cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Kleene algebra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kleene algebras
Etymology: Named for Stephen Cole Kleene.
Senses: topics: algebra
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A De Morgan algebra which also satisfies the inequation x∧∼x⩽y,∨∼y for all x and y, where "∼" here denotes the De Morgan involution.
wikipedia: Stephen Cole Kleene
Hypernyms: distributive lattice
Ockham algebra
De Morgan algebra
Hyponyms: Boolean algebra
rampless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ramp + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without a ramp.
bumpless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bump + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without bumps.
Derived terms: bumplessness
wristless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From wrist + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without wrists; without requiring use of a wrist.
residual power
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: residual powers
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Power that is retained by the government after other powers were distributed to other authorities in the course of elections or by the process of delegation.
bycicle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of bicycle.
minor celebrity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: minor celebrities
Senses: synonyms: C-lister
demicelebrity
minicelebrity
sublebrity
coordinate_terms: microcelebrity
noncelebrity
pseudocelebrity
semicelebrity
subcelebrity
glosses: A celebrity of little importance or significance; someone famous for being famous.
neostatin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neostatins
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A fragment of a fibulin which inhibits endothelial cell proliferation.
pleiotrophy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pleiotropy.
profundal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin profundus (“deep”) + -al.
Senses: examples: text: However, if some of the bottom area has fine-grained sediments and is free of all conspicuous plants and algae, this area is often considered the profundal zone.
ref: 1990, Atlas of Alberta Lakes, page 45:
text: C. staphylinus is common and abundant in northern Europe and the USA, and is found in permanent shallow ponds, rivers and the littoral zone of lakes. It occurs also in deep alpine lakes, but not in the profundal zone.
ref: 1997, A. D. Ansell, R. N. Gibson, Margaret Barnes, Oceanography And Marine Biology, volume 35, page 279:
text: The profundal zone consists largely of two feeding guilds, benthivores and carnivores (predators), at least in oligotrophic and mesotrophic lakes.
ref: 2004, Gerald L. Mackie, Gerry L. Mackie, Applied Aquatic Ecosystem Concepts, page 510:
qualifier: aquatic ecology
glosses: Relating to the deep zone of an inland body of water where very little sunlight penetrates; located between the limnetic and the benthic zones.
profundal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: profundals
Etymology: From Latin profundus (“deep”) + -al.
Senses: examples: text: The ratio of Oligochaeta/Chironomidae was similar to those in profundals of oligotrophic lakes.
ref: 1982 October 24, Jukka Särkkä, “On the ecology of littoral Oligochaeta of an oligotrophic Finnish lake”, in Ecography, →DOI:
text: The role of chironomids was, in general, important in the profundal of the reservoirs.
ref: 1992 June 24, Esa Koskenniemi, “The role of chironomids (Diptera) in the profundal macrozoobenthos in Finnish reservoirs”, in Netherland Journal of Aquatic Ecology, →DOI:
text: Tubifex (Peloscolex) nomurai, which was recorded from profundal bottoms deeper than 400 m in Lake Tazawa, is the only species identified solely from the profundal of oliogotrophic caldera lakes.
ref: 2001 November 24, Akifumi Ohtaka, “Oligochaetes in Lake Towada, Japan, an oligotrophic caldera”, in Hydrobiologia, →DOI:
qualifier: aquatic ecology
glosses: Ellipsis of profundal zone.
Related terms: littoral
limnetic
benthic
radioimmunoanalysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From radio- + immunoanalysis.
Senses: glosses: radioimmunoassay
ramet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ramets
Etymology: Coined by A. B. Stout in 1929 from Latin rāmus (“branch”) + -et.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A clone (individual member of a genet).
Related terms: genet
ortet
ramets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ramet
reamplification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reamplifications
Etymology: From re- + amplification.
Senses: glosses: repeated amplification
subconjunctivally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From subconjunctival + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a subconjunctival manner
trophectodermal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From trophectoderm + -al.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the trophectoderm
blind abscess
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /blaɪnd ˈæbˌsɛs/
ipa: /blaɪnd ˈæbˌsɪs/
Forms: form: blind abscesses
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: An abscess with no external opening.
Austrofascism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Calque of German Austrofaschismus. By surface analysis, Austro- + fascism.
Senses: glosses: A fascist political movement in Austria between 1933 and 1938, which was subsumed by Nazism on the occurrence of Anschluss (Austria's annexation by Nazi Germany) in 1938.
