cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
syndical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪndɪkəl/
ipa: [ˈsɪndɪkl̩]
rhymes: -ɪndɪkəl
Forms: form: more syndical
form: most syndical
Etymology: Borrowed from French syndical.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to a syndicate
glosses: Of or pertaining to syndicalism
actualist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: actualists
Etymology: From actual + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A proponent of actualism.
actualists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of actualist
prosodist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prosodists
Etymology: From prosody + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A person involved with prosody.
prosodists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prosodist
Nabokovian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Nabokovian
form: most Nabokovian
Etymology: From Nabokov + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977) or his writings, characterised by a lush descriptive style and intricate wordplay.
Related terms: Nabokovesque
accessively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more accessively
form: most accessively
Etymology: From accessive + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: And second, we must not allow our examples to lead us into concluding or assuming that our doxastic programming only functions obstructively; much of it also functions accessively. Certain belief components in our programming make certain aspects of reality more reliably accessible to us than otherwise they would be; and some belief components in our programming make certain aspects of reality accessible to us which otherwise would not be accessible to us at all.
ref: 2006, Nicholas Wolterstorff, “Historicizing the Belief-Forming Self”, in Thomas M. Crisp, Matthew Davidson, David Vander Laan, editors, Knowledge and Reality: Essays in Honor of Alvin Plantinga, →ISBN, pages 128–9:
glosses: In a manner relating to access or accessibility.
accessively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of excessively.
acanthocyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈkæn.θoʊˌsaɪt/
Forms: form: acanthocytes
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἄκανθα (ákantha, “thorn”) + κύτος (kútos, “cell”)
Senses: topics: hematology
medicine
sciences
glosses: A pathological, irregularly spiked red blood cell without central pallor.
Synonyms: spur cell
Derived terms: acanthocytic
acanthocytosis
acanthocytes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acanthocyte
accidious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more accidious
form: most accidious
Senses: glosses: Lazy, slothful.
Related terms: acedia
little brown fucking machine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: little brown fucking machines
Senses: examples: text: Mack soon learned that this new bit of colonialist lingo stood for "Little Brown Fucking Machine." It was more convenient to abbreviate […]
ref: 1988, John Krich, Music in Every Room:
text: And we still have soldiers who call us "a little brown fucking machine fueled by rice.
ref: 1996, Mary John Mananzan, J Shannon Clarkson, Letty Russell, Women Resisting Violence: Spirituality for Life:
text: What about that little brown fucking machine? She's got a nice body, a nice attitude; she takes care of herself. I figured you'd like her.
ref: 1997, David Poyer, The Passage:
text: A Little Brown Fucking Machine is not unsexed by prostituting, she is "just doing what comes naturally."
ref: 1999, Kamala Kempadoo, Sun, Sex, and Gold:
text: After Wes forced the split between Jeri and Captain America, he started dating her and dangling a possible dalliance with the Little Brown Fucking Machine […]
ref: 2002, Jim Ciscell, American Slacker:
text: LBFM is Navy speak for Little Brown Fucking Machine. They are the bar girls sailors meet in all the ports in the Orient. The term is generic for bar girls […]
ref: 2005, John Foster, Fairbanks Risen:
topics: government
military
navy
politics
war
synonyms: LBFM
glosses: A Southeast Asian woman regarded as a sex object.
little brown fucking machines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of little brown fucking machine
sex objects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sex object
lych-gates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lych-gate
SVP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SVPs
Senses: examples: As the SVP of Talent Development and Chief Diversity Officer of L’Oréal, he and his team are working to ensure 50% of the 1,000 key positions around the world at L’Oréal are held by women. Carriers, L'Oréal homepage
hypernyms: VP
coordinate_terms: JVP
qualifier: corporate
glosses: Initialism of senior vice president.
glosses: Initialism of sound velocity profile.
Related terms: CEO
VP
chief petty officer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chief petty officers
Senses: glosses: A warrant officer belonging to one of the two classes of chief petty officer: chief petty officer first class and chief petty officer second class.
glosses: A non-commissioned officer in the Royal Navy, ranking above petty officer and below warrant officer class 2.
glosses: A non-commissioned officer in the United States Navy and United States Coast Guard, ranking above petty officer first class and below senior chief petty officer.
Synonyms: word: CPO
Derived terms: senior chief petty officer
master chief petty officer
Related terms: alt: PO
word: petty officer
chief petty officers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chief petty officer
diagonalise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: diagonalises
form: diagonalising
form: diagonalised
form: diagonalised
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of diagonalize.
