cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
clado-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Forms: form: clad-
Etymology: From Ancient Greek κλάδος (kládos, “shoot, branch”).
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: clade; branches of organisms
Related terms: clade
cladophore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cladophores
Senses: glosses: Any green alga of the order Cladophorales.
cronk
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cronks
form: cronking
form: cronked
form: cronked
Etymology: Imitative. Compare quonk.
Senses: glosses: To honk like a goose.
cronk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cronks
Etymology: Imitative. Compare quonk.
Senses: glosses: The honking sound of a goose.
cronk
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cronk
form: most cronk
Etymology: Probably from British dialect crank (“unwell, ill, weak, weak-minded”).
Senses: glosses: Unwell, sick.
glosses: Of a horse, broken down, not useful as a work horse due to illness or infirmity.
glosses: Illegal; dishonest.
glosses: No good; bad.
cronk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cronks
Senses: qualifier: Isle of Man
glosses: A hill or barrow.
Hong Kong feet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Hong Kong foot
bandshift assay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bandshift assays
Senses: examples: text: In bandshift assays, hPot1p bound to the G-rich strand of human telomeric DNA.
ref: 2001 May 11, Peter Baumann, Thomas R. Cech, “Pot1, the Putative Telomere End-Binding Protein in Fission Yeast and Humans”, in Science, volume 292, number 5519, →DOI, pages 1171–1175:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A type of assay using gel electrophoresis, in which the mobility of a DNA or RNA probe alone is compared to its mobility in combination with a particular protein, so as to measure the degree and nature of binding between the protein and DNA or RNA.
bandstrings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bandstring
bandstring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bandstrings
Etymology: From band + string.
Senses: examples: text: A pise of those Bandstrings--the more haste the less speed.
ref: 1687, Aphra Behn, “The Lucky Chance”, in The Works of Aphra Behn Volume III:
glosses: Any of the strings used to fasten the collar and bands of 17th-century clothing; often decorated with tassels.
balmacaan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: balmacaans
Etymology: From Balmacaan, a Scottish estate.
Senses: examples: text: Which is why she can gallivant in a 1940s balmacaan and not feel that the previous owner is peering, Topper-like, over her shoulder.
ref: 2007 February 25, Lynn Yaeger, “Dead Stock”, in New York Times:
text: Arriving for interviews at Holts offices, he has on a vintage Burberry round-collared, raglan-sleeved balmacaan coat in heavy tweed, a Benjamin Bixby polo shirt, vintage jeans with an old bandana poking from a front pocket, and a vintage belt that he says is about to fall apart.
ref: 2009 March 26, David Livingstone, “Benjamin on the button for spring”, in Toronto Star:
glosses: A loose overcoat of a certain type, with raglan sleeves and a Prussian collar.
balmacaans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of balmacaan
Marybeth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mary + Beth.
Senses: examples: text: He began to tell me that Marybeth is accused or it is alleged she is one of the dur in Crooked Tree.
ref: 2023 June 13, Jules Vasquez, “Who Put Marybeth's Fraudulent Approval on Chester's Desk?”, in 7 News Belize:
glosses: A female given name originating as a coinage.
Karabakh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɑːɹəˈbɑːk/
Forms: form: Karabagh
form: Garabagh
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian Караба́х (Karabáx), composed of Turkic *kara (“black”) and Persian باغ (bâġ, “garden”).
Senses: glosses: A geographic region in present-day southwestern Azerbaijan and eastern Armenia. It includes three regions: Highland Karabakh (present-day Nagorno-Karabakh), Lowland Karabakh (the southern Kura-steppes) and a part of Syunik.
glosses: Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Related terms: Nagorno-Karabakh
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Artsakh
rake over the coals
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rakes over the coals
form: raking over the coals
form: raked over the coals
form: raked over the coals
Etymology: The earliest example given is from 1565: "S. Augustine, that knewe best how to fetche an heretike ouer the coles." (OED). From the practice of dragging or raking heretics over coals performed by the Catholic Church as a form of torture.
Senses: examples: text: She raked him over the coals for lying to her.
glosses: To call to task or to reprimand severely.
Synonyms: haul someone over the coals
cymatics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /saɪˈmæ.tɪks/
Etymology: Coined by Hans Jenny from Ancient Greek κῦμα (kûma, “wave”) + -ics.
