cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
buhrstones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of buhrstone
burr millstone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: burr millstones
Senses: glosses: burrstone
burrstones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of burrstone
burr millstones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of burr millstone
pomped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pomp
pomping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pomp
frangulic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: frangulinic acid
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A yellow crystalline substance resembling alizarin, obtained by the decomposition of frangulin.
gamineries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gaminerie
génocidaire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: génocidaires
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of genocidaire.
Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An autonomous okrug of Russia, administered by Tyumen Oblast.
ACF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Army Cadet Force.
qualifier: object-oriented programming
glosses: Initialism of Advanced Component Framework, a C++ component framework providing a scalable architecture for very complex applications.
ACF
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ACFs
Senses: topics: engineering
natural-sciences
optics
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of auto-collimating flat, a type of mirror.
glosses: Initialism of asymmetric crying facies
call time
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: calls time
form: calling time
form: called time
form: called time
Senses: examples: text: Let's have another pint quickly, before the landlord calls time.
glosses: To announce the closing of a pub for the day.
examples: text: The boxer is ready to call time on his long career.
text: "I'll be on my way. Hope your friend comes around all right. Going to call time on him sharp?"
"I should say not!" said the other. "I'll give him half an hour at least. If Jimmy is alive on earth he'll be here by that time. So long, officer."
ref: 1906, O. Henry, After Twenty Years:
text: As Frank had said to me two years earlier, when he was forced at last to reach for the Blu Tack and a felt-tip pen and call time on his own little shop: “It hurts. Aye.”
ref: 2020 September 1, Tom Lamont, “The butcher's shop that lasted 300 years (give or take)”, in The Guardian:
glosses: To end something.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To call a timeout.
examples: text: The teacher called time, and there were a few groans. (Some children pleaded for more time, another just said it was really hard, and a few others agreed that this was really cool.)
ref: 2011, Linda Schwartz Green, Diane Casale-Giannola, 40 Active Learning Strategies for the Inclusive Classroom, Grades K–5, Corwin Press, →ISBN, page 104:
topics: education
glosses: To indicate that an activity, especially the taking of a test, is complete.
Related terms: call it a day
call time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: call times
Senses: examples: text: The performance starts at 2pm; call time is 11am for crew, noon for musicians.
qualifier: performing arts
glosses: The expected time of arrival for participants in a performance event, e.g., a play or concert.
wrong'uns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wrong'un Alternative form of wrong 'uns.
biomicroscopy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bio- + microscopy.
Senses: glosses: The microscopic examination of biological tissue
glosses: The examination of the eye using a slit lamp biomicroscope
cruciferin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cruciferins
Etymology: From crucifer + -in.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A storage protein found in the seeds of some crucifers
storage protein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: storage proteins
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of many proteins, found especially in seeds, that act as reservoirs of amino acids and metal ions that are needed by growing organisms
cryptoglandular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ændjʊlə(ɹ)
-ændʒʊlə(ɹ)
-ænʒʊlə(ɹ)
Etymology: From crypto- + glandular.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Relating to anal glands and anal crypts
deoxyadenine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of deoxyadenosine.
deoxyinosine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deoxyinosines
Etymology: From deoxy- + inosine.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any nucleoside formed from hypoxanthine attached to a deoxyribose
dianisidine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From di- + anisidine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A very toxic diamine formed from two p-anisidine moieties, and used in the manufacture of azo dyes.
downmodulation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: downmodulations
form: down-modulation
Etymology: From down- + modulation.
Senses: glosses: modulation to a lower level
Related terms: downmodulate
epoxidase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: epoxidases
Etymology: From epoxide + -ase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any enzyme that catalyzes an epoxidation reaction.
Derived terms: deepoxidase
funduscopic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From funduscopy + -ic.
Senses: glosses: relating to funduscopy
Derived terms: funduscopically
funduscopy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: funduscopies
form: fundoscopy
form: usage note about -u- and -o- spellings
Senses: glosses: ophthalmoscopic examination of the fundus of the eye
Synonyms: ophthalmoscopy
Related terms: funduscope
funduscopic
gonioscopic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to gonioscopy.
glosses: By means of a gonioscope.
