cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
chromocratic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ætɪk
Forms: form: more chromocratic
form: most chromocratic
Etymology: From chromo- + -cratic.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Melanocratic.
noctambulant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /nɒkˈtæm.bjə.lənt/
Forms: form: more noctambulant
form: most noctambulant
Senses: examples: text: Another matter we noticed was the large number of "cage" beds for the troublesome and noctambulant patients—camisoles and other physical restraints were rarely used.
ref: 1908, Report of the Members of the Royal Commission on the Care and Control of the Feeble-Minded, volume VII: "Upon Their Visit to American Institutions", OCLC 14804139, page 113:
glosses: Relating to or given to sleepwalking; noctambulous.
examples: text: At last they found on the quay one of those ancient noctambulant coupés which, exactly as if they were ashamed to show their misery during the day, are never seen round Paris until after nightfall.
ref: 1889, Jonathan Sturges (tr.), “The Necklace”, in The Odd Number: Thirteen Tales By Guy De Maupassant, translation of La Parure by Guy de Maupassant:
text: Responsible citizens owned houses and stayed in after dark. Rogues, rakes, prostitutes and “wicked persons” were noctambulant.
ref: 2015 March 15, Robert McCrum, “Nightwalking review – an enthralling study of London after dark”, in The Observer:
glosses: Walking or traveling at night.
raindate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: raindates
Etymology: From rain + date.
Senses: examples: text: It's Gay Pride Day, happening this year on Saturday, June 15th (Raindate: Sunday, June 16)
ref: 1985 April 6, Marsha Levine, “Planning for Pride '85”, in Gay Community News, page 5:
glosses: An alternative date on which an event will be held if it rains on the originally scheduled date.
Synonyms: rain day
raindates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of raindate
Rambouillet
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A commune and subprefecture in Yvelines department, Île-de-France, France.
Rambouillet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Rambouillets
Senses: glosses: A sheep of a breed that originated in France.
Rambouillets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Rambouillet
rampageousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From rampageous + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being rampageous.
rampauge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rampauges
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of rampage.
rampauge
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rampauges
form: rampauging
form: rampauged
form: rampauged
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of rampage.
microfacies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪʃiiːz
-eɪʃiːz
Forms: form: microfacies
Etymology: From micro- + facies.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
petrology
glosses: The composition, features, or appearance of a portion of a facies small enough to be examined in thin sections, or in rock samples of similar size.
rampauged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rampauge
rampauging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rampauge
rampauges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rampauge
rampauges
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rampauge
rancidest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of rancid: most rancid
rancors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rancor
raoulia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: raoulias
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any of the genus Raoulia of New Zealand plants in the pussytoes tribe (Gnaphalieae) within the daisy family (Asteraceae).
raoulias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of raoulia
raptnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of raptness
rascalliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of rascally: most rascally
raspish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more raspish
form: most raspish
Etymology: From rasp + -ish.
Senses: examples: a raspish voice
glosses: raspy
rashnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rashness
ratatat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ratatats
form: rat-a-tat
form: rat-tat
Etymology: imitative.
Senses: examples: text: A single narrow iron-clamped door formed the only means of entrance. On this our guide knocked with a peculiar postman-like rat-tat.
ref: 1890 February, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “The Tragedy of Pondicherry Lodge”, in The Sign of Four (Standard Library), London: Spencer Blackett […], →OCLC, page 72:
glosses: A swiftly repeated knocking sound.
ratatats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ratatat
ratteners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rattener
rattlin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rattlins
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Alternative form of ratline.
rattline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rattlines
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Alternative form of ratline.
rattlines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rattline
rattlins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rattlin
ravagement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ravagements
Etymology: From ravage + -ment.
Senses: glosses: An act of ravaging.
ravagements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ravagement
raylet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: raylets
Etymology: From ray + -let.
Senses: synonyms: beamlet
glosses: A little ray or beam.
raylets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of raylet
razmataz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of razzmatazz.
reaccede
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reaccedes
form: reacceding
form: reacceded
form: reacceded
Etymology: From re- + accede.
