cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
bevirimat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From be(tulinic acid) + -vir- (“antiviral”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An anti-HIV drug derived from a betulinic acid-like compound.
rigolet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rigolets
Etymology: From (American) French rigole (“rivulet”), from Old French regol.
Senses: glosses: A small stream.
Synonyms: creek
Related terms: riggot
rivulet
riggot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: riggots
Etymology: From obsolete French rigot (“canal”), from Middle French rigole.
Senses: examples: text: [I] puncht him into th' riggot; un ill grim'd, un deet th' lad wur for shure […]
ref: 1822, Tim Bobbin, The Lancashire Dialect; Or, The Adventures and Misfortunes of a Lancashire Clown ... to which is Added Lancashire Hob and Quack Doctor, Also a Glossary, Etc, page 19:
text: and the trenches between the butts are called reans, or riggots. Where bye-lands do not exist the divisions are denoted by " mere " trees . White thorn and oak are the most usual , and sometimes large boulder stones , half sunk in the soil , serve the purpose . About six miles south[…]
ref: 1887, Manchester Literary Club, Papers ..., page 18:
glosses: A channel for draining a surface, especially one made by rainwater.
Synonyms: gutter
Related terms: rigolet
rivulet
flapperism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From flapper + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The behaviour of flappers (young women).
flapperhood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From flapper + -hood.
Senses: glosses: The state of being a flapper (young woman).
flapperdom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From flapper + -dom.
Senses: glosses: The realm or sphere of flappers (young women).
farmerlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more farmerlike
form: most farmerlike
Etymology: From farmer + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a farmer.
Synonyms: farmerly
miliary abscesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of miliary abscess
milk abscess
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɪlk ˈæbˌsɛs/
ipa: /mɪlk ˈæbˌsɪs/
Forms: form: milk abscesses
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A mammary abscess during lactation.
milk abscesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of milk abscess
mother abscess
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmʌ.ðɚ ˈæbˌsɛs/
ipa: /ˈmʌ.ðɚ ˈæbˌsɪs/
Forms: form: mother abscesses
Etymology: Compound of mother + abscess.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A primary abscess responsible for secondary abscesses.
nocardial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Nocardia + -al
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Nocardia bacteria.
geometrizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of geometrization
Thurstonian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /θɜːsˈtəʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /θɝsˈtoʊ.ni.ən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Forms: form: more Thurstonian
form: most Thurstonian
Etymology: From Thurstone + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Louis Leon Thurstone (1887–1955), American pioneer in the fields of psychometrics and psychophysics.
cyberspatially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more cyberspatially
form: most cyberspatially
Etymology: From cyberspatial + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a cyberspatial sense; in terms of, or by means of, cyberspace.
zonipetal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: In the former instance, in the zonipetal test, a slowly approaching stroke of a pin from the normal areas is conducted to the anesthetic region and the patient is asked to report when contact or pain ceases.
ref: 1908, Archibald Church, Diseases of the Nervous System, page 1065:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Proceeding into a zone or region from outside that zone or region, as with an examination beginning in a normal body part and moving from there to a body part affected by a drug or disease.
tetratheism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /tɛ.tɹəˈθi.ɪzəm/
Etymology: From tetra- + theism.
Senses: glosses: A belief in four gods.
examples: text: […] "consubstantial Trinity" could have been a reaction against the supposed heresy of […] Damian […] who was accused of "tetratheism" (or "tetradism", distinguishing four different entities in the Godhead), a response to, but as it seems a variant of, the very influential "tritheism" of John Philoponus (distinguishing three Deities in the Trinity) […]
ref: 2002, Hans Hauben, “On the Invocation of the 'Holy and Consubstantial Trinity' in Byzantine Oath and Dating Formulas”, in Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, volume 139, Bonn: Dr. Rudolf Habelt GmbH, →ISSN, →JSTOR, page 160:
topics: Christianity
glosses: The belief that there are four elements in the Christian Godhead—the three hypostases (Father, Son, Holy Spirit) of the Trinity and a divine essence out of which each of these originates.
Derived terms: tetratheist
Related terms: tritheism
polytheism
monotheism
henotheism
atheism
trinitarianism
zonifugal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more zonifugal
form: most zonifugal
Senses: examples: text: In the latter case, the zonifugal test, we start from the anesthetic region and the patient is asked to state when the tactile sense becomes apparent.
ref: 1908, Archibald Church, Diseases of the Nervous System, page 1065:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Proceeding out of a zone or region from inside that zone or region, as with an examination beginning in a body part affected by a drug or disease and moving from there to a normal body part.
tetratheist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /tɛ.tɹə.θi.ɪst/
Forms: form: tetratheists
Etymology: From tetra- + theist.
