cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
excelsior
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛkˈsɛl.si.ɔː/
ipa: /ɛkˈsɛl.si.ɚ/
ipa: /ɪk-/
Etymology: From Latin excelsior, comparative of excelsus (“high”). The name of the stuffing material was originally a trademark. As an exclamation, originating in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem Excelsior (1841), based on the New York state motto. Popularized in the comic book fandom by Marvel Comics editor Stan Lee, who chose the term to sign off his columns as it was an obscure term and would confound competing publishers who imitated his style.
Senses: examples: text: ... and when the shout 'Excelsior!' echoed, up the oaken heights,
Two hundred heels went thundering all at once, Four stairs at every jump
ref: 1851, The Knickerbacker, page 236:
text: Adventurous spirits cried "Excelsior," but having had enough of climbing, with several friends we retraced our steps, and reached the farms, where little girls brought us plates of raspberries, currants, and cherries for a consideration.
ref: 1890, Berwickshire Naturalists' Club (Scotland)., History of the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club: Instituted September 22, 1831, page 90:
text: The bishops cried: "Excelsior!" But the archbishop: "Stay!"
ref: 1894, May Emma Goldworth Kendall, Songs from Dreamland, page 69:
glosses: Onward; a rallying cry for progress.
examples: text: MARTIN PRINCE: Finally, Bart's one of us!
NERDS: Excelsior!
ref: 1993, Frank Mula, “The Last Temptation of Homer”, in The Simpsons, season 5, episode 9:
text: He makes a fake snorting noises with his nose and says “Excelsior to you too then, man” as he pushes up imaginary glasses on his face as if I'm the nerd.
ref: 2014 November 10, Matthew L. Williams, Truth Is, You're Still Dreaming, AuthorHouse, →ISBN:
text: Comic-Con International in San Diego is the exemplar of the con experience. Hold your breath, prepare your Sonic Screwdriver or Batarang, and dive right in. Excelsior!
ref: 2018 April 1, Lonely Planet, Mark Andrew, Amy C Balfour, Sarah Baxter, Andrew Bender, Sara Benson, Alison Bing, Nate Cavalieri, Lisa Dunford, Tom Hall, Lonely Planet Experience USA, Lonely Planet, →ISBN, page 224:
topics: comics
lifestyle
literature
media
publishing
glosses: A greeting, farewell or acclamation.
excelsior
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛkˈsɛl.si.ɔː/
ipa: /ɛkˈsɛl.si.ɚ/
ipa: /ɪk-/
Etymology: From Latin excelsior, comparative of excelsus (“high”). The name of the stuffing material was originally a trademark. As an exclamation, originating in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem Excelsior (1841), based on the New York state motto. Popularized in the comic book fandom by Marvel Comics editor Stan Lee, who chose the term to sign off his columns as it was an obscure term and would confound competing publishers who imitated his style.
Senses: topics: media
printing
publishing
synonyms: word: minikin
glosses: The size of type between Norse and brilliant, standardized as 3-point.
examples: text: These little mangers, with baby dolls representing Jesus, porcelean Josephs and Marys, wide-eyed cows of papier-mâché, and excelsior for straw, were purchased by pious parents for well-behaved children at Christmas-tide.
ref: 1942, Elliot Paul, The Last Time I Saw Paris, Sickle Moon, published 2001, page 91:
text: Working both [of them] at Kroll's then, she selling candy and cashews in a white smock with "Jan" stitched on her pocket and he lugging easy chairs and maple end tables around on the floor above, hammering apart packing crates from nine to five, the itch of the packing excelsior getting into his nose and eyes and making them burn.
ref: 1960, John Updike, 'Rabbit, Run', page 13:
text: Each Pet Rock came in a cardboard carrying case, complete with air holes, tenderly nestled on a bed of excelsior.
ref: 2015 March 31, Margalit Fox, “Gary Dahl, Inventor of the Pet Rock, Dies at 78”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
synonyms: wood wool
glosses: Stuffing material (as for furniture and mattresses) made of slender, curled woodshavings, as a substitute for hair.
Aarhus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑːhuːs/
ipa: /ˈɑɹˌ(h)us/
ipa: /ˈɔrˌ(h)us/
Forms: form: Århus
Etymology: From Danish Aarhus.
Senses: glosses: A city and port in Denmark, in East Jutland; the second-largest city in Denmark.
Aaron's beard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛəɹ.ənz bɪəd/
ipa: /ˈæɹ.ənz bɪəd/
ipa: /ˈɛɹ.ənz bɪɹd/
ipa: /ˈæɹ.ənz bɪɹd/
Forms: form: Aaron's beards
form: Aaron's-beard
Etymology: From the reference in Psalms 133:2 in the Bible.
Senses: glosses: A common name for several plants that have tufts of stamens.
Cymbalaria muralis (ivy-leaved toadflax, Kenilworth ivy)
glosses: A common name for several plants that have tufts of stamens.
Hypericum calycinum (rose of Sharon, great St. John's-wort, Jerusalem star)
glosses: A common name for several plants that have tufts of stamens.
Saxifraga stolonifera (creeping saxifrage, strawberry geranium)
glosses: A common name for several plants that have tufts of stamens.
