cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
chicken gun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chicken guns
Senses: glosses: Synonym of chicken cannon.
synonyms: word: chicken cannon
abelianized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: transformed into an abelian group
Related terms: abelianization
abelianized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of abelianize
rooster booster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rooster boosters
Senses: glosses: Synonym of chicken cannon.
synonyms: word: chicken cannon
amorphisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amorphisations
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of amorphization.
antifluxon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antifluxons
Etymology: From anti- + fluxon.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The antiparticle of a fluxon
bitriplets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bitriplet
bitriplet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bitriplets
Etymology: From bi- + triplet.
Senses: qualifier: spectroscopy
glosses: Six lines or peaks composed of a pair of triplets
microspherical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From micro- + spherical.
Senses: glosses: Composed of microscopic spheres
glosses: Having the form of a microscopic sphere
monoaxial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: monaxial
Etymology: From mono- + axial.
Senses: glosses: Having a single axis
glosses: Having a single plane of symmetry; e.g., a monoaxial ellipsoid is an ellipsoid produced by rotating an ellipse about one of its axes
glosses: Along a single axis; e.g. in engineering, a shear or compression text of a material along a single axis
Synonyms: uniaxial
Derived terms: monoaxially
Related terms: biaxial
coaxial
nanometrological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From nano- + metrological.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to nanometrology
photoionizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of photoionize
corporas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkɔː(ɹ)pəɹəs/
Forms: form: corporases
Etymology: From Middle English coperas, copereaus, corpas, corperas, corperaus, corporas, corporasse, corporaus, corporax, corporeals, corprax, from Old French corporals, corporaus, plural of corporal (“corporal”, adjective).
Senses: examples: text: The hawke tyryd on a bone,
And in the holy place
She mutyd there a chase
Upon my corporas face.
ref: c. 1503–1512, John Skelton, Ware the Hauke; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 63, lines 60–63:
english: The hawk seized and tore at a bone,
And in the holy place (altar)
She dropped a fall of dung there
Upon my corporas’s face.
translation: The hawk seized and tore at a bone,
And in the holy place (altar)
She dropped a fall of dung there
Upon my corporas’s face.
bold_translation_offsets: 107
115
text: corporas clothes
ref: 1655, Thomas Fuller, The History of the University of Cambridge, since the Conquest, [London]: [[…] Iohn Williams […]], →OCLC:
glosses: The corporal, or communion cloth.
corporator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: corporators
Etymology: From corporate + -or.
Senses: glosses: A member of a corporation, especially one of the original members.
restaple
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: restaples
form: restapling
form: restapled
form: restapled
Etymology: From re- + staple.
Senses: glosses: To staple again or anew.
restapling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of restaple
restaples
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of restaple
restapled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of restaple
obdurant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more obdurant
form: most obdurant
Senses: glosses: unyieldingly stubborn
Derived terms: obdurantly
Related terms: obdurance
obdure
obdures
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of obdure
obdurator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: obdurators
Senses: glosses: A rigid part of a sigmoidoscope or similar device
wrixle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: wrixles
form: wrixling
form: wrixled
form: wrixled
form: wirsle
form: wissle
form: wistle
form: wissel
Etymology: From Middle English wrixlen, from Old English wrixlan, wixlan (“to change, exchange, reciprocate”), from Proto-Germanic *wihslijaną, *wihslōną (“to change”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyk-, *weyḱ- (“to change”). Cognate with Scots wissel (“to exchange, barter”), Dutch wisselen (“to exchange, barter, swap”), German wechseln (“to change, switch”), Icelandic víxl (“cross, interchange”), Latin vicis (“change, alteration, diversity, reciprocity”).
Senses: glosses: To exchange.
glosses: To alter, as one's mind or mental faculties; effect a change in.
glosses: To exchange opinions; speak one's mind; share thoughts; communicate.
glosses: To envelop, wrap; confuse; confound.
tostart
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: tostarts
form: tostarting
form: tostarted
form: tostarted
Etymology: From Middle English tosterten, equivalent to to- (“apart”) + start.
Senses: glosses: To spring or fly apart; burst.
tosunder
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: tosunders
form: tosundering
form: tosundered
form: tosundered
Etymology: From Middle English tosondren; equivalent to to- + sunder.
Senses: glosses: To split, separate; go to pieces.
schlagsahne
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃlɑːɡzɑːnə/
Etymology: From German Schlagsahne.
