cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
isocandelas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of isocandela
aminoacyls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aminoacyl
aminoacylations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aminoacylation
midplanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of midplane
nanoclusters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nanocluster
peroxiredoxins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peroxiredoxin
thioredoxins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thioredoxin
sulphiredoxins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sulphiredoxin
killfilters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of killfilter
cupsets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cupset
retroactions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of retroaction
miskicks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of miskick
miskicks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of miskick
miskicking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of miskick
miskicked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of miskick
mishits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mishit
mishits
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of mishit
stoppies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stoppie
tailwhips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tailwhip
kickflips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kickflip
benihanas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of benihana
reutilizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reutilize
reutilizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reutilize
reutilized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reutilize
crashers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crasher
surrebutters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of surrebutter
surrejoinders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of surrejoinder
mimers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mimer
Germanophiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Germanophile
serverlets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of serverlet
Franquists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Franquist
djinnis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of djinni
skateparks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of skatepark
buprestids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of buprestid
wildlings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wildling
bootlickers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bootlicker
arrowes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arrowe
shadowes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shadowe
shepherdes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shepherde
landgraves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of landgrave
pyrates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pyrate
aplanats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aplanat
aguillas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aguilla
septagons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of septagon
ajaracas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ajaraca
phaeopigments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phaeopigment
scenographers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scenographer
unfills
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unfill
unfilling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unfill
unfilling
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unfilling
form: most unfilling
Senses: examples: text: In other words, a large, filling, low-cal salad will hold you much longer than a small, unfilling brownie loaded with calories.
ref: 2010, Robin F. Brancato, Food Choices: The Ultimate Teen Guide:
glosses: Not filling.
totients
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of totient
deratizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deratization
controversialists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of controversialist
pretreats
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pretreat
pretreating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pretreat
Apostolicships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Apostolicship
idiochromosomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of idiochromosome
punishers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of punisher
feedstocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of feedstock
furoates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of furoate
nonadecanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonadecane
terephthalates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of terephthalate
filegroups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of filegroup
falconologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of falconologist
fourpences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fourpence
bhoonas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bhoona
stumblebums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stumblebum
tarriances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tarriance
mischans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mischan
scratchers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scratcher
zeroizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of zeroize
zeroizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of zeroize
zeroized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of zeroize
zirconites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zirconite
crossfaders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crossfader
pluckers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plucker
popedoms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of popedom
pappadoms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pappadom
popadoms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of popadom
princedoms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of princedom
grunters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grunter
dismantlements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dismantlement
pyridones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pyridone
gravitometers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gravitometer
trypanosomatids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trypanosomatid
getters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of getter
getters
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of getter
despisers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of despiser
Berliners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Berliner
cancelations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cancelation
machaeridians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of machaeridian
phytohormones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phytohormone
scleritomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scleritome
barfuls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of barful
bogglers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boggler
buriers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of burier
thagomizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thagomizer
upanayanas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of upanayana
springtails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of springtail
playrights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of playright
astrographs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of astrograph
moreporks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: morepokes
Senses: glosses: plural of morepork
gobstoppers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gobstopper
Munros
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Munro
squoyles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of squoyle
contrafields
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of contrafield
coproductions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coproduction
coproducers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coproducer
dialoguists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dialoguist
walkons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of walkon
diatrymas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diatryma
remodelers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of remodeler
lagomorphs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lagomorph
remodellers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of remodeller
eudiometers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eudiometer
foreboders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of foreboder
rangefinders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rangefinder
rockhoppers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rockhopper
gonnegtions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gonnegtion
aquarists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aquarist
bussers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of busser
roadsteads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of roadstead
bodysurfs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bodysurf
bodysurfing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bodysurf
bodysurfed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bodysurf
cohyponyms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cohyponym
wenchers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wencher
mother hen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mother hens
Senses: glosses: A female chicken who bears eggs or chicks.
examples: text: Baela sends a letter by raven to her father Daemon spilling all the tea, and the news sends a now-pregnant Rhaenyra into mother-hen mode.
ref: 2022 October 10, Jenna Scherer, “House Of The Dragon drops its best episode yet”, in AV Club:
glosses: An outspoken and overprotective woman or person dealing with others' affairs; especially, an assertive matriarch.