Senses: glosses: To accede again.
reaccent
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reaccents
form: reaccenting
form: reaccented
form: reaccented
Etymology: From re- + accent.
Senses: glosses: To accent again.
reacceded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reaccede
reaccedes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reaccede
reacceding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reaccede
reaccented
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reaccent
reaccents
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reaccent
reaccenting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reaccent
reconcede
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reconcedes
form: reconceding
form: reconceded
form: reconceded
Etymology: From re- + concede.
Senses: glosses: To concede again.
reconceded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reconcede
reconcedes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reconcede
reconceding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reconcede
reacclimatize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reacclimatizes
form: reacclimatizing
form: reacclimatized
form: reacclimatized
Etymology: From re- + acclimatize.
Senses: glosses: To acclimatize again.
reacclimatized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reacclimatize
reacclimatizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reacclimatize
reacclimatizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reacclimatize
reactivenesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reactiveness
reactuate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reactuates
form: reactuating
form: reactuated
form: reactuated
Etymology: From re- + actuate.
Senses: glosses: To actuate again.
reactuated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reactuate
reactuates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reactuate
reactuating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reactuate
reagencies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reagency
rearouse
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rearouses
form: rearousing
form: rearoused
form: rearoused
Etymology: From re- + arouse.
Senses: glosses: To arouse again.
rearoused
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rearouse
rearouses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rearouse
rearousing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rearouse
reavail
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reavails
form: reavailing
form: reavailed
form: reavailed
Etymology: From re- + avail.
Senses: glosses: To avail again.
reavailed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reavail
reavailing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reavail
reavails
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reavail
reavow
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reavows
form: reavowing
form: reavowed
form: reavowed
Etymology: From re- + avow.
Senses: glosses: To avow again.
reavowed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reavow
reavows
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reavow
reavowing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reavow
rebaptising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rebaptise
rebaptised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rebaptise
reblend
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reblends
form: reblending
form: reblended
form: reblended
Etymology: From re- + blend.
Senses: glosses: To blend again.
reblended
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reblend
reblends
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reblend
reblending
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reblend
reblending
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reblendings
Senses: glosses: The act or result of something being blended again.
recalcitrances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of recalcitrance
recalcitrancies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of recalcitrancy
recaller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: recallers
Etymology: From recall + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who recalls or remembers.
examples: text: [R]ecalling firms suffer other consequences, as well. These indirect costs include reduced sales for the recaller and its competition, stock devaluation, gross national product reduction, and reduced public confidence […]
ref: 2008, Robert W. Kolb, Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society, volume 1, page 1776:
glosses: One who carries out a product recall.
recallers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of recaller
recentrifuge
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: recentrifuges
form: recentrifuging
form: recentrifuged
form: recentrifuged
Etymology: From re- + centrifuge.
Senses: glosses: To centrifuge again.
recentrifuging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of recentrifuge
recentrifuges
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of recentrifuge
receptivenesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of receptiveness
rechromatograph
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rechromatographs
form: rechromatographing
form: rechromatographed
form: rechromatographed
Etymology: From re- + chromatograph.
Senses: glosses: To chromatograph again.
rechromatographed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rechromatograph
rechromatographs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rechromatograph
rechromatographing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rechromatograph
recklessnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of recklessness
recodification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: recodifications
Etymology: From re- + codification.
Senses: glosses: codification again
recodifications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of recodification
reculed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of recule
reculing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of recule
recuperations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of recuperation
recumbencies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of recumbency
recumbences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of recumbence
redactional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From redaction + -al.
Senses: glosses: Relating to redaction.
redamage
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: redamages
form: redamaging
form: redamaged
form: redamaged
Etymology: From re- + damage.
Senses: glosses: To damage again.
redamaged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of redamage
redamages
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of redamage
redamaging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of redamage
redefy
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: redefies
form: redefying
form: redefied
form: redefied
Etymology: From re- + defy.
