cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
epithelialization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: epithelializations
form: epithelialisation
Etymology: From epithelial + -ization.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The process that covers a wound with epithelial tissue.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The process of assembling an epithelium from non-epithelial cells, such as in the process of mesenchymal-to-epithelial transition.
Derived terms: deepithelialization
neoepithelialization
reepithelialization
Related terms: epithelialize
epithelialize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: epithelializes
form: epithelializing
form: epithelialized
form: epithelialized
form: epithelialise
form: epithelize
Etymology: From epithelial + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To cover a wound (or become covered) with epithelial tissue.
Derived terms: deepithelialize
deepithelialized
reepithelialize
reepithelialized
unepithelialized
Related terms: epithelialization
neuroectoderm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From neuro- + ectoderm.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The region of the ectoderm of an embryo that develops into the central nervous system and other nervous tissue
mesenchyme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mesenchymes
Etymology: Late 19th c.: from meso- (“cellular tissue”) + -enchyme (from parenchyma).
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: That part of the mesoderm of an embryo that develops into connective tissue, bone, cartilage, etc
Derived terms: ectomesenchyme
Related terms: word: chymoplasm
word: mesenchymal
word: mesengenesis
word: sarcenchyme
mesenchymal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mesenchyme + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the mesenchyme.
Derived terms: chondromesenchymal
extramesenchymal
mesenchymal cell
mesenchymal epithelium
mesenchymal hyalin
mesenchymally
mesenchymal stem cell
mesenchymal tissue
neuromesenchymal
nonmesenchymal
quasimesenchymal
placode
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈplækəʊd/
Forms: form: placodes
form: plakode
Senses: examples: text: The placodes are localized thickenings of the cephalic surface ectoderm. Each placode is formed from a group of cells which gives rise to a specific organ with a given specialized function.
ref: 1974, Herbert Tuchmann-Duplessis, G. David, P. Haegel, Illustrated Human Embryology, Volumes 1-3, Springer, page 94:
text: 1978, Charles Russell Bardeen, Irving Hardesty, John Lewis Bremer, Edward Allen Boyden (editors), The Anatomical Record, Volume 191, A. R. Liss, page 450,
The neural crest cell bodies become more distant from the placode, but their cell processes permeate the increasingly fibrillar extracellular matrix subjacent to the placode.
text: Following neurulation, the placodes are first visible as thickenings of columnar epithelium in the non-neural ectoderm, which will go on to form the paired sense organs (olfactory, otic, and lateral line placodes), the lens of the eye (lens placode), the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland (adenohypophyseal placode) and essential components of some ganglia (epibranchial and trigeminal placodes).
ref: 2008, Roderick Nigel Finn, B. G. Kapoor, editors, Fish Larval Physiology, Taylor & Francis, page 15:
topics: anatomy
biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A platelike thickening of the epithelial layer of an embryo from which an organ, especially a sense organ, develops.
Derived terms: neurogenic placode
preplacode
placodal
quasicrystalline
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more quasicrystalline
form: most quasicrystalline
Etymology: From quasi- + crystalline.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to quasicrystals
glosses: Structurally similar to a crystal
anti-satellite
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + satellite.
Senses: qualifier: Of a weapon
glosses: designed to destroy satellites
halocyclization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: halocyclizations
Etymology: From halo- + cyclization.
Senses: examples: 1995 Maarten H. D. Postema - C-Glycoside Synthesis
If the olefin is unsubstituted, then other types of cyclizations can be carried out to affect ring closure, such as halocyclization or mercuriocyclization.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any reaction that involves both cyclization and halogenation
mercuriocyclization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: 1995 Maarten H. D. Postema - C-Glycoside Synthesis
If the olefin is unsubstituted, then other types of cyclizations can be carried out to affect ring closure, such as halocyclization or mercuriocyclization.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any reaction that involves both cyclization and mercuriation
mercuriation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mercuriations
Etymology: From mercury + -ation.
Senses: examples: text: Hiratuka has investigated the mercuriation of aryl arsenicals by mercuric acetate.
ref: 1985, F Gordon A Stone, Robert West, Advances in Organometallic Chemistry:
text: Mercuriation of nucleic acids is performed after ISH is completed using haptens with SH groups that bing the mercury.
ref: 1992, Victor A. Bernstam, Handbook of Gene Level Diagnostics in Clinical Practice:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any reaction that introduces a covalent mercury bond into a compound
hapten
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: haptens
Etymology: Early 20th century: from German Hapten, from Ancient Greek ἅπτειν (háptein, “to fasten”).
Senses: topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: Any small molecule that can elicit an immune response only when attached to a large carrier such as a protein.
Synonyms: haptene
Hyponyms: urushiol
Derived terms: haptenated
haptenation
haptenic
haptenization
haptenize
haptenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hapten + -ic.
Senses: topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to a hapten
Derived terms: polyhaptenic
phosphoramidite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phosphoramidites
Etymology: From phosphor + amidite.
