cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
P/2 orbit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: P/2 orbits
Senses: qualifier: space flight
glosses: A lunar-resonant orbit about the Earth with a period of one-half that of the Moon's (P/2 is an orbit that is approximately a fortnight long).
Coordinate terms: english: low Earth orbit
translation: low Earth orbit
word: LEO
english: medium Earth orbit
translation: medium Earth orbit
word: MEO
english: high Earth orbit
translation: high Earth orbit
word: HEO
english: geostationary equatorial Earth orbit
translation: geostationary equatorial Earth orbit
word: GEO
english: geostationary transfer Earth orbit
translation: geostationary transfer Earth orbit
word: GTO
english: geosynchronous Earth orbit
translation: geosynchronous Earth orbit
word: GSO
english: Sun synchronous Earth orbit
translation: Sun synchronous Earth orbit
word: SSO
english: intermediate circular Earth orbit
translation: intermediate circular Earth orbit
word: ICO
english: Lunar transfer Earth orbit
translation: Lunar transfer Earth orbit
word: LTO
english: geostationary equatorial orbit
translation: geostationary equatorial orbit
word: GEO
english: geostationary transfer orbit
translation: geostationary transfer orbit
word: GTO
english: geosynchronous orbit
translation: geosynchronous orbit
word: GSO
english: Sun synchronous orbit
translation: Sun synchronous orbit
word: SSO
english: intermediate circular orbit
translation: intermediate circular orbit
word: ICO
biothesiometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biothesiometers
Senses: glosses: An instrument used to measure the threshold of vibration perception
biothesiometers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biothesiometer
digalactose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From di- + galactose.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Two galactose entities in a single molecule.
digalactosylated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From di- + galactosylated.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Modified by the introduction of two galactose entities
farnesal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: farnesals
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The sesquiterpenoid aldehyde (2E,6E)-3,7,11-trimethyldodeca-2,6,10-trienal (or a geometric isomer)
fibrocavitary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From fibro- + cavitary.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Relating to fibrosis in a body cavity
multifetus
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Multifetal.
glycoblotting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From glyco- + blotting.
Senses: glosses: an extension of the immunoblotting technique in the analysis of glycomes
homopolyester
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: homopolyesters
Etymology: From homo- + polyester.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any polyester whose constituent monomers are identical esters
hypogalactosylated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hypo- + galactosylated.
Senses: glosses: Insufficiently galactosylated
hypoinsulinaemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hypoinsulinaemic
form: most hypoinsulinaemic
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Alternative spelling of hypoinsulinemic.
isogeranial
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From iso- + geranial.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Synonym of isocitral.
synonyms: word: isocitral
isocitral
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From iso- + citral.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The monoterpenoid aldehyde (3E)-3,7-dimethylocta-3,6-dienal
isoneral
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From iso- + neral.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The monoterpenoid aldehyde (3Z)-3,7-dimethylocta-3,6-dienal
methylenebornane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: methylenebornanes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The methylene derivative of bornane 4,7,7-trimethyl-3-methylidenebicyclo[2.2.1]heptane
methylisoborneol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: methylisoborneols
form: methyl isoborneol
form: methyl-isoborneol
form: methyl iso-borneol
form: methyl-iso-borneol
Etymology: From methyl- + isoborneol.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any methylated derivative of isoborneol, but especially (1R,3R,4R)-3,4,7,7-tetramethylbicyclo[2.2.1]heptan-3-ol
Synonyms: MIB
Hyponyms: english: 2-MIB
translation: 2-MIB
word: 2-methylisoborneol
Derived terms: MIB
2-methylisoborneol
Related terms: isoborneol
borneol
monogalactose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mono- + galactose.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A single galactose entity in a molecule.
monogalactosylated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mono- + galactosylated.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Modified by the addition of a single galactose entity
polyhydroxybutyrate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polyhydroxybutyrates
Etymology: From poly- + hydroxybutyrate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any polyester derived from a hydroxybutyric acid
polysingularity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polysingularities
Etymology: From poly- + singularity.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The condition of a function or equation that has multiple singularities
Related terms: polysingular
sclareol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The bicyclic diterpenoid alcohol (1R,2R,4aS,8aS)-1-[(3R)-3-hydroxy-3-methylpent-4-enyl]-2,5,5,8a-tetramethyl-3,4,4a,6,7,8-hexahydro-1H-naphthalen-2-ol
spiruchostatin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spiruchostatins
Senses: glosses: Any of a group of depsipeptides found in Pseudomonas
spiruchostatins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spiruchostatin
supraaortic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: supra-aortic
Etymology: From supra- + aortic.
