cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
exotherm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exotherms
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any exothermic compound
exothermal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more exothermal
form: most exothermal
Etymology: From exo- + thermal.
Senses: glosses: exothermic
Derived terms: exothermally
exothermally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more exothermally
form: most exothermally
Etymology: From exothermal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an exothermal manner
exothermically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more exothermically
form: most exothermically
Etymology: From exothermic + -ally.
Senses: examples: Aldrichimica Acta Volume 30 No 4 (pdf) from Sigma-Aldrich
The fused cyclobutenomaleimide is much more reactive than Smith’s diene; it reacts with cyclopentadiene exothermically at room temperature to yield the extended isomer as the major cycloaddition product.
glosses: In an exothermic manner
explosibility
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: explosibilities
Senses: glosses: The state of being explosible
glosses: A measure of the extent to which a material is explosible
explosible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more explosible
form: most explosible
Senses: glosses: explosive
differentia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪfəˈɹɛnʃɪə/
Forms: form: differentiae
Etymology: From Latin differentia. Doublet of difference.
Senses: examples: text: That character, it seems to me, should be regarded as the practically important differentia of religion for our purpose; and just what it is can easily be brought out by comparing the mind of an abstractly conceived Christian with that of a moralist similarly conceived.
ref: 1902, William James, “Lecture II: Circumscription of the Topic”, in The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature […] , New York, N.Y.; London: Longmans, Green, and Co. […], →OCLC, page 45:
text: If genera are different and co-ordinate, their differentiae are themselves different in kind. Take as an instance the genus ‘animal’ and the genus ‘knowledge’. ‘With feet’, ‘two-footed’, ‘winged’, ‘aquatic’, are differentiae of ‘animal’; the species of knowledge are not distinguished by the same differentiae.
ref: 1928, E. M. Edghill, Categories, translation of original by Aristotle:
text: In the case of a word like “surfboard,” the differentiae seem pretty clear. How is this board different from all other boards?
ref: 2017, Kory Stamper, Word By Word, Vintage, published 2018, page 116:
topics: biology
human-sciences
linguistics
logic
mathematics
natural-sciences
philosophy
sciences
semantics
taxonomy
glosses: A distinguishing feature which marks a species off from other members of the same genus.
Related terms: criterion
definiendum
explosivity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: explosivities
Senses: glosses: The state of being explosive
glosses: A measure of the extent to which a material is explosive
extinguishant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: extinguishants
Etymology: From extinguish + -ant.
Senses: glosses: An extinguisher, especially a fire extinguisher
glosses: An extinguishing medium such as water, chemical powders, gases (CO₂, halon, etc.)
extinguishant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more extinguishant
form: most extinguishant
Etymology: From extinguish + -ant.
Senses: glosses: That serves to extinguish
extractable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more extractable
form: most extractable
Etymology: From extract + -able.
Senses: examples: text: Thus far, Dr. Petrakis said, he had found that in women with […] extractable breast fluid, the amount of lipid peroxides in the fluid was on the average seven times higher in Caucasian women than in women of Chinese de[s]cent. In addition, women with cystic breast disease, who face a higher than usual risk of breast cancer, appear to have more peroxides in their breast fluid than women with normal breasts.
ref: 1975 March 23, Jane Brody, “Clue to Cancer Found in Breast Fluid”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Capable of being extracted.
Derived terms: nonextractable
unextractable
extractant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: extractants
Etymology: From extract + -ant.
Senses: glosses: A liquid used to extract a substance from another material
Related terms: separating funnel
extruder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɛkˈstɹuːdə(ɹ)/
/ɪkˈstɹuːdə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: extruders
Etymology: From extrude + -er.
Senses: glosses: A machine that extrudes material through shaped dies
Derived terms: miniextruder
Related terms: sense: machine that extrudes
word: plodder
trefot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trefots
Senses: examples: 1984 Futharc A Handbook of Runic Magic, Eldred Thorson, Weser, →ISBN, page 108.
Trefot - dynamic power from the three realms of being and the threefold evolutionary force.
1993 Our Troth, by the Ring of Troth and other true folk, The Ring of Troth, →ISBN, page 668.
Trefot - also called triskelion (swirling form).
