cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
damascones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of damascone
damascenone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: damascenones
Etymology: From translingual damascena, from Rosa × damascena, the damask rose, + -one.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a series of closely related rose ketones that are components of essential oils, derived from the degradation of carotenoids.
Related terms: damascone
damascenones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of damascenone
anticrash
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + crash.
Senses: glosses: Designed to prevent crashes or crashing.
prototropically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more prototropically
form: most prototropically
Etymology: From prototropic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a prototropic way.
boundaryless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From boundary + -less.
Senses: synonyms: boundless
edgeless
unboundable
unbounded
antonyms: boundable
limited
glosses: Without a boundary or boundaries.
Derived terms: boundarylessness
pastrylike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pastrylike
form: most pastrylike
Etymology: From pastry + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling pastry or some aspect of it.
diminazen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A diamidine that binds DNA and RNA and is the acting component of diminazene aceturat drugs.
dimethylureas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dimethylurea
rise form
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rise forms
Senses: glosses: The imprint upon the surface of a body of water that is made by a feeding trout, indicative by its form of the feeding behavior of the fish.
stannanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stannane
electropositively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From electropositive + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an electropositive way.
electronegatively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From electronegative + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an electronegative way.
oxymetazoline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɑk.sɪm.əˈtæz.əˌliːn/
Forms: form: oxymethazoline
Etymology: From hydroxy + methyl + imidazole + -ine.
Senses: examples: text: Oxymetazoline or phenylpropanolamine / to open up the sinuses and such / Then try to recoup with a little chicken soup / Call your mother cause it pays to keep in touch
ref: 1997, “The Druggist”, Joel Mabus (music):
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A sympathomimetic drug with vasoconstrictive activity that is used in the form of its hydrochloride C₁₆H₂₄N₂O·HCl chiefly as a topical nasal decongestant, developed from xylometazoline.
xylometazoline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A drug used as a topical nasal decongestant that works by constricting the blood vessels in the nose.
Synonyms: xylomethazoline
xylomethazoline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of xylometazoline.
tetrahydrozoline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌtɛtɹəhaɪˈdɹɒzəliːn/
Senses: glosses: A derivative of imidazoline used in eye drops and nasal sprays.
naphazoline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: 2-(1-naphthylmethyl)-2-imidazoline hydrochloride, a sympathomimetic agent used as a vasoconstrictor.
bursitides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bursitis
flurbiprofen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A member of the phenylalkanoic acid derivative family of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, used to treat the inflammation and pain of arthritis.
miconazole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Probably from myco- + (phe)n(yl) + (imid)azole.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An imidazole antifungal agent that works by inhibiting the synthesis of ergosterol.
Derived terms: english: antifungal agent
translation: antifungal agent
word: -conazole
clotrimazole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: klō-trīʹmə-zōl'
ipa: /kloʊˈtɹaɪ.məˌzoʊl/
enpr: klō-trĭʹmə-zōl'
ipa: /kloʊˈtɹɪ.məˌzoʊl/
Forms: form: clotrimazoles
Etymology: From c(h)lo(r)- + tri- + (i)m(id)azole or c(h)lo(r)- + tr(i)- + im(id)azole.
Senses: topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
pharmacology
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An antifungal medication used to treat humans and animals, C₂₂H₁₇ClN₂.
rains buckets
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rain buckets
raining buckets
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rain buckets
rained buckets
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rain buckets
quinaprilat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: The active metabolite of quinapril.
quinaldines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quinaldine
mediastinitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mediastinum + -itis.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Inflammation of the mediastinum.
galactosemias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of galactosemia
galactosaemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: galactosaemias
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of galactosemia.
galactosaemias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of galactosaemia
galactosamines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of galactosamine
polystannane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polystannanes
Etymology: From poly- + stannane.
Senses: glosses: An organometallic polymer comprising a backbone of tin atoms connected by covalent bonds, unknown in any other metal.
polystannanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polystannane
dimethylsulfoxide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dimethylsulfoxides
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of dimethylsulphoxide.
Fatah
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Arabic فَتْح (fatḥ), a reverse acronym (meaning literally "conquest, victory or an outcome") for حَرَكَة اَلتَّحْرِير اَلْوَطَنِيّ اَلْفِلَسْطِينِيّ (ḥaraka(t) at-taḥrīr al-waṭaniyy al-filasṭīniyy, “Palestinian National Liberation Movement”).
