cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
peacockery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peacockeries
Etymology: From peacock + -ery; the (male) peacock puts on showy displays of his tailfeathers.
Senses: examples: text: […] he was so deeply struck with the shock of this revelation that he actually forgot himself and his own peacockery.
ref: 1880, Walter Besant, James Rice, chapter XXIV, in The Seamy Side, London: Chatto & Windus, published 1888, page 280:
text: Designs ranged from elaborate peacockery to sexy sheaths of black sequins, to puffs of lace topped with sparkling rhinestones.
ref: 1946 November 11, “The New Elegance”, in Time:
text: Shoots break from the earth, leaves unfurl auspiciously and peacockeries of colour—dashing golds, purples and whites—illuminate the grounds.
ref: 1998, Des Kennedy, An Ecology of Enchantment, page 64:
text: I have always thought of the word “macho” in terms of what it means in Mexico—a particularly ugly peacockery, a conspicuous cruelty to women and animals and children, a gratuitous viciousness.
ref: 2002, Jim Harrison, Robert J. DeMott, Conversations with Jim Harrison, Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, page 75:
glosses: Gaudy showiness; ostentation.
Related terms: cock of the roost
cock of the walk
finery
resplendence
peacockeries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peacockery
rollmops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rollmop
rollmops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rollmops
Senses: examples: text: This guide was much addicted to indulgence of a peculiar form of twisted English and at odd moments given to the consumption of a delicacy of strictly Germanic origin, known in the language of the Teutons as a rollmops. A rollmops consists of a large dilled cucumber, with a pickled herring coiled round it ready to strike, in the design of the rattlesnake-and-pinetree flag of the Revolution, the motto in both instances being in effect: "Don't monkey with the buzz saw!"
ref: 1914, Irvin S. Cobb, “The Combustible Captain of Vienna”, in Europe Revised:
text: Father poured a shot of vodka for each of his guests and for himself, and each of them pierced a rollmops with a fork.
ref: 2001, Frank Stiffel, The Oxymoron Factor: Franek: Stranger in My Land, page 46:
glosses: Alternative form of rollmop.
techdom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tech + -dom.
Senses: examples: text: The “up to 300 Mbps” you see in the ads is among the most preposterous exaggerations in all of techdom.
ref: 2007 April 12, David Pogue, “A Faster Wi-Fi World Is Coming”, in New York Times:
text: Of all the peculiar terms you may encounter in techdom, Bluetooth is one of our favorites.
ref: 2009, Edward C. Baig, Bob LeVitus, iPhone For Dummies:
glosses: The world or sphere of technology.
nonlatex
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + latex.
Senses: examples: text: However, substantial proportions of participants preferred the nonlatex condom or reported that they would recommend its use to others.
ref: 2009, Albert Altchek, Liane Deligdisch, Pediatric, Adolescent and Young Adult Gynecology:
glosses: Not of or pertaining to latex.
arsenicosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From arsenic + -osis.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: arsenic poisoning
nonshiny
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + shiny.
Senses: examples: text: Nonshiny paper is the best choice for this printer.
glosses: Not shiny.
unshiny
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + shiny.
Senses: glosses: Not shiny.
double-plus-ungood
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: doubleplusungood
form: double-plus ungood
form: double plus ungood
form: ++ungood
Etymology: Coined by George Orwell (as doubleplusungood) in 1949 as part of the Newspeak in his novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.
Senses: examples: text: There's only one problem. Files converted from Word Perfect to Q&A format don't work with Q&A. Q&A thinks it has read in the file, but then the whole mess blows up. Ungood. Double plus ungood.
ref: 1990 March 19, Jerry Pournelle, “Federal Expres Can Even Deliver the File Transfer Blues”, in InfoWorld, volume 12, number 12, InfoWorld Media Group, Inc., →ISSN, page 54:
text: But no excuses for the idiots who did the Cenotaph, double plus ungood!!
ref: 2000 May 2, "[destroy]", “Re:You fucking bastards”, in uk.local.london (Usenet):
text: In the former case, obtaining the current version from the object store appears to be a form of “reset” operation [...]. That is double-plus ungood Git thinking.¶ In the latter case, an earlier version of the file is pulled out of the object store and placed into your working directory. This has the appearance of being a “revert” operation on the file. That too is double-plus ungood Git thinking.
ref: 2009, Jon Loeliger, “Altering Commits”, in Version Control with Git, volume 2008, O'Reilly Media, Inc., →ISBN, page 162:
text: Summary: Mozilla Metathought seems ++Ungood
ref: , "The other Winston Smith", “Mozilla Metathought seems ++Ungood”, in mozilla.feedback.firefox (Usenet):
antonyms: double-plus-good
glosses: Terrible, very bad.
