cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
gametocide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gametocides
Etymology: From gamete + -o- + -cide.
Senses: glosses: Any substance that destroys gametes or gametocytes.
Related terms: gametocytocide
glottic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡlɑt.ɪk/
rhymes: -ɒtɪk
Etymology: From glottis + -ic.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
synonyms: glottal
glosses: Of or pertaining to the glottis or the tongue.
Derived terms: extraglottic
infraglottic
intraglottic
paraglottic
periglottic
polyglottic
subglottic
supraglottic
transglottic
let her rip
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lets her rip
form: letting her rip
form: let her rip
form: let her rip
Senses: examples: text: Once we have the tank full we will back away and you can let her rip.
glosses: To set off or allow to begin.
glucuronic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From glucose and Ancient Greek οὖρον (oûron, “urine”), because it is similar to glucose and was first found in urine.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to glucuronic acid or its derivatives.
Derived terms: glucuronate
glucuronidation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glucuronidations
Etymology: From glucuronide + -ation.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The reaction of a biological substance with glucuronic acid
Derived terms: deglucuronidation
glucuronidative
gnotobiont
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈnəʊtəˈbaɪɒnt/
Forms: form: gnotobionts
Etymology: From Ancient Greek γνωτός (gnōtós, “known”) + -biont.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any laboratory animal having a specified and completely known microflora and microfauna.
Synonyms: gnotobiote
gnotobiotic animal
Related terms: gnotobiota
gnotobiotic
gnotobiotics
gnotobiote
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈnəʊtəˈbaɪoʊt/
Forms: form: gnotobiotes
Etymology: From Ancient Greek γνωτός (gnōtós, “known”) + -biote.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gnotobiont.
gnotobiota
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌnəʊtəbaɪˈoʊtə/
Forms: form: gnotobiotas
Etymology: From Ancient Greek γνωτός (gnōtós, “known”) + biota.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The specified and completely known microfauna and microflora of a gnotobiont.
Related terms: gnotobiote
gnotobiotic
gnotobiotics
landers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lander
bawler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bawlers
Etymology: From bawl + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who bawls.
Derived terms: autem bawler
bawlers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bawler
sexer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɛksə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɛksə(ɹ)
Forms: form: sexers
Etymology: From sex + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who determines the sex of living things.
Related terms: same-sexer
sexers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sexer
spackler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spacklers
Etymology: From spackle + -er.
Senses: glosses: Agent noun of spackle; one who spackles.
spacklers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spackler
snuggler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snugglers
Etymology: From snuggle + -er.
Senses: glosses: Agent noun of snuggle; one who snuggles.
snugglers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snuggler
dusklight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From dusk + light.
Senses: glosses: The light of dusk.
dawnlight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From dawn + light.
Senses: examples: text: It came from the southeast, a distant hissing, a sandwhisper. Presently he saw the faraway outline of the creature’s track against the dawnlight and realized he had never before seen a maker this large, never heard of one this size. It appeared to be more than half a league long, and the rise of the sandwave at its cresting head was like the approach of a mountain.
ref: 1965, Frank Herbert, “Book Three: The Prophet”, in Dune (Science Fiction), New York: Ace Books, →OCLC, page 402:
glosses: The light of dawn.
adjourner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adjourners
Etymology: From adjourn + -er.
Senses: glosses: Agent noun of adjourn; one who adjourns.
dusktime
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From dusk + time.
Senses: glosses: The time of dusk.
adjudger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adjudgers
Etymology: From adjudge + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who adjudges.
admeasurer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: admeasurers
Etymology: From admeasure + -er.
Senses: glosses: Agent noun of admeasure; one who admeasures.
adjourners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adjourner
adjudgers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adjudger
admeasurers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of admeasurer
dawntime
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From dawn + time.
Senses: glosses: The time of dawn.
glosses: The time when something is just beginning.
padder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: padders
Etymology: From pad + -er.
Senses: glosses: Agent noun of pad; one who pads.
Derived terms: stat padder
palaverer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: palaverers
Etymology: From palaver + -er.
Senses: synonyms: palaverist
glosses: One who palavers.
birthtime
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: birthtimes
Etymology: From Middle English burthtyme, berth-tyme, burth-tyme, birde time, birþe time, burþtime, equivalent to birth + time.
Senses: topics: astrology
human-sciences
mysticism
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The exact time when someone was born; the time of birth.
pamperer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pamperers
Etymology: From pamper + -er.
Senses: glosses: Agent noun of pamper; one who pampers.
panner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: panners
Etymology: From pan + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who pans.
