cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
matristic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more matristic
form: most matristic
Etymology: From matri- + -istic.
Senses: topics: feminism
government
human-sciences
ideology
philosophy
politics
sciences
glosses: Being or relating to a prehistoric female-led society based around Mother Goddess worship.
Related terms: matristics
patristic
patristics
microsummary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microsummaries
Etymology: From micro- + summary.
Senses: glosses: A very short summary.
microsummaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microsummary
microsurgeon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microsurgeons
Etymology: From micro- + surgeon.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: A surgeon who specializes in microsurgery.
microsurgeons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microsurgeon
metaliterature
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metaliteratures
Etymology: From meta- + literature.
Senses: glosses: literature that deals with the subject of literature
Related terms: metaliterary
metaliteratures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metaliterature
isocyanomethane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: methylisocyanide
methylisocyanide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From methyl + isocyanide.
Senses: glosses: An organic compound of the isocyanide family, mainly used for making five-membered heterocyclic rings.
Synonyms: isocyanomethane
Badiouan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Badiouan
form: most Badiouan
Etymology: From Badiou + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Alain Badiou (born 1937), French philosopher.
microthermal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From micro- + thermal.
Senses: topics: climatology
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the continental climates of Eurasia and North America, having cold winters but relatively mild summers.
abelisauroids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of abelisauroid
methanide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: methanides
Etymology: From methane + -ide?
Senses: glosses: A carbide that decomposes in water to produce methane.
methanides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of methanide
methylisocyanate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From methyl + isocyanate.
Senses: glosses: A toxic organic compound with molecular formula CH₃NCO, an intermediate in the production of carbamate pesticides.
Synonyms: isocyanatomethane
methylcarbylamine
methylcarbylamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: methylisocyanate
isocyanatomethane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: methylisocyanate
dimethylmalonate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From dimethyl + malonate.
Senses: glosses: A diester derivative of malonic acid, a common reagent for organic synthesis.
Fingoland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Fingo + land.
Senses: glosses: A former territory situated in what is now the Eastern Cape, South Africa, and inhabited primarily by the Fingo people.
Rancierian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Rancierian
form: most Rancierian
form: Rancièrian
Etymology: From Rancière + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: Rather, it seeks to re-enact the legal landscape that Rancière invites us to construct, weaving a theatrical or dramaturgic model of law out of Rancierian threads.
ref: 2017, Monica Lopez Lerma, Ranciere and Law:
glosses: Of or relating to Jacques Rancière (born 1940), French philosopher.
unitization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unitizations
Etymology: From unit + -ization.
Senses: glosses: Process of unitizing.
maxiseries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maxiseries
Etymology: From maxi- + series.
Senses: glosses: A relatively long comic book series.
Related terms: miniseries
Rancièrian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Rancièrian
form: most Rancièrian
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Rancierian.
Metabolism
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A post-war Japanese architectural movement that fused ideas about architectural megastructures with those of organic biological growth.
Related terms: Metabolist
Metabolist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Metabolists
Senses: glosses: A person involved in the Metabolism architectural movement.
Metabolists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Metabolist
methoxymethane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From methoxy + methane.
Senses: glosses: dimethyl ether
metacritique
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metacritiques
Etymology: From meta- + critique.
Senses: examples: text: Ecocriticism […] has largely avoided self-awareness, self-reflexivity, and metacritique.
ref: 2018, Nicole Seymour, Bad Environmentalism, page 26:
glosses: A critique of a critique.
metacritiques
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metacritique
metacyclophanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metacyclophane
metadramatist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metadramatists
Etymology: From meta- + dramatist.
Senses: glosses: A writer of metadrama.
metadramatists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metadramatist
microsporidium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microsporidia
Etymology: From micro- + sporidium.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of microsporidian.
synonyms: word: microsporidian
metauniverse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metauniverses
Etymology: From meta- + universe.
Senses: glosses: A universe of universes; a metaverse.
metauniverses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metauniverse
metaset
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metasets
Etymology: From meta- + set.
Senses: glosses: A set of sets.
metasets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metaset
impressable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more impressable
form: most impressable
Etymology: From impress + -able.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of impressible.
Derived terms: unimpressable
unimpressable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unimpressable
form: most unimpressable
Etymology: From un- + impressable.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of unimpressible.
metheg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: methegs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of meteg.
methegs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metheg
meteg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metegs
form: metagim
form: metegim
form: metheg
Etymology: Hebrew מֶתֶג (“bridle”).
