cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
philandrist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: philandrists
Etymology: From philandry + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: And how about a philogynist (fi-LAHJ-i-nist), a lover of women, or a philandrist (fi-LAN-drist), a lover of men?
ref: 2005, Charles Harrington Elster, There's a Word for It (Revised Edition): A Grandiloquent Guide to Life, page 114:
text: A misandrist hates all men, and a philandrist likes them.
ref: 2000, David Macfarlane, Mail & guardian bedside book, 2000, page 46:
glosses: One who loves men.
Related terms: philandry
substituted amphetamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: substituted amphetamines
form: amphetamines
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any chemical that contains amphetamine in its chemical structure or can be described by a chemical substitution of the amphetamine compound.
glosses: The class of chemicals that contain amphetamine in their chemical structure, sometimes referred to as "amphetamines".
substituted amphetamines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of substituted amphetamine
Balvi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Latvia.
Valka
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality of Latvia.
Talsi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Latvia.
Stende
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Latvia.
Caffa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Former name of Feodosia, a city in Crimea.
Aloja
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Latvia.
Saldus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Latvia.
Semigallia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Semigalia
Etymology: Derived from Latvian Zemgale, or an earlier form. Ultimately from zeme (“land”), zems (“low”), or ziemeļi (“north”) + gals (“end”).
Senses: glosses: A historic region in southern Latvia.
Selonia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɪˈləʊ.ni.ə/
ipa: /sɪˈloʊ.ni.ə/
rhymes: -əʊniə
Senses: glosses: A cultural region in southern Latvia encompassing the eastern part of Semigallia.
Related terms: Selonian
sauder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of solder, due to American pronunciation.
sauder
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of solder, due to American pronunciation.
nosism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Latin nōs (“we, us”) + -ism, modelled after egotism.
Senses: glosses: A form of egotism in a group of people.
glosses: The use of a first-person plural pronoun (such as we) instead of a first-person singular pronoun (such as I) to refer to oneself.
Related terms: editorial we
illeism
majestic plural
plural of majesty
plural of excellence
plural intensive
royal we
tuism
rennins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rennin
wet market
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wet markets
Etymology: "... derived from the markets' wet floors which are caused by the melting of ice used to ensure the freshness of seafood sold and by stall holders who routinely clean their stalls by spraying them with water. The term 'wet markets' came into common usage [in Singapore] in the early 1970s when the Singapore government used the term to distinguish these markets from air-conditioned 'supermarkets' that had become popular ...." Tan, Alvin (2013). Wet Markets. Singapore: National Heritage Board. Community Heritage Series II. P. 3.
Senses: examples: text: The Trade Department is reluctant to introduce the sale of frozen fish in 'wet' markets for fear of profiteering by hawkers. There is also fear that some hawkers may thaw the fish and sell it as fresh.
ref: 1978 July 13, “Frozen fish: Fear of profiteering at 'wet' markets”, in The Straits Times, Singapore:
glosses: A market selling fresh meat, fish and produce.
Related terms: dry market
dry market
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dry markets
Senses: glosses: A market selling clothing, electronics, etc. rather than fresh meat and produce.
examples: text: The HDB market of tomorrow will be a combination of stalls in shop units selling both fresh produce and a mini "dry" market for housewives to get her groceries and foodstuff.
ref: 1982 August 7, “HDB's cool, dry markets”, in The Straits Times, Singapore:
text: The supermarket giant has just been given approval by the HDB to operate 24 hours a day. The ground floor will house a supermarket selling fresh and perishable goods, such as fish, meat, vegetables and fruits. Yokoso promises to provide a full range of fresh food supplies - a step towards the development of dry markets in housing estates proposed by the government lately.
ref: 1983 January 16, “Round-the-clock shopping”, in Singapore Monitor:
glosses: A market selling fresh meat, produce and other goods with a dry floor (as opposed to a wet market).
Related terms: wet market
dry markets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dry market
wet markets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wet market
wisdom of the crowd
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The collective opinion of a group of individuals rather than that of a single expert.
wheatstarch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of wheat starch.
wheat starch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wheatstarch
Senses: examples: Near-synonyms: wheat flour, wheatmeal
hypernyms: starch#Noun
coordinate_terms: cornstarch
glosses: Starch obtained from wheat.
Related terms: wheat paste
Sportianity
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of sport + Christianity
Senses: glosses: An evangelistic, triumphal variety of Christianity associated with American athletes.
Related terms: muscular Christianity
soliterraneous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to the Sun and Earth.
St. Andrew's Day
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Saint Andrew's Day.
Varvara
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian Варва́ра (Varvára). Doublet of Barbara.
Senses: glosses: A transliteration of the Belarusian, Macedonian, Russian, or Ukrainian female given name Варва́ра (Varvára).