Senses: examples: text: A 25-minute color film and 50 black-and-white single frames were drawn from Dr. Hans Jenny’s experiments with cymatics — the structure and dynamics of waves and vibrations.
ref: 1966, Photographic Applications in Science and Technology, I-II, page 83:
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The study of visible effects of sound and vibration.
Related terms: cymatic
Karabakhian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Karabakhian
form: most Karabakhian
Etymology: From Karabakh + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Karabakh, Nagorno-Karabakh or the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.
Karabakhian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Karabakhians
Etymology: From Karabakh + -ian.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Karabakh.
creyme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of cream.
Eliel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Hebrew אֱלִיאֵל ('ĕlī'ēl, “El is my lord”).
Senses: examples: And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab, And said unto them, Ye are the chief of the fathers of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel unto the place that I have prepared for it.
glosses: Any of a number of minor characters in the Old Testament.
glosses: A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
Taito
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Japanese 臺東(たいとう) (Taitō).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Taitung: the Japanese-derived name.
synonyms: word: Taitung
extra: the Japanese-derived name
ganister
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡænɪstə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ænɪstə(ɹ)
Forms: form: ganisters
form: gannister
Etymology: Unknown
Senses: examples: text: Like those in southern Huntingdon County, the ridges of southern Blair County were often covered with ganister.
ref: 1991,, Town of Claysburg - Refractories Company Town, Historic American Buildings Survey, page 2
glosses: A hard, fine-grained sandstone, used in manufacturing silica bricks for lining furnaces.
Kimi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kimis
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Kimberley, variant of Kimmy.
Miko
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A transliteration of a female given name from Japanese.
greyscaled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of greyscale
greyscaling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of greyscale
grayscaling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of grayscale
grayscaled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of grayscale
on-the-fly encryption
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: OTFE
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A type of encryption, or its software, which uses virtual drives to encrypt information that is then decrypted in RAM.
Synonyms: sense: real-time encryption
word: encryption on the fly
moonglades
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moonglade
savorer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: savorers
Etymology: From savor + -er.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of savourer.
greking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Apparently derived from Old Norse grýja (“dawn”); but compare Dutch krieken.
Senses: examples: text: And in the grekynge of the day Sir Gawayne hente his hors wondyrs for to seke.
ref: 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book V:
glosses: The break (of day); dawn.
silver linings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of silver lining
cryptolect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹɪptə(ʊ)lɛkt/
enpr: krĭpʹtəlĕkt'
ipa: /ˈkɹɪptəˌlɛkt/
Forms: form: cryptolects
Etymology: From crypto- (prefix ‘hidden; secret’) + -lect (suffix denoting a language variety).
Senses: examples: text: Cockney rhyming slang developed originally from the cryptolects of London’s thieves and vagabonds.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
coordinate_terms: antilanguage
argot
intalk
jargon
lingo
glosses: A secretive language form used by a subculture; an arcane cant.
Synonyms: word: antilanguage
word: argot
word: cant
word: cryptolect
Hypernyms: word: language
word: languoid
word: lect
word: variety
Coordinate terms: word: intalk
word: jargon
word: lingo
word: acolutholect
word: acrolect
word: basilect
word: chronolect
word: communalect
word: dialect
word: doculect
word: ecolect
word: ethnolect
word: familect
word: genderlect
word: geolect
word: hyperlect
word: idiolect
word: isolect
word: matrilect
word: medialect
word: mesilect
word: mesolect
word: mimolect
word: monolectal
word: natiolect
word: panlectal
word: paralect
word: patrilect
word: polylectal
word: pubilect
word: regiolect
word: regionalect
word: similect
word: sociolect
word: topolect
word: xenolect
Derived terms: cryptolectal
Related terms: word: language
word: slang
word: :Category:Cant by language
misprocess
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: misprocesses
form: misprocessing
form: misprocessed
form: misprocessed
Etymology: From mis- + process.
Senses: examples: text: The next level of defect types are those resulting in errors from errors in the original mask data tape and also mask misprocessing.
ref: 1997, P Rai-Choudhury, Handbook of microlithography, micromachining, and microfabrication:
glosses: To process incorrectly.
misprocesses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of misprocess
misprocessing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of misprocess
misprocessed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of misprocess
multifoliate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more multifoliate
form: most multifoliate
Etymology: From multi- + foliate.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having many leaves.
acte gratuit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈækt ɡɹætˈwi/
Forms: form: actes gratuits
Etymology: Borrowed from French acte gratuit.