Senses: glosses: To defy again.
redefied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of redefy
redefies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of redefy
redefying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of redefy
reeducations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reeducation
reeducative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From re- + educative.
Senses: glosses: Relating to reeducation.
reemissions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reemission
reembroider
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reembroiders
form: reembroidering
form: reembroidered
form: reembroidered
Etymology: From re- + embroider.
Senses: glosses: To embroider again.
reembroidered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reembroider
reembroiders
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reembroider
reembroidering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reembroider
reescalations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reescalation
reflectometries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reflectometry
reflowings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reflowing
refractometries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of refractometry
refrangibleness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From refrangible + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being refrangible.
regressivities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of regressivity
reguluses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of regulus
reinvigorations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reinvigoration
reinvigorator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reinvigorators
Etymology: From reinvigorate + -or.
Senses: examples: text: What a shocking cough. I wish, my friend, the herb-doctor was here now; a box of his Omni-Balsamic Reinvigorator would do you good.
ref: 1857, Herman Melville, chapter XV, in The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade:
glosses: One who or that which reinvigorates.
reinvigorators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reinvigorator
rejuvenescences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rejuvenescence
relativities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of relativity
religiousnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of religiousness
remediability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: remediabilities
Senses: glosses: Quality of being remediable.
remediabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of remediability
remixt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: Wherefore no Method seem'd so proper as such a one, which by gently Dividing and Attenuating its Particles, could cause it to be gradually remixt with the Blood.
ref: 1714, John Purcell, A Treatise of the Cholick, page 161:
glosses: Obsolete form of remixed.
cholick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cholicks
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of cholic.
cholicks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cholick
removabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of removability
rentabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rentability
reoxidations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reoxidation
repairabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of repairability
reregulations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reregulation
resegregations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of resegregation
reserpines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reserpine
resiances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of resiance
reskew
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reskews
form: reskewing
form: reskewed
form: reskewed
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of rescue.
reskue
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reskues
form: reskuing
form: reskued
form: reskued
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of rescue.
reskue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reskues
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of rescue.
reskewed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reskew
reskews
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reskew
reskewing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reskew
reskued
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reskue
reskues
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reskue
reskuing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reskue
reslate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reslates
form: reslating
form: reslated
form: reslated
Etymology: From re- + slate.
Senses: examples: text: We need to reslate the old roof.
glosses: To replace the slates of.
reslated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reslate
reslates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reslate
reslating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reslate
Goddess bless you
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of God bless you.
synonyms: word: God bless you
resolutenesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of resoluteness
resorcins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of resorcin
respiritualize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: respiritualizes
form: respiritualizing
form: respiritualized
form: respiritualized
Etymology: From re- + spiritualize.
Senses: glosses: To spiritualize again.
respiritualized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of respiritualize
respiritualizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of respiritualize
respiritualizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of respiritualize
Goddess bless
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of God bless.
synonyms: word: God bless
restfulnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of restfulness
restivenesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of restiveness
restlessnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of restlessness
title company
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: title companies
Senses: examples: text: In most jurisdictions, the job of handling title defects rests primarily with the title company.
glosses: company that verifies, certifies, holds an escrow for, insures, and holds responsibility for the real estate transactions.
Related terms: topics: law
word: title
title companies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of title company
retinoscopies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of retinoscopy
retroactivities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of retroactivity
for Goddess's sake
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of for God’s sake.
synonyms: word: for God’s sake
revanchisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of revanchism
revegetations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of revegetation
revengings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of revenging
for the love of Goddess
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of for the love of God.
synonyms: word: for the love of God
good Goddess
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: “Good Goddess—you're right,” Andry murmured at last.
ref: 1994, Melanie Rawn, Skybowl, Penguin, →ISBN:
glosses: Synonym of good God.
synonyms: word: good God
Goddess forbid
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of God forbid.
synonyms: word: God forbid
Goddess only knows
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Synonym of God knows.