wikipedia: Nineteen Eighty-Four
disablements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of disablement
arthroplast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arthroplasts
Etymology: From arthro- + -plast.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: An artificial joint
Related terms: arthroplasty
++ungood
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Citizens (rikard) report 25-7-97 ++ungood
ref: 1997 July 25, rikard, “Configuration is IMPORTANT”, in demon.service (Usenet):
text: [see title]
ref: 1999 May 13, ALLEN & SUE TREUHAFT, “Grrr. Humbrol Satin Clear on Tameo Rubber ++ungood.”, in rec.models.scale (Usenet):
text: Citizen, ++ ungood comment. refs ++ ungood view of bb. you may be selected for mini love.
ref: 2005 February 8, RattyBoy, “Article: Where There's Smoke, It Wouldn't Lead to Firing”, in alt.support.stop-smoking (Usenet):
text: Summary: Mozilla Metathought seems ++Ungood
ref: 2010 February 22, The other Winston Smith, “[Hendrix] Mozilla Metathought seems ++Ungood”, in mozilla.feedback.firefox (Usenet):
glosses: Alternative spelling of double-plus-ungood.
double plus ungood
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of double-plus-ungood.
double-plus ungood
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of double-plus-ungood.
hyperclean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hyperclean
form: most hyperclean
Etymology: From hyper- + clean.
Senses: examples: text: The hyperclean Dia style, evident in all large Chelsea galleries, is in full cry around the corner at the new Gagosian space on West 21st Street.
ref: 2007 April 13, Roberta Smith, “Space Redefined in Chelsea”, in New York Times:
glosses: Exceptionally clean.
chlorprothixene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A particular thioxanthene antipsychotic
postminimalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: postminimalists
Etymology: From post- + minimalist.
Senses: glosses: One who works in the style of postminimalism.
postminimalists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of postminimalist
splinterings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of splintering
choriocapillaris
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The capillary layer of the choroid of the eye
Related terms: choriocapillaritis
spoutings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spouting
Tejano
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Tejanos
Etymology: From Spanish tejano, originally a translation of Texan from English.
Senses: examples: text: But when Santa Anna’s forces invaded the renegade province, Seguín and other Tejano leaders joined the secessionists in proclaiming an independent Republic of Texas
ref: 2011, Colin Woodard, chapter 19, in American nations, New York: Penguin, →ISBN:
glosses: A Spanish colonial settler of the region that later became Texas.
synonyms: Texican
Tex-Mexican
coordinate_terms: Tejana
glosses: A Texan (especially male) of Mexican descent.
examples: text: Calderon points out as evidence an increase in Tejano record sales worldwide, and the meteoric rise of the young late Tejano recording artist, Selena Quintanilla-Perez.
ref: 2000, David Maciel, Isidro D. Ortiz, María Herrera-Sobek, Chicano Renaissance: Contemporary Cultural Trends, University of Arizona Press, →ISBN:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
synonyms: Tex-Mex music
Tejano music
coordinate_terms: norteño
glosses: Various forms of folk and popular music originating among the Mexican-American populations of Central and Southern Texas.
Tejanos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Tejano
tribespeoples
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tribespeople
workmasters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of workmaster
arthroplasts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arthroplast
tokenlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tokenlike
form: most tokenlike
Etymology: From token + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a token.
cilastatin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
pharmacology
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A dehydropeptidase inhibitor that is used in association with certain antibiotics to prevent them being inactivated
barrierlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more barrierlike
form: most barrierlike
form: barrier-like
Etymology: From barrier + -like.
Senses: examples: text: (In the catalog, she makes a provocative comparison with Richard Serra’s barrierlike sculptures.)
ref: 2007 April 14, Holland Cotter, “Snap Judgments of Israel, More Than Words Can Say”, in New York Times:
glosses: resembling or characteristic of a barrier
dipeptidase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dipeptidases
Etymology: From dipeptide + -ase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of enzymes that hydrolyze dipeptides in the small intestine.
Derived terms: peptidyldipeptidase
dipeptidases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dipeptidase
clinafloxacin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From [Term?] + -floxacin (“nalidixic acid derivative”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A particular fluoroquinolone antibiotic.
horsehead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: horseheads
Etymology: From horse + head.
Senses: glosses: The head of a horse.
glosses: A pump for pumping oil from an oil well.
glosses: A steel girder supporting the roof of a mine tunnel.
