cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
100 percent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: 100%
form: one hundred percent
form: one hundred per cent
form: a hundred percent
form: hundo P
Senses: examples: text: We are willing to provide 100 percent mortgages.
text: He has a 100 percent record of success.
glosses: complete, entire, whole
examples: text: I'm not 100 percent on that question.
glosses: Wholly sure; confident in one's knowledge.
Related terms: 💯
100 percent
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: 100%
form: one hundred percent
form: one hundred per cent
form: a hundred percent
form: hundo P
Senses: examples: text: I can assure you the we are 100 percent with you in this matter.
text: Many retailers are now offering 100 percent natural products.
glosses: Completely, entirely, wholly.
examples: text: “It’s obvious that to feel 100 percent you need matches,” Nadal said. “I didn’t compete for the last six months, so for me, the first goal is to go on court and feel myself competitive. That’s a good test, without great expectations.”
ref: 2020 September 25, Cindy Schmerler, “Rafael Nadal Goes for No. 13 in France”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Completely well.
100 percent
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: 100%
form: one hundred percent
form: one hundred per cent
form: a hundred percent
form: hundo P
Senses: examples: text: Your parcel has arrived. / Ah, 100 percent!
glosses: excellent, wonderful, magnificent
guige
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡiːʒ/
ipa: /ɡiːd͡ʒ/
rhymes: -iːʒ
rhymes: -iːdʒ
Forms: form: guiges
Etymology: In early uses, inherited from Middle English gige, and in more recent times re-borrowed from (or respelled according to) that word's source, Old French guige.
Senses: examples: text: The shape of the shield at this period […] has at the top of its right side what was called the bouche or mouth through which the lance was couched, as may be seen in Rous's work, to which I have so often referred, and the invention of which was as old as the time of Richard II. Within side are hooks and rings for the guige, and straps to attach it to the arm.
ref: 1824, Archaeologia, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts, Relating to Antiquity, page 509:
text: The shield, slung by its guige across the right shoulder, is slightly bowed, and has been triangular in its outline. No trace of armorial device or tincture can now be found on its surface.
ref: 1850, J. Hewitt, “Effigies of the De Sulneys at Newton Solney, Derbyshire”, in The Archaeological Journal, volume 7, page 361:
glosses: A strap attached to a shield, used to hang the shield over the shoulder or from the neck.
Related terms: enarme
parent-in-law
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parents-in-law
Etymology: From parent + -in-law.
Senses: glosses: One's spouse's parent.
Derived terms: word: co-parent-in-law
Related terms: mother-in-law
father-in-law
parents-in-law
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parent-in-law
patriarchs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of patriarch
matriarchs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of matriarch
percolated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of percolate
percolating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of percolate
toe touch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: toe touches
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
skateboarding
snowboarding
sports
glosses: Any of a plethora of different aerial tricks where one touches the top of one's feet.
runcinate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin runcinatus, from runcinare (“to plane off”).
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having tooth-like projections pointing away from the apex.
raw_tags: of leaves
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having a lacerated aspect with the projection pointing away from the apex, like dandelion leaves.
raw_tags: of leaves
Synonyms: sense: having tooth-like projections
word: retroserrate
Related terms: serrate
serrulate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Minutely serrate.
pierces
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pierce
pantograph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpantəɡɹɑːf/
ipa: /ˈpantəɡɹaf/
Forms: form: pantographs
form: pentegraph
Etymology: From French pantographe, from panto- (from Ancient Greek παντός (pantós), genitive singular of πᾶν (pân, “all”)), and -graphe (from γράφειν (gráphein, “to write”)).
Senses: examples: text: A pantograph can be adjusted to make either scaled or exact copies.
synonyms: lazy tongs
omnigraph
glosses: A mechanical linkage based on parallelograms causing two objects to move in parallel; notably as a drawing aid.
glosses: By extension, a structure of crosswise bars linked in such a way that it can extend and compress like an accordion, such as in a pantograph mirror or a scissor lift.
examples: text: I was impressed by the quality of the pantograph; I hadn't noticed it on the original, but the copies were covered in unpleasant lines.
glosses: A pattern printed on a document to reduce the ease of photocopying.
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: A similarly-formed conductive device, now usually Z-shaped, that collects electric current from overhead lines for trains and trams.
Derived terms: pantographer
pantography
micropantograph
Related terms: bow collector
trolley pole
pantograph
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpantəɡɹɑːf/
ipa: /ˈpantəɡɹaf/
Forms: form: pantographs
form: pantographing
form: pantographed
form: pantographed
form: pentegraph
Etymology: From French pantographe, from panto- (from Ancient Greek παντός (pantós), genitive singular of πᾶν (pân, “all”)), and -graphe (from γράφειν (gráphein, “to write”)).