synonyms: word: God knows
Goddess knows
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: topics: lifestyle
paganism
religion
glosses: Synonym of God knows.
synonyms: word: God knows
dyky
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: dykier
form: more dyky
form: dykiest
form: most dyky
Senses: examples: text: In the mornings a strange dyky-looking fortyish woman lies on the beach but does not appear to belong to the hotel.
ref: 2012, Kathleen Tynan, Tynan Letters:
text: Look at that woman, she's kind of dyky-looking. Oh, but she has a purse — must not be a dyke.
ref: 2013, Mara Hollis, Talking Donkeys and Smashing Babies, page 43:
text: There's as dyky as Sappho herself and bare to the bottom as a newborn.
ref: 2015, Larry Hatch, Hoppers:
glosses: Alternative form of dykey.
Gamergate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡeɪməɹˌɡeɪt/
Forms: form: GamerGate
Etymology: From gamer + -gate.
Senses: examples: text: Those who experienced the harassment firsthand warned that if not taken seriously, the behaviors underlying Gamergate would fester.
ref: 2025 March 23, Harmeet Kaur, “How Gamergate foreshadowed the toxic hellscape that the internet has now become”, in CNN:
glosses: A controversy that started in 2014, and happened primarily online, around issues of sexism and progressivism in video game culture and harassment of women in the video game industry.
Coordinate terms: english: related to comics
translation: related to comics
word: Comicsgate
Derived terms: Gamergater
setting free
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of set free
Hara
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Sanskrit हर (hara).
Senses: glosses: A name of Siva.
Hara
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Haras
Etymology: Multiple origins, including Japanese 原 (Hara).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Japanese.
court of appeals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: courts of appeals
Senses: topics: law
glosses: An appellate court.
in the line of duty
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: "I'd hate to have the Inspector send in a report to headquarters, 'Constable Beresford missing in the line of duty.'"
ref: 1922, William MacLeod Raine, chapter 35, in Man Size:
text: Last year 88 other U.S. policemen were killed in the line of duty.
ref: 1965 September 10, “Helping the Widows”, in Time, retrieved 20 Mar 2018:
text: Quinn's friends repeat the mantra that Officer Galluzzo was just doing his job, the implication being that mistakes made in the line of duty should be forgiven.
ref: 2015 December 18, Kekla Magoon, “Review of All American Boy by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely”, in New York Times, retrieved 20 Mar 2018:
glosses: As part of or while performing official duties, usually of the military or police personnel, or of government officials.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see in, the, line, of, duty.
amaryllides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amaryllis
neuropsychic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From neuro- + psychic.
Senses: examples: text: Table 4 Biodistribution of 99m Tc-PQQ in mice (average ± SD, n = 35, %ID g −1 ) As glutamate neurotransmitter plays an important role in numerous neuropsychic disorders, the NMDAR is the target for research to develop an appropriate ligand for noninvasive imaging.
ref: 2010 October 10, Yanyan Kong et al., “Preparation of 99mTc-PQQ and preliminary biological evaluation for the NMDA receptor”, in Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, volume 287, →DOI:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to the nervous system and the mind
orthoperiodic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ortho- + periodic (“inorganic acid”).
Senses: examples: text: Additionally, the use of HCl solution is not desirable due to the formation of Cl 2 gas by reaction of orthoperiodic with hydrochloric acid.
ref: 2013 June 20, Magdalena Blicharska et al., “Separation of fission produced 106Ru from simulated high level nuclear wastes for production of brachytherapy sources”, in Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, volume 298, →DOI:
topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Relating to orthoperiodic acid
oy vay
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of oy vey.
orthoperiodic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The oxyacid of iodine IO(OH)₅
Related terms: metaperiodic acid
oi vey
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of oy vey.
oi vay
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of oy vey.
orthoquinone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: orthoquinones
Etymology: From ortho- + quinone.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: 1,2-benzoquinone
Related terms: paraquinone
paraquinone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paraquinones
Etymology: From para- + quinone.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: 1,4-benzoquinone
Related terms: orthoquinone
paraflagellar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From para- + flagellar.
