cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
wargame
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wargames
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of war game.
wargame
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: wargames
form: wargaming
form: wargamed
form: wargamed
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of war game.
wargames
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wargame
wargames
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of wargame
spring constant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spring constants
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A characteristic of a spring which is defined as the ratio of the force affecting the spring to the displacement caused by it.
chapelet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chapelets
form: chaplet
Etymology: From French chapelet. Doublet of chaplet.
Senses: examples: text: They were dressed as cowboys usually are, with flannel shirts, chapelets and sombrero hats
ref: 1906, Edith Van Dyne [pseudonym: Lyman Frank Baum], Aunt Jane’s Nieces, Chicago, Ill.: The Reilly & Britton Co., →OCLC:
glosses: A pair of straps, with stirrups, joined at the top and fastened to the pommel or the frame of the saddle, after they have been adjusted to the convenience of the rider.
glosses: A kind of chain pump, or dredging machine.
LBSCR
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: Initialism of London, Brighton and South Coast Railway.
dividence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dividences
Etymology: From Latin dīvidēns, present participle of dīvidō (“to divide”). Perhaps modelled on Italian dividenza.
Senses: examples: text: this commixture, dividence, and sharing of goods, this joyning wealth to wealth, and that the riches of one shall be the povertie of another, doth exceedingly distemper and distract all brotherly alliance […].
ref: , Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.182
glosses: Division.
Reeth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Possibly from Old English rīþ (“[place at] the stream”). Recorded in the Domesday Book as Rie and in 1184 as Rithe.
Senses: glosses: A village in Reeth, Fremington and Healaugh parish, North Yorkshire, England, previously in Richmondshire district (OS grid ref SE0399).
acetalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acetalizations
Etymology: From acetal + -ization.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any reaction that yields an acetal.
chloromethylation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chloromethylations
Etymology: From chloromethyl + -ation.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any reaction that introduces a chloromethyl group into a compound
compatibilizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: compatibilizers
Etymology: From compatibilize + -er.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any substance used to stabilize blends of immiscible polymers
advective
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛktɪv
Etymology: From advect + -ive.
Senses: glosses: Relating to advection.
Derived terms: advectively
bioadvective
advectively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From advective + -ly.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
synonyms: advectionally
qualifier: earth science
glosses: In an advective manner.
breastmilk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪlk
Forms: form: breastmilks
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of breast milk.
resulting trust
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: resulting trusts
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A trust that is implied in law, under which property entrusted to one party is not to be used for the benefit of that party, but for that party to use for the benefit of a third party.
Related terms: constructive trust
jus gentium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /jʊs ˈd͡ʒɛnsi.əm/
/-ti-/
/-t͡si-/
/-ʊm/
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin iūs gentium. See the calque law of nations for more.
Senses: examples: text: This was always law in all states, as part of jus gentium, for the fact of a people building a wall round their town was looked upon as an assumption of independent power, and significative of claims inconsistent with or dangerous to the sovereigns.
ref: 1853 April 13, John Jackson, “The City of Manchester”, in The Manchester Guardian, page 8:
text: The Islamic law of nations is part of the corpus of Islamic law, just as the original jus gentium was a branch of municipal Roman law.
ref: 1982 April, Gamal M. Badr, “A Survey of Islamic International Law”, in Proceedings of the Annual Meeting (American Society of International Law), volume 76, →JSTOR, page 56:
text: There is a long line of English law which declares that the customary law of nations, jus gentium, is directly part of the common law of this nation.
ref: 1989 October 27, Keith Motherson, “Universal jurisdiction and war crimes against humanity”, in The Guardian, page 22:
text: The Roman jurisconsults (lawyers) and praetors (judges) had become a permanent heritage, and the Roman idea of a jus gentium, a law applying to all people, survived at least in the ideal.
ref: 2000 January 9, “Rules Have Changed But Little in the Past Millennium of Law”, in The Salt Lake Tribune, page 26:
text: Embracing the ancient legal doctrine of jus gentium, Bates declared independence.
ref: 2012 October 11, “Prince Roy of Sealand”, in The Daily Telegraph:
topics: law
glosses: The law of nations; international law.
exhibitry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛɡzɪbɪtɹi/
Etymology: From exhibit + -ry.
Senses: examples: text: Historical exhibitry about the Marine Corps Band is shown to a visitor of the Armed Forces Bicentennial Caravan by a Marine displayperson.
ref: 1975 July 13, “Sparks Residents Schedule Freedom Festival Events”, in Nevada State Journal, page 41:
text: Museum exhibitry in the main exhibit room would complement the film.
ref: 1990, United States National Park Service, Restoration of Cumberland Gap and the Wilderness Road, page 119:
text: A range of scientific concepts can be addressed via interactive exhibitry.
ref: 2003, Leo Tan Wee Hin, R. Subramaniam, “Virtual Science Centers”, in Anil Aggarwal, editor, Web-based Education: Learning from Experience, →ISBN, page 316:
glosses: Exhibits, taken collectively.
discretion is the better part of valour
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Forms: form: discretion is the better part of valor
Etymology: Alteration of "The better part of valour is discretion," spoken by Falstaff in Shakespeare's Henry IV, Act V, Scene 4.
