cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
wiresmith
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wiresmiths
Etymology: From wire + smith.
Senses: glosses: A worker who hammered metal into wire.
wiresmiths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wiresmith
Indianists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Indianist
chainlinks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chainlink
cyclone fence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyclone fences
Senses: glosses: chainlink fence
Related terms: cyclone fencing
drugstore beetle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drugstore beetles
Senses: synonyms: biscuit beetle
bread beetle
glosses: Stegobium paniceum, a tiny brown beetle that infests a wide variety of products.
biscuit beetle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biscuit beetles
Senses: glosses: A drugstore beetle.
bread beetle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bread beetles
Senses: glosses: Synonym of drugstore beetle.
synonyms: word: drugstore beetle
globularin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Globularia + -in.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A glucoside obtained from the leaves of Globularia alypum and Globularia vulgaris.
globularia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɡlɒb.jʊˈlɛəɹi.ə/
ipa: /ˌɡlɑb.jəˈlɛɹi.ə/
rhymes: -ɛəɹi.ə
Forms: form: globularias
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: examples: text: How seldom do we see the globularias in modern gardens, though these sea- and salt-lovers may be planted with confidence in any garden by the shore.
ref: 1964, Christine Kelway, Seaside gardening, page 120:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any of the genus Globularia of flowering plants.
globularias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of globularia
dinophile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dinophiles
Etymology: From dino + -phile.
Senses: examples: text: For what self-respecting dinophile would want to think of his favorite stock—the carnivorous lineage known as theropods—in undignified fashion, all covered with feathers?
ref: 2002, Allen A. Debus, Diane E. Debus, Paleoimagery: The Evolution of Dinosaurs in Art, McFarland & Company, →ISBN, page 126:
text: Stephen Jay Gould, an admitted dinophile since childhood, examines Steven Spielberg's adaptation of Michael Crichton's novel Jurassic Park and our fascination with dinosaurs from a variety of perspectives, both scientific and cultural.
ref: 2002, Charles L. P. Silet, “Introduction”, in Charles L. P. Silet, editor, The Films of Steven Spielberg, Scarecrow Press, →ISBN, page xviii:
text: For the true dinophile, drive about 35 miles out of town to the Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry, where you'll find relics of more than 70 dinosaurs.
ref: 2012, Eric Peterson, Frommer's Utah, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 32:
glosses: One who is keenly interested in dinosaurs.
Synonyms: dinomaniac
dinophiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dinophile
redtwig dogwood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: redtwig dogwoods
Senses: glosses: Cornus sericea, a flowering plant in the family Cornaceae.
Synonyms: sense: Cornus sericea
word: red willow
sense: Cornus sericea
word: redstem dogwood
sense: Cornus sericea
word: red osier dogwood
sense: Cornus sericea
word: redtwig
sense: Cornus sericea
word: red-rood
sense: Cornus sericea
word: American dogwood
sense: Cornus sericea
word: creek dogwood
sense: Cornus sericea
word: western dogwood
unipersonalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From unipersonal + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: A similar remark could be said of Mr. Osmeiia, who was for unipersonalism as against collectivism in 1922 but who in 1933 was a collectivist and against the unipersonalism of Mr. Quezon.
ref: 1951, Philippine Social Sciences and Humanities Review:
glosses: Leadership by a single person.
topics: lifestyle
religion
theology
glosses: Belief in unipersonality of a deity.
Related terms: unipersonalist
cytoproct
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cytoprocts
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The anal opening in a unicellular organism.
cytoprocts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cytoproct
dog salmon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: chum salmon
cytopathogenicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The quality of being cytopathogenic.
cytomembrane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛmbɹeɪn
Forms: form: cytomembranes
Etymology: From cyto- + membrane.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A membrane found in cytoplasm
Related terms: cytomembranous
cytomembranes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cytomembrane
cyberbabe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyberbabes
Etymology: From cyber- + babe.
Senses: examples: text: The invasion of the cyberbabes is well advanced. "Virtual" newsreaders Ananova and Vandrea are following the ass-kicking footsteps of the phenomenally successful computer game heroine Lara Croft of Tomb Raider[…]
ref: 2000, New Statesman, volume 129, numbers 4481-4492, page 94:
text: And those old chat room sex hounds pretending to be sixteen-year-old girls. For serious, old FBI guys make the sexiest cyberbabes.
ref: 2001, Chuck Palahniuk, Choke:
glosses: An attractive woman on the Internet or in cyberspace.
throwout
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: throwouts
Etymology: From throw out, in the sense of having been thrown out of society.