Senses: glosses: To engrave by means of a pantograph (parallel linkage) system.
pantographs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pantograph
papal bull
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: papal bulls
Etymology: From Middle English bulle, from Old French bulle, from Medieval Latin bulla (“a round seal”), from Latin bulla (“bubble”).
Senses: synonyms: bull
glosses: A type of document or edict from the Pope.
Derived terms: bullarium
papal bulls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of papal bull
PB&J
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌpiːˌbiː.ənˈd͡ʒeɪ/
/ˌpiːˌbiː.n̩ˈd͡ʒeɪ/
/ˌpiːˌbiː.ænˈd͡ʒeɪ/
Forms: form: PB&Js
form: pee bee and jay
form: PB and J
form: PBJ
Senses: glosses: Initialism of peanut butter and jelly or peanut butter and jam, a sandwich made using these ingredients.
Related terms: peanut butter and jelly
piercings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of piercing
minuets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of minuet
minuets
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of minuet
redraft
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: redrafts
form: redrafting
form: redrafted
form: redrafted
Etymology: From re- + draft.
Senses: examples: text: maybe the metamorphoses are – as in Adaptation – a comment on the screenwriting process, and the way that characters’ identities are revised as the writer drafts and redrafts the script.
ref: 2020 September 1, Nicholas Barber, “Five stars for I'm Thinking of Ending Things”, in BBC:
text: The total collapse of franchising that followed forced Williams and Shapps to redraft a number of the recommendations.
ref: 2021 June 2, “Network News: "Root and branch" review three years in the making”, in RAIL, number 932, page 10:
glosses: To draft again
redraft
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: redrafts
Etymology: From re- + draft.
Senses: glosses: A second or subsequent draft
topics: business
finance
glosses: A new bill of exchange which the holder of a protested bill draws on the drawer or endorsers, for the amount of the bill, with costs and charges.
reecho
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reechos
form: reechoing
form: reechoed
form: reechoed
form: re-echo
form: reëcho
Etymology: From re- + echo.
Senses: examples: text: "That was a shot! But the captain will be glad! Ho, ho, here we are!" he cried till it was re-echoed from all the hills around.
ref: 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 93:
glosses: To echo again; to reverberate.
reecho
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reechos
form: reechoes
form: re-echo
form: reëcho
Etymology: From re- + echo.
Senses: glosses: A second or subsequent echo
reediness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From reedy + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being reedy
reemergence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reemergences
form: reëmergence
form: re-emergence
Etymology: From re- + emergence.
Senses: glosses: A second or subsequent emergence after being hidden etc.
Related terms: reemerge
reemployment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reemployments
form: reëmployment
Etymology: From re- + employment.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being reemployed
glosses: A second or subsequent employment
reenlistment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reenlistments
form: re-enlistment
Etymology: From re- + enlistment.
Senses: examples: text: Despite consistently high evaluations from supervisors, Watkins was denied reenlistment because he said he was gay.
ref: 1988 February 14, Elizabeth Pincus, “Army's Anti-Gay Policy Shot Down By Court”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number 30, page 1:
glosses: The condition of being reenlisted
glosses: A second or subsequent enlistment
reestablishment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reestablishments
form: re-establishment
form: reëstablishment
Etymology: From re- + establishment.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being reestablished; restoration.
glosses: A second or subsequent establishment.
reserpine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈsɜː.piːn/
ipa: /ɹɪˈsɝːˌpiːn/
Forms: form: reserpines
Etymology: From translingual R(auvolfia) serp(entina) + -ine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
pharmacology
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A compound of the alkaloid class obtained from Indian snakeroot (Rauvolfia serpentina) and other plants and used in the treatment of hypertension.
Derived terms: -serpine
resorption
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: resorptions
Senses: glosses: The act of resorbing.
glosses: The redissolving, wholly or in part, in the molten magma of an igneous rock, of crystals previously formed.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The loss and reassimilation of bone (or other) material.
Derived terms: hyperresorption
revisionist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈvɪʒənɪst/
Forms: form: more revisionist
form: most revisionist
Etymology: From revision + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: Wang interjected: "We are preparing large exhibitions of art done by workers, peasants and soldiers in cooperation with the art teachers and students. Among them is one popular work entitled 'Never Stop Struggling as Long as You Are Alive.' It is a painting depicting the story of our heroic soldiers fighting the Soviet revisionist troops when they invaded Chen Pao Island on our frontier. Yes," Wang said enthusiastically, "a new upsurge in art is taking form."
ref: 1972, Seymour Topping, Journey Between Two Chinas, Harper & Row, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 317:
text: [I]n the 575 days since [Oscar] Pistorius shot dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, there has been an unseemly scramble to construct revisionist histories, to identify evidence beneath that placid exterior of a pugnacious, hair-trigger personality.
ref: 2014 October 21, Oliver Brown, “Oscar Pistorius jailed for five years – sport afforded no protection against his tragic fallibilities: Bladerunner's punishment for killing Reeva Steenkamp is but a frippery when set against the burden that her bereft parents, June and Barry, must carry [print version: No room for sentimentality in this tragedy, 13 September 2014, p. S22]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Sport):
glosses: Of or pertaining to revisionism.
