cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
monetizable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more monetizable
form: most monetizable
Etymology: From monetize + -able.
Senses: examples: text: Stocks and bonds are monetizable assets.
glosses: Able to be converted into cash with relative ease.
examples: text: But [news reports from traditional media] jostle for attention with text, audio, and video generated by political partisans, sometimes spliced with fake or digitally manipulated images, along with click-bait claims, counterclaims, and hot takes from obscure sources, churned into a ceaseless flow of monetizable content.
ref: 2024 November 1, “Who’s the real loser in the 2024 election? Mainstream media.”, in The Christian Science Monitor:
glosses: Able to be used to generate profits, especially on the Internet.
Derived terms: nonmonetizable
unmonetizable
biomagnification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: biomagnifications
Etymology: From bio- + magnification.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The process, in an ecosystem, in which a higher concentration of a substance in an organism is obtained higher up the food chain.
Synonyms: bioamplification
Related terms: biomagnifier
biomagnify
bioaccumulation
biopreparation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biopreparations
Etymology: From bio- + preparation.
Senses: glosses: Any medical preparation, pesticide etc., derived from a living organism or its products
biostatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bio- + -static.
Senses: glosses: That inhibits the growth or multiplication of an organism, especially of a microorganism.
glosses: Relating to biostasis
Derived terms: microbiostatic
blisterlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more blisterlike
form: most blisterlike
Etymology: From blister + -like.
Senses: glosses: Having the characteristics of a blister
brevetoxin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brevetoxins
Etymology: From dinoflagellate species Karenia brevis + toxin.
Senses: topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
sciences
toxicology
glosses: Any of a class of complex polycyclic polyethers that cause neurotoxic shellfish poisoning
Derived terms: brevetoxicosis
bronchoconstriction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bronchoconstrictions
Etymology: From broncho- + constriction.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A narrowing of the air passages through the bronchi of the lungs
Related terms: bronchoconstrictive
bronchoconstrictor
bronchodilation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bronchodilations
Etymology: From broncho- + dilation.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: An expansion of the air passages through the bronchi of the lungs
Derived terms: postbronchodilation
sciophyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsʌɪə(ʊ)fʌɪt/
ipa: /ˈsaɪəˌfaɪt/
Forms: form: sciophytes
form: skiophyte
Etymology: From scio- (“shade”) + -phyte (“plant”).
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any plant that tolerates or thrives in a low light level (shade)
Derived terms: sciophytic
Related terms: photophyte
genetic programming
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: genetic programmings
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A search heuristic that explores the space of computer programs and is based on biological evolution.
Hypernyms: computer programming
xenophyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: xenophytes
Etymology: From xeno- (“foreign”) + -phyte (“plant”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any plant that was introduced from another geographic location.
xanthophyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: xanthophytes
Etymology: From xantho- (“golden”) + -phyte (“plant”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any yellow-green alga (of the class Xanthophyceae).
tropophyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tropophytes
Etymology: From German Tropophyt. Surface reading of tropo- (“changeable”) + -phyte (“plant”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any plant that lives in an environment in which heavy rainfall alternates with periods of drought
therophyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈthɪəɹəʊfaɪt/
Forms: form: therophytes
Etymology: From Ancient Greek θέρος (théros, “summer”) + -phyte (“plant”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any plant which survives unfavourable seasons in the form of seeds only
Derived terms: hydrotherophyte
therophytic
rhodophyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹəʊdə(ʊ)fʌɪt/
ipa: /ˈɹoʊdəˌfaɪt/
Forms: form: rhodophytes
Etymology: From rhodo- (“rose-colored”) + -phyte (“plant”), from translingual Rhodophyta.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any red alga (of phylum Rhodophyta).
pterophyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pterophytes
Etymology: From ptero- (“wing, feather”) + -phyte (“plant”).
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any fern (of division Pteridophyta).
psychrophyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: psychrophytes
Etymology: From psychro- (“cold”) + -phyte (“plant”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any plant that tolerates, or thrives in a cold climate, especially in Arctic or alpine conditions
psilotophyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: psilotophytes
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any of the whisk ferns, of order Psilotales.
take one's leave
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: takes one's leave
form: taking one's leave
form: took one's leave
form: taken one's leave
Senses: examples: text: And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then took his leave of the brethren.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 18:18:
glosses: To depart.
glosses: say goodbye
Related terms: take leave
one-man band
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: one-man bands
form: one man band
Senses: glosses: A musician who plays several musical instruments at once.
glosses: A musician who plays several musical instruments at once.