Senses: examples: text: The better part of valour is discretion; in the which better part, I have saved my life.
ref: c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iv]:
text: At least there was no problem with Alison travelling on the 'wrong' train - discretion was the better part of valour for ticket checks [on a train full of football supporters].
ref: 2019 October, Chris Stokes, “Between the Lines”, in Modern Railways, page 97:
glosses: It is often wise to refrain from seemingly brave, but dangerous, speech or action.
dialectical materialism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Calque of German dialektischer Materialismus, coined by Joseph Dietzgen in Streifzüge eines Sozialisten in das Gebiet der Erkenntnißtheorie [1887].
Senses: examples: text: Weil die idealistische Verkehrtheit in ihren letzten berühmten Ausläufern, namentlich durch Kant, Fichte, Schelling und Hegel grunddeutsch war, so ist auch das Erzeugnis derselben, der dialektische Materialismus, ein vornehmlich deutsches Produkt.
ref: 1887, Joseph Dietzgen, Streifzüge eines Sozialisten in das Gebiet der Erkenntnistheorie, page 21; English translation from Max Beer & Theodor Rothstein, transl., edited by Eugene Dietzgen & Joseph Dietzgen Jr., Excursions of a Socialist into the Domain of Epistemology (Some of the Philosophical Essays by Joseph Dietzgen), 1906, page 293:
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
synonyms: diamat
glosses: The concept of reality in which material things are in the constant process of change brought about by the tension between conflicting or interacting forces, elements, or ideas.
wikipedia: Joseph Dietzgen
water-permeable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more water-permeable
form: most water-permeable
Senses: glosses: That allows water to permeate through its structure
immunoglobulin E
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: IgE
Senses: topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
synonyms: IgE
glosses: A class of antibody (or immunoglobulin "isotype") found in mammals.
IgE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of immunoglobulin E.
Coordinate terms: IgG
RATO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: RATOs
form: rato
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of rocket-assisted takeoff, an auxiliary rocket engine in a detachable unit that provides extra power for the takeoff of an aircraft.
glosses: A takeoff assisted by such a unit.
Coordinate terms: ATO
JATO
CATO
CATOBAR
ZELL
ZLTO
ZLL
Derived terms: RATOG
immunoglobin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: immunoglobins
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
immunology
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Any protein that functions as an antibody
Related terms: immunoglobulin
copolymerization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: copolymerizations
Etymology: From copolymer + -ization.
Senses: glosses: The polymerization of multiple monomers to form a copolymer
Derived terms: electrocopolymerization
STOL
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /stɔl/
ipa: /stol/
homophone: stall (some accents)
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Acronym of short takeoff and landing, an aircraft that needs a shorter minimum horizontal distance to accelerate in order to ascend into the air than typical fixed wing types.
Coordinate terms: VTOL
SVTOL
S/VTOL
V/STOL
VSTOL
STOVL
V/STOVL
VTOSL
CTOL
CATOBAR
STOBAR
HTOL
short field
Derived terms: STOLport
eSTOL
Related terms: VTVL
VTHL
HTVL
HTHL
HVTL
VHTL
V/HTL
H/VTL
RATO
JATO
CATO
ATO
ZLTO
ZLL
ZELL
barne
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: barnes
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of barn.
exclusion chromatography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A form of chromatography in which the stationary phase has pores that allow separation of molecules having different sizes and shapes
functionalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfʌŋkt͡ʃənəlaɪˌzeɪʃən/
Forms: form: functionalizations
Etymology: From functional + -ization.
Senses: glosses: The act of functionalizing.
Derived terms: bifunctionalization
cyclofunctionalization
defunctionalization
difunctionalization
heterofunctionalization
hyperfunctionalization
monofunctionalization
multifunctionalization
neofunctionalization
nonfunctionalization
oxyfunctionalization
photofunctionalization
polyfunctionalization
postfunctionalization
prefunctionalization
pseudofunctionalization
refunctionalization
subfunctionalization
homopolymerization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: homopolymerizations
Etymology: From homopolymer + -ization.
Senses: glosses: The polymerization of a single type of monomer to form a homopolymer
infusible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more infusible
form: most infusible
Etymology: From in- + fusible. Compare French infusible.
Senses: glosses: That cannot be fused; unmeltable.
Related terms: infusibility
infusible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more infusible
form: most infusible
Etymology: From Latin īnfūsibilis. By surface analysis, infuse + -ible.
