cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
leprose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɛproʊz/
ipa: /ˈlɛprəʊz/
ipa: /ˈlɛprəʊs/
Forms: form: more leprose
form: most leprose
Etymology: From New Latin leprōsus in botany especially as used by Linnaeus in his 1753 Species Plantarum and Late Latin leprōsus in medicine, from lepra (“psoriasis, leprosy”) + -ōsus, from Koine Greek λέπρᾱ (léprā, “psoriasis & similar skin diseases”), from Ancient Greek λεπρός (leprós, “scaly”), from either λεπίς (lepís, “scale”) or λέπος (lépos, “husk, scale”) + -ρος (-ros, “forming adjective”).
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Synonym of leprous, afflicted with leprosy.
synonyms: word: leprous
word: afflicted with leprosy
examples: text: A small section of the genus, including T. Usneoides of the United States, presents a filiform and diffusely dichotomous stem with alternate and filiform leprose leaves.
ref: 1818, Thomas Nuttall, Genera of North American Plants..., volume I, page 208:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Synonym of scaly or lepidote, particularly describing lichens with a granular or powdery thallus.
synonyms: word: scaly or lepidote
word: particularly describing lichens with a granular or powdery thallus
Derived terms: leprosery
royal bumps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: I didn't tell the girls it was my birthday. First thing they always did was grab the poor victim's arms and legs and give her the royal bumps.
ref: 1975, Bess Kaplan, The empty chair, page 43:
glosses: A ritual of two or more persons holding another person by the arms and legs, face up, while bumping them repeatedly on the floor. In modern times it is a lighthearted affair, generally performed only on a young person's birthday with the number of bumps corresponding to the person's age in years. Historically it was a hazing.
pull through
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pulls through
form: pulling through
form: pulled through
form: pulled through
Senses: examples: text: There was once a poor, very poor widow, who had an only son. She pulled through with the boy till he was confirmed; but then she told him that she could not feed him any longer; he would have to go out and earn his own bread.
ref: 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 215:
text: Dr. Gilman's race horse was bad last week; fortunately Mr. Verney, the District Veterinary Surgeon, succeeded in pulling him through.
ref: 1901 April 12, “District Reports”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume 4, number 3, page 68:
text: At one time it looked as though he could not live more than a few hours, and I am convinced that it was only through the Dutchman's doggedness that he pulled through.
ref: 1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “chapter 26”, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC:
glosses: To come through pain and trouble through perseverance.
examples: text: "Dr. Van-Herne is confident of pulling Godfrey through, isn't he?"
ref: 1936, F.J. Thwaites, chapter XV, in The Redemption, Sydney: H. John Edwards, published 1940, page 176:
glosses: To assist someone through difficulties, injury, pain, etc.
glosses: To clean the barrel of a firearm using a pull through.
pull through
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pull throughs
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of pull-through.
antisolar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -əʊlə(ɹ)
Etymology: From anti- + solar.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: opposite to the sun (from the Earth)
arclet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arclets
Etymology: From arc + -let.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A small arc of a galaxy
axionic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From axion + -ic.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Of or pertaining to axions.
Derived terms: axionically
bicrystal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bicrystals
Etymology: From bi- + crystal.
Senses: glosses: A semiconductor (or similar device) incorporating a junction of two crystals
Related terms: tricrystal
chainwise
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From chain + -wise.
Senses: glosses: Between, or associated with, chains.
chainwise
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From chain + -wise.
Senses: glosses: With respect to chains.
coassociative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From co- + associative.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Describing the relationship, in a coalgebra, that is the dual of an associative one.
Related terms: cocommutative
cocommutative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From co- + commutative.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Describing the relationship, in a coalgebra, that is the equivalent of a commutative one.
Related terms: coassociative
compensators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of compensator
convectively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From convective + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a convective manner; with regard to convection.
speal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Only used in speal-bone (“shoulder bone”)
cooperite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A grey mineral consisting mostly of platinum sulfide (PtS).
dichalcogenides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dichalcogenide
dichalcogenide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dichalcogenides
Etymology: From di- + chalcogenide.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any chalcogenide containing two atoms of chalcogen per molecule or unit cell; any compound containing two different chalcogens
digitisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of digitisation
dileptons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dilepton
extraplanar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more extraplanar
form: most extraplanar
Etymology: From extra- + planar.
