cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
pothouse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pothouses
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of pot-house.
pothouses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pothouse
pothoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pothos
tide rips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tide rip
monstera
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /mɔnsˈtɛɹʌ/
Forms: form: monsteras
Etymology: From translingual Monstera.
Senses: examples: text: She watered the monstera plant by the window, which was uncurling a new leaf.
ref: 2022, Yara Rodrigues Fowler, there are more things, Abacus (2023), page 278:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any of the plants of the genus Monstera, known for their holey leaves.
monsteras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monstera
tiger teams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tiger team
spearwort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spearworts
Etymology: From Middle English sperwort, sperewort, from Old English sperewyrt, i.e. spear + wort.
Senses: examples: text: Nor taint-worm ſhall infect the yeaning herds / Nor penny-graſs, nor ſpearwort's poiſ'nous leaf.
ref: 1757, John Dyer, “Book I”, in The Fleece: A Poem […] , London: R. and J. Dodsley, page 40:
glosses: Any of various perennial herbaceous plants in the Ranunculus (buttercup) genus.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Ranunculus ophioglossifolius
word: adder's-tongue spearwort
taxonomic: Ranunculus flammula
word: creeping spearwort
word: greater spearwort
taxonomic: Ranunculus lingua
word: great spearwort
taxonomic: Ranunculus flammula
word: lesser spearwort
taxonomic: Ranunculus pusillus
word: low spearwort
taxonomic: Ranunculus ambigens
word: water-plantain spearwort
taxonomic: Ranunculus lingua
word: water spearwort
spearworts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spearwort
tightheads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tighthead
tight ships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tight ship
storeman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: storemen
Etymology: From store + -man.
Senses: synonyms: storehouseman
storesman
glosses: A warehouseman.
tikis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tiki
storemen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of storeman
trustbuster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trustbusters
Etymology: From trust + buster. Initially used with reference to the antitrust policies of Theodore Roosevelt.
Senses: examples: text: America’s top trustbusters mean to make their policing presence felt. Lawyers, bankers and financiers now “recognise that there are cops on the beat…that we’re vigorously looking to protect the American public from illegal mergers,” says Lina Khan, chair of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which enforces consumer-protection and competition laws.
ref: 2023 June 21, “Why Joe Biden’s trustbusters have fallen short of their ambitions”, in The Economist, →ISSN:
text: Britain’s chief trustbuster is sitting in a meeting room at the CMA’s head office after a whirlwind morning of broadcast interviews about its latest intervention, this time in the market for baby milk formula.
ref: 2025 February 18, John Collingridge, “‘We must avoid a chilling effect’: the CMA chief on the UK’s pro-growth shift”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian (Business section), London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 Feb 2025:
glosses: A person or entity responsible for breaking up trusts or monopolies.
wikipedia: Theodore Roosevelt
trustbusters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trustbuster
rebuker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rebukers
Etymology: From rebuke + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who rebukes.
rebukers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rebuker
time domains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of time domain
time preferences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of time preference
time reversals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of time reversal
reproachest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: reproach + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of reproach
rebukest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: rebuke + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of rebuke
time sheets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of time sheet
time warps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of time warp
time warps
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of time warp
timing belts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of timing belt
subsong
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subsongs
Etymology: From sub- + song.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
ornithology
glosses: A sequence of sounds uttered by a young bird before it has learned to produce normal birdsong.
subsongs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subsong
tip-offs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tip-off
titanic acids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of titanic acid
titanium dioxides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of titanium dioxide
titanium nitrides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of titanium nitride
titfers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of titfer
tithers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tither
titians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of titian
title deeds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of title deed
toe edges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of toe edge
trustbusting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From trust + busting.
Senses: glosses: The breaking up of trusts or monopolies.