Senses: examples: text: Doctrines being infusible into all.
ref: 1654, H[enry] Hammond, Of Fundamentals in a Notion Referring to Practise, London: […] J[ames] Flesher for Richard Royston, […], →OCLC:
glosses: Capable of being infused.
glosses: From which an infusion may be made.
Related terms: infusibility
macromer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: macromers
Senses: glosses: A macromonomer.
macromonomer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: macromonomers
Etymology: From macro- + monomer.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any polymer or oligomer that has a functional group that can take part in further polymerization.
Derived terms: macromonomeric
macroradical
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: macroradicals
Etymology: From macro- + radical.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any macromolecule that is also a free radical
mesophase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mesophases
Etymology: From meso- + phase.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of the phases of a liquid crystal
nonprotected
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-protected
Etymology: From non- + protected.
Senses: glosses: Not protected
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Having no protecting group
Synonyms: unprotected
orientational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From orientation + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to orientation.
Derived terms: orientationally
oxyethylene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From oxy- + ethylene.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: ethylene oxide, oxirane
photoresponsive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more photoresponsive
form: most photoresponsive
Etymology: From photo- + responsive.
Senses: glosses: That responds to light
postpolymerization
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + polymerization.
Senses: glosses: Describing any reaction or treatment of a polymer that takes place following polymerization.
prepolymer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prepolymers
Etymology: From pre- + polymer.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any oligomer or other macromolecule that is capable of further polymerization.
rubberlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more rubberlike
form: most rubberlike
Etymology: From rubber + -like.
Senses: examples: text: In the early 1940's, Mr. McIntire said, he was trying to develop a rubberlike polymer to be used as a flexible insulator.
ref: 1996 April 2, Julia Campbell, “Ray McIntire, 77, Dow Engineer And the Inventor Of Styrofoam”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Having the characteristics of rubber.
semiconductivity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: semiconductivities
Etymology: From semi- + conductivity.
Senses: glosses: The state of being a semiconductor
glosses: The degree to which something is a semiconductor
superabsorbent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more superabsorbent
form: most superabsorbent
Etymology: From super- + absorbent.
Senses: examples: text: The water absorbency of the anionically starch-grafted AA/AM absorbent is markedly affected by the pH of the buffer solution at different ionic strengths. The charge of the ionic monomer affects the pH sensitivity of the superabsorbent polymers. An acidic superabsorbent normally ionizes at high pH but unionizes at low pH.
ref: 2000 October 1, Suda Kiatkamjornwong, Wararuk Chomsaksakul, Manit Sonsuk, “Radiation modification of water absorption of cassava starch by acrylic acid/acrylamide”, in Radiation Physics and Chemistry, volume 59, number 4, →DOI, page 423:
glosses: Having the ability to absorb a great amount of fluid relative to its own mass.
Derived terms: superabsorbent polymer
superabsorbent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superabsorbents
Etymology: From super- + absorbent.
Senses: glosses: Any superabsorbent substance.
thermoset
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thermosets
Etymology: From thermo- + set.
Senses: coordinate_terms: thermoplastic#Noun
glosses: A thermosetting polymer: one that is not remeltable.
trimethylsilylation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trimethylsilylations
Etymology: From trimethylsilyl + -ation.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The addition of one or more trimethylsilyl groups to a molecule.
triphase
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tri- + phase.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or having three phases
Derived terms: triphase catalyst
triphase catalyst
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: triphase catalysts
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A solid phase-transfer catalyst, often in the form of beads, that catalyzes a reaction between a liquid and a gas
metabonomics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Metabonomics broadly aims to measure the global, dynamic metabolic response of living systems to biological stimuli or genetic manipulation. The focus is on understanding systemic change through time in complex multicellular systems. Metabolomics seeks an analytical description of complex biological samples, and aims to characterize and quantify all the small molecules in such a sample.
ref: 2008 October 22, Jeremy K. Nicholson, John C. Lindon, “Metabonomics”, in Nature, →DOI:
text: All metabonomics studies result in complex multivariate data sets the require visualisation software and chemometric and bioinformatic methods for interpretation.
ref: 2011, The Handbook of Metabonomics and Metabolomics, page 11:
text: Metabonomics has great potential for intensive care medicine, where patients are complex and understanding the relationship of host factors, disease and treatment effects is key to improving care.
ref: 2016 March 16, David Antcliffe, Anthony C. Gordon, “Metabonomics and intensive care”, in Critical Care, →DOI:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
genetics
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The study of the metabolic responses of organisms to stimuli such as disease or injury.
Derived terms: metabonomic
metabonomical
metabonomically
pharmacometabonomics
Related terms: metabolomics
regioselectivity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: regioselectivities
Etymology: From regio- + selectivity.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being regioselective.
glosses: The degree to which a reaction is regioselective.
timeweighted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: time-weighted
Etymology: From time + weighted.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: Describing a statistic (especially an average) in which some time periods are given more weight than others.
compatibilization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: compatibilizations
Etymology: From compatible + -ization.
