cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
splice variants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of splice variant
grease someone's palm
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: greases someone's palm
form: greasing someone's palm
form: greased someone's palm
form: greased someone's palm
Senses: examples: text: I was never guilty of disloyalty to King Lewis, but I killed my wife's mother, pardieu!—which the judge seemed to think almost as vile, till I sent a friend to grease his palm with the last sou of my patrimony.
ref: 1891, Arthur Quiller-Couch, chapter 11, in The Blue Pavilions:
text: We arrived at Almaty Airport, and from the moment the customs officer made it obvious in his fractured English that our entrance would be made easier if we greased his palm, we realised that all our Anglo-Saxon assumptions about how societies are run were not very relevant here.
ref: 2008 August 9, Tim Reynolds, “Traveller's tale”, in Sydney Morning Herald, Australia, retrieved 08 Apr 2009:
glosses: To bribe a person.
Related terms: cross someone's palm
grease payment
cross someone's palm
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: crosses someone's palm
form: crossing someone's palm
form: crossed someone's palm
form: crossed someone's palm
form: cross someone's palm with silver
Senses: examples: text: For all who cross his palm with silver he condescends to lift the drapery that hides the reclining figure, and the larger the coin the longer the look.
ref: 1910 October 12, “Pay to See Barney Statue: Hindu Butler Reaping a Harvest from Washington's Curious Folk”, in New York Times, retrieved 08 Apr 2009, page 1:
text: "I'd go into a trance and see if I could locate my chum." "You don't have to do that," declared Arnold. "Just cross my palm with a piece of silver and I'll locate him for you."
ref: 1915, G. Harvey Ralphson, chapter 28, in Boy Scouts in Southern Waters:
text: After crossing his palm with a donation, I felt entitled at least to ask where he was from.
ref: 2004 May 9, A. C. Snow, “Wasted lives beckon us to look”, in News & Observer, USA, retrieved 08 Apr 2009:
glosses: To pay for goods or a service.
Related terms: grease someone's palm
cross someone's palm with silver
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: crosses someone's palm with silver
form: crossing someone's palm with silver
form: crossed someone's palm with silver
form: crossed someone's palm with silver
Senses: examples: text: As we drove off I was inclined to ask myself, a little bitterly — and perhaps unjustly — if it were not characteristic of the average London policeman to almost forget the most important part of his information, — at any rate to leave it to the last and only to bring it to the front on having his palm crossed with silver.
ref: 1897, Richard Marsh, The Beetle:
glosses: Alternative form of cross someone's palm.
birretta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: birrettas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of biretta.
proteostasis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From proteo- + -stasis.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: eukaryotic protein homeostasis
Related terms: proteostatic
protocuneiform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: proto-cuneiform
Etymology: From proto- + cuneiform.
Senses: glosses: Being or relating to an early system of Sumerian writing that developed into cuneiform.
protofeathered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From protofeather + -ed or proto- + feathered.
Senses: glosses: Having protofeathers.
pseudocubic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pseudo- + cubic.
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: describing a rhombohedral structure that is almost cubic
pseudonymization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudonymizations
form: pseudonymisation
Etymology: From pseudonymize + -ation.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
law
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The replacement of all data (in a database etc) that identifies a person with an artificial identifier or pseudonym.
psoralen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: psoralens
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Any of a group of furanocoumarins, from the seeds of various plants, that are used to treat psoriasis, eczema and vitiligo.
gross sales
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: NetSales=GrossSales-(CustomerDiscounts,Returns,Allowances)
topics: accounting
business
finance
glosses: The total invoice value of sales, before deducting customers' discounts, returns, or allowances.
polymeric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpɒlɪˈmɛɹɪk/
ipa: /ˌpɑliˈmɛɹɪk/
Forms: form: more polymeric
form: most polymeric
Etymology: From polymer + -ic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Of, relating to, or consisting of a polymer. Examples of such compounds include polyurethane foams, PVC foams, and styrofoam.
Derived terms: biopolymeric
copolymeric
exopolymeric
extrapolymeric
geopolymeric
heteropolymeric
homopolymeric
interpolymeric
nonpolymeric
photopolymeric
polymerically
polymericity
polymeric methylene diphenyl diisocyanate
polymeric sand
poromeric
terpolymeric
utility trailer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: utility trailers
Senses: glosses: A small non-motorized vehicle which is generally pulled by a motorized vehicle and features an open-top rear cargo area (bed) and is used for the hauling of light loads.
pygostylian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pygostylians
Etymology: From Pygostylia + -an.