Related terms: trustbuster
toffee apples
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of toffee apple
toilet waters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of toilet water
token rings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of token ring
toll calls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of toll call
toll plazas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of toll plaza
decreolizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of decreolize
decreolized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of decreolize
decreolizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of decreolize
graptolites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of graptolite
Tom Collinses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Tom Collins
Tommy guns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Tommy gun
unsophisticatedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From unsophisticated + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being unsophisticated.
topicalizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of topicalization
torpedo punts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of torpedo punt
t'othersiders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of t'othersider
toupes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of toupe
touring sides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of touring side
touring squads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of touring squad
tour operators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tour operator
tracheoscopies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tracheoscopy
track bikes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of track bike
tract homes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tract home
tradeshows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tradeshow
tradesman's entrances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tradesman's entrance
traditional counties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of traditional county
filetyped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of filetype
tramp steamers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tramp steamer
transannular strains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of transannular strain
transcendental functions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of transcendental function
transfer functions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of transfer function
transfer rates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of transfer rate
transfer taxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of transfer tax
transfuges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of transfuge
tillies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tilly
transitionists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of transitionist
transitivities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of transitivity
transmigrations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of transmigration
treble clefs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of treble clef
tree houses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tree house
tree huggers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tree hugger
unconscionableness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From un- + conscionable + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being unconscionable.
triatic stays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of triatic stay
trichobothria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trichobothrium
choonz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: choons
Senses: glosses: plural of choon
triphosphoric acids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of triphosphoric acid
triple bogeys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of triple bogey
triple centuries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of triple century
triple doubles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of triple double
triquetral bones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of triquetral bone
triquetrals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of triquetral
trojans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trojan
trolley parks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trolley park
tropical years
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tropical year
trout pouts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trout pout
truth tables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of truth table
tsammas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tsamma
tsubos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tsubo
tube tops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tube top
tuck boxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tuck box
appealest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: appeal + -est.
Senses: examples: text: Thou appealest to Posterity, thou? My right honourable friend, what will Posterity do for thee!
ref: 1843 April, Thomas Carlyle, “chapter XIV, Sir Jabesh Windbag”, in Past and Present, American edition, Boston, Mass.: Charles C[offin] Little and James Brown, published 1843, →OCLC, book III (The Modern Worker):
glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of appeal
tugs of love
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tug of love
tumblehomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tumblehome
tumble-turds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tumble-turd
Tunis cakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Tunis cake
Turkisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Turkism
turnstones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of turnstone
tuskers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tusker
twats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of twat
twats
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of twat
pedal point
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pedal points
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
synonyms: pedal note
organ point
glosses: A sustained bass pitch.
twenty-fifths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of twenty-fifth
twin killings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of twin killing
twoscores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of twoscore
tyiyns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tyiyn
tyrant flycatchers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tyrant flycatcher
tyre-pressure gauges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tyre-pressure gauge
tzatzikis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tzatziki
taxfree
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of tax-free.
back-side
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: back-sides
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of backside.
trekkings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trekking
back-sides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of back-side
lolspeak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: LOLspeak
Etymology: From lol + -speak.
Senses: examples: text: The standards are still being fract^H^H^H^H^Hwritten for the language, but the availability of Suitable Wordings from lolspeak verges on the frightening at times.
ref: 2007, David DeLaney, “Re: As Others See Us, in this case the DHS”, in rec.arts.sf.written (Usenet):
text: Study the lolcat version of the book of Genesis, accessible as nltk.corpus.genesis.words('lolcat.txt'), and the rules for converting text into lolspeak at http://www.lolcatbible.com/index.php?title=How_to_speak_lolcat. Define regular expressions to convert English words into corresponding lolspeak words.
ref: 2009, Steven Bird, Ewan Klein, Edward Loper, chapter 3, in Natural Language Processing with Python, →ISBN, page 127:
text: Now, in this first ever feline gospel, they retell 50 popular Bible stories in LOLspeak.
ref: 2010, Martin Grondin, LOLcat Bible: In Teh Beginnin Ceiling Cat Maded Teh Skiez An Da Urfs N Stuffs, →ISBN:
text: Of course, for every feature of LOLspeak we discuss, it is likely that you will find numerous counter examples, as such is the nature of language play. LOLspeak is nothing if not creative.
ref: 2011, Lauren Gawne, Jill Vaughan, “I can haz language play: The construction of language and identity in LOLspeak”, in M. Ponsonnet, L. Dao, M. Bowler, editors, Proceedings of the 42nd Australian Linguistic Society Conference, →ISBN:
glosses: The speech of lolcats, consisting of spelling variations of English, imitating the speech of children and some regional accents.
glosses: Internet slang, often through initialisms such as those associated with the word lol.