Senses: examples: text: He was a superlative showman and, if his career ended at the age of forty-five in an acte gratuit, he had, after all, been compared to André Gide.
ref: 1971, Angela Carter, Shaking a Leg, Vintage (2013), page 294:
glosses: An impulsive act lacking motive.
jerkass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jerkasses
form: jerk ass
form: jerk-ass
Etymology: From jerk + ass.
Senses: examples: text: Breaking up is fairly easy. Sometimes you have a jerkass who won't take the hint.
ref: 2003, Kim Corum, Heartbreaker, →ISBN, page 20:
text: Plus, we can always use a reminder that this city's music scene is plenty big, even if some teen jerkass from Washington doesn't think so.
ref: 2006 May 4, Sam Machkovech, “Awards Anticipation”, in Dallas Observer:
text: Braff has never impressed me as an actor of significant range, and he still doesn't. But this is a careful, subtle performance […] Considering what Michael does -- embark on a hot-and-heavy flirtation with a college-age gamine he meets at a friend's wedding -- it would have been easy to make the character a cliché of noncommittal jerkass dudeliness.
ref: 2006 September 15, Andrew O'Hehir, “"The Last Kiss"”, in Salon.com:
glosses: An obnoxious or unlikeable person; a jerk.
jerkasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jerkass
jerk-ass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jerk-asses
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of jerkass.
jerk-asses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jerk-ass
jerk ass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jerk asses
Senses: examples: text: I have never really found Homer [Simpson] to be a jerk ass because well frankly, it never occurred to me before hearing about it on the internet.
ref: 2000 April 27, "en_mog", “Re: Heeeeeeere we go. (Debate with en_mog.)”, in alt.tv.simpsons (Usenet):
text: On the door, I see a business card from that jerk ass cop. What the hell does he want now?
ref: 2003, Sydney Molare, Changing Faces, Changing Places, →ISBN, page 156:
glosses: Alternative form of jerkass.
jerk asses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jerk ass
spark plugs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spark plug
alexipharmic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˌlɛksɪˈfɑːmɪk/
ipa: /əˌlɛksəˈfɑɹmɪk/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)mɪk
Forms: form: alexipharmics
Etymology: A variant of alexipharmac + -ic (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives). Alexipharmac is borrowed from the following:
* As a noun, from Middle French alexipharmaque (modern French alexipharmaque (archaic)), and from its etymon Latin alexipharmacon (“antidote”) (whence Late Latin alexipharmacum), from Ancient Greek ἀλεξῐφᾰ́ρμᾰκον (alexĭphắrmăkon, “antidote; (generally) remedy; charm, spell”), a noun use of the neuter of ἀλεξῐφᾰ́ρμᾰκος (alexĭphắrmăkos, “acting as an antidote”), from ἀλέξειν (aléxein) (the active infinitive of ἀλέξω (aléxō, “to defend, guard, protect; to help; to keep off, turn aside, ward off”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂lek- (“to protect”)) + φάρμᾰκον (phármăkon, “drug, whether healing or poisonous; charm, potion, spell; colour, dye”) + -ος (-os, suffix forming certain types of adjectives).
* As an adjective, from French alexipharmaque (archaic), and from its etymon Late Latin alexipharmacus, from Ancient Greek ἀλεξιφάρμακος (alexiphármakos) (see above).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
synonyms: word: alexipharmacal
word: alexipharmacon
word: alexipharmakon
word: alexipharmacum
word: alexipharmac
extra: (“a medical remedy for protecting the body, or an antidote, against harmful substances, especially a poison or venom (specifically, that of a snake)”); an antidote
glosses: Synonym of alexipharmac (“a medical remedy for protecting the body, or an antidote, against harmful substances, especially a poison or venom (specifically, that of a snake)”); an antidote.
Coordinate terms: alexipyretic
alexiteric
Related terms: alexipharmacon
alexipharmacum
alexipharmakon
alexipharmical
post-exposure prophylaxis
pre-exposure prophylaxis
alexipharmic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˌlɛksɪˈfɑːmɪk/
ipa: /əˌlɛksəˈfɑɹmɪk/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)mɪk
Forms: form: more alexipharmic
form: most alexipharmic
Etymology: A variant of alexipharmac + -ic (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives). Alexipharmac is borrowed from the following:
* As a noun, from Middle French alexipharmaque (modern French alexipharmaque (archaic)), and from its etymon Latin alexipharmacon (“antidote”) (whence Late Latin alexipharmacum), from Ancient Greek ἀλεξῐφᾰ́ρμᾰκον (alexĭphắrmăkon, “antidote; (generally) remedy; charm, spell”), a noun use of the neuter of ἀλεξῐφᾰ́ρμᾰκος (alexĭphắrmăkos, “acting as an antidote”), from ἀλέξειν (aléxein) (the active infinitive of ἀλέξω (aléxō, “to defend, guard, protect; to help; to keep off, turn aside, ward off”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂lek- (“to protect”)) + φάρμᾰκον (phármăkon, “drug, whether healing or poisonous; charm, potion, spell; colour, dye”) + -ος (-os, suffix forming certain types of adjectives).