1997 Theod Volume IV Number 1 (Heathen Journal), Two Charms Against Dwarves, Eric Lord Wodening.
If so we can be assured that the crosses were substituted for some heathen symbol, valkntR, trefot or fylfot.
topics: lifestyle
paganism
religion
glosses: A three-armed spiral symbol used in Heathenry to represent the god Woden or the Norns.
ombrella
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ombrellas
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of umbrella.
algebraic structure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: algebraic structures
Senses: topics: algebra
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Any one of the numerous types of mathematical object studied in algebra and especially in universal algebra.
examples: text: The definition of algebraic structure establishes a framework through which to compare otherwise very different abstract objects, and to study similarities and patterns made apparent by the definition.
text: 1975, Ronald James Williams, Algebraic Structures Up to Homotopy, University of California, San Diego, page 16,
In this chapter we propose a general means for describing algebraic structures, both strict and up to homotopy, and we apply the results of the preceding chapter to the study of these […] .
text: 1995, George R. Kempf, Algebraic Structures, Bertelsmann (Vieweg), page 129,
Thus the algebraic structures which we have been studying are part of category theory, but the important theorem is not generally categorical nonsense, although there are theorems in category theory which we will not study.
text: Any algebraic structure is defined by a non-empty set of elements, and a set of rules or conditions that the elements satisfy. Thus, even a set equipped with a relation, as described in Section 2.4, is an algebraic structure. This structure is sometimes called a setoid, a name that we won't have much use for.
ref: 2019, Palash B. Pal, A Physicist's Introduction to Algebraic Structures, Cambridge University Press, page 37:
text: A monoid is a purely algebraic structure consisting of an associative binary operation and an identity element for that operation.
ref: 2023, Michael Pilquist, Rúnar Bjarnason, Paul Chiusano, Functional programming with Scala, Second edition, Shelter Island: Manning Publications Co, →ISBN:
qualifier: more formally
glosses: A mathematical object comprising a carrier set (aka underlying set or domain), an optional scalar set, a set of operations (typically binary operations, but otherwise each of finite arity) and a set of identities (axioms) which the operations must satisfy.
Synonyms: sense: formal structure of a carrier set, operations and axioms
english: in the context of universal algebra
translation: in the context of universal algebra
word: algebra
sense: formal structure of a carrier set, operations and axioms
word: algebraic system
sense: formal structure of a carrier set, operations and axioms
word: universal algebra
Hyponyms: setoid
group
vector space
module
division ring
ring
integral domain
field
linear algebra
associative algebra
lattice
category
Bonnet
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Variant of Bonnett, ultimately from French.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Derived terms: Bonnet-Dechaume-Blanc syndrome
Charles Bonnet syndrome
Gauss-Bonnet theorem
fire engine red
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fire engine red
form: most fire engine red
Senses: examples: text: Some wear fire engine red berets, just like Emily.
ref: 2023 January 20, Dan Bilefsky, “American Expatriates in Paris Wish Emily Cooper Would Go Home”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: A bright red colour typically used on fire engines
fire engine red
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fire engine reds
Senses: examples: text: The fireplace is currently painted fire engine red with a high gloss finish. We want to tone this down to a more natural look.
ref: 2006, Mi-Ling Stone Poole, Ask Mi-ling!: When You Want the Truth About Decorating, page 2:
glosses: A bright red colour typically used on fire engines
gentian violet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gentian violets
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Also known as crystal violet, a chemical dye used in the Gram stain test, and is also a fungicide. Chemically: hexamethyl pararosaniline chloride, C₂₅H₃₀ClN₃
glosses: A violet colour similar to the gentian flower.
gentian violet
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more gentian violet
form: most gentian violet
Senses: glosses: Having a violet colour similar to the gentian flower.
skeleton staff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skeleton staffs
Senses: examples: text: The line was closed officially on August 9, and only a skeleton staff retained.
ref: 1947 March and April, “The Position of the Festiniog Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 74:
text: But you must keep skeleton staff on duty at all car parks while the event is still open.
ref: 2004, Des Conway, The Event Manager's Bible: How to Plan and Deliver an Event, page 121:
text: The police department was operating with a skeleton staff.
ref: 2018, Lee Child, Past Tense, page 63:
coordinate_terms: skeleton crew
glosses: The minimum number of employees needed to operate a business during a vacation, weekend, or other period when people do not normally work, or full staffing is not necessary.
Related terms: skeleton crew
skeleton service
volador
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: voladors
Etymology: From Spanish volador (“flying”).
Senses: glosses: A flying fish of California (Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus californicus).
glosses: A flying gurnard (Dactylopterus volitans).
Synonyms: sense: Exocoetus californicus
word: volator
miss fire
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: misses fire
form: missing fire
form: missed fire
form: missed fire
Senses: examples: text: I took aim and drew the trigger, but the gun missed fire. The person hearing the noise instantly jerked back his head.
ref: 1828, Timothy Flint, A Condensed Geography and History of the Western States:
text: The gun-makers say, that the guns would be continually missing fire, if larger grained powder were adopted. This would be no fault of the powder, but theirs. Why not make the chamber wider, up to the immediate vicinity of the point of ignition?
ref: 1835, William Greener, The gun; or, A treatise on the various descriptions of small fire-arms:
text: This was said in the spirit of a joke, but, as it turned out, it missed fire, as both the arrival and departure of the train were strictly in accordance with the schedule.