Derived terms: horsehead fiddle
Horsehead Nebula
horseheads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of horsehead
ladykilling
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ladykilling
form: most ladykilling
Etymology: From lady + killing.
Senses: examples: text: That was when he played Jimmy Bond, an Americanized version of Ian Fleming’s ladykilling international spy, in an adaptation of “Casino Royale” for the CBS anthology series “Climax!”
ref: 2007 April 14, Stuart Lavietes, “Barry Nelson, Broadway and Film Actor, Dies at 86”, in New York Times:
glosses: Womanizing, like a lady-killer.
dehydropeptidase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dehydropeptidases
Etymology: From de- + hydro- + peptidase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a particular group of dipeptidases
nonprint
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + print.
Senses: examples: text: Mr. Haskell, 38, will oversee sales and advertising for nytimes.com and will play a crucial role in helping the company expand its digital advertising as it seeks more revenue from nonprint sources.
ref: 2007 April 14, The New York Times, “New Appointments at the Times Company”, in New York Times:
glosses: Being or pertaining to a source not found in print; not in print.
dehydropeptidases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dehydropeptidase
cointerventions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cointervention
pseudospiritual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pseudospiritual
form: most pseudospiritual
Etymology: From pseudo- + spiritual.
Senses: examples: text: The difference lies in true, healthy spiritual life versus pseudospiritual manipulation. God gave us our minds for a reason...
ref: 1999, Ben Young, Sam Adams, The Ten Commandments of Dating:
glosses: Apparently, but not truly, spiritual.
Related terms: pseudospirituality
uncommoner
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of uncommon: more uncommon
uncommonest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of uncommon: most uncommon
cointervention
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cointerventions
form: co-intervention
Etymology: From co- + intervention.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Any additional procedure applied to members of either the study group or the control group in a randomized, controlled trial
albondiga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: albondigas
Etymology: From Spanish albóndiga (“meatball”).
Senses: examples: text: Tapas selections like Spanish omelets, mussels romesco, ceviche, jumbo shrimp with garlic, and albondigas — meatballs with tomato mint sauce — share the menu with larger plates like chicken and wild mushroom paella, and grilled pork chop with savoy cabbage, bacon and apple puree.
ref: 2007 April 15, “Expanding the Options”, in New York Times:
glosses: A Spanish or Latin American variety of meatball.
albondigas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of albondiga
albondigas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A Mexican soup made with albóndigas (Spanish meatballs).
contextualised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of contextualise
dilutional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From dilution + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to dilution.
glosses: That dilutes.
Derived terms: dilutional hyponatremia
hemodilutional
predilutional
thermodilutional
clearheadedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From clearheaded + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being clearheaded.
clearheadedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more clearheadedly
form: most clearheadedly
Etymology: From clearheaded + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a clearheaded manner.
endophthalmitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: endophthalmitides
form: endophthalmites
Etymology: From endo- + ophthalmo- + -itis.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Inflammation of the interior of the eye.
contextualise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: contextualises
form: contextualising
form: contextualised
form: contextualised
Senses: examples: text: "Secrets of the London Underground is completely unscripted. It is just me and Tim going to a location, and I have to contextualise where we are.
ref: 2022 July 13, Siddy Holloway tells Tom Allett, “There are definitely more stories to tell”, in RAIL, number 961, page 50:
glosses: Alternative spelling of contextualize.
Derived terms: recontextualise
undercontextualise
contextualises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of contextualise
contextualising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of contextualise
endoprosthetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From endo- + prosthetic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to an endoprosthesis
endoprosthetic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: endoprosthetics
Etymology: From endo- + prosthetic.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of endoprosthesis.
synonyms: word: endoprosthesis
contextualizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: contextualizers
form: contextualiser
Etymology: From contextualize + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who, or that which, contextualizes.
contextualizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of contextualizer
extracapsular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From extra- + capsular.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Situated outside a capsule, especially outside the capsular ligament of a joint.
counterreaction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: counterreactions
Etymology: From counter- + reaction.
Senses: examples: text: There will be a very serious counterreaction, certainly in conventional military buildups but also in examining the nuclear option.”
ref: 2007 April 15, William J. Broad, “With Eye on Iran, Rivals Also Want Nuclear Power”, in New York Times:
glosses: An action taken in response to a prior reaction.
counterreactions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of counterreaction
counterriot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: counterriots
Etymology: From counter- + riot.
