cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
ratoon
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹəˈtuːn/
Forms: form: ratoons
form: ratooning
form: ratooned
form: ratooned
form: rattoon
Senses: examples: text: In the sugar areas to the north and south of the Colony cane has been known to "ratoon" for 20 to 30 years.
ref: 1893, “Resources of British Honduras”, in Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, vol. 1893, no. 82/83, p. 327:
glosses: To sprout ratoons.
raw_tags: of a plant
examples: 1969, M. Menzel; F. Wilson, "Genetic Relationships in Hibiscus Sect. Furcaria," Brittonia, vol. 21, no. 2, p. 100,
Attempts to propagate them by cuttings (of flowering shoots) and to ratoon the old plants in the greenhouse in November were unsuccessful.
glosses: To cut a plant, especially sugar cane, so that it will produce ratoons.
Derived terms: ratoonable
ratoon crop
tax lot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tax lots
Senses: examples: text: In some countries such as the USA, cost basis must be considered on a tax lot-by-tax lot basis.
ref: 2003, Stephen Satchell with Alan Scowcroft, Advances in Portfolio Construction and Implementation, page 128:
topics: accounting
business
economics
finance
government
sciences
taxation
glosses: A grouping of security holdings in an account used for enabling the calculation and treatment of the securities for tax compliance and reporting.
topics: accounting
business
finance
real-estate
glosses: An parcel of real property on which property taxes are levied.
like white on rice
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: Now you're the finest girl I ever saw in my life / I want to stick to you like white on rice
ref: 1975, “Baby Get It On”, performed by Ike & Tina Turner:
qualifier: simile
glosses: In very close proximity; following closely.
flors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flor
acariasis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæk.əˈɹaɪ.ə.sɪs/
Forms: form: acariases
Etymology: Circa 19th century, from acar- + -iasis.
Senses: glosses: An infestation with, or disease caused by mites or ticks.
Derived terms: otoacariasis
blaas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blaa
requirements contract
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: requirements contracts
Senses: topics: law
glosses: An agreement in which in which one party agrees to supply as much of a good or service as is required by the other party, and in exchange the other party expressly or implicitly promises that it will obtain its goods or services exclusively from the first party.
requirements contracts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of requirements contract
attritee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: attritees
Etymology: From attrit + -ee.
Senses: examples: text: First-term attrition can be 30 percent or more, and many attritees do not reach E-4, let alone E-5.
ref: 2003, James R. Hosek, Michael G. Mattock, Learning About Quality: How the Quality of Military Personnel Is Revealed Over Time, →ISBN, page 31:
qualifier: human resources
glosses: One who attrits; one who quits
Related terms: firee
hiree
retiree
cyclohexyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsaɪkləʊˈhɛksɪl/
Forms: form: cyclohexyls
Etymology: From cyclo- + hexyl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The univalent radical derived from cyclohexane by the formal removal of a hydrogen atom.
Derived terms: ciclotizolam
cicloxolone
ciglitazone
cyclohexyladenosine
cyclohexylalanine
cyclohexylallene
cyclohexylamine
cyclohexylbenzene
cyclomethycaine
diaminocyclohexyl
dicyclohexyl
dicyclohexylcarbodiimide
dicyclohexylurea
eticyclidine
gacyclidine
glycyclamide
hexocyclium
hexylcaine
methylcyclohexyl
oxocyclohexyl
procyclidine
rolicyclidine
tenocyclidine
tricyclohexylammonium
Related terms: cyclopropyl
cyclobutyl
cyclopentyl
cyclopropyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyclopropyls
Etymology: From cyclopropane + -yl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The univalent radical derived from cyclopropane by the formal removal of a hydrogen atom
Derived terms: calcipotriol
cimetropium
ciprefadol
ciprofloxacin
cipropride
cyclazocine
cyclopropylamine
cyprazepam
cyprenorphine
flutoprazepam
iclazepam
lorbamate
prazepam
proxorphan
spirocyclopropyl
Related terms: cyclobutyl
cyclopentyl
cyclohexyl
cyclobutyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyclobutyls
Etymology: From cyclobutane + -yl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The univalent radical derived from cyclobutane by the formal removal of a hydrogen atom
Derived terms: butorphanol
nalbuphine
Related terms: cyclopropyl
cyclopentyl
cyclohexyl
cyclohexylbenzene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cyclohexyl + benzene.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The bicyclic hydrocarbon formed by directly linking a cyclohexane and benzene ring; it is used in the manufacture of drugs and many other compounds
chewing-gum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chewing-gums
Senses: examples: text: Two boys, one aged eight and the other twelve years, in Rome, Oneida county, N. Y., a few days ago, had a childish altercation about some chewing-gum and pop-corn, and, as they separated, threw at each other with sticks and other missiles, […]
ref: 1862 January 4, Jonesboro Weekly Gazette, volume XII, number 49, Jonesboro, Ill., front page, column 6:
text: “[…] What I like is chewing-gum.” “O, I should say so! I wish I had some now.” “Do you? I’ve got some. I’ll let you chew it awhile, but you must give it back to me.”
