cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Old Faithful
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A geyser in the American national park of Yellowstone, known for its regular eruptions.
falsettos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of falsetto
alloy wheel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alloy wheels
Senses: examples: text: I see that he blinged it up a bit by ordering the package with the spoiler and the alloy wheels.
topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: A wheel made from an alloy other than steel (a lighter and more expensive one), as for example one of aluminium alloy or magnesium alloy, and (usually) styled so as to draw attention to its sportiness and desirability.
fandangoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fandango
fandangos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fandango
fantasizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fantasize
Lchashen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Armenian Լճաշեն (Lčašen).
Senses: glosses: A village in Gegharkunik, Armenia.
feting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fete
fêted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fête
fetishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fetish
ashen-faced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ashen-faced
form: most ashen-faced
Senses: glosses: Having a pallor (pale face) due to fear or similar emotion
filet mignon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌfiːleɪ ˈmiːnjɒ̃/
ipa: /fɪˈleɪ mɪnˈjɒ̃/
ipa: /-ɒn/
Forms: form: filets mignons
form: filet mignons
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French filet (“fillet”) mignon (“tender”).
Senses: glosses: A steak cut of beef taken from the tenderloin, or psoas major, of the steer or heifer.
filets mignons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of filet mignon
leniate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: leniates
form: leniating
form: leniated
form: leniated
Etymology: From Latin lēniō — to soften, to soothe.
Senses: examples: text: Sometimes an offender is beheaded, sometimes thrown off a rock; […] yet, in these cases, as the Emperor's fury is leniated, they many times escape; but, when the Mutes come in place, all are displaced, against whom their commission is enlarged.
ref: 1642, anonymous author, “The Strangling and Death of the Great Turk, and his two Sons”, in The Harleian Miscellany, volume 4, published 1745, page 32:
text: […] ſuch vehehement [sic] vexations and torments in Colicall dolours, which might be leniated by ſeverall Medicaments […]
ref: 1657, Richard Tomlinson (translator), A Medicinal Dispensatory: Containing the whole Body of Phyſick : Discovering the Natures, Properties, and Vertues of Vegetables, Minerals, & Animals: The manner of Compounding Medicaments, and the way to adminiſter them, page 113 (originally published in French as "Dispensatorivm Medicvm " by Jean de Renou, 1609)
text: The conſciouſneſs of ſelf-ſecurity
 Prevails o'er every feeling in the breaſt,
 And leniates all our grief. […]
ref: 1792, D[avid] Lloyd, The Voyage of Life: A Poem, page 169:
glosses: To soothe.
Evel Knievel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Evel Knievels
Etymology: From Evel Knievel, name of a world-famous daredevil.
Senses: synonyms: daredevil
glosses: A daredevil.
glosses: A reckless showboating driver.
artemin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: artemins
form: Artemin
Etymology: Coined in a 1998 paper by R.H. Baloh et al., in the journal Neuron. http://www.cell.com/neuron/fulltext/S0896-6273(00)80649-2
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A neurotrophin, or nerve growth factor, in the GDNF family, bonding to the receptor GFRalpha3-RET.
arteriogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arteriogeneses
Etymology: From arterio- + -genesis.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: An increase in the diameter of existing arterial vessels
Derived terms: arteriogenetic
Related terms: arteriogenic
angiogenesis
arteriogeneses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arteriogenesis
astroglia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From astro- + glia.
Senses: glosses: The group of star-shaped glial cells in the brain and spinal cord
Synonyms: english: for an individual cell
translation: for an individual cell
word: astrocyte
Derived terms: astroglial
astrogliosis
astroglial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From astroglia + -al.
Senses: examples: text: Specifically, growing evidence indicates that there are several astroglial lineages, that there are regional differences in the patterns of gliogenesis within the CNS, that astrocytes from different brain regions have distinct properties (see Chapter 4), and that glial progenitors remain in the adult mammalian CNS.
ref: 2012, Gerard Meurant, Astrocytes: Pharmacology and Function, page 1:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to the astrocytes, the star-shaped glial cells of the brain and spinal cord
Derived terms: astroglially
nonastroglial
fingermark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fingermarks
Etymology: From finger + mark.
Senses: examples: text: He left his fingermark on the recently cleaned cloth.
text: “No,” I said, rather surprised, “I know that there are no two finger-marks alike, but that’s as far as my science goes.”
ref: 1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 145:
text: [The cave] Paintings are almost all black, done in charcoal and oxide of manganese. The naturalistic scenes are crisscrossed with fingermarks and an array of signs and geometric designs, zigzagged, straight and curved.
ref: 1992 October 20, Marlise Simons, “Stone Age Art Shows Penguins at Mediterranean”, in New York Times:
glosses: A blemish made by a dirty finger; a fingerprint.
fingermarks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fingermark
fl. oz.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fl. oz.
form: fl oz
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of fluid ounce(s).
