cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Tinseltown
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Tinsel Town
form: Tinsel-Town
Etymology: From tinsel + town.
Senses: examples: text: There's a woman in the window / There's a bed in Tinseltown / I'll write you when it's over / Let me take this temple down
ref: 2014, Leonard Cohen, “Samson in New Orleans”, in Popular Problems:
glosses: Nickname for Hollywood: a district of Los Angeles, California, United States.
glosses: The movie industry, as found in Hollywood, and Greater Los Angeles, CA, US.
glosses: The film industry of the United States of America.
glosses: The film industry in general.
examples: text: Bollywood is also very commonly known as both tinsel town and B-town, neither of which is listed in the dictionaries.
ref: 2012, James Lambert, “Beyond Hobson-Jobson: A new lexicography for Indian English”, in World Englishes, page 302:
glosses: The Bollywood movie industry.
glosses: The Tollywood movie industry.
qualifier: by restriction
glosses: Nickname for Film Nagar: a neighbourhood of Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
Tinseltown
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Tinseltowns
form: tinseltown
form: tinsel town
form: tinsel-town
Etymology: From tinsel + town.
Senses: glosses: A Christmas-themed district of a city, or a Christmas village.
tubercles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tubercle
triathlons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of triathlon
oppositionists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oppositionist
tropisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tropism
skototropism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From skoto- + -tropism.
Senses: glosses: Growth or movement toward darkness
Synonyms: negative phototropism
overdispersions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of overdispersion
thigmotropism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thigmotropisms
Etymology: From thigmo- + -tropism.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
synonyms: haptotropism
glosses: Growth or motion in response to touch.
Related terms: word: thigmotaxis
word: thigmotropic
thigmotropisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thigmotropism
teleconferenced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of teleconference
transitting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of transit
transitted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of transit
tantalises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tantalise
tantalised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tantalise
tantalisingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more tantalisingly
form: most tantalisingly
Etymology: From tantalising + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: City have lost two previous semi-finals to Real but they made no mistake here at a joyous Etihad Stadium to now stand one step away from claiming the trophy that has always stayed tantalisingly out of reach for Pep Guardiola's team.
ref: 2023 May 17, Phil McNulty, “Manchester City 4 - 0 Real Madrid”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: In a tantalising manner. Alternative spelling of tantalizingly.
tequilas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tequila
achromasia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: achromasias
Senses: glosses: Absence of normal skin pigmentation (from bruising, stress or disease); pallor or achromia.
glosses: The inability of a cell or tissue to be stained.
tabbies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tabby
teargases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: teargasses
Senses: glosses: plural of teargas
teargases
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: teargasses
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of teargas
teargassing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of teargas
teargassed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of teargas
tear-gas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tear-gases
form: tear gas
form: teargas
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of tear gas.
tear-gas
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: tear-gases
form: tear-gasses
form: tear-gassing
form: tear-gassed
form: tear-gassed
form: tear gas
form: teargas
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of tear gas.
tear-gases
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tear-gas
tear-gassing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tear-gas
counter-party
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: counter-parties
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of counterparty.
tear-gassed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tear-gas
counter-parties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of counter-party
tear gases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tear gas
tear gases
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tear gas
non-lethal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: nonlethal
Etymology: From non- + lethal.
Senses: examples: text: a non-lethal dose
glosses: Not capable of causing death.
examples: text: Government officials think a universal malodor, or offensive odor, might prove effective as a non-lethal weapon.
synonyms: less-lethal
glosses: Designed to cause incapacitation without causing death.
non-lethal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: non-lethals
form: nonlethal
Etymology: From non- + lethal.
Senses: glosses: Any weapon that incapacitates without causing death.
tear gassing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tear gas
tear gassed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tear gas
tracheotomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tracheotomy
trailering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of trailer
trailered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of trailer
toss-ups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of toss-up
trammelling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of trammel
trammelling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trammellings
Senses: glosses: A hindrance or impediment.
trammelled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: trammeled
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of trammel
tremolos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tremolo
tamarinds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tamarind
transfixes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of transfix
transfixes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of transfix
transfixing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of transfix
tracheas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tracheae
Senses: glosses: plural of trachea
treadling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of treadle
treadling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: treadlings
Senses: glosses: The process of working a treadle.
treadled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of treadle
feedbacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of feedback
feedbacks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of feedback
ecogeographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From eco- + geographic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to ecogeography.
