cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
collywobbles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒlɪwɒb(ə)lz/
ipa: /ˈkɑliˌwɑb(ə)lz/
Forms: form: the collywobbles
Etymology: Probably from colic (“severe pains that grip the abdomen”) + wobble (“unsteady motion”). Alternatively, it has been suggested that the word derives from colly (“coal dust”) (in the sense of someone becoming ill from breathing in such dust), or that it is a corruption of cholera.
Senses: examples: text: Petunia’s off school today with a touch of the collywobbles.
text: Collywobbles, the gripes.
ref: [1823, [Francis Grose]; Pierce Egan, “Collywobbles”, in Grose’s Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, […], London: […] [Samuel] Hooper and [Henry] Wigstead, […], →OCLC:
text: I know I have something else to say to you, but unfortunately I awoke this morning with collywobbles, and had to take a small dose of laudanum with the usual consequences of dry throat, intoxicated legs, partial madness and total imbecility; and for the life of me I cannot remember what it is.
ref: 1894 September 10, Robert Louis Stevenson, “Letter XLIII”, in S[idney] C[olvin], editor, Vailima Letters: Being Correspondence Addressed by Robert Louis Stevenson to Sidney Colvin […], London: Methuen and Co. […], published 1895, →OCLC, page 343:
text: "I deeply regret," answered Liza, "but my royal 'ighness 'as got the collywobbles."
ref: 1897, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, chapter 3, in Liza of Lambeth, New York, N.Y.: George H[enry] Doran Company, published [1921], →OCLC, page 36:
text: The prefect was there again and it was his voice that was saying that he was to get up, that Father Minister had said he was to get up and dress and go to the infirmary. And while he was dressing himself as quickly as he could the prefect said: / ― We must pack off to Brother Michael because we have the collywobbles!
ref: 1916 December 29, James Joyce, chapter I, in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, New York, N.Y.: B[enjamin] W. Huebsch, →OCLC, page 20:
text: "D'ye hear, Richard? Now's your chance," repeated Ned, not to be done. "There's a pot o' money in it. A very different thing this, I can tell you, from running round dosing people for the collywobbles. I know men who are raising the splosh to get in, any way they can."
ref: 1917, Henry Handel Richardson, chapter V, in Australia Felix, part III, New York, N.Y.: W[illiam] W[arder] Norton & Co., →OCLC, page 260:
synonyms: bellyache
mulligrubs
tummyache
glosses: A stomach ache or an upset stomach.
examples: text: I don’t like walking through the forest at night. It gives me the collywobbles.
text: This business of getting Bill educated has just about given me the collywobbles. You wouldn't think to look at the boy, that he could possibly be such a tragic misfit in school.
ref: 1943, Mary Ruth Sandifer, American Lay Opinion of the Progressive School, Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, →OCLC, page 21:
synonyms: butterflies
butterflies in one’s stomach
creeps
heebie-jeebies
willies
glosses: Anxiety, fear, uneasiness.
Derived terms: collywobbled
throw one's weight around
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: throws one's weight around
form: throwing one's weight around
form: threw one's weight around
form: thrown one's weight around
Senses: examples: text: Jim was a tyrant who threw his weight around when it came to punishing his students.
glosses: To exercise influence or authority, especially to an excessive degree or in an objectionable manner.
Related terms: carry one's weight
cut a wide swath
override one's commission
pull rank
throw one's weight behind
modiste
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /məʊˈdiːst/
rhymes: -iːst
Forms: form: modistes
Etymology: From French modiste. Compare modist.
Senses: examples: text: All the colours of the rainbow, materialised by modistes, were there.
ref: 1911, Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson:
text: Her dresses – about 150 each year – are made by Rose Bertin, an expensive but necessary modiste with premises on the rue Saint-Honoré.
ref: 1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial, published 2007, page 46:
glosses: A person who makes or sells fashionable women's clothing, especially dresses or hats.
syncitium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: syncitia
form: syncytium
Etymology: From syn- (“together”) + Ancient Greek κύτος (kútos, “vessel, cell”). Compare -cyte (“cell”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A mass of cytoplasm that has many nuclei and an enclosing membrane but no individual cells
mynheer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mʌɪnˈhɛː/
ipa: /ˈmeɪnhɪə/
ipa: /məˈnɪə/
ipa: /maɪnˈhɛ(ə)ɹ/
ipa: /maɪnˈhɪ(ə)ɹ/
ipa: /məˈnɪ(ə)ɹ/
ipa: /meɪnˈhɪə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: mynheers
form: mynheeren
form: mijnheer
Etymology: From Dutch mynheer, mijnheer.