Senses: glosses: Above or over the aorta
trigalactose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tri- + galactose.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Three galactose entities in a single molecule.
trigalactosylated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tri- + galactosylated.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Modified by the addition of three galactose entities
trigeminocardiac
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From trigemino- + cardiac.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the trigeminal nerve and the heart
Derived terms: trigeminocardiac reflex
Kalla
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kallas
Etymology: Borrowed from Telugu కాళ్ళ (kāḷḷa). This surname is mostly found in Andhra Pradesh.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Telugu.
gearmotors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gearmotor
motor variable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: motor variables
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A variable that can be a split-complex number.
motor variables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of motor variable
Planck momentum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Planck momentums
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The momentum of one Planck mass traveling at the speed of light:P_P=√≈6.525 mbox Ns.
Related terms: Planck unit
lunch hour
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lunch hours
Senses: glosses: The time in the middle of the day when one stops one's activities (working, studying, etc) to have lunch.
Synonyms: lunch-time
beanwater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bean + water.
Senses: glosses: Water in which beans have been cooked.
glosses: Coffee
glosses: High spirits.
Derived terms: be on one's beanwater
Related terms: aquafaba
be on one's beanwater
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: is on one's beanwater
form: being on one's beanwater
form: was on one's beanwater
form: been on one's beanwater
Senses: glosses: To be in high spirits; to feel frisky.
Related terms: full of beans
counterpin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: counterpins
Etymology: From counterpane.
Senses: qualifier: chiefly Southern US and South Midland US
glosses: A bedspread.
crocker sack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crocker sacks
Senses: qualifier: chiefly Gulf States and South Atlantic U.S.
glosses: A burlap bag.
cup towel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cup towels
Senses: qualifier: chiefly Texas and inland Southern US
glosses: A dish towel.
dishwiper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dishwipers
Senses: glosses: A dish towel.
Bartow County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Francis S. Bartow.
Senses: glosses: A county of Georgia, United States. County seat: Cartersville.
wikipedia: Francis S. Bartow
Colleton County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Sir John Colleton.
Senses: glosses: One of 46 counties in South Carolina, United States. County seat: Walterboro.
wikipedia: Sir John Colleton, 1st Baronet
wolog
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of without loss of generality.
Colleton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A hamlet and old manor in North Devon District, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS6614).
Derived terms: Colleton County
Walterboro
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the surname Walter + -boro.
Senses: glosses: A city, the county seat of Colleton County, South Carolina, United States.
Phrixus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈfrɪksəs/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Φρίξος (Phríxos).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Son of Athamas and brother of Helle, with whom he fled to Colchis on a golden winged ram.
permitable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more permitable
form: most permitable
Etymology: From permit + -able.
Senses: glosses: permissible
Deschutes County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /dəˈʃuːts ˈkaʊnti/
Etymology: Named after the Deschutes River.
Senses: glosses: One of 36 counties in Oregon, United States. County seat: Bend.
wikipedia: Deschutes River (Oregon)
pas devant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Short for French pas devant les enfants (“not in front of the children”).
Senses: glosses: Not appropriate in the presence of children or current company.
pas devant
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: Short for French pas devant les enfants (“not in front of the children”).
Senses: glosses: Not in front of the present audience.
pas devant les enfants
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: From French pas devant les enfants.
Senses: synonyms: pas devant
glosses: Not in front of the children.
Related terms: think of the children
Bend
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Most places get their name from bends in rivers.
Senses: glosses: A ghost town and former railway community in central British Columbia, Canada. Named after a 90-degree curve in the railway line.
glosses: A census-designated place in Tehama County, California, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Maries County, Missouri, United States.
examples: text: Many locals thought doing so contradicted the democratic spirit of skiing, where strangers sharing a lift chair might include both billionaires with second homes in Bend and ski bums living in vans.
ref: 2025 January 23, John Branch, “Revenge of the Ski Bums”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
glosses: A city, the county seat of Deschutes County, Oregon, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Meade County, South Dakota, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Lampasas County and San Saba County, Texas, United States.
glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: East Bend
matchmakee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: matchmakees
Etymology: From matchmake + -ee.