Hyponyms: word: helicopter mom
word: helicopter parent
Related terms: word: mother-hen
word: henpecked
mother hen
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: mother hens
form: mother henning
form: mother henned
form: mother henned
Senses: examples: text: Instead, the very "mother henning" implicit in their choice of "nurturance" over "intimacy" was what the they thought uniquely characterized their relationship to their child.
ref: 1990, Diane Ehrensaft, Parenting Together: Men and Women Sharing the Care of Their Children:
text: He's mother henning and driving me crazy.
ref: 2010, T.M. Nielsen, Equites, page 541:
text: That was probably why the girls mother henned her a bit and sometimes made her feel like the runt of the litter.
ref: 2011, Suzanne Forster, Unfinished Business:
glosses: Alternative form of mother-hen.
Related terms: hen
mass transit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mass transits
Senses: examples: text: The announcement was made in Leeds - the largest city in Europe without a mass transit system. It's also a city which has been doggedly pressing (to little avail) for an integrated transport system for two decades.
ref: 2024 December 11, Richard Wilcock, “Strategy offers a chance to reset local transport planning”, in RAIL, number 1024, page 10:
glosses: A large-scale transportation system in which the passengers do not travel in their own vehicles.
Related terms: microtransit
public transport
flashforward
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flashforwards
form: flash-forward
Etymology: Blend of flashback + forward
Senses: examples: text: This "Lone Ranger" begins and ends in a flash-forward, with an elderly Tonto installed in a carnival diorama behind a sign that reads "The Noble Savage."
ref: 2013, “Depp’s Tonto: an upgrade on a stereotype or just an updated stereotype?”, in The Washington Post:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
narratology
sciences
glosses: A dramatic device in which a future event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative.
flashforward
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: flashforwards
form: flashforwarding
form: flashforwarded
form: flashforwarded
form: flash-forward
Etymology: Blend of flashback + forward
Senses: glosses: To use this dramatic device.
Related terms: flashback
plump up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: plumps up
form: plumping up
form: plumped up
form: plumped up
Senses: glosses: To make plumper
examples: text: Please plump up the pillows.
glosses: To shake or arrange (a pillow etc) so as to be fatter or more evenly distributed
unrobe
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unrobes
form: unrobing
form: unrobed
form: unrobed
Etymology: From un- + robe.
Senses: examples: text: He thought by Cora's intent frown at him that she was going to state an objection to unrobing. Instead, she used a rejective wriggle to slither out of her frock, and there stood squirming, putting a shield of arms before her breasts and belly.
ref: 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 197:
glosses: To disrobe, to undress.
Synonyms: alt: transitive: to undress
word: divest
word: dismantle
rights of way
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of right of way
cohabitee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cohabitees
Etymology: From cohabit + -ee.
Senses: synonyms: cohabitant
cohabiter
cohabitor
glosses: A person who cohabits with another
Related terms: cohabitation
langoustine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɒŋɡəstiːn/
ipa: /ˈlæŋɡəstiːn/
Forms: form: langoustines
Etymology: Borrowed from French langoustine.
Senses: glosses: A small edible European orange-pink lobster, Nephrops norvegicus
Synonyms: sense: Nephrops norvegicus
word: Dublin Bay prawn
sense: Nephrops norvegicus
word: Norway lobster
sense: Nephrops norvegicus
word: scampi
Related terms: scampi
piler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -aɪlə(ɹ)
Forms: form: pilers
Etymology: From pile + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Houses and photography sets seem to work better, he said, if “I exert a system of precision.” Ms. Ford, 33, said she is by nature a piler and stacker but has learned to follow what she described good-naturedly as “the Charlie Code.”
ref: 2007 May 10, Penelope Green, “Order and Chaos in a Single Heartbeat”, in New York Times:
glosses: One who piles something
pilon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pilons
form: pilones
Etymology: From Spanish pilón.
