cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
discredible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more discredible
form: most discredible
Etymology: From dis- + credible.
Senses: examples: text: Greater vigilance would certainly prevent these discredible descents. Occasionally however, his errors seem to be deliberate, and are owing not to want of care, but to perversion of taste […]
ref: 1813, Washington Irving, Analectic Magazine:
text: These people preferred not to think of themselves as addicted or alcoholic, not because they weren't dependent on these substances but rather because of their unwillingness to adopt a discredible image of themselves as permanently sick.
ref: 1999, Robert Granfield, William Cloud, Coming Clean: Overcoming Addiction Without Treatment, page 125:
glosses: discreditable; bringing discredit; shameful
pointman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pointmen
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of point man.
pointmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pointman
contadinas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of contadina
medex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: medexes
Etymology: From the name of the programme, from medical extension.
Senses: glosses: A person who has gone through the MEDEX medical training programme, which aims to match students with medical placements in underserved communities.
medexes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of medex
semisynthesize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: semisynthesizes
form: semisynthesizing
form: semisynthesized
form: semisynthesized
Etymology: From semi- + synthesize.
Senses: examples: text: The 1,241st compound that they "semisynthesized" in this way looked particularly promising.
ref: 1977, Harry Filmore Dowling, Fighting Infection: Conquests of the Twentieth Century, page 185:
text: The EPL (expressed protein ligation, also named intein-mediated protein ligation IPL) technique can be used to semisynthesize proteins from recombinant and synthetic fragments, thus extending the size and complexity of the protein targets available to chemical engineering.
ref: 2007, Marcus A. Hemminga, Lawrence Berliner, ESR Spectroscopy in Membrane Biophysics:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To synthesize partially, usually by incorporating natural components.
Related terms: semisynthesis
semisynthesizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of semisynthesize
semisynthesizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of semisynthesize
semisynthesized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of semisynthesize
Odom
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Odoms
form: Odum
Etymology: From Middle English odam (“son-in-law”), a nickname for someone who married the daughter of a prominent figure in the local community.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Middle English.
waxlight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: waxlights
Etymology: From wax + light.
Senses: glosses: A wax candle.
waxlights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of waxlight
semisynthetics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of semisynthetic
sharemilker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sharemilkers
form: share-milker
form: share milker
Etymology: From share + milker.
Senses: examples: text: Many of the houses that sharemilkers were expected to live in were little more than shacks, and it was quite evident that there wouldn't be any improvements made to them.
ref: 1966, N. D. Thompson, The Sharemilkers: A Novel of the Waikato, page 99:
text: The principle of a sharemilk agreement is that the number of cows put in by the sharemilker remains the property of the sharemilker.
ref: 2017, Wytske Chamberlain, Ward Anseeuw, Inclusive Businesses in Agriculture, →ISBN, page 201:
glosses: One who takes part in a sharemilking arrangement.
sharefarmer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sharefarmers
Etymology: From share + farmer.
Senses: glosses: One who takes part in a sharefarming arrangement.
sharemilkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sharemilker
sharefarmers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sharefarmer
sharefarming
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From share + farming.
Senses: glosses: A joint system of farming in which farmers make use of agricultural assets they do not own in return for some percentage of the profits.
Hyponyms: sharecropping
sharemilking
Yellowman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Yellowmans
Senses: glosses: A surname.
sharemilking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: share-milking
form: share milking
Etymology: From share + milking.
Senses: examples: text: The New Zealand sharemilking system is often considered to be a win–win concept that makes it easier for young people to develop farming gradually, ...
ref: 2013, Carin Martiin, The World of Agricultural Economics: An Introduction, →ISBN, page 126:
glosses: A form of sharefarming in the dairy industry, in which the owners of cattle move them between different farms.
Related terms: sharecropping
sharemilking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: share-milking
form: share milking
Etymology: From share + milking.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sharemilk
Gypsy Day
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The day, traditionally 1 June, when sharemilkers move their cattle from one farm to another.
Apachito
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Navajo.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Navajo.
