra firma, she could hardly credit that over three thousand miles of ocean separated her from her home,—that the same waves which washed the shores of her cherished island, broke upon the shores of this Eastern world.
ref: 1859, Ferna Vale, Natalie; or, A Gem Among the Sea-Weeds:
glosses: Of a region designated as the East by convention or from the perspective of the speaker or author.
glosses: Of the Christian churches originating in the church of the Eastern Roman Empire.
glosses: Eastern Orthodox.
mormo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈmɔː(ɹ)məʊ/
Forms: form: mormos
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Μορμώ (Mormṓ, “a hideous she-monster, a bugbear”).
Senses: examples: text: Thus the Atheists, who derive the origin of religion from fear, first put an affrighful vizard upon the Deity, and then conclude it to be but a mormo or bugbear, the creature of fear and fancy.
ref: 1678, Ralph Cudworth, The True Intellectual System of the Universe:
text: the mormos and bugbears of a frighted rabble
ref: 1727, William Warburton, Critical and Philosophical Enquiry into the Causes of Miracles:
glosses: A bugbear; false terror.
mormos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mormo
Haut-Rhin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A department of Grand Est, France. Capital: Colmar.
Allophylic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: Allophylian
Etymology: Ancient Greek ἄλλος (állos, “other”) + φυλή (phulḗ, “tribe, lineage”) + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: According to Dr. Prichard, the Celts are of Eastern origin, belonging to the great Indo-European family. They arrived before the Teutons from the regions on the Oxus, and from Media, and penetrated through the Allophylic races […]
ref: 1928, Collier's New Encyclopedia:
glosses: Relating to a race or a language neither Aryan nor Semitic.
Related terms: allophyle
skart
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skarts
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of scarf (“cormorant”).
skarts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of skart
Allophylian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Allophylic
Braminic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪnɪk
Forms: form: more Braminic
form: most Braminic
Etymology: From Bramin + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Dated form of Brahminic.
Bramin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bramins
Senses: glosses: Dated form of brahmin.
Bramins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bramin
high-definition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: high-definitions
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of high definition.
catenarian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkætɪˈnɛə.ɹi.ən/
ipa: /ˌkætəˈnɛ.ɹi.ən/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiən
Forms: form: more catenarian
form: most catenarian
Etymology: Latin catenarius
Senses: examples: text: At each joint of the three tiers of the catenarian chains respectively, one of the saddle pieces of cast-iron, formerly alluded to, are introduced.
ref: 1821, Robert Stevenson, “Description of Bridges of Suspension”, in The Edinburgh philosophical journal, volume 5, page 249:
glosses: catenary; like a chain
examples: text: The curve so formed is a catenarian curve, and, when inverted, delineates the curve of a type of arch better able to resist forces of destruction than the earlier semicircular arch. Investigators who followed Galilei and studied the catenarian arch mathematically were able to show that a simple catenarian outline was formed by the chan suspeneded as already described, the length of the chain depending upon the required span and rise of the arch.
ref: 1957, Bernard E. Jones, Freemason's Book of the Royal Arch, page 105:
text: a catenarian curve/arch
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Shaped like a catenary; following the curve made by a chain or rope when suspended from both ends.
examples: text: Each universally catenarian domain is catenarian and, hence, LFD.
ref: 2013, S.T. Chapman, Sarah Glaz, Non-Noetherian Commutative Ring Theory, page 162:
qualifier: ring theory
glosses: Having the property that every ascending chain of prime ideals eventually stabilizes, meaning that there is a finite length for the chains of prime ideals.
Tunker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ʌŋkə(ɹ)
Forms: form: Tunkers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Dunker.
Tunkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Tunker
glonoine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of glonoin.
pink stern
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pink sterns
form: pink-stern
Senses: glosses: A chebacco (boat).
pink sterns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pink stern
RLV
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: RLVs
Senses: topics: aerospace
astronautics
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of reusable launch vehicle.
Hypernyms: LV
Derived terms: sRLV
Related terms: word: ELV
english: reentry vehicle
translation: reentry vehicle
word: RV
sRLV
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sRLVs
form: SRLV
Senses: topics: aerospace
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of suborbital reusable launch vehicle.
