cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
D-notice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: D-notice
form: also Notice D
form: D-notices
Senses: examples: text: Newspapers are afraid upon all sorts of minor counts, publishers, with such valiant exceptions as the publishers of this matter, are morbidly discreet; they get Notice D to avoid this or that particular topic; there are obscure boycotts and trade difficulties hindering the wide diffusion of general ideas in countless ways.
ref: 1940, H. G. Wells, The New World Order, Alfred A. Knopf, published 1940, page 15:
text: His mistake was to select a heavy English Sunday paper which occasionally ran his pieces. The D-Notice forbidding all reference to these events was there ahead of him.
ref: 1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society, published 2010, page 18:
glosses: A defence notice; an official request to news editors not to publish or broadcast items on specified subjects for reasons of national security (replaced in 1993 with the DA-notice).
DA-notice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DA-notices
Senses: glosses: A defence advisory notice, an official (but unenforceable) request to news editors not to publish or broadcast items on specified subjects for reasons of national security.
Related terms: D-notice
cybercapital
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cyber- + capital.
Senses: glosses: Capital (money, wealth) existing on the Internet or in cyberspace, or raised through online means.
Related terms: cybercapitalism
cybercapitalist
cyberadvocacy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cyber- + advocacy.
Senses: glosses: Advocacy (arguing or supporting a campaign) on the Internet or in cyberspace.
Campbellite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Campbellites
Etymology: From Campbell + -ite, after Thomas and Alexander Campbell.
Senses: glosses: A member of any of various religious groups historically descended from the nineteenth-century Restoration Movement.
Campbellite
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Campbell + -ite, after Thomas and Alexander Campbell.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to any of these groups.
Campbellites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Campbellite
turborocket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: turborockets
Etymology: From turbo- + rocket.
Senses: glosses: A jet engine where the turbine that turns the inlet compressor is powered by a rocket engine.
Derived terms: air turborocket
fnar
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: fnarr
Senses: examples: text: It's all downhill from here, fnar, fnar, no more horizontal hokey-cokey for you, eh grandad?
ref: 1994, Joseph O'Connor, The secret world of the Irish male:
text: Chase makes fnar fnar jokes about her death being a result of his sexual prowess […]
ref: 1998, John Pym, Time Out film guide:
text: […] enjoy the combination of a general easing of discipline (to aid retention) and mixed sex (and I mean that any way you want to take it, fnar fnar).
ref: 2006, Damon Hammond, Totally Steaming: A Year on HMS Fearless:
glosses: Representing a crude laugh, especially in response to sexual innuendo.
Related terms: phwoar
turborockets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of turborocket
air turborocket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: air turborockets
Senses: glosses: a jet engine where a gas generator drives the turbine that drives the inlet compressor
glomerulonephritides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glomerulonephritis
penicillamines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of penicillamine
ceruloplasmins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ceruloplasmin
transferrins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of transferrin
glomerulonephritic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From glomerulonephritis + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or afflicted with glomerulonephritis.
sarcoidoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sarcoidosis
neurosarcoidosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From neuro- + sarcoidosis.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A sarcoidosis affecting the central nervous system.
Synonyms: neurosarcoid
neurosarcoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Clipping of neurosarcoidosis.
trochlear nerve
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trochlear nerves
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
neuroanatomy
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
coordinate_terms: olfactory nerve
optic nerve
oculomotor nerve
trigeminal nerve
abducens nerve
facial nerve
vestibulocochlear nerve
glossopharyngeal nerve
vagus nerve
accessory nerve
hypoglossal nerve
glosses: Each of the fourth pair of cranial nerves that innervate the superior oblique muscle of the eye with motor fibers.
hypocortisolism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hypo- + cortisol + -ism.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A cortisol deficiency.
cyclophosphamides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyclophosphamide
pentoxifylline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A xanthine derivative used to treat vascular dementia and intermittent claudication resulting from obstructed arteries in the limbs.
aurothiomalate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌɔːɹəʊˌθaɪəʊˈmæleɪt/
Forms: form: aurothiomalates
Etymology: From auro- + thiomalate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A thiomalate with the addition of gold.
aurothiomalates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aurothiomalate
organogold
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From organo- + gold.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing any organic compound containing a carbon-to-gold bond.
thiomalate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thiomalates
Etymology: From thio- + malate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of thiomalic acid
Derived terms: aurothiomalate
thiomalates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thiomalate
organosilver
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From organo- + silver.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing any organic compound containing a carbon-to-silver bond.
