cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
dotar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dotars
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dotara.
preset
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpriːsɛt/
ipa: /priːˈsɛt/
ipa: /priːˈsɛt/
ipa: /ˈpriːsɛt/
Etymology: From pre- + set.
Senses: glosses: Set in advance, or as a default.
preset
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpriːsɛt/
ipa: /priːˈsɛt/
ipa: /priːˈsɛt/
ipa: /ˈpriːsɛt/
Forms: form: presets
form: presetting
form: preset
form: preset
Etymology: From pre- + set.
Senses: glosses: To set something in advance.
preset
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpriːsɛt/
ipa: /priːˈsɛt/
ipa: /priːˈsɛt/
ipa: /ˈpriːsɛt/
Forms: form: presets
Etymology: From pre- + set.
Senses: examples: text: To save these settings as a preset, click the Add button in the lower-left corner of the dialog and give the preset a name.
ref: 2012, Jeff Carlson, The iPad for Photographers: Master the Newest Tool in Your Camera Bag:
synonyms: word: PR
topics: electronics
electricity
electrical-engineering
electromagnetism
energy
business
physics
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
engineering
glosses: A setting that is set in advance.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A kind of variable resistor designed to have its resistance set while building the circuit, and then left at that value.
arrogated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of arrogate
arrogated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: claimed falsely
flouted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈflaʊtɪd/
ipa: [ˈflaʊ̯ɾɨd]
rhymes: -aʊtɪd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of flout
Hamitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Hamite + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: Miisi had worked hard in school to show that despite his Hamitic condition he was clever and could be good.
ref: 2014, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, Kintu, Oneworld Publications (2018), page 313:
glosses: of or pertaining to the Hamites or to the Hamitic languages.
Derived terms: Nilo-Hamitic
Semito-Hamitic
Hamitic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Hamite + -ic.
Senses: glosses: A group of languages spoken in Egypt and neighbouring countries
hampered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hamper
hampered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hampered
form: most hampered
Senses: glosses: Impeded or encumbered, as if chained or fettered.
Derived terms: unhampered
harpooned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of harpoon
hyperextension
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyperextensions
form: hyper
Etymology: From hyper- + extension.
Senses: glosses: The extension of a joint beyond its normal range; the condition of being hyperextended.
glosses: An exercise performed by lying on the stomach, ideally inclined upwards as on a Roman chair to reach a higher range of motion, and raising and lowering the upper torso.
Derived terms: reverse hyperextension
Related terms: hyperextensor
imputes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of impute
intergradation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: intergradations
Etymology: From intergrade + -ation.
Senses: glosses: a gradual merging of two things
intermediaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of intermediary
intersectarian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + sectarian.
Senses: glosses: Between sects.
lactational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /lækˈteɪʃənəl/
ipa: /lækˈteɪʃnəl/
Etymology: From lactation + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to lactation.
Derived terms: lactationally
postlactational
lurching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lurch
lurching
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lurchings
Senses: examples: text: The occasional plungings and lurchings of this traveling van, over the ruts and small boulders of the Steenweg, are apt to remind one of a roughish journey by sea […]
ref: 1872, The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art:
glosses: the action of the verb to lurch
Nilotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /naɪˈlɒtɪk/
ipa: /naɪˈlɑtɪk/
ipa: [naɪˈlɑɾɪk]
rhymes: -ɒtɪk
Forms: form: more Nilotic
form: most Nilotic
Etymology: From Latin Nīlōticus, from Ancient Greek Νειλώτης (Neilṓtēs, “on the Nile”). Analyzable as Nile + -otic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the Nile or the people who live on its banks.
glosses: Of or pertaining to the Nilotic languages or the people who speak them.
Synonyms: sense: pertaining to the Nile river
word: Nilean
Derived terms: Niloticist
Nilotic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /naɪˈlɒtɪk/
ipa: /naɪˈlɑtɪk/
ipa: [naɪˈlɑɾɪk]
rhymes: -ɒtɪk
Etymology: From Latin Nīlōticus, from Ancient Greek Νειλώτης (Neilṓtēs, “on the Nile”). Analyzable as Nile + -otic.
Senses: glosses: A group of languages spoken in parts of South Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania.
primordium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: primordia
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin prīmōrdium.
Senses: examples: text: In tomato, for example, the first sepal primordium is formed as an outgrowth at the periphery of the apex and the subsequent sepal primordia are initiated in a helical fashion at an angle of approximately 137° from the previous one.
ref: 2017, Taylor A. Steeves, Vipen K. Sawhney, Essentials of Developmental Plant Anatomy, Oxford University Press, page 29:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
synonyms: word: anlage
word: proton
glosses: An aggregation of cells that is the first stage in the development of an organ.
examples: text: It is thus vain to hope that the history of the primordia can be reduced to the progress of archeological investigation.
ref: 1997 [1991], Alexandre Grandazzi, translated by Jane Marie Todd, The Foundation of Rome: Myth and History, →ISBN, page 33:
text: Attempts have been made by historians of religion to distinguish between mythic orientations in time concerned with the repetition of a primordium and those concerned with the anticipation of an eschaton.
ref: 2003, David Chidester, Salvation and Suicide: Jim Jones, the Peoples Temple, and Jonestown, 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 106:
text: [Joseph Smith] did not think of himself as going back to a primordium of true Christianity, as the Puritans did. In his view, there never was a golden age when religion flourished to perfection.
ref: 2008, Richard L. Bushman, Mormonism: A Very Short Introduction, →ISBN, page 5:
topics: history
human-sciences
lifestyle
religion
sciences
theology
glosses: A primordial, original condition or event.
