cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
forestial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more forestial
form: most forestial
Etymology: From forest + -ial.
Senses: glosses: Of, like, or having to do with a forest.
glosses: Relating to forestry (cultivating forests for harvest).
Synonyms: word: sylvan
word: silvan
alt: attr. n.
word: woods
of all
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: Best of all was the bicycle I got. First of all, I'd like to thank my agent. He was the greatest playwright of all.
glosses: Used as an intensifier with superlative forms of adjectives.
examples: text: Of all the queer collections of humans outside of a crazy asylum, it seemed to me this sanitarium was the cup winner. […] When you're well enough off so's you don't have to fret about anything but your heft or your diseases you begin to get queer, I suppose.
ref: 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter V, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
text: Wolves, sensing the comeback of all comebacks was on the cards, kept pressing and set up an exciting finish when Ronald Zubar's header was judged to have crossed the line, even though it appeared that Nigel de Jong had successfully cleared the effort.
ref: 2011 January 15, Saj Chowdhury, “Man City 4-3 Wolves”, in BBC:
glosses: Used as an intensifier with nouns to denote being ultimate.
examples: text: While on holiday in Spain, we ran into Mark, of all people.
glosses: Marks a thing or person as a particularly unexpected or unwanted example of its category.
Derived terms: least of all
most of all
jet streams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jet stream
lusern
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: luserns
Senses: examples: text: Ne also weare in any maner apparell of his body or on his Hors[…]any Furres of Blake Jenettes or Luserns[…]
ref: 1532-3, The Statutes of the Realm, 24 Hen. VIII c. 13, page 430:
text: The Wild-cat, Lusern or luceret, or Ounce as some call it, is not inferiour to Lamb[…]
ref: 1674, John Josselyn, An account of two voyages to New-England:
text: […]the King whereof being desirous of my friendship, sent vnto mee a quiuer made of a Luserns skinne full of arrowes[…]
ref: 1600, Richard Hakluyt, The principal nauigations, voyages, traffiques and discoueries of the English nation, page 333:
glosses: Alternative form of lucern (“lynx”).
hyperæmia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: "It is to be understood that we have to deal only with local hyperæmia–congestion, so called."
ref: 1854, Carl von Rokitansky et al., A manual of pathological anatomy, page 107:
text: "When the hyperæmia of the genital parts is well marked, one or two local bleedings hasten the cure."
ref: 1861, Friedrich Wilhelm Scanzoni, Augustus Kinsley Gardner, A Practical Treatise on the Diseases of the Sexual Organs of Women, page 232:
ref: 1878, William Alexander Hammond, Cerebral hyperæmia: the result of mental strain or emotional disturbance:
glosses: Alternative spelling of hyperemia.
tusi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of pink cocaine.
synonyms: word: pink cocaine
kune
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kuna
SPR
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Abbreviation
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Abbreviation of Springfield.
SPR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SPRs
Etymology: Term initials
Senses: synonyms: surface plasmon resonance
qualifier: spectroscopy
glosses: Initialism of surface plasmon resonance.
qualifier: phylogenetics
glosses: Initialism of subtree pruning and regrafting.
synonyms: strategic petroleum reserve
glosses: Initialism of strategic petroleum reserve.
glosses: Initialism of self-piercing rivet.
glosses: Initialism of self-piercing riveting.
bettong
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bettongs
Etymology: Borrowed from Dharug badang. Recorded in English since 1830–40.
Senses: examples: text: Bettongs rather resemble rats, having short noses, short, rounded ears, long hind feet and a naked muzzle tip.
glosses: Any of the marsupial genera Bettongia and Aepyprymnus; closely related to kangaroos.
Derived terms: brush tailed bettong
burrowing bettong
northern bettong
rufous bettong
Tasmanian bettong
Related terms: boodie
potoroo
rat kangaroo
woylie
occulting light
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: occulting lights
Senses: glosses: A light in which the total duration of light in each period is clearly longer than the total duration of darkness and in which the intervals of darkness (occultations) are all of equal duration.
occulting lights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of occulting light
isophase light
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: isophase lights
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A rhythmic light (in a lighthouse) in which all durations of light and darkness are equal.
isophase lights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of isophase light
quick light
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quick lights
Senses: topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: A light exhibiting very rapid regular alternations of light and darkness, normally sixty flashes per minute.
quick lights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quick light
tesh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: tĕsh
ipa: /tɛʃ/
rhymes: -ɛʃ
Forms: form: teshes
Etymology: From t + esh.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: The IPA digraph "tʃ", or the obsolete ligature "ʧ".
