cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
white shark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: white sharks
Senses: glosses: The great white shark
white marlin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: white marlins
Senses: glosses: A marlin of species Kajikia albida (syn. Tetrapturus albidus).
yellowmargin triggerfish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yellowmargin triggerfish
form: yellowmargin triggerfishes
Senses: glosses: A species of triggerfish, Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus
tonguefish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tonguefishes
form: tonguefish
Etymology: From tongue + fish.
Senses: examples: text: Members of the family Cynoglossidae, the tonguefishes are for the most part too small to be of much interest as food fishes.
ref: 1988, Gar Goodson, Fishes of the Pacific Coast, page 163:
text: The tonguefishes are flatfishes found in the tropical and subtropical seas of the world, hut some species are found in freshwater hahitats (see Achiridae for a discussion of flatfishes).
ref: 1997, David W. Greenfield, Jamie E. Thomerson, Fishes of the Continental Waters of Belize, page 252:
text: But the tonguefish are unaffected by the noxious gases.
The ”narked" fish end up as chow for the tonguefish.
ref: 2010, Pat Senson, Nasty, Brutish, and Short: The Quirks and Quarks Guide to Animal Sex and Other Weird Behaviour, page 249:
glosses: Any of the flatfishes in the taxonomic family Cynoglossidae, distinguished by the presence of a long hook on the snout overhanging the mouth.
Synonyms: sense: fish of family Cynoglossidae
word: cynoglossid
topminnow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: topminnows
Etymology: From top + minnow, since they swim near the surface.
Senses: glosses: Any of the ray-finned fish in the taxonomic family Fundulidae.
top out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: tops out
form: topping out
form: topped out
form: topped out
Senses: examples: text: With her 390 V-8 spinning at redline, she tops out at 130 miles per hour.
synonyms: max out#Verb
peak#Verb
glosses: To reach one's highest point.
synonyms: quit while one is ahead
coordinate_terms: cash in#Verb
glosses: To quit one's career during a period of success.
coordinate_terms: cap off#Verb
top off#Verb
glosses: To complete the construction of a tall building, originally by putting on a "topping-out" course.
topics: climbing
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
synonyms: crest#Verb
summit#Verb
glosses: To complete a route by reaching and climbing over its top.
Derived terms: word: top-out
word: topout
total football
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtəʊtəl ˈfʊtbɔːl/
ipa: /ˈtoʊtəl ˈfʊtbɔl/
Forms: form: Total Football
Etymology: Calque of Dutch totaalvoetbal.
Senses: topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: A tactic in which the outfield players assume different roles during a game, while keeping an organised structure.
wikipedia: Johan Cruyff
top-shelf
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of top shelf.
top-quality
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of the highest quality; extremely good
top-of-the-range
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of top of the line.
synonyms: word: top of the line
top seed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: top seeds
Senses: topics: games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The player or team given the highest ranking in a seeded tournament, who has the most favourable draw.
Tower Bridge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A bascule bridge in London crossing the River Thames, built in the late 19th century
Related terms: London Bridge
ropebridge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ropebridges
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of rope bridge.
Chipewyan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /t͡ʃɪp.əˈwaɪ.ən/
Forms: form: Chipewyans
form: Chipewyan
form: Chippewyan
Etymology: From Plains Cree ᒌᐘᔮᐣ (Cīpwayān, “pointed skin”), from ᒌᐚᐤ (cīpwāw, “to be pointed”) + ᐘᔮᐣ (wayān, “skin, hide”) — a reference to the cut and style of Chipewyan parkas.
Senses: examples: text: In addition to their leatherwork, woodwork, stonework, and bonework, the Chipewyan also worked in metal.
ref: 2006, Carl Waldman, Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes, page 65:
text: One of the big challenges, it turns out, is the government itself. Last week, Shene Catholique-Valpy, an Aboriginal woman born and raised in the Northwest Territories, spoke out publicly about her year-long fight to have the the^([sic]) traditional Chipewyan spelling of her daughter’s name, Sahaiʔa May Talbot, on her birth certificate. Sahaiʔa roughly translates to: “As the sun breaks through the clouds or over the horizon.” And the symbol, which resembles a question mark without the dot, called a glottal stop, indicates the correct pronunciation and meaning; without it, the name is incorrect.
ref: 2015 March 12, Rachel Browne, “What’s in a name? A Chipewyan’s battle over her native tongue”, in Maclean's, archived from the original on 13 Mar 2015:
glosses: A member of a Native American tribe of Central Canada, in the regions of Alberta, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, and Saskatchewan.