Senses: examples: text: Many Gazans scorn Fatah as corrupt and incompetent, and they dislike Hamas's overzealousness and repression.
ref: 2009 January 8, Nicholas D. Kristof, “The Gaza Boomerang”, in The New York Times:
glosses: A major Palestinian political party and the largest faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).
tetrabutyltin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tetrabutyl + tin.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A stable organotin compound, a combustible, colourless liquid at room temperature, that is the starting material for tributyltin and dibutyltin.
imposex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of imposed + sex
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The development in certain marine gastropod mollusks of sex organs in contrast to their actual gender, the result of toxic pollutants.
autophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From auto- + -phobia.
Senses: glosses: The morbid fear of being alone or of oneself.
glosses: Self-hatred.
autophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From auto(mobile) + -phobia.
Senses: glosses: Fear or dislike of automobiles.
lymphadenopathies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lymphadenopathy
lymphadenitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /lɪmfædəˈnaɪtɪs/
Forms: form: lymphadenitides
form: lymphadenitises
form: lymphadenites
Etymology: From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting New Latin combining forms, from lymph- + adenitis = lymph- + aden- + -itis.
Senses: examples: (all often synonymous in imprecise use)
topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
hypernyms: lymphadenopathy
adenitis
adenopathy
glosses: The inflammation or swelling of the lymph nodes, often a nonspecific sign of infection but also often benign and of obscure origin.
wikipedia: classical compound
international scientific vocabulary
Derived terms: dermatopathic lymphadenitis
perilymphadenitis
subacute regional lymphadenitis
lymphadenites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lymphadenitis
lymphadenitides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lymphadenitis
lymphlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more lymphlike
form: most lymphlike
Etymology: From lymph + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of lymph.
beryllioses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of berylliosis
cristobalites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cristobalite
metastably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more metastably
form: most metastably
Etymology: From metastable + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a metastable way.
lymphangitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lymphangitides
Etymology: From Latin lympha (“lymph”) + Ancient Greek ἄγγος (ángos, “vessel”) + -itis.
Senses: examples: text: Lymphangitis in a Cart Mare.— This disease, locally known as farcy, weed, shot o' grease, and Monday morning disease, the latter name from its often developing through Sunday night through the horse having been tied up and so getting no exercise from the time he finished work on the Saturday until required again on Monday morning.
ref: 1901 April 12, “Veterinary Departmental Report for February, 1901”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume 4, number 3, page 85:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Inflammation of the lymphatic channels, the result of infection at a site distal to the channel.
Derived terms: adenolymphangitis
lymphangitis carcinomatosa
lymphangitides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lymphangitis
lymphangiomata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lymphangioma
thermonuclearly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From thermonuclear + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a thermonuclear manner.
stageplay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsteɪd͡ʒˌpleɪ/
Forms: form: stageplays
form: stage play
Etymology: From stage + play.
Senses: glosses: A play written to be performed on the stage.
stageplays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stageplay
Meagan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Welsh, a pseudo-Irish spelling of the Welsh Megan.
carry a torch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: carries a torch
form: carrying a torch
form: carried a torch
form: carried a torch
form: carry the torch
Etymology: From the metaphor of a burning flame, to keep a fire burning. The association of a torch with love may date to the Greek and Roman tradition of a
wedding torch, lit in the bride’s hearth on her wedding night, then used to light the hearth in her new home. Such a torch is associated with the Greek god of marriage Hymenaios.
Senses: examples: text: Someday, I know that Jim will up and leave me / But even if he does you can believe me / I'll go on carryin' the torch for Jim / I'll go on lovin' my Jim
ref: 1941, “Jim”, Nelson Shawn (lyrics), James Caesar Petrillo and Edward Ross (music):
text: Brunhilde, a kind of earth-mother goddess, carries a torch for her lost love.
ref: 1955 June 6, “Books: Mixed Fiction (review of The Twelve Pictures by Edith Simon)”, in Time, archived from the original on 15 Mar 2013:
text: Lachey, for his part, seems to still carry a torch for his estranged wife.
ref: 2006 April 20, Jeannette Walls, “Are Simpson and Lachey still in love?”, in msnbc.com, archived from the original on 23 Apr 2006:
glosses: To love or to be romantically infatuated with, especially when such feelings are not reciprocated.
wikipedia: Hymenaios
Related terms: torch song
old flame
hunting spider
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hunting spiders
Senses: glosses: A spider that hunts its prey on the ground instead of catching it in a web.
comb-footed spider
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: comb-footed spiders
Senses: glosses: A spider of the family Theridiidae, which have comb-like structures on their hind-most feet.