organoplatinum
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From organo- + platinum.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing any organic compound containing a carbon-to-platinum bond.
organoosmium
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From organo- + osmium.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing any organic compound containing a carbon-to-osmium bond.
organoindium
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From organo- + indium.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing any organic compound containing a carbon-to-indium bond.
organogallium
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From organo- + gallium.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing any organic compound containing a carbon-to-gallium bond.
organogeneses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of organogenesis
organohafnium
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From organo- + hafnium.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing any organic compound containing a carbon-to-hafnium bond.
organorhodium
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From organo- + rhodium.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing any organic compound containing a carbon-to-rhodium bond.
organobarium
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɔːˌɡænəʊˈbɛəɹi.əm/
ipa: /ɔɹˌɡænoʊˈbɛɹi.əm/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiəm
Etymology: From organo- + barium.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing any organic compound containing a carbon-to-barium bond.
organostrontium
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From organo- + strontium.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing any organic compound containing a carbon-to-strontium bond.
organotechnetium
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From organo- + technetium.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing any organic compound containing a carbon-to-technetium bond.
auranofin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɔːˈɹænəfɪn/
Senses: glosses: An organogold compound used as an antirheumatic.
hepatosplenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hepato- + splenic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the liver and spleen
Derived terms: extrahepatosplenic
hepatosplenism
adalimumab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌeɪ.dəˈlɪm.jəˌmæb/
Etymology: From ada- (of unknown origin) + -lim- (“immunomodulating”) + -umab (“human monoclonal antibody”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An immunosuppressive drug (trademark Humira) that is a genetically engineered monoclonal antibody administered by subcutaneous injection to treat the symptoms of various autoimmune diseases (such as rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn's disease, and psoriasis). It acts by binding to and blocking the activity of tumor necrosis factor.
golimumab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡoʊˈlɪm.jəˌmæb/
Etymology: From [Term?] + -lim- (“immunomodulating”) + -umab (“human monoclonal antibody”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A genetically engineered monoclonal antibody (trademark Simponi) that inhibits the activity of tumor necrosis factor and is administered by subcutaneous injection to treat rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, and ulcerative colitis.
burgundies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of burgundy
whereagainst
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From where- + against.
Senses: glosses: Against what; against which.
Related terms: —
henceafter
henceforth
henceforward
henceforwards
hencefrom
hereabout
hereabouts
hereabove
hereafter
hereafters
hereagainst
hereamong
hereanent
hereat
hereaway
herebefore
hereby
herefor
herefore
hereforth
hereforward
hereforwards
herefrom
herehence
hereinabove
hereinafter
hereinbefore
hereinbelow
hereinelsewhere
hereinsoever
hereinto
hereinunder
heremid
hereof
hereon
hereout
hereover
herethrough
herethroughout
hereto
heretofore
hereunto
hereupon
herewith
herewithal
herewithin
herewithout
hitherto
hitherunto
hitherward
hitherwards
howbeit
however
howso
howsoever
howsomedever
howsomever
thataway
thatwise
thenceafter
thenceforth
thenceforward
thenceforwards
thencefrom
thenceout
thereabout
thereabouts
thereabove
thereacross
thereafter
thereafters
thereagain
thereagainst
therealong
thereamong
thereamongst
thereanent
therearound
thereat
thereaway
therebefore
therebeside
therebetween
therebeyond
thereby
therever
therefor
therefore
thereforth
therefrom
therehence
thereinabove
thereinafter
thereinbefore
thereinbelow
thereinto
thereinunder
theremid
thereof
thereon
thereout
thereover
theresoever
therethrough
therethroughout
thereto
theretofore
thereunto
thereup
thereupon
therewith
therewithal
therewithin
therewithout
thisaway
thiswise
thitherinsoever
thitherto
thitherward
thitherwards
whatever
whatso
whatsoever
whatsomedever
whatsomever
whatwise
whenabout
whenabouts
whenas
whenever
whenso
whensoever
whensomever
whenceafter
whencever
whenceforth
whenceforward
whencefrom
whenceward
whencewards
whereabout
whereabouts
whereabove
whereafter
whereafters
wherealong
whereamong
whereamongst
whereanent
wherearound
whereas
whereat
whereaway
wherebefore
wherebeside
wherebetween
wherebeyond
whereby
wherever
wherefor
wherefore
whereforth
wherefrom
wherehence
whereinabove
whereinafter
whereinbefore
whereinbelow
whereinsoever
whereinto
whereinunder
wheremid
whereof
whereon
whereout
whereover
whereso
wheresoever
wheresomever
wherethrough
wherethroughout
whereto
wheretofore
whereunto
whereup
whereupon
wherewith
wherewithal
wherewithin
wherewithout
whitherever
whitherinsoever
whitherso
whitherto
whithertofore
whitherward
whitherwards
whyever
whyfor
whyso
whysoever
1. Scottish2. from Middle English mid3. old dialectal form
whereness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wherenesses
Etymology: From where + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: A point hath no dimensions, but only a whereness, and is next to nothing.
