cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
lewest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of lew: most lew
mega-amps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mega-amp
omnisciences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of omniscience
kilocal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kilocals
form: kilocal
Etymology: Shortening.
Senses: glosses: A kilocalorie: a kilogram-calorie: one thousand gram-calories.
kilocals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kilocal
gram calorie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gram calories
form: gramme calorie
Etymology: Because a gram of water is the referent mass (versus a kilogram of water); see Calorie.
Senses: examples: Holonyms: kilogram calorie, kilocalorie, large calorie, Calorie (with a capital C), calorie (large-calorie sense) < megacalorie < gigacalorie
synonyms: calorie
small calorie
thermochemical calorie
glosses: The amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of a gram of water by a degree centigrade: a unit of measure of energy.
kilogram calorie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kilogram calories
Etymology: Because a kilogram of water is the referent mass (versus a gram of water); see Calorie.
Senses: coordinate_terms: gram calorie
glosses: Synonym of kilocalorie.
synonyms: word: kilocalorie
gram calories
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gram calorie
kilogram calories
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kilogram calorie
entablement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: entablements
Etymology: From French entablement, Late Latin intabulamentum.
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: entablature
entablements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of entablement
depolarizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of depolarization
depolarisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of depolarisation
depolariser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: depolarisers
Etymology: From depolarise + -er.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of depolarizer.
depolarisers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of depolariser
metabisulphite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metabisulphites
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of metabisulfite.
metabisulphites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metabisulphite
unhilarious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unhilarious
form: most unhilarious
Etymology: From un- + hilarious.
Senses: synonyms: word: laughless
word: unhysterical
word: funny as a dose of the clap
word: jokeless
word: humorless
word: irrisible
word: laughless
word: mirthless
word: nonhumorous
word: unhilarious
word: unhumorous
word: unhysterical
word: unjocose
word: unjocular
word: unlaughable
word: unmirthful
glosses: Not hilarious; devoid of hilarity.
loopback
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: loopbacks
Etymology: From loop + back.
Senses: glosses: The routing of a signal, data stream, etc. from its origin back to the origin, primarily as a means of testing the transmission or transportation infrastructure.
Derived terms: nonloopback
loopbacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of loopback
borborygmic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more borborygmic
form: most borborygmic
Etymology: From borborygmus + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: They were flapping their ears, moving their great stamp-like feet up and down, grinding their teeth, slobbering with their mouths, making borborygmic gurgles and rumbles in their dinosaurian-like bodies, or throwing up their trunks or their tails.
ref: 1922 April, Cuthbert Christy, “The African Elephant, Part II”, in Journal of the African Society, volume XXI, number LXXXIII, Macmillan and co., page 194:
text: They went down, stepping carefully as though in an unfamiliar place, though all of them were familiar with it, it was only The Train with its caves and dens, its mad signs pointing in contradictory directions, no help for the lost, and its seep of inky water and far-off borborygmic rumbles.
ref: 1983 [1981], John Crowley, “The Fairies' Parliment”, in Little, Big, Bantam Books, →ISBN, pages 574–575:
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or resembling borborygmus; rumbling.
aftertouch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aftertouches
Etymology: From after- + touch.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Pressure sensitivity on an electronic synthesizer, allowing the musician to change the tone or sound of a note after it is struck.
glosses: A touch (feature or characteristic) added finally or as an afterthought.
examples: text: KO2 ruins every other football game you'll ever play; I never got good at SWOS - the controls were all wrong. And the aftertouch was stupid. And the computer keepers were always hopeless on free kicks.
ref: 1997, Mark Howson, “Kick Off 2: Best Amiga Game Of all time!”, in comp.sys.amiga.games (Usenet):
topics: video-games
glosses: A feature in football/soccer games allowing the player to swerve the ball immediately after kicking it.
aftertouches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aftertouch
lachrymatories
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lachrymatory
mood ring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mood rings
Senses: examples: text: She's got that mood ring, a little sister rose / The smell of Springsteen, a pair of pantyhose
ref: 2006, “She's Only 18”, in Stadium Arcadium, performed by Red Hot Chili Peppers:
glosses: A ring (piece of jewellery) containing a thermochromic element that changes colour in response to the body temperature, supposed to indicate the emotional state of its wearer.
mood rings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mood ring
capsicol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Capsaicin.
nonivamide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A capsaicinoid, an amide of pelargonic acid and vanillylamine, present in chili peppers and used as a food additive and a lachrymatory agent.
resiniferatoxin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From resinifera + toxin, in reference to the plant Euphorbia resinifera (resin spurge), from which it is extracted.