Senses: glosses: One who has used the services of a matchmaker.
Gilliam County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Cornelius Gilliam.
Senses: glosses: One of 36 counties in Oregon, United States. County seat: Condon.
wikipedia: Cornelius Gilliam
buccoapical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌbʌkoʊˈeɪpɪkl̩/
Forms: form: more buccoapical
form: most buccoapical
Etymology: From bucco- + apical.
Senses: examples: text: Two loads were applied to simulate anterior bite force: an oblique buccoapical force with a magnitude of 300 N set on 135° to the long axis of the implant and a vertical force in apical direction to the long axis of the implant with a magnitude of 150 N […].
ref: 2016, Anssari Moin D, Hassan B, Wismeijer D, “A patient specific biomechanical analysis of custom root analogue implant designs on alveolar bone stress: a finite element study”, in International Journal of Dentistry, volume 2016, →DOI, →PMID, →PMCID, page 8242535:
topics: dentistry
medicine
sciences
glosses: Pertaining to the buccal (inner cheek) surface and apex of a tooth or its alveolus.
topics: dentistry
medicine
sciences
glosses: Pertaining to the buccal (inner cheek) surface and apex of a tooth or its alveolus.
In a location on the buccal and apical aspect (of a tooth or its socket).
topics: dentistry
medicine
sciences
glosses: Pertaining to the buccal (inner cheek) surface and apex of a tooth or its alveolus.
In a direction with buccal and apical vectors.
Related terms: buccocervical
buccogingival
buccolabial
buccolingual
buccopalatal
Hood River County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Hood River+county.
Named after the Hood River.
Senses: glosses: One of 36 counties in Oregon, United States. County seat: Hood River.
wikipedia: en:Hood River (Oregon)
Related terms: Hood
Hood County
Hood River
Hood River
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the surname Hood + river.
Senses: glosses: A river in Nunavut, Canada, which flows into the Arctic Ocean.
glosses: A river in Oregon, United States, a tributary of the Columbia River.
glosses: A city, the county seat of Hood River County, Oregon, United States.
glosses: Ellipsis of Hood River County.
Derived terms: Hood River County
eSwatini
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: As this tiny Kingdom of eSwatini joins the rest of the world in commemorating the International Mother Language Day, an event celebrated on February 21, every year, one cannot resist the temptation of penning a piece to remind the Swazi nation about the essence of the mother tongue in the society.
ref: 2015 February 23, “Essence of Our Mother Tongue”, in Times of Swaziland:
text: The Kingdom of eSwatini would also like to commend the leadership of the new Secretary-General, who is committed to transforming the UN to be fit for the 21st century.
ref: 2017 September 20, Statement by His Majesty King Mswati II Head of State of the Kingdom of Swaziland on the occasion of the General Debate of the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly:
text: Therefore, I have the pleasure to present to you, on this historic day, a new name for the kingdom. Our country will now be called: “Kingdom of eSwatini”.
ref: 2018 April 19, Mswati III, The King’s 50th Birthday and Independence Golden Jubilee Celebrations:
text: Time will tell if Swaziland—er, eSwatini—has better luck.
ref: 2018 April 20, Sebastian Modak, “Swaziland Just Changed Its Name to eSwatini”, in Condé Nast Traveler:
text: But the acting eSwatini President of the Economic Freedom Fighters accused the military of having a more sinister purpose.
ref: 2021 July 6, Gertrude Kitongo, “eSwatini opposition leaders go into hiding as Africa’s last absolute monarchy cracks down”, in CNN:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Eswatini.
moustachioing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of moustachio
andrologic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: andrological
Etymology: From andrology + -ic or andro- + -logic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to andrology.
hit the rack
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hits the rack
form: hitting the rack
form: hit the rack
form: hit the rack
Etymology: From the use of rack to mean a berth or bunk. Compare hit the sack.