Senses: glosses: Any avialan of the clade Pygostylia, that has a pygostyle
Hypernyms: avebrevicaudan
Hyponyms: confuciusornithid
jinguofortisid
ornithothoracine
quasielastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From quasi- + elastic.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Almost, but not totally elastic
rastering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From raster + -ing.
Senses: glosses: The rendering of an image using rasters
rearomatizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rearomatize
rearomatizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rearomatize
rearomatizing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Causing or undergoing rearomatization
rearomatize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rearomatizes
form: rearomatizing
form: rearomatized
form: rearomatized
Etymology: From re- + aromatize.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: To cause, or to undergo rearomatization
rearomatization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rearomatizations
Etymology: From re- + aromatization.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any reaction in which an aromatic compound that had been converted into a non-aromatic one is reconverted to an aromatic one.
Related terms: rearomatize
reassortant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having genetic material from two or more similar viruses.
raw_tags: of a virion
reassortant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reassortants
Senses: glosses: A virion having genetic material from two or more similar viruses.
Derived terms: triple reassortant
reassorted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having genetic material from two or more similar viruses
raw_tags: of a virus
Related terms: reassortment
reexpression
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reexpressions
form: re-expression
form: reëxpression
Etymology: From re- + expression.
Senses: glosses: Subsequent or repeated expression.
remethylate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: remethylates
form: remethylating
form: remethylated
form: remethylated
Etymology: From re- + methylate.
Senses: glosses: To cause, or to undergo remethylation
remethylation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: remethylations
Etymology: From re- + methylation.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: methylation subsequent to demethylation
reopener
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reopeners
Etymology: From reopen + -er.
Senses: glosses: Anything that reopens.
reproductives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reproductive
joga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of yoga (tree, Elaeocarpus joga)
resistively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more resistively
form: most resistively
Etymology: From resistive + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a resistive manner
reticulospinal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -aɪnəl
Etymology: From reticulo- + spinal.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to, or connecting the reticular formation in the brainstem and the spinal cord
rhamphorhynchoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rhamphorhynchoids
Senses: glosses: Any of several pterosaurs of the suborder Rhamphorhynchoidea.
rhyolitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more rhyolitic
form: most rhyolitic
form: rhyolithic
Etymology: From rhyolite + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to or composed of rhyolite, the lava form of granite.
rostrodorsal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɔː(ɹ)səl
Etymology: From rostro- + dorsal.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Near the back of the beak or of any beak-like projection
Related terms: rostroventral
saltational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more saltational
form: most saltational
Etymology: From saltation + -al.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to, or causing, saltation.
sandstones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sandstone
satyrid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: satyrids
Senses: synonyms: satyrine
glosses: Any butterfly of the nymphalid subfamily Satyrinae, formerly the family Satyridae.
selfed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From self + -ed.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Produced by vegetative propagation
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Produced by self-pollination
selfings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of selfing
selfing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: selfings
Etymology: From self + -ing.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A plant produced by vegetative propagation.
semasiographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From semasiography + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to semasiography.
semasiography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒɡɹəfi
Forms: form: semasiographies
Etymology: From Ancient Greek σημασία (sēmasía, “the meaning of a word”) + -graphy.
Senses: glosses: The use of symbols to communicate information, such as with musical or mathematical notation, road signs, or emojis.
Related terms: semasiograph
semasiology
semimetallic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more semimetallic
form: most semimetallic
Etymology: From semi- + metallic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to a semimetal.
sialoadhesin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sialoadhesins
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of lectin on the surface of macrophages
Related terms: sialoadhesion
signary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈsɪɡ.nə.ɹi/
Forms: form: signaries
Etymology: From sign + -ary, after syllabary.
Senses: glosses: The set of characters in a writing system: alphabet, syllabary, etc.
skeletally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more skeletally
form: most skeletally
Etymology: From skeletal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to the skeleton.
examples: text: A skeletally tall montagnard […], Amirouche had been a member of both the religious Ulema and, in Paris, of Messali's M.T.L.D.
ref: 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York: Review Books, published 2006, page 131:
text: When I looked back at the table I saw Seamus Cummings, deeply tanned, skeletally thin, sitting on the opposite side a few seats away[.]
ref: 2010, Peter Corris, Torn Apart, Allen and Unwin, page 214:
glosses: In a skeletal manner; like a skeleton.
spiniferous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪfəɹəs
Forms: form: more spiniferous
form: most spiniferous
Etymology: From spine + -i- + -ferous.