* As an adjective, from French alexipharmaque (archaic), and from its etymon Late Latin alexipharmacus, from Ancient Greek ἀλεξιφάρμακος (alexiphármakos) (see above).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
synonyms: word: alexipharmacal
word: alexipharmical
word: alexipharmac
extra: of or pertaining to an alexipharmac; also, acting as an alexipharmac by protecting against or warding off the ill effects of a harmful substance, especially a poison or venom
glosses: Synonym of alexipharmac (“of or pertaining to an alexipharmac; also, acting as an alexipharmac by protecting against or warding off the ill effects of a harmful substance, especially a poison or venom”).
werebears
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of werebear
ontologism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ontologisms
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: An ideological system which maintains that God and divine ideas are the first object of our intelligence and the intuition of God's existence the first act of our intellect.
Derived terms: deontologism
Related terms: ontologist
ontology
ontotheology
ontologisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ontologism
screenspace
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From screen + space.
Senses: examples: text: At this point you should tidy up your screen, resizing the windows and positioning them to make best use of your available screenspace.
ref: 2006, Mike Collins, Pro Tools LE and M-powered: the complete guide:
text: If you have limited screenspace, double-click on the Insert panel to collapse it.
ref: 2008, Jeremy Osborn, Dreamweaver CS4 Digital Classroom:
text: For example, designers can specify the minimum and maximum sizes a widget can have on a small screenspace (eg, the screen of a mobile device)...
ref: 2009, Marios C Angelides, Advances in Semantic Media Adaptation and Personalization:
text: They deal better with denser networks, offer ample screenspace to display metrics for each edge and can more easily display change over time.
ref: 2009, Tom Gross, Jan Gulliksen, Paula Kotzé, Human-Computer Interaction - INTERACT 2009:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The space available on a screen display.
personalizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of personalization
arbitrariously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more arbitrariously
form: most arbitrariously
Etymology: From arbitrarious + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an arbitrarious manner.
arbitrarities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arbitrarity
EGA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Later, when we played King's Quest 2, I remember being legitimately terrified while inside Dracula's castle. Like, I had nightmares in 16 color EGA.
ref: 2004 September 2, Emily Morganti, quoting Matthew Chapman, “Peasant’s Quest”, in adventuregamers.com, archived from the original on 23 Sep 2010:
topics: computer-graphics
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of enhanced graphics adapter, an obsolete computer display standard between CGA and VGA, offering sixteen colours on screen from a palette of sixty-four.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Eagle, Globe, and Anchor.
topics: algebraic-geometry
geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Éléments de géométrie algébrique.
CGA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computer-graphics
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Color Graphics Adapter, an obsolete computer display standard preceding EGA and VGA, offering a palette of 16 colours, of which only a few could be displayed on screen at one time.
CGA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CGAs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of certified general accountant.
Related terms: sense: accountant
word: CA
sense: accountant
word: CMA
sense: accountant
word: CPA
hazardous materials
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hazardous material
wainscottings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wainscotting
wainscotings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wainscoting
BATNEEC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: qualifier: environmental regulation
glosses: Initialism of best available techniques not entailing excessive costs.
Related terms: BAT
KUB
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of (radiographic study of) kidneys, ureters and bladder.
virginium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Virginia (US state) + -ium, proposed in 1930 by Fred Allison, whose claim to have discovered the element was later disproven.
Senses: examples: text: Because he had found six minima for every salt of virginium—VaCl, VaNO3, Va2SO4, and VaOH—he asserted that virginium consisted of a mixture of six stable isotopes. Allison also found virginium present in other minerals […]
ref: 2014, Marco Fontani, Mariagrazia Costa, Mary Virginia Orna, The Lost Elements: The Periodic Table's Shadow Side, page 328:
glosses: A rejected name for francium.
virginities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of virginity
virginhood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From virgin + -hood.