Senses: examples: text: 1992, Arpad Szallasi, Peter M. Blumberg, 27: Resiniferatoxin, P. Michael Conn (editor), Neurotoxins, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich (Academic Press), page 368,
An exciting recent advance in the vanilloid field has been our discovery that resiniferatoxin (RTX), a naturally occurring diterpene combining structural features of the phorbol ester tumor promoters and of capsaicin (see structures in Fig. 1), functions as an ultrapotent capsaicin analog (4—6) and that the esterification of other phorbol-related diterpenes with homovanillic acid at the C-20 position yields synthetic vanilloids of the RTX class with unique spectra of action (7).
text: They both cause an initial stimulation and inflammation, capsaicin much more so than resiniferatoxin.
ref: 2010, Pamela Ellsworth, Alan J. Wein, Questions & Answers About Overactive Bladder, 2nd edition, Jones and Bartlett Publishers, page 98:
text: In heterologous expression systems, TRPV1 can be activated not only by vanilloid compounds, but also by resiniferatoxin, extracellular protons, and arachidonic acid metabolites.
ref: 2010, “Encyclopedia of Behavioral Neuroscience”, in George Koob, Michael Le Moal, Richard Thompson, editors, Elsevier, Academic Press, page 395:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A naturally occurring ultrapotent capsaicin analogue (having in its pure form a Scoville heat unit measure of 16,000,000,000) that activates the receptor TRPV1 (aka vanilloid receptor 1 or the capsaicin receptor) in a subpopulation of primary afferent sensory neurons involved in nociception.
Synonyms: sense: naturally occurring capsaicin analogue
word: RTX
Hypernyms: sense: naturally occurring capsaicin analogue
word: diterpene
sense: naturally occurring capsaicin analogue
word: vanilloid
stymying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of stymie
gorgonzolas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gorgonzola
Cambozola
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of camembert + gorgonzola; first industrially produced by the Germany company Champignon in the 1970s.
Senses: glosses: A smooth, mild cheese made from the same blue Penicillium roqueforti mould used to make gorgonzola, Roquefort, and Stilton, with the addition of cream for consistency.
Siberian tigers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Siberian tiger
twenty-firsts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of twenty-first
twenty-seconds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of twenty-second
pleomorphous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌpliːəˈmɔː(ɹ)fəs/
Senses: glosses: having or passing through many different forms
cavewomen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cavewoman
Good Thing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Good Things
Etymology: In this spelling from 1066 and All That: A Memorable History of England, comprising all the parts you can remember, including 103 Good Things, 5 Bad Kings and 2 Genuine Dates, by W. C. Sellar and R. J. Yeatman, 1930.
Senses: examples: text: Catering paved the way for me to find my true passion as a teacher and a communicator of Good Things
ref: 2005, Martha Stewart, The Martha rules: 10 essentials for achieving success ..., page 9:
glosses: Something that is conventionally accepted as good beyond doubt.
detort
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɔː(ɹ)t
Forms: form: detorts
form: detorting
form: detorted
form: detorted
Etymology: From Latin detorqueo.
Senses: glosses: to turn from the original or plain meaning
glosses: to pervert
glosses: to wrest
charosets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of charoset
constated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of constate
detorts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of detort
detorting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of detort
detorted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of detort
conventicles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of conventicle
corbiesteps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of corbiestep
diazepines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diazepine
aglint
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈɡlɪnt/
rhymes: -ɪnt
Etymology: From a- + glint.
Senses: examples: text: Eyelids and curving lashes masked the gleam of jet-black pupils, and beneath them one divined a languorous gaze, aglint on occasion with the fire of oriental passion.
ref: 1971, Honoré de Balzac, Herbert James Hunt, Lost illusions:
glosses: Glinting.
rifabutin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From rifa- (“rifamycin derivative”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A bactericidal antibiotic, primarily used in the treatment of tuberculosis, whose effect is based on blocking the DNA-dependent RNA-polymerase of the bacteria.
submarine patent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: submarine patents
Etymology: From the ability of a submarine to remain submerged for long periods.
Senses: glosses: A patent first published and granted long after the filing of the initial application.
electroretinogram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: electroretinograms
Etymology: From electro- + retino- + -gram.