ref: 1701, Nehemiah Grew, Cosmologia sacra: or a discourse of the universe as it is the creature and kingdom of God:
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Location or position.
wherenesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whereness
whereuntil
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From where- + until.
Senses: examples: text: O Lord, sir, the parties themselves, the actors, sir, will show whereuntil it doth amount […]
ref: c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:
glosses: Until what; until which.
loricate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɒɹɪkeɪt/
ipa: /ˈlɔɹɪkeɪt/
Forms: form: loricates
form: loricating
form: loricated
form: loricated
Etymology: First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin lōricātus, perfect passive participle of lōrīcō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from lōrica (“a coat of mail or breastplate”).
Senses: glosses: To cover with some protecting substance, as with lute, a crust, coating, or plates.
Related terms: lorication
loricate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɒɹɪkeɪt/
ipa: /ˈlɔɹɪkeɪt/
Etymology: First attested in 1826; borrowed from Latin lōrīcātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix).
Senses: examples: text: ...so far as my experience goes, all loricate Rotifera are hatched with the lorica already developed.
ref: 1887 P.H.Gosse. Twelve New Species of Rotifera. Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society. June 1887. Transactions of the Society. VIII. p. 363
text: 1891 William B.Carpenter, 7th ed rev. W.H.Dallinger. The Microscope and its Revelations. p. 718. pub: London J.&A. Churchill
The third order, Ploïma, is divided into a loricate and an illoricate group, which are not, however, very sharply separated; as in some cases the outer layer of the skin is, though horny, yet thin and flexible.
topics: biology
microbiology
natural-sciences
synonyms: shelled
antonyms: aloricate
glosses: Possessing a lorica (enclosing shell).
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
antonyms: aloricate
glosses: Of or pertaining to the rotifers with thick, rigid cuticles and a box-like shape.
Derived terms: aloricate
illoricate
nonloricate
loricate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɒɹɪkeɪt/
ipa: /ˈlɔɹɪkeɪt/
Forms: form: loricates
Etymology: First attested in 1826; borrowed from Latin lōrīcātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any animal covered with bony scales, such as the crocodile or pangolin.
downregulations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of downregulation
upregulations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of upregulation
catumaxomab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From arbitrary prefix ca- + -tum- + -axo- + -mab.
Senses: glosses: A rat-murine hybrid monoclonal antibody used to treat certain cancers.
ertumaxomab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From -axo- + -mab.
Senses: glosses: A rat-murine hybrid monoclonal antibody used to treat certain cancers.
receiptless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From receipt + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without a receipt or receipts (written acknowledgement for money paid).
plesiomorphies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plesiomorphy
aglyphous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From aglyph + -ous.
Senses: examples: text: Chersydrus is the Aglyphous representative of the Hydrophids, with which it agrees in its mode of life and general appearance.
ref: 1890, George Albert Boulenger, edited by W. T. Blanford, The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma: Reptilia and Batrachia, volume 10, London: Taylor and Francis, page 355:
glosses: Whose teeth are not specialized, especially whose teeth lack grooves for venom.
raw_tags: of a snake
Coordinate terms: opisthoglyphous
proteroglyphous
solenoglyphous
opisthoglyphous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From opisthoglyph + -ous.
Senses: glosses: Whose teeth include an enlarged pair at the back of the maxillae which normally angle backwards and are grooved to channel venom into the puncture.
raw_tags: of a snake
Coordinate terms: aglyphous
proteroglyphous
solenoglyphous
proteroglyphous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From proteroglyph + -ous.
Senses: glosses: Having shortened maxillae bearing few teeth except for a substantially enlarged fang that forms a hollow needle for injecting venom.
raw_tags: of a snake
Coordinate terms: aglyphous
opisthoglyphous
solenoglyphous
solenoglyphous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From solenoglyph + -ous.