Related terms: dezh
dezh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: dĕzh
ipa: /dɛʒ/
rhymes: -ɛʒ
Forms: form: dezhes
Etymology: From d + ezh.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: The IPA digraph "dʒ", or the obsolete ligature "ʤ".
Related terms: tesh
catastrophist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more catastrophist
form: most catastrophist
Etymology: From catastrophe + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: But there is an incredible disconnect between what tourists see, what foreigners living in France see, what French people living abroad see, what this recently naturalised français sees, and the hyperbolic, catastrophist nature of France’s own domestic discourse about itself (that is, the French people convinced their country has gone to hell).
ref: 2023 May 1, Alexander Hurst, “Has France really gone to hell? Its catastrophist discourse is at odds with the facts”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Of, having, or being a theory that explains a situation by positing one or more catastrophic events, as opposed to gradual changes.
catastrophist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: catastrophists
Etymology: From catastrophe + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A catastrophist person: a person who subscribes to a catastrophist theory.
Related terms: catastrophism
honor killing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: honor killings
Senses: examples: text: Which is why Putin’s onslaught against Ukraine’s freely elected government feels like the geopolitical equivalent of an honor killing.
ref: 2022 February 22, Thomas L. Friedman, “This Is Putin’s War. But America and NATO Aren’t Innocent Bystanders.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 01 Mar 2022:
glosses: Alternative spelling of honour killing.
Antwerpian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Antwerpians
Etymology: From Antwerp + -ian.
Senses: synonyms: Antwerpenaar
glosses: A person who was born in, or is a citizen or inhabitant of Antwerp, Belgium
Antwerpian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Antwerpian
form: most Antwerpian
Etymology: From Antwerp + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of, relating, or pertaining to Antwerp, Belgium.
inner cabinet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inner cabinets
Senses: glosses: The (often informal) inner circle within a cabinet (which may itself by an official inner circle within a government or council of ministers) which includes only the ministers (or secretaries of state etc.) who are closest to the executive head of state, prime minister or equivalent (notably presiding) officer
behind the eight ball
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of behind the eight-ball.
sinuation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sinuations
Senses: glosses: The act of sinuating, or property of being sinuous.
hydrometrical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: concerning or applying hydrometry
Synonyms: hydrometric
Related terms: hydrometer
sinuates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sinuate
sinuating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sinuating
form: most sinuating
Etymology: From sinuate + -ing.
Senses: glosses: Curvy or wavy.
sinuating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From sinuate + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sinuate
sinuated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sinuate
sinuated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sinuated
form: most sinuated
Senses: glosses: sinuate
psammophyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: psammophytes
Etymology: From German Psammophyt, containing Ancient Greek ψάμμος (psámmos, “sand”). By surface analysis, psammo- + -phyte.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any plant which thrives in sandy conditions.
Related terms: psammophile
scia-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Forms: form: scio-
form: skio-
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek σκῐά (skĭá, “shade”).
Senses: glosses: Forms words related to shade.
spermatophyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spermatophytes
form: spermophyte
form: spermaphyte
Etymology: From spermato- (“seed”) + -phyte (“plant”).
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any plant that bears seeds rather than spores
Synonyms: phanerogam
Derived terms: spermatophytic
tallophyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tallophytes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of thallophyte.
anthropogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From anthropo- + -genesis, attested in English 1862, replacing or used alongside earlier anthropogeny; earlier use in German Anthropogenesis and French anthropogénésie (alongside anthropogénie), from the 1820s.
Senses: glosses: The origin of man.
Synonyms: anthropogeny
Related terms: anthropogenic
open wound
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: open wounds
Senses: examples: text: Open wounds often cause heavy bleeding and grave danger of invasive infection.
glosses: A wound which pierces the skin (and/or exterior bones), so as to bare flesh and/or internal organs.
maltery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: malteries
Etymology: From malt + -ery.
Senses: examples: text: The foregoing represents the malteries whose product is disposed of by sale to brewers having no malteries connected with their breweries.
ref: 1886, George Henry Thurston, Pittsburgh's Progress, Industries and Resources, 1886, page 176:
text: Before the Assela Maltery was completed in 1984, most of the malt used in the breweries had to be imported: in 1983/84 only 20 per cent of the malt used was supplied locally. After the Assela maltery began operations output increased rapidly during the mid-1980s, reaching 11,000 tonnes in FY1988, 110 per cent of nominal installed capacity.
ref: 1991, Ethiopia, new directions of industrial policy, United Nations Industrial Development Organization, page 67:
text: The fermentation industries comprise of distilleries, breweries and malteries.
ref: 2008, T.N. Khoshoo, Environmental Concerns And Strategics, page 113:
glosses: A malthouse.
autogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From auto- + -genesis.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
synonyms: spontaneous generation
glosses: The supposed creation of living organisms from nonliving matter.
blastogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From blasto- + -genesis.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Reproduction via budding.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The transformation of small lymphocytes into larger, undifferentiated cells that undergo mitosis.