A band in which the frontman does most of the work and is the spotlight or the center of attention, usually to the detriment of other band members.
examples: text: Near-synonym: one-man army
text: The corporation he will someday inherit—growing, churning—won't work as a one-man band.
ref: 2007 December 9, Peter Preston, “Challenges for the rising son”, in The Observer, UK:
text: It goes on to argue that the Reform UK party is a “one-man band which at best can win only a handful of MPs”, while the Liberal Democrats are dismissed as “a joke”.
ref: 2024 July 3, Alexandra Topping, Jim Waterson, Tom Ambrose, “The Sun backs Labour on eve of election as Times also offers cautious support”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: An organisation or business that is effectively run by only one person.
mereology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmɪəɹiˈɒləd͡ʒi/
Forms: form: mereologies
Etymology: Coined by Stanisław Leśniewski in 1927, from Ancient Greek μέρος (méros, “part”) + -logy (“study, discussion, science”).
Senses: examples: text: 2001, Lech Polkowski, Spatial Reasoning via Rough Sets, Wojciech Ziarko, Yiyu Yao (editors), Rough Sets and Current Trends in Computing: 2nd International Conference RSCTC 2000, Revised Papers, Springer, LNAI 2005, page 479,
In [13] a new paradigm for approximate reasoning, rough mereology, has been introduced. Rough mereology is based on the notion of a part to a degree and thus falls in the province of part–based mereologies.
text: 2007, Achille C. Varzi, Antony Galton (second reader), Chapter 15: Spatial Reasoning and Ontology: Parts, Wholes, and Locations, Marco Aiello, Ian Pratt-Hartmann, Johan van Benthem (editors), Handbook of Spatial Logics, Springer, page 947,
Let us begin with mereology. This is often defined as the theory of the part-whole relation, but such a definition is misleading. It suggests that mereology has something to say about both parts and wholes, which is not true. As we shall see in Sec. 2, the notion of a whole goes beyond the conceptual resources of mereology and calls for topological concepts and principles of various sorts. By itself, mereology is best understood as the theory of the parthood relation, regardless of whether the second term of the relation may be said to qualify as a whole entity.
text: In 1926 Tarski drew Leśniewski's attention to the similarity existing between his mereology and Whitehead's theory of events.[…]In the United States, mereology is known as the “calculus of individuals” — a designation that is etymologically somewhat paradoxical, since the objects of mereology are anything but indivisible individua.
ref: 2012, Guido Küng, Ontology and the Logistic Analysis of Language: An Enquiry into the Contemporary Views on Universals, Revised edition, Springer, page 107:
topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The discipline which deals with the relationship of parts with their respective wholes.
Derived terms: mereological
mereologist
Related terms: mereotopology
meronymy
pseudometallophyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudometallophytes
Etymology: From pseudo- + metallophyte, from metallo- (“metal”) + -phyte (“plant”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any plant that can tolerate a high metal content in its environment, but also thrives under normal conditions
Related terms: metallophyte
metallophyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metallophytes
Etymology: From metallo- (“metal”) + -phyte (“plant”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any plant that can tolerate a high metal content in its environment
Derived terms: pseudometallophyte
sassier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of sassy: more sassy
sassiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of sassy: most sassy
sharif
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sharifs
form: ashraf
form: shurafa
form: sharīf
Etymology: From Arabic شَرِيف (šarīf). Doublet of shereef and Sharif.
Senses: glosses: A traditional Arab tribal title for one who serves as the protector of the tribe and all tribal assets.
sharifs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sharif
sharīf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sharīfs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sharif.
sharīfs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sharīf
deers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪə(ɹ)z
Senses: examples: text: “Not dem kinda deers, dese de kine wit′ antling.”
She say, “I′m goin′ witcha.”
He say, “I'll be damned, iss not′ing but a dirty ol′ men's camp an′ you can′t go.”
Well, she bawled an′ squalled and raise some sand, but he went to hont dem deers.
ref: 1984, Justin Wilson, Howard Jacobs, More Cajun Humor, page 79:
text: "Tris is sure to shirr the deers out"
ref: 1985, R.E.M., “Cant Get There from Here”, in Fables of the Reconstruction:
text: “They there to scare the deers away from the garden. Deers, they slip in here at night and make a mess eating up things,” she says.
ref: 2001, William Arnett, “Emmer Sewell”, in Paul Arnett, William Arnett, editors, Souls Grown Deep: African American Vernacular Art of the South, volume 2, page 191:
text: “I thought he used to be a hunter or something,” Hardin said.
“If you call shooting deers in some kind of deer zoo great sport,” Sarah said.
ref: 2006, Phil Bowie, Guns, page 296:
glosses: plural of deer
lorem ipsums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lorem ipsum
laddies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of laddie
lambskins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lambskin
landladies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of landlady
landowners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of landowner
latecomers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of latecomer
landslides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of landslide
lordlier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of lordly: more lordly
lordlier
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: For silver nor bright snow nor feather of foam
Was whiter, and no gold yellower than thine hair,
O child, my child; and now thou art lordlier grown,
Not lovelier, nor a new thing in mine eyes
ref: 1865, Algernon Charles Swinburne, Atalanta in Calydon:
glosses: comparative form of lordly: more lordly
lordliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of lordly: most lordly
lordliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: superlative form of lordly: most lordly
whenceforth
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈ(h)wɛnsˌfɔɹθ/
ipa: /ˈwɛnsˌfɔːθ/
Etymology: From whence + forth.
