cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
manscape
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: manscapes
form: manscaping
form: manscaped
form: manscaped
form: man-scape
Etymology: From man + -scape.
Senses: examples: text: On the valley floor, wide enough to admit the more pleasing features of manscaping, the Little River meanders.
ref: 1958, New Zealand Railway & Locomotive Society, The New Zealand Railway Observer:
glosses: To impose a shape on the landscape to suit humans.
examples: text: Is it that hard to manscape? You know, get an electric razor, trim up your shrubbery, blow out your front yard a bit?
ref: 2007, Jen Lancaster, Bright Lights, Big Ass:
text: College News presents a working guide of the dos and don’ts of manscaping, taken from suggestions of college students themselves: Dos: […] / – Facial shaving/beard trimming / – […] – Controlling pubic hair / […] Embrace leg hair / Donts: – Excessive chest hair / – Long nose hairs / – Ear hair / – Adventurous shoulder and back hair / – Unibrows / – Wild beards […] / Follow these directions, and you’ll be making sure that the man in your life is properly manscaped.
ref: 2009 September 30, Sara DiRienzo, “The Art of Manscaping”, in College News:
text: Manscaping, otherwise known as the art of shaving, waxing and cleaning up the superfluous fur on a man […], is a must in this day and age.
ref: 2009 October 6, Molly Kissler, “How To: Manscape”, in State Press Magazine:
text: “I'm Jamie,” he said, reaching out to shake Ophelia's hand. “Nice to meet you. And I don't manscape. But Gabriel does.”
ref: 2012, Molly Harper, Nice Girls Don't Bite Their Neighbors, →ISBN:
text: Many tools can be used to “manscape” including a razor and shaving cream, cordless body trimmers, and even scissors.
ref: 2014, Mike Baldasarre, A Boy's Basic Guide to Puberty, →ISBN, page 15:
text: He manscapes, gets manicures, and I'm pretty sure he mansplains with the best of them, but when we're in the same room, the hairs on my arms rise.
ref: 2017, Sarina Bowen, Tanya Eby, Man Hands: Volume 1, →ISBN:
glosses: To trim or shave a male's hair, typically other than the hair atop and behind his head. The term applies most frequently to facial hair, including that of the eyebrows, ears, and nostrils; somewhat frequently to shoulders and back; less frequently to buttocks and pubes; infrequently to arms and legs.
Derived terms: manscaper
manscapes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of manscape
manscapes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of manscape
manscaping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of manscape
manscaping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: From this perspective, manscaping with the motive for sexual appeal seems part of this ever-escalating effort of advanced capitalism to domesticate all dimensions of sexuality (and nature).
ref: 2010, Lisa Jean Moore, Mary Kosut, The Body Reader: Essential Social and Cultural Readings, →ISBN, page 297:
text: In addition to stacked-abs exercises, teeth whitening kits, and penile enhancement pharmaceuticals, manscaping is part of the ever-expanding list of tasks in the male body project.
ref: 2014, Lisa Jean Moore, Monica J. Casper, The Body: Social and Cultural Dissections, →ISBN:
text: I was also in charge of what I considered to be an important part of the dressing room etiquette: manscaping.
ref: 2016, Tie Domi, Shift Work, →ISBN, page 143:
text: Manscaping is one grooming technique often sought out by the metrosexual, young, urban men with disposable incomes who care deeply about their appearances.
ref: 2017, Erin Kenny, Elizabeth Gackstetter Nichols, Beauty around the World: A Cultural Encyclopedia, →ISBN, page 219:
text: Still, there is a certain taboo around manscaping. For the purposes of this article, I have spoken to men who get everything waxed, and men – one man, I love this man – who says he shaves his armpits so he doesn’t have to buy deodorant as often.
ref: 2024 August 29, Zoe Williams, “‘They handled me like a carcass!’: why are so many men now ‘manscaping’?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: The practice of, or results from, trimming or shaving a male's hair, typically other than the hair atop and behind his head. The term applies most frequently to facial hair, including that of the eyebrows, ears, and nostrils; somewhat frequently to shoulders and back; less frequently to buttocks and pubes; infrequently to arms and legs.
manscaped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of manscape
prosecution history
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prosecution histories
Senses: topics: law
glosses: The record of the examination of a patent application, including the original application, responses made by the examiner, and amendments made by the applicant to address objections raised by the examiner.
