cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
clamato
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kləˈmeɪtəʊ/
ipa: /kləˈmɑːtəʊ/
Forms: form: clamatos
Etymology: From Clamato, a blend of clam + tomato trademarked (if not coined) by Mott's.
Senses: examples: text: Howard watched his wife calmly pour herself a third glass of clamato juice.
ref: 2005, Zadie Smith, On Beauty, Penguin Books (2006), page 10:
glosses: A beverage made from clam juice and tomato juice (especially this concoction as produced by Mott's) used to make Bloody Caesar cocktails.
wikipedia: Mott's
bubble level
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bubble levels
Senses: glosses: A tool employing a chamber with a colored liquid and an air bubble, used to determine if a surface is level horizontally, vertically, or at a 45-degree angle.
Synonyms: spirit level
head cold
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: head colds
form: head-cold
form: headcold
Senses: examples: text: Wroe would put a pillow in the oven, lay his head on it, and let the oven be heated as hot as he could bear it, to drive away a head cold.
ref: 1874, Sabine Baring-Gould, Yorkshire Oddities, Incidents and Strange Events, page 54:
text: I am well except a head cold.
ref: 1880, Emily Elizabeth Parsons, Memoir of Emily Elizabeth Parsons, page 50:
text: It is unwise to dive with a head cold.
ref: 1971, Nicholas B. Zinkowski, Commercial Oil-field Diving, page 22:
text: A medical analogy: You have a head cold so you go to the doctor for advice.
ref: 2005, David Hoyle, ISO 9000 Quality Systems Handbook, page 608:
glosses: A common cold (illness).
Synonyms: word: pose
Related terms: chest cold
head colds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of head cold
ATC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ATCs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of approval to connect.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of air traffic controller.
ATC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of air traffic control.
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: Initialism of automatic train control.
Coordinate terms: sense: air traffic control
word: ACC
sense: air traffic control
word: ARTCC
sense: air traffic control
word: RAPCON
sense: air traffic control
word: TRACON
sense: rail
word: ATO
sense: rail
english: positive train control
translation: positive train control
word: PTC
ATC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: card-games
poker
glosses: Initialism of any two (pocket) cards.
ATC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Air Training Corps (a British youth organisation sponsored by the Ministry of Defence and the Royal Air Force).
glosses: Initialism of Air Transport Command (an air transport branch of the US Air Force until June 1 1948, when it was merged with the Naval Air Transport Service to create MATS).
synonyms: Town
glosses: Initialism of Alabang Town Center (a mall in Alabang, Muntinlupa, Philippines).
soundtracks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of soundtrack
soundtracks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of soundtrack
gannets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gannet
gannets
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of gannet
corses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of corse
metasilicate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metasilicates
Etymology: From meta- + silicate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The oxyanion of silicon SiO₃²⁻ or any salt or mineral containing this ion
Synonyms: bisilicate
Hypernyms: silicate
methacrylic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From meth- + acrylic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to methacrylic acid or its derivatives
Derived terms: methacrylate
methacryloyl
polymethacrylic
methanoate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: methanoates
Etymology: From methanoic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of methanoic acid; a formate.
methanoic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From methane + -oic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
synonyms: formic
glosses: Of or pertaining to methanoic acid or its derivatives; having the group HCOO-.
Derived terms: methanoate
methanoic acid
methanoic anhydride
methanolic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From methanol + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: The catalyst solution (0.5M methanolic sodium methoxide) is made by dissolving dry sodium in anhydrous methanol and is stable for several months.
ref: 1999, F. D. Gunstone, Lipid Synthesis and Manufacture, page 324:
text: In the case Anabaena fertilissima only two extracts i.e. methanolic and ethyl acetate extracts were found active as compared to previously studied Anabaena variabilis.
ref: 2009, Purshotam Kaushik, Cyanobacteria: Antibacterial Activity, page 147:
glosses: Submersed or dissolved in, or obtained with the use of methanol.