Related terms: Austrofascist
vinaxanthone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of vinaceum + xanthone
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A complex xanthone, produced by Penicillium vinaceum, that is a phospholipase inhibitor
xanthofulvin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: See xanthous, fulvous, -in.
Senses: glosses: A complex xanthone related to vinaxanthone.
Red Chinese
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: red Chinese
Etymology: From Red China.
Senses: examples: text: Jubilation was high. The North Korean Army had been beaten and was fleeing northward; victory seemed complete. But then, on the horizon, loomed a new menace: the Red Chinese.
ref: 1963, Dwight Eisenhower, Mandate for Change 1953-1956, Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 176:
glosses: pertaining to the People's Republic of China
glosses: originating from the Communists of the Republic of China prior to the Chinese Civil War
Coordinate terms: Free Chinese
Red Chinese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: red Chinese
Etymology: From Red China.
Senses: glosses: a national of the People's Republic of China
glosses: a communist from China
Tibetan Plateau
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Were one to draw a profile of generalized altitudes of the landmass of Ling-nan and Kuei-chou Yun-nan in a southeast-northwest direction, the profile that emerges would represent a step-like formation from the sea to the Tibetan Plateau with five major "steps."
ref: 1954, Herold J. Wiens, Han Chinese Expansion in South China, Shoe String Press, published 1967, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 11:
text: The source of the Yellow River is in the Qinghai Province on the Tibetan Plateau. This area is often called the "Roof of the World" because of its high altitude, the height of a place above sea level.
ref: 2001, Kim Dramer, “China's Sorrow”, in The Yellow River (Juvenile Literature), Franklin Watts, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 7–8:
text: The Tibetan Plateau will experience significant water loss this century due to global warming, according to research published Monday that warns of severe supply stress in a climate change "hotspot".
ref: 2022 August 16, “Tibetan Plateau water stores under threat: study”, in France 24, archived from the original on 16 Aug 2022:
synonyms: Himalayan Plateau
Tibet Plateau
glosses: A high altitude plateau north of the Great Himalaya ranges, west of the Szechuan basin, and south of the Taklamakan Desert.
North China Sea
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the North China Sea
Etymology: Calque of Chinese 北海 (Běihǎi, “Bohai Sea”), from 北 (“north”) + 海 (hǎi, “sea”), phrased in English with reference to the East China Sea and South China Sea.
Senses: examples: text: Li, a past executive at JP Morgan Chase and Merrill Lynch’s China operations who has worked for several law firms in New York was blooded in commodities as a young man, working in the offshore oil fields of the North China sea prior to college.
ref: 2014 March 31, Melanie Burton, Polly Yam, “NEWSMAKER-LME warehousing throws up roadblock for Charles Li”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 30 Jun 2022, Breaking City News:
glosses: the Yellow Sea
Synonyms: Yellow Sea
West Sea
West Korea Sea
Korea West Sea
Korean West Sea
West Korean Sea
West Sea of Korea
Sea of Korea
Korean Sea
neotenia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of neoteny.
eurillos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eurillo
tucker fuckers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tucker fucker
fits out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fit out
fitting out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fit out
fitted out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fit out
like a bump on a log
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: Jack just sat there like a bump on a log.
qualifier: simile
glosses: Idly, listlessly, or uselessly.
anaerobicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From anaerobic + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The state of being anaerobic
five-o
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 5-O
form: five-oh
Etymology: From the police procedural television series Hawaii Five-O (first aired in 1968), so named because it is set in Hawaii, which is the 50th U.S. state.
Senses: examples: text: Five-oh caught me, now I'm going to the mountains / Said good-bye to my girl, my lawyer and accountants
ref: 1989, “Car Thief”, in Paul's Boutique, performed by Beastie Boys:
qualifier: US street slang
glosses: The police.
antihaemophilia
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + haemophilia.
Senses: topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
glosses: The counters haemophilia; antihaemophilic / antihemophilic
aquaglyceroporin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aquaglyceroporins
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A form of aquaporin that is active in the transport of water and glycerol
Related terms: aquaglycoporin
glyceroporin
bisphosphoglycerate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bisphosphoglycerates
Etymology: From bis- + phosphoglycerate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any compound containing two phosphoglycerate groups
cancerogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cancerogeneses
Etymology: From cancer + -o- + -genesis.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: The formation of a cancer (by the uncontrolled multiplication of cells).