Related terms: oz.
flambeing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of flambe
flambeed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of flambe
flans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flan
flans
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of flan
floozies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of floozie
glosses: plural of floozy
flowstone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flowstones
Etymology: From flow + stone.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A secondary layered mineral deposit of calcite or other mineral, formed by water flowing down the walls and along the floor of a cave.
Related terms: speleothem
calthemite
flowstones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flowstone
foeticide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foeticides
Etymology: From foetus + -cide or foetus + -icide; see feticide for more.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of feticide
foeticides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of foeticide
follow-throughs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of follow-through
footmark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: footmarks
Etymology: From foot + mark.
Senses: examples: text: “I just say it’s curious, that’s all. Here’s a young man who ought to cut and run, but he doesn’t cut and run. He stays here, and gives us every facility for comparing footmarks.”
ref: 1925, Agatha Christie, The Secret of Chimneys:
glosses: footprint (an impression made by a foot)
Derived terms: footmarked
footmarks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of footmark
fleshless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Middle English fleschles, flechles, equivalent to flesh + -less. Cognate with West Frisian fleisleas (“meatless”), Dutch vleesloos (“meatless”), German fleischlos (“meatless”).
Senses: examples: text: Thrusting in my head between the stems, I found myself gazing at a fleshless skull.
ref: 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
glosses: Without flesh, lacking flesh; lean.
Derived terms: fleshlessness
fortune-teller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɔːt͡ʃuːn ˈtɛlə/
ipa: /ˈfoɹt͡ʃun ˈtɛlɚ/
ipa: /-t͡ʃən ˈtɛlɚ/
Forms: form: fortune-tellers
form: fortune teller
form: fortuneteller
Etymology: From fortune + teller.
Senses: examples: text: "Cross my palm with silver and I'll tell you your fortune," said the fortune-teller.
text: So I guess the fortune teller's right / I should've seen just what was there
ref: 1997, Scott Cutler, Anne Preven, Phil Thornalley, “Torn”, in Left of the Middle, performed by Natalie Imbruglia:
glosses: A person who professes to predict the future in return for money.
examples: text: The usual exchange between English children is as follows: A: Who do you love? (referring to one of the names on the fortune-teller) B: Simon. A: S-I-M-O-N (alternately opens and shuts the device as he or she says each letter).
ref: 2006, Andrew Wright, David Betteridge, Michael Buckby, Games for Language Learning, page 137:
glosses: A cootie catcher.
fortune-tellers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fortune-teller
fossilizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fossilize
fossilizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fossilize
autofocus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: auto-focus
Etymology: From auto- + focus.
Senses: examples: text: This camera has autofocus, so it's more expensive.
topics: arts
business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
hobbies
lifestyle
natural-sciences
photography
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A feature of some cameras and other optical systems that allows a correct focus on the subject to be obtained automatically
Synonyms: AF
autofocus
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: autofocuses
form: autofocusses
form: autofocusing
form: autofocussing
form: autofocused
form: autofocused
form: autofocussed
form: autofocussed
form: auto-focus
Etymology: From auto- + focus.
Senses: examples: text: My camera makes a funny sound when it autofocuses.
text: The camera was autofocused before the picture was taken.
glosses: To focus automatically.
four-leaf clover
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɔɹˈliːfˈkloʊ.vɚ/
Forms: form: four-leaf clovers
form: four-leafed clover
form: four-leaved clover
Senses: synonyms: lucky clover
glosses: An uncommon variation of the clover, having four leaves instead of the usual three.
synonyms: lucky clover
lucky charm
lucky star
glosses: A bringer of good luck.
Related terms: cloverleaf
cloverleaf interchange
autofocuses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of autofocus
four-leaf clovers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of four-leaf clover
autofocusing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of autofocus
autofocused
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of autofocus
four-square
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: four-squares
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of foursquare.
four-square
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more four-square
form: most four-square
Senses: examples: text: The reaſon why the Chineſes gave their Kingdom theſe Names, may be ſupposſed to be this ; in regard that formerly they did verily believe that the Heaven was round, the Earth four-ſquare, and in the middle point thereof lay their Kingdom.
ref: 1669, John Nievhoff, translated by John Ogilby, An Embassy from the Eaſt-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperour of China, London: John Macock, →OCLC, page 5:
glosses: Alternative spelling of foursquare.
foxgloves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of foxglove
freesias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of freesia
freshers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fresher
froshing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of frosh
froshed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of frosh
froshes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of frosh
froshes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of frosh
frowner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -aʊnə(ɹ)
Forms: form: frowners
Etymology: From frown + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who frowns.
frowners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of frowner
drowner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈdɹaʊnə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: drowners
Etymology: From drown + -er.