Israelophile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Israelophiles
Etymology: From Israel + -phile.
Senses: antonyms: Israelophobe
glosses: A person that loves Israel.
Related terms: Israelophilia
Israelophilic
Israelophiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Israelophile
Israelophilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Israel + -o- + -philia.
Senses: glosses: The love for, or admiration of, Israel.
complementary distribution
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: complementary distributions
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: The distribution of phones in their respective phonetic environments such that one never appears in the same phonetic context as the other.
Related terms: allophone
mud shark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mud sharks
form: mudshark
Senses: examples: text: The courtships were called off. The guys all joked about it afterward, said Mr. Bloussé was a nigger-lover and a mud shark.
ref: 2008, Rachel Kushner, Telex from Cuba, page 26:
glosses: A non-black person, usually a white woman, who has sexual relationships with black people, usually men.
glosses: Synonym of spiny dogfish.
synonyms: word: spiny dogfish
Derived terms: mudsharking
Related terms: coal burner
jungle fever
once you go black, you never go back
mud sharks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mud shark
neotetanuran
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neotetanurans
Senses: glosses: Any dinosaur of the clade Neotetanurae.
cyberagent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyberagents
Etymology: From cyber- + agent.
Senses: glosses: An agent operating on the Internet or in cyberspace.
cyberagents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyberagent
atinkle
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈtɪŋkəl/
rhymes: -ɪŋkəl
Forms: form: a-tinkle
Etymology: From a- + tinkle.
Senses: examples: text: The mountain vale, arousing Ocean, sings,
And all the air’s a-tinkle as with strings;
ref: 1876, Venier Voldo, A Song of America, New York: Hanscom, Canto 2, page 33:
text: 1894, Kenneth Grahame, “The Fairy Wicket” in Pagan Papers, London: Elkin Mathews and John Lane, p. 91,
[…] every copse and hedge-row seems a-tinkle with faint elfish laughter.
text: O Love! were you the hooded hawk upon my hand that flutters,
Its collar-band of gleaming bells atinkle as I ride,
ref: 1912, Sarojini Naidu, “A Rajput Love Song”, in The Bird of Time,, London: Heinemann, page 29:
text: Impossibles march gaily for Gay Pride,
ashaming any spectator a marcher would
yearn to be matey with, mincing
atinkle with bangles and lavender marcel
ref: 1984, Peter Davison, “Impossible People”, in Praying Wrong, New York: Atheneum, pages 8–9:
text: Somewhere inside a full-mouthed bell tolled; its reverberations set the chandelier a-tinkle […]
ref: 1995, Angela Carter, “The Snow Pavilion”, in Burning Your Boats, New York: Henry Holt, published 1996, page 432:
glosses: Making a tinkling sound.
procellariform
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: procellariforms
Senses: glosses: Any seabird of the order Procellariiformes
hypnotherapeutically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From hypnotherapeutic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: By means of hypnotherapy.
hypnotherapeutics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hypno- + therapeutics.
Senses: glosses: The use of hypnotherapy.
schizochromism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From schizo- + chromo- + -ism.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The lack of a pigment in an organism, normally rendering it a lighter colour than normal.
Related terms: albinism
Fournier
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Derived terms: Fournier gangrene
Fournier point
Fournier's molar
Chiari-Frommel syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after Hans Chiari and Richard Frommel.
Senses: glosses: postpartum hyperprolactinemia in the absence of breastfeeding
wikipedia: Hans Chiari
Richard Frommel
thrombase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From thromb- + -ase.
Senses: glosses: thrombin
fibrinogenase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fibrinogenases
Etymology: From fibrinogen + -ase.
Senses: glosses: thrombin
fastigial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: the fastigial phase of a fever
glosses: Relating to a fastigium
Derived terms: fastigial nucleus
juxtafastigial
fluorosilicate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fluorosilicates
Senses: glosses: A salt or ester of fluorosilicic acid.
fluorosilicates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fluorosilicate
fusobacterial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to the Fusobacteria.
Frankel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
folinates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of folinate
ventrobronchi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ventrobronchus
reconnective
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The same week that I was participating in the Reconnective Seminar, I also paid $333 to get “reconnected” to the “Universal Grid.”
ref: 2013, Lora Angeline Flemming, I Put Up With Crap When I Should Have Raised Hell:
glosses: Relating to reconnection.
Fontan procedure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Fontan procedures
Etymology: Initially described in 1971 by Dr. Francois Marie Fontan and Dr. Guillermo Kreutzer.
Senses: glosses: A palliative surgical procedure used in children with complex congenital heart defects. It involves diverting the venous blood from the right atrium to the pulmonary arteries without passing through the morphologic right ventricle.