Synonyms: SRV
Related terms: RLV
RLVs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of RLV
sRLVs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sRLV
SRLV
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SRLVs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sRLV.
SRLVs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sRLVs plural of SRLV
slawdog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slawdogs
form: slaw dog
form: slaw-dog
form: 'slawdog
form: 'slaw-dog
form: 'slaw dog
Etymology: Blend of slaw + hotdog
Senses: glosses: A hotdog with mustard in a bun covered with coleslaw, and topped with raw chopped onions.
slawdogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slawdog
sounding rocket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sounding rockets
Senses: topics: aerospace
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
space-science
glosses: A suborbital rocket used to launch upper atmosphere, exoatmospheric, and microgravity sondes or probes.
sounding rockets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sounding rocket
Prabhu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Sanskrit प्रभु (prabhu, “lord, master, prince”).
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Sanskrit commonly used in India.
jangseung
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jangseungs
form: jangseung
form: changseung
form: changsung
Etymology: From Korean 장승 (jangseung).
Senses: glosses: A kind of traditional Korean shamanistic totem pole.
changseung
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: changseung
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of jangseung.
changsung
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: changsung
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of jangseung.
broom closet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: broom closets
Etymology: By analogy with closet, and due to the association of witchcraft with brooms.
Senses: glosses: The metaphorical place in which a Wiccan's religious identity is hidden.
examples: text: The backup team would be crouched in some tiny broom closet, with sweat rolling down their faces and their backs growing stiffer, and the jackrollers would just walk by.
ref: 1988 February 26, Jack Clark, “Who Killed Jay Brunkella?”, in Chicago Reader:
synonyms: word: broom cupboard
glosses: A closet in which cleaning materials and associated equipment, such as brooms, are stored.
pond heron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pond herons
Senses: glosses: A heron of the genus Ardeola.
pond herons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pond heron
speedread
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: speedreads
form: speedreading
form: speedread
form: speedread
form: speed-read
form: speed read
Etymology: From speed + read.
Senses: examples: text: She picks it up and speedreads: Dear Momma, I have always felt that I've disappointed you. I have always tried not to disappoint you. [...]
ref: 1986, Gabrielle Burton, Heartbreak Hotel:
text: “[...] She remembers everything. She speedreads and remembers everything. She studies very little for very good grades.” “If she studied that little bit more,” Celeste injected tartly, “she'd be at the top of her class. [...]”
ref: 2009, Barbara Delinsky, Together Alone:
text: JFK speedreads at his normal 1,200 words per minute, glasses perched on the end of his nose, a study in focus.
ref: 2012, Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot:
glosses: To read quickly, usually at an accelerated rate or unusually high level of speed while maintaining complete comprehension of the material read.
Derived terms: speedreader
speed reading
belemnite battlefield
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: belemnite battlefields
Etymology: After the visual similarity of belemnite fossils to bullet shells.
Senses: topics: biology
history
human-sciences
natural-sciences
paleontology
sciences
glosses: A fossil site with an unusually high concentration of belemnite rostra.
belemnite battlefields
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of belemnite battlefield
pedobear
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Pedobear
Etymology: From pedo + bear. First widespread use dates to 2009.
Senses: glosses: A cartoon bear portrayed as pedophilic, typically featured in darkly humorous image macros.
pedobear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pedobears
form: Pedobear
Etymology: From pedo + bear. First widespread use dates to 2009.
Senses: glosses: A pedophile.
pedobears
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pedobear
buroo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bəˈɹuː/
Forms: form: buroos
form: broo
form: burroo
Etymology: Representing a Scottish pronunciation of bureau.
Senses: examples: text: Johnny kenned at once the coarse brute was drunk same as father was Friday nights when he got his money from the Broo.
ref: 193?, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, ‘Forsaken’, Smeddum, Canongate 2001
text: ‘Anyway, MacFee is very good at stripping lead and copper and zinc and iron from old factories and houses that are going to be demolished – folk pay him to do that, and when work is short he never goes on the burroo.
ref: 1990, Alasdair Gray, “Quiet People”, in Every Short Story 1951-2012, Canongate, published 2012, page 461:
glosses: The Labour Bureau; hence, unemployment benefits; the dole.
oh my Allah
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: In imitation of oh my God.