ref: 1876, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter VII, in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Hartford, Conn.: The American Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 75:
text: Then he wrenched off the top of a box, and commenced to cram chewing-gum into his mouth. Sticks of it; dozens of sticks.
ref: 1940 April 27, Max Stafford, “Speed on the Sands”, in Illustrated Leicester Chronicle, page 18, column 3:
glosses: Dated form of chewing gum.
dealkylate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: [diːˈæɫkɪleɪt]
Forms: form: dealkylates
form: dealkylating
form: dealkylated
form: dealkylated
Etymology: From de- + alkylate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: To remove alkyl groups from (a compound), especially as part of the oil refining process.
dealkylated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: [diːˈæɫkɪleɪtəd]
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dealkylate
dealkylated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: [diːˈæɫkɪleɪtəd]
Forms: form: more dealkylated
form: most dealkylated
Senses: glosses: That has been through a dealkylation process.
dealkylation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: [diːæɫkɪˈleɪʃən]
Forms: form: dealkylations
Etymology: From de- + alkylation.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The removal of alkyl groups from a compound
Derived terms: hydrodealkylation
Related terms: dealkylate
dealkylating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: [diːˈæɫkɪleɪtɪŋ(ɡ)]
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dealkylate
dealkylating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: [diːˈæɫkɪleɪtɪŋ(ɡ)]
Senses: glosses: Describing an agent used in the dealkylation process.
dealuminated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dealuminate
dealuminated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dealuminated
form: most dealuminated
Senses: glosses: That has been treated in a dealumination process
dealumination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dealuminations
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The chemical removal of alumina or aluminates from a material, especially from a zeolite in the manufacture of industrial catalysts etc
Related terms: dealuminate
dealuminate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dealuminates
form: dealuminating
form: dealuminated
form: dealuminated
Etymology: From de- + alumina + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To chemically remove alumina or aluminates from a material.
Related terms: dealumination
dearomatization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːəˌɹəʊmətaɪˈzeɪʃən/
Forms: form: dearomatizations
Etymology: From de- + aromatization.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The removal of aromatic compounds from a mixture, especially as part of the oil refining process
oil refining
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The industrial process of converting crude oil into petroleum and other useful products
Related terms: oil refinery
deasphalted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more deasphalted
form: most deasphalted
Etymology: From de- + asphalt + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: The other output from the deasphalter is deasphalted oil.
ref: 2014, R Luque, J Speight, Gasification for Synthetic Fuel Production, →ISBN:
glosses: Describing a material whose asphalt content has been removed or reduced
deasphalted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From de- + asphalt + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of deasphalt
Related terms: deasphalting
deasphalting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From deasphalt + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: Propane (or sometimes propane/butane mixtures) is extensively used for deasphalting and produces a deasphalted oil (DAO) and deasphalter bottoms (propane deasphalter asphalt, PDA, PD tar) (Dunning and Moore, 1957).
ref: 2015, James G. Speight, Fouling in Refineries, →ISBN, page 210:
glosses: A process in which the asphalt content of crude oil (or similar materials) is removed or reduced, especially by solvent extraction.
deasphalting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From deasphalt + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of deasphalt
Related terms: deasphalted
deasphalter
dehydrogenated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˌhaɪdˈɹɒdʒəneɪtəd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dehydrogenate
dehydrogenated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˌhaɪdˈɹɒdʒəneɪtəd/
Forms: form: more dehydrogenated
form: most dehydrogenated
Senses: antonyms: hydrogenated
dihydrogenated
polyhydrogenated
rehydrogenated
coordinate_terms: nonhydrogenated
unhydrogenated
glosses: That has been treated by dehydrogenation.
demetallization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From de- + metal + -ization.
Senses: glosses: The process of removing traces of metal from a material (or from a surface), especially from a material that has been subjected to a metal-based catalysis
Derived terms: hydrodemetallization
Related terms: demetallize
demetallize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: demetallizes
form: demetallizing
form: demetallized
form: demetallized
Etymology: From de- + metallize.
Senses: glosses: To remove traces of metal from (a material or a surface), especially from a material that has been subjected to a metal-based catalysis.
Related terms: demetallization
demetallized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of demetallize
demetallized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more demetallized
form: most demetallized
Senses: glosses: That has been subject to demetallization
denitrogenate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: denitrogenates
form: denitrogenating
form: denitrogenated
form: denitrogenated
Etymology: From de- + nitrogenate.