Derived terms: superpanner
panner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Doubling the letter “n” when spelling paneer instead of doubling the letter “e”.
Senses: examples: text: Uma, a South Indian upper caste woman said of her six year old son Vijay: “[Vijay] will eat Indian food only if it is from the packages, so Kannan ([Uma’s] husband) and I[, Uma,] go every weekend to the Indian store and we stock up on palak panner, malai kofta, chola puri and all that. All North Indian food [Vijay] likes.
ref: 2013, Tulasi Srinivas, ““As Mother Made It”: The Cosmopolitan Indian Family, “Authentic” Food, and the Construction of Cultural Utopia”, in Carole Counihan, Penny Van Esterik, editors, Food and Culture: A Reader, Routledge, →ISBN, The Anxieties and Unintended Consequences of Cosmopolitan Consumption, page 365:
text: After checking the list of groceries, [Parvez] found that mutton would be cooked for dinner. Fortunately, or unfortunately, Parvez was vegetarian. He also found out by looking at other names on the list that Poori-Kheer would also be there for dinner along with Panner; typical north Indian food would take place on the menu card.
ref: 2023, Manish ‘Parag’, chapter XII, in Half-Melted, Astitva Prakashan, page 132:
glosses: Misspelling of paneer (“Indian cheese”).
panter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpæntə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -æntə(ɹ)
Forms: form: panters
Etymology: From pant + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Swiftly the gentle Charmer flies, / And to the tender Grief soft Air applies, / Which, warbling Mystic sounds, / Cements the bleeding Panter's Wounds.
ref: c. 1700, William Congreve, On Mrs. Arabella Hunt Singing:
text: Reputation—a mere barren reputation, that brings nothing with it, save a post obit bond on posterity—has lost its ancient value: and the panters after posthumous reputation are now closely confined to a few wrongheaded enthusiasts, […]
ref: 1840, Colburn's New Monthly Magazine and Humorist, volume 60, page 492:
glosses: One who pants.
panter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpæntə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -æntə(ɹ)
Forms: form: panters
Etymology: From Middle English panter (“pantler”), paneter, from Old French panetier.
Senses: examples: text: as though all the bread be committed unto the panter
ref: a. 1536, William Tyndale, An Answer unto Sir Thomas More's Dialogue:
glosses: A keeper of the pantry; a pantler.
panter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpæntə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -æntə(ɹ)
Forms: form: panters
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of panther.
pantographer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /pænˈtɒɡɹəfə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: pantographers
Etymology: From pantograph + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who uses a pantograph.
deathtime
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deathtimes
Etymology: From death + time.
Senses: glosses: The time when a person dies, especially as determined for tax purposes.
padders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of padder
palaverers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of palaverer
pamperers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pamperer
panners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of panner
panters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of panter
pantographers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pantographer
Amira
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Arabic أَمِيرَة (ʔamīra, “princess”).
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Arabic, masculine equivalent Amir
icelight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ice + light.
Senses: examples: text: Moreover, as the light which comes down from heaven, is not a cold barren snowlight or icelight, merely opening a field for the eye to wander in, but is full of penetrating, cheering, lifegiving warmth, thus the light which comes from Christ does not merely enlighten our mental eye, but, so far as it does indeed come from Him, pervades our whole nature, and manifests itself in the light of a holy life, no less than in moral and spiritual intuitions.
ref: 1846, Julius Charles Hare, The mission of the Comforter, and other sermons, page 195:
text: From this turnpike he walked far, only to stand in icelight where the poets and brothers rocked in the rickety porch-dark of his body.
ref: 1982, The Nation, volume 234, page 212:
text: Pause behind the children framed in melting icelight. The always present pocket-camera is not in the pocket.
ref: 1986, West Coast Review, volume 20, number 4, page 15:
glosses: The light reflected off a surface of ice.
fasters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of faster
mixing console
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mixing consoles
Senses: synonyms: mixing board
mixing desk
mixer
qualifier: sound engineering
glosses: An electronic device to combine and route audio signals from many sources to various destinations.
Altmanesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Altmanesque
form: most Altmanesque
Etymology: From Altman + -esque.
Senses: topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: Displaying traits typical of a film made by Robert Altman (1925–2006), typically highly naturalistic, but with a stylized perspective and often a subversive twist.
biquadratic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bi- + quadratic.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Of a polynomial expression, involving only the zeroth, second, and fourth powers of a variable, as x⁴ + 3x² + 2. Sometimes extended to any expression involving the biquadrate or fourth power (but no higher powers), as x⁴ − 4x³ + 3x² − x + 1.