Senses: glosses: A conical loaf of sugar.
glosses: A gratuity given by tradesmen to customers settling their accounts.
glosses: A heap of tobacco arranged for fermentation.
Synonyms: sense: sugar loaf
word: panela
sense: sugar loaf
word: pilonce
sense: sugar loaf
word: piloncillo
acylate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæ.sɪ.leɪt/
ipa: /ˈeɪ.saɪ.leɪt/
Forms: form: acylates
form: acylating
form: acylated
form: acylated
Etymology: From acyl + -ate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: To add one or more acyl groups to a compound.
Derived terms: autoacylate
deacylate
monoacylate
reacylate
Related terms: acylation
alkanoylation
acyl halides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acyl halide
alkanoylation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From alkanoyl + -ation.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The process of adding an acyl group to a compound.
Related terms: english: more common but less technically accurate
translation: more common but less technically accurate
word: acylation
acylates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of acylate
acylating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of acylate
acylated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈeɪsɪleɪtɪd/
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Having an acyl functional group; modified by addition of an acyl group
Derived terms: deacylated
diacylated
heptaacylated
hexaacylated
hyperacylated
hypoacylated
misacylated
nonacylated
pentaacylated
polyacylated
preacylated
tetraacylated
thioacylated
transacylated
triacylated
unacylated
underacylated
acylated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈeɪsɪleɪtɪd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of acylate
add-ons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of add-on
additively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more additively
form: most additively
Etymology: From additive + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an additive manner.
Derived terms: nonadditively
subadditively
superadditively
underadditively
additivity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: additivities
Etymology: From additive + -ity.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The property of being additive.
glosses: The extent to which something is additive.
Derived terms: countable additivity
σ-additivity
heteroadditivity
hypoadditivity
nonadditivity
sigma additivity
subadditivity
superadditivity
underadditivity
adenylic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 5'-adenylic acid
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A nucleotide found in RNA. It is an ester of phosphoric acid with the nucleoside adenosine. It consists of a phosphate group, a pentose sugar ribose, and the nucleobase adenine.
glosses: Any phosphorylated adenosine
Synonyms: english: AMP
translation: AMP
word: adenosine monophosphate
alt: adenosine monophosphate
word: phosphorylated adenosine
Hypernyms: word: adenosine phosphate
english: adenosine phosphate
translation: adenosine phosphate
word: phosphorylated adenosine
Coordinate terms: alt: ADP
word: adenosine diphosphate
english: ATP
translation: ATP
word: adenosine triphosphate
word: adenosine
alt: A
word: adenine
Derived terms: 3'-adenylic acid
5'-adenylic acid
deoxyadenylic acid
polyadenylic acid
atrial fibrillation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: atrial fibrillations
Senses: examples: text: The most common type of irregular heartbeat is atrial fibrillation or AFib. It is estimated that between three and six million people in the United States have AFib.
ref: 2024 February 13, “Understanding Your Heart Rate”, in Emory Healthcare:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A cardiac arrhythmia (abnormal heart rhythm) that involves the two upper chambers (atria) of the heart.
Synonyms: word: auricular fibrillation
word: AF
word: a-fib
word: afib
word: A-fib
atrial fibrillations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of atrial fibrillation
afib
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: afibs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of A-fib.
afibs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of afib
in flower
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: flowering, blossoming, having flowers open.
in bloom
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: 'Twas early June, the new grass was flourishing everywheres, the posies in the yard—peonies and such—in full bloom, the sun was shining, and the water of the bay was blue, with light green streaks where the shoal showed.
ref: 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
glosses: Blooming, blossoming, having flowers opening.