Related terms: oncogenesis
cerebrocerebellar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛlə(ɹ)
Etymology: From cerebro- + cerebellar.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the cerebrum and the cerebellum
coancestry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coancestries
Etymology: From co- + ancestry.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A measure of the degree of common ancestry of two (or more) individuals
creatinemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: creatinemias
Etymology: From creatine + -emia.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: The presence of (excessive amounts of) creatine in the blood
Derived terms: hypercreatinemia
disoproxil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: diisopropyl
uncle-in-law
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: uncles-in-law
Etymology: From uncle + -in-law.
Senses: examples: text: Between uncle and aunt-in-law, or uncle's wife, you have a connection of affinity, and you have the same between aunt and uncle-in-law, or aunt's wife. [sic]
ref: 1871, William Lindsay, Inquiry into the Christian law, as to the relationships which bar marriage, page 86:
glosses: The husband of one's uncle or aunt (parent's sibling).
examples: 2012 August 11, anonymous, Vernon Dursley, Harry Potter Wiki
Vernon would later become an uncle-in-law to Harry's wife, Ginny and a great-uncle to Harry and Ginny's children, James Sirius Potter, Albus Severus Potter and Lily Luna Potter.
glosses: The uncle of one's spouse.
The uncle of one's husband.
glosses: The uncle of one's spouse.
The uncle of one's wife.
Hypernyms: in-law
Related terms: aunt-in-law
nephew-in-law
niece-in-law
uncles-in-law
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of uncle-in-law
dyslipidaemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From dyslipidaemia + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to dyslipidaemia.
Derived terms: antidyslipidaemic
nondyslipidaemic
endoproteolysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From endo- + proteolysis.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The breaking of the peptide bonds of nonterminal amino acids in proteins
Related terms: endoproteolytic
ethanologenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ethanologenic
form: most ethanologenic
Etymology: From ethanol + -genic.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: That produces ethanol
raw_tags: of a bacterium
Related terms: ethanologen
ethanologenesis
moo shu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmu.ʃu/
Forms: form: mu shu
form: mu xu
form: mu-shu
form: moo shoo
Etymology: Borrowed from Mandarin 木須／木须 (mùxū).
Senses: examples: text: While much of the nation was eating turkey and trimmings today, many of those who sell mo shu pork and kung po chicken for a living ventured to this resort city for a day of rest and relaxation.
ref: [1988 November 25, Patricia Davis, “ASIAN RESTAURANT WORKERS GIVE THANKS FOR A LITTLE RR”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 Jul 2023:
glosses: A dish of northern Chinese origin and staple of American Chinese cuisine, consisting mainly of egg, vegetables, and a meat such as pork.
mu shu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of moo shu.
moo shoo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of moo shu.
Wintuan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Wintuans
form: Wintun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Wintun.
Wintuan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Wintun.
Wintuan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Wintun.
Wintu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Wintu wintʰu·h (“a person, a Wintu”).
Senses: glosses: An endangered language spoken by certain Wintun people in California.
Related terms: Wintun
Wintuan
Wiktionary’s coverage of Wintu terms
wnw ⁠
Samoyeds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Samoyed
Klamath-Modoc
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The now-extinct language spoken by the Klamath and Modoc peoples of northern California and Oregon.
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Klamath-Modoc terms
kla ⁠
fibrinogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fibrinogenic
form: most fibrinogenic
Etymology: From fibrin + -genic.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: That produces fibrin
Derived terms: antifibrinogenic
profibrinogenic
Related terms: fibrinogen
formylglutathione
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From formyl + glutathione.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The S-formyl derivative of glutathione that is an intermediate in the metabolism of methanol and formaldehyde
vaper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vapers
Etymology: From vape + -er.
Senses: glosses: A user of electronic cigarettes.