Senses: examples: text: We report here that partial disruption of either PFR1 or PFR2 in T. cruzi epimastigotes with the CRISPR/Cas9 system results in accumulation of PFR components at the tip of the flagella and subsequent loss of the paraflagellar rod structure with flagellar detachment from the cell body.
ref: 2015 July 21, Noelia Lander et al., “CRISPR/Cas9-Induced Disruption of Paraflagellar Rod Protein 1 and 2 Genes in Trypanosoma cruzi Reveals Their Role in Flagellar Attachment”, in mBio, volume 6, →DOI:
glosses: Describing a fibrillar structure within the flagella of a protist
phlebectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛktəmi
Forms: form: phlebectomies
Etymology: From phlebo- + -ectomy.
Senses: examples: text: The working group recommends simultaneously carrying out ambulatory phlebectomy with RFA.
ref: 2014 December 31, Jin Hyun Joh et al., “Consensus for the Treatment of Varicose Vein with Radiofrequency Ablation”, in Vascular Specialist International, volume 30, →DOI:
topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The removal of a vein, especially of a varicose vein
precoordinated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + coordinated.
Senses: examples: text: Only a viral quasispecies population-based process can provide such a diffuse but precoordinated network of integrating RNA agents.
ref: 2013 March 4, Luis P Villarreal, Guenther Witzany, “The DNA Habitat and its RNA Inhabitants: At the Dawn of RNA Sociology”, in Genomics Insights, volume 6, →DOI:
glosses: coordinated in advance
protospacer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: protospacers
Etymology: From proto- + spacer.
Senses: examples: text: Genomic DNA was extracted from parental and mutant cell lines and used as the template to amplify fragments of 200 to 1,500 bp containing the protospacer regions chosen for Cas9 targeting of the TcPFR1, TcPFR2, and TcGP72 genes.
ref: 2015 July 21, Noelia Lander et al., “CRISPR/Cas9-Induced Disruption of Paraflagellar Rod Protein 1 and 2 Genes in Trypanosoma cruzi Reveals Their Role in Flagellar Attachment”, in mBio, volume 6, →DOI:
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A particular DNA motif.
putaminal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Normal sexual dimorphism in the basal ganglia includes larger male putaminal volume ( 58 ); interestingly, poorer performance during a temporal discrimination task has been correlated with putaminal enlargement ( 4 ), which could be reflected in our data of higher TDTs in younger men versus women.
ref: 2015 July 9, Laura Jane Williams et al., “Young Women do it Better: Sexual Dimorphism in Temporal Discrimination”, in Frontiers in Neurology, volume 6, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to the putamen
Derived terms: intraputaminal
pyronecrosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pyro- + necrosis.
Senses: examples: text: Pyroptosis and pyronecrosis differ from each other, e.g. by activating factors and the dependence of caspase-1 [ 34 ].
ref: 2008 September 13, Antero Salminen et al., “Amyloid-β oligomers set fire to inflammasomes and induce Alzheimer's pathology”, in Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, volume 12, →DOI:
glosses: A variant of pyroptosis that requires a caspase.
uintathere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: uintatheres
Senses: topics: biology
history
human-sciences
natural-sciences
paleontology
sciences
glosses: Any member of the family †Uintatheriidae of extinct ungulates, especially of genus Uintatherium.
Synonyms: uintatheriid
uintatheres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of uintathere
maladie du pays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From French maladie du pays (“homesickness”).
Senses: examples: text: I felt a wish for happiness and thought with melancholy delight of my beloved cousin and longed, with a devouring maladie du pays, to see once more the blue lake and rapid Rhone, that had been so dear to me in early childhood […].
ref: 1816 June – 1817 April/May (date written), [Mary Shelley], Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [Macdonald and Son] for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, published 1 January 1818, →OCLC:
glosses: Homesickness.
ocellated lizards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ocellated lizard
ribozymatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: In contrast to this, we have tried to exemplify the multiple roles of consortia of ribozymatic agents emerging from compatible stem-loop structures that work together to build RNA viruses and create infection-derived noncoding RNA networks without which life cannot function.
ref: 2013 March 4, Luis P Villarreal, Guenther Witzany, “The DNA Habitat and its RNA Inhabitants: At the Dawn of RNA Sociology”, in Genomics Insights, volume 6, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to ribozymes
sonochemotherapy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sono- + chemo- + therapy.