Senses: glosses: A believer in, or advocate of, tetratheism.
Related terms: polytheist
atheist
trinitarian
irradicable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more irradicable
form: most irradicable
Senses: examples: text: Of course, the young people flirted, for that diversion is apparently irradicable even in the "best society".
ref: 1876, Louisa May Alcott, “Scarlet Stockings”, in Silver Pitchers: and Independence:
text: Faces at the Bottom of the Well, by Derrick Bell. (Basic Books, $20.) A law professor argues that racism is an integral, permanent and irradicable component of our society.
ref: 1992 October 18, “BEST SELLERS: October 18, 1992”, in New York Times, retrieved 18 Nov 2012:
text: Vatican II, the modernizing church council of the 1960s, emboldened that lay assertiveness among U.S. Catholics as never before; the pedophile tragedy has made the laity's self-reliant spirit irradicable.
ref: 2008 April 19, Tim Padgett, “A Catholic's Take on the Pope's Trip”, in Time:
glosses: Incapable of being rooted out or eradicated.
Synonyms: indestructible
ineradicable
undestroyable
unremovable
Derived terms: irradicably
trans-dimensional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of transdimensional.
Arkansan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ɑɹˈkæn.zən/
Forms: form: more Arkansan
form: most Arkansan
Etymology: From Arkansas + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or from Arkansas
Arkansan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɑɹˈkæn.zən/
Forms: form: Arkansans
Etymology: From Arkansas + -an.
Senses: glosses: A native or resident of the state of Arkansas in the United States of America.
Synonyms: Arkansasan
Arkansasian
Arkie
Arkansawyer
alohas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aloha
smooth over
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: smooths over
form: smoothing over
form: smoothed over
form: smoothed over
Senses: glosses: To make (a rough surface) smooth
examples: text: Then, as usual, the sheep broke into "Four legs good, two legs bad!" and the momentary awkwardness was smoothed over.
ref: 1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:
text: A revolution would allow people to be who they really are: controlling their own appearance, work sexuality; their own lives. A revolution means consciously confronting the bigotry that divides us—not smoothing it over and hoping it will go away.
ref: 1982 August 14, Ian Daniels, “Nazis In Chicago”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 5, page 5:
glosses: To pacify (e.g. rumours)
Mexican rice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A dish made of white rice, tomatoes, garlic, onion, and other ingredients.
Spanish mackerel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Spanish mackerels
Senses: examples: text: The war raged on for what seemed like hours between the old man weakened in his travels, and the fish, the long, narrow, silver body of a giant Spanish mackerel, spinning through the water with one of Norm Phantom’s lines hooked into its mouth.
ref: 2006, Alexis Wright, Carpentaria, Constable (2009), page 233:
synonyms: seerfish
glosses: Any member of the Scomberomorini, a tribe of mackerel.
Spanish sausage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Spanish sausages
Senses: glosses: Chorizo.
Spanish America
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Hispanic America
Hispanic America
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The region comprising the countries in the Americas inhabited by Spanish-speaking people
Synonyms: Spanish America
splashguard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: splashguards
Etymology: From splash + guard.
Senses: glosses: A splasher (cover to prevent splashes)
have someone by the balls
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: has someone by the balls
form: having someone by the balls
form: had someone by the balls
form: had someone by the balls
Senses: examples: text: You think I wouldn't have him
Unless I could have him by the balls
You think I just dish it out
You don't think I take it at all
ref: 1992, Ani DiFranco, I'm No Heroine:
text: I feared what was to come. I was knuckling under to my blackmailer. It was a sure sign of weakness. If he didn't already, he'd know he had me by the balls as soon as he saw me wearing the shirt.
ref: 2004, Mark A. Roeder, Someone is Watching, page 138:
text: Angel Batista immediately makes the connection that Quinn has been banging Nadia, a stripper working for Isaac’s people. Quinn adamantly denies that he would steal evidence and then storms into the strip club to demand that Nadia be set free. Unfortunately, they have him by the balls because they could kill Nadia at any moment and destroy Quinn’s police career once and for all if they revealed his tampering with evidence.
ref: November 13 2012, Socialitelife.com, ‘Dexter’ Recap: ‘Chemistry’https://web.archive.org/web/20151229215607/http://www.socialitelife.com/dexter-recap-chemistry-11-2012
glosses: To exercise total control over someone; to be in a position to threaten or extort someone.