Opuntia leucotricha (arborescent prickly pear, Aaron's beard cactus)
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see Aaron, -'s, beard.
platypnea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: platypneas
Etymology: From platy- + -pnea, from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús, “flat”) and πνοή (pnoḗ, “breath, breathing”).
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Shortness of breath that occurs when the patient is upright, that is, sufficient breathing only when lying flat.
Hypernyms: sense: shortness of breath
word: dyspnea
A'asia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Alfred Herbert (A'asia) Pty Ltd
ref: 1971, The Australasian engineer: Volume 63:
glosses: Abbreviation of Australasia.
selva
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɛlvə/
Forms: form: selvas
Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese selva, from Latin silva. Doublet of silva.
Senses: glosses: Heavily forested ground in the Amazon basin.
altar boy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: altar boys
Senses: glosses: A boy serving as an acolyte in certain forms of Christianity.
glosses: A young man adhering to traditional values.
Hypernyms: altar server
Coordinate terms: altar girl
Related terms: boy scout
soga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sogas
Senses: glosses: A kind of rope made from esparto.
soga
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sogas
form: sogaing
form: sogaed
form: sogaed
Senses: examples: text: The next morning we sogaed up the horses and set out.
ref: 1902, Hesketh Hesketh-Prichard, Through the Heart of Patagonia, page 161:
glosses: To tie something up with a soga.
germanomethane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From germano- + methane.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: germanium tetrahydride
Synonyms: germanium tetrahydride
germane
monogermane
monogermane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mono- + germane.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Germanium tetrahydride.
Synonyms: germanium tetrahydride
germane
germanomethane
autolytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɔːtəˈlɪtɪk/
rhymes: -ɪtɪk
Etymology: From auto- + -lytic.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Relating to autolysis
jigsaw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɪɡ.sɔː/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɪɡ.sɔ/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɪɡ.sɑ/
Forms: form: jigsaws
Etymology: From jig + saw.
Senses: coordinate_terms: coping saw
fretsaw
sabre saw
glosses: A power saw with fine teeth and a narrow blade which can cut curves in wood or metal.
glosses: A jigsaw puzzle.
examples: text: A rolling programme of platform closures will enable Network Rail to replace 54-year-old signalling and (when complete in 2022) complete a jigsaw of upgrades that started in 2005.
ref: 2021 January 27, “Network News: Signalling work at New Street”, in RAIL, issue 923, page 14:
text: The last piece of the jigsaw dropped into place in July with the stretch of line from Coleford Junction to Meldon Quarry being purchased by Network Rail from Aggregate Industries for a nominal sum.
ref: 2021 November 17, Andrew Mourant, “The Dartmoor Line through time”, in RAIL, number 944, page 43:
glosses: Something that can be compared to a jigsaw puzzle.
Derived terms: abecedarian jigsaw
alphabetical jigsaw
jigsaw identification
jigsawlike
perimetrical jigsaw
jigsaw
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɪɡ.sɔː/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɪɡ.sɔ/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɪɡ.sɑ/
Forms: form: jigsaws
form: jigsawing
form: jigsawed
form: jigsawed
form: jigsawn
Etymology: From jig + saw.
Senses: glosses: To cut something using a jigsaw.
Related terms: reciprocating saw
photoessay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photoessays
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of photo essay.
photo essay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photo essays
Senses: glosses: A series of photographs, sometimes with text, that narrates a story.
Amarillo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /æməˈɹɪloʊ/
ipa: /æməˈɹɪlə/
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish amarillo (“yellow, golden”).
Senses: glosses: A city, the county seat of Potter County, in the northwest plains of Texas, United States.
Related terms: Amarillan
piedra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish piedra (“stone”). Doublet of petra.
Senses: glosses: A hair disease caused by a fungus.
Derived terms: black piedra
chanca piedra
white piedra
Related terms: trichosporosis
autolysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈtɑ.ləˌsɪs/
rhymes: -ɒlɪsɪs
Etymology: From auto- (“self”) + -lysis (“breakdown”).
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
pathology
sciences
glosses: The destruction of an organism's cells by enzymes produced by the organism itself.
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
synonyms: autodigestion
glosses: The autodigestion of the tissues of an organism.
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: The autocytolysis of blood cells.
topics: beverages
food
lifestyle
oenology
wine
glosses: The decomposition of dead yeast cells in wine after fermentation.
examples: text: Autolysis involves combining only the flour and water and letting them sit for 15– 30 minutes before adding the leavening and salt. According to Calvel, this initial preparation gives the starch and the gluten proteins a chance to absorb as much water as possible without the interference of salt, and allows the gluten chains to shorten more […]
ref: 2004, Harold McGee, chapter 10, in On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen, Scribner, →ISBN:
topics: baking
cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: A two-stage mixing process where water and flour are combined first before adding leavening and salt.
Related terms: autolysate
autolytic
autolyze
desensitization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: desensitizations
form: desensitisation
Etymology: From de- + sensitization.
Senses: examples: text: Furthermore, the desensitization steps should be incremental so that the animal experiences little or no fear response during the sessions.
ref: 2015, Ilona Rodan, Sarah Heath, editors, Feline Behavioral Health and Welfare, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, page 43:
glosses: The act or process of desensitizing, of reducing or eliminating sensitivity.