Derived terms: hydromethanolic
methanolic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: methanolics
Etymology: From methanol + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: The residue was now an amorphous powder, which could be almost completely dissolved in 250 cc. of warm methanol. This methanolic was treated with decolorizing charcoal, filtered, and concentrated, yielding small white cubic crystals, […]
ref: 1960, Clyde de Clifford Willson, Studies in the Pyrrole Series:
text: The isolates tested showed the highest susceptibility to the extracts with higher phenolic compounds content, ie the methanolics.
ref: 2014 January, V Pereira, C Dias, MC Vasconcelos, E Rosa, MJ Saavedra, “Antibacterial activity and synergistic effects between Eucalyptus globulus leaf residues (essential oils and extracts) and antibiotics against several isolates of respiratory tract infections (Pseudomonas aeruginosa)”, in Industrial Crops and Products, volume 52:
text: Methanolics and aqueous leaf extracts revealed the presences of alkaloids, tannins, phenols and flavonoid in high amount in most of the plants.
ref: 2015, TB Saidu, M Galadima, ME Abalaka, AA Jigam, “Antibacterial activity of eight medicinal plants against Diarrhoea pathogens”, in Nigerian Journal of Technological Research, volume 10, number 1:
text: The residues remaining from removal of free methanolics after the heat treatments described in above section were subjected to hydrolysis with 25 ml of alkaline solution (0.1 M NaOH; pH 12.0) at 24°C/12 hr and then subjected to centrifugation for 10 min at 10,000 × g.
ref: 2019 May, Muhammad H. Alu’datt, Taha Rababah, Stan Kubow, Inteaz Alli, “Molecular changes of phenolic–protein interactions in isolated proteins from flaxseed and soybean using Native‐PAGE, SDS‐PAGE, RP‐HPLC, and ESI‐MS analysis”, in Journal of Food Biochemistry, volume 43, number 5:
text: The P. nodiflora methanolic was studied for antidiabetic effect in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats.
ref: 2023 August 7, T. Pullaiah, Phytochemistry and Pharmacology of Medicinal Plants, 2-volume set, CRC Press, →ISBN:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A compound that contains methanol.
methoxy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: methoxys
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The univalent radical CH₃-O- derived from methanol
Derived terms: 5-methoxy-dimethyltryptamine
aminomethoxy
cefoxitin
clometocillin
desmethoxyyangonin
dimethoxy
dimethoxybenzene
dimethoxyflavone
dimethoxymethamphetamine
dimethoxymethane
heptamethoxyflavone
imoxiterol
lomerizine
lometraline
meglitinide
mestranol
methoxyamphetamine
methoxybenzyl
methoxychalcone
methoxydimethyltryptamine
methoxyeleutherin
methoxyethyl
methoxyflurane
methoxymethane
methoxymethyl
methoxypyrazine
metoprolol
mexiprostil
mibefradil
monomethoxy
monomethoxypolyethylene glycol
motrazepam
motretinide
moxaverine
moxazocine
moxestrol
moxifloxacin
nabumetone
nimodipine
promestriene
remoxipride
sarmoxicillin
sulfamethoxypyridazine
sulfametoxydiazine
trifluoromethoxy
trimethoxy
trimethoxyamphetamine
methylating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of methylate
methylating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: That methylates
Derived terms: hypomethylating
methylate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: methylates
form: methylating
form: methylated
form: methylated
Etymology: From methyl + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Senses: glosses: To add, or treat with methyl alcohol (see methylated spirits)
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: To add a methyl group to a compound
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To add a methyl group to a nucleic acid as part of the process of gene expression
Derived terms: automethylate
biomethylate
demethylate
homomethylate
hypermethylate
hypomethylate
methylatable
methylator
mismethylate
monomethylate
remethylate
transmethylate
trimethylate
Related terms: methylation
methylate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: methylates
Etymology: From methyl + -ate (“derivative”)
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The anion -O-CH₃⁻ derived from methanol by loss of a proton; any salt containing this anion
methyllithium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From methyl + lithium.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The binary organometallic compound CH₃Li that is used in organic synthesis
methylmagnesium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From methyl + magnesium.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The univalent organometallic radical CH₃Mg- that is a part of several Grignard reagents
methylpotassium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From methyl + potassium.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The binary organometallic compound CH₃K that is used in organic synthesis
apple midges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of apple midge
methylsodium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From methyl + sodium.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The binary organometallic compound CH₃Na that is used in organic synthesis
microanalytical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more microanalytical
form: most microanalytical
Etymology: From micro- + analytical.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or employing microanalysis
ankuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ankus
animalities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of animality
Aron
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Hebrew, a less common spelling of Aaron.
absentee voting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Any of several methods of allowing people to vote without attending an official voting station
Related terms: postal voting
microgenerator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microgenerators
Etymology: From micro- + generator.