Synonyms: Fontan
Kreutzer procedure
forestomach
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: forestomachs
Etymology: From fore- + stomach.
Senses: glosses: The compartments of a ruminant's stomach that precede the "true" stomach.
fascioloidiasis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Fascioloides + -iasis
Senses: glosses: infection by Fascioloides parasitic flatworms.
fibromatous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From fibromato- + -ous.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to a fibroma.
Derived terms: dermatofibromatous
fistulation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fistulations
Etymology: From fistula + -ation.
Senses: glosses: Creation or formation of a fistula.
fistulations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fistulation
fibrolase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: fibrinolytic proteinase: a hydrolase enzyme found in the venom of the southern copperhead snake
falanaka
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of falanouc.
farcin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of farcy (“disease of horses”).
arena rock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Rock music intended to be played at large venues.
Synonyms: stadium rock
vinylcarbenoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vinylcarbenoid
methylenecyclopropane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From methylene + cyclopropane.
Senses: glosses: An organic compound with the formula (CH₂)₂CCH₂, used as a reagent in organic synthesis.
Freund's adjuvant
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Jules T. Freund.
Senses: glosses: A solution of antigen emulsified in mineral oil and used as an immunopotentiator.
wikipedia: Jules T. Freund
dimethylacetylenedicarboxylate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate.
dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dimethylacetylenedicarboxylate
Senses: glosses: An organic compound with the formula CH₃O₂CC₂CO₂CH₃, widely used as a dienophile in cycloaddition reactions.
Synonyms: DMAD
DMAD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate.
fusel alcohol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fusel alcohols
Senses: glosses: Synonym of fusel oil
synonyms: word: fusel oil
uncrossability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From un- + cross + -ability.
Senses: synonyms: uncrossableness
antonyms: crossability
crossableness
glosses: The quality of being uncrossable.
Frink ideal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Frink ideals
Etymology: Introduced by Orrin Frink.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A certain kind of subset of a partially ordered set.
wikipedia: Orrin Frink
Frink
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: On June 3, 1931, she married Orrin Frink, Jr., who had joined the mathematics faculty at Penn State in 1928 as an assistant professor.
ref: 2009, Judy Green, Jeanne LaDuke, Pioneering Women in American Mathematics: The Pre-1940 PhD's:
glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Frink ideal
forcipressure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The arrest of hemorrhage by forceps compression.
Petersen's theorem
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Julius Petersen.
Senses: topics: graph-theory
mathematics
sciences
glosses: The theorem stating that every cubic bridgeless graph contains a perfect matching.
Zaitsev's rule
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Saytseff's rule
Etymology: Named after Russian chemist Alexander Zaitsev.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An empirical rule for predicting the favoured alkene product(s) in elimination reactions. The alkene formed in greatest amount is the one that corresponds to removal of the hydrogen from the β-carbon having the fewest hydrogen substituents.
faecaloid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more faecaloid
form: most faecaloid
Etymology: From faecal + -oid.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fecaloid.
faecaloma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: faecalomas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fecaloma.
faecalomas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of faecaloma
glossolabiolaryngeal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From glosso- + labio- + laryngeal.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the tongue, lips, and larynx.
abrasor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: abrasors
Senses: glosses: Synonym of abrader.
synonyms: word: abrader
TRVs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of TRV
mislinkage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mis- + linkage.
Senses: glosses: incorrect linkage
miscleaves
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of miscleave
miscleaving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of miscleave
acritudes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acritude
adives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adive
moonsighting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Moon + sighting.
Senses: glosses: Sighting the Moon (generally in an Islamic context, where the visibility of the Moon affects the timing of religious events).
aimaras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aimara
albergos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of albergo
alcotests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alcotest
barrigudas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of barriguda
barriguda
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: barrigudas
Senses: glosses: The palm tree Iriartea ventricosa.
algarrobas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of algarroba
algarrobos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of algarrobo
aminos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amino
anticuchos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anticucho
selaphobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Perhaps this explains so much of the monotony. Henri LePont sits in his "barber's chair / of worry and denial" and writes of "Selaphobia," a fear of light flashes.
ref: 1985, Robert Peters, The Peters Second Black and Blue Guide to Current Literary Journals, →ISBN, page 102:
text: Ever want to approach that hot guy or gal from cross the bar but you were too afraid? You might have Kakorrhaphiophobia, the fear of failure and rejection. If you find a disco ball at the dance club frightening, you might have Selaphobia, the fear of flashing light.
ref: 2013 October, Michael Buzzelli, “Oh, don't be such a phobe”, in Equal Magazine:
text: […] many patients complain about the syndrome and side-effects associated with the surgery, such as dizzying, selaphobia, lowered contrast sensitivity, blurred vision in dark environment etc.