Senses: glosses: The act of making compatible
glosses: The addition of a substance (a compatibilizer) to a blend of immiscible plastics in order to gain stability
Derived terms: biocompatibilization
delamination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˌlæmɪˈneɪʃən/
Forms: form: delaminations
Etymology: From de- + lamination.
Senses: glosses: The separation of the layers of a laminar composite material as a result of repeated stress, or failure of the adhesive
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The formation of a gastrula by the splitting of the blastoderm
Synonyms: sense: composites
word: delam
Derived terms: word: delam
demix
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: demixes
form: demixing
form: demixed
form: demixed
Etymology: From de- + mix.
Senses: glosses: To separate (a mixture) into its components.
topics: audio
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To reverse the downmixing process for (a track), recovering channels or stems.
demixing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of demix
demixing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: demixings
Senses: glosses: The separation of the components of a mixture
elastomeric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From elastomer + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or composed of elastomers
Derived terms: bioelastomeric
elastomerically
nonelastomeric
polyelastomeric
elastomeric
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: elastomerics
Etymology: From elastomer + -ic.
Senses: glosses: An elastomeric item, especially an elastomeric ligature used in orthodontics.
gyroid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɔɪd
Forms: form: gyroids
Etymology: From gyro- + -oid.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
coordinate_terms: lattice
glosses: An infinitely connected periodic minimal surface containing no straight lines.
topics: chemistry
crystallography
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
hypernyms: polyhedron
glosses: Synonym of pentagonal icositetrahedron or pentagonal icosikaitetrahedron.
synonyms: word: pentagonal icositetrahedron or pentagonal icosikaitetrahedron
gyroid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɔɪd
Etymology: From gyro- + -oid.
Senses: topics: chemistry
crystallography
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Synonym of gyroidal.
synonyms: word: gyroidal
minimal surface
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: minimal surfaces
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Any surface that has the least possible surface area of those into which it could transform; typically the shapes of soap bubbles that span wire frames
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Any surface of vanishing mean curvature. Includes, but is not restricted to, surfaces of minimal area, as given by some boundary conditions.
mistris
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of mistress.
mediatrix
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmiːdɪətɹɪks/
Forms: form: mediatrices
form: mediatrixes
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Late Latin mediātrīx. By surface analysis, mediator + -trix.
Senses: examples: text: My lifes Cataſtrophe is at an end, / The Staffe whereon my ſickly Loue did leane / And which from falling (ſtill) did him defend, / Is through miſchance in ſunder broken cleane. / Gone is my Mediatrix, my beſt Aduocate, / Who vſde for me to interceſsionate.
ref: 1598, Robert Tofte, “The Third Part of the Moneths Mind of a Melancholy Lover.”, in Alba. The Month's Minde of a Melancholy Lover. (Poetry), published 1880, →OCLC, page 106:
text: He promised, however, to speak to Mr. Harrel upon the subject, but the promise was evidently given to oblige the fair mediatrix, without any hope of advantage to the cause.
ref: 1782, Frances Burney, Cecilia, I.i.11:
synonyms: brokeress
glosses: A female mediator.
examples: text: […] the intersection of the normal at M to the parabola with the mediatrix of the line […]
ref: 2000, Jean H. Gallier, Curves and surfaces in geometric modeling, page 105:
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A bisector, the line that is perpendicular to a line segment and intersects the line segment at its midpoint.
Synonyms: sense: female mediator
word: mediatress
Derived terms: intermediatrix
heterogeneities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of heterogeneity
interdiffusion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: interdiffusions
Etymology: From inter- + diffusion.
Senses: glosses: The mutual diffusion of two fluids, especially through a membrane
interpenetrating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of interpenetrate
interpenetrating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more interpenetrating
form: most interpenetrating
Senses: glosses: That interpenetrate
interpenetrate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪntəˈpɛnɪtɹeɪt/
ipa: /ɪntɚˈpɛnətɹeɪt/
Forms: form: interpenetrates
form: interpenetrating
form: interpenetrated
form: interpenetrated
Etymology: From inter- + penetrate.
Senses: glosses: To penetrate mutually or reciprocally.
examples: text: It interpenetrates my granite mass, / Through tangled roots and trodden clay doth pass, / Into the utmost leaves and delicatest flowers; [...]
ref: 1818–1819 (date written), Percy Bysshe Shelley, “Prometheus Unbound”, in Prometheus Unbound […], London: C[harles] and J[ames] Ollier […], published 1820, →OCLC, Act IV, scene i, page 141:
text: [O]ur Religion is not yet a horrible restless Doubt, still less a far horribler composed Cant; but a great heaven-high Unquestionability, encompassing, interpenetrating the whole of Life.
ref: 1843 April, Thomas Carlyle, “Monk Samson”, in Past and Present, American edition, Boston, Mass.: Charles C[offin] Little and James Brown, published 1843, →OCLC, book II (The Ancient Monk), page 46:
glosses: To permeate or pervade.
lamellar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Compare French lamellaire.