Senses: examples: text: For two days and nights, since rumors first stole across the bridge with whispers of 500 rebel Arsiyah put to death in the yard of the Qomr, the fugitive partners had been trapped by riot and counterriot with 15 whores, male and female, among them Hanukkah’s beloved Sarah; the procuress Celestial Hind, supposedly a bastard half-sister of the kagan; a cat; a weasel; and an ill-tempered macaque called Fortunatus, a name that delighted Amram, being “Zelikman” put into Latin.
ref: 2007 April 15, Michael Chabon, “‘Gentlemen of the Road’”, in New York Times:
glosses: A riot triggered by another riot.
counterriots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of counterriot
fetopathy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fetopathies
form: foetopathy
Etymology: From feto- + -pathy.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Any disease of a fetus.
emblematize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: emblematizes
form: emblematizing
form: emblematized
form: emblematized
Senses: glosses: To stand as an emblem for; to represent; to emblemize.
emblematizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of emblematize
emblematizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of emblematize
emblematized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of emblematize
fetopathies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fetopathy
foetopathy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foetopathies
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of fetopathy.
foetopathies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of foetopathy
galelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more galelike
form: most galelike
Etymology: From gale + -like.
Senses: examples: text: In 1899, galelike winds loosened stones, and Lawrence Brignolia, a blacksmith from suburban Cambridge, was leading when he fell on one.
ref: 2007 April 15, Frank Litsky, “She Didn’t Hit the Wall, She Burst Through It”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a gale of wind.
hemiarthroplasty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hemiarthroplasties
Etymology: From hemi- + arthroplasty.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The replacement of one surface of a joint with artificial material
hypoalbuminaemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of hypoalbuminemia.
Related terms: hypoalbuminaemic
hypoalbuminemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hypo- + albuminemia.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: The presence of an abnormally low concentration of albumin in the blood.
Related terms: hypoalbuminemic
albuminemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: albuminaemia
form: albuminæmia
Etymology: From albumin + -emia.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: The (normal) presence of albumin in the blood.
Derived terms: hyperalbuminemia
hypoalbuminemia
microalbuminemia
normoalbuminemia
geoeconomic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From geo- + economic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to geoeconomics.
Derived terms: geoeconomically
inoculums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inoculum
Synonyms: inocula
geoeconomically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From geoeconomic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In terms of, or with regard to, geoeconomics.
albuminaemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of albuminemia.
Derived terms: bisalbuminaemia
hemiarthroplasties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hemiarthroplasty
intertrochanteric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + trochanteric.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Between the two trochanters of the femur
kaffeeklatsch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kaffeeklatsches
form: kaffeeklatschen
Etymology: Borrowed from German Kaffeeklatsch, 1877.
Senses: glosses: A coffee klatch.
kaffeeklatsches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kaffeeklatsch
kaffeeklatschen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kaffeeklatsch
intraabdominal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: intra-abdominal
form: intrabdominal
Etymology: From intra- + abdominal.
Senses: glosses: Within the cavity of the abdomen
Derived terms: intraabdominally
multidepartment
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + department.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to multiple departments.
Synonyms: multidepartmental
multidepartmental
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + departmental.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to multiple departments.
Synonyms: multidepartment
intraarticular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: intra-articular
Etymology: From intra- + articular.
Senses: examples: text: Intraarticular visualization and suture placement are easier while the patient's knee is unstable and before notchplasty or osseous tunnel drilling can cause bleeding.
ref: 2003, John B. McGinty, Stephen S. Burkhart, Operative Arthroscopy, page 354:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Situated within a joint.
Derived terms: intraarticularly
nonhockey
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + hockey.
Senses: glosses: Not of or pertaining to the sport of hockey.
nonhyphenated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + hyphenated.
Senses: glosses: Not hyphenated.
Synonyms: unhyphenated
intraretinal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛtɪnəl
Etymology: From intra- + retinal.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Within the retina
Derived terms: intraretinally
intravitreally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From intravitreal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an intravitreal manner
noninterview
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + interview.
Senses: glosses: Not of or pertaining to an interview.
noninterview
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: noninterviews
Etymology: From non- + interview.
Senses: examples: text: 12 per cent of noninterviews were people who said they were too busy for the survey.
topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: A person who is not interviewed.
noninterviews
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of noninterview
pivotable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pivotable
form: most pivotable
Etymology: From pivot + -able.
Senses: examples: text: Feist named the album “The Reminder” as “a pivotable riddle: something that could change and feed in and didn’t necessarily have a concrete point to it,” she more or less explained.
ref: 2007 April 15, Jon Pareles, “Just Feist. Just Wait.”, in New York Times:
glosses: Capable of being pivoted.
Derived terms: pivotably
intravitreous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + vitreous.
