cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
intracoronarily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: In an intracoronal manner
invertomer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: invertomers
Etymology: From invert + -mer.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Either of a pair of confomers that interconvert by inversion at an atom possessing a nonbonding electron pair
Antron
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A male given name.
Antron
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: business
manufacturing
textiles
glosses: A type of lightweight, strong, and highly durable brand of nylon textile fiber.
confomer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: confomers
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of two or more forms of the same compound that have different conformations, and can be interconverted typically by rotation about a single bond
confomers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of confomer
iridoplasty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: iridoplasties
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: surgery, typically by laser, to widen the iris
iridoplasties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of iridoplasty
isoferulic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From iso- + ferulic acid.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The isomer of ferulic acid (E)-3-(3-hydroxy-4-methoxyphenyl)prop-2-enoic acid
isoswertiajaponin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A flavonoid glycoside present in Deschampsia antarctica
isoswertisin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A flavonoid, present, typically as a glycoside, in some cereals
Macbeth trap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Macbeth traps
Etymology: Named after Shakespeare's play Macbeth, in which such a contrivance could be used to bring the ghost of Banquo onto the stage.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
theater
glosses: A kind of stage trapdoor rigged to drop below floor level and slide to one side.
Macbeth traps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Macbeth trap
cyberpartner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyberpartners
Etymology: From cyber- + partner.
Senses: glosses: A partner in an online relationship.
cyberpartners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyberpartner
Macready pause
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Macready pauses
Etymology: Named after William Macready (1793–1873), English actor.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
theater
glosses: A brief pause during the delivery of a speech in a play, to make the speaking seem more natural.
wikipedia: William Macready
Macready pauses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Macready pause
Macready
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Macready pause
macromarketing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From macro- + marketing.
Senses: topics: business
marketing
glosses: The use of marketing strategies that focus on large markets (macrosegments) rather than individual consumers etc.
Coordinate terms: micromarketing
magic shop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: magic shops
Senses: glosses: A shop selling the equipment used in magic tricks.
glosses: A psychodramatic technique in which the patient indicates what they would hope to find in a magical shop, and what they would give in exchange; intended to elicit the patient's goals and desires and any associated conflicts.
magic shops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of magic shop
bottle it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bottles it
form: bottling it
form: bottled it
form: bottled it
Etymology: From Cockney rhyming slang bottle and glass, originally meaning arse. lose one's nerve was vulgarly lose one's arse, euphemised to lose one's bottle, clipped to bottle and subsequently given a dummy pronoun. See bottle.
Senses: glosses: To suppress an action or expression, especially when due to lack of courage.
glosses: To lose one's nerve.
glosses: To run away, especially when due to lack of courage.
examples: text: For a while, it was a three-horse race and, if anything, it looked like José Mourinho's Chelsea were the team to beat. Chelsea bottled it, Liverpool beat Manchester City and the title was theirs to lose ... which they did in that match against Chelsea.
ref: 2022 October 6, James Richardson, The Totally Football Book, Hachette UK, →ISBN:
text: If you want to win Wimbledon, you have to be controlled mentally, but he's too volatile. He's just not a level-headed guy out there. He's had many chances and he's always bottled it.
ref: 2024 June 20, Katherine Reilly, Match Point: an enemies to lovers tennis romance perfect for fans of Wimbledon, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To fail in an embarrassing way in a crucial situation, especially due to nerves.
Related terms: bottle out
break one's maiden
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: breaks one's maiden
form: breaking one's maiden
form: broke one's maiden
form: broken one's maiden
Senses: topics: hobbies
horse-racing
horseracing
horses
lifestyle
pets
racing
sports
glosses: Of a racehorse or jockey: to achieve victory in a race for the first time.
lose one's nerve
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: loses one's nerve
form: losing one's nerve
form: lost one's nerve
form: lost one's nerve
Senses: examples: text: Zelensky was adaptable, trained not to lose his nerve under pressure.
ref: December 7 2022, Simon Shuster, “2022 Person of the Year: Volodymyr Zelensky”, in Time, archived from the original on 04 Jan 2023:
glosses: To stop doing or fail to do something because one lacks courage.