Senses: glosses: Having spines or thorns; spiny, thorny
stylar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to a stylus.
glosses: Of or pertaining to the style of a sundial.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to a style.
subcallosal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + callosal.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Beneath the corpus callosum.
subchrons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subchron
subequal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + equal.
Senses: examples: text: The Nova Scotian Giantess.—A correspondent had the opportunity of inspecting this remarkably large female [Anna Swan] during the exhibition at the Egyptian Hall, and forwards the following notes:— […] The hand is spatulous; the fingers short and subequal in length.
ref: 1869 April, “Anthropological News”, in The Anthropological Review, volume VII, number XXV, London: Asher & Co., […], →OCLC, page 215:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Nearly equal
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Describing a set of numbers, none of which is as great as the sum of all the rest
Related terms: subequality
subequally
subexpressions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subexpression
superplume
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superplumes
Etymology: From super- + plume.
Senses: glosses: A large mantle plume.
examples: text: During this period, giant megaplumes exploded from deep within the earth, expelling huge quantities of molten material. These structures spread across the earth's surface, becoming ten times larger than average plumes. These “superplume” explosions were responsible for the volcanic activity that affected the ocean floor during the mid-Cretaceous period about 90 million to 100 million years ago.
ref: 1990, Roger Smith, Magill's Survey of Science: Earth Science Series Supplement, Volume 6, Salem Press, page 3160:
text: Superplumes may increase the rate of movement in the liquid outer core, altering the force of the geodynamo.
ref: 1993, Isaac Asimov, Jane Asimov, Frontiers II: More Recent Discoveries About Life, Earth, Space, and the Universe, Truman Talley Books/Dutton, page 95:
text: According to current theory, superplumes affect the shape of the crust, tectonic movement, geomagnetism, climate, and the course of evolution.
ref: 1995, George Ochoa, The Timeline Book of Science, Ballantine, page 377:
glosses: An extremely large plume of something (gas, mist, etc.); a megaplume.
mantle plume
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mantle plumes
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: An upwelling of abnormally hot molten material from the Earth's mantle which spreads sideways when it reaches the lithosphere.
ridge vents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ridge vent
surangular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more surangular
form: most surangular
Etymology: From sur- + angular.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Above the angular bone; supra-angular
surangular
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: surangulars
Etymology: From sur- + angular.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A bone of the lower jaw in many reptiles and birds.
rosin papers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rosin paper
switchgrasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of switchgrass
syncitia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: syncytia
Senses: glosses: plural of syncitium
synergid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: synergids
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Either of two naked nucleated cells at the top of the embryo sac that cooperate with the oosphere in the production of the embryo.
oosphere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈəʊəsfɪə/
ipa: /ˈoʊoʊˌsfɪ(ə)ɹ/
Forms: form: oospheres
form: oösphere
Etymology: PIE word
 *h₂ōwyóm
From oo- (prefix denoting something relating to eggs or ova) + sphere, modelled after French oosphère.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
mycology
natural-sciences
synonyms: ooplast
glosses: A large nonmotile egg cell, especially of an alga or fungus, formed in an oogonium and ready for fertilization.
Related terms: oogamete
oogonium
ooplast
oospore
spurs of the moment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spur of the moment
syntroph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: syntrophs
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: An individual related to another by syntrophy
syntrophs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of syntroph
tachinid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tachinids
Senses: glosses: Any of the family Tachinidae of tachina flies.
taxidermical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: synonyms: taxidermic
glosses: Of or pertaining to taxidermy
tertbutyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tert- + butyl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Synonym of tertiary butyl.
synonyms: word: tertiary butyl
tetraalkylammonium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tetraalkylammoniums
Etymology: From tetra- + alkyl + ammonium.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any alkyl quaternary ammonium ion
tetraethylammonium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌtɛ.tɹəˌɛθ.əl.əˈmoʊ.ni.əm/
Forms: form: tetraethylammoniums
form: TEA
form: tetrylammonium
Etymology: From tetra- (“four”) + ethyl + ammonium.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A quaternary ammonium ion (C₂H₅)₄N⁺ containing four ethyl groups.
tetrasubstituted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tetra- + substituted.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: substituted with four substituents
tetravalency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌtɛtɹəˈveɪlənsi/
Senses: glosses: tetravalence
tetravalence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tetra- + valence.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being tetravalent.
thelytokous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From thelytoky + -ous.
