cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Pelagianist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Pelagianists
Etymology: From Pelagian + -ist.
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: A Pelagian.
Pelagianists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Pelagianist
kneeling bus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kneeling buses
Senses: glosses: A bus with a mechanism for lowering itself to allow people to board without having to climb steps.
kneeling buses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kneeling bus
ulmous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: ulmic; relating to ulmin
quodlibetically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more quodlibetically
form: most quodlibetically
Etymology: From quodlibetic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a quodlibetic manner.
softboard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: softboards
Etymology: From soft + board.
Senses: glosses: Low-density fibreboard.
softboards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of softboard
soft surfboard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soft surfboards
Senses: glosses: a foamie
taciturnist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: taciturnists
Etymology: From taciturn + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A person who rarely speaks.
taciturnists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of taciturnist
Primrose League
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Primrose League
Etymology: The primrose was known as the favourite flower of Benjamin Disraeli.
Senses: glosses: An organisation for spreading Conservative principles in Great Britain, founded in 1883.
wikipedia: Benjamin Disraeli
autogravure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: autogravures
Etymology: From auto- + gravure.
Senses: glosses: A process of photo-engraving akin to autotype.
autogravures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of autogravure
subinspectorship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subinspectorships
Etymology: From subinspector + -ship.
Senses: glosses: The role of subinspector.
subinspectorships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subinspectorship
syndesmotomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: syndesmotomies
Etymology: From Ancient Greek σύνδεσμος (súndesmos, “ligament”) + -tomy.
Senses: glosses: The section of the ligaments.
syndesmotomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of syndesmotomy
interbreedings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of interbreeding
elvanite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: elvanites
Etymology: From elvan + -ite.
Senses: glosses: elvan
ulcerously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From ulcerous + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an ulcerous manner.
antiulcerous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + ulcerous.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Serving to prevent or counteract ulcers
omophagist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: omophagists
Etymology: From omophagy + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who eats raw meat.
omophagists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of omophagist
outquenches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of outquench
outquenching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of outquench
slum it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: slums it
form: slumming it
form: slummed it
form: slummed it
Senses: examples: text: There's nothing rich folks love more than going downtown and slummin' it with the poor.
ref: 2015, Lin-Manuel Miranda, “The Schuyler Sisters”, in Hamilton:
text: The private jets eventually went, Khashoggi having to slum it on commercial airlines.
ref: 2017 June 7, Adam Lusher, “Adnan Khashoggi: the 'whoremonger' whose arms deals funded a playboy life of decadence and 'pleasure wives'”, in The Independent, London:
glosses: To associate with people or engage in activities with a status below one's own.
transhumanized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of transhumanize
transhumanizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of transhumanize
transhumanizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of transhumanize
Memphitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Middle English memphetik, from Latin Memphīticus. By surface analysis, Memphite + -ic.
Senses: synonyms: Memphitical
glosses: Of or relating to Memphis or the Memphites.
Memphitic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Middle English memphetik, from Latin Memphīticus. By surface analysis, Memphite + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Bohairic.
synonyms: word: Bohairic
Saint Stephen's Days
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Saint Stephen's Day (alternative form of St. Stephen's Days).
St. Stephen's Days
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Saint Stephen's Days
Senses: glosses: plural of St. Stephen's Day.
sororial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /səˈɹɔː.ɹɪ.əl/
ipa: /səˈɹɔ.ɹi.əl/
rhymes: -ɔːɹiəl
Etymology: PIE word
 *swésōr
Learned borrowing from Latin sorōrius (“sisterly”) + English -al (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives). Sorōrius is derived from soror (“sister”) + -ius (suffix meaning ‘belonging to’ forming adjectives).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of sororal (“of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a sister or sisters”).
synonyms: word: sororal
extra: of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a sister or sisters
Derived terms: sororially
Related terms: nonsororal
sororally
sororal nephew
sororal niece
sororal polygyny
sororal twin
sororate
sororicide
sorority
sororially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more sororially
form: most sororially
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sororally.
surplusing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of surplus
tilka
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tilkas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tilak (“Hindu caste mark on forehead”).
tilkas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tilka
surplussing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of surplus
surplussed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of surplus
surplused
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of surplus
trochitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From trochite + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to trochites.
African black
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Had a weed spot, used to pump African black.