Senses: topics: media
printing
publishing
glosses: A folded sheet that opens out to one side; half a gatefold.
examples: text: The first category were throwouts of the Police Reserve and the prisons organization who avenged themselves on these bodies that had rejected them by inventing and spreading accusations of malpractices.
ref: 1963, Fred Majdalany, State of Emergency: The Full Story of Mau Mau, page 228:
glosses: One who has been rejected by society; an outcast.
examples: text: Alternatively, the throwout rule, adopted by only a few states, eliminates or “throws out” sales from the denominator of the apportionment factor when sales are not taxable in the destination state.
ref: 2005, LeAnn Luna, “Throwback rules, multistate corporations”, in Joseph J. Cordes, Robert D. Ebel, Jane G. Gravelle, editors, The Encyclopedia of Taxation & Tax Policy (Second Edition), The Urban Institute Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 436:
text: The effect of the throwback rule is to distribute income according to sales in the origin state. The effect of the throwout rule is to distribute income according to the taxpayer’s overall activities as measured by the other apportionment factors.
ref: 2006, Joann Martens-Weiner, chapter 4, in Company Tax Reform in the European Union: Guidance from the United States and Canada on Implementing Formulary Apportionment in the EU, Springer Science+Business Media, Inc., →ISBN, →LCCN, page 53:
text: The throwout rule would have the effect of attributing the receipts concerned to the Member States in proportion to the other sales, which is not supported by the logic of the sales factor as those other Member States have not contributed to the profits associated with those gross receipts.
ref: 2009, Stefan Mayer, chapter 4, in Formulary Apportionment for the Internal Market (Doctoral Series; 17), IBFD, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 220:
topics: accounting
business
finance
coordinate_terms: nowhere income
throwback
glosses: A practice to avoid untaxed nowhere income by instead assuming the untaxed transaction is taxed in the originating state in a notional proportion to other taxable transactions.
cyberbabes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyberbabe
throwouts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of throwout
frog kick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: frog kicks
Etymology: It resembles the motion of a swimming frog.
Senses: synonyms: whip kick
glosses: A swimming action resembling the leg part of the breaststroke, sometimes used to avoid disturbing sediment which can obscure vision in the water.
idiotypically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From idiotypic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In terms of idiotypes.
idiopathetically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From idiopathetic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: idiopathically
world phone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: world phones
Etymology: So called because it can be used in many countries of the world.
Senses: glosses: A quadband phone.
world phones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of world phone
world car
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: world cars
Senses: glosses: Any car designed for, or achieving, worldwide sales using the same platform and components, often with a variety of body styles.
world cars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of world car
idioplasmic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -æzmɪk
Etymology: From idioplasma + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to idioplasma.
trophochromatin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tropho- + chromatin.
Senses: glosses: The trophic chromatin expelled from the nucleus as chromidia.
Related terms: idiochromatin
idiochromatin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From idio- + chromatin.
Senses: glosses: The hereditary chromatin in the chromosomes.
Related terms: trophochromatin
sun tea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sun teas
Senses: glosses: Iced tea brewed by placing the tea in a large container with water and leaving it in the sun.
spondylocostal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From spondylo- + costal.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the spine and ribs.
bodywear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From body + -wear.
Senses: examples: text: Your personal preference and the type of work you perform may influence the styles or materials of the bodywear you select.
ref: 2006, Patrick J. Marer, Landscape Maintenance Pest Control, page 111:
text: In addition, HUGO includes business and leisurewear for young men and women with an emphasis on avant-garde yet appropriate style, with shoes, bags, accessories, bodywear, eyewear and fragrances for both men and women.
ref: 2008, Jack W. Plunkett, Plunkett's Retail Industry Almanac 2009 (E-Book):
glosses: Lightweight, close-fitting clothing, such as leotards or bodysuits, worn for exercising, dancing, or leisure activity.
biotrophically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From biotrophic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: By means of, or in terms of, biotrophy.
biogenically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From biogenic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a biogenic manner.
biogenetically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From biogenetic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a biogenetic manner.
biotreatment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biotreatments
Etymology: From bio- + treatment.
Senses: glosses: The processing of waste or hazardous substances using living organisms such as bacteria, fungi or protozoa.
biotreatments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biotreatment
dog's abuse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: It makes me chuckle when you see the fans on the terraces, handing out dog's abuse. They stand there, screaming stuff that if they did it to someone in the street, they'd be arrested... or get flattened.
ref: 2009, Robbie Fowler, Fowler: My Autobiography, page 142:
glosses: Severe abuse.
biotreat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: biotreats
form: biotreating
form: biotreated
form: biotreated
Etymology: From bio- + treat.
