cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
tweakable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tweakable
form: most tweakable
Etymology: From tweak + -able.
Senses: examples: text: And it's every bit as tweakable as previous versions of Windows. You can turn off the new Aero look, or just selected parts of it.
ref: 2007, David Pogue, Windows Vista for Starters: The Missing Manual:
glosses: That can be tweaked; moddable, customizable.
topics: computing
cryptography
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Of a block cipher: accepting a second input (the "tweak"), used in conjunction with the key to select the permutation computed by the cipher.
ultimateness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ultimatenesses
Etymology: From ultimate + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being ultimate.
anorgasmic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -æzmɪk
Etymology: From an- + orgasmic.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to anorgasmia; unable to achieve orgasm.
bubblies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bubbly
crimsons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crimson
crimsons
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of crimson
expressionlessly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more expressionlessly
form: most expressionlessly
Etymology: From expressionless + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: She was staring expressionlessly at the back of the driver's head.
ref: 1968, Carl Ruhen, The Key Club, Sydney: Scripts, page 21:
glosses: Without expression; in an expressionless way.
incestuousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From incestuous + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or property of being incestuous.
klatches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of klatch
outdoorsier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of outdoorsy: more outdoorsy
outdoorsiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of outdoorsy: most outdoorsy
snideness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snidenesses
Etymology: From snide + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or property of being snide.
examples: text: She suspected that during the summer her father had mentioned Brian’s windfall to Billy and that father and son had then traded snidenesses and bitternesses about the W—— Corporation and bourgeois Robin and leisure-class Brian.
ref: 2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections:
glosses: A snide remark or utterance.
taxidermic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From taxidermy + -ic.
Senses: synonyms: taxidermical
glosses: Pertaining to taxidermy.
trippiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From trippy + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or property of being trippy.
choirmate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: choirmates
Etymology: From choir + mate.
Senses: examples: text: She's going on a trip with her choirmates.
text: The Larks were an L.A. unit formed in 1953 by Don Julian, who tapped the vocal talents of his fellow high-school choirmates.
ref: 1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 162:
glosses: A member of the same choir.
choirmates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of choirmate
disappointedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more disappointedly
form: most disappointedly
Etymology: From disappointed + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a disappointed manner.
sighingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more sighingly
form: most sighingly
Etymology: From sighing + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a sighing way; with sighs.
charismatically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more charismatically
form: most charismatically
Etymology: From charismatic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a charismatic way.
santoor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: santoors
Etymology: Ultimately from Persian; see santur.
Senses: examples: text: A musician plucked at his santoor.
ref: 2020, Avni Doshi, Burnt Sugar, Hamish Hamilton, page 202:
glosses: An Indian string instrument, a trapezoidal hammered dulcimer with seventy strings, believed to be derived from the Persian santur.
santoors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of santoor
unredacted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + redacted.
Senses: examples: text: Wikileaks has always had a healthy sense of self-importance—one that seems, at least in part, well-deserved. But there's something uniquely hubristic about accusing a major newspaper (and former collaborator) of "gross negligence or malice" over the release of 251,000 unredacted top-secret cables—when the fault lies with the website itself.
ref: 2011 August 31, Max Read, “Wikileaks^([sic]) Freaks Out at Newspaper Over Its Own Dumbassery”, in Gawker, archived from the original on 25 Sep 2011:
glosses: Not redacted; uncensored.
unredacted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From unredact + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unredact
voyeuristically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more voyeuristically
form: most voyeuristically
Etymology: From voyeuristic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a voyeuristic way.
bifeprunox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /bɪˈfɛpɹənɒks/
Senses: glosses: An antipsychotic drug.
cartographical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to cartography.
chipsets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chipset
psychodramatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more psychodramatic
form: most psychodramatic
Etymology: From psycho- + dramatic.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to psychodrama.
episiotomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of episiotomy
jazzily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more jazzily
form: most jazzily
Etymology: From jazzy + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a jazzy way.
readdresses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of readdress
readdressing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of readdress
readdressing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: readdressings
Senses: examples: text: Elizabeth noted foreign stamps on it, and several arrows and readdressings. The missive had been pursuing Lance for some time.
ref: 2014, Vanessa Royall, Seize the Dawn:
glosses: The changing of an address.
readdressed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of readdress
scintillatingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more scintillatingly
form: most scintillatingly
Etymology: From scintillating + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a scintillating way.
Synonyms: coruscatingly
sparklingly
unordained
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + ordained.
