cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
color-proud
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more color-proud
form: most color-proud
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of colour-proud.
color proud
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more color proud
form: most color proud
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of colour-proud.
Ries
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Rieses
Etymology: * As a south German and Jewish surname, from the noun Riese (“giant”).
* Also as a German surname, from Middle Low German rīs (“brushwood, twig”), from Old Saxon hrīs.
* Also as a German surname, variant of Reis, Riess.
* As as Welsh surname, variant of Rice.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
uncauterized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: uncauterised
Etymology: From un- + cauterized.
Senses: examples: text: His book is a veritable hemorrhage of uncauterized brain emissions, covering everything from the death of Admiral Nelson and genital crabs to the evil of money and the genius of Jack Lemmon, all spilling willy nilly across 260 pages that cover nothing more than a single day of a moderately interesting life.
ref: 2009 February 28, Geoff Pevere, “The end of the era of the mid-life crisis”, in Toronto Star:
glosses: Not cauterized.
RevPAR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: RevPARs
form: REVPAR
Senses: topics: business
glosses: Abbreviation of revenue per available room: a profitability metric used by hotels.
RevPARs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of RevPAR
hyperintellectual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hyperintellectual
form: most hyperintellectual
Etymology: From hyper- + intellectual.
Senses: examples: text: Sheik is the smooth, handsome pop composer/performer who made it big with his 1996 debut single "Barely Breathing," while Sater is the tightly coiled, hyperintellectual playwright whose work had largely been seen on the fringes of New York theatre.
ref: 2009 March 14, Richard Ouzounian, “Getting the jump on spring”, in Toronto Star:
glosses: Very highly intellectual.
overdiscussed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overdiscussed
form: most overdiscussed
Etymology: From over- + discussed.
Senses: examples: text: And overdiscussed Twitter imposes a 140-character limit on your genius, which works out to 20 or 30 words, depending on the sophistication of your vocabulary.
ref: 2009 March 14, Ryan Bigge special to the star, “A brief history of brevity (but more than 140 characters)”, in Toronto Star:
glosses: Discussed too much; overhyped.
skronks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of skronk
jiffing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of jiff
long-livedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈlɒŋˈlaɪvɪdnɪs/
Etymology: From long-lived + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being long-lived; longevity.
grippable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more grippable
form: most grippable
Etymology: From grip + -able.
Senses: examples: text: North American tubs are not grippable, so people can slip as they try to get in or out of the tub.
ref: 2009 March 21, Donna Laporte, “Architect draws global inspiration for universal design”, in Toronto Star:
glosses: Capable of being gripped.
Derived terms: ungrippable
intersquad
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + squad.
Senses: examples: text: At the first intersquad game – where the kids play each other and get to show off their newly acquired skills – the enthusiasm for the sport and school generates a buzz.
ref: 2009 March 21, Debra Black, “Scoring pride at Jane-Finch”, in Toronto Star:
glosses: Between squads.
intersquadron
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + squadron.
Senses: glosses: Between squadrons.
the dose makes the poison
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
toxicology
glosses: The damage that a substance causes is determined more by its quantity than by its essence.
Related terms: hormesis
polesitters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polesitter
flouffy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more flouffy
form: most flouffy
Senses: examples: text: "Because our ceremony is in a house," Shtal says, "it would be so inappropriate for me to wear this huge, flouffy Cinderella gown."
ref: 2009 March 28, Diana Zlomislic, “How to wed for $10K less and save the planet”, in Toronto Star:
glosses: Alternative form of floofy.
discofied
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more discofied
form: most discofied
Etymology: From disco + -fy + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: The ungainly, discofied arrangement of "First We Take Manhattan" notwithstanding, Leonard Cohen: Live In London – a one-hour edit airs tomorrow night at 8 on CBC-TV – is a timeless and priceless portrait of the artist as an older man, and better than ever.
ref: 2009 March 31, Greg Quill, “DVD Pick of the week: Leonard Cohen”, in Toronto Star:
glosses: Adapted to disco music or disco culture.
reinstater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reinstaters
Etymology: From reinstate + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who reinstates something.
reinstaters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reinstater
enthroner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: enthroners
Etymology: From enthrone + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who enthrones.
enthroners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of enthroner
premierial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more premierial
form: most premierial
form: premieral
Etymology: From premier + -ial.