Senses: glosses: A very small generator
microscale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microscales
form: micro scale
form: micro-scale
Etymology: From micro- + scale.
Senses: glosses: A very small or microscopic scale.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The scale of microanalysis.
glosses: A scale of physical consideration or of bounds having a characteristic dimension typically ranging from 1 to 999 µm (under 1 mm).
microscale
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: micro scale
form: micro-scale
Etymology: From micro- + scale.
Senses: topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
glosses: Extending over a relatively small area, particularly less than 1 kilometer; smaller than mesoscale.
Derived terms: submicroscale
monoene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monoenes
form: mono-ene
Etymology: From mono- + -ene.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An alkene having a single double bond
Related terms: monoenic
monoetherate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monoetherates
Etymology: From mono- + etherate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any compound having a single etherate group
contraterrene
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌkɒntɹətəˈɹiːn/
Forms: form: contra-terrene
form: contra terrene
Etymology: From contra- (“against”) + terrene.
Senses: examples: text: This means just one thing: the instant contraterrene matter struck ordinary matter, a terrific explosion would occur!
ref: 1952, Science Digest, volume 31, page 67:
text: Then I started jacking up the voltage, and modified the thing with a double-polarity field somewhat similar to the molecular motion field except that it works on a sub-nucleonic level. As a result, about half of the lead fed into the chamber became contraterrene lead! The atoms just turned themselves inside out, so to speak, giving us an atom with positrons circling a negatively charged nucleus.
ref: 1957, John W. Campbell, Islands of Space:
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
synonyms: seetee
antonyms: terrene
glosses: Made of or pertaining to antimatter.
raw_tags: in physics
monohydride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monohydrides
Etymology: From mono- + hydride.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any hydride having a single hydrogen atom
monoimine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monoimines
Etymology: From mono- + imine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any compound having a single imine group
mononitrate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mononitrates
Etymology: From mono- + nitrate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any nitrate having a single nitrate anion
monophosphide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monophosphides
Etymology: From mono- + phosphide.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any phosphide having a single phosphorus atom
Derived terms: arsenic monophosphide
monosulfide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monosulfides
form: monosulphide
Etymology: From mono- + sulfide.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any sulfide having a single sulfur atom
monoxime
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monoximes
Etymology: From mono- + oxime.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any compound having a single oxime group
monofunctional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mono- + functional.
Senses: glosses: Having a single function
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Having a single functional group
Derived terms: monofunctionally
monolithium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mono- + lithium.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A single lithium atom in a compound
monorubidium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mono- + rubidium.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A single rubidium atom in a compound
Ahasuerus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /əˈhæz.wə.ɹəs/
Etymology: From Hebrew אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ (Akhashverósh) from Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐎹𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎠 (x-š-y-a-r-š-a /⁠xšayāršā⁠/, “ruler among kings”). Cognates include Xerxes from Ancient Greek Ξέρξης (Xérxēs), from the same Old Persian name.
Senses: glosses: A king of Persia, later identified with Xerxes.
glosses: A name given to the Wandering Jew.
monosilver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mono- + silver.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A single silver atom in a compound
mononitration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mononitrations
Etymology: From mono- + nitration.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any nitration reaction in which a single nitro group is introduced into a compound.
monopropellant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monopropellants
Etymology: From mono- + propellant.
Senses: glosses: Any propellant that consists of a single substance, or of a mixture of fuel and oxidant in the same container
Synonyms: word: monofuel
word: monoprop
Hypernyms: propellant
Derived terms: word: monoprop
Related terms: propellant
bipropellant
morpholine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: morpholines
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A six-membered, saturated heterocycle tetrahydro-1,4-oxazine containing four carbon atoms, one nitrogen and one oxygen atom; it has a number of industrial applications.
