cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
SSK
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SSKs
form: ssk
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Sub Surface Killer - diesel powered ASW submarine (hunter-killer submarine).
topics: business
knitting
manufacturing
textiles
glosses: a left-leaning decrease stitch
SSK
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: ssk
Senses: examples: text: Row 7: Sl 1, k4, k2tog, yo, k1, yo, SSK, k3, SSK, turn.
ref: 2011, Karida Collins, Pints and Purls: Portable Projects for the Social Knitter:
topics: business
knitting
manufacturing
textiles
glosses: slip, slip, knit
opter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: opters
Etymology: From opt + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Hannibal Lecter is one of many in the gallery of cinema villains and unrepentant opters for evil who remind us that the only place where they will be at home is Hell or the void.
ref: 2012, Jeff Sellars, Light Shining in a Dark Place, page 50:
glosses: One who opts, or makes a choice.
co-religionist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəʊɹɪˈlɪdʒənɪst/
Forms: form: co-religionists
form: coreligionist
Etymology: From co- + religionist.
Senses: examples: text: From the mid-sixteenth century, Western Christians – Protestants as well as Roman Catholics, thanks to the great split of the Reformation – interested themselves afresh in their afflicted co-religionists in the East.
ref: 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 499:
text: Moreover, the greater charitability of religious people in studies is accounted for by their contributing more to coreligionists, and the bulk of the charitability of highly religious people in the real world consists of charity to their own group.
ref: 2023, Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will, New York: Penguin, →ISBN:
glosses: A fellow follower of one's religion.
Synonyms: co-believer
co-religionary
100 metres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 100 metres
form: 100 meters
Senses: topics: athletics
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A sprint race over 100 metres.
Synonyms: word: 100-meter dash
word: 100-metre dash
200 metres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 200 metres
form: 200 meters
Senses: topics: athletics
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A sprint race over 200 metres.
400 metres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 400 metres
form: 400 meters
Senses: topics: athletics
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A sprint race over 400 metres.
800 metres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 800 metres
form: 800 meters
Senses: topics: athletics
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A middle-distance running race over 800 metres.
1500 metres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 1500 metres
form: 1500 meters
Senses: topics: athletics
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A middle-distance running race over 1500 metres.
5000 metres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 5000 metres
form: 5 000 metres
form: 5000 meters
form: 5,000 meters
form: 5 000 meters
Senses: topics: athletics
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A long-distance running race over 5000 metres.
10000 metres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 10000 metres
form: 10 000 metres
form: 10000 meters
form: 10,000 meters
form: 10 000 meters
Senses: topics: athletics
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A long-distance running race over 10,000 metres.
fucitol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fucitols
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The deoxy sugar alcohol (2R,3S,4R,5S)-hexane-1,2,3,4,5-pentanol, derived from a seaweed.
race walk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: race walks
form: racewalk
Senses: topics: athletics
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A racewalking race.
Related terms: racewalking
deoxy sugar alcohol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deoxy sugar alcohols
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A sugar alcohol in which one on more hydroxy groups have been replaced by hydrogen
flatwater
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From flat + water.
Senses: qualifier: canoeing
glosses: Of or pertaining to canoe-kayak sprint races in calm water.
flatwater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flatwaters
Etymology: From flat + water.
Senses: coordinate_terms: quickwater
white water
qualifier: canoeing
glosses: Water that is calm, without significant currents or rapids.
fucosamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fucosamines
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The amino sugar 2-amino-2,6-dideoxy-galactose derived from fucose
fucose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fucoses
Etymology: From Latin fucus (“seaweed, kelp”) + -ose.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The aldohexose (3S,4R,5R,6S)-6-methyloxane-2,3,4,5-tetrol present in several glycans and mucopolysaccharides
Derived terms: deoxyfucose
fucoside
C-1
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Senses: qualifier: canoeing
glosses: A class of canoe for a single kneeling person.
furanoside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: furanosides
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The furanose form of a glycoside
Derived terms: fructofuranoside
galactofuranoside
glucofuranoside
C-2
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Forms: form: C2
Senses: qualifier: canoeing
glosses: A class of canoe for two kneeling people.
K-1
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Forms: form: K1
Senses: qualifier: canoeing
glosses: A class of kayak for two seated people.
