cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
phosphatocopids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phosphatocopid
phosphofructose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: fructose phosphate
photoreceptoral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to photoreceptors
phycocolloids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phycocolloid
phytometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phytometers
Etymology: From phyto- + -meter.
Senses: glosses: Any plant used as a phytometric standard
phytometers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phytometer
phytopathogenous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From phyto- + pathogenous.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of phytopathogenic.
picoalga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: picoalgae
Etymology: From pico- + alga.
Senses: glosses: Any very small alga
Related terms: picoalgal
fideicommissary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fideicommissaries
Senses: topics: law
glosses: The beneficiary of a fideicommissum.
fideicommissary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to a fideicommissum.
plastoribosome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plastoribosomes
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A prokaryotic ribosome
Related terms: cytoribosome
platycopid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: platycopids
Senses: glosses: Any ostracod of the order Platycopida
platycopids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of platycopid
podocopid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: podocopids
Senses: examples: text: According to the latter authors, domatial dimorphism takes the form of a special posterior domiciliar space for egg/brood care in females, and is found in extant ostracods such as cytherellids and the podocopid Cyprideis lineage as well as in extinct Palaeozoic groups such as kloedenellids, monotiopleurids and leperditellids.
ref: 1998, Koen Martens, Sex and Parthenogenesis, page 188:
glosses: Any ostracod of the order Podocopida
podocopids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of podocopid
polypeptidyl
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From poly- + peptidyl.
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or composed of polypeptides
porine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: porines
Senses: glosses: Any fungus of the family Porinaceae
porines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of porine
preacylation
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + acylation.
Senses: glosses: Prior to acylation
preacylation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pre- + acylation.
Senses: glosses: acylation prior to some other operation
paleocoordinates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paleocoordinate
precolumns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of precolumn
prohaemocyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prohaemocytes
Etymology: From pro- + haemocyte.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of prohemocyte.
prohaemocytes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prohaemocyte
protochromosome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: protochromosomes
Senses: glosses: A mass of chromatin in a cell nucleus that develops into a chromosome
protochromosomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of protochromosome
protoconversational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From proto- + conversational.
Senses: glosses: Relating to a protoconversation
psiloparmelioid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: relating to lichen of the genus Psiloparmelia
pyrenol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pyrenols
Etymology: From pyrene + -ol.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any phenol derived from pyrene
pyrenols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pyrenol
pyruvamide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The amide of pyruvic acid CH₃-CO-CONH₂
quadripetal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From quadri- + petal.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having four petals
paleocoordinate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paleocoordinates
Etymology: From paleo- + coordinate.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A geographical coordinate at a past time accounting for the effects of plate tectonics, etc.
processionism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From procession + -ism.
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: A theological subject of research, within Christian pneumatology, dealing with the procession of the Holy Spirit.
Derived terms: monoprocessionism
Related terms: emanationism
pneumatology
Holy Spirit
radiotransmitter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radiotransmitters
Etymology: From radio + transmitter.
Senses: glosses: A radio transmitter
Related terms: radiotransmission
radiotransmitters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of radiotransmitter
regulational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From regulation + -al.
Senses: glosses: That regulates
residualization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: residualizations
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of residualisation.
reticulogeniculate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪkjʊlɪt
Etymology: From reticulo- + geniculate.
Senses: glosses: reticulate and geniculate
retrodifferentiation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From retro- + differentiation.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: retrograde differentiation (of cells)
Related terms: retrodifferentiate
retrotransduction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From retro- + transduction.
Senses: glosses: retrograde transduction (of DNA)
Related terms: retrotransduce
rhombosortase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rhombosortases
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any rhomboid sortase (present in many bacteria)
rhombosortases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rhombosortase
schlerophyllous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of sclerophyllous.
semicontinuously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From semi- + continuously.
Senses: glosses: In a semicontinuous manner
socioeconomical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of socioeconomic.
staphlokinase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of staphylokinase.
stenoecious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From steno- + -oecious.
Senses: topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
glosses: That can live in only a restrictive range of habitats
raw_tags: of an organism
subarctometatarsalian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the subarctometatarsus
subarctometatarsus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subarctometatarsi
Etymology: From sub- + arctometatarsus.