Senses: examples: text: He had been small, rotund, and haughtily timid, his stomach protruding slightly in an upward jutting slope that brought into prominence the buttons of his waistcoat and trousers, marking the exact centre of his body with the obstetric line seen on fruits – the inevitable arc produced by heavy rounds of burgundy, schlagsahne, and beer.
ref: 1936, Djuna Barnes, Nightwood, Faber & Faber, published 2007, page 2:
glosses: Whipped cream.
FML
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: F.M.L.
form: fml
Senses: glosses: Initialism of fuck my life (expressing despairing annoyance).
shipwide
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: ship-wide
Etymology: From ship + -wide.
Senses: examples: text: The Chief Steward's station will be equipped with a monitor board to keep him constantly informed of shipwide service demand.
ref: 1960, Marine news, volume 46, page 80:
glosses: Throughout a ship.
milords
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of milord
spooktacular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more spooktacular
form: most spooktacular
Etymology: From spook + -tacular.
Senses: examples: text: In time The Simpsons would, indeed, resort to spoofing such decidedly non-spooktacular fare like E.T and Mr. And Mrs. Smith (both in “Treehouse Of Horror XVIII”) but in 1992 the field was wide-open and the show could cherry-pick the most iconic and beloved fright fare of all time.
ref: 2012 April 29, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Treehouse of Horror III” (season 4, episode 5; originally aired 10/29/1992)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
synonyms: creeptacular
glosses: Spooky and spectacular; wonderfully frightening.
Derived terms: spooktacularly
spooktacular
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spooktaculars
Etymology: Blend of spook + spectacular.
Senses: examples: text: Ghostbusters: A Live Action Spooktacular features a breathtaking set as well as impressive stunt work and laser and ghost effects, but the show has yet to be fine-tuned.
ref: 1990 June 29, “New Universal Studios Is Getting Its Act Together”, in Orlando Sentinel, archived from the original on 03 Oct 2012:
text: The annual Halloween Spooktacular was held for the Tri-town community where over 300 young children come to the high school to enjoy a fun-filled evening that is presented by a large variety of King Philip clubs and organizations.
ref: 2010, Plainville, Massachusetts annual reports, page 110:
text: At the end of each October, Cal State Long Beach hosts its annual Spooktacular where people from every field and department dress to the nines with fake blood and every gory fake body part imaginable.
ref: 2007, Dig, page 6:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
glosses: A Halloween-themed event or episode.
techier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of techy: more techy
techiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of techy: most techy
technopolymers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of technopolymer
nonriparian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + riparian.
Senses: glosses: Not riparian.
nonripe
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + ripe.
Senses: glosses: Not ripe.
superstimulus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superstimuli
Etymology: From super- + stimulus.
Senses: glosses: A supernormal stimulus; an exaggerated version of a stimulus to which there is an existing response tendency, or any stimulus that elicits a response more strongly than the stimulus for which it evolved.
superstimuli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superstimulus
antiexploitation
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antiexploitation
form: most antiexploitation
Etymology: From anti- + exploitation.
Senses: glosses: Opposing or countering exploitation.
biofilter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biofilters
Etymology: From bio- + filter.
Senses: examples: text: Fragrant gasses such as cadaverine and putrescine are treated with a biofilter before being released.
ref: 2022 December 5, Caitlin Doughty, “If You Want to Give Something Back to Nature, Give Your Body”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: Any device for carrying out biofiltration.
biofilter
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: biofilters
form: biofiltering
form: biofiltered
form: biofiltered
Etymology: From bio- + filter.
Senses: glosses: To filter by means of biofiltration.
biofilters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biofilter
Zoraya
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name.
Related terms: Soraya
nonbioavailable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + bioavailable.
Senses: glosses: Not bioavailable.
reentrants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reentrant
antispammer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antispammers
Etymology: From anti- (“against, combatting”) + spam + -er.
Senses: glosses: An activist who fights spam (unsolicited commercial e-mail).
antispammers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antispammer
antifever
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + fever.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
synonyms: word: alexipyretic
word: antifebrile
word: antipyretic
word: febrifugal
glosses: Countering fever.
antifebrile
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + febrile.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
synonyms: word: alexipyretic
word: antifever
word: antipyretic
word: febrifugal
glosses: Countering fever.
antifebrile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antifebriles
Etymology: From anti- + febrile.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
synonyms: word: alexipyretic
word: antipyretic
word: febrifuge
glosses: A medicine or substance that counters fever.
unfeverish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unfeverish
form: most unfeverish
Etymology: From un- + feverish.