Senses: glosses: To remove nitrogen from (a material).
glosses: To remove nitrogen from the body, by breathing nitrogen-free gases, before reascending from a deep-sea dive.
Related terms: denitrogenation
denitrogenation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From de- + nitrogenation.
Senses: glosses: The removal of nitrogen from a material
glosses: The removal of nitrogen from the body, by breathing nitrogen-free gases, before reascending from a deep-sea dive
Derived terms: hydrodenitrogenation
Related terms: denitrogenate
deoiled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of deoil
deoiled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more deoiled
form: most deoiled
Senses: glosses: That has been treated in a deoiling process
deoiling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of deoil
deoiling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Any process in which oil is removed from a material or surface
deoil
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: deoils
form: deoiling
form: deoiled
form: deoiled
Etymology: From de- + oil.
Senses: glosses: To remove oil from (a material or surface).
desalting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of desalt
desalting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: desaltings
Senses: glosses: A process in which salt is removed from a material; desalination
dewaxed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dewax
dewaxed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dewaxed
form: most dewaxed
Senses: glosses: That has been treated by a dewaxing process
dewaxing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dewax
dewaxing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dewaxings
Senses: glosses: A process in which wax is removed from a material or a surface.
Derived terms: hydrodewaxing
dewax
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dewaxes
form: dewaxing
form: dewaxed
form: dewaxed
Etymology: From de- + wax.
Senses: glosses: To remove wax from (a material or surface).
diaromatics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diaromatic
Anis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Anises
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic أنيس (ʔanīs, “close friend”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Arabic.
decahydroquinoline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɛkəhaɪdɹəʊˈkwɪnəliːn/
Forms: form: decahydroquinolines
Etymology: From deca- + hydro- + quinoline.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The bicyclic amine formally obtained by the hydrogenation of quinoline; any of its derivatives that occur naturally as alkaloids
dibenzofuran
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dibenzofurans
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The tricyclic heterocycle in which two benzene rings are fused to that of furan; any of its derivatives, especially the halogenated derivatives that are similar to dioxins
dibenzothiophene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dibenzothiophenes
Etymology: From di- + benzo- + thiophene.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The tricyclic heterocycle in which two benzene rings are fused to that of thiophene; any of its derivatives, especially those that occur in crude oil
Armel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Armels
Etymology: Borrowed from French Armel.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Frederick County, Virginia, United States.
business-to-institutions
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: business
synonyms: word: B2I
glosses: Pertaining to business-to-business activities of commercial organizations serving institutions such as schools, organizations, and churches with products and/or services.
Related terms: alt: business-to-business
word: B2B
puff up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: puffs up
form: puffing up
form: puffed up
form: puffed up
Senses: examples: text: We puffed up the balloons.
glosses: To inflate with air.
examples: text: Small birds puff up while sleeping to keep warm.
text: The angry cat hissed and puffed up its fur.
glosses: To fluff up, such as an animal raising its fur or feathers to appear larger or conserve body heat.
examples: text: My hand puffed up where the cat had scratched me.
glosses: To swell due to injury or illness.
examples: text: Sore against our will did we of Witchland join with the Demons in that war, foreseeing (as hath been bloodily approved) that the issue must be but the puffing up of the Demons, who desire no other thing than to be lords and tyrants of all the world.
ref: 1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 37:
glosses: To become proud. (Often written as puffed up with pride.)
Derived terms: puffed up
puffed up
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more puffed up
form: most puffed up
Senses: glosses: Inflated.
examples: text: Since he was elected school prefect, he’s become really puffed up.
text: [T]each thy Incubus to Poëtize, / And throvve abroad thy ſpurious Snotteries, / Vpon that puft-vp Lumpe of Barmy froth, […]
ref: 1601, Ben Jonson, Poetaster or The Arraignment: […], London: […] [R. Bradock] for M[atthew] L[ownes] […], published 1602, →OCLC, Act V, scene iii, signature L4, recto:
glosses: Proud, presumptuous.
puffed up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of puff up
whaleshit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whale shit
Etymology: From whale + shit.
Senses: glosses: Whale excrement.
examples: text: "Lower than whaleshit at the bottom of the ocean," he said. […] "If I'm whaleshit, hippie," he said, "what does that make you?"
ref: 1997, Jack Fuller, Fragments, page 25:
glosses: Filth that is lower than dirt; used as an insult.
Derived terms: lower than whaleshit
bird shit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of birdshit.
dicoronylene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dicoronylenes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, consisting of two molecules of coronene fused together, that is a byproduct of the hydrocracking of petroleum
dieselization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dieselizations
form: dieselisation
Etymology: From diesel + -ization.
