cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
hydrogeologically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From hydro- + geologically.
Senses: glosses: By means of, or with reference to hydrogeology
hydrosuture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydrosutures
Etymology: From hydro- + suture.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: A suture within the aqueous humour of the eye
hydrosuture
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hydrosutures
form: hydrosuturing
form: hydrosutured
form: hydrosutured
Etymology: From hydro- + suture.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: To suture with hydrosutures
hydrosutured
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hydro- + sutured.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: sutured by means of hydrosutures
hypermetropization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: blurred vision due to hypermetropia
immunometabolomics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From immuno- + metabolomics.
Senses: glosses: The application of immunological techniques to metabolomics
kukoamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kukoamines
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of phenolic polyamine present in some plants
kukoamines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kukoamine
laserfection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Cellular transfection by means of a laser
Urungu toad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Urungu toads
Etymology: From Urungu + toad.
Senses: glosses: A true toad of species Sclerophrys urunguensis, of Tanzania and Zambia.
microtrepan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microtrepans
Etymology: From micro- + trepan.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: A very small trepan
microtrepan
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: microtrepans
form: microtrepanning
form: microtrepanned
form: microtrepanned
Etymology: From micro- + trepan.
Senses: glosses: To trephine using such a tool
microtrepans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microtrepan
microtrepans
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of microtrepan
monoprofessional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mono- + professional.
Senses: glosses: Relating to a single profession
neuroengineer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neuroengineers
Etymology: From neuro- + engineer.
Senses: glosses: A neural engineer.
Related terms: neuroengineering
neuroengineers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neuroengineer
neurosystem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neurosystems
Etymology: From neuro- + system.
Senses: glosses: The brain and nerves and the ganglia that connects them
noncolorectal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + colorectal.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Not colorectal
gastromyzontid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gastromyzontids
Etymology: Clipping of translingual Gastromyzontidae
Senses: glosses: Any loach in the family Gastromyzontidae, sometimes called hillstream loaches.
Hyponyms: panda loach
pelargonin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
synonyms: punicin
glosses: An anthocyanin that is a glucoside of pelargonidin
imitatio Dei
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The Exodus version of the 4th commandment explains Shabbat in terms of what scholars of religion call imitatio dei (i.e., as God rested on the seventh day, so should you).
ref: 2001, David L. Lieber, Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 1020:
glosses: The practice or virtue of acting in the ways of God.
photokinase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From photo- + kinase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A kinase involved with photokinesis
polybinary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From poly- + binary.
Senses: glosses: Relating to multiple binary systems
prosarcopenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more prosarcopenic
form: most prosarcopenic
Etymology: From pro- + sarcopenic.
Senses: glosses: That promotes sarcopenia
pseudoconformably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From pseudo- + conformably.
Senses: glosses: In a pseudoconformable manner
crab-like rove beetle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crab-like rove beetles
Etymology: From crab-like + rove beetle.
Senses: glosses: Any rove beetle in the subfamily Tachyporinae.
Hypernyms: rove beetle
serodiscordants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of serodiscordant
neotropical silverside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neotropical silversides
form: Neotropical silverside
Etymology: From neotropical + silverside.
Senses: glosses: Any species of silverside of the family Atherinopsidae.
Hypernyms: silverside
floristy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more floristy
form: most floristy
Etymology: From florist + -y.
Senses: examples: text: It is well named, for it is a very “floristy” flower, and is bound to be a favourite among the show fraternity.
ref: 1914, The Garden, page 207:
text: The flowers; they had determined to have only natural flowers of the season, nothing floristy.
ref: 1963, Mary McCarthy, The Group, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., →LCCN, page 358:
text: Some argued that “Honorable Mention,” who had used Queen Anne’s lace, field asters, and devil’s-paintbrush (which to Peter’s eye was orange), ought to have had first prize. A man stood up for the awards. “To me, they look bright and colorful.” “Floristy,” his wife told him.
ref: 1971, Mary McCarthy, Birds of America, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., →ISBN, page 82:
text: Scripture from that beatitude will be bell-toned over her grave, barely one year old in the sloping churchyard, edging the backcountry she came from to meet and marry my friend, bear his son, and stamp her farm woman’s style on every room of the home they didn’t share long enough, before something lacking the kindness of rain seized her, spoke its feared name, made known its foul intentions to her body, and foretold the casket spray of wildflowers. He’d have nothing floristy.
ref: 2007, Charles Semones, “Wildflowers”, in And All the Layered Light: Last Poems (The Conecuh Series), Montgomery, Ala.; Louisville: NewSouth Books, →ISBN, page 49:
text: I used garden flowers, and weed kind of things, grasses, nothing floristy, and Dick loved it.
ref: 2017, Norma Stevens, Steven M. L. Aronson, quoting Maggy Geiger, Avedon: Something Personal, William Heinemann, →ISBN:
glosses: Typical of what a florist produces.