Senses: examples: text: Unless he's a different sort entirely, he'll be saying what's written for him, voting as instructed and learning of shifts in premierial strategy third-hand.
ref: 2009 March 23, Jim Coyle, “MPPs have little reason to cheer”, in Toronto Star:
glosses: Of or relating to a premier.
reinvestigator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reinvestigators
Etymology: From reinvestigate + -or. Attested since the 19th century.
Senses: glosses: Agent noun of reinvestigate.
Hypernyms: investigator
premieral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more premieral
form: most premieral
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of premierial.
surtitling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of surtitle
unscriptedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From unscripted + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being unscripted.
snow jobs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snow job
frog in a sock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: frogs in a sock
Senses: examples: text: The conflict between desire and programming may explain the common myth (or as we Micks like to think, well-known fact) that Catholics go off like frogs in a sock in the sack.
ref: 2009, Catherine Deveny, Free to a Good Home, →ISBN, page 106:
text: They're still as cross as a frog in a sock about it.
ref: 2010, John Shors, The Wishing Trees, →ISBN:
text: I guarantee that if you make something really cool, her knickers'll be off quicker than a frog in a sock.
ref: 2014, Martin Gooch, I Made a Feature Film by Mistake, →ISBN, page 10:
text: Even though he was pissing her off mightily, his broad shoulders, tanned biceps and lock of black hair falling onto his forehead made her pulse jump like a frog in a sock.
ref: 2015, Joan Kilby, The Secret Son, →ISBN:
glosses: Something that is frantic.
raw_tags: in similes
frogs in a sock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of frog in a sock
unevent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unevents
Etymology: From un- + event.
Senses: examples: text: Although the coup as such was something of an unevent, it did leave a lasting imprint on the new tsar and thus influenced the autocracy for the coming three decades.
ref: 2002, Stefan Hedlund, Russia's Market Economy: A Bad Case of Predatory Capitalism:
glosses: An event that goes unnoticed.
101st
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: 101st Airborne Division of the US Army.
23rd
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: 23d
Senses: examples: text: To get doomier still, there’s also the pertinent question of whether, given current ecological speculation, the human race will even survive beyond the next century or so – an uncertainty which makes applying one’s imagination to a 22nd or 23rd Century rather academic.
ref: 2019 May 14, Hugh Montgomery, “HBO's Years & Years and the horrors of the near-near-future”, in BBC:
glosses: Abbreviation of twenty-third.
Mate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Tayabas, Quezon, Philippines.
pretendent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pretendents
Etymology: From Middle French pretendent, from the present participle of pretendre (“to claim”). By surface analysis, pretend + -ent.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pretendant.
pretendent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Middle French pretendent, from the present participle of pretendre (“to claim”). By surface analysis, pretend + -ent.
Senses: examples: text: [T]he kingdome […] after the death of the foreſaid king Richard […] belonged to Edmond mortimer Earle of march, then liuing, and after his death to Anne Mortimer his ſiſter, marryed to Richard earle of Cãbridge father to this Richard pretendent duke of Yorke, […]
ref: c. 1595 September (indicated as 1594), R. Doleman [pseudonym; attributed to Robert Persons], “Of the Great and Generall Controuersie and Contention betweene the Two Houses Royal of Lancaster and York, […]”, in A Conference about the Next Succession to the Crowne of Ingland (English Recusant Literature, 1558–1640; 104), Menston, Yorkshire: Scolar Press, published 1972, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 58:
text: But the Pope being reſolute, and diſpleaſed that the matter was not ſo ſecretly carried, anſwered freely, that the Cardinall of Loraine came to the Councell as Head of one of the pretendent parties, and that he would depute thoſe who were Neutrals, and without intereſts.
ref: 1620, Pietro Soaue Polano [pseudonym; Paolo Sarpi], translated by Nathanael Brent, “Two New Legates Are Created”, in The Historie of the Councel of Trent. […], 2nd edition (1629), London: […] Bonham Norton and Iohn Bill, […], →OCLC, book 7, page 681:
text: But ſuppoſe the pretendent curteſan bee but a phantaſme, a ſhadow, a meere maſſe of penury, like unto this decayed peece of miſery (pointing at me) what is your rule?
ref: 1641, Iohn Iohnson, The Academy of Love. Describing the Folly of Young-Men, and the Fallacie of Women., London: […] H[umphrey] Bluden, […], →OCLC, page 24:
glosses: Alternative form of pretendant.
pretendents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pretendent
autohaemotherapy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of autohemotherapy.
why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: examples: text: The whole idea of why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free relates to offering only a very brief sample of your music online. I have intellectual property, and I treat that intellectual property very seriously as an artist.
ref: 2005, Steven Gordon, The Future of the Music Business:
text: In the past, women who wanted to move in with a boyfriend would get a strict talking-to about a common male mentality: “Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free?”
ref: 2007, Elina Furman, Kiss and Run:
text: I can get plenty of dames, so why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free...ya know what I mean?
ref: 2008, Inge Auerbacher, Highway To New York: A Lady Truck Driver Adventure, page 38:
glosses: Do not expect somebody to make a costly commitment if it will give them nothing they do not already have; used especially as a warning against having sexual intercourse before marriage (or conversely, as encouragement against getting married).