Derived terms: non-vaper
vaper's tongue
vapers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vaper
running gear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: running gears
Senses: topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: The wheels, suspension, steering, powertrain and usually the chassis of a motor vehicle.
topics: railways
transport
glosses: Those components of a railway vehicle that run passively on the rails, unlike those of the driving gear. Traditionally these are the wheels, axles, axle boxes, springs and vehicle frame.
glosses: The wheels and axles of a carriage or other vehicle.
lipoyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From lipoic + -yl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A univalent radical formally derived from lipoic acid by removal of the hydroxyl group
Derived terms: lipoylation
lipoylation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lipoylations
Etymology: From lipoyl + -ation.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The attachment of a lipoyl group to a molecule
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The attachment of a fatty acid residue (or similar lipid) to a molecule
lipoylated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more lipoylated
form: most lipoylated
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Modified by lipoylation
control arm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: control arms
Senses: topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: A nearly flat and roughly triangular suspension member that pivots in two places.
lymphovascular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: lymph-vascular
Etymology: From lympho- + vascular.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to lymph vessels.
lymph vessel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lymph vessels
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A thin-walled vessel that carries lymph through the lymphatic system.
Synonyms: lymphatic
lymphatic vessel
multiallelic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + allelic.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Relating to, or affected by multiple alleles or genes
nonorthologous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + orthologous.
Senses: glosses: Not orthologous
oxononanoate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oxononanoates
Etymology: From oxo- + nonanoate.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of the keto acid derived from nonanoic acid, some of which have biochemical functions
perikaryal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to a perikaryon
phalangeals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phalangeal
phenylmethanesulfonyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: phenylmethylsulfonyl
Derived terms: phenylmethanesulfonylfluoride
pimeloyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A univalent radical formally derived from pimelic acid by removal of a hydroxyl group
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A divalent radical formally derived from pimelic acid by removal of both hydroxyl groups
ponyfish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ponyfishes
form: ponyfish
Senses: glosses: Any of many fish of the family Leiognathidae; the slipmouths
Synonyms: slimy
slipmouth
postlarva
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: postlarvae
Etymology: From post- + larva.
Senses: glosses: The stage in the development of bony fish, following the larval stage, in which the yolk sac is resorbed and juvenile characteristics appear
postlarvae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of postlarva
preweighed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + weighed.
Senses: glosses: weighed in advance of another process
procofactor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: procofactors
Etymology: From pro- + cofactor.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An inactive material that becomes a cofactor once activated
retentostat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: retentostats
Senses: glosses: A form of chemostat in which culture liquid is removed from the bioreactor but a filter retains the biomass.
sailfin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sailfins
Etymology: From sail + fin.
Senses: glosses: A saillike dorsal fin.
glosses: Any organism having such a fin, such as a mollie (Poecilia latipinna) or a lizard of the genus Hydrosaurus.
Derived terms: sailfin cardinalfish
sailfin dragon
sailfin lizard
sailfin sandfish
saillike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sail + -like.
Senses: glosses: Having the form of a sail
localhosts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of localhost
scorings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scoring
tenase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tenases
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An activating complex that plays a role in protein coagulation
transcarboxylation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: transcarboxylations
Etymology: From trans- + carboxylation.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The transfer of a carboxyl group
Related terms: transcarboxylase
carboxyltransferase
unreproducibly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + reproducibly.
Senses: glosses: In an unreproducible manner
unvegetated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + vegetated.
Senses: glosses: Having no vegetation
overmanage
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overmanages
form: overmanaging
form: overmanaged
form: overmanaged
Etymology: From over- + manage.
Senses: examples: text: Most U.S. corporations today are overmanaged and underled. They need to develop their capacity to exercise leadership.
ref: 1998, Harvard Business Review on Leadership, page 38:
topics: business
glosses: To manage excessively; to micromanage.
Related terms: overmanagement
overmanages
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overmanage
overmanaging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overmanage
overmanaged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overmanage
uncustomarily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more uncustomarily
form: most uncustomarily
Etymology: From uncustomary + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a way that is not customary.
JNLP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
qualifier: Java programming language
glosses: Initialism of Java Network Launching Protocol.
JavaWS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: JAWS
Senses: qualifier: Java programming language
glosses: Abbreviation of Java Web Start.
JAWS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Java programming language
glosses: Acronym of JavaWS.
marker interface pattern
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: marker interface patterns
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
qualifier: object-oriented programming
glosses: A software design pattern in computer science, used with languages that provide run-time type information about objects.
