cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
gammon
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: gă'mən
ipa: /ˈɡæmən/
rhymes: -æmən
Forms: form: gammons
form: gammoning
form: gammoned
form: gammoned
Etymology: Perhaps related to the first etymology, with reference to tying up a ham.
Senses: examples: text: “No, by thunder !” he cried, “it's us must break the treaty when the time comes; and till then I'll gammon that doctor, if I have to ile his boots with brandy.”
ref: 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC, part VI (Captain Silver), page 251:
glosses: To lash with ropes (on a ship).
gammon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: gă'mən
ipa: /ˈɡæmən/
rhymes: -æmən
Etymology: Perhaps a special use of the word from etymology 2.
Senses: examples: text: Some people maintains^([sic]) that an Englishman's house is his castle. That's gammon.
ref: 1836 March – 1837 October, Charles Dickens, chapter XXIV, in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1837, →OCLC, page 251:
text: “Gammon, Pen—go on,” Foker said.
ref: 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 46, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:
text: He swore that all other religions were gammon, / And wore out his knees in the worship of Mammon.
ref: 1911, Ambrose Bierce, “Mammon”, in The Devil’s Dictionary, New York, N.Y.; Washington, D.C.: The Neale Publishing Company, →OCLC:
synonyms: gammon and pickles
glosses: Chatter, ridiculous nonsense.
gammon
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: gă'mən
ipa: /ˈɡæmən/
rhymes: -æmən
Forms: form: gammons
form: gammoning
form: gammoned
form: gammoned
Etymology: Perhaps a special use of the word from etymology 2.
Senses: examples: text: And no use for anyone to tell Charles that this was because the Family was in mourning for Mr Granville Darracott […]: Charles might only have been second footman at Darracott Place for a couple of months when that disaster occurred, but no one could gammon him into thinking that my lord cared a spangle for his heir.
ref: 1959, Georgette Heyer, chapter 1, in The Unknown Ajax:
text: This blackfulla's driving a car. Copper stops 'im, says, “Did you know you were speeding?” Blackfulla says, “No.” His Missus goes, “Oh yeah you did, eh.” Cop says, “Did you know your tail lights aren't working? Guy says, "No". His missus says, "You did an' all, Dont you gammon to them coppers." Guy goes to his Missus, "Shut up!" Copper asks the Missus, "Does he always talk to you like that?" She goes, "Only when he's drunk!"
ref: 2016, Cathy McLennan, Saltwater, →ISBN:
glosses: To deceive; to lie plausibly to.
gammon
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: gă'mən
ipa: /ˈɡæmən/
rhymes: -æmən
Forms: form: more gammon
form: most gammon
Etymology: Perhaps a special use of the word from etymology 2.
Senses: examples: text: I was just being gammon.
text: She ripped the fake coins off […] and tried a black lacy veil, which covered Kerry's forehead, mouth and chin, rendering her mysterious. ‘I look like a Muslim,’ Kerry said doubtfully. […] It was better than the gammon coins though, so she left it.
ref: 2018, Melissa Lucashenko, Too Much Lip, University of Queensland Press, published 2023, page 112:
related: word: gammin
qualifier: Australian Aboriginal; chiefly Queensland; Northern Territory; Australian Aboriginal; chiefly Queensland; Northern Territory
glosses: Fake, pretend; bullshit.
gammon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: gă'mən
ipa: /ˈɡæmən/
rhymes: -æmən
Forms: form: gammons
Etymology: Gained popularity in 2017 (in the phrase "Great Wall of Gammon", likening the referents' rosy complexions to gammon (“ham, bacon”)), although the metaphor was in use earlier: the BBC points to a 2016 use of “gammon face”.
Senses: examples: text: Yeah, let the bitch drown / Got the gammons all feeling sick now / Great Britannia's lost all hope, she's broke
ref: 2022, “Take That”, performed by Bob Vylan:
text: I was expecting the Guardian to portray me as an old gammon and pair me up with some radical with coloured hair. Then she walked through the door with blue hair, which was rather amusing!
ref: 2025 August 10, Sam Wollaston, quoting Martin, “Dining across the divide: ‘I expected to be portrayed as an old gammon and paired up with some radical with coloured hair’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: A middle-aged or older right-wing, reactionary white man, or such men collectively.
Related terms: Karen
gammonati
squirreling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of squirrel
squirreling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The storing of something when in abundance against a time when it will be scarce (after the manner of a squirrel)
topics: Scientology
lifestyle
religion
glosses: The application of L. Ron Hubbard's technology in a heterodox manner.
manumation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of manual + automation
Senses: examples: text: 1999, Frank Sklarsky (interviewee), “DaimlerChrysler: Revving the Finance Engine”, Financial Executive
One operating tip: "Always move from manumation to automation," Sklarsky advises. "Any time there's a piece of information, record it once. Then you can funnel it where it needs to go and let the computer do the reporting."
text: 2003 April, Kalle Kangas, Business Strategies for Information Technology Management, page 179, Idea Group Inc., IRM Press
Indeed, without a firm connection to good external benchmarks (best practice, best-of-class indicators) companies can fall victim to manumation, simply automating old, outdated processes.
text: 2005, Maria A. Wimmer, ed. Electronic Government: 4th International Conference, EGOV 2005, Copenhagen, Denmark, page 5 - citing L. Mohan and W. K. Holstein, Decision support systems: an applications perspective. Albany: Unpublished draft, 1998.