Senses: glosses: The conversion of a petrol engine to run on diesel fuel
glosses: The replacement of petrol engines with diesel engines
examples: text: Erie, always an interesting road to watch, fortified itself in the late '20's with the largest roster of Berkshires in the land, and these engines were easily able to sustain the road until dieselization …
ref: 1959, David P. Morgan, editor, Steam's Finest Hour, Kalmbach Publishing Co.:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: The replacement of steam (or, more rarely, electric) locomotives with diesel locomotives.
wormshit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: worm shit
Etymology: From worm + shit.
Senses: glosses: Worm excrement.
examples: text: Your shield shines brightly in fields of wormshit! History, the last arbiter, will vindicate you!
ref: 1981, George Chambers, Null Set, page 82:
glosses: Dirt.
diethylaniline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diethylanilines
Etymology: From diethyl + aniline.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The tertiary amine C₆H₅N(CH₃CH₂)₂, that has many industrial uses.
dihydrogenated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From di- + hydrogenated.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: hydrogenated with the addition of two atoms of hydrogen per molecule
re-sign
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹiːˈsaɪn/
Forms: form: re-signs
form: re-signing
form: re-signed
form: re-signed
form: resign
Etymology: From re- + sign. Piecewise doublet of resign.
Senses: glosses: To sign again; to provide one's signature again.
examples: text: At the end of last year, the band re-signed to XL for another three albums, despite being chased by majors that included Island, says manager Mike Champion of Midi Management.
ref: 1997, Billboard, volume 109, number 30, page 86:
glosses: To sign a contract renewing or restarting a professional relationship, such as that of a professional athlete with a sports team.
dihydrophenanthrene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dihydrophenanthrenes
Etymology: From dihydro + phenanthrene.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The dihydrogenated product of phenanthrene, 9,10-dihydrophenanthrene, that is formed during oil refining
Celine
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /səˈliːn/
rhymes: -iːn
Etymology: From French Céline, from Latin Caelīna, derived from the Roman gens name Caelius, from caelum (“heaven”). Also a short form of Marceline, feminine diminutive of Marcel.
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Latin.
Related terms: Celina
Selena
Selina
Celina
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Variant of Celine, from French Céline, ultimately from Latin.
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Latin.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Minnesota.
glosses: A city, the county seat of Mercer County, Ohio.
glosses: A city, the county seat of Clay County, Tennessee.
glosses: A city in Texas.
dimethyldisulfide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From dimethyl + disulfide.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The aliphatic compound (CH₃CH₂S)₂ found in crude oil and in brassicas; it has a hemolytic action
diolefin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diolefins
Etymology: From di- + olefin.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An olefin that has two double bonds; a diene
Derived terms: diolefination
distillable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more distillable
form: most distillable
Etymology: From distill + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being distilled, especially capable of being distilled without chemical decomposition.
Derived terms: indistillable
nondistillable
undistillable
Clarisse
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /kləˈriːs/
ipa: /kleɪˈriːs/
ipa: /klaˈriːs/
Etymology: Borrowed from French Clarisse, from Italian Clarissa, from Medieval Latin Clarissa (“Poor Clare”); see there for more. Doublet of Clarissa and Clarice.
Senses: glosses: A female given name from French.
Clarisse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kləˈriːs/
ipa: /kleɪˈriːs/
ipa: /klaˈriːs/
Forms: form: Clarisses
Etymology: Borrowed from French Clarisse, from Italian Clarissa, from Medieval Latin Clarissa (“Poor Clare”); see there for more. Doublet of Clarissa and Clarice.
Senses: examples: text: Clara... withdrew herself... to the Church of St. Damian, and there gave beginning to the poor Maids, called from her name Clarisses...
ref: 1693, Gabriel d'Emillianne, translated by Antonio Gavin, A Short History of Monastical Orders, page 253:
topics: Catholicism
Christianity
glosses: Synonym of Poor Clare: a nun of the Order of Saint Clare, sometimes particularly such a nun who followed the original rules of Saint Clare of Assisi.
synonyms: word: Poor Clare
extra: a nun of the Order of Saint Clare, sometimes particularly such a nun who followed the original rules of Saint Clare of Assisi
Coordinate terms: Urbanist
Derived terms: Clarice
Clarissine
distillated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more distillated
form: most distillated
Senses: glosses: distilled
resign oneself
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: resigns oneself
form: resigning oneself
form: resigned oneself
form: resigned oneself
Senses: examples: text: He resigned himself to his fate and began the long walk home to face his wife.
glosses: To give up, stop resisting and come to accept.
Coralie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from French Coralie.
Senses: examples: text: Rosalind savors of quips and hose, / Araminta of wits and beaux; / Prue of old puddings, and Coralie / All of sawdust and spangled shows;
ref: 1887, William Ernest Henley, “A Ballade of Ladies' Names”, in Gleeson White, editor, Ballades and Rondeaus, Read Books, page 19:
glosses: A female given name from French.