Senses: glosses: Within the vitreous humour of the eye
Derived terms: intravitreously
supertough
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more supertough
form: most supertough
Etymology: From super- + tough.
Senses: examples: text: a supertough coating
text: A face that makes me look supertough in the minds of my fellow passengers.
ref: 2007 April 15, Jon Glaser, “Tough Guy”, in New York Times:
glosses: Exceptionally tough.
linearisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: linearisations
Etymology: From linearise + -ation or linear + -isation.
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of linearization.
Derived terms: quasilinearisation
Related terms: linearise
epagomenal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɛpəˈɡɒmənəl/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek αἱ ἐπαγόμεναι (ἡμέραι) (hai epagómenai (hēmérai), “the five additional days of the calendar of the Egyptians”), from ἐπάγω (epágō, “I bring in”).
Senses: examples: text: The gods are immortal and therefore they are not born in the human social time of the year; they are born "outside" in the larger frame of the epagomenal days.
ref: 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 211:
text: [The Ancient Egyptian calendar had] 12 months each 30 days long followed by five epagomenal days.
ref: 1997, Leo Depuyt, Civil Calendar and Lunar Calendar in Ancient Egypt, Peeters, page 57:
glosses: induced, provided
Related terms: embolismic
intercalation
flagbearer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flagbearers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of flag-bearer.
Derived terms: flagbearership
flagbearers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flagbearer
futureworld
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: futureworlds
Etymology: From future + world.
Senses: examples: text: The overcast was solid, great plates of corrugated iron fused from horizon to horizon, and the streets glistened in the rain: a metallic futureworld.
ref: 2007 April 16, Robert D. Mcfadden, “East Coast Storm Breaks Rainfall Records”, in New York Times:
glosses: A world with a futuristic appearance.
miniscreen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: miniscreens
Etymology: From mini- + screen.
Senses: examples: text: With this phrase Hollywood war horses typically mean that stories are stories, and you can tell them on maxiscreens, miniscreens or fragments of screens fitted to the retina.
ref: 2007 April 16, Virginia Heffernan, “Who Is the Player King Behind ‘Prom Queen’?”, in New York Times:
glosses: A miniature screen.
miniscreens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of miniscreen
minisatellites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of minisatellite
minusculely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more minusculely
form: most minusculely
Etymology: From minuscule + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a minuscule manner.
macrocell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: macrocells
Etymology: From macro- + cell.
Senses: glosses: The largest and most powerful type of mobile phone cell.
muleback
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmjuːlbak/
Etymology: From mule + back, after horseback.
Senses: examples: text: A tiny, upright figure on muleback, she wore a hat of deep red, her auburn hair falling down about her shoulders.
ref: 2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin, published 2012, page 60:
glosses: The back of a mule.
mulebacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of muleback
macrocells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of macrocell
nonblonde
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + blonde.
Senses: glosses: Not blonde.
nonblonde
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonblondes
Etymology: From non- + blonde.
Senses: examples: text: Our Miss Marple here is Danica Ashby (Laura Howard), a British nonblonde who keeps stumbling into American mysteries, including the overhyping of the prom, the unique frivolity of California girls and the hypocrisy of the soccer coach who resolves to show his opponents no mercy just before kneeling to pray.
ref: 2007 April 16, Virginia Heffernan, “Who Is the Player King Behind ‘Prom Queen’?”, in New York Times:
glosses: One who is not a blonde.
nonblondes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonblonde
nonbleaching
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + bleaching.
Senses: glosses: That does not bleach.
maculopathy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌmækjʊˈlɒpəθi/
Forms: form: maculopathies
Etymology: From macula + -o- + -pathy.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Any disease of the macula of the eye.
metaphyseal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the metaphysis
Derived terms: craniometaphyseal
epimetaphyseal
frontometaphyseal
Jansen's metaphyseal chondrodysplasia
Jansen metaphyseal dysostosis
Murk Jansen-type metaphyseal chondrodysplasia
spondylometaphyseal
maculopathies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of maculopathy
metaphysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /məˈtæfɪsɪs/
Forms: form: metaphyses
Etymology: From Ancient Greek μετά (metá, “after”) + Ancient Greek φύσις (phúsis, “growth”), equivalent to meta- + -physis.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The part of a long bone that grows during development
glosses: Change of form; transformation.
Related terms: metaphysial
multicentred
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more multicentred
form: most multicentred
Etymology: From multi- + centred.
Senses: glosses: Having multiple centres
glosses: multicentric
perioperatively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From perioperative + -ly.
Senses: examples: Meronyms: preoperatively, postoperatively; presurgically, postsurgically
glosses: In a perioperative manner.