United States of Canada
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the United States of Canada
Etymology: Blend of United States of America + Canada, coined in 2004.
Senses: coordinate_terms: Jesusland
glosses: Collectively, the numerous US states who typically vote for Democrat candidates in US elections, and all provinces and territories of Canada.
litter moth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: litter moths
Etymology: From litter + moth.
Senses: examples: text: The following are the focus of research: in the Pyraloidea (Subobjective 1.1) Ategumia, Desmia, Diaphania, Eulepte, Herpetogramma, Omiodes, Patania; in the Gelechioidea (Subobjective 1.2) genera within and putatively near the Recurvaria-group (Gelechiinae: Litini); in the Noctuoidea (Subobjective 1.3) fern-feeding Argyrosticta in relation to Callopistria, boundaries and composition of the Eriopinae, and erebid litter moths (Herminiinae).
ref: (Can we date this quote?), United States Department of Agriculture, SYSTEMATICS OF HYPER-DIVERSE MOTH SUPERFAMILIES, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON AGRICULTURAL PESTS, INVASIVE SPECIES, BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS, AND FOOD SECURITY:
glosses: Any erebid moth in the subfamily Herminiinae.
Hypernyms: erebid
wild asparagus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wild asparaguses
Etymology: From wild + asparagus.
Senses: glosses: Asparagus acutifolius, a species of asparagus common in the Mediterranean basin.
shit coin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shit coins
Senses: examples: text: If this all seems a little ridiculous, it’s designed to be. The entire premise of shit coins is to play on people’s anxieties by inflating every aspect of the coin in question.
ref: 2021 May 21, Nick Bilton, “Inside the Rise and Fall (and Rise and Fall) of Shit Coins”, in Vanity Fair:
glosses: Alternative form of shitcoin.
shit coins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shit coin
Dipanjan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Deepanjan
Etymology: Transliteration of Bengali দীপাঞ্জন (dipanjôn).
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Sanskrit.
Deepanjan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Dipanjan.
Bonehill
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
yellow-browed antbird
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yellow-browed antbirds
Senses: glosses: Hypocnemis hypoxantha, a species of antbird.
Hypernyms: antbird
disreality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From dis- + reality.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of unreality, a real or perceived state of being unlike reality.
synonyms: word: unreality
extra: a real or perceived state of being unlike reality
wavy-leaved eremophila
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wavy-leaved eremophilas
Etymology: From wavy-leaved + eremophila.
Senses: glosses: Eremophila undulata, a species of eremophila plant in the figwort family.
Hypernyms: eremophila
russet ground squirrel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: russet ground squirrels
Etymology: From russet + ground squirrel.
Senses: glosses: A ground squirrel of species Spermophilus major, of west central Asia.
Synonyms: hibernating large ground squirrel
large-toothed souslik
Hypernyms: suslik
Sikkim wedge-billed babbler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sikkim wedge-billed babblers
Etymology: From Sikkim + wedge-billed warbler.
Senses: glosses: Stachyris humei, a species of Old World babbler.
Synonyms: blackish-breasted babbler
wedge-billed babbler
Hypernyms: Old World babbler
Related terms: taxonomic: Stachyris roberti
word: Cachar wedge-billed babbler
Tanimbar corellas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Tanimbar corella
Japanese snake blenny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Japanese snake blennies
Etymology: From Japanese + snake blenny.
Senses: glosses: Xiphasia matsubarai, a species of combtooth blenny.
Goffin's corella
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Goffin's corellas
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Tanimbar corella.
synonyms: word: Tanimbar corella
Goffin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Goffin's corellas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Goffin's corella
transfenestrations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of transfenestration
Dadoun
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Dadouns
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Chazen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Chazens
Senses: glosses: A surname.
black frosts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of black frost
onygenalean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From translingual Onygenales + -an.