Senses: glosses: Not feverish.
feverless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From fever + -less.
Senses: synonyms: apyretic
glosses: Without a fever.
Derived terms: feverlessly
feverlessness
inequally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more inequally
form: most inequally
Etymology: From inequal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an inequal manner.
Synonyms: unequally
inequal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more inequal
form: most inequal
form: inæqual
Etymology: From in- + equal, cognate with Latin inaequalis.
Senses: glosses: Not equal.
Derived terms: inequally
nonscanned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + scanned.
Senses: glosses: Not having been scanned.
nonscannable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + scannable.
Senses: glosses: Not scannable.
subscore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subscores
Etymology: From sub- + score.
Senses: glosses: A score that makes up part of a larger total score
subscore
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: subscores
form: subscoring
form: subscored
form: subscored
Etymology: From sub- + score.
Senses: glosses: To score (make a notch) underneath
subscores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subscore
subtotalling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of subtotal
subtotalled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of subtotal
nonparallelizable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + parallelizable.
Senses: glosses: Not parallelizable.
unparallelizable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + parallelizable.
Senses: glosses: Not parallelizable.
nonparallelized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + parallelized.
Senses: glosses: Not parallelized.
nonparanoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonparanoid
nonlearning
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + learning.
Senses: glosses: Not learning.
desperate times call for desperate measures
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Etymology: This phrase likely originates with a saying of the ancient Greek physician Hippocrates, which appears in his Aphorisms: "For extreme diseases, extreme methods of cure, as to restriction, are most suitable."http://classics.mit.edu/Hippocrates/aphorisms.1.i.html. A similar phrase occurs in Erasmus's Latin adage "Malo nodo, malus quærendus cuneus" (from his 1500 book Adagia, which was first published in English in 1545).http://books.google.com/books?id=VX_Cf4e_66IC&pg=PA73&dq=erasmus+adagia+%22malo+nodo%22&hl=en&ei=nMAFTdu5LISglAfk89CzCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=erasmus%20adagia%20%22malo%20nodo%22&f=false
Another similar Latin saying, "extremis malis extrema remedia," appears in print as early as 1596.http://books.google.com/books?id=fCVDAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA9&dq=%22extremis+malis%22&hl=en&ei=wscFTeWqB8H_lgf2xJz_CA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&ved=0CE0Q6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=%22extremis%20malis%22&f=false
Senses: synonyms: desperate times require desperate measures
drastic times call for drastic measures
glosses: In adverse circumstances, actions that might have been rejected under other circumstances may become the best choice.
Related terms: necessity knows no law
last-ditch
last resort
last gasp
in extremis
amitraz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A triazapentadiene compound, an insecticide and acaricide used in veterinary medicine.
enrofloxacin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From [Term?] + -floxacin (“nalidixic acid derivative”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A fluoroquinolone antibiotic used in veterinary medicine.
deracoxib
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug used to treat osteoarthritis in dogs.
selamectin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
pathology
pharmacology
sciences
veterinary
zoology
glosses: A topical compound used in veterinary medicine that disables parasites by replacing glutamate in their muscle synapses.
cefovecin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cef- (“cefalosporanic acid derivative”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A cephalosporin antibiotic used to treat skin infections in cats and dogs.
maropitant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From [Term?] + -pitant (“neurokinin NK₁ receptor antagonist”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A neurokinin receptor antagonist used to treat motion sickness and vomiting in dogs.
casopitant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From [Term?] + -pitant (“neurokinin NK₁ receptor antagonist”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A neurokinin receptor antagonist undergoing research for the treatment of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting.
CINV
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting.
trilostane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹaɪ.ləˌsteɪn/
Etymology: Blend of (ni)trile + androstane.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A drug used to treat Cushing's syndrome in dogs.
benazepril
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
pharmacology
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A drug used to treat hypertension, congestive heart failure, and chronic renal failure.
Related terms: benazeprilat
benazeprilat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
pharmacology
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A non-sulfhydryl angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor, the active form of benazepril.
nonsulfhydryl
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + sulfhydryl.