In contrast, the "manumation" of processes through traditional MIS never facilitated such rapid change in strategy and structure.
text: When asked about the biggest risk the organization faced with this effort, the CFO replied “Manumation. Automation of our existing manual processes. . . .”
ref: 2006, C. Cristian Wulf, CFO Insights: Enabling High Performance Through Leading Practices for Finance ERP, John Wiley and Sons, page v:
topics: business
glosses: Applying technology to automate a business process that produces the same results as the manual process before automation.
snowmeow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snowmeows
form: snow meow
form: snowmew
form: snow mew
Etymology: From snow + meow, originally the name of a character in the 1980s TV cartoon series ThunderCats.
Senses: examples: text: *cool* cuddles from thys snowmeow *purrpurr* (title)
ref: 1995, Tobias Köhler, alt.cuddle (Usenet):
text: Awww...I can't be a Canadian snowmeow... :(
ref: 1996, Elisabeth B. Shaw, alt.fan.furry (Usenet):
text: I have a friend whose white Volvo bears the plate SNOLPRD (pronounced "SnowMeow"), I have never done the vanity plate thing myself tho.
ref: 1997, Dale Farmer, alt.fan.furry (Usenet):
text: After recovering from laughing so hard she fell out of her chair, Teph gives the snowmeow a thumbs up.
ref: 1998, Tephra Adularia, alt.lifestyle.furry (Usenet):
text: 2002, Jarrod Henry, in alt.fan.lion-king http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.lion-king/msg/78de49600502fe13?dmode=source
That's how a french canadian snowleopard meows. … Not that I am a french canadian snowmeow or anything.. I'm just your prototypical Tennessee snowmeow..
text: 2003, Elizabeth A. Johnson, in alt.lifestyle.furry http://groups.google.com/group/alt.lifestyle.furry/msg/5d1665f349b811ac?dmode=source
I should've been born a snowmeow.
text: 2008, Moonspell, in p2pgr
Snow leopard is a snowmeow.
glosses: A snow leopard.
Synonyms: snep
GIDEON
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Global Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology Network, a medical decision support tool.
unpurposed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unpurposed
form: most unpurposed
Etymology: From un- + purposed.
Senses: examples: text: If that Law did well to reduce from liberty to bondage for an ingratitude not the greatest, much more became it the Law of God to enact the restorement of a free born man from an unpurpos’d, and unworthy bondage to a rightfull liberty for the most unnatural fraud and ingratitude that can be committed against him.
ref: 1645 March 14 (Gregorian calendar), John Milton, Tetrachordon: Expositions upon the Foure Chief Places in Scripture, which Treat of Mariage, or Nullities in Mariage. […], London: [s.n.], →OCLC, page 32:
text: He was distinguished from his fellows by the fact that each year he grew more aware that he hadn’t even a dim candle of talent; that he was ill-planned and unpurposed; that he would have to settle down to the ordinary gray limbo of jobs and offices […]
ref: 1917, Sinclair Lewis, The Job, New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co., Part I, Chapter 5, §3, p. 60:
text: ‘Your questions about Mrs Jepp, I can’t possibly answer them, ‘said Mervyn, looking at his watch but unpurposed, settling into his chair […]
ref: 1957, Muriel Spark, chapter 7, in The Comforters, London: Macmillan:
synonyms: aimless
goalless
purposeless
glosses: Without purpose.
examples: text: When I did make thee free, sworest thou not then
To do this when I bade thee? Do it at once;
Or thy precedent services are all
But accidents unpurposed.
ref: c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene xiv]:
text: 1640, William Whately, Prototypes, London: Edward Langham, The Thirteenth Example, pp. 199-200,
[…] the Lord will surely accept him and forgive his unpurposed offences and sinnes of meere weakenesse and frailty.
text: It was written in very small characters—perhaps an unpurposed indication of the misgivings with which she allowed herself to pen the words.
ref: 1893, George Gissing, chapter 7, in The Odd Women, volume I, London: Lawrence & Bullen, page 188:
text: O pitying strangers, since ye will not hear
My old blind father, for some tales ye have heard
Of his unpurposed sin, Oh, still give ear
To a lost maiden, and accept the word
I speak for his sake […]
ref: 1948, Gilbert Murray, transl., Sophocles: Oedipus at Colonus, London: George Allen & Unwin, page 33:
synonyms: word: inadvertent
word: undesigned
word: unintended
word: unintentional
word: accidental
word: designless
word: inadvertent
word: involuntary
word: undesigned
word: unintended
word: unintentional
word: unplanned
word: unpurposed
word: unwitting
glosses: Not deliberate.