Synonyms: sense: Theridiidae
word: tangle-web spider
sense: Theridiidae
word: cobweb spider
Related terms: Theridiidae
bezoar goat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /biː.zɔː ɡəʊt/
ipa: /biː.zɔː ɡɔʊt/
ipa: /ˈbi.zɔɹ ɡoʊt/
ipa: [ˈbi.zɔɹ ɡoʊʔ(t̚)]
ipa: [ˈbi.zɔɹ ɡoʊ(ʔ)t̚]
Forms: form: bezoar goats
Etymology: From bezoar and goat.
Senses: glosses: A wild goat, Capra aegagrus, native to Asia Minor and the Middle East and also found on Crete, now believed ancestral to the domestic goat.
Synonyms: bezoar ibex
green peppers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of green pepper
demoldable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From demold + -able.
Senses: topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Able to be removed from a mold.
taiji
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 太極／太极 (tàijí).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tai chi.
taiji
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tai ji.
smell like a rose
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: smells like a rose
form: smelling like a rose
form: smelt like a rose
form: smelt like a rose
form: smelled like a rose
form: smelled like a rose
form: come out smelling like a rose
form: come out smelling of roses
form: come up smelling like a rose
form: come up smelling of roses
Senses: examples: text: come out smelling like a rose
text: "I don't suppose anyone from the director down will come out of this deal smelling like a rose," the warden commented, "but our only hope is that some good will result from the hearing."
ref: 1953 November 22, “Prison is quiet after hearing”, in Spokesman-Review, Spokane, USA, retrieved 04 Aug 2009, page 22:
text: But compared to others, Dent came out of the Depression "smelling like a rose." He later boasted that he made $18,000 a year with his writing during the Depression.
ref: 1990, Marilyn Cannaday, Bigger than Life: The Creator of Doc Savage, →ISBN, page 28:
text: The champion of corporate governance should smell like a rose. Instead, there's an unpleasant whiff of pork-barrel politics rising from the board.
ref: 2002 June 24, Christopher Palmeri, “Can CalPERS Afford to Throw Stones?”, in BusinessWeek, retrieved 04 Aug 2009:
qualifier: simile
glosses: To be regarded as appealing, virtuous, or respectable; to be untainted or unharmed.
Related terms: a rose by any other name would smell as sweet
come up roses
odour of sanctity
come out smelling like a rose
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: comes out smelling like a rose
form: coming out smelling like a rose
form: came out smelling like a rose
form: come out smelling like a rose
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of smell like a rose.
come up smelling like a rose
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: comes up smelling like a rose
form: coming up smelling like a rose
form: came up smelling like a rose
form: come up smelling like a rose
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of smell like a rose.
okroshka
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /əˈkɹɔʃkə/
Forms: form: okroshkas
Etymology: From Russian and Ukrainian окро́шка (okróška).
Senses: glosses: A cold raw vegetable soup, part of the national cuisines of Russia and Ukraine. Usually made by pouring kvass or kefir in a pot of diced cucumber, radish, green onion, boiled potato, boiled egg, sausage or meat, sour cream, and seasoned with dill and parsley.
come out smelling of roses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: comes out smelling of roses
form: coming out smelling of roses
form: came out smelling of roses
form: come out smelling of roses
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of smell like a rose.
come up smelling of roses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: comes up smelling of roses
form: coming up smelling of roses
form: came up smelling of roses
form: come up smelling of roses
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of smell like a rose.
smelling like a rose
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of smell like a rose
Shavaughn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: A 20th-century phonetic spelling of Irish Siobhán.
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Irish.