Senses: examples: text: My hand, bully; thou shalt have egress and regress; said I well? and
thy name shall be Brook. It is a merry knight. Will you go, mynheers?
ref: c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:
text: But trifling apart, there is one thing certain, mynheeren, and that is, that some extraordinary event is taking place on board the Dutchman.
ref: [1883?], T[homas] P[roclus] Taylor, Vanderdecken; or, The Flying Dutchman. A Legendary Drama, in Four Acts. (Dicks’ Standard Plays, number 436), London: John Dicks, […], page 11, column 1:
text: I do not know, mynheeren, how far I am bound to accede to your request, and to bring forward for the consideration of the Council the document of which you have given me the outline.
ref: 1913, Dorothea Fairbridge, That Which Hath Been, South Africa: T. Maskew Miller, page 220:
text: The Dutch mynheeren and mevrouwen everywhere are busily engaged in decorating their clean cities and no doubt they will all lift their glasses at the same time and drink the health of their good Queen with that famous national drink Holland gin.
ref: 1948 August 27, The Freehold Transcript, volume LX, number 52, Freehold, N.J., page 4:
glosses: Sir, as a polite form of address to a Dutchman or Afrikaner.
Related terms: heer
gigabarrel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gigabarrels
Etymology: From giga- + barrel.
Senses: glosses: A unit of volume equal to a thousand million barrels.
Rajput
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Rajputs
form: Rajpoot
form: Rashboot
form: Rashpoot
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi राजपूत (rājpūt), from Sanskrit राजपुत्र (rājaputra, “prince”), a compound of राजन् (rājan, “king”) and पुत्र (putra, “son”). See also the related term Fitzroy.
Senses: glosses: A member of the kshatriya Hindu caste in India.
glosses: A surname.
Abbottabad
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈæbətəbɑːd/
Etymology: After James Abbott; literally Abbott's town, Abbott + -abad.
Senses: glosses: A city in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan and capital of the district by that name.
Illyrian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: ĭˈlîrēən
ipa: /ɪˈlɪəɹiən/
ipa: /ɪˈlɪəɹɪən/
rhymes: -ɪəɹiən
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Illyria or Illyrians.
glosses: Of or in the Illyrian language.
examples: text: Scholars divide the great bulk of the Slavic languages into two branches […] The south-eastern or eastern division contains the Russian, Bulgarian, and Illyrian languages
ref: 1855, “Europe”, in Encyclopedia Britannica, Eighth Edition, volume 9, page 391:
text: The Slavic dialect used was examined by a very gifted poet, Gion Palmotich (1606–1657) , who attempts to identify the Dalmatian or Illyrian language (i. e., Serbo-Kroatian) with the Czech of Bohemia, which had been recognized by Charles the Fourth, in his Golden Bull (1355), as necessary for imperial princes to learn.
ref: 1919, Paul Rankov Radosavljevich, Who are the Slavs? A Contribution to Race Psychology, pages 198–199:
text: The preface contains a defense of the Illyrian language and a list of the major Slavic “dialects” (Russian, Polish, Bohemian, Illyrian).
ref: 2016, Edward Stankiewicz, Grammars and Dictionaries of the Slavic Languages from the Middle Ages Up to 1850: An Annotated Bibliography, page 80:
glosses: Of or in the Serbo-Croatian language.
Illyrian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: ĭˈlîrēən
ipa: /ɪˈlɪəɹiən/
ipa: /ɪˈlɪəɹɪən/
rhymes: -ɪəɹiən
Senses: glosses: An extinct Indo-European language or group of languages spoken in modern Southeast Europe, in the western half of the Balkan Peninsula.
examples: text: The preface contains a defense of the Illyrian language and a list of the major Slavic “dialects” (Russian, Polish, Bohemian, Illyrian).
ref: 2016, Edward Stankiewicz, Grammars and Dictionaries of the Slavic Languages from the Middle Ages Up to 1850: An Annotated Bibliography, page 80:
glosses: The Serbo-Croatian language.
Derived terms: Thraco-Illyrian
Illyrian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ĭˈlîrēən
ipa: /ɪˈlɪəɹiən/
ipa: /ɪˈlɪəɹɪən/
rhymes: -ɪəɹiən
Forms: form: Illyrians
Senses: glosses: An inhabitant of ancient Illyria.
glosses: An inhabitant of Roman province of Illyricum (Illyro-Roman).
glosses: A South Slav, especially a Croat, used in 17th-19th centuries.
glosses: A Proto-Albanian.
glosses: A member of the Illyrian movement.
Rawalpindi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /rɑːwəlˈpɪndi/
/rɔːlˈpɪndi/
Forms: form: Rawulpindi
Etymology: Borrowed from Urdu راولپنڈی (rāvalpinḍī), from Western Panjabi راولپنڈی (rāvalpinḍī), from راول (rāval) and پنڈی (pinḍī), diminutive of پنڈ (pinḍ, “village”). The metonymical sense is from the Joint Staff Headquarters, the headquarters of the Pakistan Armed Forces located in that city.
Senses: glosses: A city in Punjab province, Pakistan, the capital of the district of the same name and the headquarters of the Pakistani military.
glosses: A district of Punjab, Pakistan.
examples: text: “It is a welcome first step. [We] hope it will get Rawalpindi (Pakistan’s military) thinking,” a senior official told The Hindu, although the government issued no formal reaction to the development.
ref: 2018 January 5, Suhasini Haidar, “U.S. move against Pakistan ‘welcome first step’: India”, in The Hindu:
glosses: The military of Pakistan.
