cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
biohazard symbol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biohazard symbols
Senses: glosses: A symbol that is universally recognized as a warning against substances that pose a threat to the health of living organisms, primarily that of humans.
in a heartbeat
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: “Colgate would sell Princess House in a heartbeat, if it could find a buyer,” said Bonita Austin.
ref: 1989 August 6, Claudia H. Deutsch, “Colgate's Next Trick: Controlling the Chaos”, in New York Times, retrieved 24 Jun 2011:
text: Sjostrom's game is predicated on strong skating. He accelerates in a heartbeat with a lightning quick stride and changes direction smoothly.
ref: 2001 May 22, Kyle Woodlief, “Sharp-shooting Swede Sjostrom shines”, in USA Today, retrieved 24 Jun 2011:
text: [I]f I had to do away with either handwriting or typing for the rest of my life, I'd give up handwriting in a heartbeat.
ref: 2006 July 12, Steven Berlin Johnson, “Don't Fear the Digital”, in Time:
text: If we could, we would trade it all in a heartbeat to go back in time to get our reputation back.
ref: 2023 April 21, John Poulos, “Dominion’s C.E.O.: Why We Settled the Lawsuit Against Fox News”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: “He’s the kind of person who would pick up the bill in a heartbeat,” she says.
ref: 2023 July 22, Barbara Speed, “‘We could soon see a Jane Austen-style marriage market’: how the housing crisis is turning modern dating on its head”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Without hesitation or reservation; at once.
ground bass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ground basses
form: groundbass
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A constantly repeated bassline or harmonic pattern in a piece.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ground, bass.
Synonyms: basso ostinato
Related terms: variations
passacaglia
chaconne
birdly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more birdly
form: most birdly
Etymology: From bird + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Truth for the bird his eye discerns; By birdly hope his wing is strong; And full delight in birdly good; Makes utterance for itself in song.
ref: 1850, Thomas Lynch, Memorials of Theophilus Trinol, student:
text: "Nay, nay," quoth Luxury, "I laugh at thee, — Thou art the king of beasts and I of birds ; Men are of beastly and of birdly kind, But more are birdly and obedience show Only to me, for in their bosom nursed Caprice and Vanity which are my slaves [...]
ref: 1916, John Rose, Poems: dedicated in loving memory to my boy Chester:
text: And in the birdly mind (actually in the birdly gonads), spring begins on their winter grounds with the increasing sunlight, as early as February.
ref: 2002, John Hanson Mitchell, Following the sun: a bicycle pilgrimage from Andalisia to the Hebrides:
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of birds; avian.
Derived terms: birdliness
unbirdly
Karelianism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Karelian + -ism.
Senses: glosses: A Finnish cultural movement of the late nineteenth century, focusing on Finland's Karelian heritage.
SNES
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /snɛs/
ipa: /snɛz/
ipa: /ˌɛs.ɛn.iːˈɛs/
rhymes: -ɛs
rhymes: -ɛz
Forms: form: SNESes
Senses: examples: text: The graphics are kind of cutesy, and the music is annoying, but the game is incredibly fun and the Super Multitap is worth owning so you can play the five-player SNES games coming out in the near future. Check it out!
ref: 1994, J. Douglas Arnold, Awesome Super Nintendo Secrets 3:
text: Emulate the SNES on the Dreamcast
ref: 2004, Simon Carless, Gaming hacks, page 64:
text: In fact the GBA was more powerful than the SNES, and could manipulate the pixels in ways the original SNES could never do. The cartridges also had a greater capacity than the SNES, allowing for richer and more extensive play.
ref: 2006, NFGMan, Character Design for Mobile Devices:
topics: video-games
glosses: Initialism of Super Nintendo Entertainment System.
autodetection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From auto- + detection.
Senses: examples: text: Thus the onset of "autodetection" leads, in the case of sequential resonance, to a negative peak of the current.
ref: 1972, Radio Engineering and Electronic Physics, volume 17, page 1588:
text: Exclude as many hardware types and items from autodetection as possible. If autodetection crashes, run Setup again and exclude more items from autodetection.
ref: 1996, Microsoft Corporation, Microsoft Windows NT Server Resource Kit:
text: As with Red Hat Linux, networking is probably already set up on your system because of the autodetection done during installation.
ref: 2000, Nicholas Wells, Guide to Linux Installation and Administration, volume 1, page 83:
text: This allowed us to engineer a network protocol for iTap that both supports autodetection and works with Windows as well as Mac OS X.
ref: 2010, David Mark, iPhone Advanced Projects, page 275:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: automatic detection
Related terms: autodetect
Duchampian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Duchampian
form: most Duchampian
Etymology: From Duchamp + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Marcel Duchamp (1887–1968), French/French American conceptual artist.
autocollimators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of autocollimator
autocollimations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of autocollimation
GoS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
glosses: Initialism of grade of service.