Mahmoud
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: There were harsher comments from Nabil Abu Rudeineh, spokesman for Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas: "The negotiations are in a state of paralysis, and the result of Israel's intransigence and America's backpedalling is that there is no hope of negotiations on the horizon."
ref: 2009 November 2, Ian Black, “Arab anger as Hillary Clinton backs Israel on settlements”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Alternative spelling of Mahmud.
Mahmood
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Mahmud.
special constable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: special constables
Senses: synonyms: word: hobby bobby
glosses: A volunteer police officer
glosses: An ad hoc police officer appointed by the Chief Executive.
special constables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of special constable
snow showers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snow shower
grease money
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of grease payment.
synonyms: word: grease payment
Van Diemen's Land
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /væn ˈdiːmənz ˌlænd/
Etymology: After the Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies Anthony van Diemen, who sent Abel Tasman on the voyage on which Tasman discovered the island.
Senses: examples: text: Let it ſuffice to inform him, that in our Paſſage from thence to the Eaſt-Indies, we were driven by a violent Storm to the Northweſt of Van Diemen's''' Land.
ref: 1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “The Author Gives Some Account of Himself and Family, His First Inducements to Travel. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume I, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part I (A Voyage to Lilliput), page 5:
glosses: The former name (until 1856) of the then-British colony and current state of Australia now known as Tasmania.
Related terms: Vandemonian
zygosity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zygosities
Etymology: From zygose + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The quality or characteristics of a zygote
Related terms: zygose
zygosis
zygosphere
zygospore
zygotene
zygotic
zygotically
-zygous
zygotene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zygotenes
Etymology: From French zygotène, corresponding to zygo- (“union, zygosis”, from Ancient Greek ζυγόν (zugón, “junction, yoke”)) + -tene (“filament”, from ταινία (tainía, “band, fillet”)), equivalent to zygote + -tene.
Coined by Victor Grégoire in 1907 and in English by Edmund B. Wilson in 1912.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The intimate pairing of homologous chromosomes during the synaptic stage of meiosis
Synonyms: zygonema
Related terms: heterozygosis
zygose
zygosis
zygosity
zygosphere
zygospore
zygotenic
zygotic
zygotically
-zygous
bathing hut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bathing huts
Senses: examples: text: When half the children were dressed again, some peasant women in their Sunday best, out picking herbs, came up to the bathing-hut and stopped shyly.
ref: 1877, Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina: The Russian Messenger, page 286:
glosses: A hut, usually located on a beachfront, for the purpose of changing into or out of a bathing suit in privacy.
glosses: A small house on the beach, a shelter from the sun or wind, a place for changing into and out of swimming costumes and for the safe storing of some personal belongings.
Synonyms: beach hut
zygosphere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zygospheres
Etymology: From zygo- + -sphere.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A plant's gamete which can form a zygospore by uniting with a similar one.
Related terms: heterozygosis
zygapophysis
zygodactyl
zygogenesis
zygoid
zygomatic
zygomorphic
zygose
zygosis
zygosity
zygospore
zygotene
zygotic
zygotically
-zygous
edafology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of edaphology.
sangu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An Indian steel spear.
sangu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Japanese 三具.
Senses: glosses: A samurai's armor for the arms, thighs, and shins.
cellular mobile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cellular mobiles
Senses: examples: text: Cellular mobiles can have apparently bizarre holes in their reach.
glosses: A mobile phone which is linked up to a cellular network.
zygospheres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zygosphere
GBL
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: GBLs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of gamma-butyrolactone.
qualifier: semiconductor industry
glosses: Initialism of graded buffer layer.
gamma-butyrolactone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
pharmacology
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: G
GBL
glosses: The lactone of 4-hydroxybutyric acid; A colourless liquid used as a solvent or reagent in various industrial uses, as well as a recreational drug.
Related terms: gamma-hydroxybutyrate
zygose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From zygo- + -ose.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to a zygote or to zygosis.
Synonyms: zygoid
zygotic
zygous
zygoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more zygoid
form: most zygoid
Etymology: From zygo- + -oid.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to a zygote or to zygosis.
Synonyms: zygose
zygotic
butyro-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbjuːtɪɹəʊ/
Etymology: Combining form of Latin būtȳrum (“butter”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: butyric substance.