Synonyms: bottle it
chicken out
mailing shot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mailing shots
Senses: glosses: Synonym of mailshot.
synonyms: word: mailshot
mailing shots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mailing shot
mandarinship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mandarinships
Etymology: From mandarin + -ship.
Senses: glosses: The role or status of a mandarin.
mandarinships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mandarinship
M&E
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: Initialism of music and effects.
bra-ket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bra-kets
Etymology: Concatenation of the terms bra and ket, which were introduced in 1939 and in turn derive from the splitting of the English word bracket.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The scalar product of two vectors (and optionally an operator), in Hilbert space, where the left (row) vector is a bra and the right (column) vector is a ket. Symbolised by ⟨...|...⟩ (bra and ket only) or ⟨...|...|...⟩ (bra, operator, ket).
singlefold
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: single-fold
Etymology: From single + -fold, modelled after onefold.
Senses: glosses: Consisting of a single fold or undivided part.
Synonyms: onefold
clubrat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clubrats
Etymology: From club + rat. Compare hoodrat.
Senses: examples: text: It points towards a moral code with a whiskered Polonius counselling some young clubrat: 'To thine own Rathood be true. […]'
ref: 1979, Maurice Richardson, Fits & Starts, page 215:
text: Years later he would admit to using it on one of the clubrats he brought home and fucked in our bed... And that he had his Glock 19 pointed at me under the pillow when I walked in.
ref: 2017, Billie Proffitt, Dirty Thirty: A Memoir, page 115:
glosses: A promiscuous girl who habitually hangs around in clubs.
man-rate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: man-rates
form: man-rating
form: man-rated
form: man-rated
Etymology: From man + rate.
Senses: examples: text: Reason for disinterest — Wenzel said one reason for lack of interest from potential suppliers is the increasing emphasis by the Navy on documentation, testing and safety measures to certify and man-rate the components.
ref: 1967, Missiles and Rockets (volume 21, part 1, page 221)
topics: aerospace
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To certify as safe for a human crew to operate.
man-rated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of man-rate
man-rates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of man-rate
man-rating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of man-rate
clubrats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clubrat
maraged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having undergone the maraging process.
marage steel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: marage steels
Senses: glosses: Synonym of maraging steel.
synonyms: word: maraging steel
marage steels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of marage steel
market socialism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: market socialisms
Senses: glosses: An economic system involving the public, cooperative or social ownership of the means of production in the framework of a market economy.
market socialisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of market socialism
solar boat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -əʊt
Forms: form: solar boats
Senses: topics: Egyptology
archaeology
history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: A wooden burial boat intended to be used by a king to make celestial journeys in the afterlife.
topics: Egyptology
archaeology
history
human-sciences
sciences
synonyms: solar barge
solar barque
sun barge
glosses: The boat that, in myth, carries the sun on its journey across the sky.
glosses: A solar-powered boat.
solar boats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of solar boat
solar-powered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Network Rail and Avanti West Coast have installed a solar-powered 'electronic scarecrow' to deter birds from entering Longsight depot in Manchester.
ref: 2020 September 23, “Network News: Longsight depot uses 'scarecrow'”, in Rail, page 26:
glosses: Of an engine, vehicle, device, etc., deriving its energy from sunlight through the use of solar cells.
MBFR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of mutual and balanced force reductions.
MBO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
glosses: Initialism of management by objective.
red-bellied black snakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of red-bellied black snake
meat shot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: meat shots
Senses: topics: lifestyle
media
pornography
sexuality
glosses: A close-up of the genitalia of one or more performers.
meat shots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of meat shot
blue-bellied black snake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blue-bellied black snakes
Senses: glosses: A snake of species Pseudechis guttatus, of eastern Australia.
blue-bellied black snakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blue-bellied black snake
beguide
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: beguides
form: beguiding
form: beguided
form: beguided
Etymology: From Middle English *begiden (attested only as Middle English begien, bygyen), equivalent to be- + guide.