Senses: examples: text: With great reluctance, he was introduced to pomegranates, whenceforth he refused any other fruit.
glosses: From which place, time, or point forth; forth from which; onward from which.
examples: text: Whenceforth ought we to maintain radio-silence?
glosses: Forth from what place, time, or point; onward from what place, time, or point.
Related terms: —
henceafter
henceforth
henceforward
henceforwards
hencefrom
hereabout
hereabouts
hereabove
hereafter
hereafters
hereagainst
hereamong
hereanent
hereat
hereaway
herebefore
hereby
herefor
herefore
hereforth
hereforward
hereforwards
herefrom
herehence
hereinabove
hereinafter
hereinbefore
hereinbelow
hereinelsewhere
hereinsoever
hereinto
hereinunder
heremid
hereof
hereon
hereout
hereover
herethrough
herethroughout
hereto
heretofore
hereunto
hereupon
herewith
herewithal
herewithin
herewithout
hitherto
hitherunto
hitherward
hitherwards
howbeit
however
howso
howsoever
howsomedever
howsomever
thataway
thatwise
thenceafter
thenceforth
thenceforward
thenceforwards
thencefrom
thenceout
thereabout
thereabouts
thereabove
thereacross
thereafter
thereafters
thereagain
thereagainst
therealong
thereamong
thereamongst
thereanent
therearound
thereat
thereaway
therebefore
therebeside
therebetween
therebeyond
thereby
therever
therefor
therefore
thereforth
therefrom
therehence
thereinabove
thereinafter
thereinbefore
thereinbelow
thereinto
thereinunder
theremid
thereof
thereon
thereout
thereover
theresoever
therethrough
therethroughout
thereto
theretofore
thereunto
thereup
thereupon
therewith
therewithal
therewithin
therewithout
thisaway
thiswise
thitherinsoever
thitherto
thitherward
thitherwards
whatever
whatso
whatsoever
whatsomedever
whatsomever
whatwise
whenabout
whenabouts
whenas
whenever
whenso
whensoever
whensomever
whenceafter
whencever
whenceforward
whencefrom
whenceward
whencewards
whereabout
whereabouts
whereabove
whereafter
whereafters
whereagainst
wherealong
whereamong
whereamongst
whereanent
wherearound
whereas
whereat
whereaway
wherebefore
wherebeside
wherebetween
wherebeyond
whereby
wherever
wherefor
wherefore
whereforth
wherefrom
wherehence
whereinabove
whereinafter
whereinbefore
whereinbelow
whereinsoever
whereinto
whereinunder
wheremid
whereof
whereon
whereout
whereover
whereso
wheresoever
wheresomever
wherethrough
wherethroughout
whereto
wheretofore
whereunto
whereup
whereupon
wherewith
wherewithal
wherewithin
wherewithout
whitherever
whitherinsoever
whitherso
whitherto
whithertofore
whitherward
whitherwards
whyever
whyfor
whyso
whysoever
1. Scottish2. from Middle English mid3. old dialectal form
luvving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of luv
journaling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: journalings
form: journalling
Senses: examples: text: From binder clips and washi tape to carrying cases and desk organizers, using accessories alongside journaling is one of my favorite parts of the process.
ref: 2025 January 6, Daniel Toy, “I’ve been journaling for more than 20 years. Here are my 25 favorite journaling supplies”, in CNN:
glosses: The activity of keeping a diary, or journal.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The change log of the file system or database.
Derived terms: bullet journaling
journaling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of journal
Derived terms: conversational journaling
journaling file system
journaler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: journalers
Etymology: From journal + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who keeps a diary or record of something.
journalers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of journaler
journaled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of journal
jetskis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jetski
jetskis
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of jetski
sempster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sempsters
Senses: glosses: A seamster; a man employed to sew.
Related terms: sempstress
sempsters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sempster
jetskiing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of jetski
jetskied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of jetski
seceding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of secede
seceded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of secede
hypomenorrhea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypomenorrheas
form: hypomenorrhoea
form: hypomenorrhœa
Etymology: From hypo- + menorrhea.
Senses: glosses: The condition of menstrual blood flow that is extremely light.
deinosaur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deinosaurs
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of dinosaur.
deinosaurs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deinosaur
nano-volts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nano-volt
bedtime story
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbɛdtaɪm ˈstɔːɹi/
Forms: form: bedtime stories
Senses: glosses: A fairy tale or other story read to somebody, usually a child, before they sleep.
bedtime stories
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bedtime story
inventer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛntə(ɹ)
Forms: form: inventers
Etymology: From invent + -er.