Senses: examples: text: With the jumpers and the drowners, McGee, you don't pick up a pattern. That's because a jumper damned near always makes it the first time, and a drowner is usually almost as successful, about the same rate as hangers.
ref: 2017, Ronald V. Clarke, Suicide: Closing the Exits:
glosses: Someone who dies by drowning.
examples: text: At eight you thought of boys as cat drowners and bird stoners. At nine there was another reason for boys' existence: they either noticed you or they didn't, and it desperately mattered which.
ref: 1950, Henry Morton Robinson, The Cardinal:
glosses: One who drowns another.
Derived terms: goose-drowner
drowners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of drowner
fry-up
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fry-ups
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of fry up.
full English breakfast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: full English breakfasts
Senses: glosses: A traditional breakfast from England, typically consisting of bacon, eggs, tomatoes, fried mushrooms, fried bread and sausages.
Synonyms: English breakfast
full English
Related terms: full breakfast
full English breakfasts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of full English breakfast
creep up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: creeps up
form: creeping up
form: crept up
form: crept up
Senses: examples: text: The lioness has to creep up behind her prey so as not to be noticed.
text: Then I was forced to rest; and, sitting down on the ground, saw that the glimmering streak of light had faded, and that the awful blackness of the previous night was creeping up again.
ref: [1898], J[ohn] Meade Falkner, Moonfleet, London; Toronto, Ont.: Jonathan Cape, published 1934, →OCLC:
text: Her exploration of emotion, too, is slightly muted. You have to stop and consult yourself. Pain — or joy or passion — creep up afterwards. These poems never hit you over the head.
ref: 1982 August 28, Andrea Loewenstein, “Becker's Experience Talks Back”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 7, page 11:
text: These days cramped classrooms are all too common, with class sizes creeping up.
ref: 2014 September 23, A teacher, “Choosing a primary school: a teacher's guide for parents”, in The Guardian:
glosses: To advance or increase with stealth, unnoticed (literally or figuratively).
fuchsias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fuchsia
full-backs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of full-back
flip-flopping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of flip-flop
Facebook
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: fāsʹ-bo͝ok
ipa: /ˈfeɪs.bʊk/
Forms: form: facebook
Etymology: From facebook, earlier TheFacebook and Facemash.
Senses: examples: text: Mia was just seeing a reel on Facebook that her friend had posted.
text: Google is one of several Big Tech firms that has made an aggressive push into gaming in recent years, along with Amazon (AMZN), Apple (AAPL) and Facebook (FB).
ref: 2021 February 1, Rishi Iyengar, “Google will stop making video games for its Stadia platform”, in CNN Business:
qualifier: trademark
glosses: A social-networking website where users can find acquaintances or friends, exchange messages, and post updates.
Synonyms: word: FB
Derived terms: Facebookable
facebooker
Facebook generation
Facebook jail
Facebookland
Facebook official
Facebook slut
Facebooky
facemail
FaceSpace
facestalking
Fakebook
FANG
FAANG
FB
FBML
frape
GAFAM
Leftbook
TGIF
Twitface
vaguebook
Facebook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: fāsʹ-bo͝ok
ipa: /ˈfeɪs.bʊk/
Forms: form: Facebooks
form: facebook
Etymology: From facebook, earlier TheFacebook and Facemash.
Senses: examples: text: You might have a Facebook. So do I. And so does my mom and my grandma and all of her friends. But you know who doesn’t have a Facebook? Your kid’s friends.
ref: 2015 March 27, “To the Well-Intentioned but Ignorant Parents of Teenagers.”https://web.archive.org/web/20160216211258/https://cutestpkever.wordpress.com/2015/03/27/to-the-well-intentioned-but-ignorant-parents-of-teenagers/, Kayla Nicole's Blog, at cutestpkever.wordpress.com
text: 'An intimate photo has been posted on your cloned Facebook page,' says Greg. 'What, of me in the nuddy?' Nick snorts a note of laughter. 'No, of you and a woman.' 'What woman? Show me,' he says holding his hand out.
ref: 2021 July 28, Ruby Speechley, The Face At The Window: A gripping, twisty thriller you won't be able to put down, Hera books Ltd, →ISBN, →OCLC:
glosses: A personal web profile on the social-networking site Facebook.
Facebook
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: fāsʹ-bo͝ok
ipa: /ˈfeɪs.bʊk/
Forms: form: Facebooks
form: Facebooking
form: Facebooked
form: Facebooked
form: facebook
Etymology: From facebook, earlier TheFacebook and Facemash.