Senses: glosses: Outside of a plane (especially that of the ecliptic)
fibrilization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From fibril + -ization.
Senses: glosses: The formation of fibrils
forsterite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: forsterites
Etymology: From Forster + -ite, named for German mineral dealer Adolarius Jacob Forster.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A white variety of olivine that is mostly magnesium silicate, Mg₂SiO₄.
Derived terms: forsteritic
gyrotropic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From gyrotropy + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting gyrotropy.
Derived terms: bigyrotropic
gyrotropically
nongyrotropic
Related terms: gyrotropization
hypercubic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hyper- + cubic.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or having the form of a hypercube
isorotation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: isorotations
Etymology: From iso- + rotation.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Equal rotation, especially of parts of a rotating magnetic field
isorotational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From iso- + rotational.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting isorotation
magnetogravitational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From magneto- + gravitational.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Describing any system influenced by both magnetism and gravity
metalicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metalicities
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of metallicity.
sialorrhoea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sialorrhea.
ptyalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈtaɪəlɪzəm/
Forms: form: ptyalisms
Etymology: From Ancient Greek πτυαλισμός (ptualismós, “salivation”).
Senses: glosses: sialorrhea
sialorrhea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌsaɪ.əlɔˈriʌ/
/ˌsaɪləˈriʌ/
Forms: form: sialorrhoea
form: sialorrhœa
Etymology: From sialo- + -rrhea.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
synonyms: oversalivation
ptyalism
glosses: Drooling; the flow of excess saliva from the mouth
Derived terms: hypersialorrhea
surgicenter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: surgicenters
Etymology: Blend of surgical + center
Senses: glosses: A medical facility where surgical procedures not requiring an overnight hospital stay are performed.
surgicenters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of surgicenter
ptyalized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ptyalize
ptyalizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ptyalize
goddang
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of goddamn.
goddang
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of goddamn.
goddanged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of goddamned.
sixty-eighths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sixty-eighth
rectorates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rectorate
callosumectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛktəmi
Forms: form: callosumectomies
Etymology: From corpus callosum + -ectomy.
Senses: examples: text: which allows a researcher to examine lateralization in many bird species without any surgical manipulations such as callosumectomy in mammalian systems.
ref: 1998, Rosemary Strasser, The avian hippocampal formation and spatial cognition:
glosses: The surgical removal of the corpus callosum; splitting the brain into two halves.
believe it or not
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: We're, believe it or not, in love with each other.
text: That depends on how long the sentence is. Believe it or not, there’s a canon of construction about provisos, and the test is anything but clear: …
ref: 2001, Bryan A. Garner, Legal writing in plain English: a text with exercises, page 108:
text: One common cause of “flipped bit” memory errors is, believe it or not, cosmic rays.
ref: 2003, Robert Bruce Thompson, Barbara Fritchman Thompson, PC hardware in a nutshell, page 230:
text: The descending opening phrase of the aria is, believe it or not, Tatyana’s Fate theme from her Letter Scene, though now in a minor, not major key: …
ref: 2007, David Brown, Tchaikovsky: The Man and His Music, page 165:
glosses: This may be surprising, but it's true.
Synonyms: word: believe or not
word: surprisingly
Related terms: like it or not
hydractinian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydractinians
Etymology: From Hydractinia + -an.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A marine hydroid of the genus Hydractinia or a closely-related genus
Hypernyms: hydractiniid
hydrozoan
cnidarian
animal
eukaryote
organism
hydractinians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hydractinian
mononitride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mononitrides
Etymology: From mono- + nitride.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any nitride having a single nitrogen atom in each molecule or unit cell
nanopositioning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From nano- + positioning.
Senses: glosses: nanoscale positioning
nanosyringe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanosyringes
Etymology: From nano- + syringe.
Senses: glosses: A nanoscale syringe (especially one that is part of a lab on a chip)
parallelizability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From parallelize + -ability.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The condition of being parallelizable.
Related terms: embarrassingly parallel
in parallel
massively parallel
parallelization
periodogram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: periodograms
Etymology: From period + -o- + -gram.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A graph used in the harmonic analysis of spectra, time series etc.
Related terms: periodograph
periodographic
periodography
photoheating
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photo-heating
Etymology: From photo- + heating.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: heating by the action of light
photopyroelectric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From photo- + pyroelectric.