Chipewyan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /t͡ʃɪp.əˈwaɪ.ən/
Forms: form: Chippewyan
Etymology: From Plains Cree ᒌᐘᔮᐣ (Cīpwayān, “pointed skin”), from ᒌᐚᐤ (cīpwāw, “to be pointed”) + ᐘᔮᐣ (wayān, “skin, hide”) — a reference to the cut and style of Chipewyan parkas.
Senses: glosses: The Northern Athabascan language spoken by this tribe.
Synonyms: Dene
Dene Suline
Dene Sųłiné
Denesuline
Denésoliné
Related terms: Chippewa
sets foot
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of set foot
setting foot
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of set foot
Brooklyn Bridge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suspension bridge in New York, connecting boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn by spanning the East River.
value-free
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more value-free
form: most value-free
Etymology: From value + -free.
Senses: glosses: Lacking normative assumptions.
ALS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: education
glosses: Initialism of Alternative Learning System.
ALS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ALSs
form: ALSes
Senses: examples: text: ALS is a progressive, neurodegenerative disease affecting the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord that make the muscles of both the upper and lower body work, according to the ALS Association, a non-profit organization which works to research the disease and offer resources to people living with it.
ref: 2025 April 10, Dan Heching, “Eric Dane shares that he has been diagnosed with ALS”, in CNN:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of approach lighting system.
examples: text: Another RVR element, the ambient light sensor (ALS), is used to interpret the impact that background lighting, such as nearby runway lights, might have on the overall visibility measurement. Normally two ALSs are installed in central locations relative to the airfield environment.
ref: 2017 May 3, Rob Mark, “How It Works: Runway Visual Range”, in Flying:
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of ambient light sensor.
Hypernyms: english: motor neuron disease
translation: motor neuron disease
word: MND
Coordinate terms: english: Instrument Landing System
translation: Instrument Landing System
word: ILS
english: Microwave Landing System
translation: Microwave Landing System
word: MLS
english: Optical Landing System
translation: Optical Landing System
word: OLS
english: Precision Approach Path Indicator
translation: Precision Approach Path Indicator
word: PAPI
Derived terms: ALSer
owly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: owlier
form: owliest
Etymology: From owl + -y.
Senses: examples: text: In the picture Miss Elizabeth showed me the croc had little piggy eyes, not huge owly ones.
ref: 2010, Tracy Chevalier, Remarkable Creatures, Dutton, published 2010, →ISBN, page 48:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of an owl.
examples: text: I had no right to be owly and disagreeable with Willie.
ref: 1988, Janette Oke, Winter Is Not Forever, Bethany House Publishers, published 2010, →ISBN, page 16:
glosses: In a bad mood; cranky.
examples: text: Perhaps nice isn't the best word for him, but he certainly was an unusually imposing and fluffy-haired and fierce-looking brute of a tarantula. He had rather an owly way about him, as if he had come out from his hole too early and was dazed and half-blinded by the light.
ref: 1908, Vernon L. Kellogg, “The Vendetta”, in Insect Stories, Henry Holt and Company, page 55:
glosses: Seeing poorly.
glosses: Silly.
Synonyms: sense: like an owl
word: owlish
sense: like an owl
word: owllike
sense: like an owl
word: strigine
sense: in a bad mood
word: crabby
sense: in a bad mood
word: cranky
sense: in a bad mood
word: grumpy
sense: in a bad mood
word: ornery
sense: in a bad mood
word: out of sorts
Derived terms: owliness
owly-eyed
hiccory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hiccories
Senses: examples: text: […] as we rode on, we saw gigantic pine, cedar, and hiccory trees, torn up by the roots, and scattered over the surrounding country, by by-gone hurricanes, many of them hundreds of yards from the spot that nurtured their roots—while the gnarled branches lying across our track, scorched black with the lightning, or from long exposure to a burning sun, impeded our advance, and made the journey anything but pleasant.
ref: [1853], J[ohn] Benwell, chapter V, in An Englishman’s Travels in America: His Observations of Life and Manners in the Free and Slave States, London: Binns and Goodwin, […], →OCLC, pages 157–158:
text: There the oak and hiccory grow tall and beautiful, but the general appearance of the country is poor, broken, and rugged.
ref: 1843, Frederick Marryat, Monsieur Violet:
glosses: Archaic spelling of hickory.
lunarnaut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈluːnənɔːt/
Forms: form: lunarnauts
Etymology: From lunar + -naut.