Senses: glosses: To use the social-networking site Facebook.
examples: text: Facebook me the details later.
text: Corinthia’s bathroom was never discussed with the Lugo Memorial student body, but when it (the bathroom) materialized, it was Facebooked, Instagrammed, Tweeted, Foursquared, WordPressed, Tumblred, Snapchatted, and so thoroughly digitally disseminated that it was as if pictures of Rinna Buss’s breasts had been leaked.
ref: 2018, Adam Rapp, chapter 1, in Fum, Candlewick Press, →ISBN, page 21:
glosses: To send a message or leave a comment on Facebook.
Related terms: Frightful Five
HHVM
Zuckerberg
gasmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gasman
gawker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɔːkə(ɹ)
Forms: form: gawkers
Etymology: From gawk + -er.
Senses: glosses: Someone who gawks; someone who stares stupidly.
Derived terms: gawker block
gawker blocker
gawkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gawker
get-togethers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of get-together
ginkgos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ginkgo
ginkgoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ginkgo
gms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Add 5 gms of salt and 10 gms of sugar.
glosses: plural of gm; grams.
go-betweens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of go-between
go-getters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of go-getter
gonococcal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɒnəˈkɒkl̩/
rhymes: -ɑːkəl
Etymology: From gonococc(us) + -al.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Of, or pertaining to, gonococcus.
Derived terms: antigonococcal
nongonococcal
gonococcus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɡɒnəˌkɒkəs/
Forms: form: gonococci
Etymology: From a short form of gonorrhea + -coccus.
Senses: glosses: Any of the bacteria (Neisseria gonorrhoeae) that is responsible for gonorrhea.
Derived terms: gonococcal
antigonococcal
gonococcicide
Related terms: coccus
gonococci
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gonococcus
gravities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gravity
greenflies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of greenfly
grocery store
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grocery stores
Senses: synonyms: word: grocery shop
word: greengrocer's
word: grocery
glosses: A store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket.
Derived terms: I'm looking for a grocery store
is there a grocery store nearby
thyrotoxicoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thyrotoxicosis
thyro-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: ipa: /θʌɪ.ɹəʊ/
ipa: /θaɪ.ɹoʊ/
Forms: form: thyr-
Etymology: From thyroid + -o-.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Thyroid.
fuhgeddaboudit
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: [fɵˈɡɛdəˌbæʊ.dɪʔ]
Forms: form: foggetaboutit
form: fuggedaboudit
form: fuhgedaboudit
form: fuhgedaboutit
form: fuhgeddaboutit
form: fuhgetaboutit
Etymology: The phrase is associated with the inhabitants of New York City and the part of the state of New Jersey outside of it.
Senses: examples: text: As they say in New York, fuhgedaboudit. And speaking of successful muggers, perennial presidential candidate Lyndon LaRouche also had reason to smile
ref: 1993 December 3, “CON MAN AND MUGGER CLAIM A LEGAL WINDFALL”, in News Tribune:
text: He apologized to me, quietly and sadly. He thought he was letting me down. “Fuhgeddaboudit,” I told him in my best New Jersey accent.
ref: 2008 August 4, Dr. Tom Gross, “Dr. Tom Gross: ER stressful, but not how you’d think”, in Marin Independent Journal:
text: (see title)
ref: 2015 February 2, “Fuhgeddaboudit: New York Accent On Its Way Out, Linguists Say”, in NPR:
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of forget about it, representing New York City and New Jersey English.
gov't
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gov'ts
form: govᵗ
form: govt
form: govt.
form: Govt.
form: Gov't
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of government.
Related terms: gov
gov.
avascular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more avascular
form: most avascular
Etymology: From a- + vascular.
Senses: examples: text: An avascular mass was discovered during surgery.
topics: medicine
sciences
antonyms: vascular
glosses: Lacking blood vessels.
Derived terms: avascularity
avascularly
avascular necrosis
foveal avascular zone
bilayered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bi- + layered.
Senses: examples: text: The prosthesis has a bilayered calcium phosphate coating.
glosses: Having a structure with two layers
Related terms: multilayered
rondelle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rondelles
form: rondel
Etymology: From French rondelle. Doublet of redondilla.
Senses: glosses: A small circular object.
synonyms: rosette
glosses: One of the successive crusts formed on molten metal as it cools.
scism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scisms
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of schism.
autoregressive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛsɪv
Forms: form: more autoregressive
form: most autoregressive
Etymology: From auto- + regressive.