Derived terms: ecogeographical
ecogeographically
Related terms: biogeographic
eds.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ed. (“editor”)
ecogeography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒɡɹəfi
Etymology: From eco- + geography.
Senses: examples: text: Another aspect of ecogeography is seen in the dispersal or spacing of fauna as a result of multiple interactions between the individual and the environment.
ref: 2002, V.K. Prabhakar, Encyclopaedia of Environmental Pollution and Awareness in the 21st Century, →ISBN, page 50:
glosses: The study of environmental effects on the distribution of living things
Derived terms: ecogeographic
Related terms: ecogeographer
biogeography
phytogeography
zoogeography
geoecology
deamidated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of deamidate
deamidate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: deamidates
form: deamidating
form: deamidated
form: deamidated
Etymology: From de- + amidate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: To remove an amide functional group from a compound
Derived terms: deamidation
deamidative
deamidates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of deamidate
deamidating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of deamidate
dideoxyribonucleoside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dideoxyribonucleosides
Etymology: From di- + deoxy- + ribonucleoside.
Senses: glosses: A deoxyribonucleoside in which an additional hydroxyl group has been replaced by a hydrogen
Related terms: dideoxyribonucleotide
dideoxy
dideoxyribonucleosides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dideoxyribonucleoside
glaciologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glaciologist
splenocytes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of splenocyte
splenocyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: splenocytes
Etymology: From spleno- + -cyte.
Senses: topics: biology
immunology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A type of monocyte characteristically found in spleen tissue
Derived terms: splenocytic
glaciologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glaciologists
Etymology: From glaciology + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: To most people, the huge ice sheets of Antarctica and Greenland are merely water that once was snow. To glaciologists and climatologists, they are storehouses of the Earth's former atmospheres.
ref: 1988 April 14, Richard Fifield, “Frozen assets of the ice cores”, in New Scientist, number 1608, page 28:
text: The 10-inch increase forecast in the new study, which does not give a timeline, could be much higher if temperatures continue to rise, as they almost certainly will, said Jason Box, a glaciologist at the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland who was the paper’s lead author.
ref: 2022 August 29, Elena Shao, “New Research Forecasts More Dire Sea Level Rise as Greenland’s Ice Melts”, in The New York Times:
glosses: A scientist who studies glaciers.
cosupervised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cosupervise
cosupervise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cosupervises
form: cosupervising
form: cosupervised
form: cosupervised
Etymology: From co- + supervise.
Senses: examples: text: For the actual study the field team in the high school was cosupervised by Reed Larson.
ref: 1984, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Reed Larson, Being Adolescent, →ISBN, page 39:
glosses: To supervise jointly with someone else
Derived terms: cosupervisor
cosupervision
Related terms: comanage
cosupervises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cosupervise
cosupervising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cosupervise
coexpress
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: coexpresses
form: coexpressing
form: coexpressed
form: coexpressed
Etymology: From co- + express.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: To express together with another gene
Derived terms: coexpression
coexpressive
endosymbionts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of endosymbiont
center of inertia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: centers of inertia
Senses: glosses: US standard spelling of centre of inertia.
endothelially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more endothelially
form: most endothelially
Etymology: From endothelial + -ly.
Senses: examples: enzymes bound endothelially
an endothelially-lined space
glosses: By, from, or in relation to the endothelium
Derived terms: subendothelially
transendothelially
Related terms: endothelial
epithelially
mesothelially
entropically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From entropic + -ally.
Senses: examples: entropically stable
an entropically-driven process
glosses: By means of or in relation to entropy.
Related terms: enthalpically
fibrosarcomas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fibrosarcoma
fibrosarcoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fibrosarcomas
form: fibrosarcomata
Etymology: From fibro- + sarcoma.
Senses: topics: medicine
oncology
sciences
glosses: A fibroblastic sarcoma: a malignant tumor derived from fibrous connective tissue
Derived terms: dermatofibrosarcoma
neurofibrosarcoma
Related terms: fibrosarcomatoid
fibrosarcomatous
Ockhamist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ockhamists
Etymology: From Ockham + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A follower of Ockhamism.