Senses: glosses: the chart or graph produced by electroretinography
electroretinograms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of electroretinogram
electroresistances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of electroresistance
sunstrokes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sunstroke
straight out
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Frankly, outspokenly.
glosses: Without concealment, obliquity, or compromise.
snuff-box
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snuff-boxes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of snuffbox.
snuff-boxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snuff-box
delator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪtə(ɹ)
Forms: form: delators
Etymology: From Middle English delatoures pl, from Latin dēlātor.
Senses: examples: text: […]his Accuser or Delator[…]
ref: 1655, James Howell, “To the Rt. Hon, the Lord Mohun”, in Epistolæ Ho-Elianæ. Familiar Letters Domestic and Forren. […], 3rd edition, volume (please specify the page), London: […] Humphrey Mos[e]ley, […], →OCLC:
glosses: An accuser; an informer.
tamjan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tamjans
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tonjon.
Himmels
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Himmel
Eleazar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛliˈeɪzə/
ipa: /ˈɛləˌzɔɹ/
ipa: /ɛliˈeɪˌzəɹ/
Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew אֶלְעָזָר ('El'azár, “God has helped”). Doublet of Lazarus.
Senses: examples: And the children of Israel took their journey from Beeroth of the children of Jaakan to Mosera: there Aaron died, and there he was buried; and Eleazar his son ministered in the priest's office in his stead.
topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Any of a number of men in the Old Testament, including a son of Aaron.
glosses: A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
Eliezer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɛliˈɛzə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˌɛliˈiːzə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: Eliezers
Etymology: From Hebrew אליעזר (eliʿézer).
Senses: examples: text: And the name of the other was Eliezer: for the God of my father, said he, was mine helpe, and deliuered me from the sword of Pharaoh.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus 18:4:
topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Any of a number of men in the Old Testament, including a son of Moses.
examples: text: Eliezer Yudkowsky, a 44-year-old academic wearing a grey polo shirt, rocks slowly on his office chair and explains with real patience – taking things slowly for a novice like me – that every single person we know and love will soon be dead.
ref: 2024 February 17, Tom Lamont, “‘Humanity’s remaining timeline? It looks more like five years than 50’: meet the neo-luddites warning of an AI apocalypse”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
Tryphena
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌtɹaɪˈfiːnə/
rhymes: -iːnə
Etymology: From Ancient Greek τρῠφή (trŭphḗ, “softness, daintiness”).
Senses: examples: Salute Tryphena and Tryphosa, who labour in the Lord.
glosses: An early Christian woman mentioned in the Bible.
glosses: A female given name from Ancient Greek of biblical origin.
Derived terms: Pheny
Zipporah
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈzɪpəɹə/
/zɪˈpɔːɹə/
Etymology: From Biblical Hebrew צִפֹּרָה (ṣippōrā), a feminization of ציפור / צִפֹּר (ṣippōr, “bird”).
Senses: examples: And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: The wife of Moses.
glosses: A female given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
Mahlon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Biblical Hebrew מַחְלוֹן (makhlón).
Senses: examples: Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day.
glosses: The first husband of Ruth, mentioned in the Book of Ruth in the Bible.
glosses: A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
interrail
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: interrails
form: interrailing
form: interrailed
form: interrailed
Etymology: From InterRail rail pass, from inter- + rail.
Senses: glosses: To travel using the InterRail rail pass.
Derived terms: interrailer
dilemna
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of dilemma.
nigre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nigres
Senses: examples: text: The conveyance of soap to the crutchers from the kettle may be by pump or by gravity. In the latter case, which is simpler and involves less trouble, the top level of the crutchers should be below that of the nigre.
ref: 1906, Leebert Lloyd Lamborn, Modern Soaps, Candles and Glycerin: A Practical Manual of Modern Methods of Utilization of Fats and Oils in the Manufacture of Soap and Candles, and of the Recovery of Glycerin:
glosses: In soapmaking, the lower layer of liquid produced by pitching, which contains most of the impurities.
Related terms: neat soap
demanufacture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From de- + manufacture.
Senses: examples: text: The Parties define the life cycle of electronic equipment broadly to include acquisition, design, manufacture, assembly, distribution, use, reuse, demanufacture, and recycling. (from the Sustainable Environmental Stewardship of Federal Electronic Assets" PDF signed 11-15-2004)
text: ... other demand documents, and clerical procedures required in effecting the manufacture or demanufacture of field units as directed by higher authority.
ref: 1952, Federal supply management (Air Force supply--Munitions Board): hearings, page 457:
text: This problem was selected because it is a practical example of the types of system that are excellent candidates for demanufacture.
ref: 1998, Jian Dong, Rapid response manufacturing: contemporary methodologies, tools and technologies, page 161:
glosses: A process of recycling that involves the dismantling and/or disassembly of an item to gain the maximum amount of recyclable materials.