Senses: glosses: A plesiomorphic form of arctometatarsus present in some theropod dinosaurs
arctometatarsus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of arctometatarsal.
synonyms: word: arctometatarsal
Derived terms: subarctometatarsus
subcrustose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + crustose.
Senses: glosses: Intermediate between crustose and foliose
raw_tags: of a lichen
subpicogram
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + picogram.
Senses: glosses: Having a mass of less than a picogram
suprastoichiometric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From supra- + stoichiometric.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Greater than stoichiometric
tactoidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tactoid + -al.
Senses: glosses: Relating to a tactoid
tebufenoxide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of tebufenozide.
teledermatologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: teledermatologists
Etymology: From tele- + dermatologist.
Senses: glosses: A dermatologist who practices teledermatology
teledermatologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of teledermatologist
tetradecapeptide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tetradecapeptides
Etymology: From tetradeca- + peptide.
Senses: glosses: An oligopeptide composed of fourteen amino acid residues
tetradecapeptides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tetradecapeptide
tetrafunctionalized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tetra- + functionalized.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Having four (typically different) functional groups
thalassinidean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thalassinideans
Senses: glosses: A decapod crustacean of the former infraorder Thalassinidea
thalassinideans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thalassinidean
thioglycol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thioglycols
Etymology: From thio- + glycol.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any compound that is both a thiol and an alcohol having the two functional groups on adjacent carbon atoms
thyropin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thyropins
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of thyroglobulins that are proteinase inhibitors
thyropins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thyropin
transinformation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: transinformations
Etymology: From trans- + information.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of mutual information.
synonyms: word: mutual information
trihydroxylated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tri- + hydroxylated.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Modified by the addition of three hydroxyl groups
univariated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of univariate.
viperidic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From viperid (“member of the family Viperidae”, noun) + -ic (suffix forming adjectives).
Senses: examples: text: It was also shown that M. corallinus natriuretic peptide is more similar to a natriuretic peptide characterized from the Elapidic snake Dendroaspis angusticeps (Schweitz, 1992) than to the B. jararaca CNP characterized from the viperidic snake Bothrops jararaca (Murayama et al., 1997).
ref: 1997 November, Paulo Lee Ho, Marcelo Bento Soares, Thomas Maack, Ignacio Gimenez, Giuseppe Puorto, Maria de Fátima Domingues Furtado, Isaias Raw, “Cloning of an Unusual Natriuretic Peptide from the South American Coral Snake Micrurus corallinus”, in European journal of Biochemistry, volume 250, number 1, page 146:
text: Thus, 2 elapidic and 13 viperidic venoms were analyzed by basic PAGE, from which characteristic electrophoretic patterns could be obtained (Figure 1A).
ref: 1998, A.M. Soares, L.H. Anzaloni Pedrosa, M.R.M. Fontes, R.J. Da Silva, J.R. Giglio, “Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis as a tool for the taxonomic identification of snakes from the Elapidae and Viperidae families”, in Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins, volume 4, number 2:
text: One of the main problems regarding viperidic accidents is prominent local tissue damage whose pathogenesis is complex and involves the combined actions of a variety of venom components.
ref: 2011 December, Juliana I. dos Santos, Fábio F. Cardoso, Andreimar M. Soares, Maeli dal Pai Silva, Márcia Gallacci, and Marcos R. M. Fontes, “Structural and functional studies of a bothropic myotoxin complexed to rosmarinic acid: new insights into Lys49-PLA₂ inhibition”, in PloS One, volume 6, number 12:
qualifier: non-native
glosses: Of, belonging to, or relating to viperids.
vitreotome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vitreotomes
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: An instrument used in vitrectomy
fuckle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fuckles
Etymology: From fuck + -le.