Derived terms: gonioscopically
immunoadjuvant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: immunoadjuvants
Etymology: From immuno- + adjuvant.
Senses: topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: Any substance added to a vaccine in order to improve the immune response.
Related terms: immunoadjunctive
immunoadjuvanticity
landcover
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: landcovers
form: land cover
Etymology: From land + cover.
Senses: topics: biology
ecology
geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any natural or man-made material that covers the land surface of the Earth.
legumins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of legumin
leiomyomatosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leiomyomatoses
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: The presence of leiomyomata in the body.
lymphoreplete
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From lympho- + replete.
Senses: glosses: Having the normal number of lymphocytes in the blood
mesonet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mesonets
Etymology: Blend of mesoscale + network.
Senses: glosses: An integrated network of automated weather-monitoring stations designed to observe mesoscale meteorological phenomena
monoderm
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mono- + -derm.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: (of bacteria) Having a single membrane, especially a thick layer of peptidoglycan
Coordinate terms: diderm
Related terms: monodermal
monodermic
monoderm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monoderms
Etymology: From mono- + -derm.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any monoderm bacterium.
Related terms: Posibacteria
Gram-positive
waltzes Matilda
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of waltz Matilda
waltzed Matilda
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of waltz Matilda
mountain bluebird
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mountain bluebirds
Senses: glosses: A bluebird of species Sialia currucoides, found in eastern North America.
moundbird
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: moundbirds
Etymology: From mound + bird, from the incubation of the eggs in mounds.
Senses: glosses: megapode
mound-builder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mound-builders
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mound builder.
motorbicycles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of motorbicycle
Mountain State
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Mountain State
Senses: glosses: Official nickname for West Virginia: a state of the United States.
Mount Rushmore State
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Official nickname for South Dakota: a state of the United States.
Grand Canyon State
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Grand Canyon State
Senses: glosses: Official nickname for Arizona: a state of the United States.
Natural State
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Natural State
Senses: glosses: Official nickname for Arkansas: a state of the United States.
Bluegrass State
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Bluegrass State
form: Blue Grass State
Senses: glosses: Official nickname for Kentucky: a state of the United States.
Related terms: Bluegrass region
Pine Tree State
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Pine Tree State
Etymology: A nickname alluding to the pine tree in its coat of arms.
Senses: glosses: The co-official nickname for Maine, a state of the United States.
Old Line State
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Old Line State
Etymology: Alluding to the fact that its northern boundary is the Mason-Dixon line.
Senses: glosses: Official nickname for Maryland: a state of the United States.
Great Lakes State
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Great Lakes State
Senses: glosses: Official nickname for Michigan: a state of the United States.
North Star State
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the North Star State
Senses: glosses: Official nickname for Minnesota: a state of the United States.
Show-Me State
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Show-Me State
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Show Me State: Official nickname for Missouri: a state of the United States.
Treasure State
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Treasure State
Etymology: So called from its mineral reserves.
Senses: glosses: Official nickname for Montana: a state of the United States.
Cornhuskers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Cornhusker
Silver State
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Silver State
Senses: glosses: Official nickname for Nevada: a state of the United States.
Granite State
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Granite State
Senses: examples: text: The action he inaugurated culminated in the law for the suppression of trampage, that has accomplished such good in the Granite State, and that has been so generally copied in other states.
ref: 1882, Henry Harrison Metcalf, John Norris McClintock, The Granite Monthly: A New Hampshire Magazine (page 382)
glosses: Official nickname for New Hampshire: a state of the United States.
Land of Enchantment
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Land of Enchantment
Senses: glosses: Official nickname for New Mexico: a state of the United States.
Peace Garden State
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Peace Garden State
Senses: glosses: Official nickname for North Dakota: a state of the United States.
Buckeye State
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Buckeye State
Senses: glosses: Official nickname for Ohio: a state of the United States.
Keystone State
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Keystone State
Etymology: An allusion to its central position connecting the original northern and southern thirteen states of the United States, at the time of formation of the Constitution.
Senses: glosses: Official nickname for Pennsylvania: a state of the United States.