rumbullion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rumbullions
Senses: glosses: Rum, the spirit.
examples: A. E. Coppard
[…] Rufus got hold of a gun and fired it off up chimney, and down come the soot, bushels of it! All over the room, and a chimney-pot burst and rattled down the tiles into a prambulator. What a rumbullion.
glosses: A great tumult.
disenchanted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of disenchant
disenchanted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more disenchanted
form: most disenchanted
Senses: examples: text: I visited Chiang Kai-shek at a lake resort on Taiwan. Chiang still dreamed of returning to the mainland, and once again he urged that America support such an effort. He argued that the Chinese on the mainland were disenchanted with their leaders and ready to rally to another force.
ref: 1978, Richard Nixon, RN: the Memoirs of Richard Nixon, Grosset & Dunlap, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 282:
glosses: Disappointed; having lost belief or enthusiasm through bad experience.
examples: text: And the sword that had visited Earth from so far away smote like the falling of thunderbolts [...] and the runes in Alveric’s far-travelled sword exulted, and roared at the elf-knight; until in the dark of the wood, amongst branches severed from disenchanted trees, with a blow like that of a thunderbolt riving an oak-tree, Alveric slew him.
ref: 1924, Lord Dunsany, chapter III, in The King of Elfland's Daughter, New York: G.P. Puttnam's Sons, page 30:
glosses: Having had a magical spell or enchantment removed; no longer enchanted.
Derived terms: disenchantedly
disenchantedness
undisenchanted
spousal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈspaʊzəl/
ipa: /ˈspaʊzəl/
ipa: /ˈspaʊsəl/
rhymes: -aʊzəl
Forms: form: more spousal
form: most spousal
Etymology: From spouse + -al.
Senses: glosses: of or relating to marriage
examples: text: There ſhall vvee conſummate our ſpouſall rites.
ref: c. 1588–1593 (date written), [William Shakespeare], The Most Lamentable Romaine Tragedie of Titus Andronicus: […] (First Quarto), London: […] Iohn Danter, and are to be sold by Edward White & Thomas Millington, […], published 1594, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], signature [B4], verso:
text: We identify the degree of complementarity by calibrating #92;rho such that the model matches the reduced-form spousal spillover impact of the 2011 Norwegian pension reform.
ref: 2025 October 24, Sigurd M. Galaasen, Herman Kruse, “Spousal spillovers in the labor market: A structural assessment”, in Review of Economic Dynamics, volume 58, →DOI:
glosses: of or relating to a spouse, spouses; to the relationship between spouses
Derived terms: spousal abuse
spousal support
spousal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈspaʊzəl/
ipa: /ˈspaʊzəl/
ipa: /ˈspaʊsəl/
rhymes: -aʊzəl
Forms: form: spousals
Etymology: From Middle English spousaille, from Old French esposaille, espousaille, espousalle, Anglo-Norman (e)spusaille, esposalie, sposale, spousaille.
Senses: examples: text: The Spouſals of Hippolita the Queen;
ref: 1700, [John] Dryden, “Palamon and Arcite: Or, The Knight’s Tale. In Three Books.”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, book I, page 2:
text: Knowing well to celebrate / With song and hue and star and state, / With tender light and youthful cheer, / The spousals of the new-born year.
ref: 1867, Ralph Waldo Emerson, “May-Day”, in May-Day and Other Pieces, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, →OCLC, page 17:
glosses: Espousal; marriage; nuptials.
spirant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈspaɪəɹənt/
ipa: /ˈspaɪɹənt/
Forms: form: spirants
Etymology: From Latin spirans, present participle of spīrō (“I blow”). Compare inspire, expire, respiration, etc.
Senses: examples: text: Spirant consonants are those in which the mouth passage is simply narrowed without any actual contact.
ref: 1888, Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer:
text: The raising of the stem indicated the opening of the consonant to a ‘spirant’ […]
ref: 1955, J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix E:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A non-sibilant fricative.
Synonyms: fricative
Derived terms: spirant mutation
dunt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dunts
Etymology: From Middle English dunt, dynt, from Old English dynt (“dint, blow, strike, stroke, bruise, stripe, thud, the mark or noise of a blow, a bruise, noise, crash”), from Proto-West Germanic *dunti, from Proto-Germanic *duntiz (“shock, blow”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰen- (“to beat, push”). Cognate with Swedish dialectal dunt (“stroke”). Doublet of dent and dint.
Senses: examples: text: He was alive to every creak andd dunt, the thinness of the walls, as if the tenement block was a kind of aural panopticon that funnelled every sound to the other residents, let everyone eavesdrop on their business.
ref: 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 274:
glosses: A stroke; a dull-sounding blow.
dunt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dunts
form: dunting
form: dunted
form: dunted
Etymology: From Middle English dunt, dynt, from Old English dynt (“dint, blow, strike, stroke, bruise, stripe, thud, the mark or noise of a blow, a bruise, noise, crash”), from Proto-West Germanic *dunti, from Proto-Germanic *duntiz (“shock, blow”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰen- (“to beat, push”). Cognate with Swedish dialectal dunt (“stroke”). Doublet of dent and dint.