He used to seal his bag so his workers wouldn't cap.
ref: 1996, Lil' Kim, “Not Tonight”:
glosses: A variety of marijuana.
chenix
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chenixes
form: chenices
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of choenix.
disincarceration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From dis- + incarceration.
Senses: glosses: A release from prison.
diatonicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The quality of being diatonic.
gymnosophic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌd͡ʒɪm.nəˈsɒf.ɪk/
ipa: /ˌd͡ʒɪm.nəˈsɑf.ɪk/
rhymes: -ɒfɪk
Etymology: From gymnosophy + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to gymnosophy.
Samoan dove
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Samoan doves
Senses: glosses: The tooth-billed pigeon (Didunculus strigirostris).
Samoan doves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Samoan dove
stanstickle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stanstickles
Etymology: From Middle English stanstikel.
Senses: glosses: A small fish, the threespine stickleback.
pornsite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pornsites
Senses: examples: text: It advertised an “xxx all teen pornsite” and promised “naked willing teens.”
ref: 2006, Les Roberts, The Dutch: A Milan Jacovich Mystery (#12), →ISBN, page 89:
text: The worst evidence you can nail your enemy with is pornography. If the cops won't get them, the spouse will. Find a gay pornsite and print out some pics. Slip it in your enemy's locker or on the backseat floor or their car.
ref: 2007, Skip Goebel, The Guerilla^([sic]) Guide to Brain Tumors: Shameless Dirty Tricks to Beat the System and Stay Alive!, page 308:
text: That's when I met Victor and Wally, the founders of a gay pornsite.
ref: 2014, Kent T. Jackson, On My Search for a Better Life, This Is How I Became INFAMOUS, →ISBN:
text: He did get some spambots sending him fake messages that would end up in a link to some pornsite or asking for money or financial information.
ref: 2016, Brad T. Prose, Ilove: Version: XY, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of porn site.
tubesnout
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tubesnouts
Etymology: From tube + snout.
Senses: glosses: A small, thin fish of Pacific North American coastal waters, Aulorhynchus flavidus
tubesnouts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tubesnout
musculite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: musculites
Senses: glosses: A petrified mussel or shell.
musculites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of musculite
se defendendo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin [Term?].
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A plea of self-defense.
rhabdolithic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From rhabdolith + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to rhabdoliths.
nasutes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nasute
desert fruit cake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: desert fruit cakes
Etymology: From desert + fruit cake.
Senses: glosses: An edible cake or bar created by pounding together seeds, nuts, berries, insects (crickets, katydids, or ants), meat or starchy roots, eaten by Amerindians, early pioneer settlers, and Mormons, in the dry western Great Plains and Rockies foothills, especially around the region of the Great Salt Lake.
Related terms: fruit cake
Mormon cricket
disgregations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of disgregation
nulliporous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to the nullipores.
monophote
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monophotes
Senses: glosses: An electric arc-lamp regulator working in single series.
monophotes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monophote
disilluminate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: disilluminates
form: disilluminating
form: disilluminated
form: disilluminated
Etymology: From dis- + illuminate.
Senses: glosses: To destroy the light of; to darken.
disilluminated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of disilluminate
disilluminates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of disilluminate
disilluminating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of disilluminate
bumfiddle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bumfiddles
Senses: glosses: bum; bottom
bumfiddles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bumfiddle
mediocarpal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From medio- + carpal.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: In the middle of the carpal region.
mediotarsal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From medio- + tarsal.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: In the middle of the tarsal region.
Nostradamian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Nostradamian
form: most Nostradamian
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Nostradamus.
Floyd-Warshall algorithm
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Floyd-Warshall algorithm
Etymology: Named after Robert W. Floyd and Stephen Warshall.
Senses: topics: computer
computing
engineering
graph-theory
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
science
sciences
glosses: An algorithm for finding shortest paths in a weighted graph with positive or negative edge weights (but with no negative cycles).
wikipedia: Robert W. Floyd
Stephen Warshall
geocentricism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of geocentrism.
corpuscularity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: […] for his entire adult life he'd seen in twilight a corpuscularity, as of the graininess of the high-speed film necessary for photography under conditions of low ambient light […]
ref: 2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections:
glosses: The quality of being corpuscular.
flagellatrix
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A female flagellator; a woman who administers a whipping.
dot and carry
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɛəɹi
Forms: form: dots and carries
form: dotting and carrying
form: dotted and carried
form: dotted and carried
Senses: topics: arithmetic
glosses: In addition, to set down the units and carry over the tens to the next column.