Derived terms: counter-revisionist
revisionistic
Related terms: revisionary
revisitant
revisionist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈvɪʒənɪst/
Forms: form: revisionists
Etymology: From revision + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: Later on, when he had loosened up considerably, he told an amusing story that he said took place during a Sino-Soviet border flare-up in 1969. "We had a hot line between the Soviet Union and ourselves then," he said, "but it had already become cold because the Kremlin never used it. At the time of the Chen Pao border incident, however, Kosygin picked it up and called us. When our operator answered, he said, 'This is Premier Kosygin. I would like to speak to Chairman Mao.' The operator, completely on his own, said, 'You are a revisionist, and therefore I will not connect you.' So Kosygin said, 'Well, if you will not try to reach the Chairman, will you please connect me with Prime Minister Chou.' But the operator gave the same unauthorized reply and broke the connection."
ref: 1978, Richard Nixon, RN: the Memoirs of Richard Nixon, Grosset & Dunlap, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 568:
glosses: A proponent of revisionism.
Derived terms: antirevisionist
counter-revisionist
unfrock
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unfrocks
form: unfrocking
form: unfrocked
form: unfrocked
Etymology: From un- + frock.
Senses: examples: text: Being a provincial priest—at first dressed as a layman, having been unfrocked for his modernism, but afterwards restored to his clerical privileges—he had a traditional admiration for all that was ecclesiastically important.
ref: 1952 May, George Santayana, “I Like to Be a Stranger”, in The Atlantic:
glosses: To remove from the clergy; to revoke the clerical status of.
Synonyms: defrock
disfrock
unpriest
unionism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unionisms
Etymology: From union + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: This isn't the time for militant unionism. If I were at ScotRail, in the current climate I'd trade a pay freeze [sic: pay rise?] for job security.
ref: 2020 December 2, Philip Haigh, “A winter of discontent caused by threat of union action”, in Rail, page 63:
coordinate_terms: syndicalism
glosses: The support of advocacy of a union, especially of a trade union.
glosses: Support for the North (the Union) during the American Civil War.
glosses: Support for the continuance of the United Kingdom (especially with respect to Northern Ireland).
Related terms: trade unionism
unionist
nationism
cookie jar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cookie jars
Senses: examples: text: I'll just put these cookies in the cookie jar and I'll be right out.
glosses: A vessel for storing cookies or other food.
examples: text: Everyone should review what cookies are stored in their Netscape cookie jar. It is a text file […]
ref: 2003, Bob Toxen, Real World Linux Security, page 265:
glosses: The storage space for browser cookies.
Derived terms: caught with one's hand in the cookie jar
cookie-jar accounting
cookie-jar reserve
unionist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjuː.ni.ə.nɪst/
Forms: form: more unionist
form: most unionist
Etymology: From union + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to unionism (in any sense).
unionist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjuː.ni.ə.nɪst/
Forms: form: unionists
Etymology: From union + -ist.
Senses: glosses: An advocate or supporter of unionism (in any sense).
glosses: A trade unionist.
short sale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: short sales
Senses: topics: business
real-estate
glosses: A property sale negotiated with a mortgage company in which a lender takes less than the total amount due.
qualifier: investments
glosses: A sale of a third-party bond, share, or similar financial instrument that entails borrowing the asset together with a concurrent obligation to transfer its ownership to a subsequent buyer (or to the original seller) in the hope that the price will decrease before any loan must be repaid or relevant fees become due.
topics: economics
sciences
glosses: A sale of a financial security, commodity, or other third-party asset that entails a contractual obligation to deliver the asset to a subsequent buyer at a specified date.
Synonyms: short selling
short
shorting
going short
selling short
Related terms: sell short
bloque
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bloques
form: bloquing
form: bloqued
form: bloqued
Senses: glosses: Rare spelling of block.
germaneness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From germane + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The property or condition of being germane.
chessmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chessman
cross-references
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cross-reference
cross-references
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cross-reference
co-workers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /kəʊˈwɜː.kəɹz/
Senses: glosses: plural of co-worker
downloadable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdaʊnˈləʊd.ə.bl̩/
ipa: /ˌdaʊnˈloʊd.ə.bl̩/
Etymology: From download + -able.