Senses: examples: text: Like scale armor (see cat, no. 38), lamellar armor was widely used in the ancient world, possibly originating in the Near East and spreading rapidly throughout Asia. Lamellar differs from scale armor in two principal ways.
ref: 2002, Stuart W. Pyhrr, Donald J. LaRocca, Morihiro Ogawa, Arms and Armor: Notable Acquisitions, 1991-2002, Metropolitan Museum of Art, →ISBN, page 45:
text: The term “lamellar armor” refers to a type of armor made up of horizontal rows of small overlapping plates joined by leather lacing. The individual plates are referred to as lamella (singular) and lamellae (plural), literally meaning thin plates or ...
ref: 2006, Donald J. LaRocca; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), Warriors of the Himalayas: Rediscovering the Arms and Armor of Tibet, Metropolitan Museum of Art, →ISBN, page 51:
glosses: Of or pertaining to a lamella, plate-like, flat and thin.
Derived terms: bilamellar
epilamellar
fibrolamellar
interlamellar
intralamellar
lamellar corpuscle
lamellar face
lamellar granule
lamellarity
lamellarly
lamellar trama
lamellary
monolamellar
multilamellar
nanolamellar
nonlamellar
oligolamellar
pentalamellar
prolamellar
sublamellar
trilamellar
tubulolamellar
unilamellar
Related terms: english: thin plate
translation: thin plate
word: lame
word: lamellate
word: lamellation
word: lamina
word: laminate
word: laminated
word: lamination
sithence
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪðəns/
ipa: /sɪˈðɛns/
Forms: form: sithens
Etymology: From sithen + -ence.
Senses: examples: text: Great threasure sithence we did finde
ref: 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: Thereupon; subsequently, afterwards.
glosses: Since.
sithence
Language: English
Part of speech: conj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪðəns/
ipa: /sɪˈðɛns/
Forms: form: sithens
Etymology: From sithen + -ence.
Senses: glosses: From or since the time that.
examples: text: I leve of therefore
ſithens in a nett I ſeke to hold the wynde
ref: c. 1527–1542, Thomas Wyatt, “Who so list to hounte”, in Egerton MS 2711, page 7v:
text: Sithence it muſt continue ſo ſhort a time, and begunne ſo late[…], there was no time to be loſt.
ref: 1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, The Essayes […], book I, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC, page 93:
glosses: Seeing that, since.
Synonyms: sense: from or since the time that
word: sithen
word: since
sense: seeing that
word: given that
word: sith
word: because
sithence
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪðəns/
ipa: /sɪˈðɛns/
Forms: form: sithens
Etymology: From sithen + -ence.
Senses: glosses: Since.
macrodispersion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: macrodispersions
Etymology: From macro- + dispersion.
Senses: glosses: A dispersion in which the dispersed phase consists of relative large particles
Related terms: microdispersion
microdispersion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microdispersions
Etymology: From micro- + dispersion.
Senses: glosses: A dispersion in which the dispersed phase consists of relative small particles
Related terms: macrodispersion
macroscopically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more macroscopically
form: most macroscopically
Etymology: From macroscopic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a macroscopic manner or context
microphase
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more microphase
form: most microphase
Etymology: From micro- + phase.
Senses: glosses: Describes relatively small particles in a dispersion etc.
microphase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microphases
Etymology: From micro- + phase.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A relatively small-scale part of a solid phase that has a different morphology than that of its surroundings
Related terms: macrophase
nanophase
nanophase
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more nanophase
form: most nanophase
Etymology: From nano- + phase.
Senses: glosses: Describes very small particles in a dispersion etc.
nanophase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanophases
Etymology: From nano- + phase.
Senses: glosses: Such a phase
Related terms: microphase
multicoat
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + coat.
Senses: glosses: Consisting of multiple coats (of paint etc.).
glosses: Describing a polymer blend consisting of alternating shells of each polymer.
Related terms: multicoated
multicoating
preallable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more preallable
form: most preallable
Etymology: From Middle French preallable ( > modern préalable), from prealler (“to precede”).
Senses: examples: text: And it was not to bee modelled or directed by the paterne of regular and remisse friendship, wherein so many precautions of a long and preallable conversation are required.
ref: , Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.187
glosses: Preliminary; previous.
multiphased
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more multiphased
form: most multiphased
form: multi-phased
Etymology: From multi- + phased.
Senses: glosses: Consisting of multiple phases (in all senses)
noncombinatorial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-combinatorial
Etymology: From non- + combinatorial.