Derived terms: prosecution history estoppel
Related terms: file wrapper
prosecution histories
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prosecution history
BPAI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences.
demythologized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of demythologize
demythologizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of demythologize
demythologizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of demythologize
derivative work
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: derivative works
Senses: topics: law
glosses: In copyright law, a work that is a variation of an original work sufficiently similar to contain protected elements of the original work, but sufficiently different to qualify for copyright protection independent of the original work.
derivative works
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of derivative work
monosomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monosomies
Etymology: From monosome + -y.
Senses: glosses: A genetic disorder with the presence of only one chromosome (instead of the typical two in humans) from a pair.
Related terms: aneuploidy
monosomic
trisomy
paleoecology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paleoecologies
Etymology: From paleo- + ecology.
Senses: glosses: The ecology of the ancient past and of extinct organisms
Derived terms: paleoecological
Palaeodicotyledons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From palaeo- + dicotyledons.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of paleodicots.
synonyms: word: paleodicots
Palaeologus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Παλαιολόγος (Palaiológos), through Latin Palaeologus.
Senses: glosses: The last dynasty ruling the Eastern Roman Empire.
Derived terms: Palaeologian
paleoencephalon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From paleo- + encephalon.
Senses: glosses: The most ancient part of the brain.
paleopallium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From paleo- + pallium.
Senses: glosses: An ancient region within the telencephalon in animal brains.
Synonyms: paleocortex
paleoecologies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paleoecology
step changes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of step change
DTMF
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: communication
communications
glosses: Abbreviation of dual-tone multi-frequency.
docusate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɑk.jəˌseɪt/
Etymology: Contraction of dioctyl sulfosuccinate.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Synonym of docusate sodium.
synonyms: word: docusate sodium
Derived terms: docusate sodium
stool softener
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stool softeners
Senses: examples: text: Judith Gottlieb: I think you have the wrong idea. We're not gonna be texting each other. We're not in love. There's absolutely nothing between us.
Allen Gregory DeLongpre: There's a desk between us.
Mrs. Gottlieb: Okay.
Allen Gregory: Pencils, papers. What's that? That looks like stool softener? That's between us.
Mrs. Gottlieb: Okay, I've had just about enough of this.
ref: 2011 Allen Gregory, "Pilot" (season 1, episode 1)
glosses: Any medication used to introduce water and/or fat to the contents of the patient's intestines, making those contents more likely to pass out in the feces.
stool softeners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stool softener
orality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oralities
Etymology: From oral + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: Indeed, this reading is particularly inappropriate among these oralities and physicalities, bordering on cannibalism.
ref: 1970, Judah Stampfer, John Donne and the metaphysical gesture, page 80:
text: The oralities and literacies of the past are regularly made the subject of inquiries by linguists, philosophers, theologians, anthropologists,
ref: 1990, Brian Stock, Listening for the Text: On the Uses of the Past, page 141:
text: McLuhan thought that writing was a supplement to speech; in fact, it was sandwiched between two oralities
ref: 1998, Gary Genosko, Undisciplined Theory, page 173:
text: Falk's theory of consumption is based on evidence of a shift in the hierarchy between two oralities: speaking and eating.
ref: 2002, Jane Dixon, The Changing Chicken: Chooks, Cooks and Culinary Culture, page 21:
glosses: The state of being oral.
Derived terms: hyperorality
exanewton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exanewtons
Etymology: From exa- + newton.
Senses: examples: Holonyms: zettanewton < yottanewton
Meronyms: piconewton < nanonewton < micronewton < millinewton < newton < kilonewton < meganewton < giganewton < teranewton < petanewton
topics: metrology
related: word: mul:EN
glosses: An SI unit of force equal to 10¹⁸ newtons.
exanewtons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of exanewton
ski masks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ski mask
figurate number
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: figurate numbers
Senses: topics: mathematics
number-theory
sciences
glosses: A number equal to the number of dots in a geometric figure formed of dots. The series begins with unity and is formed so that subtracting each from the following, and treating the series so formed in the same way, by a continuation of the process, yields equal differences.
Related terms: gnomon
figurate numbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of figurate number
exterminatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more exterminatory
form: most exterminatory
Etymology: From exterminate + -ory.
Senses: glosses: relating to or marked by extermination
Brython
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɪθən/
/ˈbɹɪθɒn/
Forms: form: Brythons
Etymology: From Welsh Brython. Doublet of Briton and Breton.
Senses: glosses: A (historical) Briton: a member of that people that spoke Brythonic languages.