Senses: examples: text: The resultant phosphoramidite is stable and can be stored in the absence of moisture as a white powder.
ref: 2005, Philip J. Kocieński, Protecting Groups:
text: All the 60-mer length oligonucleotide probes, base-by-base, are printed from digital sequence files and the standard phosphoramidite chemistry used in the reactions allows for high coupling efficiencies . . .
ref: 2005, R. Dougherty, Genomic Signal Processing and Statistics:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any amidite formally derived from a phosphite; they are used in the synthesis of nucleic acids etc
subglacial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /sʌbˈɡleɪ.ʃl̩/
ipa: /sʌbˈɡleɪ.ʃɪ.əl/
ipa: /ˌsʌbˈɡleɪ.ʃ(ə)l/
rhymes: -eɪʃəl
Etymology: PIE word
 *upó
From sub- (prefix meaning ‘beneath, under’) + glacial (“of or relating to glaciers; cold and icy; (figurative) very slow”).
Senses: examples: text: These streams continue to flow in winter as well as in summer, although in less quantity; […] It is also this melting beneath the ice (subglacial, suppose we call it) which loosens the ice from the ground, and occasions, or rather permits, the perpetual downward movement, with which "The glacier's cold and restless mass / Moves onward day by day."
ref: 1836 September 2, J. R., “Art. VI. Observations on the Causes which Occasion the Variation of Temperature between Spring and River Water.”, in J[ohn] C[laudius] Loudon, editor, The Magazine of Natural History, and Journal of Zoology, Botany, Mineralogy, Geology, and Meteorology, volume IX, number 66, London: […] [Andrew Spottiswoode] for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, […], published October 1836, →OCLC, page 534:
antonyms: supraglacial
glosses: Formed or occurring beneath a glacier or other body of ice.
examples: text: Securing political approval for even modest changes to railway organisation and structure has been of sub-glacial speed and complexity since 2004, when Government abolished the Strategic Rail Authority and put itself in charge.
ref: 2020 September 23, Nigel Harris, “Comment: We MUST Seize the Moment”, in Rail, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire: Bauer Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3:
synonyms: word: glacial
word: crawling
word: languid
word: languorous
word: draggy
word: creeping
word: dreich
word: gastropodous
word: glacial
word: heavy-footed
word: inching
word: inert
word: labored
word: leaden
word: lead-footed
word: lethargic
word: low-speed
word: lumbering
word: plodding
word: pokey
word: ponderous
word: slothlike
word: slow
word: slow as a snail
word: slow as Christmas
word: slow as molasses
word: slow as molasses in January
word: slowfooted
word: sluggish
word: stately
word: steady
word: subglacial
word: sullen
word: tardigrade
word: tedious
word: testudineous
word: torpid
word: unspeedy
antonyms: word: slow
glosses: Moving at a rate allegedly slower than a glacier; extremely slow.
Derived terms: subglacial duct
subglacial lake
subglacially
subglacial rill
subglacial stream
subglacial volcano
subglacial lake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subglacial lakes
Senses: glosses: Any lake that is permanently covered by ice.
Waitangi Day
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The national day of New Zealand and a public holiday held each year on February 6 to celebrate the 1840 signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, New Zealand's founding document. The Treaty made New Zealand a part of the British Empire, guaranteed Māori rights to their land and gave Māori the rights of British citizens.
space opera
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: space operas
Etymology: Coined by fan and writer Wilson "Bob" Tucker in 1941. The term was originally derived from the term horse opera to describe a specific, hackneyed science fiction writing style.
Senses: examples: text: SUGGESTION DEPT: In these hectic days of phrase-coining, we offer one. Westerns are called "horse operas", the morning housewife tear-jerkers are called "soap operas". For the hacky, grinding, stinking, outworn space-ship yarn, or world-saving for that matter, we offer "space opera"
ref: 1941 January, "Bob" Tucker, “Archived copy”, in Le Zombie, number 36, archived from the original on 13 May 2008, page 9:
qualifier: initially derogatory
glosses: A subgenre of speculative fiction or science fiction that emphasizes space travel, romantic adventure, and larger-than-life characters often set against vast exotic settings.
glosses: A subgenre of speculative fiction or science fiction that uses serialization.
glosses: A work or production in this style.
Related terms: fantasy
speculative fiction
restitute
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛstɪtjuːt/
/ˈɹɛstɪtuːt/
Forms: form: restitutes
form: restituting
form: restituted
form: restituted
Etymology: From Old French restituer, from Latin restituō (“replace, restore”).