Synonyms: have someone by the short hairs § Synonyms
have someone by the short and curlies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: has someone by the short and curlies
form: having someone by the short and curlies
form: had someone by the short and curlies
form: had someone by the short and curlies
Senses: glosses: Synonym of have someone by the short hairs.
synonyms: word: have someone by the short hairs
hard on the eyes
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: ugly
gymnospore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gymnospores
Etymology: From gymno- + spore.
Senses: glosses: A type of spore that does not have a protective envelope, especially one not produced in a sporangium
Related terms: gymnosperm
hematoxilin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of hematoxylin.
horror films
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of horror film
go downtown
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: goes downtown
form: going downtown
form: went downtown
form: gone downtown
Senses: glosses: To be taken into custody at the police station.
examples: text: Rappin about going downtown on the kitty Let me do you and I won't cum too soon.
ref: 1998, Dialogue - Volumes 1-3, page 20:
text: Go downtown on her for an oral dessert.
ref: 2016, David James, Love and Sex at the Post Office:
text: You see my mistress needs new sexy lingerie and a VACATION TO A REMOTE ISLAND FAR FROM THE CITY where my wife resides. I must provide this for her, because, she goes downtown on me.
ref: 2017, Melisa Karpinske, Twelve Rounds With Cancer & Life, page 54:
text: Are these normal reactions to your still-hot looking ex? I suppose so. I mean, it was merely a month ago since that mouth went downtown on my body.
ref: 2018, Pamela Ann, The Chasing Series:
synonyms: word: go down on
glosses: To perform oral sex.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, downtown.
facemails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of facemail
facemailing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of facemail
facemailed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of facemail
immunodiagnosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: immunodiagnoses
Etymology: From immuno- + diagnosis.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: diagnosis using immunodiagnostics; serodiagnosis
Derived terms: radioimmunodiagnosis
lipoidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɔɪdəl
Etymology: From lipoid + -al.
Senses: glosses: Relating to or resembling fat
Derived terms: nonlipoidal
mannuronic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Blend of mannose + uronic
Senses: glosses: Relating to mannuronic acid or its derivatives
Derived terms: polymannuronic
mannuronic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The uronic acid related to mannose
Related terms: mannuronate
mesograzer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mesograzers
Etymology: From meso- + grazer.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any small invertebrate herbivore, typically about an inch long
mesograzers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mesograzer
neuroretina
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛtɪnə
Forms: form: neuroretinas
Etymology: From neuro- + retina.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The rim of the retina that contains its neural elements
Derived terms: neuroretinal
neuroretinal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛtɪnəl
Etymology: From neuro- + retinal.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the neuroretina
oxytocinergic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more oxytocinergic
form: most oxytocinergic
Etymology: From oxytocin + -ergic.
Senses: topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
glosses: Containing, or releasing oxytocin
vasopressinergic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more vasopressinergic
form: most vasopressinergic
Etymology: From vasopressin + -ergic.
Senses: topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
glosses: Containing, or releasing vasopressin
phanerogams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phanerogam
phlorotannin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phlorotannins
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A form of tannin, found in brown algae, that is composed of oligomers of phloroglucinol
phlorotannins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phlorotannin
relocalisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: relocalisations
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of relocalization.
pulls through
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pull through
pulling through
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pull through
pulled through
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pull through
rubberbanding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From rubber band + -ing, referring to the fact that when two objects are connected by an elastic band then the movement of one is constrained by the other.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
graphical-user-interface
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A technique in which one point or object moves while attached to another point or object, as when dragging out a new shape in a drawing program.
topics: games
hobbies
lifestyle
racing
sports
video-games
glosses: The speeding up of computer-controlled cars far behind the player, often as a method to increase the level of challenge provided to the player.
topics: video-games
glosses: A form of lag (delay) where the player's position is updated on their local client but is delayed reaching the server, so that they seem to "jump" to the new location when the client and server eventually synchronize.
muleload
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: muleloads
Etymology: From mule + load.
Senses: examples: text: The emperor demanded two muleloads of jewels.
glosses: The amount that can be carried by a mule.
Coordinate terms: sense: the amount that can be carried by a beast of burden
word: assload
sense: the amount that can be carried by a beast of burden
word: horseload
muleloads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of muleload
don't I know it
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: A rhetorical question.
Senses: examples: text: "Here's your shirt," said Slippery. "Make it snappy, we're late."