Ocean State
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Ocean State
Senses: glosses: Official nickname for Rhode Island: a state of the United States.
Equality State
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Equality State
Senses: glosses: Official nickname for Wyoming: a state of the United States.
Bekasi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A large city in West Java, Indonesia.
escape key
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: escape keys
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A key on a computer keyboard that can be used to cancel an operation.
Synonyms: word: ␛
word: Esc
word: escape
eschscholzia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eschscholzias
form: eschscholtzia
Etymology: From translingual Eschscholzia, the genus name.
Senses: glosses: Any of the flowers in the Eschscholzia genus, especially the California poppy (Eschscholzia californica)
Eternal City
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Eternal City
Etymology: Calque of Latin Urbs Aeterna.
Senses: glosses: Nickname for Rome: the capital of Italy.
glosses: Nickname for Jerusalem: a city in West Asia; the claimed capital cities of Israel and Palestine.
glosses: Former nickname for Kyoto: a major city in Japan, during the period when it was named Heian-kyō and served as the capital of Japan; c. 800–1000 CE.
eudemon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eudemons
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of eudaemon.
euphonise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: euphonises
form: euphonising
form: euphonised
form: euphonised
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of euphonize.
everwhere
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From ever + where. Formed similarly to the older words each, every and German irgendwo.
Senses: examples: text: Everwhere he hid it, he hid it good.
glosses: Wherever.
everwhere
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: Some dialects and informal speakers shorten every to ever; see ever for more.
Senses: examples: text: Everwhere you look these days, you see ads.
glosses: Everywhere.
everwhich
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From ever + which. Formed similarly to the older words each, every and German irgendwelche.
Senses: glosses: Whichever.
Exmouth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛksməθ/
rhymes: -ɛksməθ
Etymology: In England, from Old English Exanmūþa recorded c. 1025, equivalent to Exe + mouth.
Senses: glosses: A town in Devon, England, at the mouth of the River Exe.
glosses: A town in Western Australia.
Exe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛks/
homophone: X
Forms: form: the Exe
Etymology: From Old English Ex, a borrowing from Proto-Brythonic *Uɨsk (compare Welsh Wysg), a river name perhaps originally meaning "abundant in fish". Cognate to the river names Axe, Esk, and Usk.
Senses: glosses: A river in Somerset and Devon, England, rising in Exmoor and flowing into the English Channel near Exmouth.
Derived terms: Exeter
Exmoor
Exmouth
Exton
Exwick
Netherexe
Nether Exe
Up Exe
Exe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛks/
homophone: X
Etymology: Shortening of Exeter.
Senses: glosses: University of Exeter, used especially following post-nominal letters indicating status as a graduate.
raw_tags: after a qualification
morcellated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of morcellate
morcellation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: morcellations
Etymology: From morcellate + -ation.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
synonyms: morcellement
glosses: The breaking into small pieces prior to removal.
morcellator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: morcellators
Etymology: From morcellate + -or.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: An instrument used in morcellation
overprediction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overpredictions
Etymology: From over- + prediction.
Senses: glosses: prediction that is erroneously high
periacinar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From peri- + acinar.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of periacinal.
periacinal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From peri- + acinal.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Around an acinus
Synonyms: periacinous
periacinous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From peri- + acinous.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Around an acinus
Synonyms: periacinal
peritoneally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From peritoneal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: By way of the peritoneum
Derived terms: transperitoneally
Related terms: peritoneal
phosphoglucose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From phospho- + glucose.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: glucose phosphate
Derived terms: phosphoglucose isomerase
Related terms: diphosphoglucose
phosphoglyceratekinase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phosphoglyceratekinases
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of phosphoglycerate kinase.
phosphoglycerate kinase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phosphoglycerate kinases
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of a phosphate group between ATP and phosphoglycerate
phosphoglyceratemutase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phosphoglyceratemutases
Senses: glosses: phosphoglyceromutase
prooxidants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prooxidant
protocatechuate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: protocatechuates
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of protocatechuic acid
pseudoexfoliation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudoexfoliations
Etymology: From pseudo- + exfoliation.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A form of exfoliation, especially in the eyes, in which the surface layer is not actually detached.
pseudoexfoliative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pseudo- + exfoliative.