Senses: glosses: Not ordained.
rockumentary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rockumentaries
Etymology: Blend of rock + documentary.
Senses: examples: text: The first 30 minutes or so of "Metallica" have the flavor of a standard behind-the-scenes rockumentary.
ref: 2004 September 7, A. O. Scott, “FILM REVIEW; Heavy-Metal Headshrinking and Other Secrets of the Rock 'n' Roll Business”, in The New York Times:
text: It occasionally suffers from the pontification so deservedly satirized in rockumentaries like This Is Spinal Tap.
ref: 2007 December 17, Daniel M. Gold, “The Early Years of Rock, Later Than Previously Thought”, in The New York Times:
glosses: A documentary about rock music or its musicians.
rockumentaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rockumentary
allopurinol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæl.ə(ʊ)ˈpjʊə.ɹɪn.ɒl/
ipa: /ˌæl.oʊˈpjʊɹ.əˌnɔl/
Forms: form: allopurinols
Etymology: From allo- (“other”) + purine + -ol.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A synthetic drug which inhibits uric acid formation, used to treat gout and related conditions.
allopurinols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of allopurinol
moments of truth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moment of truth
felodipine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A calcium antagonist used to control hypertension.
hepatozoonosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hepatozoonoses
Etymology: Hepatozoon + -osis
Senses: glosses: A tick-borne disease of some mammals, caused by protozoa of the genus Hepatozoon.
hepatozoonoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Hepatozoon + -oses
Senses: glosses: plural of hepatozoonosis
in the air
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: As soon as we entered we could feel the excitement and tension in the air.
text: You may not know La Baule. Think of it as Bognor Regis. Now, you may have spent half your life there, but I do not believe you ever heard Beethoven playing in the air.
ref: 2007 November 3, David Thomson, “Music in the air”, in The Guardian:
glosses: In the surrounding ambience.
examples: text: Polo was nothing if golf were in the air!
ref: 1902, Robert Marshall Grade, The Haunted Major:
text: But capital was proving difficult to raise; rumours were in the air that the G.W.R. and L.S.W.R. were about to patch up their quarrel, and the people of Southampton, who twelve months earlier had staged a torch-light procession to celebrate the passing of the D.N.S.R. Act, were increasingly loath to part with their cash.
ref: 1955 February, T. B. Sands, “The Didcot, Newbury & Southampton Railway—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 79:
text: I can feel it coming in the air tonight, oh Lord.
ref: 1981, Phil Collins, “In The Air Tonight”, in Face Value:
text: MAHER: Well, whatever. I just said we shouldn't have two national anthems. We're one country. It's not a good idea. We've seen what happens in other countries where you have, you know- when you separate things out. That's never where America was. That's never where liberalism was. It was about being a colorblind society. So, a new national anthem? Fine. I'll go for that. But not two. Because that leads down a road we don't wanna go. Applause.
KIMMEL: Do you feel like...
MAHER: Thank you.
KIMMEL: Hey there's a lot of fear in the air and generally, you don't want to be caught applauding something that might be controversial.
MAHER: I couldn't give a fuck.
KIMMEL: I wasn't talking about you.
ref: 2021 September 16, Bill Maher, 7:52 from the start, in Bill Maher on Getting Anger from Both Sides, Our Divided Country & Norm Macdonald’s Passing, Jimmy Kimmel Live!:
glosses: In the generally prevailing feeling, idea, atmosphere, or mood.
examples: text: There was a rumour about them in the air.
glosses: Prevalent without traceable origin or authority.
glosses: Not in a fixed or stable position; unsettled; up in the air.
examples: text: The army had its wing in the air.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Unsupported and liable to be turned or taken in flank.
humanistically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more humanistically
form: most humanistically
Etymology: From humanistic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a humanistic way.
unneutered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + neutered.
Senses: glosses: Not neutered.
sexes up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sex up
sexing up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sex up
cyberinfrastructures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyberinfrastructure
neurotoxicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neurotoxicities
Etymology: From neuro- + toxicity.
Senses: glosses: The state or property of being neurotoxic.
neurotoxicities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neurotoxicity
overidentifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overidentify
overidentifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overidentify
overidentified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overidentify
overidentify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overidentifies
form: overidentifying
form: overidentified
form: overidentified
Etymology: From over- + identify.
Senses: examples: text: The patient's gender issues stemmed from his overidentifying with his mother.
glosses: To identify too much (with another person or thing).
propofol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹəʊ.pəf.ɒl/
ipa: /ˈpɹoʊ.pəˌfoʊl/
Forms: form: propofols
Etymology: From contraction of (diiso)prop(yl)ph(en)ol + -o-.