"Don't I know it," replied the Owl, emerging from the closet with his dinner jacket and vest[…]
ref: 1927 April, Boys' Life, page 16:
glosses: I know; I am very familiar with it (some stated fact).
dialectism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dialectisms
Etymology: From dialect + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: It was the scribe of y who replaced certain dialectisms and less usual forms by the common types, e.g. ...
ref: 1972, Williem Frederik Bakker, Arnold F. van Gemert, Willem Johan Aerts, Studia Byzantina Et Neohellenica Neerlandica, →ISBN, page 87:
text: Starting with Jungmann, the opinion that before the National Revival the Czech language was in decay (invaded by dialectisms, inappropriate neologisms, overwhelming loans from German, and so on) then spread ...
ref: 1993, Jan Chloupek, J. Nekvapil, Studies in Functional Stylistics, John Benjamins Publishing, →ISBN, page 92:
text: ... the formal normative variety of the language as it is used today in formal writing by educated native speakers. As a result, we have eschewed dialectisms and regionalisms. The English variety employed in the book is formal British English, ...
ref: 2013, Ronak Husni, Daniel L. Newman, A to Z of Arabic - English - Arabic Translation, Saqi, →ISBN:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Alternative form of dialecticism.
dialectisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dialectism
horsebrush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: horsebrushes
Etymology: From horse + brush.
Senses: glosses: Any of various flowering plants in the genus Tetradymia, native to mountainous western North America, especially the US.
examples: text: One hundred currycombs […] One hundred corn horsebrushes […]
ref: 1889, Annual Report of the Military Department, State of Oregon, page 99:
glosses: A brush used for grooming horses.
Derived terms: fourpart horsebrush
gray horsebrush
grey horsebrush
hairy horsebrush
littleleaf horsebrush
longspine horsebrush
Nuttall's horsebrush
shortspine horsebrush
spineless horsebrush
horsebrushes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of horsebrush
tetradymia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tetradymias
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any member of the genus Tetradymia of flowering plants.
tetradymias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tetradymia
funipendulous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Funipendulous bodies that are, in any medium, refilled in the ratio of 'the moments of time, and funipendulous bodies that move in a non- refifting medium of the fame specific gravity[…]
ref: 1687, Isaac Newton, The Principia: Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy:
glosses: Hanging from a rope.
Related terms: filipendulous
funicular
Howardian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Howardian
form: most Howardian
Etymology: From Howard + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the Howard family, an English aristocratic family that gave its name to the Howardian Hills in Yorkshire.
chafings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chafing
chaffings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chaffing
SSAE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SSAEs
Senses: examples: text: For a catalogue of our products, send an SSAE to the following address.
glosses: Initialism of stamped self-addressed envelope.
Synonyms: SASE
elidible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From elide + -ible.
Senses: synonyms: elidable
glosses: Capable of being elided.
play street
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: play streets
Senses: glosses: A street that is officially designated as a place where children can play and socialize.
play streets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of play street
endorsable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From endorse + -able.
Senses: examples: text: Suppose we think that morality is a system of rules that is endorsable by all because each has good reason to accept those rules.
ref: 2016, Cheshire Calhoun, Moral Aims, page 3:
glosses: Able or fit to be endorsed.
topics: law
glosses: Leading to endorsement of one's driving licence with penalty points.
raw_tags: of a driving offence
glosses: That other airlines are obliged to accept in the event of the airline that issued the ticket failing to fly the ticket-holder.
raw_tags: of an airline ticket
Derived terms: nonendorsable
unendorsable
retinylidene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The divalent radical formally derived from retinal by loss of an oxygen atom
editionalize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: editionalizes
form: editionalizing
form: editionalized
form: editionalized
form: editionalise
Etymology: From editional + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: Not merely do publishers opt for a local, regional or national market, but they vary in the extent that they editionalize to offer regional news coverage.
ref: 1988, The journal of industrial economics: volume 37, page 265:
glosses: To produce a publication in multiple editions.
ethnoculturally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From ethnocultural + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In ethnocultural terms.
ethnogenetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ethno- + genetic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to ethnogenesis.
Derived terms: ethnogenetically
ethnogeneses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ĕth′nō-jĕn′ĭ-sēz′
Senses: glosses: plural of ethnogenesis
ethylmercurithiosalicylate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ethylmercurithiosalicylates
Etymology: From ethylmercurithiosalicylic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A salt or ester of ethylmercurithiosalicylic acid.
Derived terms: sodium ethylmercurithiosalicylate
escalator clause
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: escalator clauses
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A clause in a lease or contract that guarantees a change in the agreement price once a particular factor beyond control of either party affecting the value has been determined.
escalator clauses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of escalator clause
eruditeness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From erudite + -ness.