Senses: glosses: To process with biotreatment.
biopolymeric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bio- + polymeric.
Senses: glosses: Relating to biopolymers.
biotreated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of biotreat
biotreating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of biotreat
biotreats
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of biotreat
biometeorologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biometeorologists
Etymology: From bio- + meteorologist.
Senses: glosses: One who studies biometeorology
biometeorological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bio- + meteorological.
Senses: glosses: Relating to biometeorology.
Derived terms: biometeorologically
biometeorologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biometeorologist
biopreservation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bio- + preservation.
Senses: glosses: The use of natural or controlled microbiota or antimicrobials as a way of preserving food and extending its shelf life.
bioelectrochemistry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bio- + electrochemistry.
Senses: glosses: A branch of electrochemistry and biophysical chemistry concerned with topics such as cell electron-proton transport, cell membrane potentials and electrode reactions of redox enzymes.
biocomplexity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bio- + complexity.
Senses: glosses: The study of complex structures and behaviours that arise from non-linear interactions of active biological agents, which may range in scale from molecules to cells to organisms.
Related terms: biocomplex
biodigester
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biodigesters
Etymology: From bio- + digester.
Senses: glosses: A device that carries out biodigestion.
Synonyms: biochemical digester
biogester
biological digester
Hypernyms: bioreactor
digester
Related terms: biodigest
biodigestion
biogest
biogester
biogestion
biodigesters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biodigester
Actonian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ækˈtəʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /ækˈtoʊ.ni.ən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Etymology: From Acton + -ian, after Samuel Acton (c.1773–1837).
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the architect Samuel Acton; applied to a septennial prize awarded by the Royal Institution.
Actonian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ækˈtəʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /ækˈtoʊ.ni.ən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Etymology: From Acton + -ian, after Acton Scott (in UK).
Senses: glosses: A stratigraphic age, a subdivision of the Middle Ordivician, from 454 Ma to 453 Ma.
actinographs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of actinograph
actinography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒɡɹəfi
Senses: glosses: measurement with an actinograph
osteoarchaeology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From osteo- + archaeology.
Senses: glosses: The scientific study of human remains from archaeological sites.
Synonyms: word: bioarchaeology
Related terms: zooarchaeology
bioarchaeology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bioarcheology
Etymology: From bio- + archaeology.
Senses: glosses: zooarchaeology
glosses: osteoarchaeology
biocapacity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biocapacities
form: bio-capacity
Etymology: From bio- + capacity.
Senses: examples: text: When an area's ecological footprint exceeds its biocapacity, an ecological deficit occurs.
text: Forget post-scarcity. Between rising populations, climate change, a dearth of fresh water and stretched bio-capacity, just avoiding widespread famine by the middle of this century would represent an astonishing achievement.
ref: 2020, Aaron Bastani, Fully Automated Luxury Communism: A Manifesto, Verso Books, →ISBN, page 162:
glosses: The capacity of an ecosystem to provide resources and absorb wastes.
Related terms: carrying capacity
biocapacities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biocapacity
hederate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hederates
Etymology: From hederic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”). See hederic acid for more.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt of hederic acid, an organic compound first extracted from ivy seeds, now called hederagenin.
hederated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Hedera, the genus of ivy.
Senses: examples: text: If a campus was a green quadrilateral described by hulking, hederated Gothics, then this was a campus.
ref: 1995, Neal Stephenson, The Diamond Age […] , New York: Bantam Spectra, →ISBN, page 41:
glosses: Decorated with ivy; covered by ivy.
be quiet
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /biˈkwaɪˌət/
Etymology: From be + quiet.
Senses: glosses: Remain silent. Sometimes used as a more polite synonym of shut up.