Related terms: Ockhamistic
familially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more familially
form: most familially
Etymology: From familial + -ly.
Senses: examples: familially related
familially shared
glosses: Within a family; among blood relatives
examples: a familially-grounded culture
glosses: In regard to family
Related terms: familiality
filially
familiarly
ethylenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ethylene + -ic.
Senses: examples: an ethylenic polymer
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Containing ethylene or an ethylene derivative
examples: the ethylenic double bond
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Pertaining to or characteristic of ethylene
Derived terms: ethylenically
coexpresses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of coexpress
coexpressing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of coexpress
coexpressed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of coexpress
obstetrically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From obstetric + -ally.
Senses: examples: an obstetrically normal patient
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: In terms of obstetrics
ingression
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈɡɹɛʃən/
Forms: form: ingressions
Etymology: From ingress + -ion.
Senses: examples: text: ingression of the sea onto land
glosses: The act or process of entering or intruding.
examples: text: […] it is by virtue of the individual essence that an eternal object remains precisely the same eternal object through all its ingressions […]
ref: 1967, Whitehead's Metaphysics, Edward Pols, page 164:
qualifier: metaphysics
glosses: The process by which a potentiality enters into actuality.
examples: text: Ingression of ectodermal cells from the area between the velar lobes establishes the cerebral ganglia and similar ingressions produce the other ganglia.
ref: 1940, Libbie Henrietta Hyman, The Invertebrates, page 496:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The inward migration of cells from the blastula during gastrulation.
Derived terms: subingression
Related terms: aggression
egression
ingressive
ingressor
progression
transgression
ingressions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ingression
gastrulation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gastrulations
Etymology: From German Gastrulation, coined by Ernst Haeckel in his 1872 work "Biology of Calcareous Sponges" (see also gastrula).
Senses: examples: text: The study of comparative embryology, nevertheless, would lead us to expect to find this germ layer arising by a process of gastrulation.
ref: 1909, John Thomas Patterson, Gastrulation in the Pigeon's Egg, University of Chicago, page 66:
text: 1929, Proceedings of the South Dakota Academy of Sciences, Volumes 13-19, South Dakota Academy of Science, page 52,
In the instances described by various observers and in the quadruple one described herein, these gastrulations no doubt began at different times, since the embryos are of different sizes.
text: 2020, Konner M. Winkley, et al., 8: Tunicate Gastrulation, Lilianna Solnica-Krezel (editor), Gastrulation, Elsevier (Academic Press), page 227,
Pharmacological inhibition of RhoA at later steps of gastrulation causes the apical constrictions to relax, indicating a persistent requirement for this pathway.
topics: biology
embryology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The stage of embryo development at which a gastrula is formed from the blastula by the inward migration of cells.
wikipedia: Ernst Haeckel
Coordinate terms: morulation
blastulation
organogenesis
Derived terms: midgastrulation
perigastrulation
postgastrulation
pregastrulation
Related terms: gastrula
gastrulate
gastrulations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gastrulation
hypoblast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypoblasts
Etymology: From hypo- + -blast.
Senses: topics: embryology
medicine
sciences
glosses: A type of tissue that forms from the inner cell mass and later is incorporated into the endoderm
Derived terms: hypoblastic
Related terms: embryoblast
epiblast
periblast
trophoblast
ichnogenera
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ichnogenus
ichnogenus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ichnogenera
Etymology: From ichno- (“trace”) + genus.
Senses: topics: biology
history
human-sciences
natural-sciences
paleontology
sciences
glosses: Any genus known only from trace fossils, such as footprints, coprolites or nests.
Related terms: ichnofamily
ichnogenetic
ichnospecies
ichnotaxon
ichnotaxonomy
hypoblasts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hypoblast
postcrania
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of postcranium
postcranium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪniəm
Forms: form: postcrania
Etymology: From post- + cranium.