Brythons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Brython
cohoe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cohoes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of coho.
cohoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cohoe
psychal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From psyche + -al.
Senses: examples: text: It is needless to demonstrate that a poem is such only inasmuch as it intensely excites, by elevating the soul; and all intense excitements are, through a psychal necessity, brief.
ref: 1846, E. A. Poe, The Philosophy of Composition:
glosses: Having to do with the psyche.
socioeconomics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From socio- + economics.
Senses: glosses: The branch of economics that deals with social aspects.
Related terms: socioeconomist
socioeconomist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: socioeconomists
Etymology: From socio- + economist.
Senses: glosses: An expert in socioeconomics.
socioeconomists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of socioeconomist
interest rates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of interest rate
cost cutting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cost-cutting
Senses: glosses: The act of reducing one's spending.
I told you so
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: told you so
form: told you
form: I told you
Senses: examples: text: […
ref: 1918 September–November, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Land That Time Forgot”, in The Blue Book Magazine, Chicago, Ill.: Story-press Corp., →OCLC; republished as chapter IV, in Hugo Gernsback, editor, Amazing Stories, (please specify |part=I to III), New York, N.Y.: Experimenter Publishing, 1927, →OCLC:
text: For the left, the seismic week delivered an “I told you so” years in the making.
ref: 2023 April 1, Jonathan Weisman, “Trump and Fox News, Twin Titans of Politics, Hit With Back-to-Back Rebukes”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 08 Apr 2023:
text: When you wake up next to him in the middle of the night
With your head in your hands, you're nothing more than his wife
And when you think about me, all of those years ago
You're standing face to face with "I told you so"
ref: 2024 April 5, Chappell Roan, Justin Tranter, Dan Nigro, “Good Luck, Babe!”performed by Chappell Roan:
synonyms: what did I tell you
glosses: Used to remind someone that they were already warned by the speaker or writer that a certain event would happen.
first thing
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: I'll meet you first thing at the station.
glosses: Early in the morning.
examples: text: Some of 'em said that when a boy had been away from home a couple of years he ought to want to see his folks the first thing.
ref: 1916 March 11, Charles E. Van Loan, “His Folks”, in Saturday Evening Post:
text: I'll do it first thing after school tomorrow.
ref: 2009, Alex J. Packer, Bringing Up Parents: The Teenager's Handbook, →ISBN:
text: You had to see it first thing, 'cause it was the first thing that caught the eye.
ref: 2012, Cd Harper, And Face the Unknown: The Journey of a Lincoln-freed Colored, →ISBN:
text: Whatever it is, getting it out of the way is crucial to your forward momentum. So, to borrow a phrase from Nike, just do it—and do it first thing.
ref: 2013, Nelson Searcy, Jennifer Dykes Henson, The Renegade Pastor: Abandoning Average in Your Life and Ministry, →ISBN, page 2013:
glosses: Straight away, very soon.
first thing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: first things
Senses: examples: text: I would help you, but I don't know the first thing about gardening.
glosses: The basic idea of how to do something.
examples: text: I stumbled along through the young pines and huckleberry bushes. Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path that, I cal'lated, might lead to the road I was hunting for. It twisted and turned, and, the first thing I knew, made a sudden bend around a bunch of bayberry scrub and opened out into a big clear space like a lawn.
ref: 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see first, thing.
pantrymen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pantryman
mountain chain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mountain chains
Etymology: From mountain + chain.
Senses: topics: geography
natural-sciences
glosses: A series of mountain ranges stretching across a continent.
cut-outs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cut-out
provisos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of proviso
provisoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of proviso
isometric perspective
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: isometric perspectives
Senses: topics: art
arts
cartography
geography
natural-sciences
glosses: A type of visual perspective in which all dimensions parallel to the three principal spatial axes are shown in their true proportions.
Related terms: isometric projection
bullet-pointed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bullet point + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: When he spurns her, Julia is outraged to hear it is because she did not measure up to his secret list of 10 bullet-pointed attributes for an ideal bride.
ref: 2022 August 24, Peter Bradshaw, “Mr Malcolm’s List review – Regency romcom served with cake-icing of irony”, in The Guardian:
synonyms: bulleted
glosses: Containing bullet points; arranged with bullet points.
bullet-pointed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From bullet-point + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bullet-point
flipcharts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flipchart
have a look
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: has a look
form: having a look
form: had a look
form: had a look
Senses: synonyms: take a look
take a gander
qualifier: + at
glosses: To examine, to observe.
qualifier: + for
glosses: To search for (something).