Derived terms: cross-desensitization
eye movement desensitization and reprocessing
heterologous desensitization
desensitisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: desensitization
Etymology: From desensitise + -ation.
Senses: glosses: The act or process of desensitising, of dulling or reducing sensation.
Derived terms: cross-desensitisation
heterologous desensitisation
denaturalisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: denaturalisations
form: denaturalization
Etymology: From de- + naturalisation.
Senses: glosses: The act or process of denaturalising, of changing or destroying the quality (nature) of a thing.
denaturalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: denaturalizations
form: denaturalisation
Etymology: From de- + naturalization.
Senses: examples: text: In each feature of this sovereign friendship (exception, improbable and random unicity, metapolitical transcendence, disproportion, infinite dissymmetry, denaturalization, etc.), it might be tempting to recognize a rupture with Greek philía – a testamentary rupture, as some would hasten to conclude, a palaeo- or neo-testamentary rupture.
ref: 1997, “He Who Accompanies Me”, in George Collins, transl., The Politics of Friendship, London; New York, N.Y.: Verso, translation of Politiques de l’amitié by Jacques Derrida, published 2005, →ISBN, page 185:
glosses: The act or process of denaturalizing, of changing or destroying the quality (nature) of a thing.
examples: text: The Justice Department has long pursued denaturalization on the basis of fraud. A 2016 Homeland Security Department Inspector General report found that at least 858 people had been given US citizenship despite having been deported under a different identity, because their fingerprints had not been in the system.
ref: 2018 June 13, Tal Kopan, “Trump admin creates new office to investigate citizenship fraud”, in CNN:
text: Still, denaturalizations are rare and can only occur in federal court. The Justice Department has filed 228 civil denaturalization cases since 2008, according to a DOJ official. Of the 228 cases, 94 were filed over roughly the last three years, indicating a recent jump in filings, the official said.
ref: 2020 February 26, Priscilla Alvarez, “Justice Department creates section dedicated to denaturalization cases”, in CNN:
glosses: The involuntary removal of citizenship by a country
garbage truck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: garbage trucks
Senses: glosses: A vehicle for the collection and removal of domestic waste
Synonyms: sense: waste collection vehicle
word: bin lorry
sense: waste collection vehicle
word: dustcart
sense: waste collection vehicle
word: refuse truck
sense: waste collection vehicle
word: rubbish truck
sense: waste collection vehicle
word: trash truck
galvanoplastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -æstɪk
Etymology: From galvanoplasty + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to galvanoplasty.
galvanoplasty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From galvano- + -plasty.
Senses: glosses: The process of galvanizing, of coating with a thin layer of metal by electrochemical means.
Derived terms: galvanoplastic
pinfold
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pinfolds
form: penfold
Etymology: From Middle English pinfold, punfold, punfald, variants of Middle English pundfold, pundfald, from Old English pundfald (“pinfold”), equivalent to pound (“pen, enclosure”) + fold.
Senses: examples: text: These drawing near the wood, where close ypent / The wicked sprites in sylvan pinfolds were […]
ref: 1600, Edward Fairfax, The Jerusalem Delivered of Tasso, XIII, xx
text: A little further along the road is the pinfold where stray animals were penned until claimed by their owners.
ref: 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 331, about Redmire:
glosses: An open enclosure for animals, especially an area where stray animals were rounded up if their owners failed to properly supervise their use of common grazing land.
pinfold
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pinfolds
form: pinfolding
form: pinfolded
form: pinfolded
form: penfold
Etymology: From Middle English pinfold, punfold, punfald, variants of Middle English pundfold, pundfald, from Old English pundfald (“pinfold”), equivalent to pound (“pen, enclosure”) + fold.
Senses: glosses: To confine (animals) in a pinfold.
Tzutujil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Tzutujils
form: Tzutujil
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Tz'utujil.
Tzutujil
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Tz'utujil (“a Native American language”).
Bonaparte
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Ultimately from Italian buona (“good”) and parte (“part, share, portion”).
Senses: glosses: A Corsican surname, most notably borne by Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821).
glosses: A former name for the island of Réunion.
Derived terms: Bonapartean
Bonapartesque
Bonapartism
Bonapartist
Abkhaz
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɑbˈkɑz/
other: /æbˈkɑz/
other: /æbˈkæz/
rhymes: (US) -ɑz
Forms: form: Abkhas
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian абха́з (abxáz).
Senses: synonyms: Abkhazian
glosses: Abkhazian: of or pertaining to Abkhazia, the Abkhazian people, or their language.
Abkhaz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɑbˈkɑz/
other: /æbˈkɑz/
other: /æbˈkæz/
rhymes: (US) -ɑz
Forms: form: Abkhaz
form: Abkhas
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian абха́з (abxáz).
Senses: synonyms: Abkhazian
glosses: An Abkhazian; a native or inhabitant of Abkhazia, a region just east of the Black Sea.
Abkhaz
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɑbˈkɑz/
other: /æbˈkɑz/
other: /æbˈkæz/
rhymes: (US) -ɑz
Forms: form: Abkhas
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian абха́з (abxáz).