Senses: glosses: ◌ֽ, a vertical bar placed under a syllable in Biblical Hebrew to mark stress.
metegs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of meteg
meaconing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From masking beacon and -ing.
Senses: glosses: The deceptive interception and rebroadcast of navigation signals to confuse an enemy.
LGBTer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: LGBTers
Etymology: From LGBT + -er.
Senses: glosses: A member of the LGBT community.
LGBTers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of LGBTer
undergang
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: undergangs
form: underganging
form: underganged
form: underganged
Etymology: From Middle English undergangen (“to undego, endure, be baptised”), from Old English undergangan (“to undergo”); equivalent to under- + gang (“to walk, step, go”).
Senses: glosses: To undergo; pass through; endure.
Derived terms: underganging
undergang
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: undergangs
Etymology: From Middle English undergangen (“to undego, endure, be baptised”), from Old English undergangan (“to undergo”); equivalent to under- + gang (“to walk, step, go”).
Senses: glosses: A passage beneath any obstruction, e.g. a roadway tunnel beneath a railway, etc.
syriogenin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular steroid glycoside found in Asclepias syriaca.
bisdigitoxosides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bisdigitoxoside
monodigitoxosides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monodigitoxoside
hellebrigenol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular steroid glycoside.
hellebrigenin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular steroid glycoside.
peops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: I'm going to see my peops.
glosses: Alternative spelling of peeps.
sarmentogenin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A cardenolide, the aglycone of sarmentocymarin.
Related terms: sarmentosigenin
sarmutogenin
sarverogenin
Italian Peninsula
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Italian Peninsula
Senses: glosses: A large peninsula in Southern Europe protruding into the Mediterranean Sea and shaped like a boot. The mountain range of Apennines runs across it from north to south. Occupied almost entirely by Italy.
Synonyms: Apennine Peninsula
Hyponyms: Italy
San Marino
Vatican City
Holy See
astrophile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæs tɹoʊˌfaɪl/
Forms: form: astrophiles
Etymology: From astro- + -phile.
Senses: glosses: One who loves stars or astronomy.
Related terms: astrophilia
astrophilic
arrhizal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈɹaɪzəl/
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having no roots.
Promised Lands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Promised Land
the coast is clear
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: Wait there, watch the back of the building, and whistle when the coast is clear.
text: Seeing that the coast was clear, Tarzan stepped into the darkened entrance […]
ref: 1921, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan the Terrible, Grosset & Dunlap, page 222:
text: Sometimes Dorothy herself left me. She had plenty of friends in the studio, and would slip away for a chat when the coast seemed clear.
ref: 1945, Christopher Isherwood, Prater Violet, New York: Random House, published [1956], →LCCN, page 94:
glosses: There is no danger; one can freely pass through a region without risk of discovery.
Marllon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Marlon
Senses: glosses: A male given name.
cause and effect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: causes and effects
Senses: examples: text: “The thesis that the federal republic of Germany is leading an economic war against Russia reverses cause and effect”, said Bodo Ramelow, the Left party state premier for Thuringia.
ref: 2022 September 19, Philip Oltermann, quoting Bodo Ramelow, “Germany’s Die Linke on verge of split over sanctions on Russia”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Causation; causality; the process whereby a cause leads to an effect.
bench strength
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bench strengths
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The quality and number of players available to substitute during a game.
examples: building an organization's bench strength through management training
topics: business
glosses: The competence and number of employees ready to fill vacant leadership and other positions.
PSS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of post-SSRI syndrome.
glosses: Initialism of Potocki-Shaffer syndrome.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of polystyrene sulfonate.
glosses: Misconstruction of PPS.
inbearable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more inbearable
form: most inbearable
Etymology: From in- + bearable.
Senses: examples: text: This feeling of insecurity and isolation causes inbearable spiritual anguish, fear and torture.
ref: 2001, Monika Gupta, The Plays of Eugene O'Neill: A Critical Study, page vii:
qualifier: non-native speakers' English
glosses: Misconstruction of unbearable.
Derived terms: inbearably
micropaedic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmaɪkɹə(ʊ)ˈpiːdɪk/
ipa: /ˌmaɪkɹəˈpidik/
Etymology: From Micropaedia + -ic.
Senses: glosses: of or pertaining to the Encyclopædia Britannica's Micropædia (which contains condensed forms of normal Encyclopædia entries)
inbearably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more inbearably
form: most inbearably
Etymology: From inbearable + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Twelve loveless months seemed inbearably long to Tess and Alec.
ref: 1995, Brittany Young, Jenni Finds A Father, page 258:
qualifier: non-native speakers' English
glosses: Misconstruction of unbearably.