Related terms: in fruit
flash frame
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flash frames
Senses: glosses: In video or film editing, a very short shot (usually one frame, but occasionally several) appearing in a sequence of images. Flash frames are usually the inadvertent result of an editing mistake or an equipment problem. From time to time, however, they are inserted intentionally for creative reasons.
split single
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: split singles
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
coordinate_terms: split album
split EP
glosses: A single featuring songs by more than one artist.
conservatorio
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: conservatorios
form: conservatori
Etymology: Italian conservatorio
Senses: glosses: An Italian conservatory (music academy).
spurious infection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spurious infections
Senses: topics: medicine
parasitology
sciences
glosses: A case in which parasites invade a host but do not succeed in colonizing it, for example merely passing through the digestive tract.
church service
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: church services
Senses: hypernyms: rite#Noun
glosses: A formalized period of communal worship, often but not exclusively occurring on Sunday, or Saturday in the case of those churches practicing Sabbatarianism.
examples: Near-synonyms: missal, liturgy, portal, portass, prayer book, psalter, breviary
glosses: A book containing the religious forms of such worship.
condottieri
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of condottiere
conservatori
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of conservatorio
congenite
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: […] and therefore [the Soul of Man] is well pleased when it meets with any outward Object that fits and agrees with those congenite Ideas her own nature is furnished with.
ref: 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 54
glosses: congenital
Synonyms: word: congenital
word: genetous
spherical aberration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsfɪɹ.ɪk.l̩ ˌæb.əˈɹeɪ.ʃn̩/
Forms: form: spherical aberrations
form: diopteric aberration
Senses: examples: text: For p = -1, the values of q giving minimum spherical aberration (q = 0.71) and zero coma (q = 0.8) are approximately equal to each other.
ref: 1991, Virendra N. Mahajan, Aberration Theory Made Simple, page 27:
text: If the refractive index is low, the minimum spherical aberration is not greatly affected by the fact that the second lens operates in a converging beam, and the spherical aberration is approximately equal to h⁴K³.
ref: 2002, Michael J. Kidger, Fundamental Optical Design, page 151:
text: Conventional spherical intraocular lenses (IOLs) have positive spherical aberration.
ref: 2005, Mark Packer, I. Howard Fine, Richard S. Hoffman, “9: Wavefront Technology of Spherical Aberration”, in I. Howard Fine, Mark Packer, Richard Hoffman, editors, Refractive Lens Surgery, volume 1, page 81:
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
optics
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A type of lens aberration which causes blurriness, particularly away from the centre of the lens.
Related terms: spherical mirror
abathochroal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From άβαθος(abathos)+ χρῶμα(chroa).
Senses: glosses: With compound eyes, each small lens being separate with its own cornea, and the sclera separate from the cornea.
raw_tags: of eyes
Related terms: holochroal
schizochroal
encash
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: rhymes: -æʃ
Forms: form: encashes
form: encashing
form: encashed
form: encashed
Etymology: Probably a back-formation from encashment, equal to en- + cash.
Senses: glosses: To convert a financial instrument or funding source into cash.
Derived terms: encashable
cannolis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cannoli
good times
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of good time
good times
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Let the good times roll!
text: When I think of all the good time that's been wasted having good times
ref: 1967, “Good Times”, in Winds of Change, performed by Eric Burdon and The Animals:
text: Good times are comin', I hear it everywhere I go / Good times are comin', but they sure are comin' slow
ref: 1974, Neil Young, “Vampire Blues”, in On the Beach:
text: Let them leave you up in the air
Let them brush your rock and roll hair
Let the good times roll
Let the good times roll
Let the good times roll
ref: 1978, Ric Ocasek, “Good Times Roll”, in The Cars, performed by The Cars:
hypernyms: times#Noun
glosses: A period of prosperity or happiness.
Related terms: good-time Charlie
good-time girl
good-timer
there's a good time coming
fast times
good times
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: That was back when we were young and didn't know any better. Good times!
text: What a shitshow. Good times, eh?
text: Person A: What a shitshow. Person B: Good times!
glosses: Pronouncing some time period, such as the speaker's present situation or an era being reminisced about, as pleasant. Often said ironically.
joint committee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: joint committees
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: In a bicameral legislative body, a decision-making entity composed of members of both houses.
enemas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of enema
enemas
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of enema
hog fuel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hog fuels
Etymology: * Possibly from a nickname, hammer hog, of the grinding machine used to create it.