ref: 2013, Yun Feng, Yang Li, and Wei Wang, Reduced wavefront aberration influence the visual function after the senile cataract surgery with an aspherical intraocular lenshttp://www.grin.com/de/e-book/213709/reduced-wavefront-aberration-influence-the-visual-function-after-the-senile, abstract
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Fear or intolerance of flashes of light.
arpilleras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arpillera
aspros
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aspro
anneloni
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of anelloni.
agyrophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The man suffers from two paralyzing fears: anablephobia, the fear of looking up, and agyrophobia, the fear of crossing the street. Imagine suffering from the inability to see what is in front of you coupled with the inability to step off the curb.
ref: 2006, Andrew Razeghi, Hope: How Triumphant Leaders Create the Future, →ISBN, page 175:
text: As an example of this phobia class, James at 42 years old felt simultaneously confused and embarrassed by his agyrophobia, a fear of crossing streets.
ref: 2008, James Garner, Arthur H. Bell, Phobias and How to Overcome Them: Understanding and Beating Your Fears, Castle Books, →ISBN, page 98:
text: In contrast to some other human phobias that people acquire with experience—like triskaidekaphobia (fear of the number 13) and agyrophobia (fear of crossing the street)—claustrophobia appears to be innate.
ref: 2013, Adam Alter, Drunk Tank Pink, →ISBN:
text: Bryan, Webz and Chip sneak over an optical crosswalk spelling 'AGYROPHOBIA' wearing PIXILATED MASKS OF THEIR OWN FACES.
ref: 2015, Drew Wordloner, Welcome The Newbies, →ISBN, page 102:
glosses: A fear of crossing the street.
ayahuascas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ayahuasca
castiza
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: castizas
Senses: glosses: A female castizo.
castizas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of castiza
Isma'ili
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Isma'ilis
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Ismaili.
antlophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Presumably from Ancient Greek ἄντλος (ántlos, “hold of a ship; bilgewater”), also defined in LSJ as "a flood of water" + -phobia.
Senses: examples: text: As climate change brews, Woody is likely to suffer from a severe case of the newly diagnosed floodophobia (or antlophobia). He will not be alone.
ref: 2010, Matthew E. Kahn, Climatopolis: How Our Cities Will Thrive in the Hotter Future, Basic Books, published 2010, →ISBN, page 114:
text: Two roads greet thee before thy devastation and failures...
one road stemming from Mama's womb
the other dislodged from Daddy's deformed testicles
Learning to read was thy great antlophobia
of which they twirled towards a dusty tomb.
ref: 2012, "Dapharoah69", "Response to Robert Frost's 'The Road Less Taken'", in THE KINGD[O]M: A Testimony, Lulu.com (2012), page 371
text: Like other phobias, it’s believed that Antlophobia is caused by outside traumatic events that happened when the affected individual was younger.
ref: c. 2012, Ryan Vazquez, "True Fear", Positive/Negative Magazine (College of Imaging Arts and Sciences, Rochester Institute of Sciences), Volume 6, page 52
glosses: The fear of floods or inundation.
Ismailism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ismail + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The doctrines and practices associated with Ismailis.
Ismailiyah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Ismailism
bathmophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek βαθμός (bathmós, “step”) + -phobia.
Senses: examples: text: It is closely related to bathmophobia, which is a fear of stairs or steep slopes, and climacophobia, which is a fear of stairs, climbing, or of falling down stairs.
ref: 2011, Martin Bodek, The Year of Bad Behavior: Bearing Witness to the Uncouthiest of Humanity, Lulu.com, published 2011, →ISBN, page 16:
text: Bathmophobia, as with other clinical fears, is generally not diagnosed in children unless it persists for more than six months.
ref: 2011 November 10, Claire Bates, “Mother once forced to go down shopping centre steps on her BOTTOM finally overcomes fear of stairs after 38 years”, in Daily Mail:
text: For visitors falling ill or who are prone to acrophobia (fear of heights) or bathmophobia (fear of stairs), restoration workers installed a tiny emergency elevator to enable Park Service rangers to ascend quickly all the way to Liberty's neck and then spirit people out.
ref: 2012, Edward Berenson, The Statue of Liberty: A Transatlantic Story, Yale University Press, published 2012, →ISBN, page 180:
glosses: The fear of stairs and steep slopes.
Synonyms: climacophobia
chaetophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek χαίτη (khaítē, “flowing hair”). By surface analysis, chaeto- + -phobia.