Related terms: dot-and-carry-one
pyroleter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pyroleters
Etymology: From pyro- + Ancient Greek ὀλετήρ (oletḗr, “destroyer”), from ὄλλυμι (óllumi).
Senses: glosses: A fire-extinguishing chemical apparatus by which carbonic acid is generated and thrown on the fire.
pyroleters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pyroleter
fundic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From fundus + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to a fundus.
literatured
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more literatured
form: most literatured
Etymology: From literature + -ed.
Senses: glosses: well-read
polite literature
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: belles-lettres; light reading
beach apple
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beach apples
Senses: glosses: The poisonous fruit of the manchineel (Hippomane mancinella).
beach apples
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beach apple
iodoresiniferatoxin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From iodo- + resiniferatoxin.
Senses: glosses: An iodinated form of resiniferatoxin, produced by the Moroccan succulent Euphorbia resinifera.
retrocollic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to the back of the neck.
Related terms: retrocollis
outbudded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of outbud
overpoweringness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From overpowering + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being overpowering.
soberers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of soberer
Delma
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Adelma.
glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Fidelma.
gorlic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The unsaturated aliphatic carboxylic acid (E)-13-cyclopent-2-en-1-yltridec-6-enoic acid found in chaulmoogra oil.
Related terms: gorli oil
anti-centrists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anti-centrist
grossuline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of grossulin.
gadolinates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gadolinate
glucosazones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glucosazone
relfie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɛlfi/
rhymes: -ɛlfi
Forms: form: relfies
Etymology: Blend of relationship + selfie
Senses: glosses: A self-taken photograph of PDA (public display of affection).
haptogenic membrane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A theoretical membrane that was once thought to surround, and stabilize, the fat globules in milk
Zittau
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Germany, close to Polish and Czech border.
solarpunk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsəʊ.ləˌpʌnk/
ipa: /ˈsoʊ.ləɹˌpʌnk/
Forms: form: solarpunks
Etymology: From solar + -punk, modeled after cyberpunk and steampunk. Coined by John Robert in 2008 in his blog Republic of the Bees.
Senses: examples: text: So, in honor of the Beluga Skysail's maiden voyage, I'm going to suggest a new literary genre: solarpunk.
ref: 2008 April 30, john-roberts, “From Steampunk to Solarpunk”, in Republic of the Bees (blog post), Blogger:
text: In a short blog written for the LGBT magazine Vitality, Claudie Arsenault explains that “solarpunk is all about envisioning a positive future, deeply rooted in sustainability, community, and acceptance.”
ref: 2015, Evelyn Deshane, Beyond Monsters and Myths: The Transgender Future and Progress Narrative in Speculative Fiction:
text: “Letters to Lovelace” takes place before the “revelation” as mentioned by Novice Broder in “Moss Piglets.” and is pre-greentech, but is the catalyst for the founding of their solarpunk world.
ref: 2017, Marisha Knutson, Summus Deus: A Collection of Short Stories (honors thesis), Portland State University:
text: Lastly (although actually the first paper on the panel), Rhys Williams explored the merits and limitations of the emerging sub-genre of 'solarpunk'.
ref: 2017 September 16, Paul March-Russell, “Organic Systems: Environments, Bodies and Cultures in Science Fiction, Birkbeck College London”, in Foundation, volume 46, number 128:
text: Most of my novels, I think, are actually fun because I'm doing realism in a way the world needs. As for anyone picking up the mantle, there's a group of young writers who call themselves solarpunk, and what they're trying is all about adaptation.
ref: 2017 June 24, Sally Adee, “The power of good”, in New Scientist, volume 234, number 3129:
text: Drawing from literary movements like Afrofuturism, hopepunk and solarpunk, this collection of 12 short stories approaches climate change with hope for the radically different futures humans might create.
ref: 2023 February 2, “Newly Published, From Climate Fiction to a Lost Congolese Princess”, in The New York Times Book Review, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
coordinate_terms: biopunk
glosses: A literary, artistic, and social movement that focuses on community, sustainability, technology powered by renewable energy, and a free and egalitarian society.
glosses: A supporter of the solarpunk movement.