Senses: glosses: erudition
extracontractual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: extra-contractual
Etymology: From extra- + contractual.
Senses: examples: extracontractual benefits
glosses: Outside of a legal contract.
everninomicin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular oligosaccharide antibiotic.
Beauvoirian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Beauvoirian
form: most Beauvoirian
Etymology: From Beauvoir + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Simone de Beauvoir (1908–1986), French writer, existentialist philosopher, political activist, feminist, and social theorist.
superachiever
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superachievers
Etymology: From super- + achiever.
Senses: glosses: One who achieves a great deal.
superpro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superpros
Etymology: From super- + pro.
Senses: glosses: superprofessional
superprofessional
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superprofessionals
Etymology: From super- + professional.
Senses: glosses: A very talented or successful professional.
Synonyms: superpro
superprofessionals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superprofessional
superachievers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superachiever
superpros
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superpro
supercargoship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From supercargo + -ship.
Senses: glosses: The role or status of supercargo.
phytoclast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phytoclasts
Etymology: From phyto- + clast.
Senses: glosses: A microscopic plant fragment present in the fossil record.
phytoclasts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phytoclast
radioimmunoscintigraphic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From radio- + immunoscintigraphic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to radioimmunoscintigraphy.
prejunctional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more prejunctional
form: most prejunctional
Etymology: From pre- + junctional.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: In front of the neuromuscular junction.
postjunctional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more postjunctional
form: most postjunctional
Etymology: From post- + junctional.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Behind the neuromuscular junction.
refrigerator mom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: refrigerator moms
Senses: topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: refrigerator mother
snatchback
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snatchbacks
Etymology: From snatch + back.
Senses: glosses: The act of forcibly taking something back, such as a turn in speaking (by interjecting) or a hire-purchase item on which installments are overdue.
snatchbacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snatchback
Orwell
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɔːwɛl/
ipa: /ˈoɹwɛl/
Etymology: From Middle English Orewelle (attested in Chaucer).
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3650).
glosses: A tidal river in Suffolk, England.
glosses: A settlement in Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A township in Otter Tail County, Minnesota.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A town in Oswego County, New York, named after Orwell, Vermont.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A village in Ashtabula County, Ohio, named after Orwell, Vermont.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A township and unincorporated community in Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A town in Addison County, Vermont.
examples: text: Nineteen Eighty-Four was written in 1949. Its nightmarish fictional world is now 37 years in the past, so one might reasonably conclude that Orwell was far too pessimistic, but his great book was less a prediction than a warning, and above all an analysis of the totalitarian mentality.
ref: 2021 January 5, Peter Foster, “Peter Foster: Sustainable Newspeak by 2050”, in Financial Post:
glosses: An English surname (George Orwell took his name from the River Orwell).
Derived terms: Orwellesque
Orwellian
Orwellianism
Orwellism
saccharomyces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: saccharomyces
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: glosses: Any of many single-celled fungi of the genus Saccharomyces, which lack a true mycelium; especially the yeasts.
transmethylated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of transmethylate
transmethylate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: transmethylates
form: transmethylating
form: transmethylated
form: transmethylated
Etymology: From trans- + methylate.
Senses: glosses: To modify by means of transmethylation.
Liparan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Liparan
form: most Liparan
Etymology: From Lipari + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Lipari, the largest of the Aeolian Islands in the Tyrrhenian Sea off the north coast of Sicily.
Synonyms: Liparian
meningocerebral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛɹɪbɹəl
-iːbɹəl
Etymology: From meningo- + cerebral.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the meninges and cerebral cortex.
parrhesiastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more parrhesiastic
form: most parrhesiastic
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to parrhesia.
metatarsophalangeal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From metatarso- + phalangeal.
Senses: examples: text: Turf toe indicates damage to the large joint at the base of the big toe, called the metatarsophalangeal (MTP) joint.
ref: 2022 June 20, Virginia Zakas, “The 5 injuries that can derail a fantasy season — and what they mean for your team”, in The New York Times:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the metatarsus and phalange.
physode
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: physodes
Etymology: From Ancient Greek φυσοειδής (phusoeidḗs, “like a bladder”), from φῦσα (phûsa).