Senses: examples: text: Andrew pulled it out of her reach. "You idiot, I suffer from Chaetophobia. You have no idea of what you've done."
ref: 2014, Amanda Washington, Fallen:
glosses: fear of hair and/or hairy people or animals
Synonyms: trichophobia
karezza
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɑˈɹɛtsə/
other: /kɑˈɹeɪtsɑ/
other: /kəˈɹɛtsə/
Forms: form: Karezza
form: Karetza
Etymology: Coined by Alice Bunker Stockham from Italian carezza (“caress”). Doublet of caress.
Senses: examples: text: Karezza seems to me to be the sex-blending of the moral natures, it seems to call out and arouse to an ecstasy of delight and power the spiritual and poetic nature of both man and woman. It gives strength as if it were the key to unlock powers.
ref: 1903, Alice Bunker Stockham, Karezza: Ethics of Marriage:
text: For those who could not manage this, another curious choice was available: “karezza” or intercourse without male orgasm (Stockham, 1896). Karezza was promoted as a technique with several advantages: men could demonstrate sexual […]
ref: 2012, Martha Kirkpatrick, Women’s Sexual Development: Explorations of Inner Space, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 23:
coordinate_terms: coitus reservatus
glosses: Non-religious spiritual sexual practices that draw upon tantric techniques of body control but do not involve any of tantra's cultural or iconographic symbolism; intended to promote birth control, equality for women, and marital pleasure and fidelity.
wikipedia: Alice Bunker Stockham
Related terms: amplexus reservatus
cortezia
tantra
coitus reservatus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin coitus reservātus.
Senses: synonyms: amplexus reservatus
coordinate_terms: amplexus reservatus
coitus interruptus
karezza
edging
gooning
glosses: Sexual intercourse in which the penetrative partner does not attempt to ejaculate but rather remain at the plateau phase of intercourse for as long as possible.
cherophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek χαρά (khará) + -o- + -phobia.
Senses: examples: text: She clasped her hands tightly around my back and said, 'Sorry I spoke to you like that. I'm frightened, that's all. In psychology it's called cherophobia — fear of happiness. I'm afraid of getting hurt. Promise me you'll never leave me.'
ref: 2013, Ma Jian, Beijing Coma, page 128:
glosses: aversion to being happy
Synonyms: hedonophobia
chiroptophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Chiroptera (taxonomic order of bats) + -phobia.
Senses: examples: text: Bruce Wayne suffers from chiroptophobia. He rarely admits it.
ref: 2011, Stephen McDonald, William Salomone, The Writer's Response, page 111:
text: Chiroptophobia, or the fear of bats, is a fairly common psychological trait. Even though most bats are small, timid creatures, something about those leathery wings and tiny fangs seems to trip our self-preservation alarms.
ref: 2011, Linda S. Godfrey, Monsters of Wisconsin, page 37:
glosses: fear of bats (the flying mammals)
chromophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From chromo- + -phobia.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The quality of being resistant to staining.
glosses: Aversion to a colour or colours.
chrysophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From chryso- + -phobia.
Senses: examples: text: All the experts, or would-be experts, in currency matters can be divided into two main groups, those to whom gold is a thorn in their flesh […] and those who have a predilection for gold and who shall be baptized chrysophiles. The intellectual genealogy of modern chrysophobia as a new trend remains to be written.
ref: 1969, Wilhelm Röpke, Against the Tide, page 232:
glosses: An aversion to gold; aurophobia.
examples: text: Alexandra Darby - Chrysophobia #1 (2014).
ref: 2015 January 8, Graham Young, “New Art West Midlands: Emerging artists given chance to showcase work”, in Birmingham Mail:
text: Rahul Gandhi might have a condition called “Chrysophobia” or more accurately and less commonly known as Sandarakinophobia.
ref: 2018 January 17, “With the new orange passport, Govt is being inconsiderate towards the orange phobia our Prince suffers from”, in Op India:
text: The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) announced yesterday that chrysophobia, or hatred of orange people, is on a rapid rise in the US.
ref: 2018 February 22, “Chrysophobia: SPLC reports the rise of “Orange Hate” in America”, in Brown Valley Observer:
hypernyms: chromophobia
glosses: An aversion to the color orange.
socioracial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From socio- + racial.
Senses: glosses: Relating to society and race.
socioracially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From socioracial + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In terms of society and race.
cibophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin cibus + -phobia.
Senses: examples: text: The pain pattern is so intimately related to the ingestion of food that the patient will reduce the size of meals, become reluctant to eat, and even develop frank cibophobia.
ref: 1981, M. J. Renaer, Chronic Pelvic Pain in Women, Spring-Verlag, →ISBN, page 134:
text: Cibophobia differs from anorexia since appetite may persist but the pearson fears eating because of some associated or subsequent discomfort.
ref: 1993, Marion Eugene Ensminger, Audrey H. Ensminger, Foods & Nutrition Encyclopedia, Two Volume Set, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 423:
text: This condition arises from cheese-related trauma (I'll leave it up to you to imagine what this might entail) and it's often considered a subcategory of cibophobia.
ref: 2013 October 28, Max Hill, “Fear Factor”, in The Peak, volume 145, number 9, Simon Fraser University, page 15:
glosses: The fear of, or aversion to, eating or food.