Senses: examples: text: The more likely scenario, the medical examiner testified, was that Dr. Murray had mistakenly administered a much larger dose of propofol than he realized, one that was lethal to his patient.
ref: 2012, Randall Sullivan, Untouchable: The Strange Life and Tragic Death of Michael Jackson, Grove/Atlantic, Inc., →ISBN:
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
synonyms: milk of amnesia
glosses: A sedating and hypnotic agent C₁₂H₁₈O administered intravenously to induce and maintain anesthesia or sedation.
Derived terms: propofol infusion syndrome
taeniodont
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: taeniodonts
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ταινία (tainía, “band, ribbon”) + -odont.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any of a group of extinct mammals of the suborder Taeniodonta
Related terms: taeniodonty
carbon chauvinism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The doctrine that the molecules responsible for the chemical processes of life must be constructed primarily from carbon.
glosses: The doctrine that artificial intelligence cannot possibly be sentient or truly intelligent because its physical substrate is not biological, carbon-based matter.
Related terms: organic chemistry
ticketless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ticket + -less.
Senses: examples: text: It has been estimated officially that every year the Indian Railways lose about £2 million from ticketless travel; but probably the real loss is even more than this.
ref: 1953 November, 'Erca', “Ticket Frauds in the East”, in Railway Magazine, page 778:
text: But it is still disheartening and frustrating that the rail industry has such a nonchalant approach to ticket examination and potential ticketless/fraudulent travel.
ref: 2021 November 17, “Open Access: Lack of ticket checks”, in RAIL, number 944, page 64:
glosses: Without a ticket or tickets.
Who does not have a ticket.
raw_tags: of a person
examples: text: It's likely that ticket offices will also be closed, as ticketless travel comes in. (The barriers will effectively pickpocket you, by debiting the bank card in your wallet rather than your proffered Oyster [Card].)
ref: 2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, pages 277, 279:
glosses: Without a ticket or tickets.
That does not use tickets.
raw_tags: of a system
decompressor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːkəmˈpɹɛsə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: decompressors
Etymology: From decompress + -or.
Senses: glosses: That which decompresses.
decompressors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of decompressor
fervors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fervor
fervours
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fervour
jetload
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jetloads
Etymology: From jet + load.
Senses: glosses: As much as can be transported on a jet.
jetloads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jetload
tillodont
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tillodonts
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any of a group of extinct mammals of the order Tillodontia.
pantyless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From panty + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without panties.
unscrubbed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + scrubbed.
Senses: examples: text: The lazy sailors left the deck unscrubbed.
glosses: Not scrubbed.
unsustained
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: nonsustained
form: non-sustained
Etymology: From un- + sustained.
Senses: glosses: Not sustained.
uncorrupting
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + corrupting.
Senses: glosses: That does not corrupt; wholesome, harmless.
glosses: That does not decay.
tillodonts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tillodont
blackworm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blackworms
Etymology: From black + worm.
Senses: glosses: An oligochaete, Lumbriculus variegatus, found in shallow water marshes, ponds, and swamps in North America and Europe, feeding on microorganisms and organic material.
chiffonade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃɪfəˈnɑːd/
Forms: form: chiffonades
Etymology: Borrowed from French chiffonade.
Senses: glosses: A culinary preparation of herbs or leafy vegetables cut into long, thin ribbons.
chiffonade
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃɪfəˈnɑːd/
Forms: form: chiffonades
form: chiffonading
form: chiffonaded
form: chiffonaded
Etymology: Borrowed from French chiffonade.
Senses: glosses: To prepare a chiffonade.
chiffonades
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chiffonade
chiffonades
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of chiffonade
intercuts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of intercut
intercuts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of intercut
intercutting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of intercut
intercutting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: intercuttings
Senses: glosses: An act or instance of something being intercut.
mofongo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mofongos
Etymology: From Spanish mofongo.
Senses: glosses: A Caribbean dish of fried green plantains or yuca seasoned with garlic, olive oil and pork crackling, then mashed.
mofongos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mofongo
prankishly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more prankishly
form: most prankishly
Etymology: From prankish + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a prankish way.
viviparity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Not all of the wholly viviparous lygosomine genera are likely to represent independent origins of viviparity; some may have inherited viviparity from a live-bearing ancestor.
ref: 2004, D. R. Khanna, Biology of Reptiles, page 221:
glosses: The condition of being viviparous.