Derived terms: diagonalisable
diagonalizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diagonalization
diagonalises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of diagonalise
diagonalising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of diagonalise
diagonalised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of diagonalise
wandering albatrosses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wandering albatross
individual voluntary arrangements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of individual voluntary arrangement
circuit bending
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: There is some circuit-bending done with devices that generate video, but not much as the price of such devices is generally too high to make circuit-bending’s random (and often destructive) results worthwhile.
ref: 2007, Richard Colson, The Fundamentals of Digital Art, AVA Publishing, →ISBN, page 46:
text: Some music, such as electronic dance music, is completely produced electronically and new practices have developed such as live coding, circuit bending, and chipmusic.
ref: 2014, William Forde Thompson, Music in the Social and Behavioral Sciences: An Encyclopedia:
glosses: The creative short-circuiting of electronic devices such as children's toys and small digital synthesizers in order to create new musical or visual instruments.
Derived terms: databend
lowpass
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From low + pass.
Senses: examples: text: From the “highpass-lowpass” filter, “bandpass-bandreject” filter, or the flat amplifier, the signal, after suitable amplification with adjustable gain, may be fed to a meter which gives the root mean square value of the voltage, …
ref: 1950, Machinery and Production Engineering, volume 77, number 2, Machinery Publishing Company, page 636:
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Describing a filter, circuit, or system that rejects or attenuates a frequencies above a specified value while passing those be.
lowpasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lowpass
highpass
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From high + pass.
Senses: examples: text: From the “highpass-lowpass” filter, “bandpass-bandreject” filter, or the flat amplifier, the signal, after suitable amplification with adjustable gain, may be fed to a meter which gives the root mean square value of the voltage, …
ref: 1950, Machinery and Production Engineering, volume 77, number 2, Machinery Publishing Company, page 636:
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Describing a filter, circuit, or system that rejects or attenuates a frequencies below a specified value while passing those above.
Derived terms: highpass filter
highpasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of highpass
high-pass
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of highpass.
high-pass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: high-passes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of highpass.
low-pass
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of lowpass.
low-pass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: low-passes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of lowpass.
high-passes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of high-pass
low-passes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of low-pass
marginals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of marginal
laydeez
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Laydeez and gentlemen, you see here a picture of old Mother Earth, in the days when […]
ref: 1963, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction:
text: […] bangle earrings, and babies, they are the cuties with booties, the LayDeez of the Eighties, Jesus freaks, sinsemilla salesmen, incense prophets […]
ref: 1995, Mark Kriegel, Bless Me, Father:
text: "This one is going out to all the laydeez in the house tonight," says Chester, pointing individually at all three LBD members […]
ref: 2003, Grace Dent, LBD: It's a Girl Thing:
text: 'Cos be they sisters mothers aunts or daughters, all laydeez must be treated tenderly, they're dainty an' they're neat, an' they don't have much to eat […]
ref: 2004, Brian Jacques, Loamhedge:
glosses: plural of laydee
recensions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of recension
India pale ale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: India pale ales
form: IPA
Etymology: From India + pale ale, from being the type of beer, an ale with little colouration, shipped from Britain to India, with a higher hops content to prevent spoilage and further fermentation during transit.
Senses: examples: text: This action proceeds most satisfactorily at a temperature of 72° F., and care is taken in the brewing of the finer varieties of beer, such as India pale ale and bitter beer, […]
ref: 1868, Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge, page 810:
text: Not bad for an amber or pale ale, but India pale ale, I don't think so. So why does Bass put IPA on the label?
ref: 1998, Pete Slosberg, Beer for Pete's Sake: The Wicked Adventures of a Brewing Maverick, page 128:
text: Hence, the India pale ale style was born.
ref: 2005, Sam Calagione, Brewing Up a Business: Adventures in Entrepreneurship from the Founder of Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, page 149:
hypernyms: pale ale#Noun
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beverage#Noun
coordinate_terms: English pale ale
American pale ale
qualifier: alcoholic beverages
glosses: A beer, with a high level of alcohol and hops, traditionally made for export from Britain to India.
Derived terms: double India pale ale
imperial India pale ale
New England India pale ale
West Coast India pale ale
disinflation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: disinflations
Etymology: From dis- + inflation.
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
antonyms: reflation
glosses: A decrease in the inflation rate.
topics: economics
sciences
glosses: Deflation
Derived terms: disinflationary
immaculate disinflation
Related terms: stagflation
uncorrupted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more uncorrupted
form: most uncorrupted
form: incorrupted
Etymology: From un- + corrupted.