Senses: synonyms: Abkhazian
Abxazo
glosses: A Northwest Caucasian language spoken in Abkhazia.
Related terms: word: Abkhazia
word: Abkhazian
word: Wiktionary’s coverage of Abkhaz terms
urls: https://iso639-3.sil.org/code/abk
word: ab
alt: SIL
urls: https://iso639-3.sil.org/code/abk
word: abk
word: abk ⁠
Achinese
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Acehnese.
Acholi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈtʃoʊ.li/
Forms: form: Acholis
form: Acholi
form: Acoli
form: Acooli
form: Akoli
form: Atscholi
form: Shuli
Senses: examples: text: To him every Acholi was a rebel, …. Every time we captured an Acholi, we had to kill them, and Drago hated this.
ref: 2004 C. Keitesi ["a former CI soldier who served with the NRM/A in northern Uganda"], in her autobiography, quoted in 2013, Opiyo Oloya, Child to Soldier: Stories from Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army, University of Toronto Press
text: The Acholis had barely given up hunting over a generation and now were growing the main cashcrops which were [...]. When further asked what would be the bride price for an Acholi, he blandly stated it as 100 shillings; ...
ref: 2012, Ramkrishna Mukherjee, The Measure of Time in the Appraisal of Social Reality, Primus Books, →ISBN, page 10:
glosses: A member of people in northern Uganda and southern Sudan.
Acholi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈtʃoʊ.li/
Forms: form: Acoli
form: Acooli
form: Akoli
form: Atscholi
form: Shuli
Senses: glosses: A Nilo-Saharan language spoken primarily by this people, in the districts of Gulu, Kitgum and Pader, a region known as Acholiland in northern Uganda.
Related terms: urls: http://www.acholinet.com/index.php?option=com_joomlaboard&Itemid=43&func=view&id=13&catid=29/
word: About the Acholi people
word: Wiktionary’s coverage of Acholi terms
Adangme
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A Niger-Congo language spoken in southeastern Ghana.
Synonyms: Dangme
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Adangme terms
ada ⁠
carbon fibre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carbon fibres
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of carbon fiber.
Afrihili
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæf.ɹɪˈhiː.li/
ipa: /ˌæf.ɹɪˈhi.li/
rhymes: -hiːli
Etymology: Blend of Africa + Swahili, coined in 1970.
Senses: glosses: A constructed language designed to be used as a lingua franca in all of Africa.
Related terms: alt: SIL
urls: https://iso639-3.sil.org/code/afh
word: afh
carbon fiber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carbon fibers
form: carbon fibre
Senses: glosses: A very strong filament made by the pyrolysis of a synthetic fiber such as rayon.
glosses: A cloth or felt made from these fibers.
examples: text: “Anyone in our industry interested in the state of the art has to look at carbon fiber,” he said, adding that composite bikes could be common in three to five years. “Not only is it strong, and light, but you can position the fibers any way you want, to absorb all the stress you normally find in a bike.”
ref: 1987 June 21, Lawrence M. Fisher, quoting Mr. Kutrumbus, “Shifting Out of Steel, Into Carbon Fiber”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: One problem, though: with prices above $8 a pound for midgrade carbon fiber, the material costs about 20 times as much as the steel it replaces.
ref: 2004 February 9, Tim Moran, “Carbon Fiber: Light but Costly”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
synonyms: word: CFRP
word: carbon
glosses: Ellipsis of carbon fiber reinforced polymer/plastic, a type of strong and lightweight composite material, especially epoxied composite laminate.
boric oxide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A white solid, of empirical formula B₂O₃; it is an inorganic polymer used in making glass and enamel and for synthesizing other boron compounds.
Synonyms: boron trioxide
boron trioxide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A white solid, of empirical formula B₂O₃, that is an inorganic polymer, and is used in making glass and enamel and for synthesizing other boron compounds.
Synonyms: boric oxide
boron nitride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A binary compound of boron and nitrogen, of empirical formula BN; exists in forms analogous to the allotropes of carbon, many of which are inorganic polymers.
boron phosphate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An inorganic polymer, of empirical formula BPO₄, used as a phosphor and a source of dietary boron.
chalcogenide glass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chalcogenide glasses
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of several inorganic polymers of sulphur, selenium and tellurium, that are transparent to infrared radiation and are used in optics.
molybdenum disulphide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of molybdenum disulfide.
molybdenum disulfide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: a black, crystalline inorganic polymer of empirical formula MoS₂ that occurs as the mineral molybdenite and is used as a lubricant having a structure analogous to graphite
phosphazene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phosphazenes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of compounds in which a phosphorous atom is covalently linked to a nitrogen atom by a double bond, and to three other atoms or radicals by single bonds.
Derived terms: cyclotriphosphazene
polyphosphazene
polyphosphazene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polyphosphazenes
Etymology: From poly- + phosphazene.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: an inorganic polymer in which the repeating group is a phosphazene; the general formula is [-N=P(X)₂-]ₙ
fore-give
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: fore-gives
form: fore-giving
form: fore-gave
form: fore-given
Etymology: From fore- + give.