Synonyms: tetrahydrooxazine
Hyponyms: amorolfine
aprepitant
dextromoramide
emodepside
fedrilate
filenadol
fosaprepitant
gefitinib
levomoramide
linezolid
linsidomine
molindone
morclofone
moricizine
morinamide
morniflumate
morpholino
nimorazole
phenadoxone
phendimetrazine
phenmetrazine
pinaverium
pramocaine
reboxetine
rivaroxaban
rocuronium
timolol
viloxazine
xamoterol
Derived terms: moclobemide
mofarotene
morpholinone
tiemonium
Related terms: morpholinium
multimolar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + molar.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing a concentration of a solution that is some multiple of molar
naphthyridine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: naphthyridines
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A bicyclic heterocycle containing a pyridine ring fused to that of dihydropyridine ring
napththyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: napththyls
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Either of the two isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals derived from naphthalene
neutralisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neutralisations
form: neutralization
Etymology: From French neutralisation. By surface analysis, neutralise + -ation.
Senses: examples: text: Its first act upon its arrival — or, depending on the degree of intelligent agency you ascribed to it, the first side-effect of its arrival — was the neutralisation of the Foundation. In the space of a night, an international staff of tens of thousands disappeared into oblivion, or became amnesiac, or simply dropped brain-dead where they were standing. Foundation Sites became hollow, inaccessible dead zones. A few anomalies broke containment in the chaos, to devastating effect; thousands of others were choked into irrelevant obscurity beneath SCP-3125's antimemetic pressure.
ref: 26 August 2019, qntm, “Unthreaded”, in There Is No Antimemetics Division, →ISBN, pages 161–162:
glosses: The act of neutralising.
Derived terms: seroneutralisation
vironeutralisation
nickelate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nickelates
Etymology: From nickel + -ate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of several anions containing a central nickel atom bonded to oxygen or oxygen-containing groups; any salt containing these anions.
Derived terms: cyanonickelate
hexacyanonickelate
tetracyanonickelate
spakona
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spakonas
Etymology: From Old Norse spákona.
Senses: glosses: A seeress, a prophetess, in Old Norse society.
Related terms: spae
nickelocene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nickelocenes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The nickel metallocene bis(cyclopentadienyl)nickel.
forked tongue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: forked tongues
Senses: glosses: The split tongue of a snake.
examples: text: This man has a forked tongue and lacks credibility.
ref: 2008 March 10, Kavi Chongkittavorn, “OPINION: Regional Perspective”, in The Nation, Bangkok, Thailand, retrieved 26 Mar 2008:
glosses: The characteristic of deceptiveness; duplicity; untruthfulness.
Derived terms: speak with a forked tongue
Related terms: Janus-faced
viperine
nitramide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nitramides
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The compound NH₂-NO₂
speak with a forked tongue
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: speaks with a forked tongue
form: speaking with a forked tongue
form: spoke with a forked tongue
form: spoken with a forked tongue
Etymology: * Possibly from the split tongue of a snake.
Senses: examples: text: He's spoken with a forked tongue to reporters, and his explanations for launching a probe don't pass the plausibility and credibility tests.
ref: 2008 March 26, “Let a real "probe" begin”, in Sandusky Register online, retrieved 26 Mar 2008:
glosses: To speak deceptively; to be duplicitous or untruthful.
Related terms: out of both sides of one's mouth
posticipate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: posticipates
form: posticipating
form: posticipated
form: posticipated
Etymology: From the Latin verb posticipare, composed of post (“later, after”) + cipare (“as in cipere, to take part”).
Senses: synonyms: postpone
glosses: To do something later, when the time has come.
nitrating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of nitrate
nitrating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: That promotes nitration
nitroamide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nitroamides
Etymology: From nitro- + amide.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any N-nitro derivative of an amide
nitroamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nitroamines
Etymology: From nitro- + amine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any N-nitro derivative of an amine
scrubwoman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scrubwomen
Etymology: From scrub + woman.
Senses: coordinate_terms: scrubman
glosses: A woman employed to do general housework, such as cleaning a house or office.
Synonyms: charwoman
scrubwomen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scrubwoman
nitroaromatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From nitro- + aromatic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing any aromatic compound containing one or more nitro groups
nitroaromatic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nitroaromatics
Etymology: From nitro- + aromatic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Such a compound
nitroaryl
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From nitro- + aryl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing any aryl radical containing one or more nitro groups
nitroaryl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nitroaryls
Etymology: From nitro- + aryl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Such a radical
nitrocarbon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nitrocarbons
Etymology: From nitro- + carbon.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any nitro derivative of a hydrocarbon, especially of an aliphatic hydrocarbon
nitroethane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From nitro- + ethane.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The aliphatic nitro compound CH₃-CH₂-NO₂ that is used as a specialist solvent, and as a fuel additive
nitroform
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From nitro- + form.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The explosive nitro compound CH(NO₂)₃, analogous to chloroform; trinitromethane
stony broke
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: stony-broke
Etymology: From stony (“like a stone”) + broke, after earlier stone broke.