Senses: glosses: That produces female offspring (only)
therizinosauroid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: therizinosauroids
Senses: glosses: Any dinosaur of the superfamily Therizinosauroidea
taxidermically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From taxidermic + -ally.
Senses: examples: text: a taxidermically preserved parrot
glosses: By means of, or in terms of, taxidermy.
thermoregulatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From thermo- + regulatory.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to thermoregulation.
theropodan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: theropodans
Senses: glosses: theropod
tyrannosauroid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tyrannosauroids
Senses: examples: text: Two skeletons of the oldest known tyrannosauroid have been discovered in what used to be wetland in the Gobi desert of western China.
ref: 2006 Feb, NewScientist, page 19, column 1:
text: The discovery of simple, shaftless feathers on Dilong paradoxus, a 2-metre-long basal tyrannosauroid from the early Cretaceous of China, led to the suggestion that the tyrannosauroids as a group were feathered.
ref: 2017 June 7, Susannah Lydon, The Guardian:
glosses: Any dinosaur of the superfamily Tyrannosauroidea.
ultrarelativistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ultra- + relativistic.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Moving at a speed very close to the speed of light.
unbinned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + binned.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Not divided into bins (intervals into which data is placed)
unbioturbated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unbioturbated
form: most unbioturbated
Etymology: From un- + bioturbated.
Senses: glosses: Not bioturbated
bioturbated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌbaɪəʊtɜː(ɹ)ˈbeɪtɪd/
Forms: form: more bioturbated
form: most bioturbated
Senses: glosses: mixed by bioturbation
Derived terms: nonbioturbated
unbioturbated
uninfested
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more uninfested
form: most uninfested
Etymology: From un- + infested.
Senses: glosses: Not infested
underemphasized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more underemphasized
form: most underemphasized
Etymology: From under- + emphasized.
Senses: glosses: Insufficiently emphasized
upscatter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From up + scatter.
Senses: glosses: An upward scatter.
upscatter
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: upscatters
form: upscattering
form: upscattered
form: upscattered
Etymology: From up + scatter.
Senses: glosses: To scatter upward, typically in the context of a particle gaining energy via a collision with a higher-energy particle.
vacuolin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vacuolins
Etymology: From vacuole + -in.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of several small proteins that bind to cytoplasmic surfaces
verapamil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /vəˈɹæp.ə.mɪl/
Forms: form: verapamils
Etymology: Probably from vera(tryl) + (iso)p(ropyl) + am(ino) + (nitr)il(e).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A synthetic compound which acts as a calcium antagonist and is used to treat angina pectoris and cardiac arrhythmias.
Derived terms: -pamil
vinylporphyrins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vinylporphyrin
vinylporphyrin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vinylporphyrins
Etymology: From vinyl + porphyrin.
Senses: glosses: Any vinyl derivative of a porphyrin, especially one of a class that forms complexes with metal ions.
viremic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -iːmɪk
Forms: form: more viremic
form: most viremic
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of viraemic.
viremic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -iːmɪk
Forms: form: viremics
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of viraemic.
osteochondritis dissecans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Latin
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
synonyms: König's disease
OCD
hypernyms: disorder#Noun
disease#Noun
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condition#Noun
glosses: A disorder of the joints in which cracks form in the articular cartilage and the underlying subchondral bone.
integrality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: integralities
Etymology: From integral + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being integral
Dniester
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈniːstəɹ/
Etymology: From Russian Днестр (Dnestr), Ukrainian Дністер (Dnister), pre-reform orthography Днѣстръ (Dněstr), ultimately (compare Byzantine Greek Δάναστρις (Dánastris) and Late Latin Danaster) from Proto-Sarmatian *dānu *nazdya "the close river" (the Dnieper being the far one). The first element is from Proto-Indo-European *déh₂nu (“river”), found in several other river names such as Danube and Донец (Donec); more at Danube.
Senses: glosses: A major river in Eastern Europe, flowing south through Ukraine and Moldova to the Black Sea.
wikipedia: basin
Synonyms: Dnister
Related terms: Dnieper
Podniprovya
Transnistria
microfugal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From microfuge + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to a microfuge
microfuge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈmaɪ.kɹəˌfjuːdʒ/
Forms: form: microfuges
Etymology: Blend of micro- + centrifuge
Senses: glosses: A laboratory centrifuge used for very small samples.