Senses: examples: text: Breathing like sanctified and pious bonds
The better to beguide: this is for all, […]
ref: 1908, original c. 1599, William Shakespeare, Appleton Morgan, Willis Vickery, Plays of Mr. William Shakespeare:
text: As good hope serveth to increase strength in a man, so rash hope oftentimes beguideth men.
ref: 1618, Pierre de la Primaudaye, The French Academie:
text: From the servant of God Mahomet Osman Abou Gugliz to Gordon Pasha, the beloved by England, and the Khedive, may God beguide him to the true faith.
ref: 1885, Charles George Gordon, Alfred Egmont Hake, The Journals of Major-gen. C.G. Gordon, C.B., at Kartoum, page 447:
glosses: To guide, direct
lamoxirene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Laminariales and oxirane.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A chemical used as a pheromone to release sperm by kelp; cis-2-cyclohepta-2',5'-dienyl-3-vinyloxirane.
tambotrika
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tambotrikas
Senses: glosses: The lesser hedgehog tenrec.
top kek
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: toppest kek
Etymology: From top + kek; coined by 4chan in 2013 as an intentional catachresis of Turkish Topkek, a brand of cupcake, which was posted to the imageboard as a variant of the then-popular Top Gun hat internet meme.
Senses: glosses: A reaction which indicates that the speaker is highly amused.
top kek
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From top + kek; coined by 4chan in 2013 as an intentional catachresis of Turkish Topkek, a brand of cupcake, which was posted to the imageboard as a variant of the then-popular Top Gun hat internet meme.
Senses: examples: text: Hackers I interviewed say that’s because security for Epic Games’ software is, in John’s words, “top kek.”
ref: 2018 March 21, Cecilia D'Anastasio, “What's Really Going On With All Those Hacked Fortnite Accounts”, in Kotaku:
text: Liz Sommer (14 August 2018), “kek + top kek”, in STAYHIPP, retrieved 25 May 2019
glosses: Highly amusing.
azovan blue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Synonym of Evans blue.
synonyms: word: Evans blue
Mec Art
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Short for mechanical art.
Senses: glosses: A European art style involving photomechanical transfers via silkscreen printing onto an emulsified surface.
Rauschenbergian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Rauschenbergian
form: most Rauschenbergian
Etymology: From Rauschenberg + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Milton Ernest "Robert" Rauschenberg (1925–2008), American painter and graphic artist whose early works anticipated the pop art movement.
mechanical game
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪm
Forms: form: mechanical games
Senses: examples: text: Anyone who bucks a purely mechanical game with a fixed deduction from each play must, over a period of time, wind up a loser.
ref: 1990, Robert Rowe, How to Win At Horseracing, page 2:
text: And because poker is more of an art than a mechanical game, you can easily slip into bad habits and start making mistakes.
ref: 2011, Kevin Blackwood, Casino Gambling For Dummies, page 300:
topics: gambling
games
glosses: Any game based on chance rather than skill.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see mechanical, game.
mechanical games
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mechanical game
megacorpse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megacorpses
Etymology: From mega- + corpse.
Senses: coordinate_terms: megadeath
glosses: One million corpses, as a unit of measure in reference to nuclear warfare.
megacorpses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of megacorpse
megadestruction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mega- + destruction.
Senses: glosses: Very large-scale destruction, especially resulting from nuclear warfare.
Related terms: megacorpse
megadeath
melon cutting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: I do not believe they wanted the money, but they wanted to do some melon cutting for the benefit of their shareholders.
ref: 1914, Official Report of Debates, House of Commons, volume 113, page 242:
glosses: The sharing out of profits or gambling winnings.
metapolicymaking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The making of metapolicy; creation of policies concerning other policies or policy development.
Mickey Mouse plants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mickey Mouse plant
midder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: midders
Senses: examples: text: You'd get a midder post down here in no time. And as I work from home, there'd be no problem about Hannah. I could do the school run and everything. Please, Ellie, give it some thought.
ref: 2002, Janet Ferguson, The Midwife Bride, page 10:
glosses: A midwife.
midders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of midder
eat up with a spoon
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: eats up with a spoon
form: eating up with a spoon
form: ate up with a spoon
form: eaten up with a spoon
Senses: examples: text: The public not only has the right to know, they eat it up with a spoon. Ratings rocketed.
ref: 2010, J. D. Robb, Rapture in Death:
text: I liked how relaxing it was, sleeping with Colin. He never pushed, and he touched me like I was worth memorizing, cherishing. I hadn't had a lot of that in my life, and heaven help me, I ate it up with a spoon.
ref: 2016, Hollis Shiloh, Keep:
glosses: To accept (something) very eagerly.