Senses: examples: text: Syne he was the king of France, and fought hard with a whin bush till he had banged it to pieces. After that nothing would content him but he must be a bogle, for he found his head dunting on the stars and his legs were knocking the hills together.
ref: 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:
glosses: To strike; give a blow to; knock.
dunt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The disease gid or sturdy in sheep.
dunt
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Forms: form: dun't
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of don't.
prurience
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈpɹʊəɹiəns/
Forms: form: pruriences
Senses: examples: text: There is a prurience in the speech of some.
ref: 1782, William Cowper, “Conversation”, in Poems, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], →OCLC:
glosses: The quality of being prurient.
Synonyms: pruriency
retinoblastoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: retinoblastomas
form: retinoblastomata
Etymology: From retino- + blastoma.
Senses: examples: text: Retinoblastoma has two distinct variants, an inherited “familial” form and a sporadic form.
ref: 2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 367:
topics: medicine
oncology
sciences
glosses: A malignant tumour of the retina; a hereditary condition found mostly in children.
Derived terms: retinoblastoma protein
retinoblastoma protein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: retinoblastoma proteins
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A protein whose inactivation by mutation leads to the formation of retinoblastomas.
tall ship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tall ships
Etymology: From tall + ship.
Senses: synonyms: lofty ship
glosses: A large sailing ship with multiple masts and rigged sails, usually used as a training vessel.
Derived terms: mackerel sky and mare's-tails make tall ships carry low sails
disemvowels
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: disenvowels
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of disemvowel
disemvoweling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: disemvowelling
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of disemvowel
disemvoweled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: disemvowelled
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of disemvowel
credit-deposit ratio
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: credit-deposit ratios
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: The proportion of loan-assets created by banks from the deposits received.
Dáil Éireann
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɔɪ̯l ˈɛə̯ɹən/
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Irish Dáil Éireann.
Senses: glosses: The lower house of the Parliament of Ireland.
Madagascan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Madagascans
Etymology: From Madagasc(ar) + -an.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Madagascar.
Madagascan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Madagascan
form: most Madagascan
Etymology: From Madagasc(ar) + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Madagascar.
Synonyms: Madagascarian
Malagasy
Palaeogene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Paleogene.
Derived terms: Palaeogenic
Palaeogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Paleogenic.
paleomagnetism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /peɪlɪə(ʊ)ˈmaɡnətɪzm/
Forms: form: paleomagnetisms
form: palaeomagnetism
Etymology: From paleo- + magnetism.
Senses: examples: text: The crucial work on palaeomagnetism was already under way less than ten years after Holmes's first edition.
ref: 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 139:
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: The study of the strength and direction of the Earth's magnetic field as it has changed over geologic time.
Related terms: paleomagnetic
paleomagnetics
palaeomagnetism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From palaeo- + magnetism.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of paleomagnetism.
predication
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: predications
form: prædication
Etymology: From Middle English predicacion, from Anglo-Norman predicaciun, from Latin praedicātiō, from praedicō.
Senses: glosses: A proclamation, announcement or preaching.
examples: text: It can be immediately observed from these sentences that the English subject of a predication is translated in Japanese with a wa-phrase, while the subject of a nonpredicational description appears as a ga-phrase.
ref: 1965 June 4, Shigeyuki Kuroda, “Generative grammatical studies in the Japanese language”, in DSpace@MIT, retrieved 24 Feb 2014:
glosses: An assertion or affirmation.
topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The act of making something the subject or predicate of a proposition.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The parallel execution of all possible outcomes of a branch instruction, all except one of which are discarded after the branch condition has been evaluated.
Related terms: prediction
hockles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hockle
hocklin
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of hockle
hockled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hockle
infulminate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From in- + fulminate.
Senses: examples: text: where […] suns infulminate the stormful sky
ref: 1808, J. Barlow Columb. III. 20
glosses: To make something thunderous.
paleoclimate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paleoclimates
form: palaeoclimate
Etymology: From paleo- + climate.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: The climate of the Earth at a specified point in geologic time.
Derived terms: paleoclimate modelling
Related terms: paleoclimatic
paleoclimatologist
paleoclimatology
palaeoclimate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: palaeoclimates
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of paleoclimate.
micromirror
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: micromirrors
Etymology: From micro- + mirror.
Senses: examples: 2006, Nature 444, 71-74 (2 November), Letters to Editor
Radiation-pressure cooling and optomechanical instability of a micromirror
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A very small, highly reflective mirror, often supported on a torsion beam, used in a variety of applications and in research on radiation and quantum effects.
Derived terms: digital micromirror device
hintends
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hintend
micromechanical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From micro- + mechanical.