Derived terms: microfugal
microfuge tube
microfuge
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈmaɪ.kɹəˌfjuːdʒ/
Forms: form: microfuges
form: microfuging
form: microfuged
form: microfuged
Etymology: Blend of micro- + centrifuge
Senses: glosses: To centrifuge in a microfuge.
precleaning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pre- + cleaning.
Senses: glosses: cleaning before a subsequent process
bandager
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bandagers
Etymology: From bandage + -er.
Senses: synonyms: bandagist
glosses: One who applies a bandage.
monoalphabetically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From monoalphabetic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a monoalphabetic manner.
polyalphabetically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From polyalphabetic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a polyalphabetic manner.
monoalphabetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɛtɪk
Etymology: From mono- + alphabetic.
Senses: topics: computing
cryptography
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Of a substitution cipher, using the same fixed mappings from plaintext to cipher letters across the entire text.
Derived terms: monoalphabetically
Related terms: polyalphabetic
fanega
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fanegas
Etymology: From Spanish fanega, from Andalusian Arabic فَنِيقَة (faníqa, “sack”), from Arabic فَنِيقَة (fanīqa).
Senses: glosses: A traditional Spanish unit of dry measure, chiefly used for grain and roughly equivalent to a bushel.
glosses: A traditional Spanish unit of area, vaguely reckoned as the amount of farmland able to be sown with a fanega of seed.
glosses: A traditional Spanish unit of area, formalized as equivalent to about 6440 m².
Synonyms: sense: all senses
word: fanegada
sense: unit of dry volume
word: Spanish bushel
sense: unit of dry volume
english: Spanish contexts
translation: Spanish contexts
word: bushel
Coordinate terms: sense: unit of dry volume
word: cuartillo (1⁄120 Galician fanega or 1⁄48 Castilian fanega)
sense: unit of dry volume
word: cunca (1⁄60 Galician fanega)
sense: unit of dry volume
word: medio (1⁄24 Castilian fanega)
sense: unit of dry volume
word: celemin (1⁄12 Castilian fanega)
sense: unit of dry volume
word: esca (1⁄10 Galician fanega)
sense: unit of dry volume
word: cuartilla (1⁄8 Castilian fanega)
sense: unit of dry volume
word: ferrado (1⁄5 Galician fanega)
sense: unit of dry volume
word: cuarto (1⁄2 Castilian fanega)
sense: unit of dry volume
word: saco (2 Castilian fanegas)
sense: unit of dry volume
word: carga (4 Castilian fanegas)
sense: unit of dry volume
word: cahiz (12 Castilian fanegas)
sense: formal unit of area
word: vara (1⁄100 fanega)
sense: formal unit of area
word: celemin (1⁄12 fanega)
sense: formal unit of area
word: ferrado (1⁄6 Galician fanega)
sense: formal unit of area
word: yugada (50 fanegas)
sense: formal unit of area
word: caballeria (60 fanegas)
Related terms: fanga
fanegas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fanega
Foucaultian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Foucaultian
form: most Foucaultian
Etymology: From Foucault + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: It warmed his Foucaultian heart, in a way, to live in a land where property ownership and the control of public discourse were so obviously a matter of who had the guns.
ref: 2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections:
glosses: Alternative form of Foucauldian.
Foucaultian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Foucaultians
Etymology: From Foucault + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Foucauldian.
cyberdiscourse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyberdiscourses
Etymology: From cyber- + discourse.
Senses: examples: text: On the other hand, while net communities are virtually interconnected, cyberdiscourse is not exempted from parochialism.
ref: 2003, George W Noblit, Beth Hatt-Echeverria, The future of educational studies:
text: Cyberdiscourse is rich in imperial metaphors figuring the early days of cyberspace as the "frontier" or "Wild West".
ref: 2004, Stephen Cairns, Drifting: architecture and migrancy:
text: Cyberdiscourses also join forces with the latest developments of informatic theories, technoscience hermeneutics, and cyberfeminist agendas...
ref: 2006, Kin-yuen Wong, Gary Westfahl, Amy Kit-sze Chan, World weavers: globalization, science fiction, and the cybernetic revolution:
topics: human-sciences
sciences
social-science
social-sciences
glosses: Discourse (institutionalised thinking) in cyberspace.
cyberdiscourses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyberdiscourse
beetrooty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more beetrooty
form: most beetrooty
Etymology: From beetroot + -y.