Murree
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: “Where I live is called Murree; it’s a summer retreat, an hour from Islamabad. It’s hilly and green, lots of trees, high above sea level.”
ref: 2007, Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns, BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING (2018), page 324:
glosses: A city in the Punjab province of Pakistan.
Haripur
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city, the district headquarters of Haripur district, Hazara region, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan.
glosses: A town in Barisal, Bangladesh.
glosses: A village in Srikakulam district, Andhra Pradesh, India, also known as Haripuram.
glosses: A census town in Pandabeswar community development block, Durgapur, Paschim Bardhaman district, West Bengal, India.
glosses: A village in Chanditala I community development block, Srirampore, Hooghly district, West Bengal, India.
glosses: A village in Berasia tehsil, Bhopal district, Madhya Pradesh, India.
glosses: A village in Saharanpur district, Uttar Pradesh, India.
glosses: A rural municipality of Sarlahi district, Province No. 2, Nepal.
glosses: A rural municipality of Sunsari district, Province No. 1, Nepal.
glosses: A rural municipality of Saptari district, Province No. 2, Nepal.
Quetta
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈkwɛtə/
Etymology: Anglicisation of Urdu کوئٹَہ (kuveṭa).
Senses: glosses: A city, the provincial capital of Balochistan, Pakistan.
Derived terms: Quetta Division
extrorse
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more extrorse
form: most extrorse
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Of anthers: dehiscing outwards from the center of the flower.
Synonyms: extroverted
Coordinate terms: introrse
latrorse
Derived terms: extrorsely
phellodermal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From phelloderm + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to phelloderm.
phelloderm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phelloderms
Etymology: From Ancient Greek φελλός (phellós) + -derm.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The innermost parenchymatous tissue of the periderm of some plants
Derived terms: phellodermal
Related terms: phellem
phellogen
chemometrician
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chemometricians
Etymology: From chemometrics + -ian.
Senses: glosses: A scientist or statistician who specialises in chemometrics.
link editor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: link editors
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A program that links modules together, by resolving calls or references to external names, to form a single executable program
Synonyms: alt: IBM mainframe
word: linkage editor
word: linker
floriferous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɪfəɹəs
Forms: form: more floriferous
form: most floriferous
Etymology: From Latin flos, floris + -i- + -ferous.
Senses: examples: text: So floriferous are Asian pears, and the tree so laden with young fruit, that as the tree approaches maturity it is worth considering thinning the fruit (I can't quite bring myself to thin the flowers) so as to neither overburden the tree for this year nor tire it for the next.
ref: 2015 September 5, Mark Diacono, “In praise of the Asian pear”, in The Daily Telegraph (Gardening), archived from the original on 12 Sep 2015, page 3:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: That bears flowers (especially lots of flowers).
Derived terms: floriferously
floriferousness
nonfloriferous
flabelliform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more flabelliform
form: most flabelliform
Etymology: From Latin flabellum + -form.
Senses: glosses: Shaped like a fan; flabellate
abonnement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /æˈbɔn.mɑ̃/
Forms: form: abonnements
Etymology: Borrowed from French abonnement, from French abonner (“subscribe”).
Senses: examples: text: Securities in respect of which no abonnement has been contracted will be described as "not under abonnement," and those subject to such an agreement will be indicated as "under abonnement."
ref: 1931, Mitchell Benedict Carroll, Taxation of Business in France, page 47:
glosses: A subscription or season ticket in a French-speaking country or another country where abonnement is the local term.
Shoop
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Shoops
Etymology: * As a German surname, Americanized from Schupp.
* Also an Americanized spelling of Dutch and North German Schoop, from Middle Dutch schoepe and Middle Low German schōpe (“ladle”) (for which see modern Schöpflöffel).
Senses: glosses: A surname.
decidua
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈsɪdʒʊə/
Forms: form: deciduas
form: deciduae
Etymology: From Latin dēciduus (“falling down or off”), from dēcidō (“fall down”).
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A mucous membrane that lines the uterus and is shed during menstruation and modified during pregnancy.
Derived terms: choriodecidua
decidual
decidualization
deciduate
deciduation
deciduitis
deciduogenic
deciduoma
epigea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of epigeum
epigee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: epigees
Senses: glosses: perigee
lobi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lobus
carbamic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: kär-băm′ĭk
ipa: /kɑːˈbam.ɪk/
note: conservative
ipa: /kɑːˈbæm.ɪk/
ipa: /kɑɹˈbæm.ɪk/
ipa: /kɐːˈbæm.ɪk/
ipa: /kɐːˈbɛm.ək/
ipa: /kaɹˈbam.ɪk/
ipa: /kaːʳˈbam.ɪk/
rhymes: -æmɪk
Etymology: From carbam(ide) + -ic, or from carb- + am(ide) + -ic. First attested in 1860–1865.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to carbamic acid or its derivatives.
