cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
magnetometery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of magnetometry.
multifilters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of multifilter
multifilter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: multifilters
Etymology: From multi- + filter.
Senses: glosses: A multiple filter
big league
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: big leagues
Senses: glosses: A major league.
big league
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more big league
form: most big league
Senses: examples: text: He made a real big league play.
glosses: Major league (pertaining to the highest level of professional sports).
glosses: Major league (significant, important).
big league
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: Think of it. Iran is taking over Iraq, and they’re taking it over big league.
ref: 2015 June 16, Donald Trump, “Transcript: Donald Trump announces his presidential candidacy”, in CBS News:
glosses: To a significant degree; on a large scale.
Related terms: bigtime
bigly
majorly
major league
subalignments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subalignment
thermodiffractograms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thermodiffractogram
thermodiffractogram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thermodiffractograms
Etymology: From thermo- + diffractogram.
Senses: glosses: A diffractogram produced using thermal neutrons rather than X-rays.
upscalability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From upscale + -ability.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being upscalable.
upscalable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From upscale + -able.
Senses: glosses: That can be upscaled
vectorpotential
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vectorpotentials
form: vector potential
Etymology: From vector + potential.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A vector function whose curl is equal to the magnetic induction
vectorpotentials
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vectorpotential
Kimjongilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kimjongilias
Etymology: From Kim Jong Il + -ia, after the North Korean leader.
Senses: glosses: A hybrid cultivar of tuberous begonia.
ambigus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ambigu
dinges
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dinge
dinges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dinges
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch dinges, ding (“thing”).
Senses: examples: text: The old-fashioned coon was a fine old cuss--he knew his place--but these young dinges don't want to be porters or cotton-pickers.
ref: 1922, Sinclair Lewis, “10”, in Babbitt:
glosses: Alternative spelling of dingus (“thingamajig; fool”).
anti-choice
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anti-choice
form: most anti-choice
form: antichoice
Etymology: From anti- + choice.
Senses: examples: text: [...her campaign techniques] demonstrate a pattern to deceive potential contributors by failing to disclose without ambiguity that she is soliciting funds for her presidential candidacy and not for the antichoice movement.
ref: 1976, NARAL complaint against Ellen McCormack, “Complaint may block federal matching funds”, in the Beaver County Times, 1976 February 18
text: Gamble also warned the audience that the possibility of judicial change is "not remote". She said that two anti-choice Reagan appointments to the U.S. Supreme Court would put anti-choice justices in the majority by one vote.
ref: 1984 February 4, Sue Hyde, “Abortion Activists Mark Jan 22. Anniversary”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 28, page 1:
glosses: Not pro-choice; opposed to the individual's choice, especially of abortion or euthanasia.
Derived terms: anti-choicer
pirate round
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pirate rounds
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: The sailing route for many trade ships during the 17th century between North America and the Indian Ocean where pirates, with the intention of attacking, could be found along.
Condy's crystals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: A former brand name.
Senses: glosses: potassium permanganate
filter bank
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: filter banks
form: filterbank
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
signal-processing
glosses: An array of band-pass filters that separates the input signal into multiple components, each one carrying a single frequency subband of the original signal.
shiksas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shiksa
sophi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: sŏʹfī
enpr: sŏʹfē
ipa: /ˈsɒfaɪ/
ipa: /ˈsɒfiː/
Forms: form: sophy
form: sophoi
Etymology: From the Latin sophī, the nominative plural form of sophus, from the Ancient Greek σοφός (sophós).
Senses: examples: text: Valladolid, our Athens gins to tast
Of thy ranck filth, Camphire and Lettuce chast,
Are cleane casheird, now Sophi Ringoes eate,
Candid Potatoes, are Athenians meate.
ref: 1598: John Marston, The Scourge of Villanie, Three Books of Satyres, volume 1, chapter 3, page 181 (1966 republication)
glosses: Wise men; sages.
sophi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: sŏʹfī
enpr: sŏʹfē
ipa: /ˈsɒfaɪ/
ipa: /ˈsɒfiː/
Forms: form: sophy
form: sophoi
Senses: examples: text: Iſhmael, who conquered Perſia, was himſelf a ſophi, and greatly valued himſelf on his being ſo. He choſe all the guards of his perſon from among the religious of this order; and would have all the great lords of his court ſophis.
ref: 1728, Ephraim Chambers, editor, Cyclopædia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, 1st edition, volume 2, London: printed for J. and J. Knapton [et al.], →OCLC, page 97:
glosses: Obsolete form of Sufi.
where've
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Senses: examples: text: Where've you been all day?
glosses: where have
horrifier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: horrifiers
Etymology: From horrify + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who, or that which, horrifies.
horrifiers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of horrifier
terrifiers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of terrifier
horridnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of horridness
horrider
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of horrid: more horrid
horridest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of horrid: most horrid
nonproposal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonproposals
Etymology: From non- + proposal.