Senses: examples: text: You fuckle, hoose!
ref: 2003 January 16, Jade, “Bob claims he was troll baiting”, in soc.men (Usenet):
text: He's definitely fuckle material. Now that Izzy seems to be jelling, Tom is grasping for the king fuckle title.
ref: 2004 January 18, BrutalNoodle, “Top Ten Albums Of 2003”, in alt.music.slayer (Usenet):
text: You tell him Izzy, he's a god damn fuckle. He is a fuckle's fuckle.
ref: 2004 February 1, Wyrd, “hehe”, in alt.rock-n-roll.metal.metallica (Usenet):
text: I bet you're a fuckle too.
ref: 2004 February 18, Wyrd, “Top 100 Guitarists”, in alt.rock-n-roll.metal.metallica (Usenet):
glosses: A loser; a fucker; a person who is viewed with contempt.
Segawa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Segawas
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 瀬川 (Segawa).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Japanese.
Ichikawa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ichikawas
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 市川 (Ichikawa).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Japanese.
achávalite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named achavalite in 1939 after Luis Achával (1870-1938), civil engineer and Professor at Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Renamed achávalite by the IMA in 2015.
Achával + -ite
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A dark grey hexagonal mineral containing iron and selenium.
achalaite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: After the type locality: Achala granite batholith, Córdoba, Argentina
Achala + -ite
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A black monoclinic mineral containing iron, magnesium, niobium, oxygen, titanium, and tantalum.
allochalcoselite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Derived from the Greek άλλος allos meaning different, χαλκός chalkos meaning copper and the element selenium, reflecting the different valences and the behavior of copper in this mineral.
allo + chalco + selenium + -ite
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A brown monoclinic mineral containing chlorine, copper, oxygen, selenium, and lead.
argentobaumhauerite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Originally named Baumhauerite-2a after its similarity to baumhauerite. Renamed argentobaumhauerite by the IMA.
argento- + baumhauerite
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A brown trigonal mineral containing silver, astatine, lead, and sulphur.
referendar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: referendars
Senses: glosses: In Germany, a legal probationer who has passed the first of the two examinations for the judicial service and is currently in preparatory service for the second.
Related terms: referendary
referendars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of referendar
saphena
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: saphenas
form: saphenae
Etymology: From Medieval Latin saphena, from Arabic صَافِن (ṣāfin), from Hebrew צֹפֵן (ṣōfēn, “hiding”).
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A prominent vein or nerve, the saphenous vein
Echeng
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ǔʹchǔngʹ
Forms: form: Ocheng
form: O-ch'eng
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization for the Mandarin 鄂城 (Èchéng).
Senses: examples: text: Japanese warships were said to have passed the boom at Hwangkang and Ocheng, 95 kilometres downstream below Hankow, and to be about to break the boom at Twanfeng, 70 kms. down river from Hankow.
ref: [1938 October 23 [1938 October 22], “Rumors of Advance”, in Hong Kong Sunday Herald, volume XII, number 764, sourced from Hankow, →OCLC, page 4, column 6:
text: Along the 60-mile railroad from the Tayeh iron mines to the Wuhan plant, another small integrated iron and steel complex, with a capacity of 100,000 to 200,000 tons, began to arise in 1958 at Ocheng. This hsien was actually raised to the status of municipality in 1960, but the level of development evidently did not justify such a high administrative level, and Ocheng was returned to hsien status in late 1961.
ref: [1972, Theodore Shabad, “The Middle Yangtze Plain”, in China's Changing Map, New York: Frederick A. Praeger, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 157:
text: Yesterday Ms Yuan recalled how she was forced to become what the Japanese called a 'comfort woman' when she left her family in Hankou to work at a Japanese hostel in Echeng in July 1940.
ref: 2005 August 11, “Former sex slave still fighting for apology”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 Oct 2022:
text: The Chinese take training in information warfare very seriously. The PLA has conducted several field exercises in recent years. An informaticised people’s warfare network simulation exercise was conducted in the Echeng district of Hubei province.
ref: 2007, John R. Vacca, “How Masqueraders Infiltrate a System”, in Practical Internet Security, Springer, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 217:
glosses: A district of Ezhou, Hubei, China.