Related terms: have a listen
draw the curtains
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: draws the curtains
form: drawing the curtains
form: drew the curtains
form: drawn the curtains
Senses: glosses: To close the curtains by pulling them together.
examples: text: Draw the curtains, I don't care 'cause it's alright
ref: 1987, Grateful Dead, “Touch of Grey”, in In the Dark:
glosses: To open the curtains by pulling them apart.
homager
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: homagers
Etymology: From Middle English homager; equivalent to homage + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who pays feudal homage, hence a vassal.
draw attention
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: draws attention
form: drawing attention
form: drew attention
form: drawn attention
Senses: examples: text: Please be quiet. We don't want to draw attention to ourselves.
text: I'd like to draw your attention to this part of the chart.
text: The Inspecting Officer draws attention to the remarkable way in which the train held together after the final derailment; this was due in no small measure to the robustness of the buckeye couplings fitted to the coaches.
ref: 1960 March, “Talking of Trains: The Slough derailment”, in Trains Illustrated, page 132:
glosses: to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something.
holeable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more holeable
form: most holeable
Etymology: From hole + -able.
Senses: topics: golf
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Able to be holed; allowing the ball to be sunk.
Related terms: holer
green line
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: green lines
Senses: topics: geopolitics
government
politics
glosses: A demarcation line, separating Israeli and Palestinian or other Arab territories according to an armistice in 1949.
topics: geopolitics
government
politics
glosses: A demarcation line, separating the Republic of Cyprus from the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.
holer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: holers
Etymology: From hole + -er.
Senses: glosses: That which holes, perforates etc.
examples: text: And at recess we all went out to the three-holer toilet, and boy, we had us a ball.
ref: 1997, Luther Bryan Clegg, The Empty Schoolhouse: Memories of One-Room Texas Schools, page 78:
glosses: An outhouse with the specified number of holes for use as toilets.
Synonyms: perforator
Related terms: one-holer
unpunctuated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + punctuated.
Senses: synonyms: punctuationless
glosses: Not punctuated, lacking punctuation.
unpunctuated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From unpunctuate + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unpunctuate
unpunctuate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unpunctuates
form: unpunctuating
form: unpunctuated
form: unpunctuated
Etymology: From un- + punctuate.
Senses: glosses: To remove punctuation from (a text).
unpunctuates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unpunctuate
unpunctuating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unpunctuate
GM-CSF
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor.
granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factors
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
immunology
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A cytokine protein secreted by macrophages, T cells, mast cells, endothelial cells and fibroblasts.
Derived terms: granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor receptor
granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor
on a dime
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: This boat can turn on a dime.
text: This car has excellent brakes that will stop it on a dime.
text: Everything will stop on a dime / Everything will crash into itself in good time / Do you want to beat your own heart, beat your own heart / Or leave it behind / Or leave it behind
ref: 2012, Ingrid Michaelson, “Do It Now”, in Human Again:
synonyms: word: on a sixpence
glosses: Within a very short distance; especially, with agile precision in a very confined space and suddenly.
Related terms: on the dot
sprawler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sprawlers
Etymology: From sprawl + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Benthic insects that crawl about on various surfaces of such substrates as rocks, fine sediments, woody debris, or leaf packs can be termed sprawlers.
ref: 1983, W. Patrick McCafferty, Aquatic Entomology: The Fishermen's and Ecologists' Illustrated Guide to Insects and Their Relatives:
glosses: Someone or something which sprawls; agent noun of sprawl
sprawlers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sprawler
spitchcocking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of spitchcock
spitchcocked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of spitchcock
spatchcocking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈspæt͡ʃkɒkɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈspæt͡ʃˌkɑkɪŋ/
Etymology: From spatchcock + -ing (suffix forming gerunds, and present participles of verbs).
Senses: glosses: gerund of spatchcock: the act or practice of cutting poultry along the spine and spreading its halves apart for more even cooking.
spatchcocking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈspæt͡ʃkɒkɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈspæt͡ʃˌkɑkɪŋ/
Etymology: From spatchcock + -ing (suffix forming gerunds, and present participles of verbs).
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of spatchcock
spatchcocked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈspæt͡ʃkɒkt/
ipa: /ˈspæt͡ʃˌkɑkt/
Etymology: From spatchcock + -ed (suffix forming adjectives, and past tenses and past participles of regular verbs).