K-2
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Forms: form: K2
Senses: qualifier: canoeing
glosses: A class of kayak for two seated people.
K-4
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Forms: form: K4
Senses: qualifier: canoeing
glosses: A class of canoe for four seated people.
galactarate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: galactarates
Etymology: From galactaric acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of galactaric acid.
galactaric acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Mucic acid.
Derived terms: galactarate
galactitol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: galactitols
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The sugar alcohol (2R,3S,4R,5S)-hexane-1,2,3,4,5,6-hexol
Derived terms: mitolactol
iditol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: iditols
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The sugar alcohol (2R,3S,4S,5R)-hexane-1,2,3,4,5,6-hexol
madison
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmædɪsən/
Forms: form: madisons
form: Madison
Etymology: The cycling race is named after the original Madison Square Garden in New York, where the first such events were held. The dance is reportedly named after Madison Avenue, also in New York.
Senses: qualifier: cycle racing
glosses: A track cycling relay race in which team members take turns while racing round the track for the largest number of laps, and exchange places with a team mate by means of a touch, which may be a push or a hand-sling.
topics: dance
dancing
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A form of line dance.
galactosucrose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From galacto- + sucrose.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The 4-epimer of sucrose
horizontal bar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: horizontal bars
Senses: examples: Near-synonym: pull-up bar
topics: gymnastics
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
synonyms: high bar
glosses: A horizontally-aligned bar used in gymnastics, upon which acts of swinging are performed.
topics: gymnastics
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A gymnastics event using the horizontal bar.
topics: media
publishing
typography
synonyms: quotation dash
glosses: The dash symbol (―) (used to introduce quoted text)
topics: media
publishing
typography
glosses: The horizontal form of the fraction bar.
gentiobiose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A disaccharide consisting of two D-glucose units
Synonyms: amygdalose
Derived terms: gentiobiosyl
glucal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The glycal derived from glucose
glucan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glucans
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any polysaccharide that is a polymer of glucose
Synonyms: word: glucan
Hypernyms: word: polysaccharide
word: carbohydrate
Hyponyms: word: curdlan
word: laminarin
word: lentinan
word: lichenin
word: pullulan
Derived terms: beta-glucan
galactoglucan
galactoxyloglucan
glucanase
glucanohydrolase
glucanolytic
homoglucan
oligoglucan
phosphoglucan
phytoglucan
polyglucan
β-glucan
Related terms: cellulose
curdlan
dextran
glycogen
laminarin
lentinan
lichenin
mannitan
pullulan
starch
curdlan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: curdlans
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A glucan produced by non-pathogenic bacteria such as Agrobacterium biobar.
Derived terms: curdlanase
parallel bars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: dip bars
glosses: A set of apparatus consisting of two horizontal bars at a small distance apart, upon which acts of swinging and holding and jumping and dips are performed.
glosses: A gymnastics event using the parallel bars.
Related terms: asymmetric bars
uneven bars
laminarin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: laminarins
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A glucan produced by some brown algae
Derived terms: chrysolaminarin
laminarinase
Related terms: laminarase
lentinan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lentinans
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A glucan found in the fruiting body of shiitake (Lentinula edodes).
lichenin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lichenins
form: lichenine
Etymology: From lichen + -in.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A glucan found in some lichens.
Derived terms: isolichenin
pullulan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pullulans
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A glucan produced by some fungi and used in manufacturing edible films.
glucaric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From glucose.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to glucaric acid.
glucaric acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: saccharic acid
Related terms: glucarate
show jumping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: showjumping
Senses: synonyms: gymkhana
glosses: An equestrian event in which a rider's horse is jumped over an array of obstacles.
examples: text: In Sweden, a rabbit show jumping contest is held. The contest is known as kaninhopping and includes a race course for the bunnies using hoops, seesaws, ramps, and fencing.
ref: 2023, Kathleen Olson, The Big Book of Pointless Knowledge:
glosses: A similar event with rabbits instead of ridden horses.
Related terms: show jumper
show jumper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: show jumpers
form: showjumper
Senses: topics: equestrianism
hobbies
horses
lifestyle
pets
sports
glosses: A (human or horse) participant in show jumping
coxless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cox + -less.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
rowing
sports
glosses: Not having a cox.