ref: 1943 January and February, Chas. S. Lake, “Some C.M.Es. I Have Known: IV—H. A. Ivatt”, in Railway Magazine, page 33:
glosses: Dated form of misfire.
near miss
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: near misses
form: near-miss
Senses: examples: text: […] two aircraft, one flying level across the field, another climbing after a missed approach, had an extremely near miss, in my estimation, less than 50 feet, before the lower pilot saw the higher aircraft and broke violently to the right in the darkness.
ref: 1978, John F. Hilgenberg, quotee, edited by Arthur J. C. Lavalle, Last flight from Saigon, USAF, page 101:
text: The first wave, 24 dive bombers, fell on her through broken clouds; she took two hits and an uncomfortably close near miss.
ref: 2000, Samuel B. Griffith, The Battle for Guadalcanal, University of Illinois Press, →ISBN, page 177:
text: […] it concludes that when the number of 'near misses' are considered, "we have been extremely fortunate that we have not been discussing much higher fatality figures, given that a significant number of track workers have 'got clear' within a few seconds or less of passing trains".
ref: 2019 October 23, Rail, page 19:
text: Japan has voiced “serious concern” over a near miss involving one of its military planes and a Chinese fighter jet in the Pacific, where recent manoeuvres by Chinese aircraft carrier groups have raised tensions across the region.
ref: 2025 June 12, Justin McCurry, Helen Davidson, “Chinese fighter jet in near miss with Japan military plane as Pacific tensions rise”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
synonyms: airmiss
glosses: A miss which was nearly a hit or collision.
examples: text: In recent years there have been two fatalities and one near miss due to the inappropriate use of boom trucks.
ref: 2009 April 27, Mine Safety, Health Administration, Failure to Operate Boom Trucks Safely Using Proper Procedures:
text: As in New York City’s Times Square seven months ago, hundreds of innocent bystanders might have been killed. Fortunately, the would-be terrorist was the only fatality.
ref: 2010 December 14, “Sweden's Near Miss”, in New York Times, A, page 34:
synonyms: close shave
narrow escape
glosses: A scenario which ends safely but might well have ended in disaster.
examples: text: Dean Chance […] wasn't crying over his near miss of a no-hitter Monday night.
ref: 1962 September 11, “No Chance Tears After Near Miss”, in Lawrence Journal-World, Lawrence, Kansas, page 16:
text: Italy know they cannot wallow in the disappointment of last week's agonising near miss against Ireland.
ref: 2011 February 11, Robert Kitson, “Six Nations 2011: Luke McLean happy to swap green and gold for blue”, in The Guardian, London:
text: After several near misses, Van Persie finally reached three figures by turning in Walcott's cross before Jaaskelainen saved from Walcott when one-on-one.
ref: 2011 September 24, David Ornstein, “Arsenal 3 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC Sport:
text: All those places we never met / Near misses / Your lipstick on my coffee cup
ref: 2025, “Tina”, in Jarvis Cocker (lyrics), More, performed by Pulp:
glosses: An attempt which fails narrowly; a performance which falls just short of a certain benchmark.
adenyltransferase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adenyltransferases
Etymology: From adenyl + transferase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any transferase that catalyzes the transfer of phosphate groups from or to adenyl groups in nucleic acids
Related terms: adenylyltransferase
adenyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adenyls
Senses: examples: text: I was told that he was a great biochemist but he was lost in a futile search for an active acetyl compound when “everybody knew” it was an adenyl acetyl complex.
ref: 1988, Samuel P. Bessman, Chandra Mohan, “The Intracellular Mechanism of Insulin Action”, in Horst Kleinkauf, Hans von Döhren, Lothar Jaenicke, editors, The Roots of Modern Biochemistry: Fritz Lippmann's Squiggle and its Consequences, Walter de Gruyter, page 663:
text: It is activated by 2'-5' oligoadenylates with at least three adenyl residues and one 5' phosphoryl group.
ref: 2005, Peter Palese, editor, Modulation of Host Gene Expression and Innate Immunity by Viruses, Springer, page 45:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: adenylate
adenylyl
glosses: The univalent radical derived from adenine.
Derived terms: adenylpyrophosphate
adenyltransferase
deadenylase
polyadenylribosylpolymerase
Related terms: adenine
adenylic
antennal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ænˈtɛnəl/
rhymes: -ɛnəl
Forms: form: more antennal
form: most antennal
Etymology: From antenna + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or functioning as an antenna.
