cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
muzzle-bag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: muzzle-bags
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A canvas bag fixed to the muzzle of a gun at sea, to keep out water.
muzzle-bags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of muzzle-bag
sebestan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sebestans
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sebesten.
sebestans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sebestan
manicurer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: manicurers
Etymology: From manicure + -er.
Senses: glosses: A manicurist.
manicurers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of manicurer
Charons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Charon
Dongjin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɔŋ.d͡ʒɪn/
ipa: /dɒŋ-/
other: /tʊŋ.t͡ʃin/
other: /-t͡ʃɪn/
enpr: do͝ongʹjǐnʹ
Forms: form: Tung-chin
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization for the Mandarin 東津 /东津 (Dōngjīn).
Senses: examples: text: The one housed in the Tianxian Monastery, a nunnery in Dongjin, Xiangyang, was also made "by a human manifestation of the Great Compassionate One."
ref: 1994, Chün-fang Yü, “Guanyin: The Chinese Transformation of Avalokiteshvara”, in Marsha Weidner, editor, Latter Days of the Law: Images of Chinese Buddhism, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 161:
text: Xiangyang: Dongjin New District
The new Dongjin (Fig. 6) is an ambitious urban reconfiguration project for a relatively small centre on the secondary north-south link with Chongqing in the central Hebei Province; it is slowly taking shape based on individual compounds built and promoted by real estate developers.[…]Thanks to Dongjin, the urban population in Xiangyang in 2012 was recorded as being 53% - in line with national objectives.
ref: 2019, The City after Chinese New Towns: Spaces and Imaginaries from Contemporary Urban China, →DOI, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 86:
text: Taking the show flat design of Dongjin Century City in Dongjin New District, Xiangyang City, Hubei Province as an example, Dongjin Century City, as the first batch of large-scale building groups in Dongjin New District, covers a total area of more than 2,600 acres, with an overall floorage of 6 million square meters, including 4.8 million square meters of fine decorated residences, independent shopping centers, super high-rise five-star hotels, office and apartment business clusters, commercial blocks, one stop brand education and community health centers.
ref: 2020, Wenjuan Huang, Yang Liu, ““Design-Led Space” Series Show Flat Design -Taking Dongjin Century City in Xiangyang as AnExample”, in IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, →DOI, page 2:
text: Travel time from Dongjin to Fancheng in Xiangyang City will soon be shortened from 45 minutes to less than 10 minutes.
ref: 2022 November 1, “First highway tunnel in Hanjiang River opens”, in Luo Pan, editor, China News Service, archived from the original on 01 Nov 2022:
glosses: A town in Xiangzhou district, Xiangyang, Hubei, China.
aproning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of apron
aproning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: apronings
Senses: glosses: Material for making aprons.
apronings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aproning
comprisable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From comprise + -able.
Senses: examples: text: Under the general name of self-regarding interest (No. 14.) are comprisable the several particular interests, corresponding to all the several motives, that do not belong either to the social class (No. 10.) or the dissocial class (No. 11.)
ref: 1817, Jeremy Bentham, A Table of the Springs of Action:
glosses: Able to be contained or classified.
saprophilous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sapro- + -philous.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Thriving on dead or decaying matter.
saprophile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: saprophiles
Etymology: From sapro- + -phile.
Senses: examples: text: In addition to predators, the cavernicolous beetles are scavengers and opportunistic saprophiles.
ref: 2012, William B. White, David C. Culver, Encyclopedia of Caves, page 260:
glosses: Any saprophilous organism.
saprophiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of saprophile
troglobiotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: cave-dwelling
Related terms: troglobiotism
troglobiont
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: troglobionts
Etymology: From troglo- + -biont.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any exclusively cave-dwelling organism.
Synonyms: troglobite
troglobionts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of troglobiont
whanger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whangers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of wanger (“penis”).
Related terms: slang-whanger
whangers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whanger
in voice
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: In good condition for singing or speaking.
EURYPAA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The All-Europe Young People in Alcoholics Anonymous Convention
midsummery
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more midsummery
form: most midsummery
Etymology: From midsummer + -y.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to midsummer.
probable error
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: probable errors
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: The half-range of an interval about a central point for the distribution, such that half of the values from the distribution will lie within the interval and half outside.
probable errors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of probable error
teaseller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: teasellers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of teaseler.
teasellers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of teaseller
electroencephalographists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of electroencephalographist
desightment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: disfigurement
snobography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From snob + -o- + -graphy.