Related terms: blastogenic
blastogenicity
carcino-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From Ancient Greek καρκίνος (karkínos, “crab”).
Senses: glosses: Cancer.
glosses: crab, crustacean.
Euclideanness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /juːˈklɪdi.ən.nɛs/
Etymology: From Euclidean + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The property of being Euclidean.
palmipeds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of palmiped
nomades
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nomade
white nose syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: white-nose syndrome
Senses: glosses: A malady associated with the deaths of bats in North America, identifiable by a distinctive ring of fungal growth around the muzzles and on the wings.
pirojki
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pirojkis
Senses: examples: text: On the table were a plethora of dishes offering halved Malossol gherkins, cucumbers with dill, cheese dips, smoked trout rillettes, mushrooms marinated in garlic and dill, buckwheat blinis, caviar, crème fraiche, the inevitable Olivier salad, salmon egg canapés, salmon canapés, pirojkis, syrnikis.
ref: 2024, Patrice Gilles, “Tuesday, 30 November 2010”, in The Trap, London: Austin Macauley Publishers, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of pierogi.
fiers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fier
arouser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arousers
Etymology: From arouse + -er.
Senses: glosses: Someone or something that arouses.
arousers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arouser
adventurist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adventurists
Etymology: From adventure + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Someone who is into adventurism.
glosses: A politician involved in adventurism.
autoeroticism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: autoeroticisms
Etymology: From auto- + eroticism.
Senses: glosses: The practise of stimulating oneself sexually, masturbation.
Related terms: autoerotic
eroticism
aunthood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From aunt + -hood.
Senses: examples: text: Nothing has ever been written about the sacredness of aunthood. No one has painted a tender study of an aunt amusing the children on a wet afternoon...
ref: 1933, Punch:
glosses: The quality or state of being an aunt.
Synonyms: auntdom
auntness
UPA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Uralic Phonetic Alphabet.
qualifier: Indian politics
glosses: Initialism of United Progressive Alliance, a political alliance.
pillar-biter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pillar-biters
Etymology: An old Dutch expression, used since at least the 16th century. No longer in common use.
Senses: glosses: A hypocrite, especially a religious hypocrite
pillar-biters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pillar-biter
correlatively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more correlatively
form: most correlatively
Etymology: From correlative + -ly.
Senses: glosses: in a correlative manner
cashers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of casher
chevreuils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chevreuil
ciboules
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ciboule
clavecins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clavecin
sentry-box
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sentry-boxes
form: sentry box
Senses: examples: text: As for chronology, I own, Trim, continued my uncle Toby, sitting down again coolly in his sentry-box, that, of all others, it seems a science which the soldiers might best spare, was it not for the lights which that science must one day give him, in determining the invention of powder; […]
ref: 1765, [Laurence Sterne], chapter XIX, in The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, volume VIII, London: […] T. Becket and P. A. Dehondt, […], →OCLC, page 75:
coordinate_terms: guard post
glosses: A booth erected to provide rudimentary shelter to a sentry on his/her post.
anovulation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anovulations
Etymology: From an- + ovulation.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Lack of ovulation.
glosses: The act of ovulation through, or by means of, one's anus.
Derived terms: oligoanovulation
coprahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coprah
crics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cric
tbs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tbs
Senses: synonyms: tbsp
glosses: Abbreviation of tablespoon (unit of measure).
tbs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tb
applicatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more applicatory
form: most applicatory
Etymology: From apply + -atory, with the letter "c" used as a linking consonant to separate the vowels i and a.
Senses: glosses: able to be applied or used, practical
Derived terms: applicatorily
preaspirations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of preaspiration
full tilt boogie
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: enpr: fŏŏl tĭlt bŏŏ-gi
ipa: /fʊl tɪlt ˈbʊ.ɡi/
rhymes: -ʊɡi
Forms: form: full-tilt boogie
Senses: examples: text: So we ran, full tilt boogie. Behind us, the footsteps echoed. ¶ Natalie and I shot around the corner. Before our pursuers appeared, I pointed up. Natalie flapped to the roof. I scrambled after her.
ref: 2004, Bruce Hale, The Malted Falcon, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, page 55:
text: I told myself, I'm going to die reaching these goals. I had to go full-tilt boogie, or I'd suck.
ref: 2006, Mike Zimmerman, Men's Health; Succeed Like This Joker, Rodale, Inc., page 166
glosses: At the most extreme level; at full capacity.
full tilt boogie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: fŏŏl tĭlt bŏŏ-gi
ipa: /fʊl tɪlt ˈbʊ.ɡi/
rhymes: -ʊɡi
Forms: form: full-tilt boogie
Senses: examples: text: Full capacity is the zinger, of course. When production hits full-tilt boogie sometime this year, the annualized rate will be about 40,000 units.
ref: 1990, Tony Swan, Popular Mechanics; Freewheeling, Hearst Magazines, page 30
text: Within a year of his release, he'd OD'd on the full-tilt boogie.
ref: 2007, Alafair Burke, Dead Connection, Macmillan, page 203:
glosses: An extreme level.