Related terms: hook, line and sinker
military advisor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: military advisors
Senses: glosses: A soldier sent to a foreign nation to aid that nation with military training, organization, and related tasks.
military advisors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of military advisor
milieu therapies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of milieu therapy
Dalgleish
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Dalgleishes
form: Dalglish
form: Danglish
Etymology: From Scottish Gaelic dail (“field”) + glas (“green”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
brahminical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /bɹəˈmɪnəkəl/
Forms: form: Brahminical
form: Braminical
Etymology: From brahmin + -ical.
Senses: examples: text: Now the Jains officially recognise all the Gods of the Hindu creed, as well as the Lingam and the Snake. They wear the Brahminical thread; they adhere to every claim of Hindu caste-law.
ref: 1901, Rudyard Kipling, chapter 11, in Kim, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, page 254:
text: Despite the strict brahminical régime of his household, W. C. Tuttle was all for modernity.
ref: 1961, V. S. Naipaul, A House for Mr Biswas, Penguin, published 1992, Part 2, Chapter 4, p. 435:
text: [Pandit Lalluram] pivoted on one buttock and broke wind. Dukhi leaned back to allow it free passage, wondering what penalty might adhere to the offence of interfering with the waft of brahminical flatus.
ref: 1995, Rohinton Mistry, chapter 3, in A Fine Balance, London: Faber & Faber, published 1997, page 113:
glosses: Of or relating to brahmins or Brahmanism.
Derived terms: brahminical thread
Millerandism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Millerand + -ism, after Alexandre Millerand (1859–1943), French politician.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: The policy of a socialist choosing to join a bourgeois government.
wikipedia: Alexandre Millerand
Related terms: Millerandist
aleatoricist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aleatoricists
Senses: glosses: An artist who uses aleatoricism in the creation of art.
aleatoricists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aleatoricist
bricolagist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bricolagists
Etymology: From bricolage + -ist.
Senses: topics: art
arts
glosses: An artist who uses bricolage in the creation of art.
cloisonnist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cloisonnists
form: Cloisonnist
Senses: glosses: An artist who works in the cloisonnism style.
cloisonnism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: art
arts
glosses: A school of postimpressionist painting
decollagist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: decollagists
Senses: glosses: An artist who uses décollage.
ought-not-ness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ought not + -ness.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
antonyms: oughtness
glosses: The quality of an action being morally obligatory not to perform.
Kidon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Hebrew כידון.
Senses: glosses: A department within Israel's Mossad that is allegedly responsible for assassinations.
pointen
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pointens
form: pointening
form: pointened
form: pointened
Etymology: From point + -en.
Senses: examples: text: Rumour was right on the other tack too; the line was a stiff one—not a mere plastered and pointened make-up, but a regular home-made rough one, with some very curious doubles—a lane that was neither good to get into or out of — and a brook about a mile from home, with very much the same kind of recommendation.
ref: 1851, Sporting Magazine, volume 18, page 419:
text: Only exceptionally the teeth are pointened as is very common with the Papuas of New-Guinea.
ref: 1926, MededeelIngen van den Dienst der Volksgezondheid in Nederlandsch-Indië:
text: "[…] Seriously, I think we ought to say 'through genetic accident or design' to avoid the improbability of a child falling down on the sidewalk and pointening his ears."
ref: 1976, Damon Knight, Orbit, page 249:
glosses: To make pointy or pointed
Slomka
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Slomkas
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Levalloisian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Levallois + -ian. Named after Levallois-Perret, a suburb of Paris where stone tools were found during the 19th century. Attested from the 20th century.