Related terms: exord
exordium
primordial
asper
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæspə/
ipa: /ˈæspɚ/
Forms: form: more asper
form: most asper
form: aspre
Etymology: From Middle English aspre, from Old French aspre (modern French âpre), from Latin asper (“rough”).
Senses: examples: text: An asper sound.
ref: 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
glosses: Rough or harsh; severe, stern, serious.
asper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæspə/
ipa: /ˈæspɚ/
Forms: form: aspre
Etymology: From Middle English aspre, from Old French aspre (modern French âpre), from Latin asper (“rough”).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: Rough breathing; a mark (#) indicating that part of a word is aspirated, or pronounced with h before it.
Derived terms: spiritus asper
asper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæspə/
ipa: /ˈæspɚ/
Forms: form: aspers
form: aspron
Etymology: From Middle English asper, from Middle French aspre or Italian aspro, both from Ancient Greek ἄσπρον (áspron), from neuter of ἄσπρος (áspros, “white”), from Latin asper (“rough, newly minted”).
Senses: examples: text: And for ten Aspers you shall daily finde some amongst them, that will give themselves a deepe gash with a Scimitarie, either in their armes or thighes.
ref: 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 40, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book I, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
glosses: Any one of several small coins, circulated around the eastern Mediterranean area from the 12th to 17th centuries.
minuter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: minuters
Etymology: From minute + -er (measurement suffix).
Senses: examples: text: My favourite songs here are "We Have Risen," which is a short three-minuter with a catchy riff, and the brilliantly titled "I Am Lord," which is quite memorable and has a simple riff which I'm sure is similar to a Katatonia song or something.
ref: 1996 August 9, Richard Stuart, “Review of Demonic Christ - "Punishment For Ignorance"”, in alt.music.black-metal (Usenet):
text: If it is a glossy marketing tool, it will probably need to look aesthetically pleasing or brand a product correctly; if it's a pop promo, it might need to be monochrome or degenerated; if it's a wedding video, do the clients want a cut of the whole shebang, the highlights, or a music-driven two-minuter?
ref: 2003, Ed Gaskell, The Complete Guide to Digital Video, Lewes, East Sussex: Ilex Press, →ISBN, page 142:
glosses: Something that lasts or takes a specified number of minutes.
minuter
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From minute + -er (comparative suffix).
Senses: glosses: comparative form of minute: more minute
reafforestation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reafforestations
Etymology: From re- + afforestation.
Senses: glosses: reforestation
scuttling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of scuttle
scuttling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scuttlings
Senses: examples: scuttlings back and forth
glosses: The motion of one who scuttles.
glosses: The act by which a vessel is scuttled.
seductively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more seductively
form: most seductively
Etymology: From seductive + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a seductive manner.
cryptozoologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cryptozoologist
shuffled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of shuffle
shuffled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Jumbled together.
shunted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of shunt
shunted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: fitted with an electrical shunt
cryptozoological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌkɹɪptoʊˌzoʊəˈlɒd͡ʒɪkəl/
Etymology: From crypto- + zoological or cryptozoology + -ical.
Senses: topics: biology
cryptozoology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Of or pertaining to cryptozoology.
cryptids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cryptid
snowmobile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snowmobiles
form: snow-mobile
form: snow mobile
Etymology: From snow + -mobile.
Senses: examples: text: From the manufacture of snowgoing equipment such as snow cats, it diversified first into that of snowmobiles (and later skidoos, or water scooters), then into railcar and locomotive manufacture, and finally into the manufacture of small (less than 100-seat) commercial aircraft.
ref: 2001, Charles W. L. Hill, Gareth R. Jones, Strategic Management Theory: An Integrated Approach, page 312:
text: Lance Allan: "When you first saw that video of you in a snowmobile suit at five years old on national TV and on our air. Were you a little bit like, c'mon Mom and Dad, are you going to do me like that?"
ref: 2022 November 2, “Young Wisconsin Olympian Jordan Stolz talks speedskating career: 'I'm just happy I got to skate that fast'”, in TMJ4:
topics: transport
vehicles
glosses: A vehicle with skis at the front and a caterpillar track at the rear, used for travelling over snow, sometimes as sport.
Synonyms: skidoo
ski-doo
ski doo
Skidoo
Ski-Doo
Ski Doo
snowmachine
snow-machine
snow machine
skimobile
ski-mobile
ski mobile
skimachine
ski-machine
ski machine
Derived terms: snocross
snowmobile climbing
snowmobiler
snowmobile racing
snowmobile skipping
snowmobiling
snowmobilist
Related terms: snow bike
snowmobile
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: snowmobiles
form: snowmobiling
form: snowmobiled
form: snowmobiled
form: snow-mobile
form: snow mobile
Etymology: From snow + -mobile.