Derived terms: coxless four
coxless pair
masscom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of mass + communication
Senses: examples: text: AM call-up talk shows constitute one of the few electronic soapboxes which citizens - other than the usual two dozen professional TV "pundits" - can use to express themselves via the electronic apparatus of the masscom system.
ref: 2005, David March, Robert J. Thompson, Television in the Antenna Age: A Concise History, →ISBN, page 47:
glosses: Mass communication, often specifically the mass media.
saccharic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The aldaric acid derived from glucose
Related terms: saccharolactone
gluconate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gluconates
Etymology: From gluconic + -ate (“salt or ester”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of gluconic acid
Derived terms: bigluconate
calcium gluconate
chlorhexidine gluconate
digluconate
phosphogluconate
potassium gluconate
sodium gluconate
glucuronate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glucuronates
Etymology: From glucuronic + -ate (“salt or ester”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of glucuronic acid
49er
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 49ers
form: forty-niner
Etymology: From 49 + -er.
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A class of two-handed double-trapeze dinghy (from its maximum length of 16 feet, approx. 4900 millimetres).
examples: text: The old prospector told them how, in the days of the 49ers, […] the Mexicans had been treated in a way they had practically never forgiven. The land was free. Discovery and appropriation of a mining claim gave title, provided it was staked out and a notice scratched on a tin plate affixed to the claim stake, and likewise provided that the size of the claim accorded with the crude ruling for that region.
ref: 1922, Allen Chaffee, Unexplored!:
synonyms: argonaut
glosses: A miner or other person who took part in the California Gold Rush of 1849.
topics: American-football
ball-games
football
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A player for the San Francisco 49ers, an NFL team.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A student or player on a sports team at California State University, Long Beach (more commonly known as “Long Beach State”, founded in 1849).
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A student or player on a sports team at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (more commonly known as “Charlotte” in a sports context).
glucuronic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A uronic acid derived from glucose.
Coordinate terms: english: coordinate as a base versus an acid, but synonymous in the practical sense that the conjugate base and conjugate acid coexist in solution
translation: coordinate as a base versus an acid, but synonymous in the practical sense that the conjugate base and conjugate acid coexist in solution
word: glucuronate
keelboat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: keelboats
Etymology: From keel + boat.
Senses: examples: text: By and by the steamboat intruded. Then for fifteen or twenty years, these men continued to run their keelboats down-stream, and the steamers did all of the upstream business, the keelboatmen selling their boats in New Orleans, and returning home as deck passengers in the steamers.
ref: 1870, Mark Twain, chapter 3, in Life on the Mississippi:
topics: nautical
sailing
transport
glosses: Any sailboat having a keel (as opposed to a centerboard or daggerboard).
Derived terms: keelboater
keelboatman
glucuronide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glucuronides
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of various derivatives of glucuronic acid formed during the metabolism of phenols etc that serve to remove them from the bloodstream.
Derived terms: diglucuronide
glucuronidase
glucuronidate
glucuronidation
indolylglucuronide
monoglucuronide
sulfoglucuronide
triglucuronide
glucuronoglycan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glucuronoglycans
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any glycan derived from glucuronic acid
RS:X
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A class of windsurf board made to specific requirements.
glyceral
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Shortening.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: glyceraldehyde
glyceraldehyde
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glyceraldehydes
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The aldotriose 2,3-dihydroxypropanal formed by oxidation of glycerol
Derived terms: phosphoglyceraldehyde
aldotriose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aldotrioses
Etymology: From aldo- + triose.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any aldose having three carbon atoms; in reality, just glyceraldehyde
glycone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glycones
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The sugar residue of a glycoside.
Related terms: aglycone
glycosylglycose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glycosylglycoses
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any disaccharide
gularic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: glucaric acid
gulitol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: sorbitol
gulose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡuˌloʊs/
Forms: form: guloses
Etymology: Alteration of glucose.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A sugar C₆H₁₂O₆ stereoisomeric with glucose and obtainable by synthesis from xylose.