Senses: examples: ref: 2025 August 24, “Ethiopian Heritage Authority Intensifies Push to Restitute Looted Artifacts”, in ENA Reliable News Source, Ethiopian News Agency, retrieved 29 Aug 2025:
glosses: To restore (something) to its former condition.
examples: text: […] when Frederick M. (Bantam) Lyons had rapidly and successively requested, perused and restituted the copy of the current issue of the Freeman's Journal and National Press which he had been about to throw away (subsequently thrown away), he had proceeded towards the oriental edifice of the Turkish and Warm Baths.[…]
ref: 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 17]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:
text: What I spill in talk or acts rarely is restituted in writing.
ref: 1966, Anaïs Nin, Incest, published 1993, →ISBN, page 28:
text: [W]hat it represents is the inability of language to restitute the loss of memory.
ref: 1980, Harold Bloom, Wallace Stevens: The Poems of Our Climate, →ISBN, page 266:
glosses: To provide recompense for (something).
examples: text: We were even ordered to restitute the legal costs of the defendants.
ref: 2004, Brian Haig, Private Sector, →ISBN, page 31:
glosses: To refund.
Related terms: restitution
restitute
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛstɪtjuːt/
/ˈɹɛstɪtuːt/
Forms: form: restitutes
Etymology: From Old French restituer, from Latin restituō (“replace, restore”).
Senses: glosses: That which is restored or offered in place of something; a substitute.
sexier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Frankly, in any battle for public spending, these other sectors are much sexier politically than railways.
ref: 2022 January 12, Sir Michael Holden, “Reform of the workforce or death by a thousand cuts?”, in RAIL, number 948, page 22:
glosses: comparative form of sexy: more sexy
box-office
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: box-offices
Senses: examples: text: The modern director who turned Shakespeare into good box-office is Kenneth Branagh with his Henry V (1989), Much Ado About Nothing (1993) and, to a lesser extent, Hamlet (1996) and Love’s Labours Lost (2000).
ref: 2007, Oliver Ford Davies, “Acting on Film”, in Performing Shakespeare, London: Nick Hern Books, →ISBN, part 4 (Rehearsal), pages 136–137:
glosses: Alternative form of box office.
Valdosta
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after George Troup's plantation in the area, in turn named after the alpine Italian region of Val d'Osta.
Senses: glosses: A city, the county seat of Lowndes County, Georgia, United States, population 43,724 (2000 U.S. Census)
xenolog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: xenologs
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of xenologue.
Hahira
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unknown; according to one source, named after a West African village Hairaairee; another links it to the biblical placename Hahiroth, from Hebrew הַחִירֹת.
Senses: glosses: A city in Georgia, United States.
wikipedia: Hahiroth
Decatur
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /dɪˈkeɪtə(ɹ)/
/dəˈkeɪtə(ɹ)/
Senses: glosses: A number of places in the United States.
A city, the county seat of Morgan County, Alabama.
examples: text: “We are social beings,” Jaime Blandino, a clinical psychologist in Decatur, Georgia, told CNN. “My most extroverted clients are having the hardest time.”
ref: 2020 March 23, Ryan Prior, “The extrovert’s guide to social distancing”, in CNN:
glosses: A number of places in the United States.
A city, the county seat of DeKalb County, Georgia.
glosses: A number of places in the United States.
A city, the county seat of Macon County, Illinois.
glosses: A number of places in the United States.
A city, the county seat of Adams County, Indiana.
glosses: A number of places in the United States.
A town, the county seat of Newton County, Mississippi.
glosses: A number of places in the United States.
A town, the county seat of Meigs County, Tennessee.
glosses: A number of places in the United States.
A city, the county seat of Wise County, Texas.
glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Decatur County
Decaturville
Marietta
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmɛəɹiˈɛtə/
note: Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˌmɛɹiˈɛtə/
note: without the Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˌmɛɚ.iˈɛtə/
rhymes: -ɛtə
Senses: glosses: Any of a number of places in the USA:
A neighborhood of Jacksonville, Florida.
glosses: Any of a number of places in the USA:
A city, the county seat of Cobb County, Georgia.
glosses: Any of a number of places in the USA:
A village in Fulton County, Illinois.
glosses: Any of a number of places in the USA:
An unincorporated community in Hendricks Township, Shelby County, Indiana.
glosses: Any of a number of places in the USA:
An unincorporated community in Marshall County, Kansas.
glosses: Any of a number of places in the USA:
A tiny city in Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota.
glosses: Any of a number of places in the USA:
A town in Prentiss County, Mississippi.
glosses: Any of a number of places in the USA:
A ghost town in Mineral County, Nevada.
glosses: Any of a number of places in the USA:
A hamlet in Onondaga County, New York.
glosses: Any of a number of places in the USA:
A town in Robeson County, North Carolina.
glosses: Any of a number of places in the USA:
A city, the county seat of Washington County, Ohio.
glosses: Any of a number of places in the USA:
A city, the county seat of Love County, Oklahoma.
glosses: Any of a number of places in the USA:
A census-designated place in Adair County, Oklahoma.
glosses: Any of a number of places in the USA:
A borough of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: Any of a number of places in the USA:
A census-designated place in Greenville County, North Carolina.
glosses: Any of a number of places in the USA:
A small town in Cass County, Texas.
glosses: Any of a number of places in the USA:
A town in Crawford County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A female given name from Italian, an Italian diminutive of Maria.
Warner Robins
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: The air base in this region was called Wellston Army Air Depot when it opened in 1942. The first commander, Colonel Charles E. Thomas, had it renamed in honor of his mentor, Augustine Warner Robins.