Senses: examples: text: By the time I had unpacked my sea bag, made my rack, and finished a good long hot shower, it was late in the evening. I decided to make it a day and hit the rack.
ref: 2010, Herb Brewer, Chronicles of a Marine Rifleman: Vietnam, 1965-1966, →ISBN, page 171:
text: With that in mind, he walked off to his bedroom and shut the door. It was time to hit the rack.
ref: 2012, Whit Howland, The Case of the Sad Luck Dame: A Huey Dusk Caper, →ISBN:
text: It was around 2300 hours when I finally hit the rack, and as I always did when I thought we may enter into a combat situation, I lay on my bunk with my eyes closed and said a prayer for the safety of my squad.
ref: 2012, Brewster MaCoy, A Fear of Dying: A Soldier's Story, →ISBN, page 135:
glosses: To go to bed.
examples: text: I said, “Holy old Fuck,” when the cue ball hit the rack dead on, bounced straight back, and stopped dead in the middle of the table.
ref: 2015, Tom Green, The Blue Hand:, →ISBN, page 71:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hit, rack.
hits the rack
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hit the rack
hitting the rack
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hit the rack
powdery liveforever
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: powdery liveforevers
Senses: glosses: Dudleya farinosa, a prized ornamental of highly variable, often spectacular appearance, native to the coast of northern California and Oregon.
Synonyms: sense: Dudleya farinosa
word: bluff lettuce
sense: Dudleya farinosa
word: powdery dudleya
Dr. Strangelove syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /dɑktər streɪndʒlʌv sɪndɹoʊm/
Etymology: From the character Dr. Strangelove in Stanley Kubrick's 1964 film Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Synonym of alien hand syndrome.
synonyms: word: alien hand syndrome
wikipedia: Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Stanley Kubrick
blow one's chance
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: blows one's chance
form: blowing one's chance
form: blew one's chance
form: blown one's chance
Senses: glosses: To ruin, or fail to capitalise on an opportunity.
counterpins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of counterpin
crocker sacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crocker sack
cup towels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cup towel
ethnoregional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to an ethnoregion.
ethnoregion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ethnoregions
Etymology: From ethno- + region.
Senses: glosses: A geographical region inhabited primarily by a specific ethnic group.
ethnoregions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ethnoregion
affordables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The affordables. The first cameras specifically designed for the school with lots of imagination, and a limited budget.
ref: 1968, National Association of Educational Broadcasters, NAEB Directory of Public Telecommunications, page 31:
text: Fodor's affordables are written for today's travelers who demand quality, comfort, and service-unforgettable vacations at prices that are affordable—even as low as $60 a day.
ref: 1994, Mademoiselle: The Magazine for the Smart Young Woman:
glosses: Anything that is affordable.
confusionism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From confusion + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: Yet it is this very proliferation that has induced Stanley Fish to proclaim the imminent demise of theory, a demise whose most telling symptom is precisely the "noise" generated by theory. Commenting on and extending Fish's line of argument, Vincent Descombes argues that we have entered a phase of theoretical confusionism that makes it difficult to determine what theory is.
ref: 1989, Thomas M. Kavanagh, The Limits of Theory, page 168:
text: Let us not forget, moreover, that objectivism still boasts staunch defenders in contemporary thought, who typically level facile charges of confusionism or obtuseness against so called 'postmodern scepticism' […]
ref: 2012, A. Kioupkiolis, Freedom After the Critique of Foundations:
glosses: Any doctrine or philosophy that serves to confuse people.
dejectable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dejectable
form: most dejectable
Etymology: From deject + -able.
Senses: examples: text: John Jones was a Farmer and highly respectable,
Always in spirits and never dejectable,
One of these men who would never annoy himself,
But o'er his pipe and his glass would enjoy himself.
ref: 1832, Orlando Hodgson, Hodgson's National Songster, etc, page 225:
text: He was mounted upon an ass, a poor dejectable beast, whose back swayed beneath the mercer's weight as I 'neath your heavy wit, till his poor belly all but touched the ground.
ref: 1943, David Cheney, Bow Strings, page 273:
glosses: dejected
bissap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed through French from Wolof bisaab.
Senses: glosses: The plant roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa).
glosses: Roselle juice; cold Hibiscus tea; drink made with the crimson-colored sepals of the roselle flower with a strong, tart flavor
pencil squid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pencil squid
form: pencil squids
Senses: glosses: Any of various species of squid in the taxonomic family Loliginidae.
wikipedia: pencil squid
unnationalistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unnationalistic
form: most unnationalistic
Etymology: From un- + nationalistic.
Senses: glosses: Not nationalistic.
undiscursive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɜː(ɹ)sɪv
Forms: form: more undiscursive
form: most undiscursive
Etymology: From un- + discursive.