Senses: examples: text: During the last two decades, many onygenalean pathogens were discovered […]
ref: 2020, Chaturvedi, V., de Hoog, G.S., “Onygenalean Fungi as Major Human and Animal Pathogens”, in Mycopathologia, volume 185, →DOI, page 1:
topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to the fungal order Onygenales.
Copenhagen plank
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Copenhagen planks
form: Copenhagen side plank
form: Copenhagen hold
form: Copenhagen hip adduction exercise
form: adductor plank
form: adductor side plank
Etymology: Named after the city, due to having spread from a couple of Danish or at least Scandinavian coaches, in analogy to Nordic hamstring curls.
Senses: glosses: An exercise where one of a person's legs is put on an elevated surface and the upper body is on the forearm nearest to the ground.
Copenhagen planks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Copenhagen plank
Tanimbar Islands
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: Tanimbars
holonyms: Lesser Sunda Islands
glosses: A group of about 65 islands in the Maluku province of Indonesia.
Huron Shores
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality in Algoma District, Ontario, Canada.
Texas cedar elm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Texas cedar elms
Etymology: From Texas + cedar elm.
Senses: glosses: An elm tree of species Ulmus crassifolia.
Synonyms: cedar elm
IUCAA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The cover page of the April 2022 issue of the reputed international journal Nature Astronomy showcases the image of a 2018 simulation study by Professor Dipanjan Mukherjee of the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune, India and his collaborators.
ref: 2022 May 2, “IUCAA scientists featured on cover of international journal, detect jets from a supermassive blackhole blowing out gas from a galaxy”, in The Indian Express:
glosses: Initialism of Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, a research institute in India.
FNDM
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈfændəm/
Etymology: From fandom. The spelling in capital letters is based on the characters' practice of using the first letters of their names for their teams, like "RWBY" and "JNPR".
Senses: topics: lifestyle
glosses: the fans of the American online animated series RWBY.
encephalonize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: encephalonizes
form: encephalonizing
form: encephalonized
form: encephalonized
Etymology: From encephalon + -ize.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of encephalize.
encephalonizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of encephalonize
encephalonizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of encephalonize
encephalonized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of encephalonize
Budgett's frog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Budgett's frogs
Etymology: From Budgett + -'s + frog.
Senses: glosses: Lepidobatrachus laevis, a species of frog often kept as a pet for its comical appearance.
Synonyms: Freddy Krueger frog
hippo frog
Hypernyms: Paraguay horned frog
ASTRON
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy, a research institute in the Netherlands.
ullage gas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ullage gases
Senses: glosses: waste gas (gaseous phase fluid), which fills the ullage space of a tank
Related terms: ullage
ullage burn
ullage gas thruster
ullage motor
ullage space
inaccess
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Superficially in- + access. Perhaps a back-formation from inaccessible.
Senses: examples: text: For example, on extraction of 100,000 barrels a day of crude oil in California, hampered by the inaccess to natural gas, where the key barrier was a 442 mile pipeline on Federal lands that our own forestry department was sitting on[…]
ref: 1991, United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, National Energy Strategy: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Energy and Power of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, First Session, … Electric Utility Reform, page 314:
glosses: Lack of access.
blastomycete
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blastomycetes
Etymology: From blasto- + -mycete.
Senses: topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: A fungus of the genus Blastomyces.
examples: text: Thus granulomata may be due to an infection by schizomycetes or fission-fungi, by hyphomycetes or mould-fungi, and by blastomycetes or yeast-fungi.
ref: 1898, Alexander GR Foulerton, “On the Pathology of some Specific Grainulomata in Horses and Cattle”, in Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics, volume 11, pages 103–114:
topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
synonyms: saccharomycete
glosses: A yeast fungus.
Derived terms: blastomycetic
blastomycetous
Otteson
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ottesons
Etymology: Americanized spelling of Ottesen.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Ballmer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ballmers
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Ballmer Peak
hoyer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hoyers
Etymology: After Ted Hoyer, a quadriplegic, who co-invented the device.
