cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
hypomelanotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hypomelanotic
form: most hypomelanotic
Etymology: From hypomelanosis + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: In one patient, the normal skin presented with hypertrichosis while the hypomelanotic areas did not.
ref: 2015 August 5, Piero Pavone et al., “Congenital generalized hypertrichosis: the skin as a clue to complex malformation syndromes”, in Italian Journal of Pediatrics, volume 41, →DOI:
glosses: Exhibiting or relating to hypomelanosis.
thoracolaparoscopic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From thoracolaparoscopy + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: This double-blind randomized controlled study aims primarily to evaluate the use of two muscle relaxant regimes on operating (SRS) and anaesthesiologic conditions in patients undergoing thoracolaparoscopic esophageal resection.
ref: 2015 August 5, Denise P. Veelo et al., “The effect of on-demand vs deep neuromuscular relaxation on rating of surgical and anaesthesiologic conditions in patients undergoing thoracolaparoscopic esophagectomy (DEPTH trial): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial”, in Trials, volume 16, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to thoracolaparoscopy.
protumor
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pro- + tumor.
Senses: examples: text: The importance of Th2 cytokines, including IL-4, IL-10, and IL-13, in the regulation of the protumor functions of TAMs has also been demonstrated in human lung adenocarcinomas.
ref: 2015 August 5, Kazumasa Mori et al., “Tumor-associated macrophages in oral premalignant lesions coexpress CD163 and STAT1 in a Th1-dominated microenvironment”, in BMC Cancer, volume 15, →DOI:
glosses: Promoting the development of tumors.
osteogenically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From osteogenic + -ally.
Senses: examples: text: Total small RNA was recovered at days 1, 10 and 21 of osteogenically induced MSCs.
ref: 2015 August 5, Pilar Tornero-Esteban et al., “Signature of microRNA expression during osteogenic differentiation of bone marrow MSCs reveals a putative role of miR-335-5p in osteoarthritis”, in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, volume 16, →DOI:
glosses: By osteogenesis.
isovanillin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From iso- + vanillin.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A phenolic aldehyde that is an isomer of vanillin.
Related terms: isovanillic acid
isovanilloid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: isovanilloids
Etymology: From iso- + vanilloid.
Senses: glosses: Any chemical compound possessing an isovanillyl group; they are isomers of the vanilloids.
isovanilloids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of isovanilloid
xylotriose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: xylotrioses
Etymology: From xylo- + tri- + -ose.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A trisaccharide consisting of three xylose residues.
xylotrioses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of xylotriose
radiogenically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From radiogenic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: By radiogenesis.
telegenically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more telegenically
form: most telegenically
Etymology: From telegenic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a telegenic manner.
translady
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: transladies
Etymology: From trans- + lady.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of transwoman.
synonyms: word: transwoman
transgentleman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: transgentlemen
Etymology: From trans- + gentleman.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of transman.
synonyms: word: transman
transkid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: transkids
Etymology: From trans- + kid.
Senses: examples: text: The more I learned about transkids, the more I grilled you, every day. I'm ashamed of my relentlessness, but I had to know.
“Why do you want to be a boy?”
“I don't know.”
ref: 2012, Rachel Pepper, Transitions of the Heart:
glosses: A transgender child.
Kaposvár
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Hungary.
sea bear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sea bears
Senses: glosses: A polar bear, Ursus maritimus.
glosses: Any of a number of pinnipeds, but mostly fur seals, and especially the northern fur seal, Callorhinus ursinus.
sea bears
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sea bear
earconic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From earcon + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to earcons.
quannets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quannet
quartett
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quartetts
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of quartet.
quartetts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quartett
quillman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quillmen
Etymology: From quill + -man.
Senses: glosses: One who writes with a quill.
quillmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quillman
furling drum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: furling drums
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A drum out of which a sail is furled
spinnaker pole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spinnaker poles
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A spar used to support the spinnaker.
Synonyms: spinnaker boom
portlight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: portlights
Etymology: From port + light.
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A window on a porthole.
portlights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of portlight
danbuoy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: danbuoys
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dan buoy.
grabrail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹæbɹeɪl/
Forms: form: grabrails
form: grab rail
Etymology: From grab + rail.