Senses: glosses: Not of or pertaining to sulfhydryl.
desperate times require desperate measures
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Synonym of desperate times call for desperate measures.
synonyms: word: desperate times call for desperate measures
vestipitant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From [Term?] + -pitant (“neurokinin NK₁ receptor antagonist”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A drug that acts as a selective antagonist for the NK₁ receptor, under development as a potential antiemetic and anxiolytic and to treat tinnitus.
pamoate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pamoates
Etymology: From pamoic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of pamoic acid.
pamoates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pamoate
baldists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of baldist
embonic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Pamoic acid.
indietronica
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of indie + electronica.
Senses: examples: text: Delphic's debut album, Acolyte, was one of the hits of 2010 for its fizzing indietronica, a more youthful take on the collision of electronics and rock perfected by Manchester predecessors New Order.
ref: 2013 January 24, Dave Simpson, “Delphic: Collections – review”, in The Guardian:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
synonyms: indie electronic
coordinate_terms: indie rock
glosses: A musical genre combining elements of indie, electronica, rock, and pop music.
A-okay
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌeɪ.əʊˈkeɪ/
ipa: /ˌeɪ.oʊˈkeɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
Forms: form: more A-okay
form: most A-okay
form: a-okay
form: AOK
form: A-OK
Etymology: First attested in 1952 in the US, popularized in the 1960s by John A. Powers as NASA's public affairs officer for Project Mercury: the "voice of Mercury Control". Intensive form of okay, presumably "all [systems] okay".
Senses: examples: text: 1952, advertisement by Midvac Steels. "The Golden Age of Advertising - the 50s", p. 57, Ed. Jim Heimann, Taschen 2005.
A-OK for tomorrow's missile demands.
text: 1970, Mike Brewer and Tom Shipley, Tarkio, "Oh Mommy"
It says right there in the constitution,
It's really A-okay to have a revolution,
When the leaders that you choose
Really don't fit their shoes.
text: Any KOA is A-OK as long as I'm with you.
ref: 2013, Kacey Musgraves, My House:
synonyms: okay
glosses: In perfect order; thoroughly acceptable.
wikipedia: John A. Powers
Project Mercury
AOK
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more AOK
form: most AOK
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of A-okay.
A-OK
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more A-OK
form: most A-OK
Senses: examples: text: Any KOA is A-OK as long as I'm with you.
ref: 2013, Kacey Musgraves, My House:
glosses: Alternative spelling of A-okay.
Wahhabites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Wahhabite
nonintuitionistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + intuitionistic.
Senses: glosses: Not intuitionistic.
counterproof
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: counterproofs
Etymology: From counter- + proof.
Senses: topics: media
printing
publishing
glosses: The inverted image of an original proof.
examples: text: It seems that ghosts and legendary encounters in general thrive under the protection of law because their extranormal statements and implications require proof and provoke the less convincing counterproof.
ref: 2001, Linda Dégh, Legend and Belief: Dialectics of a Folklore Genre, page 4:
topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A proof that contradicts a given statement.
counterproofs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of counterproof
counterpoison
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: counterpoisons
Etymology: From counter- + poison.
Senses: glosses: A poison used against another poison, serving as an antidote.
counterpoisons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of counterpoison
PIGS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Phosphatidylinositol glycan anchor biosynthesis, class S, a human gene.
PIGS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
qualifier: widely considered derogatory; during the 1990s; during the 1990s
glosses: Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain, countries of Southern Europe noted for similar economic environments.
topics: economics
sciences
qualifier: widely considered derogatory; during the European debt crisis; during the European debt crisis
glosses: Portugal, Ireland, Greece and Spain, four countries that were unable to refinance their government debt or to bail out over-indebted banks on their own.
Related terms: topics: economics
sciences
word: PIIGS
topics: economics
sciences
word: PIIIGS
topics: economics
sciences
word: PIIGGS
dialethic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to dialetheism.
unofficious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪʃəs
Forms: form: more unofficious
form: most unofficious
Etymology: From un- + officious.
Senses: glosses: Not officious.
quadrasonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌqwɒdɹəˈsɒnɪk/
ipa: /ˌqwɑdɹəˈsɑnɪk/
rhymes: -ɒnɪk
Etymology: From quadra- + sonic.
Senses: glosses: quadraphonic
Dolbyize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Dolbyizes
form: Dolbyizing
form: Dolbyized
form: Dolbyized
Etymology: From Dolby + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To remove unwanted noise from (an audio recording) by means of Dolby Laboratories technology.