Related terms: decommissioning
disassembly
recycling
salvage
scrap
demanufacture
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: demanufactures
form: demanufacturing
form: demanufactured
form: demanufactured
Etymology: From de- + manufacture.
Senses: examples: text: An RPS is a network of transportation logistics and processing functions that collect, recycle, refurbish, and demanufacture end-of-life products.
ref: 2007, Myer Kutz, Environmentally Conscious Materials and Chemicals Processing, page 161:
glosses: To recycle material using this process
Derived terms: demanufacturer
scriber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scribers
Etymology: From scribe + -er.
Senses: glosses: A sharp-pointed tool, used by joiners for drawing lines; a marking awl.
Derived terms: scriber block
deaf and dumb
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: deaf-and-dumb
Senses: glosses: Deaf and not able to speak; hearing-and-speech-impaired.
Synonyms: deaf-mute
deaf and dumb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deaf and dumbs
form: deaf-and-dumb
Senses: glosses: Bum (behind, bottom).
string quartet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: string quartets
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A group of four musicians playing string instruments, usually two violins, a viola and a cello.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A musical composition for such a group.
Gesellschaften
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Gesellschaft
mightly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: mīt li
ipa: /ˈmaɪt li/
Forms: form: more mightly
form: most mightly
Etymology: From Middle English mightli, myȝtly, from Old English mihtelīċ (“possible, able, capable”), from Proto-West Germanic *mahtilīk, from Proto-Germanic *mahtilīk, *mahtulīk, equivalent to might + -ly. Cognate with Swedish maktlig (“powerful”).
Senses: examples: text: King Haco would have ſtay'd, notwithstanding the mightly Power he had to encounter, […]
ref: 1711, Patrick Abercromby, The Martial Atchievements of the Scots Nation:
text: […] and the mightly arm of Alcher ſent him like a lion howling among the members of the dead.
ref: 1770, The Lady's Magazine, page 273:
text: Antilochus joined his grief to their tears: he held the mightly hand of Achilles; for deep he groaned from his inmoſt ſoul.
ref: 1793, William Russell, The History of Ancient Europe:
text: Month after month law-suits, instigated by the grasping white man against the helpless Indian are decided in favor of the mightly and unscrupulous white.
ref: 1902, The Capital, volumes 15-17, page 2:
glosses: Mighty; competent; capable; strong; powerful.
examples: text: In touching upon these mightly results, which must attend, or soon follow, the completion of Welland Canal, [...]
ref: 1828, Welland Canal Company, The Welland Canal Company:
text: Mightly indeed must be the Titanic current of that soul which could receive one whole human, full of thoughts, affections, and emotions, into its tide and yet remain uncoloured and unchanged.
ref: 1983, Elizabeth K. Helsinger, THE WOMAN QUESTION Social Issues, 1837-1883:
glosses: Substantial; weighty; of import.
glosses: Able; able to occur; possible.
mightly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: enpr: mīt li
ipa: /ˈmaɪt li/
Forms: form: more mightly
form: most mightly
Etymology: From Middle English myghtely, myȝtly, from Old English mihtlīċe, equivalent to might + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Mightily.
examples: text: "[...] Must have been mightly well corked." "With every possible care, probably. [...]"
ref: 1904, John Ames Mitchell, The villa Claudia:
text: We need the best material possible, and I believe we have some mightly good material at the present time.
ref: 1922, American Hospital Association, Transactions:
glosses: Very.
MMR
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: The station code of Manmad Junction railway station in India.
MMR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MMRs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of measles, mumps, rubella.
topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of measles, mumps, rubella.
The combined vaccine against those three diseases; the MMR vaccine.
glosses: Initialism of maintenance margin requirement.
topics: video-games
glosses: Initialism of matchmaking rating, used in matching players for games.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
networking
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of meet-me room.
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of DNA mismatch repair.
trial balances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trial balance
pelt of the dog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Alteration of hair of the dog, substituting hair with pelt, thus implying far greater quantity.