Senses: glosses: Absence of a proposal.
barefaced lies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of barefaced lie
oplock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oplocks
Etymology: Clipping of opportunistic lock.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An opportunistic lock on a file system object, used for caching purposes rather than to avoid modifications by multiple users at once.
oplocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oplock
lopezite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From López + -ite, after Chilean mining engineer Emiliano López Saa (1871-1959).
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A rare red triclinic chromate mineral.
uranophane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: uranophanes
Etymology: From urano- + phane.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A rare yellow radioactive calcium uranium silicate hydrate mineral that forms from the oxidation of uranium-bearing minerals.
Synonyms: uranotile
uranophanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of uranophane
anti-life
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of antilife.
have one's way with
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: has one's way with
form: having one's way with
form: had one's way with
form: had one's way with
Senses: examples: text: He had pitched, as I have said, against the bulwarks, where he lay like some horrible, ungainly sort of puppet, life-size, indeed, but how different from life’s colour or life’s comeliness! In that position I could easily have my way with him, and as the habit of tragical adventures had worn off almost all my terror for the dead, I took him by the waist as if he had been a sack of bran and with one good heave, tumbled him overboard.
ref: 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:
glosses: Synonym of have one's way (“to obtain the circumstances one wishes for, with somebody or something”).
synonyms: word: have one's way
extra: to obtain the circumstances one wishes for, with somebody or something
examples: text: Their daughter is being married in haste because she had the misfortune to go out with a terrible young man who took her to a wild beach party, got her drunk, and then had his way with her.
ref: 1964 June 18, “Ann Landers—Your Problems”, in Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, Canada, retrieved 26 Sep 2011, page 8:
text: "She passed out, and when she passed out he had his way with her," Assistant District Attorney Anthony J. Marotta told the jury in his closing argument.
ref: 2004 May 12, “FSC student acquitted of 2002 campus sex assault”, in Worcester Telegram & Gazette, USA, retrieved 26 Sep 2011, page 8:
glosses: To engage (as the more active or dominant partner) in sexual intercourse with, especially without the consent of one's partner; rape.
Synonyms: sense: engage in sexual intercourse
word: coitize
word: go to bed with
word: sleep with
word: copulate with
sense: rape
word: outrage
sense: rape
word: ravish
sense: rape
word: turn out
sense: rape
word: violate
sense: rape
word: vitiate
Related terms: have a way with
have one's way
polka dots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polka dot
polka dots
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of polka dot
harakeke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Maori harakeke.
Senses: glosses: New Zealand flax, Phormium tenax
prodeath
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more prodeath
form: most prodeath
form: pro-death
Etymology: From pro- + death.
Senses: examples: text: A contrary view was expressed by Helen Cindrich, president of People Concerned for the Unborn Child.
"He (Huyett) has not crumpled under the pressure of the well-funded prodeath profiteers," she said in a press release.
ref: 1982 December 8, “Abortion Clinics Prepare For New Law”, in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
topics: government
politics
glosses: pro-choice
examples: text: Rep. Gustave Groat Sr., R-Battle Creek, summed up the sentiments of many of the prodeath witnesses when he declared[…]
ref: 1970 February 5, “Police Officials Testify For Death Penalty”, in The Owosso Argus-Press:
text: Despite its alleged predisposition, Dobbert's jury recommended a life sentence, 10-2, but Doherty argued that a prodeath jury is more likely to convict.
ref: 1982 January 27, “Court Hears Appeals By Convicted Killers”, in Sarasota Herald-Tribune:
text: "We believe the decision of competence should be made by a judge, not by the governor. The governor of this state is too prodeath[…] The decision should be decided by a neutral judicial process," said Dick Burr, a public defender who raised the competency question for condemned inmate Alvin Ford.
ref: 1986 April 4, “Mentally Incompetent: Should They Be Protected From Execution?”, in The Argus-Press:
text: In contrast, the constellation of attitudes associated with the prodeath stance leads us to expect that these jurors would make more remarks in favor of the prosecution side of the case;[…]
ref: 1994, Phoebe C. Ellsworth, “Some steps between attitudes and verdicts,”, in Reid Hastie, editor, Inside the Juror: The Psychology of Juror Decision Making, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN:
glosses: Supporting capital punishment in a particular case or in general.
examples: text: Damage or injury to mitochondria can have profound effects on ATP and ROS levels, as well as release of prodeath proteins such as cytochrome c...
ref: 2009, Jack Uetrecht, Adverse Drug Reactions:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: triggering cell death
pro-death
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of prodeath.
snowsure
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more snowsure
form: most snowsure
Etymology: From snow + sure.