Related terms: why buy a book when you can join a library
punalua
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: punaluas
form: punalua
Senses: glosses: A member of a traditional Hawaiian group marriage between two or more brothers with their wives, or two or more sisters with their husbands.
punaluas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of punalua
leafbase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leafbases
Etymology: From leaf + base.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The base of a leaf, where it joins the stem.
leafbases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leafbase
euterrestrial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From eu- + terrestrial.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Capable of thriving on dry or mildly damp soil.
landhopper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: landhoppers
Etymology: From land + hopper.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any of the terrestrial talitrids.
landhoppers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of landhopper
ozone sickness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A disorder caused by the inhalation of ozone at high altitudes (e.g. in passenger aircraft), marked by fatigue and breathing difficulties.
one to talk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ones to talk
Senses: examples: text: You're one to talk!
text: You're the one to talk!
text: “You're one to talk about being alone. You need Savannah so damn much it's screwing up any chance I've got for basketball.”
ref: 2011, H. E. Ellis, The Gods of Asphalt, page 46:
glosses: A person who hypocritically criticizes others for a fault that he/she also has done.
Related terms: look who's talking
you can talk
conorm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: conorms
Etymology: From co- + norm.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The dual of a norm.
Derived terms: t-conorm
conorms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of conorm
Bellefontaine
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌbɛl.fɒnˈtɛn/
ipa: /bɛlˈfaʊntən/
ipa: /ˈbɛlfaʊntən/
Forms: form: Belle Fontaine
Etymology: Borrowed from French Bellefontaine (literally “beautiful fountain”).
Senses: glosses: A village and commune of Vosges department, Grand Est, France.
glosses: A village and commune of Jura department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.
glosses: A village and commune of Val-d'Oise department, Île-de-France, France.
glosses: A village and former commune of Manche department, Normandy, France, merged in 2017 into the new commune Juvigny les Vallées.
glosses: A village and commune of Martinique department, France.
glosses: A city, the county seat of Logan County, Ohio, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Webster County, Mississippi, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Washington County, Missouri, United States.
Josephus problem
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Josephus problem
Etymology: Named after Flavius Josephus, a Jewish historian of the 1st century, who describes such a situation in his account of the siege of Yodfat.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A theoretical problem in which every nth person, counting around a circle of people, is chosen for execution, and this process repeats after the removal of each chosen person, with the last person left being freed. The problem is to select one's position so as to be the last to be chosen.
sharenting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of share + parenting, coined by researchers at the University of Michigan.
Senses: examples: text: Others feel that the advantages of sharenting far outweigh any negatives. In an increasingly fragmented society, social media allows us to stay connected to friends and family, and get support that for many is not easily accessible.
ref: 2013 May 18, Nione Meakin, “The pros and cons of 'sharenting'”, in The Guardian:
text: Then there’s “sharenting.” Today, many children’s social media presence starts with a sonogram, posted, obviously, without consent.
ref: 2019 June 5, Anya Kamenetz, “The Problem With ‘Sharenting’”, in The New York Times:
text: On a philosophical level, sharenting exposes children to the larger digital world without their consent, robbing them of a kind of agency.
ref: 2019 September 11, Hua Hsu, “Instagram, Facebook, and the Perils of 'Sharenting'”, in The New Yorker:
glosses: The practice of parents documenting their child's upbringing on social media, typically by posting photographs, anecdotes, etc.
Related terms: sharent
reaccretion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reaccretions
Etymology: From re- + accretion.