Senses: examples: text: O'Brien regards the Still-Bay as the final development of the Levalloisian, and, like Leakey, assigns it to the end of the Gamblian pluvial.
ref: 1902, D.J. Cunningham, “Right-handedness and left-brainedness. Huxley Memorial Lecture”, in Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, page 23:
topics: anthropology
archaeology
history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: Of or related to certain Middle Paleolithic cultures.
examples: text: Purely Levalloisian stone tools which might be called classic models have been found in the Altai and Unst’-Kansk caves on the Charysh and Strashnaya rivers (in the Tigerek mountains).
ref: 1990, A.P. Okladnikov, “Inner Asia at the dawn of history”, in Denis Sinor, editor, The Cambridge History of Early Inner Asia, volume 1, page 54, Julia Crookenden, translator:
glosses: Manufactured with the Levallois technique of flint knapping.
raw_tags: of stone tools
bricolagists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bricolagist
laminarinases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of laminarinase
litharenite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: litharenites
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A lithic sandstone
litharenites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of litharenite
lymphendothelial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of lymphoendothelial.
macrocultures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of macroculture
macrorheometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: macrorheometers
Etymology: From macro- + rheometer.
Senses: glosses: A relatively large rheometer
Related terms: macrorheology
malorganization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: malorganizations
Etymology: From mal- + organization.
Senses: glosses: Incorrect or faulty organization
megaread
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megareads
Etymology: From mega- + read.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A million reads (the identification of a million bases in a genome)
megareads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of megaread
meltcurve
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: meltcurves
form: melt curve
form: melting curve
Senses: glosses: A graphical representation of the melting behaviour of a material as it is heated
meltcurves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of meltcurve
mercaptoimidazole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mercaptoimidazoles
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any mercapto derivative of an imidazole, especially 2-mercaptoimidazole
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Any antithyroid drug based on such a compound
mercaptoimidazoles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mercaptoimidazole
metaflammation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metaflammations
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Any metabolic disorder that has characteristics of inflammation
Related terms: metaflammatory
metrocyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metrocytes
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A cell that undergoes mitosis to produce daughter cells
metrocytes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metrocyte
microcultivations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microcultivation
microrhizome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microrhizomes
Etymology: From micro- + rhizome.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A microscopic rhizome
microrhizomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microrhizome
microtopographical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From micro- + topographical.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of microtopographic.
minisonde
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: minisondes
Etymology: From mini- + sonde.
Senses: glosses: A miniature sonde
minisondes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of minisonde
monoconical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mono- + conical.
Senses: glosses: Composed of a single cone
mycoserologic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From myco- + serologic.
Senses: glosses: Related to mycoserology
mycoserology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From myco- + serology.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: The study of fungi in the blood
Related terms: mycoserologic
hotsilog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɒtsɪloɡ/
Forms: form: hotsilogs
form: hot-silog
form: Hotdog Silog
form: Hotdog silog
form: hotdog silog
form: Hot Dog Silog
form: Hot dog silog
form: hot dog silog
Etymology: Blend of hot dog + Tagalog silog.
Senses: glosses: a meal of hot dog with fried rice and fried egg
Related terms: bacsilog
bangsilog
chicsilog
cornsilog
hamsilog
longsilog
spamsilog
tapsilog
tosilog
Meillet's law
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after the French Indo-Europeanist Antoine Meillet, who discovered it.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonology
sciences
glosses: A Common Slavic accent law, according to which Slavic words have a circumflex on the root vowel (i.e. the first syllable) if that word had a mobile accent paradigm in Proto-Slavic and Proto-Balto-Slavic, regardless of whether the root had the Balto-Slavic acute register.
urushi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ʊˈɹuːʃi/
Etymology: From Japanese 漆 (urushi, “lacquer tree”).
Senses: examples: text: The unlacquered piece gave a negative reaction. Patch testing with 10 percent urushi lacquer gave a reaction similar to that from the lacquered wood.
ref: 1951, United States Armed Forces Medical Journal, volume 2, page 506:
glosses: Lacquer from the tree Toxicodendron vernicifluum.
Related terms: urushiol
charader
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: charaders
Etymology: From charade + -er.
Senses: examples: text: True, blacks put on their masters' demanded Sambo charade. True, some charaders became their Sambo act. […] But many slaves partially repelled their masters' psychological invasion.
ref: 1994, William Freehling, The Reintegration of American History: Slavery and the Civil War:
glosses: One who takes part in a charade.
charaders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of charader
ironfounder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -aʊndə(ɹ)
Forms: form: ironfounders
Etymology: From iron + founder.
Senses: glosses: One who founds or makes castings in iron.