* The word for "chopped/hacked" in Norwegian is hogge (past tense hogde); chopped wood has been hogde. Hogde fuel may have morphed into hogged fuel.
Senses: glosses: An unprocessed mixture of coarse chips of bark and wood fiber. Pieces run from a coarse grade of less than 5" to a fine grade of less than 2".
tranquillizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tranquillize Alternative spelling of tranquilizing.
tranquilizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tranquilize
homoplasy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: homoplasies
Etymology: Coined by British zoologist Ray Lankester in 1870, from homo- + -plasy, formed from Ancient Greek ὁμός (homós, “similar, alike, the same”) and πλάσσω (plássō, “to shape, to mold”).
Senses: qualifier: evolutionary theory
glosses: A correspondence between the parts or organs of different species acquired as the result of parallel evolution or convergence.
Related terms: hemiplasy
homoplasic
homoplasious
homoplastic
tranquilized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tranquilize
whisperingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more whisperingly
form: most whisperingly
Etymology: From whispering + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a whispering manner; quietly.
exasperatingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more exasperatingly
form: most exasperatingly
Etymology: From exasperating + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an exasperating manner; frustratingly.
foreshadows
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of foreshadow
lithographed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of lithograph
lithographed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: We are indebted to an officer serving with the B.L.A. for sending us a copy of a fine coloured lithographed poster, reproduced above, which he found in the German Control Headquarters of the Belgian Railways in Brussels.
ref: 1945 November and December, Railway Magazine, page 353, image caption:
glosses: Depicted in the form of a lithograph.
lithographing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lithograph
misapprehended
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of misapprehend
misapprehended
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more misapprehended
form: most misapprehended
Senses: glosses: Misunderstood.
misapprehends
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of misapprehend
misapprehending
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of misapprehend
feloniously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more feloniously
form: most feloniously
Etymology: From Middle English feloniously; equivalent to felonious + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The information charges that the said Flem Parker, on or about the 20th day of November, 1890, and before the filing of this information, at the county and state aforesaid, did willfully, unlawfully, and feloniously enter a certain barn […]
ref: 1892, The Pacific Reporter, volume 27, page 538:
glosses: In a felonious manner; in a manner that constitutes a felony.
forlornness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: forlornnesses
Etymology: From Middle English forlorennesse, from Old English forlorenes (“state of being forlorn, perdition, destruction”), equivalent to forlorn + -ness.
Senses: synonyms: word: lonesomeness
word: misery
word: unhappiness
word: blueness
word: mirthless
word: blues
word: crestfallenness
word: dejection
word: depression
word: despondency
word: distress
word: dolefulness
word: downheartedness
word: drearihead
word: forlornness
word: grief
word: heartsore
word: ill-being
word: infelicity
word: melancholia
word: melancholy
word: misery
word: mishappiness
word: mourn
word: prosternation
word: regret
word: rue
word: ruth
word: sadness
word: sorrow
word: sorrowfulness
word: tristfulness
word: undelight
word: unhappiness
word: woe
word: woefare
word: wretchedness
word: ellingness
word: forlornness
word: lonelihood
word: loneliness
word: lonesomeness
word: monopathy
glosses: The state or characteristic of being forlorn; sadness; loneliness.
stocker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstɑkɚ/
ipa: /ˈstɒkə/
homophone: stalker (cot–caught merger)
Forms: form: stockers
Etymology: From stock + -er.