Senses: examples: As commonly mens minds use to fore-give and tell aforehand when there is some mischiefe and ill toward them--Philemon Holland, Livy's Romane historie XXV. xxxv. (1609) 575
glosses: to have a foreboding; to anticipate or predict
phosphorus oxynitride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: an inorganic polymer, of empirical formula PON, used as a flame retardant etc
oxynitride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oxynitrides
Etymology: From oxy- + nitride.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of several inorganic compounds of the general formula Mₓ(ON)_y, some of which are inorganic polymers
Derived terms: aluminium oxynitride
aluminum oxynitride
phosphorus oxynitride
silicon oxynitride
circles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɝkl̩z/
ipa: /ˈsɜːkl̩z/
Senses: glosses: plural of circle
Derived terms: talk in circles
circles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɝkl̩z/
ipa: /ˈsɜːkl̩z/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of circle
polyphosphate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polyphosphates
Etymology: From poly- + phosphate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: any of a class of inorganic polymers containing linked phosphate groups; the low molecular weight polymers, such as sodium tripolyphosphate, are used in water softening and as food additives
Derived terms: ammonium polyphosphate
calcium polyphosphate
calcium sodium polyphosphate
diadenosine polyphosphate
exopolyphosphate
inositol polyphosphate
magnesium polyphosphate
polyphosphatase
sodium tripolyphosphate
tripolyphosphate
silicon nitride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: silicon nitrides
Senses: examples: text: This process provides an unpatternable sheet of silicon nitride that electrically isolates the devices […]
ref: 2005, Paolo Dario, Raja Chatila, Robotics Research: The Eleventh International Symposium, page 506:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An inorganic polymer, of empirical formula Si₃N₄, used in ceramics and some transistors.
hunchback
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhʌnt͡ʃbæk/
Forms: form: hunchbacks
Etymology: Back-formation from hunchbacked.
Senses: glosses: One who is stooped or hunched over.
glosses: A deformed upper spinal column in the shape of a hump in the back.
glosses: A person with kyphosis, a spinal deformity that causes a hunched over appearance.
Synonyms: humpback
stooped
Derived terms: hunchbacked
kyphosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kyphoses
form: cyphosis
Etymology: From Ancient Greek κυφός (kuphós, “humpback, bent”) + -osis.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The normal convex curvature of the spine in the thoracic and sacral regions.
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
synonyms: roundback
Kelso's hunchback
glosses: An abnormal convex curvature of the spine in the cervical or lumbar regions of the spine.
Derived terms: kyphoscoliosis
Related terms: hyperkyphosis
hypokyphosis
kyphometer
kyphotic
rekyphosis
gibbous
humpback
hunchback
lordosis
scoliosis
verdolaga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: verdolagas
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish verdolaga.
Senses: glosses: Portulaca oleracea, common purslane.
provolone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹoʊvəloʊn/
ipa: /pɹoʊvəˈloʊni/
Forms: form: provolones
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian provolone, augmentative of provola.
Senses: glosses: A semi-hard cheese made of whole milk from cows. It comes primarily from Southern Italy.
aclastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /eɪˈklæstɪk/
rhymes: -æstɪk
Senses: glosses: Of ilk nature, or pertaining to aclasis.
glosses: Non-refractive in nature.
Colby cheese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Colby cheeses
Etymology: Named after the town of Colby, Wisconsin, in the United States, where it originated.
Senses: glosses: A mild American cheese similar to cheddar.
wikipedia: en:Colby, Wisconsin
Derived terms: Colby-Jack
Monterey Jack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Monterey Jacks
Etymology: From Monterey + Jack.
Named after the Jacks family of Monterey, California in the United States.
Senses: examples: text: Replace the Parmesan with ¾ cup Monterey Jack, cheddar, or goat cheese.
ref: 2008 January–February, Mark Bittman, “The only 7 meals you need for 2008”, in Men's Health, volume 23, number 1, →ISSN, page 138:
glosses: A mild, white American cheese similar to cheddar.
wikipedia: en:David Jacks (businessman)
en:Monterey, California
Hypernyms: english: all the variants of Monterey Jack
translation: all the variants of Monterey Jack
word: Jack cheese
Derived terms: english: Monterey Jack cheese variant with jalapeno peppers
translation: Monterey Jack cheese variant with jalapeno peppers
word: pepper Jack
english: Monterey Jack cheese mixed with Colby cheese
translation: Monterey Jack cheese mixed with Colby cheese
word: Colby-Jack
anticivic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anticivic
form: most anticivic
Etymology: From anti- + civic.
Senses: glosses: In opposition to citizenship.
examples: text: To summarize the findings, no schema (with the exception of one minor schema of alienation) expresses either anticivic or antidemocratic culture, ...
ref: 1997, Douglas P. Fry, Kaj Björkqvist, Cultural Variation in Conflict Resolution: Alternatives to Violence:
text: Under television's relentlessly negative portrayal of events, the civic culture of optimism, idealism, rationalism, and nationalism was gradually giving way to an anticivic culture of distrust, a sense of political inefficacy, ...
ref: 2002, Harold L. Wilensky, Rich Democracies: Political Economy, Public Policy and Performance:
text: Milton suggests his republicanism by spurning the anticivic implications of Epicurean garden retirement.
ref: 2002, Joshua Scodel, Excess and the Mean in Early Modern English Literature:
glosses: Against the welfare and best interests of citizens and their citizenship.
algesic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -iːzɪk
Etymology: From algesia + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Pain-causing; painful in nature.
glosses: Relating to the level of hypersensitivity to pain.