Related terms: coral
hokku
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hokkus
form: hokku
Etymology: From Japanese 発句 (hokku).
Senses: topics: communications
journalism
literature
media
poetry
publishing
writing
glosses: Synonym of haiku (“type of Japanese poem”).
synonyms: word: haiku
extra: type of Japanese poem
ebullated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ebullated
form: most ebullated
Senses: glosses: Fluidized by the continual injection of gas and liquid through small holes.
ebullated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ebullate
Synonyms: ebullating
Derived terms: ebullated bed
feeder reservoir
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: feeder reservoirs
Senses: glosses: A reservoir which stores water to maintain the level in a canal.
fluidized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fluidize
fluidized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fluidized
form: most fluidized
Senses: glosses: Given the properties of a fluid (by shaking or injection of gas)
Derived terms: fluidized bed
nonfluidized
unfluidized
vibrofluidized
fluidize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: fluidizes
form: fluidizing
form: fluidized
form: fluidized
Etymology: From fluid + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To give particles of solid the properties of a fluid, either by shaking or by injecting gas
Derived terms: fluidizable
fluidization
fluidizer
microfluidize
Corinna
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Ancient Greek, probably from κόρη (kórē, “girl, maid, daughter”); compare kore.
Senses: examples: text: During this period he became acquainted with the poetess Corinna, who was likewiſe a ſtudent under Myrtis, and, Pauſanias ſays, was one of the moſt beautiful women of her time.
ref: 1816, “Pindar”, in Encyclopaedia Perthensis, 2nd edition, volume 17, page 559:
text: The most renowned poetess of ancient Greece, after Sappho, was Corinna, who came from a town in Boeotia named Tanagra.
ref: 1999, David Mulroy, editor, Early Greek Lyric Poetry, page 167:
text: […]it may not be going too far, in other words, to characterize Corinna's poetry as significantly "woman-identified," to use Rayor's term.
ref: 2005, David H. J. Larmour, “2: Corinna's Poetic Metis and the Epinikian Tradition”, in Ellen Greene, editor, Women Poets in Ancient Greece and Rome, page 25:
glosses: An ancient Greek poetess.
examples: 1601, Thomas Campion, When to Her Lute Corinna Sings, A Book of Ayres, 2006, Jay Parini (editor), The Wadsworth Anthology of Poetry, page 614,
When to her lute Corinna sings, / Her voice revives the leaden strings,
glosses: A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Related terms: Cora
Corina
Corinne
ebullating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ebullating
form: most ebullating
Senses: glosses: Fluidized by the continual injection of gas and liquid through small holes.
ebullating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of ebullate
Synonyms: ebullated
Derived terms: ebullating bed
ebullating pump
etherification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: etherifications
Etymology: From ether + -ification.
Senses: examples: text: The particular kind of tritorium which facilitated the etherification of phosphoric acid, and is applicable to many other chemical operations, affords the means of practising the operation just now proposed, as follows.
ref: 1809, Mr. Boullay, “On Sulphuric Ether, and on the Preparation of it”, in The Repertory Of Arts And Manufactures:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The process of making an ether, especially the removal of alcohols from petroleum products by reacting with sulfuric acid.
Derived terms: bromoetherification
thioetherification
Corina
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Corinna.
knaur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: knaurs
form: knar
Senses: glosses: A knot or burl in a tree.
ethylaniline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ethyl + aniline.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The secondary amine C₆H₅NHCH₂CH₃ that is used as an explosive stabilizer and in the manufacture of dyes
Clovis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkloʊvɪs/
Etymology: Borrowed from French Clovis, from Frankish *Hlōdowig, the same Germanic source as French Louis, Dutch Lodewijk and German Ludwig, see there for further information. Doublet of Louis and Ludwig.
The New Mexican city was named after a Frankish king; the Native American site and culture were named after this city.
Senses: glosses: A male given name borne by several prominent people in Frankish/French and Germanic history.
glosses: A city, the county seat of Curry County, in central northeastern New Mexico, United States.
glosses: A city in Fresno County, California, United States.
topics: archaeology
history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: A particular site that contains evidence of an early Native American culture; the culture associated with this site.
Derived terms: Clovis point
ethylbenzene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ethylbenzenes
Etymology: From ethyl + benzene.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The hydrocarbon C₆H₅-CH₂CH₃ that is used in the production of styrene
Derived terms: ethylbenzenehydroperoxide
etioporphyrin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: etioporphyrins
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of several isomeric forms of a synthetic porphyrin that has a methyl and an ethyl group on each pyrrole ring
weigh-in
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: weigh-ins
Etymology: Deverbal from weigh in.