Derived terms: antennal gland
antennally
circumantennal
interantennal
postantennal
preantennal
subantennal
apomorphic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more apomorphic
form: most apomorphic
Etymology: From apomorphy + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: The possession of cilia is an apomorphic trait of this family.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
taxonomy
glosses: Distinguishing an organism or taxon from others that share the same ancestor
raw_tags: of a characteristic
examples: text: The genus is highly apomorphic.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
taxonomy
glosses: Distinguished by such characteristics
raw_tags: of a taxon
Coordinate terms: plesiomorphic
Derived terms: apomorphically
Related terms: anapomorphic
embryological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to embryology
Derived terms: cytoembryological
embryologically
neuroembryological
quadruples
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of quadruple
quadruples
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quadruple
gymnospermous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having seeds that are not protected in a capsule
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to a gymnosperm
pliothermic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pliothermic
form: most pliothermic
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to a period in geological history of above-average temperature.
Synonyms: pliothermal
quadrupling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of quadruple
quadrupling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quadruplings
Senses: glosses: An act of quadrupling.
quadrupled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of quadruple
interglomerular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + glomerular.
Senses: glosses: Acting between glomeruli
Related terms: intraglomerular
ionotropic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ionotropic
form: most ionotropic
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting ionotropy
glosses: Describing a neurotransmitter or cell receptor whose action is mediated by ion channels
Related terms: metabotropic
ionotropy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A form of tautomerism involving the movement or redistribution of charges
topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
glosses: The regulation of neurotransmitters or cell receptors by ion channels
lactamase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lactamases
Etymology: From lactam + -ase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any enzyme that catalyzes the opening of a lactam ring, especially one that deactivates a lactam-containing antibiotic
Hypernyms: enzyme
Derived terms: beta-lactamase
β-lactamase
twangs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of twang
twangs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of twang
twanging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From twang + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of twang
twanging
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more twanging
form: most twanging
Etymology: From twang + -ing.
Senses: glosses: twangy
raw_tags: of a sound
Derived terms: twangingly
twanging
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: twangings
Etymology: From twang + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: We could hear the twangings of guitars from the studio.
glosses: A sound that twangs.
twanged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of twang
polyandrium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polyandria
Senses: glosses: A polyandrion.
enterprize
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: enterprizes
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of enterprise.
metabotropic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Describing a neurotransmitter or cell receptor whose action is mediated by metabolic functions (e.g. enzyme activation)
Related terms: ionotropic
marm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɑː(ɹ)m
Forms: form: marms
Etymology: Respelling of ma'am.
Senses: glosses: madam; a polite term of address for a lady.
Derived terms: marmsome
schoolmarm
Related terms: ma'am
madam
mam
seith
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of say
Related terms: sayeth
saith
mononucleotide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mononucleotides
Etymology: From mono- + nucleotide.
Senses: examples: text: Sinclair also takes 1 gram of NMN, or nicotinamide mononucleotide, which in the body turns into NAD+, or nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide.
ref: 2022 June 2, Sandee LaMotte, “The ‘Benjamin Button’ effect: Scientists can reverse aging in mice. The goal is to do the same for humans”, in CNN:
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A single nucleotide.
weaseling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: weaselling
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of weasel
weaselling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: weaseling
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of weasel
marke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: markes
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of mark.
marke
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: markes
form: marking
form: marked
form: marked
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of mark.
neurodegeneration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neurodegenerations
Etymology: From neuro- + degeneration.
Senses: examples: text: Although conventional MRI cannot establish the mechanisms of neurodegeneration, increasingly sophisticated imaging techniques are making it possible to study these processes in vivo.
ref: 2008, “Magnetization Transfer Imaging”, in M. Filippi, M. Rovaris, G. Comi, editors, Neurodegeneration in Multiple Sclerosis, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 47:
glosses: The degeneration (and death) of neurons.
Related terms: neurodegenerative
neurodegenerative disease
mortall
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of mortal.
mortall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mortalls
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of mortal.
lawfull
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of lawful.
undistinguishable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌʌndɪˈstɪŋɡwɪʃəb(ə)l/
Forms: form: more undistinguishable
form: most undistinguishable
Etymology: From un- + distinguishable.
Senses: glosses: Imperceptible; indistinct.
glosses: Indistinguishable.
neuroprotective
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more neuroprotective
form: most neuroprotective
Etymology: From neuro- + protective.
Senses: glosses: That provides neuroprotection
Derived terms: neuroprotectivity
otoneuroprotective
neuroprotective
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neuroprotectives
Etymology: From neuro- + protective.
Senses: glosses: Any neuroprotective agent.
postnuptial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + nuptial.
Senses: examples: text: They made a postnuptial agreement regarding their bank account.
text: In California, for example, one of nine "community property" states, any property acquired during your marriage will be divided evenly between you and your spouse after a divorce, if you don't have a prenuptial or postnuptial agreement.
ref: 1997 February 23, Bruce Felton, “Fastening Your Seat Belt For a Bumpy Marriage”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Subsequent to marriage.
Derived terms: postnuptially
postnuptial agreement
neuroprotection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From neuro- + protection.