Related terms: cli-fi
hartite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hartites
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: bombiccite
glosses: A fossil resin (chemically, a mixture of diterpene hydrocarbons) resembling amber
hectane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hectanes
Etymology: From hecto- + -ane.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of very many isomeric forms of the saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon C₁₀₀H₂₀₂
orthogonal group
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: orthogonal groups
Senses: examples: text: The symbol O^ε(n,q) for orthogonal groups has been well established in finite group theory as and, throughout the mathematics community, O(n, K) stands for an orthogonal group when K is the real or complex field.
ref: 1998, Robert L. Griess, Jr., Twelve Sporadic Groups, Springer, page 4:
text: Theorem 7.4. Let n ≥ 1. For odd primes p#92;not#92;equiv#92;pm 1#92;pmod#123;24#125; the odd-dimensional orthogonal groups O#95;#123;2n#43;1#125;(p) possess GA-realizations over #92;mathbb#123;Q#125;.
ref: 1999, Gunter Malle, B.H. Matzat, Inverse Galois Theory, Springer, page 146:
text: The normalizer of the full orthogonal group within the general linear group can be shown to consist of all (commutative) products of spherical dilatations and orthogonal transformations.
ref: 2007, Marcelo Epstein, Marek Elzanowski, Material Inhomogeneities and their Evolution: A Geometric Approach, Springer, page 106:
topics: group-theory
mathematics
sciences
glosses: For given n and field F (especially where F is the real numbers), the group of n × n orthogonal matrices with elements in F, where the group operation is matrix multiplication.
Derived terms: indefinite orthogonal group
special orthogonal group
Related terms: symplectic group
unitary group
orthogonal groups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of orthogonal group
heptacontane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heptacontanes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of very many isomeric saturated aliphatic hydrocarbons (C₇₀H₁₄₂) having seventy carbon atoms
Magos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Mago
modus ponendo ponens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin modus ponendo ponens (roughly, “mode where affirming affirms”).
Senses: examples: 1. If P, then Q.
2. P.
3. Therefore, Q.
topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A valid form of argument in which the antecedent of a conditional proposition is affirmed, thereby entailing the affirmation of the consequent. Modus ponendo ponens has the form
Synonyms: english: less precise
translation: less precise
word: modus ponens
Hypernyms: inference rule
Related terms: modus ponendo tollens
modus tollendo ponens
modus tollendo tollens
cringe-o-meter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹɪnd͡ʒəʊˌmiːtə/
ipa: /ˈkɹɪnd͡ʒoʊˌmitɚ/
ipa: [-ɾɚ]
Forms: form: cringe-o-meters
Etymology: From cringe + -o-meter.
Senses: examples: text: How Does Your Dad Rate On The Cringe-O-Meter? [title]
ref: 2011 June 11, “How does Your Dad Rate on the Cringe-O-Meter?”, in NPR, archived from the original on 05 Feb 2016:
text: If Alpha Papa was your introduction to [Alan] Partridge, you'll be wanting to dig through the Parchives, pronto. (Just make sure cringe-o-meters are set to stun.)
ref: 2018 September 5, “The 60 Best TV Shows on Netflix UK”, in Empire, London: Bauer Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 Aug 2020:
text: The cringe-o-meter peaks during a scene in which a shirtless [Charlie] Hall, well, masters his domain. Hall said he had no issue showing that scene to his mother [Julia Louis-Dreyfus], who played Elaine on "Seinfeld" for nine seasons.
ref: 2020 January 23, Teddy Greenstein, “Remember Charlie Hall? The Former Northwestern Walk-on Stars in a New Web Series that Made His Mom Julia Louis-Dreyfus Laugh.”, in Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Ill.: Tribune Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 Feb 2020:
glosses: Alternative form of cringeometer.
modus ponendo tollens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin modus pōnendō tollens (roughly, “mode where affirming infirms”).
Senses: examples: 1. If P, then non-Q.
2. P.
3. Therefore, non-Q.
topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A valid form of argument in which the antecedent of a conditional proposition is affirmed, thereby entailing the infirmation of the consequent. Modus ponendo tollens has the form
Hypernyms: inference rule
Related terms: modus ponendo ponens
modus tollendo ponens
modus tollendo tollens
modus tollendo ponens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin modus tollendō pōnēns (roughly, “mode where negating confirms”).