Senses: examples: text: law enforcement sources said authorities were seeking information about jockey weigh-ins at the three tracks and whether the weights of jockeys were being accurately reported.
ref: 2005, USA Today, NYRA suspends two amid jockey-weight investigation:
text: Gov. Mike Beebe said the school weigh-ins and report cards had "a lot of negative, unintended consequences" and hurt some children's self-esteem. […] Jim Raczynski, dean of UAMS, opposes weakening the law, saying 20 percent of students already are opting out of the weigh-in program.
ref: 2007 February 5, Andrew DeMillo, “Ark. May Drop Schoolchildren Weigh-Ins”, in FOX News:
glosses: The process of determining a competitor's body weight prior to an event, especially to ensure it is within the weight restrictions.
kytle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kytles
Etymology: From Old English (pre-1500) kirtle - a man's short coat or tunic. Possibly related to Yiddish קיטל (kitl) via Old high German.
Senses: glosses: A light jacket or short coat.
farcies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of farcy
perturbant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: perturbants
Senses: glosses: Anything that causes perturbation
dyers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dyer
douses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of douse
dousing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of douse
dousing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dousings
Senses: examples: text: But the Royal Commission learned that he also employed water-dousings and a vicious device called the "punishment jacket" to inflict varying degrees of physical and psychological torments upon the inmates under his care.
ref: 2014, Sean C. Grass, The Self in the Cell: Narrating the Victorian Prisoner:
glosses: The act by which something is doused.
disobeys
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of disobey
dropouts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dropout
dumbwaiters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dumbwaiter
disconnecting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of disconnect
dooming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈduːmɪŋ/
rhymes: -uːmɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of doom
dooming
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈduːmɪŋ/
rhymes: -uːmɪŋ
Forms: form: doomings
Senses: examples: text: We find in the heathen poets a great number of these invocations and magical doomings, to inspire a dangerous passion, or to occasion maladies.
ref: 1850, Aug Calmet, The Phantom World:
glosses: The act by which something is doomed or fated; a condemnation.
access road
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: access roads
Senses: glosses: A road giving entry to a region or, especially, to a motorway.
examples: text: He explained that engineers had been able to examine the bridge visually, and had started surveying likely sites for access roads and where to place the heavyweight crawler crane. NR was also ordering the aggregates needed for the access roads.
ref: 2020 August 26, “Network News: Mid-September before line reopens, says Network Rail”, in Rail, page 10:
qualifier: more localised
glosses: A road giving access to a particular place.
Synonyms: sense: road giving access to a particular place
word: service road
sense: road giving access to a particular place
word: driveway
Related terms: frontage road
service road
uncopyrightables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of uncopyrightable
TTT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: education
human-sciences
language
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Initialism of teacher talking time: the amount of time a teacher talks during a class.
topics: cycling
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Initialism of team time trial.
Related terms: topics: cycling
sports
hobbies
lifestyle
word: ITT
topics: cycling
sports
hobbies
lifestyle
word: TT
amicicides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amicicide
daydreamers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of daydreamer
rattoon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rattoons
Senses: examples: text: [...] Mr. Hawly did give me a little black rattoon, painted and gilt.
ref: 1660 September 23 (date written; Gregorian calendar), Samuel Pepys, Mynors Bright, transcriber, “September 13th, 1660”, in Henry B[enjamin] Wheatley, editor, The Diary of Samuel Pepys […], volume I, London: George Bell & Sons […]; Cambridge: Deighton Bell & Co., published 1893, →OCLC, page 240:
glosses: Alternative spelling of ratoon (“rattan cane”).
rattoon
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rattoons
form: rattooning
form: rattooned
form: rattooned
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ratoon.
dachas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dacha
dadoing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dado
dadoed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dado
dados
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dado
shalloon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃəˈluːn/
Forms: form: shalloons
Etymology: Said to have been first made at Châlons-sur-Marne in France.
Senses: glosses: A fabric of tightly woven wool, mainly used for the linings of articles of clothing.
glosses: A band for tying the tail of a wig, made of such material.
glosses: A material used as liner in artillery rounds between the casing and propellant or bursting charge. Also used as tying for silk bags containing the propellant charge in larger guns.
Toni
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: rhymes: -əʊni
Senses: examples: text: "I'm not Toni any more. I'm Antonia." Sophy burst out laughing. "And I'm Sophia."
ref: 1979, William Golding, Darkness Visible, page 134:
glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Antonia, sometimes used as a formal given name.
glosses: A male given name.
ratfink
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹætfɪŋk/
Forms: form: ratfinks
form: ratfinking
form: ratfinked
form: ratfinked
form: rat fink
form: rat-fink
Etymology: From rat + fink.