Senses: examples: text: An autoregressive model was used.
topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: Employing autoregression, using a weighted sample of past data to predict future results
Synonyms: autogressive
Derived terms: autoregressively
autoregressivity
Related terms: regressive
autoregression
autoreactive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more autoreactive
form: most autoreactive
Etymology: From auto- + reactive.
Senses: examples: an autoreactive T-cell clone
topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: Acting against the organism by which it was produced
Derived terms: autoreactively
autoreactivity
nonautoreactive
Related terms: autoactive
autoimmune
biochemistries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biochemistry
disinterment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdɪs.ɪnˈtɜː.mənt/
ipa: /ˌdɪs.ɪnˈtɝː.mənt/
Forms: form: disinterments
Etymology: From disinter + -ment.
Senses: glosses: The act of disinterring.
Synonyms: exhumation
disinterments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of disinterment
dictums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɪk.təmz/
rhymes: -ɪktəmz
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dicta, plural of dictum
bioessential
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bio- + essential.
Senses: examples: text: Nitrogen is one of around 30 bioessential elements incorporated into biogeochemical cycles.
ref: 2000, Stuart W. Gibb, “Ammonia”, in Leo M.L. Nollet, editor, Handbook of Water Analysis, →ISBN, page 225:
topics: sciences
glosses: Essential for life
biocytin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biocytins
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An organic compound having the chemical formula C₁₆H₂₈N₄O₄S, formed by covalent bonding between biotin and a lysine residue
Related terms: biotin
biocomposites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biocomposite
biocomposite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biocomposites
Etymology: From bio- + composite.
Senses: qualifier: materials science
glosses: A composite material comprising a resin matrix and a bolster to reinforce natural fibers, wherein either the resin or the bolster is of biological origin.
Derived terms: nanobiocomposite
biocytins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biocytin
bedrobes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bedrobe
bimodality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bimodalities
Etymology: From bimodal + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: Frequency distributions of some of the variables indicate the existence of bimodalities.
ref: 1966, Zenon S. Zannetos, The Theory of Oil Tankship Rates, page 227:
topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: A bimodal condition
bimodalities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bimodality
harelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more harelike
form: most harelike
Etymology: From hare + -like.
Senses: synonyms: leporine
glosses: Characteristic of, or resembling a hare.
kapus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kapu
plication
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /plɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/
Forms: form: plications
Etymology: From Middle French plicacion, and its source, Latin plicatio.
Senses: topics: biology
geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: An act of folding.
examples: text: But the recognition of nappes set out the research project: you need not simply throw up your hands in despair at perverse plications and ceaseless crenelations in the Alps.
ref: 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 96:
topics: biology
geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A fold or pleat.
topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: A surgical procedure in which a body part is strengthened or shortened by pulling together folds of excess material, and suturing them into place.
Synonyms: plicature
Derived terms: omentoplication
perone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From French péroné, from Ancient Greek περόνη (perónē, “fibula”).
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The fibula.
Related terms: peroneotibial
hadrodynamics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hadro- + dynamics.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The study of the laws that govern the motion and interaction of hadrons
Derived terms: classical hadrodynamics
quantum hadrodynamics
hypercomputation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypercomputations
Etymology: From hyper- + computation.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Any of several forms of computation that are theoretically (or practically) impossible with current technology.
classical hadrodynamics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The study of classical relativistic equations of motion for actions involving extended nucleons interacting with massive, neutral scalar and vector meson fields.
Related terms: hadrodynamics
quantum hadrodynamics
quantum hadrodynamics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: qualifier: quantum mechanics
glosses: A framework for describing the nuclear many-body problem as a relativistic system of baryons and mesons based on a local, Lorentz-invariant lagrangian density.
Related terms: hadrodynamics
classical hadrodynamics
hypercomputations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hypercomputation
full names
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of full name
galley proof
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: galley proofs
Senses: topics: media
printing
publishing
coordinate_terms: page proof
glosses: A trial page or proof of continuous text that has not been divided into pages.
page proof
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: page proofs
Senses: topics: media
printing
publishing
coordinate_terms: galley proof
glosses: A trial page or proof that has been made up into pages.
cantil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cantils
Etymology: From Tzeltal kantiil (“yellow lips”).
Senses: glosses: Any of various snakes of the species Agkistrodon bilineatus.
ochlocrat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɒkləkɹæt/
Forms: form: ochlocrats
Etymology: From ochlo- (“mob”) + -o- + -crat (“supporter of rule thereby”).