Senses: examples: text: And then there's snowsure Sportgastein further up the valley, and the big Dorfgastein-Grossarl circuit down the valley. Add together all these areas and there's more than enough to keep even the keenest skier happy for a week.
ref: 1995, Chris Gill, Dave Watts, Where to Ski:
text: For beginners, the nursery slope at village level in La Clusaz could not be more convenient, and the other, more snowsure ones up the mountain at the top of the Beauregard cable car and at Cret du Merle are even better.
ref: 2007, Philippe Barbour, Rhone-Alpes:
text: One of Switzerland's largest and most snowsure ski areas that is virtually unknown internationally.
ref: 2007, Peter Hardy, Felice Hardy, The Great Skiing and Snowboarding Guide 2008:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
skiing
sports
glosses: Certain to have snow.
snowsuited
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From snowsuit + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Dressed in a snowsuit.
snow pear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snow pears
Senses: glosses: Pyrus nivalis, a hardy pear tree of south-east Europe and western Asia.
glosses: The fruit of Pyrus nivalis, a roundish, somewhat sour pear.
snowpark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snowparks
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of snow park.
snowparks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snowpark
aquapark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aquaparks
Etymology: From aqua- + park.
Senses: examples: text: He has gone to an aqua park every year.
glosses: A water park.
aquaparks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aquapark
snow pears
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snow pear
nonfeeder
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + feeder.
Senses: examples: text: Second, in both feeder and nonfeeder territories subordinate birds were less likely to be present than dominants.
ref: 1992, Nicholas B. Davies, Dunnock behaviour and social evolution:
glosses: Not of, pertaining to, or having a feeder.
prolifer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prolifers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of pro-lifer.
prochoicer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prochoicers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of pro-choicer.
missends
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of missend
missending
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of missend
missenses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of missense
missenses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of missense
pro-choicers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pro-choicer
pro-abort
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pro-abort
form: most pro-abort
form: proabort
Etymology: Contraction of proabortion(ist).
Senses: examples: text: In its newsletter, Defense of Life described Thornburgh as "pro-abort" and said Woods had no recorded abortion position.
ref: 1987 April 29, “Thornburgh turns down Reagan offer”, in Gettysburg Times:
text: As she stood outside the clinic on Saturday, she lamented the lost opportunities as the counterdemonstrators clogged the sidewalks. "They're the real lunatic, pro-abort people," she said[…]
ref: 1989 July 17, “Abortion Battle: 2 Foes on Front Lines”, in The New York Times:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Pro-choice.
pro-abort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pro-aborts
form: proabort
Etymology: Contraction of proabortion(ist).
Senses: examples: text: The leader of a Utah anti-abortion group told those attending a rally at the state Capitol on Wednesday they should target the elected offices being vacated in 1992.
"If we lose the governor's seat to a pro-abort, then he can say there isn't enough money to support the abortion law. You must register to vote in 1992 so you can vote those pro-aborts out of office and keep them out," said Rosa Goodnight[…]
ref: 1992 January 23, “Utah Abortion Foes Seek to Elect Pro-Lifers to Keep Political Edge”, in The Salt Lake Tribune:
topics: government
politics
glosses: A person with pro-choice views.
Synonyms: word: antilifer
word: proabortionist
word: pro-choicer
word: pro-deather
anti-abortionist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anti-abortionists
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of antiabortionist.
anti-abortionists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anti-abortionist
proabortion
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more proabortion
form: most proabortion
form: pro-abortion
Etymology: From pro- + abortion.
Senses: synonyms: word: antilife
word: pro-choice
word: prodeath
glosses: Supportive of the practice and/or legalization of abortion.
Derived terms: proabortionist
pro-abortionism
Related terms: antiabortion
gdns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: E. Norton (Machine Tools) Ltd., Grosvenor Gdns. House, Grosvenor Gdns., London […]
ref: 1959, Welding, volume 27, page 202:
text: In Earl's Court, Barkston Gdns, very close to the tube, has a long row of perfectly pleasant hotels, all of which seem individual but clean and welcoming.
ref: 2004, Charles Godfrey-Faussett, Footprint England:
glosses: Abbreviation of gardens.
raw_tags: in street addresses
pro-abortion
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of proabortion.
proabortionist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: proabortionists
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of pro-abortionist.
proabortionists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of proabortionist
pro-abortionist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pro-abortionists
form: proabortionist
Etymology: From proabortion + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who supports the practice or legality of abortion.