Senses: glosses: The protection of neurons from neurodegeneration
nitrosylation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nitrosylations
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The reaction of nitric oxide with a biological compound, especially with a sulfur containing part of a protein as a posttranslational modification.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any reaction with a nitrosyl compound.
Derived terms: hypernitrosylation
renitrosylation
transnitrosylation
Asafolk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: The first element is cognate to the first element of Ásatrú, and derives from Old Norse or Icelandic áss (“god”). The second element is folk.
Senses: examples: text: BALDER, the god of the summer, was Odin's son, and he was the brightest and best of all the Asafolk.
ref: 1882, James Baldwin, “Stories from the Northern Myths”, in St. Nicholas, volume 9, page 879:
text: "And I spare your life on one condition only,—that you go at once from hence, and nevermore presume to come into the company of Asafolk."
"I promise all that you ask," said Loki, trembling more than ever. "Let me go."
Thor stepped aside; […]
ref: 1904, James Baldwin, Hero Tales:
glosses: The Æsir.
examples: text: All Asatru organizations, publications, independent kindreds, and just plain Asafolk are asked to take part.
ref: 1996, Lina, Ostara, volume 1, issue 4 (Heathen Journal), An Open Message to All Asafolk
text: Gamlinginn claims pines have spiritual significance for Asafolk.
ref: 1997, Lina, volume 2, issue 4 (Heathen Journal), Second Annual Yggdrasil Day (Charles Spratling)
text: Most Asafolk seem to have the attitude 'I found the gods, and I'm better off for it.'
ref: 1998, Lina, volume 4, issue 2 (Heathen Journal), News and Announcements (Dave Haxton)
topics: lifestyle
paganism
religion
glosses: Followers of Heathenry.
posttranslational modification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: posttranslational modifications
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
genetics
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Any of several types of modification made to a protein subsequent to the translation phase of its biosynthesis
weaseled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: weaselled
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of weasel
weaselled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: weaseled
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of weasel
perisperm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: perisperms
Etymology: From French périsperme. See peri- and sperm.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The layer of nutritive tissue, derived from the nucellus, that surrounds the embryo of a seed in some angiosperms.
Derived terms: perispermic
FTFY
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: full-time full-year
topics: education
glosses: Initialism of first-time first-year (often referring to offerings for entering freshmen).
FTFY
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: > *Most* Dogs are intelligent animals, and their behaviour is usually
> predictable and manageable *in the hands of a responsible owner*.
ref: 2008 January 11, “maestro8” (username), “Re: Dealing with dogs”, responding to “Mikefule” (username), “Re: Dealing with dogs”, both in rec.sport.unicycling, Usenet, Mikefule wrote
roman: FTFY.
text: For more examples of the usage of this term see the citations page.
glosses: Initialism of fixed that for you: appended to a quotation that has been modified to include a correction.
Synonyms: sense: fixed that for you
word: IFYPFY
foaling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of foal
foaling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foalings
Senses: glosses: act of giving birth to a foal
priscan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more priscan
form: most priscan
Senses: glosses: ancient
glosses: primitive
foaled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /fəʊld/
ipa: /fɔʊld/
enpr: fōld
ipa: /foʊld/
homophone: fold
rhymes: -əʊld
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of foal
Derived terms: unfoaled
spinocerebellar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛlə(ɹ)
Etymology: From spino- + cerebellar.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or affecting both the spinal cord and the cerebellum.
synthase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: synthases
Senses: synonyms: synthetase
glosses: Any enzyme that catalyzes the synthesis of a biological compound.
coordinate_terms: synthetase
glosses: Such an enzyme that, more specifically, does not use ATP as a source of energy.
Derived terms: alkylglycerone phosphate synthase
ATP synthase
ketosynthase
lumazine synthase
megasynthase
phosphoribosylaminoimidazolesuccinocarboxamide synthase
polyketide synthase
tryptophan synthase
vetispiradiene synthase
totipotency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The ability of a cell to produce differentiated cells upon division
Related terms: totipotent
totipotential
totipotentiality
askt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: ask + -t
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ask
Derived terms: unaskt
aforesaide
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of aforesaid.
papillose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more papillose
form: most papillose
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
synonyms: papillary
papillate
papillous
glosses: Bearing, covered with or resembling papillae.
begge
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: And I will boot thee with what guift beſide / Thy modeſtie can begge.
ref: c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene v], page 348, column 2:
glosses: Archaic spelling of beg.
highnesse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: highnesses
Senses: examples: text: I had almoſt forgotten to acquaint your honor, that one major Alford (who was in mr. Love's conſpiracy) was of the graund inqueſt at Saliſbury, and was very zealous in his highneſſe ſervice here, and his good affection and wiſe carriage here, did much advantage the buſſineſe.
ref: 1655 April 21, “Mr. Ja. Nutley to ſecreary Thurloe.”, in A Collection of the State Papers of John Thurloe, Eſq; […], volume III, London: […] the Executor of the late Mr. Fletcher Gyles; Thomas Woodward, […] Charles Davis, […], published 1742, page 399:
glosses: Archaic spelling of highness.
mistresse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mistresses
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of mistress.
worde
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wordes
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of word.
candy thermometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: candy thermometers
Senses: synonyms: sugar thermometer
glosses: A thermometer designed to measure the temperature of a cooking mixture of sugar and water.
sayth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: say + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of say
uppon
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of upon.
pappus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pappuses
form: pappi
Etymology: Via Latin pappus from Ancient Greek πάππος (páppos), an affectionate term for elderly men (referencing beards).