Güntherian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Güntherian
form: most Güntherian
Etymology: From Günther + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Anton Günther (1783–1863), Austrian Roman Catholic philosopher whose work was condemned by the church as heretical tritheism.
Güntherian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Güntherians
Etymology: From Günther + -ian.
Senses: glosses: A follower of Anton Günther's religious philosophy.
Güntherians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Güntherian
circle of life
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: circles of life
Senses: examples: text: Presumably a lot of people will go see it. And maybe when it fades from public consciousness, the diminishing nostalgia of The Lion King will be harvested again to feed another generation of Disney executives. It’s the circle of life.
ref: 2024 December 18, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, “Disney's taxidermized IP is brighter and livelier in Mufasa: The Lion King”, in AV Club, archived from the original on 13 Jan 2025:
glosses: The natural cycle of procreation, birth, life, death and predation.
robocasting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From robo- + casting.
Senses: glosses: An additive manufacturing technique in which a filament of ink is extruded from a nozzle, forming an object layer by layer.
Related terms: robocast
green body
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: green bodies
Senses: glosses: An object composed of a ceramic compound, usually clay or powder, before it has been fired.
proggins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: proggins
Etymology: Diminutive of prog.
Senses: examples: text: And the Proggins! Isn't his velvet sleeves like a woman's?
ref: 1907, Arthur Stringer, The Loom of Destiny, page 142:
text: I got hold of his arm to take him to college, steering him with some difficulty. When we were opposite St. Mary's the cry of 'The proggins (proctor) is coming' was raised, and I saw him with the bulldogs about thirty yards in front of us.
ref: 1992, Malcolm Graham, Images of Victorian Oxford, page 80:
qualifier: university slang
glosses: proctor
projectionism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From projection + -ism.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The idea that individuals form an idea of the external world by projecting their own internal beliefs onto it.
immarcescibility
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Or perhaps these vegetables had absorbed by mere contact with his tweeds the subtle secret of his own immarcescibility.
ref: 1923, Max Beerbohm, Yet Again, page 221:
glosses: The quality of being immarcescible.
immarcescibly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more immarcescibly
form: most immarcescibly
Etymology: From immarcescible + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an immarcescible manner.
proposedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From proposed + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In the way that is being proposed; according to some approach or hypothesis.
Europhobe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Europhobes
Etymology: From Euro- + -phobe.
Senses: examples: text: The libertarian right of the Consservative Party, many of them diehard Europhobes, privately referred to the health minister and his advisers as "the Gestapo" for their faith in enforced lockdowns.
ref: 2022, Ian McEwan, Lessons, page 644:
glosses: One who dislikes Europe or the European Union.
Related terms: Europhobic
Europhobes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Europhobe
retransition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɹiː.tɹænˈzɪ.ʃən/
ipa: /ˌɹiː.tɹɑːnˈzɪ.ʃən/
ipa: /-sɪ-/
ipa: /-ʒən/
ipa: /ˌɹi.tɹænˈzɪ.ʃən/
ipa: /-sɪ-/
rhymes: -ɪʃən
Forms: form: retransitions
Etymology: From re- + transition.
Senses: examples: text: The content of the development is harder to define; it may include new material, but typically involves development of motives and themes from the exposition leading to a retransition.
ref: 2012, David Beach, Ryan McClelland, Analysis of 18th- and 19th-Century Musical Works in the Classical Tradition, Routledge, →ISBN, page 196:
glosses: Another transition.
Europhobic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Europhobic
form: most Europhobic
Etymology: From Euro- + -phobic.
Senses: examples: text: “They will have to make concrete proposals, while today their DNA is criticism,” he said. “Are they going to be Euroskeptic or Europhobic?”
ref: 2018 June 4, Maïa de La Baume, “Populist plan for 2019 election puts EU in crosshairs”, in Politico:
glosses: Disliking Europe or the European Union.
fellrunning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fell running
Etymology: From fell + running.
Senses: glosses: Running in the fells, or similar steep terrain, as a pastime or sport.
Related terms: fell run
fell runner
fellwalking
proteidogenous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From proteid + -o- + -genous.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: protein-forming
retransitioned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of retransition
retransitioning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of retransition
urforms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of urform.
promulgater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: promulgaters
Etymology: From promulgate + -er.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of promulgator.
promulgaters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of promulgater
prosodics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The study of prosody in speech.
procumbence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: procumbency
Senses: glosses: The quality or degree of being procumbent.
propargylic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: propiolic acid
Related terms: propargylate
protectionary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From protection + -ary.