Senses: examples: text: While you do not have to cut prices on your downloadable "books," some publishers are tempted to cut the list price on their dead tree editions.
ref: 2000, Dan Poynter, The Self-Publishing Manual: How to Write, Print and Sell Your Own Book:
text: Network Rail has produced a free downloadable comic highlighting the consequences of railway trespass. Between March 23 and April 26, there were 1,024 trespass incidents on the railway. […] it is based on the company's award-winning safety film 18, which shows the dangers of trespass, especially around electrified lines.
ref: 2020 June 17, “Stop & Examine”, in Rail, page 71:
antonyms: undownloadable
glosses: Capable of being downloaded.
Coordinate terms: uploadable
Derived terms: nondownloadable
Related terms: downloadability
downloading
downloadable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdaʊnˈləʊd.ə.bl̩/
ipa: /ˌdaʊnˈloʊd.ə.bl̩/
Forms: form: downloadables
Etymology: From download + -able.
Senses: examples: text: But when you're talking about digital products and downloadables, the average product online digitally allows you to get a 50 percent commission.
ref: 2011, Carrie Wilkerson, The Barefoot Executive, page 159:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Something that can be downloaded.
is the Pope a Catholic
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of is the Pope Catholic?
neighborhoods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neighborhood
reformists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reformist
reformatted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having been formatted again.
reformatted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reformat
minorities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of minority
glover
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡlʌvə/
ipa: /ˈɡlʌvɚ/
rhymes: -ʌvə(ɹ)
Forms: form: glovers
Etymology: From Middle English glovere; equivalent to glove + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person who makes or sells gloves.
Synonyms: glovemaker
Derived terms: Glover
gloveress
glover's suture
glovers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glover
hygrophilous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hygro- + -philous.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: adapted for growth in a damp or wet environment.
raw_tags: of a plant
Derived terms: aerohygrophilous
rehabilitative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more rehabilitative
form: most rehabilitative
Etymology: From rehabilitate + -ive.
Senses: glosses: Tending to rehabilitate.
examples: text: The broken windows theory by no means advocates the more rehabilitative or psychotherapeutic remedies that characterize certain of the institutions described in Discipline and Punish.
ref: 2001, Bernard E. Harcourt, chapter 5, in Illusion of Order:
glosses: For the purpose of rehabilitation.
male member
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: male members
Etymology: The sense “penis” is a calque of Latin membrum virīle.
Senses: examples: text: We have four female members, and three male members.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see male, member.
glosses: Penis.
unintellectual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unintellectual
form: most unintellectual
Etymology: From un- + intellectual.
Senses: examples: text: A middle-aged peasant woman of a very common and unintellectual appearance was busy blowing into a blaze some branches and sticks of wood under the coffee-kettle on the open hearth.
ref: 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 296:
glosses: Not intellectual.
raw_tags: of a person
glosses: Not requiring the use of the intellect.
raw_tags: of a task
aliphatic PVA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Trade name.
Senses: glosses: A strong glue made from polyvinyl acetate mixed with any of a range of other materials such as resin
plighted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more plighted
form: most plighted
Etymology: From plight (“plait, fold”) + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: Clothes ſhall not bee tacked oꝛ plighted tyll the Auneger hath ſearched them.
ref: 1588, A Collection in English, of the Statutes now in force, […] , London: […] Deputies of Chriſtopher Barker:
text: They were call'd Blackfriers from their black Weed or Garmeat, which conſiſts in a white Caſſock and a Patience, over which they wear a Hood all of the ſame Colour: But when they go abroad, they put over their white Cloths a black plighted Cloak with a black Hood.
ref: 1708, Richard Newcourt, Repertorium Ecclesiasticum Parochiale Londinense: An Ecclesiastical Parochial History of the Diocese of London, volume 1, London: […] Benj. Motte, page 281:
glosses: Having plights; pleated; plated; folded.
plighted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of plight
twining
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: twinings
Senses: examples: text: In addition to autonomous movements in one plane we have also autonomous movements in space, such as torsions and twinings.
ref: 1907, Ludwig Jost, Robert John Harvey Gibson, Lectures on plant physiology:
glosses: A layout or motion that twines.
examples: text: Canon Bryan Rowe, quoted in the article. It's going to take months to put right. But you won't hear any twining [Cumbrian dialect for moaning]. Nobody is going: 'Woe is us'. Everybody is just trying to help somebody else.
ref: 2009 November 23, agency., “Cockermouth starts journey back from flood devastation”, in The Guardian:
glosses: complaining or grumbling
twining
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: White breast of the dim sea. The twining stresses, two by two. A hand plucking the harpstrings, merging their twining chords.
ref: 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 1]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:
glosses: That twines.
twining
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of twine
Related terms: twinning
concreta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of concretum
spliceosome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈsplaɪsioʊˌsoʊm/
/ˈsplaɪsəˌsoʊm/
Forms: form: spliceosomes
form: splicosome
Etymology: From splice + -o- + -some.