Senses: glosses: Not discursive.
parapareses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paraparesis
paraparetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From para- + paretic.
Senses: glosses: Exhibiting or relating to paraparesis.
qr
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: qrs
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of quarter (of the year).
QRs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of QR
QRs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Abbreviation of Queen's Regulations.
on the razzle-dazzle
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: synonyms: on the razz
on the lash
glosses: Out getting drunk.
agroprocessor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: agroprocessors
Etymology: From agro- + processor.
Senses: glosses: A company that processes agricultural produce.
agroprocessors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of agroprocessor
dress-up game
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dress-up games
Senses: topics: video-games
glosses: A simple form of video game in which the player can dress a character in various different clothing.
dress-up games
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dress-up game
omolanke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: omolankes
Etymology: From Yoruba ọmọlanke.
Senses: glosses: A pushcart.
omolankes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of omolanke
reef squid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reef squid
form: reef squids
Senses: glosses: Any of various species in the genus Sepioteuthis of squid with large, rounded fins, resembling cuttlefish.
wikipedia: reef squid
Derived terms: bigfin reef squid
Related terms: oval squid
Neveruary
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of never + January or blend of never + February.
Senses: examples: text: Dudes go some big numbers up north, some of them are comin' home Neveruary first.
ref: 2004, Shanno Holmes, Never Go Home Again: A Novel, page 162:
synonyms: Nevuary
glosses: Never; a time that will not come.
noncommutative geometries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of noncommutative geometry
like a rat up a drain
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of like a rat up a drainpipe.
gosain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gosains
form: gossein
Senses: glosses: A Hindu holy man.
gosains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gosain
Howell's spectacular thelypody
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Thelypodium howellii subsp. spectabilis, a rare plant subspecies of the western United States.
agilist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: agilists
Etymology: From agile + -ist.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: A practitioner of agile software development.
agilists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of agilist
oval squid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oval squid
form: oval squids
Senses: synonyms: tiger squid
glitter squid
bigfin reef squid
northern calamari
glosses: A type of squid with large, rounded fins resembling a cuttlefish, Sepioteuthis lessoniana.
wikipedia: oval squid
banana bracket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: banana brackets
Etymology: From the resemblance in shape to the fruit.
Senses: glosses: Either of the brackets (!| and |!), used in the notation for catamorphisms.
banana brackets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of banana bracket
work triangle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: work triangles
Senses: glosses: The imaginary path connecting the cooker, sink and refrigerator in a kitchen, considered from the viewpoint of efficient design.
work triangles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of work triangle
multisex
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + sex.
Senses: glosses: Of, or relating to, more than one sex.
nondisco
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + disco.
Senses: examples: text: Then there's after-dinner dancing — useful for burning off the calories — to a group that plays eminently danceable, nondisco melodies.
ref: 1988, Robert W. Tolf, Russell Buchan, Florida, a guide to the best restaurants, resorts, and hotels, page 126:
glosses: Not being or relating to disco music.
a few fries short of a Happy Meal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of one fry short of a Happy Meal.
wikipedia: Happy Meal
trads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trad
fatal attraction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fatal attractions
Senses: glosses: The situation where a person is romantically attracted to another by qualities likely to contribute to the breakup of the relationship.
fatal attractions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fatal attraction
small chops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: snacks or canapés
craftmaster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: craftmasters
Etymology: From craft + master.
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A senior enlisted sailor qualified to operate small vessels and support craft.
examples: text: There are establishments—just a sufficient number to make it plural—which have established, and are maintaining a certain standard in binding. Then there are others, where “our binder works at home,” and his associate craftmasters are his brothers and his sisters and his cousins and his aunts.
ref: 1910 August, C. W. O’Connor, “American Library Bindery”, in The Library Journal: Chiefly Devoted to Library Economy and Bibliography, volume 35, number 8, New York, N.Y.: Publication Office, […]; London: […] Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., […], page 5:
text: THIS UNIQUE CHARM—INDIVIDUALITY—CHARACTER IN FURNITURE FINISH IS ATTAINABLE WITH OUR CHARACTER BUILT-IN PRODUCTS and simple working instructions—with materials formulated to meet most rigid requirements of exacting furniture craftmasters.