Senses: glosses: A city in Georgia, United States.
Quitman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Places with said name, are likely to be named after American politician John A. Quitman.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A city in Arkansas.
glosses: A city, the county seat of Brooks County, Georgia, United States.
glosses: A village in Louisiana.
glosses: A city, the county seat of Clarke County, Mississippi.
glosses: A small city, the county seat of Wood County, Texas.
Derived terms: Quitman County
lesbionic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more lesbionic
form: most lesbionic
Etymology: Blend of lesbian + bionic.
Senses: examples: text: So I did the most cliché lesbionic thing a kid could possibly do, besides buy every Ani DiFranco album and become vegetarian: I cut off my dreadlocks.
ref: 2002, Sarah O'Donnell, The Flow Chronicles, Microcosm, published 2002, page 136:
text: Jolene pulled off Kip's pants, exposing his quivering pink member to the lesbionic onlookers.
ref: 2003, Bett Williams, The Wrestling Party, Alyson Publishing, published 2003, page 141:
glosses: Lesbian.
Clarksburg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Clark + -s- + -burg.
Senses: glosses: A city, the county seat of Harrison County, West Virginia, United States.
glosses: A census-designated place in Yolo County, California, United States.
Fairmont
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Will County, Illinois.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Martin County, Minnesota.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Clark County, Missouri.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A village in Fillmore County, Nebraska.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Robeson County, North Carolina.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Garfield County, Oklahoma.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Marion County, West Virginia.
unresponsive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unresponsive
form: most unresponsive
Etymology: From un- + responsive.
Senses: examples: text: Two women were found unresponsive in a car along with the likely culprit – four coolers of dry ice – Friday morning in Pierce County, Washington, CNN affiliate KOMO reports.
ref: 2018 August 1, Michael Nedelman, “Ice cream salesman’s wife and mother suffocated by dry ice in car”, in CNN:
glosses: Not responsive; unreactive.
glosses: Indifferent or apathetic; emotionless.
Synonyms: nonresponsive
Related terms: unresponsiveness
irresponsible
NYX
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: business
finance
stock-ticker-symbol
glosses: NYSE Group
Related terms: NYSE
RDS.A
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: business
finance
stock-ticker-symbol
glosses: Royal Dutch Shell
CVX
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The companies said the deal will make the new Conoco (COP) the largest independent oil-and-gas company in the United States, with daily production surpassing 1.5 million barrels. (Diversified oil companies like ExxonMobil and Chevron (CVX) pump more oil.)
ref: 2020 October 19, Matt Egan, “The oil industry is in crisis. ConocoPhillips is doubling down”, in CNN Business:
topics: business
finance
stock-ticker-symbol
glosses: Abbreviation of Chevron Corporation.
WFC
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Initialism of who fucking cares.
WFC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Sloan, a three-decade veteran of Wells Fargo (WFC), said it was his decision to relinquish control of Wells Fargo (WFC) as a way to help the bank move forward.
ref: 2019 March 28, Matt Egan, “Wells Fargo CEO Tim Sloan steps down suddenly”, in CNN Business:
topics: business
finance
stock-ticker-symbol
glosses: Initialism of Wells Fargo & Company.
WFC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: Initialism of women's football club.
DJI
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: business
finance
stock-ticker-symbol
glosses: Initialism of Dow Jones Industrial Average.
dust-up
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dust-ups
Etymology: Deverbal from dust up.
Senses: examples: text: There's market gardening, a ruined abbey with an isolated belltower, a battlefield trail and festival recalling a dust-up of 1265, and a plaque on the old Midland station.
ref: 2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and fact behind railway plaques: Evesham (1870)”, in RAIL, number 947, pages 58–59:
glosses: Alternative spelling of dustup.
GCI
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˌd͡ʒiːˌsiːˈaɪ/
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Green Cross International.
glosses: Initialism of Grace Communion International.
GCI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌd͡ʒiːˌsiːˈaɪ/
Forms: form: GCIs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of ground-controlled interception.
Irish pennant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Irish pennants
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A loose or untidy end of a line or other part of the rigging of a sailing ship
glosses: A loose thread of a naval or military uniform; also the loose end of any knot not tied properly
North Andover
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Massachusetts, United States.
IBGE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: IBGEs
form: IBGe
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of Isobutylgermane or Iso-butyl Germane.
Fall River
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: Fall Reeve
glosses: A city in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States.
glosses: A river in South Dakota, United States.
Derived terms: Fall River County
New Bedford
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: New Beige
glosses: A city in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States.