Senses: examples: text: But Lysias was an unabashed ‘ ochlocrat.’ He was at this time poor, and his citizenship was shown to be illegal almost as soon as it was granted.
ref: 1897: Gilbert Murray, M.A., A history of ancient Greek literature, page 338 (D. Appleton and Company)
text: “You, Father, are an ochlocrat. No heresy in our time is more noxious than trying to implant ochlocracy in the Church. And that’s what you’re trying to do.”
ref: 1993, Jorge Amado, translated by Gregory Rabassa, The War of the Saints, Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 117, →ISBN:
text: ‘The people are as holy as the mob is unholy. A democract is one who wants government for the people and by the people. Someone who wants mob rule is called an “ochlocrat”.’ [from ochlos, Greek for ‘mass’, ‘mob’ (h.a.w.)] The three estates, the nobility, peasantry, and bourgeoisie, must have advisory and co-determinative political power in all issues and requirements of the country; the princes are to exercise executive authority ‘within boundaries established by the general laws of Germany’.³¹
ref: 2006, Heinrich August Winkler, translated by Alexander Sager, Germany: The Long Road West, 1789–1933, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 59, →ISBN:
glosses: An adherent of the principle of ochlocracy; an advocate of mob rule.
Derived terms: ochlocratic
ochlocratical
ochlocratically
Related terms: -crat
ochlo-
ochlagogue
ochlagogy
ochlocracy
ochlocrats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ochlocrat
Jack-in-the-pulpit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Jack-in-the-pulpits
form: Jacks-in-the-pulpit
form: jack-in-the-pulpit
Senses: synonyms: snake's head
cuckoopint
glosses: A plant native to woodlands of northern Europe, Arum maculatum.
synonyms: Indian turnip
bog onion
glosses: A plant native to eastern North America, Arisaema triphyllum.
synonyms: cobra lily
jack
Jack
glosses: Any plant in the genus Arisaema.
topics: games
glosses: Cat's cradle.
Synonyms: word: Adam and Eve
word: adder's meat
word: adder's root
word: arum
word: arum lily
word: bobbins
word: cows and bulls
word: cuckoopint
word: cuckoo-plant
word: devils and angels
word: friar's cowl
word: Jack-in-the-pulpit
word: lamb-in-a-pulpit
word: lord-and-lady
word: lords-and-ladies
word: naked boys
word: snake's head
word: starch-root
word: wakerobin
word: wild arum
Related terms: word: :Category:Arum family plants
black swans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of black swan
pipefish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pipefishes
form: pipefish
form: pipe-fish
Etymology: From pipe + fish.
Senses: glosses: A small fish of subfamily Syngnathinae in the seahorse family, having a long thin body covered with partially ossified plates, the head long, and the jaws elongated so as to form a tubular snout.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Solenostomus spp.
word: ghost pipefish
alt: Maroubra yasudai
word: orange pipefish
word: Ball's pipefish
cybertext
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cybertexts
Etymology: From cyber- + text, perhaps popularised by Espen J. Aarseth's 1997 "Cybertext: Perspectives on Ergodic Literature"; though "The Cybertext Corporation" existed in Arcata in the 1980s.
Senses: examples: text: The sense of mystory^([sic]) opens up for academics the conceptual space of allowing students a singular journey through a cybertext.
ref: 1999, Wita Wojtkowski, Systems development methods for databases, enterprise modeling, and workflow management:
text: Cybertext may promote such a strong feeling of distance between readers, writers, and texts that referentiality to material conditions is downplayed. The very physical act of holding a book and turning its pages-in a sense, much more interactive than clicking a mouse[…]
ref: 2002, Cheryl J Fish, Yi-Chun Tricia Lin, Women's studies then and now:
glosses: Text on a computer, particularly hypertext
examples: text: Procedural and generative cybertext work undermines the concept of authorship and encourages the discussion about 'cyborg authorship'
ref: 2005, Eva Müller-Zettelmann, Margarete Rubik, Theory into poetry: new approaches to the lyric:
glosses: Text on a computer, particularly hypertext
Mutually interactive, technologically enhanced text as described by Aarseth.
Related terms: hypertext
permanent waves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of permanent wave
meros
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: meroi
Etymology: From Ancient Greek μηρός (mērós, “thigh”).
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: the proximal segment of the hind limb; the thigh
meros
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: meroi
form: merus
Etymology: From Ancient Greek μέρος (méros, “part”).
Senses: examples: text: A triglyph consists of six parts , two and a half of which are on each side, and the meros is in the centre and constitutes one part
ref: 1882, Frederick Thomas Hodgson, The Builder's Guide, and Estimator's Price Book:
topics: architecture
glosses: the plain surface between the channels of a triglyph
aethrioscopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aethrioscope
wigmaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wigmakers
Etymology: From wig + maker.
Senses: glosses: A person who makes or sells wigs.