Related terms: QoS
quality of service
coinsureds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coinsured
beaconings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbiːkənɪŋz/
Senses: glosses: plural of beaconing
telerehabilitation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tele- + rehabilitation.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: rehabilitation (as of a drug user) by means of telecommunications or a computer network
telementoring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tele- + mentoring.
Senses: glosses: Mentoring by means of telecommunication or computer networks.
Related terms: telementor
teletutoring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tele- + tutoring.
Senses: glosses: Tutoring by means of telecommunication or computer networks.
Related terms: teletutor
quidded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of quid
cybermentoring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cyber- + mentoring.
Senses: glosses: Mentoring by means of computer networks.
Related terms: telementoring
plightful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more plightful
form: most plightful
Etymology: From Middle English plightful, plihtful, equivalent to plight + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: This is their doom that here in sin Lie and their sins will not cease; But would they think about Judgment Day, It behooves them to leave their plightful play.
ref: 1965, Francis X. Corrigan, Middle English readings in translation:
text: Athelstan said, in a much more serious way, “It is truly a plightful time for the Angles, and it always has been, as far back as I can remember. The Northmen kill or at least mar all that they touch.
ref: 2005, Curt Bissonette, Noble Stone:
glosses: Full of risk or danger; risky; dangerous; perilous.
examples: text: She liv'd and lov'd.―I wedded two. 'The Devil!'―Yes. What could I do? To her I ow'd my plightful vow, To Ruth, my life, and freedom now.
ref: 1866, Henry J. Verlander, The bride of Rougemont:
glosses: Full of plight; plighted; pledged; devoted.
plightful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more plightful
form: most plightful
Etymology: From plight + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: For example, poor villagers can destroy the forests because of their plightful conditions.
ref: 2009, Dr. Ulas Basar Gezgin, Vietnam & Asia in Flux, 2008:
glosses: Indicating plight; dire; grim; grievous.
examples: text: In some surreal and inevitable moment, some jingle-jangle wee hour of morning, they may even have shared billing on the same campus stage: joined harmonics and harmonics, strummed out some plightful version of "Musee des Beaux Arts" [...]
ref: 1972, Commonweal, volume 96:
glosses: Pitiful.
groggified
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more groggified
form: most groggified
Etymology: From grog + -ify + -ed.
Senses: glosses: drunk
Synonyms: drunk
Apps
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
inæsthetical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more inæsthetical
form: most inæsthetical
Etymology: From in- + æsthetic + -al.
Senses: examples: text: But the whole book is disgracefully inæsthetical ; nor does the author show the slightest power of constructing a story.
ref: 1842, Dillon O’Neill, The Dublin Magazine, Samuel J. Machen, pages 89–90:
glosses: Not possessing æsthetical quality.
bookly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: booklier
form: more bookly
form: bookliest
form: most bookly
Etymology: From Middle English *bocli, from Old English bōclīċ (“of or belonging to a book, scientific, biblical, scriptural”); equivalent to book + -ly. Cognate with Danish boglig (“bookish”), Swedish boklig (“bookish, literary”).
Senses: examples: text: As you received this and many other bookly treasures, all for the small annual fee of one dollar, […]
ref: 1919, Flora Warren Seymour, The Step Ladder: Volumes 1-5, Bookfellows:
text: But I shall not spoil for anyone the delight of discovering that most bookly of bookly books.
ref: 1920, George Steele Seymour, Adventures with books and autographs:
text: Publishes books for bookly minded folk and THE STEP LADDER, a monthly journal of bookly ascent.
ref: 1926, Henry Louis Mencken, The American mercury: Volume 9:
glosses: Of or pertaining to books; literary.
examples: text: He has with him his secretary, who speak the Spanish in a very bookly manner.
ref: 1932, Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association, Improvement era: Volume 36:
glosses: Learned from books; bookish; by-the-book.
warlikeness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From warlike + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being warlike; bellicosity.
anæsthetical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anæsthetical
form: most anæsthetical
Etymology: From an- + æsthetic + -al.