Senses: glosses: Describing any optical system that uses a pyroelectric detector or imaging system
projectability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From project + -ability.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The condition of being projectable
projectable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From project + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to be projected.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Able to form a projection.
quasienergy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quasienergies
form: quasi-energy
Etymology: From quasi- + energy.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A measure of the heat energy produced per unit mass of an organism.
ratioed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: ratio'd
Etymology: From ratio + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Modified or multiplied by a ratio.
qualifier: Twitter
glosses: Having significantly more replies than retweets or likes, indicating general dislike by the public.
qualifier: Twitter
glosses: Having received a reply that garnered more likes than the original tweet.
ratioed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: ratio'd
Etymology: From ratio + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ratio
stock pickers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stock picker
superconnection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superconnections
Etymology: From super- + connection.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A form of supermatrix in gauge mathematics
surprisingness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From surprising + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being surprising
timepoint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: timepoints
form: time-point
Etymology: From time + point.
Senses: antonyms: timeline
timespan
time frame
glosses: A point in time; a specified instant.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: An instant, having no duration, and which cannot be heard.
Derived terms: time-point set
timepoints
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of timepoint
varifold
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: varifolds
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A certain generalization of a differentiable manifold
Arora
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Aroras
form: Arora
Etymology: Named after Aror, medieval name of the city in Rohri.
Senses: glosses: A member of the Sindhi/Punjabi subcaste of kshatriya.
Arora
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Aror, medieval name of the city in Rohri.
Senses: glosses: A surname used by members of this subcaste.
subcaste
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subcastes
Etymology: From sub- + caste.
Senses: glosses: A subgrouping of a caste.
tendinosi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tendinosus
jobster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɑb.stɚ/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɒb.stə/
rhymes: -ɒbstə(ɹ)
Forms: form: jobsters
Etymology: Derived from job + -ster.
Senses: examples: text: […] this system will be ended, because nominations will be made at the primaries, in orderly, law-governed fashion — made by the people, not by the jobsters and bosses.
ref: 1913, Munsey's Magazine, volume 48, page 19:
glosses: A corrupt official; a corrupt public servant.
cherry brandy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cherry brandies
Senses: glosses: A liqueur made from cherries macerated in brandy or neutral spirit, and flavoured with spices.
roll in the aisles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rolls in the aisles
form: rolling in the aisles
form: rolled in the aisles
form: rolled in the aisles
form: roll in the aisle
Senses: examples: text: Theatregoers may not roll in the aisles when lanky Ray Bolger impersonates a window dresser retiring for the night. . . . But plenty of people will be amused by Cartoonist Robert Wildhack.
ref: 1934 September 10, “Theatre: New Play in Manhattan”, in Time:
text: A comedy that this site has been championing since we first got a whiff of it earlier in the year, the film is every bit as politically incorrect as we'd been led to believe, and has many members of the raucous Scottish audience rolling in the aisles.
ref: 2005 August 23, “Film: Edinburgh - Day Three”, in Time Out New York, retrieved 21 Jan 2010:
glosses: To laugh uproariously.
raw_tags: of an audience
Synonyms: ROFL
die laughing
laugh one's head off
split one's sides
rolling in the aisles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of roll in the aisles
roll in the aisle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rolls in the aisle
form: rolling in the aisle
form: rolled in the aisle
form: rolled in the aisle
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of roll in the aisles.
rolling in the aisle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of roll in the aisle
five-finger discounts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of five-finger discount
gobbies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gobby
do well by doing good
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: does well by doing good
form: doing well by doing good
form: did well by doing good
form: done well by doing good
Etymology: The origin is unknown; in use since the late 19th century. Sometimes attributed to Benjamin Franklin.