Senses: glosses: A form of microsome present in the cytoplasm of some algae
physodes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of physode
breadcrumby
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more breadcrumby
form: most breadcrumby
Etymology: From breadcrumb + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Use the 'pulse' button to turn these ingredients into a coarse sort of breadcrumby, dry mixture.
ref: 2005, Ben Canaider, Greg Duncan Powell, Cooking under the influence: food to drink to, page 70:
glosses: Resembling breadcrumbs, especially in texture.
examples: text: He changed into these in a dark breadcrumby cubbyhole at the rear of the shop.
ref: 1968, Anthony Burgess, Enderby outside, page 99:
glosses: Scattered with breadcrumbs.
bionanoelectronics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bio- + nanoelectronics.
Senses: glosses: nanobioelectronics
backreef
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: backreefs
Etymology: From back + reef.
Senses: glosses: A lagoon found in a coral reef ecosystem.
backreefs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of backreef
risorius
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈsɔː.ɹi.əs/
ipa: /ɹɪˈzɔː.ɹi.əs/
ipa: /ɹɪˈsɔɹ.i.əs/
ipa: /ɹɪˈzɔɹ.i.əs/
rhymes: -ɔːɹiəs
Forms: form: risorii
Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin rīsōrius (“ridiculous, laughing”), clipping of mūsculus rīsōrius (“laughing muscle”).
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A narrow band of facial muscle arising from the fascia over the masseter and inserting into the tissues at the corner of the mouth, which it draws laterally, as is used when smiling.
risorii
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈsɔɹ.iˌaɪ/
ipa: /ɹɪˈzɔɹ.iˌaɪ/
Senses: glosses: plural of risorius
squamatization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The formation of squamous cells.
nonnecrotizing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + necrotizing.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Not causing necrosis.
palatopharyngei
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpæl.ət.oʊˌfæɹ.ənˈd͡ʒiˌaɪ/
ipa: /ˌpæl.ət.oʊ.fəˈɹɪn.d͡ʒiˌaɪ/
ipa: /ˌpæl.ət.oʊ.fəˈɹɪnˌd͡ʒaɪ/
Senses: glosses: plural of palatopharyngeus
palatopharyngeus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpal.ət.əʊ.fəˈɹɪn.d͡ʒi.əs/
ipa: /ˌpal.ət.əʊ.fəˈɹɪn.ʒi.əs/
ipa: /pəˌleɪ.təʊ.fəˈɹɪn.d͡ʒi.əs/
ipa: /pəˌleɪ.təʊ.fəˈɹɪn.ʒi.əs/
ipa: /ˌpal.ət.əʊˌfa.ɹɪnˈd͡ʒiː.əs/
ipa: /ˌpæl.ət.oʊˌfæɹ.ənˈd͡ʒi.əs/
ipa: /ˌpæl.ət.oʊ.fəˈɹɪn.d͡ʒi.əs/
ipa: /ˌpæl.ət.oʊ.fəˈɹɪn.d͡ʒəs/
rhymes: -ɪndʒiəs
rhymes: -iːəs
Forms: form: palatopharyngei
form: palatopharyngeal
Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin palātopharyngeus, clipping of mūsculus palātopharyngeus (“palatopharyngeal muscle”). Doublet of palatopharyngeal.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
synonyms: pharyngopalatinus
glosses: A long, fleshy longitudinal muscle, narrower in the middle than at either end, that arises from the soft palate, contributes with the mucous membrane covering its surface to the structure of the palatopharyngeal arch, and is inserted into the thyroid cartilage and the wall of the pharynx; it serves to constrict the fauces and draw the larynx and pharynx upwards.
Related terms: palate
pharynx
pharyngopalatinus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pharyngopalatini
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The palatopharyngeus muscle.
pharyngopalatini
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pharyngopalatinus
neckroll
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neckrolls
Etymology: From neck + roll.
Senses: glosses: A cylindrical pillow to support the neck.
neckrolls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neckroll
rawhead and bloodybones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A pair of monsters or bugbears, used to frighten children.
chirpse
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: chirpses
form: chirpsing
form: chirpsed
form: chirpsed
Etymology: Possibly related to chirp?