Senses: glosses: Not combinatorial
open sesames
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of open sesame
nongaseous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-gaseous
Etymology: From non- + gaseous.
Senses: glosses: Not gaseous.
nonwoven
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-woven
Etymology: From non- + woven.
Senses: glosses: Not woven.
nonwoven
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonwovens
form: non-woven
Etymology: From non- + woven.
Senses: glosses: Any of various fabriclike materials made from long fibres bonded together by chemical or mechanical processes.
triblock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: triblocks
Etymology: From tri- + block.
Senses: glosses: A block copolymer that has three distinct blocks
Lindie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A pet form of the female given names Linda and Lindsay.
tripoidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having three linear extensions from a central point.
Related terms: tripodal
Lindy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈlɪndi/
Etymology: Diminutives with -y.
Senses: examples: text: Lindy herself hated the name Lindy. She said it sounded like a girl in pink gingham. At the beginning of this school year she'd started making all the teachers address her by her full name, Linnet.
ref: 2004, Anne Tyler, The Amateur Marriage, →ISBN, page 105:
glosses: A diminutive of the female given names Linda, Lindsay, or Linnet.
glosses: A unisex given name.
examples: text: It seems a fair enough deduction, since it is known that Corrigan was working at the Ryan Airplane factory while Lindy's plane, "Spirit of St. Louis," was being built there and he was one of those who helped put together that famous craft.
ref: 1938 October, “Poor Boy Still Makes Good”, in Popular Mechanics, page 149:
glosses: Nickname of US aviator Charles Lindbergh (1902–1974).
Lindy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈlɪndi/
Forms: form: Lindys
Etymology: Diminutives with -y.
Senses: glosses: A certain dance step.
examples: text: "These damned Lindys!" bubbled Janice. "Don't they play anything for old married folks?"
ref: 2002, Herman Wouk, War and Remembrance, page 234:
glosses: A musical composition suitable for such a dance.
examples: text: The Lindy Hop picked up where the Charleston left off, with the first swing-outs, breakaways and "shine steps" added to a basic off-beat two-step. In its early days the Lindy flourished only in lower strata of society.
ref: 1943 August 23, LIFE:
glosses: Ellipsis of Lindy Hop
Related terms: Lindy effect
headcases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of headcase
seld
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: selds
Etymology: From Middle English selde (“seat, store”), from Old English seld (noun), neuter, metathetic form of setl (noun) (English settle).
Senses: glosses: A seat, throne.
glosses: A shop (in Medieval Latin records selda or silda (cf. Latin sella (“seat, chair”)); also in Anglo-Norman form seude). Also, a stand for spectators.
seld
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more seld
form: most seld
Etymology: From Middle English selde (adjective) and selde (adverb), a back-formation from Old English seldor (“more seldom”), seldost (“most seldom”).
Senses: synonyms: word: infrequent
word: scarce
word: uncommon
word: dearthy
word: few and far between
word: geason
word: infrequent
word: in short supply
word: rare
word: raresome
word: scant
word: scantling
word: scarce
word: selcouth
word: seld
word: seldom
word: selly
word: superrare
word: uncommon
word: unfrequent
glosses: Rare, uncommon.
synonyms: word: bizarre
word: odd
word: weird
word: aberrant
word: abnormal
word: alien
word: anomalous
word: as queer as Dick's hatband
word: bizarre
word: curious
word: deviant
word: discrepant
word: eerie
word: eldritch
word: errant
word: exceptional
word: extraordinary
word: fey
word: forby
word: freak
word: freakish
word: freaky
word: fremd
word: funny
word: heteroclite
word: hinky
word: incongruous
word: incongruitous
word: irregular
word: kooky
word: monstrous
word: nonstandard
word: odd
word: outlandish
word: out of the ordinary
word: outré
word: peculiar
word: quaint
word: queer
word: queer as a clockwork orange
word: queer as a nine bob note
word: queer as a three dollar bill
word: queer as a coot
word: queer as Dick's hatband
word: rare
word: rum
word: rummy
word: selcouth
word: seld
word: singular
word: strange
word: trippy
word: uncanny
word: uncommon
word: unconventional
word: unearthly
word: unexpected
word: unreasonable
word: unusual
word: unwonted
word: weird
word: weirdsome
word: yampy
glosses: Unusual, unwonted.
seld
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more seld
form: most seld
Etymology: From Middle English selde (adjective) and selde (adverb), a back-formation from Old English seldor (“more seldom”), seldost (“most seldom”).
Senses: examples: text: knowing how far such an amitie is from the common use, and how seld seene and rarely found, I looke not to finde a competent judge.
ref: , Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.191
synonyms: word: infrequently
word: scarcely
word: uncommonly
word: at times
word: ever and anon
word: every once in a while
word: every now and then
word: every so often
word: from time to time
word: intermittently
word: irregularly
word: now and again
word: now and then
word: occasionally
word: on occasion
word: once in a while
word: sometimes
word: sporadically
word: uncommonly
word: while
word: whilom
glosses: Seldom.