Synonyms: full throttle
full-bore
out of control
Related terms: at full tilt
full tilt
Chastity
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Since she was saddled with that awful name, Chastity Bono has given her parents much grief over it. "It helps to get into a show or something, but most of the time it's a pain," she told McCall's. The girl blames mama Cher who was inspired by a movie.
ref: 1990, Frank Zappa, Peter Occhiogrosso, The Real Frank Zappa Book, Simon&Schuster, →ISBN, page 247:
glosses: A female given name from English from the virtue chastity.
Egbert
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Old English Ecgberht, name of early English kings, from Old English ecg (“edge (of a blade)”) + beorht (“bright”) or Proto-Germanic *Agjōberhtaz.
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Old English.
aspiratory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more aspiratory
form: most aspiratory
Etymology: From aspire + -atory.
Senses: glosses: pertaining to aspiration
Jonquil
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From jonquil; one of the flower names invented in the 19th century.
Senses: glosses: A female given name from English.
Royce
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɔɪs/
rhymes: -ɔɪs
Etymology: Derived from the Middle English given name Rose. See English Rose.
Senses: glosses: A surname originating as a matronymic.
glosses: A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
Related terms: Rolls-Royce
Royston
confessional chair
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: confessional chairs
Senses: glosses: A chair, or rather booth, in various constructional variations, typically in church or chapel, where the confessor, seated in one compartment, can privately (to protect the sacred secret of the sacrament) hear confession from the person in the other
Royston
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From a place name in Hertfordshire, from the medieval given name Royce + Old English tūn (“settlement”).
Senses: glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
examples: text: Royston Gower was the man to whom De Marchmont had trusted this mission; he was a hardy old soldier, one who had been to the Holy Land, and seen blood spilt as plentifully as water; - - -
ref: 1838, Thomas Miller, Royston Gower, or, The Days of King John, London: Henry Colburn, page 235:
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname.
glosses: A town and civil parish in North Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England, on the Cambridgeshire border (OS grid ref TL3541).
glosses: A large village in Barnsley borough, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3611).
glosses: A suburb of Glasgow, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6066).
glosses: A seaside hamlet on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
glosses: A city in Franklin County, Hart County and Madison County, Georgia, United States.
glosses: A ghost town in Fisher County, Texas, United States.
Derived terms: Royston crow
isotropes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of isotrope
limaces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of limace
Blythe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /blaɪð/
rhymes: -aɪð
Forms: form: Blythes
Etymology: English surname, from Old English blīþe (“merry”). Many senses are derived from placenames, such as the River Blythe, all from the Old English adjective.
Senses: glosses: Any of a number of places in England and the United States.
A city in Riverside County, California, United States.
glosses: Any of a number of places in England and the United States.
A minor city in Richmond County, Georgia, United States.
glosses: Any of a number of places in England and the United States.
A township in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States, named after Calvin Blythe.
glosses: Any of a number of places in England and the United States.
A river in Warwickshire and West Midlands, England, which joins the River Tame north-east of Coleshill, Warwickshire.
glosses: A surname from Old English either derived from a nickname, or from the English places.
glosses: A female given name transferred from the surname, reinforced by the word blithe.
Derived terms: Blytheville
Related terms: Blyth
Blythe Bridge
mithridate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪθrəˌdeɪt/
ipa: /ˈmɪθrɪdeɪt/
Forms: form: mithridates
form: mithridat
form: mithrydate
form: mitridat
form: mitridate
form: mithrydat
form: methridat
form: methridate
form: metridat
form: metridate
form: medridate
form: methredate
form: mythridate
Etymology: From Middle English mitridate and methridat, from Old French mithridat, from Late Latin mithridatum and mithridatium, from Latin Mithridātīus (“of or related to Mithridates”), from Mithridātēs + -ius, from Ancient Greek Μιθριδάτης (Mithridátēs), the Greek form of the name of Mithridates VI of Pontus. Doublet of mithridatium, mithridatum, and mithridaticon.