Senses: examples: text: The sanctioning doctrine of Good Works has been at hand every since Benjamin Franklin canonized the Arminian Heresy. So Cash McCall, like his patron saint, does well by doing good.
ref: 1960, Albert D. Van Nostrand, The Denatured Novel, volume 3, Bobbs-Merrill, page 170:
text: Of course, like most aid donors, Japan does well by doing good.
ref: 1988, John Greenwald at al., "Japan From Superrich To Superpower," Time, 4 July
text: He wants companies selling Red products to make a profit by helping the poor—doing well by doing good.
ref: 2006 January 27, Matthew Bishop, “View from Davos: Bono marketing his red badge of virtue”, in telegraph.co.uk, retrieved 21 Jan 2010:
glosses: To achieve social acceptance or financial success as a result of behaving in a benevolent or charitable manner.
interception try
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: interception tries
Senses: examples: text: Australia’s 18 turnovers were a costly case of self-harm. So, too, were the two interception tries that ultimately wrecked any chance of Michael Cheika’s side ending their recent grim sequence against the Poms.
ref: 2019 October 19, Robert Kitson, “England into World Cup semi-finals after bruising victory over Australia”, in The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media:
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
rugby
sports
glosses: A try that results from an interception.
onco-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: First attested 1857, from New Latin onco- (“tumor”). from Ancient Greek ὄγκος (ónkos, “lump, mass, bulk”).
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to tumors.
Derived terms: oncologist
oncology
oncomouse
onconeural
oncovaccine
RCH
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Royal Children's Hospital.
glosses: Initialism of Royal Canadian Hussars.
glosses: Initialism of Railway Clearing House.
RCH
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: RCHs
Senses: synonyms: RPH
glosses: Initialism of red cunt hair.
red pussy hair
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: red pussy hairs
Senses: glosses: Synonym of red cunt hair.
synonyms: word: red cunt hair
Synonyms: RCH
RPH
red cunt hair
RPH
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: RPHs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of red pussy hair.
Synonyms: RCH
red cunt hair
red pussy hair
Pune
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Poona
form: Poonah
Senses: glosses: A major city and district of Maharashtra, India.
Bhubaneswar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bhubaneshwar
Etymology: From Odia ଭୁବନେଶ୍ୱର (bhubaneśwara).
Senses: glosses: A city, the state capital of Odisha, India.
Kanpur
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Caunpoor
form: Caunpore
form: Cawnpore
form: Kahnpur
Senses: glosses: A large city, district, and division of Uttar Pradesh, India.
Derived terms: Kanpur Dehat
Nagpur
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Marathi नागपूर (nāgpūr).
Senses: glosses: A large city, the winter capital of Maharashtra, India.
glosses: A district of Maharashtra, India, containing the city of the same name.
Derived terms: Nagpuri
Related terms: Chota Nagpur
benefactive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin benefactus (“benefited”) plus -ive. Attested since the twentieth century.
Senses: examples: text: Normally, the repeated benefactive suffix is not found after the telic form of the verbal stem
ref: 1935, Charles Voeglin, Tübatulabal Grammar, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, volume 34, page 111:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to the linguistic form or case or the semantic role of the beneficiary of an action. Expressed in English as "on behalf of" or "on one's behalf."
Derived terms: autobenefactive
benefactive case
benefactive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: benefactives
Etymology: From Latin benefactus (“benefited”) plus -ive. Attested since the twentieth century.
Senses: glosses: A term or sentence element that serves a benefactive role or that is inflected for the benefactive case or a similar case (such as the dative case).
European mink
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: European minks
Senses: glosses: a species of mink, Mustela lutreola, found mostly in Europe, similar in appearance to the American mink.
European minks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of European mink
Dehradun
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city, the state capital of Uttarakhand, India.
Indore
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindustani اِنْدَور / इंदौर (indaur).
Senses: glosses: The largest city in Madhya Pradesh, India.
glosses: A district of Madhya Pradesh, India, containing the city of the same name.
vulnerate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: vulnerates
form: vulnerating
form: vulnerated
form: vulnerated
Etymology: Latin vulnero
Senses: synonyms: word: damage
word: harm
word: abuse
word: annoy
word: bewound
word: damage
word: damnify
word: dere
word: do damage to
word: do for
word: do ill
word: do violence to
word: forwork
word: grieve
word: harm
word: harrow
word: hurt
word: injure
word: maul
word: misdo
word: put someone in hospital
word: scaith
word: scathe
word: vulnerate
word: wet
word: wound
glosses: To wound, cause to become vulnerable.
Thane
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Thana
Etymology: Transliteration of Marathi ठाणे (ṭhāṇe). Doublet of thana.
Senses: glosses: A large city and district of Maharashtra, India, part of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region.
life stance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: life stances
form: lifestance
Etymology: From life + stance; coined in the mid-1970s by humanists interested in educational matters.