Senses: examples: text: But the coincidence in two such artists is curious, nor is it the only foreshadowing of 'snobography' in the lady.
ref: 1850, William Makepeace Thackeray, The History of Pendennis:
text: But the safer and wiser way in this infancy of the science of snobography is to refrain from the attempt at absolute aphorism.
ref: 1884, Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and Art:
text: On this side of the Atlantic it may be recommended to a certain class by an undertaking that promises to be a veritable snobography.
ref: 1899, Munsey's Magazine - Volume 21, page 314:
text: The reader will recall many a name eminent in the science of snobology and the art of snobography.
ref: 1903, William Searle Hicks, Quis Separabit?:
text: The Colony restaurant does not suffer as intensely from Snobography as does a night club like El Morocco.
ref: 1962, Esquire - Part 1, page 99:
text: Mr. Pirrup's self-lacerating autobiography was the superior snobography, the true inside story, not the omniscient narrator's satiric yet forgiving biography of Arthur Pendennis.
ref: 2002, Jerome Meckier, Dickens's Great Expectations: Misnar's Pavilion Versus Cinderella:
glosses: The description of snobs and snobbery.
snobographer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snobographers
Senses: glosses: One who writes snobography; a describer of snobs and snobbery.
snobographers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snobographer
ear, nose, and throat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ear, nose and throat.
lychnic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: Part of the vespers of the Greek Orthodox Church on the occasion of a vigil.
tussy-mussy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tussy-mussies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tussie-mussie.
tussy-mussies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tussy-mussy
phytozoan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phytozoans
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of phytozoon.
phytozoans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phytozoan
revacuum
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: revacuums
form: revacuuming
form: revacuumed
form: revacuumed
Etymology: From re- + vacuum.
Senses: glosses: To vacuum again.
revacuumed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of revacuum
revacuums
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of revacuum
revacuuming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of revacuum
spectator chair
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spectator chairs
Senses: glosses: A tall chair, like a bar stool, intended for observers of indoor games such as billiards.
spectator chairs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spectator chair
Moon Mist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A multicoloured Nova Scotian ice cream combining grape, banana, and bubblegum flavours.
blushing bunny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ʌni
Senses: glosses: A variant of Welsh rabbit that combines cheese with tomato soup or tomato juice.
Synonyms: pink bunny
pink bunny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of blushing bunny.
synonyms: word: blushing bunny
Ceann Comhairle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /caːn̪ˠ ˈkoːɾʲlʲə/
/kjaʊn ˈkoɹlə/
Forms: form: Cinn Comhairle
form: Cinn Comhairlí
form: Cinn Comhairligh
form: Ceann Comhairles
Etymology: From Irish ceann (“head”) + comhairle (“[of] council”).
Senses: examples: text: Find out more about the current office holders below or see a list of all former Cinn Comhairle and Cathaoirligh.
ref: "Office Holders", Oireachtas website
text: A senior Oireachtas source insisted that Mr O Fearghail was "one of the fairest" Ceann Comhairles to hold the office.
ref: 2016 November 20, Philip Ryan, “FF deputies complain about Ceann Comhairle in speaking row”, in Sunday Independent, Dublin:
text: Cinn Comhairlí have long been criticised for being ‘creatures of the government’ by virtue of their direct appointment by the Taoiseach.
ref: 2017 May 23, Catherine Lynch, Eoin O’Malley, Theresa Reidy, David M. Farrell and Jane Suiter, "Dáil reforms since 2011: Pathway to power for the ‘puny’ parliament?" Administration Volume 65: Issue 2, pp.37–57 (DOI 10.1515/admin-2017-0014) at p.50
text: The Chair of the Forum also met with former Cinn Comhairligh Rory O’Hanlon, Séamus Kirk and Seán Barrett to discuss freedom of debate in Dáil Éireann.
ref: 2017, December 21, Report of the Forum on Parliamentary Privilege : As made to the Ceann Comhairle, Mr Seán Ó Fearghaíl TD (Oireachtas) §3.10
glosses: The speaker of Dáil Éireann
optical tweezers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A scientific instrument that uses lasers to manipulate objects on the micron scale as if by using tweezers.
stratose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Arranged in layers or strata
Derived terms: bistratose
tristratose
rind gall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rind galls
Senses: glosses: A defect in timber, caused by damage to the bark of the young tree.
rind galls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rind gall
physiogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From physio- + -genesis.