Related terms: butyric
dance-hall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dance-halls
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dancehall.
concert hall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: concert halls
form: concert-hall
Senses: glosses: A large building where concerts are performed.
tuyères
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tuyère
fish eagles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fish eagle
death adder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: death adders
Etymology: Sometimes suggested to derive from deaf adder, a colonial-era name for the snakes which referenced their tendency to remain in place (to ambush prey) rather than flee upon hearing human activity, but probably a simple reference to their venomousness.
Senses: glosses: Any snake of the genus Acanthophis, a group of highly venomous elapids found in Australia and New Guinea.
glosses: A copperhead, a venomous pit viper species Agkistrodon contortrix, found in North America.
glosses: An eastern hognose snake, Heterodon platirhinos, a non-venomous colubrid species found in North America.
Derived terms: common death adder
desert death adder
dining hall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dining halls
form: dining-hall
Senses: synonyms: refectory
hypernyms: hall#Noun
room#Noun
space#Noun
area#Noun
place#Noun
coordinate_terms: chow hall
mess hall
dining facility
dining room
cafeteria
lunchroom
great hall
glosses: A large room, typically in schools or colleges, where people eat together.
Related terms: diner
dining car
dining-hall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dining-halls
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of dining hall.
hemopathology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: haemopathology
form: hæmopathology
Etymology: From hemo- + pathology.
Senses: glosses: The branch of pathology dealing with diseases of the blood
Derived terms: hemopathologic
hemopathological
hemopathologist
Related terms: hematology
revenue stamps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of revenue stamp
food stamps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of food stamp
zygosities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zygosity
hemorheology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hemo- + rheology.
Senses: glosses: The science of the rheological (especially flow) properties of the blood
Derived terms: hemorheological
autogoal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: autogoals
Senses: glosses: Synonym of own goal
synonyms: word: own goal
zoöspores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zoöspore
food stamp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: food stamps
Senses: examples: text: The authorities claim they turned from unemployment checks to food stamps to avoid alcoholics wasting their families' allowances in pubs.
text: The bill extends Trump’s 2017 tax cuts and includes new spending for border security and the military. Republicans aimed to offset these costs with cuts to programmmes^([sic]) such as Medicaid, food stamps and green-energy tax credits.
ref: 2025 June 3, David Smith, “Elon Musk calls Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ tax bill a ‘disgusting abomination’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 03 Jun 2025:
glosses: A stamp or similar paper document (e.g. coupon) issued to be exchanged in shops or storage facilities for food, or (by extension) for other essential provisions, notably in a rationing system or as a non-financial form of welfare benefit.
Derived terms: yuppie food stamp
Related terms: electronic benefit transfer
ration card
ration stamp
ration coupon
revenue stamp
cellular mobiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cellular mobile
island chain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: island chains
Senses: examples: text: Several island chains are named 'Keys' in English
glosses: An archipelago consisting of neighboring islands which are roughly aligned, as if chained one to the next.
adsorbabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adsorbability
aggregabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aggregability
amidinos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amidino
aminopropanals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aminopropanal
amebiasis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amebiases
Etymology: From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting New Latin combining forms: ameb- + -iasis.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Alternative spelling of amoebiasis.
wikipedia: classical compound
international scientific vocabulary
amebiases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amoebiases
form: amœbiases
Etymology: amoeba + -iases
Senses: glosses: plural of amebiasis
amoebiases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amebiases
form: amœbiases
Etymology: amoeba + -iases
Senses: glosses: plural of amoebiasis
amphoions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amphoion
amphotericins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amphotericin
amyloglucosidases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amyloglucosidase
loipe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: loipes
Etymology: Borrowed from German Loipe, from Norwegian Bokmål løype.