Senses: examples: text: Kanashima returns to Japan and, as the space race develops over the years, figures out that the U.S. and Russia are bogged down by the problem of how to get the lunarnaut back to earth.
ref: 1965, ‘The Kamikosmonaut’, Time, 26 Feb 2006
text: The moon's poles are the only spots in permanent sunshine (days and nights of moon last 14 earth days), which means that the lunarnauts’ solar panels could provide a permanent power supply.
ref: 2006 December 7, Tim Radford, The Guardian:
text: Still, the experience was poisoned for me by having to watch Richard Nixon smirking as he babbled to the lunar-nauts by some closed-circuit link.
ref: 2010, Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22, Atlantic, published 2011, page 205:
synonyms: lunanaut
moonnaut
glosses: Someone who travels to the Moon.
lunarnauts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lunarnaut
highbred
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more highbred
form: most highbred
form: high-bred
Etymology: From high + bred.
Senses: examples: text: Black Beauty by Anna Sewell is the story of a highbred horse that leads a tough life in London pulling cabs.
glosses: Of high-quality stock.
raw_tags: of bred animals
examples: text: So, taking up their stand on the flagging outside the entrance of the big store, the bare-headed Angel, in her worn gingham frock, highbred and beautiful as a little princess, despite it, struck up with as much effect as a bird's twitter might make.
ref: 1897, George Madden Martin, The Angel of the Tenement:
text: But I should like to turn the tables on these persons, and suggest that all this worrying about whether life is or is not worth living, and hunting for answers for and against, may itself be an excuse, unconscious like all the most mischievous excuses, and hide not finer demands and highbred discontents, but rather a certain feebleness, lack of grip and adaptation, and an indolent acquiescence in what my godchild stoutly refused, a greater or lesser going to bits.
ref: 1903, Violet Paget, AKA Vernon Lee, Hortus Vitae:
text: Though highbred and luxury-loving, as a young man he was not averse to hard political work, and many old-timers still remember the days when "Bill" Whitney delivered cart-tail harangues on the lower east side.
ref: 1919, Burton J. Hendrick, The Age of Big Business:
text: The other night I had a date with the cutest girl in the 48th state/It was a highbred uptown fancy little date.
ref: 1947, Merle Travis, Tex Williams, “Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)”:
glosses: Showing good breeding and refined manners.
raw_tags: of humans
hippish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hippish
form: most hippish
Senses: examples: text: He took them both, dismissed the messenger, and opening that addressed to himself, read as follows, while he slowly retraced his steps towards the house:-- Dear Richard, I am a whimsical fellow, as you doubtless remember, and have lately grown, they tell me, rather hippish besides.
ref: 1895, J. Sheridan Le Fanu, The Evil Guest:
text: "Indeed, vizier," answered the caliph, brightening up his countenance, "I am very little subject to it, and had not perceived it but for you, but I will remain no longer in this hippish mood.
ref: 1890, anonymous author, The Arabian Nights Entertainments Complete:
text: You won't tell any one--any of my friends you know--that I am hippish; now, for instance, no one knows--not even Lady Mary--that I have seen Dr. Harley, or any other doctor.
ref: 1871, Joseph Sheridan LeFanu, Green Tea; Mr. Justice Harbottle:
glosses: Alternative form of hyppish.
homy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more homy
form: most homy
Etymology: From home + -y.
Senses: examples: text: The homy little town was putting on airs of a great city.
ref: 1921, Harry Leon Wilson, The Wrong Twin:
glosses: homely
hooke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hookes
Senses: examples: text: Like as the cunning fisher takes the fishe By traitor baite wherby the hooke is hidde: So Pleasure serues to vice in steede of foode To baite our soules theron too licourishe.
ref: 1592, Philippe de Mornay, A Discourse of Life and Death:
text: XLIX In this great passion of unwonted lust, Or wonted feare of doing ought amis, He started up, as seeming to mistrust 435 Some secret ill, or hidden foe of his: Lo there before his face his Lady is, Under blake stole hyding her bayted hooke; And as halfe blushing offred him to kis, With gentle blandishment and lovely looke, 440 Most like that virgin true, which for her knight him took.
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Book I, published 1921:
text: Concernyng the seconde case, to be trained in, (which these our men cal to be drawen to the shot) thou ought to take heede, not straight way to beleve those thinges, which are nothyng reasonable, that thei be as they seeme: as shoulde be, if the enemie should set afore thee a praie, thou oughtest to beleeve that in the same is the hooke, and that therin is hid the deceipte.
ref: 1560, Peter Whitehorne, Machiavelli, Volume I:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of hook.
hootch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hootches
Senses: examples: text: "I can't hold my hootch so well as I could a few summers ago--and many hard Falls.
ref: 1911, Robert W. Service, The Trail of '98:
text: "Th' few shots av hootch ye had tu throw inta yu' last night tu get ye're Dutch up must be makin' ye see double, me man.
ref: 1920, Ralph S. Kendall, The Luck of the Mounted:
text: The basic idea of "Rip Van Winkle" would lend itself admirably to Broadway treatment, for Mr. MacKaye has taken liberties, with the legend and introduced the topical idea of a Magic Flask, containing home-made hootch.