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of anaesthetical.
anaesthetical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anaesthetical
form: most anaesthetical
form: anæsthetical
form: anesthetical
Etymology: From an- + aesthetic + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to anaesthesis, characteristic of anesthesia.
thoroughpins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thoroughpin
war of conquest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wars of conquest
Senses: examples: Near-synonym: war of aggression
glosses: A military conflict where one state, nation, or people conquers or attempts to conquer another; a conquering war.
Related terms: holy war
wars of conquest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of war of conquest
briner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: briners
Etymology: From brine + -er.
Senses: examples: text: “We’re the only ones left in the neighborhood who still make pickles on the premises,” said the master briner, who agrees with the historic trust’s warning that “irreparable damage” is being done by new high-rise condos and hotels.
ref: 2008 June 13, Francis X. Clines, “Trading Pickles for Art Galleries”, in New York Times:
glosses: One who pickles food in brine.
briners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of briner
angu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: angus
Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese angu, from Yoruba à ń gún (“we are pounding”) or Fon agǔ (“pounded yam”).
Senses: topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: A popular Brazilian mash made with fubá (milled corn or rice), salt, and often garlic fried in olive oil.
out of the picture
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: Within a year, his scientists had worked out a system that virtually elbowed CBS out of the picture.
ref: 1966 October 7, “Executives: Man of the Future”, in Time:
text: "Well, since Ross is pretty much out of the picture, you're sitting in the driver's seat."
ref: 1986, Margaret Truman, Murder at the FBI, →ISBN, page 191:
text: By mid-2004, confident that deflation was out of the picture, the Fed began raising rates again.
ref: 2007 July 19, Justin Fox, “The End of Easy Money”, in Time:
text: Finance is seldom romantic. But the idea of peer-to-peer lending comes close. This is an industry that brings together individual savers and lenders on online platforms.[…]Banks and credit-card firms are kept out of the picture. Talk to enough people in the field and someone is bound to mention the “democratisation of finance”.
ref: 2013 June 1, “End of the peer show”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 71:
glosses: Not included in the matter being planned or under consideration; not a factor or participant in the present situation.
glosses: Dead, missing, or incarcerated.
examples: text: Harden-Hickey, in our day, was as incongruous a figure as was the American at the Court of King Arthur; he was as unhappily out of the picture as would be Cyrano de Bergerac on the floor of the Board of Trade.
ref: 1906, Richard Harding Davis, “Baron James Harden Hickey”, in Real Soldiers of Fortune:
text: Only Peter was out of the picture. He was a strange, disconsolate figure, as he shifted about to ease his leg, or gazed incuriously from the window.
ref: 1919, John Buchan, chapter 20, in Mr. Standfast:
text: Magda devoting her life to good works seemed altogether out of the picture!
ref: 1921, Margaret Pedler, chapter 30, in The Lamp of Fate:
glosses: Not suiting or attuned to the situation; incongruous.
encyclopædist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: encyclopædists
Etymology: From encyclopædia + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: The Venerable Bede follows close in time as an encyclopædist upon St. Isidore. Though not an encyclopædist in that strict sense which may be applied to his Spanish predecessor in the temple of learning, the extent and the variety of his works entitle him to a place amongst those authors whose writings, when taken together, form a complete library—the sum of the knowledge of their times.
ref: 1905, Condé Benoist Pallen, The Messenger, Volume XLIII, №. 3, page 245:
glosses: Archaic spelling of encyclopedist.
encyclopædists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of encyclopædist
plighter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈplaɪtə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -aɪtə(ɹ)
Forms: form: plighters
Etymology: From plight + -er.
Senses: examples: text: My playfellow, your hand; this kingly seal
And plighter of high hearts!
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 III, scene xiii]:
text: I mean to say, remorse has frequently been known to set in after a dust-up between a couple of troth-plighters, with all that Sorry-I-was-cross and Can-you-ever-forgive-me stuff, and love, after being down in the cellar for a time with no takers, perks up and carries on again as good as new.
ref: 1963, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter 16, in Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves, New York: Perennial Library, published 1983, page 124:
text: He hung up. And felt stupid. The most beautiful woman in the whole world had practically plighted her troth to him. And she didn’t seem like your run-of-the-mill plighter.
ref: 1978, James Coltrane, chapter 11, in Talon, Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, page 48:
glosses: One who or that which plights, engages, or pledges.
artistæ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of artist
plightly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: plightlier
form: more plightly
form: plightliest
form: most plightly
Etymology: From Middle English plihtliche, from Old English *plihtlīċe (“dangerously”), from plihtlīċ (“dangerous, perilous”), equivalent to plight + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Dangerously; with peril.
plaw
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɔː
Forms: form: plaws
form: plawing
form: plawed
form: plawed
form: play
Etymology: From Middle English plawen, playen, plaȝen, from Old English plagian, a dialectal (Anglian) variant of Old English plegian (“to move about quickly, play”). More at play.