Bedonie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Navajo.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Navajo.
garlicy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more garlicy
form: most garlicy
Senses: examples: text: The following plan is recommended, by a writer in the Philadelphic Magazine for 1798, for removing the garlicy taste from milk, and producing sweet, good butter, in place of that which is so generally considered as highly disagreeable.
ref: 1804, Anthony Florian Madinger Willich, The Domestic Encyclopaedia:
glosses: Alternative form of garlicky.
Wauneka
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Waunekas
Etymology: From Navajo.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Navajo.
cheelam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cheelams
Senses: glosses: An earthen bowl in which tobacco is kept and smoked through its hollow neck.
cheelams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cheelam
chillam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chillams
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chillum (“marijuana pipe”).
chillams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chillam
Tsinnijinnie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Navajo.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Navajo.
Manygoats
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from Navajo.
ghungroo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ghungroos
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi घुँघरू (ghuṅghrū).
Senses: examples: text: Every dancer cherishes her ghungroos, and no wonder. From the time she first learnt to use her feet in step, they have been with her in ever-increasing numbers, and now, at the height of her artistic maturity, two-hundred or more adorn her ankles where once there had been only ten or twenty.
ref: 2021, “On the Ghungroos: Ankle-bells of Servitude, and Mastery”, in Donovan Roebert, editor, Essays on Classical Indian Dance, CRC Press, →ISBN:
text: His other meagre finds include a lone ghungroo—a tiny silver orb that once belonged on an anklet—and what might have once been a copper nose pin.
ref: 2023, Radhika Iyengar, Fire on the Ganges, Fourth Estate, page 158:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A small metallic bell, usually part of a set strung together and worn on an anklet, especially by classical Indian dancers.
ghungroos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ghungroo
ghungru
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ghungrus
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ghungroo.
ghungrus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ghungru
Werito
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from Navajo.
sulkpot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sulkpots
Etymology: From sulk + pot.
Senses: glosses: A peevish person; one who is inclined to sulk.
sulkpots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sulkpot
Notah
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from Navajo.
Roanhorse
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from Navajo.
Manuelito
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Manuelitos
Etymology: From Spanish Manuel + -ito (“diminutive suffix”); this nickname was given to one of the principal headmen of the Navajos and that is why this surname is predominantly found among the components of this nation.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish.
glosses: A census-designated place in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States.
Chischilly
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from Navajo.
soft tommy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
synonyms: soft tack
glosses: Soft bread, as opposed to hardtack or sea biscuit.
Blackwater
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from Navajo used by the Navajo people.
examples: text: The principal water-barrier of this type is the muddy estuary of the tidal River Blackwater, which is last bridged in the seaward direction at the ancient town of Maldon. […] In those days, yachting on the east coast was a favourite relaxation, and it was proposed to extend the line for 1¾ miles to a pier on the River Blackwater, where yachts could be moored.
ref: 1950 December, R. C. J. Day and R. K. Kirkland, “The Kelvedon & Tollesbury Light Railway”, in Railway Magazine, pages 838, 839:
glosses: A place or river in England:
A river in Essex, which flows into the North Sea at Bradwell.
glosses: A place or river in England:
A river in Hampshire, Surrey and Berkshire, which joins the River Loddon; the Hampshire town of Blackwater is on this river.
glosses: A place or river in England:
A river in Wiltshire and Hampshire, which joins the River Test.
glosses: A place or river in England:
A village in St Agnes parish, Cornwall (OS grid ref SW7346).
glosses: A place or river in England:
A town in Blackwater and Hawley parish, Hart district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU8559).
glosses: A place or river in England:
A village in Arreton parish, Isle of Wight (OS grid ref SZ5086).
glosses: Any of several rivers in Ireland
glosses: Any of several rivers in Ireland:
A river in County Fermanagh and County Armagh, Northern Ireland, with a stretch on the border with County Monaghan, Ireland; the river flows into Lough Neagh.
Derived terms: Blackwater and Hawley
Fasthorse
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Fast Horse
form: FastHorse
Senses: glosses: A surname from Lakota primarily used by Lakota people.
Yellowhorse
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from Navajo primarily used by the Navajo people, probably a calque of an existing Navajo name.
dorsigerous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
synonyms: dorsiferous
glosses: Carrying on the back.