Synonyms: sense: speech of lolcats
word: lolcat
Related terms: chatspeak
leetspeak
textspeak
originative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more originative
form: most originative
Senses: glosses: That originates; creative
Derived terms: originatively
originativeness
unoriginative
partialness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From partial + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being partial; partiality
pastedown
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pastedowns
Etymology: Deverbal from paste down.
Senses: examples: Holonym: endpaper
related: word: flyleaf
glosses: The part of an endpaper that is pasted to a book's cover.
platyhelminth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: platyhelminths
form: plathelminth
Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Platyhelminthes.
Senses: glosses: Any flatworm of the phylum Platyhelminthes.
Derived terms: platyhelminthic
platyrrhine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: See platy- and rhino-.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Having a broad, flat nose.
Coordinate terms: leptorrhine
mesorrhine
Derived terms: platyrrhiny
platyrrhine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: platyrrhines
Etymology: See platy- and rhino-.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any New World monkey of the Platyrrhini
playdown
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: playdowns
Etymology: From play + down.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Any match that is part of a playoff.
open and shut
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of open-and-shut.
pleadable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pleadable
form: most pleadable
Etymology: From Middle English pledable, from Old French; equivalent to plead + -able.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: That may be pleaded
Derived terms: impleadable
pleadableness
unpleadable
poststructuralism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: poststructuralisms
Etymology: From post- + structuralism.
Senses: examples: text: The search for a unified theory of social differentiation—a way of bringing together class, race, gender, and sex analysis into a single comparative frame—may not initially appeal to those whose analytical style has been shaped by poststructuralism.
ref: 2006, Matt Wray, Not Quite White, page 143:
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: An extension of structuralism influenced by deconstructionism
postulator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: postulators
Senses: glosses: A person who postulates something as the basis of an argument.
glosses: A Roman Catholic official who makes the case for the beatification or canonization of a proposed saint.
posturer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: posturers
Etymology: From posture + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person who postures.
glosses: An acrobat.
postviral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: post-viral
Etymology: From post- + viral.
Senses: examples: text: Her symptoms were later diagnosed as postviral myositis, a muscular inflammation that can cause weakness and pain.
ref: 2009 July 16, Kristina Peterson, “College Athletes Stuck With the Bill After Injuries”, in New York Times:
topics: biology
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
sciences
virology
glosses: Following a viral infection.
Derived terms: post-viral fatigue syndrome
potamology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From potamo- + -logy.
Senses: topics: geography
natural-sciences
glosses: The study of rivers.
Derived terms: potamologist
pothunter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pothunters
Etymology: From pot + hunter – in hunting sense, “for the (cooking) pot (to eat)”; in the archeology sense, “seeking old pots (to sell)”.
Senses: glosses: A person who hunts animals for food (for the pot) rather than as sport.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A person who competes solely to win prizes.
examples: text: But hundreds, perhaps thousands of artifacts have been taken by amateur pothunters, whose activities can disturb the soil and ruin the chance of serious research.
ref: 2007 December 12, Anthony Depalma, “An Island in the Hudson, Plundered in Search of Indian Artifacts”, in New York Times:
topics: archaeology
history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: A person who seeks artifacts for their personal collection or to sell without regard to their cultural importance.
Related terms: sense: hunting for food
word: potshot
word: pothunting
predorsal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɔː(ɹ)səl
Etymology: From pre- + dorsal.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Immediately in front of a dorsal region
preferer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: preferers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of preferrer.
premodify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: premodifies
form: premodifying
form: premodified
form: premodified
Etymology: From pre- + modify.
Senses: examples: text: premodifying phrase
text: premodifying clause
text: When a premodifying phrase (such as this one) is used, the meaning of the clause that follows it (such as this one) is qualified or altered.
text: When you order a high-end laptop, the website's order form lets you select optional customizations, which can allow you to premodify your machine so as to prepare for further mods later.
antonyms: postmodify
glosses: To modify in advance.
Related terms: word: postprocess
word: preprocess
prenominal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + nominal.
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: That is placed before a noun
prenominal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prenominals
Etymology: From pre- + nominal.