Senses: glosses: Serving to protect; protective.
Europhiliac
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Europhiliacs
Etymology: From Euro- + -philiac.
Senses: synonyms: Europhile
glosses: One who loves Europe or the European Union.
Europhiliacs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Europhiliac
prosomal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From prosome + -al.
Senses: glosses: Relating to a prosome.
glosses: Relating to a prosoma.
prosome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prosomes
Senses: glosses: Synonym of proteasome.
synonyms: word: proteasome
prosomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prosome
prophetization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From prophet + -ization.
Senses: examples: text: At the same time, the poetization of prophecy or prophetization of poetry clearly distanced the romantics from all prophets and visionaries who presented their utterances as actually originating in the supernatural sphere […]
ref: 2000, Dan Miron, H. N. Bialik and the Prophetic Mode in Modern Hebrew Poetry, page 12:
glosses: The act or process of presenting someone as a prophet, or something as prophetic wisdom.
poetization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From poetize + -ation.
Senses: glosses: The act or process of making something poetic.
procedural memory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: procedural memories
Senses: glosses: A form of long-term subconscious memory for the performance of particular types of action.
Taffies
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Taffy
taffies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of taffy
zirconations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zirconation
stathe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪð
Forms: form: stathes
form: staith
form: staithe
form: staith
form: steyth
Etymology: From Middle English stathe, from Old English steþ, stæþ (“bank, shore”), from Proto-Germanic *staþą, *staþaz, *staþwō (“bank, shore”). Cognate with Old Frisian sted (“bank, shore”), Middle High German stat (“bank, shore”) (German Gestade), dialectal Norwegian stad (“riverbank”), Icelandic stöð (“a harbour, roadstead, port, landing”); akin to Old English stede (“place”). More at stead.
Senses: glosses: A landing-place; wharf.
zirconated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From zircon + -ated.
Senses: glosses: Having undergone zirconation.
typeover
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From type + over.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: overtype (wordprocessing feature)
oi oi
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: Reduplication of oi.
Senses: examples: text: - Hans, is it perhaps time we had a word with Jeremy?
- Oh, yeah. Jez, listen... Oi oi, tequila slammers!
ref: 2004, Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain, “Wedding” (around 6 min 30 sec from the start), in Peep Show, season 2, episode 12:
text: - Oi oi!
- Sorry mate, we don't serve your kind here.
ref: 2007, “Never Drink Alone”, in The Road to Rampton, performed by The Anti-Nowhere League:
text: Oi oi!
ref: 2007, James Corden, Ruth Jones, around 4 min 30 sec from the start, in Gavin & Stacey, season 1, episode 1:
synonyms: word: ahoy
word: yo
word: ahem
word: ahoy
word: cooee
word: hey
word: heyo
word: hoi
word: hoo man
word: oi
word: oi oi
word: yo
word: yoohoo
coordinate_terms: oyez, oyez, oyez
hear, hear
hear ye, hear ye
glosses: Hey; look; drawing attention to something.
charadriiforms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of charadriiform
xiehouyu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ʃjɛ.hoʊ.(j)u/
Forms: form: xiehouyu
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 歇後語 /歇后语 (xiēhòuyǔ).
Senses: examples: text: All that is necessary for a successful hsieh hou yü is that the characters of which it is composed should have a well known, invariable order. This being presupposed, mere arbitrary sounds in which the characters have no meaning at all, are quite as good as any others. Thus the sounds, chʽih pu leng teng (吃不楞登) represent the noise of beating on a drum, or anything similar, like our ‘rub-a-dub-dub.’ Hence the hsieh hou yü: ‘Light the Ch’ih-pu-leng,’ i.e, teng, Lamp. 點上了吃不楞[燈]
ref: [1914, Arthur H. Smith, “Puns and Other Linguistic Diversions.”, in Proverbs and Common Sayings from the Chinese, New and Revised edition, Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press, →OCLC, pages 248-249:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A kind of Chinese proverb consisting of two elements: the former segment presents a novel scenario while the latter provides the rationale thereof. One would often only state the first part, expecting the listener to know the second. Compare English "a stitch in time (saves nine)" or "a bird in the hand (is worth two in the bush)".
coelophysoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coelophysoids
Senses: glosses: Any dinosaur of the superfamily Coelophysoidea
prevernal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + vernal.