Mesteth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from Lakota.
vice-principal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vice-principals
Etymology: From vice- + principal.
Senses: glosses: An assistant principal or deputy headteacher.
Related terms: surmaster
vice-principals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vice-principal
is there
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of be there
being there
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of be there
was there
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of be there
been there
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of be there
examples: text: I know what it's like to feel unlucky and that the world is against me. Trust me, I've been there.
glosses: Used to say that one has experienced the same thing that someone else has experienced.
Roubideaux
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from French primarily used by the Lakota people.
Zephier
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from Dakota.
non sequitor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of non sequitur.
sprucify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sprucifies
form: sprucifying
form: sprucified
form: sprucified
Etymology: From spruce + -ify.
Senses: glosses: To smarten; spruce up.
sprucified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sprucify
sprucifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sprucify
sprucifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sprucify
Fixico
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from Creek.
Traversie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname of European origin predominantly used by the Lakota people.
phiznomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From physiognomy.
Senses: glosses: A person's face.
leaping lizards
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: Originally a catchphrase of Little Orphan Annie.
Senses: examples: text: Leaping lizards! Is it really you?
ref: 1953, Plays: The Drama Magazine for Young People:
text: "Leaping lizards, are you naive."
ref: 2008 May 6, Annette Blair, Gone with the Witch, Penguin, →ISBN, page 230:
text: 'Why are you doing this to us?' said the mad mother, waving her arms all over the show. Leaping lizards. Is she having some sort of attack?
ref: 2017 April 25, Ian Collins, 67 People I'd Like To Slap, Biteback Publishing, →ISBN:
glosses: A cry of amazement.
wikipedia: Little Orphan Annie
Hoskie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from Navajo.
electrotechnician
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: electrotechnicians
Etymology: From electro- + technician.
Senses: glosses: Someone who specializes in electrotechnology.
recarnifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of recarnify
recarnifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of recarnify
Ducheneaux
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from French primarily used by the Lakota people.
electrotechnicians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of electrotechnician
Bettelyoun
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from Lakota.
Galloways
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: Gallowas
glosses: plural of Galloway
iconomatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌɪkɒnəˈmatɪk/
Forms: form: ikonomatic
Etymology: A clipping of earlier icononomatic, from a modern combination of Ancient Greek εἰκών (eikṓn, “icon, image, likeness”) + ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic: forming adjectives”).
Senses: examples: text: We have, so far as I am aware, no scientific term to express this manner of phonetic writing, and I propose for it therefore the adjective ikonomatic...
ref: 1886, Daniel Garrison Brinton, Essays of an Americanist, pages 207–8:
text: Iconomatic writing... occupies an intermediate position, standing in some sense in relation to both letter and picture writing.
ref: 1887 January 22, "Iconomatic Writing", Scientific American, Vol. 56, No. 4, p. 56
glosses: The use of pictographs to represent their sounds, as in English rebuses using an eye to mean I or in Chinese phonetic transcription of foreign terms into characters.
Derived terms: iconomatically
iconomaticism
iconomatography
at anchor
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: a ship riding at anchor
text: The Galles and thoſe pilling Briggandines,
That yeerely ſaile to the Uenetian goulfe,
And houer in the ſtraightes for Chriſtians wracke,
Shall lie at anchor in the Iſle Aſant.
ref: c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act III, scene iii:
text: As the train rumbled slowly over the Forth Bridge, the western sky was aflame with a particularly gorgeous sunset, and lights were twinkling from the small craft riding at anchor on the calm waters of the firth.
ref: 1950 January, Arthur F. Beckenham, “With British Railways to the Far North”, in Railway Magazine, page 8:
glosses: anchored
anchorlessness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From anchorless + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state of being anchorless.
phytogenetical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of phytogenetic.
synonyms: word: phytogenetic
electrical engineer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: electrical engineers
Etymology: Back-formation from electrical engineering.