Senses: examples: 1. Either P or Q.
2. non-P.
3. Therefore, Q.
topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
synonyms: disjunctive syllogism
glosses: A valid form of argument in which the antecedent of a conditional proposition is negated, thereby entailing the affirmation of the consequent. Modus ponendo tollens has the form
Hypernyms: inference rule
Related terms: modus ponendo ponens
modus ponendo tollens
modus tollendo tollens
modus tollendo tollens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin modus tollendō tollēns (roughly, “mode where infirming infirms”).
Senses: examples: 1. If non-P, then non-Q.
2. non-P.
3. Therefore, non-Q.
topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A valid form of argument in which the antecedent of a conditional proposition is infirmed, thereby entailing the infirmation of the consequent. Modus tollendo tollens has the form
Hypernyms: inference rule
Related terms: modus ponendo ponens
modus ponendo tollens
modus tollendo ponens
Shkodër
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Albanian Shkodër.
Senses: glosses: A city in northwestern Albania (the country's fifth largest), located on a plain between the marshlands of Lake Shkodër and the foothills of the Albanian Alps, surrounded on three sides by the rivers Kir, Drin and Buna; it is the seat of its eponymous county, municipality and administrative unit.
glosses: A county of Albania.
glosses: A municipality of the county of Shkodër, Albania.
glosses: An administrative unit of the municipality of Shkodër in the county of Shkodër, Albania.
Synonyms: topics: city
cities
region
location
english: Italian borrowing
translation: Italian borrowing
word: Scutari
topics: city
cities
region
location
english: Latin borrowing
translation: Latin borrowing
word: Scodra
Derived terms: Lake Shkodër
Related terms: Shkodran
Shkodrane
by-the-wind sailor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: by-the-wind sailors
Senses: synonyms: velella
glosses: Velella velella, organism of the monospecific genus Velella.
by-the-wind sailors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of by-the-wind sailor
Todorovian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Todorovian
form: most Todorovian
Etymology: From Todorov + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Tzvetan Todorov (Bulgarian: Цветан Тодоров; 1939–2017), Bulgarian-French historian, philosopher, and sociologist.
tricapsular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tri- + capsular.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having three capsules.
quinquecapsular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From quinque- + capsular.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having five capsules.
quinquecostate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From quinque- + costate.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having five ribs.
quinqueseptate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From quinque- + septate.
Senses: glosses: Having five septa.
quinqueserial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From quinque- + serial.
Senses: glosses: Arranged in five series.
quadriserial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From quadri- + serial.
Senses: glosses: Arranged in four series.
quadriseptate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From quadri- + septate.
Senses: glosses: Having four septa.
Ulep
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Uleps
Etymology: Borrowed from Ilocano Ulep.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Ilocano.
Fabros
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Fabro
harum-scarums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of harum-scarum
Sibiu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Transylvania, Romania, near the Cibin River.
Llanera
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in central Asturias, Spain.
Butler English
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Originally associated with native butlers in British colonial households.
Senses: glosses: A dialect of Indian English that first developed as an occupational dialect in the years of the Madras Presidency.
Synonyms: Bearer English
Kitchen English
Bearer English
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Butler English.
synonyms: word: Butler English
Kitchen English
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Butler English.
synonyms: word: Butler English
sworn broker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sworn brokers
Senses: glosses: A London broker who swore before the court of aldermen to maintain honesty in dealing.
sworn brokers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sworn broker
Brentism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Brentisms
Etymology: From Brent + -ism, after the character David Brent in the TV mockumentary The Office.
Senses: examples: text: The genius of Gervais is to let Brent get too close to reality in his portrayal of management technique. We all witness Brentisms every day.
ref: 2011, J. Jeremy Wisnewski, The Office and Philosophy: Scenes from the Unexamined Life:
text: This account challenges its followers to secure a date on Tinder using classic, squirm-inducing Brentisms, and later share the conversations on Twitter. As you might imagine, the results aren't always successful, but they're always funny.
ref: 2014, Sedge Beswick, 140 Ultimate Twitter LOLs, page 72:
text: The iconic character from The Office has always been designed to be laughed at, not with. […] The first third of the film is laugh after laugh; Brentism after Brentism. But half an hour in and this movie gets unnervingly dark and is an uncomfortable watch at times.