Synonyms: word: hush!
word: silence!
word: whist!
word: aunt nell
word: be quiet
word: can it
word: chut
word: clam up
word: hush
word: keep one's lips sealed
word: keep one's mouth shut
word: pipe down
word: put a sock in it
word: save it
word: shh
word: shup
word: shut the front door
word: shut the fuck up
word: shut up
word: soft
word: STFD
word: STFU
word: stfu
word: tut
word: voices off
word: whist
word: zip it
word: zip one's lip
Hyponyms: word: keep it in the family
word: keep counsel
word: keep one's counsel
word: keep one's own counsel
word: keep one's cards close to one's chest
word: chest one's cards
Related terms: word: code of silence
word: cone of silence
word: conspiracy of silence
word: omertà
word: radio silence
word: Sicilian code
word: silence
word: softness
word: stillness
word: wall of silence
word: stop talking
word: quiet
Anbar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Al Anbar
form: Al-Anbar
Etymology: From Arabic اَلْأَنْبَار (al-ʔanbār), from Middle Persian [Term?]. See Persian انبار (anbâr) for more. Doublet of sambar.
Senses: glosses: A medieval town in Anbar Province, in modern-day central Iraq, now abandoned.
Synonyms: Peroz-Shapur
goldener
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of golden: more golden
goldene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɡəʊld.iːn/
Etymology: From gold + -ene, following the precedent of graphene; popularized outside of materials science since 2024.
Senses: qualifier: materials science
glosses: An allotrope of gold in which a sheet is only one atom thick, achieved in the laboratory in pieces of sub–square micrometre area and with hopes for eventual practical applications in sensors or catalysts.
Derner
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Withers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: On the normier part of the spectrum are liberal influencers like Dean Withers and Harry Sisson, who have transferred the “debate me, bro” spirit of early YouTube to TikTok Live.
ref: 2025 March 17, Andrew Marantz, “The Battle for the Bros”, in The New Yorker, →ISSN, archived from the original on 17 Mar 2025:
glosses: A surname.
kölsches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kölsch
thick skin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /θɪk ˈskɪn/
Etymology: thick + skin
Senses: glosses: Ability to take criticism or harsh behavior without being easily offended.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see thick, skin.
Related terms: thick-skinned
thin-skinned
thickskin
twibel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Twibel.
Kushans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Kushan
heteronormativism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heteronormativisms
Etymology: From heteronormative + -ism.
Senses: glosses: heteronormativity
Related terms: heteronormativist
obsoleter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: obsoleters
Etymology: From obsolete + -er.
Senses: glosses: Something which obsoletes something else.
Synonyms: obsoletor
obsoleter
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From obsolete (the adjective).
Senses: glosses: comparative form of obsolete: more obsolete
ockerer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ockerers
Etymology: From ocker (“usury”) + -er.
Senses: examples: text: […] under the pain of confiscation of all their moveable goods, and to be otherwise punished in their persons as common ockerers, according to law.
ref: 1769, Statute Law of Scotland Abridged. With Historical Notes, Scotland, page 392:
text: The first Species thereof is, Whoever receives more Annualrent^([sic]), than Ten for each Hundred, shall be punished as Ockerers, or Usurers, conform to the Laws of the Realm, already made, […]
ref: 1699, George Mackenzie, The Laws and Customs of Scotland, in Matters Criminal: Wherein is to be Seen how the Civil Law, and the Laws and Customs of Other Nations Doth Agree With, and Supply Ours, page 119:
topics: law
glosses: A usurer.
resolutes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of resolute
rothe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rothe
Senses: examples: text: Unfortunately, he turned the corner in a rather inefficient manner, cutting off his retreat and bumped into a rothe. Gadzooks, he thought, one hit from this boy and I'll likely go to my ill named great reward. The only recourse was to quaff his one as of yet unidentified potion and hope it was extra healing.
ref: 1993, Robert Leduc, “Nethack Imitates Life”, in rec.games.hack (Usenet):
topics: fantasy
glosses: A kind of fictional cattle in various role-playing games and roguelike video games.
Floradora
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Floradoras
Senses: examples: text: She had been called a number of nice things, such as a "real beaut," a high-flyer and a Floradora[…]
ref: 1910, A. M. Williamson, C. N. Williamson, Lord Loveland Discovers America:
text: The more daring had lithographs of Lillian Russell, Mae Howard, the Floradoras and poses of the Gibson Girls.
ref: 1966, Historical Messenger of the Milwaukee County Historical Society:
text: Florenz Ziegfeld, who learned much from the Floradoras, produced his first Follies in 1907 (to continue for twenty-five years) and stabilized the pattern for the type. Revues depended on gags and girls, at a higher level than burlesque[…]
ref: 1970, Russel Blaine Nye, The Unembarrassed Muse: The Popular Arts in America, page 177:
text: And the sweetly grinning Floradoras, lovingly painted by Ben Strauss himself, undulated from side to side, their palms coyly placed beside their roseate cheeks. Hubba hubba! Folks gathered nightly to admire this vision.
ref: 1998, Tama Starr, Ed Hayman, Signs and wonders, page 1893:
glosses: Misspelling of Florodora.
phytolaccinic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A triterpene found in Phytolacca americana (American pokeweed).
ziziphin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From translingual Ziziphus + -in.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A triterpene glycoside which exhibits taste-modifying properties, isolated from the leaves of Ziziphus jujuba.
antisweet
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antisweet
form: most antisweet
Etymology: From anti- + sweet.