Senses: examples: text: He had arrived at a crisis of impecuniosity compared to which the small circumstance of being pebble-beached and stony-broke might be described as comparative affluence.
ref: 1890, Albert Barrère et al., A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon, and Cant, volume II, page 120:
glosses: Alternative form of broke: without any money.
Synonyms: impoverished
Derived terms: english: as 'broke'
translation: as 'broke'
word: stony
nitrohumic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From nitro- + humic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to nitrohumic acid or its derivative
nitrohumic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nitrohumic acids
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a range of compounds obtained by the nitration of coal, sometimes used as soil conditioners or in ion exchange
Alphonsine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin Alphōnsīnus.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Alfonsine.
Alphonsine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Alphonsines
Etymology: From Latin Alphōnsīnus.
Senses: examples: text: Foꝛ Hipparchus and Ptholomie, haue ſtabliſhed in their time the quantity of the Tropicke yeare, to bee of 365. dayes, 5. houres, 55. minutes, and 12. ſeconds. The Alphonſines, of 365. dayes, 5. houres, 55. minutes, and 12. ſeconds, […]
ref: 1599, Tho[mas] Hill, “What the Offices or Vtilities of the Equinoctiall Are”, in The Schoole of Skil: […], London: […] T[homas] Iudson, for W[illiam] Iaggard, →OCLC, 2nd part (Of the Sphericall Elements of the Celestiall Circles, with the Vses of the Same Circles), page 77:
text: For its manifeſt, that Ptotomy could never deſcribe either the Motion of the Equinoxes, or aſſign the certain and poſitive beginning of the Year: the which he ingeniouſly confeſſeth in Lib. 3. De Almageſt. Magnum. Ch. 2. and which he leaveth to be diſcovered in after times by thoſe Aſtronomers, who coming into the World much later than he, might be able to invent ſome way to make more accurate obſervations. And although the Alphonſines & Thebith Ben Core have attempted to explain them; yet it appeareth that they have done as much as nothing. For the Poſitions of the Alphonſines diſagree amongſt themſelves, as Ricius proveth.
ref: 1661, Benedetto Castelli, “Of the Mensuration of Running Waters. […] Lib. II. To the Right Honourable, Monsignore D. Ferrante Cesarini.”, in Thomas Salusbury, transl., Mathematical Collections and Translations, tome I, 2nd part, London: […] William Leybourne, →OCLC, page 469:
text: There are various opinions concerning the number and order of the celestial Spheres; but, following for the present, for the sake of learners, the doctrine of the Alphonsines, we reckon ten, in this order:—The 1st is the Sphere of the Moon, which has the lowest place in the Æther; […]
ref: 1874, David Masson, “Scheme and Meaning of the Poem”, in The Poetical Works of John Milton: Edited, with Introductions, Notes, and an Essay on Milton’s English, volume I, London: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC, “Paradise Lost” section, “Introduction: Bibliographical, Biographical, and Expository” subsection, page 90:
glosses: Alternative spelling of Alfonsine.
aerodromics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The science of flying airplanes
Related terms: aerodrome
aerodromic
aeronautic
aeronautics
aerospace
astronautics
astrospace
aviation
bathing beauty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bathing beauties
Senses: examples: text: It is a curious quality of the bathing beauty that there is no requirement of surf or lake in her experience.
ref: 1933, Alfred Emanuel Smith, New Outlook, Outlook Publishing Company, Inc., page 30:
text: And the very idea that a girl could ever at any time achieve fame and fortune by appearing almost naked in a bathing-beauty contest and not only escape the brand of the scarlet woman but actually receive the accolade of her contemporaries' esteem and envy, would have caused her to swoon.