Synonyms: word: antilifer
word: pro-abort
word: pro-choicer
word: pro-deather
Related terms: antiabortionist
pro-abortionists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pro-abortionist
down-low
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: down-lows
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of down low.
pro-aborts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pro-abort
proabort
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Alternative spelling of pro-abort.
proabort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Alternative spelling of pro-abort.
anti-choicer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anti-choicers
form: antichoicer
Etymology: From anti-choice + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who opposes pro-choice views.
Synonyms: word: antiabortionist
word: fetus fetishist
word: forced-birther
word: pro-lifer
word: right-to-lifer
suffonsify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: suffonsifies
form: suffonsifying
form: suffonsified
form: suffonsified
form: sophonsify
Etymology: Possibly a blend of sufficient + fancified or satisfied.http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-suf1.htm
Senses: examples: text: Toward the end of a dinner of prime roast beef, baked potato, salad, apple pie, and coffee, Sam Barlow would ask, "Well, young man, do you think you have had sufficient to suffonsify?"
ref: 1953, Carl Sandburg, Always The Young Strangers, Harcourt Brace, →ISBN, page 243:
glosses: To satisfy or satiate, particularly the appetite.
sophonsify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sophonsifies
form: sophonsifying
form: sophonsified
form: sophonsified
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of suffonsify.
jelloid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jelloids
Etymology: Former brand name, from a company called Iron Jelloid Co. Ltd. Presumably jelly + -oid.
Senses: qualifier: pharmacy
glosses: A medicated gelatin tablet or lozenge; a gelatinous pill.
jelloids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jelloid
jugulum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒʌɡ.jəl.əm/
ipa: /ˈju.ɡjəl.əm/
Forms: form: jugula
Etymology: Borrowing from New Latin jugulum (“the collarbone; the hollow part of the neck above the collarbone; the throat”), diminutive of jugum (“a yoke, collar”).
Senses: examples: text: The jugulum at which to aim is the use of the word "criticism" at all.
ref: 2004, George Saintsbury, History Of English Criticism, page 498:
glosses: The neck or throat.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
zootomy
glosses: The lower throat or the part of the neck just above the breast.
raw_tags: of a bird
topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: The jugum of an insect's wing.
Derived terms: jugular
Balkanic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Balkanic
form: most Balkanic
Etymology: From Balkan + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the Balkan peninsula.
Synonyms: Balkan
Spockian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Spockian
form: most Spockian
Etymology: From Spock + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: The Spockian influence on motherhood-at-large is, today, almost legendary.
ref: 1960, "Now 'Dr. Spock' Goes to the White House, The New York Times, 1960 December 4
text: The Spockian ploy is to announce one's sins and then go right ahead and compound them. All the man does is shed a few crocodile tears over the parents' unhappy lot and then proceed directly with his blueprint for infantocracy.
ref: 1968, Frederick C. Crews, The Patch Commission, page 25:
text: The triumph of the Spockian dictum of a privatized child-rearing world, shorn of political concerns, may, in part, explain the vehemence with which Dr. Spock has been attacked for his own peace activities.
ref: 1988, Nancy Pottishman Weiss, “Mother, the Invention of Necessity: Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care”, in N. Ray Hiner, Joseph M. Hawes, editors, Growing Up in America: Children in Historical Perspective, University of Illinois Press, →ISBN:
text: They seem to be more certain that desire can be gratified than that it can be aroused — a response that probably owes much to Spockian child-rearing. In earlier times a mother responded to her child's needs when they were expressed powerfully enough to distract her from other cares and activities. Spockian mothers, however, often tried to anticipate the child's needs:[…]
ref: 1990, Philip Elliot Slater, The Pursuit of Loneliness: American Culture at the Breaking Point, Beacon Press, →ISBN, page 100:
glosses: Related to, or characteristic of, Dr. Benjamin Spock or his parenting philosophy.
examples: text: And you can see from the Spockian ears and the raised eyebrows, he had a positive Mephistophelian look.
ref: 1989, Howard Aiken, “Early Inventors”, in Robert Slater, editor, Portraits in Silicon, The MIT Press, →ISBN:
text: She bit into tough, stringy meat that had a pungent, wild taste to it. "Interesting," she commented, attempting a Spockian neutrality.
ref: 1997, Alex Matthews, Satan's Silence: The Second Cassidy McCabe Mystery, Intrigue Press, →ISBN, page 135:
text: Most cognitive psychologists in the mideighties viewed the brain as a computer-like mechanism based on pure logic and rational thought. There was no room for emotions in their Spockian formulation.
ref: 2009, Paul Herr, Primal Management: Unraveling the Secrets of Human Nature to Drive High Performance, AMACOM, →ISBN, page 24:
glosses: Related to, or characteristic of, the character Spock from Star Trek, especially in being emotionally detached.