Senses: examples: text: Upper half of postcranium with the cerebral plate concave in profile, inferior margin of cerebral plate raised and slightly prominent, lower part of postcranium more or less convex.
ref: 1878, Proceedings of the United States National Museum, Smithsonian Institution Press, page 324:
text: In contrast, in Bronze Age samples cranial traumas are concentrated in males (with 5 of 6 cases in this sample; sexed postcrania are too sparse to analyze), and both cranial and postcranial traumas in the Iron Age are more frequent among males.
ref: 1997, Debra K. Martin, Troubled Times: Violence and Warfare in the Past, page 137:
text: However, King (1994) revealed four lead-shot balls with a skull with evidence of fracture from a post-Medieval cemetery at Glasgow Cathedral, Scotland, and Willey and Scott (1996) report six of ten skeletons from the Battle of the Little Bighorn with gunshot wounds to either the cranium or the postcranium.
ref: 2013, Charlotte A Roberts, The Archaeology of Disease:
topics: biology
history
human-sciences
natural-sciences
paleontology
sciences
glosses: The portion of a vertebrate skeleton located caudal to the cranium (that is, in bipeds, inferior to it).
Derived terms: postcranial
postcranially
Related terms: pericranium
proteasomal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From proteasome + -al.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to a proteasome
Derived terms: proteasomally
Related terms: proteasomic
pyramidalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pyramidalizations
form: pyramidalisation
Etymology: From pyramidalize + -ation.
Senses: glosses: The deformation of a trigonal planar molecule into a tetrahedral arrangement.
Derived terms: pyramidalization angle
pyramidalizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pyramidalization
superexcited
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From super- + excited.
Senses: examples: text: a superexcited state
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Of or pertaining to an excitation level with an extremely high level of excess energy, usually equivalent to at least 10 eV per molecule greater than the first potential of ionization
examples: text: We're just superexcited that you're coming.
text: So when I came along, everybody was superexcited to have me there.
ref: 2014 June 12, Adam Bryant, “The Importance of Straight Talk”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Very excited
superexcited
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From super- + excited.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of superexcite
Related terms: superexcitation
this evening
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: Normally I stay at home in the evening, but this evening I'm going to the movies.
glosses: During the evening of today.
Coordinate terms: sense: during evening of today
word: this afternoon
sense: during evening of today
word: tonight
eveningwear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From evening + -wear.
Senses: glosses: Clothes suitable for a formal occasion in the evening.
superoinferior
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪəɹiə(ɹ)
Etymology: From supero- + inferior.
Senses: examples: superoinferior motion
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: From superior to inferior; from upper to lower within the body
examples: the superoinferior midpoint
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Pertaining to the vertical axis of the body, or a plane perpendicular to it
Coordinate terms: mediolateral
anteroposterior
Derived terms: superoinferiorly
womenswear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: women's wear
Etymology: From women + -s- + -wear.
Senses: glosses: Women's clothing (and accessories), particularly in a retail context.
Synonyms: ladieswear
Coordinate terms: childrenswear
ladieswear
menswear
grey-haired
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: gray-haired
form: grayhaired
form: greyhaired
Etymology: From grey + haired.
Senses: examples: text: Now, I'm a grey-haired git with a sense of arrogance born of surviving this long in RAIL.
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: Having grey hair.
glosses: Old, wise, experienced.
Synonyms: sense: having grey hair
word: grizzled
sense: having grey hair
word: grizzly
sense: having grey hair
word: greyish
sense: having grey hair
word: hoary
sense: old
word: hoary
word: senior
word: venerable
word: elderly
word: old
sense: wise
word: frood
word: quick-witted
word: sagacious
word: wise
Related terms: silver-haired
silvery-haired
white-haired
give someone grey hair
rhin-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of rhino-.
raw_tags: used before a vowel
splendiloquent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more splendiloquent
form: most splendiloquent
Etymology: Blend of splendid + eloquent, probably modelled after grandiloquent and magniloquent. First attested in 1848.