Senses: glosses: Having nublike maxillae each supporting a single hollow fang that points posteriorly, the mouth opening wide so that the fang swings into position to inject venom deeply.
raw_tags: of a snake
Coordinate terms: aglyphous
opisthoglyphous
proteroglyphous
rainbowing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rainbow
rainbowed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more rainbowed
form: most rainbowed
Etymology: From rainbow + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Resembling, involving, or illuminated with a rainbow; patterned with the colours of the rainbow.
examples: text: [> You may come to the point where you're accepted within the culture but you'll be racially different and never truly integrated. <]
Depends upon how rainbowed the culture is. Here in America we're very rainbowed, such that the cultural norm is respect for differences.
ref: 2003 October 10, Marvin Edwards, “Re: Affirmative Action”, in alt.religion.unitarian-univ (Usenet):
glosses: Made up of several races or ethnicities; rainbow.
rainbowed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From rainbow + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rainbow
jingle mail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: "There's going to be a lot of jingle mail this winter," Barnes says of owners who will simply pop their house keys in the mail in lieu of a mortgage check.
ref: 2007, U.S. News and World Report:
text: However, all four states have had the most overheated mortgage markets and reportedly the highest incidence of jingle mail.
ref: 2008, OECD Economic Surveys: United States 2008:
text: Nouriel Roubini, one of Wall Street's most pessimistic seers, worries that the "forthcoming jingle-mail tsunami" could spawn $1 trillion-2 trillion of financial losses, creating a systemic banking crisis.
ref: 2008, The Economist:
text: However, with all the jingle mail going on, there is a good chance you can sway the mortgage company with the correct psychology.
ref: 2009, Paul Stemborowski, How to Modify Your Loans: And Save Thousands of Dollars by Doing It:
glosses: The practice of posting one's house keys back to the mortgage company because of negative equity or inability to pay mortgage investments.
touch a nerve
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: touches a nerve
form: touching a nerve
form: touched a nerve
form: touched a nerve
form: hit a nerve
form: strike a nerve
form: touch a raw nerve
Etymology: An allusion to the sharp sensation felt when a dentist or surgeon physically disturbs an exposed nerve.
Senses: examples: text: Louis B. Seltzer, editor of the Cleveland Press, . . . banged out an editorial that raised uncomfortable questions about the state of the U.S. at a moment of world responsibility. His piece touched a nerve: in the following week, 1,000 people had tried to reach him by phone or written him letters or stopped him on the street to talk about it.
ref: 1951 August 27, “National Affairs: Right & Wrong”, in Time:
text: The austerity of my tone seemed to touch a nerve and kindle the fire that always slept in this vermilion-headed menace to the common weal, for she frowned a displeased frown and told me for heaven's sake to stop goggling like a dead halibut.
ref: 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter 4, in Jeeves in the Offing:
text: The president's supporters . . . are trying to exert greater control over universities, touching a nerve among an increasingly defiant student movement.
ref: 2007 November 8, Simon Romero, “Gunmen attack opponents of Chávez's bid to extend power”, in New York Times, retrieved 30 Aug 2009:
glosses: To make a remark or perform a deed which produces a strong response, especially an emotional response such as anxiety or annoyance, because it calls to mind something which has been a source of concern or embarrassment.
Related terms: get on someone's nerves
rub someone the wrong way
hit a nerve
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hits a nerve
form: hitting a nerve
form: hit a nerve
form: hit a nerve
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of touch a nerve.
touch a raw nerve
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: touches a raw nerve
form: touching a raw nerve
form: touched a raw nerve
form: touched a raw nerve
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of touch a nerve.
hit a raw nerve
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hits a raw nerve
form: hitting a raw nerve
form: hit a raw nerve
form: hit a raw nerve
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of touch a nerve.
radiclibs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of radiclib
pseudocoded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pseudo- + coded.
Senses: glosses: Represented in pseudocode.
pseudocodes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pseudocode
prop comedians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prop comedian
prop comics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prop comic
toothpasty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more toothpasty
form: most toothpasty
Etymology: From toothpaste + -y.
Senses: glosses: Smeared or covered with toothpaste.
glosses: Having some characteristic of toothpaste, such as a gel-like consistency or mint flavour.
volcanicities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of volcanicity
vulcanicities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vulcanicity
lifetap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From life + tap.