Synonyms: sense: Benjamin Spock
word: Spockish
sense: Mr Spock
word: Spockish
adject
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: adjects
form: adjecting
form: adjected
form: adjected
Senses: glosses: To annex
bismillah
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: Finally, the boy told the king that he would succeed only if he gathered all his citizens as witnesses, declared bismillah rab al-gholam—“in the name of Allah, the God of this boy”—and fired an arrow.
ref: 2013 September 20, Peter Hessler, “Keeping The Faith”, in The New Yorker:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Bismillah.
Related terms: basmala
bitartrate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bitartrates
Etymology: From bi- + tartrate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: hydrogen tartrate (univalent salt of tartaric acid)
Derived terms: potassium bitartrate
cladode
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cladodes
Etymology: From New Latin cladodium, from Ancient Greek κλᾰ́δος (klắdos, “young slip of a tree”).
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A flattened organ arising from the stem of a plant, often replacing the leaves in photosynthetic function, as leaves in such plants (such as asparagus or butcher's broom) are typically reduced to scales.
glosses: A generally flattened shoot as of certain cactuses.
Derived terms: cladodial
Related terms: phylloclade — a leaflike cladode
with unlimited extension growth
cladophyll
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cladophylls
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A phyllode
discountable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more discountable
form: most discountable
Etymology: From discount + -able.
Senses: examples: text: Lottery tickets are not discountable items even when we have a sale.
text: What he claims to have seen is probably discountable as a hallucination.
glosses: That can be discounted (in all senses).
Derived terms: discountably
nondiscountable
donative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdəʊnətɪv/
Forms: form: more donative
form: most donative
Etymology: From Latin dōnātīvum (“a gratuity”), from dōnō (“I give [a present]”), from dōnum (“gift”).
Senses: glosses: Being or relating to a donation.
Derived terms: donatively
donative
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdəʊnətɪv/
Forms: form: donatives
Etymology: From Latin dōnātīvum (“a gratuity”), from dōnō (“I give [a present]”), from dōnum (“gift”).
Senses: examples: text: Romans […]were[…] entertain'd with public shows and donatives.
ref: 1693, Decimus Junius Juvenalis, John Dryden, transl., “[The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis.] The Satyr”, in The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse. […] Together with the Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC:
glosses: A gift; a largess; a gratuity.
topics: ecclesiastical
law
lifestyle
religion
glosses: A benefice conferred on a person by the founder or patron, without either presentation or institution by the ordinary, or induction by his orders.
eligibly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more eligibly
form: most eligibly
Etymology: From eligible + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an eligible manner.
glyptography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: glĭptŏgʹrəfē
ipa: /ɡlɪpˈtɒɡ.ɹə.fi/
rhymes: -ɒɡɹəfi
Senses: topics: art
arts
glosses: carving or engraving on precious stone
Derived terms: glyptographer
glyptographic
Related terms: glyph
glyptic
glyptics
gospeler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gospelers
form: gospeller
Etymology: From gospel + -er (occupational suffix). Compare Middle English gospellere (“one of the Evangelists; book containing the Gospels”), from Old English godspellere.
Senses: glosses: A person who preaches from the Gospels
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A singer of gospel music
examples: text: If thou be a papist, there shalt thou want no kinde of supersticion to feede vpon. If thou be a gospeller, no man shall aske why thou comest not to churche.
ref: 1549, William Thomas, The historie of Italie […], page 85:
text: You know I have conferred with many, and I ensure you, I never found man, so far as I do remembre, neyther old nor new Gospeller or Papist, of what judgment soever he was, in this thing to be a contrary opinion.
ref: 1554 April 8, Nicholas Ridley, “Dr. Ridley late Bishop of London to West, formerly his Steward […]”, in John Strype, editor, Memorials of the Most Reverend Father in God, Thomas Cranmer […], published 1694, page 202:
text: He for some time kept School at Reading in Barkshire, but after a time being found to be a Gospeller he was forced to fly thence, and repairing to his own Mother, who was a Papist.
ref: 1682, England’s Remembrancer […], London: E. Smith, page 152:
glosses: A Protestant or evangelical Christian.
Synonyms: sense: preacher
word: evangelist
Derived terms: hot gospeler
gospelize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gospelizes
form: gospelizing
form: gospelized
form: gospelized
form: gospelise
form: gospellize
Etymology: From gospel + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To teach the Gospels.
glosses: To evangelize.
Derived terms: ungospelized
millboard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: millboards
Etymology: From mill + board.