ref: 1937 August, “Grand Rapids Wood Finishing Company”, in Industrial Finishing, volume XIII, number 10, Indianapolis, Ind.: Practical Publications, Inc., […], page 8:
text: Pure clay, as the ancient craftmasters found, is a good find, but it cannot be shaped and fired in this state.
ref: 1991, Michael W. Simpson, Making Native American Pottery, Happy Camp, Calif.: Naturegraph Publishers, →ISBN, page 19:
text: I was all over London this morning visiting craftmasters whose names begin with S. The Guildmaster gave me a list, but none of them knew anything about the chalice, candlesticks, and patens that have been copied.
ref: 1999, Roberta Gellis, A Mortal Bane, New York, N.Y.: Forge, Tom Doherty Associates, →ISBN, page 303:
text: The lords of the court, and the craftmasters of the city filled the room, as did an even larger number of the Warlord’s men.
ref: 2005, Elizabeth A. Vaughan, Warprize, New York, N.Y.: Tor Romance, →ISBN, page 276:
text: A great deal, Submarshal, but much of it consists of the rather boring details of attempting to train semi-trained recruits and build a true compound in a town where the principal concern seems to be how many golds the craftmasters can milk from the Marshal of Myrmidons.
ref: 2006, L[eland] E[xton] Modesitt, Jr., Cadmian’s Choice (The Corean Chronicles; 5), New York, N.Y.: Tor, →ISBN, page 352:
glosses: Alternative form of craftsmaster.
craftmasters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of craftmaster
SAIL
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SAILs
Senses: glosses: Acronym of snow avalanche impact landform.
SAILs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of SAIL
stauchwall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stauchwalls
Etymology: From German Stauchwall.
Senses: glosses: The lower end of the loosened slab of snow in an avalanche.
stauchwalls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stauchwall
XY problem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: XY problems
Senses: glosses: A communication problem where a person seeking help (for example, from a computing helpdesk) provides misleadingly incomplete information about the source of the problem and thus receives inaccurate or unhelpful suggestions about how to fix it.
XY problems
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of XY problem
mesopleural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to the mesopleuron.
cytoclesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The influence of one cell upon others.
sialuria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The presence of sialic acid in the urine.
oromaxillofacial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -eɪʃəl
Forms: form: oro-maxillofacial
form: oro-maxillo-facial
Etymology: From oro- + maxillo- + facial.
Senses: examples: text: oromaxillofacial surgery
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the mouth, jaw, and face.
pelvifemoral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the pelvis and femur.
photomyoclonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to photomyoclonus.
photomyogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From photo- + myogenic.
Senses: glosses: photomyoclonic
photomyoclonus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From photo- + myoclonus.
Senses: glosses: Myoclonus triggered by light impinging on the eye.
radiocephalic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From radio- + cephalic.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the radial artery and the cephalic vein.
reanastomosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reanastomoses
Etymology: From re- + anastomosis.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: A second or subsequent anastomosis.
reanastomoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reanastomosis
microtubal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Involving or relating to a microtube.
prerevisionist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + revisionist.
Senses: glosses: Prior to revisionism.
premachine
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: premachines
form: premachining
form: premachined
form: premachined
Etymology: From pre- + machine.
Senses: examples: text: In many cases, the simplest machining solution is to premachine the parts while still in the green state.
ref: 2007, Fred D. Barlow, III; Aicha Elshabini, Ceramic Interconnect Technology Handbook, page 275:
glosses: To machine in advance.
premachined
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of premachine
premachines
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of premachine
premachining
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of premachine
premould
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: premoulds
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of premold.
premould
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: premoulds
form: premoulding
form: premoulded
form: premoulded
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of premold.
premoulds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of premould
premoulds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of premould
premoulded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of premould
premoulding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of premould
entrance exam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: entrance exams
Senses: glosses: An entrance examination.
premold
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: premolds
form: premould
Etymology: From pre- + mold.
Senses: glosses: An incomplete mold having the basic desired shape but not yet fully accurate.
premold
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: premolds
form: premolding
form: premolded
form: premolded
form: premould
Etymology: From pre- + mold.
Senses: glosses: To mold in advance.
premolds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of premold
premolds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of premold
premolded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of premold
premolding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of premold
prefade
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: prefades
form: prefading
form: prefaded
form: prefaded
Etymology: From pre- + fade.