Senses: glosses: handrail
chart table
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chart tables
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A table, below deck, on which charts are placed to navigate.
vanging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of vang
vanged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of vang
tidal diamond
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tidal diamonds
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
qualifier: navigation
glosses: A diamond-shaped symbol on a chart, indicating the direction and speed of tidal streams
sclerobasic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sclerobase + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to sclerobase.
tidal stream
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tidal streams
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: The flow of the water caused by rising and falling tide
grabrails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grabrail
danbuoys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of danbuoy
dan buoys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dan buoy
lateral mark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lateral marks
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A buoy or other navigational mark denoting the port or starboard edge of a channel
boatowner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boatowners
Etymology: From boat + owner.
Senses: glosses: Someone who owns a boat.
Related terms: boatbuilder
boater
boatman
boatowners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boatowner
depth sounder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: depth sounders
Senses: glosses: A device using echo sounding to measure the depth of a body of water
log book
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɑɡ.bʊk/
ipa: /ˈlɔɡ.bʊk/
ipa: /ˈlɒɡ.bʊk/
rhymes: -ʊk
Forms: form: log books
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of logbook.
chartwork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From chart + -work.
Senses: examples: text: ... chartwork Traditional chartwork allows the navigator to plot a boat's position and to work out how to get from 'A' to 'B' without using electronic aids.
ref: 2009 March 1, Jeremy Evans, The Sailing Bible: The Complete Guide for All Sailors from Novice to Experienced Skipper, A&C Black, →ISBN:
qualifier: navigation
glosses: The use of charts for navigational purposes.
drying height
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drying heights
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: On a chart, the vertical distance of the seabed exposed by the tide at the lowest astronomical tide.
cardinal mark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cardinal marks
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A sea mark (a buoy or other floating or fixed structure) used in pilotage to indicate the position of a hazard and the direction of safe water.
booze-ups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of booze-up
bollard condition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The state of a ship with a propeller operating so as to produce zero or near-zero speed.
hypergammaglobulinæmia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Aleutian disease in mink is a spontaneous, transmissible disease which can be used as a model for studying the pathogenetic mechanisms in certain immunological and connective tissue diseases. Hypergammaglobulinæmia is a constant feature of the disease, and the severity of the natural and experimental disease appears to parallel the rise in γ-globulin.
ref: 1963 January 12, James B. Henson et al., “Hypergammaglobulinæmia in Mink initiated by a Cell-free Filtrate”, in Nature, CXCVII, № 4,863, pages 206-207, Abstract:
glosses: Alternative form of hypergammaglobulinemia.
Grendel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Old English Grendel.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A monster or giant slain by Beowulf in the Anglo-Saxon epic poem.
glosses: A male given name.
Suda
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsu.də/
ipa: /ˈsuː.də/
rhymes: -uːdə
Forms: form: the Suda
form: Souda
Etymology: Borrowed from Medieval Latin Sūda, from Byzantine Greek Σοῦδᾰ (Soûdă).
Senses: glosses: A comprehensive 10th-century Byzantine encyclopaedia, written in Greek, containing approximately 30,000 entries on historical, biographical, literary, and lexical topics from the ancient Mediterranean world.
Souda
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Souda
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Suda.
Wakamba
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Kamba (“Bantu people of Kenya”).
Boasian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Boasian
form: most Boasian
Etymology: From Boas + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Franz Boas (1858–1942), German-American anthropologist and linguist.
Garveyite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Garveyites
Etymology: From Garvey + -ite.
Senses: glosses: A supporter of Marcus Garvey (1887–1940), Jamaican journalist and racial campaigner.
Garveyites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Garveyite
Boas' sign
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Ismar Isidor Boas (1858–1938), German physician.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: hyperesthesia below the right scapula, sometimes a symptom of acute cholecystitis
Themistius
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /θɛˈmɪstɪəs/
ipa: /θɪˈmɪstɪəs/
Etymology: From the Latin Themistius, from the Ancient Greek Θεμίστιος (Themístios).
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Ancient Greek — famously held by
glosses: A male given name from Ancient Greek — famously held by:
Themistius Euphrades (AD 317–388), Roman statesman, rhetorician, and philosopher
Kinism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From kin + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The belief that the social order for humanity is tribal and ethnic, and that one should focus on caring for one's own people.
glosses: A white nationalist ideology that was active from the 1990's to 2000's.
Related terms: Kinist
endotesta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: endotestas
form: endotestae
form: endotestæ
Etymology: From endo- + testa.
Senses: glosses: The inner layer of the testa of various seeds.