Senses: examples: text: Or another very effective card is the Lifetap, which is an Enchantment...
ref: 1995, Larry W Smith, Learn Magic Cards:
text: Early Levels (1—4) Open your spell tab and expand your single option. Place the lifetap you find there in your hotbar.
ref: 2002, Justin Brown, Dark Age of Camelot: Shrouded Isles:
text: Use your Lifetap spells any time you've taken damage. […] At higher levels, you gain more powerful spells in the Lifetap category.
ref: 2003, Melissa Tyler, EverQuest: Prima's official strategy guides:
text: […] or use lifetap spells that heal the caster while damaging their target to keep themselves alive while they fight alongside their pet.
ref: 2005, Scott Jennings, Alexander Macris, Massively multiplayer games for dummies:
qualifier: roleplaying games
glosses: A spell or ability allowing a player to heal his or her own character by draining health from another.
square metres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of square metre
giga-amps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of giga-amp
Verdadism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Spanish verdad + -ism, coined by Soraida Martinez circa 1992 to describe her own works.
Senses: topics: art
arts
glosses: A style of art that juxtaposes figurative abstract paintings with written social commentary drawing from personal experiences.
oughtta
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of oughta.
cushionlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cushionlike
form: most cushionlike
Etymology: From cushion + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a cushion.
Synonyms: cushiony
uncushioned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + cushioned.
Senses: examples: text: A great pleasure of a late afternoon is to take a seat (unfortunately uncushioned) on the terrace and knock back a few ice-bedded freshly shucked oysters or clams from the shellfish menu.
ref: 2009 June 7, M. H. Reed, “A Taste of France That Comes With a View”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not cushioned.
counterargue
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: koun'təräʹgyo͞o
ipa: /ˌkaʊntəˈɹɑːɡjuː/
Forms: form: counterargues
form: counterarguing
form: counterargued
form: counterargued
form: counter-argue
Etymology: From counter- + argue, on the pattern of counterargument.
Senses: examples: text: We began with a set of 25 items designed to measure preferences for resisting through bolstering versus counterarguing. Examples of items geared toward those who prefer to counterargue included, “When someone challenges my beliefs, I enjoy disputing what they have to say,” and “I take pleasure in arguing with those who have opinions that differ from my own.” Items geared toward those who prefer to bolster included, “When someone gives me a point of view that conflicts with my attitudes, I like to think about why my views are right for me,” and “When someone has a different perspective on an issue, I like to make a mental list of the reasons in support of my perspective.”
ref: 2004, Eric Knowles, Jay Linn, Resistance and Persuasion, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, →ISBN, page 96, →ISBN:
glosses: Argue against, especially by opposition to and negation of opposing arguments (rather than the bolstering of one’s own position).
Synonyms: redargue
Derived terms: counterarguable
counterarguer
counterarguing
Related terms: counterexample
xenology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From xeno- + -logy. Coined prior to 1974 and later popularized by Robert Freitas.
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
synonyms: exobiology
hypernyms: astrobiology
glosses: The study of alien life.
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Homology from horizontal gene transfer.
Coordinate terms: anthropology
Derived terms: xenological
xenologist
xenologs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of xenolog
xenologue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: xenologues
form: xenolog
Etymology: From xeno- + -logue.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A type of ortholog where the homologous sequences are found in different species because of horizontal gene transfer.
Derived terms: xenologous
Related terms: ortholog
xenologues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of xenologue
computronium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of computer + neutronium.
Senses: examples: text: Toffoli says he thinks of CAM-8 as "computronium" — a flexible "element" capable of mimicking all other elements and particles, real or imagined.
ref: 1990 February 17, I. Amato, “Computronium: the 'element' that imitates”, in Science News, volume 137, number 7, page 103:
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: programmable matter
examples: text: The process of making computers on ever smaller scales, using physical degrees of freedom and the laws of physics in an ever more efficient manner, can be thought of as a refining process. In this process we are trying to refine and concentrate the computing power inherent in the laws of physics. You might ask, "Can we achieve 100% pure 'Computronium'?"
ref: 1992, Norman Margolus, “Fundamental Physical Constraints on the Computational Process”, in BC Crandall, James Lewis, editors, Nanotechnology: Research and Perspectives, The MIT Press, →ISBN, page 202:
text: They should be working on uploading and solving the nanoassembly conformational problem instead. Then we could turn all the available dumb matter into computronium and use it for processing our thoughts. Long-term, it's the only way to go.
ref: 2005, Charles Stross, Accelerando, Ace Books, Chapter 1, "Lobsters"
text: To this end, the AI might produce computronium (matter organized in a configuration that is optimal for computation) and use it to implement digital minds in states of euphoria.
ref: 2014, Nick Bostrom, Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies, Oxford University Press, page 140:
topics: human-sciences
literature
media
philosophy
publishing
science-fiction
sciences
glosses: A hypothetical material engineered to maximize its use as a computing substrate; matter perfectly optimised for computation.
spacefarer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spacefarers
Etymology: From space + farer. Compare spacefaring, seafarer.