Derived terms: proalgesic
thermoalgesic
araucaria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /arɔːˈkɛːri.ə/
ipa: /ærɔˈkɛ.ri.ə/
note: Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ɛr-/
ipa: /rɑˈ-/
rhymes: -ɛəɹi.ə
Forms: form: araucarias
Etymology: From translingual Araucaria, after Spanish Arauco (“Chilean province”), from Mapudungun rag ko.
Senses: glosses: An individual plant (tree) of the genus Araucaria.
Related terms: the English noun Araucaria
anti-novel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anti-novels
Senses: examples: text: It could indeed be argued that, in significant literary history, the anti-novel preceded the novel.
glosses: Alternative spelling of antinovel.
Generica
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /d͡ʒəˈnɛɹɪkə/
Etymology: Blend of generic + America.
Senses: examples: text: Chandler commanded a spotlight at the far end of the stage at Picker’s Supply Concert Hall downtown last Friday night. There, he was loudly ranting about a commercial wasteland he called the “United States of Generica.”
ref: 1994 November 3, Amy Satterthwaite, “In Their Own Words”, in The Free Lance-Star:
text: The valley areas are split up into regular grids of stores and restaurants, and you're never more than a five-minute drive from a Starbucks or Borders or Baby Gap, the building blocks of Generica.
ref: 1998, Michael Marshall Smith, One of Us, New York: Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 48:
text: It is generica that plagues the outskirts of every medium-sized city with its strip malls and fast-food stops and traffic lights; it is generica that always persuades me to drive off quite confidently in the wrong direction.
ref: 1999, Helen Husher, Off the Leash, Countryman Press, →ISBN, pages 20–21:
glosses: Features of the landscape such as fire hydrants, letterboxes, fast-food chains, streets called "Main", etc., that are the same throughout the United States.
Araucaria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /arɔːˈkɛːri.ə/
ipa: /ærɔˈkɛ.ri.ə/
note: Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ɛr-/
ipa: /rɑˈ-/
rhymes: -ɛəɹi.ə
rhymes: -ɛəɹi.ə
Forms: form: Araucarias
Senses: examples: text: He was particularly fond of mainland Australia's two Araucarias — the Bunya Pine and the Hoop Pine.
ref: 2010, Richard Allen, Kimbal Baker, Australia's Remarkable Trees, →ISBN:
glosses: A species of the genus Araucaria.
Related terms: the English noun araucaria
Gruyère
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡruːjɛə/
ipa: /ˈɡriːjɛə/
ipa: /ɡruˈjɛɹ/
ipa: /ɡriˈjɛɹ/
Forms: form: Gruyères
form: gruyere
Etymology: Named after the town of Gruyères, Switzerland, from Medieval Latin Gruerius, from Swiss French grue (“crane”).
Senses: examples: text: So many Gruyères are chopped […]
ref: 1935, Advertising & Selling, volume 26, page 27:
text: Several cheeses fall into the Gruyère family. First and foremost is Swiss Gruyère. It is softer and smoother than Emmental and considered to be a better cooking cheese. The finest Gruyère has a slight dampness in its pea-sized eyes. The French cheese Beaufort, known as the Prince of Gruyères, is higher in butterfat than most Gruyères and has a sticky moist rind from the bacteria linens.
ref: 2000, Paula Lambert, The Cheese Lover’s Cookbook and Guide: Over 150 Recipes, with Instruction on How to Buy, Store, and Serve All Your Favorite Cheeses, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 35:
text: Cheese was traditionally made using rennet taken from the stomachs of slaughtered calves; some cheeses, such as Parmesan, Gorgonzola, most Gruyères and Roquefort, still are.
ref: 2012, Rose Elliot, 30-Minute Vegetarian, London: Collins, →ISBN:
glosses: A hard yellow cheese originating from Gruyères, Switzerland and made in the cantons of Fribourg.
Gruyère
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡruːjɛə/
ipa: /ˈɡriːjɛə/
ipa: /ɡruˈjɛɹ/
ipa: /ɡriˈjɛɹ/
Forms: form: gruyere
Etymology: Named after the town of Gruyères, Switzerland, from Medieval Latin Gruerius, from Swiss French grue (“crane”).
Senses: glosses: A local government district in Fribourg canton, Switzerland; in full, Gruyère District.
aerates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of aerate
gelastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /d͡ʒəˈlæstɪk/
rhymes: -æstɪk
Etymology: From γελαστής (gelastḗs, “laughter”), from γελάω (geláō, “I laugh”) + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to laughter, used in laughing, or to be the subject of laughter.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to a particularly severe form of epileptic fit, in which there is a sudden burst of energy.