Senses: examples: text: Auicen saythe; There be certeyne medicins... which wyl not suffre poyson to approche nere the harte, as triacle and Metridate.
ref: 1528, Joannes de Mediolano, translated by Thomas Paynell, Regimen Sanitatis Salerni, page 33:
text: After I had thus evacuated the Plethora, and diſpoſed her body for Mercurialls more operative, I gave her each morning and evening a few grains of Mercur. diaphoret. in a bolus with conſ. lujule and Mithridate [...]
ref: 1676, Richard Wiseman, “Of Lepra or Elephantiasis”, in Several Chirurgicall Treatises, London: Printed by E. Flesher and J[ohn] Macock, for R[ichard] Royston […], and B[enjamin] Took […], →OCLC, 1st book (A Treatise of Tumours), page 139:
text: Fools may talk of Mythridate, Cordials, Elixers...
ref: 1686, Thomas D'Urfey, Common-wealth of Women, act V, scene ii, line 47:
text: What he wanted, in effect, was a universal antidote, which medical science has for years referred to as a mithridate.
ref: 1990, Harold Leo Klawans, Newton's Madness, page 127:
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Any of various historical medicines, typically an electuary compounded with various poison, believed to derive from Mithridates VI and to serve as a universal antidote.
examples: text: The contemplation was a mithridate to a pestered conceipted minde.
ref: 1587, Angell Day translating Longus as Daphnis and Chloe, sig. C3v
text: That which maketh me most both to sorrow and wonder, is that musick (a methridat for melancholy) should make him mad.
ref: 1592, John Lyly, Midas..., act IV, scene iv, line 47:
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Any of various historical medicines, typically an electuary compounded with various poison, believed to derive from Mithridates VI and to serve as a universal antidote.
Synonym of cure.
synonyms: word: cure
glosses: Ellipsis of mithridate mustard.
Synonyms: mithridatium
mithridatum
mithridaticon
mithridate treacle
theriac
Derived terms: candy mithridate
mithridate confection
mithridate cress
mithridate julep
mithridate mustard
mithridate pennywort
mithridatic
facette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: facettes
Etymology: Borrowed from French facette.
Senses: glosses: Dated form of facet.
dysontogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From dys- + ontogenesis.
Senses: glosses: Defective development of an embryo.
Related terms: ontogenesis
lamaism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Lamaism
Etymology: From lama + -ism.
Senses: qualifier: potentially offensive
glosses: Synonym of Tibetan Buddhism.
synonyms: word: Tibetan Buddhism
Derived terms: Dalai-Lamaism
lamaist
lamaistic
Colcestrian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɒlˈsɛs.tri.ən/
ipa: /kɒlˈtʃɛs.tri.ən/
Forms: form: more Colcestrian
form: most Colcestrian
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Colchester.
Colcestrian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɒlˈsɛs.tri.ən/
ipa: /kɒlˈtʃɛs.tri.ən/
Forms: form: Colcestrians
Senses: glosses: A person from Colchester.
glosses: A pupil of Colchester Royal Grammar School.
mistransliterates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of mistransliterate
mistransliterating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of mistransliterate
mistransliterated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of mistransliterate
mistransliteration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mistransliterations
Etymology: From mis- + transliteration.
Senses: glosses: An incorrect transliteration.
mistransliterations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mistransliteration
parlor-game
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parlor-games
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of parlour game.
parlour-game
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parlour-games
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of parlour game.
holotropic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈhɒləˌtɹɒpɪk/
Etymology: Coined by psychiatrist Stanislav Grof. From ὅλος (hólos, “whole”) + -tropic (“turning or changing”), from τροπή (tropḗ, “movement towards something”) and τρέπω (trépō, “turn towards something”).
Senses: glosses: Oriented or moving towards wholeness.
Derived terms: holotropic breathwork
holotropic state
Related terms: holographic
absolute instrument
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: absolute instruments
Senses: glosses: An instrument whose calibration can be determined by means of physical measurements on the instrument.
absolute instruments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of absolute instrument
aeration zone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aeration zones
Senses: topics: geography
hydrology
natural-sciences
glosses: A portion of the lithosphere in which the functional interstices of permeable rock or earth are not filled by water under hydrostatic pressure.
aeration zones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aeration zone
uji
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ujis
form: uji
Etymology: From Japanese うじ (uji).
Senses: glosses: A Japanese clan or kin group of the Kofun period.
afterbody
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: afterbodies
form: after body
Etymology: From after- + body.