Senses: examples: text: There were people — maybe two dozen — in the Knight’s Bar, for lunch, resuscitation, or the pelt of the dog that bit them. Not Yvonne, though. A bit early.
ref: 1949: Philip Wylie, Opus 21: Descriptive Music for the Lower Kinsey Epoch of the Atomic Age: A Concerto for a One-Man Band, Six Arias for Soap Operas, Fugues, Anthems & Barrelhouse, page 325 ^〃 (Rinehart)
glosses: An immoderate, excessive quantity of alcohol drunk the morning after whilst suffering withdrawal symptoms or a hangover, which goes beyond alleviating the complaint to causing drunkenness; compare hair of the dog.
reformatter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reformatters
Etymology: From reformat + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who, or that which, reformats.
reformatters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reformatter
disarmoured
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: disarmored
Etymology: From dis- + armour + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Stripped of armour; rendered defenceless.
demanganisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of demanganization.
inaugurally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From inaugural + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an inaugural way.
antitumorigenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + tumorigenic.
Senses: topics: medicine
oncology
sciences
glosses: Opposing tumorigenesis; serving to counteract the formation of tumors.
homodihydrocapsaicin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From homo- + di- + hydro- + capsaicin.
Senses: glosses: A capsaicinoid and analogue and congener of capsaicin in chilli peppers.
homocapsaicin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From homo- + capsaicin.
Senses: glosses: A capsaicinoid and analogue and congener of capsaicin in chilli peppers.
nordihydrocapsaicin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From nor- + dihydrocapsaicin.
Senses: glosses: A capsaicinoid and analogue and congener of capsaicin in chilli peppers.
minidump
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: minidumps
Etymology: From mini- + dump.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
qualifier: Microsoft Windows
glosses: A small core dump comprising 64 kilobytes of memory (on 32-bit systems) or 128 kilobytes (on 64-bit systems).
minidumps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of minidump
guaiphenesin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of guaifenesin.
vanilloyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of vanillyl.
vanillyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vanilloyl
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A functional group that characterizes the vanilloids.
soup-to-nuts
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Their soup-to-nuts approach left us with few questions.
synonyms: top-to-bottom
thorough
thoroughgoing
glosses: Comprehensive; complete; covering all of something.
Related terms: soup to nuts
to the full
polo shirts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polo shirt
crepuscular rays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crepuscular ray
alpha rays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alpha ray
drill cores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of drill core
core drills
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of core drill
wind bands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wind band
wind farms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wind farm
wind tunnels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wind tunnel
wind turbines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wind turbine
bleaching agents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bleaching agent
bleaching powders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bleaching powder
car barns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of car barn
car alarms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of car alarm
blockade runners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blockade runner
block diagrams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of block diagram
blue boxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blue box
charge hands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of charge hand
Q meters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Q meter
ear buds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ear bud
lob wedges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lob wedge
bag ladies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bag lady
bag men
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bag man (alternative spelling of bagmen).
back alleys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of back alley
back alleyways
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of back alleyway
back beats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of back beat
back formations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of back formation
left atriums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of left atrium
left brackets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of left bracket
left ventricles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of left ventricle
right brackets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of right bracket
right crosses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of right cross
right fielders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of right fielder
baby books
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of baby book
moon blindness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Once believed to be caused by exposure of the eyes to moonlight during sleep.
Senses: glosses: A chronic equine inflammatory eye disease.
examples: text: The cavalry messenger dismounted after his moon blindness made it unsafe to ride on through the wilderness.
glosses: The optical condition of night blindness: reduced eyesight in faint light.
Related terms: moon-blind
classical thermodynamics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Thermodynamics that studies a thermodynamic system as an undivided whole, described by macrostate variables such as volume, pressure and temperature, instead of considering the thermodynamic system as an ensemble of moving molecules.
night blindnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of night blindness
statistical thermodynamics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Thermodynamics that studies a thermodynamic system as an ensemble of moving molecules, considering the macroscopic temperature as an average kinetic energy of the microscopic molecules.
Synonyms: statistical mechanics
Related terms: classical thermodynamics
Boltzmannian
viscounty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: viscounties
Etymology: From Middle English viscountie, from Middle French viscounté; equivalent to viscount + -y.
Senses: glosses: The territory administered by a viscount as (notably royal) official
examples: text: His grace made a surrender to the crown, in 1706, of the titles conferred upon his father, and obtained a new grant of those honors, dated 17th of June, 1706, extending the remaindership to his heirs male or female, descended from William, first Earl of Queensberry, leaving the marquesate and earldom of Queensberry, with the viscounty of Drumlanrig, and barony of Douglas, of Hawick and Tibbers, untouched, and to descend according to the original patents of creation.
ref: 1826, John Burke, A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the United Kingdom, page 262:
glosses: An estate held (as fief or nominally) with the title of viscount
Related terms: county
viscountcy
barony
bishopric
duchy
kingdom
march
margravate
margraviate
marquesate
marquessate
marquisate
nobility
parish
principality
regality
royalty
shire
clove pink
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clove pinks
form: clovepink
Etymology: From clove (“spice”) + pink (“flower”).