Related terms: nonoperatively
polyspecific
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more polyspecific
form: most polyspecific
Etymology: From poly- + specific.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to multiple species
glosses: Having multiple specificities
Related terms: polyspecificity
risktaking
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of risk-taking.
risktaking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of risk-taking.
pseudonymized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pseudonymised
Etymology: From pseudonym + -ize + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pseudonymize
pseudonymized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pseudonymized
form: most pseudonymized
form: pseudonymised
Etymology: From pseudonym + -ize + -ed.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
law
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Synonym of pseudonymous.
synonyms: word: pseudonymous
pseudonymised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pseudonymise
pseudonymised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pseudonymised
form: most pseudonymised
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of pseudonymized.
bowling creases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bowling crease
bowling averages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bowling average
bull ropes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bull rope
charlocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of charlock
videmus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From the Latin vidēmus (“we see, observe”), the first-person plural present active indicative form of videō (“I see, observe”).
Senses: examples: text: On the whole, their faces are not unbecoming, for they are proportionate to their bodies and therefore adorn their Videmus and appearance.
ref: 1987: A. van Dantzig and Adam Jones (editor), Fontes Historiae Africanae: Series Varia, volume 5: Pieter de Marees, “Description and Historical Account of the Gold Kingdom of Guinea (1602)”, page 29 (illustrated edition; Oxford University Press for The British Academy; →ISBN, 9780197260562)
text: 2000, March 7: David Gruar, alt.uk.a-levels (Google group): revision, 9:00am
> If the plural of frustrum is frustra, why isn’t the plural of sums sa?
Perhaps it should be sumus. Just as the plural of video should be videmus.
text: 2000, April 10: David Gruar, alt.uk.a-levels (Google group): HELP- CAREER NEEDED, 8:00am
I might watch several videmus, certainly. Perhaps before going to some discemus.
text: A bit later, we learn that Muret disagrees both with those who thought that students should start their studies with physics, and with those videmus[.]
ref: 2002, David A. Lines, “Aristotle’s Ethics in the Italian Renaissance (ca. 1300-1650): The Universities and the Problem of Moral Education”, in Education and Society in the Middle Ages and Renaissance, volume 13, Brill, →ISBN, page 338, →ISBN:
qualifier: pedantic
glosses: plural of video
sunkissed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sunkissed
form: most sunkissed
form: sun-kissed
Etymology: From sun + kissed.
Senses: examples: text: Now Greece is making it easier for the rich and famous to fulfill their dreams by preparing to sell, or offering long-term leases on, some of its 6,000 sunkissed islands in a desperate attempt to repay its mountainous debts.
ref: 2010, Elena Moya, Greece starts putting island land up for sale to save economy:
glosses: Sunny (exposed to a high amount of sunlight).
glosses: Rendered warm or brown due to exposure from the sun.
glosses: Having an attractive appearance from recent sun exposure, i.e. a slight tan, often a slight sunburn, and a radiant glow.
glosses: Of black descent.
raw_tags: of a person
sun-kissed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sun-kissed
form: most sun-kissed
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sunkissed.
kissing gates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kissing gate
dynos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dyno
finite verbs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of finite verb
fine legs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fine leg
diegeses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diegesis
five-fors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of five-for
greasy spoons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of greasy spoon
ionic liquids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ionic liquid
bastilles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bastiles
Senses: glosses: plural of bastille
bastilles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bastiles
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bastille
scriggle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: scriggles
form: scriggling
form: scriggled
form: scriggled
Senses: glosses: To squirm, wriggle or squiggle.
glosses: To scribble, jot.
scriggle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scriggles
Senses: glosses: A wriggling motion.
bayans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bayan
bayanist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bayanists
Etymology: From bayan + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A person who plays the bayan.
bayanists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bayanist
subungal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of subungual.
acritochromacy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἄκριτος (ákritos, “indistinguishable”) + χρῶμα (khrôma, “color”) + -acy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Color blindness, achromatopsia.
Molieresque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Molieresque
form: most Molieresque
Etymology: From Molière + -esque.