Synonyms: vivipary
Related terms: ovivipary
ovoviviparity
ovoviviparous
ovovivipary
viviparism
viviparous
oviparity
oviparous
shadowiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shadowinesses
Etymology: From shadowy + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or property of being shadowy.
shadowinesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shadowiness
tenebrousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tenebrousnesses
Etymology: From tenebrous + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or property of being tenebrous.
tenebrousnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tenebrousness
pretentiousnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pretentiousness
Locken
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lockens
Etymology: Probably an Americanized spelling of Norwegian Løkken or German Löcken.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
homosociality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: homosocialities
Etymology: From homosocial + -ity.
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:homosociality.
glosses: Socialization (social interaction, social relationships) with members of the same sex, as distinguished from sexual interaction with or attraction to members of the same sex (homosexuality) and social interaction with members of the opposite sex (heterosociality).
Related terms: homosocial
homoromanticism
electronic communication
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: electronic communications
Senses: glosses: communication which is transmitted electronically
ambulette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛt
Forms: form: ambulettes
Etymology: From ambul(ance) + -ette.
Senses: glosses: A van used to transport patients in non-emergency situations.
ambulettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ambulette
ezetimibe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɛˈzɛt.ɪ.mɪb/
/ɛˈzɛt.ɪ.maɪb/
Etymology: Probably from ezet- (“alteration of azetidine”) + -imibe (“acyl CoA:cholesterol acyltransferase inhibitor”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An antihyperlipidemic medication used to lower cholesterol levels by decreasing cholesterol absorption in the intestine.
galvanizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: galvanizers
Etymology: From galvanize + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who, or that which, galvanizes.
galvanizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of galvanizer
galvaniser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: galvanisers
Etymology: From galvanise + -er.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of galvanizer.
galvanisers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of galvaniser
realisticity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From realistic + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being realistic.
Synonyms: word: realisticness
MRF
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɜː(ɹ)f/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)f
Forms: form: MRFs
Etymology: Initialism.
Senses: examples: text: They pass through Walsall and on to neighbouring Aldridge where they visit a former foundry that was recently converted - "recycled", according to its owners - into the country's largest "materials recovery facility"(MRF, pronounced "merf").
ref: 2009 February 26, Leo Hickman, “The truth about recycling”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Initialism of materials recovery facility (or materials reclamation facility, materials recycling facility, multi-reuse facility): a waste recycling plant.
glosses: Metals retention factor.
glosses: Markov random field
examples: text: Myogenic regulatory transcription factors (MRFs) are essential for skeletal myogenesis during embryonic development and for proper muscle regeneration.
ref: 2008 January 23, Sophie B Chargé, Andrew S Brack, with Stéphanie A Bayol and Simon M Hughes, “MyoD- and nerve-dependent maintenance of MyoD expression in mature muscle fibres acts through the DRR/PRR element”, in BMC Developmental Biology:
glosses: Myogenic regulatory transcription factors
MRF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɜː(ɹ)f/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)f
Etymology: Initialism.
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Madras Rubber Factory.
simvastatin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪm.vəˌstæt.n̩/
ipa: /ˌsɪm.vəˈstæt.n̩/
rhymes: -ætən
Forms: form: simvastatins
Etymology: Probably from sim- (“alteration of synthetic”) + -vastatin (“HMG CoA reductase inhibitor”).
Senses: examples: text: The last compound, gemfibrozil is the sole antilipidemic compound found (up to 3 ng/L) in a USA survey of 18 DWTPs whereas atorvastatin, simvastatin and their metabolites, the other studied compounds, were absent (Benotti et al., 2009). In our study, the two statins identified at the intake of the DWTP were eliminated by dioxychlorination (>99%) whereas bezafibrate, clofibric acid and gemfibrozil were only moderately removed with percentages of 37%, 68% and 11%, respectively although it has been reported that gemfibrozil and clofibric acid are readily oxidized with chlorine dioxide in spiked drinking water whereas bezafibrate remains unchanged (Huber et al., 2005a).
ref: 2011 June 24, Ma Rosa Boleda, Ma Teresa Galceran, Francesc Ventura, “Behavior of pharmaceuticals and drugs of abuse in a drinking water treatment plant (DWTP) using combined conventional and ultrafiltration and reverse osmosis (UF/RO) treatments”, in Environmental Pollution, volume 159, number 6, →DOI, pages 1584-1591:
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A semisynthetic drug C₂₅H₃₈O₅ that decreases the level of cholesterol in the bloodstream and is derived from a compound produced by a mold (Aspergillus terreus).
materials recovery facility
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: materials recovery facilities
Senses: examples: text: They pass through Walsall and on to neighbouring Aldridge where they visit a former foundry that was recently converted - "recycled", according to its owners - into the country's largest "materials recovery facility"(MRF, pronounced "merf").
ref: 2009 February 26, Leo Hickman, “The truth about recycling”, in The Guardian:
synonyms: MRF
glosses: A waste recycling plant.
zestiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From zesty + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or property of being zesty.