Senses: glosses: Such a word
prenominal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Signature, in this title, means the name of the party, written by himself; as evidence of his assent to an instrument as a party, or to attest it as a witness: the family name must be written at length—the baptismal or prenominal name may be abbreviated, or indicated only by the initial letter, or altogether omitted, if such has been the usual mode in which the signer has subscribed his name.
ref: [c. 1826], Edward Livingston, “Of Authenticated Acts”, in Code of Evidence: Preliminary Articles, [New Orleans, La.]: [ […] B. Levy], →OCLC, section V (Of Notarial Acts), page 29:
text: The personal name, on the other hand, is for the most part of parental choice; and as parents usually take an indulgent view of the defects and weaknesses of their offspring, we should not expect to find among our prenomens many of uncomplimentary character. Some such, however, there undoubtedly are; for instance, Giddy, Dirty, Faint, Fearful, Musty, Shady, Singular, Stubborn, Tempestuous, and Troublesome are all recorded names. It will be conjectured that the infants thus styled must have fallen into hands other than those of their natural guardians. One name on the list is capable of the same interpretation as many other prenominal absurdities.
ref: 1882, “Oddities of Personal Nomenclature”, in The Cornhill Magazine, volume XLV, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., page 219:
text: In this instance, however, the prenominal abbreviation as well as the gentilician name is given; the House of the Treasure is also the House of Quintus Fulvius.
ref: 1993, Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome, page 80:
glosses: Uncommon form of praenominal.
postulators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of postulator
call an ambulance
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: call an ambulance !
Senses: glosses: Use a telephone to ensure arrival of an ambulance
midding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: middings
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of midden.
saunders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Compare Middle English saundres.
Senses: examples: text: ℞. the three kinds of Saunders, and Diarrhodon Abbatis, ana. ℈. j. the bone of the Harts heart one in number, Sugar roſate tabulate, of white Sugar diſſolued in Roſe water as much as ſufficeth, make an Electuarie, gild it with leaues of pure gold in weight, ℥. ß.
ref: 1624, Philip Barrough [i.e., Philip Barrow], “Of Electuaries, and Conserues: of Lozenges, and Manus Christi”, in The Method of Physick, Contaning^([sic]) the Cavses, Signes, and Cvres of Inward Diseases in Mans Body, from the Head to the Foote. Whereunto is Added, The Forme and Rule of Making Remedies and Medicines, which Our Physitions Commonly Vse at this Day, with the Proportion, Quantity, and Names of Each Medicine, 6th edition, book VII, London: Imprinted by Richard Field, dwelling in great Woodstreete, →OCLC, page 402:
glosses: Alternative form of sanders (“sandalwood”).
chee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chees
form: chee
Senses: glosses: Synonym of mace (“old Chinese unit of weight”).
synonyms: word: mace
extra: old Chinese unit of weight
chee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chees
Etymology: Abbreviation of cheetah.
Senses: topics: lifestyle
glosses: A cheetah.
Related terms: chee-chee
chee chee
chee cheong fun
chee ko pek
chees and chaws
kim chee
muah chee
yuks it up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of yuk it up
yukking it up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of yuk it up
yukked it up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of yuk it up
obex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈəʊ.bɛks/
ipa: /ˈoʊˌbɛks/
Forms: form: obices
Etymology: From Latin obex (“barrier, wall”).
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A small, crescentic fold of white matter that covers the inferior angle of the floor of the fourth ventricle.
unperplexed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + perplexed.
Senses: glosses: Not confused or puzzled.
tibialis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tibiales
Senses: glosses: Either of two muscles that attach to the tibia.
Derived terms: tibialis anterior
tibialis posterior
vibratile
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: the vibratile organs of insects
glosses: Adapted to, or used in, vibratory motion; having the power of vibrating.
phizzes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phiz
glosses: plural of phizz
tintamarre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tintamarres
Etymology: From French tintamarre.
Senses: glosses: The Acadian tradition of marching through one's community making noise with improvised instruments etc., usually as a national celebration.
PWR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PWRs
form: pwr.
form: pwr
form: P.W.R.
form: P. W. R.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of power.
qualifier: nuclear power
glosses: Initialism of pressurized water reactor.