Related terms: E
an ancient kingdom in the area
tyty
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: thank you.
archism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of hierarchism.
synonyms: word: hierarchism
potentite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An explosive used in blasting.
spiculose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more spiculose
form: most spiculose
Senses: glosses: Having spicules.
spiculous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more spiculous
form: most spiculous
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of spiculose.
advesperating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of advesperate
advesperates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of advesperate
advesperated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of advesperate
measure one's length
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: measures one's length
form: measuring one's length
form: measured one's length
form: measured one's length
Senses: glosses: To fall or be thrown down at full length.
coquito nut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coquito nuts
Senses: glosses: The nut of the coquito palm.
coquito nuts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coquito nut
coquito palm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coquito palms
Senses: glosses: Jubaea chilensis, the Chilean palm tree that bears coquito nuts.
coquito palms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coquito palm
coquito oil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Oil made from coquito nuts.
rhabdophoran
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Rhabdophora + -an
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the Rhabdophora.
Hojo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hojos
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 北条 (Hōjō).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Japanese.
cider-and
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A mixture of cider and other spirits.
prime cost
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒst
Senses: glosses: The cost of production, without regard to profit.
monk's seam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monk's seams
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A strong seam formed by laying the selvage-edges of two pieces of canvas over each other and stitching on each side and down the middle.
monkettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monkette
recovery vehicle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: recovery vehicles
Senses: examples: text: He said it was possible the main crane could directly reach some of the wrecked vehicles, but that others might need to be moved within reach using a Kirow rail crane or an Army armoured recovery vehicle such as a CRARRV.
ref: 2020 August 26, “Network News: Mid-September before line reopens, says Network Rail”, in Rail, page 10:
glosses: A vehicle designed and equipped for the recovery of other vehicles, which have either broken down, got stuck, or been involved in an accident.
Hyponyms: breakdown lorry
breakdown truck
recovery truck
tow truck
wrecker
recovery vehicles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of recovery vehicle
Cantuarian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin Cantuaria.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Canterbury, England.
Cantuarian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Cantuarians
Etymology: From Latin Cantuaria.
Senses: glosses: A person from Canterbury
vaporometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vaporometers
Senses: glosses: An instrument for measuring the pressure of a vapour.
vaporometers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vaporometer
Cantuarians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Cantuarian
wataps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of watap
teraphs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of teraph
Honiton lace
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Honiton laces
Senses: glosses: A form of bobbin lace made at Honiton in Devonshire, traditionally based on scrollwork and depictions of natural objects such as flowers and leaves.
Honiton laces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Honiton lace
retroocular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From retro- + ocular.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Behind the eyeball.
honorary mention
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: honorary mentions
Senses: examples: text: The next goal arrived within two minutes, with Eriksen supplying the pass from the right and Lucas firing in a low shot; but an honorary mention should also go to Lloris for his save, at 1-0, to deny Lukaku an equaliser.
ref: 2018 August 27, Daniel Taylor, “Lucas Moura double for Spurs deepens gloom at Manchester United”, in The Guardian (London):
glosses: Synonym of honorable mention.
synonyms: word: honorable mention
Related terms: honorable mention
preventables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of preventable
preventibles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of preventible
unpreventables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of unpreventable
unpreventible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + preventible.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of unpreventable.
thrap
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: thraps
form: thrapping
form: thrapped
form: thrapped
Etymology: Probably from frap (“draw together tightly”).
Senses: glosses: To fasten about.
thraps
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of thrap
thrapped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of thrap
thrapping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of thrap
tone policing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Insistence that another party in a discussion adopts an unconfrontational or relaxed attitude.
tone policing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tone police
wastening
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of wasten
burn one's boats
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: burns one's boats
form: burning one's boats
form: burned one's boats
form: burned one's boats
form: burnt one's boats
form: burnt one's boats
Etymology: * Perhaps in reference to Tariq Ibn Ziyad, who gave the order to burn his own ships when he landed in Gibraltar, beginning the Islamic conquest of Spain in 711.
* Perhaps in reference to Hernán Cortés, who gave the order to destroy his own ships (in reality, by sinking them) when he landed in Veracruz to begin his conquest in 1519.
Senses: glosses: To cut oneself off from all chance of retreat; to stake everything on success.
wikipedia: Hernán Cortés
Tariq Ibn Ziyad
Related terms: burn one's bridges
damn the torpedoes
go for broke
collectathon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: collectathons
Etymology: From collect + -athon.