Senses: glosses: Before the season of spring.
prespring
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + spring.
Senses: glosses: Before the season of spring.
prewinter
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + winter.
Senses: glosses: Before the season of winter.
prefall
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + fall.
Senses: glosses: Before the season of fall.
nuclear magnetic pulses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nuclear magnetic pulse
rocket engines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rocket engine
Afrotropical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Afro- + tropical.
Senses: examples: text: Objective 3 included the incorporation of several thousand additional specimens into the web-accessible, Afrotropical tephritid database (M. De Meyer and I. White) and the revision of Afrotropical dacines (White).
ref: (Can we date this quote?), United States Department of Agriculture, AFRICAN TEPHRITIDAE: INVASIVE SPECIES THREATENING U.S. FRUIT & VEGETABLE PRODUCTS:
glosses: Belonging to the Afrotropic ecozone.
rhombical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: rhombic
rigidize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rigidizes
form: rigidizing
form: rigidized
form: rigidized
Etymology: From rigid + -ize.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of rigidify.
synonyms: word: rigidify
rigidized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rigidize
rigidizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rigidize
rigidizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rigidize
Robur Carolinum
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Latin, meaning "Charles' oak".
Senses: glosses: A former constellation, between Crux and Carina, supposed to represent the oak where Charles II was said to have hidden from the troops of Oliver Cromwell after the Battle of Worcester.
riskfulness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From riskful + -ness.
Senses: glosses: riskiness
rhizomorphic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From rhizomorph + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to a rhizomorph.
support level
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: support levels
Senses: glosses: In technical analysis, a price level where the price tends to find support as it is going down, so it is more likely to "bounce" off this level rather than break through it. However, once the price has passed this level, by an amount exceeding some noise, it is likely to continue dropping until it finds another support level.
Related terms: resistance level
support levels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of support level
rip fence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rip fences
Etymology: Referring to its use in guiding the workpiece during the process of making a rip cut.
Senses: glosses: In a table saw, a fence or guide running from the front of the table (the side nearest the operator) to the back, parallel to the cutting plane of the blade.
outfeed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: outfeeds
Etymology: From out + feed.
Senses: glosses: A conveyor that pulls split firewood away from the processor and into a waiting vehicle or pile for later handling.
outfeeds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of outfeed
splitfinger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: splitfingers
Etymology: From split + finger.
Senses: topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A split-finger fastball.
splitfingers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of splitfinger
duresse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of duress.
Fleming's right-hand rule
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after British engineer John Ambrose Fleming, who invented it.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A mnemonic that uses the right hand to show the direction of induced current when a conductor moves in a magnetic field.
wikipedia: John Ambrose Fleming
Related terms: right-hand rule
righteye flounder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: righteye flounders
form: right-eyed flounder
Etymology: Most species lie on the sea bottom on their left sides, with both eyes on their right sides.
Senses: glosses: Any flounder of the family Pleuronectidae, except those in genus Platichthys.
anti-Markovnikov
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + Markovnikov.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Contrary to Markovnikov's rule.
ringmastered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ringmaster
ringmastering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ringmaster
Roberval balance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Roberval balances
form: Roberval's balance
Etymology: Presented to the French Academy of Sciences by the French mathematician Gilles Personne de Roberval in 1669.
Senses: glosses: A kind of weighing scale with two identical horizontal beams attached, one directly above the other, to a vertical column.
Roberval balances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Roberval balance
palistrophic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From palistrophe + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Exhibiting palistrophe.
palistrophe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: palistrophes
Etymology: Ancient Greek
Senses: glosses: chiasmus
Derived terms: palistrophic
palistrophes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of palistrophe
Rockefeller Republicans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Rockefeller Republican
rhizocephalan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rhizocephalans
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any member of the Rhizocephala.
rhipidoglossan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rhipidoglossans
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any member of the Rhipidoglossa.
rhizocephalans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rhizocephalan
rhipidoglossans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rhipidoglossan
riservas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of riserva
rhizopodial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From rhizopod + -ial.
Senses: synonyms: rhizopodous
glosses: Having or relating to a rhizopod.
rhingyll
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rhingylls
Etymology: Borrowed from Welsh rhingyll (“sergeant”).
Senses: glosses: A sergeant (inferior officer attendant on magistrates).
rhingylls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rhingyll
ricinolate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ricinolates
Etymology: From ricinolic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).