Related terms: sitophobia
anorexia nervosa
cleithrophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek κλεῖθρον (kleîthron, “bar for closing a door”) + -phobia.
Senses: glosses: fear of being trapped
cyanophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cyano- + -phobia.
Senses: examples: text: Von Hasner cites a case of aversion to blue, or cyanophobia, in a woman, fifty years old, in whom it had existed since childhood. Looking at blue objects always brought on he ache, vertigo, nausea, and even vomiting.
ref: 1881, Edward Swift Dunster, James Bradbridge Hunter, Frank Pierce Foster, International Record of Medicine and General Practice Clinics:
text: While one person may have arachnophobia (fear of spiders), someone else may have arachibutyrophobia (fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of their mouth), or cyanophobia (fear of the color blue).
ref: 2012, Heather Quintana, Momentum: Moving in the Right Direction, →ISBN, page 128:
glosses: Fear of the colour blue.
decidophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -əʊbiə
Etymology: From decide + -phobia.
Senses: examples: text: Rothery (1993b) has called this 'decidophobia'. One of the main elements of 'decidophobia' is wanting to do too much at once. You cannot possibly solve all the problems, or even answer all the questions you have, in one research project!
ref: 2003, Margaret Alston, Wendy Bowles, Research for Social Workers: An Introduction to Methods, →ISBN:
glosses: Reluctance to make decisions.
demonophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From demono- + -phobia.
Senses: examples: text: LAMAISM may be defined as a mixture of late Indian Buddhism (which is itself a mixture of Buddhism and Hinduism) with various Tibetan practices and beliefs. The principal of these are demonophobia and the worship of human beings as incarnate deities. Demonophobia is a compendious expression for an obsession which victimizes Chinese and Huindus to some extent as well as Tibetans...
ref: 1998, Sir Charles Eliot, Hinduism and Buddhism: An Historical Sketch, Volume 1, page 382:
text: it is among the inhabitants of the South that devil-worship is most systematically practiced. No one who has travelled in that region can doubt that demonophobia is a disease with which the whole Southern population is almost hopelessly and incurably afflicted (1887:244)
ref: 2008, Isabelle Clark-Deces, The Encounter Never Ends: A Return to the Field of Tamil Rituals, page 74:
text: The first of these patients especially dreads the flames of hell. This is the demonomania of Sauvages. I call it demonophobia, monodemonophobin.
ref: 2012, Forbes Winslow, The Journal of Psychological Medicine and Mental Pathology, Volume 6, →ISBN, page 434:
text: Demonophobia may take the epidemic form.
A distinction bust be drawn between what I call demonophobia and demonolatry. In demonophobia the patient is under the dominion of continual fear; his future feat incessantly haunts him, he exaggerates beyonds all bounds his real or imaginary faults.
ref: 2012, Forbes Winslow, The Journal of Psychological Medicine and Mental Pathology, Volume 6, →ISBN, page 434:
glosses: An irrational fear of demons.
dentophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From dento- + -phobia.
Senses: examples: text: Also realize that dentophobia can be a self-fulfilling prohepcy...
ref: 2006, Bill Dorfman, Billion Dollar Smile: A Complete Guide to Your Extreme Smile Makeover, →ISBN, page 170:
text: I've had many problems lately and I desperately need your help. First of all, I have been diagnosed with dentophobia. Because of that, I just can't bring myself to make an appointment even though I'm in terrible pain. I'm not sure if I'll need a root canal or just a filling. Please give me some ideas for how to overcome this phobia.
ref: 2009, Wendy Conklin, Differentiation Strategies for Language Arts, →ISBN, page 144:
text: That's because a visit to the dentist—if someone with dentophobia even makes it to the dentist—is likely to result in the classic fight-or-flight symptoms:...
ref: 2014, Sara Latta, Scared Stiff: Everything You Need to Know about 50 Famous Phobias, →ISBN, page 67:
text: There are nearly as many reasons people fear going to the dentist as there are teeth in the mouth. Indeed, dentophobia—the term is from the Latin word dens, meaning "tooth", and sometimes known as odontophobia...
ref: 2014, Sara Latta, Scared Stiff: Everything You Need to Know about 50 Famous Phobias, →ISBN, page 67:
glosses: Fear of dentists or their medical procedures.
Synonyms: odontophobia
disposophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From dispose + -o- + -phobia.