Senses: synonyms: word: electroengineer
glosses: Someone who specializes in electrical engineering.
electrical engineers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of electrical engineer
electroengineering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of electrical engineering.
synonyms: word: electrical engineering
Derived terms: electroengineer
electroengineer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: electroengineers
Etymology: From electro- + engineer; Back-formation from electroengineering.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of electrical engineer.
synonyms: word: electrical engineer
electroengineers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of electroengineer
electrostimulator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: electrostimulators
Etymology: From electro- + stimulator.
Senses: glosses: A device for administering electrostimulation.
electrostimulators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of electrostimulator
electrosurgeon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: electrosurgeons
Etymology: From electro- + surgeon.
Senses: glosses: One who carries out electrosurgery.
triangulational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From triangulation + -al.
Senses: glosses: Relating to triangulation.
electrosurgeons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of electrosurgeon
outgrouped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of outgroup
outgrouping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of outgroup
outgrouping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: outgroupings
Senses: glosses: An outgroup.
ingrouped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ingroup
ingrouping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ingroup
outmate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: outmates
form: outmating
form: outmated
form: outmated
Etymology: From out- + mate.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: To mate with an individual who is not part of one's immediate social group.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: To surpass in finding mates; to outbreed.
glosses: To outmatch.
outmated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of outmate
outmates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of outmate
outmates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of outmate
outmating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of outmate
oddballish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more oddballish
form: most oddballish
Etymology: From oddball + -ish.
Senses: glosses: quirky; eccentric
situationisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of situationism
pannuscorium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A soft leather-cloth used for boots etc.
refiner's syrup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: refiners' syrup
form: refiners' sirup
form: refiner's sirup
Senses: glosses: Synonym of golden syrup.
synonyms: word: golden syrup
the chuff
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: What the chuff are you doing here?!
glosses: Synonym of the fuck (“intensifier”).
synonyms: word: the fuck
extra: intensifier
spit-and-sawdust
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Old drinking establishments might have had sawdust on the floor that patrons could spit on.
Senses: glosses: Having a basic, traditional appearance and rudimentary facilities.
raw_tags: of a pub
torso tosser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: torso tossers
Senses: glosses: A burlesque dancer.
torso tossers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of torso tosser
roving eye
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: roving eyes
form: roaming eye
Senses: examples: text: Mr Codlin had relaxed into a grim smile as his roving eye detected hands going into waistcoat pockets and groping secretly for sixpences.
ref: 1840 April – 1841 November, Charles Dickens, “Chapter the Nineteenth”, in The Old Curiosity Shop. A Tale. […], volume I, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1841, →OCLC:
text: His roving eye traveled around the room, and, resting upon the three guests, became inflamed.
ref: 1916, Joseph A. Altsheler, chapter 9, in The Hunters of the Hills:
text: Like Jimmy Breslin, a writer he was often compared to, he turned his roving eye to ordinary Southerners overlooked by most writers and mined the inexhaustible vein of human experience.
ref: 2009 July 12, William Grimes, “Paul Hemphill, Chronicler of the South, Dies at 73”, in New York Times, retrieved 21 Mar 2018:
glosses: Wide-ranging observation of one's surroundings.
examples: text: This dame she was new-fangled
And of a roving eye. . . .
"Beshrew me," quoth King Arthur,
"I think thou be'st not true!"
ref: 1858, Thomas Bulfinch, chapter 4, in Bulfinch's Mythology: The Age of Chivalry:
text: But because she her wanton, roving eye
Turned upon me, her angry paramour
Did scourge her from her head unto her feet.
ref: 1909, Dante Alighieri, translated by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Purgatorio, Canto 32:
text: Miss Israel . . . plans to wear a bulletproof gown created by Tel Aviv designer Galit Levi. . . . The heavy-duty 2001 creation could also keep Miss Israel safe from the roving eye of pageant director Donald Trump.
ref: 2001 April 21, Ellin Martens, “People: Beauty and the Bombshells”, in Time, retrieved 21 Mar 2018:
glosses: The personal characteristic of taking amorous interest in people other than one's own spouse or regular romantic partner.
Related terms: flirtation
philanderer
roving eyes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of roving eye
Chicago lightning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: He said: "Thanks, friend; but you're wasting your time. You better warn Crocker. If that louse makes a play for me, he'll get hit with Chicago lightning!"
ref: 1946, Joseph Thompson Shaw, The hard-boiled omnibus: early stories from Black Mask, page 388:
glosses: Bullets; gunfire.