Senses: examples: text: Compared to previous studies we (1) fully account for the viscous spreading of the circumbinary disk, (2) consider the possibility of reaccretion from the disk onto the binary (in agreement with simulations and empirical evidence), and (3) allow for the reduced viscosity after the disk expands, cools, and forms dust.
ref: 2016, Roman R. Rafikov, “On the Eccentricity Excitation in Post-Main Sequence Binaries”, in arXiv:
glosses: accretion again
reaccretions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reaccretion
circumcizor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: circumcizors
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of circumcisor.
howlarious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /haʊˈlɛəɹi.əs/
ipa: /haʊˈlɛɹi.əs/
rhymes: -ɛəɹi.əs
Forms: form: more howlarious
form: most howlarious
Etymology: Blend of howl + hilarious
Senses: examples: text: Jimmie Walker, star of television's howlarious Good Times, offering what makes a woman sexy to him: "I don't find tight clothes or revealing clothes to be sexy at all. The more that's left to my imagination the better."
ref: 1978, Jet, volume 54, number 24, page 32:
glosses: Extremely hilarious; funny enough to make one howl with laughter.
circumcizors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of circumcizor
idleton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: idletons
Senses: qualifier: Somerset
glosses: An idle man.
banana seats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of banana seat
gastroduodenoscopy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡastɹəʊdjuːəʊdɪˈnɒskəpi/
Forms: form: gastroduodenoscopies
Etymology: From gastro- + duodeno- + -scopy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: esophagogastroduodenoscopy
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: percutaneous endoscopy through a gastrostomy examining the stomach and duodenum
Hypernyms: endoscopy
gastroduodenoscopies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gastroduodenoscopy
idletons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of idleton
on one's Pat Malone
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Forms: form: on one's pat
Etymology: Australian rhyming slang; possibly from the ballad Paddy Malone in Australia, recounting the tribulations of an Irish immigrant.
Senses: examples: text: "Who's paying?" asked Oscar. "Abo Department?"
"Oh, no," said Lace lightly. "I'm doing it on my pat."
ref: 1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter IX, in Capricornia, page 139:
text: Poor little bludger, he wasn't happy standing there on his Pat Malone[.]
ref: 1995, Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, page 39:
text: "My daughter worries about me. Isn't that nice," Brian said to the room. "She'd be on her Pat Malone there then, wouldn't she?"
ref: 2004, Jay Verney, Percussion, St Lucia, Queensland: University of Queensland Press, page 298:
glosses: Alone, on one's own
gunmetal gray
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gunmetal grays
Senses: examples: text: She's wearing a gunmetal gray dress that’s tasteful in front, and practically obscene from the back.
ref: 2012, John Locke, Wish List (Donovan Creed), John Locke Books, →ISBN, page 18:
glosses: Alternative spelling of gunmetal grey.
Derived terms: word: gunmetal-gray
abortionee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: abortionees
Etymology: From abortion + -ee.
Senses: examples: text: Under the previous definition, every abortion was therapeutic, for every abortion is for the "emotional well-being" of the abortionee; every abortion is a response to psychological needs.
ref: 1977, The Human Life Review, page 13:
glosses: One who undergoes an abortion.
exotism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exotisms
Senses: examples: text: But there remains Fédora. Once more, Oh, exotism!
ref: 1895 June, The Speaker, volume 11, page 599:
glosses: Synonym of exoticism.
synonyms: word: exoticism
multisignature
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + signature.
Senses: glosses: Having or consisting of multiple signatures.
abortionees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of abortionee
umlautlessness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From umlautless + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: As noted, the weak suffix -ita (< -iða) loses its vowel in long stems, creating this pattern of umlautlessness in long-stem preterit forms.
ref: 2012, Joseph Salmons, A History of German, page 136:
glosses: The fact or state of not exhibiting any signs of phonological umlaut.
set-and-forget
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: If you're using a set-and-forget compass, draw a big sigh of relief at this point. You can forget about adding and subtracting angles once you've set the declination and double-checked that you set it in the right direction.
ref: 2012, Glenn Randall, Outward Bound Map & Compass Handbook Revised, page 52:
text: The set-and-forget trader is playing fundamental direction and is seeking very large moves of 150 to 300 pips. This trader doesn't want to sit and watch the screen but play the longer moves and forces behind forex.
ref: 2012, Abe Cofnas, The Forex Trading Course:
glosses: Of a device setting, a strategy, etc.: configured a certain way and then left without further attention.
Related terms: fire and forget
deployant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: French déployant
Senses: glosses: Of the clasp of a wristwatch: having an expanding metal mechanism used for fitting the two ends of the strap together.
locker loop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -uːp
Forms: form: locker loops
Senses: topics: business
clothing
fashion
lifestyle
manufacturing
textiles
glosses: A small band on the back of a shirt, by which it can be hung up.
religiomania
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From religio- + -mania.