Senses: examples: an antisweet triterpenoid
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Countering a sweet taste.
lactisole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The sodium salt of 2-(4-methoxyphenoxy)propionic acid. It is an antisweet compound.
hodulcine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Hovenia dulcis + -ine.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A glycoside isolated from the leaves of Hovenia dulcis Thunb., the Japanese raisin tree. It is an antisweet compound.
Related terms: hoduloside
gymnemic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gymnemic acids
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of antisweet glycosides isolated from the leaves of Gymnema sylvestre.
Derived terms: gymnemate
gymnemate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gymnemates
Etymology: From gymnemic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of gymnemic acid.
gymnemates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gymnemate
ganoderic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ganoderic acids
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of closely related triterpenoids found in Ganoderma mushrooms.
bacteriohopanepolyol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bacteriohopanepolyols
Etymology: From bacterio- + hopane + polyol.
Senses: glosses: Any of a group of bacterial pentacyclic triterpenoids found in the lipid cell membranes of many bacteria, frequently used as biomarkers in sedimentary rocks.
Synonyms: bacteriohopanoid
BHP
bacteriohopanepolyols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bacteriohopanepolyol
corosolic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A pentacyclic triterpene carboxylic acid found in Lagerstroemia speciosa, used in dietary supplements as a glucose-lowering agent and insulin mimetic
Derived terms: corosolate
lupeol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From lup(in) + -e- + -ol
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A pharmacologically active triterpenoid found in a variety of plants.
maslinic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A particular oleanane, dihydroxy-olean-12-en-28-oic acid, derived from dry olive-pomace oil
Related terms: maslinate
oleanane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oleananes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A natural triterpene forming the central core for a wide variety of chemical compounds in flowering plants
Derived terms: oleanonic acid
omaveloxolone
oleananes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oleanane
gigantopterid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gigantopterids
Senses: glosses: Any of a group of fossil plants of the Late Permian era, which had some properties of flowering plants that came later.
gigantopterids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gigantopterid
sturs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of stur
sturring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of stur
sturred
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of stur
strikter
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of stricter.
mut. mut.
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: /ˈmʊtˈmʊt/
Senses: examples: text: Aleim, ſuppoſing it a Hebrew word, becauſe as old as Adam; and to ſignify in one part of ſpeech, (mut. mut.) what it does in another, becauſe the language was formed by God, cannot be paſſive, becauſe he who denounced the Curſe, was only ſworn, not execrated.
ref: 1755, Julius Bate, A Reply to Dr. Sharp’s Review and Defence of His Diſſertations on the Scripture Meaning of Aleim and Berith, page 82:
text: And I ſhall only return the Doctor’s reaſoning p. 394, back to him; mut. mut.
ref: ibidem, page 300
glosses: Abbreviation of mutatis mutandis.
unarc
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unarcs
form: unarcing
form: unarced
form: unarced
Etymology: From un- + ARC.
Senses: examples: text: I unarced it with UNARC.F83, a good example of a useful application that runs using only standard words (and F83 in particular). The unarced file is VIDEO.BLK, which looks similar to the VIDEO.BLK file from VIDEOF83.
ref: 1988, Forth Dimensions, volume 10, page 18:
text: The individual files compressed within the archive file SUPPLIER on drive B are unarced and placed in the subdirectory […]
ref: 1988, Don Berliner, Managing Your Hard Disk, page 496:
text: Windows setup entails unarcing files into system subdirectory […]
ref: 1991, InfoWorld, volume 13, numbers 9-17, page 390:
text: MegaD also provides an easy method for arcing or unarcing files using various compression programs.
ref: 1993, Microtimes, volume 10, page 210:
text: Early in the semester, students also had to learn how to ftp files from a remote site and unarc them using PKXARC.
ref: 2005, Kirk St. Amant, Pavel Zemliansky, Internet-based Workplace Communications:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To extract (a file) from a compressed archive in ARC (file format).
unarcs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unarc
unarcing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unarc
unarced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unarc
Iraqw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Iraqw
form: Irakw
Etymology: From Iraqw iraqw (“Iraqw people”).