Derived terms: endotestal
endotestas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of endotesta
endotestae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of endotesta
endotestæ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of endotesta
Wasukuma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The Sukuma people of Tanzania.
endotestal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From endotesta + -al.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to the endotesta.
exotestal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From exotesta + -al.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to the exotesta.
Wanyamwezi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The Wabunga and Wangoni provide the best porters, and their capacity is similar to that of the Wanyamwezi.
ref: 1916, Great Britain. War Office, A Handbook of German East Africa, page 334:
glosses: Synonym of Nyamwezi (“a people of Tanzania”).
synonyms: word: Nyamwezi
extra: a people of Tanzania
bitchlet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɪt͡ʃ.lət/
Forms: form: bitchlets
Etymology: From bitch + -let.
Senses: glosses: A little bitch
Related terms: bitchling
Wachagga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Chaga (“Bantu-speaking ethnic group”).
Wanyakyusa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The Nyakyusa people.
Giftmas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of gift + Christmas
Senses: glosses: Christmas, regarded as a consumerist event for the purchasing of gifts
whateversexual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /wɒtˌɛv.əˈsɛk.ʃuː.əl/
ipa: /ʍ-/
ipa: /wʌtˌɛv.ɚˈsɛk.ʃu.əl/
rhymes: -ɛkʃuəl
rhymes: -ɛkʃuːəl
Etymology: From whatever + -sexual.
Senses: examples: text: Sex – homosexual, heterosexual, whateversexual – is an enigma wrapped in a mystery enclosed in a conundrum – and that's just for “normal” people. Transsexuality, on the other hand, is really quite simple.
ref: 2015, Meredith Guest, Son, I Like Your Dress, page 241:
glosses: Having a sexual orientation that is of no relevance, or no particular sexual orientation.
whateversexual
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /wɒtˌɛv.əˈsɛk.ʃuː.əl/
ipa: /ʍ-/
ipa: /wʌtˌɛv.ɚˈsɛk.ʃu.əl/
rhymes: -ɛkʃuəl
rhymes: -ɛkʃuːəl
Forms: form: whateversexuals
Etymology: From whatever + -sexual.
Senses: glosses: A person whose sexuality is of no relevance.
film at eleven
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of film at 11.
said-bookism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: said-bookisms
Etymology: From The Said Book + -ism; coined by James Blish, writing under the pen name William Atheling Jr., after The Said Book, the title of a booklet for aspiring writers listing countless alternatives to the word “said” in writing dialogue.
Senses: examples: text: Jim Blish once dedicated a book to me. He introduced me to the music of Charles Ives, to the taste of Vander Flip, to the urgency of avoiding the said-bookism, to the concept of the watershed, to the pleasures of Indo-Ceylonese food.
ref: 1980, Harlan Ellison, Shatterday, Houghton Mifflin, Dedication
topics: authorship
broadcasting
communications
film
journalism
literature
media
publishing
television
writing
glosses: A verb (such as "explained", "shouted", or "uttered") used to indicate dialogue when writing fiction, chosen so as to avoid using the word "said".
topics: authorship
broadcasting
communications
film
journalism
literature
media
publishing
television
writing
synonyms: bookism
glosses: The studious avoidance, in writing dialogue, of the word "said".
said-bookisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of said-bookism
fork F
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: An alternative fingering for the note F when playing oboe. The index and ring fingers of the right hand are depressed and the middle finger raised, creaking a 'fork' appearance.
sepult
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin sepultus.
Senses: examples: text: The masterpieces revealed to us from this sepult city have afforded us a new appreciation of the treasures of antiquity, and revealed to the present generation the state of science and civilization before the downfal [sic] of the Roman empire.
ref: 1851, Museum of classical antiquities: a quarterly journal of architecture and the sister branches of classic art, Volume 1, John W. Parker and Son, page 288:
glosses: buried.
sepult
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sepults
form: sepulting
form: sepulted
form: sepulted
Etymology: From Latin sepultus.