ref: 1922, Robert C. Benchley, Love Conquers All:
glosses: Alternative spelling of hooch (“type of drink”).
examples: text: Eddie Diamond, the ranking NCO, made a small motion with his hand, and some of the others murmured a word or two, then they watched Mark Fossie pick up her suitcase and lead her by the arm down to the hootches.
ref: 1990, Tim O'Brien, The Things They Carried:
glosses: Alternative spelling of hooch (“military shelter”).
horison
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: horisons
Senses: examples: text: For these last 4 dayes the weather hath bene extreame hot and very calme, the Sunne being 5 degrees aboue the horison at midnight.
ref: 1598, Richard Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of The English Nation, Vol. XII., America, Part I.:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of horizon.
hornworm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hornworms
Etymology: From horn + worm.
Senses: glosses: A caterpillar of a hawk moth that has a hornlike tail process.
examples: text: The project, part of a wave of interest in life-imitating robotics, is a collaboration of seven Tufts faculty members from five departments in the schools of engineering and arts and sciences. Dr. Trimmer comes from the field of neurobiology, where he has been studying the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta, since 1990.
ref: 2007 March 27, John Schwartz, “In the Lab: Robots That Slink and Squirm”, in New York Times:
glosses: Some moths in the genus Manduca of the hawk moth family Sphingidae.
Derived terms: tobacco hornworm
Manduca sexta
tomato hornworm
Manduca quinquemaculata
horsehood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From horse + -hood.
Senses: examples: text: Why should that singing horse commonly called the nightingale, or that climbing horse hitherto known as the cat, fall down and worship you because of your horsehood?
ref: 1916, G.K. Chesterton, The Crimes of England:
text: He was still in the intermediate stage between horse and donkey, a natural mule still struggling up aspiringly toward perfect horsehood.
ref: 1889, Grant Allen, Falling in Love:
glosses: the state or quality of being a horse
glosses: A piece of horsewear that covers the head of the horse, often also its neck and shoulders.
houseward
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From house + -ward.
Senses: examples: text: Peter moved reluctantly houseward, and Suzanna ended: "Isn't it fine that today was teachers' meeting so we could have a holiday?"
ref: 1915, Emily Calvin Blake, Suzanna Stirs the Fire:
text: Aright unto Hygelac was Beowulf's speeding made knowen full swiftly, That there into the house-place that hedge of the warriors, His mate of the linden-board, living was come, Hale from the battle-play home to him houseward.
ref: 1904, William Morris, A. J. Wyatt, The Tale of Beowulf:
text: The clamor of rushing steeds in the lane suddenly drowned this; a loud, joyous whinny sounded in the very kitchen it seemed, and there was a rush houseward past the pantry as of a troop of cavalry.
ref: 1898, Henry Francis Keenan, The Iron Game:
glosses: Towards a house.
housey
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more housey
form: most housey
Etymology: From house + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Along with a housey bass beat, it makes one of the most astonishing dance tracks you've ever heard.
ref: 1990 August 31, Bill Wyman, “Bringing the noise: Public Enemy on the front lines”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of house music; houselike.
examples: text: Variation of crop density and the presence of very 'housey' growth accounted for some of the variation, together with a drop in tempo on some farms as the end of harvest was approached, […]
ref: 1968, Wye College. Dept. of Hop Research, Department of Hop Research Annual Report (page 35)
glosses: Of hops: having the fruit mixed up with the leaves, making picking difficult.
Related terms: housey-housey
alvarezsaurid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alvarezsaurids
Senses: glosses: Any small, long-legged running dinosaur of the family †Alvarezsauridae.
Related terms: alvarezsauroid
alvarezsauroid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alvarezsauroids
Senses: glosses: Any small, long-legged running dinosaur of the superfamily Alvarezsauroidea
Related terms: alvarezsaurid
azhdarchoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: azhdarchoids
Senses: glosses: Any pterosaur of the superfamily Azhdarchoidea.
brachiosaurid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brachiosaurids
Senses: glosses: Any herbivorous dinosaur of the family Brachiosauridae.
Related terms: brachiosaur
butoxyethanol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The mono-butyl ether of ethylene glycol; used as a solvent, and in cleaning products
calamosaur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: calamosaurs
Etymology: From the genus name Calamosaurus.