Senses: glosses: an inventor.
zoinks
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /zɔɪŋks/
rhymes: -ɔɪŋks
Etymology: The earliest and most commonly known usage of this term is in the American cartoon Scooby-Doo, where it was used regularly by one of the main characters, Norville "Shaggy" Rogers.
Senses: examples: text: Oh Zoinks! This really smurfs things up for me! Well, at least I now know why many of my friends might feel my slang isn't as radicool as I do.
ref: 1998 March 28, David W Miller, “Re: Slang (was: REVIEW: Vampire Science)”, in rec.arts.drwho (Usenet):
text: After gulping hard, I said aloud, “Zoinks.” I was expecting a big black crow to peck out my eyes, or a woman to hang herself out the second story window.
ref: 2012, Michael W. Messer, Forever Sixteen, page 39:
synonyms: jeepers
jinkies
yikes
zoiks
glosses: Expressing surprise, fear, etc.
zoinks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /zɔɪŋks/
rhymes: -ɔɪŋks
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of zoink
Ishtar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Akkadian 𒀭𒈹 (Ištar). Doublet of Astarte and Ashtoreth. Despite modern folk-etymology, not related in any way to English Easter.
Senses: qualifier: Mesopotamian mythology
glosses: A goddess of fertility, love, sex, and war. In the Babylonian pantheon, she was the divine personification of the planet Venus; the Assyrian and Babylonian counterpart to the Sumerian Inanna and to the northwest-Semitic goddess Astarte.
Inanna
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Learned borrowing from Sumerian 𒀭𒈹 (ᵈinana /⁠inanak⁠/).
Senses: examples: text: As popular with the mythmakers as Enki, or even more so, was his granddaughter Inanna, city goddess or^([sic]) Uruk and one of the most complex figures in the Mesopotamian pantheon.
ref: 1996, Cecil Roth, Encyclopaedia Judaica: Ur-Z, Encyclopaedia Judaica, page 1505p:
text: During the second half of the third and early part of the second millennia B.C.E., the Sumerian goddess Inanna was worshiped in seven cities of southern Mesopotamia (among them Zabala, Agade, and Kish), but principally in her temple Eana at Uruk.
ref: 1999, Serinity Young, Encyclopedia of Women and World Religion: A-K, Macmillan, page 466:
text: Even at this period, Inanna appears in various manifestations, each of which seems to possess a separate cult, temples with cultic functionaries, and the right to receive offerings.
ref: 2002, The SSEA Journal, Volume 29, Society for the Study of Egyptian Antiquities, page 17:
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
qualifier: Mesopotamian mythology
glosses: A Sumerian goddess of sexual love, fertility, and warfare, known by the Akkadians as Ishtar and later identified with Astarte, Aphrodite, and Venus.
Astarte
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ashtoreth
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Astarte, ultimately from Phoenician 𐤏𐤔𐤕𐤓𐤕 (ʿAštart) via Ancient Greek Ἀστάρτη (Astártē). Doublet of Ashtoreth and Ishtar.
Senses: glosses: A Semitic goddess of fertility, sexuality, and war, cognate in name, origin and function with the goddess Phoenician 𐤏𐤔𐤕𐤓𐤕 (ʿAštart) of Phoenicia.
bodiless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Middle English bodyles, bodiles, equivalent to body + -less.
Senses: examples: text: Ever and anon the cheek wore a deeper crimson, and the dark eyes filled with sudden fire, as he felt the idea clothe itself in words tangible to the many, as its bodiless presence had previously been to himself.
ref: 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 162–163:
text: Be satisfied that I will not have done with thee until I have taken away thy life, and sent thy soul squealing bodiless into the unknown.
ref: 1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 21:
glosses: Lacking a body; incorporeal.
Synonyms: disincarnate
Derived terms: bodilessly
bodilessness
the more things change, the more they stay the same
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Etymology: Calque of French plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.
Senses: examples: text: Superficial change is not movement, as is indicated by the saying, “the more things change, the more they stay the same.”
ref: 1952, “Freedom and Movement—Necessities for Community Well-Being”, in Community Service News, volume 10, number 3, page 65:
text: There must be some continuity with the past, “or else the world is a madhouse.” Hence, the more things change, the more they stay the same; the more things stay the same, the more they change.
ref: 1994, Delwin Brown, Boundaries of Our Habitations: Tradition and Theological Construction, State University of New York Press, →ISBN, page 65:
text: On the other hand, the founders would certainly find a familiar state-centric and decentralized institutional approach to problem solving that is incapable of addressing the kinds of life-threatening global challenges increasingly and routinely confronting humanity. As the saying goes, “The more things change, the more they stay the same.”
ref: 2009, Thomas G. Weiss, What’s Wrong with the United Nations and How to Fix it, Polity, →ISBN, page 3:
glosses: Turbulent changes do not affect reality on a deeper level other than to cement the status quo.
glosses: A change of heart must accompany experience before lasting change occurs.