Senses: examples: text: I, Richarde Haye of Screvynge &c., my bodie to be sepulted and buried in the churche yeard of our blessed ladye of Knaresburght nye ye churche dore.
ref: 1544 (reprinted 1902), Richard Haye, Wills & administrations from the Knaresborough court rolls, Andrews & Co., page 39
text: c. 1650 (reprinted 2006), Jeremiah Whitaker, Social Histories of Disability and Deformity: Bodies, Images and Experiences, Routledge, page not listed
I have listed a long time amongst divers Nations... and (without National indulgence) could not apprehend any excellency unmatchable in England, especially before these latter Rebellious Ages, which was the discouragement of all Artists, and the suppression of Arts and Sciences; and in policy formented by all neighburing Nations for the universal advance of their profit, and reputation of their Nation: and by their Industry and our own rebellious spirits, the Gallantry, Honour, Education and Antient renown of our own Country hath been sepulted in oblivion.
glosses: To bury or inter.
under-endowed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more under-endowed
form: most under-endowed
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of underendowed.
fart in a windstorm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: farts in a windstorm
form: farts in windstorms
Senses: examples: text: [I]t vanished like a fart in a windstorm.
ref: 2004, David Unger, Life in the Damn Tropics, →ISBN, page 62:
text: [W]e might hear of the declining profits of GM, or rising oil prices, or the latest pronouncements from Alan Greenspan (all of which are of less consequence to the long-term order of the universe than a gnat fart in a windstorm).
ref: 2005 May 9, Phil Rockstroh, “Running On Fumes”, in swans.com, retrieved 08 Aug 2015:
text: “It didn't do no more good than a fart in a windstorm.”
ref: 2013, Carl Douglass, Saga of a Neurosurgeon Series Book Six: The Vulture and the Phoenix (ebook), ch. 6 (Google preview)
text: Like a fart in a windstorm so are the days of their lives.
ref: 2014 July 28, Kim Bolan, “B.C. Red Scorpion and associates arrested in Alberta (comment by rowdyroddypimper)”, in Vancouver Sun, Canada, retrieved 08 Aug 2015:
glosses: Something utterly insignificant, ineffective, or fleeting.
Related terms: piss in the wind
fart in a wind storm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: farts in a wind storm
form: farts in wind storms
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fart in a windstorm.
macas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of maca
metaunderstanding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metaunderstandings
Etymology: From meta- + understanding.
Senses: glosses: An understanding of how things are understood.
metaunderstandings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metaunderstanding
PETSCII
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of PET + ASCII.
Senses: examples: text: Why is the order of graphical characters in the PETSCII table so seemingly haphazard? The answer is that arrangement was dictated by the PET keyboard design, a hardware-driven decision.
ref: 2014, Nick Montfort et al., 10 PRINT CHR$(205.5+RND(1)); : GOTO 10, MIT Press, →ISBN, page 225:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The character set used by the Commodore PET and related computers.
trispaston
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of trispast.
synonyms: word: trispast
trespast
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: trespass + -t
Senses: examples: text: Into the same mishap I now am cast,
And shun'd destruction doth destruction render
Not unto him that never hath trespast,
But punishment is due to the offender.
ref: 1591, Ed[mund] Sp[enser], “Virgils Gnat”, in Complaints. Containing Sundrie Small Poemes of the Worlds Vanitie. […], London: […] William Ponsonbie, […], →OCLC:
glosses: simple past and past participle of trespass
Truchet tile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Truchet tiles
Etymology: First described in a 1704 memoir by Sébastien Truchet.
Senses: glosses: Any of a set of square tiles decorated with patterns that are not rotationally symmetric, used in information visualization and graphic design.
Truchet tiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Truchet tile
Kinist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kinists
form: kinist
Etymology: From kin + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A proponent of Kinism.
Kinists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Kinist
Pushkinists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Pushkinist
supercompiler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: supercompilers
Etymology: From super- + compiler.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A program that performs supercompilation.
supercompilers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of supercompiler
metaracist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metaracists
Etymology: From meta- + racist.
Senses: glosses: A proponent of metaracism.
metaracists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metaracist
xyloheptaose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From xylo- + hepta- + -ose.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A heptasaccharide consisting of seven xylose residues.
xylopentaose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: xylopentaoses
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A pentasaccharide consisting of five xylose residues.
xylopentaoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of xylopentaose
xylotetraose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: xylotetraoses
Etymology: From xylo- + tetraose.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A tetrasaccharide consisting of four xylose residues.
xylohexaose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: xylohexaoses
Etymology: From xylo- + hexa- + -ose.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A hexasaccharide consisting of six xylose residues.
xylotetraoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of xylotetraose
xylohexaoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of xylohexaose
thematizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thematizers
Etymology: From thematize + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who, or that which, thematizes.
thematizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thematizer
scrambled egg slime mold
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scrambled egg slime molds
Etymology: From its visual resemblance to the food.