Senses: glosses: relating to, or causing pseudoexfoliation
semitendinosus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -əʊsəs
Forms: form: semitendinosi
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A fusiform muscle (one of the hamstrings) in the back of the thigh.
Related terms: semitendinous
superintegron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superintegrons
form: super-integron
Etymology: From super- + integron.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: An integron with a long gene cassette array
supracervical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɜː(ɹ)vɪkəl
-aɪkəl
Etymology: From supra- + cervical.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Above or beyond the cervix
Derived terms: supracervical hysterectomy
tendinopathic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tendinopathy + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to tendinopathy.
tenocyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tenocytes
Etymology: From teno- + -cyte.
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: An elongated fibroblast cell found in tendons
tenocytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tenocyte + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to tenocytes.
tenogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From teno- + -genic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the generation of tendon tissue (tenocytes)
tenomodulin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A protein responsible for tenocyte proliferation
transperineal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From trans- + perineal.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: Through the perineum
tryptophans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tryptophan
vicilin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vicilins
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a family of storage proteins found in legumes
allocatability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: allocatabilities
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of allocability.
autolocalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From auto- + localization.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The localization of a particle by means of its own charge
autolocalized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From auto- + localized.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: localized as a result of autolocalization
chemiostatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chemostatic.
chemostatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From chemo- + static.
Senses: glosses: Relating to chemostasis
Courish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From German kurisch.
Senses: glosses: Curonian; of, from, or pertaining to Courland
Synonyms: Curonian
Courlandish
Courlandish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From German kurländisch.
Senses: glosses: Curonian; of, from, or pertaining to Courland
Synonyms: Curonian
Courish
hk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of hook.
Couronian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -əʊniən
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Curonian.
Curonian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kjʊˈɹəʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /k(j)ʊˈɹoʊ.ni.ən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Forms: form: Couronian
Etymology: From Latin Curonia (“Courland”, literally “land of the Curonians”), from an original name Kurš, which could mean "quickly moving (at sea)," from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- (“to run”).
Senses: glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Courland
Synonyms: Courish
Courlandish
Curonian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kjʊˈɹəʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /k(j)ʊˈɹoʊ.ni.ən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Forms: form: Curonians
form: Couronian
Etymology: From Latin Curonia (“Courland”, literally “land of the Curonians”), from an original name Kurš, which could mean "quickly moving (at sea)," from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- (“to run”).
Senses: glosses: A member of a medieval Baltic tribe.
Curonian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /kjʊˈɹəʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /k(j)ʊˈɹoʊ.ni.ən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Forms: form: Couronian
Etymology: From Latin Curonia (“Courland”, literally “land of the Curonians”), from an original name Kurš, which could mean "quickly moving (at sea)," from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- (“to run”).
Senses: glosses: An extinct Baltic language spoken by the Curonians.
head scarf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: head scarves
form: head scarfs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of headscarf.
Borges
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Borgeses
Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese and Catalan Borges.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
boldly goes where no man has gone before
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of boldly go where no man has gone before
boldly going where no man has gone before
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of boldly go where no man has gone before
boldly went where no man has gone before
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of boldly go where no man has gone before
boldly gone where no man has gone before
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of boldly go where no man has gone before
power suits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of power suit
overweeningness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From overweening + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being overweening.
Cerealia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɛɹɪˈeɪlɪə/
ipa: /ˌsɛɹɪˈɑːlɪə/
ipa: /ˌsɛɹɪˈeɪlɪə/
Etymology: From the Classical Latin Cereālia.
Senses: examples: text: The club of Marlott alone lived to uphold the local Cerealia. It had walked for hundreds of years, and it walked still.
ref: 1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 12:
topics: history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: A festival in Ancient Rome, celebrated on the 10th of April, for the grain goddess Ceres.
phosphoglyceromutases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phosphoglyceromutase
gesturer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gesturers
Etymology: From gesture + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who gestures.
gesturers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gesturer
gesturings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gesturing
subcontrol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subcontrols
Etymology: From sub- + control.