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
synonyms: corona seminis
glosses: The markedly reduced sepals of an Asteraceae floret that take the form of trichomes or scale attached to the ovary or seed.
glosses: The first downy hairs that appear on the chin.
Derived terms: pappiferous
Related terms: english: wind dispersal
translation: wind dispersal
word: anemochory
Ases' Garth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: 1993 Our Troth, the Ring of Troth and other true folk, →ISBN, page 262.
There are nine worlds: the Ases' Garth (or God Home), Light Alf-Home, the Middle-Garth (Middenerd, Middle-Earth, or Man Home), Nibel-Home, Etin Home, Muspell-Home, Wan-Home, Swart Alf-Home, and Hel-Home (which also includes Niflhel), Misty-Dark Hel, a lower realm into which, according to Vafthrudnismal, men die out of Hel.
1997 Teutonic Religion, Kveldulf Gundarsson, Llewellyn Publications, →ISBN, page 10.
Ases' Garth
1997 Lina Volume 3, Issue 2 (Heathen Journal), Love Songs for Sif and Thor, Winifred Hodge.
My Sif, Even the wide plains, Even Middle Garth's broad reaches, Even Ase's Garth itself Cannot hold our love enclosed.
topics: lifestyle
paganism
religion
glosses: Asgard.
Related terms: Heathenry
cobbly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɒbəli
Forms: form: more cobbly
form: most cobbly
Etymology: From cobble + -y.
Senses: examples: text: We sat alfresco on the edge of a “square,” in reality a pond of cobbly mud with a plinth plonked in its navel […]
ref: 2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Hodder and Stoughton, →ISBN:
glosses: Having a consistency similar to cobbles.
mumbly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: mumblier
form: mumbliest
Etymology: From mumble + -y.
Senses: glosses: Prone to mumbling.
Derived terms: mumbly Joe
dribbly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪbəli
Forms: form: dribblier
form: dribbliest
Etymology: From dribble + -y.
Senses: glosses: Prone to dribbling.
glosses: Having a viscous consistency, similar to dribble or drool.
Synonyms: drooly
slobbery
hit someone for six
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hits someone for six
form: hitting someone for six
form: hit someone for six
form: hit someone for six
form: knock someone for six
Etymology: From cricket, where hitting the ball over the boundary without it bouncing scores six runs, the maximum for one shot.
Senses: topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To score six points against (a bowler) by hitting the ball over the boundary.
examples: text: When I heard about the accident, it hit me for six.
glosses: To affect in a devastating way by some unexpected news.
examples: text: When he swore at me again, I couldn't hold back. So, I hit him for six.
glosses: To hit another person very hard.
perigone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: perigones
Etymology: From French périgone, doublet of perigonium.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: perianth
glosses: In mosses, the involucral bracts of a male flower.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A sac surrounding the generative bodies in the gonophore of a hydroid.
sit back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sits back
form: sitting back
form: sat back
form: sat back
Senses: examples: text: Please just sit back and watch the show.
text: The line along the Northumbrian coast to Berwick and into Scotland is stunning (even on a Voyager!), and the weather is perfect - just sit back, relax, and enjoy the motion picture that plays beyond the window.
ref: 2022 November 30, Paul Bigland, “Destination Oban: a Sunday in Scotland”, in RAIL, number 971, page 75:
glosses: To recline while still in a seated position, with one's back on the frame of the seat.
examples: text: Predictably in the second half it was the Potters, who went searching for goals as Fulham sat back to defend their lead.
ref: 2010 December 28, Marc Vesty, “Stoke 0 - 2 Fulham”, in BBC:
glosses: To relax, to not exert oneself.
Derived terms: sit back on one's heels
pendule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pendules
Etymology: Borrowed from French pendule.
Senses: examples: text: draw the meridian from my pendule
ref: 1683 August 11 (Gregorian calendar), John Evelyn, “[Diary entry for August 1 1683]”, in William Bray, editor, Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, […], 2nd edition, volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […]; and sold by John and Arthur Arch, […], published 1819, →OCLC:
glosses: A pendulum.
pennate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin pennātus.