Senses: glosses: Oh my God!
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see oh, my, Allah.
cyclic group
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyclic groups
Senses: examples: text: 1986, N. S. Gopalakrishnan, University Algebra, New Age International, 2nd Edition, page 22,
Proposition 1.5.6. Any subgroup of an infinite cyclic group is also an infinite cyclic group.
text: If u#58;G#95;1#92;rightarrow#92;mathbb#123;Z#125;#47;m#92;mathbb#123;Z#125; and v#58;G#95;2#92;rightarrow#92;mathbb#123;Z#125;#47;m#92;mathbb#123;Z#125; are isomorphisms of two cyclic groups with #92;mathbb#123;Z#125;#47;m#92;mathbb#123;Z#125;, then v#123;-1#125;#92;circu#58;G#95;1#92;rightarrowG#95;2 is an isomorphism.
ref: 2002, Serge Lang, Algebra, 3rd edition, Springer, page 24:
text: 2003, Alexander Retakh (translator), Ėrnest Borisovich Vinberg, A Course in Algebra, [2001, Э. Б. Винберг, Курс алгебры, Factorial Press] American Mathematical Society, page 152,
Cyclic groups are the simplest groups imaginable.
topics: group-theory
mathematics
sciences
synonyms: monogenous group
glosses: A group generated by a single element.
Hypernyms: abelian group
Related terms: cyclic module
Bera
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A Bantu language spoken in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Hekla
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hecla
Etymology: Borrowed from Icelandic Hekla.
Senses: glosses: A stratovolcano in the south of Iceland.
derpy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: derpier
form: derpiest
Etymology: From derp + -y.
Senses: examples: text: I bet that derpy editor had tons of free time and didn’t even try to run (the place).
ref: 2011 October 12, Nina Feng, “This One is for You, Fartface”, in Daily Bull (Michigan Technological University), retrieved 30 May 2013:
text: He's drawn Dwayne as a cave-man. A really derpy, mugly caveman, with a sloping forehead, a drooling mouth and Dwayne's buzz cut.
ref: 2013 April 25, Katie Hayoz, Untethered, Dystel & Goderich Literary Management, →ISBN, page 107:
text: The other one is a video titled ”I’m Sucking On A Sour Patch Kid Listening To Music Getting Ready For Tonight” featuring DJ Encore’s “I See Right Through You” and the incredibly derpy faces of Bynes. Like most wrecks, it’s hard to look away.
ref: 2013 May 3, “6 degrees (no Bacon): Jewish celebrity roundup”, in Heritage Florida Jewish News, retrieved 30 May 2013:
glosses: Foolish, silly.
glosses: Having one's eyes pointing in different directions; strabismic.
Derived terms: derpiness
discention
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of dissension.
crepehanger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crepehangers
Etymology: From crepe + hanger.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of crapehanger.
cruftware
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cruft + -ware.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Redundant, old or improperly written software code, especially that which accumulates over time.
argon fluorohydride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The unstable compound, HArF, formed by reacting argon with hydrogen fluoride
profit center
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: profit centers
form: profit centre
Senses: topics: accounting
business
finance
management
coordinate_terms: cost center
glosses: A unit or department of a company which is expected to make an identifiable contribution to the organization's profits.
Pax
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Latin Pāx (“Peace”).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The goddess/personification of peace and one of the Horae. She is a daughter of Zeus and Themis, and her sisters are Justitia and Eunomia. She is the Roman counterpart of Eirene.
glosses: A male given name.
absimilation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The absimilation of this man (whosoever he were) from himself, that he might be like the Son of God.
ref: 1844, Thomas Jackson, The works of Thomas Jackson - Volume 8, page 232:
glosses: Assimilation.
tidal air
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The (volume of) air that is inhaled and exhaled with each resting breath
Coordinate terms: tidal volume
tricar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tricars
Etymology: From tri- + car.