Senses: examples: text: This complex, termed a "spliceosome," is thought to contain components necessary for mRNA splicing; its existence can explain how separated exons on pre-mRNA are brought into contact.
ref: 1985 June 24, Edward Brody, “The "spliceosome": yeast pre-messenger RNA associates with 40S complex in a splicing-dependent reaction”, in Science, volume 228, number 4802, page 963:
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A dynamic complex of RNA and protein subunits that removes introns from precursor mRNA.
Derived terms: prespliceosome
spliceosomal
supraspliceosome
spliceosomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spliceosome
tilework
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: tīlʹ-wûrk'
ipa: /ˈtaɪlˌwɜː(ɹ)k/
other: /ˈtaɪlˌwɜːk/
other: /ˈtaɪlˌwɝk/
rhymes: -aɪlwɜː(ɹ)k
Etymology: From tile + work. Compare Saterland Frisian Tichelwíerk (“tilework”), West Frisian tichelwurk, tegelwurk (“tilework”), Dutch tegelwerk (“tilework”).
Senses: examples: text: Decorative tilework typically takes the form of mosaic upon the walls, floor, or ceiling of a building.
glosses: The arrangement of tiles on a surface.
Related terms: set tiles
tile
tilemaker
tiler
tilesetter
tile setter
tileworker
tileworks
tiling
azulejo
mosaic
tessellation
qPCR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: qPCRs
Senses: examples: text: Similar experiments in humans have been hampered because so far very few anti-human V_β (hV_β) monoclonal antibodies are available, although some important data have been generated with a labor-intensive quantitative polymerase chain reaction (QPCR).
ref: 1991 October 1, Yongwon Choi, “A Method for Production of Antibodies to Human T-Cell Receptor β-Chain Variable Regions”, in PNAS, volume 88, number 19, page 8357:
text: Quantitative or Real-Time PCR Real-time PCR, also called qPCR, is known as the second generation of PCR because it could be used to amplify and simultaneously quantify several target DNA molecules.
ref: 2014, Luis M. Botana, Seafood and Freshwater Toxins: Pharmacology, Physiology, and Detection, Third Edition:
text: This cheap and simple chemistry is optimal for single plex qPCRs. For multiplex qPCRs, specific chemistries which make use of probes are required.
ref: 2014, Harald Seitz, Molecular Diagnostics, page 61:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
genetics
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR).
qPCRs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of qPCR
ideat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ideats
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ideate.
susto
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An illness in Latin American cultures, a condition of fear and chronic somatic suffering stemming from one's own or others' emotional trauma.
arriviste
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæ.ɹɪˈviːst/
ipa: /ˌɑɹiˈvist/
Forms: form: arrivistes
Etymology: Borrowed from French arriviste.
Senses: examples: text: The second class in the bureaucracy, among whom are to be found most of the men occupying political posts just below the top, consists of arrivistes, who are enthusiastic Bolsheviks because of the material success of Bolshevism.
ref: 1920, Bertrand Russell, chapter V, in The Practice and Theory of Bolshevism:
glosses: An upstart or newcomer; nouveau riche; parvenu; an ambitious, brash or arrogant person who has yet to integrate with his or her new social group.
Derived terms: arrivistic
Related terms: social climber
drifter
stereoelectronic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌstɛɹ.i.oʊ.ɪ.lɛkˈtɹɑn.ɪk/
ipa: /ˌstɛɹ.i.əʊ.ɪ.lɛkˈtɹɒn.ɪk/
rhymes: -ɒnɪk
Etymology: From stereo- + electronic.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to the dependence of certain molecular properties upon the relative nuclear geometry in a given electron state.
Armalite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Armalites
Etymology: Brand name, presumably from arm and light, i.e. lightweight.
Senses: glosses: Any of several assault rifles originally made in the USA from the late 1950s.
Derived terms: Armalite and the ballot box
Armalite and the ballot box
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An electoral strategy pursued by the Irish Republican movement in the 1980s and early 1990s, where elections in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland were contested by Sinn Féin, while the IRA continued military operations against the British Army and RUC.