Senses: glosses: Reminiscent of Molière (Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, 1622–1673), French playwright and actor.
trinkly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more trinkly
form: most trinkly
Senses: examples: text: I went through my Madonna circa "Lucky Star" phase, with netted shirts, funky belts, and arms full of trinkly bracelets.
ref: 2005, Justin Chin, Attack of the man-eating lotus blossoms, page 161:
text: http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=AmAuAAAAIAAJ&q=%22trinkly%22&dq=%22trinkly%22&hl=en&ei=fLspTJe-CIKclge4_LTzAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAw (trinkly dulcimer)
text: http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=aIIVAAAAIAAJ&q=%22trinkly%22&dq=%22trinkly%22&hl=en&ei=fLspTJe-CIKclge4_LTzAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CDkQ6AEwBQ (trinkly song)
text: http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=tdxlAAAAMAAJ&q=%22trinkly%22&dq=%22trinkly%22&hl=en&ei=zrspTPf1D8SclgfOptTWAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCIQ6AEwADgK (trinkly bracelet).
glosses: Tinkly
trinkle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɪŋkəl/
Forms: form: trinkles
form: trinkling
form: trinkled
form: trinkled
Senses: glosses: To trickle.
glosses: To tinkle.
glosses: To play piano, as in "tinkle the ivories."
examples: text: others of them have made it their business to trinkle with the members of parliament
ref: 1672-1673, Andrew Marvell, The Rehearsal Transpos'd:
glosses: To act secretly, or in an underhand way; to tamper.
chinkle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈt͡ʃɪŋkl̩/
rhymes: -ɪŋkəl
Forms: form: chinkles
Etymology: Variation of kinkle.
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A turn or kink in a rope.
chinkle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈt͡ʃɪŋkl̩/
rhymes: -ɪŋkəl
Forms: form: chinkles
form: chinkling
form: chinkled
form: chinkled
Etymology: From chink + -le.
Senses: glosses: To chink or jingle.
examples: text: He chinkled the coins in his pocket.
glosses: To tinkle or cause to tinkle; to produce a continued chinking sound with.
chinkle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈt͡ʃɪŋkl̩/
rhymes: -ɪŋkəl
Forms: form: chinkles
Etymology: From chink + -le.
Senses: examples: text: Adare rang the bell. So still was the night that now the sighing in the room had stopped and the birds had settled down again in their tree, he could hear the chinkle of the bell, tossing on its wire in the kitchen fifty yards away, downstairs.
ref: 1937, Helen Simpson, Under Capricorn:
glosses: A ringing sound of low volume.
strinkle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstɹɪŋkl̩/
rhymes: -ɪŋkəl
Forms: form: strinkles
form: strinkling
form: strinkled
form: strinkled
Etymology: From Middle English strenkelen.
Senses: glosses: to sprinkle or scatter
springle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪŋɡəl
Forms: form: springles
Etymology: From spring + -le.
Senses: glosses: a trap to catch animals, using a spring mechanism.
springle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɪŋɡəl
Forms: form: springles
form: springling
form: springled
form: springled
Etymology: From spring + -le.
Senses: glosses: to sprinkle
friggle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɹɪɡəl/
rhymes: -ɪɡəl
Forms: form: friggles
form: friggling
form: friggled
form: friggled
Etymology: From frig + -le (frequentative suffix).
Senses: glosses: To wriggle.
glosses: To fiddle, fumble, potter around.
swiggle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: swiggles
form: swiggling
form: swiggled
form: swiggled
Senses: glosses: to wriggle, wiggle or squirm
glosses: to drink to excess
vidimus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vidimuses
Etymology: Latin vidimus (“we have seen”).
Senses: glosses: A preliminary drawing of something to be designed and constructed.
glosses: An inspection or audit.
betell
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: betells
form: betelling
form: betold
form: betold
Etymology: From Middle English betellen (“to tell about, calumniate”), from Old English betellan (“to speak about, answer, defend oneself against a charge or accusation”), equivalent to be- (“about, concerning”) + tell.
Senses: examples: text: Occasionally we do see some short-line road whose track and equipment are kept in such good repair as to betell of exceptional prosperity; […]
ref: 1938, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers (U.S.), Locomotive engineers journal:
text: Sid's face disappeared and one of his cursed Gods was glaring instead, through gouged-out sockets that betold of his having loved that which was denied him, a law that not even legends could do away with.
ref: 2001, Donna Morrissey, Kit's Law: A Novel:
text: The air pooled in stillness because the winds had died and would never breathe again, and the silence betold a world of solid stone, where the planetary core had gone cold, where no rivers ran and seas no longer stirred with tides, […]
ref: 2009, Dean R. Koontz, Odd Hours:
glosses: To speak or tell about; declare; narrate; describe.
glosses: To speak for; answer for; justify.
glosses: To lay claim to; win; rescue.
glosses: To talk about negatively; slander; calumniate; deride; deceive.
quasiexperimental
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: quasi-experimental
Etymology: From quasi- + experimental.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Describing a trial in which the assignment to a group is based upon an experimental condition
quasirandomised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: quasi-randomised
form: quasirandomized
form: quasi-randomized
Etymology: From quasi- + randomised.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Describing a trial in which a quasirandom method is used to assign participants to groups
radiobiological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From radio- + biological.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to radiobiology
reoperation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reoperations
Etymology: From re- + operation.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: A second or subsequent operation
reoperations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reoperation
rhegmatogenous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Caused by a rhegma
rhegma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rhegmas
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ῥῆγμα (rhêgma, “breaking, fracture”). Doublet of regma.