Senses: examples: text: ...while the bed of the rich crimson clove pink was like one of the spice islands, the very Manilla of the garden.
ref: 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter I, in Romance and Reality. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 8:
glosses: A plant with clove-scented flowers, Dianthus caryophyllus, formerly used as a flavoring and for fragrance. The ancestor of the carnation.
glosses: The flower of this plant.
Synonyms: gillyflower
swaggie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈswaɡi/
Forms: form: swaggies
Etymology: From swag(man) + -ie.
Senses: examples: text: The swaggie shifted on his heels. His attitude was uncertain.
ref: 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber & Faber, published 2003, page 40:
text: Gentry or not, the swaggies would go from place to place in the hope of being given work, a meal and somewhere to sleep.
ref: 2015, Patricia Grace, Chappy, →ISBN, page 25:
glosses: A swagman.
assoon
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: And assoone as shee saw them with her eyes, she doted vpon them, and sent messengers vnto them into Caldea.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ezekiel 23:16:
text: It was placed there assoon as you began to look upon the Wall's small unevennesses.
ref: 1661, Thomas Salusbury, transl., Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems:
glosses: Archaic spelling of as soon (as)....
examples: text: Thus shall end the dignity of Rome; and assoon after shall come the Antichrist.
ref: 1340, Richard Rolle of Hampole, The Prick of Conscience:
glosses: As soon (as might be); immediately; forthwith.
gratifier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gratifiers
Etymology: From gratify + -er.
Senses: glosses: Someone who gratifies.
MBioEnt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: education
glosses: Abbreviation of Master of Bioscience Enterprise.
radeaux
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of radeau
esquisse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɛsˈkiːs/
Forms: form: esquisses
Etymology: From French esquisse. See sketch.
Senses: topics: art
arts
glosses: The first sketch of a picture or model of a statue.
database model
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: database models
Senses: glosses: Any fundamental way of organizing data in a database, such as the hierarchical model, the network model or the relational model.
cable-laid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Consisting of three or four hawser-laid ropes twisted together left-handed (turning in an anticlockwise direction).
raw_tags: of rope
examples: text: a cable-laid gold chain
glosses: Twisted after the manner of a cable.
Coordinate terms: hawser-laid
plain-laid
shroud-laid
cancaneuse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cancaneuses
Etymology: From French cancaneuse.
Senses: glosses: A female cancan dancer.
clothes-brushes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clothes-brush
non-empirical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of nonempirical.
sell off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sells off
form: selling off
form: sold off
form: sold off
Senses: examples: text: When Cyril goes searching for his deadbeat father, he’s also looking for his bike, and he’s devastated to discover his dad sold it off to make ends meet.
ref: March 15 2012, Soctt Tobias, The Kid With A Bike [Review]
text: I have always argued that despite my opposition to rail privatisation, I should be grateful that John Major won the 1992 election on a platform to sell off the railways, as otherwise my column would have disappeared given the paucity of things to write about.
ref: 2024 January 10, Christian Wolmar, “A time for change? ... just as it was back in issue 262”, in RAIL, number 1000, page 60:
glosses: To sell assets for the purpose of disposing of them quickly rather than for maximizing profit.
Derived terms: word: sell-off
Related terms: word: sell down
word: sell out
word: sell up
personal hygienes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of personal hygiene
wipe off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: wipes off
form: wiping off
form: wiped off
form: wiped off
Senses: examples: text: wipe a picture off the board
text: wipe water off the windscreen
coordinate_terms: wipe away
wipe up
glosses: To remove (something such as dirt) by wiping.
examples: text: wipe off the countertop
text: The countertop is dirty. Please wipe it off.
coordinate_terms: wipe down
glosses: To clean (something), removing any dirt from it, by wiping it.
examples: text: Wipe that smile off your face!
text: wipe a species off the planet Earth
text: Wipe his data off the computer.
text: Global warming could wipe some coastal areas off the map.
coordinate_terms: wipe out
glosses: To destroy completely, leaving no trace.