Senses: glosses: Not corrupted; pure, whole
saxist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: saxists
Etymology: From sax + -ist.
Senses: glosses: saxophonist; someone who plays the sax
Related terms: saxophonist
Reblochon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Reblochons
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of reblochon.
figleaf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: figleaves
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of fig leaf.
Taino
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈtaɪnoʊ/
Forms: form: Tainos
form: Taino
form: Taíno
Etymology: From Taíno taino (“lord, noble, foremost”).
Senses: examples: text: He was accepted as a Taino now and must adapt to their ways.
ref: 2015, Donald H Sullivan, Turnbull's Slaves: A Minorcan Story - Plus Taino, Lulu Press, Inc, →ISBN:
text: Following the birth of a baby, Tainos would perform a naming ritual where the child would be pronounced as a Taino and a human being (Keegan, 1997).
ref: 2016, Hector Y. Adames, Nayeli Y. Chavez-Dueñas, Cultural Foundations and Interventions in Latino/a Mental Health: History, Theory and within Group Differences, Routledge, →ISBN, page 24:
glosses: A member of a group of pre-Columbian indigenous inhabitants of the Bahamas, Greater Antilles, and some of the Lesser Antilles.
Taino
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈtaɪnoʊ/
Forms: form: Taíno
Etymology: From Taíno taino (“lord, noble, foremost”).
Senses: glosses: Their Arawakan language, now extinct.
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Taíno terms
Taino
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈtaɪnoʊ/
Etymology: From Italian Taino.
Senses: glosses: A municipality in Lombardy, Italy.
phenomenal world
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phenomenal worlds
Senses: examples: text: With intelligence springs up at a stroke the phenomenal world, the world as we know it.
ref: 1876, Robert Adamson, “Schopenhauer's Philosophy”, in Mind, volume 1, number 4, page 500:
text: He . . . suggests a new theory based on the radical assumption that light can convey information about the world and, hence, that the phenomenal world does not have to be constructed by the mind (or the brain) out of meaningless data.
ref: 1970, James Gibson, “The Information Available in Pictures”, in Leonardo, volume 4, number 1, page 27:
text: It is true that Wang does write about the power of tragedy to pierce the illusions of the phenomenal world and release us from the bondage of the "desires of life."
ref: 2004, Zong-qi Cai, “The Influence of Nietzsche in Wang Guowei's Essay ‘On the Dream of the Red Chamber’”, in Philosophy East and West, volume 54, number 2, page 172:
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Especially in philosophical idealism, the world as it appears to human beings as a result of being structured by human understanding; the world as experienced, as opposed to the world of things-in-themselves.
Related terms: external world
noumenon
real world
Dholuo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: dō-lo͞o′ō′
enpr: thō-lo͞o′ō′
rhymes: -uːəʊ
Senses: synonyms: Luo
glosses: A Nilotic language of Kenya and Tanzania.
vocal chord
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vocal chords
Senses: glosses: the rare singular of vocal chords, notably used in anatomical and medical contexts
coveter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coveters
Etymology: From covet + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who covets.
Plutarchian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Plutarchian
form: most Plutarchian
Etymology: From Plutarch + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Plutarch or his writings
consummator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: consummators
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin cōnsummātor, by surface analysis, consummate + -or.
Senses: examples: text: The time was ripe and the consummators came: Dante in the south, Eckhart in the countries north of the Alps.
ref: 1922, “The Birth of Europe”, in Ellie Schleussner, transl., The Evolution of Love, translation of Die Drei Stufen der Erotik by Emil Lucka:
glosses: One who consummates.
MD5-summed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: md5-summed
Senses: topics: computing
cryptography
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Having had its MD5 checksum computed.
md5-summed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of MD5-summed.
sproglet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sproglets
Etymology: From sprog + -let.
Senses: glosses: A small child.
sproglets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sproglet
hygrothermal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /haɪ.ɡɹoʊˈθɝm.əl/
Etymology: From hygro- + -thermal.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Of or pertaining to both humidity and temperature.
Related terms: hygrothermograph
hygrograph
hygrometer
hygrothermograph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hygrothermographs
Etymology: From hygro- + thermo- + -graph.
Senses: topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: An instrument that measures, and records, both humidity and temperature.
Related terms: hygrothermal
haematoxylin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: haematoxylins
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of hematoxylin.