Senses: examples: text: The same symptoms of religiomania are accordingly present in the outcomes for Alyosha, at least as they were mapped out by his self-willed author.
ref: 2007, Russian Studies in Literature, Volume 43, Issues 1-3:
glosses: Excessive interest in religion.
fanfreakingtastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fanfreakingtastic
form: most fanfreakingtastic
Etymology: From fan- + freaking + -tastic.
Senses: glosses: Fantastic; great.
exoticist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more exoticist
form: most exoticist
Etymology: From exotic + -ist. Attested since the 20th century.
Senses: glosses: Having a tendency towards the exotic.
exoticist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exoticists
Etymology: From exotic + -ist. Attested since the 20th century.
Senses: glosses: Somebody with a tendency towards the exotic.
exoticisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exoticisations
Etymology: From exotic + -isation.
Senses: glosses: British standard form of exoticization.
derived class
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: derived classes
Senses: qualifier: object-oriented programming
glosses: Synonym of subclass.
synonyms: word: subclass
empty constructor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: empty constructors
Senses: qualifier: object-oriented programming
glosses: A constructor that takes no arguments and performs no operation.
relime
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: relimes
form: reliming
form: relimed
form: relimed
Etymology: From re- + lime.
Senses: glosses: To treat with lime again.
relimed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of relime
relimes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of relime
reliming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of relime
refertilize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: refertilizes
form: refertilizing
form: refertilized
form: refertilized
Etymology: From re- + fertilize.
Senses: glosses: To fertilize again.
Related terms: refertilization
defertilize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: defertilizes
form: defertilizing
form: defertilized
form: defertilized
Etymology: From de- + fertilize.
Senses: glosses: To make no longer fertile.
refertilized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of refertilize
refertilizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of refertilize
refertilizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of refertilize
defertilized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of defertilize
defertilizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of defertilize
defertilizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of defertilize
defertilization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From de- + fertilization.
Senses: glosses: The process of defertilizing.
refertilization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: refertilizations
Etymology: From re- + fertilization.
Senses: glosses: The process (or act) of refertilizing
member class
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: member classes
Senses: qualifier: object-oriented programming
glosses: An inner class declared outside a function (hence a "member") and not declared as static.
co-purification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: co-purifications
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Alternative form of copurification.
co-purifications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of co-purification
superpackage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superpackages
Etymology: From super- + package.
Senses: qualifier: object-oriented programming
glosses: A package situated hierarchically above another package.
lipomelanotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From lipo- + melanotic.
Senses: examples: text: The term "lipomelanotic reticulosis" was created by Pautrier and Woringer' in 1937, to describe lipomelanotic deposits in enlarged lymph nodes; the condition was associated with certain generalized dermatoses.
ref: 1954, Oliver Samuel Ormsby, Hamilton Montgomery, Diseases of the skin, page 525:
text: Numerous lysosomes were seen in the cytoplasm of alveolar macrophages, usually linked with a lipomelanotic pigment (fig. 87) appearing brown under the light microscope.
ref: 1990, Acta Universitatis Carolinae: Medica. Monographia, page 111:
text: Dermatopathia lymphadenitis is a chronic lipomelanotic hyperplasia of reticulum cells of the pulp of the lymph-nodes.
ref: 2014, Alvin F. Gardner, Differential Oral Diagnosis in Systemic Disease, →ISBN, page 112:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Pertaining to deposits that include a combination of lipids and melanin.
CBP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Stephanie Malin, a CBP spokeswoman, said more than 300 agents, including those that were part of an initial deployment earlier this year, are being moved primarily from Northern and Coastal sectors to provide support.
ref: 2021 March 30, Priscilla Alvarez, “CBP deploying more agents to US-Mexico border amid influx of migrants”, in CNN:
text: CBP continues to find ways to improve the entry process through the use of mobile technology to ensure it is safe and efficient. To that end, CBP has deployed a process which allows travelers to use a mobile app to submit information to CBP prior to arrival in domestic locations and prior to departure at preclearance locations. This process, called Mobile Passport Control (MPC) allows travelers to self-segment upon arrival into the United States or departing a preclearance location.
ref: 2023 October 27, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, “Agency Information Collection Activities; Revision of Existing Collection; U.S. Customs Declaration (CBP Form 6059B)”, in Federal Register, Document Number 2023-23783, pages 73867-73868:
topics: government
law-enforcement
glosses: Initialism of Customs and Border Protection.
glosses: Initialism of Chorleywood bread process.