Senses: topics: broadcasting
media
glosses: To fade (an audio track) before it is broadcast, by listening in advance.
examples: text: These jeans had very fussy suggestions for upkeep and seemed to prefer that I never wash them again, lest I fade their artistically prefaded denim to a more amateurish color level.
ref: 2009 May 7, Cintra Wilson, “Is There a Setting for High Strung?”, in New York Times:
topics: business
manufacturing
glosses: To give (clothing, etc.) a faded appearance at the time of manufacture.
prefade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prefades
Etymology: From pre- + fade.
Senses: topics: broadcasting
media
glosses: An audio fade prepared before broadcast.
prefading
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of prefade
prefades
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of prefade
prefades
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prefade
postpump
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + pump.
Senses: glosses: After cardiopulmonary bypass.
fructosans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fructosan
labioalveolar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -iːələ(ɹ)
-əʊlə(ɹ)
Etymology: From labio- + alveolar.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: Involving the lip and the alveolar ridge.
orodigitofacial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of orofaciodigital.
orofaciodigital
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From oro- + facio- + digital.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Affecting the mouth, face, and digits.
extragnathic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From extra- + gnathic.
Senses: glosses: Outside of the jaw.
extrainguinal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From extra- + inguinal.
Senses: glosses: Outside of the groin.
extracapillary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From extra- + capillary.
Senses: glosses: Outside of the capillary.
pavementing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pavement + -ing.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: The situation where damaged endothelium undergoes a change in properties that allows leukocytes to adhere to it.
encephalofacial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From encephalo- + facial.
Senses: glosses: Involving the brain and the face.
Leiner's disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A systemic disease, typically diagnosed in early infancy, involving a long-lasting seborrhea dermatitis.
staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A dermatological condition caused by Staphylococcus aureus bacteria.
Synonyms: pemphigus neonatorum
Ritter's disease
SSSS
intralymphatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + lymphatic.
Senses: glosses: Within or into the lymphatic system.
extralymphatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From extra- + lymphatic.
Senses: glosses: Outside of the lymphatic system.
cerebrocardiac
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cerebro- + cardiac.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the brain and heart.
deckhanding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of deckhand
deckhanded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of deckhand
cerebrocostomandibular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪbjʊlə(ɹ)
Etymology: From cerebro- + costo- + mandibular.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the brain, ribs, and mandible.
ex-lax fish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ex-lax fish
form: Ex-Lax fish
Etymology: From Ex-Lax, a brand of laxative, because the fish flesh contains wax esters that can cause diarrhea.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of escolar (an oily marine fish with white flesh, reminiscent of, and fraudulently passed off as, tuna)
synonyms: word: escolar
extra: an oily marine fish with white flesh, reminiscent of, and fraudulently passed off as, tuna
wikipedia: en:Ex-Lax
dialled down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dial down
dialling down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dial down
yanas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yana
deadheaders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deadheader
carbonless copy papers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of carbonless copy paper
syllabificates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of syllabificate
bleed-throughs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bleed-through
bleedthroughs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bleedthrough
cabbageball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cabbage + ball.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: mushball
Macedo-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: Macedonia
Derived terms: Macedo-Hellenic
Macedo-Slav
Macedo-Syrian
Macedo-Romanian
Macedo-Rumanian
Longyan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈlɔŋ.jæn/
Forms: form: Lung-yen
Etymology: From Mandarin 龍巖 /龙岩 (Lóngyán).
Senses: examples: text: In view of the successful results of the program for the establishment of owner-farmers that had been previously achieved at Lungyen, one of the seven hsien under the 7th Prefecture in Western Fukien Province, the 7th Prefectural Office wanted to implement a similar program in the other six hsien and submitted to JCRR, in January, 1949, a project for land reform and rural reconstruction.
ref: [1954 October, Hui-sun Tang, “The Land Problem and Land Reform in Taiwan”, in Land Reform in Free China, Taipei: China Engraving & Printing Works, →OCLC, page 19:
text: Xinhua, the official news agency, said that nearly half the children who were tested last week in Longyan City in Fujian Province showed abnormally high levels of lead, which can cause developmental problems in children as well as a host of other ailments, including anemia, stomach pain and brain damage.
ref: 2009 September 27, Andrew Jacobs, “Chinese Tests Reveal Lead in Children Near a Plant”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 Apr 2013, Asia Pacific:
glosses: A prefecture-level city in southwestern Fujian, China.