Synonyms: plus ça change
hamana-hamana-hamana
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: Likely imitative of non-verbal sounds. Compare hmm, um.
Senses: examples: text: Hamana-hamana-hamana-hamana
ref: 1956 April 15, The Honeymooners, season 1, episode 29, spoken by Ralph Kramden (Jackie Gleason):
text: In response, the doctor would most likely give you his best wide-eyed impersonation of Ralph Kramden: Hamana-hamana-hamana.
ref: 2005, Peter Salgo with Joseph Layden, The Heart of the Matter: The Three Key Breakthroughs to Preventing Heart Attacks:
glosses: Verbally expressing speechlessness.
disincarnate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From dis- + incarnate.
Senses: examples: text: The Goddess again comes to his rescue and pieces him together, but she cannot find his phallus, for disincarnate specters on the astral do not possess the physical organs of generation.
ref: 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 235:
qualifier: Of a being
glosses: lacking a physical form.
Synonyms: bodiless
incorporeal
disincarnate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: disincarnates
form: disincarnating
form: disincarnated
form: disincarnated
Etymology: From dis- + incarnate.
Senses: glosses: To divest of body; to make immaterial.
topics: lifestyle
religion
glosses: To die, in context of subsequently existing outside the body (for example, as a soul or spirit).
protophyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹəʊtəfʌɪt/
ipa: /ˈpɹoʊdəˌfaɪt/
Forms: form: protophytes
Etymology: From proto- (“first”) + -phyte (“plant”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any of various primitive organisms such as the slime molds
Related terms: protist
prasinophyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹəˈzɪnə(ʊ)fʌɪt/
ipa: /pɹəˈzɪnəˌfaɪt/
Forms: form: prasinophytes
Etymology: Ancient Greek πρᾰ́σῐνος (prắsĭnos, “leak-green, light green”) + -phyte (“plant”)
Senses: glosses: Any of various flagellate, unicellular green algae of the class Prasinophyceae
Derived terms: picoprasinophyte
Related terms: prasinophytic
pinophyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pinophytes
Etymology: Latin pinus (“pine”) + -phyte (“plant”)
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any gymnosperm (of the division Pinophyta)
phycophyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phycophytes
Etymology: From phyco- (“seaweed, algae”) + -phyte (“plant”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any seaweed or alga
Related terms: phycophytic
phreatophyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɹɪˈatəfʌɪt/
ipa: /fɹiˈædəˌfaɪt/
Forms: form: phreatophytes
Etymology: From phreatic + -phyte (“plant”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
antonyms: aphreatophyte
glosses: Any plant, typically living in deserts, that obtains its water from long taproots that reach the water table
Related terms: phreatophytic
photophyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photophytes
Etymology: From photo- (“light”) + -phyte (“plant”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any epiphyte growing in a well-lit environment
Derived terms: photophytic
Related terms: skiophyte
skiophyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsʌɪə(ʊ)fʌɪt/
ipa: /ˈsaɪəˌfaɪt/
Forms: form: skiophytes
form: sciophyte
Etymology: Ancient Greek σκῐά (skĭá, “shade”) + -phyte (“plant”)
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Alternative form of sciophyte.
Derived terms: skiophytic
phorophyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phorophytes
Etymology: Ancient Greek φορέω (phoréō, “bear along”) + -phyte (“plant”)
Senses: examples: text: Samples were too small, however, to determine whether phorophyte frequency or biological compatibility was responsible for the observed plant combinations.
ref: 2008, David H. Benzing, Vascular Epiphytes: General Biology and Related Biota, page 211:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any plant on which an epiphyte grows
Derived terms: phorophytic
phanerophyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phanerophytes
Etymology: Ancient Greek φανερός (phanerós, “visible”) + -phyte (“plant”)
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any woody plant that carries its dormant buds openly on branches above the ground.