Senses: glosses: To ride or race in a snowmobile.
stearated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From stearate + -ed.
Senses: glosses: having a dry lubricant (sodium stearate) mixed with the abrasive
raw_tags: of sandpaper
sodium stearate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sodium stearates
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The sodium salt of stearic acid; a constituent of soap.
Synonyms: sodium octadecanoate
Hypernyms: sodium carboxylate
Coordinate terms: sodium caprate
sodium decanoate
sodium caprylate
sodium octanoate
sodium laurate
sodium dodecanoate
sodium linoleate
sodium myristate
sodium tetradecanoate
sodium oleate
sodium palmitate
sodium hexadecanoate
fuds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fud
swooshed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of swoosh
tangibly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more tangibly
form: most tangibly
Etymology: From tangible + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a tangible manner.
hyperemesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌhaɪ.pɚˈɛm.ɪ.sɪs/
Forms: form: hyperemeses
Etymology: From hyper- + emesis.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Severe and excessive vomiting.
Derived terms: cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome
hyperemesis gravidarum
hyperemetic
terracing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of terrace
terracing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: terracings
Senses: glosses: The formation of terraces.
glosses: A terraced structure.
glosses: A series of terraces.
glosses: A stand with a series of tiers.
Derived terms: tone terracing
towline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: towlines
Etymology: From tow + line.
Senses: glosses: A line or rope used for towing a vehicle or vessel.
Synonyms: towrope
trikes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -aɪks
Senses: glosses: plural of trike
umiak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: umiaks
form: umiat
form: umiac
form: umiaq
form: oomiac
form: oomiak
Etymology: From Inuvialuktun ᐅᒥᐊᖅ (umiaq, “women's boat”).
Senses: examples: text: In many regions, people went inland at the end of August (often travelling upriver in large sealskin boats called umiat) to hunt caribou till September or October.
ref: 2002, Louis-Jacques Dorais, 'Inuit', Aboriginal Peoples of Canada, ed. Paul Robert Magocsi, University of Toronto, page 135
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A large, open boat made of skins stretched over a wooden frame that is propelled by paddles; used by the Eskimos for transportation.
Related terms: kayak
Ibaraki
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: 茨城: A prefecture of Japan. Capital: Mito.
glosses: 茨木: A city in Osaka Prefecture.
explored
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of explore
explored
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more explored
form: most explored
Senses: glosses: Having undergone exploration.
Derived terms: first-explored
last-explored
overexplored
underexplored
unexplored
swamps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of swamp
swamps
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of swamp
reefers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: refers
Senses: glosses: plural of reefer
humpy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhʌmpi/
rhymes: -ʌmpi
Forms: form: humpier
form: humpiest
Etymology: From hump + -y.
Senses: examples: text: A very weary small boy and a weary father and mother were soon asleep in the hardest and humpiest bed ever made.
ref: 1907, Edith M.H Baylor, A Little Prospector, page 60:
text: The cab height was reduced, but the front fenders looked higher and humpier.
ref: 1988, John Gunnell, Chevrolet Pickups, 1946-1972: How to Identify, Select and Restore Chevrolet Collector Light Trucks, Panels and El Caminos, page 19:
text: The sand dollars adjust the gaps between individuals depending on flow speed, and populations from more sheltered locations consist of slightly humpier (more cambered) individuals with greater lift coefficients.
ref: 2011, Steven Vogel, Comparative Biomechanics: Life's Physical World, page 255:
glosses: Characterised by humps, uneven.
examples: text: The artist [Michelangelo] spends most of his time avoiding the Pope's clutches and pursuing his humpy, young models about the city and the studio.
ref: 1981 December 27, Michael Bronski, “Models, Noblemen, and One Hell of a Ceiling”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 23, page 15:
text: On a Friday night, Tom went upstairs to the second-floor show bar at the club to see the final show, and decided that Oscar had really underpraised the dancers – as each one entered, he appeared to be even humpier and better-hung than the ones before.
ref: 2010, John Butler, Ships That Pass in the Night, page 90:
glosses: Muscular; hunky.
examples: text: Tell you what it was just like. Reminded me of it even at the time: that picture of Napoleon coming back from Moscow. The Reverend was Napoleon, and we were the generals; and if there were three humpier men walking the streets of London at that moment I should have liked to have seen them.
ref: 1907, P. G. Wodehouse, Herbert Westbrook, Not George Washington: An Autobiographical Novel, published 2008, page 107:
glosses: Hunched, bent over.
examples: text: As the rain poured down; and Frieda went on and on about the children; and Lawrence got humpier and humpier but kept asking ‘a dozen times a day in all keys, are you miserable’ (i. 534); it must have been the Christmas misery all over again.
ref: 1996, Mark Kinkead-Weekes, D.H. Lawrence: Triumph to Exile, 1912-1922, volume 1, page 55:
glosses: Sulky; irritable.
Derived terms: humpily
humpiness
humpy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhʌmpi/
rhymes: -ʌmpi
Forms: form: humpies
Etymology: From hump + -y.