ref: 1976, David Lewis Cohn, The Good Old Days: A History of American Morals and Manners as Seen Through the Sears Roebuck Catalog, Ayer Publishing,, →ISBN, page 206:
text: The time for the bathing beauty had arrived. Botticelli's Venus, born of the salty brine, was dressed in nothing but splendor.
ref: 1992, Armando Riverol, Live from Atlantic City: The History of the Miss America Pageant Before, After and in Spite of Television, Popular Press,, →ISBN, page 9:
text: The 1920s and 1930s had established a convention of showing bathing beauties, many in dauntingly athletic poses, often depicted with male companions.
ref: 2025 July 9, Richard Foster, “Summer specials and holiday hotspots”, in RAIL, number 1039, page 60:
glosses: An attractive woman in a bathing suit.
thermal break
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thermal breaks
Senses: glosses: A thermal insulator placed between two thermal conductors to reduce the flow of heat; often used in aluminum doors and windows.
Derived terms: thermally broken
Related terms: thermal bridge
servo-mechanism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: servo-mechanisms
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of servomechanism.
gremoulata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gremoulatas
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of gremolata.
gremolata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɡɹɛməˈlɑːtə/
Forms: form: gremolatas
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian gremolata, a variant of gremolada; originally from Lombard gremolà, gremolaa, gremolad. Compare Italian gramolata, from gramolare (“crush, grind, knead”).
Senses: glosses: A paste of capers, parsley, lemon zest, olives and olive oil served as an accompaniment to meat or fish.
knocknobbler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: knocknobblers
Etymology: From the Elizabethan era.
Senses: glosses: A person engaged by a church to eject unruly dogs and children from acts of worship.
nitrolic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From nitric and -ol.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to nitrolic acid
vision statement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vision statements
Senses: topics: business
management
glosses: A form of mission statement, issued by a company or organization, in which its intentions for the future are stated.
nitrolysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nitrolyses
Etymology: From nitro- + lysis.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any reaction with nitric acid that results in the breakup of a molecule
glosses: Any of various processes in which nitric acid is used to break down sludge or similar waste products
nitromethyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nitromethyls
Etymology: From nitro- + methyl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The univalent radical NO₂-CH₂- derived from nitromethane
nitronium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nitroniums
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The univalent cation NO₂⁺ derived from nitrogen dioxide
nitrophenol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nitrophenols
Etymology: From nitro- + phenol.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of several nitro derivatives of phenol that are used as parasiticides
nitrophenyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nitrophenyls
Etymology: From nitro- + phenyl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any univalent radical derived from a nitrophenol
Derived terms: nifedipine
nitrophenylgalactoside
nitrophenyl pentadienal
nitrophenylphosphatase
nitrosated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: That has been converted by nitrosation
nitrosation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nitrosations
Etymology: From nitroso + -ation.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The conversion of an amine or other compound into a nitroso compound
Derived terms: denitrosation
transnitrosation
nitrosourea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nitrosoureas
Etymology: From nitroso + urea.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The nitroso derivative of urea NH₂-CONH-N=O, or any of its derivatives, many of which are pharmaceuticals
Derived terms: ethylnitrosourea
nitrosyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nitrosyls
Etymology: nitrose + -yl
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The univalent radical -NO (one nitrogen and one oxygen atom)
Derived terms: isonitrosyl
nitrosylate
nitrosyl chloride
nitrosylic
nitrosylmyoglobin
nitrosylsulfuric acid
trinitrosyl
musclebike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: musclebikes
Etymology: From muscle + bike.
Senses: glosses: A high performance motorcycle with a powerful large-displacement engine.
nitrotoluene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nitrotoluenes
Etymology: From nitro- + toluene.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of several nitro derivatives of toluene; they have a number of industrial uses, and those with multiple nitro groups are explosive
Derived terms: mononitrotoluene
orthonitrotoluene
paranitrotoluene
trinitrotoluene
dromedaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dromedary
glosses: plural of dromedarie (“obsolete spelling of dromedary”)
nitrourea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From nitro- + urea.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The nitro derivative of urea NH₂-CONH-NO₂; it us used as an explosive and an oxidizing agent
nitroxide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nitroxides
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: amine oxide
nitroxylene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌnaɪtɹəʊˈzaɪliːn/
Forms: form: nitroxylenes
Etymology: From nitro- + xylene.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any nitro derivative of xylene
nitryl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nitryls
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The univalent radical -NO₂
nonachloride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonachlorides
Etymology: From nona- + chloride.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any chloride containing nine chlorine atoms
Derived terms: triantimony nonachloride
trirhenium nonachloride
algorithmic entropy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Algorithmic entropy is closely related to statistically defined entropy, the statistical entropy of an ensemble being, for any concisely describable ensemble, very nearly equal to the ensemble average of the algorithmic entropy of its members; but for this reason algorithmic entropy corresponds intuitively to randomness rather than to complexity.