naats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of naat
labor of love
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: labors of love
form: labour of love
Senses: examples: text: Writing a textbook has become more a labor of love than a money-making enterprise, wrote the professor, because of the peculiar way the books are now marketed.
text: It takes a lot of work to be a dungeon master. As the person in charge of a tabletop role-playing game — even informally among friends — you’re responsible for buying all the rulebooks, drawing up the maps, performing all the ancillary characters, and making sure your friends show up on time for each session. It’s a labor of love; a successful Dungeons & Dragons campaign often feels like a second job.
ref: 2021 July 9, Luke Winkie, How a professional dungeon master keeps his games fun:
glosses: A task performed voluntarily without expectation of reimbursement; an altruistic work or undertaking.
Hallmarkish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Hallmarkish
form: most Hallmarkish
Etymology: From Hallmark Cards, the greeting card company + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: And so we would have to expect that a few parents would find one student's journal entry scandalous, unpatriotic, or rebellious, when the rest of the readers might find it noble, sprightly, or even Hallmarkish.
ref: 1987, Toby Fulwiler, The Journal book:
text: "You got a letter, too," Ms. Simpson said, picking up a flowery Hallmarkish card[…]
ref: 1994, Margaret McMullan, When Warhol was still alive:
text: Slogans like "We love to see you smile" sounded too Hallmarkish.
ref: 2004, Bertie Charles Forbes, Forbes:
glosses: Expressing sentiment in a way that is oversweet and insincere; schmaltzy.
Synonyms: Hallmarky
Hallmarky
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Hallmarky
form: most Hallmarky
Etymology: From Hallmark Cards, the greeting card company, + -y.
Senses: glosses: Hallmarkish.
thaumatin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thaumatins
Etymology: From thaumato- + -in.
Senses: glosses: A virtually calorie-free protein sweetener and flavour modifier.
thaumatins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thaumatin
sorbitans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sorbitan
electrofishing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From electro- + fishing.
Senses: glosses: a kind of fishing that uses electricity to stun the fish before they are caught, often used in scientific surveys so that the fish can be studied and returned to the water alive
Related terms: electrofisher
gum karaya
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Karaya gum.
gingivae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gingiva
gingivectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛktəmi
Forms: form: gingivectomies
Etymology: From gingiva + -ectomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: A periodontal surgical procedure to remove gum tissue.
gingivectomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gingivectomy
periodontally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From periodontal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a periodontal way.
Crowleyan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Crowleyan
form: most Crowleyan
Etymology: From Crowley + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Aleister Crowley (1875-1947), English occultist and writer, or to his works or beliefs.
Crowleyan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Crowleyans
Etymology: From Crowley + -an.
Senses: glosses: A follower of Aleister Crowley's philosophies.
counterproductively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more counterproductively
form: most counterproductively
Etymology: From counterproductive + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a counterproductive way.
counterproductiveness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From counterproductive + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being counterproductive.
Bakewell tart
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbeɪk.wɛlˌtɑː(ɹ)t/
Forms: form: Bakewell tarts
form: bakewell tart
Etymology: After Bakewell, a small market town in Derbyshire, England.
Senses: examples: text: One of the most famous of tarts is the Bakewell tart, made from a flan of sweet paste, with jam spread over the inside base and frangipane piped or spread over, or done as a lattice.
ref: 1996, Rowland Foote et al., “Element 1: Prepare, cook and finish basic cold desserts”, in Food Preparation and Cooking: Cookery Units; Student Guide (Catering and Hospitality; NVQ/SVQ 2), 2nd edition, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire: Nelson Thornes, published 2001, →ISBN, Unit 2ND3 (Prepare and cook basic cold and hot desserts), page 101:
text: Still served in local tearooms is the famous Bakewell Tart, which was supposedly created by accident.
ref: 1997, Darwin Porter, Danforth Prince, “Bakewell”, in Frommer’s 97 England: The Complete Guide to London and the Countryside, New York, N.Y.: Macmillan Travel, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 511:
text: They ordered soda scones and sandwiches, Victoria sponge cake and cling peaches, choux pastries and flapjacks, Bakewell tart and trifle with extra cream.
ref: 1999, Geraldine McCaughrean, “Devil Take the Hindmost”, in The Stones Are Hatching, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, published 2000, →ISBN, page 70:
synonyms: Bakewell
glosses: A tart consisting of a shortcrust pastry shell, spread with jam and covered with a sponge-like filling enriched with frangipane.
wikipedia: Bakewell
Derived terms: cherry Bakewell tart
hebephile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hebephiles
Etymology: From hebe- + -phile.