Senses: examples: text: It was the river up which the chinook and sockeye and silver and humpy and dog salmon migrated to lay their eggs and dies or to be tangled in set nets and air-freighted to Anchorage, there to be cleaned and frozen and shipped to restaurants and supermarkets half a world away.
ref: 1992, Dana Stabenow, A Cold Day for Murder, →ISBN, page 41:
text: Suzie was so funny, she kept talking about fly-fishing. Mark was so confused. He didn't know a yellow humpy from a black wooly worm.
ref: 1996, Elizabeth Wong, Kimchee and Chitlins: A Serious Comedy about Getting Along, →ISBN, page 67:
text: In 1997, for example, 150 million pink (humpy) salmon returned to the streams in southeast Alaska alone.
ref: 2002, Spike Walker, Coming Back Alive, →ISBN:
text: The six species of Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus) are Chinook (king), Coho (silver), Sockeye (red), Chum (dog), Pink (humpback or humpy), and Cherry.
ref: 2012, C. Pierce, Education in the Age of Biocapitalism, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of humpie.
humpy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhʌmpi/
rhymes: -ʌmpi
Forms: form: humpies
Etymology: From Yagara (Brisbane region) ŋumbi, perhaps influenced by hump.
Senses: examples: text: Trilby was the first to wake, her face barred with sunlight that slipped through the inadequate walls of the humpy.
ref: 1961, Nene Gare, The Fringe Dwellers, Text Classics, published 2012, page 31:
text: I dreamed that a boy child walked past all the other humpies [Australian white term for native huts] in the camp and kept coming until he got to my house. He beat on the bark wall.
ref: 1984, Maxwell John Charlesworth, editor, Religion in Aboriginal Australia: An Anthology, page 129:
text: There weren′t that many blacks about, but a lot of humpies – at times it must have been a fairly big camp.
ref: 1988, Tom Cole, Hell West and Crooked, Angus & Robertson, published 1995, page 257:
glosses: A hut or temporary shelter made from bark and tree branches, traditionally used by Aboriginal people.
examples: text: They did nothing much more in the way of building than to erect a number of crazy humpies of such materials as bark and kerosene-cans […]
ref: 1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter III, in Capricornia, page 29:
text: Evicted men and their families lived wherever they could, and shanty towns of hessian-sack humpies grew up in Sydney′s southern suburbs on vacant crown land: the largest being at Brighton-le-Sands, Rockdale, Long Bay and La Perouse. In such camps, unemployed huddled for warmth in humpies while, closer to the city, others squatted in caves in the Domain around the local beauty spot known as Mrs Macquarie′s chair.
ref: 2003, Frank G. Clarke, Australia in a Nutshell: A Narrative History, page 215:
glosses: Any crude or temporary dwelling, especially made from found materials; a bush hut.
Synonyms: sense: traditional dwelling
word: gunyah
sense: traditional dwelling
word: mia mia
sense: traditional dwelling
word: wurly
sense: temporary dwelling
word: shack
Liverpudlians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Liverpudlian
file snake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: file snakes
Senses: examples: text: Peter had four barramundi and Rosie had three turtles, a possum and a fat file snake.
ref: 1988, Tom Cole, Hell West and Crooked, Angus & Robertson, published 1995, page 259:
glosses: Any of various snakes resembling a file in texture or appearance, especially a wart snake or a non-venomous South African snake of the genus Mehelya.
Scousers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Scouser
trepang
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹɪˈpaŋ/
Forms: form: trepangs
form: teripang
form: tripang
Etymology: Borrowed from Malay teripang.
Senses: examples: text: There had been a drop in the mother-of-pearl shell market and quite a few of the pearling luggers had turned their attention to diving for trepang, which had survived the ravages of the depression and was easy to recover, lying in shallow waters.
ref: 1988, Tom Cole, Hell West and Crooked, Angus & Robertson, published 1995, page 266:
glosses: Synonym of sea cucumber.
synonyms: word: sea cucumber
Derived terms: trepanger
trepanging
oaten
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈəʊtən/
rhymes: -əʊtən
Etymology: From Middle English oten, *aten (“oaten”); equivalent to oat + -en. Cognate with Scots aiten (“oaten”).
Senses: examples: text: an oaten cake
glosses: Made of oats.
Derived terms: oaten bread
elven
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛlv(ə)n/
rhymes: -ɛlvən
Forms: form: elvens
Etymology: PIE word
 *albʰós
Learned borrowing from Middle English elve, elven (“(also attributively) elf or fairy of either sex”) [and other forms], from Old English elfen, ælfen, ielfen (“female elf”), from elf, ælf, ielf (“elf”) (ultimately from Proto-Germanic *albiz (“elf, fairy”), from Proto-Indo-European *albʰós (“white”)) + -en (suffix forming feminine nouns). The English word is cognate with Middle High German elbinne (“fairy, nymph”).