Longyan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈlɔŋ.jæn/
Forms: form: Longyans
form: Lung-yen
Etymology: From Mandarin 龍眼／龙眼 (lóngyǎn). Doublet of longan.
Senses: examples: text: There are interesting local varieties too, such as a white wine grape called the Longyan (dragon eye – not to be confused with a fruit from the lychee family with the same name!) Some intriguing crossbreeds such as Beichun (Muscat Hamburg x Amurensis) are making promising red wines, although they are not yet produced in large quantities so are hard to find, even in China.[…]
Martin Winery, Yanhuai Valley, Huailai, Hebei province. Founded with the support of former British Prime Minister Sir Edward Heath. It is renowned for its distinctive traditional Chinese grape varieties (such as the Longyan grape).
ref: 2019 January 17, Peter Dean, “Janet Wang discovers the viticultural revolution of China”, in The Buyer, archived from the original on 20 Oct 2020, Opinion:
glosses: A white grape variety from Zhuolu (涿鹿) in Hebei, China; a grape of this variety, or a wine made from such grapes.
Cabalhin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Calubian, Leyte, Philippines.
plutarchies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plutarchy
knotful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more knotful
form: most knotful
Etymology: From knot + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: Clear your coil of kinkings Into perfect plaiting, Locking loops and linkings Interpenetrating. Why should a man benighted, beduped, befooled, besotted, Call knotful knittings plighted, Not knotty but beknotted?
ref: 1882, The Life of James Clerk Maxwell, page 649:
text: Is't more knotful or bewildered than the skein o'life itself, that a good tale tangles the better to unsnarl?
ref: 2001, Lahsen Benaziza, Romancing Scheherazade: John Barth and the One thousand and one nights:
glosses: Full of knots; knotty.
Derived terms: knotfulness
knotful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: knotfuls
Etymology: From knot + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: The lice had eaten their way through her rotting flesh, leaving a skeleton double-row of teeth, and of a once proud neck, a knotful of tendons and veins.
ref: 1977, Ka-tzetnik, Sunrise over hell, page 200:
text: Al was a knotful of butterflies by the time his music struck up and he had forced himself to dance out on to the stage apron.
ref: 2007, Michael Freedland, Jolson: The Story of Al Jolson, page 51:
text: The leather went whistling through TJ's hands, leaving thin, twin bands of neatly polished skin, until the branch tore loose and a knotful of splintered wood jammed there, bloodying both his palms.
ref: 2014, Ken Grant, The Deer Mouse:
text: He pulled a knotful of hundred-dollar bills out of his pocket and handed one to her.
ref: 2016, Ashley Antoinette, Luxe Two: A La La Land Addiction:
glosses: A quantity that makes up a knot.
non-natives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of non-native
cheilotomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cheilotomy
cheilostomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cheilostome
cheilo-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From Ancient Greek χεῖλος (kheîlos, “lip”).
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: lip
Related terms: labial
subcalculation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subcalculations
Etymology: From sub- + calculation.
Senses: glosses: A calculation making up part of a larger subcalculation.
subcalculations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subcalculation
subcomputation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subcomputations
Etymology: From sub- + computation.
Senses: glosses: A computation making up part of a larger computation.
subcomputations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subcomputation
munshee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: munshees
Senses: examples: text: This, and the two other examples given in the ſame plate, are from manuſcripts written in the coarſe and haſty manner of the Indian Munſhees: the reader muſt not expect, therefore, in ſuch writings, to have his eye delighted with graceful flouriſhes, minute hair-ſtrokes, or elegant combinations.
ref: 1795, William Ouseley, “Explanation of the Miscellaneous Specimens”, in Persian Miscellanies: An Essay to Facilitate the Reading of Persian Manuscripts; […], London: Printed for Richard White, […], →OCLC, page 94:
text: [A] beautifully-bound Tamil Bible and Prayer Book were brought over from the body of Christians on the other side the line by Edward Muttiyathillay, the munshee who had rendered such efficient help in the translation of both these books.
ref: 1875 December 11, “The Prince of Wales and the Native Church of Tinnevelly”, in The Church Missionary Intelligencer and Record, a Monthly Journal of Missionary Information, volume I (New Series), London: Church Missionary House, […]; Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday, […]; Hatchard and Co., […]; and J. Nisbet and Co., […], published February 1876, →OCLC, page 66:
glosses: Archaic spelling of munshi.