Senses: examples: text: Addition of iron to surface waters in these areas induces massive phytoplankton blooms dominated primarily by pennate diatoms.
ref: 2008 November 26, Adrian Marchetti et al., “Ferritin is used for iron storage in bloom-forming marine pennate diatoms”, in Nature, volume 457, number 7228, →DOI:
topics: sciences
glosses: Having a feather-like shape
Derived terms: bipennate
multipennate
pennated
quadripennate
subpennate
tripennate
unipennate
pennate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pennates
Etymology: From Latin pennātus.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A penniform muscle
Earth Mother
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Earth Mothers
form: earth mother
Senses: examples: text: In the ancient myth of Demeter and Persephone - which has been adopted by so many peoples under so many forms - Demeter the Earth-mother loses her daughter Persephone (who represents of course the Vegetation), carried down into the underworld by the evil powers of Darkness and Winter.
ref: 1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 73:
text: Taking this somewhat tenuous line of reasoning one step further, it might be suggested that witches sought enlightenment and contact with the Earth Mother and Sky Father through group activities, while wizards tended towards shamanistic methods and techniques.
ref: 1994, Tony Linsell, Anglo-Saxon Mythology, Migration & Magic, Anglo-Saxon,, →ISBN, page 165:
text: His mother is Jord (the Earth Mother), his foster mother is Hlora, his step mother is Frigg, his wife is Sif, his mistress is the giantess Jarnsaxa and his daughter is Thrud (one of the valkyries).
ref: 1997, Thorskegga Thorn, "Thor and the Goddesses", Thunder, issue 2 (Heathen Journal)
text: While there are plenty of men among our constellations, there are only three women; but the Virgin makes up for this imbalance by being the second largest constellation and embodying the oldest of deities - the Earth Mother.
ref: 1998, John H. Roger, “Origins of the ancient constellations: I. The Mesopotamian traditions”, in Journal of the British Astronomy Association, volume 108, number 1, page 26, column 2:
text: The following scheme further interprest the 'Skyfather(s)' - Earthmother(s) cosmology, drawing on our previous discussion of cosmogony and cosmology.
ref: 2000, Nathan J. Johnson, Robert J. Wallis, Galdrbok, The Wykeham Press,, →ISBN, page 193:
topics: archaeology
history
human-sciences
lifestyle
paganism
religion
sciences
glosses: The Great Goddess of the Earth and fertility.
topics: archaeology
history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: A figurine or depiction of this goddess.
Synonyms: Great Earth Mother
Great Goddess
Great Mother
sit through
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sits through
form: sitting through
form: sat through
form: sat through
Senses: examples: text: We had to sit through a 2-hour awards ceremony before the food arrived.
glosses: To unwillingly stay seated until the end of an event.
sit on the fence
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sits on the fence
form: sitting on the fence
form: sat on the fence
form: sat on the fence
Senses: examples: text: and Bloomah will sometimes sit on the fence, concerning whose discretion, the same thing may be said...
ref: 1897, John James Procter, The philosopher in the clearing, page 240:
text: The curate refused to label himself; so the squire growled, "Oh, you sit on the fence, do you?"
ref: 1956, Theology, Great Britain: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 22:
text: Elijah stepped forward and said to the people, "How long will you sit on the fence? If the LORD is God, follow him; but if Baal, then follow him."
ref: 1972, Joseph Robinson, The first book of Kings, page 207:
text: We won’t win if we sit on the fence about the most crucial issue that has faced our country for a generation.
ref: 2019 April 20, Tom Watson, “Labour can’t defeat Nigel Farage by sitting on the fence”, in The Observer, →ISSN:
glosses: To remain neutral on a certain topic, to not have a stance or opinion.
Related terms: fence-sit
fence sitter
fence-sitting
on the fence
the jury is still out
hit a six
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hits a six
form: hitting a six
form: hit a six
form: hit a six
Senses: topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To hit the ball hard enough to go out of the boundary of the field without touching the ground, thereby scoring the maximum of six runs
Derived terms: hit someone for six
unch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unches
Etymology: Clipping of unchecked square.
Senses: examples: text: The Sympathy Crossword Grid Editor supports:
...
o flagging of lights outside a configurable unch range
ref: 1994 September 24, Ross Beresford <ross@bryson.demon.co.uk>, “symp10.zip - Crossword Grid Editor for MS Windows 3.1”, in comp.archives.msdos.announce (Usenet):
text: From 1933 onwards the grids were standard grids. Then, for some reason, there was a blip in the late 1940s, a couple of the grids from that era had double unches and double checking.
ref: 2005 November 17, Colin Blackburn <colin.blackburn@durham.ac.uk>, “Re: 75 Years of the Times Crossword - quick review”, in rec.puzzles.crosswords (Usenet):
text: The bars and multitude of black squares are common in British puzzles because they allow unchecked letters (called unches)—or letters that don't need to cross with another answer.... There are rules regarding the unches, and traditionally every other letter in a solution should be checked with another letter.
ref: 2006, Nikki Katz, Zen and the Art of Crossword Puzzles, Adams Media, →ISBN, pages 66–67:
qualifier: crosswording
glosses: An unchecked square: one that is part of only one entry (i.e., across or down, but not both).
unch
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Clipping of unchanged.