Senses: examples: text: The provision of one of the basic requirements, a prepared track, commonly called a "loipe," is now a normal feature of almost every resort in the world.
ref: 1979, Mark F. Heller, The Skier's Encyclopedia:
text: Cross-country skiers enjoy 21km of loipe, and winter walkers head out on 17km of footpaths; the tourist office offers loipe and walking maps.
ref: 2004, Krista Dana, The Alps:
text: As the profile of the loipe flashed through his mind, he felt a sinking feeling in his stomach, and struggled into a full snowplough, using both skis to decelerate as hard as possible.
ref: 2006, Dennis W. Lid, First to Last:
glosses: A cross-country ski trail.
anagrinds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anagrind
swing for the fence
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: swings for the fence
form: swinging for the fence
form: swung for the fence
form: swung for the fence
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of swing for the fences.
digital library
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: digital libraries
Senses: glosses: A library in which collections are stored in digital formats (as opposed to print, microform, or other media) and accessible by computers; a type of information retrieval system.
armed to the teeth
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Equipped thoroughly with weapons.
armed to the teeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of arm to the teeth
Ades
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From a diminutive of Adam + the patronymic suffix -s.
Senses: glosses: A surname originating as a patronymic.
Ades
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of Hades.
patagial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: This study evaluated the suitability of patagial tags and neck bands for marking coots
glosses: Of or pertaining to the patagium.
Derived terms: patagially
patagial
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: patagials
Senses: glosses: A bone that stiffens the patagium in some flying reptiles.
diedral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of dihedral.
diedral
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diedrals
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of dihedral.
anathematizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anathematization
ancons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ancon
equinoxially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From equinoxial + -ly.
Senses: glosses: equinoctially
arbitrer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arbitrers
Senses: glosses: An arbitrator.
Chubi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A male given name.
glosses: A place in Zambia.
saltinesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of saltiness
stereoblindness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From stereo- + blindness; compare stereoblind.
Senses: glosses: The inability to use stereopsis for depth perception.
stereoblind
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From stereo- + blind; compare stereoblindness.
Senses: glosses: Unable to use stereopsis for depth perception.
island chains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of island chain
angiotensinogens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of angiotensinogen
gone to sleep
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of go to sleep
went to sleep
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of go to sleep
going to sleep
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of go to sleep
goes to sleep
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of go to sleep
goes to bed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of go to bed
going to bed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of go to bed
went to bed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of go to bed
gone to bed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of go to bed
eating for two
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of eat for two
it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Etymology: From the Gospel of Matthew, verse 19:24. Some assert that "camel" is a misinterpretation of a word meaning "rope" and others assert that the "Needle's Eye" was a gate in the walls of Jerusalem, but the evidence for each of these theories is contested, and the literal interpretation remains the most common.
Senses: topics: Christianity
biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: It is unlikely that the wealthy will go to heaven.
Related terms: camel through the eye of a needle
crottin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crottins
Etymology: From French crottin.
Senses: glosses: A kind of small goat cheese.
syrop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: syrops
Senses: examples: text: With jellies soother than the creamy curd, / And lucent syrops, tinct with cinnamon; [...]
ref: 1819, John Keats, “The Eve of St. Agnes”, in Lamia, Isabella, the Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems, London: […] [Thomas Davison] for Taylor and Hessey, […], published 1820, →OCLC, stanza XXX, page 98:
glosses: Archaic form of syrup.
ñames
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ñame
Winnipeg couches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Winnipeg couch
Murphy beds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Murphy bed
fettlers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fettler
chests of drawers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chest of drawers
chaises longues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chaise longue
camelbacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of camelback
double beds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of double bed
hostess trollies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hostess trolley
hostess trolleys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hostess trolley
love seats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of love seat
marriage beds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of marriage bed
occasional tables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of occasional table
day beds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of day bed
roll-top desks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of roll-top desk
single beds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of single bed
step stools
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of step stool
truckle beds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of truckle bed
twin beds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of twin bed
whorl feet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whorl foot
authentification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: authentifications
Senses: synonyms: authentication
glosses: The process of making, or establishing as, authentic.
Synonyms: authentication
Related terms: authenticity
plumeria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪəɹiə
Forms: form: plumerias
Etymology: From translingual Plumeria (genus name), from the name of French botanist Charles Plumier. The genus name is a proper noun and accordingly must be capitalised; the lower case "plumeria" is informal notation, not botanical.
Senses: examples: text: Mrs Horrox told me departees were once presented with a garland of plumeria, but the Mission elders deemed garlands immoral.
ref: 2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Hodder and Stoughton, →ISBN:
glosses: frangipani
bum-rush
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bum-rushes
form: bum-rushing
form: bum-rushed
form: bum-rushed
form: bumrush
form: bum rush
form: bum's rush
Etymology: Usage occurred May 4th, 1939 in James Joyce's Finnegans Wake meaning rapidly rushing towards and crashing against ("... came at this timecoloured place where we live in our paroqial fermament one tide on another, with a bumrush in a hull of a wherry, the twin turbane dhow,").