RUC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Whereas the R.U.C. was highly militarized and overwhelmingly Protestant, the current force has tried to be more representative of the community it polices — although because of a “substantial” terrorist threat from paramilitary groups opposed to the peace process, it is the only police force in the United Kingdom whose members regularly carry firearms.
ref: 2023 September 5, Megan Specia, “Northern Ireland Police Chief Resigns Amid Mounting Scandals”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
topics: government
law-enforcement
glosses: Initialism of Royal Ulster Constabulary (now known as the PSNI).
RUC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: RUCs
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of reporting unit code.
UFF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Ulster Freedom Fighters.
organofluorine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From organo- + fluorine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing an organic compound containing one or more fluorine atoms.
organofluorine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: organofluorines
Etymology: From organo- + fluorine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An organic compound containing fluorine.
Related terms: organohalogen
eusociality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From eusocial + -ity.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Reproductive specialization, in which most individuals of a species are genetically infertile; the state of being eusocial.
haplotyping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of haplotype
organo-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: organs of the body
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
qualifier: sometimes hyphenated
glosses: compounds in which an organic group is attached to an inorganic element or grouping
raw_tags: forms adjectives and nouns
glosses: organic matter (in the soil, etc.)
Derived terms: organoalkali
organogenous
organographical
organolite
organosiloxane
organo-siloxane
organohalogen
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: organo-halogen
Etymology: From organo- + halogen.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing an organic compound containing one or more halogen atoms.
organohalogen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: organohalogens
form: organo-halogen
Etymology: From organo- + halogen.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An organic compound containing a halogen.
Related terms: organofluorine
organobromine
organochlorine
organoiodine
organobromine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From organo- + bromine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing an organic compound containing one or more bromine atoms.
organobromine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: organobromines
Etymology: From organo- + bromine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An organic compound containing bromine.
Related terms: organohalogen
organoiodine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From organo- + iodine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing an organic compound containing one or more iodine atoms.
organoiodine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: organoiodines
Etymology: From organo- + iodine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An organic compound containing iodine.
Hyponyms: acetrizoic acid
adipiodone
adosterol
amiodarone
butyl iodide
carbon tetraiodide
chiniofon
diatrizoic acid
diiodohydroxypropane
diiodohydroxyquinoline
diiodomethane
domiodol
ethyl iodide
herapathite
iobenguane
iobenzamic acid
iobitridol
iocarmic acid
iocetamic acid
iodixanol
iodoacetamide
iodobenzene
iodoform
iodomethane
iodosobenzene
iodoxamic acid
ioglicic acid
ioglycamic acid
iomeprol
iopamidol
iopanoic acid
iotrolan
isopropyl iodide
methiodal
metrizamide
metrizoic acid
organoiodine compound
pentafluoroethyl iodide
propyliodone
sodium acetrizoate
tyropanoic acid
Related terms: organohalogen
definatly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of definitely.
azuki
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of adzuki.
adzuki
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adzukis
form: azuki
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 小豆(あずき) (azuki, literally “small bean”). In Japanese, it was historically pronounced /aduki/, but /du/ eventually transformed into /zu/, and was variously romanized as "dzu" and "zu" (compare kudzu).
Senses: examples: text: Adzukis need 118 days to start bearing.
ref: 2003, Carla Emery, The Encyclopedia of Country Living, 9th edition, →ISBN, page 289:
synonyms: azuki
adzuki bean
azuki bean
glosses: Either the plant or the seed of the azuki bean.
Yawuru
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Jauor
Senses: glosses: A Nyulnyulan language of the indigenous people of Western Australia.
glosses: An indigenous people of the area around Broome in Western Australia, who formerly used the Yawuru language.
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Yawuru terms
Magati Ke
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Marti Ke.
Marti Ke
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Magati Ke
form: Magadige
form: Mati Ke
form: Magati Gair
Senses: glosses: An indigenous language of Australia's Northern Territory near Wadeye.
Related terms: zmg ⁠
Amurdag
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An indigenous language of Australia's Northern Territory.
Synonyms: Amurdak
Amurag
Amarag
Wureidbug
Amarag
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The Amurdag language of Australia.
interplant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + plant.
Senses: examples: text: In interplant and interdepartmental shipments, it has been found that the cost of packaging is prohibitive where the articles or bodies of merchandise are individually crated or cased.
ref: 1935, Roy C. Ingersoll, "Ring for Packaging," US Patent 2119745 http://www.google.com/patents?id=-dpIAAAAEBAJ, page 2
topics: business
manufacturing
glosses: Between manufacturing plants or divisions.
examples: text: the patented machine functions to deposit the plants onto the field at only one fixed spatial relationship whereby the machine cannot accommodate different crops and/or different growing conditions wherein different interplant spacings might be required.
ref: 1977, Lawrence L. Ingram et al., "Transplanting apparatus," US Patent 4104975, page 8
topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
glosses: Between plants.