Senses: glosses: Any salt or ester of ricinolic acid.
ricinolates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ricinolate
dryerless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From dryer + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without a dryer.
rollerless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From roller + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without a roller.
zorch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: zorches
form: zorching
form: zorched
form: zorched
Senses: examples: text: I was well on my way to zorching my GPA as a sophomore and becoming quite the computer hacker when Luis my mentor took me aside. He told me that my grades werent up to snuff when I told him I was getting C's in Spanish (that was my best subject that month).
ref: 1990 November 30, Jim Burnes, “"ZOG"?”, in alt.conspiracy (Usenet):
text: Assuming you are willing to live with the consequences, which include obliterating everything within a hundred kilometers of your launch site, dumping a hundred tons of fallout into the stratosphere, and zorching every piece of electronics sight^([sic]).
ref: 2002 April 3, John Schilling, “Interstellar Flight Today”, in rec.arts.sf.science (Usenet):
text: […] I probably just wasn't inserting the memory DIMM correctly, not that it was intrinsically unseatable; I zorched the motherboard myself when trying to remove disk drives […]
ref: 2002 May 20, Timothy A. McDaniel, “ConJose planning”, in rec.arts.sf.fandom (Usenet):
text: But if you're doing disk-to-disk backup you want at least two backup disks, since it's kind of a nightmare if your good disk zorches right in the middle of the backup, giving you a zorched backup disk as well.
ref: 2003 May 7, Alan Winston - SSRL Admin Cmptg Mgr, “AKICIF: Browser bafflement”, in rec.arts.sf.fandom (Usenet):
text: Zorching the economy so badly we still haven't dug out two years after he's gone ..
ref: 2011 July 15, Curt, “First Rule of Liberalism”, in seattle.politics (Usenet):
glosses: To destroy or ruin, especially by electronic means.
Related terms: zorched
zorch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: This is done by using a numerical constant, called zorch, to start marker-passing and dividing it by outbranching […]
ref: 1987, John McDermott, Artificial Intelligence: 10th International Joint Conference, volume 1, page 152:
text: […] it and all its first set of descendants can be marked, but the zorch runs out quickly.
ref: 1989, Noel E. Sharkey, Models of Cognition: A Review of Cognitive Science:
text: In order to quantify network connectivity between one protein and others, we adapted the idea of zorch originally used to describe cognition (Hendler, 1989).
ref: 2008, Richard Trent Llewellyn, Annotating the Biological Process of Proteins with Functional Linkages, page 39:
glosses: A numerical factor used to limit semantic searches in cognitive modelling.
zincane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From zinc + -ane.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: zinc chloride
zwittergent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zwittergents
Etymology: Blend of zwitterionic + detergent
Senses: glosses: zwitterionic detergent
zwittergents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zwittergent
spatia zonularia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Latin
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: lymph-filled spaces between the fibers of the ciliary zonule at the equator of the lens of the eye
zemni
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: In the seal, the mole rat, the zemni rat, and the walrus, the auricle is absent.
ref: 1875 June 24, J. P. Pennefather, “The Sense of Hearing”, in The Dublin University Magazine, page 735:
glosses: The Podolsk mole-rat (Spalax zemni)
alternativist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alternativists
Etymology: From alternative + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A supporter of alternativism.
alternativists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alternativist
paramaecium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paramaecia
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of paramecium.
paramaecia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paramaecium
fixist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fixists
Etymology: From fix + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who subscribes to the theory of fixism
fixists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fixist
officerless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From officer + -less.
Senses: examples: text: [F]ive of the Fusiliers N.C.O.s were decorated for the expert fashion in which they took charge, rallying waverers, collecting the men, holding important points, and captaining the officerless companies to fresh efforts and magnificent resistance.
ref: 2014, Beatrix Brice, The Battle Book of Ypres: A Reference to Military Operations in the Ypres Salient, 1914-1918, page 162:
glosses: Without an officer.
Related terms: captainless
EPD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: EPDs
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of electrophoretic display.
LTPS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: qualifier: semiconductor physics
glosses: Initialism of low-temperature polysilicon.
HC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: HCs
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of hydrocarbonate.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
qualifier: refrigeration
glosses: Initialism of hydrocarbon, a class of molecules containing hydrogen and carbon atoms.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Initialism of hockey club.
topics: lifestyle
related: word: hc
glosses: Initialism of headcanon.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Abbreviation of hardcore.
topics: cycling
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Abbreviation of hors categorie (French HC).
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Initialism of head coach.
topics: video-games
glosses: Initialism of hard carry.