Senses: examples: text: AC cars were first made in 1913, although there had been tricars before that.
ref: 2001, Graham Robson, The Illustrated Directory of Classic Cars, page 10:
glosses: three-wheeler; motor vehicle with three wheels
tricars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tricar
adenomyoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adenomyomas
form: adenomyomata
Etymology: From adeno- + myoma.
Senses: glosses: A complex tumor including components derived from glands and muscle.
Derived terms: adenomyomatosis
Related terms: adenomyosis
adenomyomata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adenomyoma
adenomyomas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adenomyoma
adiaphoresis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From a- + diaphoresis.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Lack of sweating; anhidrosis.
artery of Adamkiewicz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arteries of Adamkiewicz
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The largest anterior segmental medullary artery in humans, typically arising from a left posterior intercostal artery, which branches from the aorta and supplies the lower two thirds of the spinal cord via the anterior spinal artery.
adenomere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adenomeres
Etymology: From adeno- + -mere.
Senses: glosses: The functional unit in a salivary gland, consisting of all the secretory cells that release their products into a single intralobular duct.
adenomeres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adenomere
adosterol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular iodine-containing sterol.
aflatoxicosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The most obvious consequence of aflatoxicosis in animals is mortality, which does not require highly trained personnel to diagnose and quantify.
ref: 1987, M. S. Zuber, E. B. Lillehoj, B. L. Renfro, Aflatoxin in Maize: A Proceedings of the Workshop, El Batan, Mexico:
glosses: disease caused by aflatoxin
Hypernyms: mycotoxicosis
aerogen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aerogens
Etymology: From aero- + -gen.
Senses: glosses: Any noble gas.
aerogens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aerogen
acropustulosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From acro- + pustule + -osis.
Senses: glosses: acrodermatitis with pustular involvement
acropachy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A medical condition characterized by subperiosteal formation of new bone, most commonly manifesting as clubbing of the fingers and toes with soft tissue swelling.
adrenomedullary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From adreno- + medullary.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the adrenal medulla.
akinesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: akineses
Etymology: From a- + -kinesis.
Senses: glosses: Absence of a kinetic hinge in the skull.
glosses: Akinesia; loss of muscle control.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Increase without the phenomena of karyokinesis.
agarase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: agarases
Etymology: From agar + -ase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An enzyme found in agarolytic bacteria, allowing them to use agar as their primary source of carbon.
agarases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of agarase
agapism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: agapeism
Etymology: From agape + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Belief in selfless, charitable brotherly love.
Related terms: agapist
agapistic
aganglionosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From a- + ganglion + -osis.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A medical condition involving absence of ganglia.
euagaric
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: euagarics
Etymology: From eu- + agaric.
Senses: glosses: A member of the fungal order Agaricales; a gilled mushroom.
euagarics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of euagaric
cantils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cantil
alarmone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alarmones
Etymology: From alarm + -one?
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An intracellular signal molecule produced due to harsh environmental factors, and serving to regulate the gene expression at transcription level.
alarmones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alarmone
Alagille syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named for Daniel Alagille.
Senses: glosses: A genetic disorder affecting the liver, heart, kidney, and other systems.
algarot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: algarel
form: algaroth
Etymology: From French algaroth, from the name of the inventor, Algarotti.
Senses: glosses: A pale white emetic powder formerly used in alchemy, consisting of a compound of trichloride and trioxide of antimony.
algaroth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of algarot.
alisanders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of alexanders (plant)
alkavervir
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Shortened from alkaloid and Veratrum viride.
Senses: glosses: An extract of Veratrum viride alkaloids formerly used as an antihypertensive.
alkylhalidase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A hydrolase enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction bromochloromethane + H₂O ⇌ formaldehyde + bromide + chloride.
alkannin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alkannins
Etymology: From Alkanna + -in.