Derived terms: guluronic acid
idose
hamamelose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The monosaccharide 2-C-(hydroxymethyl)-D-ribose
heptitol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heptitols
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any alditol having seven carbon atoms
heptopyranose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heptopyranoses
Etymology: From hepto- + pyranose.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The pyranose form of a heptose
hexopyranose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hexopyranoses
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The pyranose form of a hexose
mannopyranose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mannopyranoses
Etymology: From manno- + pyranose.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The pyranose form of mannose.
Derived terms: mannopyranosyl
octopyranose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: octopyranoses
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The pyranose form of an octose
hexofuranose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hexofuranoses
Etymology: From hexo- + furanose.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The furanose form of a hexose
idofuranose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: idofuranoses
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The furanose form of idose
lyxofuranose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lyxofuranoses
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The furanose form of lyxose
pentofuranose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pentofuranoses
Etymology: From pento- + furanose.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The furanose form of a pentose
quinovopyranose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quinovopyranoses
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The furanose form of quinovose
putten
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /pʊtən/
Etymology: From Middle English putten, puten, poten. Compare Scots putten.
Senses: examples: text: She had putten her watch on the table.
qualifier: Lancashire
glosses: past participle of put
heptopyranoside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heptopyranosides
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any glycoside of a heptopyranose
hexopyranoside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hexopyranosides
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any glycoside of a hexopyranose
mannopyranoside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mannopyranosides
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any glycoside of mannopyranose
pyranoside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pyranosides
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any glycoside of a pyranose
Related terms: pyranosidic
honey buzzard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: honey buzzards
Etymology: The species was historically assumed to include honey in its diet, due to the fact that it broke open and fed from honeycombs
Senses: glosses: Any of certain birds of prey in family Accipitridae
All species of genus Pernis
European honey buzzard (Pernis apivorus), a summer migrant to most of Europe and western Asia, wintering in tropical Africa
glosses: Any of certain birds of prey in family Accipitridae
All species of genus Pernis
crested honey buzzard (Pernis ptilorhynchus), wintering in tropical south east Asia, a summer migrant to Siberia
glosses: Any of certain birds of prey in family Accipitridae
All species of genus Pernis
barred honey buzzard (Pernis celebensis), found in Indonesia and the Philippines
glosses: Any of certain birds of prey in family Accipitridae
All species of genus Henicopernis
black honey buzzard (Henicopernis infuscatus), endemic to Papua New Guinea
glosses: Any of certain birds of prey in family Accipitridae
All species of genus Henicopernis
long-tailed honey buzzard (Henicopernis longicauda), found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea
Synonyms: sense: genus Pernis
word: pern
sense: species Pernis ptilorhynchus
word: oriental honey buzzard
Derived terms: barred honey buzzard
black honey buzzard
crested honey buzzard
European honey buzzard
long-tailed honey buzzard
oriental honey buzzard
philippine honey buzzard
heteroglycan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heteroglycans
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: heteropolysaccharide
Derived terms: diheteroglycan
pern
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɜː(ɹ)n/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)n
Forms: form: perns
Etymology: Presumably from a verb pern, a variant of preen, from Middle English prene; pernyng is read by some editors in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (v. 611) and interpreted as the present participle of this verb, also reflected dialectally as pirn (“reel; bobbin”). See also pirl.
Senses: examples: text: […] these yarns are to be wove in the usual way of weaving canvas, but the weft to come off the pern or quill double […]
ref: 1813 February 4, “Specification of the Patent granted to William Broughton […] for a Method of making a peculiar Species of Canvas”, in The Repertory of Arts, Manufactures, and Agriculture, page 72:
text: Model of a patent machine for winding yarn from the hank, upon the shuttlecope or pern.
ref: 1851, Official catalogue of the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851, page 38:
text: In one division the spindles carry the bobbins revolving inside a kind of cup or cone fitting down upon the pern, and the latter is shaped to fit accurately this conical surface.
ref: 1894, The New Technical Educator: An Encyclopaedia of Technical Education, volume 3, page 234:
glosses: Part of a spinning wheel, a conical spool onto which the thread is wound from the spindle.
Derived terms: word: perne
word: perning
pern
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɜː(ɹ)n/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)n
Forms: form: perns
Etymology: 19th century, after the taxonomical name Pernis (Cuvier 1816).
Senses: glosses: A honey buzzard; Pernis apivorus.
pern
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɜː(ɹ)n/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)n
Forms: form: perns
form: perning
form: perned
form: perned
Etymology: See pernancy.