Related terms: Dolbyization
Dolbyizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Dolbyize
Dolbyized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Dolbyize
Dolbyization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Dolby + -ization.
Senses: glosses: The process of Dolbyizing.
desmostylian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From translingual Desmostylia + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the Desmostylia, an extinct order of marine mammals.
desmostylian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: desmostylians
Etymology: From translingual Desmostylia + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: Herbivores have been the largest bottom-dwelling marine animals since at least the Late Oligocene, with the evolution of desmostylians and the Early Pliocene replacement by large sirenians, and perhaps since the Late Cretaceous if some sea turtles were herbivorous at that time.
ref: 2016 January 16, “Gigantism and Its Implications for the History of Life”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Any member of the Desmostylia.
midperiod
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mid- + period.
Senses: glosses: Within or during a period of time.
Lollardy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Lollardies
Etymology: From the popular derogatory nickname Lollard given to those without an academic background, educated if at all only in English. By the mid-15th century the term lollard had come to mean heretic in general.
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: The political and religious movement of the Lollards.
Lollardies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Lollardy
Obi-Wan Kenobis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Obi-Wan Kenobi
misformation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: misformations
Etymology: From mis- + formation.
Senses: glosses: Incorrect formation.
misformations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of misformation
NTG
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Initialism of not this group (i.e. newsgroup).
xanthomata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of xanthoma
xenodiagnoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of xenodiagnosis
xenotransplantable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more xenotransplantable
form: most xenotransplantable
Etymology: From xeno- + transplantable.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being xenotransplanted.
Xhosas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Xhosa
plantlife
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From plant + life.
Senses: glosses: Plants collectively.
doubles down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of double down
doubling down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of double down
doubled down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of double down
mullering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of muller
worker bees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of worker bee
appt.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: appts.
Senses: related: word: appt
glosses: Abbreviation of appointment.
sarsnet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sarsnets
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sarsenet.
sarsenet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sarsenets
form: sarsnet
form: sarcenet
form: sarconet
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman sarzinett, from Old French sarrasinet, diminutive of sarrazin (“Saracen”).
Senses: examples: text: No, vvhy art thou then exaſperate, thou idle, / immaterial ſkeine of ſleiue ſilke; thou greene ſacenet flap for a ſore eye, thou toſſell of a prodigalls purſe— […]
ref: c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Famous Historie of Troylus and Cresseid. […] (First Quarto), London: […] G[eorge] Eld for R[ichard] Bonian and H[enry] Walley, […], published 1609, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i], signature K, recto:
text: [H]ave not these structures some common basis from which they have all started, as your sarsnet, gauze, net, satin and velvet from the raw cocoon?
ref: 1871–1872, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], chapter XV, in Middlemarch […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, book II:
glosses: A very fine and soft silk ribbon woven in a plain weave with a fine warp and higher density weft, now chiefly used for linings.
metapurpose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metapurposes
Etymology: From meta- + purpose.
Senses: examples: text: In our discussion of power above, it is indicated that this defeats one of the metapurposes of counseling, which is to empower the client.
ref: 2003, Ira David Welch, The therapeutic relationship, page 210:
glosses: A secondary or higher-level purpose.
metapurposes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metapurpose
piss pots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of piss pot
voicy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more voicy
form: most voicy
Etymology: From voice + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Gar is a most important Indo-European word, and the primary meaning is sound or voice, and the term was applied to this lake by the Mairtine because it is a voicy lake.
ref: 1919, Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society, page 72:
text: It was a while before he found himself there, with a voicy sigh of satisfaction.
ref: 1983, Howard White, Raincoast Chronicles Six/ten, page 144:
text: […] a long narrow board on which a small moving sphere, like a counter on an abacus, denoted visually the location of the ball while the plays were announced in bunches by a voicy man with a megaphone.
ref: 1999, Robert Bechtold Heilman, The Professor and the Profession, page 39:
glosses: Relating to the voice, or using the voice; vocal.
femocrats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of femocrat
static lines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of static line
free indirect speech
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
literature
media
publishing
sciences
semantics
glosses: The literary device of writing a character's first-person thoughts in the voice of the third-person narrator.
Synonyms: free indirect discourse
free indirect style
prehard
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + hard.
Senses: glosses: prehardened
prehard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pre- + hard.