Senses: examples: text: About five to ten years ago, facilities in Europe started to phase in different types of lift devices that are just now becoming more common in the United States. […] The portable lifting devices manufactured by medical equipment suppliers are U-shaped and contain wheels and a hoyer-style hydraulic or electric lift.
ref: 2002, Victor Regnier, Design for Assisted Living: Guidelines for Housing the Physically and Mentally Frail, page 128:
text: St. Luke’s has two types of hoyers that consist of a fabric sling that is placed underneath the patient’s body and an aluminum lift that picks them up. One of the hoyer lifts is electric, while the other is manual.
ref: 2014 January 27, Dolly A. Butz, “Special Equipment for Moving Heavy Patients Reduces Injuries”, in Claims Journal:
text: Doxzon, who requires a motorized wheelchair for mobility, a hoyer lift for being transferred in-and-out of her chair, and needs assistance with daily activities such as cooking, cleaning and personal hygiene, lived in an apartment with support services from an outside company for more than a year-and-a-half.
ref: 2020 August 4, Cassie Miller, “On anniversary of landmark case, DHS faces allegations it violated law protecting those with disabilities”, in Pennsylvania Capital-Star:
text: The disease has affected his legs and arms, and he needs a caregiver at all times, he said. His family uses a hoyer lift to transfer him from his bed to his wheelchair and vice versa.
ref: 2022 May 16, Karla Santos, “Area resident shares his experiences with ALS”, in myrecordjournal.com (Connecticut):
glosses: A device for transferring a person with serious mobility issues to and from the floor, a mobility device (such as a wheelchair), seating, and a bed.
Vuitton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /vwiːˈtɒn/
ipa: /vɪˈtɒn/
Forms: form: Vuittons
Etymology: From French Vuitton.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Related terms: LV
LVMH
YSL
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Young Socialist League, any of a number of socialist organizations and youth wings.
topics: fashion
lifestyle
glosses: Initialism of Yves Saint Laurent.
Yves Saint-Laurent a French fashion designer
topics: fashion
lifestyle
glosses: Initialism of Yves Saint Laurent.
Yves Saint Laurent, a French fashion house.
arcanities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arcanity
slap my ass and call me Sally
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: synonyms: butter my butt and call me a biscuit
slap my ass and call me Judy
glosses: An expression of astonishment upon learning something unbelievable; chiefly something positive.
procuratresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of procuratress
serous tunic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: serous tunics
Senses: glosses: Synonym of serous membrane.
synonyms: word: serous membrane
heart sac
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heart sacs
Senses: glosses: Synonym of pericardium.
synonyms: word: pericardium
theca cordis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of pericardium.
synonyms: word: pericardium
heart sacs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of heart sac
serous tunics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of serous tunic
on the low
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of on the down-low.
call a spade a spade, not a big spoon
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: calls a spade a spade, not a big spoon
form: calling a spade a spade, not a big spoon
form: called a spade a spade, not a big spoon
form: called a spade a spade, not a big spoon
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of call a spade a spade.
get someone for a Tartar
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets someone for a Tartar
form: getting someone for a Tartar
form: got someone for a Tartar
form: got someone for a Tartar
form: gotten someone for a Tartar
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of catch a Tartar.
epigons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of epigon
generation ships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of generation ship
lavat'ry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlæv.ə.tɹi/
Forms: form: lavat'ries
Senses: examples: text: I cut down trees, I eat my lunch, I go to the lavat'ry. On Wednesdays, I go shopping, and have buttered scones for tea.
ref: 1969, Monty Python, “The Lumberjack Song”:
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of lavatory.
interestlessly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From interestless + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an interestless manner.
productless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From product + -less.
Senses: glosses: Not creating any products.
Stotfold
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Old English stōd (“stud, stallion”) + fald (“fold, stable, enclosure”).
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL2136).
programless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: programmeless
Etymology: From program + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without programs.
programlessness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From programless + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being programless.
rocks glass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rocks glasses
form: rock glass
Etymology: Clipping of earlier on-the-rocks glass, from use of on the rocks as a slang expression for with ice cubes.
Senses: synonyms: lowball glass
old fashioned glass
whiskey glass
glosses: A short glass tumbler used for serving liquor with ice.
rocks glasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rocks glass
Kostanyan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kostanyans
form: Kostanian
form: Gostanyan
form: Gostanian
form: Gosdanian
Etymology: Borrowed from Armenian Կոստանյան (Kostanyan).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Armenian.
Kostanian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kostanians
Etymology: Variant of Kostanyan.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Armenian.