Related terms: marker interface
marker interface patterns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of marker interface pattern
cardings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of carding
Astur-Leonese
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A Romance language, or language family, historically spoken in northwestern Spain (mostly modern-day Asturias and León)
Related terms: Asturian
Leonese
Mirandese
transparentize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: transparentizes
form: transparentizing
form: transparentized
form: transparentized
form: transparentise
Etymology: From transparent + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: Oil penetration from the ink may transparentize the sheet enough to permit show-through even though the actual opacity of the sheet is satisfactory.
ref: 1950, Paper Mill News: News Magazine of the Paper and Pulp Industry:
glosses: To make transparent.
glosses: To become transparent.
transparentizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of transparentize
transparentizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of transparentize
transparentized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of transparentize
kneetop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kneetops
Etymology: From knee + top, as it could be placed on the user's knees. Compare laptop.
Senses: examples: text: A taxonomy of small computers—laptops, palmtops, and kneetops—was just emerging.
ref: 1994, PC Mag, volume 13, number 6, page 4:
glosses: A portable computer.
kneetops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kneetop
Werts
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
LINQ
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /lɪŋk/
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
qualifier: .NET
glosses: Acronym of Language Integrated Query.
xenoparasite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: xenoparasites
Etymology: From xeno- + parasite.
Senses: glosses: An ectoparasite that becomes pathogenic only when the host is weakened or injured.
Derived terms: xenoparasitic
xenophonia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From xeno- + -phonia.
Senses: glosses: A mild speech disorder characterised by a changed accent or intonation.
elrich
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more elrich
form: most elrich
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of eldritch.
elritch
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more elritch
form: most elritch
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of eldritch.
adither
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more adither
form: most adither
Etymology: From a- + dither.
Senses: examples: text: ...stately witches housing their black, raucous familiars; the corrugated oaks stretching gnarled, hypnotizing arms ; the delicate, feathery larch; even the little, squat, bourgeois laurel, all adither with fussy, garrulous excitement "Hullo, here's old...
ref: 1917, Walter Edward Bonhôte Henderson, Behind the thicket: a novel, E.P. Dutton, 9051835884, page 191:
text: The Labour party, however, is already adither over the desirability of complying as fully as Mr King suggests with Resolution 678.
ref: 1994, Nelleke Oostdijk, Corpus Based Research Into Language: In Honour of Jan Aarts; Issue 12 of Language and Computers Series; Volume 12 of Language and Computers : Studies in Practical Linguistics, Rodopi, 9051835884, page 42:
glosses: In a state of confusion, excitement, or anxiety, usually combined with an expectancy.
xenosome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: xenosomes
Etymology: From xeno- + -some.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A endosymbiotic bacterium of some marine protozoans.
glosses: Particles of debris sometimes incorporated into the shells of some testate amoebae.
Derived terms: xenosomic
xenurine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: xenurines
Senses: glosses: Any armadillo of the former genus Xenurus (now Cabassous).
Synonyms: sense: armadillo of genus Xenurine
word: cabassou
sense: armadillo of genus Xenurine
word: kabassou
dryscape
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dryscapes
Etymology: From dry + -scape.
Senses: examples: text: Proper design of a rock garden's dryscape is almost as important as the choice of plants.
glosses: The non-living part of a landscape.
glosses: Xeriscape.
camposantos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of camposanto
%ile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: %iles
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of percentile.
high time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: high times
Senses: examples: text: "But it is high time for me to have done with the argument, as it is to be judged of according to scripture evidence."
ref: 1729, John Norman, God's Foreknowledge of contingent Events vindicated, page 27:
text: "I will await no longer," said Lindesay; "it is high time the business were done."
ref: 1820, Sir Walter Scott, chapter 21, in The Abbot:
text: I thought it was high time, now or never, before the light was put out, to break the spell in which I had so long been bound.
ref: 1851, Herman Melville, chapter 3, in Moby Dick:
text: "But I haven't ridden for years."
"Then it's high time you began again."
ref: 1922, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter 22, in Right Ho, Jeeves:
text: It is high time to cease sensationalism and war mongering, pause and think twice about where we are heading.
ref: 2006 May 9, Hassan Rohani, “Iran's Nuclear Program: The Way Out”, in Time:
glosses: A point in time at which something is considered to be utterly due or even overdue to occur; well past time.
examples: text: [T]here's going to be a high time in the Blue City tonight. We'll have music and dancing and eating.
ref: 1912, L. Frank Baum, chapter 25, in Sky Island:
text: For Alice had lived, from early in her girlhood, a life of flowers, and song, and wine, and dance. . . . And her tight tongue had served her well . . . . [N]one ever heard her gossip of the times of Kalakaua's boathouse, nor of the high times of officers of visiting warships.
ref: 1916, Jack London, “When Alice Told Her Soul”, in On the Makaloa Mat: Island Tales:
text: [T]he film intelligently deploys familiar thriller elements: chases; shoot-outs; high-level duplicity; terse, sassy dialogue; and a cast having a high time playing preening villains and wily good guys.
ref: 2000 Dec. 11, Richard Corliss, "Cinema: Better Than Tabloid Tattle" (film review of Proof of Life), Time
glosses: A very enjoyable or exciting experience or period of time.