Senses: examples: text: When sheep are shipped as stockers from the ranges, the numbers are such usually as to admit of grading the animals before they are shipped.
ref: 1914, Thomas Shaw, Management and Feeding of Sheep, Orange Judd Co., page 361:
text: The production of stockers and feeders should be confined to those parts of the country where the larger part of the land cannot be plowed profitably, and grass is the principal crop.
ref: 1918, Frank Duane Gardner, Live Stock and Dairy Farming, The John C. Winston Company, page 53:
text: All feeder calves wintered and sold in the spring are stockers, whether they go to grass or to the feedlot.
ref: 1988, Beef: Stocker Cattle, Clemson University, page 1:
text: Will you keep those calves as feeders or only as stockers?
topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
glosses: Livestock that is wintered and then sold in the spring; often contrasted with a feeder when the focus is on intended disposition.
examples: text: For a starter, a complete technical analysis of the winningest NASCAR stocker of all time, Richard Petty’s 1967 Plymouth Belvedere.
ref: 1968, Car Life, page 75:
text: Ford Motor Company’s response to the Charger 500 was the 1969 Talladega and Cyclone Spoiler II, sleek, slippery stockers that forced Dodge designers back to the drawing board.
ref: 1993, Mike Mueller, Chrysler Muscle Cars, MotorBooks/MBI Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 86:
text: Any small-block Chevy engine, whether it be a stocker, street rod, or racer, will benefit from proper balancing.
ref: 2002, Jim Richardson, How to Build a Small-Block Chevy for the Street →ISBN, page 58
topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: A racecar in certain classes of auto racing whose origins are nominally or notionally related to factory-stock autos, such as stock car racing or super-stock drag racing.
examples: text: We mean by this that a man who has become great as a stocker would not necessarily know anything about barrel-boring, anything about actioning, anything about lock-making, nor anything about shooting.
ref: 1900, George Teasdale, Experts on Guns and Shooting, Sampson Low, Marston & co., page 307:
glosses: One who crafts gun stocks.
examples: text: I worked for two winters at Kmart in Arizona as a stocker and security guard. I was a stocker for Payless Drugs for two winters in West Seattle.
ref: 2003, Dominick Budnick, My Life as a Miracle: A Life of Fighting Cancer, Trafford Publishing, →ISBN:
text: There were plenty of jobs at Star Crest that someone with a mental deficiency could handle and Davenport sought to get Alvin employed as a stocker.
ref: 2003, Donna Goodenough, Deadly Thirst, →ISBN, page 80:
glosses: One who stocks shelves with inventory.
examples: text: _ has been working as a stocker at a rolling mill (a stocker keeps material on hand for the heaters).
ref: 1930, Charles Spurgeon Johnson, The Negro in American Civilization, H. Holt and Company, page 87:
glosses: One who supplies raw material to a machine.
proletariate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: proletariates
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of proletariat.
adenosines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adenosine
allergologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: allergologists
Etymology: From allergology + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: To which the compatibilists replied, This is still totally artificial—choosing when to leap into an abyss or whether to turn left or right in a driving simulator tells us nothing about our free will in choosing between, say, becoming a nudist versus a Buddhist, or becoming an algologist versus an allergologist.
ref: 2023, Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will, New York: Penguin, →ISBN:
glosses: A scientist who studies allergology (the medicine of allergies).
glosses: An allergist (a physician specializing in the treatment of allergies).
allergologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of allergologist
almond milk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: almond milks
form: almond-milk
Etymology: From Middle English almonde mylk.
Senses: glosses: A milky liquid made from almonds and used as a milk substitute, cooking ingredient or beverage.
Synonyms: amygdalate
Hypernyms: plant milk
Coordinate terms: coconut milk
hazelnut milk
hemp milk
oat milk
peanut milk
rice milk
soy milk
biograph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biographs
Etymology: From bio- + -graph.
Senses: glosses: A biographical essay.
examples: text: “Biograph or cinematograph was what I was alludin' to. London Bridge with the omnibuses — a troopship goin' to the war — marines on parade at Portsmouth an' the Plymouth Express arrivin' at Paddin'ton.” “Seen 'em all. Seen 'em all,” said Hooper impatiently.
ref: 1904, Rudyard Kipling, Mrs Bathurst:
glosses: An early device to show moving pictures on a screen.
biograph
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: biographs
form: biographing
form: biographed
form: biographed
Etymology: From bio- + -graph.