Related terms: english: tommy gun
translation: tommy gun
word: Chicago typewriter
english: coffin
translation: coffin
word: Chicago overcoat
clonicotonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: tonic-clonic
form: tonicoclonic
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Both clonic and tonic
raw_tags: of a muscular spasm
dime dropper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dime droppers
form: dime-dropper
Etymology: From the idea of dropping a dime (coin) into a payphone to make a call.
Senses: examples: text: Although this story predated the Kunkle episode, something told me that with dime-droppers afoot, both men and women naturally become more cautious. After all, informality could be misinterpreted, and as the Navy puts it, discovery in these cases is a "career ender."
ref: 2005, Richard F. Miller, A Carrier at War: On Board the USS Kitty Hawk in the Iraq War:
text: “We go to the streets, a few dime droppers just got released yesterday, they still might know something"
ref: 2009, Abisai Estrella, A Reason for Retribution, page 193:
text: All those submitted complaint forms from the snitches, rats, and dime droppers about us "The Cash Bunch " and our ruling profitable empire, marking us as nigger misfits, drug smuggling monkeys tarnishing the prestige omega oasis of Wilhelm Prep and what have you.
ref: 2016, Jermar Jerome Smith, Shawty:
glosses: A snitch or informer.
Related terms: drop a dime
dime droppers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dime dropper
closylate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: closylates
Senses: glosses: p-chlorobenzenesulfonate
chlorobenzenesulfonate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chlorobenzenesulfonates
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any chloro derivative of benzenesulfonate
riding academy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: riding academies
Senses: glosses: brothel
riding academies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of riding academy
clupeine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A protamine found in salmon sperm
stage doors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stage door
stagedoors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stagedoor
clysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek κλύσις (klúsis), from κλύζω (klúzō).
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The infusion of a fluid, either as therapy or to cleanse.
Derived terms: proctoclysis
rectoclysis
coagglutination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From co- + agglutination.
Senses: glosses: The simultaneous agglutination of two or more proteins or antigens
coarctectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coarctectomies
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: excision of a coarctation (of the aorta)
cobinamide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cobinamides
Senses: glosses: An amide of cobinic acid
cobinic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A corrinoid containing six carboxylic acid groups
cobrotoxin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cobrotoxins
Senses: glosses: A polypeptide cobra toxin that is used as an investigational antirheumatic agent
coccidioidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or caused by ascomycetes of the genus Coccidioides.
coccidioidin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A sterile preparation containing by-products of Coccidioides immitis, injected intracutaneously as a test for coccidioidomycosis
coccidioidoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coccidioidomas
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A lesion that is characteristic of coccidioidomycosis
sinhound
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sinhounds
Etymology: From sin + hound.
Senses: glosses: A priest.
sinhounds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sinhound
coccidium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coccidia
Senses: glosses: Synonym of coccidian.
synonyms: word: coccidian
coccobacillary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From coccobacillus + -ary.
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or caused by a coccobacillus
go to pigs and whistles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: goes to pigs and whistles
form: going to pigs and whistles
form: went to pigs and whistles
form: gone to pigs and whistles
Senses: glosses: To be ruined.
Related terms: make pigs and whistles of something
make pigs and whistles of
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: makes pigs and whistles of
form: making pigs and whistles of
form: made pigs and whistles of
form: made pigs and whistles of
Senses: glosses: To ruin (something); to make a severe mess of (something).
Related terms: go to pigs and whistles
Londonese
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From London + -ese.
Senses: examples: text: Maizypop is making a great hit in London. Maizypop is Londonese for popcorn.
ref: 1905 May 31, Duluth News Tribune, Duluth, Minn.: Duluth News Tribune Co., →OCLC, page 4, column 1:
glosses: The English language as spoken by Londoners.