Synonyms: zest
recyclate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈsaɪkleɪt/
Forms: form: recyclates
Etymology: From recycle + -ate (noun-forming suffix).
Senses: glosses: Raw material sent to, and processed in, a waste recycling plant or materials recovery facility.
stram
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: strams
form: stramming
form: strammed
form: strammed
Etymology: Compare German stramm.
Senses: examples: text: ... strammed Bill's legs with his riding crop.
ref: 2019 August 12, Gloria Cook, Kilgarthen: An uplifting 1940s saga set in Cornwall, Canelo, →ISBN:
glosses: To beat.
examples: text: ... he strammed the glass down 'pon the planchen, an' roared like Tregeagle. Aw!
ref: 1890, John Tabois Tregellas, Cornish Tales, in Prose and Verse, page 15:
text: ... dawntee stram tha doar zo,[…]
ref: 1892, Sarah Hewett, The Peasant Speech of Devon: With Other Matters Connected Therewith, page 129:
glosses: To slam; to put down or close violently or noisily.
glosses: To spring or recoil with violence.
examples: text: ... strammed by. But I thought maybe you thought I was her, when you come poundin' up the hill; havin' her clo's on, an' her wrop, an' all ; and I've sometimes thought 't when I step out good an' long, an' tilt my head over[…]
ref: 1913, Sarah Pratt McLean Greene, Everbreeze, page 213:
text: ... strammed up and down the Brick Row, shoving each other off the side-walks as they went reeling in and out of saloons and inns, the Eagle, the Swan, in search of the good Virginia brandy with which the proceedings of this legal[…]
ref: 1925, Meade Minnigerode, Lives and Times: Four Informal American Biographies ..., page 128:
text: ... stramming about like a holiday crowd at the Zoo and in much the same spirit, and roared with laughter when the curtain went up, when the curtain came down, when the gong rang, when Mr. Dickens appeared,[…]
ref: 1927, Bertram Waldrom Matz, The Dickensian, page 51:
text: ... strammed right across the room and sot down; then she huv her old sun-bunnit onto the floor, and draw'd a long breath, and say she— " Well , I vow I'm tired — ben round a shoppin', and shoppin's no small bisness with me. I don't[…]"
ref: 1988, Zita Dresner, Redressing the balance: American Women's Literary Humor from Colonial Times to the 1980s, Univ. Press of Mississippi, →ISBN, page 78:
text: '[...] caps, some marched four abreast and others marched or strammed along in single file.' He was used to seeing American parades, the best of which were grand shows of uniformed men skilled in making precision move[s].
ref: 2004 December 15, Ian Radforth, Royal Spectacle: The 1860 Visit of the Prince of Wales to Canada and the United States, University of Toronto Press, →ISBN, page 120:
glosses: To move forcefully; to stream; to walk forcefully.
examples: text: Tha fiddlin' chaps be gone, the flutes, the stramming bass,[…]
ref: 1902, Arthur Leslie Salmon, Lyrics and Verses, page 73:
glosses: Dialectal form of strum?
microfilter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmaɪkɹoʊˌfɪltɚ/
ipa: /ˈmaɪkɹəʊˌfɪltə/
Forms: form: microfilters
Etymology: From micro- + filter.
Senses: glosses: A filter that removes very small particles.
microfilters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microfilter
compradores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of compradore
Royal
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Royals
Etymology: A habitational surname, shaped by folk etymology, from places in England, Riehale, Righale, Ryhill and Ryall, Old English ryge (“rye”) + hyll (“hill”), and Royle, rā (“roe”) + hyll (“hill”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Old English.
examples: text: Royal - he had been his mother's little king. Most of his mates called him "Roy". Perhaps only her and Mrs Natwick had stuck to the christened name, they felt it suited.
ref: 1974, Patrick White, Five-Twenty, Shorter Novels and Stories, Cape, published 1974, →ISBN, page 173:
glosses: A male given name from English from the surname
Royal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Royals
Etymology: A habitational surname, shaped by folk etymology, from places in England, Riehale, Righale, Ryhill and Ryall, Old English ryge (“rye”) + hyll (“hill”), and Royle, rā (“roe”) + hyll (“hill”).