Derived terms: biquadratically
biquadratic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biquadratics
Etymology: From bi- + quadratic.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A biquadratic equation.
Related terms: quadratic
quartic
linksland
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: linkslands
Etymology: From links + land.
Senses: glosses: A coastal zone of topsoil-covered sand between the beach sand and mainland soil.
topics: golf
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A golf course near the sea, particularly one with terrain resembling linksland.
trans-continental
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of transcontinental.
agent nouns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of agent noun
zealous witness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zealous witnesses
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A witness who displays favoritism towards one party in a case.
armoured personnel carrier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: armoured personnel carriers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of armored personnel carrier.
IFV
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: IFVs
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of infantry fighting vehicle.
infantry fighting vehicle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: infantry fighting vehicles
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: An armoured combat vehicle designed to carry infantry soldiers and provide fire support for them.
Synonyms: word: IFV
word: mechanized infantry combat vehicle
word: MICV
Related terms: armoured personnel carrier
tank
armored combat vehicle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: armored combat vehicles
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of armoured combat vehicle.
armoured combat vehicle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: armoured combat vehicles
form: armored combat vehicle
Senses: examples: text: Taiwan’s military showed off its latest domestically produced armoured vehicle on Thursday, the CM-34 Clouded Leopard, at a remote manufacturing site in the mountains of the central part of the island.
ref: [2022 June 16, Ann Wang, Ben Blanchard, “Taiwan shows off latest home-made armoured vehicle”, in Robert Birsel, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 10 Mar 2023, World News:
topics: government
military
politics
war
hypernyms: armoured fighting vehicle
AFV
<
vehicle
coordinate_terms: armoured personnel carrier
APC
infantry fighting vehicle
IFV
armoured car
tank
glosses: An armed and armoured military vehicle for fighting troops, which runs on wheels or caterpillar track.
ACV
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ACVs
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
hypernyms: vehicle#Noun
glosses: Initialism of armoured combat vehicle.
examples: text: You won't be alone if you're shotting the vin-stuff: Early adopter Victoria Beckham has long been all about those purported apple cider vinegar benefits and banks her two tablespoons first thing; […] and, pop sensation Katy Perry credits her ACV habit for never having had to cancel a live performance.
ref: 2023 April 17, Rebecca Gillam, Kate Wills, “8 Apple cider vinegar benefits for weight loss, digestion & soothing hangover symptoms”, in Women's Health:
hypernyms: vinegar#Noun
<
liquid#Noun
glosses: Initialism of apple cider vinegar.
synonyms: hovercraft
hypernyms: vehicle#Noun
glosses: Initialism of air-cushion vehicle.
examples: text: A brand's ACV is simply the sum of the ACVs of the chains and stores that stock that brand.
ref: 2010, Philip Kotler, Nancy Lee, Paul W. Farris, Marketing Strategy from the Masters:
topics: business
marketing
hypernyms: volume#Noun
;
metric#Noun
glosses: Initialism of all-commodity volume.
topics: business
insurance
hypernyms: value#Noun
;
metric#Noun
coordinate_terms: book value
market value
book price
market price
glosses: Initialism of actual cash value.
AFV
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: AFVs
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
hypernyms: vehicle#Noun
glosses: Initialism of armoured fighting vehicle.
hypernyms: vehicle#Noun
coordinate_terms: EV
BEV
ZEV
glosses: Initialism of alternative fuel vehicle.
armored fighting vehicle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: armored fighting vehicles
Senses: examples: text: Armatures are quadruped all-terrain heavy weapons platforms, akin to the armored fighting vehicles of other races. Geth being synthetic intelligences, armatures are not crewed vehicles, but intelligent entities, capable of independent decision-making and learning.
ref: 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Geth: Armatures Codex entry:
glosses: Alternative spelling of armoured fighting vehicle.
armoured fighting vehicle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: armoured fighting vehicles
form: armored fighting vehicle
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
hypernyms: motor vehicle
<
vehicle#Noun
glosses: An armed and armoured military vehicle which runs on wheels or caterpillar track, used by fighting troops.
armoured car
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: armoured cars
form: armored car
Senses: synonyms: armored truck
armored van
security van
glosses: An armoured truck to transfer valuables between locations, which possesses armour against light firearms
glosses: An automobile equipped with armour to protect important passengers.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A small wheeled armoured fighting vehicle.
topics: government
law-enforcement
glosses: An armoured vehicle resistant to small arms fire.
armored car
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: armored cars
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of armoured car.
armored truck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: armored trucks
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of armoured truck.
armoured truck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: armoured trucks
form: armored truck
Senses: glosses: A truck used to transfer valuables between locations, which possesses armour against light firearms.
glosses: armoured car
tank destroyer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tank destroyers
form: tank-destroyer
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: An armoured fighting vehicle equipped with an antitank gun or missile launcher.