Senses: examples: text: "She's coming out," screamed the smallest boy, with the whitest face, the most beetrooty nose, the thinnest blouse, and the most precocious intellect ever seen or heard of.
ref: 1859, Charles Allston Collins, “Our Eye-Witness and the Performing Bull”, in Charles Dickens, editor, All the Year Round:
text: The exertion of walking in a tight dress over rough fields made her momentarily more beetrooty.
ref: 1862, James Hogg, Florence Marryat, editors, London Society:
text: Swelling up with a beetrooty apoplectic rage, the Councillor seized the white silk chair and, swinging it by the arms, banged it violently against the floor […]
ref: 1961, Boris Lavrenev, Margaret Wettlin, N Jochel, The Forty First:
synonyms: beetrootish
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of beetroot in color, texture, etc.
examples: text: The soup makes a good starter: Ukrainian barszcz (£4.50) is a rich, beetrooty affair.
ref: 2003, Charles Campion, The rough guide to London restaurants:
text: Innocent, sandy, smiling, smelling of clove cigarettes and beetrooty hamburgers and a faraway sea.
ref: 2006, Kate Lyons, The Corner of Your Eye:
glosses: Containing beetroot.
soupline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: souplines
Etymology: From soup + line.
Senses: examples: text: Most picturesque of all these classifications is the soupline, where free meals are served at 6 AM, 11 AM, and 4 PM.
ref: 1944, Paul C Bussard, Catholic digest:
text: By the last half of the month, our soupline has grown longer and longer.
ref: 1986, Marjorie Hope, James Young, The Faces of Homelessness:
text: Verbal fights over missing clothing, a lost place in the soupline, an antagonistic glance from another guest, or just the need to blow off steam...
ref: 1988, Patrick G Coy, A Revolution of the Heart: essays on the Catholic worker:
glosses: A line (queue) which disadvantaged people can join to receive free soup.
Related terms: breadline
soup kitchen
souplines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of soupline
distraughtly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more distraughtly
form: most distraughtly
Etymology: From distraught + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Jack French looked distraughtly at the agenda notes.
ref: 2005, Zadie Smith, On Beauty, Penguin Books (2006), page 330:
glosses: In a distraught manner.
childlessly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From childless + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Cairncross was long married, but childlessly; indications were that that was due to a flaw in him, not his wife.
ref: 2011, Poul Anderson, Flandry's Legacy:
glosses: In a childless way; without children.
sufficiencies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sufficiency
sub judice
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /sʌb ˈdʒuːdɪsiː/
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin sub iūdice.
Senses: examples: text: The logic of phrases such as "knows that" is still very much sub judice in logic.
ref: 2000, Graham Priest, Logic: A Very Short Introduction:
topics: law
synonyms: at bar
glosses: Under consideration; being presently considered, litigated, or adjudicated.
raw_tags: of a case or matter before a court
Related terms: judge
judicial
judiciary
froghoppers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of froghopper
deink
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: deinks
form: deinking
form: deinked
form: deinked
Etymology: From de- + ink.
Senses: examples: text: Paper may need to be deinked as part of the recycling process.
glosses: To remove ink from, especially in the process of recycling paper.
deinks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of deink
deinking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of deink
deinked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of deink
spittlebug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spittlebugs
Etymology: From spittle + bug.
Senses: glosses: Any of various small insects of the superfamily Cercopoidea that feed on plant sap and whose larvae produce cuckoo spit.
Synonyms: sense: Cercopoidea
word: froghopper
sense: Cercopoidea
word: spitbug
spittlebugs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spittlebug
spitbug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spitbugs
Etymology: From spit + bug.
Senses: glosses: Any of various small insects of the superfamily Cercopoidea that feed on plant sap and whose larvae produce cuckoo spit.
Synonyms: froghopper
spittlebug
FTS
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Initialism of fuck this shit.
FTS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: FTSes
Senses: glosses: Initialism of floppy trunk syndrome
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of full-text search.
topics: aerospace
astronautics
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: FSS
glosses: Initialism of flight termination system, a system to destroy the vehicle if it goes out of parameters or out of control.
spitbugs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spitbug
treasure chests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of treasure chest
caravanned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of caravan
assmunchers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of assmuncher
pronounal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pronoun + -al.
Senses: glosses: Pronominal.
backdown
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: backdowns
Etymology: From back + down.