Senses: examples: text: Because all the subcontrols are packaged in a single control, we can also include code which links them together.
ref: 1996, Stephen Jakab, Instant Visual Basic 5 ActiveX Control Creation, page 10:
topics: computing
engineering
graphical-user-interface
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A control making up part of a larger control.
subcontrols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subcontrol
autoclose
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: autocloses
form: autoclosing
form: autoclosed
form: autoclosed
Etymology: From auto- + close.
Senses: glosses: to close automatically
Hypernyms: close
autoclosing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of autoclose
autocloses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of autoclose
autoclosed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of autoclose
Spillanean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Spillanean
form: most Spillanean
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Spillanian.
craftworking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From craft + working.
Senses: glosses: handicraft
expert witness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: expert witnesses
Senses: examples: October 23 2012, Nicolas Bourcier in Guardian Weekly, Brazil comes to terms with its slave trading past
In a sensational decision this April the 10 supreme court judges unanimously ruled in favour of positive discrimination in higher education, declaring that the racial quotas in Brazilian universities were constitutional and redressed the "social debt of slavery". Dozens of expert witnesses were heard and the ruling was televised live.
topics: law
glosses: A witness that has expertise in a certain field.
window-down
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: window-downs
Senses: examples: text: To bomb the system is to saturate MTA subway cars with one's signatures. ln the 1980s, certain writers were identified as bombers because they had mastered all disciplines of the form: insides, throw-ups, window-downs, top-to-bottoms, […]
ref: 2002, Ivor Miller, Aerosol kingdom: subway painters of New York City, page 195:
text: They saw Rimester near a light tower, one of the older writers, a black guy wearing a kufi, a skullcap, who did amazing wildstyle window-downs, Ismael had to admit—the letters decorated with love poems and sentiments of heartbreak.
ref: 2011, Don DeLillo, Underworld:
glosses: A piece of graffiti covering a train, etc. from the base of the window downward.
Related terms: top-to-bottom
window-downs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of window-down
eudemons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eudemon
F2F
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of face to face.
glosses: Abbreviation of friend-to-friend.
face paint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: face paints
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of facepaint.
facey
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more facey
form: most facey
Etymology: Apparently from face + -y. Attested slightly later than facety. Uncertain whether connected with earlier facy (“insolent, impudent”).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of facety.
factor in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: factors in
form: factoring in
form: factored in
form: factored in
Senses: examples: text: The apartment seemed like good value until we factored in the cost of the repairs.
text: In addition to employment in the area, once you factor in the patronage of people visiting the various sites, it's not difficult to see why it's being redeveloped. The current station building is tiny in comparison to other stations with a similar patronage.
ref: 2021 July 28, Peter Plisner, “The race to the Games has begun”, in RAIL, number 936, page 54:
antonyms: factor out
glosses: To consider as a factor.
Related terms: price in
fade-out
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fade-outs
Etymology: Deverbal from fade out.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fadeout.
FA Cup
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: FA Cups
Etymology: FA stands for Football Association.
Senses: topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: The most prestigious cup competition held every season between clubs in the English leagues.
facewards
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From face + -wards.
Senses: glosses: Toward the face.
throwie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: throwies
Etymology: From throw-up + -ie.
Senses: examples: text: Even more impressive is that at the same time, he kept D.C. locked with a steady flow of tags and throwies[…]
ref: 2001, Free agents: a history of Washington, D.C. graffiti, page 71:
text: IN is legendary because until IZ, he had the most two-letter throwies in history.
ref: 2009, Eric Felisbret, Luke Felisbret, James Prigoff, Graffiti New York, page 130:
synonyms: throw-up#Noun
coordinate_terms: pasteup#Noun
glosses: A type of graffiti produced relatively quickly, generally with a single-colour outline and one layer of fill colour.
throwies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of throwie
sgraffiti
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sgraffito
trainyard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trainyards
Etymology: From train + yard.
Senses: glosses: railyard
trainyards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trainyard
overpreciseness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From overprecise + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being overprecise.
overprecision
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From over- + precision.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being overprecise.
piebalds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of piebald
Rusto
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹʌstəʊ/
ipa: /ˈɹʌstoʊ/
rhymes: -ʌstəʊ
Etymology: Shortening.