Senses: glosses: Any small theropod dinosaur of the genus †Calamosaurus
choreic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more choreic
form: most choreic
Etymology: From chorea + -ic.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting chorea
Synonyms: choreal
choreic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: choreics
Etymology: From chorea + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: Thus the muscles and postures of Parkinsonians tend to be hard, whereas those of choreics and anti-Parkinsonians tend to be soft[…]
ref: 1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings:
glosses: One who has chorea.
choreal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɔːɹiəl
Forms: form: more choreal
form: most choreal
Etymology: From chorea + -al.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting chorea
Synonyms: choreic
Derived terms: subchoreal
deferiprone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: An iron-chelating drug used to treat thalassaemia
super PAC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: super PACs
Etymology: Coined by reporter Eliza Newlin Carney in 2010.
Senses: examples: text: Court decisions have established that super PACs are supposed to act independently of a candidate, with no coordination permitted. But the indictment focused on the suspicious timing of hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations to Mr. Menendez’s re-election campaign from a generous friend who allegedly sought government favors through the senator’s influence.
ref: 2015 April 13, “On the Trail of Super PAC Money”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 16 Jun 2022:
text: Mr. Musk remains Mr. Trump’s biggest political financial supporter — just this week his super PAC aired $1 million worth of ads that said, “Thank you, President Trump”[…].
ref: 2025 March 7, Jonathan Swan, Maggie Haberman, “Inside the Explosive Meeting Where Trump Officials Clashed With Elon Musk”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 07 Mar 2025:
topics: government
politics
synonyms: independent-expenditure only committee
coordinate_terms: PAC
spooky PAC
glosses: A political action committee which may support a political candidate, and officially endorse one, but is legally bound to not coordinate with any candidate, and is not limited in financial contributions from donors or financial spending.
super PACs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of super PAC
PACs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of PAC
explodingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more explodingly
form: most explodingly
Etymology: From exploding + -ly.
Senses: glosses: So as to cause an explosion; explosively.
PACS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PACS
form: PACSes
form: PACSs
form: PACS's
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
medicine
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: Initialism of picture archiving and communication system.
Coordinate terms: sense: picture archiving and communication system
word: CIS
sense: picture archiving and communication system
word: DICOM
sense: picture archiving and communication system
word: EHR
sense: picture archiving and communication system
word: EMR
sense: picture archiving and communication system
word: HIS
sense: picture archiving and communication system
word: HL7
sense: picture archiving and communication system
word: RIS
fracker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: frackers
Etymology: From frack + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Slowly, they marched toward a bigger role in the fracking industry. When competing Texas frackers looked to freeze the brothers out from the companies that distribute the sand needed to drill, the siblings opened their own sand quarry to thrive.
ref: 2015 July 25, Theodore Schleifer, “First on CNN: Billionaire brothers give Cruz super PAC $15 million”, in CNN:
text: Conoco on Monday announced a $9.7 billion all-stock takeover of Concho Resources (CXO), a fracker squarely focused on the Permian Basin, the massive West Texas oilfield at the heart of the shale revolution.
ref: 2020 October 19, Matt Egan, “The oil industry is in crisis. ConocoPhillips is doubling down”, in CNN Business:
glosses: A person or organization employed in fracking.
frackers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fracker
fracting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fracking.
hemosiderotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hemosiderotic
form: most hemosiderotic
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting hemosiderosis
hemosiderosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌhiːməʊsɪdəˈɹəʊsɪs/
Forms: form: hemosideroses
Etymology: From hemosiderin + -osis.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
related: word: haemosiderosis
word: hæmosiderosis
glosses: An abnormal deposit of hemosiderin.
Related terms: hypersideremia
sideremia
siderosis
siderous
neuroreparative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more neuroreparative
form: most neuroreparative
Etymology: From neuro- + reparative.
Senses: glosses: That repairs damage to neurons
Synonyms: neurorestorative
sucks up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of suck up
sucking up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of suck up
sucked up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of suck up
neurorescue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From neuro- + rescue.
Senses: glosses: The repair of damaged neurons
phalaris
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phalaris
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: glosses: Any of several grasses of the genus Phalaris
pollutionist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pollutionists
Etymology: From pollution + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A person who tolerates pollution, especially if part of big business.
tekan
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: [ˌtəˈkan]
ipa: [ˌtə˧ˈkan˦]
Etymology: From Malay tekan (“to press or pressure”).
Senses: examples: text: "Wah lau! You tekan him, ah? But he bigger than you, man!"
ref: 1992 February 22, soc.culture.asean (Usenet):
text: We have also been through training and we all kena tekan (were bullied), but even if we were ill-treated, we didn’t know that we were being ill-treated
ref: 2003 October 17, “Questions thick and fast in Parliament”, in TODAY, page 2:
text: When Hamdan joined their cell, Iryan told him the 1.6m-tall victim was someone they could tekan (bully).
ref: 2009 July 8, “Victim offered sex: Attackers”, in TODAY, page 10:
text: It will expose us to different ways of thought … like waking up at 4am and being tekan.
ref: 2013 July 17, “Paige Chua wears the pants”, in TODAY, page 60:
glosses: To bully or treat harshly, to punish (especially in military contexts).
double creams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of double cream
bioconcentrating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bioconcentrate
bioconcentrate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bioconcentrates
form: bioconcentrating
form: bioconcentrated
form: bioconcentrated
Etymology: From bio- + concentrate.