Senses: glosses: physiogeny
physiogenetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to physiogeny.
PODs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of POD
for you
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: That's Jane for you, always moaning about something.
related: word: for ya
glosses: Used as an intensifier to emphasize typicality of behavior
examples: text: This present is for you.
text: I could mend your bicycle for you, if that would help.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see for, you.
Related terms: for one
for someone
polychorous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From poly- + -chorous.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Spread, or having seeds that are dispersed, in multiple ways (e.g. by multiple kinds of animal).
diplochorous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From diplo- + -chorous.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Spread, or having seeds that are dispersed, in two ways (e.g. being both autochorous and myrmecochorous).
epizoochorous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From epizoo- + -chorous.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Spread, or having seeds that are dispersed, by adhering to animals (without granting any benefit to them).
Related terms: epizoochory
for someone
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: She knocked my papers out of my hands for me.
text: "Then why did you handcuff him?" / "He was using vulgar language." / "But why did you put those things on his wrists?" / "I couldn't put them on his mouth." / "What did he do then?" / "He tried to run." / "And what did you do?" / "I broke his jaw for him." / "Why did you break his jaw?" / "Well, I couldn't break his leg, could I?"
ref: 1895, “Aut Scissors Aut Nullus”, in John Ames Mitchell, editor, Life, volume 26, page 387:
text: Broke my nose for me and knocked me on my ass.
ref: 1996, Larry Watson, Justice, page 86:
text: She reached out and was only able to get a little hold of his leg and pull it back. She broke his ankle for him.
ref: 2007, Jill Whalen, Celtic Tales 8: The Daring, page 33:
glosses: Used as an intensifier for actions causing harm or detriment to someone
examples: text: I wiped his nose for him - on the sidewalk.
glosses: Used to indicate that an action normally beneficial may be performed in a way that causes harm or detriment to someone.
Related terms: for one
for you
rere-supper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rere-suppers
Etymology: From Middle English rere soper, reresoper, reresouper, from Anglo-Norman rere super, from rere (“rear”) + super (“supper”). Later often assimilated to rere + supper.
Senses: glosses: A late supper; a meal eaten at night.
rere-suppers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rere-supper
frontispiecing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of frontispiece
frontispieced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of frontispiece
magging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of mag
suggestionist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: suggestionists
Etymology: From suggestion + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who believes in the use of hypnotic suggestion.
suggestionists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of suggestionist
abvalvar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Away from the valve (of a mollusc)
advalvar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Towards the valve (of a mollusc)
adenogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From adeno- + -genesis.
Senses: glosses: The development of uterine glands (in mammals)
Related terms: adenogenic
fluffless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From fluff + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without fluff.
demideify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: demideifies
form: demideifying
form: demideified
form: demideified
Etymology: From demi- + deify.
Senses: glosses: To treat as a demigod.
demideified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of demideify
demideifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of demideify
demideifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of demideify
in pocket
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: In possession of money.
Romano-Byzantine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Romano- (“Roman”) + Byzantine.
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: Of or relating to an early medieval style of architecture in which Byzantine and Western elements are combined.
sovereigned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sovereign
sovereigning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sovereign
sturdy beggar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sturdy beggars
Senses: synonyms: truant
glosses: A person who was fit and able to work, but lived as a beggar or vagrant instead.
sturdy beggars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sturdy beggar
powsowdy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of powsowdie.
SzPD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: human-sciences
medicine
psychiatry
psychology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of schizoid personality disorder.
Related terms: SZPD
StPD
SPD
PPD
StPD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: human-sciences
medicine
psychiatry
psychology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of schizotypal personality disorder.
Related terms: SzPD
SPD
PPD
PPD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PPDs
Senses: topics: human-sciences
medicine
psychiatry
psychology
sciences
coordinate_terms: SzPD
StPD
glosses: Initialism of paranoid personality disorder.
topics: human-sciences
medicine
psychiatry
psychology
sciences
hypernyms: PPMD
glosses: Initialism of postpartum depression.