Senses: glosses: of or pertaining to micromechanics
Derived terms: micromechanically
micromechanical
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: micromechanicals
Etymology: From micro- + mechanical.
Senses: glosses: A micromechanical device or component
Derived terms: micromechanical display
micromechanical resonator
micromechanics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From micro- + mechanics.
Senses: glosses: The design and manufacture of micromechanisms.
glosses: The study of the microscopic behaviour of components of composite materials.
micromechanism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: micromechanisms
Etymology: From micro- + mechanism.
Senses: glosses: Any mechanism whose components are smaller than a millimeter
Related terms: micromechanical
micromechanics
ubiquitin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /juːˈbɪkwɪtɪn/
Forms: form: ubiquitins
Etymology: From ubiquitous + -in.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of small protein, or polypeptide, present in the cells of all eukaryotes, that play a part in modifying and degrading proteins.
Derived terms: autodeubiquitinate
autodeubiquitination
autoubiquitinate
autoubiquitination
deubiquitin
deubiquitinase
deubiquitinate
deubiquitinated
deubiquitinating
deubiquitination
deubiquitinylate
deubiquitinylating
deubiquitinylation
diubiquitin
diubiquitinated
exodeubiquitinase
hypoubiquitination
monoubiquitin
monoubiquitinase
monoubiquitinate
monoubiquitinated
monoubiquitination
monoubiquitinylated
monoubiquitinylation
multiubiquitin
multiubiquitinated
multiubiquitination
nonubiquitinated
oligoubiquitin
oligoubiquitinated
oligoubiquitination
polyubiquitin
polyubiquitinate
polyubiquitinated
polyubiquitination
polyubiquitinylate
polyubiquitinylated
polyubiquitinylation
selfubiquitination
small ubiquitin-related modifier
tetraubiquitin
tetraubiquitinated
tetraubiquitination
transubiquitinating
transubiquitination
triubiquitin
triubiquitinated
ubiquitinable
ubiquitinase
ubiquitinate
ubiquitinated
ubiquitination
ubiquitinized
ubiquitin ligase
ubiquitinome
ubiquitinoylation
ubiquitinyl
ubiquitinylate
ubiquitinylation
unubiquitinated
Related terms: ubiquityl
ubiquitylate
ubiquitylation
ubiquitination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ubiquitinations
Etymology: From ubiquitin + -ation.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: ubiquitinylation
ubiquitylation
glosses: The modification of a protein by the covalent attachment of one or more ubiquitin molecules.
Derived terms: autoubiquitination
deubiquitination
hypoubiquitination
monoubiquitination
multiubiquitination
oligoubiquitination
polyubiquitination
selfubiquitination
tetraubiquitination
transubiquitination
Related terms: ubiquitinate
ubiquitinylation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ubiquitinyl + -ation.
Senses: glosses: Ubiquitination.
ubiquitinate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: ubiquitinates
form: ubiquitinating
form: ubiquitinated
form: ubiquitinated
Etymology: From ubiquitin + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: ubiquitinylate
ubiquitylate
glosses: To modify a protein by attaching ubiquitin molecules.
Related terms: ubiquitinated
ubiquitination
ubiquitinated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From ubiquitinate + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ubiquitinate
ubiquitinated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ubiquitin + -ated.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Modified or degraded by the attachment of ubiquitin molecules.
new laddish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more new laddish
form: most new laddish
Etymology: From new lad + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Having the characteristics of a new lad.
new lad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: new lads
form: New Lad
Etymology: Modeled on New Man, coined by Northern Irish music and photography journalist Sean O'Hagan in 1991.
Senses: examples: text: What we are dealing with here is the New Lad, a rather schizoid, post-feminist fellow with an inbuilt psychic regulator that enables him to imperceptibly alter his consciousness according to the company he keeps. Basically, the New Lad aspires to New Man status when he's with women, but reverts to Old Lad type when he's out with the boys. Clever, eh?
ref: 1991 May/June, Sean O'Hagan, “The Reinvented Man”, in Arena, page 22:
text: When the economy picked up and men, becoming more confident, realised that women didn't fancy new men... along came the New Lads. Which was refreshing for about two- and-half minutes. But the New Lads had a similar lifespan to the New Man.
ref: 2000 November 5, Will Buckley, “New Man is back—again”, in The Observer:
glosses: A sexist young man who embraces traditional male attitudes.
Derived terms: new laddish
new laddism
Related terms: New Man
nitrophobic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From nitro- + -phobic.
Senses: glosses: nitrophobous
nitrophobous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Not thriving in soil that is rich in nitrogen or nitrates
outplant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: outplants
Etymology: Blend of out + implant (“breast implant”). Analysable as out- + plant.
Senses: examples: text: […] breast outplants to teenage hypochondria.
ref: 1996, Theatre Record, volume 16, numbers 9-15, page 720:
text: Outplants for a Fuller, Larger Bust Line Instantly! Avoid irreversible surgery and its high cost.
ref: 1999, Cine Blitz (volume 25, issue 1, page 29)
glosses: A gel-like prosthesis placed inside the cup of a bra (outside the breast) to enhance apparent breast size.