Synonyms: sense: Customs and Border Protection
english: United States Customs and Border Protection
translation: United States Customs and Border Protection
word: USCBP
sense: Customs and Border Protection
english: United States Customs and Border Protection
translation: United States Customs and Border Protection
word: US CBP
Coordinate terms: english: Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms
translation: Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms
word: ATF
english: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms
translation: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms
word: BATF
english: Bureau of Prisons
translation: Bureau of Prisons
word: BOP
english: Drug Enforcement Agency
translation: Drug Enforcement Agency
word: DEA
english: Federal Bureau of Investigation
translation: Federal Bureau of Investigation
word: FBI
english: Federal Bureau of Prisons
translation: Federal Bureau of Prisons
word: FBOP
english: Immigration and Customs Enforcement
translation: Immigration and Customs Enforcement
word: ICE
english: Internal Revenue Service
translation: Internal Revenue Service
word: IRS
english: United States Coast Guard
translation: United States Coast Guard
word: USCG
word: CBSA
word: Frontex
CBP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of cardiopulmonary bypass.
persecutress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: persecutresses
Etymology: From persecutor + -ess.
Senses: glosses: A female persecutor.
Synonyms: persecutrix
photographess
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photographesses
Etymology: From photograph + -ess.
Senses: glosses: A female photographer.
Synonyms: photographeress
Khuzdar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Balochistan.
tofu skin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tofu skins
Senses: glosses: A food product made from soybeans in the form of a thin, yellow sheet used in Chinese and Japanese cooking.
Synonyms: bean curd robe
bean curd sheet
bean curd skin
yuba
red pills
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of red pill
red pills
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of red pill
Matrix defense
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Matrix defense
Etymology: From the plot of the film The Matrix (1999), whose protagonist is woken from an illusionary simulated world into the dystopian reality.
Senses: examples: text: There is now a legal strategy called the "Matrix defense," which has been an effective form of insanity defense. The film evidently had a part in inspiring Lee Malvo, the Washington D.C. sniper, and it has been mentioned in connection with the Columbine High School killings, which happened less than a month after the release of The Matrix.
ref: 2012, C. Stephen Jaeger, Enchantment: On Charisma and the Sublime in the Arts of the West, University of Pennsylvania Press, →ISBN, page 41:
topics: law
glosses: A legal defense in which the defendant claims to have committed a crime in the belief that he/she was not in the real world, but in a simulated reality.
wikipedia: The Matrix
foreverhood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From forever + -hood.
Senses: examples: text: In fact who knows but that it isn't the solitude of the oneness of the essence of everything, the solitude of the actual oneness of the unbornness of the unborn essence of everything, nay the true pure foreverhood, that big blank potential that can ray forth anything from its pure store, that blazing bliss, Mattivajrakaruna the Transcendental Diamond Compassion!
ref: 1959, Ray Russell, The Permanent Playboy:
text: Married fifty years and partnered performers for the same amount of time, they have been what Eleanor calls "childhood, adulthood, and foreverhood sweethearts."
ref: 1993, Howard Dorgan, The Airwaves of Zion:
text: Run for Thomas thumb of poetry, sleep writing ghost writing moon quirk of telepathic trancedom in the frilly belly of liver damage and a gargoyle leading me to the lions to the tongues speaking in eyes to the foreverhood of black to the season of water to the male to Whitman's song to the heavenly fire of always.
ref: 2011, Anthony Haas, Dawn Peyote:
glosses: The state or condition of existing or lasting forever
Synonyms: eternity
tuberization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tuberizations
Etymology: From tuber + -ization.
Senses: examples: text: Several reports indicate high levels of cytokinins (CKs) in leaves of induced potato plants, but the connection with tuberization is not clear.
ref: 2002, Lalit M. Srivastava, Plant Growth and Development: Hormones and Environment:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The development of tubers.
tuberizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tuberization
tuberize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: tuberizes
form: tuberizing
form: tuberized
form: tuberized
Etymology: From tuber + -ize.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: To develop tubers.
Related terms: tuberization
tuberized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tuberize
tuberizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tuberize
tuberizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tuberize
echosounders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of echosounder
towfish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: towfishes
Etymology: From tow + fish.
Senses: glosses: An object towed behind a vessel in the water, carrying sonar equipment.
towfishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of towfish
bifrequency
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bi- + frequency.