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of purified protein derivative.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of pixels per degree (“a measurement of the visual fidelity of a virtual reality headset”).
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
coordinate_terms: CPD
glosses: proplyd; Abbreviation of protoplanetary disc.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of paraphenylenediamine.
Colorado River toad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Colorado River toads
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Sonoran Desert toad.
synonyms: word: Sonoran Desert toad
Colorado River toads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Colorado River toad
HPD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of histrionic personality disorder.
Related terms: BPD
ASPD
NPD
AvPD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of avoidant personality disorder.
Related terms: SzPD
BPD
DPD
lactarine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of lactarene.
PAPD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of passive-aggressive personality disorder.
lactocrite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lactocrites
Senses: glosses: An apparatus for testing the quantity of fatty substance in a sample of milk.
lactocrites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lactocrite
ICD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ICDs
Senses: examples: text: Both CRT-Ds and ICDs are implanted under the skin, in the patient’s upper chest area. The devices have wires called leads that attach to the heart and regulate the rhythm of the muscle. Defibrillators help patients with bradycardia – a slow heartbeat – by pacing the heartbeat and those with tachycardia – a fast heartbeat – by delivering shocks that reset heartbeats to normal.
ref: 2016 October 11, Hailey Middlebrook, “After 2 deaths, patients warned about heart defibrillators’ failed batteries”, in CNN:
text: Serie A club Inter Milan – whom Eriksen had been contracted to at the time of the incident – let the midfielder move abroad as he was unable to play in Italy unless the ICD device was removed.
ref: 2023 January 3, Ben Church, “How Christian Eriksen returned to football after suffering cardiac arrest on pitch”, in CNN:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator.
ICD
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: ICD-10, ICD-11
text: Because there is no HIPAA requirement that insurance companies also accept DSM-IV-TR codes, insurance companies are likely to only accept electronic claims that use ICD-9-CM diagnosis codes, and which will require psychologists who are only familiar with DSM-IV-TR to convert their DSM-IVTR diagnosis codes into ICD-9-CM diagnosis codes.
ref: 2012 July 24, “Covered Diagnoses & Crosswalk of DSM-IV Codes to ICD-9-CM Codes”, in CNN en Español, page 1:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of International Classification of Diseases.
ICD-10
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The 1994 revision of the International Classification of Diseases, published by WHO.
DSM-5
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: In the new “DSM-5” manual, “the criteria will incorporate several diagnoses from DSM-IV including autistic disorder, Asperger’s disorder, childhood disintegrative disorder and pervasive developmental disorder (not otherwise specified) into the diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder for DSM-5 to help more accurately and consistently diagnose children with autism,” according to an APA statement Saturday.
ref: 2012 December 2, Miriam Falco, “Psychiatric association approves changes to diagnostic manual”, in CNN:
text: While samhainophobia is not a distinct diagnosis in the DSM-5, the fear of Halloween may meet the diagnostic criteria for a specific phobia.
ref: 2020 March 6, Lisa Fritscher, “Could You Have Samhainophobia or the Fear of Halloween?”, in Verywell Mind:
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: The revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders published by the American Psychiatric Association in 2013.
Related terms: DSM-I
DSM-II
DSM-III
DSM-III-R
DSM-IV
DSM-IV-TR
Veadar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Hebrew וְאֲדָר (v-Adár, literally “and Adar”).
Senses: synonyms: Adar Bet
Adar Sheni
Second Adar
glosses: The month of Adar when it occurs in a leap year, preceded by a 30-day intercalary month (which is then itself called Adar).
STPD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of standard temperature and pressure–dry: STP and absence of water vapor.
glosses: Alternative form of StPD.
comptroll
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: comptrolls
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of control.
comptroll
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: comptrolls
form: comptrolling
form: comptrolled
form: comptrolled
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of control.
comptrolls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of comptroll
comptrolls
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of comptroll
DSM-III-R
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: R stands for Revised.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: The revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders published by the American Psychiatric Association in 1987.