Senses: examples: text: It led to some rather incredible and colourful claims in the submission by the union that the employers had ratfinked on previous agreements.
ref: 1980 November 21, Anthony George Malcolm, “Agricultural Workers Amendment Bill: Report of Labour and Education Committee”, in Parliamentary Debates (Hansard): Second Session, Thirty-ninth Parliament: House of Representatives, volume 435, Wellington, N.Z.: P. D. Hasselberg, government printer, published 1981, →OCLC, page 5237:
text: The dumb bastard says he never rat-finks on a woman. They're too precious, he tells me. And he should know. He has had many of them.
ref: 1992, Sean Flannery, Moving Targets, New York, N.Y.: Tor Books, →ISBN:
text: There's a breed of people in every office who breed problems around them—ratfinking about your long lunch breaks, revealing confidential salary information, blaming everyone for every error.
ref: 1999, Karen Salmansohn, The 30-day Plan to Whip Your Career into Submission: Transform Yourself from Job Slave into the Master of Your Destiny in just One Month, 1st trade paperback edition, New York, N.Y.: Broadway Books, →ISBN:
text: On Feb. 11, McLeod officials marched into the FCC [Federal Communications Commission] to relate this story, just as Netscape rat-finked on Microsoft to the Department of Justice. FCC officials demanded that Qwest tell them what the heck was going on.
ref: 2000 May 1, David [Stephenson] Rohde, “Qwest's Behind-the-scenes Merger Maneuver”, in John Dix, editor, Network World, volume 17, number 18, Southborough, Mass.: Network World, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 40:
text: Take a three-inch notepad (similar to a Post-It note), and print a large, brightly colored letter on it. […] "T" stands for "Tattle Tale." Punishment for rat-finking on the other child.
ref: 2010, Jill Milligan, Michael Milligan, “Creative Moms: Putting the 'D-I-S' in 'D-I-S-C-I-P-L-I-N-E'”, in Mom Rules: Notes on Motherhood, the World's Best Job, New York, N.Y.: Skyhorse Publishing, →ISBN, page 59:
text: I shoved Sahlil off of me. He fell backward on my bed. "What? Who the hell rat finked on me?"
ref: 2016, Mo (Monique) Daviau, Every Anxious Wave, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 88:
glosses: To inform on; to betray.
rat fink
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rat finks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ratfink.
rat fink
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rat finks
form: rat finking
form: rat finked
form: rat finked
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ratfink.
dislikable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dislikable
form: most dislikable
form: dislikeable
Etymology: From dislike + -able.
Senses: examples: text: The dominating figure in the play is Bessie Berger (Joan Lorring), an abrasively dislikable Momma Portnoy.
ref: 1970, "Life at the Boiling Point" (review of Awake and Sing by Clifford Odets), Time, 8 Jun.
glosses: Not capable or worthy of being liked; not liked; regarded with displeasure or aversion.
Derived terms: dislikably
dislikeable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dislikeable
form: most dislikeable
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of dislikable.
calescence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈlɛsəns/
ipa: /kəˈlɛsəns/
rhymes: -ɛsəns
Etymology: By surface analysis, calesce + -ence.
Senses: antonyms: decalescence
coordinate_terms: recalescence
glosses: Growing warmth; increasing heat.
Related terms: word: calesce
word: calescent
word: calorie
word: calorific
multiphasic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more multiphasic
form: most multiphasic
Etymology: From multi- + phasic.
Senses: glosses: Having many phases.
calescent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈlɛsənt/
ipa: /kəˈlɛsənt/
rhymes: -ɛsənt
Forms: form: more calescent
form: most calescent
Senses: glosses: Growing warm.
Related terms: calescence
Besserwisser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Besserwissers
Etymology: Borrowed from German Besserwisser.
Senses: examples: text: They are not Besserwissers; they just know better because they have had the experience. Capitalism has no lure for them, as socialism does for their West Central European counterparts.
ref: 1973, Robert G. Collins, Kenneth McRobbie, The Eastern European Imagination in Literature, page 103:
text: There is an authoritarian ring to many of the new approaches to the sociology of scientific knowledge, a Besserwisser attitude, whereby the sociologist knows best and does not need to consult with the object of his or her study.
ref: 1993, Ullica Segerstråle, Bringing the Scientist Back In, in the anthology Controversial science: from content to contention (Thomas Brante, Steve Fuller, William Lynch, editors)
text: […] that Adenauer was always a Besserwisser who was convinced that other people, even when they were heads of government in other countries, did not understand their own interests as well as he did […]
ref: 1995, Gordon A. Craig, “Konrad Adenauer and the United States”, in Reiner Pommerin, editor, The American Impact on Postwar Germany, Berghahn Books, →ISBN, page 7:
text: The proverb functions as a warning to a ‘Besserwisser’, because at the end a ‘know-it-all’ will drive away even his or her best friends.