Senses: glosses: Involving two frequencies.
trifrequency
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tri- + frequency.
Senses: glosses: Involving three frequencies.
monofrequency
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mono- + frequency.
Senses: glosses: Involving a single frequency
Synonyms: monofrequent
unifrequency
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From uni- + frequency.
Senses: glosses: Involving a single frequency.
acclimatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to acclimatization.
Derived terms: photoacclimatory
pyroprobe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pyroprobes
Etymology: From pyro- + probe.
Senses: glosses: A kind of pyrolyser based on resistive heating, used in mass spectrometry.
pyroprobes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pyroprobe
kynurenin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kynurenins
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of kynurenine.
kynurenins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kynurenin
colonogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From colon + -o- + -genic.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Forming the tissues of the colon
Related terms: colonigenic
cardiopathological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cardio- + pathological.
Senses: glosses: Relating to cardiopathology.
cardiopathology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cardiopathologies
Etymology: From cardio- + pathology.
Senses: glosses: heart disease
Related terms: cardiopathological
cardiopathologies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cardiopathology
cardiosphere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cardiospheres
Etymology: From cardio- + sphere or cardio- + -sphere.
Senses: glosses: A cluster of endogenous cardiac stem cells that forms when they are cloned in suspension.
cardiospheres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cardiosphere
lymphoglandulae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌlɪm.foʊˈɡlæn.d͡ʒəˌli/
Senses: glosses: plural of lymphoglandula
radiomitigative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more radiomitigative
form: most radiomitigative
Etymology: From radio- + mitigative.
Senses: glosses: That mitigates the harmful effects of radiation.
radiomitigation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From radio- + mitigation.
Senses: glosses: Mitigation of the harmful effects of radiation.
seedlot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: seedlots
Etymology: From seed + lot.
Senses: topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
glosses: A particular batch of seeds, often collected from a specific zone (the seedzone).
seedzone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: seedzones
Etymology: From seed + zone.
Senses: topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
glosses: A specific geographical area from which seeds are collected.
Related terms: seedlot
seedlots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of seedlot
seedzones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of seedzone
flax-leaved daphne
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Daphne gnidium, a poisonous evergreen shrub from the Mediterranean region with dense dark-green foliage and fragrant white flowers.
ballistic gelatin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A gelatin formulation designed to resemble muscle tissue and used to gauge the effects of bullet wounds.
bamboo torture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An apocryphal Asian form of torture where a bamboo shoot is allowed to grow through a restrained victim's body, piercing it and eventually emerging on the other side.
mushroom haircut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mushroom haircuts
Senses: glosses: Synonym of bowl cut.
synonyms: word: bowl cut
mushroom haircuts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mushroom haircut
Diffie-Hellman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Whitfield Diffie and Martin Hellman.
Senses: topics: computing
cryptography
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A particular mechanism for key exchange in cryptographic communications.
diffusants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diffusant
legendize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: legendizes
form: legendizing
form: legendized
form: legendized
Etymology: From legend + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To exalt to the status of a legend.
legendized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of legendize
legendizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of legendize
legendizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of legendize
legendization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From legend + -ization.
Senses: glosses: The process of legendizing.
mum-in-law
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mums-in-law
Etymology: From mum + -in-law.
Senses: glosses: mother-in-law
Related terms: mom-in-law
mom-in-law
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: moms-in-law
Etymology: From mom + -in-law.
Senses: glosses: mother-in-law
Related terms: mum-in-law
moms-in-law
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mom-in-law
mums-in-law
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mum-in-law
Dad's Army
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: After Dad's Army, a BBC television sitcom about the British Home Guard during the Second World War.
Senses: glosses: The Territorial Army.
wikipedia: Dad's Army
antigrammatical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antigrammatical
form: most antigrammatical
Etymology: From anti- + grammatical.
Senses: glosses: Opposing or flouting the rules of grammar.
compensated dating
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of enjo kosai.
synonyms: word: enjo kosai
antisyntactic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antisyntactic
form: most antisyntactic
Etymology: From anti- + syntactic.