Senses: examples: text: (A) Timeframe of each sonochemotherapy treatment schedule, arrows indicate intravenous injection of 0.5 ml SonoVue followed by a 5-ml injection of saline, δt represents the time between each injection; (B) Photo of the probe and custom-made probe holder during patient treatment; (C) Changes in tumor diameter over time measured from CT images in patients with pancreatic malignancy.
ref: 2015 July 10, Bart H. A. Lammertink et al., “Sonochemotherapy: from bench to bedside”, in Frontiers in Pharmacology, volume 6, →DOI:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: sonochemical therapy
sulfenylate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sulfenylates
form: sulfenylating
form: sulfenylated
form: sulfenylated
Etymology: From sulfenyl + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Senses: examples: text: The hydrogen peroxide originating from Nox4 in turn sulfenylates the receptor tyrosine kinase as well as the PTP1B.
ref: 2018, Michael Breitenbach, Oxidative Stress and Oxygen Radicals, page 43:
glosses: To cause, or to undergo sulfenylation.
sulfenylates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: For trials testing the effect of S -methyl methanethiosulfonate (MMTS), which covalently sulfenylates the sulfur of cysteine residues, plants were pre-incubated with 1 mM MMTS for 60 min followed by addition of 4 or 6 mM nitrite.
ref: 2015 July 9, Michael F. Cohen et al., “Bimodal effect of hydrogen peroxide and oxidative events in nitrite-induced rapid root abscission by the water fern Azolla pinnata”, in Frontiers in Plant Science, volume 6, →DOI:
glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sulfenylate
tectonize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: tectonizes
form: tectonizing
form: tectonized
form: tectonized
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: To modify a rock by a tectonic process
Related terms: tectonization
tectonized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tectonize
tectonized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tectonized
form: most tectonized
Senses: examples: text: The rock is strongly tectonized with a finely grained structure.
ref: 2011 September 20, Dariusz Malczewski, Jerzy Żaba, “Natural radioactivity in rocks of the Modane–Aussois region (SE France)”, in Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, volume 292, →DOI:
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Modified by a tectonic process
tectonization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tectonizations
Etymology: From tectonize + -ation.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Modification (of rock) by a tectonic process
tenosynovectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛktəmi
Forms: form: tenosynovectomies
Senses: examples: text: There is substantial clinical experience showing that the risk of tendon rupture can be minimized by tenosynovectomy.
ref: 1973, Jerome H. Herman, Rheumatoid Arthritis: Theoretical and Clinical Aspects, page 184:
text: Complete excision including tenosynovectomy is essential even in "non-specific" rice body tenosynovitis.
ref: 2015 July 14, Seung Eun Hong et al., “Rice Body Tenosynovitis without Tuberculosis Infection after Multiple Acupuncture Procedures in a Hand”, in Archives of Plastic Surgery, volume 42, →DOI:
topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: Excision or resection of a tendon sheath.
thermoablation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: thermoablations
Etymology: From thermo- + ablation.
Senses: examples: text: Endovenous heat-induced thrombosis (EHIT) is thrombus extending from the superficial venous system into the deep venous system at, or proximal to, a site of recent thermoablation; most commonly thrombus extending from the GSV into the common femoral vein [ 29 ].
ref: 2014 December 31, Jin Hyun Joh et al., “Consensus for the Treatment of Varicose Vein with Radiofrequency Ablation”, in Vascular Specialist International, volume 30, →DOI:
topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: thermal ablation
Related terms: thermoablative
thermocatheter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thermocatheters
Etymology: From thermo- + catheter.