Senses: topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Bar stock that has been hardened prior to delivery.
prehardened
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of preharden
preharden
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: prehardens
form: prehardening
form: prehardened
form: prehardened
Etymology: From pre- + harden.
Senses: topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To harden before machining.
satisficer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: satisficers
Etymology: From satisfice + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who satisfices (rather than optimizes).
bar stock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: barstock
Etymology: From bar + stock.
Senses: topics: arts
crafts
engineering
hobbies
lifestyle
metallurgy
metalworking
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Portions of metal (stock) in the form of bars, suitable for machining (such as turning) or fabrication (such as welding). It comes in standard cross-sections and certain lengths, such as 6 to 12 feet.
Coordinate terms: structural steel
Related terms: alt: barfeed
word: barfeeder
english: as coordinate with chucker work
translation: as coordinate with chucker work
word: bar work
wh-word
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈdʌbəljuː ˈeɪt͡ʃ ˌwɜː(ɹ)d/
Forms: form: wh-words
Senses: glosses: Any English word that is interrogative, typically beginning with the letters wh; a question word.
glosses: Any interrogative word from any language.
Related terms: wh-question
wh-words
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wh-word
contabulate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: contabulates
form: contabulating
form: contabulated
form: contabulated
Etymology: First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin contabulātus, perfect passive participle of contabulō (“to cover with boards”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Senses: examples: text: For the floor, though it felt to Watt like stone, was in reality contabulated, all over.
ref: 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC:
glosses: To lay floorboards.
Related terms: contabulation
prehardens
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of preharden
prehardening
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of preharden
blastospore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈblæstəˌspɔːɹ/
Forms: form: blastospores
Etymology: From blasto- + spore.
Senses: topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: A type of fungal spore produced asexually by budding.
blastospores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blastospore
unstability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unstabilities
Senses: glosses: Instability.
Synonyms: word: instability
umbraid
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -eɪd
Forms: form: umbraids
form: umbraiding
form: umbraided
form: umbraided
Etymology: From Middle English umbreiden (“to scold, reproach”). By surface analysis, um- + braid.
Senses: glosses: To upbraid.
umbraid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪd
Forms: form: umbraids
Etymology: From Middle English umbreiden (“to scold, reproach”). By surface analysis, um- + braid.
Senses: glosses: Contention; strife.
earsh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /æː(ɹ)ʃ/
Forms: form: earshes
form: arrish
form: arish
form: ersh
form: aish
form: airish
form: eddish
form: errish
form: hayrish
form: herrish
Etymology: From Middle English *ersch, from Old English ersċ (“a park, preserve; stubble-field”).
The noun earsh (Old English ersc) was used in the south and west of England to describe a stubble field in which wheat, barley or rye had been cut, leaving short stalks or stubble.
Noah Webster in Webster's Dictionary (1828) defines earsh as a plowed field, linking it to arrish but also to eadish, which is described as latter pasture of grass that comes after mowing or reaping, called also eargrass, earsh, etch. See also eddish.
Senses: examples: 1628 Fires oft are good on barren earshes made, With crackling flames to burn the stubble blade’ Translation of Georgics by Virgil, Thomas May,
glosses: stubble field.
umbedraw
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: umbedraws
form: umbedrawing
form: umbedrew
form: umbedrawn
form: onbydraw
form: onbydrew
Etymology: From umbe- + draw. Compare Dutch omdraaien (“to turn around”).
Senses: glosses: To turn about, turn around.
glosses: To draw back or aside, withdraw; retire.
convellent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /kənˈvɛlənt/
Forms: form: more convellent
form: most convellent
Etymology: From Latin convellēns, present participle of convellō. See convulse.
Senses: examples: text: The ends of the fragment […] will not yield to the convellent force.
ref: 1845, Robert Bentley Todd, William Bowman, The Physiological Anatomy and Physiology of Man:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Tending to tear or pull.
convertant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: convertants
Senses: glosses: Something that has been converted
conversus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: conversi
Etymology: Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin conversus.