Senses: examples: text: Katniss [Everdeen] emerges alone, smeared in blood and muck and gnawing on the charred remains of a spatchcocked squirrel.
ref: 2014 November 11, Robbie Collin, “The Hunger Games: Review”, in The Daily Telegraph, London: Telegraph Media Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 May 2022:
glosses: Of poultry: cut along the spine and having its halves spread apart for more even cooking.
spatchcocked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈspæt͡ʃkɒkt/
ipa: /ˈspæt͡ʃˌkɑkt/
Etymology: From spatchcock + -ed (suffix forming adjectives, and past tenses and past participles of regular verbs).
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of spatchcock
sackload
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sackloads
Etymology: From sack + load.
Senses: examples: text: A staff uniform recycling scheme at Govia Thameslink Railway has prevented the emission of 2,400kg of greenhouse gases. Some 620 sackloads of GTR clothing has been recycled in the past year through an advanced process called material reclamation - giving textiles a second chance instead of going to landfill.
ref: 2025 February 19, “Stop & Examine”, in RAIL, number 1029, page 71:
glosses: A sackful.
salamis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of salami
swatted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of swat
take on board
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: takes on board
form: taking on board
form: took on board
form: taken on board
Etymology: Figurative extension from the literal act of bringing something onto a marine vessel.
Senses: examples: text: Schools and colleges will have to take on board the views of young people and parents in their area.
glosses: To accept a new idea or piece of advice, and act accordingly.
Related terms: onboard
Americentric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Americentric
form: most Americentric
Etymology: Blend of America + -centric.
Senses: examples: text: The third prominent mapping orientation was the Americentric one.
ref: 1960, The Australian Geographer:
text: Foreigners playing a foreign music, they couldn't assume it as a national birthright, or absorb it in all its Americentric detail.
ref: 2003, Devin McKinney, Magic Circles: The Beatles in Dream and History:
glosses: Alternative form of Americocentric.
nosean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: noseans
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: noselite.
noseans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nosean
noselite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: noselites
Etymology: From the name of K. W. Nose (1753-1835), German mineralogist, and + -lite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A rare fluorescent isometric feldspathoid mineral.
noselites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of noselite
barringtonite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: barringtonites
Etymology: From Barrington + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Magnesium carbonate dihydrate.
barringtonites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of barringtonite
aryloxide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aryloxides
Etymology: From aryl + oxide.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: phenoxide
choriomeningitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From chorio- + meningitis.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A form of cerebral meningitis associated with inflammation of the choroid plexus
hyperactivation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyperactivations
Etymology: From hyper- + activation.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A form of sperm motility associated with active beating of the flagellum.
examples: text: hyperactivation of complement
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Excessive activation.
Related terms: hyperactivate
monodentate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mono- + dentate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing a ligand that has only a single bond with the central atom.
Synonyms: unidentate
Derived terms: monodentate ligand
myelomonocytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From myelomonocyte + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to myelomonocytes
Related terms: promyelomonocytic
myelomonocyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: myelomonocytes
Etymology: From myelo- + monocyte.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A monocyte that is in the process of developing into a granulocyte.
Derived terms: myelomonocytic
neuroinformatics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From neuro- + informatics.
Senses: topics: biology
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The science that studies the neural system by use of computational models
pentraxin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pentraxins
form: pentaxin
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a family of proteins characterised by calcium-dependent ligand binding.
quebrachamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An alkaloid obtained from the dried bark of the quebracho tree.
stereoselectively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From stereoselective + -ly.
Senses: examples: Aldrichimica Acta Volume 30 No 4 (pdf) from Sigma-Aldrich
Reaction of DAPC 54 with 4 again occurred stereoselectively at the cyclobutene-1,2-diester moiety to produce 56
glosses: In a stereoselective manner; through the use of stereoselectivity.
tamoxifen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /təˈmɒk.sɪ.fɛn/
ipa: /təˈmɑk.sɪf.ən/
Forms: form: tamoxifens
Etymology: From t(rans)- + am(ine) + oxy- + phen(yl).
Senses: examples: text: Treatment with tamoxifen after surgery reduced cancer relapse rates by nearly 50 percent.
ref: 2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 4:
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A nonsteroidal estrogen antagonist used in the treatment of postmenopausal breast cancer and infertility in women.