Related terms: DSM-I
DSM-II
DSM-III
DSM-IV
DSM-5
repetents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of repetent
geodesians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of geodesian
tree shaking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: In JavaScript, automatic dead code elimination during the build.
ICD-9
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The 1977 revision of the International Classification of Diseases, published by WHO.
ICD-6
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The 1949 revision of the International Classification of Diseases, published by WHO.
ICD-7
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The minor 1955 revision of the International Classification of Diseases, published by WHO.
ICD-8a
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The 1965 revision of the International Classification of Diseases, published by WHO.
unicystic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From uni- + cystic.
Senses: glosses: Involving a single cyst.
slash hook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slash hooks
Senses: glosses: A sickle or grasshook: an agricultural tool for cutting away small vegetation.
scaphoiditis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From scaphoid + -itis.
Senses: glosses: inflammation of the scaphoid
sarcotubules
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sarcotubule
salicylsalicylic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
pharmacology
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The conjugate acid of salicylsalicylate.
Coordinate terms: english: coordinate as a base versus an acid, but synonymous in the practical sense that the conjugate base and conjugate acid coexist in solution
translation: coordinate as a base versus an acid, but synonymous in the practical sense that the conjugate base and conjugate acid coexist in solution
word: salicylsalicylate
scintiscanned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of scintiscan
scintiscanning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of scintiscan
sclerodermiform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From scleroderma + -iform.
Senses: glosses: Resembling scleroderma.
slash hooks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slash hook
bait-cord
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bait-cords
Senses: glosses: A fine cord or line that fastens fishing bait to the hook.
stephanofilariasis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Stephanofilaria + -iasis.
Senses: synonyms: humpsore
glosses: infection with Stephanofilaria parasites
humpsore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hump + sore.
Senses: glosses: stephanofilariasis
parafilariasis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From translingual Parafilaria + -iasis.
Senses: glosses: infection with Parafilaria parasites
Casal's necklace
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Casal collar.
synonyms: word: Casal collar
sublesional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + lesional.
Senses: glosses: Beneath a lesion.
sublesionally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From sublesional + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Beneath a lesion.
tachydysrhythmias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tachydysrhythmia
Bizets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bizet
stretching-iron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stretching-irons
Senses: glosses: A currier's tool for dressing leather.
stretching-irons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stretching-iron
Ulster custom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A custom that gave tenants of Ulster in Ireland a reasonable expectation of security of tenure as long as they paid their rent, and allowed them to sell the right to occupy their holding to another tenant acceptable to the landlord.
polystomatous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From poly- + -stomatous.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Having many mouths.
Related terms: polystome
pheesed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pheese
pheesing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pheese
there's many a slip between the cup and the lip
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: examples: text: Multa cadunt inter calicem supremaque labra. […] There is many a slip between the cup and the lip.
ref: [1797, Thomas Browne, “Ancaeus”, in A New Classical Dictionary for the Use of Schools, […], London: […] G[eorge] G[eorge] and J[ohn] Robinson, […]; and E[lizabeth] Newbery, […], →OCLC, signature D, recto, column 1:
text: That "there is many a slip between the cup and the lip" is a proverb somewhat musty; but it pithily indicates the sudden mutations to which poor humanity is liable.
ref: [1835, [Catharine Sedgwick], chapter XXIX, in The Linwoods; or, “Sixty Years since” in America. […], volume II, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC, page 139:
text: There's many a slip between the cup and the lip! Who knows what may happen, Mr. Huxter, or who will sit in Parliament for Clavering next session?
ref: 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, “Mr. and Mrs. Sam. Huxter”, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume II, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1850, →OCLC, page 332:
glosses: Alternative form of there's many a slip twixt cup and lip.
unicist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The unicist educational model is focused on integrating a constructivist approach within the learning context.
text: The unicist strategy deals with the unified field of processes.
glosses: Relating to unicity.
unicist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unicists
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A proponent of the theory of unicism.