Senses: qualifier: stock markets
glosses: Abbreviation of unchanged (“of a stock price: having closed at the same price at which it opened”).
policier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: policiers
Etymology: Borrowed from French policier.
Senses: topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
qualifier: often italicized
glosses: A film telling the fictional story of a police investigation, particularly such a film based on a novel.
volvate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From volva + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Senses: topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: having a volva.
public-school
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: public-schools
Senses: examples: public-school student
glosses: Attributive form of public school.
examples: text: The state must provide for its own safety and perpetuation, therefore, by providing for the education of its youth. Upon this idea our system of public-schools is based.
ref: 1880, Daniel Curry, “The American Nation—Its Origin, Character, and Hopes”, in Platform Papers: Addresses, Discussions, and Essays on Social, Moral, and Religious Subjects, Cincinnati, Ohio: Hitchcock and Walden; New York, N.Y.: Phillips & Hunt, page 134:
text: This institution has been a great blessing to this State since it opened its doors to our needy and neglected people. There is as great a demand for it now as ever, for our people are yet poor, and its teachers are first-class, and here we receive instruction in the higher branches, which are not taught in the public-schools of the State.
ref: 1880, D. S. Brandon, “Rust Normal Institute”, in Twelfth Annual Report of the Freedmen’s Aid Society, of the Methodist Episcopal Church for 1879, Cincinnati, Ohio: Western Methodist Book Concern Print, page 48:
text: In no way can a nation do more to advance the dignity and success of the public-schools of the people than by making excellence, in the good character they develop, and the studies they teach, the tests for the honor and profit of holdings its offices and enjoying its salaries.
ref: 1885 July, “Two Years of Civil Service Reform”, in [C.] Allen Thorndike Rice, editor, The North American Review, volume CXLI, number CCCXLIV, New York, N.Y., […], page 22:
glosses: Alternative form of public school.
futurological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to futurology.
Derived terms: futurologically
noyers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of noyer
ocres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ocre
force-feeds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of force-feed
force-feeding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of force-feed
foldable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more foldable
form: most foldable
Etymology: From fold + -able.
Senses: glosses: That can be folded.
Derived terms: foldable rooftop
foldably
non-foldable
refoldable
unfoldable
Related terms: bendable
flexible
portable
foldable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foldables
Etymology: From fold + -able.
Senses: examples: text: This should speed up assembly, although many traditionally assembled foldables can be put together in 20 minutes or less; they can be knocked down faster.
ref: 2000, Canoe & Kayak Magazine, volume 28, numbers 2-6, page 95:
text: Then on the right side of the page, students glue their class notes, often taken as foldables. The foldables serve as interactive graphic organizers and allow students to create flaps that reveal their notes about a specific topic.
ref: 2015, Cathy Vatterott, Rethinking Grading, page 50:
glosses: Something that can be folded.
glosses: Something that can be folded.
A mobile phone that can be folded up when not in use.
geopolitically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From geopolitical + -ly or geo- + politically.
Senses: examples: text: The Middle-East is a geopolitically important region.
glosses: In terms of geopolitics.
bais
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bai
bais
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A kind of Filipino mead drink.
great grey owl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: great grey owls
Senses: glosses: Strix nebulosa, a very large owl.
Synonyms: Lapland owl
Lapland owl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Lapland owls
Senses: glosses: The great grey owl.
golden jackal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: golden jackals
Senses: glosses: Canis aureus, a common jackal that can be found in southwest Europe, the Middle East and South Asia.
Synonyms: sense: Canis aureus
word: adive
sense: Canis aureus
word: common jackal
sense: Canis aureus
word: Asiatic jackal
sense: Canis aureus
word: oriental jackal
sense: Canis aureus
word: †Austro-Hungarian wolf
sense: Canis aureus
word: reed wolf
glaucous gull
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glaucous gulls
Senses: glosses: Larus hyperboreus, a large gull which breeds in the Arctic.
4D ultrasound
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 4D ultrasounds
Senses: glosses: A medical ultrasound technique that produces a sequence of 3D images over time.
glosses: An image so produced.
Related terms: 3D ultrasound
3D ultrasound
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 3D ultrasounds
Senses: glosses: A medical ultrasound technique, used, for example, during pregnancy, providing three-dimensional-looking flat images.
glosses: An image so produced.
Related terms: 4D ultrasound
god-like
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more god-like
form: most god-like
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of godlike.