Senses: examples: text: When you told Amberle that we must come here tonight, she reminded you that you had informed the Elvens at the High Council that she would be given a day or two to rest. You answered her by saying that what you told them was a necessary deception. What did you mean by that?
ref: 1982, Terry Brooks, chapter 19, in The Elfstones of Shannara (A Del Rey Book), New York, N.Y.: Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 162:
text: "In order for the elvens to stay in hiding, they live under the great vines rather above them," Aida answered. […] An elven walked over to Rhyona and nodded to her, then entered the thick wood alone.
ref: 2007 April, Derric Euperio, “The Elven and the Troll”, in The Adventures of Ryushin: Two Hearts, Montgomery, Ala.: E-BookTime, →ISBN, page 122:
text: The first reference to a choice being granted the Half-elvens is in the "Sketch," but it only applies to Elrond and is not exactly the same choice as in the Quenta Silmarillion,[…]. The Quenta Silmarillion, however, formalizes this matter of the Half-elvens having to choose. The text describes a debate among the Valar in which Mandos asserts, "[Eärendel] shall surely die…" but since he is both Elf and Man, Ulmo asks, "which half shall die?"
ref: 2008, Elizabeth A. Whittingham, “Death and Immortality among Elves and Men”, in Donald E. Palumbo, C. W. Sullivan III, editors, The Evolution of Tolkien’s Mythology: A Study of The History of Middle-earth (Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy; 7), Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, →ISBN:
text: Although Cass vaguely remembered her trials, she knew her father had been disappointed when she hadn’t possessed enough magic to be sent to the elvens’ home world, the fabled Elfhame.
ref: 2010, Kathryne Kennedy, chapter 2, in The Fire Lord’s Lover, Naperville, Ill.: Sourcebooks Casablanca, →ISBN, page 30:
glosses: Originally, a female elf, a fairy, a nymph; (by extension) any elf.
elven
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛlv(ə)n/
rhymes: -ɛlvən
Forms: form: elvens
form: elvin
Etymology: Probably a variant of elmen (“of or pertaining to an elm tree; composed of elm trees; made of elm wood”).
Senses: qualifier: Sussex; Warwickshire; Worcestershire; Sussex; Warwickshire; Worcestershire
glosses: An elm (a tree of the genus Ulmus, particularly the wych elm or Scots elm (Ulmus glabra))).
dwarven
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dwarven
form: most dwarven
form: dwarfen
Etymology: From dwarv(es) + -en.
Senses: glosses: Similar to a dwarf, for example in stature.
topics: fantasy
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or made by or for dwarfs/dwarves.
Synonyms: dwarfish
dwarvish
bronzen
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bronzen
form: most bronzen
Etymology: From bronze + -en.
Senses: glosses: Made of, or relating to, bronze.
bronzen
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bronzens
form: bronzening
form: bronzened
form: bronzened
Etymology: From bronze + -en.
Senses: glosses: To make or become bronze
Alpen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A brand of muesli
anta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæn.tə/
rhymes: -æntə
Forms: form: antae
form: antas
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin antae (“pilasters”), with a back-formed singular form.
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: A kind of pier that terminates the walls of the naos, a kind of post or pillar on either side of a doorway or entrance of a Greek temple.
Related terms: in antis
alphorn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈalp.hɔːn/
Forms: form: alphorns
form: alpenhorn
Etymology: From Alemannic German Alphorn, German Alphorn.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A long, curved, wooden horn used by mountain-dwelling herders in the Alps, originally to call cattle but now only as musical instrument in classical and folk tunes.
Synonyms: Alpine horn
Derived terms: alphornist
alpenhorn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alpenhorns
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of alphorn.
postponing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of postpone
shalder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shalders
Senses: glosses: The oystercatcher.
meff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛf
Forms: form: meffs
Etymology: Compare meth (“a tramp”), from meths or methylated spirits.
Senses: qualifier: Liverpool
glosses: An objectionable, an unkempt person or a tramp.
wha-up
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wha-ups
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of whaup.
draatsi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: draatsi
Senses: glosses: The otter.
UTSL
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Pronunciation: -ɛl
Etymology: A pun on Obi-Wan Kenobi's "Use the Force, Luke!" in Star Wars.
Senses: glosses: Initialism of use the source, Luke.
peerie
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɪəɹi/
ipa: /ˈpiɹɪ/
ipa: /ˈpiɹe/
rhymes: -ɪəɹi
Forms: form: peerier
form: peeriest
Senses: glosses: Small, tiny.
peerie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɪəɹi/
ipa: /ˈpiɹɪ/
ipa: /ˈpiɹe/
rhymes: -ɪəɹi
Forms: form: peeries
Senses: glosses: A Shetland sheepdog.
glosses: Alternative form of peery (“spinning top”).
under one's breath
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: synonyms: underneath one's breath
glosses: Softly, so as not to be heard.
raw_tags: of something said
Synonyms: sotto voce
bioinformaticist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bioinformaticists
Etymology: From bioinformatic + -ist.