Derived terms: haematoxylinophilic
hanatoxin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hanatoxins
Senses: glosses: Any of a group of toxins, present in the venom of funnel-web spiders, that target potassium channels
hemicomplexes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hemicomplex
hemicomplex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hemicomplexes
Etymology: From hemi- + complex.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Either of a pair of subunits of a complex
heteroallelic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more heteroallelic
form: most heteroallelic
Etymology: From hetero- + allelic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to heteroalleles
heteroallele
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heteroalleles
Etymology: From hetero- + allele.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Any of several alternative forms of a gene that differ at different mutation sites.
hydroxybutyric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hydroxybutyric
form: most hydroxybutyric
Etymology: From hydroxy + butyric.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the hydroxybutyric acids or their derivatives
Derived terms: gamma-hydroxybutyric acid
hydroxytamoxifen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydroxytamoxifens
Etymology: From hydroxy- + tamoxifen.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A metabolite of tamoxifen; it is being considered as a therapy for breast cancer.
hygromycin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hygro- + -mycin, from the taxonomic designator hygroscopicus.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A broad-spectrum antibiotic obtained from a strain of Streptomyces hygroscopicus
hyperreactivity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyperreactivities
Etymology: From hyper- + reactivity.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being hyperreactive
glosses: An allergic response to a very low dose of irritant
allergic response
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: allergic responses
Senses: glosses: The response of the immune system to an allergen
hyperreactive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -æktɪv
Forms: form: more hyperreactive
form: most hyperreactive
Etymology: From hyper- + reactive.
Senses: glosses: Showing a much greater than normal response to a stimulus
Savonian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /səˈvəʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /səˈvoʊ.ni.ən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Etymology: From Savonia + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Savonia.
Savonian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /səˈvəʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /səˈvoʊ.ni.ən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Forms: form: Savonians
Etymology: From Savonia + -ian.
Senses: glosses: A person from Savonia or of Savonian descent.
Savonian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /səˈvəʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /səˈvoʊ.ni.ən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Etymology: From Savonia + -ian.
Senses: glosses: A dialect of Finnish, also called Savo Finnish.
immidazole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of imidazole.
immunophenotypic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From immuno- + phenotypic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to immunophenotyping
immunophenotyping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A technique that uses antibodies to study the expression of proteins by cells.
immunophenotyping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of immunophenotype
immunoprecipitated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From immuno- + precipitated.
Senses: glosses: Formed as a result of immunoprecipitation
intactness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: intactnesses
Etymology: From intact + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: GER's Brundall (1883) in Norfolk, is Grade 2-listed and stands today in a high level of intactness and as the best remaining example of its type across the network.
ref: 2021 October 20, Dr Joseph Brennan, “A key part of our diverse railway heritage”, in RAIL, number 942, page 54:
glosses: The condition of being intact.
Synonyms: word: intactness
word: unbrokenness
Hypernyms: word: continuity
word: entirety
word: wholeness
integrations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of integration
intersectin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: intersectins
Etymology: From intersect + -in?
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An adaptor protein involved in clathrin-mediated endocytosis
interstimulus
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: interstimuli
Etymology: From inter- + stimulus.
Senses: glosses: Between stimuli
intracontinental
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: intra-continental
Etymology: From intra- + continental.
Senses: glosses: Within a continent (especially occupying a large part of a continent)
Related terms: intercontinental
intracratonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more intracratonic
form: most intracratonic
Etymology: From intra- + cratonic.
Senses: glosses: Within a craton.
Derived terms: alt: an autogeosyncline
word: intracratonic basin
isochron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: isochrons
Etymology: From iso- + chron.
Senses: examples: text: Recapitulating, any suite of comagmatic rocks with an age t defines an isochron if its members all had the same initial ^{₈₇}Sr/^{₈₆}Sr ratio and if it was closed to both Rb and Sr since crystallization occurred and neither element was introduced from any extraneous source.[…]In this way, whole-rock Rb-Sr isochrons can produce rather reliable age data for rock samples.
ref: 1997, H.-G. Attendorn, R. Bowen, Radioactive and Stable Isotope Geology, Chapman & Hall, page 163:
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
qualifier: geochemistry
glosses: A line on a chart linking rock of the same age (as determined from isotope ratios).
examples: text: The entire plane is foliated by isochrons.
ref: 2007, Eugene M. Izhikevich, Dynamical Systems in Neuroscience, The MIT Press, page 446:
topics: mathematics
sciences
qualifier: dynamical systems
glosses: A collection of points (such as a manifold), each point representing a set of initial conditions for a given dynamical system, such that every set results in the same long-term behaviour of the system.