Senses: examples: text: After a long absence, D—— returned with a still longer face, and, after some hesitation, informed us that the whole of our baggage, including S——'s splendiloquent Scheidam, on whose restorative powers we had so much reckoned, was lost : so that we were obliged to content ourselves, after all, with the ration-biscuit D—— carried in his haversack, and the water we had in our canteens.
ref: 1848 May 24, Portfire (pseudonym), “Shots from an Old Six-Pounder, No. VII”, in United Service Magazine, page 93:
text: ANNIE: Oh, my eyes feel hundreds of per cent better already, and pretty, why, do you know how I look in them? Spendiloquent. Like a race horse!
ref: 1959, William Gibson, The Miracle Worker, Simon and Schuster, published 2002, →ISBN, act I, page 21:
text: I saw her new doo^([sic]) at Fergie's yesternight and it was splendiloquent.
ref: 2001 November 3, Zenith Nadir, “Re: ok, you know who i AM friends with?”, in alt.fan.kieran-snyder (Usenet):
glosses: Splendid.
examples: text: Aid me now and forever Ye Juxtapositional Muses!
And especially Tusa, splendiloquent Dinneen!
hero of the fortuitous, commander of the unlikely,
first citizen of the joyous lexical state!
ref: a. 1971, Sydney Bernard Smith, “Invocation”, in The Book of Shannow, Lulu.com, published 2007, →ISBN, page 10:
text: Tirelessly swimming through de Quincy’s ‘department of impassioned prose,’ either in splendiloquent support of some new work or in dismissal of its shortcomings, is vouchsafed to few reviewers.
ref: 2006, Nigel J. Jamieson, “The Ubiquitous Book Review”, in Law & Critique, volume 17, number 2, page 218:
glosses: Splendidly eloquent.
Related terms: grandiloquent
magniloquent
splendiferous
morphodynamic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From morpho- + dynamic.
Senses: examples: text: The morphodynamic approach relies on predictability along certain environmental gradients, such as tidal range, wave exposure and sediment type[…]
ref: 1997, R.W.G. Carter, C.D. Woodroffe, Coastal Evolution, →ISBN, page 10:
glosses: Of or pertaining to morphodynamics, the study of landscape changes due to erosion and sedimentation
examples: text: Our analysis of global cell division patterns reveals a maternally defined initial morphodynamic symmetry break, which identifies the embryonic body axis.
ref: 2008 November 14, Philipp J. Keller et al., “Reconstruction of Zebrafish Early Embryonic Development by Scanned Light Sheet Microscopy”, in Science, page 1065:
glosses: Of or pertaining to dynamic changes in morphology
Derived terms: geomorphodynamics
morphodynamically
splendidous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more splendidous
form: most splendidous
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of splendidious.
splendidious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more splendidious
form: most splendidious
Etymology: Coined by Michael Drayton in 1627
Senses: examples: text: Celesliall brightnesse ceazed on his face,
That did the wondring Israelites amaze,
When he returned from that souereigne place,
His browes encireled with splendidious rayes.
ref: 1627, Michael Drayton, “Moses his birth and miracles”, in The Muses Elizium lately discouered, page 173:
glosses: splendid
splendish
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: splendishes
form: splendishing
form: splendished
form: splendished
Senses: glosses: To shine.
glosses: To make splendid.
Derived terms: resplendent
resplend
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: resplends
form: resplending
form: resplended
form: resplended
Etymology: From Latin resplendere (“to shine brightly”).
Senses: glosses: To shine radiantly; to be resplendent.
Derived terms: resplendent
Related terms: splendid
splendor
melittin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɛˈlɪt.ɪn/
ipa: /məˈlɪt.ən/
Forms: form: melittins
Etymology: Borrowed from German Melittin, from Attic Greek μέλιττα (mélitta, “bee”) + -in, from German -in.
Senses: examples: text: If enough bees sting an animal, the cardiotoxin component of melittin will work to arrest its heart.
ref: 2016 August 18, Avi Steinberg, “The Connoisseur of Pain”, in The New York Times Magazine:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A peptide, containing 26 amino acids, which is present in bee venom and has been used experimentally as an antibacterial agent, especially against penicillin-resistant bacteria.
recombinase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: recombinases
Etymology: From recombine + -ase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of several enzymes that mediate recombination of DNA fragments among chromosomes
Derived terms: antirecombinase
Related terms: integrase
resolvase
resplendency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: resplendencies
Etymology: Latin, from resplendere (“to shine brightly”).
Senses: examples: text: the resplendency of his own almighty goodness
ref: c. 1681, John Scott, The Christian Life from its beginning to its Consummation in Glory […] :
glosses: resplendence, radiant beauty
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A property of the truth of sentence structures in Peano arithmetic
frugalista
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: frugalistas
Etymology: From frugal + -ista, after the pattern of fashionista. Piecewise doublet of frugalist.