Senses: glosses: a bioinformatician
channel-hopping
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: that travels across the English Channel
Related terms: booze cruise
booze cruise
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: booze cruises
Senses: glosses: A brief trip from Britain to France or Belgium in order to buy alcohol (or tobacco) in bulk quantities without paying excise duty.
examples: text: 1998 November, Queen City Chronicle: Wedding Belles, Cincinnati Magazine, page 13,
I was still a little tipsy, see, because Tony proposed to me on a booze cruise. You know a booze cruise? That′s where they take a fishing boat and wash all the fish guts off of it at night and turn it into a party boat.
text: “Goddamnit, Petey, you know I hate booze cruises at the best of times. A bunch of drunken assholes that make a piss-up at home look like a Tupperware Party.”
ref: 2004, Joseph D. Oliver, Nancy E. Oliver, On the Rebound, page 108:
text: They told us the corporation had taken their top salesmen to the Bahamas on a luxury liner booze cruise. Actually it had been a themed booze cruise, under the banner “The Best Damn Mortgage Company. Period.”
ref: 2009, Larry McDonald, Patrick Robinson, A Colossal Failure of Common Sense: The Incredible Inside Story of the Collapse of the Lehman Brothers, page 185:
glosses: A recreational trip on a cruise ship or boat usually tailored to young people, with the expectation of heavy consumption of alcoholic beverages.
booze cruise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: booze cruises
form: booze cruising
form: booze cruised
form: booze cruised
Senses: examples: text: As I booze cruised home from the function, I gazed gleefully at the beautiful rising sun.
glosses: to drive under the influence of alcohol
Related terms: booze cruiser
booze cruising
cybercafé
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cybercafés
form: cybercafe
Etymology: From cyber- + café.
Senses: examples: text: The notion of a cybercafe—a place for Net surfers to socialize on a tide of gourmet coffee—is at odds with how most people want to use computers, even in their leisure time.
ref: 1998 April 16, Michel Marriott, “The Sad Ballad Of the Cybercafe”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: Most recently, the rattiest old cybercafes in Queens have been shut down, following too-frequent fights among hotheaded video-game patrons. And the once-glamorous @Cafe in Manhattan was already boarded up by 1998!
ref: 2008 November 7, Virginia Heffernan, “The Cybercafe Lives”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: A café in which customers may access the Internet, play video games etc.
Synonyms: Internet cafe
cybercafe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cybercafes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of cybercafé.
Internet café
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Internet cafés
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Internet cafe.
backtalk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbæk.tɔːk/
ipa: /ˈbæk.tɔk/
Etymology: From back + talk.
Senses: examples: text: Don't give me any backtalk; just go clean your room.
text: He scratched his head. "Well, damn me," said he. "I never thought I would take orders from a Chink, but he says 'hist!' and by crums you've got to hist and no back talk either."
ref: 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
text: "Squalled at me that she owned the business and that she wouldn't take any back talk from me and that the piece wasn't for sale. What could I do?"
ref: 1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 156:
glosses: Verbal impudence or argumentative discourse, given in response.
Synonyms: sense: verbal impudence or argument
word: backchat
sense: verbal impudence or argument
word: derision
sense: verbal impudence or argument
word: lip
sense: verbal impudence or argument
word: cheek
sense: verbal impudence or argument
word: sass
sense: verbal impudence or argument
word: rebuttal
Related terms: word: backchat
word: talkback
word: talk back
backtalk
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbæk.tɔːk/
ipa: /ˈbæk.tɔk/
Forms: form: backtalks
form: backtalking
form: backtalked
form: backtalked
Etymology: From back + talk.
Senses: examples: text: Peter was sent to detention for backtalking the teacher.
glosses: To respond to in an aggressively disputatious, often sarcastic or insolent manner.
Synonyms: word: backchat
word: mouth off
word: sass
word: talk back
Derived terms: backtalker
backtalks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of backtalk
cybershop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cybershops
Etymology: From cyber- + shop.
Senses: glosses: A website that allows users to browse and then order products or services via the Internet.
Synonyms: cyberstore
backtalking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of backtalk
backtalked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of backtalk
dadrock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈdædˌɹɒk/
Forms: form: dad rock
Etymology: From dad + rock.
Senses: glosses: Rock music that appeals to an older generation, or that is heavily influenced by that of an earlier era.
Hypernyms: rock
e-cash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From e- + cash.
Senses: examples: text: The money came in the form of bank drafts, credit-card numbers, e-cash encryption keys, wire transfers to Crédit Suisse, and hundred-dollar bills in airmail envelopes.
ref: 2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections:
synonyms: e-money
cybermoney
cybercash
glosses: Money that is held, exchanged and represented in electronic form, and is used for transactions over the Internet.
Related terms: e-payment
e-wallet
crypto
cryptocurrency
cybercurrency
flexecutive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flexecutives
Etymology: Blend of flexible + executive
Senses: glosses: An executive or other professional who works flexible hours, sometimes from home via the Internet
kitesurfer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kitesurfers
Etymology: From kite + surfer.
Senses: glosses: a person who kitesurfs
glosses: a kiteboard
mattifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of mattify
mattifying
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: that gives the skin a matt appearance
raw_tags: of a cosmetic
boun
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /baʊn/
rhymes: -aʊn
Forms: form: more boun
form: most boun
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English boun, from Old Norse búinn, past participle of búa (“to prepare”).