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: a person who travels in space
spacefarers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spacefarer
ramscoop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ramscoops
Etymology: Blend of ramjet + scoop.
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: A proposed space travel technology using enormous electromagnetic fields as a scoop to collect and compress hydrogen and trigger thermonuclear fusion, thus powering the vessel.
ramscoops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ramscoop
arcological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From arcology + -ical.
Senses: qualifier: urban studies
glosses: Of or pertaining to arcology.
psychohistories
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of psychohistory
psychohistorian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: psychohistorians
Etymology: From psycho- + historian.
Senses: glosses: One who is involved in the field of psychohistory.
Related terms: psychohistorical
psychohistory
psychohistorians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of psychohistorian
precog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: precogs
Etymology: Clipping of precognitive. Coined by American author Philip K. Dick in 1954, and popularized in his 1956 short story "The Minority Report".
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: A precognitive person.
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: Clipping of precognition.
precog
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more precog
form: most precog
Etymology: Clipping of precognitive. Coined by American author Philip K. Dick in 1954, and popularized in his 1956 short story "The Minority Report".
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: Clipping of precognitive.
Coordinate terms: ESP
esper
extra-sensory perception
fortune teller
omen
parapsychology
prediction
premonition
psychic
psychohistory
shaman
sign
vision
Related terms: precognition
precognitive
precogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of precog
kiloyear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kiloyears
Etymology: From kilo- + year.
Senses: examples: Holonyms: terasecond < mega-annum, megayear < petasecond < giga-annum, gigayear < exasecond < zettasecond < yottasecond < ronnasecond < quettasecond
Meronyms: quectosecond < rontosecond < yoctosecond < zeptosecond < attosecond < femtosecond < picosecond < nanosecond < microsecond < millisecond < centisecond < decisecond < second < decasecond < minute < hectosecond < kilosecond < hour < day < week < megasecond < fortnight < month < year < gigasecond < century
topics: geography
geology
literature
media
natural-sciences
publishing
science-fiction
related: word: kyr
word: ky
synonyms: word: kiloannum
word: mul:ka
word: millennium
word: millennium
extra: A period of one thousand years
glosses: Synonym of millennium: A period of one thousand years.
Related terms: word: kya
english: kiloyears ago
translation: kiloyears ago
word: KYA
kiloyears
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kiloyear
astrogate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: astrogates
form: astrogating
form: astrogated
form: astrogated
Etymology: Blend of astro- + navigate
Senses: examples: text: Sure, Mike was used to having many loads in trajectory at once—but had never had to astrogate more than one at a time. Now he had hundreds and had promised to deliver twenty-nine of them simultaneously to the exact second at twenty-nine pinpointed targets.
ref: 1966, Robert A. Heinlein, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, New York: Ace, published 2018, Book 3, Chapter 25:
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: To astronavigate; to control and guide a spacecraft.
Derived terms: astrogation
astrogator
astrogates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of astrogate
astrogating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of astrogate
astrogated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of astrogate
chrononaut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chrononauts
Etymology: From chrono- + -naut, modelled on astronaut and/or cosmonaut.
Senses: examples: text: The honour of the final great mistake will go to David Powers, Scientist Chrononaut.
ref: 1972, Amazing Science Fiction Stories, volume 46, page 119:
text: The conventional view of time travel, however, has the ‘chrononauts’ travelling backwards and forwards in time. But in a more restricted sense we are all chrononauts, on a one-way fixed-speed journey into the future.
ref: 1999, John Guy Porter, Patrick Moore, Yearbook of Astronomy, page 146:
text: This tiny accident, because of the multiplicative effect of unforeseeable circumstances, results in an important alteration in the present time when the chrononauts return — the language is spoken differently and a different President of the United States has been elected.
ref: 2002, José Luis Sanz, Starring T. Rex!: Dinosaur Mythology and Popular Culture, page 62:
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: A time-traveller.
chrononauts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chrononaut
shade horsetails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shade horsetail
meadow horsetails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of meadow horsetail
wood horsetails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wood horsetail
water horsetails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of water horsetail
rough horsetails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rough horsetail
marsh horsetails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of marsh horsetail
field horsetails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of field horsetail
dwarf horsetails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dwarf horsetail
common horsetails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of common horsetail
magic trick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: magic tricks
Senses: glosses: A remarkable act carried out purportedly by magical means but in reality performed by trickery or illusion, generally as a form of entertainment.