Senses: glosses: To force one's way into; to crash.
examples: “That gave them the opportunity to bum-rush [the gunman]" http://www.kgw.com/story/news/local/2015/08/21/oregon-soldier-takes-down-gunman--french-train/32162823/
glosses: To forcibly overpower a person.
Related terms: bum's rush
mizz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɪz/
homophone: miz
homophone: Ms
rhymes: -ɪz
Forms: form: mizzes
form: Miz
Senses: glosses: Eye dialect spelling of Ms.
mizzes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mizz
etaoin shrdlu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɛtiɔɪn ˈʃɜːrdluː/
/ˈeɪtɑːn ʃrədˈluː/
Forms: form: etaoin shrdlus
form: etaoin
form: etaoin shrdlu cmfwyp
form: shrdlu
form: shrdlu etaoin
form: etaoinshrdlu
form: etaoinshrdlcumwfgypbvkjxqz
Etymology: From the arrangement of letters on the keyboard of a linotype machine: typesetters would mark errors by running their fingers across the keys, and the results would sometimes accidentally find their way into print. The letters in the string are, approximately, the 12 most commonly used letters in the English language, ordered by their frequency, which drove the design of the linotype keyboard.
Senses: examples: text: You can see why compositors reflexively filled lines to be corrected with etaoin shrdlus.
ref: 1989, Alex Brown, In print: text and type, page 137:
glosses: Nonsense, filler text (dummy text), or an example of accidental typing (typo).
Related terms: asdfghjkl
lorem ipsum
digital converter boxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of digital converter box
fall on one's face
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: falls on one's face
form: falling on one's face
form: fell on one's face
form: fallen on one's face
Senses: examples: text: Judge Charles R. Richey last week tried to apply some firm rules of law to such indelicate situations. He came close to succeeding, then fell on his face.
ref: 1976 May 3, “Power Switch Hitters”, in Time:
text: But defense lawyers have compared the case to a "trashy novel" in which the Government presented plenty of gossip, hearsay and innuendo but little credible evidence. . . . "I think the Government fell on their face," said Michael Critchley.
ref: 1988 August 25, Jesus Rangel, “Mob Trial Going to Jury Today in Jersey”, in New York Times, retrieved 05 Aug 2009:
text: [O]thers grumbled, questioning whether this man knew anything about fighting in the desert or was simply a strutting martinet who, once he was confronted with the tactical brilliance of Rommel, would fall on his face like so many before him. Unfortunately, if Montgomery failed, he would no doubt take a good part of the Eighth Army with him.
ref: 2008, Jeff Shaara, The Rising Tide: A Novel of World War II, →ISBN, page 44:
glosses: To fail, especially in a dramatic or particularly decisive manner.
vizirs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vizir
she'd've
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Forms: form: she’d’ve
Senses: examples: text: If I had returned, she'd've made me pay again.
glosses: she would have; she would’ve; she woulda.
autotransfusion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: autotransfusions
Etymology: From auto- + transfusion.
Senses: examples: text: Strange to say, the method of autotransfusion, as it has been happily named by the French, has, notwithstanding its simplicity, failed to obtain in practice the reception it deserves.
ref: 1877, Dr. L. Lesser, “Transfusion and Autotransfusion”, in Clinical Lectures on Subjects Connected with Medicine, Surgery, and Obstetrics:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A blood transfusion in which a person receives their own blood, extracted previously.
Derived terms: autotransfusionist
Related terms: autotransfuse
take aim
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: takes aim
form: taking aim
form: took aim
form: taken aim
Senses: examples: text: He took aim at the prize bird meticulously and shot the cock from the distant flock with a single shot.
text: But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ¶[…]The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window at the old mare feeding in the meadow below by the brook,[…].
ref: 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:
glosses: To position oneself and/or one's weapon so as to be aimed specifically at a chosen mark or target (which is indicated after 'at')
examples: text: He needed someone to blame for the bus accident, so took aim at the mechanics who failed to carry out the checks.
glosses: To direct criticism (towards).
autohemotherapy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From auto- + hemotherapy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The intramuscular or subcutaneous, immediate hypodermic reinjection of blood previously removed from the patient.
incommunicability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From in- + communicability.