Related terms: ironfounding
ironfounders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ironfounder
feltmaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: feltmakers
Etymology: From felt + maker.
Senses: synonyms: felter#Noun
glosses: A manufacturer of felt.
feltmakers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of feltmaker
Bintje
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbɪnt͡ʃə/
Forms: form: Bintjes
Etymology: From Dutch Bintje, diminutive of the name Benedictus. The potato was first produced in 1904 by Kornelis Lieuwes de Vries, a Frisian schoolmaster, and named after one of his pupils, a young woman named Bintsje Jansma (spelled with the Frisian diminutive suffix -tsje). (It was common practice in the Netherlands to use a diminutive form of male nicknames for women.)
Senses: glosses: A kind of potato produced in the Netherlands.
Bintjes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bintje
Chern class
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Chern classes
Etymology: Introduced by Shiing-Shen Chern (1946).
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
topology
glosses: Any of a group of characteristic classes associated with complex vector bundles, with applications in physics, string theory, etc.
Chern classes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Chern class
Chow group
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Chow groups
Etymology: Named after Wei-Liang Chow by Claude Chevalley (1958).
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The Chow groups of an algebraic variety over any field are algebro-geometric analogs of the homology of a topological space. The elements of the Chow group are formed out of subvarieties (so-called algebraic cycles) in a similar way to how simplicial or cellular homology groups are formed out of subcomplexes.
Related terms: Chow ring
Chow groups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Chow group
Gauss-Bonnet theorem
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Gauss-Bonnet theorem
Etymology: Named after Carl Friedrich Gauss, who was aware of a version of the theorem but never published it, and Pierre Ossian Bonnet, who published a special case in 1848.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
synonyms: Gauss-Bonnet formula
glosses: An important statement about surfaces in differential geometry, connecting their geometry (in the sense of curvature) to their topology (in the sense of the Euler characteristic).
Plücker matrix
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Plücker matrices
Etymology: Named after the German mathematician Julius Plücker.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A special skew-symmetric 4×4 matrix that characterizes a straight line in projective space, and is defined by six Plücker coordinates with four degrees of freedom.
wikipedia: Julius Plücker
Plücker matrices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Plücker matrix
Plücker embedding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Plücker embeddings
Etymology: Named after the German mathematician Julius Plücker.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A method of realizing the Grassmannian Gr_k(V) of all k-dimensional subspaces of an n-dimensional vector space V as a subvariety of a projective space.
wikipedia: Julius Plücker
Plücker embeddings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Plücker embedding
Plücker relation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Plücker relations
Etymology: Named after the German mathematician Julius Plücker.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Any of a group of simple quadratic relations that are satisfied by the Plücker embedding.
wikipedia: Julius Plücker
Plücker relations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Plücker relation
rough edges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: But overall, I think the railway delivered very well on my travels. I'd give it 9/10 - there are just a few little rough edges that need smoothing off.
ref: 2023 November 29, 'Mystery Shopper', “Does the railway deliver for passengers?”, in RAIL, number 997, page 53:
glosses: Minor imperfections.
Related terms: rough around the edges
Gaussian curvature
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Gaussian curvatures
Senses: synonyms: Gauss curvature
qualifier: differential geometry
glosses: The product of the principal curvatures of a surface at a given point.
Related terms: Gaussian curve
Gaussian function
more at Gaussian § Derived terms
Gauss curvature
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Gauss curvatures
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Gaussian curvature.
synonyms: word: Gaussian curvature
Gauss curvatures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Gauss curvature
Gaussian curvatures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Gaussian curvature
gashala
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gashalas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of goshala.
gashalas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gashala
pinjarapole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pinjarapoles
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pinjrapole.
pinjarapoles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pinjarapole
listener fatigue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: ear fatigue
listening fatigue
glosses: Feelings of tiredness, discomfort and loss of sensitivity after prolonged exposure to an auditory stimulus such as music or industrial noises.
triangle group
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: triangle groups
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A group that can be realized geometrically by sequences of reflections across the sides of a triangle.
triangle groups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of triangle group
neocyclomorusin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The cytotoxin 8,9-dihydro-6,12-dihydroxy-9-(1-hydroxy-1-methylethyl)-3,3-dimethyl-3H,7H-pyrano[2',3':7,8][1]benzopyrano[3,2-d][1]benzoxepin-7-one
nepenthesins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nepenthesin
neuroferritinopathies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neuroferritinopathy
pyratone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From a brand name, Pyratone.