Derived terms: isochron dating
isochron diagram
Related terms: isochronism
isochronous
isochrony
isochrone
isoflurane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌaɪ.səˈflʊɹˌeɪn/
Etymology: From iso- + enflurane.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A halogenated ether, 2-chloro-2-(difluoromethoxy)-1,1,1-trifluoroethane, that is used as an inhalation anesthetic.
isoprenylated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more isoprenylated
form: most isoprenylated
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Modified by isoprenylation
Derived terms: polyisoprenylated
isoprenylated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of isoprenylate
clitter
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: clitters
form: clittering
form: clittered
form: clittered
Etymology: Related to clatter.
Senses: examples: text: Howard […] was even more aware of something else. A clittering sound. It was coming from behind him, and it was getting closer.
ref: 1990, Stephen King, The Moving Finger:
glosses: To clatter lightly; to make a soft rattling noise.
clitter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clitters
Etymology: Related to clatter.
Senses: examples: text: A ‘clitter’ or ‘clatter’ is a mass of boulders: it may be in the nature of a scree at the foot of the parent rock, or it may be more or less far removed from any rock exposure to which its origin can be directly attributed.
ref: 1967 [1953], R.Hansford Worth, chapter 1, in G.M. Spooner, F.S. Russell, editors, Worth’s Dartmoor, Newton Abbott: David and Charles, →ISBN, page 24:
glosses: Loose stones on hillsides deposited by weathering.
Synonyms: scree
isoprenylation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: isoprenylations
Etymology: From isoprenyl + -ation.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The addition of a hydrophobic isoprenoid group to a protein to facilitate attachment to cell membranes.
isoproterenol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌʌɪ.səp.ɹəʊ.təˈɹiː.nɒl/
ipa: /ˌʌɪ.səʊ.pɹəʊ.təˈɹiː.nɒl/
ipa: /ˌaɪ.səp.ɹoʊˈtɛɹ.əˌnɔl/
Forms: form: isoproterenols
Etymology: Blend of isopropyl + arterenol.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Synonym of isoprenaline.
synonyms: word: isoprenaline
solifluction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: solifluctions
form: solifluxion
Etymology: From Latin solum (“soil”) + -i- + fluctiō (“act of flowing”).
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Soil creep caused by waterlogged soil slowly moving downhill on top of an impermeable layer.
Related terms: gelifluction
slud
isotypic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: By surface analysis, iso- + -typic, or by surface analysis, isotype + -ic.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Of, related to, or being an isotype.
Having the same crystal or chemical structure as another.
raw_tags: of a mineral
topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: Of, related to, or being an isotype.
Relating to certain subclasses of antigens and antibodies.
coordinate_terms: allotypic
autotypic
Related terms: isotypy
if needs be
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: if need be
Senses: examples: April 20, 1964, Nelson Mandela, speech at trial
I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.
glosses: If need be; if there is a need.
compositionality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From compositional + -ity.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
semantics
antonyms: non-compositionality
coordinate_terms: contextuality
glosses: The property of being compositional.
Related terms: sum of its parts
sum of parts
bio-informatics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of bioinformatics.
every good boy deserves fudge
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: every good boy deserves favor
form: every good boy deserves favour
form: every good boy deserves food
form: every good boy deserves fun
form: every good boy does fine
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A mnemonic phrase to help remember the order of the five lines on a musical treble stave in order from the bottom to the top: E G B D F.
Related terms: good boys deserve fudge always
jacker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /d͡ʒækə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: jackers
Etymology: From jack + -er.
Senses: examples: text: You drive a M5 down a township street, ten jackers roll you for the ride.
ref: 2013, Mike Nicol, Of Cops & Robbers:
glosses: A robber.
glosses: A computer hacker or pirate
Derived terms: hijack
jacker-off
jacker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /d͡ʒækə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: jackers
Etymology: See jacklight + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who hunts at night using a jacklight.
jacker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /d͡ʒækə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: jackers
Senses: synonyms: Cousin Jack
glosses: A Cornishman.
rectorate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rectorates
Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin rēctōrātus.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of rectorship.
synonyms: word: rectorship
Related terms: rectory
benefice
parsonage
vicarate
teleonomist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: teleonomists
Etymology: From teleonomy + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A student of teleonomy.
Richard of York gave battle in vain
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: A reference to Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York (1411–1460), who was killed in the Battle of Wakefield.
Senses: glosses: A mnemonic phrase to help remember the order of the seven colours of the rainbow: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet.
wikipedia: Battle of Wakefield
Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York
Related terms: Roy G. Biv
VIBGYOR
repressure
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: repressures
form: repressuring
form: repressured
form: repressured
Etymology: From re- + pressure.