Senses: glosses: The quality or state of being incommunicable.
proper acceleration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: proper accelerations
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The acceleration felt by an object, as opposed to the coordinate acceleration. For example the acceleration of an object at the surface of the Earth is 9.81 m/s² upwards, but has no coordinate acceleration. The proper acceleration of an object is Lorentz invariant.
Lorentz invariant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Lorentz invariants
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
qualifier: relativity
glosses: A quantity that does not change due to a Lorentz transformation; a quantity that is independent of the inertial frame.
bitfield
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bitfields
form: bit field
Etymology: From bit + field.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: A sequence of bits (binary digits) which can be toggled individually as flags.
bitfields
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bitfield
nefs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nef
Tskhinval
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Tskhinvali.
Sukhum
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Sukhumi.
blutwurst
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blutwursts
form: blood-wurst
form: blood wurst
Etymology: Borrowed from German Blutwurst, from Blut (“blood”) + Wurst (“sausage”).
Senses: glosses: A blood sausage, blood pudding
legalizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: legalizers
form: legaliser
Etymology: From legalize + -er.
Senses: glosses: That which makes legal.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A tool that takes invalid input and creates valid output, such as for chip placement to move digital standard cell gates into legal positions.
craye
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crayes
Etymology: From French craie (apparently unrelated to craie (“chalk”)).
Senses: glosses: A type of vessel, which was notably used in Denmark and Sweden
crayes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of craye
hackish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hackish
form: most hackish
Etymology: From hack + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Characteristic of hacks, or inferior writers.
examples: text: Our site, ucbvax!menlo70!sri-unix, was recently subjected to incredibly high loads caused by the interaction of the various uucp software, two receiving sites, and news transmission. Fortunately we're out of that thicket for now, but only in a hackish sort of way. We trickle articles into inews and have terminated one of our neighbors. The other two possibilities (news batching and uucp sub-dirs) were considered and will probably be adopted at some point.
ref: 1982 November 30, Stuart, “Re: New proposal for handling net traffi - (nf)”, in net.news (Usenet), retrieved 15 Dec 2016, message-ID <bnews.sri-unix.4523>:
text: A hackish solution is to use code switching, a technique of replacing a byte with a sequence of bytes headed by a special control character.
ref: 2003, Erik T Ray, Learning XML:
text: The first two hacks in this chapter provide, well, hackish solutions to that conundrum.
ref: 2006, Bruce Perry, Ajax hacks:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Using, or characterised by, hacks: poorly designed workarounds.
examples: hackish slang; a hackish sense of humor
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Characteristic of hackers.
Synonyms: hacky
Derived terms: hackishness
Related terms: hackishly
matrika
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: matrikas
Senses: glosses: A mother figure in Indian art.
look-in
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: look-ins
Senses: glosses: A quick glance.
glosses: A brief visit.
glosses: A chance to participate, compete, or succeed.
topics: American-football
ball-games
football
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A quick short pass to a receiver running diagonally toward the center of the field.
Related terms: look in
look in on
phone books
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phone book
phone booths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phone booth
phone lines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phone line
telephone booths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of telephone booth
grocery stores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grocery store
barber shops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of barber shop
Weingarten right
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Weingarten rights
Senses: glosses: Any of various rights afforded employees by the United States Supreme Court decision in NLRB v. J. Weingarten, Inc. (1975).
Weingarten rights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Weingarten right
virtuosas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of virtuosa
gentleman farmer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gentleman farmers
Senses: glosses: A man who farms his own land, but small-scale, not for a living.
gentlemen farmers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gentleman farmer
gentleman farmers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gentleman farmer
speed limits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of speed limit
imaginaria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of imaginarium
pro-sentences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pro-sentence
transitives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of transitive
BCSM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: BCSMs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of basic call state model.
BCSM
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
synonyms: BCMS
glosses: Initialism of Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian and Montenegrin, a term used to avoid saying Serbo-Croatian, which has political overtones.
Related terms: BCS
webocracies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of webocracy