Senses: glosses: To boil; seethe.
glosses: To boil; boil slightly; parboil.
plaw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɔː
Forms: form: plaws
form: play
Etymology: From Middle English plawen, playen, plaȝen, from Old English plagian, a dialectal (Anglian) variant of Old English plegian (“to move about quickly, play”). More at play.
Senses: examples: give meat a plaw
glosses: A boiling.
pietistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /pʌɪ.ɪˈtɪs.tɪk/
ipa: /paɪ.ɪˈtɪs.tɪk/
Forms: form: more pietistic
form: most pietistic
Etymology: From pietist + -ic, probably after German pietistisch.
Senses: examples: text: Quite apart from all the pietistic [translating pietistischen] and mystical writers [...] we also encounter clear-sighted men averse to the fantastic who use this very inexplicability of the phenomena of dreams in their endeavours to support their religious belief in the existence and intervention of superhuman powers.
ref: 1999, Sigmund Freud, translated by Joyce Crick, The Interpretation of Dreams, section I:
glosses: pertaining to pietism (Lutheran spiritual movement)
glosses: excessively pious
Derived terms: filiopietistic
pietistically
hypermnestic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hypermnestic
form: most hypermnestic
Senses: examples: text: The fact that the dream has at its disposal recollections which are inaccessible to the waking person is so remarkable and theoretically significant that I should like to reinforce it by recounting some more ‘hypermnestic’ [translating hypermnestischer] dreams.
ref: 1999, Joyce Crick, translating Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams, I.b
glosses: Pertaining to hypermnesia; demonstrating or pertaining to a very high level of memory or recall.
happener
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: happeners
Etymology: From happen + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who participates in a happening.
examples: text: Goodparley says, 'O no and in deed he aint hes bettern clevver hes a mover hes a happener. […]'
ref: 1998, Russell Hoban, Riddley Walker, page 118:
text: How does (to take an extreme example) me saying to myself that somebody deserves what happens give any support to the happener?
ref: 1998 November 2, “hate crimes”, in soc.singles.moderated (Usenet):
text: Just as we who believe in God know that there can be no creation without a Creator, we also know that whenever something happens, there is always a happener.
ref: 2009, Jan Doke, Broken Jar, page 167:
glosses: A person who makes things happen.
examples: text: "No way! He's not one of these people that do things. There's two kinds of people—the doers and the happeners. He's a happener. You know, things happen to him instead."
ref: 1984, Rex Burns, Strip Search: A Gabe Wager Mystery, page 23:
glosses: A person to whom things happen.
examples: text: The planned access via Netizen appears not to be a happener.
ref: 1999 November 21, “AGP Zero Tolerance Policy?”, in alt.gothic.pretentions (Usenet):
text: It's a happener. All systems are go.
ref: 2000 November 1, “Lord save me ...”, in alt.gothic.pretentions (Usenet):
text: You should be able to get your passport renewed at the embassy in London. If that's not a happener, try to get a temporary passport.
ref: 2003 November 23, “Photo id for flying between the UK and Ireland”, in soc.culture.irish (Usenet):
glosses: An event that is expected to happen; a plan that is likely to succeed.
raw_tags: used in the negative
happeners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of happener
theoxenia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek θεοξενία (theoxenía), equivalent to theo- + xenia.
Senses: examples: text: 1902, Archaeological Institute of America, American School of Classical Studies at Athens, American School of Classical Studies in Rome, American journal of archaeology
S. Reixach maintains that the rite of theoxenia is derived from the primitive conception of the gods as relatives of those who entertain them...
text: An alternative interpretation to the theoxenia, though no doubt related in cult practise, would be that of parasitein.
ref: 1989, Harvey Alan Shapiro, Art and cult under the Tyrants in Athens: Volume 1:
glosses: Hospitality towards a god who visits as a guest.
xenotimes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of xenotime
xerafin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: xerafins
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of xeraphim.
xerafins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of xerafin
footwrap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfʊtˌɹæp/
Forms: form: footwraps
Etymology: From foot + wrap.
Senses: glosses: A strip of cloth worn around the feet before the wide availability of socks or to avoid chafing, absorb sweat and improve the foothold.