Senses: hyponyms: junkboard
glosses: A stiff paperboard or pasteboard used for book covers.
mushrat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mushrats
Senses: glosses: muskrat
origanum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /əˈɹɪɡənəm/
/ɒɹɪˈɡɒːnəm/
Forms: form: origanums
Etymology: From the genus name. Doublet of oregano.
Senses: glosses: Any herbaceous plant of the genus Origanum
pentachord
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pentachords
Etymology: From penta- + chord.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Five notes (pitch classes) in a scale.
glosses: A musical instrument with five strings.
pilotfish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pilotfishes
form: pilotfish
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of pilot fish.
ratus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ratu
sandfish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sandfishes
form: sandfish
Etymology: From sand + fish.
Senses: glosses: Any of genus Gonorynchus (also called beaked sandfishes), long, thin ray-finned fishes (family Gonorychidae)
glosses: Any of several marine fishes that burrow into sandy seabeds
in Trichodontidae, a family of perch-like fish
glosses: Any of several marine fishes that burrow into sandy seabeds
of species Awaous tajasica, usually sand fish, a species of goby fish (family Gobiidae)
glosses: Any of several marine fishes that burrow into sandy seabeds
of species Malacanthus plumieri (sand tilefish, family Malacanthidae)
glosses: Any of several marine fishes that burrow into sandy seabeds
of species Diplectrum formosum (sand perch, family Serranidae)
glosses: Other animals that notably burrow in sand:
sandfish skink (Scincus scincus), a land-dwelling lizard that swims in sand
glosses: Other animals that notably burrow in sand:
a sea cucumber of species Holothuria scabra or Thelenota ananas.
Derived terms: english: Serranus subligarius in family Serranidae
translation: Serranus subligarius in family Serranidae
word: belted sandfish
alt: Enigmapercis reducta
word: broad sandfish
alt: Labeo seeberi in family Cyprinidae
word: clanwilliam sandfish
taxonomic: Trichodon trichodon
word: Japanese sandfish
alt: Squamicreedia obtusa
word: obtuse sandfish
taxonomic: Trichodon trichodon
word: Pacific sandfish
taxonomic: Arctoscopus japonicus
word: sailfin sandfish
taxonomic: Scincus scincus
word: sandfish skink
english: family Leptoscopidae
translation: family Leptoscopidae
word: southern sandfish
satisfier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: satisfiers
Etymology: From satisfy + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person who, or thing that satisfies.
septenarius
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsɛp.təˈnɛəɹi.əs/
ipa: /ˌsɛp.təˈnɛɹi.əs/
rhymes: -ɛəɹi.əs
Forms: form: septenarii
Etymology: From Latin septēnārius.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonology
prosody
sciences
glosses: A verse having seven metrical feet.
Synonyms: heptapody
Coordinate terms: binarius
ternarius
quaternarius
senarius
octonarius
snakeweed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snakeweeds
Etymology: From snake + weed: in some cases (e.g. bistort) because of the twisted roots.
Senses: glosses: Any of various not closely related plants reputed to cure snakebite.
glosses: Any of genus Gutierrezia of poisonous American plants; matchweed.
glosses: Bistorta officinalis (common bistort).
Synonyms: sense: Gutierrezia
word: matchweed
Derived terms: blue snakeweed
Cayenne snakeweed
dark blue snakeweed
dark-blue snakeweed
tiches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tich
thumbsucker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thumbsuckers
Etymology: From thumb + sucker, suggesting the ignorance of a thumb-sucking child who needs things explained.
Senses: glosses: Someone who sucks their thumb.
glosses: A piece of serious journalism that explains the background of current events and interprets them in a manner comforting to the intended readers.
Related terms: think piece
net neutrality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of network neutrality.
synonyms: word: network neutrality
network neutrality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Coined by media law professor Tim Wu in 2003.
Senses: examples: text: The promotion of network neutrality is no different than the challenge of promoting fair evolutionary competition in any privately owned environment, whether a telephone network, operating system, or even a retail store.
ref: 2003, Tim Wu, “Network Neutrality, Broadband Discrimination”, in Journal of Telecommunications and High Technology Law, volume 2, page 142:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
networking
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: net neutrality
glosses: A principle proposed for user-access networks participating in the Internet that advocates no restrictions by ISPs or government on the content, sites, platforms, equipment, and modes of communication over the network.
tonkatsu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɒŋˈkatsuː/
ipa: /tɑŋˈkætsu/
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 豚カツ (tonkatsu, “pork cutlet”), from 豚 (ton, “pork”) + カツ (katsu, “cutlet”), shortened from カツレツ (katsuretsu).
Senses: glosses: A popular Japanese dish consisting of a breaded, deep-fried pork cutlet served in bite-sized pieces and often accompanied by shredded cabbage and miso soup.