Related terms: sense: nuclear
word: BWR
BWR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: BWRs
form: B.W.R.
form: B. W. R.
Senses: qualifier: nuclear power
glosses: Initialism of boiling water reactor.
Related terms: PWR
quadratfrei
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From German quadratfrei.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Synonym of squarefree.
synonyms: word: squarefree
anocratic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anocratic
form: most anocratic
Senses: examples: text: Highly coherent polities have higher mean durability scores than incoherent and anocratic polities, both for the whole sample and for each subsample.
ref: 1980, Ted Robert Gurr, Handbook of political conflict: theory and research:
text: To examine standardization of change in anocratic traits, the sequences of transformation in anocracy that European nations have followed over time are explored.
ref: 1984, Mark Irving Lichbach, Regime Change and the Coherence of European Governments:
text: The rise of the populist leader who led the failed February 1992 coup against the Pérez government is a clear indication of the people's aversion to the anocratic order.
ref: 2016, David C. Jordan, Drug Politics: Dirty Money and Democracies, page 141:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Characterized by a mixture of autocratic and democratic government.
Related terms: anocracy
relascope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: relascopes
Senses: glosses: An instrument for forest inventory, consisting of a sight hole and marked scales, primarily used to find the height, basal area and diameter of a tree anywhere along the bole.
Derived terms: telerelascope
relascopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of relascope
disentangler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: disentanglers
Etymology: From disentangle + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person who disentangles.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Any device or system that removes entanglement.
ocularly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɒk.jə.lə.li/
ipa: /ˈɒk.jʊ.lə.li/
ipa: /ˈɑ.kjə.lɚ.li/
ipa: /ˈɑ.kjʊ.lɚ.li/
Etymology: From ocular + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Ocularly classifying trees into broad diameter groups
ref: 1984, Walter Bitterlich, The relascope idea: relative measurements in forestry:
glosses: By means of the eye; visually.
examples: text: Practical ocular drug delivery: approaches to minimize the systemic side-effects of ocularly applied drugs
ref: 1989, L. F. Prescott, W. S. Nimmo, Novel drug delivery and its therapeutic application:
glosses: Into or towards the eye.
Derived terms: interocularly
postocularly
Related terms: ocular
ocularist
etaprime
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of eta prime.
eta prime
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Describing a specific form of an eta meson.
Related terms: eta meson for details
hackie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hackies
Etymology: From hack (“taxicab”) + -ie.
Senses: examples: text: There was a taxi stand there and I yanked open the door. ‘He goes first,’ the hackie said, jerking a thumb at the cab ahead.
ref: 1953, Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye, Penguin, published 2010, page 9:
text: […]a taxi came along and I flagged it and we got in. I told the driver, "Nine-eighteen West Thirty-fifth," and he started.[…] The poor girl didn't know what to do.[…] If she kicked and screamed I would merely give the hackie another address.
ref: 1955, Rex Stout, “Die Like a Dog”, in Three Witnesses, Bantam Books, published 1994, →ISBN, page 163:
glosses: A taxicab driver.
hackies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hackie
eta meson
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eta mesons
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Either of two mesons made of a mixture of up, down and strange quarks and their antiquarks
isostructurally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From isostructural + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an isostructural manner
macroseismic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From macro- + seismic.
Senses: glosses: Describing any relatively large seismic event (capable of causing damage)
Related terms: microseismic
microseismic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From micro- + seismic.
Senses: glosses: Describing any small seismic event that causes little or no damage or disturbance
Derived terms: microseismically
microseismic imaging
dog-earing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dog-ear
dog-ears
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dog-ear
dog-ears
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dog-ear
nonlocalizability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + localizability.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being nonlocalizable.
oxidaniumyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From oxidanium + -yl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The cation H₂O⁺, present in interstellar space, formed by removal of an electron from a water molecule
renormalisability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of renormalizability.
subcircuits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subcircuit
subcircuit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subcircuits
Etymology: From sub- + circuit.
Senses: glosses: A distinct part of an electrical or other circuit
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A subset of a circuit
unconclusive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unconclusive
form: most unconclusive
Etymology: From un- + conclusive.