Synonyms: word: footcloth
word: bandages
word: rags
word: portyanka
footwraps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of footwrap
xylorcin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From xylo- + orcin.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A derivative of xylene obtained as a white crystalline substance that turns red on exposure to air.
Synonyms: betaorcin
xyloidin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: xyloidins
Etymology: From xyloid + -in.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An explosive compound resembling pyroxylin, obtained by the action of nitric acid on starch.
Synonyms: nitramidin
xyloidins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of xyloidin
xyloquinone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: xyloquinones
Etymology: From xylo- + quinone.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of quinone compounds obtained by the oxidation of xylidines.
xyloquinones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of xyloquinone
xylogen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From xylo- + -gen.
Senses: examples: text: Xylogen is found in the primary cell-wall, and in the thickening layers of all woody cells.
ref: 1858, Grover Coe, Concentrated organic medicines, page 43:
glosses: Nascent wood; wood cells in a forming state.
xyloplastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From xylo- + plastic.
Senses: topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Made from wood pulp shaped in a mould.
xyl-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of xylo-.
xylite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: xylites
Etymology: From xyl- + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A liquid hydrocarbon found in crude wood spirits.
xylites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of xylite
xylonic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A sugar acid that can be obtained by mild oxidation of xylose
Synonyms: lyxonic acid
Related terms: xylonate
xylidic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to either of two acids derived from xylic acid and related compounds, metameric with uvitic acid.
uvitic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: 5-methylisophthalic acid, obtained by oxidizing mesitylene or by condensing pyroracemic acid with baryta water.
Related terms: uvitinic acid
uvitonic acid
xeronate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From xeronic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).
Senses: examples: text: When dissolved in ammonia, and calcium chloride added, a crystalline precipitate is formed of calcium xeronate, C₈H₁₀O₄Ca + H₂O, and this when treated with hydrochloric acid does not yield xeronic acid, but is transformed again into the anhydride.
ref: 1887, Henry Enfield Roscoe, A treatise on chemistry: Volume 3, Part 2:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt of xeronic acid.
xenodocheion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: xenodocheia
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of xenodochium.
xenodocheia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of xenodocheion
Welchman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Welchmen
Senses: examples: text: The Welchman had to tell the story of the night to the visitors.
ref: 1876, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter XXX, in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Hartford, Conn.: The American Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 231:
glosses: Obsolete form of Welshman.
Welchmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Welchman
xenodochy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ξενοδοχία (xenodokhía), from ξένος (xénos, “alien”) + δέχομαι (dékhomai, “to receive”).
Senses: examples: text: Bushmen, as a class, are a very hospitable race — generous in their sympathies, fond of practising the virtue of xenodochy, entertain strangers with a rough but ready welcome; and it is a pity to see men of this stamp tossed about as they are.
ref: 1872, William Mark Hugo, History of the first Bushmen's club in the Australian colonies:
glosses: Reception of strangers; hospitality.
Related terms: xenodochium
xenodochial
blackfishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blackfish
xylate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: xylates
Etymology: From xylic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).
Senses: examples: text: The xylic and paraxylic acids are separated by the different solubility of their calcium salts, the xylate being the more soluble of the two.
ref: 1878, George Fownes, Elementary chemistry, theoretical and practical:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of xylic acid.
xylates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of xylate
bindup
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: bind-up
Etymology: From bind + up.
Senses: glosses: Packaged together in a box set.
raw_tags: of books
Parkesine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Parkes + -ine, originally a trademark, from the name of Alexander Parkes.
Senses: glosses: The first man-made plastic; pyroxylin.
wikipedia: Alexander Parkes
xiphioids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of xiphioid
xenyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos) + -yl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The univalent radical derived from diphenyl.
Synonyms: xenylenic
xenylic
Derived terms: xenylamine
megachilid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megachilids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any of the family Megachilidae of mostly solitary bees whose scopa is restricted to the ventral surface of the abdomen.
megachilids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of megachilid
sexship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sexships
Etymology: Blend of sex + relationship
Senses: examples: text: Because the focus is often on temporary physical gratification, very few sexships progress into long-term, committed, quality relationships.
ref: 2009, Chris Jackson, The Black Christian Singles Guide to Dating and Sexuality:
glosses: A relationship based purely on sex.
subxiphisternal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + xiphisternal.