Hypernyms: katsu
Derived terms: tonkatsu sauce
Related terms: tonkotsu
nonidle
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + idle.
Senses: glosses: Not idle; active or in use.
nonidling
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + idling.
Senses: topics: computing
computing-theory
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Not idling.
perverser
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of perverse: more perverse
telemonitor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: telemonitors
Etymology: From tele- + monitor.
Senses: glosses: A system that monitors something remotely, especially (in telemedicine) one that monitors the condition of a patient in another location.
telemonitor
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: telemonitors
form: telemonitoring
form: telemonitored
form: telemonitored
Etymology: From tele- + monitor.
Senses: glosses: To monitor remotely.
telemonitoring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of telemonitor
telemonitored
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of telemonitor
telemonitors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of telemonitor
telemonitors
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of telemonitor
telemicroscopy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tele- + microscopy.
Senses: glosses: The use of a telemicroscope.
otocadherin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From oto- + cadherin.
Senses: glosses: A particular cadherin, cadherin 23, found in the cochlea and other tissues.
otological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From otology + -ical.
Senses: synonyms: otologic
glosses: Of or pertaining to otology.
Derived terms: nonotological
otologies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of otology
neurotological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From neurotology + -ical.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to neurotology.
neurotologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neurotologists
Etymology: From neurotology + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A specialist in neurotology.
neurotologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neurotologist
neurotology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neuro-otology
Etymology: From neuro- + -ology.
Senses: glosses: A branch of clinical medicine dealing with neurological disorders of the ear.
Derived terms: neurotological
neurotologic
neurotologist
rhombomeres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rhombomere
neuromere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neuromeres
Etymology: From neuro- + -mere.
Senses: examples: text: Certain genes or combinations of genes express products only in a particular zone. The anatomic extent of these protein products constitutes the domain of the neuromere.
ref: 2004, Carstens M. H., “Neural tube programming and craniofacial cleft formation. I. The neuromeric organization of the head and neck”, in European journal of paediatric neurology, →DOI:
glosses: A morphologically or molecularly defined transient segment of the early developing brain.
Hyponyms: mesomere
prosomere
rhombomere
Derived terms: hemineuromere
neuromeric
neuromeres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neuromere
pentaxin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pentaxins
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pentraxin.
pentaxins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pentaxin
prelingual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪŋɡwəl
Forms: form: more prelingual
form: most prelingual
Etymology: From pre- + lingual.
Senses: examples: text: The prelingual deaf often learn audible speech very well.
ref: 2001, Priscilla Ebersole, Patricia A. Hess, Geriatric nursing and healthy aging:
glosses: Before learning language.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: anterior to the tongue
Related terms: prelinguistic
recessively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more recessively
form: most recessively
Etymology: From recessive + -ly.
Senses: examples: recessively-inherited genetic disorders
glosses: In a recessive fashion.
mushrats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mushrat
millboards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of millboard
fibronectins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fibronectin
usherin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Usher + -in, after Usher syndrome.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A protein encoded in humans by the gene USH2A, mutations in which are associated with Usher syndrome.
Usher syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after the Scottish ophthalmologist Charles Usher.
Senses: glosses: A relatively rare genetic disorder that is a leading cause of deafblindness.
Synonyms: Hallgren syndrome
Related terms: usherin
Hallgren syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Investigated by B. Hallgren.
Senses: glosses: Usher syndrome
chis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chi
whirlin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From whirl + -in?
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A protein encoded in humans by the gene DFNB31, possibly involved in the formation of scaffolding protein complexes that facilitate synaptic transmission in the central nervous system.
autolearning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From auto- + learning.
Senses: examples: text: Autolearning is already incorporated into the analyzer, in a sense, since the device produces the database it needs entirely on its own.
ref: 1987, Colin Ungaro, Networking software:
text: At the frontier of digital commerce, autolearning software can generate both descriptive and prescriptive knowledge for action.
ref: 2002, Steven H. Kim, Smart Net: From Inert Data to Sentient Life:
glosses: automatic learning
nondisrupted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + disrupted.
Senses: glosses: Not disrupted.
sleepable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sleepable
form: most sleepable
Etymology: From sleep + -able.
Senses: examples: text: It is cool here, or at least sleepable, but Baghdad, I am told, is different. I was advised to do my sleeping in advance.
ref: 1922, Walter Raleigh, The Letters of Sir Walter Raleigh 1879 to 1922:
text: Once we reach the airport the players dump their bags at the American Airlines counter and hasten to the departure gate to secure the most sleepable spaces.
ref: 1998, Charles Rosen, Phil Jackson, The Cockroach Basketball League:
text: The saloon includes long, sleepable settees and a fold-out table.
ref: 2002, John Kretschmer, Used Boat Notebook:
glosses: Suitable for sleeping.