Hyponyms: conjuring trick
parlour trick
vanishing trick
magic tricks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of magic trick
arbor vines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arbor vine
balloon vines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of balloon vine
coral vines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coral vine
hemp-vines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hemp-vine
vine-leaves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vine-leaf
dessert wines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dessert wine
house wines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of house wine
sparkling wines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sparkling wine
wine bottles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wine bottle
wine cellars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wine cellar
wine glasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wine glass
wine lists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wine list
wine palms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wine palm
wine vinegars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wine vinegar
winebibbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of winebibber
coconut palms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coconut palm
Runglish
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of Russian + English
Senses: examples: text: Don’t bother defining Runglish, simply let its rising bilingual tides of English-flavored Russian and Russian-flavored English wash over your eardrums – as thousands of speakers in a dozen societies already do. (Moscow News 11 Sept 2013)
ref: 2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide, page 6:
glosses: Any mixture of the Russian and English languages.
glosses: An informal romanization of Russian, usually following English spelling rules.
Synonyms: Ruglish
Russlish
Related terms: english: the Russian-influenced argot used by the teenage protagonist in Anthony Burgess's novel A Clockwork Orange (1962)
translation: the Russian-influenced argot used by the teenage protagonist in Anthony Burgess's novel A Clockwork Orange (1962)
word: Nadsat
public sectors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of public sector
aparejos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aparejo
electoral registers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of electoral register
electoral colleges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of electoral college
sweet potatoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sweet potato
boniatos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boniato
unnecessariness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From unnecessary + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: The unavoidableness of which effects hath carried some of their Casuists into an opinion, of the unnecessariness of devotion in these holy businesses: so as one says . . . "Though it be convenient, that the Communicant should have actual devotion; yet, it is not necessary."
ref: 1808, Josiah Pratt, editor, Works of Joseph Hall, D.D, volume 9, London, page 9:
text: A disciplined brain will at once show the unnecessariness of most ambitions, and will ensure that the remainder shall be conducted with reason.
ref: 1913, Arnold Bennett, The Human Machine, page 73:
text: In the sad case of Paris Hilton, whose sheer unnecessariness epitomizes her career, her unnecessary accessory of choice is an SUV.
ref: 2007 June 15, Karen von Hahn, “Unnecessary Accessories of the Rich and Famous”, in Globe and Mail, retrieved 30 Aug 2009:
glosses: The state or characteristic of being unnecessary.
Synonyms: gratuitousness
needlessness
macroseeding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From macro- + seeding.
Senses: examples: text: Repeated cycles of macroseeding were required to obtain crystals of sufficient size for data collection[…].
ref: 1998 March 6, Lance Stewart et al., “A Model for the Mechanism of Human Topoisomerase I”, in Science, volume 279, number 5356, →DOI, pages 1534–1541:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
qualifier: macromolecular crystallography
glosses: The seeding of crystallization using an intact crystal that has already been grown
Coordinate terms: microseeding
streak seeding
cardioactive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cardioactive
form: most cardioactive
Etymology: From cardio- + active.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Affecting the heart
frizzily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more frizzily
form: most frizzily
Etymology: From frizzy + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Vanessa, her baby-soft halo of frizzily curling brown hair, enthroning her soft face, with its wide, cherubine features, was approaching their table tendaciously, eager to make a good impression on "Her Jo's" friends.
ref: 1980 August 2, Andrea F. Loewenstein, “Random Lust”, in Gay Community News, page 15:
glosses: In a frizzy manner.
terricole
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more terricole
form: most terricole
Etymology: From Latin terricolus (“ground-dwelling”). Equivalent to Latin terra (“earth”) + -cole.