Senses: synonyms: flowers of tan
glosses: Fuligo septica, a plasmodial slime mold of the Myxomycetes class.
flowers of tan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Fuligo septica (scrambled egg slime mold).
fuligorubin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A yellow pigment in Fuligo septica, capable of chelating metals.
cannonball fungus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cannonball fungi
Senses: glosses: Any fungus of the genus Sphaerobolus in the family Geastraceae, which discharge their spores with explosive force.
cannonball fungi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cannonball fungus
laal maas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Giles’s own Rajasthani laal maas is “equally thin and pitiful”, with a cold shank bone protruding from it: and sauce of “rank acidity... a mouthful was all I could bear”.
ref: 2015 August 9, Peter Preston, “Restaurant critics are serving us dishes with little real meat”, in The Observer:
glosses: An Indian mutton curry prepared in a sauce of curd and hot spices.
untourable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more untourable
form: most untourable
Etymology: From un- + tourable.
Senses: glosses: Unsuitable for touring.
tourable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tourable
form: most tourable
Etymology: From tour + -able.
Senses: glosses: Suitable for touring.
postmaterialist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: postmaterialists
Etymology: From post- + materialist.
Senses: glosses: A proponent of postmaterialism.
postmaterialist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more postmaterialist
form: most postmaterialist
Etymology: From post- + materialist.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to postmaterialism.
postmaterialists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of postmaterialist
doleiros
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of doleiro
doleiro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: doleiros
Etymology: From Portuguese doleiro, from dólar (“dollar”).
Senses: examples: text: The doleiros, among them Mr. Youssef, would keep a cut, spreading the bulk around to politicians and accomplices.
ref: 2015 August 7, David Segal, “Petrobras Oil Scandal Leaves Brazilians Lamenting a Lost Dream”, in New York Times:
glosses: A money changer on the Brazilian black market.
midriver
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From mid- + river.
Senses: examples: text: He walked up onto a small patch of land that was in front of us midriver and then strolled back into the water heading downstream, never even looking our way.
ref: 2015 August 6, Jenna Schnuer, “At Katmai National Park in Alaska, Bears Rule”, in New York Times:
glosses: In the middle of a river.
nonwhiteness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + whiteness.
Senses: examples: text: He puzzles that no one nowadays makes use of the elaborate terminology for degrees of nonwhiteness: quadroons and octoroons, mestizos and zambos and the rest.
ref: 2015 August 7, Nigel Cliff, “Hugh Thomas’s ‘World Without End: Spain, Philip II, and the First Global Empire’”, in New York Times:
glosses: The property of not being racially white.
semicollapsed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From semi- + collapsed.
Senses: examples: text: The next town east, Colgan, is littered with semicollapsed houses and rusting automobiles; an older man I spotted working on some kind of machine in his yard told me there were six residents left.
ref: 2015 August 6, Richard Rubin, “In North Dakota, Boom, Bust and Oil”, in New York Times:
glosses: Partially collapsed.
ibada
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ibadah.
coalowner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coalowners
Etymology: From coal + owner.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: collier
text: The Staffordshire coalowner would benefit, because he would be saved from the competition of the Lancashire coalowner, but what would the Lancashire coalowner say if he were charged a prohibitive rate with regard to the London market?
ref: 1887, Lord Herschell, The Parliamentary Debates (Authorized Edition), Wyman, page 200
text: Promoted by a group of coalowners who later joined forces with the Barry Railway, the Vale of Glamorgan [Railway] was originally planned to go right up to Tondu, but the G.W.R. succeeded in resisting any incursion beyond Coity Junction.
ref: 1955 July, D. S. Barrie, “Railways of the Bridgend District”, in Railway Magazine, page 447:
hypernyms: mineowner
coordinate_terms: coalminer
coalworker
glosses: One who owns a coal mine.
Related terms: coaler
coalhouse
colliery
coalowners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coalowner
glycogenetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: 1870-75; glyco- + genetic
Senses: examples: text: On the other hand, there is an increase in insulin resistance due to a peripheral antagonist effect of HPL on glycolytic activity but not on lipogenic or glycogenetic activities.
ref: 2015, Asim Kurjak, Textbook of Perinatal Medicine, JP Medical, page 1036:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Relating to glycogenesis.
linting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lintings
Etymology: From lint + -ing.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: The process of using a software tool to analyse source code and identify possible programming problems.
linting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From lint + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lint
fraternals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fraternal
Xaenorphica
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Xenorphica
Etymology: From the instrument's original German name, Xänorphika.