Derived terms: interplant distance
interplant
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: interplants
form: interplanting
form: interplanted
form: interplanted
Etymology: From inter- + plant.
Senses: examples: text: The most extensive of these field tests was conducted in a 5-acre young apple orchard temporarily interplanted, as is frequently the custom, with peach trees.
ref: 1931, Wendell H. Tisdale, "Insect Repellent," US Patent 2205232 http://www.google.com/patents?id=JFplAAAAEBAJ, page 4
topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
glosses: To alternate plantings of two or more species.
Related terms: transplant
psyllid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈsɪlɪd/
Forms: form: psyllids
Etymology: From translingual Psyllidae, from Ancient Greek ψύλλα (psúlla).
Senses: examples: text: Psyllids, sometimes called 'suckers', may either be regarded as constituting a single large family (sensu stricto) of about 2000 species, or else about eight closely related families (sensu lato).
ref: 1987, Dennis S. Hill, Agricultural Insect Pests of Temperate Regions and Their Control, page 207:
text: 1995, J. W. Beardsley, K. S. Hagen, J. R. Leeper, R, L. Tassan, 17: Acacia Psyllid, James Robert Nechols (editor), Biological Control in the Western United States, page 91,
The acacia psyllid, Acizzia uncatoides (Ferris & Klyver) (formerly Psylla uncatoides), feeds primarily on the young terminal growth of Acacia and Albizia species.
text: 2006, Elizabeth Grafton-cardwell, Asian Citrus Psyllid, ANR Publication 8205, University of California Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, page 3,
Psyllids extract large quantities of sap from the plant as they feed and produce copious amounts of honeydew.
glosses: Any of the host-specific plant-feeding insects of the family Psyllidae, which feed on plant juices.
Synonyms: sense: any species of family Psyllidae
word: jumping plant louse
Derived terms: potato psyllid
psyllids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of psyllid
citrus greening
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A plant disease afflicting citrus trees, caused by the bacterium Liberibacter asiaticus and carried by a psyllid vector.
Synonyms: huanglongbing
yellow dragon disease
acinar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæsɪnɑɹ/
Etymology: From acinus + -ar.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or located in an acinus.
Synonyms: acinal
acinary
acinic
Derived terms: centriacinar
interacinar
intraacinar
microacinar
multiacinar
panacinar
periacinar
preacinar
proacinar
pseudoacinar
tubuloacinar
ammonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ammonia + -ic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Relating to ammonia.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the cornu ammonis.
Synonyms: ammonical
Derived terms: temporoammonic
warp bubble
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: warp bubbles
Etymology: Coined in 1994 by Mexican physicist Miguel Alcubierre.
Senses: topics: astrophysics
literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: A detached region of spacetime which is theoretically capable of moving faster than the speed of light.
wikipedia: Miguel Alcubierre
ammonical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ammonical
form: most ammonical
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to ammonia.
Synonyms: ammonic
warp bubbles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of warp bubble
superfast
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsupɚˌfæst/
Etymology: From super- + fast.
Senses: examples: text: The plane's large rear doors swallowed up my friend in superfast time, its departure sandblasting everyone in red prop wash as it vaporised down the main street and into the afternoon's dust-bowl sky.
ref: 2005, Paul Carter, Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs, Crows Nest: Allen and Unwin, page 23:
glosses: Extremely fast.
superfast
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsupɚˌfæst/
Etymology: From super- + fast.
Senses: glosses: At extremely high speed.
ammoniac
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ammoniac
form: most ammoniac
form: armoniac
Etymology: From Middle English ammoniak, from Medieval Latin ammōniacum.
Senses: examples: text: an ammoniac salt; ammoniacal gas
glosses: Of or relating to ammonia, or possessing its properties.
Derived terms: sal ammoniac
uroammoniac
Related terms: ammoniacal
ammoniac
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: armoniac
Etymology: From Middle English ammoniak, from Medieval Latin ammōniacum.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ammoniacum.
hydroxamate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /haɪˈdɹɑksəˌmeɪt/
ipa: /haɪˈdɹɒksəˌmeɪt/
Forms: form: hydroxamates
Senses: examples: text: In general, the hydroxamates are used for flotation of oxidic minerals (pyrochlore, cassiterite and ilmenite), rare-earth oxides and oxide copper minerals.
ref: 2007, Srdjan M. Bulatovic, Handbook of Flotation Reagents: Chemistry, Theory and Practice, →ISBN, page 13:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A hydroxylamine compound containing a CONOH group, often serving as chelating agents.
Derived terms: monohydroxamate
hydroxamates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hydroxamate
plaquette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plaquettes
Etymology: Borrowed from French plaquette (“small plaque”), allegedly coined in the 1860s.