Senses: examples: text: Anthony could only laugh as he watched Jayden get into his now familiar chirpse mode and watched as he slid over to the end of the bar, where his next conquest was sitting.
ref: 2004, Enakhe O, Who Is My Brother's Keeper?, page 115:
text: You know that it ain't allowed and, besides, if I ever catch a guy trying to mess with you, I'll kill him, OK? No man's gonna be chirpsing my sister cos all of them got sick, dirty minds.
ref: 2009, Na'ima B. Robert, From Somalia with Love, page 111:
text: The main reason he felt he had to make it clear to Errol that he wanted her was that she was the one who'd seen them on the bus and she would be the easiest to chirpse.
ref: 2009, Diana Evans, 26a, page 113:
text: The only problem was, I didn't like the grime and the grease and I was always paranoid about that garage smell when I chilled in the evenings and chirpsed chicks.
ref: 2011, Alex Wheatle, The Dirty South, page 32:
glosses: To flirt with; to chat up.
chirpsed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of chirpse
chirpsing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of chirpse
chirpses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of chirpse
sialometaplasia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sialometaplasias
Etymology: From sialo- + metaplasia.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A benign ulcerative lesion found mostly on the posterior hard palate, caused by a necrosis of minor salivary glands due to trauma.
sialometaplasias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sialometaplasia
multiplicates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of multiplicate
multistem
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more multistem
form: most multistem
Etymology: From multi- + stem.
Senses: glosses: multistemmed
youngers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of younger
stemlessness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From stemless + -ness.
Senses: glosses: absence of a stem
victory roll
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: victory rolls
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An aileron roll performed to celebrate a victory.
glosses: A women's hairstyle of the 1940s in which the hair is formed into rolls.
topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
professional-wrestling
sports
war
wrestling
glosses: A wrestling pin in which the attacking wrestler jumps onto the opponent's shoulders from behind and rolls forward. As the attacker flips over, they hook the opponent's shoulders with their legs, flipping the opponent over onto their shoulders. The attacker hooks both of the opponent's legs to hold them in place for the pin.
victory rolls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of victory roll
forereef
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: forereefs
Etymology: From fore + reef.
Senses: glosses: The seaward side of a coral reef ecosystem.
Related terms: backreef
forereefs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of forereef
kick pleat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kick pleats
Senses: glosses: A kind of pleat that is set near the hem of a straight skirt to allow the wearer to walk comfortably while preserving the narrow style line.
kick pleats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kick pleat
superbomber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superbombers
Etymology: From super- + bomber.
Senses: glosses: A bomber aircraft with a large bomb-carrying capacity.
superbombers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superbomber
supracolumnar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From supra- + columnar.
Senses: glosses: Above a column.
superegoist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superegoists
Etymology: From super- + egoist.
Senses: glosses: A highly egotistical and selfish person.
superegoists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superegoist
power slides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of power slide
powerslide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: powerslides
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of power slide.
powerslides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of powerslide
multifoliolate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more multifoliolate
form: most multifoliolate
Etymology: From multi- + foliolate.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having multiple leaflets.
hipline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hiplines
Etymology: From hip + line.
Senses: topics: business
manufacturing
textiles
glosses: The line of a garment around the hips.
crotchline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crotchlines
Etymology: From crotch + line.
Senses: topics: business
manufacturing
textiles
glosses: The line of a garment around the crotch.
hiplines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hipline
crotchlines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crotchline
Sealander
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sealanders
Etymology: From Sealand + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Sealanders claim they will not be subject to the e-commerce laws coming into force in Britain and elsewhere, and plan to establish an offshore "data haven"[…]
ref: 2000, New Scientist, volume 166, numbers 2237-2244, page 17:
text: Unlike Bates and his fellow Sealanders, however, Harman didn't get away with this and was forced to stop producing currency and pay the British government a £5 fine.
ref: 2009, Henry Hemming, In Search of the English Eccentric:
glosses: A citizen or inhabitant of Sealand.
Sealanders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sealander
multifrontal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ʌntəl
Forms: form: more multifrontal
form: most multifrontal
Etymology: From multi- + frontal.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to more than one front.
gnathobase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gnathobases
Etymology: From gnatho- + base.
Senses: qualifier: invertebrate zoology
glosses: A lower appendage of many arthropods, used to macerate food items.
ruana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ruanas
Etymology: From French ruana and its etymon, Spanish ruana (“woolen fabric or garment”), of disputed origin. Suggestions include Latin rūga (“wrinkle”), Quechua ruana (“textile”), and Chibcha ruana (“land of blankets”); see Wikipedia.
Senses: glosses: An outer garment typical of the Andes region of Venezuela and Colombia, and resembling a poncho.
ruanas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ruana
terzet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: terzets
Senses: examples: text: His poem also consists of 50 terzets, after the model of Sarteano, and like his, it is clear but lacking in vigor.
ref: 1911, A. B. Rhine, “Secular Hebrew Poetry of Italy”, in The Jewish Quarterly Review, volume 1, page 353:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A terzetto; a composition in three voice parts.
terzets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of terzet
transpicuousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From transpicuous + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being transpicuous.
transpicuously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more transpicuously
form: most transpicuously
Etymology: From transpicuous + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a transpicuous fashion.
aguayo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aguayos
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish aguayo.