Senses: examples: text: Many of these shafts looked so much like wood that, even today, the unknowing often mistake pyratone-covered shafts for wood shafts.
ref: 2003, Jeffery B. Ellis, The golf club: 400 years of the good, the beautiful & the creative:
glosses: A plastic-like substance once used for the outer coating of golf clubs.
neurolipofuscin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From neuro- + lipofuscin.
Senses: glosses: lipofuscin that has accumulated on a neuron as a result of normal ageing
neurosecretome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neurosecretomes
Etymology: From neuro- + secretome.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: That part of a proteome consisting of neuroproteins secreted from a cell
tetralateral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ætəɹəl
Etymology: From tetra- + lateral.
Senses: examples: text: The tetralateral PSD does not show the drawbacks related to carrier reinjection, since carrier reinjection is suppressed by a reverse-bias voltage.
ref: 1995, Hans Neber-Aeschbacher, Diffusion and Defect Data: Solid state phenomena, →ISBN, page 889:
topics: sciences
glosses: Quadrilateral.
neutrocytopenia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: An abnormally low concentration of neutrocytes in the blood
neutropoiesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The production of neutrocytes
Related terms: neutropoietic
neutropoietic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to neutropoiesis
nonblocker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonblockers
Etymology: From non- + blocker.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A subset of vertices in an undirected graph, all of which are adjacent to vertices outside of the subset
nonblockers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonblocker
nonexacerbating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + exacerbating.
Senses: glosses: Not exacerbating
Sabbath stick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sabbath sticks
Senses: topics: golf
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A golf club disguised as a walking stick (with the club's head held in the hand while walking) for use on Sundays, on which the Church of Scotland had discouraged the playing of golf.
Sabbath sticks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sabbath stick
nutraceutic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nutraceutical.
PWs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of PW
drive for show, putt for dough
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Etymology: Chosen for the rhyme. See dough (“money”).
Senses: topics: golf
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Long drive shots may look impressive, but putting accuracy on the green is most important in order to win.
umpie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: umpies
Etymology: umpire or ump + -ie.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Alternative form of umpy.
gonocysts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gonocyst
in-and-out trading
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Virtually all of this in-and-out trading was speculative, as is usually the case when traders enter and leave the market on the same day.
ref: 1957, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture, Milk: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Dairy Products:
topics: business
finance
glosses: The practice of buying shares and then selling them shortly afterward.
income-elastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more income-elastic
form: most income-elastic
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: Of a good or service: such that consumer demand increases in line with the amount of money that consumers have available to spend.
jigger-dubber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jigger-dubbers
Etymology: From the thieves' slang jigger (“a door”) and dub (“to close”).
Senses: glosses: A jailer.
jigger-dubbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jigger-dubber
EEFI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: EEFIs
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of essential elements of friendly information.
EEFIs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of EEFI
IAPs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of IAP
LOCs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of LOC
China grass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A plant, the true ramie (Boehmeria nivea).
incontinent ordinance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: incontinent ordinances
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Bombs or missiles that inadvertently strike friendly forces or sites.
incontinent ordinances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of incontinent ordinance
metapsychics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The study of psychic or metapsychic phenomena.
metapsychical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: metapsychic
parapsychical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: parapsychic
paratherapist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paratherapists
Etymology: From para- + therapist.
Senses: glosses: A paraprofessional trained to assist a therapist.
paratherapists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paratherapist
parapsychically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From parapsychic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a parapsychic manner.
metapsychically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From metapsychic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a metapsychic manner.
indifferentistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more indifferentistic
form: most indifferentistic
Senses: topics: human-sciences
lifestyle
philosophy
religion
sciences
glosses: Expressing or relating to indifferentism.
in benefit
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: In the case of dispute and victimisation benefit and legal assistance, the member must have paid twenty-six weekly trade union contributions, and must be in benefit in accordance with the general rule regarding arrears as explained above.
ref: 1951, Transport and General Workers' Union (Great Britain), The Union, its work and problems (page 19)
text: He must pay all he owes the Union and wait three months after that to be in benefit.
ref: 1966, Lloyd Ulman, The Rise of the National Trade Union:
glosses: Having paid one's dues to a trade union, and thus eligible for the benefits of membership.
ecocriticisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ecocriticism
ecocritically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more ecocritically
form: most ecocritically
Etymology: From ecocritical + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In terms of or by means of ecocriticism.
essentializer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: essentializers
Etymology: From essentialize + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who essentializes.
essentializers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of essentializer
essentialistically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more essentialistically
form: most essentialistically
Etymology: From essentialistic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In an essentialistic manner.