Senses: glosses: Below the xiphisternum.
xiphoidian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɔɪdiən
Etymology: From xiphoid + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: ...the deep xiphoidian para-umbilical vein which anastomoses the umbilical circulation, tributary of the portal vein to the xiphoidian plexus...
ref: 1936, Louis Hamman, International Clinics: A Quarterly of Illustrated Clinical Lectures:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: xiphoid
lodicules
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lodicule
xanthophyllic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From xanthophyll + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to xanthophyll.
xiphosurid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: xiphosurids
Etymology: From Xiphosura + -id.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any member of the order Xiphosura; a horseshoe crab.
xiphosurids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of xiphosurid
elderberrying
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From elderberry + -ing.
Senses: glosses: The gathering of elderberries.
secologanin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A monoterpene synthesized from geranyl pyrophosphate in the mevalonate pathway, then proceeding with dopamine to form ipecac alkaloids.
loganate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From loganic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of loganic acid.
xylamide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From xyl- + amide.
Senses: examples: text: A critical double blind study is required with xylamide before the drug is worthy of being considered for ulcer therapy.
ref: 1974, N. J. Harper, Alma B. Simmonds, Advances in drug research: Volume 8:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An acid amide derivative of xylic acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance.
xylanthrax
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Pseudo-loan from Ancient Greek, derived from ξυλο- (xulo-, “wooden”) + ἄνθραξ (ánthrax, “coal”).
Senses: examples: text: This clay formation, entirely unconnected with that of the Mississippi, and the lower part of the Arkansa, is of a blueish-grey, abounding in pyrites and xylanthrax, and is the active seat of those pseudo-volcanoes and their remains existing in the upper part of the Missouri territory.
ref: 1821, Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia: Volume 2, page 24:
text: There are two beads of much interest: a small cylindrical one of chrysoprase, and a large one turned out of a piece of xylanthrax, similar to that met with at Bovy, Devonshire.
ref: 1863, The journal of the British Archaeological Association: Volume 19, page 321:
glosses: Wood coal or charcoal, distinguished from mineral coal; lignite.
xylanolysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From xylan + -o- + lysis.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The breakdown of a xylan.
Related terms: xylanolytic
baicalin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A flavone, the glucuronide of baicalein, found in Scutellaria baicalensis and related plants and used in herbal medicine.
Derived terms: baicalinase
baicalein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From translingual baicalensis + -in?
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: 5,6,7-trihydroxyflavone, a flavone originally isolated from the roots of Scutellaria baicalensis that acts as a lipoxygenase inhibitor and anti-inflammatory agent.
xanthoxylene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Coined by John Stenhouse from Xanthoxylum (“syn. of Zanthoxylum”) + -ene.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A terpene extracted from the seeds of the Japanese prickly ash (Zanthoxylum pipertium).
wikipedia: John Stenhouse
zanthoxylum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zanthoxylums
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: glosses: Any of the genus Zanthoxylum of deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs in the citrus or rue family.
zanthoxylums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zanthoxylum
geraniumlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more geraniumlike
form: most geraniumlike
Etymology: From geranium + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of geraniums.
xylitone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: xylitones
Etymology: From xylite + -one.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A yellow oil that is a side product of making phorone.
xylitones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of xylitone
Jesusian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /dʒiːˈzuː.zi.ən/
Forms: form: more Jesusian
form: most Jesusian
Etymology: From Jesus + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: But nobody ever mentions such a thing as Jesusian warfare. For there is no such thing. And yet every European nation wages this war in the name of Jesus. They profane his name. They lie about his principles.
ref: 1914, Horace Traubel, Anne Montgomerie, The Conservator: Volumes 25-26:
glosses: Of or pertaining to Jesus Christ.
Related terms: Christian
cespitosely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more cespitosely
form: most cespitosely
Etymology: From cespitose + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Plants with cespitosely branched caudices, the stems usually diffusely branched.
ref: 1907, New York Botanical Garden, North American flora: Volume 25, Parts 1-5:
glosses: In a cespitose manner.
xylophilous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more xylophilous
form: most xylophilous
Etymology: From xylo- + -philous.
Senses: glosses: Living on or in wood, as some fungi and beetles do.
xeronic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From xero- + -n- + -ic, from the acid's tendency to form its anhydride.
Senses: examples: text: The empirical formula of xeronic acid shows that it is homologous with citraconic acid, but it possesses properties very different from this, inasmuch as it does not combine either with nascent hydrogen or with bromine.
ref: 1884, Sir Henry Enfield Roscoe, A Treatise on chemistry: Volume 3:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An acid with chemical formula C₈H₁₂O₄, related to fumaric acid.