Senses: examples: text: Of course, some folks think my posts here are just as dreadful, but hey... :-)) I suppose I could collect up all my own posts and cull them for book material, but in true frugalista fashion, I'd prefer to keep them in "free space" so that people can have them for nothing more than a bit of effort in hunting them down.
ref: 1996 September 24, Mari Morgan, misc.consumers.frugal-living (Usenet):
text: Our Frugalista is getting married.
ref: 2005 February 11, Aime Palmer, “OUR FRUGALISTA IS GETTING MARRIED!”, in Palm Beach Post (FL), page 4E:
text: Maybe the modern, tech-enabled consumer remembers Mom’s frugalista boasts as puzzling behavior in a less-sophisticated era. But with $4 gas and rising prices, it’s something to think back on with fresh understanding
ref: 2008 July 27, “Consumed - Silicon Clips - The Coupon's New Life Online”, in New York Times:
text: This week: cheap thrills and freebies for the frugalista. There's no shame in being a frugalista.
ref: 2008 July 30, “The body beautiful”, in Telegraph.co.uk:
glosses: A person (especially a woman) who is fashionable while being thrifty.
Synonyms: recessionista
collaboratives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of collaborative
aquaplanings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aquaplaning
metallophilic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From metallo- + -philic.
Senses: examples: text: A good general name might be metallophilic attraction.
ref: 1994, P. Pyykkö, J. Li, N. Runeberg, Chemical Physics Letters, volume 218, page 133:
text: The silver atoms are held together by the bridging alkynyls and a combination of metallophilic attractions between the silver centers and Lewis-acid-base interactions between the silver atoms and the encapsulated halide.
ref: 2004, Ramon Vilar, “Anion-Directed Assembly”, in Jerry L. Atwood, Jonathan W. Steed, editors, Encyclopedia of Supramolecular Chemistry, →ISBN, page 83:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Characterized by attraction between metal ions
examples: text: the metallophilic cytoplasm
topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Tending to adsorb metal ions
Hyponyms: sense: attraction between metal ions
word: aurophilic
sense: attraction between metal ions
word: argentophilic
Derived terms: metallophilic macrophage
metallophilicity
Related terms: hydrophilic
organophilic
mesendoderm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mesendoderms
Etymology: Blend of mesoderm + endoderm
Senses: topics: embryology
medicine
sciences
glosses: An embryonic tissue layer which differentiates into mesoderm and endoderm
Derived terms: mesendodermal
ischiopubic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ischio- + pubic.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to the ischium and pubis.
Derived terms: ischiopubic ramus
Related terms: ischiopubis
mesendoderms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mesendoderm
introgression
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: introgressions
Etymology: From introgress + -ion.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The movement of a gene from one species to another.
Derived terms: introgressional
Related terms: aggression
congression
egression
ingression
introgress
introgressant
introgressive
introgressor
progression
retrogression
transgression
introgressions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of introgression
introgresses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of introgress
introgressing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of introgress
arabophones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arabophone
nonimmune
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + immune.
Senses: examples: a nonimmune patient
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Not immune; lacking immunity
examples: a nonimmune response
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Unrelated to the immune system
Derived terms: nonimmunity
nonanoic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: nonanoic anhydride
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Derived from nonanoic acid
Derived terms: isononanoic
neurogenetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From neuro- + genetic.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to neurogenetics, the study of the genetic basis of nerve and brain function
Derived terms: neurogenetically
Related terms: neurogenetics
neurogeneticist
neurogenic
neurobiological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: neuro-biological
Etymology: From neuro- + biological.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to neurobiology, the biological study of nerve and brain function.
Derived terms: neurobiologically
mycobacteria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪəɹiə
Senses: glosses: plural of mycobacterium
Derived terms: mycobacterial
nonperiodic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + periodic.
Senses: examples: a nonperiodic comet
glosses: Not periodic; lacking a regular cycle; irregular
Derived terms: nonperiodically
nonperiodicity
nonperiodic distribution
thermoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thermos
nonradiate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + radiate.