Derived terms: hypergelastic
misogelastic
Related terms: agelast
agelastic
hypergelast
katagelasticism
aerating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of aerate
aerated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: aeriated
form: airyated
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of aerate
aerated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more aerated
form: most aerated
form: aeriated
form: airyated
Senses: glosses: Supplied or infused with air or oxygen.
examples: text: Linda Meeks put her head round the door. ‘I heard you shouting, Carly. You all right?’ ‘Of course I’m all right. I just got a bit aerated.’
ref: 1999, Ruth Rendell, Harm done, Hutchinson, page 342:
text: BTW why are you so aerated about it? Is there never a space for your second car?
ref: 2006 March 13, R. Mark Clayton, “Re: Bad neighbours!”, in alt.uk.law (Usenet), retrieved 19 Oct 2015:
text: I do not see why players get so aerated over this: do they really want to win at this game unfairly?
ref: 2007 January 15, David Stevenson, “Re: logical alternative?”, in rec.games.bridge (Usenet), retrieved 19 Oct 2015:
text: I was risk averse at the best of times and due to Malcolm's infamous temper – and we are talking about the man who got so aerated over some missing sales figures that he actually passed out – I had taken it as my mission at work to eliminate risk completely.
ref: 2011, Allie Spencer, Summer Loving, page 9:
text: Stupid thing for me to get so aerated about.
ref: 2015, Marguerite Kaye, The Soldier's Dark Secret, page 48:
synonyms: bothered
frustrated
annoyed
agitated
pissed off
glosses: Annoyed or agitated.
Derived terms: aerated bread
hyperaerated
nonaerated
unaerated
siloxane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: siloxanes
Etymology: from silicon + oxygen + alkane
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of compound having a short repeating unit of silicon and oxygen atoms (either in a chain or a ring), typically with organic side chains
Derived terms: dimethylsiloxane
disiloxane
heterosiloxane
hexasiloxane
octasiloxane
oligosiloxane
organosiloxane
pentasiloxane
polydimethylsiloxane
polysiloxane
tetrasiloxane
trisiloxane
sulphur nitride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sulphur nitrides
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sulfur nitride.
sulfur nitride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: a simple binary compound of sulfur and nitrogen, S₄N₄, having a ring structure; it is explosive
topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: an inorganic polymer, [SN]ₙ, that has metallic properties
Synonyms: tetrasulfur tetranitride
tetrasulfur tetranitride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: a simple binary compound of sulfur and nitrogen, S₄N₄, having a ring structure; it is explosive
Related terms: sulfur nitride
tetrasulphur tetranitride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of tetrasulfur tetranitride.
redirects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of redirect
redirects
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of redirect
baria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɛəɹi.ə/
rhymes: -ɛəɹi.ə
Etymology: From barium + -a; compare strontia.
Senses: glosses: baryta
baria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɛəɹi.ə/
rhymes: -ɛəɹi.ə
Forms: form: bareia
form: varia
Etymology: From Ancient Greek βαρεῖα (bareîa).
Senses: topics: communications
journalism
literature
media
orthography
publishing
typography
writing
glosses: An Ancient Greek pitch-marking diacritic: ⟨ ` ⟩; written atop vowels, it denotes normal or low pitch.
baryta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: bə-rī'-tə
ipa: /bəˈɹaɪ.tə/
Forms: form: barytas
Etymology: From New Latin baryta, from Ancient Greek βαρύτης (barútēs, “heaviness”), from βαρύς (barús, “heavy”).
Senses: glosses: Any of several compounds of barium, especially barium sulphate and barium hydroxide.
Derived terms: barium
barytic
biolytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪtɪk
Etymology: From bio- + -lytic.
Senses: glosses: of, or relating to the destruction of life
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Broken down by a biochemical process
Related terms: biolysis
biolysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bio- + -lysis.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The decomposition of tissue and the subsequent death of the organism
glosses: the decomposition of organic material by living organisms, especially by microorganisms.
Derived terms: photobiolysis
biotype
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biotypes
Etymology: From bio- + type.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A group of organisms having the same specific genotype
Derived terms: biotypic
pathobiotype
biotype
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: biotypes
form: biotyping
form: biotyped
form: biotyped
Etymology: From bio- + type.
Senses: glosses: To sort, arrange of classify into such groups
carbonisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: carbonisations
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of carbonization.
preschool
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹiːskuːl/
Forms: form: pre-school
Etymology: From pre- + school.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the years of early childhood before attendance at primary school.
Related terms: preschooler
preschool
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹiːskuːl/
Forms: form: preschools
form: pre-school
Etymology: From pre- + school.
Senses: examples: text: What could you do with the transumer trend in your agency? What about a coffee cart where parents pick up their children from preschool or classes?
ref: 2015, Timothy S O'Connell, Brent Cuthbertson, Terilyn J. Goins, Leadership in Recreation and Leisure Services, →ISBN:
text: In a study published in late July in the Journal of Sleep Research, researchers looked at how 1,619 children in China were doing in terms of sleep. The children, ages 4, 5 and 6, were recruited from 11 preschools in the province of Guizhou, in the city of Zunyi, about 650 miles from Wuhan.
ref: 2020 August 17, Perri Klass, “How Children’s Sleep Habits Have Changed in the Pandemic”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 Aug 2020, The Checkup:
glosses: A nursery school.
glosses: A school including nursery and kindergarten. It is succeeded by elementary school.
preschool
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹiːskuːl/
Forms: form: preschools
form: preschooling
form: preschooled
form: preschooled
form: pre-school
Etymology: From pre- + school.