Derived terms: word: desmethyltamoxifen
word: -ifene
alt: antiestrogen or estrogen receptor modulator
word: -oxifene
deserialize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˈsɪəɹɪəlaɪz/
Forms: form: deserializes
form: deserializing
form: deserialized
form: deserialized
form: deserialise
Etymology: From de- + serialize.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To parse (serialized data) so as to reconstruct the original object.
Synonyms: unserialize
Derived terms: deserializer
Related terms: deserialization
deserializes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of deserialize
deserializing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of deserialize
deserialized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of deserialize
deserialise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: deserialises
form: deserialising
form: deserialised
form: deserialised
Etymology: From de- + serialise.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of deserialize.
Derived terms: deserialisation
deserialises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of deserialise
deserialising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of deserialise
deserialised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of deserialise
metablog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metablogs
Etymology: From meta- + blog.
Senses: glosses: A blog about blogs.
metablog
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: metablogs
form: metablogging
form: metablogged
form: metablogged
Etymology: From meta- + blog.
Senses: glosses: To blog about blogging.
cyanopia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cyanopsia.
Derived terms: xanthocyanopia
cyanopsia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cyano- + -opsia.
Senses: glosses: A disorder of the vision causing all objects to appear blue, often the temporary consequence of removal of a cataract.
metablogged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of metablog
metablogging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of metablog
reallocatable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From reallocate + -able.
Senses: examples: text: 36 MHz transponder providing a pool of 794 reallocatable frequencies.
ref: 1976, James Martin, Telecommunications and the Computer:
text: Indeed, an important class of parallel models considered by Townsend and Ashby assumes that capacity is reallocatable.
ref: 1985, The American Journal of Psychology:
glosses: That can be reallocated.
morphosyntax
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: morphosyntaxes
form: morpho-syntax
Etymology: From morpho- + syntax.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The system of the internal structure of words (morphology) and the way in which words are put together to form phrases and sentences (syntax), regarded as an interlinked unit.
morphosyntaxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of morphosyntax
one-offs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of one-off
juiceless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more juiceless
form: most juiceless
Etymology: From juice + -less.
Senses: examples: text: The ravviſh danke of clumzie vvinter ramps / The fluent ſummers vaine: and drizling ſleete / Chilleth the vvan bleak cheek of the numd earth, / VVhilſt ſnarling guſts nibble the iuyceles leaues, / From the nak't ſhuddring branch; […]
ref: 1600 or 1601 (date written), I. M. [i.e., John Marston], “The Prologue”, in Antonios Reuenge. The Second Part. […], London: […] [Richard Bradock] for Thomas Fisher, and are to be soulde [by Matthew Lownes] […], published 1602, →OCLC, signature A2, recto:
text: Stem fragile, dry, juiceless, base fibrillose, scarcely rooting.
ref: 1893, George Massee, British Fungus-flora: A Classified Text-book of Mycology:
glosses: Without juice or sap.
examples: text: The three R's were abominably taught and the course of work was narrow and juiceless to the extreme.
ref: 1898, Popular Educator:
text: A bad-tempered person is a humorless, juiceless person. [...] What a humorless, juiceless, jaundiced pair they must have been!
ref: 1966, Robert James McCracken, What is Sin? What is Virtue?:
glosses: Dry, dull; lacking vivacity or spirit.
Derived terms: juicelessness
hotfix
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hotfixes
Etymology: From hot + fix.
Senses: examples: text: When you extract the files in a hotfix, you'll generally find the following.
ref: 1999, John Savill, The Windows NT and Windows 2000 Answer Book:
text: For example, the IIS 3.0 denial-of-service attacks that brought down Microsoft's web site several times in 1997 quickly led to the release of a hotfix.
ref: 2000, Paul Robichaux, Managing the Windows 2000 Registry:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A cumulative package of one or more files used to address a problem in a software product.
hotfixes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hotfix
strafed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of strafe
sweep the board
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sweeps the board
form: sweeping the board
form: swept the board
form: swept the board
Senses: examples: text: Spadillio first, unconquerable Lord!
Led off two captive Trumps, and swept the Board.