Senses: examples: nonradiate seed
glosses: Not radiate; lacking a radial arrangement
Related terms: nonradiative
nonradial
trowelling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: troweling
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of trowel
nakadashi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nakadashi
form: nakadashis
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 中出し (nakadashi).
Senses: topics: lifestyle
media
pornography
sexuality
glosses: An ejaculation in the vagina or anus; a creampie.
nakadashi
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: nakadashis
form: nakadashiing
form: nakadashied
form: nakadashied
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 中出し (nakadashi).
Senses: topics: lifestyle
media
pornography
sexuality
glosses: To ejaculate into the vagina or anus; to creampie.
overproliferation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From over- + proliferation.
Senses: glosses: Excessive proliferation
Related terms: overproliferate
overproliferative
hyperproliferation
trowelled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: troweled
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of trowel
nontemplate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + template.
Senses: examples: a nontemplate strand
nontemplate bases
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Not functioning as a template in DNA replication
ovalbumins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ovalbumin
tarpons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tarpon
tannest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of tan: most tan
ovalbumin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ovalbumins
Etymology: From Late Latin ovi albumen (“egg white”), + -in.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A glycoprotein which is the primary constituent of egg white.
taxies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: taxis
Senses: glosses: plural of taxi
taxies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: taxis
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of taxi
tidewaters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tidewater
postcapillary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + capillary.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: To the venous side of a capillary
Derived terms: postcapillary venule
postcapillary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: postcapillaries
Etymology: From post- + capillary.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A venule immediately to the venous side of a capillary
tossups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tossup
polypurine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polypurines
Etymology: From poly- + purine.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A continuous sequence of purines in a nucleic acid.
Derived terms: polypurinic
photoisomerizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of photoisomerize
polypurines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polypurine
postcapillaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of postcapillary
photoisomerize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: photoisomerizes
form: photoisomerizing
form: photoisomerized
form: photoisomerized
form: photoisomerise
Etymology: From photo- + isomerize.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To cause a structural change between isomers through photoexcitation
Derived terms: photoisomerization
photoisomerizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of photoisomerize
photoion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photoions
Etymology: From photo- + ion.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A cation produced through photoionization
Coordinate terms: photoelectron
Related terms: photoionic
photoionize
photoions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of photoion
bit planes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bit plane
tyrannosauri
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tyrannosauruses
Senses: glosses: plural of tyrannosaurus
photoheterotrophic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From photo- + heterotrophic.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Using light for energy, but requiring a source of carbon other than carbon dioxide.
Derived terms: photoheterotrophically
Related terms: photoheterotroph
tyrannosauruses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tyrannosauri
Senses: glosses: plural of tyrannosaurus
hectorites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hectorite
chkalovite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chkalovites
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A rare mineral, sodium beryllium silicate.
chkalovites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chkalovite
chladniite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chladniites
Etymology: From Chladni (“a surname”) + -ite, after German physicist Ernst Florens Friedrich Chladni (1756—1827).
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Alternative form of chladnite.
chladniites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chladniite
arbitrages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arbitrage
arbitrages
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of arbitrage
adenoviruses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adenovirus
adenoviral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more adenoviral
form: most adenoviral
Etymology: From adeno- + viral or adenovirus + -al.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or caused by an adenovirus
Derived terms: adenovirally
biccy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɪki/
rhymes: -ɪki
Forms: form: biccies
form: biccie
form: bickie
form: bicky
form: bikkie
form: bikky
Etymology: From a clipping of biscuit + -y (forming diminutives).
Senses: examples: text: Unnoticed, little Wayne, having finished his second choccy biccy, had moved off […]
ref: 1980, David Ireland, The Flesheaters:
text: Max had a gorgeous round, pale face surrounded by light brown curls, and he would say things like, "May I have a biccy, Mummy?"
ref: 2005, Ann Leary, An Innocent, a Broad:
glosses: Alternative form of biscuit: a cookie.
biccies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biccie
glosses: plural of biccy
okenite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: okenites
Etymology: Lorenz Oken (1779-1851), German naturalist, + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A silicate mineral associated with zeolites, having the chemical formula (CaSi₂O₅·2H₂O).
okenites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of okenite
f-bombs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of f-bomb
oldhamite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oldhamites
Etymology: From Oldham + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The mineral form of calcium sulphide.
oldhamites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oldhamite
Welsh dressers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Welsh dresser
hystereses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hysteresis
tops'l
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tops'ls
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Alternative spelling of topsail.