Senses: glosses: The relation that one has with what he or she accepts as being of ultimate importance, the presuppositions and theory of this, and the commitments and practice of working it out in living.
unchastised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + chastised.
Senses: examples: text: Perhaps, it is the vanity of human wisdom, unchastised by this correcting principle, which has made so many infidels.
ref: 1777, Hannah More, Essays on Various Subjects:
text: There are laws to punish thieves and counterfeits--but such as you may go unchastised, except by the abhorrence of all honourable men.
ref: 1857, Frank J. Webb, The Garies and Their Friends:
text: […] just as the unchastised teenage shoplifter, mistaking society’s indulgence for applause, will evolve into a bloodthirsty hired killer, it is inevitable that the author of “The Pencil” will one day morph into the author of “The Toothpick.”
ref: 2007 October 28, Joe Queenan, “Consider the Toothpick”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Not chastised; unpunished
radipraxy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɹædɪpɹæksi/
Etymology: From Late Latin radicalis (“of or pertaining to the root, having roots, radical”), from Latin radix (“root”); see radix.
From Ancient Greek πρᾶξις (prâxis, “action, activity, practice”). Compare orthopraxy.
Senses: examples: text: Believers in radipraxy support the idea that beliefs which boost human understanding of truth should be analyzed, understood and followed.
glosses: The adherence to or practice of those beliefs which help to define the root of being.
perdeuterate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: perdeuterates
form: perdeuterating
form: perdeuterated
form: perdeuterated
Etymology: From per- + deuterate.
Senses: glosses: To deuterate such that all (or all significant) hydrogen atoms are replaced with deuterium
Related terms: perdeuterated
perdeuteration
pannose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pannose
form: most pannose
Etymology: See pannus.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
mycology
natural-sciences
synonyms: felty
glosses: Similar in texture or appearance to felt or woollen cloth.
Derived terms: pannosely
pappose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pappose
form: most pappose
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Furnished with a pappus; downy.
Derived terms: epappose
papulose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more papulose
form: most papulose
Senses: topics: anatomy
biology
botany
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Having papulae; papillose
runned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹʌnd/
rhymes: -ʌnd
Etymology: run + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: […] so I runned. Well, I reckon I runned about a hundred yards, there's a big heap of bushes along that hedge, so I think to myself, well, I'll crawl in here, so I get my gun and I backed right into these bushes […]
ref: 2015, Ginette Dunn, The Fellowship of Song, page 42:
glosses: simple past and past participle of run
rude awakening
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rude awakenings
Senses: examples: text: Mario Gomez scored twice as Manchester City were given a rude awakening by Bayern Munich in the Champions League.
ref: 2011 September 27, Alistair Magowan, “Bayern Munich 2 - 0 Man City”, in BBC Sport:
text: Mums who expect blissful bonding times while baby breastfeeds and you snuggle up to take naps together are in for a rude awakening.
ref: 2019 June 6, Julie McCaffrey, “Stacey Solomon says getting pre-baby body back is the ‘least of her worries’”, in Mirror.co.uk:
glosses: An unexpected discovery of an undesirable fact, especially one shattering high hopes or signifying the end of a comfortable situation.
Related terms: rudely awaken
reality check
secresy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: ref: 1742, Committee of Secresy, A further report from the Committee of Secresy, appointed to inquire into the conduct of ROBERT Earl of ORFORD, during the last ten years of his being First Commissioner of the Treasury, and Chancellor and Under-Treasurer of His Majesty's Exchequer.:
text: “And do you really believe the affair to have been carrying on with such perfect secresy?—The Campbells, the Dixons, did none of them know of the engagement?”
ref: 1815 December (indicated as 1816), [Jane Austen], chapter X, in Emma: […], volume III, London: […] [Charles Roworth and James Moyes] for John Murray, →OCLC, page 181:
ref: 1870, Robert Slater, Telegraphic code, to ensure secresy in the transmission of telegrams:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of secrecy.
domestick
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more domestick
form: most domestick
Senses: examples: ref: 1734, William Pulteney Bath, An enquiry into the conduct of our domestick affairs: from the year 1721 to the present time:
ref: 1817, Robert Patterson, The Art of domestick happiness: and other poems:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of domestic.
domestick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: domesticks
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of domestic.
archaeoastronomers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of archaeoastronomer
archaeoastronomer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: archaeoastronomers
Etymology: From archaeo- + astronomer.