Kostanians
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Kostanian
Kostanyans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Kostanyan
rock glass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rock glasses
form: rock-glass
form: rockglass
Senses: topics: business
chemistry
geography
geology
mining
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Metastable glass of volcanic or dyke origin.
examples: text: Me? I got my own way to get up
Starts with a rock glass and ends with a hiccup
– we do not hear rocks glass, contra the upcorrecting Genius transcribers.
ref: 2011 June 11, “Vice Grip” (track 10), in Grieves (lyrics), On Together/Apart (Deluxe Edition):
glosses: Alternative form of rocks glass (“a short glass tumbler for serving liquor with ice”).
rock-glass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rock-glasses
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of rock glass.
rockglass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rockglasses
Etymology: From rock + glass.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of rock glass.
Khanderia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Khanderias
Senses: glosses: A surname.
metaeffector
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metaeffectors
Etymology: From meta- + effector.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An effector (protein) of an effector
metaeffectors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metaeffector
Khandheria
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Khandherias
Senses: glosses: A surname.
memecoins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of memecoin
alt.horrorian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alt.horrorians
Etymology: From alt.horror + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: I'm beginning to think I'm the only alt.horrorian who actually *like* the actor Sean Connery.
ref: 1999 May 3, Henrik (at ze office), “The Crow -- Salvation”, in alt.horror (Usenet), retrieved 17 May 2022:
text: Met up with Marc Walkow from Image Entertainment, another alt.horrorian who sold me his awesome LBX copy of Ferrera's BODY SNATCHERS a while back.
ref: 1999 May 30, WideScreenPig, “Pig Returns, Tells Long Story!! (Names Drop Like Flies)”, in alt.horror (Usenet), retrieved 17 May 2022:
text: Supposedly there's a remake of House on Haunted Hill coming out in the fall. I haven't read a thing about it anywhere, other than the fact that its in development. Any Alt.horrorians heard anything about this project? Without Vincent Price, it probably won't be too worthwhile, IMHO.
ref: 1999 August 4, Jason Roth, “House on Haunted Hill?”, in alt.horror (Usenet), retrieved 17 May 2022:
text: See, I'm not like some of the alt.horrorians who hate aping. I have no complaints if something is copied if it's well copied.
ref: 2001 February 27, Ringo, “Is PREACHER a good horror comic?”, in alt.horror (Usenet), retrieved 17 May 2022:
text: I was surprised at how well the film cleaned up. The print looks great considering the source. And yes, it is uncut. Our own alt.horrorian Craig H. wrote a very nice review on our site at:
http://www.icehouse.net/cultcuts/ispitonyourgrave.htm
ref: 2002 February 23, cultcuts, “Elite Entertainment edition I spit on Your Grave”, in alt.horror (Usenet), retrieved 17 May 2022:
text: *shrug* It's up to you, man. Assuming you live under a democracy, it's entirely within your rights to make yourself look like a complete turdchunk, not only before the alt.horrorians, but also in front of those posters over here whom relish such self-immolation. Have at it, numbnuts.
ref: 2007 November 5, The 2-Belo, “net halloween greeting”, in alt.flame (Usenet), retrieved 17 May 2022:
glosses: A participant in the Usenet newsgroup alt.horror.
wikipedia: alt.* hierarchy
alt.horrorians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alt.horrorian
blobplot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blobplots
form: blob plot
Etymology: From blob + plot.
Senses: glosses: A scatter plot that has circles (of varying size) instead of points.
blobplots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blobplot
Kaying
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Chinese 嘉應 /嘉应, likely via Cantonese.
Senses: examples: text: Four of the Maryknoll territories are in South China, the Vicariates of Kongmoon, Wuchow and Kaying and the Prefecture of Kweilin.
ref: 1940, John Joseph Considine, When the Sorghum Was High: A Narrative Biography of Father A. Donovan of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, A Maryknoll Missioner Slain by Bandits in Manchukuo, Longmans, Green and Co., →OCLC, page 181:
text: He had been vicar‐general from 1956 to 1966. He was previously a missionary in Kaying in southern China, receiving the assignment in 1938.
ref: 1978 November 29, “Rev. John F. Donovan, A Maryknoll Vicar, 71”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Feb 2018, Section B, page 12:
text: In 1925, the Paris society offered Maryknoll another territory in the northeast corner of Kwangtung Province, inhabited by Hakka-speaking people. Father Ford was put in charge, picking Kaying, the Hakka cultural center, as his own main base, and set about developing the area.