Derived terms: macrophanerophyte
megaphanerophyte
mesophanerophyte
microphanerophyte
nanophanerophyte
phaeophyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phaeophytes
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any brown alga (of the class Phaeophyceae)
brown alga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brown algae
Senses: glosses: Any of many seaweeds of the class Phaeophyceae.
paleophyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paleophytes
Etymology: From paleo- (“old, ancient”) + -phyte (“plant”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any prehistoric plant, especially one known only from fossils
Derived terms: paleophytic
plugged-in
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more plugged-in
form: most plugged-in
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of plugged in.
foofier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of foofy: more foofy
foofiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of foofy: most foofy
cheches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cheche
guided capitalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: guided capitalisms
Senses: examples: text: ... the difference between socialism and a strategically guided capitalism may be slight, particularly if the emphasis on ownership is found irrelevant.
ref: 1940, Alfred Mitchell Bingham, The United States of Europe, page 181:
text: It has been called a policy of "guided capitalism," and seeks to "preserve free enterprise" by numerous large-scale adjustments [....]
ref: 1948, David McCord Wright, Democracy and Progress, page 179:
text: Therefore, on the understanding that the essence of the bourgeois economy will be absent from the picture, we may call this system Guided Capitalism.
ref: 1951, Joseph Alois Schumpeter, Essays, page 182:
text: This chapter examines Japan's guided capitalism, which connotes a major state role in spurring private-sector investment and improved technology [....]
ref: 1995, E. Wayne Nafziger, Learning from the Japanese: Japan's Pre-War Development and the Third World, page 53:
text: He calls it a guided capitalism. I think of it more as corporate capitalism. Singapore is run much as one would run one of the corporate elephants,
ref: 2003, Charles Handy, The Elephant and the Flea, page 125:
topics: economics
sciences
glosses: A capitalist economic system with some variety of state guidance.
fab labs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fab lab
toilet brush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: toilet brushes
Senses: examples: text: Two floors above, a young Sellafield employee sat in a gaming chair, working at a laptop with a joystick. He was manoeuvring an ROV fitted with a toilet brush – “a regular brush, bought at the store,” he said, “just kind of reinforced with a bit of plastic tube”.
ref: December 15 2022, Samanth Subramanian, “Dismantling Sellafield: the epic task of shutting down a nuclear site”, in The Guardian:
glosses: A brush used to clean a toilet (the appliance which accepts human waste).
BPA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: “Don’t touch this,” she says, explaining that most paper receipts contain a “toxic” chemical called bisphenol A, or BPA, which is easily absorbed through the skin and linked to health issues like infertility, hormone imbalances and certain cancers. […] But over the past decade, BPA has largely been phased out and replaced with a different chemical, bisphenol S, or BPS.
ref: 2025 June 24, Isobel Whitcomb, “I’ve Heard Receipts Are Toxic. Is It Safe to Touch Them?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 24 Jun 2025:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of bisphenol A.
Related terms: BPS
BPA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of British Parking Association.
oxylophyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oxylophytes
Etymology: From oxy- (“acid”) + -phyte (“plant”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any plant that tolerates, or thrives in, an acidic soil.
bisphenol A
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌbɪs.fiː.nɒl ˈeɪ/
ipa: /bɪsˌfi.noʊl ˈeɪ/
Forms: form: BPA
Etymology: From bis- + phenol.
Senses: examples: text: “Don’t touch this,” she says, explaining that most paper receipts contain a “toxic” chemical called bisphenol A, or BPA, which is easily absorbed through the skin and linked to health issues like infertility, hormone imbalances and certain cancers.
ref: 2025 June 24, Isobel Whitcomb, “I’ve Heard Receipts Are Toxic. Is It Safe to Touch Them?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 24 Jun 2025:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An industrial chemical compound diphenol 4,4'-dihydroxy-2,2-diphenylpropane (C₁₅H₁₆O₂) that is a component especially of hard plastics (such as polycarbonate) and epoxy resins.
osteophyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɒstɪəfʌɪt/
ipa: /ˈɑstioʊˌfaɪt/
Forms: form: osteophytes
Etymology: From French ostéophyte. Surface reading of osteo- (“bone”) + -phyte (“growth”).
Senses: glosses: A small, abnormal growth of bone (exostosis, bone spur) that forms along joint margins.
Hypernyms: bone spur
exostosis
Related terms: osteophytic
osteophytosis
orophyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: orophytes
Etymology: From oro- (“mountains”) + -phyte (“plant”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any plant that grows in a subalpine habitat.
Burbridge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
subalpine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more subalpine
form: most subalpine
Etymology: From sub- + Alpine.
Senses: glosses: At the foot of the Alps
glosses: At or just below the tree-line
Derived terms: subalpine warbler
oophyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oophytes
form: oöphyte
Etymology: From oo- (“egg”) + -phyte (“plant”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: gametophyte
Derived terms: oophytic
nitrophyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nitrophytes
Etymology: From nitro- (“nitrogen”) + -phyte (“plant”).
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any plant that tolerates or thrives in a nitrogen-rich soil.
MBT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MBTs
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of main battle tank (a type of armoured combat vehicle).
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
synonyms: 2-MBT
glosses: Initialism of mercaptobenzothiazole (a chemical used in the vulcanization of rubber).
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
synonyms: 3-MBT
321-MBT
glosses: Initialism of methylbutenethiol.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
qualifier: testing
glosses: Initialism of model-based testing.