Derived terms: carbamate
carbamide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carbamides
Etymology: From carb- + amide.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: urea
Derived terms: carbamic
carbamidomethyl
hydroxycarbamide
phenylthiocarbamide
thiocarbamide
carbamoyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: kär-băm′ō-ĭl′
ipa: /kɑːˈbam.əʊ̯ˌɪl/
note: conservative
ipa: /kɑːˈbæm.əʊ̯ˌɪl/
ipa: /kɑɹˈbæm.oʊ̯ˌɪl/
ipa: /kɐːˈbæm.əʉ̯ˌɪl/
ipa: /kɐːˈbɛm.ɐʉ̯ˌəl/
ipa: /kaɹˈbam.oˌɪl/
ipa: /kaːʳˈbam.oːˌɪl/
rhymes: -æməʊɪl
Forms: form: carbamoyls
Etymology: From carbam(ic acid) + -yl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The univalent radical organic group NH₂CO- derived from urea by loss of an amino group.
Derived terms: carbamazepine
carbamoylase
carbamoyl chloride
carbamoyl phosphate
carbamoyltransferase
carburazepam
carbuterol
carperidine
dicarbamoyl
iocarmic acid
chemometric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From chemo- + metric.
Senses: glosses: Of, or pertaining to chemometrics
Derived terms: chemometrically
proteochemometric
mammillaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mammillary
pusses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of puss
pusses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pus
Liddy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Lydia + -y with phonetic respelling.
Senses: glosses: A pet form of the female given name Lydia.
carboline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carbolines
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of four isomeric tricyclic heterocycles, derivatives of which often have biological action, consisting of a pyridine ring fused with the five-membered ring of an indole.
Derived terms: -carnil
tsutsugamushi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /tsutsuɡæmuːʃiː/
Etymology: From Japanese つつがむし (tsutsugamushi, “chigger”).
Senses: glosses: A form of typhus caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi and transmitted by chiggers.
Synonyms: Japanese flood fever
Japanese river fever
kedani
scrub typhus
Related terms: akamushi
turn of the century
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: turns of the centuries
form: turns of centuries
Senses: examples: text: By the turn of the century he was starting to become well known in literary circles.
text: The 7th and 8th classes are identical with the Cape engines placed in service at the turn of the century, and are now outclassed for main line work but are used for shunting at the large depots and on one or two of the branch lines.
ref: 1940 December, O. S. M. Raw, “The Rhodesia Railways—II”, in Railway Magazine, page 639:
glosses: The beginning or end of a certain century; the transition from one century to the next; often, especially in architecture, the beginning of the 20th century.
Related terms: turn of the year
fin de siècle
turn of the year
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: turns of the years
Senses: examples: text: By the turn of the year you should receive your tax refund.
glosses: Approximately at the end of one year and the beginning of the next.
Related terms: turn of the century
carbonamide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carbonamides
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The -CO-NR₂ functional group of an amide (or, by extension, an amide - especially a fully substituted amide)
carbonised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more carbonised
form: most carbonised
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of carbonized.
carboxylation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carboxylations
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any reaction that introduces a carboxylate group into a molecule
Derived terms: decarboxylation
recarboxylation
thiocarboxylation
transcarboxylation
undercarboxylation
-stock
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: From Woodstock, a famous American festival.
Senses: examples: text: From a 25-foot-high platform on the shores of Lake Ontario reminiscent of a rock concert stage, John Paul delivered his prescription for a fulfilling life to the Catholic Church's next generation during the three-hour opening ceremony of World Youth Day, also dubbed "Popestock."
ref: 2002, San Francisco Chronicle -, Pope musters energy to rally church's next generation:
text: Cheesestock: Camping event for people who love cheese. Must bring a cheese dish or item. March 6
ref: 2004, Las Vegas Mercury -, A/E: Entertainment calendar (cont.):
text: 2004, The Daily Collegian (Penn State) - Filmstock festival an indie darling
glosses: Forming the names of theme-based festivals or concerts.
carboxymethyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carboxymethyls
Etymology: From carboxy + methyl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The univalent radical -CH₂-COOH derived from acetic acid
Derived terms: carboxymethylation
carboxymethylcellulose
carboxymethyl cellulose
carboxymethyl glucose
carboxymethyllysine
carboxymethylcellulose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɑː.bɒks.i.mɛθ.əlˌsɛl.jʊ.ləʊs/
Forms: form: carboxymethylcelluloses
form: carboxymethyl cellulose
Etymology: From carboxymethyl + cellulose.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The product of the reaction of cellulose with chloroacetic acid; it is used as a thickener and to stabilize emulsions
Synonyms: E466 when used in food products
carboxymethyl cellulose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carboxymethyl celluloses
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of carboxymethylcellulose.
anti-folk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antifolk
Etymology: From anti- + folk.
Senses: examples: text: Largely an underground movement, anti-folk is a marriage of folk and punk rock, which looks to such artists as Woody Guthrie, Joey Ramone, and Dock Boggs for uniquely blended results. It largely, but not patently, rejects pop-infused folk. It appears to have first surfaced in the mid-eighties in the East Village of downtown New York City.
ref: 2010, Stephanie P. Ledgin, Discovering Folk Music, Bloomsbury, →ISBN, page 60:
glosses: A style of music derived from folk music but with a self-mocking or ironic twist.
cavitational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cavitation + -al.