ref: 2003, Niels Henrik Gregersen, From Complexity to Life:
glosses: Kolmogorov complexity
baldachino
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: baldachinos
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of baldacchin.
skulled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of skull
skulled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: hard-skulled
glosses: Having a skull.
Derived terms: thick-skulled
baldacchin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbaldəkɪn/
ipa: /ˈbældəkɪn/
Forms: form: baldacchins
form: baldacchino
form: baldachin
form: baldachino
form: baldakin
form: baldaquin
form: baudekin
form: baudekyn
form: baudkin
form: baudkyn
form: bawdekin
Etymology: Borrowed from French baldaquin, from Italian baldacchino, from Baldacca, a variant of Baghdad, where the material originally came from.
Senses: glosses: A rich, embroidered brocade used for clothing in the Middle Ages, the web being gold and the woof silk.
examples: text: Bernini had already provided the chief coup de théâtre of the basilica's interior, the monumental bronze canopy or baldachino over the high altar and tomb of St Peter.
ref: 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years, Penguin, published 2010, page 682:
glosses: A canopy suspended over an altar or throne, originally made of this fabric; a ciborium.
examples: text: BALDACHIN is a Building in form of a Canopy, or Crown ſupported by Pillars, often ſerving for the Covering of an Altar; Alſo a Canopy carried over the Hoſt in Popiſh Countries.
ref: [1721, N[athan] Bailey, “BALDACHIN”, in An Universal Etymological English Dictionary: […], London: […] E. Bell, J. Darby, […], →OCLC, column 1:
glosses: A building in the form of a canopy, or a crown supported by pillars for the covering of an altar; a canopy carried over the host in Roman Catholic countries.
to one's heart's content
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: to heart's content
Senses: glosses: Until satisfied; as much as is wished.
home game
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: home games
form: homegame
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: An athletic contest played in a team's own geographic area.
Related terms: away game
home team
road game
away game
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈweɪ ɡeɪm/
Forms: form: away games
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: An athletic contest played away from the team's home field.
Related terms: home game
away team
road game
road game
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: road games
Etymology: Road travel is usually necessary to reach the venue.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: An athletic contest played in the opposing team's geographic area.
Synonyms: away game
Related terms: home game
noobie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: noobies
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of newbie.
paginated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of paginate
paginated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Whose pages have been numbered
raw_tags: of text
Derived terms: mispaginated
nonpaginated
unpaginated
noobies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of noobie: alternative spelling of newbies.
nonaoxide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonaoxides
Etymology: From nona- + oxide.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any oxide containing nine atoms of oxygen
Synonyms: nonoxide
Derived terms: tetraiodine nonaoxide
tetraphosphorus nonaoxide
tetrauranium nonaoxide
trimolybdenum nonaoxide
tritungsten nonaoxide
norbornadiene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: norbornadienes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The unsaturated, bicyclic hydrocarbon bicyclo[2.2.1]hepta-2,5-diene that is used in the synthesis of complex polycyclic hydrocarbons.
norspermidine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From nor- + spermidine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The triamine N-(3-aminopropyl)propane-1,3-diamine that occurs in some plants and bacteria
Synonyms: dipropylenetriamine
spermidine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈspɝ.mə.din/
Forms: form: spermidines
Etymology: From sperm + -idine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The triamine N-(3-aminopropyl)butane-1,4-diamine, originally obtained from semen, that is involved in cell metabolism.
Derived terms: acetylspermidine
homospermidine
norspermidine
triamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: triamines
Etymology: From tri- + amine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any compound having three amino groups
gift of gab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gifts of gab
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gift of the gab.
Polaroid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Polaroids
Senses: examples: text: The doctor took a Polaroid.
ref: 2004, Johnny Strike, Ports of Hell, page 51:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of polaroid.
polaroid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polaroids
form: Polaroid
Etymology: A genericization of the trademark Polaroid, owned by Polaroid Corporation.