MBT
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: business
finance
stock-ticker-symbol
glosses: NYSE stock ticker symbol for Mobile Telesystems OJSC
nanophanerophyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌnanə(ʊ)ˈfan(ə)ɹə(ʊ)fʌɪt/
ipa: /ˌnænoʊˈfænəɹəˌfaɪt/
Forms: form: nanophanerophytes
Etymology: From nano- (“tiny”) + phanerophyte, from Ancient Greek φανερός (phanerós, “visible”) + -phyte (“plant”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any phanerophyte between about 10 and 80 inches in height
monophyte
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more monophyte
form: most monophyte
Etymology: From mono- (“single”) + -phyte (“plant”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Composed of, or derived from, a single species of plant
Synonyms: monophytic
Related terms: oligophyte
microphanerophyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microphanerophytes
Etymology: From micro- (“small”) + phanerophyte, from Ancient Greek φανερός (phanerós, “visible”) + -phyte (“plant”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any phanerophyte between 2 and 8 metres in height
semi-heavy water
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From semi- + heavy water.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
related: word: semiheavy water
synonyms: deuterated water
hypernyms: water
mul:H₂O
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substance#Noun
coordinate_terms: light water
heavy water
deuterated water
super-heavy water
glosses: A heavier form of water, containing one protium (normal hydrogen, ¹H) and one deuterium (heavy hydrogen, ²H) atom (thus, ¹H-²H-O).
semiheavy water
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of semi-heavy water.
microphyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmʌɪkɹə(ʊ)fʌɪt/
ipa: /ˈmaɪkɹoʊˌfaɪt/
ipa: /ˈmaɪkɹəˌfaɪt/
Forms: form: microphytes
Etymology: From micro- (“small”) + -phyte (“plant”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any microscopic plant or alga
Derived terms: microphytal
microphytic
microgametophyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: mī′krō-gə-mē′tə-fīt′
ipa: /ˌmaɪ.kɹəʊ.ɡəˈmiː.təˌfaɪt/
ipa: /ˌmaɪ.kɹoʊ.ɡəˈmi.təˌfaɪt/
ipa: /ˌmɑɪ.kɹəʉ.ɡəˈmiː.təˌfɑɪt/
ipa: /ˌmaɪ.kɹɐʉ.ɡəˈmiː.təˌfaɪt/
ipa: /ˌmaɪ.kɹo.ɡəˈmi.təˌfaɪt/
ipa: /ˌmaj.kɾoː.ɡaˈmiː.toˌfajʈ/
rhymes: -iːtəfaɪt
Forms: form: microgametophytes
Etymology: From micro- (“small”, prefix) + gamete (“reproductive cell”) + -o- (linking vowel) + -phyte (“plant”, suffix).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any gametophyte that develops from a microspore.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A male gametophyte.
metaphyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɛtəfʌɪt/
ipa: /ˈmɛdəˌfaɪt/
Forms: form: metaphytes
Etymology: From meta- + -phyte (“plant”).
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any multicellular plant
Derived terms: metaphytic
mesohydrophyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mesohydrophytes
Etymology: From meso- (“middle”) + hydro- (“water”) + -phyte (“plant”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any plant whose tolerance to moisture is intermediate between that of a mesophyte and a hydrophyte
mesophanerophyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mesophanerophytes
Etymology: From meso- (“middle, intermediate”) + phanerophyte, from Ancient Greek φανερός (phanerós, “visible”) + -phyte (“plant”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any phanerophyte between 8 and 30 metres in height
megaphyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megaphytes
Etymology: From mega- (“large”) + -phyte (“plant”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any plant having an unbranched stem or trunk and a crown of large leaves
Related terms: megaphyll
megagametophyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmɛɡəɡəˈmiːtə(ʊ)faɪt/
ipa: /ˌmɛɡəˈɡæmɪtəfaɪt/
ipa: /ˌmɛɡəɡəˈmitəˌfaɪt/
Forms: form: megagametophytes
Etymology: From mega- (“large”) + gametophyte, from gamete + -phyte (“plant”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any gametophyte that develops from a megaspore.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A female gametophyte.
Related terms: megagametophytic
macrophanerophyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: macrophanerophytes
Etymology: From macro- (“large”) + phanerophyte, from Ancient Greek φανερός (phanerós, “visible”) + -phyte (“plant”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any phanerophyte between 30 and 50 metres in height
Sea of Galilee
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A lake in northern Israel, located next to the ancient city of Tiberias.