Senses: glosses: A small metal tablet decorated in bas-relief, usually with a design including figures.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The smallest closed loop, enclosing the region between four lattice sites, in lattice gauge theory.
plaquettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plaquette
half-halt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: half-halts
Etymology: From half- + halt.
Senses: glosses: A specific riding aid given by an equestrian to their horse, in which the driving aids and restraining aids are applied in quick succession, used as a warning signal or to rebalance the horse.
Swindonians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Swindonian
sanguineness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sanguine + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The property of being sanguine.
sand storm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sand storms
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sandstorm.
effortfulness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From effortful + -ness.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: subjective experience of exertion or effort involved in performing an activity
sandstorms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sandstorm
sand storms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sand storm
sandflea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sandfleas
Etymology: From sand + flea.
Senses: glosses: Any insect of the species of flying, biting, blood-sucking two-winged flies encountered in sandy areas.
glosses: One of the Talitridae family of marine amphipod crustaceans.
Synonyms: sense: insect
word: sandfly
sense: insect
word: sand fly
sense: insect
word: no-see-um
sense: insect
word: no-see-em
sense: insect
word: noseeum
sense: insect
word: sand gnat
sense: insect
word: punkie
sense: insect
word: punky
worthwhileness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌwɜːθˈwaɪlnəs/
ipa: /-ˈʍaɪl-/
ipa: /ˌwɜɹθˈwaɪlnəs/
ipa: /-ˈʍaɪl-/
Etymology: From worthwhile + -ness (suffix attached to adjectives forming nouns meaning ‘the measure of being [the adjective]’ or ‘the quality or state of being [the adjective]’).
Senses: synonyms: worthiness
glosses: The condition or extent of being worthwhile.
Related terms: justification
warrantedness
brews
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɹuːz/
homophone: bruise
rhymes: -uːz
Senses: glosses: plural of brew
brews
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɹuːz/
homophone: bruise
rhymes: -uːz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of brew
succouring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of succour
succoured
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of succour
succoring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of succor
succored
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of succor
caterwauls
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of caterwaul
caterwauled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of caterwaul
gigging
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɪɡɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪɡɪŋ
Etymology: From gig + -ing.
Senses: topics: broadcasting
entertainment
film
lifestyle
media
music
television
theater
glosses: gerund of gig (in various senses).
The act of engaging in a musical performance, acting in a theatre production, etc.
glosses: gerund of gig (in various senses).
The practice of working at a job, especially one that is freelance or temporary, or done on an on-demand basis.
examples: text: A community of chimpanzees living on the edges of the savanna in Senegal has learned to fashion and use spears, which they sharpen with their teeth. These are chimps we've been observing for two hundred years; they never used spears. Now they've begun spiking little bush babies with them. The bush babies hide in hollow trees. The chimps do a sort of frog-gigging number on them and pull them out like fondue.
ref: 2011, John Jeremiah Sullivan, “Violence of the Lambs”, in Pulphead: Dispatches from the Other Side of America, London: Vintage Books, published 2012, →ISBN, page 323:
glosses: gerund of gig (in various senses).
The act of catching or fishing with a gig or fizgig.
gigging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɪɡɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪɡɪŋ
Etymology: From gig + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of gig
morpions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of morpion
crabbing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈkɹæbɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of crab
crabbing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkɹæbɪŋ/
Forms: form: crabbings
Senses: glosses: The act or art of catching crabs.
glosses: 1914, Frederick Gordon, Fairview Boys at Lighthouse Cove
glosses: 1914, Frederick Gordon, Fairview Boys at Lighthouse Cove:
"It will take more than one Summer to dig all over this place," spoke Bob. "And it will spoil all our other fun. I want to have some swimming, boating and crabbing. You can have all the treasure you get, Sammy."
"It will take more than one Summer to dig all over this place," spoke Bob. "And it will spoil all our other fun. I want to have some swimming, boating and crabbing. You can have all the treasure you get, Sammy."
topics: falconry
hobbies
hunting
lifestyle
glosses: The fighting of hawks with each other.
glosses: bickering.
qualifier: wool manufacture
glosses: A process of scouring cloth between rolls in a machine.
flopping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of flop
flopping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: floppings
Senses: examples: text: […] it belongs to the realm of magnetic currents or to the binding properties of steel girders and not to the floppings of grass or the contours of the parochial churchyard.
ref: 1916, Ezra Pound, Gaudier-Brzeska: A Memoir:
glosses: The motion of something that flops.
Derived terms: Rabi flopping
flopped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of flop
scarfs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scarf
scarfs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of scarf
scarfing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of scarf