Synonyms: tank hunter
Related terms: tankbuster
tankette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tankettes
Etymology: From tank + -ette.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: An early, very small, lightly armoured tank, with a crew of one or two, equipped with machine guns.
gonadotropic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɒpɪk
Etymology: From gonado- + -tropic.
Senses: examples: Near-synonym: gonadotrophic
glosses: That stimulates, or promotes the growth of the gonads
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or similar in function to gonadotropin
Derived terms: gonadotropin
hypergonadotropic
hypogonadotropic
normogonadotropic
Related terms: gonadotropism
graminicide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: graminicides
Senses: glosses: Any herbicide designed to control weedy grasses (of the former family Gramineae).
multihyphenate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: multihyphenates
form: multi-hyphenate
Etymology: From multi- + hyphenate.
Senses: examples: text: Interviewees, including the scientist Richard Sternberg, claim that questioning Darwinism led to their expulsion from the scientific fold […], while our genial audience surrogate, the actor and multihyphenate Ben Stein, nods sympathetically.
ref: 2008 April 18, Jeannette Catsoulis, “Resentment Over Darwin Evolves Into a Documentary”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: He’d also submitted the first proposals for a collaboration with his fellow Nordic multihyphenate Björk, a supersize restaging of her album “Medúlla.”
ref: 2014 June 5, Heather Corcoran, “Henrik Vibskov, Fashion's Renaissance Man, Showcases His Fine Art”, in T Magazine:
text: Afterward, Diana Oh took the New Year’s Eve sex party as a sign. Just over a year ago, this multi-hyphenate artist rang in 2018 so near the Bushwick Starr theater in Brooklyn that she wondered, when she got the address, if the secret party was actually at the theater.
ref: 2019 January 10, Laura Collins-Hughes, “It’s a Sex-Positive Party, Not a Play”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: I find the biggest frustration for most when it comes to being a multihyphenate is the fact that there is no blueprint.
ref: 2019, Amanda Seales, Small Doses: Potent Truths for Everyday Use:
text: She is a maestro of self-determination, of writing her own story. The multihyphenate television creator Shonda Rhimes—no stranger to a plot twist—who has known Swift since she was a teenager, puts it simply: “She controls narrative not only in her work, but in her life,” she says. “It used to feel like people were taking shots at her. Now it feels like she’s providing the narrative—so there aren’t any shots to be taken.”
ref: 2023 December 6, Sam Lansky, “Person of Year 2023 : Taylor Swift”, in Time, archived from the original on 06 Dec 2023:
coordinate_terms: polymath
glosses: A person with a hyphenated profession e.g. singer-songwriter, actor-director, but especially a person with several such roles.
Related terms: multihyphenated
bulker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bulkers
Etymology: From bulk + -er.
Senses: examples: text: The bulker began to swerve from side to side, as sharply as it could, creating large waves behind it, sending a churning wake towards the pirate boats.
ref: 2010, Duncan Falconer, Pirate:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A bulk dry goods cargo ship.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A person employed to ascertain the bulk or size of goods, in order to fix the amount of freight or dues payable on them.
glosses: A person who bulks (gains body mass).
glosses: Anything, such as a dietary supplement or an exercise, that helps a person to gain body mass.
Derived terms: conbulker
permabulker
Related terms: tanker
container ship
cargo ship
freighter
oceanliner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oceanliners
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ocean liner.
ocean liner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ocean liners
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: a narrow-beam passenger ship designed for high speed transoceanic travel
Related terms: liner
cruise ship
cruise liner
passenger liner
cruiseliner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cruiseliners
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of cruise liner.
cruise liner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cruise liners
Senses: examples: text: The storm has passed when I arrive at Southampton Central, but more fun is to come. The station platforms and waiting rooms are crammed with people, many toting enormous amounts of baggage as they have just come off a cruise liner.
ref: 2022 November 16, Paul Bigland, “From rural branches to high-speed arteries”, in RAIL, number 970, page 55:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Synonym of cruise ship.