Senses: examples: text: Rusto is the kind of paint that many writers steal and steal caps for and go bombing.
ref: 2008, Juxtapoz, numbers 90-92:
text: Rusto is thick, so for certain things it is good, like metal.
ref: 2011, Adam Melnyk, Visual Orgasm: The Early Years of Canadian Graffiti, page 112:
topics: arts
graffiti
visual-arts
glosses: Rust-Oleum spraypaint
yukhoe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yuk hwe
Etymology: From Korean 육회(肉膾) (yukhoe).
Senses: examples: text: All of them – especially my father-in-law – enjoyed yuk hwe, a kind of beef tartar.
ref: 2015, Han Kang, translated by Deborah Smith, The Vegetarian, Granta, published 2018, page 18:
glosses: One of a variety of hoe (raw dishes in Korean cuisine), which are usually made from raw ground beef seasoned with various spices or sauces.
top-to-bottom
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more top-to-bottom
form: most top-to-bottom
Senses: examples: text: What this house needs is a top-to-bottom cleaning.
synonyms: soup-to-nuts
coordinate_terms: end-to-end
glosses: Entire; thorough.
top-to-bottom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: top-to-bottoms
form: top to bottom
Senses: examples: text: Many writers felt constricted painting below the windows of cars and began to expand their pieces upward into top-to-bottoms and lengthwise into end-to-ends.
ref: 1984, Craig Castleman, Getting Up: Subway Graffiti in New York, page 57:
glosses: A piece of graffiti covering the whole height of a railway carriage.
Related terms: window-down
top-to-bottoms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of top-to-bottom
climatologically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From climatological + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In climatological terms.
oviviviparous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ovoviviparous.
ovispirins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ovispirin
warked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of wark
warking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of wark
separatability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From separate + -ability.
Senses: glosses: separability
separatable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more separatable
form: most separatable
Etymology: From separate + -able.
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of separable.
impulseless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From impulse + -less.
Senses: glosses: Devoid of impulses.
hucklebucking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hucklebuck
Cuman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈk(j)uːmən/
Forms: form: Cumans
form: Kuman
Etymology: From Medieval Latin Cumani, from Byzantine Greek Κουμάνοι (Koumánoi), perhaps ultimately from the name of the Kuma River.
Senses: synonyms: Polovtsian
glosses: A member of a nomadic Turkic people of central Asia who ruled parts of Eurasia and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages.
Cuman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈk(j)uːmən/
Forms: form: Kuman
Etymology: From Medieval Latin Cumani, from Byzantine Greek Κουμάνοι (Koumánoi), perhaps ultimately from the name of the Kuma River.
Senses: glosses: The Turkic language spoken by these people.
Related terms: Kipchak
Pecheneg
hucklebucked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hucklebuck
poverty of the stimulus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Coined by Noam Chomsky in 1980, though he had argued for the idea some years earlier.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The idea that human language cannot be learned by young children with what information they are given, unless they already have an innate knowledge of language or universal grammar.
wikipedia: Noam Chomsky
whoopie pie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whoopie pies
form: whoopee pie
Etymology: One theory regarding the origin of the name whoopie pie is that it arose from a production of the musical play Whoopee! in Boston in the late 1920s in which chocolate pies were thrown out to the audience during the song "Makin' Whoopee". Alternatively, the pie (which is believed to have originated in Pennsylvania Dutch Country) is said to have gotten its name when Amish women made them for their husbands and children, and they were so delighted that they exclaimed, "Whoopie!"
Senses: glosses: A baked good consisting of two round, mound-shaped pieces of cake (typically chocolate cake) with a sweet, creamy filling or frosting sandwiched in between.
Synonyms: black-and-white
black moon
bob
creamy turtle
gob
hucklebuck
whoopie pies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whoopie pie
vin chaud
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vins chauds
Etymology: From French vin (“wine”) + chaud (“hot”).