As many more Manillio forc'd to yield,
And march'd a Victor from the verdant Field.
ref: 1714, Alexander Pope, “Canto III”, in The Rape of the Lock (poetry):
text: It’s always fun when something massive comes along and sweeps the board, giving everything else a thoroughly good kicking – think Titanic, The Silence of the Lambs, or Lord of the Rings. There’s a sort of deranged, gluttonous feeling, a perverse glee in seeing so many dreams trampled on by a massive cultural juggernaut.
ref: 2015 February 23, “Oscars 2015: 10 things we learned”, in The Guardian (London):
glosses: To win all the prizes in a competition.
topics: card-games
games
glosses: To take all of the cards.
glosses: To get enough votes in an election to gain all the seats.
djurleite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: djurleites
Etymology: From Djurle + -ite, after Seved Djurle (1928-2000), Swedish chemist.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A copper sulfide mineral with the chemical formula Cu₃₁S₁₆.
djurleites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of djurleite
spherocobaltite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spherocobaltites
Etymology: From sphero- + cobaltite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Cobalt(II) carbonate, a red trigonal mineral used in pottery glazes.
spherocobaltites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spherocobaltite
meyerhofferite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: meyerhofferites
Etymology: Wilhelm Meyerhoffer (1864-1906), German chemist, + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A hydrated borate mineral with the chemical formula Ca₂B₆O₆(OH)₁₀ · ₂(H₂O).
meyerhofferites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of meyerhofferite
kyzylkumite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Kyzul-Kum, Uzbekistan, and -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An opaque black monoclinic mineral.
bingos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bingo
bingos
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bingo
pinballing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pinball
pinballed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pinball
euhedral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /juːˈhiːdɹəl/
/juːˈhɛdɹəl/
Forms: form: more euhedral
form: most euhedral
Etymology: From eu- + -hedral.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Having sharp, recognisable crystal faces.
Derived terms: euhedrally
subhedral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more subhedral
form: most subhedral
Etymology: From sub- + -hedral.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Having some crystal faces and some grainy surfaces; neither entirely euhedral nor entirely anhedral.
conchoidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɒŋˈkɔɪ.dəl/
ipa: /kɑŋˈkɔɪ.dəl/
rhymes: -ɔɪdəl
Forms: form: more conchoidal
form: most conchoidal
Etymology: From conchoid + -al.
Senses: examples: c. 1695, Isaac Newton, 1976, D. T. Whiteside (editor), The Mathematical Papers of Isaac Newton, Volume 7: 1691-1695, page 621,
[…] a conchoidal hyperbola with an oval at its convexity.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to a conchoid; that may be defined as a conchoid.
examples: text: 1821, Coal, entry in Andrew Ure, A Dictionary of Chemistry on the Basis of Mr Nicholson's, unnumbered page,
It is distinguished by its splendent lustre and conchoidal fracture.
text: Some flakes detached in a controlled manner have characteristics of conchoidal fracture.
ref: 2005, “Chapter 19: Lithic Studies”, in Herbert D. G. Maschner, Christopher Chippindale, editors, Handbook of Archaeological Methods, volume 1, page 719:
text: On one side of the radial edge, the conchoidal fractures form right angles, that is, form a perpendicular with the edge.
ref: 2011, Robert C Shaler, Crime Scene Forensics: A Scientific Method Approach, page 479:
text: If grains derived from these rocks are unweathered after separation from the parent rock (a very rare occurrence), they may contain either conchoidal breakage patterns if grains are large, or upturned plates and flat upper and lower surfaces if small grains are considered.
ref: 2011, David H. Krinsley, John C. Doornkamp, Atlas of Quartz Sand Surface Textures, page 10:
topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Irregular, with planar, concentric curves, similar to those on a mussel shell.
raw_tags: of a fracture
examples: 1821, Focus of Philosophy, Science and Art, Volume 1, Issues 1-4, page 74,
The customary transitions of pitchstone are, into Chalcedony, Chert, Semi-opal; also into a substance resembling conchoidal shining jasper, found in clay strata, entangled in trap, or volcanic rock; and lastly, into Trap.
topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: That fractures with planar concentric curves (e.g., as flint, chert or obsidian).
raw_tags: of a mineral
Derived terms: conchoidally
subconchoidal
conchoidally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more conchoidally
form: most conchoidally
Etymology: From conchoidal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a conchoidal manner.
stealable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more stealable
form: most stealable
Etymology: From steal + -able.
Senses: synonyms: thievable
theftable
glosses: Able to be stolen.
stealable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stealables
Etymology: From steal + -able.
Senses: glosses: Something suitable to be stolen.
besteal
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: besteals
form: bestealing
form: bestole
form: bestolen
Etymology: From Middle English bistelen, from Old English bestelan, from Proto-West Germanic *bestelan, from Proto-Germanic *bistelaną, corresponding to be- (“off, away”) + steal. Cognate with Saterland Frisian besteele, Dutch bestelen, German Low German bestehlen, Luxembourgish bestielen, German bestehlen, Swedish bestjäla (“to rob”).