Senses: examples: text: Xaenorphica. A bow stringed instrument with a Keyboard, invented by Röllig, 1801, the sounds of which were produced by bows set in motion by a pedal.
ref: 1895, Otto Ebel, Handbook of Music, Arthur P. Schmidt, page 212
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A little-known stringed instrument with a keyboard, invented by Carl Leopold Röllig in 1801.
yersinioses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yersiniosis
yanged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of yang
ethnopolitics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ethno- + politics.
Senses: glosses: politics as it relates to different ethnic groups
Related terms: ethnopolitical
ethnopolitical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ethno- + political.
Senses: examples: text: How can ethnopolitical violence be hindered or mitigated?
glosses: Relating to ethnopolitics.
suggestopedy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of suggestopedia.
synonyms: word: suggestopedia
desuggestopedia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: A later term, coinciding with a greater desuggestive focus in the teaching method.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of suggestopedia.
synonyms: word: suggestopedia
arrie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arries
Etymology: Ultimately onomatopoeic from the bird's cry, the name may have entered English via Russian; it is also used by the Aleuts.
Senses: examples: text: Now this pioneer naturalist goes on to tell us that the shell of the arrie's egg is of such remarkable strength, that it will stand rough handling that would in a moment destroy ordinary eggs;
ref: 1953, Ernest Thompson Seton, Lives of game animals: an account of those land animals ...:
qualifier: Alaska
glosses: A murre or guillemot.
in season
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: Morel mushrooms are only in season for a few weeks in spring.
antonyms: out of season
glosses: In the time for eating, using, etc.
glosses: Synonym of in heat.
synonyms: word: in heat
Related terms: high season
low season
off-season
peak season
bandwagonism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bandwagon + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The tendency to jump on the bandwagon, i.e. to join a craze or trend, sometimes for profit.
choochkie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: choochkies
Etymology: From Russian чукчи (čukči). Popularized by Henry W. Elliott.
Senses: glosses: The least auklet, Aethia pusilla (formerly Simorhynchus pusillus).
choochkies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of choochkie
Jewy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒuːi/
rhymes: -uːi
Forms: form: more Jewy
form: most Jewy
form: Jewey
Etymology: From Jew + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Oh my God, that weird, little Jewy guy!
ref: 2015, South Park (TV series), season 18, episode 1
text: I just met the new neighbors and, baruch Hashem, they're delightfully Jewy.
glosses: Characteristic of a Jew or the Jews; Jewish.
Related terms: Jewishy
Judaic
Beothuks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Beothuk
eisteddfodwr
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌaɪstɛðˈvɒdə(ɹ)/
enpr: ī'stĕth-vŏdʹər
rhymes: -ɒdə(ɹ)
Forms: form: eisteddfodwyr
Etymology: Borrowed from Welsh eisteddfodwr.
Senses: examples: text: n the other hand he declares carefully that his views are relatively unimportant and that he merely behaves like any other eisteddfodwr in similar circumstances.
ref: 2014, Alyce von Rothkirch, J.O. Francis, Realist Drama and Ethics: Culture, Place and Nation, University of Wales Press, page 127:
text: He was an eisteddfodwr and delighted to hear good singing, whether it was in the sanctuary or at the eisteddfodic gatherings.
ref: 1908, T.J. Griffths, The Cambrian, volume 28, page 504:
glosses: One who supports, attends, or participates in an eisteddfod.
morrowed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of morrow
morrowing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of morrow
ageotropic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From a- + geotropic.
Senses: examples: text: This results in an ageotropic (away from ground) horizontal nystagmus, which is stronger in the left-ear-down position (excitatory position).
ref: 2013, Seilesh Babu, Practical Otology for the Otolaryngologist, →ISBN, page 279:
glosses: Upward; moving or bending away from the earth.
examples: text: Ageotropic growth is also displayed by shoots of 'lazy' mutants (e.g., ageotropica mutant of tomato and lazy mutants of rice, wheat, and maize), stolons or runners (e.g., strawberries), and underground stems or rhizomes (e.g. bamboos, quackgrass, and potato).
ref: 2013, Peter Davies, Plant Hormones: Physiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, →ISBN:
glosses: Failing to show an expected or typical earthward direction.