Senses: examples: text: Those that, to ease their Purse, or please their Prince Pern their Profession
ref: 1608, [Guillaume de Salluste] Du Bartas, translated by Josuah Sylvester, Du Bartas His Deuine Weekes and Workes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Humfrey Lownes [and are to be sold by Arthur Iohnson […]], published 1611, →OCLC:
glosses: To take profit of; to make profitable.
hexodialdose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hexodialdoses
Etymology: From hexo- + dialdose.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any dialdose having six carbon atoms
hexulose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hexuloses
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: ketohexose
homomorphic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more homomorphic
form: most homomorphic
Etymology: From homo- + -morphic.
Senses: examples: text: If it is necessary or desirable to preserve input or output port structure in homomorphic images, one must insist on a special case of homomorphism.
ref: 1993, A. Wayne Wymore, Model-Based Systems Engineering, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 182:
text: In this chapter two types of signature schemes satisfying homomorphic properties are presented. In the first section a description of the homomorphic signature schemes suitable in the single-user scenario is provided.
ref: 2016, Giulia Traverso, Denise Demirel, Johannes Buchmann, Homomorphic Signature Schemes: A Survey, Springer, →ISBN, page 11:
text: Fully homomorphic encryption (FHE) is a new encryption technique that enables computing on data blindly, without decrypting it.
ref: 2023 May 26, Rand Hindi, “How Homomorphic Encryption Can Make Blockchain Private”, in Forbes, New York, N.Y.: Forbes Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Jun 2023:
topics: algebra
biology
mathematics
natural-sciences
sciences
coordinate_terms: homologous
glosses: Of or pertaining to homomorphism; having a homomorphism.
Derived terms: anhomomorphic
homomorphically
homomorphic encryption
hydronation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydronations
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The formation of a complex with hydrogen
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The formation of a hydrogen bond
intangible asset
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: intangible assets
Senses: topics: accounting
business
finance
glosses: Any valuable property of a business that is not a physical by nature, including intellectual property, customer lists, and goodwill. Intangible assets may or may not be shown on the balance sheet.
idose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈaɪˌdoʊs/
Forms: form: idoses
Etymology: From Latin īd(em) (“the same”) + (gul)ose.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A sugar C₆H₁₂O₆ epimeric with gulose and obtainable along with gulose by synthesis from xylose.
Derived terms: idopyranose
iduronic
iduronic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A uronic acid that is a component of the glycosaminoglycan heparin
Derived terms: iduronidase
Related terms: iduronate
current asset
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: current assets
Senses: topics: accounting
business
finance
glosses: An asset on the balance sheet which is expected to be sold or otherwise used up in the near future, usually within one year, or one business cycle - whichever is longer, such as cash, accounts receivable, and inventory.
isomaltose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: isomaltoses
Etymology: From iso- + maltose.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An isomer of maltose (linked α1-6 rather than α1-4); brachyose
ownership equity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: accounting
business
finance
synonyms: owner's equity
glosses: The remaining interest in all assets after all liabilities are paid.
Benz
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɛnz/
rhymes: -ɛnz
Forms: form: Benzes
Etymology: From German Benz.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Benz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɛnz/
rhymes: -ɛnz
Forms: form: Benzes
Etymology: From German Benz.
Senses: examples: text: It was a Benz, an unusual car in this neighborhood, blue with a thick white stripe bisecting the hood, the roof, and the trunk.
ref: 2007, Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns, BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING (2018), page 110:
topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
synonyms: Merc
Mercedes
Mercedes-Benz
glosses: Ellipsis of Mercedes-Benz.
huntresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of huntress
hightails
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hightail
hightailing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hightail
hightailed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hightail
capital asset
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: capital assets
Senses: topics: accounting
business
finance
glosses: An asset that is recorded on a balance sheet as capital - that is, property that creates more property, such as a factory that creates shoes, or a forest that yields a quantity of wood.
topics: business
finance
glosses: An asset in the sense of accounting, but also including financial assets such as stocks or bonds.
highchairs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of highchair
highjacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of highjack
highjacks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of highjack
highjacking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of highjack
highjacking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: highjackings
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hijacking.
highjacked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of highjack
kamela
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of kamala (“dyestuff”).
financial capital
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: The money used by entrepreneurs and businesses to buy what they need to make their products or provide their services.
real capital
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: real capitals
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: Capital that is not financial capital, such as shovels for gravediggers, sewing machines for tailors, or machinery for manufacturing firms.
means of production
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: In English by 1733 in Peter Shaw, The Philosophical Works of Francis Bacon, Vol III, p. 52, noted: "Observe, what has been fully explained in the Novum Organum; that to discover the Causes of Things, is finding the Means to produce them, whence Causes, and the Means of Production are convertible terms."