ref: 2016 August 11, Andrew Bullock, “David Brent REVIEW: Life on the Road goes from painfully funny to just plain painful. Ouch”, in Sunday Express:
glosses: A self-satisfied, hypocritical, or embarrassingly inappropriate remark.
wikipedia: David Brent
The Office (UK TV series)
Brentisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Brentism
pixelize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pixelizes
form: pixelizing
form: pixelized
form: pixelized
Etymology: From pixel + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: Vector graphics are resolution-independent and can be scaled to any size without losing detail, whereas a bitmap image is resolution-dependent and can pixelize when printed beyond its resolution parameters.
ref: 2006, Eddie Tapp, Photoshop Workflow Setups, O'Reilly, →ISBN, page 169:
text: Aftenposten’s editor-in-chief, Espen Egil Hansen, said the newspaper had received a message from Facebook asking it to “either remove or pixelize” the photograph.
ref: 2016 September 9, Alice Ross, Julia Carrie Wong, “Facebook deletes Norwegian PM's post as ‘napalm girl’ row escalates”, in The Guardian:
topics: computer-graphics
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To pixelate; to convert into pixels.
Derived terms: pixelization
pixelizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pixelize
pixelizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pixelize
glaciokarst
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glaciokarsts
Etymology: From glacio- + karst.
Senses: glosses: A karst that was glaciated during the cold periods of the Pleistocene and displays major landforms of glacial influence.
Derived terms: glaciokarstic
glaciokarsts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glaciokarst
glaciokarstic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From glaciokarst + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to glaciokarst.
Cleesian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Cleesian
form: most Cleesian
Etymology: From Cleese + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or characteristic of, the English comedian John Cleese (born 1939).
prostibot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prostibots
Etymology: Blend of prostitute + bot
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: A sexbot hired out as a prostitute.
prostibots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prostibot
subalternship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subalternships
Etymology: From subaltern + -ship.
Senses: glosses: The role of a subaltern.
subalternships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subalternship
manic-depressives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of manic-depressive
manic-depressant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: manic-depressants
Senses: glosses: A manic-depressive.
manic depressives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of manic depressive
manic-depressants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of manic-depressant
marquee value
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: In reference to the marquees that display the names of plays or films being shown at a theatre.
Senses: glosses: popular appeal
Synonyms: pulling power
mushroom stamp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mushroom stamps
Etymology: From its shape.
Senses: examples: text: Those who wipe off the mushroom stamp are only asking for more from my gigantic mushroom stamper!
ref: 2001, MushroomStamper, “mushroom stamps”, in alt.fan.jessica-alba (Usenet):
text: Bell was walking by when he decided to interject. "How about them ole' Batman sounds? Like thwap!" We pondered what that sound could be used for.
I made a suggestion, “Like a mushroom stamp?” Every around us laughed at that idea.
ref: 2013, Jared Maxwell, Unsung: Memoirs of an Infantryman, page 112:
text: It's not a good sign of your gaming prowess when you get your first mushroom stamp from a ten-year-old girl, not simply because I'm sure the act would be physiologically impossible by^([sic]) that aforementioned ten-year-old girl.
ref: 2014, Regan Wolfram, After The Fires Went Out: Descent:
glosses: A mark left by slapping a person with one's penis.
mushroom stamps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mushroom stamp
heptatomic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hepta- + atomic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Composed of seven atoms
Derived terms: heptatomicity
nematocerous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Having long thread-like antennae, like a dipterous insect.
antifebrific
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + febrific.
Senses: glosses: antifebrile
bonefolders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bonefolder
Red Jews
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A legendary Jewish nation mentioned in vernacular sources from medieval Germany.
Jew's myrtle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The prickly-leaved plant Ruscus aculeatus.
elixir vitae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin [Term?].
Senses: glosses: elixir of life
elixirs of life
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of elixir of life
amphibalus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amphibali
Etymology: From Late Latin amphibalus (“cloak”), from unattested Ancient Greek *ἀμφίβαλος (*amphíbalos), from ἀμφιβάλλω (amphibállō, “put on”).
Senses: glosses: An ecclesiastical vestment like the chasuble.
dialurate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dialurates
Etymology: From dialuric acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).