Senses: glosses: An act of backing down; a retraction or withdrawal.
backdowns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of backdown
notum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nota
Etymology: From Ancient Greek νῶτον (nôton).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: The back; the dorsal side of the thorax in insects or nudibranches.
Related terms: heminotum
postnotum
pronotum
kerbless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: curbless
Etymology: From kerb + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without a kerb.
mylar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmaɪlɑɹ/
Forms: form: mylars
Etymology: From a trademark.
Senses: examples: text: The heavy use causes the mylars to develop extensive local warping […]
ref: 1996, Rangachar Kasturi, Karl Tombre, Graphics recognition: methods and applications:
text: In the far infrared a self-supporting layer, such as a sheet of mylar stretched over a plane circular surface, is widely used.
ref: 2003, R A Hanel, Exploration of the solar system by infrared remote sensing:
text: This table provides the value of alphanumeric coded ceramic, mylar and mica capacitors […]
ref: 2007, Thomas Petruzzellis, 22 Radio and Receiver Projects for the Evil Genius:
glosses: A polyester film.
Synonyms: sense: polyester film
word: BoPET
mylars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mylar
extraconstitutionally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From extraconstitutional + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an extraconstitutional way.
inalterable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more inalterable
form: most inalterable
Etymology: From in- + alterable.
Senses: glosses: That cannot be altered.
Synonyms: unalterable
unchangeable
Derived terms: inalterably
inalterableness
inalterability
inalterably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more inalterably
form: most inalterably
Etymology: From inalterable + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an inalterable way.
Synonyms: unalterably
tearlessly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From tearless + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a tearless way; without tears.
endocrinologies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of endocrinology
endocrinological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From endocrinology + -ical.
Senses: synonyms: endocrinologic
glosses: Of or pertaining to endocrinology.
Derived terms: endocrinologically
neuroendocrinological
neuroimmunoendocrinological
pharmacoendocrinological
psychoendocrinological
socioendocrinological
endocrinologically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From endocrinological + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an endocrinological way.
Derived terms: neuroendocrinologically
metallurgies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metallurgy
forgeable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more forgeable
form: most forgeable
Etymology: From forge + -able.
Senses: topics: engineering
metallurgy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: That can be forged (shaped under heat and pressure).
topics: business
finance
money
glosses: That can be forged (counterfeited).
raw_tags: of signatures
Derived terms: unforgeable
metallurgically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From metallurgical + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In terms of metallurgy.
udderless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From udder + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without udders.
utterness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From utter + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: We were appalled by the utterness of the destruction.
glosses: The state or condition of being utter.
Synonyms: completeness
totality
celestiality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: celestialities
Etymology: From celestial + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being celestial.
glosses: Something celestial.
celestialities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of celestiality
theoryless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From theory + -less.
Senses: glosses: That does not involve theory or has no theoretical basis.
cilly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cillies
Etymology: Uncertain; possibly a pun on silly and the letters CIL used as a cryptographic key.
Senses: examples: text: Another type of cilly was the repeated use of the same message key, perhaps the initials of the operator's girlfriend […]
ref: 2000, Simon Singh, The Code Book:
text: Answer c is a reference to a cilly, which was a three-character message key used in the German Enigma machine.
ref: 2002, Ronald L Krutz, Russell Dean Vines, The CISSP Prep Guide: Gold Edition:
text: Taunt describes the work involved in breaking Enigma messages, cribs, cillies, the Herivel tip, help from Bombes and more.
ref: 2005, Brian J Winkel, Cipher A Deavours, David Kahn, Louis Kruh, The German Enigma cipher machine:
text: By 1944, cillies had already become rare; hence, Bletchley Park had already found other breaks into the Enigma nets.
ref: 2006, Rebecca Ann Ratcliff, Delusions of intelligence: Enigma, Ultra and the end of secure ciphers:
text: Cillies resulted from a combination of two different mistakes in a multi-part message by some Enigma operators.
ref: 2007, Friedrich Ludwig Bauer, Decrypted secrets: methods and maxims of cryptology:
topics: computing
cryptography
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Any predictable facet of the Enigma Machine cipher due to operator error or laziness, whose existence helped the Allies to break the code.
cillies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cilly
acridone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acridones
Etymology: From acridine + -one.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An tricyclic heterocyclic ketone derived from acridine; any derivative of this compound
acridones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acridone
catabolized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of catabolize
catabolized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more catabolized
form: most catabolized
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: modified by catabolism
catabolizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of catabolize
treescape
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: treescapes
Etymology: From tree + -scape.