Senses: glosses: A natural dye and naphthoquinone derivative obtained from the borage plant Alkanna tinctoria, used as a food colouring and in cosmetics.
alkannins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alkannin
alexin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /əˈlɛk.sɪn/
Forms: form: alexins
form: alexine
Etymology: Ultimately from German Alexine, coined by Hans Buchner in 1891 from the Ancient Greek ἀλέξω (aléxō).
Senses: examples: text: The seed of our destruction will blossom in the desert, the alexin of our cure grows by a mountain rock […]
ref: 1929, Thomas Wolfe, Look Homeward, Angel, New York: Scribner, Part One, Chapter 1, p. 3:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A protective substance that exists in the serum or other bodily fluid and is capable of killing microorganisms; complement.
Derived terms: antialexin
oryzalexin
phytoalexin
alexins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alexin
alcelaphine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alcelaphines
Senses: topics: biology
mammalogy
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any member of the subfamily Alcelaphinae of wildebeest, hartebeest, bonteboks and related species.
alcelaphines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alcelaphine
allochiria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From allo- (“other”) + Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + -ia.
Senses: glosses: A neurological disorder in which the patient responds to stimuli presented to one side of their body as if presented at the opposite side.
alloantibody
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alloantibodies
Etymology: From allo- + antibody.
Senses: glosses: An antibody involved in alloimmunity.
alloantibodies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alloantibody
allocortex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: allocortexes
form: allocortices
Etymology: From allo- + cortex.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The heterogenetic cortex; part of the cerebral cortex characterized by fewer cell layers than the neocortex (i.e. fewer than six)
Coordinate terms: neocortex
Meronyms: archicortex
paleocortex
periallocortex
Derived terms: juxtallocortex
Related terms: allocortical
allomeric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to allomerism.
allophanamide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: biuret
cowardy custard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cowardy custards
Etymology: Probably suggesting trembling in fear in the way that custard wobbles.
Senses: glosses: A coward; a timid or fearful person.
cowardy custards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cowardy custard
shippability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ship + -ability.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being shippable.
shipowning
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ship + owning.
Senses: examples: a London shipowning family
glosses: Owning a ship.
shipowning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ship + owning.
Senses: examples: English shipowning during the Industrial Revolution
glosses: Ownership of a ship or ships.
sloo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -uː
Forms: form: sloos
form: slue
Senses: examples: text: Afterwards she and Mrs. Hastings talked with the housekeeper for a while, and an hour had slipped away when Wyllard suggested that he should show her the sloo beyond the bluff .
ref: 1910, Harold Bindloss, “Hawtrey's Deputy”, in The Windsor Magazine, volume 32, page 436:
glosses: A slough; a run or wet place.
sloos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sloo
Alogi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A group of Christian heretics in Asia Minor that flourished around 170 CE.
Synonyms: Alogians
allylglycine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From allyl + glycine.
Senses: glosses: A glycine derivative that is an inhibitor of the enzyme glutamate decarboxylase.
acalyptrate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌeɪ.kəˈlɪp.tɹeɪt/
ipa: /ˌeɪˈkæl.ɪp.tɹeɪt/
rhymes: -ɪptɹeɪt
Forms: form: more acalyptrate
form: most acalyptrate
Etymology: From translingual Acalyptratae + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the Acalyptratae group.
acalyptrate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌeɪ.kəˈlɪp.tɹeɪt/
ipa: /ˌeɪˈkæl.ɪp.tɹeɪt/
rhymes: -ɪptɹeɪt
Forms: form: acalyptrates
Etymology: From Acalyptratae + -ate (noun-forming suffix).
Senses: glosses: A muscoid fly belonging to the subsection Acalyptratae.
mole salamanders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mole salamander
allosome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈal.əˌsəʊm/
ipa: /ˈæl.əˌsoʊm/
Forms: form: allosomes
Etymology: From allo- + -some.
Senses: examples: text: The human sex chromosomes are a typical pair of allosomes. The X chromosome is present in the ovum, while either X or Y chromosomes can be present in sperm.
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A sex chromosome that differs from an ordinary autosome in form, size, or behaviour.