Senses: examples: text: In the simplest form of this system, applicable to many microscopes, the substage polar consists only of semicircles of polaroid orientated to give respective planes of polarisation at right angles. Polaroids over the eyepieces are orientated so extinguish the inner halves of the exit pupils.
ref: 1970, Journal of Entomology: General Entomology, volume 45, page 70:
text: If there is no sample in the cell, and the second polaroid is rotated until it is at right angles to the first, the observer will see no light.
ref: 1999, Ted Lister, Janet Renshaw, Understanding Chemistry for Advanced Level, page 234:
text: Polaroids are used as window screens to regulate the amount of light entering the room.
ref: 2010, A.K. Katiyar, Narinder Kumar, Engineering Physics - I, page 357:
glosses: A sheet of plastic embedded with microscopic crystals of herapathite or similarly acting material, so that light passing through it is polarized.
examples: text: She went to see BWANA DEVIL and, after donning the polaroids, saw correctly.
ref: 1978, James L. Limbacher, Four Aspects of the Film, page 160:
text: […]I discovered my old woggle in a cardboard box, together with my Herald Learn-To-Swim certificate (25 yards without touching the bottom), a copy of the Eltham High School magazine and a pair of polaroids I pinched from a 3-D screening of Bwana Devil in 1953.
ref: 1979, The Bulletin, volume 100, page 52:
text: One reel, loaded with a floating or intermediate line, a few braided leaders of varying sinking-rates, a few spare spools of leader-material in 6, 8 and 10lb breaking-strain, a box of assorted fly-patterns, a good pair of polaroids to stop the glare and to protect eyes, and a collapsible line-tray as the rocks are very sharp and soon ruin lines.
ref: 1998, Gary Coxon, “13: Bass from the Lleyn Peninsula”, in Paul Morgan, editor, Saltwater Flyfishing: Britain and Northern Europe, page 86:
text: For while the boy continued to sport his pair of Polaroids, evidently the brilliant afternoon had broken into a drizzle: his damp cargo pants and t-shirt clung to his thin but well-muscled torso while his olive-skinned arms and face appeared as if sugar glazed.
ref: 2009, Elisabeth Sheffield, Fort Da: A Report, page 69:
text: I could carry a spare pair of polaroids; however, Steve usually carries an extra pair which should be sufficient back-up for both of us.
ref: 2011, Philip Weigall, Fishing Sense, page 203:
glosses: Spectacles made with lenses of this material, once used to view certain 3-D movies, now used as sunglasses.
glosses: A camera that develops its own film.
examples: text: Simons slides a pair of Polaroids across the table. They depict a couple of color-lit high schoolers standing in what appears to be an empty warehouse.
ref: 1989 July, Michael Kaplan, “New York Story”, in American Photographer, page 31:
glosses: A print from such a camera.
Synonyms: sense: camera
word: instant camera
sense: print
word: Pola
sense: print
word: pola
polaroid
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: polaroids
form: polaroiding
form: polaroided
form: polaroided
form: Polaroid
Etymology: A genericization of the trademark Polaroid, owned by Polaroid Corporation.
Senses: glosses: To photograph with a polaroid camera.
octaoxide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: octaoxides
Etymology: From octa- + oxide.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Alternative form of octoxide.
Derived terms: triuranium octaoxide
octene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ŏk'tēn
ipa: /ˈɒktiːn/
Forms: form: octenes
Etymology: From oct- + -ene.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of many isomeric alkenes having eight carbon atoms and one double bond; some of them are used in the manufacture of polymers
Derived terms: octenal
octenyl
may as well
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: may as well
form: might as well
Senses: examples: text: For me to love you now
Would be the sweetest thing
'Twould make me sing
Ah, but I may as well try and catch the wind
ref: 1965, Donovan, Catch the Wind:
text: They continued their inspection in silence, but at last the Doctor shrugged and said they may as well go back.
ref: 1945, Roger S. Vreeland, The Mad Dancers:
glosses: Used to express reluctance, to express that if one hypothetical or possible action happened, it would not make any notable difference
Synonyms: might as well
Derived terms: one may as well hang for a sheep as a lamb