ref: 2006, Arvi Hurskainen, Lotta Harjula, Maaria Ylänkö, Africa in the long run: festschrift in the honour of Professor Arvi Hurskainen:
glosses: A know-it-all, wiseguy, wiseacre, smart aleck.
public service
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: public services
Senses: examples: text: They feel that public service is a noble calling that calls for every citizen in one way or another.
text: They provide counseling as a public service.
text: This has been a public service announcement from the Advertising Council.
text: A Hypocrite may put on the World in many specious Duties, to the Ruin of the Public, but never can be a Condidate^([sic]) for Fame, without doing a Public Service, a general Good ev’n by the very Hypocrisy […]
ref: 1702, Examen Miscellaneum […], Preface:
glosses: A service performed for the public good.
examples: text: In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. The welfare state is dismantled. Essential public services are cut so that the rich may pay less tax. […]
ref: 2013 May 17, George Monbiot, “Money just makes the rich suffer”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 23, page 19:
glosses: A service such as health care, transport, or waste removal provided to the general public, often by the government.
glosses: The organisation, department or business providing such a service.
examples: text: In spite of more than three decades of public service, I knew I was an unknown quantity to many of my countrymen and to much of the world when I assumed office.
ref: 1971, Lyndon Johnson, “‘I feel like I have already been here a year’”, in The Vantage Point, Holt, Reinhart & Winston, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 18:
text: We know that there are people in much lower offices in public service who adhere to those principles without question and without problems. Does my right hon. Friend find it regrettable that the Prime Minister does not?
ref: 2022 June 7, Meg Hillier, “Standards in Public Life”, in parliamentary debates (House of Commons), volume 715, column 676:
glosses: Government employment, especially in the civil service.
Derived terms: public service announcement
Related terms: publification
Shintoist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Shintoists
form: Shintōist
Etymology: From Shinto + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: […]; and the modern Shintoist concludes that the primæval Japanese were pure and holy from the fact that they are represented as a people who had no moral commandments.
ref: 1900, Edward Westermarck, “Remarks on the Predicates of Moral Judgments”, in Mind, volume 9, page 187:
glosses: An adherent of Shinto / Shintoism.
Shintoist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: Shintōist
Etymology: From Shinto + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: From all accounts he was a hard-working idealist, who spared no pains to make converts, but his ascetic views must seem violently out of harmony with the Shintoist easy-going faith, which has for moral code the single maxim, "Follow your impulses and obey the Emperor."
ref: 1901, Osman Edwards, Japanese Plays and Playfellows, page 245:
synonyms: Shintoistic
glosses: Of or pertaining to Shinto / Shintoism.
eyeballing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: "Another term was 'eyeballing,' which meant viewing and gandering around, such as 'eyeballing into Napels.'"
ref: 1944, Ernie Pyle, Brave Men, University of Nebraska Press (2001), page 160
glosses: present participle and gerund of eyeball
eyeballing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eyeballings
Senses: examples: text: When he did eventually return to work, those employees he'd identified as the ringleaders of the unionisation bid found themselves getting unexpectedly called into his office at odd hours of the day for intimidatory eyeballings.
ref: 2010, Daniel Raven, Julie Burchill, Made In Brighton:
glosses: An act of staring or ogling.
glosses: The practice of pouring vodka through the eye socket, falsely claimed to increase the rate of alcohol absorption.
Shintoists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Shintoist
eyeballed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having some specific type of eyeball
eyeballed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of eyeball
enrages
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of enrage
enraging
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more enraging
form: most enraging
Senses: examples: text: I know nothing more enraging than to be shown into a charming-looking room, with a beautiful great cupboard, and a gallant chest of drawers, that seem to promise us ample breathing-room for one's things , and to discover half the space we were so very gleefully looking forward to appropriating is already taken up by all sorts and conditions of household plenishing, or of last year's garments, or even the garments of the year before.
ref: 1888, Jane Ellen Panton, From Kitchen to Garret: Hints for Young Householders, page 146:
text: Most enraging to the peasants was the tax he forcibly levied on irrigation water from the Mansŏk-po reservoir .
ref: 2012, Jinwung Kim, A History of Korea, page 301:
text: For many, Nkrumah's inability (or unwillingness) to address the challenges facing Ga communities represented a new, more enraging form of failure and government neglect, particularly given the power Ga residents had long leveraged in shaping the politics of Accra as both a town and colonial capital.
ref: 2023, Stephen Marr, Patience Mususa, DIY Urbanism in Africa: Politics and Practice, page 100:
glosses: Causing one to become enraged; infuriating.
Derived terms: enragingly
enraging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of enrage
evocations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of evocation
exhibitionists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of exhibitionist
ammonifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ammonify