Senses: glosses: A member of an ethnic group of north-central Tanzania.
Iraqw
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Irakw
Etymology: From Iraqw iraqw (“Iraqw people”).
Senses: glosses: Their Cushitic language.
piblockto
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of piblokto.
mut.
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of mutilate.
glosses: Abbreviation of mutilated.
glosses: Abbreviation of mutual.
Related terms: mut. mut.
mut. mutand.
mut. mutandis
Florodora
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Florodoras
Senses: glosses: Any of the chorus girls from the Edwardian musical comedy Florodora, selected for their beauty.
ghair muqallid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ghair muqallids
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic غَيْر مُقَلِّد (ḡayr muqallid).
Senses: glosses: nondenominational Muslim; without taqlid
undemonstrativeness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From undemonstrative + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being undemonstrative.
heterofascism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of hetero-fascism.
takfirism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Takfirism
Etymology: From takfir + -ism.
Senses: topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: The practice of excommunicating other Muslims.
Quran thumping
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Quran thumping
form: most Quran thumping
Senses: examples: text: One can only hope that their fanaticism will come to a peaceful end and who knows we may have quran thumping evangelists (seems like this net is already full of them) which is still better than the sword thumping fanatics!
ref: 1993 May 20, Savithri, “Re: Jews Shoot Muslim Infants”, in talk.politics.mideast (Usenet):
text: Maybe you were lucky and saw a few who managed to ignore the idiotic ramblings of their quran thumping brethren
ref: 1994 November 3, FINGER THIS!!!!, “Re: Islamic Hero from the far far sidelines”, in alt.atheism (Usenet):
text: How's that for Apples my little quran thumping goose stepping little wanna be terrorist?
ref: 2000 October 13, DHill, “Re: Discover Islam”, in alt.religion.islam.arabic (Usenet):
text: He is a Quran thumping Eunuch....
ref: 2000 Nov 5, Momim, "Re: ))))))))) ALLAH AKBAR ((((((((((((, in soc.culture.iranian, Usenet
synonyms: Koran thumping
coordinate_terms: Bible thumping
glosses: The act or practice of spreading Islam or Qur'anic principles in an overbearing or overzealous manner.
adverbializer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adverbializers
Etymology: From adverbialize + -er.
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A morpheme, particle, etc. that converts a word into an adverb.
adverbializers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adverbializer
shipping container
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shipping containers
Senses: examples: text: Internationally, the shipping container had already proven its worth, and by the early 1960s battles were being fought over what their standardised dimensions would be (their expected proliferation was not in question).
ref: 2023 March 8, Gareth Dennis, “The Reshaping of things to come...”, in RAIL, number 978, page 48:
qualifier: international commerce
glosses: A standardized reusable steel box used for the storage and transportation of materials and products within a freight transport system. Various types exist, including reefer versions.
Related terms: containerization
containerload
intermodal
nisbe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nisbes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nisba.
shipping containers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shipping container
nisbes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nisbe
red-necked grebe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: red-necked grebes
Senses: glosses: Podiceps grisegena a migratory aquatic bird found in the temperate regions of the northern hemisphere.
vanbrace
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vanbraces
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of vambrace.
mutat. mutand.
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: On nearly the like principles, (mutat. mutand.) the degree of Vice in any given action may be eſtimated.
ref: ante''' 1751, Philip Doddridge (author), Samuel Clark (editor), A Courſe of Lectures on the Principal Subjects in Pneumatology, Ethics, and Divinity (second edition, 1776), part III, proposition xlix, corollary 1, page 125
glosses: Abbreviation of mutatis mutandis.
mutat.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Mutat. Res.
translation: Mutation Research [ISO 4 abbreviated title]
english: Mutation Research [ISO 4 abbreviated title]
text: Hum. Mutat.
translation: Human Mutation [ISO 4 abbreviated title]
english: Human Mutation [ISO 4 abbreviated title]
glosses: Abbreviation of mutation.
Related terms: mutat. mutand.
mutat. mutandis
Montreal steak seasoning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Montreal steak spice.
slangish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more slangish
form: most slangish
Etymology: From slang + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Similar to or resembling slang.
Derived terms: slangishly
slangishness
Related terms: slangy
broilerman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: broilermen
Etymology: From broiler + -man.