synonyms: word: cruise ship
passenger liner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: passenger liners
Senses: examples: text: And it's not just freight that arrives here. I notice several massive passenger liners, looking more like floating blocks of flats rather than the elegant ships from the days when 'POSH' was coined. The arrival of just one of these behemoths can swamp Southampton station with passengers and luggage, but not today.
ref: 2024 November 13, Paul Bigland, “Much to admire... but pockets of neglect”, in RAIL, number 1022, page 50:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A passenger ship.
propliner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: propliners
Etymology: Blend of propeller + airliner
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
hypernyms: airliner
<
airplane
aeroplane
plane
<
aircraft
<
vehicle
coordinate_terms: jetliner
;
cargo plane
cargo aircraft
;
spaceliner
;
liner
oceanliner
passenger liner
cruiseliner
cargo liner
glosses: A propeller-driven airliner.
ramjets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ramjet
regional jet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: regional jets
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: a small narrow-bodied jetliner designed to carry 30-150 passengers in one class for flight segments of 2000 kms or less.
satem
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: Satem
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Avestan 𐬯𐬀𐬙𐬆𐬨 (satəm, “hundred”). The canonical example of a word that changed Proto-Indo-European palatovelar */ḱ/ into sibilant /s/ by the 3rd millennium BCE, as opposed to Latin centum (“hundred”). Doublet of hundred and centum.
Senses: antonyms: centum
glosses: Of or relating to a Proto-Indo-European language group that produced sibilants from a series of palatovelar stops.
Derived terms: satemisation
Satem
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of satem.
narrowbody
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: narrowbodies
form: narrow-body
Etymology: From narrow + body.
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An airliner capable of seating, at most, six or fewer passengers in a single row of economy seating, with one aisle.
Synonyms: single-aisle
Related terms: narrowbodied
narrow-bodied
widebody
baijiu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbaɪ.d͡ʒuː/
ipa: /ˈbaɪ.d͡ʒu/
rhymes: -aɪdʒuː
Forms: form: baiju
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 白酒 (báijiǔ, “white alcohol”), where "white" refers to its clearness. Compare huangjiu (“yellow alcohol”).
Senses: examples: text: He took another sip of baijiu from the bottle, shaking his head at the taste.
ref: 2023 October 23, Tian Yi, “The Good Son”, in The Guardian:
synonyms: shaojiu
samshu
glosses: A clear Chinese distilled alcoholic beverage, generally distilled from sorghum and about 40–60% alcohol by volume.
Hyponyms: english: sorghum-based
translation: sorghum-based
word: gaoliang
word: kaoliang
english: triple-distilled and rice-based
translation: triple-distilled and rice-based
word: samshu
Related terms: mijiu
rice wine
soju
FSW
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: FSWs
Senses: topics: human-sciences
sciences
social-science
sociology
glosses: Initialism of female sex worker.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of forward swept wing.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: a forward-swept wing aircraft
flying circus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flying circuses
Senses: examples: Jagdgeschwader 1 (JG 1), the Red Baron's Flying Circus
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
war
glosses: A German fighter wing in World War I.
glosses: A troupe performing barnstorming (stunt airplane flying).
Red Baron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Red Barons
Etymology: From Red Baron, nickname of Baron Manfred von Richthofen, who flew a red fighter.
Senses: examples: text: Do you think you're the next Red Baron?
text: Billy Bishop was the Canadian Red Baron
text: He's another Red Baron
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
war
synonyms: ace
glosses: A hotshot fighter pilot.
topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: A red-coloured dragonfly, Urothemis aliena, family Libellulidae, of New Guinea and north and eastern Australia.
Immelmann
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Immelmanns
form: Immelman
form: Imelmann
form: Imelman
Etymology: From German Immelmann.
* (aviation): From Max Immelmann, a WWI German fighter ace.
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Ellipsis of Immelmann turn.
Immelmann
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Immelmanns
form: Immelman
form: Imelmann
form: Imelman
Etymology: From German Immelmann.
* (aviation): From Max Immelmann, a WWI German fighter ace.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Immelman; A surname.
synonyms: word: Immelman
extra: A surname
Related terms: Imel
Immel
Immelmann maneuver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Immelmann maneuvers
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Immelmann turn
Immelmann turn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Immelmann turns
Etymology: Named after the German pilot Max Immelmann.
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
war
glosses: A WWI-era fighter pilot maneuver resembling the aerobatic wingover or hammer-head turn, originally developed by Max Immelmann.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The roll-off-the-top aerobatic maneuver, where an aircraft in upright level flight pulls up through one-half of an inside loop until in level inverted flight and then rolls upright, ending up in upright level flight in the opposite direction at a higher altitude; a reverse split S.