Synonyms: perruquier
nuntii
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nuntius
Elliana
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name.
sacculus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsak.jʊl.əs/
ipa: /ˈsæk.jəl.əs/
rhymes: -ækjʊləs
Forms: form: sacculi
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Latin sacculus (“a little sack or bag”), diminutive of saccus (“a sack, bag, purse”). Doublet of saccule.
Senses: examples: text: Sacculi, or little bags of herbs, flowers, seeds, roots, and the like, applied to the head […].
ref: 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II, section 4, member 1, subsection v:
glosses: A small bag of herbs or medicinal substances, applied to the body.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: UK form of saccule.
linsang
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: linsangs
Etymology: From Javanese.
Senses: glosses: Any of the members of two catlike Asian animal species classified in the mammalian family Prionodontidae.
glosses: Any of the members of two superficially catlike African animal species classified in the mammalian family Viverridae.
Hyponyms: sense: Asian animals in Prionodontidae
word: Asiatic linsang
sense: Asian animals in Prionodontidae
taxonomic: Prionodon linsang
word: banded linsang
sense: Asian animals in Prionodontidae
word: delundung
sense: Asian animals in Prionodontidae
taxonomic: Prionodon pardicolor
word: spotted linsang
sense: African animals in Viverridae
taxonomic: Poiana leightoni
word: Leighton's linsang
sense: African animals in Viverridae
word: African linsang
sense: African animals in Viverridae
taxonomic: Poiana richardsonii
word: oyan
linsangs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of linsang
pilot-hole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pilot-holes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of pilot hole.
bivium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bivia
Etymology: From Latin bivium (“a place with two ways”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: One side of an echinoderm, including a pair of ambulacra, in distinction from the opposite side (trivium), which includes three ambulacra.
Derived terms: bivial
Related terms: bivious
marsh tit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: marsh tits
Senses: glosses: A passerine bird of the tit family (Poecile palustris).
viae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of via
willow tit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: willow tits
Senses: glosses: A passerine bird of the tit family (Poecile montanus).
apodicticity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From apodictic + -ity.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The state of being apodictic
multiboot
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + boot.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Having several operating systems available, such that any of them can be selected each time the computer is booted.
kaviar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of caviar.
IUML
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Indian politics
glosses: Initialism of Indian Union Muslim League, a political party.
gourmandise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡʊɹməndaɪz/
ipa: /ˈɡoɹ-/
ipa: /ˈɡɔɹ-/
ipa: /ˈɡʊəməndaɪz/
ipa: /ˈɡɔː-/
Forms: form: gourmandises
form: gourmandising
form: gourmandised
form: gourmandised
form: gourmandize
form: gormandise
form: gormandize
form: gourmondise
form: gourmondize
form: gormondise
form: gormondize
Etymology: From gourmand + -ise.
Senses: examples: text: I have long dream'd of such a kind of man, / So surfeit-swell'd, so old and so profane; / But, being awaked, I do despise my dream. / Make less thy body hence, and more thy grace; / Leave gormandizing; know the grave doth gape / For thee thrice wider than for other men.
ref: c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene v]:
text: A benevolent old Surgeon sat once in our company, with a Patient fallen sick by gourmandising, whom he had just, too briefly in the Patient’s judgment, been examining.
ref: 1843 April, Thomas Carlyle, “Happy”, in Past and Present, American edition, Boston, Mass.: Charles C[offin] Little and James Brown, published 1843, →OCLC, book III (The Modern Worker):
text: Even as the envoys from Europe, Japan, Latin America and the United States gourmandised their way through the eight savoury courses served on silver plates and the two dessert courses brought in on plates of solid gold, their ears were bombarded by the multiple counterpoint and polyphony of sixteen bands in Mexico City's main square or Zócalo below.
ref: 2000, Frank McLynn, Villa and Zapata: A Biography of the Mexican Revolution, Pimlico, published 2001, →ISBN, page 2:
text: […] but there was no cream, no butter, no foie gras, no soufflés, no beef fillet steaks, no rich sauces or runny cheeses such as I had been gourmandising on for a whole week – not to mention the many bottles of champagne, wine and brandy.
ref: 2008, Neville Phillips, The Stage Struck Me!, Matador, →ISBN, page 146:
synonyms: word: guttle
glosses: To eat food in a gluttonous manner; to gorge; to make a pig of oneself.
gourmandise
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡʊɹməndaɪz/
ipa: /ˈɡoɹ-/
ipa: /ˈɡɔɹ-/
ipa: /ˈɡʊəməndaɪz/
ipa: /ˈɡɔː-/
ipa: /ɡʊɹmənˈdiz/
ipa: /ɡʊəmənˈdiːz/
ipa: /ˈɡʊɹməndaɪz/
ipa: /ˈɡoɹ-/
ipa: /ˈɡɔɹ-/
ipa: /ˈɡʊəməndaɪz/
ipa: /ˈɡɔː-/
Etymology: Borrowed from French gourmandise.