Related terms: Cockney
Angloman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Anglomans
Senses: glosses: Anglomaniac; lover of England or the English
Anglomans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Angloman
coccyalgia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Synonym of coccydynia.
synonyms: word: coccydynia
coccyodynia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Alternative form of coccydynia.
cochleopalpebral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cochleo- + palpebral.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the cochlea and the eyelid
Derived terms: cochleopalpebral reflex
cochleopupillary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cochleo- + pupillary.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the cochlea and the pupil of the eye
Derived terms: cochleopupillary reflex
cylindromatous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to a cylindroma.
cochleosacculotomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cochleosacculotomies
Etymology: From cochleo- + sacculotomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The creation of a fistula between the saccule and cochlear duct
adenosylmethioninase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From adenosylmethionine + -ase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The enzyme adenosylmethionine cyclotransferase.
coxitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to coxitis.
cocillana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: An expectorant made from the dried bark of the tree Guarea rusbyi
PRR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PRRs
Senses: topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of pattern recognition receptor.
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of proportional reporting ratio.
topics: anatomy
medicine
neuroanatomy
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
glosses: Initialism of parietal reach region.
examples: text: Understanding the sources of support for populist radical right (PRR) parties is important given that they are now the third-largest parties in a number of European party systems. Prior research has largely focused on the contextual determinants of PRR party support, examining whether unemployment or immigration levels (e.g., Knigge 1998, Lubbers et al 2002, Golder 2003, Jesuit et al 2009) or the political opportunity structure (e.g., Arzheimer 2009, Golder 2003, Norris 2005) affect support. Less is known about the individuals who vote for PRRs.
ref: (Can we date this quote?), Erik R. Tillman, “Authoritarianism and Support for Populist Radical Right Parties”, in DePaul University, page 1:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Initialism of populist radical right.
coconsciousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coconsciousnesses
Etymology: From co- + consciousness.
Senses: examples: text: Instead of coconsciousness or coconsciousnesses we had then better unite consciousnesses.
ref: 1969, Nels Frederick Solomon Ferré, The Universal Word: A Theology for a Universal Faith:
glosses: An awareness of things on the edge of one's consciousness that are only brought into focus under certain circumstances.
PAMP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PAMPs
Senses: topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of pathogen-associated molecular pattern.
coconversion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coconversions
Etymology: From co- + conversion.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The simultaneous correction of two sites on DNA that were segregated wrongly during meiosis
codecarboxylase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: codecarboxylases
Etymology: From co- + decarboxylase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any active site on a decarboxylase which catalyzes the decarboxylation of D-amino acids
codogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From code + -genic.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Formed via the genetic code
coenesthesia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coenesthesias
form: coenestheses
Etymology: From coen- + -esthesia.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cenesthesia.
Derived terms: acoenesthesia
coformycin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The compound 3,4,7,8-tetrahydro-3-beta-D-ribofuranosyl-imidazo(4,5-d)(1,3)diazepin-8-ol, found in the bacterium Nocardia interforma, proposed as an antineoplastic synergist and immunosuppressant
coglucosidase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From co- + glucosidase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A coenzyme that activates a glucosidase
glass snail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glass snails
Senses: glosses: Certain land snails in family Vitrinidae, having shells of an especially glassy texture, especially genus Vitrina.
whatsapp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whatsapps
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of WhatsApp.
whatsapp
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: whatsapps
form: whatsapping
form: whatsapped
form: whatsapped
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of WhatsApp.
Andon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Andons
Etymology: Borrowed from Galician Andon, a variant of Anton.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Galician.
cono-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: New Latin neoclassical combining form from conus + interconsonantal -o-.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to a cone.
wikipedia: classical compound
worsener
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: worseners
Etymology: From worsen + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Make-believe worseners of human nature and human life, Wertherian, Byronic or à la Musset have given way to the trio of the blackening pen, Flaubert, Zola, Maupassant, and later on their heels comes a wit as brilliant and versatile as Voltaire's, but without Voltaire's hopefulness and faith in humanity — Anatole France. Balzac's work has immensely enriched the intellectual capital of the world, has it made the multitude, the "rascal many," happier or better?