Senses: glosses: To produce bioconcentration.
bioconcentrate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bioconcentrates
Etymology: From bio- + concentrate.
Senses: glosses: A biological concentrate.
biopetroleum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bio- + petroleum.
Senses: glosses: Any form of petroleum (or a similar substitute) made biologically (especially from algae)
Related terms: biodiesel
biosonar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bio- + sonar.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Echolocation in animals.
hygroscopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hygroscope
hygroscopy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From French hygroscopie.
Senses: glosses: The ability of a substance to attract and hold water molecules from the surrounding environment.
Related terms: hygroscopic
carboxydotroph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carboxydotrophs
Etymology: From carboxydo- + -troph.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any organism that can tolerate a high concentration of carbon monoxide
Related terms: carboxydotrophic
carboxydotrophy
carboxydotrophs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of carboxydotroph
dechlorane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈklɒɹeɪn/
Senses: glosses: mirex
genebank
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: genebanks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gene bank.
gene bank
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gene banks
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A repository for genetic material
genebanks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of genebank
haematobium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: haematobiums
form: haematobia
Senses: glosses: A flatworm of the species Schistosoma haematobium, the urinary blood fluke.
jawfish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jawfishes
form: jawfish
Etymology: From jaw + fish.
Senses: glosses: Any of many marine fish, of the family Opistognathidae, that have large mouths.
7-6 suspension
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 7-6 suspensions
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: a suspension that has the suspended note a seventh (plus any number that is a multiple of seven) from the bass move down a step to the note in the chord where the suspension is happening that is a sixth (plus any number that is a multiple of seven) above the bass note
Related terms: 4-3 suspension
9-8 suspension
7-6 suspensions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of 7-6 suspension
metagene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metagenes
Etymology: From meta- + gene.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: An aggregate pattern of gene expression
oncoviruses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oncovirus
oncovirus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɒŋkəʊvʌɪɹəs/
Forms: form: oncoviruses
Etymology: From onco- + virus.
Senses: examples: text: Human oncoviruses soon followed and it became apparent that whole classes of cancer, such as cervical cancer, were indeed caused partly by viral infection.
ref: 1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial, published 2004, page 234:
glosses: A virus that can cause cancer.
Related terms: oncoviral
organochlorinated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From organo- + chlorinated.
Senses: glosses: Describing a chlorinated organic compound, especially such a pesticide or other pollutant.
progenetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to progenesis
progenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pro- + genesis.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: precocious sexual reproduction (especially in nematodes)
psoriasin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From psoriasis + -in.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An inflammatory calcium-binding protein found on human skin
subperineurial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + perineurial.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Underneath the perineurium
wave power
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Transport and harnessing of energy by ocean surface waves.
sleeve-link
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sleeve-links
Etymology: From sleeve + link.
Senses: examples: text: The oval seal is undoubtedly a plain sleeve-link—what else is of such a shape?
ref: 1917, Arthur Conan Doyle, “The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge”, in His Last Bow:
glosses: cufflink
boomstick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boomsticks
Etymology: From boom (“a log; explosion sound”) + stick.
Senses: glosses: In logging, any of the larger logs chained together to create a floating boom.
synonyms: word: broomstick
word: broom
word: firearm
word: gat
word: gun
word: iron
word: piece
glosses: A firearm; especially, a shotgun, and most especially, a sawed-off version.
broomcorn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: broomcorns
form: broom corn
Etymology: From broom + corn, from its use as bristles for brooms.
Senses: glosses: a variety of grass of the species Sorghum vulgare.
Related terms: broomcorn millet
broom corn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: broom corns
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of broomcorn.
TCXO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: TCXOs
Etymology: A not uncommon abbreviation for crystal in electrical engineering and related fields is xtal, hence the X in the abbreviation is for crystal.
Senses: glosses: Initialism of temperature compensated crystal oscillator.
quinceañeras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quinceañera
mini stroke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mini strokes
Senses: glosses: A transient ischemic attack.
mini-stroke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mini-strokes
form: mini stroke
Etymology: From mini- + stroke.
Senses: glosses: transient ischemic attack
quinceanera
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quinceaneras
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of quinceañera.
quinceaneras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quinceanera
superaccurate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more superaccurate
form: most superaccurate
Etymology: From super- + accurate.