Synonyms: chicken fillet
falsie
outplant
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: outplants
form: outplanting
form: outplanted
form: outplanted
Etymology: From out- + plant.
Senses: examples: text: His father bragged that his son could outplant any laborer available for hire in the village.
ref: 1982, James F. Eder, Who Shall Succeed?:
glosses: To surpass in planting
topics: agriculture
business
horticulture
lifestyle
glosses: To plant outdoors (after rearing in a greenhouse etc.).
OxyContin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˌɒksɪˈkɑ(n)tn̩/
/ˌɒksɪˈkɑ(n)ʔn̩/
Forms: form: OxyContins
form: oxycontin
Etymology: A trademark, based on oxycodone.
Senses: examples: text: In his view, there is not much moral difference between the Sacklers, the enormously wealthy, extremely philanthropic family who made their money getting people addicted to OxyContin; Bill Clinton, who adopted MarketWorld’s beliefs during his presidency and in his work afterward; and others who have done nothing so obviously huge or harmful, but who aren’t willing to go radical, either.
ref: 2018 September 28, Bethany McLean, “Beware thought leaders and the wealthy purveying answers to our social ills”, in The Washington Post:
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
synonyms: hillbilly heroin
glosses: A brand name for a controlled-release form of oxycodone, a synthetic analgesic drug.
Derived terms: OxyContined
Related terms: oxycotton
anapnograph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anapnographs
Etymology: From French anapnographe, coined by the device's inventors Léon Bergeon and M. Kastus in the 1860s, from Ancient Greek ἀναπνοή (anapnoḗ, “recovery of breath; respiration”) (from ἀναπνέω (anapnéō, “to draw breath”), from ἀνα- (ana-, “up”) + πνέω (pnéō, “to breathe”)) + French -graphe (see -graph).
Senses: glosses: A form of spirometer.
Related terms: anapnoic
infusate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: infusates
Etymology: From infuse + -ate (noun-forming suffix)
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A fluid given intravenously over a period of time for medication or diagnostic purposes.
Derived terms: reinfusate
toxic waste
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: toxic wastes
Senses: glosses: Any waste that can cause death or injury to living creatures, especially poisonous chemical compounds.
biocomputing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bio- + computing.
Senses: examples: text: A fungal computer may sound fantastical, but 'biocomputing' is a fast-growing field.
ref: 2020, Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life, page 71:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The design and construction of computers containing biological components.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The application of computing to the biological sciences; bioinformatics.
Hellenistical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Hellenistical
form: most Hellenistical
Etymology: From Hellenistic + -al.
Senses: glosses: Hellenistic
Related terms: Hellas
Hellenic
Hellenism
Hellenist
endued
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of endue
Francois
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of François.
glosses: A settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador.
glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: St. Francois County
Hiram
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈhaɪɹəm/
Etymology: From Biblical Hebrew חִירָם (Ḥirám, “high-born”), possibly from Phoenician, or a shortened form of אֲחִירָם ('aḥirám, “brother of the exalted”).
Senses: examples: And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father: for Hiram was ever a lover of David.
glosses: A king of Tyre. (biblical character)
examples: text: Harm. It wasn't even a nickname. It was just the way folks had always pronounced his first name Hiram, in mountain dialect, a long "i" sound blending the two syllables into an aspirated breath.
ref: 1994, Sharyn McCrumb, She Walks These Hills, Scribner's, →ISBN, page 8:
glosses: A male given name from Hebrew, taken into use by Puritans in the seventeenth century.
Related terms: english: pet form
translation: pet form
word: Hi
overspread
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əʊvəˈspɹɛd/
Forms: form: overspreads
form: overspreading
form: overspread
form: overspread
form: o'erspread
Etymology: From Middle English overspreden, from Old English ofersprǣdan; equivalent to over- + spread. Cognate with Dutch overspreiden (“to overspread”), German überspreiten (“to overspread”).
Senses: examples: text: those nations of the North which overspread the world
ref: 1612, Michael Drayton, “(please specify the chapter)”, in [John Selden], editor, Poly-Olbion. Or A Chorographicall Description of Tracts, Riuers, Mountaines, Forests, and Other Parts of this Renowned Isle of Great Britaine, […], London: […] [Humphrey Lownes] for M[athew] Lownes; I[ohn] Browne; I[ohn] Helme; I[ohn] Busbie, →OCLC:
text: Lady Bellaston fixed her eyes on Sophia whilst she spoke these words. To which that poor young lady, having her face overspread with blushes and confusion, answered, in a stammering voice […]
ref: 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:
text: So thick a haze o’erspreads the sky,
They cannot see the sun on high:
The wind hath blown a gale all day;
At evening it hath died away.
ref: 1802, Robert Southey, The Inchcape Rock:
text: Deliberately, and with a peculiar quivering smile, that seemed to overspread her whole body, she put her mouth on his.
ref: 1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC:
synonyms: bespread
glosses: To spread over or across (something); cover over; be scattered over; permeate, overrun.
glosses: To be spread or scattered about.
occluded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of occlude
occluded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: closed or obstructed
topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
glosses: forced upwards by colder, denser air
raw_tags: of air
Derived terms: nonoccluded
occluded cyclone
occluded front
pre-occluded
semioccluded
unoccluded
listenings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of listening
listening station
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: listening stations
Senses: glosses: A facility established to monitor radio and microwave signals and analyse their content to secure information and intelligence for use by the security and diplomatic community and others.