ref: 1911, Matilda Betham-Edwards, French Men, Women and Books: A Series of Nineteenth-century Studies/ by Miss Betham-Edwards, page 89:
text: But those that seek to put all that to rights are very often merely the perpetrators and worseners of the situation. Neurosis has a long arm. Perhaps there are no solutions or perhaps only personal ones. I think it's too late to "save" the world. Certainly Primal Therapy won't do it. So all that is left is to feel how nobody saved you. Then perhaps you'll be able to live more comfortably with the larger reality.
ref: 1974, The Journal of Primal Therapy:
glosses: One who or that which worsens (things), makes things worse.
examples: text: [There] is no suggestion that they were treated differently, for example, from the “worseners” or those who remained the same in the same groups. In reviewing the characteristics of improvers as compared with worseners, a multivariate analysis (to be reported on at a later date) shows no cluster of predictive variables among the almost 100 characteristics recorded. Our data then do not permit prediction of self-care change. It was noted clinically that “improvers” required less nursing care [...]
ref: 1963, American Journal of Public Health: JPH:
text: Thirteen patients improved one point or more (improvers), 18 patients worsened in psychosis one point or more (worseners) and 14 did not change (nonchangers). Patients who improved were able to focus better on the interview, were less hindered by delusions, hallucinated less, were more trusting and were less anxious. d-Amphetamine blood levels were identical for improvers and worseners. The preinfusion psychosis ratings were significantly different among the three groups: [...]
ref: 2013, B. Angrist, G. D. Burrows, M. Lader, Recent Advances in Neuropsycho-Pharmacology: Selected Papers from the 12th Congress of the Collegium Internationale Neuro-Psychopharmacologicum, Göteborg, Sweden, 22-26 June 1980, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 44:
glosses: One who or that which worsens (internally), becomes worse, deteriorates in condition.
raw_tags: in medicine
worseners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of worsener
Eickmeyer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Diotte
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A Québécois surname from French.
Donnelley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish, a variant of Donnelly.
greater omentum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: greater omentums
form: greater omenta
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A large peritoneal fold that extends from the greater curvature of the stomach to the transverse colon.
Synonyms: great omentum
epiploon
Related terms: lesser omentum
Delaporte
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Variant of De La Porte.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Cubitt
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An English surname.
Ceruti
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Eldon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛl.dən/
rhymes: -ɛldən
homophone: elden
Senses: glosses: A village in County Durham, England.
glosses: A locality in Improvement District No. 9, Alberta, Canada.
glosses: An English earldom.
glosses: An English surname.
Chinnery
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: A habitational surname from the town of Saint-Céneri-le-Gérei, Normandy, named after Céneri, an Italian monk who founded a monastery and church the what is the town.
Senses: glosses: An English surname from Anglo-Norman.
wikipedia: Saint-Céneri-le-Gérei
fr:Céneri
lesser omentum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lesser omentums
form: lesser omenta
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A thin peritoneal fold that extends from the liver to the lesser curvature of the stomach and the first part of the duodenum.
Synonyms: small omentum
Related terms: greater omentum
Comar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Old English cumb (“narrow valley, combe”).
Senses: glosses: An English toponymic surname.
Cler
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from French [in turn originating as an occupation], from French clerc (“clergyman, clerk”).
shower shoe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shower shoes
Senses: glosses: A slip-on shoe designed to be worn indoors on wet surfaces.
Burum
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An English habitational surname, derived from the village of Byram, North Yorkshire, itself from Old English bȳre (“byre, shed”).
kicking upstairs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of kick upstairs
Freligh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
colibacillus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: colibacilli
Etymology: From coli + bacillus.
Senses: glosses: Any bacterium of the species Escherichia coli; a coli.
Hefler
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A habitational surname from German, probably from German Hof (“courtyard, farmyard”).
colicinogeny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The production of colicin by a bacterium
Hebden
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hebdens
form: Hebdon
form: Hibdon
Etymology: From Old English hēope (“rosehip”) + denu (“valley”).
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Craven district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0262).
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms: Hebden Bridge
Hebden Royd
colimycin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of colistin.
synonyms: word: colistin
Hindmarsh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hindmarshes
Etymology: Topographic surname for someone who lived by a marsh, from Old English hindan (“behind”) + mersċ (“marsh”).