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
synonyms: MOP
coordinate_terms: means of exchange
glosses: The combination of the means of labor, such as machines, tools, and equipment, and the subject of labor used by workers to make products.
factor of production
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: factors of production
Senses: examples: text: The ability to shift profits to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them[…]is often assumed to be the preserve of high-tech companies.[…]current tax rules make it easy for all sorts of firms to generate[…]“stateless income”: profit subject to tax in a jurisdiction that is neither the location of the factors of production that generate the income nor where the parent firm is domiciled.
ref: 2013 June 22, “T time”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 68:
topics: economics
sciences
glosses: A resource used to produce goods and services, such as labor, land, or capital.
Related terms: factor market
ph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PH
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of phot.
qualifier: social media
glosses: Initialism of physical health.
glosses: Misspelling of pH.
ph
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: PH
Senses: glosses: Initialism of phonetically: A notation used in transcripts to indicate that the transcriber is unsure of the spelling, usually of a name, and has spelled phonetically.
ariel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ariels
Senses: glosses: A kind of mountain gazelle, native to Arabia.
ariel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of aerial.
serjeant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: serjeants
Senses: examples: text: Jones did not think fit to acquaint the serjeant with his design; though he might have done it with great safety, for the halberdier was himself a man of honour, and had killed his man.
ref: 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:
text: I never knew chearfulneſs.—My enjoyments have been the hard fare of a common ſoldier, and the ſeverity of the ſerjeant into the bargain.
ref: 1798, Augustus von Kotzebue, translated by Stephen Porter, Lovers’ Vows, or, The Child of Love. […], London: […] J. Parsons, […], page 82:
glosses: Archaic spelling of sergeant.
topics: law
glosses: Ellipsis of serjeant-at-law.
serjeant-at-arms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: serjeants-at-arms
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of sergeant-at-arms (“person who keeps order at a meeting”).
glosses: An officer who attends upon the Lord Chancellor with the mace, and who executes various writs of process in the course of a Chancery suit.
glosses: A similar officer who attends on each House of Parliament, and arrests any person ordered by the House to be arrested. The post still exists with respect to the UK House of Commons, but is largely ceremonial.
Related terms: sergeant-at-arms
creat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: creats
Etymology: French, ultimately from Latin creatus (“created, begotten”); compare Italian creato (“pupil, servant”), Spanish criado (“a servant, client”).
Senses: glosses: An usher to a riding master (riding instructor).
creat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Andrographis paniculata, a plant native to the Indian subcontinent and used in the traditional medicine of parts of Asia.
creeze
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: creezes
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of kris.
yeat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yeats
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of gate, obsolete except in place names.
Related terms: sense: Geordie & Scottish spelling.
word: yett
yeat
Language: English
Part of speech: conj
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of yet.
unlooked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unlooked
form: most unlooked
Etymology: From un- + looked.
Senses: examples: text: God I pray him That none of you may live your natural age, But by some unlooked accident cut off.
ref: 1592, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of King Richard III:
text: ...for when Hengist his men (that were placed to cut them off) fell all upon them, they found such unlooked a resistance, that most of the Saxons were slaine, and they that escaped, wond'ring how they could doe that hurt, having no weapons (as they saw), reported that they strucke downe men like lyons with their tayles; and so they ever after were called Kentish Long-tayles.
ref: 1841, John Payne Collier, The Mad Pranks and Merry Jests of Robin Goodfellow, page 4:
text: And, hearing, months ago, my officer, Who has become a convert to the gods Here worshiped, say, that his young daughter was From death restored by Jesus, greatly I Desired to witness some such exercise Of his stupendous powers; when, all unlooked, Th' occasion offered as I now will tell you.
ref: 1870, Robert Wharton Landis, The Cross: A Poem, page 101:
glosses: Unlooked for; unanticipated; unexpected.