Bristols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bristol
scrunges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scrunge
scrunges
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of scrunge
TDN
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
glosses: Initialism of total digestible nutrients.
butyroid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From butyro- + -oid.
Senses: examples: a butyroid tumour
glosses: Having a buttery consistency.
razor and blades
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
glosses: A business model where one item is sold cheaply (or given away for free) in order to increase sales of a complementary good, such as blades for a razor, or ink cartridges for a printer.
tiddlywinker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tiddlywinkers
Etymology: From tiddlywink + -er.
Senses: synonyms: winker
qualifier: tiddlywinks
glosses: A player of the game of tiddlywinks.
tiddlywinkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tiddlywinker
liberty ship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: liberty ships
Etymology: Originally used in a speech by then U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt when the first of the ships were launched to emphasize their purpose, and then later spread.
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A simple, cheap cargo ship built in the United States during World War II.
kneaded erasers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kneaded eraser
tickler files
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tickler file
do bird
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: does bird
form: doing bird
form: did bird
form: done bird
form: do one's bird
Etymology: Originally Cockney rhyming slang, shortened from bird-lime for "time".
Senses: glosses: to do time (to serve a prison sentence).
liberty ships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of liberty ship
ALDE
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Initialism of Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe.
S&D
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Socialists and Democrats (“Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats”).
Related terms: Socialists and Democrats
Socialists & Democrats
Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats
S&D
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of song and dance.
S. D.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of South Dakota.
glosses: Abbreviation of San Diego.
National Front
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: * (France): Calque of French Front National, from front+national
Senses: glosses: Any particular party of several far-right nationalist political parties
topics: government
politics
glosses: Any particular party of several far-right nationalist political parties
Former name of National Rally (“Rassemblement National”).
Synonyms: NF
Related terms: Front National
Front National
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A far-right nationalist political party of South Africa.
Synonyms: FN
Related terms: National Front
National Rally
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Calque of French Rassemblement national.
Senses: topics: government
politics
related: word: NR
glosses: A far-right nationalist political party of France, formerly named National Front.
tiresomest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of tiresome: most tiresome
Le Pen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: le Pen
form: LePen
form: lePen
form: Lepen
form: Le-Pen
form: le-Pen
form: Pen
Etymology: Borrowed from French Le Pen.
Senses: examples: text: Whether a Hidalgo candidacy can galvanize the left and throw open an election in which Emmanuel Macron, the centrist president, and Marine Le Pen, the rightist candidate, remain favorites is unclear.
ref: 2021 September 2, Roger Cohen, “The French Left Is in Disarray, but Here Comes Anne Hidalgo”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 01 Dec 2021:
glosses: A surname from French.
ENF
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ENFs
Etymology: Initialism of embarrassed, naked (or sometimes nude) female.
Senses: topics: BDSM
lifestyle
sexuality
coordinate_terms: EUF
ENM
CMNF
CFNF
CFNM
hypernyms: humiliationplay
glosses: A form of sexual roleplay in which a woman acts out situations in which she is accidentally, unintentionally, unwillingly, or reluctantly naked and consequently embarrassed, ashamed, or humiliated.
Pornography depicting such a situation.
topics: BDSM
lifestyle
sexuality
coordinate_terms: EUF
ENM
CMNF
CFNF
CFNM
hypernyms: humiliationplay
glosses: A form of sexual roleplay in which a woman acts out situations in which she is accidentally, unintentionally, unwillingly, or reluctantly naked and consequently embarrassed, ashamed, or humiliated.
The woman in such a situation.
ENF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Europe of Nations and Freedom.
Related terms: MENF