Senses: examples: text: Come, come, truly see what mortal man behold, the mother of beauty to them all bestole. Truly matchless thou art, my beloved. I love you more than all!
ref: 2018, Edgar Beaumont, Teleportkinesis:
synonyms: steal away
glosses: To steal, move stealthily.
andyrobertsite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Andrew C Roberts (1950-), Canadian mineralogist, and -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A monoclinic mineral with vitreous lustre, having the chemical formula KCdCu₅[H₂AsO₄|(AsO₄)₄]·2H₂O.
Derived terms: calcioandyrobertsite
kamaboko
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kamabokos
form: kamaboko
Etymology: From Japanese 蒲鉾 (kamaboko).
Senses: examples: text: Today, kamaboko processed in Hawaii is packaged in polyvinyl film wrappers.
ref: 1966, Institute of Food Technologists, Food Technology:
text: 1987, Yanagida et al, Traditional Foods and Their Processing in Asia
A representative product of fish meat paste products is kamaboko.
text: Some kamabokos were picked up at shops and others were prepared from frozen surimi of Alaska pollack […]
ref: 1987, Oceanic Abstracts (issues 1-2, page 111)
glosses: Any of various processed seafood products made from surimi, in which whitefish is pureed, formed into loaves, and steamed until firm.
Related terms: surimi
kamabokos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kamaboko
unspecialised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unspecialised
form: most unspecialised
Etymology: From un- + specialised.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of unspecialized.
flintiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From flinty + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being flinty.
meagerest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of meager: most meager
meagrer
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of meagre: more meagre
meagrest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of meagre: most meagre
meagerer
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of meager: more meager
atremble
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From a- + tremble.
Senses: examples: text: When the poplar leaves atremble
Turn their edges to the light,
ref: 1863, Jean Ingelow, “Afternoon at a Parsonage”, in Poems, London: Logmans, Green, Reader & Dyer, page 174:
text: To Jurgis this man’s whole presence reeked of the crime he had committed; the touch of his body […] set every nerve of him a-tremble […]
ref: 1906, Upton Sinclair, chapter 15, in The Jungle, New York: Doubleday, Page, page 181:
text: […] he beheld a tear a-tremble on her eyelid.
ref: 1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, chapter 25, in The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC:
text: When her stomach felt better (but her legs were all atremble again, something lost, something gained), she looked at herself in the bathroom mirror.
ref: 1982, Stephen King, Cujo, page 45:
synonyms: aquiver
glosses: Trembling.
boosterism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boosterisms
Etymology: From booster + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: Urban boosterism has a long tradition in the United States.
ref: 1999, Andrew E G Jonas, David Wilson, The Urban Growth Machine: Critical Perspectives, Two Decades Later:
text: And the mayors’ aims are partly political: Crypto boosterism has a useful bipartisan appeal, garnering popularity among both antigovernment conservatives and socially liberal tech moguls.
ref: 2022 January 25, David Yaffe-Bellany, “The Rise of the Crypto Mayors”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: Second, Dutton and his closest circle were fundamentally deluded about their ability to beat Albanese, an opponent they fatally underestimated. They were led astray by friendly polling — both leading up to and during the campaign — and an echo chamber of media boosterism that left them flying blind and too low towards the mountain range ahead.
ref: 2025 May 8, Jacob Greber, “How Peter Dutton’s Wile E Coyote campaign flew off the cliff”, in ABC News:
glosses: Promotion of a city, organisation, etc. in order to improve public opinion.
credibility gaps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of credibility gap
execute order
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: execute orders
Senses: examples: text: CJCS Counterdrug Execute Order (EXORD) authorizes continued DOD support to law enforcement efforts to detect, monitor and interdict drug trafficking.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: An order initiating a military operation.
execute orders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of execute order
counterdrug
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From counter- + drug.
Senses: examples: text: As corruption continued unabated, the United States encouraged the Mexican government to create special counterdrug units within the PGR.
ref: 2005, Coletta Youngers, Eileen Rosin, Drugs and Democracy in Latin America:
glosses: Against the trafficking of drugs.
thrombopenia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thrombopenias
Etymology: From thrombo- + -penia.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of thrombocytopenia.
Related terms: thrombopenic
actes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of act
monopsonies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monopsony