Synonyms: listening post
listening stations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of listening station
listening posts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of listening post
listening post
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: listening posts
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A position established for the purpose of detecting the enemy's movements by means of listening.
examples: text: Shepard: Why are you out here in the first place?
Lieutenant Durand: There's been a lot of pirate activity in this cluster. We set up a chain of listening posts in the local systems in case they have a staging base.
ref: 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Nepmos:
glosses: A facility established to monitor radio and microwave signals and analyse their content to secure information and intelligence for use by the security and diplomatic community and others.
examples: text: He probably has "listening posts" which he visits regularly in search of stray items of news. These may be the general store, the barber shop, the ministers' homes, the Chamber of Commerce and the local or state police headquarters.
ref: 1945, Elmo Scott Watson, Jobs in Rural Journalism, page 25:
text: The British crown colony of Hong Kong is the West's primary listening post for information on Red China, which does not grant entry visas to many foreigners.
ref: 1963, Loren Fessler, The Editors of LIFE, “About the Writer”, in China (LIFE World Library), New York: Time Incorporated, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 4:
text: Students discover "listening posts" within the community and produce stories from community voices […]
ref: 2000, APME Journalism Studies, page 17:
glosses: Any location frequented by a journalist in search of stories or gossip.
Synonyms: sense: intelligence facility
word: listening station
Related terms: listen in
outpost
alti
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The four parts of Trionfo del Tempo are for two sopranos and two alti.
ref: 1857, James Lowe, transl., The Life of Handel, London: Trübner and Co., […], translation of original by Victor Schœlcher, page 147:
text: Another of his works which would be very attractive is the Psalm 23d for two soprani and two alti.
ref: 1858 April 24, “My Diary. No. 3”, in John S. Dwight, editor, Dwight’s Journal of Music, a Paper of Art and Literature, volume XIII, number 4 (Whole No. 316), Boston: Oliver Ditson and Co., […], published 1859, page 28, column 1:
text: The new chorus of angels, “Fear thou not,” for two soprani and two alti, is a smooth piece of devotional writing, excellently adapted to its position in the work, Peter’s air, “The heavens are opened,” with its appropriate harp accompaniment, immediately following it with increased effect.
ref: 1871 January 1, “Mr. Benedict’s “St. Peter” at St. James’s Hall”, in The Musical Times, and Singing Class Circular, volume XIV, London Sacred Music Warehouse: Novello, Ewer and Co., […], page 746, column 1:
text: Points of special effect were the music—for two first trebles and two alti—in which Mendelssohn has wrapped the words of the heavenly voice, “Saul! Saul! why persecutest thou Me?” the drums at the opening of “Arise and shine,” the brass interludes (as well as the general grandeur) of “Sleepers wake”—surely the finest treatment of a choral known to music—the well-known violoncello accompaniment to “Be thou faithful” (rendered by Mr. Pettitt); and the always fresh grace of “How lovely are the messengers.”
ref: 1874 January 31, “Orchestral Service at St. Paul’s”, in The Musical Standard, volume VI, London: Reeves & Turner: […], page 67, column 1:
text: […]Introduzione al salmo Miserere, for two soprani, two alti, and orchestra;[…]
ref: 1890, “PORPORA, NICCOLO (Niccola) ANTONIO”, in John Denison Champlin, Jr., William Foster Apthorp, editors, Cyclopedia of Music and Musicians, volumes III: “Naaman–Zwillingsbrüder”, New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, page 144, column 1:
text: M. Kashkin, who was staying with Tchaikovsky while he was engaged upon this, says that at first the composer found it extremely difficult, but after a few days he declared he had quite solved the mysterious art of writing for this special combination of instruments—two violins, two alti, and two violoncellos.
ref: 1900, Rosa Newmarch, Tchaikovsky: His Life and Works, with Extracts from His Writings, and the Diary of His Tour Abroad in 1888, London: Grant Richards, pages 101–102:
text: My Lady Chlo’ a negro song harmonized for two soprani and two alti by H. Clough-Leighter.
ref: 1903, Dominicana: A Magazine of Catholic Literature, volume IV, page 377:
text: This introduction, which, like the rest of the opera, is charmingly scored, is extended to over 60 bars; the chorus (two soprani and two alti,) then enter with the theme I have quoted.
ref: 1904 November 1, The Monthly Musical Record, volume XXXIV, London: Augener & Co., page 202, column 1:
glosses: plural of alto
camisa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: camisas
form: camisae
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of camisia.