Senses: glosses: That produces cavitation
Derived terms: cavitationally
noncavitational
cetyltrimethylammonium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cetyl + trimethyl + ammonium.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The long-chain quaternary ammonium cation C₁₆H₃₃N(CH₃)₃⁺ known as cetrimonium in medical applications.
cetyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cetyls
Etymology: From Latin cetus (“whale”) + -yl.
Senses: examples: 1997, David M. Hawcroft, The Basics: Electrophoresis, IRL Press, Oxford University Press, page 30,
Other detergents are available, including alternative ionic forms (such as the cetyls) for cleaving nucleic acid-protein bonds.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The univalent hexadecyl radical C₁₆H₃₃- present in many waxes.
Derived terms: cetalkonium
cetrimonium
cetyl alcohol
cetylic
cetylpyridinium
cetylstearyl
cetyltriethylammonium
cetyltrimethylammonium
Related terms: dodecyl
lauryl
oleyl
stearyl
Margaux
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From French Margaux.
Senses: glosses: A female given name from French.
Coordinate terms: Margo
Margot
turned out
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Just look at John. He's really handsomely turned out.
text: It would be too much to imagine that improving stations will alone create a much needed new image in the public eye; a smartly turned out station staff is a very necessary complement to a smart station.
ref: 1962 October, Brian Haresnape, “Focus on B.R. passenger stations”, in Modern Railways, page 255:
glosses: The way one is dressed. One's appearance
turned out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of turn out
Marielle
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Mariel
form: Mariele
form: Mariela
form: Mariella
form: Mariell
Senses: glosses: A female given name.
Belfast sink
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɛlfæst sɪŋk/
Forms: form: Belfast sinks
Senses: examples: text: He looked about him. The kitchen was a tiny cupboard with a cracked Belfast sink and no space to store anything and no bin.
ref: 2012, Zadie Smith, NW, London: Penguin Books, published 2013, →ISBN, page 151:
glosses: A deep, usually rectangular, ceramic sink.
Synonyms: elephant sink
Coordinate terms: London sink
need-fire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: need-fires
form: needfire
Etymology: Cognate to German Notfeuer.
Senses: examples: text: In Silesia, also, need-fires were often employed for the purpose of curing a murrain or preventing its spread.
ref: 1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 10, page 278:
text: Fire - divided into need-fire (kindled by friction - discussed under 'Waluburg's Night') and 'struck fire' (sparked by flint and steel - discussion under Thonar).
ref: 1993, Our Troth, page 660:
text: I built up the kindling in various stages in the base of the stove as I prepared to make my need-fire.
ref: 1998, Darien Hamilton, “Kindling in the Yuletide”, in Heathen Journal, volume 2, number 3:
text: When great pestilence is upon the land, old folklore tells of using a bow drill to make the need-fire, which is then used to cure cattle of their illness.
ref: 2003, Brian Froud, Ari Berk, The Runes of Elfland, page 51:
topics: lifestyle
paganism
religion
glosses: A ritual fire created by friction.
Marinette
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmæɹɪnˈɛt/
ipa: /ˌmɛɹ-/
ipa: /-iˈnɛt/
enpr: mɛ′ɹinɛt′
ipa: /ˌmɛɹinˈɛt/
Senses: glosses: A rural community of Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada.
glosses: A former ghost town in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, named after Marinette, Wisconsin; Sun City now occupies its old site.
glosses: A city, the county seat of Marinette County, Wisconsin, United States. Named after Marie Antoinette Chevalier, an Indian woman.
Derived terms: Marinette County
cetrimonium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cetrimoniums
Etymology: From cet(yl) + trim(ethyl) + -onium (“quaternary ammonium compound”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: The cetyltrimethylammonium radical.
Derived terms: cetrimide
cetrimonium bromide
cetrimonium chloride
charring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of char
charring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: charrings
Senses: examples: text: To address this question a series of experimental charrings were carried out on modern specimens in a laboratory kiln in an attempt to replicate the archaeological material.
ref: 2003, Antiquity, page 345:
glosses: The incomplete combustion of organic material.
chippings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɪpɪŋz/
Senses: glosses: plural of chipping
enraptures
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of enrapture
enrapturing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of enrapture
entraps
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of entrap
entrapping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of entrap
entrapped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of entrap
niding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnaɪdɪŋ/
rhymes: -aɪdɪŋ
Forms: form: nidings
Senses: examples: text: [W]hen there was a daungerous rebellion againſt King William Rufus and Rocheſter Caſtle then the moſt important & ſtrongeſt fort of this Realm was ſtowtly kept againſt him, after that he had but proclaimed that his ſubjects ſhould repaire thither to his Campe, vpon no other penaltie, but that whoſoeuer refuſed to come, ſhould be reputed a Niding: they ſwarmed to him immediatly from all ſides in ſuch numbers, that he had in a few daies an infinite Armie, and the rebells therewith weere ſo terrified, that they forthwith yeelded.