Senses: examples: text: This is a very inefficient process so far as the broilerman's pocketbook is concerned, and it just doesn't make good poultry sense.
ref: 1959, Poultry Digest, volume 18, page 262:
glosses: A man whose line of work is raising broiler chickens.
broilermen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of broilerman
driftings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈdɹɪftɪŋz/
Senses: glosses: plural of drifting
shamshirs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shamshir
shamsheer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shamsheers
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of shamshir.
shamsheers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shamsheer
preseasoning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of preseason
Abbott's booby
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Abbott's boobies
Etymology: The first specimen was collected in 1892 by American naturalist William Louis Abbott.
Senses: glosses: Papasula abbotti, an endangered large seabird of the sulid family.
Abbott's boobies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Abbott's booby
Abert's squirrel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Abert's squirrels
Etymology: Named after Colonel John James Abert, an American naturalist and military officer.
Senses: synonyms: Abert
Abert squirrel
tassel-eared squirrel
glosses: Sciurus aberti, a tree squirrel endemic to the Rocky Mountains from the United States to Mexico.
Abert's squirrels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Albert's squirrels
Senses: glosses: plural of Abert's squirrel
academy school
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: academy schools
Senses: topics: education
glosses: A kind of state-funded school in England that is independent of direct control by local government and has a curriculum specialism.
academy schools
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of academy school
acanthocytotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: acanthocytotic cells
glosses: Relating to acanthocytosis.
acanthin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: strontium sulfate, the main constituent of the skeletons of the Acantharea
adjustment disorder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adjustment disorders
Senses: glosses: A disorder of individuals who cannot adjust to or cope with a particular stressor, such as a major life event. It may be characterized by depression, anxiety, and/or traumatic stress symptoms.
adjustment disorders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adjustment disorder
nonacylated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + acylated.
Senses: glosses: Not acylated.
Adam's wine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Adam's ale.
synonyms: word: Adam's ale
adductory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Operating as an adductor.
adamantoblasts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adamantoblast
acyanogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From a- + cyanogenic.
Senses: glosses: Not cyanogenic.
acronymania
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From acronym + -mania.
Senses: examples: text: In the Pentagon's "acronymania," the plane's official name, the National Emergency Airborne Command Post — NEACP, pronounced "kneecap" — had been changed to NAOP, National Airborne Operations Center.
ref: 1999, Ashton B. Carter, William James Perry, Preventive Defense: A New Security Strategy for America, page 21:
text: Some of that mastodon meat is in the essays—tennis, teens, television—and some of its manner, too—foot-notery, abbreviations, acronymania.
ref: 2002, Richard Stern, What Is What Was, page 196:
glosses: The enthusiastic creation and use of acronyms.
adenohypophysial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: adenohypophyseal
Senses: glosses: Relating to the adenohypophysis.
Derived terms: hypothalamoadenohypophysial
adenohypophyseal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of adenohypophysial.
hypothalamoadenohypophyseal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hypothalamoadenohypophysial.
hypothalamoadenohypophysial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: hypothalamoadenohypophyseal
Etymology: From hypothalamo- + adenohypophysial.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the hypothalamus and adenohypophysis.
Penglish
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of Persian + English
Senses: examples: text: Gradually, however, English, Penglish (a hybrid of Persian and English), and other host country languages have become accepted, as filmmakers and audiences have evolved and set down roots abroad.
ref: 2007, Mehdi Semati, Media, Culture and Society in Iran:
text: Finally, these displaced toughs' adoption of the Iranian exiles' lingo, Penglish (a mixture of Persian and English), which they further mingled with their own argot, produced a rich, hybridized, and humorous language that required a knowing audience to decode and fully appreciate.
ref: 2011, Hamid Naficy, A Social History of Iranian Cinema, volume 2, page 318:
text: We laugh in Persian, and this is always the language for jokes, which sometimes causes difficulties for American girlfriends. But if we take a closer look, things are more complicated, as diglossia – Penglish or Fenglish – is spreading […]
ref: 2015, Fariba Adelkhah, The Thousand and One Borders of Iran: Travel and Identity:
glosses: A language that combines Persian and English.
Related terms: Fenglish
Pinglish
advertisingese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From advertising + -ese.
Senses: glosses: The jargon used in advertising.
glacial flour
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Rock flour.
Related terms: glacial milk
glacial milk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glacial milks
Senses: glosses: Meltwater which appears cloudy because glacial flour (rock flour) is suspended in it.
adprep
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adpreps
Etymology: Shortening.