Senses: glosses: Virginity; maidenhead.
celtium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The name originally proposed for element 72, now called hafnium; the discoverer, Georges Urbain, conjectured it to be a rare earth element, and proposed the symbol Ct; but subsequent work showed it to be a transition element, and hafnium was given the symbol Hf.
Synonyms: english: symbol Kt
translation: symbol Kt
word: keltium
United Colonies
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The Thirteen Colonies that became the United States of America.
Related terms: United Colonies of America
nonaccountable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + accountable.
Senses: glosses: Not accountable.
nonaccidental
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛntəl
Forms: form: non-accidental
Etymology: From non- + accidental.
Senses: glosses: Not accidental.
noncapitalist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of non-capitalist.
noncapitalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: noncapitalists
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of non-capitalist.
nonaggressions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonaggression
noncapitalists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of noncapitalist
nondelegate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nondelegates
Etymology: From non- + delegate.
Senses: glosses: One who is not a delegate.
nondelegates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nondelegate
nonalcoholics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonalcoholic
noncheese
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + cheese.
Senses: examples: text: Sprinkle a little cheddar cheese over half of the crepe, then fold the noncheese half over the other half.
ref: 2001, Ken Haedrich, Soup makes the meal: 150 soul-satisfying recipes for soups, salads, and breads:
text: Or would it take an astronaut actually going to the moon and bringing back a noncheese rock to dissuade hard-core believers in the moon-cheese theory?
ref: 2004, Rhonda Hustedt Jacobsen, Scholarship and Christian faith: enlarging the conversation:
glosses: That is not cheese or unrelated to cheese.
nonconformisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonconformism
nonstaples
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonstaple
nonsecretor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonsecretors
Etymology: From non- + secretor.
Senses: glosses: That which is not a secretor.
nonsecretors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonsecretor
matchlit
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From match + lit.
Senses: examples: text: Spanish soldiers with matchlit muskets quietly surrounded the Indians...
ref: 2006, Michael Grunwald, The swamp: the Everglades, Florida, and the politics of paradise:
text: The unofficial past flared more vividly, illuminated in matchlit glimpses.
ref: 2007, Michelle De Kretser, The Lost Dog:
text: Though his teeth were chattering, he managed to call to one matchlit shadow. "Where are you hurt, Lieutenant?" "In the foot," said George.
ref: 2008, William Martin, The Lost Constitution:
glosses: Lit by means of a match.
nonseptate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + septate.
Senses: glosses: Not septate.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Lacking cell walls especially in fungi.
in one's own time
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: When they seem to have had enough time to work at the subconscious level, invite them back: "Now, in your own time, come back to the here and now[…]"
ref: 2006, Jo Biggs with Adam Vile, Ad and Jo's Guide to Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy, →ISBN, page 53:
synonyms: in one's own good time
in one's own sweet time
glosses: Taking as much time as one requires; when one is ready.
synonyms: on one's own time
glosses: In one's free time; after hours.
Related terms: in one's time
nonliquid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonliquids
Etymology: From non- + liquid.
Senses: glosses: A substance that is not a liquid.
nonliquid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + liquid.
Senses: examples: a nonliquid substance
nonliquid assets
glosses: Not liquid (in various senses).
nonliquids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonliquid
nonlipid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonlipids
Etymology: From non- + lipid.
Senses: glosses: A substance that is not a lipid.
nonsolid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + solid.
Senses: glosses: Not solid.
nonsolid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonsolids
Etymology: From non- + solid.
Senses: glosses: A substance that is not a solid.
nongas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nongases
Etymology: From non- + gas.
Senses: glosses: A substance that is not a gas.
nonlipids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonlipid
nonsolids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonsolid
nongases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nongas
nonvampire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonvampires
Etymology: From non- + vampire.
Senses: glosses: One who is not a vampire.
nonvampires
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonvampire
act of Congress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acts of Congress
Etymology: From the literal sense of act (“legislation”) enacted by US Congress.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: A statute enacted by the United States Congress.
examples: text: Does it take an act of Congress just to get a stop sign on a corner?
text: Should Frederick stick around — and apparently it would take an act of Congress to get him out of the ICU — he might take up where Molly had brutally left off.
ref: 2000, Nevada Barr, Liberty Falling, page 79:
text: Since it seemed like getting a glass of wine was going to require an act of Congress, I quickly agreed.
ref: 2003, E. Lynn Harris, A Love of My Own, page 54:
text: Another problem was bureaucratic: the transfer of the ship required, literally, an act of Congress. It was an agonizing process that ground along for twenty-six months, through the tenures of three secretaries of the navy, two presidents, and two mayors of New York.
ref: 2008, Bill White with Robert Gandt, Intrepid: The Epic Story of America's Most Legendary Warship, page 273:
glosses: An authorization that is extremely difficult to obtain, especially in a timely fashion.
nonrivals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonrival
noncrustacean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + crustacean.