Synonyms: Immelmann
Immelmann maneuver
helminthagogue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: helminthagogues
Senses: glosses: A vermifuge or anthelmintic
hematotoxicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hematotoxicities
Etymology: From hemato- + toxicity.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of hemotoxicity.
synonyms: word: hemotoxicity
Related terms: hematotoxic
hemotoxin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hemotoxins
form: haemotoxin
Etymology: From hemo- + toxin.
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Any toxin that destroys red blood cells
hematuria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hematurias
form: haematuria
Etymology: From hemat- + -uria.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: The presence of blood in the urine
Hyponyms: microhematuria
Coordinate terms: english: red-tinged urine requires differential diagnosis of the internal source
translation: red-tinged urine requires differential diagnosis of the internal source
word: erythruria
english: bleeding from an orifice requires differential diagnosis of the internal source
translation: bleeding from an orifice requires differential diagnosis of the internal source
word: urethrorrhagia
Derived terms: hematuric
icterohematuria
hemoglobinuria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hemoglobinurias
form: haemoglobinuria
Etymology: From hemoglobin + -uria.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The presence of hemoglobin in the urine.
Derived terms: hemoglobinuric
paroxysmal cold hemoglobinuria
hemolysin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hemolysins
Etymology: From hemo- + lysin.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Any substance (often an exotoxin) that damages the membranes of red blood cells and thus releases hemoglobin.
Derived terms: autohemolysin
cohemolysin
enterohemolysin
Related terms: hemolysis
hemolytic
hemoperfusion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hemoperfusions
Etymology: From hemo- + perfusion.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A procedure in which drugs or toxins are removed from a patient's blood by passing it through a column of charcoal or other adsorbent material
hemosiderin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hemosiderins
form: haemosiderin
Etymology: From hemo- + sidero- + -in.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An abnormal microscopic pigment, formed of granules of a complex of iron hydroxides, protein and polysaccharides, that forms in tissues of patients having an excess of iron
Derived terms: hemosideric
hemosiderinuria
Related terms: hemosiderosis
hemosiderotic
hepatotoxic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hepatotoxic
form: most hepatotoxic
Etymology: From hepato- + toxic.
Senses: glosses: Toxic to the liver; causing hepatotoxicity.
Derived terms: antihepatotoxic
hepatotoxicity
nonhepatotoxic
Related terms: hepatotoxicant
hepatotoxicity
hepatotoxin
hepatotoxicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hepatotoxicities
Etymology: From hepato- + toxicity.
Senses: examples: text: It is difficult to clarify the hepatotoxicity of herbal remedies, especially if they are comprised of a mixture of several plants or various components of the plant. Moreover, herbal remedies are often applied as automedication, and patients withhold the information that they have used them.
ref: 2006, Erwin Kuntz, Hans-Dieter Kuntz, “Drug-induced liver damage”, in Hepatology: Principles and Practice, 2nd edition, Heidelberg: Springer Medizin Verlag, →ISBN, page 553:
glosses: Toxicity that damages the liver.
Derived terms: antihepatotoxicity
Related terms: hepatotoxic
histochemically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From histochemical + -ly.
Senses: glosses: By the use of histochemistry.
histochemical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From histo- + chemical.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to histochemistry.
Derived terms: cytohistochemical
histochemically
immunohistochemical
neurohistochemical
histochemical
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: histochemicals
Etymology: From histo- + chemical.
Senses: glosses: Any chemical compound or reagent used in histochemistry or histology.
histochemistry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From histo- + chemistry.
Senses: topics: biology
chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The branch of histology dealing with the chemistry of cells and tissues.
Derived terms: cytohistochemistry
immunohistochemistry
neurohistochemistry
Related terms: histochemical
histochemist
histogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more histogenic
form: most histogenic
Etymology: From histo- + -genic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to histogenesis.
Derived terms: histogenically
hydrational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hydrational
form: most hydrational
Etymology: From hydration + -al.
Senses: glosses: Relating to hydration.
glosses: That tends to hydrate; especially, of a drink, that supplies the body with lost fluid.
Derived terms: hydrationally
hydronated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hydronated
form: most hydronated
Senses: glosses: hydrogenated
glosses: hydrated
hyperalimentation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyperalimentations
Etymology: From hyper- + alimentation.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The administration or ingestion of unusually large amounts of nutrients.
hyperbilirubinemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyperbilirubinemias
Etymology: From hyper- + bilirubinemia.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: An unusually large concentration of bilirubin in the blood.