Derived terms: xeronate
Jutlander
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒʌtlændəɹ/
Forms: form: Jutlanders
Etymology: From Jutland + -er.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Jutland.
Related terms: Jute
Jutish
Jutland
Jutlandic
Jutlandish
Jutlanders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Jutlander
Jutlandish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Jutlandish
form: most Jutlandish
Etymology: From Jutland + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Jutlandic
Jutlandish
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Jutland + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Jutlandic
Jutlandic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /d͡ʒʌtˈlændɪk/
rhymes: -ændɪk
Forms: form: more Jutlandic
form: most Jutlandic
Etymology: From Jutland + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Jutland.
Jutlandic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /d͡ʒʌtˈlændɪk/
rhymes: -ændɪk
Etymology: From Jutland + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Any of the dialects of Danish spoken in Jutland.
Synonyms: word: Jutish
word: Jutlandish
juvenileness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From juvenile + -ness.
Senses: glosses: juvenility
Justinian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Iūstīniānus, from Iūstīnus (“Justin”) + -iānus.
Senses: glosses: A family name in Late Antiquity, notably that of Justinian I, emperor of the Byzantine Empire from 527 to 565.
Derived terms: Justinianian
Justinianic
Justinianist
Plague of Justinian
Justinian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Justinian
form: most Justinian
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Iūstīniānus, from Iūstīnus (“Justin”) + -iānus.
Senses: examples: text: the Justinian dynasty
glosses: Of or pertaining to Justin I.
examples: text: the Justinian reforms of 533
glosses: Of or pertaining to Justinian I.
jairou
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An Asian gazelle, the chinkara.
Seychellean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Seychelles + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the Seychelles.
Seychellean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Seychelleans
Etymology: From Seychelles + -an.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Seychelles.
jabbernowl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jabbernowls
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of jobbernowl.
jabbernowls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jabbernowl
Jacobitisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Jacobitism
hepaticological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hepaticology + -ical.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to hepaticology.
hepaticologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hepaticologists
Etymology: From hepaticology + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who studies hepaticology.
hepaticologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hepaticologist
orofaecal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From oro- + faecal.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of orofecal.
Jacobitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Jacobitic
form: most Jacobitic
Etymology: From Jacobite + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the Jacobites.
Jacobitical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Jacobitical
form: most Jacobitical
Etymology: From Jacobite + -ical.
Senses: examples: text: Her hours, then, were not spent in solitude, but in listening to the addresses of some desperate agent of jacobitical treason, who was a secret resident within the mansion of her uncle.
ref: 1817 December 31 (indicated as 1818), [Walter Scott], chapter VII, in Rob Roy. […], volume III, Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co. […]; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC, page 194:
glosses: Of or pertaining to the Jacobites.
jakwood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From jak + wood.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of jackwood.
Jupati palm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Jupati palms
Etymology: After the Jupati River in Brazil
Senses: glosses: A large Brazilian palm tree (Raphia taedigera).
wikipedia: Jupati River
jungermannia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jungermannias
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: glosses: Any of the genus Jungermannia of liverworts.
jungermannias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jungermannia
Jungians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Jungian
junctureless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From juncture + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without a juncture.
Jacinth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name.
Jacinthe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name.
zealful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more zealful
form: most zealful
Etymology: From zeal + -ful.
Senses: glosses: Full of zeal.
Zabism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Sabianism.
Zabaism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Sabianism.
zobos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zobo
zamangs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zamang
zamouses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zamouse
zamouse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zamouses
Etymology: Ultimately from Arabic جاموس (jāmūs, “buffalo”).
Senses: glosses: A West African buffalo, Syncerus caffer brachyceros, with short horns and large ears.
Synonyms: bush cow
zanyism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zanyisms
Etymology: From zany + -ism.
Senses: glosses: clownishness; buffoonery
zygomorphous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From zygo- + -morphous.
Senses: glosses: zygomorphic
zopilotes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zopilote
Zechstein
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From German Zechstein
Senses: examples: text: Sedimentation rates in the Zechstein were variable. In general, during periods of carbonate and anhydrite deposition on the shelves, slow sedimentation rates characterized the sediment- starved basinal areas.
ref: 2008, Tom McCann, The Geology of Central Europe: Precambrian and palaeozoic:
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A unit of sedimentary rock layers of Middle to Late Permian age located in the Permian Basin (Europe), corresponding to the Lopingian (epoch).
zeekoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zeekoe
Zarathustric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Zarathustric
form: most Zarathustric
Etymology: From Zarathustra + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Zarathustrian
yokemate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yokemates
Etymology: From yoke + mate.