China root
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: China roots
form: china
form: china root
form: china-root
form: chinaroot
Senses: examples: text: In his first report on the condition of the island he informed the King that "sugar, ginger, indigo, cotton, tobacco, dyeing woods and cocoa may be had and are produced as well as anywhere ; but pimento, chinaroots, aloes, rhubarb, sarsaparilla, tamarinds, cassia, vaignillios, hides and tallow are the proper commodities.
ref: 1893, The Handbook of Jamaica, page 44:
glosses: An East Asian plant of species Smilax glabra and the drugs made from the root, used in traditional Chinese medicine and formerly as a treatment for syphilis.
glosses: An East Asian liana of species Smilax china.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Smilax pseudochina
word: false chinaroot
subarrhation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin [Term?], from sub (“under”) and arrha (“deposit, pledge”).
Senses: glosses: The ancient custom of betrothal by gift of pledges.
trewsman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trewsmen
Etymology: From trews + -man.
Senses: glosses: One who wears trews.
trewsmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trewsman
air motor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: air motors
Senses: glosses: A motor that does mechanical work by expanding compressed air.
air motors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of air motor
autosphenotics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of autosphenotic
Bantayanon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The Visayan language of the island of Bantayan in the Philippines.
macarise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: macarises
form: macarising
form: macarised
form: macarised
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of macarize.
macarised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of macarise
macarises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of macarise
macarising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of macarise
caballeroes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caballero
underseat
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -iːt
Senses: examples: the vehicle has two underseat storage bins
glosses: Located under a seat (typically as a fixed part of the overall structure of the vehicle).
protogenal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more protogenal
form: most protogenal
Senses: glosses: primitive
by jabers
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: An oath or intensifier, used similarly to by God.
conducively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more conducively
form: most conducively
Etymology: From conducive + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a conducive manner.
bog oak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bog oaks
form: bog-oak
Senses: examples: text: There is a wealth of carved wood inside: from pulpit to pews, screens to lectern, and a large medieval chest made from a hollowed-out log of bog-oak with a massive lid.
ref: 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 269, about a church in Lower Peover:
glosses: Bogwood consisting of oak; an ancient oak tree which has been preserved in a peat bog, with hard black wood.
pantham
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: panthams
Senses: glosses: A masonry dam used for storing water.
panth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: panths
form: panthan
Etymology: From Sanskrit पन्था (panthā). Doublet of path.
Senses: glosses: An Indian religious tradition established by a guru.
panths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of panth
panthams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pantham
milsey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A milk-strainer.
panthan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: panthans
Senses: examples: text: Three Sikhs with three mules attempt to take it to them down the causeway scourged by the Chinese fire. First a mule drops, but the tall, gaunt-featured, turbaned panthans stride on. Then a turban goes down; then another turban; and the third ...
ref: 1900, Archibald Clavering Gunter, Tangled Flags: A Novel, page 223:
text: I asked each man his name and his past experience; there were, among the twenty-three, eleven panthans and twelve assassins; and they had fought all over the world. Seven of the panthans were from Helium, ...
ref: 1941, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Llana of Gathol and John Carter of Mars:
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: A Martian mercenary.
glosses: Alternative form of panth (“Indian religious tradition”).
pontonnier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pontonniers
Senses: glosses: Synonym of pontooner.
synonyms: word: pontooner
pontonniers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pontonnier
marmelise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: marmelises
form: marmelising
form: marmelised
form: marmelised
Senses: examples: text: She still wanted to marmelise her!
ref: 2001, Judith Cutler, Head Over Heels, →ISBN, page 54:
text: As we opened the rickety doors to our crumbling clubhouse, we were greeted by the sight of our keeper, Iggy McKenna, lying on the floor being completely marmelised by our left winger, Seamus Muldoon.
ref: 2014, Alan Nolan, Fintan's Fifteen: Ireland's Worst Hurling Team Wants You!, →ISBN:
text: Come on down, or I'll come up and marmelise you, so I will.
ref: 2016 -, Katie Flynn, Polly's Angel, →ISBN, page 23:
glosses: Alternative form of marmalize.
misalter
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: misalters
form: misaltering
form: misaltered
form: misaltered
Etymology: From mis- + alter.
Senses: examples: text: These are all, besides those which I fore-specified, which have so "misaltered" the liturgy, that it can no more be known to be itself than the strangely-disguised dames which were mentioned in doctor Hall's reproof.
ref: 1863, Works - Volume 9 -, page 403:
text: The tailors were busily at work for the men ; fitting and misfitting, altering and misaltering, and making clothes in every possible way except the right one, for right the clothes of man will never be so long as ever they are intended to fit.
ref: 1873, The Coming Man - Volume 1, page 183:
text: A misaltered line is one not altered correctly.
ref: 1954, The Artist and the Line: A Lexicon of Lineology, page 109:
glosses: To make a change that leaves (something) worse than before.
rereform
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rereforms
form: rereforming
form: rereformed
form: rereformed
Etymology: From re- + reform.