Derived terms: Rotor-type hyperbilirubinemia
Related terms: Gilbert's syndrome
jaundice
hyperkeratotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hyperkeratotic
form: most hyperkeratotic
Etymology: From hyper- + keratotic.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or suffering from hyperkeratosis
Derived terms: nonhyperkeratotic
orthohyperkeratotic
hyperparathyroidism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyperparathyroidisms
Etymology: From hyper- + parathyroid + -ism.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
antonyms: hypoparathyroidism
coordinate_terms: euparathyroidism
glosses: An abnormal increase in parathyroid gland activity.
hypoxemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypoxemias
form: hypoxaemia
Etymology: By surface analysis, hyp- + ox- + -emia.
Senses: examples: text: The most profound abnormality determines the oxygen deficiency category ... of hypoxemia.
ref: 1984, Alan Morris, Richard Kanner, Robert Crapo, Reed Gardner, Clinical Pulmonary Function Testing. A manual of uniform laboratory procedures, 2nd edition:
topics: medicine
sciences
coordinate_terms: anoxemia
hyperoxemia
normoxemia
glosses: An abnormal deficiency in the concentration of oxygen in the blood, be it the partial pressure of oxygen (mm Hg), the content of oxygen (ml oxygen per dl of blood) or the per cent saturation of the blood's hemoglobin, singly or in combination.
Derived terms: hypoxemic
pseudohypoxemia
Related terms: anoxia
hyperoxia
hypoxia
normoxia
icterus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: icteruses
Etymology: From the Latin icterus, from the Ancient Greek ἴκτερος (íkteros, “jaundice”).
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: An excess of bile pigments in the blood; jaundice.
glosses: A yellowish appearance in plants.
Derived terms: icteremia
icteric
icterometer
icterus neonatorum
bile pigment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bile pigments
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of several bilins derived from porphyrin that are found in bile; principally bilirubin and biliverdin.
Synonyms: bilichrome
Hypernyms: bilane
bilin
Coordinate terms: phycobilin
mind map
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mind maps
form: mindmap
Senses: glosses: A diagram used to represent words, ideas, tasks or other items linked to and arranged radially around a central key word or idea.
Related terms: clustering
concept map
mindmap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mindmaps
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of mind map.
World War
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the World War
Senses: examples: text: As late as the eve of the World War, two-thirds of the farm land belonged to only a quarter of a million proprietors: princes and barons and well-to-do townsmen.
ref: 1939, Carl T. Schmidt, chapter I, in The Corporate State in Action, New York: Oxford University Press, page 6:
text: The deep antagonism generated by the World War, however, represented a dramatic reversal for Germany’s emerging interest in cultural diplomacy, as both the Entente and the Central Powers aggressively discredited the political aims and the cultural achievements of their opponents.
ref: 2015, Stephen Gross, chapter 3, in Export Empire: German Soft Power in Southeastern Europe, 1890–1945, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 121:
glosses: World War I.
syno
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: synos
Senses: glosses: Any member of the genus Synodontis of catfishes.
canzonette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: canzonettes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of canzonet.
kids will be kids
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Children cannot be expected to act like adults.
Related terms: boys will be boys
transcribable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more transcribable
form: most transcribable
Etymology: From transcribe + -able.
Senses: examples: text: The gene was not transcribable, and therefore had no potential to be active.
text: Most of the audio recording was transcribable, but a few parts had too much noise.
glosses: Able to be transcribed.
woolly-headedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From woolly-headed + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being woolly-headed: illogicalness, irrationality.
illogicalness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: illogicalnesses
Etymology: From illogical + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being illogical.
Nukus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian Нуку́с m (Nukús), from Uzbek Nukus.
Senses: glosses: The capital city of the autonomous Republic of Karakalpakstan, within the Republic of Uzbekistan.
precesses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of precess
precessing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of precess
precessed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of precess
nabobs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nabob
napalms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of napalm
napalms
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of napalm
napalming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of napalm
napalmed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of napalm
nappier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of nappy: more nappy
nappiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of nappy: most nappy
nativities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nativity
notionally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From notional + -ly.
Senses: examples: Near-synonyms: conceptionally, conceptually
glosses: In a notional, imaginary or speculative sense; in theory.
noticeboards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of noticeboard
net-net
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: net net
Senses: glosses: A value investing technique developed by Benjamin Graham in which a company is valued based solely on its net current assets.
net-net
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: net net
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: Get to the point; stop rambling; show me the bottom line.
Reye's syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Reye syndrome
Etymology: Named after Dr R. Douglas Reye.