ref: 1605, M. N. [pseudonym; William Camden], “The Languages”, in Remaines of a Greater Worke, Concerning Britaine, […], London: […] G[eorge] E[ld] for Simon Waterson, →OCLC, page 30:
text: [William] Rufus immediately ſet about raiſing an army to chaſtiſe him [Odo of Bayeux]; but finding recruits to come in but ſlowly, he iſſued out a proclamation ſignifying, that whoſoever would not be reputed a Niding, ſhould repair to the ſiege of Rocheſter. What was the meaning of the word, Niding, has not reached theſe days; it might perhaps anſwer to our Ninny, a ſoft, fooliſh, unmanly fellow; undoubtedly it was a term of reproach, ſince to avoid that appellation, ſoldiers flocked to his ſtandard from every quarter, [...]
ref: 1795, Henry Boswell, “Rochester Castle, in Kent”, in The Antiquities of England and Wales Displayed; […], new edition, London: Printed for Alex[ander] Hogg, […], →OCLC:
glosses: Alternative form of nithing.
niding
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnaɪdɪŋ/
rhymes: -aɪdɪŋ
Forms: form: more niding
form: most niding
Senses: examples: text: In Denmark, and through all the North, they provoked a man to fight a duel, by publicly calling him Niding or "infamous:" for he who had received ſo deep a ſtain, without endeavouring to waſh it out with the blood of his adverſary, would have loſt much more than the life he was ſo deſirous to ſave.
ref: 1770, [Paul Henri] Mallet, “The Passion of the Ancient Scandinavians for Arms: Their Valour: The Manner in which They Made War. […]”, in [Thomas Percy], transl., Northern Antiquities: Or, a Description of the Manners, Customs, Religion and Laws of the Ancient Danes, and Other Northern Nations; Including Those of Our Own Saxon Ancestors. […] In Two Volumes. […], volume I, London: Printed for T. Carnan and Co. […], →OCLC, pages 218–219:
glosses: Alternative form of nithing.
fatalists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fatalist
fakers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of faker
fumed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /fjuːmd/
rhymes: -uːmd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fume
fumed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /fjuːmd/
rhymes: -uːmd
Senses: examples: text: A customer interrupted her by coming in, in quest of an overmantel, but when Rita by her blandishments had sold a deplorable example in fumed oak, she was again beset with misgivings about letting that old fool get drunk with a dangerous ascent of the stairs to be faced.
ref: 1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 151:
glosses: Of wood, treated with ammonia fumes to darken its colour and enhance its grain pattern.
Derived terms: fumed oak
unfumed
flatterers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flatterer
chloracne
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chloracnes
Etymology: From chlor- + acne, in reference to the greenish pus associated with the condition.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A form of acne caused by exposure to halogenated aromatic hydrocarbons
Derived terms: chloracnegen
filching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From filch + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of filch
filching
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: filchings
Etymology: From filch + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: Truly, the worships of the Mystery wandered as did men, and between filchings and borrowings the gods had as vagabond a time of it as did we.
ref: 1959, Jack London, The Star Rover:
glosses: The act of one who filches; theft.
filched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of filch
chloralkali
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chloralkalis
form: chlor-alkali
Etymology: From chlor- + alkali.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Either of the products (sodium hydroxide and chlorine) of the industrial electrolysis of sodium chloride
Derived terms: chloralkali process
fibbed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fib
Noemi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name.
Related terms: Naomi
chloramide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chloramides
Etymology: From chlor- + amide.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The compound NHCl₂; part of the chloramine class.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any amide in which one or more of the hydrogen atoms attached to the nitrogen atom is replaced with chlorine
chlorimide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chlorimides
Etymology: From chlor- + imide.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The unstable compound NHCl₂; dichloramine
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any imide in which a hydrogen atom attached to the nitrogen atom has been replaced by chlorine
Norse Tradition
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: 1997 Pagan Dawn issue 125 (Pagan magazine), Call us Heathens, Arlea Anschutz and Steven Hunt.
Norse Tradition is another similar term, but instead of being too broad, it[']s too narrow.
1998 The Norse Tradition a beginners guide, Pete Jennings, Headway, →ISBN, page 1.
The Norse Tradition, sometimes known as Odinism (after its chief god Odin), sometimes called Northern Tradition (as in Northern Europe) or Asatru (from the words meaning 'a faith in the Gods') is attractive today for many of the reasons for which it was followed long ago.
2001 Goddess of the North, Lynda C. Welch, Weisser Books, →ISBN, page 226.
While an entire book could be written about the spiritual symbols of the Norse Tradition, the purpose here is to give a brief description, without compromising the reader's own intuition concerning the symbols.
topics: lifestyle
paganism
religion
glosses: The religion of Heathenry, a modern faith inspired by the ancient pagan beliefs of the Germanic tribes, Anglo-Saxons and Norse peoples.
udon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈuːdɒn/
rhymes: -uːdɒn
Forms: form: udon
form: udons
Etymology: From Japanese 饂飩 (udon), which is probably from Middle Chinese 餛飩 (hwon dwon, “wonton”).