Senses: glosses: A rupture or fracture.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Alternative form of regma.
serodiscordance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sero- + discordance.
Senses: examples: text: Poor knowledge of HIV serodiscordance, transmission, and prevention contribute to HIV transmission risk.
ref: 2015, W. Kilembe with Wall, K. M.; Mokgoro, M.; Mwaanga, A.; Dissen, E.; Kamusoko, M; et al., “Knowledge of HIV Serodiscordance, Transmission, and Prevention among Couples in Durban, South Africa”, in PLOS ONE, volume 10, number 4, →DOI:
topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: The condition of being serodiscordant.
serotypically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From serotypical + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a serotypical manner
glosses: With respect to a serotype
serotypical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sero- + typical.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to serotypes
subanalyses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subanalysis
subfoveal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + foveal.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Underneath the fovea
subretinal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛtɪnəl
Etymology: From sub- + retinal.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Underneath the retina
subtrochanteric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + trochanteric.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Beneath the trochanter of the femur
trochanteric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From trochanter + -ic.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to the trochanter of the femur
Derived terms: hypotrochanteric
infratrochanteric
intertrochanteric
intratrochanteric
peritrochanteric
pertrochanteric
pretrochanteric
subtrochanteric
tachycardic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or exhibiting tachycardia
Derived terms: antitachycardic
tranquillisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tranquillisations
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of tranquillization.
tranquillization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tranquillizations
Etymology: From tranquilize + -ation.
Senses: glosses: The act of tranquillizing; calming
sclerotial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to a sclerotium
unrefracted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + refracted.
Senses: glosses: Not refracted
roommatehood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From roommate + -hood.
Senses: examples: text: Correct. You've passed the first barrier to roommatehood. You may enter.
ref: 2010, Sheldon Cooper, The Big Bang Theory, Season 3, Episode 22, The Staircase Implementation, 03:46
glosses: The state of being a roommate.
con games
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of con game
moonburn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: moonburns
Etymology: From moon + burn, by analogy with sunburn.
Senses: examples: text: Researchers say the light of the full moon causes the Earth to heat up, ever so slightly. "Moonburn is not a problem," climate expert Robert C. Balling said.
ref: 1995 March 10, “Moonlight Causes Slight Warming on Earth, Study Finds”, in Los Angeles Times:
text: "Last night, the moon was so bright I could have gotten a moonburn," he says.
ref: 1996 January 28, Jeff Klinkenberg, “An Uneasy Balance”, in St. Petersburg Times:
text: Colon A ("By day the sun will not strike you") makes sense, given the strong Mediterranean sun. But to the best of my knowledge, no one has ever suffered moonburn.
ref: 2005, Marc Zvi Brettler, How to Read the Bible, Jewish Publication Society, →ISBN, page 165:
text: Her husband, Walker, 38, laughs and says Teresa might start carrying one at night to protect against "moonburn."
ref: 2006 August 1, Linton Weeks, “Washington Coverup”, in The Washington Post:
text: Sheldon Cooper: I should have brought an umbrella.
Leonard Hofstadter: What for? It's not gonna rain.
Sheldon Cooper: I know that. But with skin as fair as mine, moonburn is a real possibility.
ref: 2010 May 24, Lee Aronsohn, Steven Molaro & Steve Holland, "The Lunar Excitation", episode 3-23 of The Big Bang Theory, 00:00
glosses: A hypothetical burn on the skin caused by excess exposure to moonlight.
Related terms: rainburn
financial year
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: financial years
Senses: examples: text: As yet, we don't know what the comparable figures will be like for the current financial year which ends in March 2022, but we can have a good stab at approximating them.
ref: 2022 January 12, Sir Michael Holden, “Reform of the workforce or death by a thousand cuts?”, in RAIL, number 948, page 22:
topics: accounting
business
finance
glosses: Synonym of fiscal year.
synonyms: word: fiscal year
financial years
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of financial year
socialistically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more socialistically
form: most socialistically
Etymology: From socialistic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: in a socialist manner, like a socialist
videnda
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of videndum