Senses: glosses: That is not a crustacean.
noncrustacean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: noncrustaceans
Etymology: From non- + crustacean.
Senses: glosses: An organism that is not a crustacean.
nonsimultaneous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + simultaneous.
Senses: glosses: Not simultaneous.
Derived terms: nonsimultaneously
anisocytosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ənˌaɪsəʊsaɪˈtəʊsɪs/
Forms: form: anisocytoses
Etymology: From aniso- + cytosis.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Significant size variation of blood cells
Related terms: anisocyte
BUN
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of blood urea nitrogen.
anisocytoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anisocytosis
nonmortals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonmortal
crenation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crenations
Etymology: Latin crenatus (“scalloped, notched”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The contraction of, or formation of abnormal notchings around, the edges of a cell after exposure to a hypertonic solution, due to the loss of water through osmosis, especially noticeable in red blood cells.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A rounded tooth on the edge of a leaf.
glosses: The condition of being crenate.
haemodialysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: haemodialyses
form: hemodialysis
Etymology: From haemo- + dialysis.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The use of dialysis to remove waste products from the blood in the case of kidney failure.
crenations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crenation
haemodialyses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of haemodialysis
hemodialyses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hemodialysis
gotes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gote
nonmercurial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + mercurial.
Senses: glosses: Not mercurial; not containing or relating to mercury, the chemical element.
nonrecognitions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonrecognition
nonlives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonlife
nonjusticiable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-justiciable
Etymology: From non- + justiciable.
Senses: glosses: Not justiciable
Related terms: justiciability
nonjusticiability
non-justiciability
nonobjectivist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonobjectivists
Etymology: From non- + objectivist.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: One who is not an objectivist.
nonobjectivists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonobjectivist
nongender
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + gender.
Senses: glosses: Not of, pertaining to, or having gender.
Related terms: nongendered
nonrioter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonrioters
Etymology: From non- + rioter.
Senses: glosses: One who is not a rioter.
nonrioters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonrioter
nonhemolytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: nonhaemolytic
Etymology: From non- + hemolytic.
Senses: glosses: Not hemolytic.
nonhaemolytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + haemolytic.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of nonhemolytic.
nonleaded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + leaded.
Senses: glosses: Unleaded.
nonerotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + erotic.
Senses: glosses: Not erotic.
Derived terms: nonerotically
nonsked
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonskeds
Etymology: From non- + sked.
Senses: glosses: A nonscheduled airline.
nonskeds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonsked
nonoxidising
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + oxidising.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of nonoxidizing.
nonmotorised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of nonmotorized.
nonsecretory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + secretory.
Senses: glosses: Not secretory.
nonsinkable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + sinkable.
Senses: glosses: Not sinkable.
Synonyms: unsinkable
nonmilitants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonmilitant
nonwar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + war.
Senses: examples: text: Chinese leader Xi Jinping has signed a directive allowing non-war uses of the military, prompting concerns that Beijing may be gearing up to invade the democratic island of Taiwan under the guise of a "special operation" not classified as war.[…]
"[It] provides a legal basis for non-war military operation," it said.
Among the six-chapter document's stated aims are "maintaining national sovereignty ... regional stability and regulating the organization and implementation of non-war military operations," it said.
ref: 2022 June 13, Hwang Chun-mei, “Chinese leader Xi Jinping signs new rules governing 'non-war' military operations”, in Luisetta Mudie, transl., edited by Luisetta Mudie, Radio Free Asia, archived from the original on 14 Jun 2022:
glosses: Not of or pertaining to war.
nonwar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonwars
Etymology: From non- + war.
Senses: examples: text: Several specific nonwars are in their own way even more extraordinary than the one that has taken place between the United States and the Soviet Union.
ref: 2008, Richard K. Betts, Conflict after the Cold War: arguments on causes of war and peace, page 226:
glosses: A situation that is not a war (but possibly resembles one).