Senses: examples: text: Phrasal verbs are combinations of a verb and a primary, invariable adverb, the latter including the heads of reduced prepositional phrases but excluding adpreps.
ref: 2000, Claudia Claridge, Multi-word Verbs in Early Modern English: A Corpus-based Study:
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A word that functions both as an adverb and as a preposition.
adpreps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adprep
nonglacial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + glacial.
Senses: glosses: Not glacial.
lava cake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lava cakes
Senses: examples: text: So if you’re not on a job interview or dining with a dignitary from another culture where dessert is offensive, speak up for that last piece of lava cake! You know that everyone else at the table wants it, too, so be an inspiration and start a chain reaction of post-lunch goodness.
ref: 2009 August, Jordan Christy, “Have Your Cake and Eat It Too”, in How to Be a Hepburn in a Hilton World: The Art of Living with Style, Class, and Grace, New York, N.Y.: Center Street, →ISBN, page 188:
synonyms: chocolate lava cake
molten chocolate cake
molten lava cake
glosses: A kind of chocolate cake with runny liquid chocolate inside.
lava cakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lava cake
absorptiometrically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From absorptiometric + -ally.
Senses: glosses: By means of, or in terms of, absorptiometry.
stopbanks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stopbank
stitch and bitch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: The name has been used since at least World War II; see Wikipedia article.
Senses: glosses: A group that meets for knitting and chat; a session of their pastime.
Related terms: paint and sip
abbreviatedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more abbreviatedly
form: most abbreviatedly
Etymology: From abbreviated + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an abbreviated fashion.
acridological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to acridology.
accusativity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From accusative + -ity.
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Quality of being accusative.
avant-garage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of avant-garde + garage
Senses: glosses: A genre of experimental, avant-garde music influenced by garage rock.
abuse of notation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: abuses of notation
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
coordinate_terms: abuse of language
abuse of terminology
glosses: The use of a mathematical notation in a way that is not formally correct but seems likely to simplify the exposition or suggest the correct intuition.
abuses of notation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of abuse of notation
Dercum's disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after the American doctor Francis Xavier Dercum, who described it in 1892.
Senses: glosses: adiposis dolorosa
adiposis dolorosa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A rare condition characterized by multiple painful lipomas, mainly on the trunk, upper arms and upper legs.
Synonyms: Dercum's disease
Aberginian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Aberginians
Senses: glosses: A Native American from the region that is now northern Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire.
Aberginians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Aberginian
abhyanga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अभ्यङ्ग (abhyaṅga).
Senses: glosses: A form of Ayurvedic medicine that involves massage of the body with warm oil.
Kohathite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kohathites
Etymology: From Kohath + -ite.
Senses: glosses: A member of one of the four main divisions among the Levites in Biblical times, supposed to have had the care of the vessels and objects within the sanctuary.
Kohathites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Kohathite
Gershonite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Gershonites
Etymology: From Gershon + -ite.
Senses: glosses: A member of one of the four main divisions among the Levites in Biblical times, supposed to have had the care of the curtains, hangings, and ropes of the sanctuary.
Gershonites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Gershonite
Merarite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Merarites
Senses: glosses: A member of one of the four main divisions among the Levites in Biblical times, supposed to have had the care of the framework (posts, crossbars, courtyard, tent pegs, etc.) of the sanctuary.
Merarites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Merarite
meraspides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of meraspis
yestertimes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yestertime
Americanesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Americanesque
form: most Americanesque
Etymology: From American + -esque.
Senses: examples: text: We left the city in a strangely American mini van, complete with a child's car seat in the back, on a strangely Americanesque highway, auto rest stops and all.
ref: 2010, Jack Donovan, Vivace: Accidently^([sic]) Discovering the World, page 328:
glosses: Reminiscent of the United States of America or its people or culture.
econometry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: econometrics
econometrist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: econometrists
Senses: glosses: An econometrician.
econometrists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of econometrist
ecologism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ecology + -ism.
Senses: glosses: An ideology focusing on ecology and the environment.
electropainting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From electro- + painting.
Senses: glosses: electrophoretic painting
Europasian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Europasian
form: most Europasian
Etymology: Blend of European + Asian, equivalent to Europasia + -n.
Senses: glosses: Eurasian
Europasian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Europasians
Etymology: Blend of European + Asian, equivalent to Europasia + -n.
Senses: glosses: Eurasian
Europasians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Europasian
electroblot
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: electroblots
form: electroblotting
form: electroblotted
form: electroblotted
Etymology: From electro- + blot.
Senses: glosses: To separate by an electroblotting process.
electroblots
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of electroblot