Senses: examples: text: At the extreme end of the clutter spectrum are folks who suffer from what some call disposophobia—fear of disposing. In other words, they hoard. According to one report, nearly a million junkaholics suffer from this psychological, and the proof is in the piles. To help those who suffer from disposophobia, a national support group called Clutterers Anonymous models itself after the twelve-step format of Alcoholics Anonymous.
ref: 2011, Iyna Bort Caruso, Simply Organized: "The all-in-one guide to organizing your home, office, children, and more!", →ISBN:
text: Compulsive hoarding (or pathological hoarding or disposophobia) is the selfish acquisition of possessions (and failure to use or discard them)...
ref: 2012, Miriam Neff, Where Do I Go From Here?: Bold Living After Unwanted Change, →ISBN:
text: The fear of throwing things away. Disposophobia, I remembered. A disease immortalized by the legendary Collyer brothers, who'd been found dead in their mess in a Harlem brownstone.
ref: 2013, Julia Heaberlin, Lie Still: A Novel, →ISBN, page 305:
text: Compulsive hoarding has also been labeled "disposophoia" because the person with this disorder feels a real and palpable fear of throwing or giving away, even if the items are essentially worthless.
ref: 2013, Christopher Kennedy Lawford, Recover to Live: Kick Any Habit, Manage Any Addiction - Your Self-Treatment Guide to Alcohol, Drugs, Eating Disorders, Gambling, Hoarding, Smoking, Sex, and Porn, →ISBN:
glosses: Fear or dislike of disposing of items; a tendency to hoard things.
erytophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of erythrophobia.
frigophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin frīgus (“cold”) + -phobia.
Senses: examples: text: Frigophobia, or "morbid fear of catching cold", is a clinical condition described by Chinesse psychiatrists as a culture-related syndrome of the Chinese (Rin, 1966).
ref: 2003, Wen-Shing Tseng, Clinician's Guide to Cultural Psychiatry, →ISBN, page 98:
glosses: An abnormal and persistent fear of becoming cold, or freezing. It can also be fear of falling on ice.
gerascophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Thus, from gerascophobia to ageism, Euro-American society today has an overall negative view of aging.
ref: 2012, Brittany Goltry, "Prevent, Reverse, & Defy: Ageism in Magazine Advertisements", thesis submitted to Carroll College, page 1
text: […] and Aprella, a freckled girl with straight strawberry blonde hair who had been diagnosed with gerascophobia.
ref: 2013, Claire Fitzpatrick, The Ostracism of Ophelia, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 327:
text: Few cases of gerascophobia have been reported.
ref: 2014, Laurencia Perales-Blum, Myrthala Juárez-Treviño, Daniela Escobedo-Belloc, “Severe Growing-Up Phobia, a Condition Explained in a 14-Year-Old Boy”, in Case Reports in Psychiatry:
glosses: The abnormal and persistent fear of aging or growing old.
Synonyms: gerontophobia
lionkeeper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lionkeepers
Etymology: From lion + keeper.
Senses: glosses: The attendant who looks after a captive lion.
lionkeepers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lionkeeper
Israelize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Israelizes
form: Israelizing
form: Israelized
form: Israelized
Etymology: From Israel + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To make Israeli.
cybersociologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cybersociologists
Etymology: From cyber- + sociologist.
Senses: glosses: One who studies cybersociology.
cybersociologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cybersociologist
arm-twist
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: arm-twists
form: arm-twisting
form: arm-twisted
form: arm-twisted
form: arm twist
Etymology: Back-formation from arm-twisting.
Senses: glosses: To use personal pressure to persuade.
glosses: To use political pressure to gain support.
Coordinate terms: sense: both senses
word: jawbone
sense: both senses
word: strong-arm
sense: both senses
word: threaten
Derived terms: arm-twister
arm twist
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: arm twists
form: arm twisting
form: arm twisted
form: arm twisted
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of arm-twist.
arm-twister
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arm-twisters
form: arm twister
Etymology: From arm-twist + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Philip Yancey, the author, most recently, of the memoir “Where the Light Fell,” said that “the aspect of Jesus’ style that stands out to me is how unpropagandistic he was. Imagine: He knew the truth more than anyone who has lived and could have responded with dogma and fiat, as the church so often has done in his place. Instead, he was anything but an arm twister.”
ref: 2021 December 23, Peter Wehner, “Why Jesus Never Stopped Asking Questions”, in The New York Times:
glosses: One who arm-twists.
arm twister
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arm twisters
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of arm-twister.
Israelophilic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Israelophilic
form: most Israelophilic
Etymology: From Israel + -o- + -philic.
Senses: glosses: Having a love of Israel or Israelis.
arctician
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɑɹkˈtɪʃən/
Forms: form: arcticians
Etymology: From Arctic + -ian.