Senses: examples: text: Our destination was a hidden chalet nestled in snowdrifts where an enormous bowl of spicy vin chaud awaited us.
ref: 2007 December 5, Nicola Boden, “On the slippery slope to excitement”, in Yorkshire Post:
text: There's just time for a quick vin chaud in Mountain Restaurant Eggli, where we sit on wooden benches wrapped in fleece blankets, following the sun's arc into the horizon behind the toothy mountains.
ref: 2007 December 23, Gemma Bowes, “Love in a cold climate”, in The Guardian:
text: The two French gentlemen ordered beer, but I had a vin chaud (warmed red wine), as it was a chilly day.
ref: 2008, Goro Shimura, The Map of My Life, Springer, published 2008, →ISBN, page 109:
glosses: Mulled wine.
conjuncturalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: conjuncturalists
Etymology: From conjunctural + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who subscribes to conjuncturalism.
conjuncturalists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of conjuncturalist
indexicalities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of indexicality
nonindexical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + indexical.
Senses: glosses: Not indexical.
culturalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: culturalists
Etymology: From cultural + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: Do ideals, symbols and beliefs lead people to act as they do? Or are the wellsprings of action and the drivers of history less ethereal: money, fear, the thirst for power, circumstance and opportunity, with culture as an afterthought? Scholars in the first camp are culturalists; in the second, materialists.
ref: 2018 September 14, Neil Gross, “Is Your Culture ‘Tight’ or ‘Loose’? The Answer Could Explain Everything”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: One who subscribes to culturalism.
culturalists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of culturalist
terministic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to terminism.
indeterminisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of indeterminism
thalassotherapists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thalassotherapist
yolkless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From yolk + -less.
Senses: examples: a yolkless egg
glosses: Without a yolk.
yokeless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From yoke + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without a yoke.
subgerminal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + germinal.
Senses: examples: text: Even before a chicken egg is laid, cells with greater amounts of yolk begin falling into a subgerminal cavity beneath the blastoderm.
ref: 2000, Richard Grossinger, Phoebe Gloeckner, Jillian O'Malley, Embryogenesis: Species, Gender, and Identity, page 179:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Below the germinal disc.
subradar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + radar.
Senses: examples: text: One of the major difficulties with this method is that the largely unknown planetary topography can introduce errors in round trip travel times as much as 5 μs (i.e., the subradar point could be a mountaintop or a valley) […]
ref: 1993, Clifford M. Will, Theory and Experiment in Gravitational Physics, page 175:
glosses: Below an area being investigated by radar.
setous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more setous
form: most setous
Senses: glosses: setose
multisetose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more multisetose
form: most multisetose
Etymology: From multi- + setose.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Having many setae, or bristles.
dorsoapical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From dorso- + apical.
Senses: examples: dorsoapical setae
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the back and apex.
Derived terms: dorsoapically
multiversity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: multiversities
Etymology: From multi- + university.
Senses: glosses: A kind of modern, large-scale university, open to all, proposed by Clark Kerr in the 1960s.
multiversities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of multiversity
multiwindows
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + windows.
Senses: examples: text: Now suppose your application deals with medical imaging data in a multiwindows UI. You might find yourself showing a rotating image in one window while simultaneously tracking the point of view numerically in another[…]
ref: 2006, Mike Gunderloy, Coder to Developer: Tools and Strategies for Delivering Your Software, page 25:
topics: computing
engineering
graphical-user-interface
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: multiwindow; involving multiple windows
multivalence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: multivalences
Etymology: From multi- + valence.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being multivalent.
multivalences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of multivalence
multivalently
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more multivalently
form: most multivalently
Etymology: From multivalent + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a multivalent fashion.
autopolyploids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of autopolyploid
autopolyploidy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From auto- + polyploidy.
Senses: glosses: The property of being autopolyploid.
autotetraploidy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The property of being autotetraploid.
microsporocytes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microsporocyte
cytogeneticist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cytogeneticists
Etymology: From cyto- + geneticist.
Senses: glosses: One who studies cytogenetics.
cytogeneticists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cytogeneticist
multipeds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of multiped
multivalencies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of multivalency
superactive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more superactive
form: most superactive
Etymology: From super- + active.
Senses: glosses: Highly active.
Related terms: hyperactive
superactivity
superboard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superboards
Etymology: From super- + board.