Senses: glosses: An astronomer whose speciality is archaeoastronomy.
autopoietic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From auto- + -poietic.
Senses: examples: text: If living systems are machines, that they are physical autopoietic machines is trivially obvious: they transform matter into themselves in a manner such that the product of their operation is their own organization.
ref: 1980 [1973], Humberto Maturana, Francisco Varela, “On Machines, Living and Otherwise”, in Autopoiesis and Cognition, D. Reidel, page 82:
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or created by autopoiesis.
birhythmicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bi- + rhythmicity.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being birhythmic
birhythmic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bi- + rhythmic.
Senses: glosses: Composed of two rhythms
combinatoric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkɑm.bɪ.nəˈtɔɹ.ɪk/
Forms: form: more combinatoric
form: most combinatoric
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to combinatorics; combinatorial.
Derived terms: combinatorically
combinatorician
combinatoricist
comeasurability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From co- + measurability.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being comeasurable
comeasurable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From co- + measurable.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Having the same or comparable measures
raw_tags: of sets
databased
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of database
databased
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: As the players sit around the playing table, the casino is able to get database images and then use the technology to set off an alert when a face scan of a known cheater matches that of a databased image.
ref: 2004, Howard Safir, Ellis Whitman, Security: Policing Your Homeland, Your State, Your City, New York, NY: Thomas Dunne Books, →ISBN, page unknown:
text: Now, the Bug Closet has one of the largest completely databased collections in the world. Shawn Kelly, the collection manager, said the collection currently contains more than 500,000 specimens that have been pinned, labeled and archived.
ref: 2016 June 8, Joshua Lim, “UCF's Bug Closet: One of the largest databased collections in the world”, in Orlando Sentinel:
text: Familial DNA database searching is one of them. It is based on near matches between a crime stain and a databased person, who could be a near relative of the true perpetrator (Maguire, McCallum, Storey, & Whitaker, 2014).
ref: 2021, Nina Amelung, Rafaela Granja, Helena Machado, Modes of Bio-Bordering: The Hidden (Dis)integration of Europe, Singapore: Palgrave Pivot, →ISBN, page 62:
glosses: Entered into a database.
disassortative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more disassortative
form: most disassortative
Etymology: From dis- + assortative.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Describing a graph (or network) in which nodes of low degree are more likely to connect with nodes of a high degree
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Not assortative
Derived terms: disassortatively
dyonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From dyon + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to dyons.
Derived terms: dyonically
genetical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /d͡ʒəˈnɛtɪkəl/
Etymology: From genetic + -al.
Senses: examples: text: [E]ither in the authentic lineaments of Fact, or the forged ones of Fiction, a complete picture and Genetical History of the Man and his spiritual Endeavour lies before you.
ref: 1831, Thomas Carlyle, “Prospective”, in Sartor Resartus: The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdröckh. […], London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, 1st book, page 51:
text: this historical, genetical method of viewing prior systems of philosophy
ref: 1826, Julius Hare, Guesses at Truth by Two Brothers:
glosses: Relating to genesis or origin; genetic.
Derived terms: biogenetical
cytogenetical
genetically
immunogenetical
neurogenetical
pharmacogenetical
infostations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of infostation
infostation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: infostations
Etymology: From info + station.
Senses: glosses: A node in a mobile phone network, in an isolated and infrequently used area, that only transmits data when a mobile phone (or similar device) is in range.
linearised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of linearise
linearised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more linearised
form: most linearised
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of linearized.
nonparacompact
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + paracompact.
Senses: glosses: Not paracompact.
chassised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃæsiːd/
/ˈʃæsiːd/
Etymology: From chassis + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Having a particular type of chassis.
unimpale
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unimpales
form: unimpaling
form: unimpaled
form: unimpaled
Etymology: From un- + impale.
Senses: glosses: To release from being impaled.
unimpales
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unimpale
unimpaling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unimpale
beardier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of beardy: more beardy
beardiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of beardy: most beardy
deaness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deanesses
Etymology: From dean + -ess.