Senses: topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: someone connected with Reading Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.
Royal
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Royals
Etymology: Capitalization of royal.
Senses: glosses: A male given name from the word "royal".
Royal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Royals
Etymology: Capitalization of royal.
Senses: glosses: A member of the first regiment of foot in the British army.
Royal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Capitalization of royal.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of royal (in capitalised proper nouns, e.g. Royal Navy, Royal Mail)
taeniodonts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of taeniodont
sirenians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sirenian
doomiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of doomy: most doomy
synapsids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of synapsid
doomier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of doomy: more doomy
ponceaus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ponceau
polyubiquitylations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polyubiquitylation
polyproteins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polyprotein
polyethyleneimines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polyethyleneimine
polyploidizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polyploidization
polyphosphonates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polyphosphonate
ethyleneimines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ethyleneimine
podocnemidids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of podocnemidid
poloids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poloid
pantodonts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pantodont
pantolests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pantolest
lettermen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of letterman
hellhouses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hellhouse
meridiungulates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of meridiungulate
multitubercolates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of multitubercolate
unattained
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Middle English unattained, equivalent to un- + attained.
Senses: glosses: Not attained.
shiitakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shiitake
passenger ships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of passenger ship
ice boats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ice boat
ice yachts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ice yacht
land yachts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of land yacht
sailing vessels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sailing vessel
tschaikes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tschaike
cracklier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of crackly: more crackly
crackliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of crackly: most crackly
frizzlier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of frizzly: more frizzly
frizzliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of frizzly: most frizzly
pallier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of pally: more pally
palliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of pally: most pally
pallies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pally
minorly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmaɪ.nə.li/
ipa: /ˈmaɪ.nɚ.li/
Etymology: From minor + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Chemically starch contains two components: mainly α-amylose (which stains red with iodine) and minorly β-amylose (only 20-30 per cent forming helical chain structure and stains blue with iodine).
ref: 2004, G.P. Gupta, Plant Cell Biology, page 217:
text: "[…]I'm involved minorly. Just minorly. See, it's a friend of mine is in trouble.”
ref: 2010, Elliott MacKle, Hot Off the Presses, page 106:
text: A check at the hospital reveals:
• one sprained wrist,
• a couple of minorly bruised but unbroken ribs, and
• one small neck strain that does not require a neck brace.
ref: 2010, Carrie Jones, Captivate, page 69:
glosses: In a minor way; to a small degree.
Related terms: minor
stockfishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stockfish
lutefisk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈluːtəfɪsk/
Forms: form: lutefisks
Etymology: From Norwegian lutefisk, compare with Swedish lutfisk.
Senses: glosses: A traditional Nordic dish made from stockfish and soda lye.
biometrically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From biometric + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a biometric way; through use of biometrics.
Derived terms: morphobiometrically
twelvefold
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From twelve + -fold.
Senses: glosses: By a factor of twelve; duodecuple
twelvefold
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From twelve + -fold.
Senses: glosses: by a factor of twelve
microdistillery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microdistilleries
Etymology: From micro- + distillery.
Senses: glosses: A small commercial distillery.
microdistilleries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microdistillery
celecoxib
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsɛl.əˈkɑk.sɪb/
Forms: form: celecoxibs
Etymology: From cele- (“alteration of selective”) + -coxib (“cyclo-oxygenase inhibitor”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trademark Celebrex) used in the treatment of osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, acute pain, painful menstruation and menstrual symptoms, and to reduce numbers of colon and rectum polyps in patients with familial adenomatous polyposis.
pregabalin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An anticonvulsant drug used for neuropathic pain and as an adjunct therapy for seizures.
carful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carfuls
form: carsful
Etymology: From Middle English carful (“cartful”), equivalent to car + -ful. Shift in meaning follows that of "cart" to modern senses of car. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Koareful (“a cartful”), West Frisian karfol (“a cartful”), German Karrevoll (“a cartful”).
Senses: examples: text: Tourists were arriving by the carful.
coordinate_terms: carload
;
busful
planeful
trailerful
truckful
vanful
wagonful
glosses: As much as a car will hold. (Usually with reference to an automobile; sometimes with reference to a railroad car, especially in 19th-century texts.)
carfuls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of carful
carsful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of carful
Deane
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: dean
dene
Etymology: * As an Irish surname, Anglicized from Mac an Deagánaigh (“son of the Deacon”), see Deacon.