Senses: examples: text: Rare would go on to produce several 3D platformers in this mould: Donkey Kong 64 (1999) was an absolute collectathon notable for an appalling opening rap and the ability to play as five very different characters […]
ref: 2015, Rich Stanton, A Brief History Of Video Games: From Atari to Virtual Reality, page 202:
text: As if this wasn't already becoming one of the most tedious collectathons ever, the game only bothers to track the total number of Zygarde Cells and Cores you've collected, which you can check by using the Zygarde Cube item from your bag.
ref: 2016, Gamer Guides, Pokémon Sun & Moon - Strategy Guide:
topics: video-games
glosses: Synonym of collect-'em-up.
synonyms: word: collect-'em-up
collectathons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of collectathon
tailshield
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tailshields
Etymology: From tail + shield.
Senses: examples: text: Trilobites have a distinct headshield or cephalon and a distinct tailshield or pygidium, and in both these regions the original segmentation has been suppressed — more completely in the cephalon than in the pygidium — and [...]
ref: 1985, E. W. Nield, Ted Nield, V. C. T. Tucker, Palaeontology, an Introduction:
glosses: The pygidium.
tailshields
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tailshield
width restriction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: width restrictions
Senses: glosses: a place on a road, street or approach to a bridge where the width is restricted by means of posts or bollards on either side. These are designed to limit the size and weight of vehicles that use the road.
width restrictions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of width restriction
pollarchy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From poll + -archy.
Senses: glosses: government by the mob or masses; mobocracy
Capernaitically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more Capernaitically
form: most Capernaitically
Etymology: From Capernaitic + -ally or Capernaitical + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In the manner of the Capernaites.
Capernaitical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Capernaitical
form: most Capernaitical
Senses: glosses: Capernaitic
Capernaitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Capernaitic
form: most Capernaitic
Etymology: From Capernaite + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: Hamann's view, 'co—exist' with multiplicity; there are indeed a variety of meanings for a text: 'literal or grammatical, carnal or dialectical, Capernaitic or historical'.
ref: 2010, Gwen Griffith Dickson, Johann Georg Hamann's Relational Metacriticism, page 106:
glosses: Of or relating to the Capernaites.
Capernaite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Capernaites
Etymology: From Capernaum + -ite, after the town in Galilee; a reference to John, vi. 52 in the Bible.
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: A believer in transubstantiation.
Derived terms: Capernaitic
Capernaitical
Capernaitically
Capernaites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Capernaite
show end
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: show ends
Senses: glosses: The end of a piece of cloth on the outside of the roll, for exhibition to customers.
show ends
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of show end
shred pie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shred pies
Senses: glosses: A mince pie (the food).
shred pies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shred pie
rondoletto
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rondolettos
form: rondoletti
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A simple rondo.
rondoletti
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rondoletto
rondolettos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rondoletto
fub off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: fubs off
form: fubbing off
form: fubbed off
form: fubbed off
Senses: examples: text: Do they [parents] not sneakingly bestow on me their crass inability to do anything with their own misbegotten progeny, a subterfuge which I scornfully fub off on text-books?
ref: 1930, Norman Lindsay, chapter 4, in Every Mother’s Son [Redheap], New York, N.Y.: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, →OCLC, section III, page 86:
english: Redheap
translation: Redheap
glosses: Archaic form of fob off.
live tally
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lives tally
form: living tally
form: lived tally
form: lived tally
Etymology: From tally (“a match, a mate”).
Senses: glosses: To cohabit without marriage.
snashes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of snash
snashing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of snash
snashed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of snash
synthetic philosophy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The philosophical system introduced by Herbert Spencer, conceived as a fusion of the different sciences into a whole.
prepensive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: prepense; planned beforehand
rarees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of raree
Catherine pear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛə(ɹ)
Forms: form: Catherine pears
Senses: examples: text: See, the Catherine pear, and the vergaloo, how rich, juicy, and delicious.
ref: 1822, Noah Webster, The American Spelling Book: Containing the Rudiments of the English Language, page 70:
glosses: A small and early variety of pear.