Senses: glosses: One who has investigated matters relating to the Arctic regions; an Arctic explorer.
comedy equals tragedy plus time
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: A tragic subject can be made into a comedy, given the passage of enough time.
Israelizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Israelize
archology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɑːkˈɒləd͡ʒɪ/
Forms: form: archologies
Etymology: From archo- + -logy.
Senses: glosses: The study of the origins of things.
glosses: The science of government.
Israelizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Israelize
Israelized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Israelize
Westenra
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Fullerton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Fullertons
Etymology: From Old English fuglere (“fowler, birdcatcher”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Senses: glosses: A small village in Wherwell parish, Test Valley district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU3739).
glosses: A place in the United States:
A city in Orange County, California.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Vernon Parish, Louisiana.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Baltimore County, Maryland.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Nance County, Nebraska.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A township in Nance County, Nebraska.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A minor city in Dickey County, North Dakota.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A census-designated place in Whitehall Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: A locality in Upper Lachlan Shire, New South Wales, Australia.
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
aerokinetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From aero- + kinetic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to aerokinesis.
archologies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of archology
goneski
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From gone + -ski.
Senses: glosses: gone
mephitine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɛfəˌtaɪn/
Senses: glosses: Of, or pertaining to, a skunk or skunks.
glosses: Skunk-like.
mephitine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɛfəˌtaɪn/
Forms: form: mephitines
Senses: glosses: Any member of Mephitidae; skunk
procyonine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of, or pertaining to, a raccoon.
glosses: Raccoon-like.
procyonine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: procyonines
Senses: glosses: Any member of the Procyonidae; raccoon.
allodaposuchian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: allodaposuchians
Etymology: From translingual Allodaposuchus + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Any eusuchian crocodylomorph of the genus Allodaposuchus
allodaposuchians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of allodaposuchian
anterodorsally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From anterodorsal + -ly.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: In an anterodorsal direction.
aorticopulmonary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From aortico- + pulmonary.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the aorta and the pulmonary artery; specifically, connecting the two, as for example in a congenital heart defect whereby the septum that normally separates the two has a hole (fistula) in it.
calcaneous
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of calcaneus.
cladistical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cladistic.
craniocaudally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From craniocaudal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a craniocaudal direction
craniodorsally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From craniodorsal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a craniodorsal direction
craniodorsal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɔː(ɹ)səl
Etymology: From cranio- + dorsal.
Senses: glosses: Both cranial and dorsal (towards the head and the back)
Derived terms: craniodorsally
cranioquadrate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cranio- + quadrate.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the cranium and the quadrate ramus (of the pterygoid)
crocodyloid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crocodyloids
Senses: glosses: Any crocodilian of the superfamily Crocodyloidea.
crocodyloids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crocodyloid
rhinocerotine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From rhinoceros + -ine.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of rhinoceroses.
Synonyms: rhinocerotic
rhinocerine
Related terms: elephantine
hippopotamine
eceriferum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An aldehyde decarbonylase involved in the conversion of aldehydes to alkanes; it is implicated in the inability of some pollens etc to produce wax
eupelagic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From eu- + pelagic.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of pelagic.
synonyms: word: pelagic
eusuchians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eusuchian
varanine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Of, or pertaining to, a monitor lizard.
varanine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: varanines
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A monitor lizard; a member of the subfamily Varaninae.
euthermic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From eu- + thermic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to, having, or producing an optimum temperature
Related terms: euthermy
paradoxurine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of, or pertaining to, the genus Paradoxurus.
paradoxurine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paradoxurines
Senses: glosses: Any member of the genus Paradoxurus.
tapirine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of, or pertaining to, a tapir.
hemidactyline
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of, or pertaining to, a house gecko.
gekkonine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of, or pertaining to, a gecko.
otariine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: This region is also rich in numbers and diversity of pinnipeds, including the odobenine walrus and four species of otariine or eared seals (the northern and southern fur seals, the California and Steller sea lions).
ref: 1978, Whalewatcher: Journal of the American Cetacean Society:
glosses: Alternative form of otarine.
Alcmaeonid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Alcmaeonids
form: Alcmeonid
Senses: glosses: A member of the Alcmaeonidae (Ἀλκμαιωνίδαι), a powerful noble family of ancient Athens who claimed descent from the mythological Alcmaeon.
Alcmaeonids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Alcmaeonid
Alcmeonid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Alcmeonids
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Alcmaeonid.
Alcmeonids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Alcmeonid
ailuropodine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Ailuropoda + -ine
Senses: glosses: Of, or pertaining to, a panda.
ailuropodine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ailuropodines
Etymology: Ailuropoda + -ine
Senses: glosses: Any ursid of the subfamily Ailuropodinae.