* As an English surname, variant of Dean.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Middle English, a variant of Dean.
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname.
glosses: A suburban area in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD6907).
glosses: A small village and civil parish (served by Oakley and Deane Parish Council) in Basingstoke and Deane borough, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU5450).
glosses: An unincorporated community in Letcher County, Kentucky, United States.
Related terms: Basingstoke and Deane
Taunton Deane
e-fencing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From e- + fencing.
Senses: examples: text: FBI spokeswoman Cathy Milhoan says the bureau is aware of the problem. "We do recognize e-fencing as an ongoing issue," she says.
ref: 2005 December 14, “More shoppers finding a real steal online.”, in Daily Herald:
text: Two new types of retail theft are gaining traction, thanks to the ubiquitous spread of technology, according to the National Retail Federation, which reports that e-fencing and gift card fraud are on the rise.
ref: 2006 November 3, “NRF alerts retailers to e-fencing, gift card fraud”, in Home Textiles Today:
text: Scott, the Newport News Democrat who chairs the House subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security, has heard from merchants for years about the growing problem of e-fencing.
ref: 2008 August 26, “Thieves turn to online auction sites to move stolen goods”, in Virginian-Pilot:
glosses: Online fencing: the use of the Internet to sell stolen merchandise.
endoscopist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: endoscopists
Etymology: From endoscopy + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A person who performs endoscopies.
endoscopists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of endoscopist
flosser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flossers
Etymology: From floss + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who flosses the teeth.
synonyms: floss pick
glosses: A tool used for flossing the teeth, consisting of a disposable pick with floss stretched across it.
topics: fishing
hobbies
lifestyle
glosses: An angler who uses a weighted hook that pierces the fish's mouth from the outside.
Derived terms: nonflosser
flossers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flosser
lekking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lek
lekked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɛkt
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of lek
doges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of doge
epigones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of epigone
mathematic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mathematic
form: most mathematic
form: mathematick
Etymology: From Middle English mathematik, from Old French mathematique or directly from Latin mathēmaticus, from Ancient Greek μᾰθημᾰτῐκός (măthēmătĭkós), from μάθημα (máthēma, “learning; mathematics”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic”, adjective suffix).
Senses: examples: text: Round rolls the stroke with mathematic care,
All centre-bound, exactly circular:
No sportive way it takes, at large and free,
No gambol plays of freakful liberty […]
ref: c. 1798, Joseph Fawcett, On Viſiting the Gardens at Verſailles:
text: This is the sort of struggle which proves a man's metal, and declares it sterling or counterfeit. No spuriosity, no charlatanry can stand this fiery alembic of hard-wrought and exquisite calculation, in which one mathematic point or unit misplaced destroys the whole chain of reasoning, and proves the candidate a blunderer.
ref: 1874 June 1, Francis Barham, “On Swedenborg’s Theology. An Unpublished Fragment.”, in The Intellectual Repository and New Jerusalem Magazine (Enlarged Series; XXI), volume XLIX (Entire Work), number 246, London: Published by the General Conference of the New Church, signified by the New Jerusalem in the Revelation: And sold by James Speirs, 36 Bloomsbury Street, →OCLC, page 263:
glosses: mathematical
Derived terms: mathematicaster
mathematicise
mathematicism
mathematicistic
mathematicity
mathematicization
mathematicize
mathematics
pyrotechnician
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pyrotechnicians
Senses: glosses: A person who designs or organises pyrotechnics.
pyrotechnicians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pyrotechnician
splurt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: splurts
form: splurting
form: splurted
form: splurted
Etymology: Possibly imitative; compare splat, spurt.
Senses: examples: text: God splurted out his mouthful of Cinzano Bianco and bellowed uncontrollably, tears streaming down his face.
ref: 1989, Grant Naylor, Red Dwarf: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers:
glosses: To spit out violently, as with disgust or surprise.
examples: text: She splurted ketchup on her hash browns.
ref: 2011, Andrea McKay, Blue Night, Blue Day, page 51:
text: He clutched his face as blood splurted out.
ref: 2014, Priscilla West, Reckless:
glosses: To squirt out in a messy stream.
splurts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of splurt
splurting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of splurt
splurted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of splurt
Meggie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Meg + -ie.
Senses: examples: text: I teleported home one night
With Ron and Sid and Meg.