Senses: glosses: A salt or ester of dialuric acid.
dialurates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dialurate
heptol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heptols
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any polyol (sugar alcohol) that has seven hydroxy groups
classical unity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: classical unities
Senses: examples: text: Besides this almost classical unity of place, the closed circle also can, if the author desires, provide the classical unity of time; this occurs particularly when the detective is amateur, for the isolation frees him from the rules and regulations […]
ref: 1980, Earl F. Bargainnier, The Gentle Art of Murder: The Detective Fiction of Agatha Christie:
synonyms: Aristotelian unity
dramatic unity
glosses: Any of the three rules for drama derived from Aristotle's Poetics: unity of action (a play should have one action that it follows, with minimal subplots), unity of time (the action should occur over a period of no more than 24 hours), and unity of place (a play should exist in a single physical space and should not attempt to compress geography, nor should the stage represent more than one place).
classical unities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of classical unity
hexol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hexols
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any polyol (sugar alcohol) that has six hydroxy groups
Derived terms: iohexol
protest song
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: protest songs
Senses: glosses: A song that is associated with a movement for social change.
protest songs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of protest song
Devonshire cream
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: clotted cream
see-bright
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A plant, the common clary.
zenithward
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From zenith + -ward.
Senses: examples: text: In this manner are the results to be explained which appear when a forcibly bent stem is so placed that the plane of the curve is horizontal. Under these conditions it appears that the action of gravitation predominates, since only the zenithward side underwent thickening of the cell walls.
ref: 1903, O. M. Ball, “The Effect of Tension upon the Development of Mechanical Tissues of Plants”, in Transactions of the Texas Academy of Science, volume 5, Austin, TX, page 97:
glosses: Facing or moving toward the zenith.
zenithward
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: zenithwards
Etymology: From zenith + -ward.
Senses: examples: text: It was starlight and I explained the Signs of the Zodiac to her, and pointed out Mars, a bright dot of light creeping zenithward, towards which so many telescopes were pointed.
ref: 1898, H. G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, Book One, Chapter One:
text: Nineteen eighty-six was officially declared the “Year of Peace—Security without War,” by order of General of Forces Manuel Noriega. All over Panama, signs with that slogan blossomed, often embossed with a ring of five stars, the general’s insignia, and little white doves flapping bravely zenithward.
ref: 1990, R. M. Koster, Guillermo Sánchez Borbón, chapter 1, in In the Time of the Tyrants: Panama, 1968-1990, New York: Norton, page 42:
text: Dixon having drifted into a hypnagogic passage in which, amid a profligacy of stars rushing by, he is traversing straight upward, Zenithward— "Eeh! Eeh!"
ref: 1997, Thomas Pynchon, chapter 51, in Mason & Dixon, 1st US edition, New York: Henry Holt and Company, →ISBN, part Two: America, page 492:
glosses: Toward the zenith.
levogyrous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: levogyrate
dextrogyrous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: dextrogyrate
kidel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kidels
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of kiddle (“kind of fishweir”).
kidels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kidel
entrusteth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: entrust + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of entrust
juds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jud
S phase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: S phases
Senses: glosses: Synonym of synthesis phase.
synonyms: word: synthesis phase
synthesis phase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: synthesis phases
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
synonyms: S phase
glosses: The part of the cell cycle in which DNA is replicated, occurring between the G1 phase and G2 phase.
G1 phase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: G₁ phase
form: G1 phases
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The first of four phases of the cell cycle that takes place in eukaryotic cell division.
G2 phase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪz
Forms: form: G₂ phase
form: G2 phases
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The second subphase of interphase in the cell cycle directly preceding mitosis.
sportscape
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sportscapes
Etymology: From sport + -scape.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The physical environment of a sports field or stadium.
sportscapes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sportscape
tahli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tahlis
Senses: glosses: A gold ornament worn by the wives of Brahmins.
shisham
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sheesham
Etymology: Doublet of sissoo.
Senses: glosses: Wood of the tree Dalbergia sissoo.
sheesham
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of shisham.
trypographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to a trypographs.
upblaze
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: upblazes
form: upblazing
form: upblazed
form: upblazed
Etymology: From up- + blaze.
Senses: glosses: To blaze or shoot up.
upblaze
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: upblazes
Etymology: From up- + blaze.