Senses: examples: text: But rather than repressuring the Ukrainian pipeline system for exports, Russia's gas monopoly, Gazprom, ordered a single test shipment to see if it would pass through Ukraine to Europe, through a pipeline that was being used to supply the Ukrainian city of Odessa.
ref: 2009 January 14, Andrew E. Kramer, “Gas Dispute Runs Deeper Than Pipes, Experts Say”, in New York Times:
glosses: To pressurize again; to restore to a given pressure
semiliterate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From semi- + literate.
Senses: examples: text: With the necessary prowess of the semiliterate, Heed had a flawless memory, and like most nonreaders, she was highly numerate.
ref: 2003, Toni Morrison, Love, Vintage (2016), page 75:
synonyms: subliterate#Adjective
coordinate_terms: illiterate#Adjective
literate#Adjective
glosses: Not entirely literate; having a limited grasp of the written language.
semiliterate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: semiliterates
Etymology: From semi- + literate.
Senses: examples: text: If Rita Mae Brown were an exceptional writer, I might be more willing to give an ear to her pontificating […] But even as a pulp writer, Brown will have to treat lesbians as more than a bunch of anencephalic semi-literates who will sanctify her name forevermore. We have to have the guts to say, "Keep editing, Rita Mae; paper is cheap and we expect better!"
ref: 1988 December 11, Susana Darwin, “Keep Editing, Rita Mae”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 22, page 10:
synonyms: subliterate#Noun
coordinate_terms: illiterate#Noun
literate#Noun
glosses: A person who is semiliterate.
Related terms: semiliteracy
stonings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stoning
statelet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈsteɪtlɪt/
Forms: form: statelets
Etymology: From state + -let.
Senses: examples: text: Egypt talks to Hamas but is not eager to see the radical Islamic group succeed in running a small statelet next door.
ref: 2009 January 14, Steven Erlanger, Michael Slackman, “Israel Says Hamas Is Damaged, Not Destroyed”, in New York Times:
text: In 2014, the European statelet of Liechtenstein followed the Swiss lead and returned $227 million that had been stolen by [Sani] Abacha's son […]
ref: 2018, Oliver Bullough, chapter 12, in Moneyland, →ISBN, page 182:
text: Ms McDonald’s party has long argued that Northern Ireland is not working – a “failed statelet” being their chosen description.
ref: 2021 February 2, Mike Nesbitt, “Divisive Border poll is no recipe for unity”, in The Irish Times:
glosses: A very small nation-state, or a region that acts like a nation-state
statelets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of statelet
untrain
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: untrains
form: untraining
form: untrained
form: untrained
Etymology: From un- + train.
Senses: examples: text: The 11 girls […]are all trained dancers in real life who, for the purposes of "Billy Elliot," must untrain themselves for each performance and dance with two very left feet.
ref: 2009 January 14, Patrick Healy, “Where Ballet Is a Boy Thing”, in New York Times:
glosses: To reverse or undo one's training; to become less trained than before
noughtwithstanding
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: nought withstanding
form: nought-withstanding
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of notwithstanding.
noughtwithstanding
Language: English
Part of speech: conj
Forms: form: nought withstanding
form: nought-withstanding
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of notwithstanding.
noughtwithstanding
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Forms: form: nought withstanding
form: nought-withstanding
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of notwithstanding.
untrains
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of untrain
untraining
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of untrain
nought withstanding
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of noughtwithstanding.
nought withstanding
Language: English
Part of speech: conj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of noughtwithstanding.
nought withstanding
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of noughtwithstanding.
nought-withstanding
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of nought withstanding.
nought-withstanding
Language: English
Part of speech: conj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of nought withstanding.
nought-withstanding
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of nought withstanding.
globe daisy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: globe daisies
Senses: glosses: Any plant of genus Globularia of perennials, such as
glosses: Any plant of genus Globularia of perennials, such as
Globularia vulgaris, native to western Europe, sometimes used as a laxative.
Derived terms: heart-leaved globe daisy
Lincolnshire spinach
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Good King Henry.
synonyms: word: Good King Henry
nonpartisanship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From nonpartisan + -ship.
Senses: examples: text: The incident was about an organization's preserving its reputation for nonpartisanship, not curbing the free speech of its employees.
ref: 2009 January 14, “The A.C.L.U. and Politics”, in New York Times:
glosses: The quality of not being partisan, of remaining politically independent
nonscholarship
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + scholarship.