Senses: examples: text: The first time I had niku udon was at a Japanese convenience store, now long closed, near Columbia University in the mid-1990s. For about $5, the attendants would plop a handful of freshly boiled udon into a Styrofoam cup and add a ladle of dashi broth seasoned with soy sauce and mirin.
ref: 2022 October 19, J. Kenji López-Alt, “What Kenji López-Alt Makes His Family for Dinner”, in The New York Times:
glosses: A Japanese wheat noodle.
Derived terms: kitsune udon
ram-don
chloroacetate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chloroacetates
Etymology: From chloro- + acetate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of chloroacetic acid
chloroacetic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The chlorinated derivative of acetic acid CH₂Cl-COOH that is used in organic synthesis
chloroacetone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The chlorinated derivative of acetone CH₃-CO-CH₂Cl used in tear gas and in organic synthesis
chloroalkane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chloroalkanes
Etymology: From chloro- + alkane.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any haloalkane in which the halogen is chlorine
Hypernyms: haloalkane
organochloride
chlorobenzene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chlorobenzenes
Etymology: From chloro- + benzene.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any derivative of benzene in which one or more hydrogen atoms is replaced by chlorine; but especially the simplest such derivative C₆H₅Cl that is used in the manufacture of phenol, aniline and other compounds
Derived terms: clobenzepam
Ottilia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name.
chlorochromate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chlorochromates
Etymology: From chloro- + chromate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The univalent anion CrClO₃⁻, or any salt containing this anion
Derived terms: ammonium chlorochromate
pyridinium chlorochromate
scalae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scala
MJ
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Michael Jackson.
MJ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Mary Jane; marijuana.
examples: text: Then when my sister was old enough, my mother taught the three of us how to play MJ [mah-jongg].
ref: 2006, Judy Yung, Gordon H. Chang, H. Mark Lai, Chinese American voices: from the gold rush to the present ..., →ISBN, page 283:
glosses: Initialism of mahjong.
GJ
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: GJ the prefix of catalog entries in the Gliese star catalog, for the Gliese-Jahreiss expansion.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: By extension, the prefix for any item catalogued in the Gliese star catalog.
glosses: Abbreviation of Gujarat: a state of India.
Synonyms: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
word: Gliese
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
word: Gl
Related terms: Wo
NN
GJ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
qualifier: molecular biology
glosses: Initialism of gap junction.
Derived terms: topics: biochemistry
microbiology
chemistry
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
biology
sense: molecular biology
word: AGJ
EJ
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of East Jerusalem.
EJ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of electronic journalism.
examples: text: In addition, because analyses in prior route permit applications have utilized this methodology, the Applicants also conducted this environmental justice analysis in accordance with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) Federal Interagency Working Group on Environmental Justice (EJ) and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Committee’s publication, Promising Practices for EJ Methodologies in NEPA Reviews (Promising Practices).
ref: 2024 August 19, “LAKETOWN 115-kV TRANSMISSION LINE PROJECT IN CARVER COUNTY, MN”, in Great River Energy, page 66:
glosses: Initialism of environmental justice.
PJ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PJs
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of pajama.
glosses: Abbreviation of Proto-Japonic.
glosses: Initialism of private jet.
glosses: Initialism of Petaling Jaya, a town.
examples: text: To share the secret with you, just in case you are not a Delhite, 'PJ' stands for, yes, "Poor Joke.'
ref: 1987, Sainik Samachar, volume 34, Director of Public Relations, Ministry of Defence, page 11:
text: “No, I don't,” I replied and quickly asked, “so, where are you now?” “Here, in front of you,” she replied with a witty smile. “I meant what are you doing these days—your occupation?” I smiled innocently. A PJ (poor joke) indeed.
ref: 2018, Kishor Kunal, The Casted Minds: A Nation where Purity of Blood Matters:
glosses: Initialism of poor joke.
directrix
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: directrixes
form: directrices
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin dīrectrīx. By surface analysis, direct + -trix.
Senses: glosses: A female who directs; a directress.
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A line used to define a curve or surface; especially a line, the distance from which a point on a conic has a constant ratio to that from the focus.
Derived terms: conic section directrix
graph directrix
ruled surface directrix
ethylmethylthiambutene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An opioid painkiller, N-ethyl-N-methyl-4,4-dithiophen-2-yl-but-3-en-2-amine, that has a narcotic effect
ethylmorphine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ethyl + morphine.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A particular narcotic antitussive.
Synonyms: codethyline
dionine
etonitazene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From nitazene.
Senses: examples: text: In fact, apart from clonitazene and etonitazene, which are controlled under the United Nations Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961,³⁹ none of the previously described 2-benzylbenzimidazole opioids are currently under (international) control.^(22,24)
ref: 2021, Marthe M. Vandeputte, Katleen Van Uytfanghe, et al., “Synthesis, Chemical Characterization, and μ‑Opioid Receptor Activity Assessment of the Emerging Group of “Nitazene” 2‑Benzylbenzimidazole Synthetic Opioids”, in ACS Chemical Neuroscience, volume 12, number 7, →DOI, page 1241:
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A potent synthetic opioid analgesic of the nitazene group, used as an illicit drug.
etorphine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From eth(ylene) + -orphine (“morphinan derivate”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A particular narcotic painkiller.