Senses: glosses: An animal yoked with another.
glosses: A companion.
Synonyms: yokefellow
yokemate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: yokemates
form: yokemating
form: yokemated
form: yokemated
Etymology: From yoke + mate.
Senses: glosses: To connect together as if by a yoke.
yokemates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yokemate
zaim
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zaims
Etymology: From Arabic زعيم (zaʕīm, “leader”).
Senses: glosses: A Turkish irregular mounted militia.
glosses: The chief of such a militia.
zaims
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zaim
Zarathustrism
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of Zoroastrianism.
zarnich
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of zarnec.
zaptiehs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zaptieh
zaptiah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zaptiahs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of zaptieh.
zaptiahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zaptiah
zati
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zatis
Senses: glosses: Macaca radiata, a macaque native to India and Sri Lanka with a hairstyle similar to a centre parting.
Synonyms: capped macaque
bonnet monkey
zayat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zayats
Etymology: From Burmese ဇရပ် (ja.rap).
Senses: examples: text: There are always several zayats in the neighborhood of a kyoung, to which the devotees of Boodh resort to listen to their priests.
ref: 1855, Emily Chubbuck Judson, Memoir of Sarah B. Judson: member of the American mission to Burmah, page 16:
glosses: A building in Burma used for meetings and religious assemblies and to give shelter to travellers.
zayats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zayat
Burmah
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: In Burmah, and especially in the Tenasserim provinces, teak forests of great value abound, at the forks of the Salween river, and west of Moulmein, between the Martaban river and the Meinam, nearly as far south as Tavoy.
ref: 1885, P. L. Simmonds, “The Teak Forests of India and the East, and Our British Imports of Teak”, in Journal of the Society of Arts, volume 33, number 1684, page 344:
glosses: Archaic form of Burma.
zamite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zamites
Etymology: From Zamia + -ite.
Senses: glosses: A fossil cycad of the genus Zamia.
zamites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zamite
eyepatches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eyepatch
zealant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zealants
Senses: examples: text: For to certaine Zelants all Speech of Pacification is odious.
ref: 1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Unity in Religion”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC, page 13:
glosses: A zealot.
zealants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zealant
Baalzebub
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Beelzebub.
zain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zains
Etymology: Borrowed from French zain.
Senses: examples: text: Azara estimates the proportion of bays amongst these horses to be about ninety to ten zains, that is, entirely dark-coloured without any white; and there is not one black in two thousand; pied and greys occur sometimes […]
ref: 1905, Sir William Ridgeway, The origin and influence of the thoroughbred horse:
glosses: A horse of a dark colour with no lighter spots.
zains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zain
zehner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zehners
Etymology: German
Senses: glosses: An Austrian silver coin equal to ten kreutzers.
zehners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zehner
Zantiot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Zantiots
Etymology: From Zante + -iot.
Senses: synonyms: (rare) Zakynthiot
glosses: An inhabitant of the Greek island of Zakynthos.
Zantiot
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Zante + -iot.
Senses: synonyms: (rare) Zakynthiot
glosses: Of or relating to Zakynthos or its inhabitants.
Zantiots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Zantiot
zaimet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zaimets
Senses: glosses: A district from which a zaim (Turkish military chief) draws his revenue.
zaimets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zaimet
Sabians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sabian
Zabian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Zabians
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Sabian.
Zabians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Zabian
Elcesaite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Elcesaites
form: Elchasaite
form: Elkasaite
form: Elkesaite
form: Helkesaite
Senses: examples: text: The Homilies speak of the “Wisdom” or “Sophia” of God as if it were part of God’s feminine aspect (16.12). The Elchasaites, another Jewish Christian group, believed that the Holy Spirit was female and was either the equal of Christ or his sister (Panarion 30.17.6, 53.1.9). All of this makes sense because it is in accordance with Hebrew, which spoke of the holy spirit or divine presence, the shekinah, as feminine. It is significant that the Elchasaites also had two women leaders in the fourth century who according to Epiphanius were “worshipped as goddesses” (Panarion 53.1.2).
ref: 2000, Keith Akers, chapter 4, in The lost religion of Jesus: simple living and nonviolence in early Christianity, New York, NY: Lantern Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 54:
glosses: A member of an ancient Jewish-Christian sect, possibly related to the Ebionites, in Sassanid southern Mesopotamia.
Elcesaites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Elcesaite
Elchasaite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Elchasaites
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Elcesaite.
Helkesaite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Helkesaites
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Elcesaite.