Senses: glosses: A rectangular piece of patterned cloth, used in traditional South American communities to carry children, goods, etc.
aguayos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aguayo
ringwall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ringwalls
Etymology: German Ringwall
Senses: glosses: A circular rampart.
ringwalls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ringwall
holomovement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: holomovements
Etymology: From holo- + movement.
Senses: glosses: According to the Bohmian interpretation of quantum mechanics, the holistic idea that everything is in a state of process or becoming.
holomovements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of holomovement
rheomode
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rheomodes
Etymology: Coined by David Bohm in Wholeness and the Implicate Order (1980).
Senses: glosses: An experimental form of language based on verbs.
wikipedia: David Bohm
Related terms: holomovement
rheomodes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rheomode
salt porks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of salt pork
Saadians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Saadian
scuzzily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more scuzzily
form: most scuzzily
Etymology: From scuzzy + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a scuzzy manner.
scuzziness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From scuzzy + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being scuzzy.
vicuña
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vicuñas
Senses: examples: text: 2009, J. C. Wheeler, J. Laker, The Vicuña in the Andean Altiplano, Iain J. Gordon (editor), The Vicuña, Springer, page 27,
It has been suggested that harvesting reduces the pressure for illegal hunting by providing communities that benefit from vicuña management with incentives to protect the animals over which they have rights.
text: Vicuña hide was so precious that by the early 1930s, these animals—wild relatives of the llama and alpaca—were threatened with extinction, according to Tschiffely[…].
ref: 2009, Jason Wilson, The Andes: A Cultural History, page 12:
text: Vicuñas are the smallest members of the camelid family, as well as the most prized and endangered.
ref: 2010, Neil Edward Schlecht, Frommer′s Peru, page 335:
glosses: Alternative form of vicuna.
unstrand
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unstrands
form: unstranding
form: unstranded
form: unstranded
Etymology: From un- + strand.
Senses: examples: text: A convenient supply for this is to unstrand ordinary antenna cable[…]
ref: 1927, Radio, volume 9, page 24:
glosses: To separate the strands of.
examples: text: Elsa's skirt was splashed with wet and her bun was beginning to unstrand.
ref: 2004, Esther Freud, The Sea House:
glosses: To separate into its individual strands.
unstranded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unstrand
unstranding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unstrand
unstrands
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unstrand
penicilliform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more penicilliform
form: most penicilliform
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: penicillate
yarnless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From yarn + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without yarn.
megilph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megilphs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of megilp.
megilphs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of megilph
hypophrygian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌhaɪpəʊˈfɹɪd͡ʒi.ən/
Etymology: From hypo- + Phrygian.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Of or relating to a musical mode or diatonic scale in medieval chant theory, the fourth mode of church music and the plagal counterpart of the authentic third mode, or Phrygian.
hypophrygian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌhaɪpəʊˈfɹɪd͡ʒi.ən/
Etymology: From hypo- + Phrygian.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The hypophrygian mode.
biholomorphisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biholomorphism
Buk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Buks
form: BUK
Etymology: From Russian Бук (Buk, “codename for a missile system”), from бук (buk, “beech tree”). Doublet of beech.
Senses: examples: text: But systems like our S-300 V, Buk-M1, Tor, and Osa actually destroyed all the targets with a single missile.
ref: 1992, “New Priorities Set for Ground Forces Air Defense”‚ in Central Eurasia Joint Publications Research Service Report (Military Affairs n 40), Foreign Broadcast Information Service, p 17
text: A photo shows that the UAVs employed by Georgia are Hermes 450s and they have reportedly been downed by Buk SAMs.
ref: 2008, Aviation News v 70, Saint Leonards-on-Sea, UK: HPC Publishing, p 5
text: 2014, “Buk missile launcher, suspected in jetliner attack, requires skill to use”,http://www.cbsnews.com/news/buk-missile-launcher-suspected-in-jetliner-attack-requires-skill-to-use/ CBSNews.com, July 18,
Pentagon officials say the missile likely came from an SA-11 or SA-17 launch vehicle -- otherwise known as a "Buk." Both Russia and Ukraine have Buks, as do most other former Soviet Union states and China.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A type of self-propelled anti-aircraft missile system from the Soviet Union.
Synonyms: SA-11
SA-11 Gadfly
SA-17
SA-17 Grizzly