Senses: glosses: Ready, prepared.
boun
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /baʊn/
rhymes: -aʊn
Forms: form: bouns
form: bouning
form: bouned
form: bouned
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English boun, from Old Norse búinn, past participle of búa (“to prepare”).
Senses: examples: text: From Cheviot to the shores of Ross,
From Solway-Sands to Marshal's - Moss,
All bouned them for the fight
ref: 1815, Walter Scott, “(please specify the page)”, in The Lord of the Isles, a Poem, Edinburgh: […] [F]or Archibald Constable and Co. […]; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown; by James Ballantyne and Co., […], →OCLC:
glosses: To make or get ready; prepare.
Derived terms: bound
heteroduplex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heteroduplexes
form: heteroduplices
Etymology: From hetero- + duplex.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A nucleic acid composed of two chains with each derived from a different parent molecule
Related terms: heterotriplex
heteroduplex
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: heteroduplexes
form: heteroduplexing
form: heteroduplexed
form: heteroduplexed
Etymology: From hetero- + duplex.
Senses: glosses: To form such a compound by genetic recombination
disomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: disomies
Etymology: From disome + -y.
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The normal state of a diploid eukaryotic cell or individual which has two members of a pair of homologous chromosomes in each nucleus. A normal chromosome is represented twice in a single cell.
Derived terms: heterodisomy
isodisomy
Related terms: disomal
disome
trisomy
aneuploidy
diploidy
concatemer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: concatemers
form: concatamer
Etymology: From concatenate + -mer.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A segment of DNA composed of multiple repeated sequences linked end to end.
Derived terms: concatemeric
concatemerization
concatemerize
backal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ækəl
Etymology: From back + -al, in humorous reference to frontal. Used since at least the 1970s.
Senses: examples: text: full backal nudity
text: In television, the final refuge of Victorianism, eroticism is the great no-no. "I have coined the expression: 'At NBC, we don't show frontal, backal or sidal nudity,'" Traviesas says. "Although I squirm a little — we are showing more backal nudity."
ref: 1977, New Times:
text: I'll have to draw the line at frontal nudity, but I would consider backal or sidal nudity, provided I get a good percentage of …
ref: 1989 August 24, Blair P. Houghton, LeMovie, rec.bicycles, Usenet, quoting an earlier post by Daniel Mocsny
text: There is a Full Backal shot as Arnold looks out over the L.A. skyline, and a distant shot, Full Frontal, as he is approaching the punks, [...]
ref: 1991 June 10, Synth F. Oberheim, “Nudity in The Terminator”, in alt.cult-movies (Usenet):
text: Was the full-backal-nudity shot of the lady doctor radiology instructor a first for a network prime-time series, or have I just been leading too sheltered a life, and such shots are common nowadays?
ref: 1992 September 2, William G. Martin, “First "Full-backal" nudity on TV? (was Re: GOING TO EXTREMES)”, in rec.arts.tv (Usenet):
text: 2007 September 28, Bob Mondello, "Coming Soon, to a Theater Near You: Naked People", All Things Considered, National Public Radio
Movie nudity has a long history in Hollywood.... And a lot of different kinds. Male and female, partial and full, frontal and ... backal?
glosses: Of or involving a person's back (rather than the front or side).
raw_tags: of nudity
Coordinate terms: frontal
sidal
LETS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of local exchange trading system.
swire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /swaɪə/
Forms: form: swires
Etymology: From Middle English swire, from Old English swēora, from Proto-Germanic *swerhô.
Senses: glosses: The neck.
examples: text: As he approached the swire at the head of the dell […], he beheld, to his astonishment, a bright halo in the cloud of haze, that rose in a semi-circle over his head like a pale rainbow.
ref: 1824, James Hogg, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, Oxford, published 2010, page 33:
glosses: A hollow between two hills or peaks, especially with a road running through it; a vale.
dwine
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dwaɪn/
rhymes: -aɪn
Forms: form: dwines
form: dwining
form: dwined
form: dwined
Etymology: From Middle English dwynen, from Old English dwīnan, from Proto-West Germanic *dwīnan, from Proto-Germanic *dwīnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwey- (“to slip away, dwindle, die”), from *dʰew- (“to pass away, die”). Compare West Frisian ferdwine, Dutch dwijnen, verdwijnen, Low German dwienen, verdwienen, Icelandic dvína. See also English dwindle, dush.
Senses: examples: text: Without visible mark or sign she was elf-shot; and the proof of this appeared from her going off her milk, dwining away, and dying before her calves could be counted on the hooves of one foot.
ref: 1897 August 5, The Morning Bulletin, Rockhampton, Qld, page 4, column 5:
qualifier: archaic outside Scotland and dialects
glosses: To wither, decline, pine away.
Related terms: dwindle
dwine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dwaɪn/
rhymes: -aɪn
Etymology: From Middle English dwynen, from Old English dwīnan, from Proto-West Germanic *dwīnan, from Proto-Germanic *dwīnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwey- (“to slip away, dwindle, die”), from *dʰew- (“to pass away, die”). Compare West Frisian ferdwine, Dutch dwijnen, verdwijnen, Low German dwienen, verdwienen, Icelandic dvína. See also English dwindle, dush.