Pittsfield
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Pike County, Illinois.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township in Pike County, Illinois.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town and census-designated place therein, in Somerset County, Maine.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Berkshire County, Massachusetts.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township and former settlement in Washtenaw County, Michigan.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town and census-designated place therein, in Merrimack County, New Hampshire.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Otsego County, New York.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township in Lorain County, Ohio.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township in Warren County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Rutland County, Vermont.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Brown County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community partly within the town and also in Shawano County, Wisconsin.
nose ring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nose rings
form: nosering
Senses: glosses: A ring affixed to the snout of cattle, to make them follow immediately when a chain is attached to the ring.
examples: text: Maybe it’s true that “the Left can’t meme,” if “the Left” refers to the earnest suburban revolutionary with an undercut and a nose ring who typically stalks your replies on X.
ref: 2024 June 18, Spencer Klavan, “A Matter of Taste”, in The American Mind:
glosses: A ring worn on a person's nose, as jewellery.
Derived terms: nose-ringed
paint oneself into a corner
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpeɪnt wʌnˈsɛlf ˈɪntʊ ə ˈkɔːnə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈpeɪnt wʌnˈsɛlf ˈɪntu ə ˈkɔɹnɚ/
Forms: form: paints oneself into a corner
form: painting oneself into a corner
form: painted oneself into a corner
form: painted oneself into a corner
Etymology: From the idea that a person painting the floor of a room may inadvertently apply the paint over the whole floor and trap themselves in a corner away from any exit, so that to leave the room the person has no choice but to step on the fresh paint and ruin it.
Senses: examples: text: The Coens [Coen brothers] write their screenplays in a manner as unorthodox as the films that result from them. […] They paint themselves into a corner, plotwise, then perform whatever literary gymnastics are necessary in order to paint themselves out.
ref: 2001, Carolyn R. Russell, “Introduction”, in The Films of Joel and Ethan Coen, Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, →ISBN, pages 3–4:
text: [Giuliana] Tedeschi thus rejects the mythicization of the Holocaust, in her book and in others'. By claiming a separate, privileged space for documentary writing and survivor nonfiction, she in effect paints herself into a corner, forced thereafter to deny the presence—even the abundance—of literary tropes and writerly devices in her own work.
ref: 2007, Risa B. Sodi, “Giuliana Tedeschi: Wife, Mother, Survivor”, in Narrative & Imperative: The First Fifty Years of Italian Holocaust Writing (1944–1994), New York, N.Y.: Peter Lang Publishing, →ISBN, page 141:
text: In his diary entry from 8 January 1914, Franz Kafka writes: "What have I in common with Jews? I have hardly anything in common with myself and should stand very quietly in a corner, content that I can breathe" […] [T]his corner could also, tragically, describe the place where Kafka feels he should position himself, painting himself into a corner, into a dead end, where nothing but bare life stripped of all existential substance and support can subsist.
ref: 2009, Vivian Liska, “Introduction: Uncommon Communities”, in When Kafka Says We: Uncommon Communities in German-Jewish Literature, Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Press, →ISBN:
text: Executives and businesses are often painted into a corner. They unwittingly lock themselves and their companies into a rigid bureaucratic way of dealing with rules, regulations, and compliance matters.
ref: 2011, Hillel Glazer, “The Man versus the Money”, in High Performance Operations: Leverage Compliance to Lower Costs, Increase Profits, and Gain Competitive Advantage, Upper Saddle River, N.J.: FT Press, →ISBN, pages 57–58:
glosses: To create a predicament or problem for oneself; to do something that leaves one with no good alternatives or solutions.
Synonyms: back oneself into a corner
box oneself into a corner
get oneself into a corner
talk oneself into a corner
write oneself into a corner
accidental point
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: accidental points
Senses: qualifier: perspective
glosses: A point on the horizon at which two parallel lines appear to meet.
agreement in principle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: agreements in principle
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A legally enforceable, but incompletely specified, agreement between parties that identifies the fundamental terms that are intended to be or are agreed upon.
anticipation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ænˌtɪs.ɪˈpeɪ.ʃən/
ipa: /ænˌtɪs.əˈpeɪ.ʃən/
ipa: [ɛənˌtɪs.əˈpeɪ.ʃən]
ipa: /ænˌtɪs.ə.pæɪ.ʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: anticipations
Etymology: From Middle English anticipacioun, from Latin anticipātiō, anticipātiōnem.
Senses: examples: text: Often the anticipation of a shot is worse than the pain of the stick.
text: So shall my anticipation prevent your discovery, and your secrecy to the king and queen moult no feather.
ref: c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:
glosses: The act of anticipating, taking up, placing, or considering something beforehand, or before the proper time in natural order.
examples: text: He waited with great anticipation for Christmas to arrive.
text: He waited in anticipation of the arrival of Christmas.
text: November 20, 1836, Samuel Thodey, The Honour Attached to Eminent Piety and Usefulness
anticipation of that final hour which he had long contemplated as near at hand
text: The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again;[…]. Now she had come to look upon the matter in its true proportions, and her anticipation of a possible chance of teaching him a lesson was a pleasure to behold.
ref: 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
glosses: The eagerness associated with waiting for something to occur.
topics: business
finance
glosses: Prepayment of a debt, generally in order to pay less interest.
glosses: Prolepsis.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A non-harmonic tone that is lower or higher than a note in the previous chord and a unison to a note in the next chord.
examples: text: [M]any Men give themſelves up to the firſt anticipations of their minds, and are very tenacious of the Opinions that firſt poſſeſs them; [...]
ref: a. 1705, John Locke, “Of the Conduct of the Understanding”, in Posthumous Works of Mr. John Locke: […], London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […], published 1706, →OCLC, § 25, page 81:
glosses: Hasty notion; intuitive preconception.