Senses: glosses: Very highly accurate.
ungreedy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ungreedy
form: most ungreedy
Etymology: From un- + greedy.
Senses: glosses: Not greedy.
subgram
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: subgramme
Etymology: From sub- + gram.
Senses: glosses: At levels of less than a gram.
subgrammar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subgrammars
Etymology: From sub- + grammar.
Senses: examples: text: The 'original' subgrammars can be seen as a concatenation' or composition of some of these parts with the requirement that the export category of a preceding subgrammar in the concatenation must be the head category of a subsequent subgrammar.
ref: 2013, M.T. Rosetta, Compositional Translation, page 263:
glosses: A grammar that makes up part of a larger grammar; a subdivision of a grammar.
subgrammars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subgrammar
recensor
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: recensors
form: recensoring
form: recensored
form: recensored
Etymology: From re- + censor.
Senses: glosses: To censor again or anew.
recensoring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of recensor
recensored
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of recensor
recensors
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of recensor
oncogenetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From onco- + genetic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to oncogenetics.
Derived terms: antioncogenetic
Related terms: oncogene
oncogenesis
oncogenetics
oncogenic
oncogenics
oncogenome
oncogenomic
oncogenomics
oncologic
oncological
oncology
oncoprotein
oncoproteogenome
oncoproteogenomic
oncoproteogenomics
oncoproteome
oncoproteomic
oncoproteomics
proto-oncogene
proto-oncogenic
recensorship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From re- + censorship.
Senses: glosses: censorship again or anew
rapatronic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From rapid-action electronic.
Senses: glosses: Being a high-speed camera capable of recording a still image with an exposure time in nanoseconds.
phloxine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phloxines
Senses: examples: text: Eosin Y, eosin B, phloxine and erythrosin (which unlike other eosins, is halogenated with iodine), are the common members of this group of dyes.
ref: 2000, J. Ochei, A. Kolhatkar, Medical Laboratory Science: Theory And Practice, page 450:
glosses: A red dye used in the hematoxylin-phloxine-saffron stain ("HPS stain"), commonly employed in performing an eosinophil count by hemocytometer.
electroplax
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: electroplaxes
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: electric organ
electroplaxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of electroplax
funnelshaped
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more funnelshaped
form: most funnelshaped
form: funnel-shaped
Etymology: From funnel + shaped.
Senses: synonyms: funnelform
infundibuliform
infundibular
glosses: Shaped like a funnel.
telemediation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tele- + mediation.
Senses: glosses: Mediation by means of telecommunication technologies.
telemediated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tele- + mediated.
Senses: glosses: Involving or relating to telemediation; mediated by means of telecommunication technologies.
watercoaster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: watercoasters
Etymology: Blend of water + rollercoaster
Senses: glosses: A rollercoaster that involves water.
watercoasters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of watercoaster
biopatent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biopatents
Etymology: From bio- + patent.
Senses: glosses: A patent in the field of biology or genetics
biopatents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biopatent
polygeline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An intravenous colloid used in the prevention or treatment of shock associated with reduction in effective circulating blood volume due to haemorrhage or loss of plasma or electrolytes.
precisional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From precision + -al.
Senses: glosses: Relating to precision.
Tony Lumpkin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Tony Lumpkins
Etymology: Name of a character in Oliver Goldsmith's play She Stoops to Conquer (first performed 1773).
Senses: glosses: A bumpkin or yokel.
surfaceless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From surface + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without a surface.
oxybenzone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From oxy- + benzone.
Senses: examples: text: Chemical ingredients — such as avobenzone, oxybenzone and homosalate — absorb the UV rays. Both types of sunscreen can degrade or wash off over time, so it’s important to reapply every two hours, and more frequently if you’re swimming or sweating.
ref: 2023 July 15, Dana G. Smith, “Why Sunscreen Is the Only Anti-Aging Product You Need”, in The New York Times:
text: As documented in a recent FDA study, chemical sunscreens, with active ingredients like oxybenzone, octocrylene, octinoxate, homosalate, and avobenzone, are applied to the skin and then can remain in the blood plasma at significant levels for days to weeks after application[.]
ref: 2024 June 21, Danielle Sinay, quoting Madhu Shetti, “Is Sunscreen Bad for You? TikTok’s Anti-SPF Movement, Explained”, in Glamour:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A benzophenone compound widely used in sunscreens and plastics.
phosphoinositol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phosphoinositols
Etymology: From phospho- + inositol.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: inositol phosphate
phosphoinositols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phosphoinositol
pegol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: alacizumab pegol
certolizumab pegol
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Used to indicate PEGylation in the names of monoclonal antibodies.