ref: 1990, Albert J. Nevins, American Martyrs: From 1542, Our Sunday Visitor, Inc., →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 139–141:
text: Interestingly, Nakagawa cites a Chinese translation of Campbell that was published in 1951 by the Perak Public Association of the Hakkas and also in 1923 in Kaying, translated by a Hakka of Meixian district.
ref: 1994, Nicole Constable, “The Construction of Hakka Identity”, in Christian Souls and Chinese Spirits: A Hakka Community in Hong Kong, Berkeley; Los Angeles; London: University of California Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 36:
text: She sadly bade farewell to the Sisters, who were returning to Jiaying (or Meixian), Guangdong Province, from Hong Kong. With foreseeable dangers ahead of them, the Sisters prepared for the worst in China.
ref: [2004 November, Cindy Yik-yi Chu, “Difficult Years, 1937–1951”, in The Maryknoll Sisters in Hong Kong, 1921-1969: In Love with the Chinese, Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 48:
text: After his ordination, he was sent as a Missionary to Guangdong, China. He was appointed the first bishop of Kaying on June 18, 1935. While he was the bishop of Kaying, he built a seminary for the education of native-born Chinese priests.
ref: 2016, Landon J. DePasquale, “Ford, Francis Xavier”, in George Thomas Kurian, Mark A. Lamport, editors, Encyclopedia of Christianity in the United States, volume 2, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 904, column 1:
glosses: A former prefecture of Guangdong, China; now Meizhou.
hemicomplementation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hemi- + complementation.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Partial genetic complementation
hemicomplemented
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hemi- + complemented.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Modified by hemicomplementation
alt.flamer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alt.flamers
Etymology: Blend of alt.flame + flamer. Equivalent to alt.flame + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Now, I experienced the bogfart bot invasion of alt.flame in 1994. Sadly, the U. of Pitt server DOES NOT include alt.bogfart newsgroup,But, Wait, JOHN D. AN ALT.FLAMER, MODERATING ALT.BOGFART?
ref: 1996 February 12, Andrew W Beckwith, “What the hell? An alt.flamer moderating alt.bigfoot?????????????”, in alt.flame (Usenet), retrieved 17 May 2022:
text: How about alt.flamer with the worst joke-book? ANS.
Alt.flamer most often *plonked* by ANS. Dobbs.
ref: 1999 November 16, Kerro, “First word about the 1999 alt.flame Awards”, in alt.flame (Usenet), retrieved 17 May 2022:
text: 1992: The current alt.flamer with the longest tenure first posts to alt.flame.
ref: 2005 December 19, The U.S. Constitution, “On why every Bawler is a rank newbie”, in alt.troll (Usenet), retrieved 17 May 2022:
glosses: A participant in the Usenet newsgroup alt.flame.
wikipedia: alt.* hierarchy
alt.flamers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alt.flamer
detourings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of detouring
Ottesons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Otteson
β-blocker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: β-blockers
Senses: examples: text: Carvedilol, an antihypertensive agent, has been in clinical use for several years. In addition to its function as a β-blocker, carvedilol has been shown to act as an antioxidant.
ref: 2008 February 28, ironjustice, “Beta-Blocker”, in sci.med.cardiology (Usenet), retrieved 17 May 2022:
text: Blockade of β₂-adrenoceptors by non-selective β'''-blockers causes side-effects such as bronchoconstriction, vasoconstriction and hypoglycaemia.
ref: 2008, C.J. van Boxtel, B. Santoso, I.R. Edwards, Drug Benefits and Risks: International Textbook of Clinical Pharmacology - Revised 2nd Edition, page 325:
text: β-blocker inhibits adrenaline β activation release into blood from sympathetic nerves and adrenal gland. In the heart, β-receptor stimulation increases heart rate and cardiac contraction, and excitation conduction in atrioventricular node. Thus β-blocker therapy decreases heart rate, cardiac contraction and myocardial oxygen consumption.
ref: 2016, Anne H. Child, Diagnosis and Management of Marfan Syndrome, page 51:
glosses: Abbreviation of beta blocker.
β-blockers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of β-blocker
Minary
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Minarys
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Diedrick
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Diedricks
Etymology: Americanized spelling of German Diedrich.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Diedricks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Diedrick
Diamants
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Diamant
Delane
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Delanes
Etymology: Variant of Delaine.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Delanes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Delane
Doukas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Doukases
Etymology: Borrowed from Greek Δούκας (Doúkas).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Greek.