Senses: examples: text: As can be noted in the Flow Chart 122 men actually fit the definition of hebephile in that they had committed a sexual offense against a female between the ages of 12 and 17.
ref: 1966, Hebephiles: characteristics and offenses of hebephiles committed to Atascadero State Hospital, Atascadero, California, page 7/46:
text: The hebephile sees the female adolescent as having adult development but vulnerability. There may also be a sense of safety from rejection because the hebephile may have had actual or perceived poor sexual performance with adult partners. The ephebophile is even more likely to reflect the emphasis on youth in society; in this case, the gay culture's emphasis on youthful appearance.
ref: 1989 Intervention Strategies for Sexual Abuse page 94 (and also page 97 of Tough Customers: Counseling Unwilling Clients)
glosses: A person who exhibits hebephilia.
Derived terms: pedohebephile
Related terms: ephebophile
hebephilia
hebephiliac
parthenophile
hebephiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hebephile
heeltap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heeltaps
Etymology: From heel + tap.
Senses: glosses: A piece or wedge that raises the heel of a shoe.
examples: text: A heeltap! a heeltap! I never could bear it! So fill me a bumper, a bumper of Claret! Let the bottle pass freely, don't shirk it nor spare it, For a heeltap! a heeltap! I never could bear it.
ref: 1815, Thomas Love Peacock, Headlong Hall:
text: "He's a good fellow, anyway, if he is a teetotaler!" "Drink his health!" "Give him a rouser, and no heeltaps!"
ref: 1894, Mark Twain, “Chapter 11”, in Pudd'nhead Wilson:
text: We had the heeltaps of bottles as well, so that we often drank too much—a good thing, for one seemed to work faster when partially drunk.
ref: 1933 January 9, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Down and Out in Paris and London, London: Victor Gollancz […], →OCLC:
glosses: A small amount of (especially alcoholic) drink remaining at the bottom of a glass.
heeltap
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: heeltaps
form: heeltapping
form: heeltapped
form: heeltapped
Etymology: From heel + tap.
Senses: glosses: To add a piece of leather to the heel of (a shoe, boot, etc.).
heeltaps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of heeltap
Bakewell tarts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bakewell tart
hypoellipse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypoellipses
Etymology: From hypo- + ellipse.
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A superellipse with an exponent (shape parameter) smaller than that of the ellipse, i.e. less than two.
hypoellipses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hypoellipse
hypodermoclyses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hypodermoclysis
unrevised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + revised.
Senses: glosses: Not revised; unmodified.
hyposmia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyposmias
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὑπο- (hupo-, “under”) + ὀσμή (osmḗ, “smell”), equivalent to hypo- + -osmia.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A reduced ability to smell and to detect odors.
Coordinate terms: english: absent sense of smell
translation: absent sense of smell
word: anosmia
english: distorted sense of smell
translation: distorted sense of smell
word: parosmia
Derived terms: hyposmic
Related terms: anosmia
kyphoscoliosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kyphoscolioses
Etymology: Blend of kyphosis + scoliosis.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Abnormal curvature of the spine in both coronal and sagittal planes; i.e. backward and lateral (sideways) spinal curvature.
kyphoscolioses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kyphoscoliosis
roll-on
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Deverbal from roll on.
Senses: glosses: Applied by means of a ball that can be rotated to pick up liquid from the inner reservoir.
raw_tags: of deodorant
Related terms: rollabout
rolldown
rolloff
roll-on roll-off
roll-up
roll-on
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: roll-ons
Etymology: Deverbal from roll on.
Senses: examples: text: Roll-ons and lastex^([sic]) corsets in tube form were a lighter type of corset mostly worn by young women and under summer clothes.
ref: 1997, Marianne Thesander, The Feminine Ideal, page 139:
text: We've had […] the Dior padded hips and bosoms, bustles for big bums, roll-ons for flat bums, and who remembers Sabrina in the 50s? She had to be hour-glass shape.
ref: 2007 November 6, Michele Hanson, The Guardian:
glosses: A type of corset which is rolled on to the body.
examples: text: I never minded aerosols. But in the interests of the environment, I changed to roll-ons.
ref: 1999 July 16, Laura Craik, The Guardian:
glosses: A cosmetic product (especially a deodorant) applied by means of a ball at the head of a container, which rolls the product on to the skin etc.
roll-ons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of roll-on