Senses: examples: text: For measurements of the cardiac output (CO), the right femoral artery was cannulated and a thermocatheter (MLT1402 T-type Ultra Fast Thermocouple, ADInstruments, Oxford, UK) was introduced.
ref: 2014 December 9, Martin A Schick et al., “Sepsis-induced acute kidney injury by standardized colon ascendens stent peritonitis in rats - a simple, reproducible animal model”, in Intensive Care Medicine Experimental, volume 2, →DOI:
topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: A catheter which has a thermocouple to continuously monitor the internal temperature
thermostated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Two micropumps (4) provided fluids from two thermostated liquid reservoirs (1, 2) to the membrane module (5).
ref: 2013 October 25, Paweł Biełuszka et al., “Liquid–liquid extraction of uranium(VI) in the system with a membrane contactor”, in Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, volume 299, →DOI:
glosses: Alternative form of thermostatted.
tributylphosphate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: In the laboratory experiments the partition coefficients for uranium extraction by different extractants, like e.g.: tributylphosphate (TBP), triethylamine (TEA), di(2-ethylhexyl)phosphoric acid (D2EHPA), tri- n -octylamine (TnOA) and trioctylphosphine oxide were determined.
ref: 2013 October 25, Paweł Biełuszka et al., “Liquid–liquid extraction of uranium(VI) in the system with a membrane contactor”, in Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, volume 299, →DOI:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Alternative form of tributyl phosphate.
Maccies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Maccies
form: Maccie's
Etymology: Clipping of McDonald's + -ie, suffixed with -s either per the root noun's possessive or as an analogy of other British fast food chains, such as Greggs. Compare chippies and brekkies.
Senses: examples: text: She texted sayin' to put on my best trackies / Forget pot noodle ... time for Maccies!
ref: 2011, Alexandra Elkington, The Tunnel at the Beginning of the Light, Chipmunkapublishing ltd, →ISBN, page 95:
text: We had five quid between us to get home and grab a Maccies or Wimpy at Lime Street on the way.
ref: 2012, Steven Gerrard, Steven Gerrard: My Story, Random House, →ISBN, page 30:
text: He'd bring me a Maccies in the car, too, which was sweet of him, but it's also the reason I started piling on the weight.
ref: 2015, Holly Hagan, Holly Hagan - Not Quite A Geordie, John Blake Publishing, →ISBN:
glosses: McDonald's, or McDonald's food.
Synonyms: word: Mickey D's
word: Macca's
word: McD's
word: McDo
tributyl phosphate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The tributyl ester of phosphoric acid
triuranium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tri- + uranium.
Senses: examples: text: At the same time leads to concentration of the solution, from which precipitation of the end-product: diuranate (sodium or ammonium) or triuranium octoxide, depending on the used reagents, is performed.
ref: 2013 October 25, Paweł Biełuszka et al., “Liquid–liquid extraction of uranium(VI) in the system with a membrane contactor”, in Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, volume 299, →DOI:
topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Three uranium atoms / ions in a compound
Derived terms: triuranium octoxide
tumouricidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Another study found that MSCs exert a tumouricidal effect on glioma cells in vitro and in vivo after transplantation into experimental tumours.
ref: 2008 October 13, Eva Szegezdi et al., “Stem cells are resistant to TRAIL receptor-mediated apoptosis”, in Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, volume 13, →DOI:
glosses: Alternative form of tumoricidal.
vacuolisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vacuolisations
Etymology: From vacuole + -isation.
Senses: examples: text: Criteria for histopathological assessment were formation of interstitial oedema, cellular oedema, detachment of tubular epithelium from the basement membrane, loss of the brush border of the proximal tubular cells, cell death and vacuolisation.
ref: 2014 December 9, Martin A Schick et al., “Sepsis-induced acute kidney injury by standardized colon ascendens stent peritonitis in rats - a simple, reproducible animal model”, in Intensive Care Medicine Experimental, volume 2, →DOI:
glosses: Alternative form of vacuolization.
vasculoneuropathic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From vasculo- + neuropathic.