Synonyms: expectingness
Hyponyms: sense: anticipating, expectation
word: apprehension
sense: anticipating, expectation
word: dread
sense: anticipating, expectation
word: anxiety#Synonyms
Derived terms: anticipationism
anticippointment
teleoanticipation
unanticipation
Related terms: anticipate
anticipator
anticipatory
auction call
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: auction calls
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: The option to call a securitized bond usually after a set time period or after the deal's assets have amortized substantially.
autoclitic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: autoclitics
Etymology: From auto- + clitic.
Senses: glosses: A verbal behavior that has an organizing function; for example, grammatical and rhetorical sequences can be selected by the speaker so as to achieve a particular goal. This occurs because listeners are strongly affected by the composition of the discourse they are exposed to.
autoregulatory loop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: autoregulatory loops
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Part of a protein that allows it to regulate its own genetic expression.
Azzopardi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Likely of North Italian origin, from the Langobardic Italian names Azzo (meaning 'noble') and Pardo. It is a rare surname, present in Italy (Sicily), France (Marseille) and Greece (Corfù), areas of Maltese diaspora. It is sometimes said to be of Jewish origin (from sefardi) but this is not considered a reliable etymology as the name was already attested in Malta in 1419-1420.
Senses: glosses: A Maltese surname
Bristol board
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bristol boards
Etymology: The original Bristol board was made in Bristol, England and was a pasted board made of paper containing rags.
Senses: synonyms: Bristol paper
glosses: A heavyweight paper used for technical drawing, illustration, and other two-dimensional art forms.
throaty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈθɹəʊti/
rhymes: -əʊti
Forms: form: throatier
form: throatiest
Etymology: From throat + -y.
Senses: examples: text: A throaty cough.
text: The concluſion of this rambling Letter ſhall be a rhime of certain hard throary^([sic – meaning throaty]) Words which I was taught lately, and they are accounted the difficulteſt in all the whole Caſtilian Language, inſomuch that he who is able to pronounce them, is accounted Buen Romanciſta, a good ſpeaker of Spaniſh: […]
ref: 1622 August 11 (Gregorian calendar), James Howell, “LXXIII. To Cap. T. P. from Madrid”, in Epistolæ Ho-Elianæ. Familiar Letters Domestic and Forren. […], 3rd edition, volume II, London: […] Humphrey Mos[e]ley, […], published 1655, →OCLC, section VI, page 384:
text: But the most haunting of all the melodies is the warbling laughter of the Tulameen; its delicate note is far more powerful, more far-reaching than the throaty thunders of the Niagara.
ref: 1911, Pauline Johnson, “The Tulameen Trail”, in Legends of Vancouver, Vancouver, British Columbia, page 47:
text: We could hear a motor running; it seemed too deep and throaty a motor to be the squad car, and after we passed the high school, the engine noise grew louder.
ref: 1989, John Irving, chapter 3, in A Prayer for Owen Meany, New York: William Morrow, page 129:
text: Since forming in 2007 Mumford & Sons have hard-toured their way to a vast market for throaty folk that's strong on banjo and bass drum. They have released two enormous albums. But, wow, do they take some knocks back home.
ref: 2012 November 15, Tom Lamont, The Daily Telegraph:
glosses: Produced in the throat; having a rough or coarse quality like a sound produced in the throat.
raw_tags: of a sound
examples: text: Qualities exceptionable in a Herefordshire ox, for grazing. […] The neck short, thick, coarse; loaded with leather and dewlap; “throaty.”
ref: 1789, Mr. Marshall, The Rural Economy of Glocestershire, London: G. Nicol, page 248:
text: […] his flock is not so throaty as Merinos were formerly bred, as he considers throatiness objectionable.
ref: 1849 April, “Col. Randall’s Merino Sheep”, in American Agriculturalist, volume 8, number 4, page 120:
text: In 1558 the beagle had become well patronised by royalty and was painted by court painters, so that we know his type to have been already well established, a small hound with long, drooping ears, short pudgy body and throaty neck.
ref: 1926, Warren Miller, The American Hunting Dog, New York: Appleton, Chapter , p. 31:
glosses: Having a dewlap or excess skin hanging under the neck. (of livestock or dogs)
Derived terms: throatily
throatiness
danger pay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: hazard pay
danger money
hypernyms: pay#Noun
payment
money
glosses: Extra payment given to anybody, civilian or soldier, who is employed in a situation where the working conditions or locale are considered to be hazardous.
Related terms: hardship post
arhathood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From arhat + -hood.
Senses: glosses: The state of being an arhat.
Synonyms: arhatship
wolverene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wolverenes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of wolverine.