Senses: glosses: A landscape with many trees.
treescapes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of treescape
necrotically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more necrotically
form: most necrotically
Etymology: From necrotic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a necrotic way.
chemosensitization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From chemo- + sensitization.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: treatment of a tumour with a medication in order to make it more susceptible to radiation treatment
Synonyms: radiochemosensitization
unenthused
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unenthused
form: most unenthused
Etymology: From un- + enthused.
Senses: glosses: Not enthused.
Synonyms: unenthusiastic
uninterested
chemosensitizing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more chemosensitizing
form: most chemosensitizing
Etymology: From chemo- + sensitizing.
Senses: glosses: That is used in chemosensitization
ungallant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ungallant
form: most ungallant
Etymology: From un- + gallant.
Senses: glosses: Not gallant; ignoble, dishonourable, unvaliant.
Derived terms: ungallantly
ungallantry
ungallantly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more ungallantly
form: most ungallantly
Etymology: From ungallant + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an ungallant way.
ungallantry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ungallantries
Etymology: From un- + gallantry.
Senses: glosses: Ungallant behaviour.
ungallantries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ungallantry
diethylamino
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The univalent radical (CH₃CH₂)₂N- derived from diethylamine
Derived terms: clodacaine
dalfopristin
craggily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more craggily
form: most craggily
Etymology: From craggy + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a craggy way.
diethylamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diethylamines
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The secondary amine (CH₃CH₂)₂NH
megacasino
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megacasinos
Etymology: From mega- + casino.
Senses: glosses: A very large casino.
Synonyms: supercasino
megacasinos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of megacasino
megahotel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megahotels
Etymology: From mega- + hotel.
Senses: glosses: A very large and luxurious hotel.
megahotels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of megahotel
pleasureless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pleasure + -less.
Senses: examples: text: He is the declared enemy of all living by reflex action, of all that is done betwixt sleep and waking, of all the pleasureless pleasurings and imaginary duties in which we coin away our hearts and fritter invaluable years.
ref: 1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Familiar Studies of Men and Books:
glosses: Without pleasure.
Derived terms: pleasurelessly
pleasurelessness
glutaminase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glutaminases
Etymology: From glutamine + -ase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of glutamine to glutamic acid and ammonia
yangqin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yangqins
Etymology: From Mandarin 揚琴／扬琴 (yángqín), originally written 洋琴.
Senses: glosses: A Chinese musical instrument, a hammered dulcimer traditionally fitted with bronze strings.
Synonyms: cymbalom
santur
yangqins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yangqin
glutaminases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glutaminase
glutaminolysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From glutamine + -o- + -lysis.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The metabolism of glutamine to yield a variety of products
Related terms: glutaminolytic
piggyBac
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: piggyback + an abbreviated form of baculovirus (?)
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A transposon used in genetic engineering
piperaquine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A bisquinoline antimalarial drug
bisquinoline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bisquinolines
Etymology: From bis- + quinoline.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Two quinoline groups in a compound.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Any of a family of antimalarial drugs having this structure.
coupledom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coupledoms
Etymology: From couple + -dom.
Senses: examples: text: The ads were already showing as he clambered along and in their patchy glare he loomed and ducked and apologized, and was a clumsy intruder in a world of snuggling coupledom.
ref: 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 6, in The Line of Beauty […], London: Picador, →ISBN:
glosses: The world or sphere of romantic couples.
examples: text: More coffee is consumed, a movie date is arranged, coupledom achieved and, naturally, nuptials performed.
ref: 2011 February 13, James MacGowan, “Heart of the City by Ariel Sabar”, in Toronto Star:
text: Their hard-won, second-chance coupledom had never been to me more gently touching, every bit as much a symbol of 21st-century Britain as the sound of a gospel choir, or a Hindu prime minister reading from the Epistle to the Colossians.
ref: 6 May 2023, Rachel Cooke, “It was ludicrous but also magnificent: the coronation stirred every emotion”, in The Guardian:
glosses: The state of being a romantic couple.
bisquinolines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bisquinoline
antimalarially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From antimalarial + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: They developed an antimalarially active compound.
glosses: In an antimalarial way.
pyrophosphohydrolase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pyrophosphohydrolases
Etymology: From pyro- + phospho- + hydrolase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of pyrophosphate
pyrophosphohydrolases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pyrophosphohydrolase