Related terms: allosomal
allosomic
allosomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of allosome
ameloblastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ameloblast + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to ameloblasts.
aminoacylase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aminoacylases
Etymology: From amino- + acyl + -ase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A hydrolase enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction an N-acyl-L-amino acid + H₂O ⇌ a carboxylate + an L-amino acid.
aminoacylases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aminoacylase
aminobiphenyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aminobiphenyls
Etymology: From amino- + biphenyl.
Senses: examples: 4-aminobiphenyl is used to manufacture azo dyes.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An amine derivative of biphenyl.
aminobiphenyls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aminobiphenyl
amazia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Modern Latin [Term?]. If so, from the hypothetical Ancient Greek *ἀμαζία (*amazía), ultimately from ἀ- (a-) + μαζός (mazós) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā).
Senses: glosses: The absence of one or both of the mammary glands, with the nipple and areola present.
amoeboma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amoebomas
form: amoebomata
Etymology: From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting New Latin combining forms: amoeb- + -oma.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ameboma.
wikipedia: classical compound
international scientific vocabulary
amoebomas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amoeboma
amoebomata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amoeboma
ameboma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amebomas
form: amebomata
form: amoeboma
form: amœboma
Etymology: From ameba + -oma.
Senses: glosses: A rare complication of entamoeba histolytica, where in response to the infecting amoeba there is formation of annular colonic granulation, which results in a large local lesion of the bowel.
amebomas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ameboma
amebomata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ameboma
alveolopalatal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of alveopalatal.
alveopalatal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: Synonym of palato-alveolar.
synonyms: word: palato-alveolar
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: Synonym of alveolo-palatal.
synonyms: word: alveolo-palatal
alveopalatal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alveopalatals
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: Synonym of palato-alveolar.
synonyms: word: palato-alveolar
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: Synonym of alveolo-palatal.
synonyms: word: alveolo-palatal
amastia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From a- (“without”) + -mastia (“breast”).
Senses: examples: text: Amastia in girls can be treated with augmentation mammoplasty.
text: No case of amastia has yet been recorded in the male (and in females it is much rarer than polymastia).
ref: 1878 April 6, “Reviews and notices of books: On Numerical Anomalies of the Breast”, in The Lancet, volume 114, page 500:
glosses: The absence of breast tissue, nipple, and areola.
aminoacyltransferase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aminoacyltransferases
Etymology: From amino + acyltransferase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any acyltransferase enzyme that acts upon an amino group.
aminoacyltransferases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aminoacyltransferase
aluminon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The triammonium salt of aurintricarboxylic acid, commonly used as a dye to detect the presence of the aluminium ion in an aqueous solution.
aurintricarboxylic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A chemical compound that readily polymerizes in aqueous solution, forming a stable free radical that inhibits protein-nucleic acid interactions.
Synonyms: ATA
aurintricarboxylate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aurintricarboxylates
Etymology: From aurintricarboxylic acid + -ate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of aurintricarboxylic acid.
aurintricarboxylates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aurintricarboxylate
aluminohydrides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aluminohydride
alternansucrase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alternansucrases
Etymology: From alternan + sucrase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A glycosyltransferase enzyme that catalyzes a chemical reaction that transfers an alpha-D-glucosyl residue from sucrose alternately to the 6- and 3-positions of the non-reducing terminal residue of an alpha-D-glucan, thereby creating a glucan with alternating alpha-1,6- and alpha-1,3-bonds.
alternansucrases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alternansucrase
Romanesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɹoʊməˈnɛsk/
ipa: /ˌɹəʊməˈnɛsk/
Forms: form: more Romanesque
form: most Romanesque
form: romanesque
Etymology: From Roman + -esque. Doublet of Romanesco.
Senses: examples: text: In The Farm, Miró uses some aspects of Romanesque style. For example, the size of various details does not accord with nature and perspective, but rather with Miró's feeling about their importance.
ref: 2006, Janis Mink, Joan Miró, →ISBN, pages 30–31:
glosses: Somewhat resembling the Romans; applied sometimes to the debased style of the later Roman Empire, but especially to the more developed art and architecture prevailing from the 8th century to the 12th.
alseroxylon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A purified extract of the root of Rauvolfia serpentina, used as a norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor in the treatment of hypertension and angina pectoris and as a sedative in psychosis.
alternateens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alternateen
allulose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: psicose
acana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑ.kə.nə/
ipa: /ˈɑ.kə.nɑ/
rhymes: -ɑːkənə
Forms: form: acanas
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish ácana, probably from Ciboney languages or Taíno.