Diffley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Diffleys
Etymology: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Duibhghiolla (“descendant of Duibhgiolla”), a personal name composed of the elements dubh (“black”) and giolla (“lad”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
white replacement theory
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: White supremacy movement believes in a White replacement theory. As stated by the ADL, “White supremacists today further believe that the White race is in danger of extinction due to a rising ‘flood’ of non-whites, who are controlled and manipulated by Jews, and that imminent action is need[ed] to ‘save’ the White race.
ref: 2021, Joel Spring, Deculturalization and the Struggle for Equality, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN:
text: “As our native birthrate falls, immigration will account for an increasing proportion of our growth,” Tanton warned. This framing touched on issues of cultural assimilation and evokes the specter of “white replacement theory,” the eugenicist fear about the “passing” of the “great race,” as Madison Grant put it in his influential 1916 book.
ref: 2021, Kathleen Belew, Ramon A. Gutierrez, editors, A Field Guide to White Supremacy, University of California Press, →ISBN, page 208:
text: [<span title="On October 27th, in the hours following the Tree of Life shooting, Vice President Mike Pence spoke with Peter Doocy of Fox News and maintained that the Trump administration possessed evidence suggesting “the caravan was organized by leftist organizations” and was “funded by outside groups.”">…
ref: 2022, Ben A. Popp, The Truth is Everywhere: Reconceptualizing Far-Right Conspiracy Theories in the Information Age, The University of Chicago:
topics: government
politics
qualifier: social
glosses: A conspiracy theory based on white supremacist ideology that there is a plot to diminish the influence of white people through the immigration of visible minorities and demographics.
Synonyms: great replacement theory
replacement theory
Related terms: Great Replacement
white genocide
white nationalism
Dowdalls
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Dowdall
Doukases
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Doukas
Diffleys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Diffley
Djordjevic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Djordjevics
Etymology: Americanized spelling of Serbo-Croatian Đorđević.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Serbo-Croatian.
Dise
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Dises
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Dises
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Dise
Djordjevics
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Djordjevic
Pausic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Pausics
Etymology: Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Paušić.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Serbo-Croatian.
Eltringham
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Eltringhams
Etymology: Habitational surname from a minor place near Mickley, in Northumberland, from the dative form of the Old English personal name Ælfhere, which is composed of the elements ælf (“elf”) and here (“army”), + hām (“homestead”). The -t- was presumably inserted for the sake of euphony.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Old English.
Elenas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Elena
Eltringhams
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Eltringham
Pausics
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Pausic
Dethloff
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Dethloffs
form: Dettloff
Etymology: Borrowed from German Dethloff.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Ellenbergs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Ellenberg
Devonshires
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Devonshire
Dethloffs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Dethloff
hitting partner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hitting partners
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
tennis
synonyms: sparring partner
glosses: A player with whom one practises playing rallies, though not as a coach.
McVay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: McVays
Etymology: Variant of McVey.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Maness
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Manesses
Etymology: Probably a variant of Dutch Manes.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Dutch.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Lee County, Virginia, United States.
Manesses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Maness
McVays
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McVay
Ottesen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ottesens
form: Otteson
Etymology: Borrowed from Danish and Norwegian Ottesen.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
tip down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: tips down
form: tipping down
form: tipped down
form: tipped down
Senses: synonyms: tip it down
glosses: to rain heavily.
Related terms: rain cats and dogs
Ottesens
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Ottesen
Heily
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Heilys
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Atherton ctenotus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Atherton ctenotuses
Etymology: From Atherton + ctenotus (Skink in genus "Ctenotus").
Senses: glosses: Ctenotus monticola, a species of skink in the genus Ctenotus.
Hypernyms: ctenotus
little black serotine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: little black serotines
Senses: glosses: Any of species Neoeptesicus andinus (syn. Eptesicus andinus) of serotine vesper bats.
big-eyed tree frog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: big-eyed tree frogs
Etymology: From their arboreality and relatively large eyes.
Senses: glosses: A common name for a variety of treefrog species:
Leptopelis vermiculatus, from East Africa (viz. Tanzania);
glosses: A common name for a variety of treefrog species:
Leptopelis macrotis, found in West Africa (specifically, Sierra Leone, southern Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, and southern Ghana);
glosses: A common name for a variety of treefrog species:
Ranoidea exophthalmia (syn. Litoria exophthalmia), from Papua New Guinea.