Coordinate terms: english: by European empires
translation: by European empires
word: civilising mission
english: by Britain; Malayan Emergency in Malaysia during British rule
translation: by Britain; Malayan Emergency in Malaysia during British rule
word: Emergency
english: by various countries
translation: by various countries
word: police action
english: by Russia; the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
translation: by Russia; the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
word: special military operation
nonmath
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + math.
Senses: glosses: Nonmathematical.
nonmusicals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonmusical
nonspeaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonspeakers
Etymology: From non- + speaker.
Senses: glosses: One who cannot speak; a mute.
examples: text: Many visitors to France are nonspeakers of French.
glosses: One who does not speak a particular language or dialect.
Related terms: nontalker
nonspeakers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonspeaker
nonbreaking
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + breaking.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of non-breaking.
nonmutants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonmutant
nonaccountant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonaccountants
Etymology: From non- + accountant.
Senses: glosses: One who is not an accountant.
nonaccountants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonaccountant
nonschools
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonschool
Arfie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Arthur, from the Celtic languages.
noncollinear
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + collinear.
Senses: glosses: Not collinear.
noncoital
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + coital.
Senses: glosses: Not coital.
noncertified
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + certified.
Senses: examples: text: Senator Bernard Sanders, a Vermont independent who has led the effort to expand community health centers, said there was no money for noncertified clinics in the bills now circulating on Capitol Hill.
ref: 2009 September 2, Kevin Sack, “A Clinic Fills a Need but Faces Failure”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not certified.
nonaluminum
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + aluminum.
Senses: glosses: Not of or pertaining to aluminum.
nonascetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + ascetic.
Senses: glosses: Not ascetic.
nonascetic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonascetics
Etymology: From non- + ascetic.
Senses: glosses: One who is not an ascetic.
noncompetitor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: noncompetitors
Etymology: From non- + competitor.
Senses: glosses: One who is not a competitor.
noncompetitors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of noncompetitor
noncharacter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: noncharacters
form: non-character
Etymology: From non- + character.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: That which is not a character (unit of text).
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: That which is not a character (unit of text).
One of 66 code points (the 32 code points U+FDD0–U+FDEF, plus the last two code points—U+...FFFE and U+...FFFF—of each of the 17 planes) which are guaranteed never to be assigned and are intended for process-internal use.
qualifier: Unicode
examples: text: Like the noncharacter at the center of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? the screen's nonimage and the man it effaces enable other forms of repression, […]
ref: 2009, Marc Robinson, The American Play: 1787-2000, page 325:
glosses: That which is not a character, as in literature.
examples: text: She’s a non-character hyped up to sell merchandise.
ref: 2023 February 14, penguintruth, “Asking out of geniuine curiosity: Do you really like Mari? Why?”, in reddit.com/r/evangelion:
glosses: A fictional character in a piece of literature or other media that lacks distinct personality traits, depth, or development.
nonconflicting
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-conflicting
Etymology: From non- + conflicting.
Senses: glosses: Not conflicting; compatible.
noncharacters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of noncharacter
nonessentials
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonessential
nondomiciled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + domiciled.
Senses: glosses: Not domiciled.
nondrinking
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + drinking.
Senses: examples: text: On summer weekends, she works not only as editor and publisher, but as the nondrinking designated driver and mother hen to “the girls,” as they trawl from one fabulousness to the next.
ref: 2009 June 21, Jan Hoffman, “On the Party Circuit, With Clicks as Currency”, in New York Times:
glosses: Being a nondrinker; not drinking alcohol.
nonlanguage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonlanguages
Etymology: From non- + language.
Senses: glosses: That which is not a language.
nonlanguage
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + language.
Senses: examples: students taking nonlanguage courses
glosses: Not relating to language.
nonlanguages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonlanguage
nonpork
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + pork.
Senses: glosses: Not pork.
nonpapist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonpapists
Etymology: From non- + papist.
Senses: glosses: One who is not a papist.
nonpapists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonpapist
nonsigner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -aɪnə(ɹ)
Forms: form: nonsigners
Etymology: From non- + signer.
Senses: glosses: One who does not sign; a nonsignatory.
glosses: One who is not a signer, who does not use sign language.
nonsigners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonsigner
noncurrent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + current.
Senses: glosses: Not current.
nonviewer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonviewers
Etymology: From non- + viewer.
Senses: glosses: One who is not a viewer (especially of television, or a particular programme).
nonviewers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonviewer
nonstriated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + striated.
Senses: glosses: Not striated.
nonsticky
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + sticky.
Senses: glosses: Not sticky.
nonswimmer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonswimmers
Etymology: From non- + swimmer.