Senses: glosses: inconclusive
unconvergence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From un- + convergence.
Senses: glosses: A failure to converge.
underresolved
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more underresolved
form: most underresolved
Etymology: From under- + resolved.
Senses: glosses: Insufficiently resolved
unintercalated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + intercalated.
Senses: glosses: Not subjected to intercalation
advocateship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: advocateships
Etymology: From advocate + -ship.
Senses: examples: text: So expect not any advocateship from me; I will not plead for you; and that's enough.
ref: 1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter XXXII”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; […], →OCLC:
glosses: The office or function of an advocate; advocacy.
clearcole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clerecole
form: clairecole
form: clairecolle
Etymology: From French claire colle (“clear glue”).
Senses: glosses: A primer (for paint) containing white lead.
glosses: A coating to which gold leaf is applied.
clearcole
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: clearcoles
form: clearcoling
form: clearcoled
form: clearcoled
form: clerecole
form: clairecole
form: clairecolle
Etymology: From French claire colle (“clear glue”).
Senses: glosses: To coat or paint with clearcole.
white lead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whitelead
Etymology: In the sense of tin, calque of Latin plumbum album (“tin”, literally “white lead”) already used before our era, as well as plumbum candidum (“tin”, literally “white-shining lead”) and Arabic رَصَاص أَبْيَض (raṣāṣ ʔabyaḍ, “tin”, literally “white lead”), distinguished from plumbum nigrum (“lead”, literally “black lead”) / رَصَاص أَسْوَد (raṣāṣ ʔaswad, “lead”, literally “black lead”), as tin and lead were improperly distinguished before modernity.
Senses: examples: text: It is not amiſs here to give the differences betwixt white Lead, or Tin, Biſmuth, Tin-glaſs, or aſh-coloured Lead, and this common Lead, which they call black Lead;
ref: 1671, John Webster, Metallographia: Or, an history of metals., London, page 271:
glosses: Tin, golden marcasite.
examples: text: The beginning of a new episode of work for Bradly was an agitated niggling over six-by-four squares of cardboard coated with size and white lead, prepared by himself to save an experimental waste of canvas.
ref: 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 40:
text: Such eminent and renowned scientists as Fourcroy, Berthollet and Vauquelin all enthusiastically supported zinc white, the defects of which "are so slight compared to the disadvantages of using white lead, that its adoption cannot be reasonably refused."
ref: 2021, Judith Rainhorn, The Colour of Controversy..., p. 4
synonyms: word: lead white
word: flake white
word: silver white
word: slate white
word: ceruse
word: Venetian ceruse
word: Venetian white
word: white poison
glosses: A basic lead carbonate, particularly (historical) as once widely used for white paint, whitening cosmetics, and early medicine.
Hyponyms: word: Berlin white
word: China white
word: French white
word: Krems white
word: Kremnitz white
word: Nottingham white
english: especially pure white lead paint
translation: especially pure white lead paint
word: Vienna white
Coordinate terms: english: white lead ore
translation: white lead ore
word: cerussite
word: red lead
word: titanium dioxide
english: other mineral sources of white pigment
translation: other mineral sources of white pigment
word: zinc oxide
Derived terms: white lead ore
deadstock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deadstocks
form: dead-stock
form: dead stock
Etymology: From dead + stock.
Senses: examples: text: No newsboy could possibly have got half way to Fairfax with any copies of the TIMES "unsold:" -- he wouldn't have had one left by the time he had crossed the Potomac, but would have fallen back on his dead stock of Tribunes and Heralds.
ref: 1861, “SUPERFLUOUS INDIGNATION.”, in The New York Times:
text: the small space is a goldmine of never-been-worn big-name deadstock, including threads by Miu Miu, Alberta Ferretti and Stella McCartney,[…]
ref: 2012, Time Out New York:
hypernyms: stock
glosses: Merchandise that has not yielded any use yet: from the view of the businessperson, one that has failed to be sold or processed and is now stowed away for possible sale or manufacturing at a later date, from the view of the consumer, a piece that has been obtained but not found application and is now—perhaps even with original labelling or packaging—stored for future ideas.
examples: text: […]examining in turn, the husbandry of livestock, the consumption of domestic deadstock, and hunting in the earlier Neolithic,[…]
ref: 2013, Origins and Spread of Domestic Animals in Southwest Asia and Europe:
text: Poultry housing is the 'dead stock' of a poultry unit and as such represents a considerable portion of the capital outlay,[…]
ref: 2014, David Bland, Practical Poultry Keeping:
glosses: Agricultural implements and stored produce, distinguished from livestock.
deadstock
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: deadstocks
form: deadstocking
form: deadstocked
form: deadstocked
form: dead-stock
form: dead stock
Etymology: From dead + stock.