Taoists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Taoist
teargasses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of teargas; alternative spelling of teargases.
hysteroids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hysteroid
improvvisatore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: improvvisatori
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of improvisatore.
refractory rhyme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: refractory rhymes
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A word with no rhyme, a rhymeless word.
improvvisatori
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of improvvisatore
antidifferentiation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antidifferentiations
Etymology: From anti- + differentiation.
Senses: examples: text: You may think that the book’s chapter on antidifferentiation is long and hard but it comes down to just a few ideas.
ref: (Can we date this quote?), Dave Rusin, “How to antidifferentiate”, in Department of Mathematics, University of Texas at Austin, page 1:
topics: calculus
mathematics
sciences
synonyms: integration
antonyms: differentiation
glosses: The process of finding the antiderivative.
Derived terms: antidifferentiate
tonnages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tonnage
pagode
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pagodes
Senses: examples: 1583, Ralph Fitch, Voyage to Ormus, and so to Goa in the East India, in John Pinkerton (ed.), A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in All Parts of the World, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, 1811, https://books.google.ca/books?id=_GAOAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false
And the house wherein his Pagode or idol standeth, is covered with tiles of silver, and all the walls are gilded with gold.
glosses: Alternative spelling of pagod.
glosses: A pagoda sleeve.
luminosities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of luminosity
Olomouc
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɒləmaʊts/
Etymology: Borrowed from Czech Olomouc.
Senses: synonyms: Olmütz
glosses: The capital city of the Olomouc District, and of the Olomouc Region, Czech Republic.
glosses: An administrative region of the Czech Republic; in full, Olomouc Region. Capital: Olomouc.
examples: text: Eastern part of the district Olomouc, delimited on the west side by municipalities Domasov nad Bystrici, Jivova, Dolany, Hlusovice, Olomouc, Krelov-Bruchotin, Kozusany-Tazaly, Blatec.
ref: 1971, Albert P. Blaustein, Gisbert H. Flanz, Constitutions of the Countries of the World, New York: Dobbs Ferry, →ISBN:
glosses: A district of the Olomouc Region, Czech Republic; in full, Olomouc District. Capital: Olomouc.
Derived terms: Olomouc cheese
Olomouc District
olomoucine
Olomouc Region
Related terms: Olmützer Quargel
disinvite
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdɪsɪnˈvaɪt/
Forms: form: disinvites
form: disinviting
form: disinvited
form: disinvited
Etymology: From dis- + invite.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: uninvite (see notes)
text: Edwina Gately, a lay missionary who works with prostitutes in Chicago, was recently "disinvited" from delivering homilies at two parishes after the pastors received conservative complaints.
ref: 1988 May 6, Robert McClory, “The Divine Right”, in Chicago Reader:
text: Tech people rarely, if ever, have a sense of the broader applications and policy implications of the projects to which they're assigned. And the work that consumes them tends to require such specialized knowledge that to bring it up at a barbecue would get them disinvited from the next one, because nobody cared.
ref: 2020 [2019 September 17], Edward Snowden, Permanent Record (autobiography; paperback), Pan Books, →ISBN, page 38:
text: Well-meaning people have advised me that voicing this opinion could lead to being disinvited from literary events and festivals, and that my career in Germany – the source of my livelihood for the last two years – might be over.
ref: 2023 October 23, Lana Bastašić, “I grew up in Bosnia, amid fear and hatred of Muslims. Now I see Germany’s mistakes over Gaza”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
text: The organisers of the Berlin international film festival have disinvited five politicians from the far-right party Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) from next week’s opening gala in the German capital, citing recent reports on the AfD’s alleged mass deportation plans.
ref: 2024 February 8, Philip Oltermann, “Berlin international film festival disinvites AfD politicians from gala”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
hypernyms: exclude
disclude
disinclude
uninclude
glosses: To cancel an invitation to (someone).
trimmest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: trim + -est
Senses: glosses: superlative form of trim: most trim
trimmest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: trim + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of trim