GRASE
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Acronym of generally regarded as safe and effective.
greatness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: grātʹnəs
ipa: /ˈɡɹeɪtnəs/
rhymes: -eɪtnəs
Forms: form: greatnesses
Etymology: From Middle English gretnesse, gretnes, greetnesse, from Old English grēatnes. Equivalent to great + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Due to the greatness of his size, he was an effective bodyguard.
text: greatness of mind
text: Mal. Some are borne great... Some atcheeue greatnesse... And some haue greatnesse thrust vpon them.
ref: c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv]:
text: Until then I had felt that what a great writer I was had been carefully kept secret between myself and my wife and only those people we knew well enough to speak to. I was glad Scott had come to the same happy conclusion as to this possible greatness, but I was also glad he was beginning to run out of his speech.
ref: 1964, Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, page 147:
text: He showed his greatness when it mattered, but his occasional weakness too.
ref: 2012 June 29, Kevin Mitchell, “Roger Federer Back from Wimbledon 2012 Brink to Beat Julien Benneteau”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 15 Nov 2016:
glosses: The state, condition, or quality of being great
examples: text: It is not of pride or greatness that he cometh not aboard your ships.
ref: 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “New Atlantis. A Worke Vnfinished.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
glosses: Pride; haughtiness.
Derived terms: overgreatness
Related terms: magnum opus
genius
hind limb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hind limbs
Senses: examples: Coordinate term: forelimb
synonyms: hind leg
glosses: A posterior limb on an animal. When referring to quadrupeds, the term hind leg is often instead used.
homeless dumping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: A hospital van dropped off a homeless paraplegic man on Skid Row and left him crawling in the street with nothing more than a soiled gown and a broken colostomy bag.... Police said the incident was a case of "homeless dumping" and were questioning officials from the hospital.
ref: 2007. Police probe alleged L.A. homeless dumping. MSNBC via Associated Press, February 9, 2007, Los Angeles http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17062674
text: Authorities have launched a criminal investigation into suspected dumping of homeless people on Skid Row after police witnessed ambulances leaving five people on a street there during the weekend.
ref: 2006. L.A. Police Allege Homeless Dumping, Associated Press, October 25, 2006, Los Angeles
synonyms: patient dumping
glosses: The practice of hospital employees or emergency workers releasing homeless patients on the streets instead of placing them into the custody of a relative or shelter or retaining them in a hospital where they may require expensive medical care.
horseplay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: horse-play
Etymology: A compound of horse + play, possibly from observation of boisterous horses playing, or from its attributive sense "strong, big or coarse".
Senses: examples: text: After a little horseplay and floating around, April said “Look over there, it's our skinny dipper. […]
ref: 2016 June, Roger Riffelmacher, Rogg's Bar And Grill, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, →OCLC, →ISBN:
glosses: Rough or rowdy play that can often result in unintentional physical harm.
Synonyms: roughhousing
horseplay
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: horseplays
form: horseplaying
form: horseplayed
form: horseplayed
form: horse-play
Etymology: A compound of horse + play, possibly from observation of boisterous horses playing, or from its attributive sense "strong, big or coarse".
Senses: examples: text: [S]he arose at seven o'clock and spent the first hour preparing pancakes while Al and Albert horseplayed.
ref: 2004, Kyle Longley, Senator Albert Gore, Sr.: Tennessee Maverick, page 136:
glosses: To engage in horseplay.
Synonyms: play fight
roughhouse
Related terms: ponyplay
pure as the driven snow
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: pure as driven snow
form: pure as the driven
Etymology: According to Gary Martin, the term refers to "snow that has blown into drifts and is untrodden and clean". He also notes records of the similar phrase "white as driven snow" since 1611.
Senses: qualifier: simile
glosses: Extremely pure; totally pure (typically "pure" in the sense of "virtuous").
Related terms: white as the driven snow
thrift shop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thrift shops
form: thriftshop
Senses: examples: text: Some thrift shops, glutted with flimsy, synthetic wares, have stopped accepting fast-fashion donations.
ref: 2021 February 6, Rachel Monroe, “Ultra-fast Fashion Is Eating the World”, in The Atlantic:
glosses: A shop which sells mainly used goods (especially clothes) at low prices.
Synonyms: word: op shop
word: oppie
word: second-hand shop
word: second-hand store
word: thrift store
word: thriftstore
Hyponyms: charity shop
goodwill
Goodwill
Coordinate terms: antiques market
antiques shop
antiques store
consignment shop
flea market
vintage shop
vintage store
rounder
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹaʊndə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -aʊndə(ɹ)
Etymology: From Middle English rounder, roundere, equivalent to round + -er (comparative suffix).
Senses: glosses: comparative form of round: more round
rounder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹaʊndə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -aʊndə(ɹ)
Forms: form: rounders
Etymology: From round + -er (agent suffix).