Senses: glosses: A nun who serves as dean in a convent.
examples: text: But now comes Deaness Kathleen Deignan.
ref: 1986 June 4, Princeton Alumni Weekly, volume 86, Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, →ISSN, page 2:
glosses: A female dean (head of a university faculty).
examples: text: And as dean, with the help of his deaness, Eva Howe Stevens, he entertained every student in his home every year and made Cornell a Shangri-la.
ref: 1969, “Stevens of Cornell: A Man for All Seasons”, in Arthur John Keeffe, editor, ABA Journal, volume 55, Chicago, Illinois: American Bar Association, →ISSN, page 495:
glosses: The wife of a dean.
deanesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deaness
furnacing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of furnace
furnaced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: a double-furnaced boiler
glosses: having a particular type or number of furnaces
raw_tags: in combinations
furnaced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of furnace
yearner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yearners
Etymology: From yearn + -er.
Senses: glosses: someone who yearns
yearners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yearner
coralise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: coralises
form: coralising
form: coralised
form: coralised
Etymology: From coral + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of coralize.
coralises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of coralise
coralising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of coralise
coralised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of coralise
picniclike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more picniclike
form: most picniclike
Etymology: From picnic + -like.
Senses: examples: text: At these affairs there was a picniclike atmosphere. Music was played, union songs were sung, and people talked, laughed, and shared meals...
ref: 1989, Rick Fantasia, Cultures of Solidarity: Consciousness, Action, and Contemporary American Workers:
text: Slightly farther along that far left wall were, first, a small picniclike table with attached benches on each side, that was frequently "my" table...
ref: 1996, Goldie Szachter Kalib, Ken Wachsberger, Sylvan Kalib, The Last Selection: A Child's Journey Through the Holocaust:
text: For a decorative touch toss a red-and-white-checked napkin into your child's lunch box to create a picniclike atmosphere.
ref: 2002, Jo Ellen Shield, Mary Catherine Mullen, The American Dietetic Association Guide to Healthy Eating for Kids:
synonyms: picnicky
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a picnic.
fairlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fairlike
form: most fairlike
Etymology: From fair + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a fair (entertainment and trading event).
skerries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of skerry
dandrufflike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dandrufflike
form: most dandrufflike
Etymology: From dandruff + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of dandruff.
magnetostructural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: magneto-structural
Etymology: From magneto- + structural.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Describing the interaction of the structure of a material and its magnetic properties
Derived terms: magnetostructurally
Related terms: magnetostructure
microradians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microradian
ungnarled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ungnarled
form: most ungnarled
Etymology: From un- + gnarled.
Senses: examples: text: Its bark is of a greenish white hue and is smooth, and its trunk and branches straight and ungnarled […]
ref: 1866, Peter Lund Simmonds, editor, The Technologist:
glosses: Not gnarled.
microradian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microradians
Etymology: From micro- + radian.
Senses: glosses: A unit of angle equal to one millionth of a radian.
mitogenome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mitogenomes
Etymology: Blend of mitochondrion + genome
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: mitochondrial genome
Derived terms: mitogenomic
mitogenomics
phylomitogenome
mitogenomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mitogenome
pereon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: perea
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pereion.
Derived terms: pereonite
mitogenomic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mitogenome + -ic.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to a mitogenome
Derived terms: phylomitogenomic
multiheterodyne
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + heterodyne.
Senses: glosses: Consisting of multiple heterodynes
multihopping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: multi-hopping
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of multihop
multihopping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: multi-hopping
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
networking
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The transmission of data from multiple nodes of a mobile phone network to an individual mobile device simultaneously
multithread
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: multi-thread
Etymology: From multi- + thread.
Senses: glosses: Having multiple threads
orthonormality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: orthonormalities
Etymology: From ortho- + normality.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The condition of being orthonormal
photoinjector
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photoinjectors
Etymology: From photo- + injector.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A device that uses a photocathode to generate a beam of electrons
protobinary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From proto- + binary.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Describing a system that is evolving into a binary star.
pseudoproper
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pseudo- + proper.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Describing any system that has some proper characteristics.
rangebased
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: range-based
Etymology: From range + based.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Having a basis in ranges
his nob
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: his knob
form: his nobs
form: His Nobs
form: his nibs
form: His Nibs
Etymology: From nob, mimicking a form of address like Your Highness.