Senses: examples: text: Coaches have had to answer tough questions about the financial assistance available to nonscholarship athletes.
ref: 2009 January 14, Mark Viera, “Athletes and Colleges Feel a Recruiting Pinch”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not receiving a scholarship
paralyzer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paralyzers
Etymology: From paralyze + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Allergan, the company that turned an obscure muscle paralyzer for eyelid spasms, Botox, into a blockbuster wrinkle smoother, hopes to perform cosmetic alchemy yet again.
ref: 2009 January 14, Natasha Singer, “Love the Eyelashes. Who Is Your Doctor?”, in New York Times:
glosses: One who or that which paralyzes
Synonyms: paralytic
outexecute
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: outexecutes
form: outexecuting
form: outexecuted
form: outexecuted
Etymology: From out- + execute.
Senses: examples: text: "We're playing scared; we're playing soft; we're getting outexecuted and outhustled," Goodman said.
ref: 2009 January 14, Brian Heyman, “An Unlikely Dynasty Takes Hold in the Bronx”, in New York Times:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To execute plays more successfully than another person or team
phantasmagorically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more phantasmagorically
form: most phantasmagorically
Etymology: From phantasmagoric + -ally or phantasmagorical + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: What a phantasmagorically strange conflict the Arab-Israeli war had become!
ref: 2009 January 14, Jeffrey Goldberg, “Why Israel Can’t Make Peace With Hamas”, in New York Times:
glosses: In a manner, or to an extent, typical of phantasmagoria; thus, fantastically or bizarrely
maximalists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of maximalist
poeticized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of poeticize
poeticize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: poeticizes
form: poeticizing
form: poeticized
form: poeticized
form: poeticise
Etymology: From poetic + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: The ambition of Russia is most elaborately exposed in an essay highly poeticized.
ref: 1829 July 24, The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, volume 99, page 50:
text: To the ancients in Mesopotamia as well as in Mexico this movement was poeticized as a journey through the underworld.
ref: 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 174:
text: For me, the process of poeticizing the DSM is a way to enhance my empathic understanding of clients.
ref: 2007, Bruce L. Moon, The Role of Metaphor in Art Therapy: Theory, Method, and Experience:
text: His poeticized version of a news flash about the advent of AIDS (the disease that killed his mother) electrifies, as it should, like unexpected lightning.
ref: 2009 January 14, Ben Brantley, Jason Zinoman, “In Festival, Biography, Beckett and Blues”, in New York Times:
glosses: To make poetic, or express in poetry.
examples: text: They may poeticize when they come down upon the glory of the unclouded sun, or the extensive wonders of the developed landscape; but, my word for it, all was lost upon them, so long as their chief care was not to break their necks by a sudden descent!
ref: 1846, Peers and parvenus, volumes 1-3, page 166:
text: Then, if I wish to poeticize upon it at home, there is Belinda, with her sylphs, drinking it in such state as nothing but poetry can supply […]
ref: 1870, Leigh Hunt, A Day by the Fire: And Other Papers, Hitherto Uncollected:
text: One play is about a weak man who, under pressure, gives up his friend first and his crown later, and interests us only in his very human weakness and by virtue of the faint halo that is cast around it by all the grace and poeticizing.
ref: 1924, Bertolt Brecht, The Life of Edward II of England:
glosses: To write or speak in the manner of a poet.
Derived terms: poeticization
unpoeticized
paralyzers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paralyzer
outexecutes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of outexecute
outexecuting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of outexecute
outexecuted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of outexecute
poeticizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of poeticize
poeticizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of poeticize
rapmeister
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rapmeisters
Etymology: From rap + meister.
Senses: examples: text: The discussion is both friendly and intense; after two minutes, the rapmeister readjusts his baseball cap, bids the banker goodbye and grins...
ref: 1992 December, Black Enterprise, volume 23, number 5, page 66:
text: "Ha, I pity your white ass," says Rapmeister Dommie, twelve going on twenty-nine.
ref: 2002, Carl Hiaasen, Basket case, page 242:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A highly skilled rapper
Synonyms: rapmaster
rapmeisters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rapmeister
torcetrapib
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A drug having the chemical formula C₂₆H₂₅F₉N₂O₄, which was originally planned for use against hypercholesterolemia but is no longer in development
verifiability principle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Coined by the philosopher Alfred Jules Ayer c. 1936.