Synonyms: Lake Tiberius
Lake of Gennesaret
Sea of Kinnereth
paper jam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paper jams
Senses: topics: media
printing
publishing
hypernyms: jam-up
glosses: A malfunction in a computer's printer or a photocopier or similar device occurring when sheets of paper become jammed inside.
wisecracker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wisecrackers
Etymology: From wisecrack + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person who makes wisecrack remarks; a smart aleck.
dreadnaught
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dreadnaughts
Senses: examples: text: Going to his heavy grego, or wrapall, or dreadnaught, which he had previously hung on a chair, he fumbled in the pockets, and produced at length a curious little deformed image with a hunch on its back, and exactly the colour of a three days' old Congo baby.
ref: 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “chapter 3”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:
glosses: Alternative spelling of dreadnought.
Derived terms: super dreadnaught
aviation cruiser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aviation cruisers
Senses: glosses: An aircraft carrier or helicopter carrier, especially a relatively small one with heavy armaments typically found on a cruiser.
coleoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coleoids
Etymology: From scientific Latin Coleoidea (subclass name).
Senses: examples: text: A scabbard covers a sword, and the bodies of coleoids cover their shells (or lack thereof).
ref: 2017, Danna Staaf, Squid Empire, ForeEdge, →ISBN, page 12:
glosses: A cephalopod of the subclass Coleoidea, including octopuses, squid and cuttlefish.
inkfish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inkfishes
form: inkfish
Etymology: From ink + fish.
Senses: glosses: An octopus or squid.
glosses: A cuttlefish.
seaplane tender
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: seaplane tenders
Senses: glosses: a ship designed to tend to the needs of seaplanes, floatplanes and flying boats at sea, for resupply, refueling, sometimes including catapult launch
glosses: a type of aircraft carrier specialized in dealing with airplanes that can use water as a landing surface
Synonyms: sense: aircraft carrier
word: seaplane carrier
Hyponyms: sense: tender for seaplanes and floatplanes
word: seaplane carrier
star trail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: star trails
Senses: examples: text: The idea behind photographing star trails is wonderfully simple. Just take your old mechanical camera, point it skyward, and leave the shutter open.
ref: 2001, Eric DeBolt, “Happy Trails”, in Astronomy, volume 29, number 7, page 74:
topics: arts
astronomy
hobbies
lifestyle
natural-sciences
photography
glosses: The line of light recorded on a photographic medium when a time exposure is made of a star in the nighttime sky using a camera on a fixed mount, caused by the rotation of the earth during the period of time when the camera's shutter is held open.
Related terms: time exposure
star trails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of star trail
RFQ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: RFQs
Senses: topics: business
glosses: Initialism of request for quotation.
topics: business
glosses: Initialism of request for qualification.
RFI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: RFIs
Senses: examples: text: RFIs will be submitted via the RFI Submittal Form link below. Teams are encouraged to be mindful of which sections are for C4 use only and which are for global release. Official responses will be posted to the C4 Facebook page. An RFI Summary will be aggregated and released in early February 2026.
ref: 2025 September 2, “2026 American Society of Civil Engineers Concrete Canoe Competiton Request for Proposals”, in ASCE, archived from the original on 07 Sep 2025, page 9:
topics: business
glosses: Initialism of request for information.
topics: computer
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
science
sciences
glosses: Initialism of remote file inclusion.
Shavon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: A 20th-century phonetic spelling of Irish Siobhán.
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Irish.
Shavonne
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Anglicization of Irish Siobhán as pronounced in modern Irish, under probable influence from Yvonne.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Siobhan.
grillable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more grillable
form: most grillable
Etymology: From grill + -able.
Senses: examples: text: Hot dogs are grillable.
glosses: Suitable for cooking on a grill.
Lakeisha
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lakeshia
form: Lakesha
form: Lakisha
form: Laquisha
Etymology: An African-American creation from the 1970s, possibly La- + Keisha.
Senses: glosses: A female given name originating as a coinage, of African-American usage.
Related terms: Latoya
Lawrie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Lawrence + -ie.
Senses: glosses: A surname of Scottish origin.
glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Lawrence.
Letty
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Letitia + -y.
Senses: examples: text: He has a study on the top-floor and Aunt Letty says I must never go up there.
ref: 1955, C[live] S[taples] Lewis, The Magician’s Nephew, London: The Bodley Head, →OCLC:
glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Letitia.
glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Lettice.
surprise surprise
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Said when something unsurprising has happened, especially if contrary to one's hopes.
Related terms: Captain Obvious
quelle surprise
watch this space
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: A 19th century formula, originally placed by magazines in space which was reserved by an advertiser but for which no advertisement was ever submitted.
Senses: examples: text: I fully intend to ask the talented Mr Peng to give me simplified instructions for making some of his fiery Hunan specialities; so watch this space.
ref: 1979 November 7, The Australian Women's Weekly, page 115, column 2:
text: "We all look forward to the next walk in 2013 which we all hope to be a bigger and better event - watch this space!"
ref: 2012 November 12, Torres News, Thursday Island, page 21, column 1:
glosses: An indication that a development will follow.
Related terms: film at 11
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