Senses: examples: text: Old Mrs. Jennery, of Springholm, never had a daughter of her own, neither had her son, the father of the twin lads whom he left to his mother's care when he died of the dwine, as the country-folk called it.
ref: 1896, The Sunday at Home, volume 43, page 750:
text: They stopped only when they came to the first deep pools gleaming with oily reflections in the dwine of the daylight.
ref: 2009, Sheri S. Tepper, Grass, page 327:
synonyms: dwindling
dwining
glosses: Decline, wane.
refried beans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: refried bean
Etymology: Calque of Spanish frijoles refritos (literally “well-fried beans”).
Senses: glosses: A dry to mushy paste made by boiling, mashing, and then frying particularly pinto or black beans, included in or served as anything from a main dish in Central America to a dip in the Southern US and a side dish in Mexico.
bang-up
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bang-up
form: most bang-up
Senses: examples: text: It is true that certain kinds of documents, especially sham hawkers’ licenses, may be had in the provinces, at prices suited to the importance of their contents, or to the probable gains of their circulation; but all the ‘regular bang-up fakes’ are manufactured in the ‘Start’ (metropolis), and sent into the country to order, carefully packed up, and free from observation.
ref: 1851, Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor, published 1861:
text: […] he had dined with the Hickses ("a bang-up show -- they're really lances-you wouldn't know them!"), and had met there Lansing […]
ref: 1922, Edith Wharton, The Glimpses of the Moon:
text: “When we get to Nashville, let's find some nice place to eat, and let's have the best bang-up chicken dinner in town!”
ref: 1988, Janice Holt Giles, The Enduring Hills:
text: Hobbes: But then the aliens take over the Earth.
Calvin: Well, it's not like the grownups have done such a bang-up job.
ref: 1995 October 14, Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes (comic):
glosses: Especially good; wonderful; superb.
Synonyms: sense: especially good
word: awesome
sense: especially good
word: impressive
sense: especially good
word: outstanding
sense: especially good
word: smashing
germinal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdʒɜː(ɹ)mɪnəl/
Forms: form: more germinal
form: most germinal
Senses: glosses: Relating to spring
glosses: Pertaining, similar, or belonging to a germ.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Relating to a plant ovary.
examples: text: My upbringing was the germinal idea behind the opera.
glosses: Serving as a point of origin; formative.
examples: text: This case was germinal to development of the theory of joint participation.
glosses: Highly influential; seminal.
Synonyms: sense: relating to spring
word: vernal
sense: relating to seed
word: seminal
sense: influential
word: seminal
Derived terms: abgerminal
adgerminal
bigerminal
germinal cell
germinal center
germinal centre
germinal disc
germinal disk
germinal epithelium
germinally
germinal matrix
germinal membrane
germinal spot
germinal vesicle
nongerminal
postgerminal
subgerminal
plack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /plæk/
ipa: [pʰl̥æk]
ipa: /plak/
ipa: [pʰl̥ak]
rhymes: -æk
rhymes: -ak
homophone: plaque
Forms: form: placks
Etymology: From Middle Dutch placke (“name of a coin”). Cognate with Old High German pleh, bleh (“thin leaf of metal, plate”). Compare plaque.
Senses: glosses: A coin used in the Netherlands in the 15th and 16th centuries.
examples: text: ‘Yes, I prayed you to grant my life, which is in your power. The saving of it would not have cost you a plack, yet you refused to do it.’
ref: 1824, James Hogg, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, Oxford, published 2010, page 49:
glosses: A coin issued by James III of Scotland; also a 15th-16th century Scottish coin worth four Scots pennies.
Derived terms: plackless
plack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /plæk/
ipa: [pʰl̥æk]
ipa: /plak/
ipa: [pʰl̥ak]
rhymes: -æk
rhymes: -ak
homophone: plaque
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of plaque.
coextensive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkəʊ.ɪkˈstɛn.sɪv/
ipa: /ˌkoʊ.ɛkˈstɛn.sɪv/
Forms: form: co-extensive
Etymology: From co- + extensive.
Senses: examples: text: The city and county of San Francisco are coextensive.
text: And then there are the catch-all provisions: rules that allow police to stop drivers for conduct that complies with all the rules on the books, but that officers consider "imprudent" or "unreasonable" under the circumstances, or that describe the offense in language so broad as to make a vioation virtually coextensive with the officer's unreviewable personal judgment.
ref: 2019, Malcolm Gladwell, Talking to Strangers:
glosses: Having the same spatial limits or boundaries; sharing the same area.
examples: text: His life is almost co-extensive with one of the most disastrous periods in Roman history.
ref: 1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.30:
glosses: Occurring over the same period of time; contemporaneous.
examples: text: Coextensive expressions with different intensions cannot in general be substituted for one another within an expression e while preserving the extension of e (assuming that the extension of a declarative sentence is its truth value).
ref: 1995, Jaegwon Kim, Ernest Sosa, A Companion to Metaphysics:
topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Having the same extension—the object or set of objects to which a term refers.
Derived terms: coextensively
coextensiveness
Related terms: coextension
coterminous
extensive
chromosomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chromosome