Senses: glosses: One who is not a swimmer, who does not or cannot swim.
nonswimmers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonswimmer
nonuplets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonuplet
nonshrinkable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + shrinkable.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of unshrinkable.
synonyms: word: unshrinkable
nonanorexic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + anorexic.
Senses: glosses: Not anorexic.
nonanorexic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonanorexics
Etymology: From non- + anorexic.
Senses: glosses: One who is not anorexic.
nonbulimic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + bulimic.
Senses: glosses: Not bulimic.
nonbulimic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonbulimics
Etymology: From non- + bulimic.
Senses: glosses: One who is not bulimic.
nonracially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From nonracial + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a nonracial manner; without regard to race.
nonrespondent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonrespondents
Etymology: From non- + respondent.
Senses: glosses: One who is not a respondent; one who does not respond to a survey, etc.
nonrespondents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonrespondent
nonoral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɔːɹəl
Etymology: From non- + oral.
Senses: glosses: Not oral.
Derived terms: nonorally
nonorally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From nonoral + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a nonoral manner.
nonfederated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + federated.
Senses: glosses: Not federated.
nondeliberate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-deliberate
Etymology: From non- + deliberate.
Senses: glosses: Not deliberate.
Synonyms: indeliberate
undeliberate
Related terms: non-deliberately
noncorrodible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + corrodible.
Senses: glosses: Not corrodible.
nonsatanic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + satanic.
Senses: glosses: Not satanic.
nonhorror
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + horror.
Senses: glosses: Not belonging to the horror genre.
superette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superettes
Etymology: From supermarket + -ette.
Senses: glosses: A convenience store.
superettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superette
barebow
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɛəbəʊ/
Etymology: From bare + bow.
Senses: topics: archery
government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
glosses: Unassisted, with just a bow and no additional aids such as sights.
doublewide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: doublewides
Etymology: From double + wide.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of double-wide.
doublewides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of doublewide
kitenge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kitenges
form: chitenge
Senses: glosses: An African garment similar to the sarong, often worn by women wrapped around the chest or waist or as a headscarf or sling to carry a baby.
AOR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: AORs
form: AoR
Senses: glosses: Initialism of address of record.
examples: text: MTV is a singles medium, as is the hottest (warmest?) new radio strategy God help us, “adult contemporary”; even AOR devotes the contemporary portion of its programming to putative singles.
ref: 1990 January 2, Robert Christgau, “1980–1989: Rockism Faces the World”, in The Village Voice:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
qualifier: radio format
glosses: Initialism of album-oriented radio.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Initialism of album-oriented rock.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Initialism of adult-oriented rock.
topics: government
military
nautical
politics
transport
war
glosses: Initialism of auxiliary replenishment oiler.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of area of responsibility.
AOR
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Forms: form: AoR
Senses: examples: text: to be discharged from hospital AOR
glosses: Initialism of at own risk.
AOR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: AoR
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
syntax
glosses: Initialism of adjective ordering restrictions.
superloo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superloos
Etymology: From super- + loo.
Senses: examples: text: The French "superloos" are open 24 hours. They afford total privacy in an atmosphere of warm, clean-smelling air and piped-in music.
ref: 1984, Popular Science:
text: I shall certainly hear more about the superloo than drugs, and it will be genuine and spontaneous...
ref: 1987, George Marshall, In a distant isle: the Orkney background of Edwin Muir:
text: The city was promised 550 'free' pillars that could be turned into superloos with Muzak and heated seats, kiosks...
ref: 2000, Nick Cohen, Cruel Britannia: Reports on the Sinister and the Preposterous:
text: ...and the theatre and the travel agents and the superloos and the monument and the corners and the doorways and the altering light and diminishing crowds.
ref: 2004, Keith Ridgway, The parts:
glosses: A luxurious public toilet.
superloos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superloo
kitenges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kitenge
chitenge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chitenges
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of kitenge.
chitenges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chitenge
spermophagia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sperm + -o- + -phagia.
Senses: glosses: The ingestion of semen.
Synonyms: seminophagia
beauty and the beast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From the traditional fairy tale. See Beauty and the Beast at Wikipedia.
Senses: glosses: Two individuals, usually but not necessarily romantically involved, one of whom is considerably more attractive than the other.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: An aesthetic in heavy metal, etc. that contrasts "angelic" female vocals with male growls or aggressive singing.
guttae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gutta
tow trucks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tow truck