Senses: topics: fashion
lifestyle
glosses: To store in appropriate packaging for later.
Derived terms: un-deadstock
declarant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈdɛkləɹənt/
/dəˈkleɪɹənt/
Forms: form: declarants
Etymology: From French déclarant.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A person who makes a formal declaration or statement
Derived terms: nondeclarant
labyrinthitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌlæbɪɹɪnˈθaɪtɪs/
rhymes: -aɪtɪs
Forms: form: labyrinthites
form: labyrinthitides
Etymology: From labyrinth + -itis.
Senses: examples: text: Some years ago, however, Voltolini described the occurrence of cases which, he believed, were only to be accounted for on the supposition that the symptoms were due to primary labyrinthitis.
ref: 1892, Peter McBride, Diseases of the Throat, Nose, & Ear:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Inflammation of the labyrinth of the inner ear.
leucorrhoea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leucorrhoeas
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of leukorrhea.
myxoedema
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -iːmə
Forms: form: myxoedemas
Etymology: By surface analysis, myx(o)- + oedema.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of myxedema.
selbri
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /sɛlbɹiː/
Forms: form: selbri
Etymology: From Lojban.
Senses: examples: text: A selbri together with its associated sumti (if any) forms a bridi (“sentence/predication”). A selbri without any sumti is called an observative bridi (“sentence/predication”).
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A word acting like a predicate, which is immediately preceded by one sumti (“argument”), x₁, and usually followed by one or more sumti (“arguments”): x₂, x₃... up to no further than x₅. It is analogous to a verb in natural languages (non-constructed languages).
myxedema
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -iːmə
Forms: form: myxedemas
form: myxoedema
form: myxœdema
Etymology: By surface analysis, myx(o)- + edema.
Senses: examples: text: The obvious inference was that myxoedema, goitre and cretinism were due to thyroid failure.
ref: 1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 542:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A form of cutaneous and dermal edema that is secondary to increased deposition of connective tissue components in subcutaneous tissue.
Derived terms: myxedematous
myxedemic
scleromyxedema
myxoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: myxomas
form: myxomata
Etymology: From New Latin myxōma. By surface analysis, myxo- (“mucus”) + -oma.
Senses: glosses: A tumor consisting of primitive connective tissue and mucous elements.
Derived terms: angiomyxoma
chondromyxoma
fibromyxoma
myxomatoid
myxomatosis
myxomatous
pseudomyxoma
omphalocele
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɑmˈfæl.əˌsil/
ipa: /ˈɑm(p).fə.ləˌsil/
ipa: [ɑmˈɸæl.əˌsil]
ipa: [ˈɑm(p).ɸə.ləˌsil]
ipa: [ɑɱˈfæl.əˌsil]
ipa: [ˈɑɱ(p̪).fə.ləˌsil]
Forms: form: omphaloceles
form: omphalocoele
Etymology: From omphalo- + -cele.
Senses: glosses: A hernia of the navel.
Derived terms: hepatomphalocele
operatorship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: operatorships
Etymology: From operator + -ship.
Senses: glosses: The office of an operator
glosses: The right to operate an oil well
potentialize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: potentializes
form: potentializing
form: potentialized
form: potentialized
Etymology: From potential + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To make or give something potential
Related terms: potentialization
myxomas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of myxoma
potentilla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpoʊ.tɛnˈtɪ.lə/
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ipa: /ˌpoʊ.tɛnˈti.ə/
Forms: form: potentillas
Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Potentilla, from Latin potentilla, from potēns (“strong”) + -illa (dimintuive suffix).