Senses: examples: text: The constitution, recently reformed, was again, under these new auspices, rereformed, and a law which necessitated the consent of the Cortes to the marriage of the queen repealed.
ref: 1874, The Life of Henry John Temple, Viscount Palmerston:
text: They have been reformed and rereformed.
ref: 1938, United States. Work Projects Administration (Ohio), Annals of Cleveland, page 14:
glosses: To reform again.
rereform
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rereforms
Etymology: From re- + reform.
Senses: examples: text: He then turned himself, in good earnest, to the work of his rereform.
ref: 1860, John Lord, A Modern History, from the time of Luther to the fall of Napoleon.:
text: Then, my dear sir, what is Methodism but a rereform from the Roman Catholic Church?
ref: 1870, The Woman in Purple and Scarlet:
text: To this Parliament Flood introduced a sweeping measure of reform. A scene Flood's of wild uproar was the consequence, the Bill was thrown out by a large majority; no better success attended its rereform.
ref: 1913, A History of England, page 1136:
text: The reformers are hardly in before they have to be rereformed .... The whole thing seems to be an endless chain of turn the rascals out until it would take the apparatus and memory of a train dispatcher to know who is in jail and where and who are on the road.
ref: 1972, James P. Walsh, Ethnic militancy: an Irish Catholic prototype, page 86:
text: We are actually in the midst of a "rereform" movement that has been addressing some of these structural and procedural problems of state legislatures.
ref: 1991, John G. Grumm, Russell D. Murphy, Governing States and Communities: Organizing for Popular Rule:
glosses: An act of rereforming.
rereforms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rereform
rereforms
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rereform
rereforming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rereform
rereformed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rereform
belady
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: beladies
form: beladying
form: beladied
form: beladied
Etymology: From be- + lady.
Senses: examples: text: We see those begraced and beladied in the Queen's name whom the Prophet doomed to be fried in the fire of the King of Babylon.
ref: 1898, William O'Brien, A Queen of Men, page 19:
text: So they beladied me I was red hot with shame. But yesterday They did disdain only to bend their eyes Upon so low a girl.
ref: 1920, James F. Waight, Richard II, page 66:
text: Never was I beladied so before. Would evidence of having been called lady More than so many times make me a lady In common law, I wonder.
ref: 1916, Rovert Frost, In the Home Stretch:
glosses: To promote to the status of lady.
beladies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of belady
beladying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of belady
beladied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of belady
kapoof
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: Blend of kaput + poof. Perhaps influenced by the ka- prefix (which is a variant of ker-).
Senses: examples: text: Not long after childhood his acting career suddenly went kapoof.
glosses: The sound of something disappearing, or going up in smoke.
adenylcyclase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An enzyme that catalyses the cyclization of adenosine triphosphate
aeroallergenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From aero- + allergenic.
Senses: glosses: That functions as an aeroallergen
aerophytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From aerophyte + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to aerophytes
variantly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more variantly
form: most variantly
Senses: glosses: In a variant manner.
aflagellar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From a- + flagellar.
Senses: glosses: That lacks a flagellum
agropesticide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: agropesticides
Etymology: From agro- + pesticide.
Senses: glosses: An agricultural (rather than horticultural) pesticide
agropesticides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of agropesticide
alcohololysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From alcohol + -lysis.
Senses: glosses: disruption or dissolution by means of alcohol
Related terms: alcohololytic
alphasatellite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alphasatellites
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
coordinate_terms: betasatellite
deltasatellite
glosses: viral single-stranded satellite DNA
alphasatellites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alphasatellite
kaputness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From kaput + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state, quality, or condition of being kaput
alveolins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alveolin
amidinopiperidine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amidinopiperidines
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An amidino derivative of piperidine
amidinopiperidines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amidinopiperidine
amperometrically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From amperometric + -ally.