Senses: examples: text: My daddy was a rounder, he wore a rounder's hat and coat.
ref: 1972, Mike Richards, “Kentucky Hills of Tennessee”:
glosses: A Methodist preacher traveling a circuit, also referred to as a circuit rider.
examples: 1923, Traditional(Arr. Fiddlin' John Carson), Casey Jones
Come all you rounders if you want to hear
A story I'm a-tellin' on a brave engineer
Casey Jones was this rounder's name
On a six-eight wheeler boys he won his fame...
glosses: A railroad man who worked at a roundhouse, operating the turntable.
glosses: A person who earns a living by playing cards
examples: 2006, based on traditional, "Cocaine Habit", Old Crow Medicine Show
Take a whiff on me
Take a whiff on me
All you rounders, take a whiff on me
Hey, hey, honey, take a whiff on me
glosses: A person who makes the rounds of bars, saloons, and similar establishments; figuratively, a debaucher or roué
examples: text: […] itt is order'd that 18 Souldiers, 1 Corporall & 1 Rounder goe upon the Sloop […]
ref: 1683, Arthur T. Pringle, editor, Diary and consultation book of the Agent, Governor and Council of Fort St George:
glosses: One who rounds; one who comes about frequently or regularly.
glosses: A tool for making an edge or surface round.
examples: text: Butterbean has been appearing on legitimate boxing cards for years and has, with Dore's astute maneuvering, made a million bucks boxing in four-rounders over the years.
ref: 2001, Lindy Lindell, Metro Detroit Boxing, page 97:
glosses: A fight lasting a specified number of rounds.
examples: text: It becomes quite apparent that not all first rounders are created equal. A sixth-overall pick is approximately twice as valuable as a 30th-overall selection, which would be important for NHL front offices and outside observers to keep in mind when they casually discuss the idea of trading pending UFA rental players at the cost of a first-rounder.
ref: 2015 February 24, Stephen Burch, “Analyzing the value of NHL draft picks”, in Sportsnet:
glosses: A sports league draft selection in a specified round or the player drafted with that selection.
Related terms: all-rounder
rounder-upper
year-rounder
roundest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of round: most round
mathmagician
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mathmagicians
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mathemagician.
news correspondent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: news correspondents
Senses: glosses: A person who supplies news to a newspaper or a magazine; journalist.
glosses: A person who sends audio or visual reports to radio or television stations.
ophryon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ophryons
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὀφρύς (ophrús, “brow”) + -(i)on.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The point in the brow just above the optic foramen, or eyesocket, and glabella.
oxygen pulse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
glosses: Oxygen uptake per heartbeat at rest.
paralipomena
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpæɹəlɪˈpɒmənə/
Forms: form: paralipomenon
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek παραλειπόμενα (paraleipómena, literally “things omitted”), from παραλείπω (paraleípō, “to leave out”), from παρά (pará) + λείπω (leípō).
Senses: qualifier: literary analysis
glosses: The different text variants or text witnesses researched when creating a critical edition.
examples: text: You are cold, while you yourself fan flames. By all means wrap yourself in your despotic furs, there is no one to whom they are more appropriate, cruel goddess of love and of beauty!—After a while I add a few verses from Goethe, which I recently found in his paralipomena to Faust.
ref: 1921 [1870], Fernanda Savage, transl., Venus in Furs, translation of Venus im Pelz by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch:
glosses: Supplementary literary material.
pleuroperitoneal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pleuro- + peritoneal.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the pleuroperitoneum.
podcat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: podcats
Etymology: Blend of podcast + cat? Coined by Michael Capson on the radio program Good Morning Dude.
Senses: glosses: A person who is very fond of podcasts, or who listens to podcasts on a regular basis.
scrounge up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: scrounges up
form: scrounging up
form: scrounged up
form: scrounged up
Senses: examples: text: Let me look around and see if I can scrounge up any old blankets for you to take to your picnic.
glosses: To seek or find despite a lack of apparent resources or availability.
subperiosteal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌsʌbpɛɹiˈɒstɪəl/
Etymology: From sub- + periosteal.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Situated under the periosteum.
Wu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwuː/
enpr: wo͞o
Etymology: Romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 武 (Wǔ, “war, warrior, warlike”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Chinese.
glosses: An epithet of numerous kings and emperors in Chinese history who were honored with variants of the posthumous name Wuwang or Wudi.
Synonyms: word: Woo
word: Mo
word: martial
word: war-like
Wu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwuː/
enpr: wo͞o
Etymology: Romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 烏 /乌 (Wū or Wù, “crow, raven, black”).
Senses: glosses: A river in Guizhou, China, a tributary of the Yangtze.
glosses: A surname from Chinese.
Synonyms: Woo
Wujiang
Wu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwuː/
enpr: wo͞o
Etymology: Romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 巫 (Wū or Wú, “shaman, sorceror, witch”).
Senses: glosses: A river in Hunan, China, a tributary of the Yuan.
glosses: A surname from Chinese.
Synonyms: Woo
Wushui
Wu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwuː/
enpr: wo͞o
Etymology: Romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 㵲 (Wǔ).
Senses: glosses: A river in Hunan, China, a tributary of the Yuan.
Synonyms: Woo
Wushui