Australian places were named after John Hindmarsh.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Old English.
glosses: A suburb of Adelaide in the City of Charles Sturt, South Australia.
glosses: A local government area in western Victoria, Australia; in full, the Shire of Hindmarsh.
Hutman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An English habitational surname derived from Holtham or Hougham, Lincolnshire.
collacin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A degenerated form of collagen
Synonyms: collastin
Hoelzle
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Alemannic German Holz (“wood”) + -le (“diminutive suffix”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Alemannic German of Swiss German origin
collastin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A degenerated form of collagen
Synonyms: collacin
collagenation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The formation of collagen in tissue
Synonyms: collagenization
McGoogan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish [in turn originating as a patronymic], from Irish Mag Uiginn (“son of Uiginn”).
collagenosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: collagenoses
Etymology: From collagen + -osis.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Any of a group of diseases that affect connective tissue (rather than collagen)
Synonyms: collagen disease
collagen disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: collagen diseases
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Synonym of collagenosis.
synonyms: word: collagenosis
colliculectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: colliculectomies
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: excision of the seminal colliculus
colliotomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: colliotomies
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: Synonym of adhesiotomy.
synonyms: word: adhesiotomy
Baclayon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Bacacay, Albay, Philippines.
glosses: A municipality of Albay, Philippines.
ever-shifting
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of evershifting.
Bacayan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines.
colloidoclastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of anaphylaxic.
synonyms: word: anaphylaxic
Derived terms: colloidoclastic shock
colloxylin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of pyroxylin.
synonyms: word: pyroxylin
collutorium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: collutoria
Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin collūtōrium, from collūtum, supine of colluere (“to wash thoroughly”).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of mouthwash.
synonyms: word: mouthwash
Related terms: collutory
Baybay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Leyte, Philippines.
Derived terms: Baybay San Roque
Baybay Santa Cruz
Baybay Triunfo
Mababang Baybay
antedependence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antedependences
Etymology: From ante- + dependence.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The dependence of a measure on some previous observations
Related terms: antedependent
apiforol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The flavanol (2S)-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-3,4-dihydro-2H-chromene-4,5,7-triol
apigeninidin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The deoxyanthocyanidin 3-desoxy- pelargonidin 5,7-dihydroxy-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)benzopyrilium
biocolourant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biocolourants
Etymology: From bio- + colourant.
Senses: glosses: A biologically-created colourant
biocolorant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biocolorants
Etymology: From bio- + colorant.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of biocolourant.
planktotrophy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From plankto- + -trophy.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The condition of being planktotrophic or of being a planktotroph
solubilisate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: solubilisates
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of solubilizate.
solubilisates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of solubilisate
Caucasian grouse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Caucasian grouse
form: Caucasian grouses
Senses: glosses: A large bird in the grouse family (Lyrurus mlokosiewiczi).
rock ptarmigan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rock ptarmigans
Senses: glosses: A medium-sized gamebird in the grouse family, Lagopus muta.
Rafanan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Rafanans
Etymology: Borrowed from Ilocano Rafanan. This surname is mostly found in the Ilocos Region of the Philippines.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Ilocano.
white-tailed ptarmigan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: white-tailed ptarmigans
Senses: glosses: The smallest bird in the grouse family, Lagopus leucura.
lesser prairie chicken
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lesser prairie chickens
Senses: glosses: A bird of the grouse family (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus), slightly smaller and paler than its near relative the greater prairie chicken.
dusky grouse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dusky grouse
form: dusky grouses
Senses: glosses: A species of forest-dwelling grouse native to the Rocky Mountains in North America, Dendragapus obscurus.
spruce grouse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spruce grouses
Senses: glosses: A medium-sized grouse closely associated with the coniferous boreal forests or taiga of North America (Dendrapagus canadensis, syn. Falcipennis canadensis).
Synonyms: Canada grouse
spruce hen
Siberian grouse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Siberian grouses
Senses: glosses: A medium-sized grouse, Falcipennis falcipennis.
Masada
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An ancient fortification in southern Israel, situated on top of an isolated rock plateau overlooking the Dead Sea.