Senses: examples: text: Cribbage is a most virtuous and respectable game, and yet scarcely, one would think, possessing in itself sufficient attractions to keep a young gentleman in his twentieth year tied to the board, and going through the quaint calculation night after night of "fifteen two, fifteen four, two for his nob, and one for his heels."
ref: 1860, Thomas Hughes, “Tom Brown at Oxford”, in Macmillan's magazine, volume 1:
topics: card-games
games
qualifier: chiefly cribbage
glosses: a jack; a knave
rangefree
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From range + -free.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: That is not dependent on a range
ringhole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ringholes
Etymology: From ring + hole.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A relatively short, toroidal wormhole
specularly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more specularly
form: most specularly
Etymology: From specular + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a specular manner (in the manner of a mirror)
squbits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of squbit
squbit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: squbits
Etymology: From s- (“super”) + qubit.
Senses: qualifier: quantum computing
glosses: A semiconducting qubit (as proposed for use in quantum computers)
trilayers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trilayer
trilayer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trilayers
Etymology: From tri- + layer.
Senses: glosses: Any structure consisting of three layers
pellagrose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pellagrous.
Iseult
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ɪˈsuːlt/
/ɪˈzuːlt/
Forms: form: Isolde
Etymology: Old French, the name of the queen who fell in love with Tristan in medieval romance Tristan and Iseult, perhaps from Celtic, of uncertain meaning, possibly Proto-Brythonic *Adsiltia (“she who is gazed upon”); compare Welsh syllu and Irish súil. Otherwise from Germanic, equivalent to Old High German is (“ice”) + hiltja (“battle”) (from Proto-West Germanic *hildi).
Senses: examples: text: Just as he finished, the daughter came in, Iseult. A name out of the past, a darkly Celtic presence: jet-black hair, the same as Minogue had had, tall.
ref: 1988, John Brady, A Stone of the Heart, St Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 9:
glosses: A female given name from the Germanic languages.
Isolde
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ɪˈsoʊld(ə)/
/ɪˈzoʊld(ə)/
Forms: form: Iseult
Etymology: Borrowed from the German Isolde, German form of Iseult.
Senses: glosses: A female given name from the Celtic languages or the Germanic languages.
king of beasts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɪŋ əv ˈbiːsts/
Forms: form: kings of beasts
Etymology: From Middle English king of bestes.
Senses: examples: text: “Who shot the lions?” Fred asked. / “Yours truly,” answered Terry. “I shot them with my little gun. I wouldn’t tell a lie for a dozen lions.” Nearly every one in the command laughed heartily, and gathered around to see the big game. The scouts told how Terry had brought the two kings of beasts down, each at a single shot.
ref: 1900 February 23, Hal Standish [pseudonym; Harvey King Shackleford], “Fred Fearnot in Johannesburg or, The Terrible Ride to Kimberley”, in Work and Win: An Interesting Weekly for Young America, number 64, New York, N.Y.: Frank Tousey, chapter VII (Terry’s Remarkable Exploit as a Lion Slayer), page 20, column 1:
coordinate_terms: queen of beasts
glosses: The lion.
accusative cases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of accusative case
dad burn
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: 1918, Stars and Stripes (taken from the Pittsburgh Post),
By, by gum, we'll lick the kaiser when the sergeants teach us how, for, dad burn it, he's the reason that we're in the army now!
glosses: God damn.
shaling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of shale
shaled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of shale
little toes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of little toe
middle fingers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of middle finger
châssis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: châssis
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of chassis.
chermes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of kermes.
caffein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: caffeins
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of caffeine.
supplemental restraint systems
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of supplemental restraint system
absence of mind
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A state or the quality of being absent-minded (abstracted, preoccupied).
Synonyms: absent-mindedness
Related terms: presence of mind
aquathlon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈkwæθlɑn/
Forms: form: aquathlons
Etymology: From aqua- + -athlon.
Senses: glosses: A swimming-and-running race.
aquathlons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aquathlon
binarization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: binarizations
Etymology: From binary + -ization.
Senses: glosses: Conversion of a picture to only black and white.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Conversion of a tree to one with at most two children per node.
glosses: Conversion of a formal grammar to one where each rewriting rule has at most two nonterminals on its right-hand side.
Derived terms: rebinarization
Related terms: dichotomization
discretization
quantization
ass-kisser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ass-kissers
form: ass kisser
Senses: glosses: Someone who kisses ass (who acts obsequiously in order to gain another's favor).
ass-kissers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ass-kisser
extirpator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: extirpators
Etymology: From extirpate + -or.
Senses: glosses: someone or something that extirpates
extirpators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of extirpator