Senses: glosses: gluttony
dual-boot
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From dual + boot.
Senses: examples: text: In either situation, a dual-boot installation uses unpartitioned free space on the current or on another hard disk as the target.
ref: 2004, Mark Edward Soper, Absolute Beginner's Guide to A+ Certification:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Having two operating systems available, such that either of them can be selected each time the computer is booted.
Hypernyms: multiboot
unpartitioned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + partitioned.
Senses: glosses: Not partitioned.
unpartitioned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unpartition
dual boot
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of dual-boot.
ajars
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ajar
story arc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstɔː.ɹi ɑːk/
ipa: /ˈstɔː.ɹi ɑɹk/
Forms: form: story arcs
Etymology: From story + arc.
Senses: examples: text: This story arc about "hunting the buffalo" is part of a larger story arc about "developing relationships with the Indians".
ref: 1992, Linda Seger, The Art of Adaptation: Turning Fact and Fiction into Film:
text: A story arc can be developed continuously until it is completed, but it is more usual for a drama series to treat a story arc discontinuously...
ref: 2005, David Schmid, Natural Born Celebrities: Serial Killers in American Culture:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
narratology
sciences
synonyms: narrative arc
glosses: The chronological construction of a plot or storyline, especially one specific to a particular character or plot aspect; an extended or continuing storyline in episodic storytelling media such as television or comic books.
Related terms: identity trajectory
story arcs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of story arc
ajarring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ajar
A plot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: A plots
Senses: examples: text: The primary function of the A plot is to initiate the first movement and complication in the B plot and eventually absorb the B plot once it is resolved.
ref: 1966, Blaze Odell Bonazza, Shakespeare's Early Comedies: A Structural Analysis:
text: Shows have an A plot and a subsidiary, or B plot...
ref: 2001, Robert Keith Sawyer, Creating Conversations: Improvisation in Everyday Discourse:
glosses: The primary plot of a piece of literature, television, etc., contrasted with the secondary B plot.
A plots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of A plot
B plot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: B plots
Senses: glosses: The secondary plot of a piece of literature, television, etc., contrasted with the primary A plot.
B plots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of B plot
presidentes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of presidente
digital video recorders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of digital video recorder
personal video recorders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of personal video recorder
costume dramas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of costume drama
period pieces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of period piece
voetganger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: voetgangers
Etymology: Borrowed from Afrikaans voetganger, from Dutch voetganger, from Middle Dutch voetganger.
Senses: glosses: The crawling form of a locust, not yet able to fly.
reacceptance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reacceptances
Etymology: From re- + acceptance.
Senses: examples: text: Lost and recovered in the working through of repeated repudiations and reacceptances of femininity, vaginal sensations eventually unite and coordinate...
ref: 1968, American Psychoanalytic Association, Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association:
glosses: Acceptance again of something previously rejected.
reacceptances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reacceptance
multi-byte
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of multibyte.
laugh one's head off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: laughs one's head off
form: laughing one's head off
form: laughed one's head off
form: laughed one's head off
Senses: synonyms: word: ROFL
word: roll in the aisles
word: split one's sides
word: laugh one's ass off
glosses: To laugh uproariously.
half-width
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of halfwidth.
half-width
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: half-widths
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of halfwidth.
half-widths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of half-width
full-width
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The First Class compartments featured full-width mirrors, pleated curtains, folding tables, abstract murals, and teak veneering.
ref: 2024 March 20, Greg Morse, “XP64: the train the ^([sic]) [that] launched a new style”, in RAIL, number 1005, page 46:
glosses: Alternative spelling of fullwidth.
fullwidth
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: full-width
Etymology: From full + width, as a calque of Japanese 全角 (zenkaku).
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
media
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
publishing
sciences
typography
glosses: Of a text character, occupying the space of two alphanumeric characters in a monospace font, or two "normal" text columns.
unusably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unusably
form: most unusably
Etymology: From unusable + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Hydrogenation allowed manufacturers to make a butter substitute that spreads easily even at refrigerator temperature, where butter is unusably hard.
ref: 2004, Harold McGee, On Food and Cooking:
glosses: In an unusable manner.
owlishly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more owlishly
form: most owlishly
Etymology: From owlish + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: To the muzzy drumming of beer in his veins he gazed long and owlishly at the sombre cottage[.]
ref: 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 112:
text: He gazed owlishly down at his confederates and they gazed owlishly back at him.
ref: 1941, Vardis Fisher, City of Illusion:
glosses: In an owlish manner, especially with regard to looking.
all-nighters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of all-nighter