Soʻx
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sokh
Senses: glosses: A district of Fergana, Uzbekistan.
Akwa Ibom
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the Kwa Ibo River that flows in the state, ultimately of Ibibio origin.
Senses: glosses: A state of Nigeria in the South South geopolitical zone. Capital and largest city: Uyo.
wikipedia: Kwa Ibo River
Uyo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The largest city and state capital of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria.
planthropology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: planthropologies
Etymology: Coined by anthropologist Natasha Myers, from plant + anthropology
Senses: examples: text: We must get to know plants intimately and on their terms. And so we need a planthropology (Myers 2015a) to document the affective ecologies taking shape between plants and people, to learn to listen to their demands for unpaved land and for a time outside of the rhythms of capitalist extraction.
ref: 2016, Natasha Myers, “Photosynthesis”, in Society for Cultural Anthropology:
text: As anthropology questions the boundaries between human and plant lives with the plant turn and a planthropology (Myers 2017), so too is plant science questioning long-held assumptions about plant behavior and communication.
ref: 2019, Theresa L. Miller, Plant Kin: A Multispecies Ethnography in Indigenous Brazil, University of Texas Press, page 6:
text: Using human-plant relationships to help understand human culture is known as 'planthropology' (Myers 2017).
ref: 2021, Laura Pountney, Tomislav Marić, Introducing Anthropology: What Makes Us Human?, Polity Press:
glosses: The study of plants in order to understand their relationships to humans and human culture.
planthropologies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Nathen, for instance, asks for a restructuring of the narrative of ethnography and for the production of tracts outside the ethnos in ethnography. To do so, she follows writers like Myers (2015) who suggest the possibility of planthropologies.
ref: 2018, Diana Gibson, William Ellis, “Human and plant interfaces: relationality, knowledge and practices”, in Anthropology Southern Africa, volume 41, number 2, →DOI, page 77:
glosses: plural of planthropology
planthropological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: 2019, Tihana Nathen, "Planthropology: an anthropology of plant practices among Rastafarian Kruiedokters in the Western Cape" (abstract), National Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences Annual Doctoral Conference, p. 116.
This kind of planthropological approach is still a nascent yet growing scholarship in anthropological research.
glosses: Of or pertaining to planthropology.
Morton and Hanthorpe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England.
Hanthorpe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Morton and Hanthorpe parish, South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0824).
drill pipe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drill pipes
Senses: glosses: A thin-walled metal alloy pipe used on drilling rigs.
drinks cabinet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drinks cabinets
Senses: glosses: A cellarette.
drip coffee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drip coffees
Senses: synonyms: filter coffee
glosses: Coffee made by brewing.
driver's seat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: driver's seats
Senses: synonyms: word: driving seat
coordinate_terms: passenger seat
glosses: The seat in a vehicle where the driver sits.
examples: text: in the driver's seat
text: The veteran-laden Rams (12-4) are in the driver’s seat to win the N.F.C. West. Los Angeles will take the prize with a win against the 49ers at home or a loss by the Cardinals (11-5) to the Seahawks.
ref: 2022 January 4, Victor Mather, “N.F.L.’s Week 18 Will Sort Playoff Berths”, in The New York Times:
text: That can increase efficiency (when the suggestion is indeed what you had in mind) and spark new ideas (when the suggestion isn’t quite what you had in mind), while keeping the human user in the driver’s seat.
ref: 2025 June 24, Tim Wu, “A.I. Doesn’t Have to Mean a ‘White-Collar Blood Bath’ of Job Loss”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
synonyms: word: driving seat
glosses: A position of control or dominance.
driving glove
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: driving gloves
Senses: glosses: A glove worn when driving to protect the hands from the steering wheel, or to improve grip
dropmaster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dropmasters
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A person in charge of dropping items (equipment, weapons, or parachutists) out of an aircraft
drop pass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drop passes
Senses: topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
netball
sports
glosses: A high pass for a catcher who will move into free space to receive the ball
drunk-driving
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: drink-driving
dual economy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dual economies
Senses: glosses: the existence of two separate economic sectors within one country, divided by different levels of development, technology, and different patterns of demand.
Dubayy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Dubai.
dumb blond
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dumb blonds
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of dumb blonde.
duty officer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: duty officers
Senses: glosses: An officer who is on duty at a particular time.
Morton on the Hill
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish (without a council) in Broadland district, Norfolk, England.