Hypernyms: english: athletics; athletics club; as in all sporting activities
translation: athletics; athletics club; as in all sporting activities
word: AC
english: sports club
translation: sports club
word: SC
Related terms: english: chlorofluorocarbon
translation: chlorofluorocarbon
word: CFC
alt: hydrochlorofluorocarbon
word: HCFC
alt: hydroflurocarbon
word: HFC
word: fluorocarbon
word: halocarbon
word: chlorocarbon
english: athletics; athletics club; as in track-and-field
translation: athletics; athletics club; as in track-and-field
word: AC
english: baseball club
translation: baseball club
word: BC
english: basketball club
translation: basketball club
word: BC
english: football club
translation: football club
word: FC
english: soccer club
translation: soccer club
word: SC
HC
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: HCs
form: HCing
form: HCed
form: HCed
Senses: topics: lifestyle
related: word: hc
glosses: Initialism of headcanon.
officership
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: officerships
Etymology: From officer + -ship.
Senses: glosses: The position or role of an officer.
officeship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: officeships
Etymology: From office + -ship.
Senses: glosses: The position or role of holding an office.
officialship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: officialships
Etymology: From Middle English officialshipe, officyalshippe, equivalent to official + -ship.
Senses: glosses: The position or role of an official.
officerships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of officership
officeships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of officeship
officialships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of officialship
X-mases
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of X-mas
grasseous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more grasseous
form: most grasseous
Etymology: From grass + -eous.
Senses: examples: text: Ground limestone or other suitable calcium compounds should be used when feeding grains and grass hays, as grasseous plants are short in calcium.
ref: 1944, L.H. Lewis, Beef Cattle in Florida, page 114:
glosses: Of or pertaining to grass plants.
Synonyms: poaceous
house finch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: house finches
Senses: glosses: A passerine bird of species Haemorhous mexicanus, in the family Fringillidae.
AMEPD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: AMEPDs
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of active matrix electrophoretic display (EPD).
Related terms: AMOLED
AMLCD
kaomoji
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kaomoji
form: kaomojis
Etymology: From Japanese 顔(かお)文(も)字(じ) (kaomoji), from 顔(かお) (kao, “face”) + 文(も)字(じ) (moji, “letter, character”).
Senses: examples: text: While kaomoji and emoji express contexts or moods that cannot be conveyed through textual information alone, they are also used to compensate for the lack of personalization in electronic text that otherwise exists in hand-written form.
ref: 2010, Misa Matsuda, “Japanese mobile youth in the 2000s”, in Stephanie Hemelryk Donald, Theresa Dirndorfer Anderson, Damien Spry, editors, Youth, Society and Mobile Media in Asia, Routledge, →ISBN, page 35:
text: For example, the typical emoticon for smile, :-), is the kaomoji ^--^.
ref: 2011, Francisco Yus, Cyberpragmatics: Internet-mediated Communication in Context, John Benjamins, published 2011, →ISBN, page 170:
text: Katsuno and Yano (2002) insisted that the development of kaomoji (emoticon in Japanese) online has important connections with Japanese popular culture.
ref: 2013, Hyisung C. Hwang, David Matsumoto, “Nonverbal Behaviours and Cross-Cultural Communication in the New Era”, in Farzad Sharifian, Maryam Jamarani, editors, Language and Intercultural Communication in the New Era, Routledge, →ISBN, page 130:
text: According to Nishimura, kaomojis are so frequently used in Japan that they have been “codified” in dictionaries.
ref: 2017, Carmen Lee, “Linguistic diversity and language choice online”, in Multilingualism Online, London; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 31:
text: Going back to the kaomojis, note that, even in their highly abstract form, they are capable of displaying emotions. In order of display, the kaomojis show happiness, indifference, love, dissatisfaction, and anger.
ref: 2018, Xuanyi Chew, “Basic Facial Detection”, in Go Machine Learning Projects: Eight Projects Demonstrating End-to-End Machine Learning and Predictive Analytics Applications in Go, Packt Publishing, →ISBN, page 276:
text: Kaomojis are not used much in Western culture, but they are like emoticons except they can be read front-on and are from a fuller set of keyboard characters.
ref: 2019, Leo Palladino, Martin Green, Karen Roemuss, “Communication and working effectively in the industry”, in Professional Hairdressing and Barbering, Australian and New Zealand 2nd edition, Cengage Learning, →ISBN, page 170:
synonyms: verticon
coordinate_terms: emoji
glosses: A text-based Japanese emoticon, distinct from a Western emoticon in that it is not rotated sideways, and often includes a larger variety of characters (originally from Shift JIS, now including Unicode).
pillionwise
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more pillionwise
form: most pillionwise
Etymology: From pillion + -wise.