Related terms: selly
tratt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tratts
form: trat
Senses: glosses: A trattoria.
Sprinter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sprinters
Etymology: From sprinter.
Senses: topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: A British diesel multiple unit of class 150, 153, 155, 156, 158 or 159.
Related terms: Pacer
pinballs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pinball
Mary Magdalene
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Mary the Magdalene
Etymology: From Mary + Magdalene; from Middle English Marie Magdaleyn, Marie Magdeleyne, Marye Maudelen, Marye Maudeleyne, Marie Mawdeleyn, Mary Maudelen, Mary Mawdelayn, from Old French Marie Madelaine and Latin Marīa Magdalēna.
Senses: examples: text: The firſt day of the weeke, commeth Mary Magdalene earely when it was yet darke, vnto the Sepulchre, and ſeeth the ſtone taken away from the Sepulchre.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, John 20:1, column 2:
text: I tried to explain to the large and emotional congregation how Jesus would address the problem of illicit sex, contagion, and suffering. I quoted texts about his attitude toward Mary Magdalene (who was cured of seven sins), the Samaritan woman at the well (with five lovers), and the woman caught in adultery and sentenced to be stoned to death. I said that all these actions showed his love and forgiveness and that Matthew 25’s “unto the least of these” put the responsibility on all of us to reach out to the afflicted with forgiveness and love.
ref: 2014, Jimmy Carter, “Slavery and Prostitution”, in A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 139:
topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: A female disciple of Jesus.
Synonyms: Saint Mary
prat about
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: prats about
form: pratting about
form: pratted about
form: pratted about
Senses: examples: text: What are you pratting about with now? Get your homework done.
glosses: To waste time doing pointless or silly things
examples: text: I spent the weekend pratting about with the central heating and got absolutely nowhere with it!
glosses: To fail to do something correctly, and so consider the time to be wasted.
squarer
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From square + -er.
Senses: glosses: comparative form of square: more square
squarer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: squarers
Etymology: From square + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who, or that which, squares.
examples: text: But, I pray you, who is his companion? Is there no young squarer now that will make a voyage with him to the devil?
ref: 1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
glosses: Quarreler, wrangler.
squarest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of square: most square
waz up
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: "Waz up waz up waazzzzup?"
ref: 2005, Mark Anthony, Lady's Night, page 53:
text: Someone standing by the entrance had casually asked, "Waz up, Tiny, waz up, Marquis?"
ref: 2010, Dick Lehr, The Fence: A Police Cover-Up Along Boston's Racial Divide, page 108:
glosses: Alternative spelling of wassup.
Madge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /mæd͡ʒ/
rhymes: -ædʒ
Senses: examples: text: Fie upon Caroline, Madge, Amelia - / These I reckon the essence of prose!
ref: ~1886 William Ernest Henley, A Ballade of Ladies' Names, Gleeson White:Ballades and Rondeaus, Read Books 1887, page 19
glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Margaret or, rarely, Madonna.
glosses: A surname.
glosses: A town in Washburn County, Wisconsin, United States.
examples: text: SALLY, who began to be tir'd with her Canonis'd Suitor, drew up the Curtain, alias her Hoop-Petticoat, &c. and clapping her Hand upon Madge, said, Ecce Signum, Doctor. This is my only Support, and I hope will continue so to my Life's End.
ref: 1723, Charles Walker, Memoirs of Sally Salisbury, section VI:
glosses: The vulva.
resulting trusts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of resulting trust
constructive trust
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: constructive trusts
Senses: glosses: A trust created by operation of law where one party takes physical possession of property, but is legally required to use that property for the benefit of another party, in the absence of a written agreement.
Related terms: resulting trust
constructive trusts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of constructive trust
Marcos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Marcoses
Etymology: From Romance (Spanish Marcos and Portuguese Marcos).
Senses: examples: text: Roger Federer extended his grasscourt streak to 57 matches with a victory over Marcos Baghdatis and will play Nicolas Kiefer in the semifinals of the Gerry Weber Open in Halle, Germany.
ref: 2008 June 14, The Associated Press, “Federer Extends Streak”, in The New York Times:
glosses: A male given name from Spanish or Portuguese, equivalent to English Mark.
examples: text: The redtagging of bookstores, to me, is a sign of a growing push by certain elements in our society to promote ignorance and turn the public against education. The line being pushed by the “Marcotards” is that Tiktok and YouTube videos peddled by pseudo-historians who offer a blatantly favorable view to the Marcoses are more reliable than the textbooks written by those who have actually lived during the Martial Law years.
ref: 2022 April 1, James Veloso, “Smart Shaming”, in Opinyon:
glosses: A surname.