Senses: examples: text: States such as North Carolina, Louisiana, and Wisconsin have consolidated power over state college policy in superboards in an attempt to improve efficiency.
ref: 1972, University Register, volume 2, University of Virginia:
text: Several problems seemed to have resulted in the creation of the superboards. The first was the perceived wasteful and needless duplication of programs by different agencies within the same denomination.
ref: 1977, Paul A. Mickey, Robert Leroy Wilson, What new creation?, page 142:
glosses: A consolidated governing board set up in place of several lesser boards.
superboards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superboard
Swyer syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after the endocrinologist Gerald Swyer.
Senses: glosses: XY gonadal dysgenesis, a type of hypogonadism causing an externally female appearance and (left untreated) the inability to experience puberty.
woodedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From wooded + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: He then calculated that Morocco had a ratio of woodedness of only about 9 or 10 percent, based on his estimates of forest cover.
ref: 2007, Diana K. Davis, Resurrecting the Granary of Rome, page 150:
text: Yes, there are many delightful areas, odd corners of real countryside - and of course great cliffs, brilliant hill walking, and a general state of woodedness not now found in much of the rest of England.
ref: 2010, David St John Thomas, Journey Through Britain: Landscape, People And Books, page 57:
text: Like Trolard before him, Boudy believed that North Africa should have a rate of woodedness of 30 percent, and that it did have earlier, during the thriving and productive Roman period.
ref: 2011, Diana K. Davis, Edmund Burke, Environmental Imaginaries of the Middle East and North Africa, page 74:
glosses: The state or degree of being wooded.
vesicorectal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From vesico- + rect- + -al.
Senses: examples: text: vesicorectal fistulas
topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Relating to the urinary bladder and the rectum, usually with reference to a fistula therebetween.
Hypernyms: enterovesical
intestinovesical
vesicoenteric
vesicoenteral
vesicointestinal
vesicoanal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From vesico- + anal.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the bladder and anus.
bicornous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin bicornis + -ous.
Senses: glosses: Having two horns; bicorn.
JDWP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Java programming language
glosses: Initialism of Java Debug Wire Protocol.
JVMTII
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Java programming language
glosses: Initialism of Java Virtual Machine Tools Interface.
Related terms: JPDA
JVM
JDI
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Java programming language
glosses: Initialism of Java Debugger Interface.
Related terms: JPDA
JVMDI
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Java programming language
glosses: Initialism of Java Virtual Machine Debugger Interface.
Related terms: JPDA
smuggler's bible
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: smugglers' bibles
form: smuggler's Bible
Etymology: Named after the smuggling practice of hiding contraband inside large hollowed-out books, especially Bibles. See Modern Mechanix for a 1928 example. Apparently it began as a term of art amongst book dealers; see the 1966 citation.
Senses: examples: text: Inside the Bible's cover is pasted a bookseller's label identifying the article: “A Smuggler's Bible. Used by smugglers on both sides of the Atlantic in the early nineteenth century to conceal small objects of value. Actually a mere box, this ‘Bible’ could be used to contain any assortment of goods the smuggler could get into it. ca. 1820 (?)”
ref: 1966, Joseph McElroy, A Smuggler's Bible, Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., →ISBN, page 327:
text: As the novel proceeds, various kinds of smuggling and allied dishonesties such as counterfeiting and forging are worked into the text, and by the end Brooke's manuscript is placed in a smuggler's bible on shipboard.
ref: 1989, Tom LeClair, The Art of Excess: Mastery in Contemporary American Fiction, University of Illinois Press, →ISBN, page 135:
text: A ‘smuggler's bible’ is a facsimile of the sacred book which contains nothing but can carry anything.
ref: 1989, Tony Tanner, Scenes of Nature, Signs of Men, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 207:
text: I filled him in on Simon and the vacuum press before I explained about my condolence visit the past Friday, and the tabs of Ecstacy in the smuggler's Bible.
ref: 2004, Irene Marcuse, Under the Manhattan Bridge, MacMillan, →ISBN, page 148:
glosses: A book that has had some of its interior removed for the purpose of storing small items.
Synonyms: hollow book