Related terms: camisa de chino
listenable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more listenable
form: most listenable
Etymology: From listen + -able.
Senses: examples: text: Mozart's music was popular because he wrote listenable works.
glosses: Pleasant or easy to listen to.
Synonyms: euphonious
mellifluous
sonorous
Derived terms: listenability
unlistenable
workflow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɜːkfləʊ/
ipa: /ˈwɝkfloʊ/
rhymes: -əʊ
Forms: form: workflows
Etymology: From work + flow.
Senses: glosses: The flowrate at which a flow of work takes place.
topics: business
coordinate_terms: workstream
glosses: A process or procedure by which tasks are completed. It may be defined by a flowchart with actors, actions, results, decisions, and action paths.
Derived terms: tapeless workflow
listenability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From listen + -ability.
Senses: examples: text: The listenability of the music would be improved if you played it on a piano instead of a kazoo.
glosses: A measure of the ease or pleasure in listening to something, such as music.
Related terms: listen
listenable
uncoerced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + coerced.
Senses: glosses: Not brought about by or subject to coercion or force.
equilibria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛkwɪˈlɪbɹɪa/
ipa: /iːkwɪˈlɪbɹɪa/
Forms: form: æquilibria
Senses: glosses: plural of equilibrium
equivalency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: equivalencies
form: æquivalency
Etymology: From Latin aequivalentia.
Senses: glosses: An equivalent thing.
glosses: equivalence
Derived terms: bioequivalency
transmural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From trans- + mural.
Senses: glosses: beyond a city wall
examples: text: However, several enterographic findings are associated with increased disease activity, including wall thickening greater than 4 mm, intramural and mesenteric oedema, mucosal hyperaemia, wall enhancement (and enhancement pattern), transmural ulceration and fistula formation, vascular engorgement and inflammatory mesenteric lymph nodes (often with hyperenhancement).
ref: 2024, Jennifer Davidson, Beth Shepherd, Sunderarajan Jayaraman, Practice Long Cases for the Part B Final FRCR Examination:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: passing through the wall of an organ or any other bodily structure
Derived terms: transmural care
equivalently
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more equivalently
form: most equivalently
Etymology: From equivalent + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: We also note that the special case in which the b parameter is set a priori to 1 is underidentified and requires an arbitrary constraint on one item parameter or, equivalently, on the a distribution parameter.
ref: 2015 July 11, “A New Extension of the Binomial Error Model for Responses to Items of Varying Difficulty in Educational Testing and Attitude Surveys”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: In an equivalent manner; equally.
Derived terms: inequivalently
sweet oil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sweet oils
Senses: examples: text: Mr. Nollekens shook him by the elbow, and applied to him for a little sweet-oil, a large basin, some water, and pen, ink, and paper.
ref: 1828, JT Smith, Nollekens and His Times, Century Hutchinson, published 1986, page 293:
glosses: An oil with a pleasant taste, especially olive oil or rape oil.
eroticism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eroticisms
Etymology: From erotic + -ism.
Senses: glosses: the state of being erotic, or of being sexually aroused
glosses: sexual excitement, especially if abnormally persistent
examples: text: There is a range of fantasies available to all of us in this culture. I think that everyone has a range of possibilities. Nevertheless, we all specialize; we all have preferences. A lot of people have those [sadomasochistic] fantasies cut ^([sic]) it isn't their primary eroticism, or even something they want to try.
ref: 1981 August 15, Nancy Wechsler, Gayle Rubin, Pat Califia, “Sadomasochism: Fears, Facts, Fantasies”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 5, page 6:
glosses: a sexual interest in something; an attraction, fetish, etc.
Derived terms: autoeroticism
pseudoeroticism
sacred eroticism
escallop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: escallops
Etymology: From Middle French escalope.
Senses: glosses: A thin slice of meat, especially veal, normally shallow-fried.
glosses: A scallop.
escallop
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: escallops
form: escalloping
form: escalloped
form: escalloped
Etymology: From Middle French escalope.
Senses: glosses: Dated form of scallop (“bake in a casserole”).
the nose knows
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Despite the addressee's belief that the speaker was unaware of something, the speaker, in fact, was already aware.
beribbon
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: beribbons
form: beribboning
form: beribboned
form: beribboned
Etymology: From be- + ribbon.
Senses: glosses: To adorn with ribbons.
blackeye
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blackeyes
Etymology: From black + eye.
Senses: glosses: A basic coffee drink consisting of any size coffee with two shots of espresso added.
glosses: A black-eyed species of white-eye, Zosterops emiliae (syn. Chlorocharis emiliae, mountain blackeye, olive blackeye).
alae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈeɪˌli/
Forms: form: alæ
Senses: glosses: plural of ala.
autonomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of autonomy