Catherine pears
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Catherine pear
divinatorial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more divinatorial
form: most divinatorial
Senses: glosses: Relating to divination.
Transleithan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From trans- + Leitha + -an.
Senses: glosses: On the eastern side of the Leitha, the boundary river between Austria and Hungary in the times of Austria-Hungary.
Coordinate terms: Cisleithan
larumed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of larum
laruming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of larum
pharyngo-oral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɔːɹəl
Etymology: From pharyngo- + oral.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the pharynx and the mouth.
Synonyms: oropharyngeal
Fujisaki
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Fujisakis
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 藤崎 (Fujisaki).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Japanese.
Fujino
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Fujinos
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 藤野 (Fujino).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Japanese.
Matsuno
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Matsunos
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 松野 (Matsuno).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Japanese.
Matsumori
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Matsumoris
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 松森 (Matsumori).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Japanese.
Fujimura
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Fujimuras
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 藤村 (Fujimura).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Japanese.
Fujishima
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Fujishimas
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 藤島 (Fujishima).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Japanese.
Takamori
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Takamoris
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 高森 (Takamori).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Japanese.
O'Neil
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: See O'Neill
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish [in turn originating as a patronymic], a variant of O'Neill.
Fukumori
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Fukumoris
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 福森 (Fukumori).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Japanese.
Fukunaga
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Fukunagas
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 福永 (Fukunaga).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Japanese.
Fukuchi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Fukuchis
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 福地 (Fukuchi).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Japanese.
Takano
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Takanos
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 高野 (Takano).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Japanese.
yaraba
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: yarabas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Yaraba.
moldened
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of molden
moldening
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of molden
moldens
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of molden
moulden
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: mouldens
form: mouldening
form: mouldened
form: mouldened
Etymology: From mould + -en (verbal suffix).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of molden.
mouldened
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of moulden
mouldening
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of moulden
mouldens
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of moulden
mossen
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: mossens
form: mossening
form: mossened
form: mossened
Etymology: From moss + -en (verbal suffix).
Senses: glosses: To become covered with moss; become mossy
mossened
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of mossen
mossened
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mossened
form: most mossened
Senses: glosses: Covered with moss; mossy
mossening
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of mossen
mossens
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of mossen
radical chic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Coined by American author and journalist Tom Wolfe in 1970.
Senses: glosses: The adoption and promotion of radical political causes by celebrities, socialites, and high society.
ppl.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ppl.
Related terms: ppl. a.
automatic teller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: automatic tellers
Senses: glosses: Ellipsis of automatic teller machine.
automated teller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: automated tellers
Senses: glosses: Ellipsis of automated teller machine.
nelfie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɛl.fi/
rhymes: -ɛlfi
Forms: form: nelfies
Etymology: Blend of nude + selfie.
Senses: examples: text: Before the young woman took the perfect mirror nelfie (nude mirror selfie, y’all), she made sure to have the right props and proper location.
ref: 2014 September 24, Chantal Waldholz, “Tallulah Willis Responds to Sister Rumer’s Sexy Photo Shoot by Posting Her Own Nude Instagram Photo Because Duh”, in Life & Style, retrieved 29 Aug 2018:
text: Next to the nelfie (nude selfie, I just made that up, I wonder if it will catch on? Hopefully not), Kim wrote: “First they say I’m too skinny so I have to be faking it... Now they say I’m too big so I have to be faking it... SMH!
ref: 2015 August 15, Holly Carpenter, “Pregnant Kim’s only option was to post a nelfie”, in The Irish Sun, retrieved 29 Aug 2018:
text: 63-year-old Sharon Osbourne bares it all – in the name of being inspired by Kim Kardashian’s nelfie (nude selfie) and her fans are loving it!
ref: 2016 March 9, Bridgette Matjuda, “Sharon Osbourne Shares A Nelfie!”, in People, archived from the original on 19 Nov 2020:
text: Here’s how it works. Participants take a “nelfie” (short for “nude selfie”) and post it on social media. Although that sounds absolutely terrifying, it’s actually not that bad.
ref: 2016 December 1, “‘Nelfie’ wants you to take a nude selfie for charity”, in Philanthropic People, retrieved 29 Aug 2018:
text: Vikas, a freelance fashion photographer who regularly sexts and exchanges nelfies, says he takes them for his lover, who he doesn't see very often.
ref: 2019 February 17, Himanshi Dhawan, Ketaki Desai, “Is the nelfie the new good morning message?”, in The Times of India, New Delhi:
synonyms: nakie
glosses: An image, especially a selfie, of a nude or nearly nude person posted to social media.