Senses: examples: text: Man himself is terricole in habits, with vertical carriage, and walking on two feet.
ref: 1896, Paul Carus, The Monist - Volume 6, page 36:
text: The plant from Heald Brow is terricole, occurring on loose sandy calcareous earth about the entrances to rabbit-holes, in a very dry locality, Heald Brow being a dry hill on the scar-limestone.
ref: 1916, Journal of Botany, British and Foreign, page 319:
text: The greatest bulk of the typical high altitude insects are generally small-sized, flightless or apterous, mostly heavily pigmented, terricole forms that occur under stoness, in the immediate vicinity of glaciers, snow and melt waters.
ref: 1963, Agra University Journal of Research: Science - Volume 12, page 171:
text: These peculiarities depend largely on the moisture requirements of the terricole species. In humid weather, the top layer of the soil is usually highly saturated and moist, so that the terricole species generally occur on the upper layers of the soil.
ref: 2013, M.S. Mani, Ecology and Biogeography of High Altitude Insects, →ISBN, page 66:
synonyms: terricolous
glosses: Ground-dwelling or growing close to the ground.
terricole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: terricoles
Etymology: From Latin terricolus (“ground-dwelling”). Equivalent to Latin terra (“earth”) + -cole.
Senses: examples: text: The Terricoles are the true Crane Flies, seen in damp meadows in great numbers, especially in the autumn.
ref: 1863, Cassell's popular natural history - Volumes 3-4, page 247:
text: Still another subdivision of terricoles consists of species of high alpine habitats with scanty and very short vegetation.
ref: 1966, Sir Boris Petrovich Uvarov, Grasshoppers and locusts: a handbook of general acridology, page 379:
text: Two types of grasshoppers are common in desert grasslands: terricoles, or soil mimics (the color pattern matches soil or rocks), and graminicoles, or grass mimics (the color pattern matches grass leaves).
ref: 1995, Mitchel P. McClaran, Thomas R. Van Devender, The Desert Grassland, page 169:
glosses: Any insect that lives on or in the ground, especially one that is flightless.
arboricole
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin arbor + colere (“to inhabit”).
Senses: examples: text: arboricole bird
text: arboricole ant
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: arboreal
speleo-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Forms: form: spele-
Etymology: From Ancient Greek σπήλαιον (spḗlaion, “cave”).
Senses: glosses: cave
carpo-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: Combining form of Ancient Greek καρπός (karpós, “wrist”).
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: carpus (wrist) or hand.
carpo-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: Combining form of Ancient Greek καρπός (karpós, “fruit”).
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: fruit, carpel
catabasis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: catabases
Senses: examples: text: The ancient Greeks and the peoples of remote antiquity already knew of journeys of the soul, but these were often journeys to the infernal regions, descents into hell, catabases, with obstacles, such as encounters with various monsters, menaces of all sorts, the crossing of the bridge of the dead or the passage of mysterious rivers on foot or on horseback.
ref: 1923, Georges Berguer, translated by E. S. Brooks and Van Wyck Brooks, Some aspects of the life of Jesus from the psychological and psycho-analytic point of view, page 58:
text: Figure 37 also demonstrates the use of catabasis, or descending motion, in the parts for trumpets, pianos, and low strings.
ref: 2007, Victoria Adamenko, Victoria Bowles, Neo-mythologism in Music, page 101:
text: The Inferno is one of the most famous examples of catabasis in the Western Tradition.
ref: 2019, Gregory L. Ulmer, KONSULT: Theopraxesis, page 83:
glosses: Alternative spelling of katabasis.
catabases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of catabasis
spacefillers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spacefiller
spacegroups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spacegroup
catadrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: catadromes
Etymology: Ancient Greek κατάδρομος (katádromos) from κατά (katá, “down”) + δρόμος (drómos, “course, running”).
Senses: glosses: A racecourse.
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A machine for raising or lowering heavy weights.
comate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more comate
form: most comate
Etymology: First attested in 1600; borrowed from Latin cōmātus, from cōma (“hair”) + -ātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: comose (having a coma, or bushy, hairy appearance).
comate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkəʊmeɪt/
Forms: form: comates
Etymology: First attested in 1576; from co- + mate.
Senses: examples: text: Now my Coe-mates,and brothers in exile :
Hath not old cuſtome made this life more ſvveete
Then that of painted pompe ? Are not theſe vvoods
More free from perill then the enuious Court ?
ref: c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i], pages 189-190, columns 2-1:
glosses: Companion, fellow, mate.
comates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of comate
-zygous
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: From zygo- + -ous.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Having or originating from a specified state as a result of conditions in the zygote stage of development.
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Having a specified state of allele pairs in the nucleus.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Having a specified state of physical pairing of structures.
Derived terms: aphanozygous
cryptozygous
monozygous
phalequozygous