Senses: examples: text: Reye's syndrome and Jamaican vomiting sickness are disorders of mitochondrial dysfunction, while MCAD is a defect in mitochondrial beta oxidation of fatty acids.
ref: 1997, Norman Gitlin, The Liver and Systemic Disease, page 277:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A potentially fatal disease that causes numerous detrimental effects to many organs, especially the brain and liver.
unbitrium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Systematic element name.
Senses: glosses: The systematic element name for the (as yet undiscovered) chemical element with atomic number 123 (symbol Ubt).
wikipedia: Systematic element name
Coordinate terms: sense: Previous
word: unbibium Ubb
sense: Next
word: unbiquadium Ubq
immunogen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: immunogens
Etymology: From immuno- + -gen.
Senses: topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: Any substance that elicits an immune response; an antigen
immunopotentiation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: immunopotentiations
Etymology: From immuno- + potentiation.
Senses: topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: The accentuation of an immune response by the administration of another substance (an adjuvant).
immunosorbent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: immunosorbents
Senses: topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: An antibody that is used to remove a specific antigen from a mixture.
topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: An antigen that is used to remove a specific antibody from a mixture.
immunosorbent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to the absorption of antibodies by insoluble antigens.
Derived terms: radioimmunosorbent
Related terms: immunosorbency
immunotoxic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more immunotoxic
form: most immunotoxic
Etymology: From immuno- + toxic.
Senses: topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of an immunotoxin; toxic to the immune system
cranioscopy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cranioscopies
Etymology: From cranio- + -scopy.
Senses: examples: text: In the first part of my Atlas on Cranioscopy, which appeared in Leipzig in 1843, I remarked that in the skull of a Greenlander, which I sketched, it was singular, that on this skull there was a decided separation between the upper jaw-bone and the intermaxillary bone, almost as in little children or in quadrupeds.
ref: 1864, C. G. Carus, “Some Remarks on the Construction of the Upper Jaw of the Skull of a Greenlander,”, in Journal of the Anthropological Society of London, volume 2, page cxiv:
glosses: The study of the shape, size, and other features of the human skull.
examples: text: A theory that was totally wrong helped focus attention on the right questions. Some people called it phrenology. Its founder, Franz Joseph Gall (1758-1828) called it cranioscopy. . . . It held that the brain had specific areas of function and that mental and moral attributes of a person could be determined by examination of the cranium.
ref: 1978, William J. Broad, “Lost in Thought”, in Science News, volume 114, number 22, page 361:
glosses: Phrenology.
Derived terms: cranioscopist
juxtaposer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: juxtaposers
Etymology: From juxtapose + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who juxtaposes.
interindividual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + individual.
Senses: glosses: Occurring between individuals.
Synonyms: interpersonal
Coordinate terms: intergroup
intracutaneous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + cutaneous.
Senses: glosses: Within the layers of the skin; intradermal
Derived terms: intracutaneously
perlite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: pearlite
Forms: form: perlites
Etymology: From French perle (“pearl”) + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: pearlstone
glosses: An amorphous volcanic glass formed by the hydration of obsidian.
examples: text: Technical terms like ferrite, perlite, graphite, and hardenite were bandied to and fro, and when Paget glibly brought out such a rare exotic as ferro-molybdenum, Benson forgot that he was a master ship-builder, […]
ref: 1928, Lawrence R. Bourne, chapter 4, in Well Tackled!:
glosses: The lightweight insulating material and aggregate resulting from expanding perlite glass by heat.
Derived terms: perlitic
intraperitoneal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + peritoneal.
Senses: examples: text: Intraperitoneal injections of a strong solution produce fibrohemorrhagic peritonitis of varying intensity, according to the strength of the solution; while intraperitoneal injections of small quantities of a diluted solution of formalin induce a chronic peritonitis with great connective tissue proliferation, and a striking eosinophilia.
ref: 1901 December, E. Q. THORNTON M.D., “PRACTICAL THERAPEUTIC REFERENDUM”, in PROGRESSIVE MEDICINE. A QUARTERLY DIGEST OF ADVANCES DISCOVERIES AND IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MEDICAL AND SURGICAL SCIENCES., volume IV, page 363:
glosses: Within the cavity of the peritoneum.
Derived terms: intraperitoneal injection
intraperitoneally
intraperitonealy
IP
postintraperitoneal
Related terms: peritoneal
retroperitoneal
intramuscularly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From intramuscular + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an intramuscular manner; within a muscle; into a muscle