Derived terms: acetorphine
alletorphine
dihydroetorphine
etoxeridine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ethox(y) + -eridine (“pethidine derivative”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A particular narcotic.
ethoheptazine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A particular narcotic painkiller.
faxeladol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From [Term?] + -adol (“analgesic”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A particular narcotic painkiller.
fentanyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɛn.tə.nɪl/
ipa: [ˈfɛnʔ.nɪɫ]
ipa: /ˈfɛn.tə.nɑl/
ipa: /ˈfɛn.tə.nɔl/
ipa: [ˈfɛnʔ.nɑɫ]
ipa: [ˈfɛnʔ.nɔɫ]
Forms: form: fentanyls
form: fentanil
Etymology: From phen(yle)th(yl) + anil(ide).
Senses: examples: text: Approved name ! Other names ! Action and use
Fentanyl .. ! 1-Phenethyl-f-(N-propionylanilino)-piperidine ! Narcotic; analgesic
ref: 1963 November 23, British Pharmacopoeia Commission, “Approved names”, in British Medical Journal, page 1327:
text: Fentanyl represents the latest wave of a rolling drug epidemic that has been fueled by prescription painkillers, as addicts continue to seek higher highs and cheaper fixes. “It started out as an opioid epidemic, then heroin, but now it’s a fentanyl epidemic,” Maura Healey, the attorney general of Massachusetts, said in an interview.
ref: 2016 March 25, Katharine Q. Seelye, “Heroin Epidemic Is Yielding to a Deadlier Cousin: Fentanyl”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 09 Aug 2021:
text: Lil Peep died of an overdose of fentanyl and generic Xanax, according to the Pima Country Office of the Medical Examiner.
ref: 2017 December 8, Kory Grow, “Lil Peep Cause of Death Revealed”, in Rolling Stone, archived from the original on 13 Jul 2018:
text: Including, he warns, ketamine and even fentanyl. The crime syndicates have the capacity, he says, and a worldwide distribution network already in place.
ref: 2019 July 4, Michael Sullivan, “In Myanmar, Methamphetamine, Synthetic Drug Production Soars”, in NPR, archived from the original on 06 Jul 2019:
text: Coolio, the gritty rapper best known for his hit “Gangsta’s Paradise,” died from the effects of fentanyl, heroin and methamphetamine, according to the Los Angeles County medical examiner.
ref: 2023 April 6, McKenna Oxenden, “Fentanyl Contributed to Coolio’s Death, Medical Examiner Says”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 14 Apr 2023:
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A synthetic opioid narcotic analgesic C₂₂H₂₈N₂O with pharmacological action similar to morphine that is administered transdermally as a skin patch and in the form of its citrate C₂₂H₂₈N₂O·C₆H₈O₇ is administered orally or parenterally (as by intravenous or epidural injection); N-phenyl-N-[1-(2-phenylethyl)piperidin-4-yl]propanamide.
Derived terms: word: Femtanyl
word: fent
word: fentalog
english: opioid receptor agonist, analgesic
translation: opioid receptor agonist, analgesic
word: -fentanil
word: fentanyl citrate
word: fentanyl fold
word: fetty
word: thiofentanyl
furethidine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From fur(furyl) + -ethidine (“pethidine derivative”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A 4-phenylpiperidine derivative that is related to the opioid analgesic drug pethidine.
herkinorin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A particular narcotic painkiller.
heterocodeine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hetero- + codeine.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A particular narcotic.
hydroxypethidine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hydroxy- + pethidine.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A particular narcotic painkiller.
ketobemidone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A particular narcotic painkiller.
Derived terms: acetoxyketobemidone
methylketobemidone
norketobemidone
propylketobemidone
lefetamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A particular narcotic painkiller.
levomethorphan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From levo- + methorphan.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A particular narcotic painkiller.
levopropoxyphene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From levo- + propoxyphene.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A particular narcotic antitussive.
levorphanol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɛvˈɔɹ.fəˌnɔl/
Etymology: From lev- + -orphan (“morphinan derivate”) + -ol.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An addictive drug used especially in the form of its hydrated tartrate C₁₇H₂₃NO·C₄H₆O₆·2H₂O as a potent analgesic with properties similar to morphine.
Derived terms: norlevorphanol
lofentanil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From [Term?] + -fentanil (“opioid receptor agonist, analgesic”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A particular narcotic painkiller.
MS Contin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Brand name.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A particular narcotic painkiller: time-release morphine pills.
meprodine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A particular narcotic painkiller.
Derived terms: alphameprodine
betameprodine
meptazinol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A particular narcotic painkiller.
metazocine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From meth(yl) + -azocine (“narcotic antagonist/agonist”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A particular narcotic painkiller.