Derived terms: avacincaptad pegol
phosphoimagers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phosphoimager
pseudobacteria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pseudo- + bacteria.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Microscopic organic particles, molecular granules, powdered inorganic substances, etc., which in form, size, and grouping resemble bacteria.
hypotyposes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hypotyposis
hypotyposis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypotyposes
Etymology: New Latin, from Ancient Greek.
Senses: examples: text: Hypotyposis persons, things, events,
In vivid language to the eye presents.
ref: 1835, L[arret] Langley, “[Rhetorical Figures.] Hypotyposis.”, in A Manual of the Figures of Rhetoric, […], Doncaster, South Yorkshire: […] C. White, […], →OCLC, page 46:
glosses: A vivid, picturesque description of scenes or events.
Related terms: ekphrasis
deedful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more deedful
form: most deedful
Etymology: From deed (adjective) + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: But you have made the wiser choice, / A life that moves to gracious ends / Thro' troops of unrecording friends, / A deedful life, a silent voice: […]
ref: 1842, Alfred Tennyson, “To—, after Reading a Life and Letters”, in The Complete Poetical Works of Alfred Tennyson, Chicago, Ill.: The Dominion Company, published 1897, →OCLC, page 300:
glosses: Full of good deeds.
recoction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From re- + coction.
Senses: glosses: A second coction or preparation
propagula
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of propagulum
propagulum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: propagula
Etymology: From Late Latin. See propagate.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A runner terminated by a germinating bud.
glosses: A gemma or bud affecting asexual propagation in many algae.
subversionary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /səbˈvɜɹʒəˌnɛɹi/
/səbˈvɜɹʃəˌnɛɹi/
Forms: form: more subversionary
form: most subversionary
Etymology: From subversion + -ary.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to subversion.
glosses: Promoting destruction.
subversionary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /səbˈvɜɹʒəˌnɛɹi/
/səbˈvɜɹʃəˌnɛɹi/
Forms: form: subversionaries
Etymology: From subversion + -ary.
thin-film interference
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thin-film interferences
Senses: topics: engineering
natural-sciences
optics
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The interference of light caused by its reflection from both boundaries of a thin film of a transparent material.
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
optics
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: An instance of this interference.
thin-film interferences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thin-film interference
plessite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plessites
Senses: glosses: A meteorite texture consisting of a fine-grained mixture of the minerals kamacite and taenite, found in the octahedrite iron meteorites.
Derived terms: plessitic
plessites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plessite
Widmanstätten pattern
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Widmanstätten patterns
form: Widmanstaetten pattern
Etymology: Named in 1808 after Count Alois von Beckh Widmanstätten, the director of the Imperial Porcelain works in Vienna.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of certain patterns appearing on etched meteoric iron.
Synonyms: Widmanstätten figure
Widmanstätten patterns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Widmanstätten pattern
Widmanstätten figure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Widmanstätten figures
form: Widmanstaetten figure
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Widmanstätten pattern.
synonyms: word: Widmanstätten pattern
clergyable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From clergy + -able.
Senses: examples: text: a clergyable offence
text: a clergyable felony
ref: 1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC:
glosses: Entitled to, or admitting, the benefit of clergy.
Derived terms: nonclergyable
unclergyable
correspondently
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more correspondently
form: most correspondently
Etymology: From correspondent + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a corresponding manner; correspondingly.
spellful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more spellful
form: most spellful
Etymology: From spell + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: Here, while his eyes the learned leaves peruse,
Each spelful mystery explain'd he views.
ref: 1738, John Hoole, The Orlando of Ariosto:
glosses: Abounding in spells or charms; enchanting or enchanted
incorpse
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: incorpses
form: incorpsing
form: incorpsed
form: incorpsed
Senses: examples: text: He grew unto his seat,
As he had been incorps'd and demy-natur'd with the brave horse.
ref: c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene vii]:
glosses: To incorporate.
incorpsed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of incorpse
incorpses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of incorpse
incorpsing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of incorpse
hungry ghosts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hungry ghost
wandwork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wand work
form: wand-work
Etymology: From wand + work.
Senses: glosses: The use of a wand (or sometimes a similar instrument or tool, even an extended finger) in practicing magic, casting spells, or performing a mystical or religious ritual or ceremony (e.g. drawing symbols such as pentagrams in the air, as in Wicca).
glosses: The use of a wand in a stage-magic performance.
glosses: The use of a long wand (stick) in training horses.
glosses: The use of a long thick wand (stick) in calisthenic exercises.
glosses: A thing or things made of woven wands [sense 4]; wickerwork.
Synonyms: sense: magical practice
word: spellwork
sense: magical practice
word: charmwork