Pre-U
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Pre-Us
Etymology: Short for preuniversity.
Senses: topics: education
glosses: A school-leaving qualification that is an alternative to A levels.
Angloness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Anglo + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being Anglo.
macroacquisition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From macro- + acquisition, coined by Janina Brutt-Griffler.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The acquisition of a second language by a speech community.
Fowski
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
bank robbery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bank robberies
Senses: glosses: The act of stealing money from a bank.
Related terms: bank robber
Bradtmiller
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
memorats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of memorat
megasclere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megascleres
Senses: glosses: A large spicule in sponges, visible to the naked eye.
Desorcy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
megascleres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of megasclere
microscleres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microsclere
Rhegan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name.
Mellin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and former municipality of Altmarkkreis Salzwedel district, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
Derived terms: Mellin transform
Mellish
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Mellishes
Etymology: Variant of Melhuish.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
median eminence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: median eminences
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Part of the inferior boundary for the hypothalamus in the human brain.
lateral malleolus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lateral malleoli
form: external malleolus
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The prominence on the outer side of the ankle, formed by the lower end of the fibula.
Coordinate terms: medial malleolus
posterior malleolus
medial malleolus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: medial malleoli
form: internal malleolus
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The prominence on the inner side of the ankle, formed by the lower end of the tibia.
Coordinate terms: lateral malleolus
posterior malleolus
medial lemniscus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A large ascending bundle of heavily myelinated axons that decussate in the brain stem, specifically in the medulla; it is formed by the crossings of internal arcuate fibers.
Synonyms: Reil's band
Reil's ribbon
Hine-nui-te-po
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Maori Hine-nui-te-pō (literally “great woman of night”).
Senses: glosses: A goddess of night and death who rules the underworld in Māori mythology.
melanomatous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to melanoma.
Derived terms: nonmelanomatous
refoldings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of refolding
bangbelly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bangbellies
Senses: glosses: A kind of pudding made with pork, flour, molasses, etc.
monodirectional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mono- + directional.
Senses: glosses: unidirectional
mood music
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mood musics
Senses: examples: text: Mood music on record had one important distinction: it functioned as Muzak's id. Muzak was confined mostly to moderate tempo arrangements with few if any distractions. But mood music indulged in volatile mood swings forbidden in the workplace: happy to grim, frantic to narcoleptic, sexy to robotic.
ref: 2004, Joseph Lanza, Elevator Music: A Surreal History of Muzak, Easy-Listening, and Other Moodsong, revised and expanded edition, University of Michigan Press, →ISBN, page 69:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Any of various styles of light popular music.
examples: text: Today, functional music is a defining phenomenon of the streaming era, especially mood music for wellness and productivity, which self-improvement culture increasingly renders the same.
ref: 2025, Liz Pelly, Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist, 1st edition, New York: Atria Books, →ISBN:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A type of functional music to influence the listener's mood.
examples: text: The mood music for Iraq had looked ominous from the end of 2001 and got demonstrably worse when President Bush delivered his now infamous 'axis of evil' State of the Union address (January 2002) […]
ref: 2016, Robert Dover, Europeanization of British Defence Policy, page 96:
text: No organization had been more instrumental than the White Helmets in supplying the mood music for Western military intervention.
ref: 2020, Max Blumenthal, The Management of Savagery, page 303:
glosses: The general mood around a topic.
monopsonistically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more monopsonistically
form: most monopsonistically
Etymology: From monopsonistic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: By or as a monopsony.
mop bucket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mop buckets
Senses: glosses: A bucket, mounted on a wheeled trolley, that allows a wet mop to be wrung without getting the hands dirty.
mop buckets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mop bucket
mortgage belt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mortgage belts
Senses: glosses: The residential suburbs that have a high concentration of families mortgaging their homes.
polylingualism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From polylingual + -ism.