Senses: examples: text: Potentilla, for instance, used to drive out the demon of fever, was also good against witches.
ref: 1940, Rosetta E. Clarkson, Green Enchantments: The Magic Spell of Gardens, The Macmillan Company, page 258:
glosses: Any of many shrubs and herbs of the genus Potentilla; the cinquefoils.
Related terms: Potentilla
preselector
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: preselectors
Etymology: From pre- + selector.
Senses: glosses: Any of various radio switching or filtering devices.
topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: A manual gearbox designed so that the manual shift lever preselects the next gear to be used and a separate pedal is used to engage it, without needing to work a manual clutch.
procreant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more procreant
form: most procreant
Etymology: From Latin procreans.
Senses: glosses: That procreates.
examples: text: His pendent bed and procreant cradle
ref: c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene vi]:
text: It is the procreant and conservant cause, but no material of our Sanctification .
ref: 1990, David D. Hall, The Antinomian Controversy, 1636-1638: A Documentary History, page 102:
glosses: Of or pertaining to procreation; procreative.
procreant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: procreants
Etymology: From Latin procreans.
Senses: examples: text: Leave procreants alone, and ſhut the dore, / Coffe, or cry hem, if any body come, […]
ref: c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragœdy of Othello, the Moore of Venice. […] (First Quarto), London: […] N[icholas] O[kes] for Thomas Walkley, […], published 1622, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii], page 70:
glosses: One who, or that which, procreates.
propionibacterium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: propionibacteria
Senses: glosses: Any of various saprophytic gram-positive bacteria, of the genus Propionibacterium, that occur in milk and in the intestines, some of which are pathogenic, but others of which produce the holes in Swiss cheese
Derived terms: propionibacterial
prosector
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prosectors
Etymology: From Latin [Term?] (“an anatomist”), from prosecare (“to cut up”).
Senses: glosses: A person who prepares a body for dissection by students, or dissects them as demonstrations.
Derived terms: prosector's wart
protectable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more protectable
form: most protectable
Etymology: From protect + -able.
Senses: examples: text: Even if the symbol were a variation on an apostrophe, Vodafone claimed, the Work would still be registrable, because symbols and typographic elements may be protectable where a work in combination contains expressive elements, as is the case here.
ref: 2018 August 21, U.S. Copyright Office Review Board, “Second Request for Reconsideration for Refusal to Register Vodafone Speechmark”, in United States Copyright Office, page 3:
glosses: Able to be protected; eligible for legal protection.
Synonyms: protectible
proteinic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more proteinic
form: most proteinic
Etymology: From protein + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: The aleurone-grains are embedded in a proteinic matrix […]
ref: 1898, Science Progress: A quarterly review, page 221:
glosses: proteinaceous
Synonyms: proteic
proteinous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more proteinous
form: most proteinous
Etymology: From protein + -ous.
Senses: glosses: proteinaceous
proteinoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: proteinoids
Etymology: From protein + -oid.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A polypeptide formed abiotically from by heating a mixture of amino acids
prothorax
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prothoraxes
form: prothoraces
Etymology: From pro- + thorax.
Senses: examples: Holonym: thorax
topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
zoology
zootomy
related: word: mesothorax
word: metathorax
glosses: The anterior segment of the insect thorax; it carries the first pair of legs.
Derived terms: word: prothoracic
psychobiology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: psychobiologies
Etymology: From psycho- + biology.
Senses: topics: biology
human-sciences
natural-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: The study of the biological basis for cognition and other mental processes.
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: The branch of psychology that interprets psychological phenomena in terms of adaptation to biological, environmental, etc. factors.
Related terms: psychobiological
pupiparous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: Producing young that are ready to pupate.
pro-sumti
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pro-sumti
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: pronoun
Hypernyms: word: anaphor
english: argument
translation: argument
word: sumti
hire purchases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hire purchase
recaption
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: recaptions
Etymology: From re- + caption.
Senses: examples: text: The ordinance affirmed the common-law right of masters to recapture fugitives on their own, without coming before a magistrate. By contrast, Article IV omitted mention of self-help recaption or reclamation.
ref: 2005, Akhil Reed Amar, America's Constitution: A Biography:
topics: law
glosses: The lawful claim and recovery, by a person, of goods wrongly taken from him