Senses: glosses: To write a biography of.
Synonyms: biographize
bonnyclabber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bonny clabber
Etymology: Said to be from Irish bainne (“milk”) + clábair (“muddied”) (see English clabber) or Scots Gaelic cognates thereof, with the anglicization of the first element influenced by bonny.
Senses: glosses: Sour, soured, fermented or curdled milk; acidophilus milk.
atomizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of atomize
atomized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more atomized
form: most atomized
form: atomised
Senses: examples: text: In engines with carburetors, the air-fuel mixture containing the atomized fuel is drawn into the intake manifold by the manifold vacuum.
glosses: Converted from liquid to a spray or mist.
glosses: divided, fragmented
Synonyms: aerosolized
nebulized
Derived terms: unatomized
atomized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: atomised
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of atomize
automats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of automat
vending machines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vending machine
blighter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blighters
Etymology: From blight (something that impedes development or growth, or spoils any other aspect of life) + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who blights.
qualifier: often disrespectful
glosses: A person, usually male, especially one who behaves in an objectionable or pitiable manner.
examples: text: "[I]f I had known that Pine was such a blighter as to leave me nothing, I'm hanged if I'd have allowed him to be buried in such decent company."
ref: 1911, Fergus Hume, chapter 10, in Red Money:
text: He knew that the old blighter had to be humored in certain small ways.
ref: 1919, Anthony Hope, chapter 7, in The Secret of the Tower:
text: I tackled the blighter squarely.
ref: 1923, P. G. Wodehouse, The Inimitable Jeeves:
text: Translation: there's still some hope for you, poor stammering blighter.
ref: 2012 March 27, David Seidler, “The King's Speech play: At last, my crowning moment...”, in The Independent, UK, retrieved 27 Dec 2012:
glosses: A man or child, especially an annoying one.
blightingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more blightingly
form: most blightingly
Etymology: From blighting + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: It is subject to blightingly hot summers, bitterly cold winters. Typhoons are not infrequent, and earthquakes occur in cycles of six years throughout the islands.
ref: 1945, The Indian Review, volume 46, numbers 7-12, page 588:
glosses: So as to blight.
bloodies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bloody
bloodies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bloody
bloodying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bloody
artistes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of artiste
educative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more educative
form: most educative
Etymology: From educate + -ive.
Senses: examples: text: [Y]ou didn't need a jailor, she contended, for a domesticated lamb tied up with pink ribbon. This was not an animal to be controlled—it was an animal to be, at the most, educated. She admitted accordingly that she was educative—which Maggie was so aware that she herself, inevitably, wasn't; so it came round to being true that what she was most in charge of was his mere intelligence.
ref: 1904, Henry James, The Golden Bowl:
synonyms: didactic
educational
instructive
glosses: Serving to educate; educational.
Derived terms: autoeducative
educatively
maleducative
miseducative
noneducative
psychoeducative
reeducative
uneducative
alterant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alterants
Senses: glosses: Something that causes alteration, that alters.
alterant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: whether the body be alterant, or altered
ref: 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “IX. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
glosses: Altering; gradually changing.
alterants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alterant
generalised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more generalised
form: most generalised
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of generalized.
generalised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of generalise
sterigma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sterigmata
form: sterigmas
Senses: topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: A slim projecting part of the basidium of some species of fungi that carries the basidiospore.
examples: text: These sterigmata are retained and make the twigs rough for several years after leaf fall.
ref: 2009, J.E. Eckenwalder, Conifers of the World: The Complete Reference, Timber Press, →ISBN:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A woody projection from the tip of the leaf base in certain conifers (Picea and Tsuga).
topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: Part of the genitalia of moths.