Senses: examples: text: North American [Aviation] (NAA) added six General Electric X279 engines to the large, flat afterbody and turned the "wedge" into a pair of two-dimensional variable-geometry air inlets to feed the engines, and it fleshed out the vexing problem of what to build the plane out of using the experience it had gained working on the Navaho missile's structure.
ref: 2005, Erik M. Conway, chapter 1, in High-speed dreams: NASA and the technopolitics of supersonic transportation, 1945-1999, →ISBN, page 34:
glosses: The afterpart of a vehicle.
examples: text: After the diagonals are drawn in the plane of the projection, the ribbands may be laid down in the horizontal plane, and from thence all the other frames may be laid down in the plane of projection, in the very same manner that the horizontal ribbands and the frames for the afterbody were laid down.
ref: 1754, Mungo Murray, chapter 6, in A treatise on ship-building and navigation, page 45:
text: As well as could be judged by looking down through the water under the counters, there was no injury whatever to the afterbody of the ship.
ref: 1882, John Wilson Danenhower, Lieutenant Danenhower's Narrative of the "Jeannette", page 32:
text: The extension of slender-body theory to account for the interaction of the afterbody with vortex sheets shed upstream has been carried out by Newman and Wu (1973) in the general case where the local lateral velocity of the body differs from the downwash of the trailing vortices.
ref: 1977, John Nicholas Newman, chapter 7, in Marine Hydrodynamics, →ISBN, page 343:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: The part of a vessel abaft midships.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A companion body that trails a satellite or spacecraft.
examples: text: After two minutes of aerodynamic breaking — now some 400 kilometres below the entry interface, and with the probe having slowed to the speed of sound — a mortar was programmed to deploy the small drogue into the slipstream, and once the drogue had slowed the probe to 430 kilometres per hour the afterbody shield was to be released so that the 2.5-metre wide dacron main parachute could be deployed.
ref: 2000, David M. Harland, chapter 6, in Jupiter odyssey: the story of NASA's Galileo mission, →ISBN, page 105:
text: However, turbulent flow along the vehicle afterbody can under some conditions produce a comparable or greater heat flux.
ref: 2004, Michael Douglas Griffin, James R. French, chapter 6, in Space vehicle design, →ISBN, page 299:
topics: aerospace
astronautics
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A section or piece of a launch vehicle, rocket, or spacecraft that enters the atmosphere unprotected behind the nose cone or other body that is protected for entry.
Related terms: forebody
middle body
T-shaped
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more T-shaped
form: most T-shaped
Senses: synonyms: tee-shaped
glosses: Having the shape of a capital T.
glosses: Having knowledge or skills that are both broad and deep.
Derived terms: T-shaped fracture
T-shaped geometry
T-shaped skills
Related terms: A-shaped - B-shaped - C-shaped - D-shaped - E-shaped - F-shaped - G-shaped - H-shaped - I-shaped - J-shaped - K-shaped - L-shaped - M-shaped - N-shaped - O-shaped - P-shaped - Q-shaped - R-shaped - S-shaped - T-shaped - U-shaped - V-shaped - W-shaped - X-shaped - Y-shaped - Z-shaped
T-account
T-bar lift
T-bone
T-cart
T-junction
T-shirt
afterbodies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of afterbody
after bodies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of after body
forebody
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: forebodies
Etymology: From Middle English forebodi, forbody, equivalent to fore- + body.
Senses: examples: text: Beyond that, there are indications that some gains may be made on road vehicles by shaping the forebody in such a way that the external flow is channeled sideways around the vehicle, rather than over the top, as will be discussed in a later section.
ref: 1984, John C. Hilliard, George S. Springer, chapter 10, in Fuel economy in road vehicles powered by spark ignition engines, →ISBN, page 350:
glosses: The forepart of a vehicle; foreside.
examples: text: The wear-off is intensified in heavily loaded areas, such as the ice belt in the ship's forebody, and during operations in heavy ice and especially in presence of soil or sand mixed in ice.
ref: 1995, D. S. Sodhi, Northern Sea Route Reconnaissance Study: A Summary of Icebreaking Technology, →ISBN, page 22:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: The part of the vessel forward of amidships; foreship, forecastle.
topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
glosses: thorax
Related terms: afterbody
middle body
forebodies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of forebody
lingula
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /lɪŋɡjələ/
Forms: form: lingulas
form: lingulae
Etymology: From Latin lingula (“tonguelet, small unit of volume”), from lingua (“tongue”) + -ula (“-ule: forming diminutives”).
Senses: glosses: A Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of 5/12 Roman ounce of wine, equivalent to about 11 mL.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Any of several tongue-shaped bony structures, especially that which forms the anterior border of the mandibular foramen.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Any small, fleshy tongue-shaped structure, such as in the anatomy of the brain or the human left lung, or in the whitefly vasiform orifice.