Synonyms: sense: point in time at which something is utterly due
word: about time
sense: very enjoyable or exciting period of time
word: high old time
sense: very enjoyable or exciting period of time
word: hoot
Related terms: high noon
last minute
high old time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of high time.
Brodie's abscess
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Brodie's abscesses
Etymology: Named after Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, 1st Baronet, who described it.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: An abscess located near the joint end of a bone.
wikipedia: Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, 1st Baronet
Brodie's abscesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Brodie's abscess
vraka
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vrakes
Etymology: Transliteration of Greek βράκα (vráka), from Byzantine Greek βράκα (bráka), a singular feminine noun from the Hellenistic plural of Koine Greek βράκες (brákes), from Latin brācae (singular brāca). Doublet of breech.
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:vraka.
qualifier: traditional local clothing
glosses: (A pair of) baggy breeches worn in the Balkans, the Greek islands (especially Crete) and in Cyprus chiefly by men but also by women
wikipedia: University of Chicago
Related terms: shalwar
-odynia
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Forms: form: -dynia
Etymology: From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form, from Ancient Greek ὀδύνη (odúnē, “sorrow, grief, anguish, unhappiness”).
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: pain
wikipedia: classical compound
international scientific vocabulary
Synonyms: -algia
vulvo-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: vulva + -o- (for euphony).
Senses: glosses: Forms medical terms relating to the vulva.
Related terms: episio-
perineo-
tonneaus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tonneau
cross-halving joints
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cross-halving joint
adiposome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adiposomes
Etymology: From adipose + -ome.
Senses: topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
glosses: An organelle in the form of a lipid droplet with protein in its membrane
adiposomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adiposome
autocoded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From auto- + coded.
Senses: glosses: automatically coded
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Written in an autocode
autocode
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: autocodes
Etymology: From auto- + code.
Senses: examples: text: They assist in selling, planning and installing; provide program testing and service bureau and programming facilities for business and industrial problems; prepare sub-routine libraries, compilers and mathematical autocodes[…]
ref: 1962 June 14, New Scientist, volume 14, number 291, page 607:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Any of several early assembly languages.
capnograph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: capnographs
Etymology: From capno- + -graph.
Senses: glosses: An instrument that measures the amount of carbon dioxide in a gas (especially expired breath) and displays it continuously
Related terms: capnogram
capnography
microcapnograph
crosswalked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of crosswalk
dememorization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dememorizations
Etymology: From de- + memorization.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A process, within an algorithm, that removes any dependency upon a previous (especially an initial) value or state
dihydrosphingomyelin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dihydrosphingomyelins
Etymology: From dihydro + sphingomyelin.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any derivative of a sphingomyelin in which the double bond of the sphingosine moiety has been hydrogenated
granulosal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From granulosa + -al.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the cells of the granulosa
heterocarpic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: heterocarpous
hyperandrogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hyper- + androgenic.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Relating to, or caused by an excess of androgenic hormones
Derived terms: nonhyperandrogenic
intrafollicular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + follicular.
Senses: glosses: Within a follicle
intraovarian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + ovarian.
Senses: glosses: Within an ovary
isolative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more isolative
form: most isolative
Etymology: From isolate + -ive.
Senses: examples: text: It's when the computer becomes socially isolative that there's a problem.
ref: 2001 October 7, Jane Gordon, “Home Computer 101: Parents Set Up Rules”, in New York Times, retrieved 15 Nov 2012:
text: Impatience with the intellectual slowness of others, narcissism and passion for one's mission in life might combine to make such individuals isolative and difficult.
ref: 2003 April 30, Hazel Muir, “Einstein and Newton showed signs of autism”, in New Scientist, retrieved 15 Nov 2012:
text: [W]hile children will tend to watch things that adults do not want them to, TV’s isolative effects are a greater danger.
ref: 2005 March 29, “Experts reveal link between sex, drugs and bedroom TVs”, in scotsman.com, UK, retrieved 15 Nov 2012:
glosses: Relating to, characterized by, or causing isolation.
luteinisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From lutein + -isation.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of luteinization.
monovulatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mono- + ovulatory.