Jasaan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality of Misamis Oriental, Philippines.
Tepoztlán
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Tepoztlán, from a Nahuan language; cf. Classical Nahuatl Tepoztlān, from tepoztli (“axe; copper”) + -tlān.
Senses: glosses: A town in Morelos, Mexico.
glosses: A municipality whose municipal seat is the town of the same name.
Related terms: Tepozteca
Tepoztecan
Tepozteco
cTnI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Cardiac troponin I
countercompony
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: counter-compony
Etymology: From French contre-componé; equivalent to counter- + compony.
Senses: topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: Consisting of a checkerboard of two rows of squares in alternating tinctures. (Contrast chequy.)
sotnia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sotnias
Etymology: From Russian сотня (sotnja, “hundred”).
Senses: examples: text: On March 27 Mischtschenko marched from Koksan to Chonju, with 2 sotnias out of the 6 as advance guard.
ref: 1908, Reconnaissance in the Russo-Japanese War, page 33:
text: In the wide plains that lay between the border forests of Russia and Austria, sotnias of Cossacks galloped about, uniformed winds in military order, mounted on the short, nippy horses of their native steppes […].
ref: 2002, Josepth Roth, translated by Michael Hofmann, The Radetsky March, Folio Society, published 2015, page 134:
glosses: A Russian or Ukrainian army unit of about a hundred soldiers, chiefly with reference to Cossacks.
sotnias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sotnia
predophile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: predophiles
Etymology: Blend of predator + pedophile.
Senses: examples: text: [T]he alliance concluded that education, not filtering, is the most effective method for protecting children from pornography and predophiles[…]
ref: 1997, Information Retrieval & Library Automation, volumes 33-35:
ref: 2018, “Chrissy Teigen, John Legend news: Couple respond to their alleged involvement with Pizzagate Predophile ring conspiracy”, in Christian Today:
glosses: A pedophile who is predatory; a predator who is pedophilic.
dihydroxyaluminium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From di- + hydroxy- + aluminium.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: a cation containing aluminium and two water molecules as ligands
Tepozteco
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Tepozteco
form: most Tepozteco
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Tepozteco.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Tepoztlán.
Synonyms: Tepoztecan
Tepozteco
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Tepoztecos
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Tepozteco.
Senses: examples: text: The varying characteristics of the barrios are recognized by the Tepoztecos themselves, and at least the more reflective of them can express the differences they feel.
ref: 1930, Robert Refield, “The Organization of the Village”, in Tepoztlan, A Mexican Village: A Study of Folk Life, Chicago, Illinois: The University of Chicago Press, published 1946, page 80:
glosses: A person from Tepoztlán.
Synonyms: Tepoztecan
Tepozteco
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Tepozteco.
Senses: examples: text: The Sunday field trip included climbing the Tepozteco, a steep volcanic cliff overlooking the village of Tepoztlán.
ref: 1973 November 9, C. Lomnitz, “Geodynamics Syposium in Mexico”, in Science, volume 182, number 4112, →JSTOR, page 607:
glosses: A mountain near Tepoztlán.
raw_tags: with the
examples: text: Built on the very tip of a finger of rock pointing to the sky, a thousand feet above the level of the plaza of the Aztec village of Tepoztlan, Morelos, below, stands El Tepozteco, the ancient temple of Ometochtli, Aztec lord of pulque and deity of drunkenness.
ref: 1927 December 2, “Aztecs Had Their Bacchus”, in The Science News-Letter, volume 12, number 347, →JSTOR, page 355:
text: In an earlier paper, Aveni (1975) reported that, on the basis of measurements made with a surveyor’s transit, three Central Mexican sites (Tepozteco, Tenayuca, and Tula) possess nearly the same orientation as Teotihuacan (15° 25′ E of N).