Related terms: unlooked-at
unlooked for
awsomest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of awesomest.
quarrelous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkwɒɹələs/
Forms: form: more quarrelous
form: most quarrelous
form: quarrellous
Etymology: From quarrel + -ous.
Senses: examples: text: Is it not better for a man to suspend his owne perswasion, than to meddle with these sedicious and quarellous [translating quereleuses] divisions?
ref: , II.12
glosses: Quarrelsome; argumentative.
Rolex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹəʊlɛks/
homophone: rolex
Forms: form: Rolexes
Etymology: Coined ex nihilo by German watchmaker Hans Wilsdorf in 1908 as a trade name. Wildorf later explained: "I tried combining the letters of the alphabet in every possible way. This gave me some hundred names, but none of them felt quite right. One morning, while riding on the upper deck of a horse-drawn omnibus along Cheapside in the City of London, a genie whispered ‘Rolex’ in my ear."
Senses: examples: text: He pulled up his sleeve and there on his scrawny arm hung a Rolex the size of Big Ben.
ref: 2015, Dorothea Benton Frank, Carolina Girls:
glosses: A luxury wristwatch produced by the brand Rolex SA.
Derived terms: fauxlex
Rolexed
Rollie
First Nation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌfɜːs(t)ˈneɪʃn/
ipa: /ˌfɜɹs(t)ˈneɪʃən/
ipa: /ˌfɜːs(t)ˈnæeʃ(ə)n/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: First Nations
Etymology: From first (adjective) + nation, coined in the late 1970s in place of the word Indian which had become regarded by some as derogatory (though it is still used: see the usage note).
Senses: examples: text: Today we speak as the descendants of our grandfathers who signed treaties with the Commissioners representing Her Majesty Queen Victoria in the late 1800s. […] The various governments of this country have made attempts to abrogate our treaties in one way or another. In spite of this, our treaties stand stronger than ever because we have had to rise as First Nations to defend them.
ref: 1980 December 18, Eugene Steinhauer, President of the Indian Association of Alberta, witness, Minutes of Proceedings and Evidence of the Special Joint Committee of the Senate and the House of Commons on the Constitution of Canada: Respecting the Document Entitled “Proposed Resolution for a Joint Address to Her Majesty the Queen Respecting the Constitution of Canada” Published by the Government on October 2, 1980 (First Session of the Thirty-second Parliament), number 29, [Ottawa, Ont.]: Queen’s Printer for Canada, archived from the original on 04 Aug 2024, page 101, column 1:
text: The Campbell River First Nation claims the 40 hectares of prime real estate has been illegally acquired, and it wants the land returned to it, along with damages.
ref: 2008 April 4, “Band sues for waterfront property”, in Edmonton Sun, Edmonton, Alta.: Sun Media Corporation, →ISSN, →OCLC:
text: The prolonged sufferings and ghastly deaths of Jesuit missionaries at the hands of hostile First Nations on the borders of the French colonies in Canada in the early seventeenth century rank high in the history of Christian suffering.
ref: 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, “A Worldwide Faith (1500–1800)”, in A History of Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years, London: Allen Lane, Penguin Books, →ISBN, part VI (Western Christianity Dismembered (1300–1800)), page 714:
glosses: A community of indigenous peoples of Canada (typically not including the Inuit or Metis), especially one officially recognized by the federal government.
glosses: A community or settlement of indigenous peoples of any country or region.
glosses: A community or settlement of indigenous peoples of any country or region.
A community of indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) peoples of Australia; a group of Indigenous Australians.
Derived terms: word: First Nations
First Nation
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌfɜːs(t)ˈneɪʃn/
ipa: /ˌfɜɹs(t)ˈneɪʃən/
ipa: /ˌfɜːs(t)ˈnæeʃ(ə)n/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Etymology: From first (adjective) + nation, coined in the late 1970s in place of the word Indian which had become regarded by some as derogatory (though it is still used: see the usage note).