Derived terms: arthrosterigma
sterigmatic
basidiospore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: basidiospores
Etymology: From basidium + -o- + spore.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A sexually reproductive spore produced by fungi of the phylum Basidiomycota.
sulforaphane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sulforaphanes
Senses: examples: text: One of the first phytochemicals to receive media attention was sulforaphane, which is present in broccoli, cauliflower, brussel sprouts, turnips and kale. A diet rich in sulforaphane is believed to be effective in reducing the incidence of breast cancer.
ref: 1999, Alan Bryson, Healing Mind, Body & Soul: Healing The Mind And Soul, published 2000, page 100:
text: Sulforaphane (Figure 6.10) is a recently discovered powerful chemoprotective found in broccoli and other cruciferous vegetables.
ref: 2001, “Natural Toxins and Chemopreventives in Plants”, in William Helferich, Carl K. Winter, editors, Food Toxicology, page 154:
text: More importantly, in contrast to direct antioxidants that neutralize radicals on a one-for-one basis and are destroyed themselves in the process, indirect antioxidants such as sulforaphane are longer lasting, triggering an ongoing process that may continue for days after it has left the body.
ref: 2006, David E. Thurston, Chemistry and Pharmacology of Anticancer Drugs, page 258:
text: 6 turbocharge your turkey Commit yourself to healthy, varied lunches, and start by topping your turkey club sandwich with broccoli sprouts. Compared with mature broccoli, these have up to 100 times the potent compound sulforaphane, which is shown to fight cancer.
ref: 2008 January–February, “70 Ways to Improve Every Day of the Week”, in Men's Health, volume 23, number 1, →ISSN, page 134:
topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An antimicrobial compound, 1-isothiocyanato-4-methylsulfinylbutane, that is found in many brassicas and exhibits anticancer activity.
Related terms: raphanin
accounted-for
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having been taken into account.
Derived terms: unaccounted-for
monodactylous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mono- + -dactyl + -ous.
Senses: glosses: Having a single digit on each limb, especially a single claw that can be used to grasp
raw_tags: of an animal
Synonyms: monodactyl
monodactylate
Related terms: monodactyly
acid-free
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more acid-free
form: most acid-free
Etymology: From acid + -free.
Senses: examples: text: an acid-free soil
text: Printed on acid-free paper.
glosses: Alkaline or neutral; not acidic.
examples: text: an acid-free etching technique
glosses: Without using acid.
gravidity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gravidities
Etymology: From Latin graviditas.
Senses: glosses: pregnancy
Derived terms: nulligravidity
Related terms: gravid
sulfanilamide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sulfanilamides
form: sulphanilamide
Etymology: From sulfa- (“sulfonamide”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Any of a class of amino substituted aromatic sulfonamides that are used as antifungal antibiotics; but especially the parent compound 4-aminobenzenesulfonamide
Related terms: sulfa
sulpha
deceptively misdescriptive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more deceptively misdescriptive
form: most deceptively misdescriptive
Senses: topics: law
glosses: In U.S. trademark law, misdescriptive in a way that is likely to deceive consumers in a way that influences the decision to purchase.
cold-cock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cold-cocks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cold cock.
cold-cock
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cold-cocks
form: cold-cocking
form: cold-cocked
form: cold-cocked
Senses: glosses: To hit someone with a cold cock.
glosses: To hit someone with a club, bottle, or any object that gives additional force to the blow.
examples: text: "I can't believe it. You cold-cocked the big stud." "He blindsided and cold-cocked him," Greer said proudly.
ref: 1992, Ken Kesey, Sailor Song, page 153:
glosses: To knock someone unconscious.
shopping centre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shopping centres
form: shopping center
Senses: examples: text: The streets radiated out from the new shopping centre like the spokes of a wheel.
ref: 1968, Carl Ruhen, The Key Club, Sydney: Scripts, page 20:
synonyms: word: mall
word: shopping mall
glosses: A large retail outlet consisting of several shops.
refutability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From refute + -ability.
Senses: glosses: The ability to be refuted; disprovability.
refutabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of refutability
disprovability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From disprove + -ability.
Senses: glosses: The ability to be disproven; refutability.