Ron stole Meggie’s heart away
And I got Sidney's leg.
ref: 1980 October, Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, London: Pan Books, →ISBN, page 170:
glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Margaret.
examples: text: "Meggie...It hasn't got enough dignity, it doesn't suit you a bit. I'd rather you were called something like Belinda or Madeline, but if Meggie's the best you've got to offer, I'll go for it. What's the Meggie stand for - Margaret?"
"No, Meghann."
ref: 1977, Colleen McCullough, The Thorn Birds, Gramercy Books, published 1998, →ISBN, page 290:
glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Megan (and variant spellings).
thumbwheel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thumbwheels
Etymology: From thumb + wheel.
Senses: glosses: A small thumb or finger-operated wheel on a mechanical or electronic device.
thumbwheels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thumbwheel
underattended
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more underattended
form: most underattended
Etymology: From under- + attended.
Senses: examples: text: At 4D, husky boys Roman Ricardo, Ford Croell, Doug E. Fresh, Vito Bruno and Russel Buckingham attempt to make the underattended club seem crowded.
ref: 1986 December, Melik Kaylan, “Downtown: It's Like You Know...”, in Spy, page 53:
text: While classrooms in big cities are often overcrowded, underattended rural schools have almost as many teachers as students - a situation one doesn't see even in elite preparatory schools.
ref: 1999, The Current Digest of the Post-Soviet Press:
text: Baker had appeared recently at a Canadian book festival, an event that the blogger claimed was woefully underattended, like Salter's reading.
ref: 2015, J.C. Hallman, B & Me: A True Story of Literary Arousal, →ISBN, page 21:
glosses: Attended by too few people.
examples: text: The selection includes novels by authors who have received little academic attention — Abraham Rodriguez, Achy Obejas, and Benjamin Alire Saenz — along with underattended texts from more renowned writers — Rosario Ferre, Coco Fusco, and Guillermo Gómez-Peña.
ref: 2002, Paul Allatson, Latino Dreams: Transcultural Traffic and the U.S. National Imaginary, →ISBN:
text: This book has been a more difficult book to write than I had anticipated. I now have a very intimate appreciation of why the analysis of political corruption is an underattended subject.
ref: 2015, Peter DeLeon, Thinking About Political Corruption, →ISBN:
text: One is to put more energy into collecting data from the unit at the underattended data collection level, so that the emerging findings more closely reflect the main topic.
ref: 2015, Robert K. Yin, Qualitative Research from Start to Finish, →ISBN:
glosses: Given too little attention.
underattended
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From under- + attended.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of underattend
ornamentally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more ornamentally
form: most ornamentally
Etymology: From ornamental + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: a great heavy, many-armed candlesticklike thing which sits ornamentally in the center of the table
ref: 1993, Daniel Pool, What Jane Austen ate and Charles Dickens knew:
glosses: In an ornamental way.
Synonyms: decoratively
Derived terms: unornamentally
restrainedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more restrainedly
form: most restrainedly
Etymology: From restrained + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a restrained way; with restraint.
unremunerative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unremunerative
form: most unremunerative
Etymology: From un- + remunerative.
Senses: examples: text: Such a comparatively unremunerative occupation as that of carrying a few score head of cattle six times a year from Port Zodiac to Port Marivelles was not worth a ship-owner's thought […]
ref: 1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter VIII, in Capricornia, page 118:
text: It is particularly desirable to obtain photographs of rural stations, both with and without a train, in view of the threatened wholesale closure of unremunerative branches throughout the country.
ref: 1952 February, H. C. Casserley, “Permanent Wayfarings”, in Railway Magazine, page 78:
text: A very interesting development in the realm of local transport is the completion of an independent enquiry into transport services in rural areas, with particular reference to the closure of unremunerative branch lines and connections between bus and train services.
ref: 1961 March, “Talking of trains”, in Trains Illustrated, page 134:
glosses: Not remunerative.
Meghann
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: "Meggie...It hasn't got enough dignity, it doesn't suit you a bit. I'd rather you were called something like Belinda or Madeline, but if Meggie's the best you've got to offer, I'll go for it. What's the Meggie stand for - Margaret?"
"No, Meghann."
"Ah, now that's more like! I'll call you Meghann."
"No, you won't!" she snapped. "I detest it!"
ref: 1977, Colleen McCullough, The Thorn Birds, Gramercy Books, published 1998, →ISBN, page 290:
glosses: A female given name from Welsh, a rare modern spelling variant of Megan.
tanoak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tanoaks
Etymology: From tan + oak.
Senses: glosses: Notholithocarpus densiflorus, an evergreen tree of the beech family, native to the western United States, whose seeds resemble the acorns of an oak.
tanoaks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tanoak