Senses: glosses: Opposing or flouting the rules of syntax.
foot peg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foot pegs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of footpeg.
foot pegs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of foot peg
generic class
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: generic classes
Senses: examples: text: A generic class is a class with one or more type parameters.
ref: 2015 January 30, Cay S. Horstmann, Core Java for the Impatient, Addison-Wesley Professional:
qualifier: object-oriented programming
glosses: A class defined with at least one generic type in its parameters.
one for luck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: one more for luck
Senses: examples: text: "Here's one for luck, anyway," said one of the others, and he lifted his pistol and fired into the brush. The troop laughed light-heartedly, and turned back toward town. But the shot for luck struck Lean John's horse, and it fell with a groan.
ref: 1905, Charles Fletcher Lummis, Out West: A Magazine of the Old Pacific and the New:
text: As he reached the wicket, Yardley, the England captain, led three cheers (he forgot the 'and one for luck').
ref: 2013, Simon Hughes, Cricket's Greatest Rivalry:
glosses: An extra repetition of an action beyond what is needed.
pavement chalk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pavement chalks
Senses: glosses: Synonym of sidewalk chalk.
synonyms: word: sidewalk chalk
sidewalk chalk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sidewalk chalks
Senses: glosses: A colored chalk-like substance, made from paint, plaster of Paris, etc., used for drawing on sidewalks or cement.
Synonyms: word: pavement chalk
videochat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: videochats
Senses: examples: text: In the remainder of the interviews, among families recruited explicitly because of their use of videochat, the interviews were shorter and more focused on the use of communication technologies, and include an observation of a video call […]
ref: 2012, Richard Harper, The Connected Home: The Future of Domestic Life, page 194:
glosses: Alternative form of video chat.
videochat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: videochats
form: videochatting
form: videochatted
form: videochatted
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of video chat.
videochats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of videochat
video jukebox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: video jukeboxes
Senses: glosses: A jukebox (machine for playing music selections) equipped with an electronic screen display.
glosses: A video playback system connected to a telecommunication network in order to transmit films to consumers on demand.
video jukeboxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of video jukebox
videoteleconference
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: videoteleconferences
Etymology: From video- + teleconference.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of video conference.
synonyms: word: video conference
videoteleconference
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: videoteleconferences
form: videoteleconferencing
form: videoteleconferenced
form: videoteleconferenced
Etymology: From video- + teleconference.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of video conference.
synonyms: word: video conference
videoteleconferences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of videoteleconference
videoteleconferencing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From video- + teleconferencing.
Senses: glosses: The holding of video conferences.
video dial tone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The provision of interactive video services, such as home shopping and films transmitted on demand, by traditional telecommunication networks.
get out what one puts in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets out what one puts in
form: getting out what one puts in
form: got out what one puts in
form: got out what one puts in
form: gotten out what one puts in
Senses: glosses: To receive enjoyment or some other reward in proportion to one's efforts in doing something.
Synonyms: reap the harvest
you only get what you give
video chats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of video chat
footrub
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: footrubs
form: foot rub
Etymology: From foot + rub.
Senses: examples: text: While you may think that editors have nothing to do but torture writers while they kick back and get footrubs, the reverse is often true.
ref: 2003, Linda Formichelli, Diana Burrell, The Renegade Writer:
glosses: A massage of the feet.
footrubs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of footrub
Four Olds
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Four Olds
Etymology: Calque of Chinese 四舊 /四旧 (Sìjiù, “the four old (things)”)
Senses: glosses: The four traditional things targeted for destruction during China's Cultural Revolution, usually translated as old customs, old culture, old habits, and old ideas.
legal holiday
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: legal holidays
Senses: glosses: Synonym of public holiday.
synonyms: word: public holiday
legal holidays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of legal holiday
Mataronese
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or from Mataró, a city in Catalonia, Spain.
Legendre's differential equation
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after French mathematician Adrien-Marie Legendre (1752–1833).
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The equation that defines the Legendre polynomials: d/dx[(1-x²)d/dxP_n(x)]+n(n+1)P_n(x)=0.
differential psychology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A branch of psychology focusing on how and why individuals differ in their behaviour.
Derived terms: differential psychologist
FRG
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Federal Republic of Germany.
Coordinate terms: english: German Democratic Republic
translation: German Democratic Republic
word: GDR
aplacophoran
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aplacophorans
Etymology: Aplacophora + -n
Senses: examples: text: The aplacophoran mollusc Chaetoderma sp. occurred only at 500 m.
ref: 2015 December 1, “Macrofaunal Patterns in and around du Couedic and Bonney Submarine Canyons, South Australia”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Any benthic mollusc of the class Aplacophora.
Dadaesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Dadaesque
form: most Dadaesque
Etymology: From Dada + -esque.
Senses: glosses: Reminiscent of the surrealistic Dada movement.