Senses: glosses: By means of amperometry
anabaenolysin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anabaenolysins
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of cytolytic lipopeptides present in cyanobacteria of the genus Anabaena.
anabaenolysins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anabaenolysin
anteroproximal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From antero- + proximal.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: anterior and proximal
anterostapedial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From antero- + stapedial.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: anterior and stapedial
anticariogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + cariogenic.
Senses: glosses: That counters cariogenesis
antischistosome
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + schistosome.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of antischistosomal.
antischistosome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antischistosomes
Etymology: From anti- + schistosome.
Senses: glosses: An antischistosomal agent
antischistosomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antischistosome
antitachycardic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + tachycardic.
Senses: glosses: That counters tachycardia
antitrypanocidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + trypanocidal.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of trypanocidal.
synonyms: word: trypanocidal
apicobasolateral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From apico- + basolateral.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: apical and basolateral
apoflavodoxin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: apoflavodoxins
Etymology: From apo- + flavodoxin.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The apoprotein of flavodoxin
Related terms: holoflavodoxin
austinol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A polycyclic meroterpenoid present in Aspergillus
Derived terms: dehydroaustinol
avicularian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˌvɪkjʊːˈlɛəɹi.ən/
ipa: /əˌvɪkjəˈlɛɹi.ən/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiən
Forms: form: avicularians
Senses: glosses: Any of the genus Avicularia of spiders.
avicularians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of avicularian
axosome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: axosomes
Senses: glosses: The part of an axon that contains its organelles
Related terms: axosomal
axosomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of axosome
burikko
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: burikko
Etymology: From Japanese ぶりっ子 (burikko).
Senses: examples: text: While boy-crazy American girls labor at sophistication, Japanese women of marriageable age tend to act like girls, and are popularly called burikko—“pretending kids.”
ref: 1989, Leila Philip, The Road through Miyama, →ISBN:
text: A burikko is a grown woman who acts like a child. She may be sexually active, but she feigns innocence.
ref: 1990, Jennie Lo, Office Ladies, Factory Women: Life and Work at a Japanese Company, page 42:
text: The author is reporting on the high-pitched voice frequently considered a stereotypical feature of the burikko, a derogatory Japanese label used to describe women who exhibit feigned naïveté.
ref: 2004, Laura Miller, “You are Doing Burikko!”, in Shigeko Okamoto, Janet Shibamoto Smith, editors, Japanese Language, Gender, and Ideology, →ISBN, page 148:
glosses: An adult woman who behaves childishly, especially a Japanese woman or a woman involved with Japanese culture.
examples: text: Girls laciness is not in Japan Madonna-style lace but rather First Communion lace—but with a perky falseness sometimes called burikko, or false-innocent.
ref: 1994, Merry White, The Material Child: Coming of Age in Japan and America, page 129:
glosses: A (Japanese) style or fashion associated with excessive or false cuteness.
burriko
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: burriko
Senses: examples: text: On the other hand, it is not uncommon to find an OL turning the attention of male co-workers to her benefit by playing the part of a burriko—that is, acting like a little girl and feigning physical weakness and helplessness.
ref: 1995, Laura K. Silverman, Bringing Home the Sushi, page 68:
glosses: Misspelling of burikko.
thunder mug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thunder mugs
Senses: examples: text: He grabbed the thunder mug and squatted over it. That brought some measure of relief. But his belly. That was still afire. He turned, on hands and knees, and puked into the thunder mug, adding that to the already stinking contents of the container.
ref: 2003, Tabor Evans, Longarm #293: Longarm and the Poisoners:
text: If you got the urge in the middle of the night, you thought long and hard about getting dressed and making that long run to the outhouse. The thunder-mug was the answer and there was one in each bedroom.
ref: 2000, James W. Marlin, On the Other Hand: An Autobiography:
text: Vinegar flasks, plates, stew-pots and all the platters are of brass; our rotten old wooden trenchers for the fish have to-day become dishes of silver; even the thunder-mug is ivory
ref: 1912, The Athenian Society tranlating Aristophanes, Plutus:
glosses: Alternative spelling of thundermug.
thunderfish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thunderfish
form: thunderfishes
Senses: glosses: A European weatherfish (Misgurnus fossilis)
glosses: An electric catfish Malapterurus electricus