Coordinate terms: sense: unit of measure
word: cyathus (4 lingulas)
sense: unit of measure
word: acetabulum (6 lingulas)
sense: unit of measure
word: quartarius (12 lingulas)
sense: unit of measure
word: hemina (24 lingulas)
sense: unit of measure
word: sextarius (48 lingulas)
sense: unit of measure
word: congius (144 lingulas) urna (1152 lingulas)
sense: unit of measure
word: amphora (2304 lingulas)
sense: unit of measure
word: culeus (46080 lingulas)
Related terms: lingular
linguliform
glyptogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: All the processes of physical and geological erosion that form the terrain of the Earth.
isogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From iso- + genesis.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Similarity in development.
Related terms: isogeneic
lactogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From lacto- + -genesis.
Senses: glosses: The secretion of milk by the mammary glands
minerogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: The formation of minerals.
Related terms: minerogenic
minerogenetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌmɪnəɹəʊd͡ʒəˈnɛtɪk/
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to minerogenesis.
discoverably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From discoverable + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a discoverable way.
undiscoverability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From undiscoverable + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being undiscoverable.
undiscerningly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From undiscerning + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an undiscerning way.
Sovietization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sovietizations
form: Sovietisation
form: sovietization
Etymology: From Soviet + -ization.
Senses: glosses: The act or process of Sovietizing.
Derived terms: desovietization
resovietization
middle body
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: middle bodies
Senses: examples: text: In those experiments the different models used had varying lengths of parallel middle body distributed equally forward and abaft the midship section.
ref: 1919, William McEntee, “The Propulsion of Cargo Ships with Parallel Middle Body”, in Journal of the American Society of Naval Engineers, volume 31, page 263:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: The part of a vessel adjacent to the midship section having a uniform or nearly uniform cross-section, usually referred to as the parallel middle body.
examples: text: Buttocks, lower back, and perineum burns occur when a child's middle body is forcibly held under hot water.
ref: 2006, Julia A. McMillan et al., chapter 17, in Oski's Pediatrics, →ISBN, page 149:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The midsection of the body.
Related terms: afterbody
forebody
lower body
upper body
middle bodies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of middle body
Brezhnevite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Brezhnevites
Etymology: From Brezhnev + -ite.
Senses: glosses: A supporter of Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev (1906–1982), General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1964 to 1982.
Brezhnevite
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Brezhnevite
form: most Brezhnevite
Etymology: From Brezhnev + -ite.
Senses: examples: text: When the promised state of affairs failed to materialize, the specifically communist claim of authority was rendered void, and it was clumsily and awkwardly replaced by Brezhnevite borborygms of the status quo.
ref: 2002, G[áspár] M[iklós] Tamás, “Victory Defeated”, in Larry Diamond, Marc F. Plattner, editors, Democracy after Communism (A Journal of Democracy Book), Baltimore, Md.; London: The Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, page 128:
glosses: Of or relating to Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev or his policies.
Brezhnevites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Brezhnevite
fjordlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fjordlike
form: most fjordlike
Etymology: From fjord + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a fjord.
Peacockian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Peacockian
form: most Peacockian
Etymology: From Peacock + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Thomas Love Peacock (1785-1866), English satirist and author, or his works, specifically a set of novels whose characters are placed in social contexts, especially the dining table, to discuss and criticise the philosophical opinions of the day.
Legoland
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Legolands
Etymology: Name of a chain of theme parks (Legoland) based on the Lego building bricks; + -land.
Senses: examples: text: ...three hundred yards back from that, behind a legoland of hotels and apartment blocks...
ref: 1997, Mark McCrum, No worries: a journey through Australia:
text: Its pristine stone houses, most of which date from around 1685, are undeniably photogenic, with their steep metal roofs, numerous chimneys and pastel-coloured shutters, but it's a Legoland townscape, devoid of the scars of history.
ref: 2004, Tim Jepson, The rough guide to Canada:
text: Gradually these Legolands appear bigger and bigger, closer and closer, as the aircraft descends.
ref: 2004, Neil Leach, Laurent Gutierrez, Valérie Portefaix, China:
text: Unlike most cities and towns in the East, one Bavarian preservationist claimed, modernized West German cities had mutated into "schematized Legolands"...
ref: 2004, Yorke M Rowan, Uzi Baram, Marketing heritage: archaeology and the consumption of the past:
glosses: A place characterised by square edges and extreme regularity.
wikipedia: Legoland
Legolands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Legoland
unmiraculous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + miraculous.
Senses: examples: text: If I also would be sane — to Sandy — I must keep my superstitions about unenchanted and unmiraculous locomotives, balloons, and telephones, to myself.
ref: 1889, Mark Twain, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court:
glosses: Not miraculous; commonplace, mundane.
Twainian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Twainian
form: most Twainian
Etymology: From Twain + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835-1910), American author and humorist, or to his works.