Senses: examples: text: It is generally agreed among most advocates of the Verifiability Principle that analytic and empirical statements exhaust the class of cognitively meaningful statements.
ref: 1962, Marvin Zimmerman, “The Status of the Verifiability Principle”, in Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, volume 22, number 3, page 334:
text: Carnap, for example, invoked the verifiability principle to argue that the problem of the external world was a 'pseudo-problem'—for neither the proposition 'there is an external world' nor its negation is verifiable in experience, so both are meaningless.
ref: 2001, Samir Okasha, “Verificationism, Realism and Scepticism”, in Erkenntnis, volume 55, number 3, page 376:
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The principle, especially in 20th-century empiricism, that a statement has meaning if, and only if, either it can be verified by means of empirical observations or it is logically true by definition.
wikipedia: Alfred Jules Ayer
Synonyms: criterion of verifiability
criterion of verification
principle of verifiability
principle of verification
verifiability criterion
verification criterion
verification principle
Related terms: Newton's flaming laser sword
logical positivism
verificationism
arrestingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more arrestingly
form: most arrestingly
Etymology: From arresting + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: She was arrestingly beautiful.
text: The tag still fits the arrestingly paradoxical presence of this performance artist[…
ref: 2009 January 14, Ben Brantley, Jason Zinoman, “In Festival, Biography, Beckett and Blues”, in New York Times:
glosses: In a way or to an extent that is arresting; so as to catch the attention suddenly.
Synonyms: strikingly
criterion of verifiability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Synonym of verifiability principle.
synonyms: word: verifiability principle
infelicitously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more infelicitously
form: most infelicitously
Etymology: From infelicitous + -ly or in- + felicitously.
Senses: examples: text: By turns absorbing, confounding, exhausting and altogether stranger and more rib-ticklingly funny than most fiction, Craig Baldwin's infelicitously titled and cacophonous provocation, "Mock Up on Mu," comes close to defying categorization.
ref: 2009 January 14, Manohla Dargis, “Star Log: Trippy Sci-Fi Mash-Up Alert!”, in New York Times:
glosses: In a way that is infelicitous or unfortunate
Related terms: felicitously
infelicitous
infelicity
criterion of verification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Synonym of verifiability principle.
synonyms: word: verifiability principle
frother
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: frothers
form: frothering
form: frothered
form: frothered
Etymology: From Middle English frotheren, alteration of Middle English frovren, from Old English frōferian, frōfrian, frēfrian (“to console, comfort”), from Proto-West Germanic *frōbrijan (“to give solace or comfort”), of unclear origin. Cognate with Old Saxon frōvrian (“to console, comfort, help”), Old High German fluobren (“to console, comfort, help, assist”).
Senses: glosses: To comfort.
glosses: To feed.
Related terms: frover
frother
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: frothers
Etymology: From froth + -er.
Senses: examples: text: There is a battery-powered frother, and a small glass channel that adds turbulence and air bubbles as the wine flows through it from the bottle into the glass.
ref: 2009 January 14, Harold Mcgee, “For a Tastier Wine, the Next Trick Involves ...”, in New York Times:
glosses: A machine that generates froth
principle of verifiability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Synonym of verifiability principle.
synonyms: word: verifiability principle
principle of verification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Synonym of verifiability principle.
synonyms: word: verifiability principle
empanadas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of empanada
verifiability criterion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Synonym of verifiability principle.
synonyms: word: verifiability principle
verification criterion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Synonym of verifiability principle.
synonyms: word: verifiability principle
verification principle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Synonym of verifiability principle.
synonyms: word: verifiability principle
empanada
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛmpəˈnɑːdə/
rhymes: -ɑːdə
Forms: form: empanadas
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish empanada, past participle of empanar (“to wrap in bread”).
Senses: glosses: Any of a variety of stuffed pastries found in Spanish, Filipino, and Latin American cuisine.
Related terms: empanadilla
countercomplaint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: countercomplaints
Etymology: From counter- + complaint.
Senses: examples: text: The latest agreement collapsed Tuesday, in a familiar cacophony of complaints and countercomplaints[…]
ref: 2009 January 14, Andrew E. Kramer, “Gas Dispute Runs Deeper Than Pipes, Experts Say”, in New York Times:
glosses: A complaint raised in response to another complaint, and usually against the party that complained first
countercomplaints
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of countercomplaint
ceviche
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /səˈviːt͡ʃeɪ/
Forms: form: ceviches
form: cebiche
form: seviche
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish cebiche, of uncertain origin; see that entry for more.
Senses: topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: Raw seafood cured by marination in an acidic medium such as citrus, vinegar, or other souring agent, found primarily in Latin America.
Related terms: crudo
poke
ceviches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ceviche