Senses: examples: text: The woman placed her foot on his and leaped effortlessly to the steed's back, where she sat behind him pillionwise, her arms about his middle, her fur-framed face across his shoulder.
ref: 1938 July, Seabury Quinn, “Fortune's Fools”, in Weird Tales, volume 32, number 1, page 17:
glosses: In the manner of a pillion.
Related terms: saddlewise
speedreads
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of speedread
speedreading
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of speed reading.
speedreading
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of speedread
shaleionaire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shaleionaires
form: shalionaire
Etymology: Blend of shale + millionaire.
Senses: examples: text: What we have here is a modern-day gold rush or, more correctly, a shale gas rush, which I have termed a shalenanza, which has created many shaleionaires (a term invented by someone else).
ref: 2012, Frank R. Spellman, Environmental Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing, CRC, published 2013, →ISBN, page 2:
text: Mazza said there are several new "shaleionaires" in North Central West Virginia, where people such as school teachers are now receiving royalty checks for as much as $60,000 a month for Marcellus Shale gas wells on their properties, he said.
ref: 2012 November 13, “MVB Bank Looks for Internal, External Growth”, in The State Journal:
text: Stewart visited a “shaleionaire”, one of the local farmers who’ve hit the shale gas lottery, and then came back here for a primer on power-supply management and energy security.
ref: 2013 June 20, Tom Sutcliffe, “TV review: Horizon - Fracking: the New Energy Rush, BBC2Quick Cuts, BBC4”, in The Independent:
text: Hosted by Lesley Stahl, the report interviewed Chesapeake Energy's Aubrey McClendon about the future of gas, told the story of two newly minted “shaleionaires” who lived above the shale, and questioned the Sierra Club's Michael Brune about negative environmental impacts.
ref: 2015, James S. Guignard, Pedaling the Sacrifice Zone: Teaching, Writing, and Living Above the Marcellus Shale:
glosses: A person who has become rich by allowing natural gas to be extracted from a shale deposit situated below land they own.
shaleionaires
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shaleionaire
Sunniphobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Sunni + -phobia.
Senses: examples: text: I address the ideological underpinnings of this 'Sunniphobia' in Chapter 5, as part of the discussion of the structural problems of the US counter-insurgency campaign.
ref: 2005, Ahmed Hashim, Insurgency and Counter-insurgency in Iraq, Cornell University Press, published 2006, →ISBN, page 82:
text: For all the talk of "Shi'philia" and "Sunniphobia," sectarian manipulation was a secondary, tactical factor for the occupiers, who were most interested in the creation of a new "national" bourgeoisie at massive cost to most Iraqis, including the middle and professional classes.
ref: 2008 April 6, Richard Seymour, “The Sadrist Revolt”, in Monthly Review:
text: […] as well as modern mechanisms and instruments for conflict resolution and the fear of the unknown similar to the rising fever of Islamophobia (fear of Islam), Shiaphobia and Sunniphobia in the Western industrialized countries because it did neither sufficiently nor adequately addressed^([sic]) their vital national economic and strategic security interests in the country.
ref: 2012 November 7, David de Chand, “The Obstacles, Hurdles, Mechanisms and Instruments for the Implementation of the Cooperation Peace Agreement: A Critical Analysis”, in Sudan Vision:
glosses: Fear or hatred of Sunnism and Sunnites.
nasibi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nasibis
form: nawasib
Etymology: From Arabic نَاصِبِيّ (nāṣibiyy, literally “hater”).
Senses: glosses: Someone who hates the family of the Prophet Muhammad.
Ispahan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Classical Persian اِسْپَهَان (ispahān).
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Isfahan:
A city in Iran, the seat of Isfahan County's Central District and the capital of Isfahan Province, the third largest city of Iran; the former capital of Iran, from 1598–1736
glosses: Alternative spelling of Isfahan:
A province of Iran
Derived terms: Ispahani
alpha-methylphenethylamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alpha-methylphenethylamines
Etymology: From alpha- + methylphenethylamine.
Senses: examples: text: And of course, nothing lubricates a soirée like a bowl full of alpha-methylphenethylamine.
ref: 2020, Ben Aaronovitch, “A Dedicated Follower of Fashion”, in Tales from the Folly: A Rivers of London Short Story Collection, JABberwocky Literary Agency, Inc., page 121:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Synonym of amphetamine.
synonyms: word: amphetamine