Related terms: sleepability
unsleepable
unsleepable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unsleepable
form: most unsleepable
Etymology: From un- + sleepable.
Senses: examples: text: Oh! how the tall masts did slat the rigging like whips; and what an unsleepable noise the flapping sails did make!
ref: 1852, William Allen Drew, Glimpses and gatherings during a voyage and visit to London and the Great Exhibition in the summer of 1851:
glosses: Not sleepable; unsuitable for sleeping.
nonassignment
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + assignment.
Senses: glosses: Not of or pertaining to assignment.
examples: a nonassignment clause
topics: law
glosses: Prohibiting the assignment of something to another party.
nondiscriminate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + discriminate.
Senses: glosses: Not discriminate.
examples: text: Although armoured crabs are known to be non-descriminate ^([sic]), they have in the past shown a preference for sexually active peoples.
ref: 1977 April 2, “Giant Crabs Infest West Coast”, in Gay Community News, page 1:
glosses: Indiscriminate, not discriminating
slappable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more slappable
form: most slappable
Etymology: From slap + -able.
Senses: examples: text: A mere glimpse of this 25-year-old's delicious olive skin — along with that wonderfully round, slappable ass; thick, wet lips, and huge, seemingly painted-on ruby eyes — would make any cadaver (with even half a stiffness in him) bubble his preservatives […]
ref: 2002, Anthony Petkovich, The X factory: inside the American hardcore film industry:
text: Chair was not a picture, it was a felt shape, slappable, which didn't bounce back, with one kind of acoustic for molded plastic, another for vinyl, another for cloth, another for wood.
ref: 2003, Donna Williams, Exposure anxiety — the invisible cage:
text: He's the quintessential slappable fat nerd trying to sound like a hard-ass.
ref: 2008, Jim Norton, I Hate Your Guts:
glosses: Suitable for slapping.
SLAPP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SLAPPs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of strategic lawsuit against public participation: a lawsuit or other legal harassment designed to intimidate and silence critics.
Related terms: lawfare
libel chill
smackable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more smackable
form: most smackable
Etymology: From smack + -able.
Senses: examples: text: Cherubic little boys; chubby, cheeky and so eminently smackable. Little horrors, of course, the apples, no doubt, of their mothers' eyes and crammed to the brim with every sort of dishonesty and iniquity […]
ref: 1991, Laurence Meynell, Hooky Gets the Wooden Spoon:
text: Even today, Azza remains one of the most smackable people I've met in my life.
ref: 2005, Garrie Hutchinson, Best Australian Sports Writing 2004:
glosses: Suitable for smacking.
saw set
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: saw sets
head_nr: 1
Senses: head_nr: 2
glosses: A device used to adjust the set of a saw's teeth (the amount each tooth protrudes to the side of the saw to create the kerf).
saw sets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of saw set
sawset
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sawsets
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of saw set.
sawsets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sawset
nerdgasms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nerdgasm
Afrikanerdom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Afrikaner + -dom.
Senses: examples: text: He rules sovereign over the world and works His will in the affairs of nations — most visibly of Afrikanerdom.
ref: 1980, T. Dunbar Moodie, The rise of Afrikanerdom: power, apartheid, and the Afrikaner civil religion:
text: Afrikanerdom is being repositioned as an endangered minority within a liberal democracy. From a strategic point of view this must be judged a good move.
ref: 2006, Chris Brink, No lesser place: the taaldebat at Stellenbosch:
text: Yet as with the American South, there is a distinctly caricaturable quality to rural Afrikanerdom, and the sophisticated Afrikaners of Johannesburg and Cape Town enjoy making fun of them.
ref: 2009, John Simpson, Not Quite World's End: A Traveller's Tales, page 197:
glosses: The world or sphere of Afrikaners.
tripleness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From triple + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state of being triple or tripled.
quadrupleness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From quadruple + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state of being quadruple or quadrupled.
multifoldness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From multifold + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The property of being multifold.
maniness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From many + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of manyness.
multifocally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more multifocally
form: most multifocally
Etymology: From multifocal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a multifocal manner.
onefoldness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Old English ānfealdnes (“onehead, onefoldness”); equivalent to onefold + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The property of being onefold.
sixfoldness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sixfold + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The property of being sixfold.
twofoldness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From twofold + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The property of being twofold.
threefoldness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From threefold + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The property of being threefold.
fourfoldness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From fourfold + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The property of being fourfold.
sevenfoldness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sevenfold + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The property of being sevenfold.