Senses: examples: text: If the ischemic symptoms of PAOD are associated with neuropathy, these combined vasculoneuropathic symptoms might cause the limb symptoms to persist despite an appropriate treatment for PAOD.
ref: 2014 December 31, Young Ae Kim et al., “Prevalence and Risk Factors for the Peripheral Neuropathy in Patients with Peripheral Arterial Occlusive Disease”, in Vascular Specialist International, volume 30, →DOI:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Relating to vascular neuropathy
paraffiner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paraffiners
Etymology: From paraffin + -er.
Senses: glosses: A machine for sealing a product in paraffin wax.
parafiscal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From para- + fiscal.
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: Relating to charges levied by quangos and similar semi-governmental bodies
Derived terms: parafiscality
Cupar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkuːpə/
ipa: /ˈkuːpɚ/
ipa: /ˈkʉpər/
Etymology: From Pictish *ᚉᚒᚚᚓᚏ (cuper, “confluence”), compare Welsh cymer.
Senses: examples: text: On the petition of the scholars of the grammar school of Cupar, on 6th August 1678, for a vacance, in order that they may 'recreate' themselves, and visit their friends, the council allow them a holiday till 23d September next.
ref: 1876, James Grant, History of the Burgh and Parish Schools of Scotland, page 189:
glosses: A town in Fife council area, Scotland; historically a royal burgh and former county town of the county of Fife.
glosses: A town in Saskatchewan, Canada.
glosses: A rural municipality in Saskatchewan, which surrounds the town; in full, the Rural Municipality of Cupar No. 218.
at variance
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: For the good and the wicked are ever at variance with each other, and also sometimes the wicked are at variance with each other, and moreover a wicked man is sometimes at variance with himself.
glosses: not in accord; in a state of disagreement
Synonyms: discrepant
discordant
dissonant
KAM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: KAMs
Senses: topics: business
glosses: Initialism of key account manager, an account manager with overall responsibility for a customer relationship.
KAM
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Notice that a wandering set has empty intersection with the set of KAM tori […]
ref: 2019, Laurent Lazzarini, Jean-Pierre Marco, David Sauzin, Measure and Capacity of Wandering Domains in Gevrey Near-integrable Exact Symplectic Systems, page 19:
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Kolmogorov-Arnold-Moser theorem.
bed frame
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bed frames
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bedframe.
bed-frame
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bed-frames
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bedframe.
bed frames
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bed frame
bed-frames
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bed-frame
Secunderabad
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Urdu سِکَنْدَر آباد (sikandar ābād) / Hindi सिकंदराबाद (sikandrābād), named after Sikander Jah. The spelling was likely influenced by Latin secundus.
Senses: examples: text: It was my fate to commence my career in the medical service forty years ago in the presanitary days, long before the introduction of modern methods of diagnosis, at two of the most unhealthy stations in the whole of India — Bellary and Secunderabad.
ref: 1881, International Congress of Medicine, Transactions of the 1st, 2nd, 4th-17th Congress, page 541:
glosses: The twin city of Hyderabad in the Indian state of Telangana.
Aubryist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Aubryists
Etymology: From Aubry + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A follower of the French politician Martine Aubry
Aubryist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Aubryist
form: most Aubryist
Etymology: From Aubry + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or characteristic of, Martine Aubry or her policies
nonhominin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonhominins
Etymology: From non- + hominin.
Senses: examples: text: The ancient baboon, Papio angusticeps, is the first nonhominin primate found at the site.
ref: 2015 August 24, Sindya N. Bhanoo, “A Piece of the Earliest Baboon Ever Found”, in New York Times:
glosses: That which is not a hominin.
nonhominins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonhominin
clucker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ʌkə(ɹ)
Forms: form: cluckers
Etymology: From cluck + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who clucks.
glosses: A chicken.
glosses: An empty bivalve shell whose halves are still connected by the ligament.
cluckers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clucker