ref: 1976 October, Anthony F. Aveni, Sharon L. Gibbs, “On the Orientation of Precolumbian Buildings in Central Mexico”, in American Antiquity, volume 41, number 4, →JSTOR, page 510:
glosses: A temple on Tepozteco Mountain.
raw_tags: with El
examples: text: Today is Altepe-ilhuitl (“fiesta of the pueblo”), commemorative of El Tepozteco, the legendary king of the Tepoztecos in the days before the Conquest.
ref: 1930, Robert Refield, “A Tepoztecan Book of Days”, in Tepoztlan, A Mexican Village: A Study of Folk Life, Chicago, Illinois: The University of Chicago Press, published 1946, page 123:
text: The village belief that El Tepozteco is the son of Mary is no longer held and is regarded as backward and superstitious in the city.
ref: 1952 July, Oscar Lewis, “Urbanization without Breakdown: A Case Study”, in The Scientific Monthly, volume 75, number 1, →JSTOR, page 37:
glosses: A deity or legendary king who is venerated on Tepozteco mountain.
raw_tags: with El
Synonyms: sense: temple
word: Casa del Tepozteco
word: Casa Tepozteco
sense: deity
word: Tepoztecatl
working timetable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: working timetables
Senses: topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: A set of timetables for the internal use of railway operating staff, which shows all planned train movements in a given area.
working timetables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of working timetable
kiley
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kileys
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of kylie (“boomerang”).
work train
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: work trains
Senses: topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: A train run for the purpose of maintenance and repair of railway track.
Synonyms: engineering train
work trains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of work train
kolong
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kolongs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of coolung.
aeb
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: AEB
form: A.E.B.
form: a.e.b.
form: A. E. B.
form: a. e. b.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of as evidenced by.
Related terms: english: as manifested by
translation: as manifested by
word: amb
monopatrism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Greek μόνος (only one) + Greek πατήρ (father), 'of the father only' or 'from the father only'.
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: In Christian theology, teachings that hold the Father as a singular source of a particular relation, for example: notion that the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father only, as from the singular source of eternal procession.
Related terms: monoprocessionism
pneumatology
Holy Spirit
trap points
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trap points
Senses: examples: text: The single-tank wagon ran away from a siding at Hanson's cement works, heading downhill towards Horrocksford Junction [...]. At Horrocksford Junction the wagon was derailed by a set of trap points, stopping clear of the main line.
ref: 2020 April 22, “RAIB investigates Clitheroe runaway”, in Rail, page 23:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: A set of facing points at the end of a crossing loop or side track parallel to a mainline which will direct a train into a sand drag if the signal on that line is passed at danger, thus preventing the train running onto the main line.
Related terms: catch points
de Boer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: de Boers
form: De Boer
form: Deboer
form: DeBoer
form: deBoer
form: Boer
Senses: glosses: A surname from Dutch.
de Groot
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Degroot
form: DeGroot
form: De Groot
Etymology: From Dutch de Groot.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Dutch.
Hennekes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Henneke
Janssens
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Janssenses
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch Janssens.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Dutch.
Janssens
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Janssen
Meijer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch Meijer.
Senses: examples: text: “As members of Congress, we have a duty to provide oversight on the executive branch,” said Moulton and Meijer, both military veterans who had served in the Middle East.
ref: 2021 August 24, Devan Cole, Ryan Nobles, Zachary Cohen and Oren Liebermann, “Two congressmen traveled to Afghanistan amid frantic evacuation efforts”, in CNN:
text: On Friday, Meijer told CNN that he’s “not here to whine about the (Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee) coming in and meddling” in his race, referring to the House Democratic campaign arm spending spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on ads to boost Gibbs’ profile in hopes of a more favorable general election matchup. (Gibbs will face Democrat Hillary Scholten in November.)
ref: 2022 August 5, Veronica Stracqualursi, “Meijer says returning to Biden-Trump in 2024 would be ‘pretty sad commentary’ on country”, in CNN:
glosses: A surname from Dutch.
Willemsen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Willemsens
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch Willemsen.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Dutch.
abducible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Able to be abductive