Senses: glosses: Releasing a single ovum each ovarian cycle
Related terms: diovulatory
diovulatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From di- + ovulatory.
Senses: glosses: Releasing two ova each ovarian cycle
Related terms: biovular
monovulatory
trolley dollies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trolley dolly
trolley-dollies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trolley-dolly
antibronchospastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + bronchospastic.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Preventing bronchospasm.
porns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: — I’ve got it at home. Anyway, there was this gap between the final two porns.
ref: 2000, Dennis Cooper, Period, Grove Press, published 2001, →ISBN, page 33:
glosses: plural of porn
roaders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of roader
obviator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: obviators
Senses: examples: obviators of difficulties
glosses: One who obviates.
obviators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of obviator
model-view-presenter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: model–view–presenter
form: model-view-presenters
Senses: topics: architecture
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
synonyms: MVP
coordinate_terms: MVC
MVVM
glosses: A derivative of the model-view-controller (MVC) architectural pattern, where the presenter assumes the functionality of the "middle-man".
model-view-presenters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of model-view-presenter
whorings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whoring
coilless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From coil + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without a coil or coils.
as all fuck
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: That exam was hard as all fuck.
glosses: A more intense form of as fuck.
Synonyms: as fuck
as all hell
as hell
enablements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: In moving the subterrain of inquiry, the temporal scales of our memorying and becoming (Grosz 1999) of wild, alien, uncanny and irreal experiences of the vital environments of vibrant nature are worth speculating about for further inquiry into both the enablements and constraints of those body~space relations of children's dromospherical timescapes with the Anthrop/obscene.
ref: 2017, Marilyn Fleer, Bert van Oers, International Handbook of Early Childhood Education, →ISBN, page 130:
glosses: plural of enablement
pillow box
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pillow boxes
Senses: glosses: A long, curved giftbox made of card, shaped like a pillow.
pillow boxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pillow box
weet weet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: weet weets
Etymology: Directly from Woiwurrung, the name of the weapon/toy
Senses: glosses: An Australian Aboriginal children's throwing game popular in some parts of Australia.
synonyms: play stick
glosses: The toy or implement thrown in this game, consisting of a cigar-shaped stick fastened at one end to a flexible twig.
motorcicle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of motorcycle.
caffiene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of caffeine.
Oto-Manguean
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˌoʊtoʊˈmæŋɡiːən/
Etymology: Based on Otomi + Mangue, another name for the Chorotega language.
Senses: glosses: A large Native American language family including Mixtec, Zapotec and Otomi.
Oto-Manguean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌoʊtoʊˈmæŋɡiːən/
Etymology: Based on Otomi + Mangue, another name for the Chorotega language.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to this language family.
nonstandard analysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: To be sure, the epsilon-delta methods arose in part because mathematicians became unsure of the foundational validity of infinitesimals. But since nonstandard analysis exactly provides the missing legitimacy, the original motivation for adopting epsilon-delta arguments appears to fall away.
ref: 2010 February 25, Joel David Hamkins, “Answer to "How helpful is non-standard analysis?"”, in mathoverflow.net, retrieved 13 Nov 2012:
topics: mathematical-analysis
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Analysis founded upon the hyperreal number system, i.e., which formally defines and uses infinitesimals, especially differentials.
striken
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of strike
Vedism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Vedaism
Etymology: From Veda + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The form of Hinduism that encompasses the teachings of the Vedas.
glosses: The religious adherence to such teachings.
Related terms: Veda
Vedic
skorpions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of skorpion
principal ultrafilter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: principal ultrafilters
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: An ultrafilter such that every set belonging to it is the superset of some fixed singleton set.
Hypernyms: principal filter
ultrafilter
free ultrafilter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: free ultrafilters
Senses: topics: mathematical-analysis
mathematics
sciences
qualifier: especially nonstandard analysis
glosses: An ultrafilter which contains all cofinite subsets of the set which is being "filtered" by it.