Senses: examples: text: First Nation leaders in Ontario will support demonstrations and protests, until six band councillors are released from jail.
ref: 2008 April 4, “Ontario Chiefs unite against jailing”, in Kenora Daily Miner and News, Kenora, Ont.: The Klein Group, →ISSN, →OCLC:
glosses: Alternative form of First Nations
pranged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of prang
pranged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pranged
form: most pranged
Senses: examples: text: She's pranged. I'm pranged. This is paranoia run amok.
ref: 2009, Mark Johnson, Wasted:
text: Most of them look like they haven't slept for days; they're pranged or pinned, edgy and paranoid.
ref: 2012, JJ Connolly, Viva La Madness:
glosses: paranoid
Derived terms: pranged out
anti-militarism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anti-militarisms
form: antimilitarism
Senses: glosses: A doctrine that opposes war, relying heavily on a critical theory of nationalism and imperialism.
Related terms: pacifism
antimilitarism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antimilitarisms
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of anti-militarism.
out of one's depth
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: In water so deep that one cannot stand and may be at risk of drowning.
examples: text: The team's first game was against the league champions; they were out of their depth and knew it.
text: She doesn’t know Joker, she’s out of her depth. I need to save her.
ref: 2011 October 18, Batman: Arkham City, spoken by Batman (Kevin Conroy), Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, via Rocksteady Studios:
text: Weak management and a small team of civil servants who were out of their depth have been roundly blamed for the £4 billion overspend on London's Elizabeth line (Crossrail) and its opening four years late in May 2022.
ref: 2024 April 3, Howard Johnston, “Network News: Weak bosses and staff blamed for Crossrail overspend”, in RAIL, number 1006, page 20:
synonyms: in over one's head
out of one's league
glosses: In a situation which one is poorly prepared or unprepared to handle.
isopanose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: isopanoses
Etymology: From iso- + panose.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A trisaccharide that is an isomer of panose.
panose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: panoses
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A trisaccharide consisting of three glucose residues
Derived terms: isopanose
laevorotatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more laevorotatory
form: most laevorotatory
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of levorotatory.
laevulose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: laevuloses
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Alternative spelling of levulose (fructose)
levulose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: levuloses
form: lævulose
form: laevulose
Etymology: Blend of Latin laevus + l + -ose (Latin for "left" + connector "l" + sugar) (left sugar)
Senses: examples: text: The saccharides include such substances as dextrose and levulose, which are typical examples of the two classes into which these bodies are divisible, viz. the Aldoses and Ketoses.
ref: 1895, Richard Lloyd Whiteley, chapter XXXV, in Organic Chemistry: The Fatty Compounds, London; New York: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC, page 263:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: D-fructose, the left-rotating stereoisomer of fructose.
Synonyms: levoglucose
D-fructose
Hypernyms: fructose
ketohexose
hexose
monosaccharide
Derived terms: nonlevulose
Related terms: english: right sugar
translation: right sugar
word: dextrose
suppertime
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: suppertimes
form: supper time
form: supper-time
Etymology: From supper + time.
Senses: examples: text: Lacy couldn’t spell good but in big pencil letters he wrote that he had to go downtown and would be back before suppertime.
ref: 2006, Charles Davis, Angel’s Rest, Don Mills, Ont.: MIRA Books, →ISBN, page 143:
glosses: The time when supper takes place.
glosses: The time when supper is ready.
Synonyms: dinnertime
Coordinate terms: lunchtime
mealtime
supper hour
dinner
dinner hour
nicotine patch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nicotine patches
Senses: glosses: An adhesive patch, affixed to the skin, that slowly diffuses nicotine into the bloodstream; used by people who are trying to quit smoking
lyxitol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lyxitols
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A deoxy alditol derived from lyxose
lyxose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lyxoses
Etymology: Anagrammatically from xylose.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An aldopentose found in some bacteria.
Derived terms: lyxoflavin
Related terms: lyxoflavin
lyxoside
lyxulose
nicotine gum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nicotine gums
Senses: glosses: A form of chewing gum that slowly releases nicotine into the body; used by people who are trying to quit smoking
lyxopyranoside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lyxopyranosides
Etymology: From lyxopyranose + -ide.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any glycoside derived from lyxopyranose
ribofuranoside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ribofuranosides
Etymology: From ribofuranose + -ide.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any glycoside derived from ribofuranose.