Senses: glosses: To provide nursery school education for.
glosses: To undergo nursery school education.
colorimeter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: colorimeters
form: colourimeter
Etymology: From color + -meter. Compare Latin color, colōris.
Senses: examples: text: It was, however, the need to distinguish specifically between different brown colours which led to the world's first colorimeter.
ref: 2002, Victoria Finlay, Colour, Sceptre, published 2003, page 113:
glosses: Any of various instruments designed to determine the color of something, by comparison with standard colors or by spectroscopy.
qualifier: analytical chemistry
glosses: An analytic instrument that estimates the concentration of a substance in a sample by measuring its color against the solution's complementary color.
Derived terms: microcolorimeter
photocolorimeter
Related terms: colorimetric
colorimetrical
colorimetrically
colorimetry
colourimeter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: colourimeters
Etymology: From color + -meter.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of colorimeter.
rebate plane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rebate planes
Senses: glosses: a hand plane designed for cutting rebates in wood
Synonyms: rabbet plane
striations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of striation
ridges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: rĭjʹĭz
ipa: /ˈɹɪd͡ʒɪz/
rhymes: -ɪdʒɪz
Senses: glosses: plural of ridge
ridges
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: rĭjʹĭz
ipa: /ˈɹɪd͡ʒɪz/
rhymes: -ɪdʒɪz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ridge
Limburger cheese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Limburger cheeses
Etymology: From Dutch and German Limburger (“of the region of Limburg”).
Senses: synonyms: Limburger
glosses: A creamy, soft cheese with a mild taste and a pungent odor.
paramecium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpæ.ɹəˈmiː.si.əm/
ipa: /ˌpɛ.ɹəˈmi.si.əm/
Forms: form: paramecia
form: parameciums
Etymology: From Ancient Greek παραμήκης (paramḗkēs, “oval”), from μῆκος (mêkos, “length”).
Senses: examples: text: The sun beats on his eyelids; inside them a paramecium revolves. A blink and it changes pattern like a kaleidoscope.
ref: 1983, Robert Drewe, The Bodysurfers, Penguin 2009, page 144:
text: Edgar noticed that Clyde was wearing a necktie with a driblet design. The little figures made him think of paramecia, sinister organisms with gullets and feeding grooves.
ref: 1997, Don DeLillo, Underworld, 2003 edition, →ISBN, page 560:
glosses: An oval-shaped protozoan organism of the genus Paramecium.
Synonyms: slipper animalcule
paregoric
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pæɹɪˈɡɒɹɪk/
ipa: /pɛɹɪˈɡɔɹɪk/
Forms: form: paregorics
form: paregorick
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek παρηγορικός (parēgorikós, “soothing”), from παρηγορέω (parēgoréō, “to console, comfort”).
Senses: examples: text: They bought paregoric in the drug store and drank it. They formed a drugged and stupefied line against the side of the drug store building. Studs was so helpless that Red Kelly had to take him home.
ref: 1934, James T. Farrell, chapter 16, in The Young Manhood of Studs Lonigan:
text: My local doctor promises to accompany me ashore, spare no expense to obtain powerful paregorics & remain at my bedside until my recovery is compleat, even if Prophetess must leave for California without us.
ref: 2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Hodder and Stoughton, →ISBN:
glosses: A painkiller; a medicine which soothes or relieves pain; specifically the traditional patent medicine consisting of camphorated tincture of opium.
Derived terms: word: PG
paregoric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /pæɹɪˈɡɒɹɪk/
ipa: /pɛɹɪˈɡɔɹɪk/
Forms: form: more paregoric
form: most paregoric
form: paregorick
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek παρηγορικός (parēgorikós, “soothing”), from παρηγορέω (parēgoréō, “to console, comfort”).
Senses: examples: text: paregoric elixir
glosses: Assuaging or soothing pain.
paresis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pəˈɹiːsɪs/
Forms: form: pareses
Etymology: From New Latin, from Ancient Greek πάρεσις (páresis, “letting go, paralysis”), from παρίημι (paríēmi, “relax”), from παρα- (para-) + ἵημι (híēmi, “let go”).
Senses: glosses: A paralysis which is incomplete or which occurs in isolated areas.
examples: text: "You really touch the limit," said he. "You enlarge my view of the possible. Cerebral paresis! Mental inertia! Wonderful!" He was too absurd to make me angry.
ref: 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
glosses: Inflammation of the brain as a cause of dementia or paralysis.
Derived terms: diparesis
gastroparesis
general paresis
hemiparesis
monoparesis
ophthalmoparesis
paraparesis
psychoparesis
quadriparesis
taboparesis
tetraparesis
paretic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /pəˈɹɛtɪk/
Forms: form: more paretic
form: most paretic
Etymology: From paresis.
Senses: examples: text: In the darkness she could see the group of paretic patients sitting between their nurses in the front row.
ref: 1970, J. G. Ballard, The Atrocity Exhibition:
glosses: Pertaining to paresis.
Derived terms: gastroparetic
nonparetic
paraparetic
tetraparetic
paretic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /pəˈɹɛtɪk/
Forms: form: paretics
Etymology: From paresis.
Senses: glosses: A person who has paresis.