Senses: glosses: multilingualism
mossy saxifrage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mossy saxifrages
Senses: glosses: Saxifraga bryoides, a saxifrage found in the Arctic tundra and on European mountain ranges at high altitudes.
glosses: Saxifraga hypnoides, a saxifrage native to the British Isles.
moss saxifrage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of mossy saxifrage.
synonyms: word: mossy saxifrage
motion blur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: motion blurs
Senses: glosses: The apparent streaking of rapidly moving objects in a still image or a sequence of images such as a movie or animation. It results when the image being recorded changes during the recording of a single frame, either due to rapid movement or long exposure.
motion blur
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: motion blurs
form: motion blurring
form: motion blurred
form: motion blurred
Senses: glosses: To apply a motion blur effect to.
Related terms: smear frame
motion blurs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of motion blur
man in motion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: men in motion
Senses: topics: American-football
ball-games
football
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A single player on offense (always a backfielder) who is moving backwards or parallel to the line of scrimmage at the snap.
topics: ball-games
football
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Any player on offense (always a backfielder) who is moving backwards, forwards or parallel to the line of scrimmage at the snap.
men in motion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of man in motion
Vác
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Hungary.
motor theory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The hypothesis that people perceive spoken words by identifying the vocal tract gestures with which they are pronounced rather than by identifying the sound patterns generated by speech.
COSHH
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Initialism of control of substances hazardous to health.
dirty realism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Coined by Bill Buford of Granta magazine in 1983.
Senses: examples: text: It was Maryann Burk Carver who won the bread in those early years while Ray drank, fished, went to school and began writing the stories that a generation of critics and teachers would miscategorize as “minimalism” or “dirty realism.”
ref: 2009 November 20, Stephen King, “Raymond Carver’s Life and Stories”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: A North American literary movement that depicts seamy or mundane aspects of ordinary life in spare, unadorned language.
ilmoran
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moran
shootfighter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shootfighters
Etymology: From shoot + fighter.
Senses: glosses: One who takes part in shootfighting.
shootfighters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shootfighter
shootfighting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From shoot + fighting.
Senses: glosses: A combat sport that incorporates techniques from a multitude of traditional martial arts.
Related terms: Shooto
shoot wrestling
monocarpy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Quality of being monocarpic.
monoaxially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From monoaxial + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a monoaxial manner.
monophyletically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From monophyletic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a monophyletic manner.
monomorphically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From monomorphic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a monomorphic manner.
narcistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more narcistic
form: most narcistic
Etymology: Syncopic form of narcissistic.
Senses: glosses: Dated form of narcissistic.
salwar kameezes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of salwar kameez
abscessations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of abscessation
bryozoology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bryo- + zoology.
Senses: glosses: A branch of zoology specializing in Bryozoa.
red admirable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: red admirables
Senses: glosses: Synonym of red admiral.
synonyms: word: red admiral
red admirables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of red admirable
flip turn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flip turns
Senses: glosses: Synonym of tumble turn.
synonyms: word: tumble turn
tumble turn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tumble turns
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
swimming
glosses: A turn used to reverse the direction in which the person is swimming.
Synonyms: flip turn
flip turns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flip turn
tumble turns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tumble turn
regal fritillary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: regal fritillaries
Senses: glosses: A striking nymphalid butterfly (Speyeria idalia), of the east-central United States, with a deep orange color and dark hindwings with two bands of spots.
regal fritillaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of regal fritillary
reel mower
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reel mowers
Senses: glosses: A lawnmower with a multiblade assembly that rotates about a single horizontal axis, typically non-motorized and designed to be pushed by an operator walking behind the two-wheeled or four-wheeled device.
Synonyms: cylinder mower
cylinder mower
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cylinder mowers
Senses: glosses: Synonym of reel mower.
synonyms: word: reel mower
reel mowers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reel mower
cylinder mowers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cylinder mower
acoelous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From a- + -coelous.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Not hollowed.
raw_tags: of vertebrae
Related terms: acoelomate
dioxiranes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dioxirane
sugartits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sugartits
Etymology: From sugar + tits.
Senses: glosses: Nickname for somebody, especially a woman.
walking bus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: walking buses
Etymology: By analogy with a conventional school bus.
Senses: glosses: A group of students who walk to school chaperoned by two adults (the "driver" leading and the "conductor" following), according to a fixed route with designated "bus stops" where further students can join the group.
walking buses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of walking bus
Ferberize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Ferberizes
form: Ferberizing
form: Ferberized
form: Ferberized
Etymology: From Ferber + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To use the Ferber method on (an infant).
Related terms: Ferberization
Ferberization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ferber + -ization.
Senses: glosses: The use of the Ferber method.
Related terms: Ferberize