Senses: glosses: A tree from the West Indies that was valued for its wood and was one of two species, Manilkara valenzuelana or Manilkara bidentata, both from the Sapotaceae family.
wikipedia: Ciboney languages
acanas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acana
alloploid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From allo- + -ploid.
Senses: glosses: allopolyploid
alloploid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alloploids
Etymology: From allo- + -ploid.
Senses: glosses: allopolyploid
alloploids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alloploid
allopoietic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From allo- + -poietic.
Senses: glosses: Of, relating to, or created by allopoiesis.
swell up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: swells up
form: swelling up
form: swelled up
form: swoll up
form: swelled up
form: swoll up
form: swollen up
Senses: glosses: To become swollen
aminopyrine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aminopyrines
Senses: glosses: aminophenazone
bulettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bulette
move in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: moves in
form: moving in
form: moved in
form: moved in
Senses: antonyms: move out
glosses: To start living or working in a new place; to transport one's belongings to a new home or workplace; to make one's home or workplace into a suitable environment.
examples: text: "Oh yeah, what if I just moved you in so I could have sex with you every time I wanted to?"
ref: 2009, Henri Jah Marquis, Betrayal in the Bayou, page 61:
glosses: To bring to a new place to live.
examples: text: The lions moved in for the kill.
glosses: To move closer.
examples: text: Troops will move in if the civil unrest continues.
text: Regulatory officials may move in on the company soon.
glosses: To attempt to take control (of something) forcibly.
Related terms: move in on
ampyrone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Shortening of the IUPAC name 4-amino-1,5-dimethyl-2-phenyl-3H-pyrazol-3-one, taking the first syllables of amino, pyrazol-, and -one.
Senses: glosses: A metabolite of aminopyrine with analgesic, anti-inflammatory, and antipyretic properties.
Synonyms: aminoantipyrene
aminoazophene
metapyrazone
solvapyrin A
mess about
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: messes about
form: messing about
form: messed about
form: messed about
Senses: examples: text: Kids! Stop messing about and do your work!
glosses: To misbehave
examples: text: Anna and I are just messing about; this isn't going to last.
glosses: To be in a casual non-committal relationship
examples: text: Stop messing me about and give me a straight answer!
glosses: To play with; to toy with; to waste the time of (a person).
Synonyms: sense: all senses
word: mess around
Derived terms: messer-abouter
amylopectinosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From amylopectin + -osis.
Senses: glosses: Glycogen storage disease type IV
melt down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: melts down
form: melting down
form: melted down
form: melted down
form: molten down
Senses: examples: text: The Great Exhibition of 1851 is also very much in King's Cross's DNA. The clock in its short, Italianate central tower came from the Exhibition and in its early years it struck the hours, but the bells were first silenced in the First World War and then melted down during the Second World War.
ref: 2021 December 1, Nigel Harris, “St Pancras and King's Cross: 1947”, in RAIL, number 945, page 39:
glosses: To melt fully, especially metal or glass so that it can be remade into something else.
examples: text: The reactor core melted down.
glosses: To lose structure by being heated to a molten state.
glosses: To have a breakdown; to collapse or fail utterly.
Derived terms: meltdown
glycogenotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From glycogen + -otic.
Senses: examples: glycogenotic lesions
glosses: Relating to glycogenosis.
amphichromatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From amphi- + chromatic.
Senses: glosses: amphichroic
ammelide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ammeline + -ide.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: 6-amino-2,4-dihydroxy-1,3,5-triazine, the hydrolysis product of ammeline.
ammeline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: 4,6-diamino-2-hydroxy-1,3,5-triazine, the hydrolysis product of melamine.
Related terms: ammelide