Marcos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Marco
Marcos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Either named after various members of the Marcos family, or derived from Spanish Marcos, referring to Saint Mark.
Senses: glosses: A municipality of Ilocos Norte, Philippines (named after Mariano Marcos)
glosses: A barangay of Banna, Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
glosses: A barangay of Santa, Ilocos Sur, Philippines.
glosses: Former name of Sabañgan (a barangay of Sinait, Ilocos Sur, Philippines)
loquats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of loquat
Bahram
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Bahrām.
Bahrām
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bahram
form: Vahram
Etymology: Ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Wr̥tragʰnás. Doublet of Vahagn.
Senses: topics: Zoroastrianism
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Verethragna; The Zoroastrian concept of “victory over resistance” and, as the hypostasis of victory, one of the principal figures in the Zoroastrian pantheon of yazatas.
Vahram
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Bahrām.
held up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hold up
amperometric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: That involves measurement of an electric current during a process such as titration
Derived terms: amperometrically
amperometric titration
amperometric transducer
amperometry
bioamperometric
aquation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aquations
Etymology: From aqua- + -ation.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The replacement of a ligand by water in a complex
Derived terms: photoaquation
azoxybenzene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: azoxybenzenes
Etymology: From azoxy + benzene.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The azoxy compound C₆H₅-N=N(O)-C₆H₅
biophotoreactor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biophotoreactors
Etymology: From bio- + photoreactor.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A vessel, usually of glass, in which a biochemical product is manufactured by illumination of a colony of an organism such as algae.
conductimetry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From conduct + -metry.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The measurement of the conductance of a solution, especially during a reaction or titration
jejuna
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -uːnə
Senses: glosses: plural of jejunum
Kilroy was here
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Inserted in the manner of graffiti in many remote and difficult-to-access locations to mark the presence of American workers or military personnel.
qualifier: meme; late 20th c.; non-military; meme; late 20th c.; non-military
glosses: Graffiti scrawled by random anglophones in random locations, with no associations or connotations
Kilroy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɪlɹɔɪ/
rhymes: -ɔɪ
Etymology: Derived from Irish Mac Giolla Ruaidh.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
Derived terms: Kilroy curve
Kilroy was here
Related terms: Roy
whid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whids
Etymology: From Middle English *whid, from Old English hwiþa, hweoþu (“air, breeze”) or from Old Norse hviða (“gust of wind”), both from Proto-Germanic *hwiþō (“rush of wind”), from Proto-Germanic *hwi- (“to rush”), from Proto-Indo-European *kwei- (“to hiss, whistle, whisper”). Cognate with Scots quhid (“a squall, blast of wind”).
Senses: glosses: A quick motion; a rapid, quiet movement, usually by small game.
whid
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: whids
form: whidding
form: whidded
form: whidded
Etymology: From Middle English *whid, from Old English hwiþa, hweoþu (“air, breeze”) or from Old Norse hviða (“gust of wind”), both from Proto-Germanic *hwiþō (“rush of wind”), from Proto-Germanic *hwi- (“to rush”), from Proto-Indo-European *kwei- (“to hiss, whistle, whisper”). Cognate with Scots quhid (“a squall, blast of wind”).
Senses: glosses: To move nimbly and with little noise, usually of small game.
Synonyms: scut
scud
whid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whids
Etymology: Perhaps from Old English cwide (“word, speech”).
Senses: glosses: A lie; a falsehood.
glosses: A word.
glosses: A quarrel.
whid
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: whids
form: whidding
form: whidded
form: whidded
Etymology: Perhaps from Old English cwide (“word, speech”).
Senses: glosses: To tell a lie.
audax
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɔː.dæks/
Forms: form: audaxes
Etymology: From Latin audāx, via Italian.
Senses: examples: text: […] the self-acknowledged stereotype of the audaxer as a socially awkward middle-aged man, […] carefully avoiding eye contact as a volunteer serves him his cup of tea and plate of baked beans in one of the draughty village halls that typically host audax controls.
ref: 2019, Emily Chappell, Where There's a Will:
text: Probably the best-known aspect of audaxes is the brevet card. This is a small card you must have stamped at various checkpoints, called controls, along the route, to prove you’ve ridden the audax, completed each section within the time limit and not taken the train.
ref: 2023 January 15, Paul Norman, “Everything you need to know about audax riding: events, brevet cards and bike setup explained”, in BikeRadar:
topics: cycling
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A non-competitive long-distance (often over 200 km) cycling event.
Derived terms: audaxer
deaerated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˈeəɹeɪtəd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of deaerate
deaerated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˈeəɹeɪtəd/
Forms: form: more deaerated
form: most deaerated
Senses: glosses: From which the air or gas has been removed