Senses: examples: text: There were again the Novices, who were not all necessarily young, for a conversus passed through a noviciate; and even a monk of another order, or of another house of their own order, and even a monk from a cell of their own house, was reckoned among the novices.
ref: 1856, Edward L. Cutts, “The Monks of the Middle Ages”, in The Art-Journal, volume 2, pages 342–3:
text: The Conversi were, in fact, the servants of the Monks; or, as the chronicler more mildly phrases it, the Monks were the head and the Conversi were the arms of the conventual body.
ref: 1874, Edmund Sharpe, The Architecture of the Cistercians, volume 2, page 9:
text: A story in the early thirteenth-century vita of Arnulf (d. 1228), a conversus who was Abundus’s confrere at Villers, offers us some insight into the kind of relationship Juette and Abundus may have had: […]
ref: 1995, Jennifer Carpenter, “Juette of Huy, Recluse and Mother […]”, in Jennifer Carpenter, Sally-Beth MacLean, editors, Power of the Weak: Studies on Medieval Women, →ISBN, page 74:
glosses: A lay brother.
hole punches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hole punch
hole punches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hole punch
turkey-hens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of turkey-hen
gig-mill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɪɡmɪl/
Forms: form: gig-mills
Etymology: From gig + mill.
Senses: glosses: A machine used to bring up a nap on certain types of cloth, or a building housing such machines.
gig-mills
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gig-mill
Manwiches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Manwich
mediatorial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /mi.di.əˈtɔː.ɹi.əl/
rhymes: -ɔːɹiəl
Forms: form: more mediatorial
form: most mediatorial
Etymology: Latin mediatorius (equivalent to English mediator + -ial)
Senses: examples: text: Whenever a dispute arises between two nations, each insistent upon its own rights and claims, and refusing all mediatorial efforts at compromise, it is usual that the contest develops into a battle of wits and that the essential issue at stake is relegated to the background.
ref: 1935 February 7, “Anglo-Irish Trade Accords”, in Montreal Gazette, retrieved 02 Nov 2010, page 10:
glosses: Relating to or befitting a mediator (one who mediates).
Derived terms: mediatorially
sergeant major loach
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sergeant major loaches
Senses: glosses: A South Asian freshwater fish, commonly held in aquarium, Botia rostrata.
Synonyms: sense: Botia rostrata
word: Gangetic loach
sense: Botia rostrata
word: ladder loach
sense: Botia rostrata
word: twin-banded loach
iron curtains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of iron curtain
dancier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of dancy: more dancy
Liszt
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɪst/
rhymes: -ɪst
homophone: list
Forms: form: Liszts
Etymology: Borrowed from Hungarian Liszt.
Senses: glosses: A surname of Hungarian origin.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Franz Liszt, a Hungarian composer, pianist and teacher.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: An asteroid in Asteroid Belt, Solar System, discovered in 1988 and named for the composer. Official name: 3910 Liszt. Provisional name: 1988 SF.
Derived terms: Brahms and Liszt
Lisztomania
Liszt fever
Mozart and Liszt
dramatical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dramatical
form: most dramatical
Senses: examples: text: The dramatical interpretation of the book caught the viewers' collective imagination.
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of drama or the theatre.
Derived terms: undramatical
Bowman's capsule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bowman's capsules
form: Bowman capsule
Etymology: Named after Sir William Bowman (1816–1892), English surgeon and histologist, who identified it in 1842.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A cup-like sac at the beginning of the tubular component of a nephron in the mammalian kidney.
wikipedia: Sir William Bowman, 1st Baronet
Synonyms: capsula glomeruli
glomerular capsule
Related terms: Bowman's space
Bowman's capsules
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bowman's capsule
Sahaja
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Sanskrit सहज (sahaja).
Senses: glosses: a style of discipline in Indian spirituality and Dharmic traditions
by Jove
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: From Latin pro Iovem. Ellipsis of a full oath of the form "I swear by Jove that…" Originally a literal oath; later a minced oath.
Senses: examples: text: By Jove, master marchant, by sea or by land / Would get but smale argent if I did not stand / His very good master, I may say to you, / When he hazards in hope what hap will insue.
ref: 1575, “Apius and Virginia”, in Isaac Reed, Octavius Gilchrist, editors, A Select Collection of Old Plays, London: Septimus Prowett, published 1826, page 353:
text: By Joves help I'l^([sic]) be there.
ref: a. 1639, John Webster, Appius and Virginia, London: printed for Humphrey Moseley, published 1659, act 3, scene 1, page 38:
qualifier: Classics
glosses: Invocation of the Roman god Jupiter.
examples: text: By Jove, I always took three threes for nine.
ref: 1623, William Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost, act V, scene II:
text: Favours, by Jove that thunders! What art thou, fellow?