Hypernyms: free filter
ultrafilter
ordered integral domain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ordered integral domains
Senses: topics: algebra
mathematics
sciences
glosses: An integral domain which has a subset whose elements are said to be "positive", such that this subset is closed under addition, closed under multiplication, and all elements of the integral domain satisfy a law of trichotomy; namely, that either that element is in the said subset, or it is the zero (additive identity), or its product with −1 (the additive inverse of the multiplicative identity) belongs to the said subset.
Hyponyms: ordered field
Archimedean ordered field
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Archimedean ordered fields
Senses: examples: text: The next axiom concerns [ x ], the integer part function. We have seen that this function plays a useful role in our theory, but it turns out that not all ordered fields have it defined. A field for which integer part is defined is called an Archimedean Ordered Field.
ref: 2006, Richard W. Kaye, “Archimedean ordered fields”, in web.mat.bham.ac.uk, archived from the original on 16 Mar 2009:
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: An ordered field which satisfies the axiom of Archimedes.
Hypernyms: ordered field
Hyponyms: real number system
chithe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chithes
Etymology: From Middle English chithe, chythe, from Old English ċīþ (“scion, shoot, sprout”).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chive.
ankle bracelet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ankle bracelets
Senses: glosses: A piece of jewelry worn around the ankle; an anklet.
glosses: An ankle monitor.
ankle monitor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ankle monitors
Senses: synonyms: ankle bracelet
glosses: A device that individuals under house arrest or parole are often required to wear to track their location.
pain in the rear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pains in the rear
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pain in the ass.
breastie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: breasties
Etymology: From breast + -ie.
Senses: examples: 1785, Robert Burns, To a Mouse
Wee, sleekit, cow'rin, tim'rous beastie,
O, what a panic's in thy breastieǃ
glosses: breast
breasties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of breastie
Rs
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Etymology: By initialism from English or other languages.
Senses: examples: text: After a hunt lasting more than a year-and-a-half, police have arrested a couple for duping around 2 lakh people in one of India's biggest investment frauds involving an estimated Rs 1,100 crore.
ref: 2012 November 13, Neeraj Chauhan, Dwaipayan Ghosh, “Couple from Maharashtra held for Rs 1,100 crore stock scam”, in Times of India:
related: word: ₨
synonyms: en:Re
glosses: rupees
glosses: ronnasecond
Rs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of R
haggart
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: haggarts
Senses: examples: text: the very meadows in which he had assisted at harvest time in filling the load of sweet hay on the car, for the purpose of stacking in the haggart
ref: 1827 December, Gerald Griffin, “Tales of the Munster Festivals”, in The London Magazine, volume 19, page 493:
text: Jack escaped out of a back window which looked into the haggart, where the cows were kept every night.
ref: 1856 'One of the rakes of Mallow' "Ireland thirty years since" The Sporting Magazine (London: Rogerson & Texford) May 1856, p.366
text: Mr. Lowe remarked also the little ornamental wooden gate, the work of Mat's own hands, that led to the kitchen-garden invariably called the "haggart" in this part of the world which was fenced all round by a thick thorn hedge, with a little privet and holly intermixed here and there.
ref: 1879 Charles Kickham Knocknagow : or, The homes of Tipperary Chapter 7 "NORAH LAHY. THE OLD LINNET'S SONG." (Dublin : J. Duffy) 13th ed. (1887), p.50
glosses: A farmyard or small enclosed field; a vegetable patch or kitchen garden.
karanji
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: karanjis
Etymology: Borrowed from Marathi करंजी (karañjī).
Senses: examples: text: From scrumptious karanjis to ghee-laden anarsas and spiral chaklis, making sweets and savouries during Diwali has been a long-standing tradition.
ref: 2012 November 13, Reema Gehi, “Mithai as health tonic”, in Times of India:
glosses: A sweet dumpling made with coconut.
karanjis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of karanji
rose between two thorns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: roses between two thorns
Senses: glosses: A woman situated between two men.
anarsa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anarsas
Senses: examples: text: From scrumptious karanjis to ghee-laden anarsas and spiral chaklis, making sweets and savouries during Diwali has been a long-standing tradition.
ref: 2012 November 13, Reema Gehi, “Mithai as health tonic”, in Times of India:
glosses: A sweet pastry made with rice, jaggery, poppy seeds and milk.
anarsas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anarsa