Senses: examples: text: His figures flood things with jets of various light, like the sudden upblaze of fountains.
ref: 1919, Ezra Pound, Instigations:
text: The upblaze of reflected heat burns my cheeks and eyes. Her body swims before me, spangled and transpierced by shafts of light caught in my tears. I croak that I am sorry for having invaded her hut.
ref: 2010, John Howard Griffin, Nuni:
glosses: A blazing up.
upblazed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of upblaze
upblazing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of upblaze
upblazes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of upblaze
upblazes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of upblaze
ASPDs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ASPD
hemerologies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hemerology.
Jennermania
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Jenner + -mania.
Senses: examples: text: Unlike the fashion hierarchy in Material Girls, this new teen identity was born of sincerity, not cynicism.
As Matheson points out, and present Jennermania can attest, the innocence was short-lived.
ref: 2015 July 3, Nathalie Atkinson, “Teenagers: the power brokers of fashion”, in The Globe and Mail:
text: Jennermania may have hit its peak when producers shortlisted him for the lead in 1978's “Superman.” His acting skills may have fallen short; the role went to Christopher Reeve.
ref: 2015, The Washington Post, The Evolution of Bruce Jenner (e-book)
text: Yesterday's Jennermania confirms how weirdly authoritarian, even idolatrous, trans politics has become.
ref: 2015, Brendan O'Neill, ‘Call me Caitlyn, or else’: the rise of authoritarian transgender politics (in The Spectator, June)
glosses: Enthusiasm for Caitlyn Jenner (born 1949), US decathlete who famously came out as transgender in 2015.
eukrasis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of eucrasis.
eucrasis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eukrasis
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek εὐκρᾶσις (eukrâsis).
Senses: antonyms: dyscrasis
glosses: balance; equilibrium
Related terms: eucrasia
interunite
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: interunites
form: interuniting
form: interunited
form: interunited
Etymology: From inter- + unite.
Senses: glosses: To unite together; to undergo, or cause to undergo, interunion.
interunited
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of interunite
interunites
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of interunite
interuniting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of interunite
myops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A myope; a person who has myopia.
Ushant
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈʌʃənt/
Senses: glosses: An island located in the department of Finistère, Brittany, France, at the southwestern end of the English Channel, marking the northwesternmost point of metropolitan France.
monophysitist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monophysitists
Senses: glosses: monophysite
monophysitists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monophysitist
inobservantly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more inobservantly
form: most inobservantly
Etymology: From inobservant + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an inobservant manner.
Synonyms: unobservantly
inobservancy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of inobservance.
indefensibleness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From indefensible + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality or state of not being defensible.
Sipalay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality of Negros Occidental, Philippines.
plaustral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin plaustrum (“wagon”).
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to a wagon.
zenithwards
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: The sun was climbing zenithwards across a haze of dazzling light.
ref: 1940, Roger Martin du Gard, translated by Stuart Gilbert, Summer, 1914, London: John Lane, Part 2, Chapter 57, p. 751:
glosses: Alternative form of zenithward.
redistrictings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of redistricting
Clarin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Clarins
Etymology: Various origins:
* Borrowed from Spanish Clarín. This surname is mostly found in the Philippines.
* Borrowed from French Clarin, a diminutive form of Clair.
* Borrowed from Swedish Clarin, a derivative of klar (“clear”).
Senses: glosses: A surname.
viscachera
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌvɪskaˈtʃɛːɹə/
enpr: vĭ-skă-chârʹə
ipa: /ˌvɪskɑˈt͡ʃɛɹə/
enpr: vĭ-skä-chârʹə
rhymes: -ɛəɹə
Forms: form: viscacheras
form: vizcachera
Etymology: From Spanish vizcachera, derived from vizcacha.
Senses: glosses: A warren inhabited by viscachas.
viscacheras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of viscachera
tridigitate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tri- + digitate.
Senses: glosses: Having three fingers or finger-like projections.
hexacontane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hexacontanes
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἑξήκοντα (hexḗkonta, “60”) + -ane (“saturated hydrocarbon”), from Latin -anus (“-an”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon that has sixty carbon atoms, but especially n-hexacontane CH₃(CH₂)₅₈CH₃
Catmon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality of Cebu, Philippines.
glosses: A barangay of Ormoc, Leyte, Philippines.
hexamerize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hexamerizes
form: hexamerizing
form: hexamerized
form: hexamerized
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To form a hexamer