ref: 1623, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra, act III, scene XIII:
text: "Oh, as to that!"—and Lord Fulkeward roused himself to some faint show of energy. "Who wouldn't admire her? By Jove! Only, I tell you what—there's something weird about her eyes. Fact! I don't like her eyes."
ref: 1897, Marie Corelli, “Chapter I”, in Ziska: The Problem of a Wicked Soul, New York: Stone & Kimball, page 30:
text: "I was sorry to fire my rifle, but, by Jove! there was no great choice." "We should not be here if you hadn't," said I, with conviction.
ref: 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
text: “By Jove! I’ve left my ulster in the waiting-room,” and hastened off to fetch it.
ref: 1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 97:
text: Well, I wasn't going to have any of that sort of thing, by Jove!
ref: 1916, P. G. Wodehouse, “Jeeves Takes Charge”, in A Wodehouse Miscellany:
glosses: minced oath for by God, Jove referring to Jupiter.
Synonyms: wow
Related terms: by Jupiter
cabildos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cabildo
VOD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: VODs
Senses: examples: text: While watching the VOD later, xQc insinuated that Fortnite pro Bucke was an "NPC" who was only there to defend Tate and not give Piker a fair shot – and what resulted afterward has caused quite a stir in its own right.
ref: 2022 July 22, Alec Mullins, “NRG Bucke kicks off after xQc calls him an “NPC” for siding with Andrew Tate”, in Dexerto, archived from the original on 25 Sep 2022:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of VoD (“video on demand”).
linget
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lingets
Etymology: From French lingot, perhaps from Latin lingua (“tongue”).
Senses: glosses: An ingot; a lingot.
lingas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of linga
cupro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Shortening.
Senses: glosses: rayon made by the cuproammonium process
compend
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: compends
Senses: examples: text: […] the man being only a sort of compend of the globe with its centrifugence and centripetence, with its chemistry, with its polarity, with its undulation.
ref: 1858, Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Natural Method of Mental Philosophy:
glosses: A compendium; an epitome; a summary.
Related terms: compendious
compendium
flat calls
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of flat call
flat calls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flat call
flat calling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of flat call
flat called
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of flat call
flat caps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flat cap
flat-earthers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flat-earther
flat earthers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flat earther
flat files
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flat file
flat irons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flat iron
classicalon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: classicalons
Etymology: From classical + -on.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: An extended classical object, formed at high energy, that decays into various particle states.
classicalons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of classicalon
flat junctions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flat junction
flat locks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /flat lɒks/
homophone: lox
Senses: glosses: plural of flat lock
flat rates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flat rate
flat spaces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flat space
flat stores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flat store
flat tires
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flat tire
clustrocentric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cluster + -o- + -centric.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Pertaining to (the distance from) the centre of a galactic cluster
flat whites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flat white
flat wracks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flat wrack
cospectral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From co- + spectral.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: isospectral
geometrothermodynamics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The study of geometric aspects of large-scale thermodynamic systems (such as stars)
Related terms: geometrothermodynamic
hadronize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hadronizes
form: hadronizing
form: hadronized
form: hadronized
Etymology: From hadron + -ize.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of hadronise.
Related terms: hadronization
magnetocentrifugal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From magneto- + centrifugal.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Describing the rotating magnetic flux jets associated with supernovae etc.
Derived terms: magnetocentrifugally
microscopics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Any behaviour or characteristic observable at a microscopic scale
nanoactuator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanoactuators
Etymology: From nano- + actuator.
Senses: glosses: A nanoscale actuator
nanothermometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanothermometers
Etymology: From nano- + thermometer.
Senses: glosses: A nanoscale thermometer
Lucky Country
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Lucky Country
Etymology: After The Lucky Country, a 1964 book by Donald Horne.
Senses: examples: text: Australia is a lucky country run mainly by second rate people who share its luck. It lives on other people's ideas, and, although its ordinary people are adaptable, most of its leaders (in all fields) so lack curiosity about the events that surround them that they are often taken by surprise.
ref: 1964, Donald Horne, “The Lucky Country (last chapter)”, in The Lucky Country, Penguin, 1st paragraph of chapter:
text: My friends, no longer content to be the lucky country, Australia must become the clever country.
ref: 1990 March 8, Bob Hawke, Prime Minister of Australia, Australian federal election speeches:
glosses: A term to describe Australia, sometimes ironically.