Berzelian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Berzelian
form: most Berzelian
Etymology: From Berzelius + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Jöns Jacob Berzelius (1779-1848), Swedish chemist, who devised the modern technique of chemical formula notation.
unproductivity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From unproductive + -ity.
Senses: glosses: Unproductiveness.
Christless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Christless
form: most Christless
Etymology: From Christ + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without Christ or the Christian faith; unchristian.
bdelliums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bdellium
cranelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cranelike
form: most cranelike
Etymology: From crane + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a crane (the bird).
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a crane (mechanical lifting device).
winterover
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: winterovers
Etymology: From winter + over.
Senses: examples: text: The people who spend the winter at the Pole are known as winterovers. And here’s the kicker. South Pole winterovers are essentially stranded at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station from the time the last plane flies out in mid-February until the next plane lands in early November.
ref: 2012 September 14, Laurel Norris, “What’s a winterover?”, in IceCube:
text: Even the chance of seeing the sun was enough to draw a crowd from the ten winterover Kiwis and two hundred and fifty McMurdoans to the peak.
ref: 2021 March 12, M. L. Buchman, Sunrise on ‘The Ice’:
glosses: One who remains at an Antarctic base during the quiet winter season.
winterovers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of winterover
maritimely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From maritime + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a maritime way.
preservationism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From preservation + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The beliefs and practices of a preservationist.
rejustify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rejustifies
form: rejustifying
form: rejustified
form: rejustified
Etymology: From re- + justify.
Senses: glosses: To justify again.
rejustifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rejustify
rejustifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rejustify
rejustified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rejustify
jilgie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jilgies
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of gilgie.
jilgies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jilgie
gilgie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdʒɪlɡi/
Forms: form: gilgies
form: jilgie
Etymology: From Nyunga jilgi.
Senses: examples: text: “What say we catch gilgies? I've got a gidgee hidden down the river bank. There's some real big ones this time of year.”
ref: 1965, Mudrooroo, Wild Cat Falling, HarperCollins, published 2001, page 12:
glosses: Either of two small freshwater crayfish, Cherax quinquecarinatus and Cherax crassimanus, endemic to the south-west corner of Australia.
Related terms: marron
yabby
yabbie
gilgies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gilgie
jillflirt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jillflirts
form: jill-flirt
form: gil-flirt
form: gill-flirt
Etymology: From Jill + flirt.
Senses: examples: text: [W]hile a man is grappling with these gil-flirts, pardon the expression, Captain, he runs his reason a-ground […].
ref: 1728, John Gay, Polly, II.4:
glosses: A flirtatious woman; a hussy.
jillflirts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jillflirt
jimcrack
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of gimcrack.
jimcrack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jimcracks
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of gimcrack.
gimcracks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gimcrack
gimcracks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of gimcrack
jimcracks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jimcrack
jiltee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jiltees
Etymology: From jilt + -ee.
Senses: glosses: One who is jilted.
Synonyms: dumpee
jiltees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jiltee
dumpee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdʌmpiː/
Forms: form: dumpees
Etymology: From dump + -ee.
Senses: examples: text: Have you dumped everyone you've ever been with? You've never been the dumpee?
ref: 2010, Michael Bacall, Edgar Wright, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Universal City, Calif.: Universal Studios Home Entertainment, →OCLC:
glosses: One who is dumped (rejected romantically).
Synonyms: jiltee
Related terms: dumper
dumpees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dumpee
jimper
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of jimp: more jimp
jimpest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of jimp: most jimp
jumpingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more jumpingly
form: most jumpingly
Etymology: From jumping + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a jumping way; with jumping motions.
jimsonweeds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jimsonweed
jingal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɪnɡɔːl/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɪnɡəl/
rhymes: -ɪŋɡəl
Forms: form: jingals
form: gingal
form: gingall
form: jingall
form: jinjall
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi [script needed] (janjal).
Senses: glosses: A type of gun, usually a light piece mounted on a swivel, sometimes taking the form of a heavy musket fired from a rest.
jingals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jingal
gingall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪŋɡəl
Forms: form: gingalls
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of jingal.
gingalls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gingall
gingerbeer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gingerbeers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ginger beer.
gingerbeers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gingerbeer
jingko
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of gingko.
jingoish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdʒɪŋ.ɡəʊˌɪʃ/
Forms: form: more jingoish
form: most jingoish
Etymology: From jingo + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Jingoistic.
jinnee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jinnees
form: jinn
Senses: examples: text: When they appear in the human form, that of the good Jinnee is usually of great beauty; that of the evil one, of hideous deformity, and sometimes of gigantic size.
ref: 1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 26:
glosses: Alternative spelling of jinni.
jinnees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jinnee