cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
do by
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: does by
form: doing by
form: did by
form: done by
Senses: examples: text: I've tried hard to do right by him. Even so, he continues to do badly by me.
text: Do as you would be done by.
glosses: To perform on behalf of someone or with someone in mind; to behave in a manner befitting someone.
raw_tags: used with right/well or wrong/ill
Related terms: do good
disperish
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: disperishes
form: disperishing
form: disperished
form: disperished
form: dispersh
Etymology: First attested in 1382, from Middle English disperishen, from Old French desperiss-, extended stem of desperir, from Latin disperīre (“to go completely to ruin”).
Senses: glosses: To be ruined or lost; to perish.
glosses: To perish utterly.
Earth Overshoot Day
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Earth Overshoot Days
Senses: topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
glosses: The calculated illustrative calendar date on which humanity's resource consumption for the year exceeds Earth's capacity to regenerate those resources that year.
contract out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: contracts out
form: contracting out
form: contracted out
form: contracted out
Senses: glosses: To hire an outside service for a project instead of handling it internally; to sign a contract for provision of a good or service.
creep up on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: creeps up on
form: creeping up on
form: crept up on
form: crept up on
Senses: glosses: To sneakily arrive near someone in a position to startle them; to startle someone by creeping up behind them.
call to
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: calls to
form: calling to
form: called to
form: called to
Senses: examples: text: I've been handling my diet okay, but french fries still call to me when I go out.
glosses: To tempt (someone or something); to beckon; to be difficult to resist.
glosses: To be caused to feel a spiritual urge to join the Catholic priesthood; to be fated to join the Catholic priesthood.
roar off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: roars off
form: roaring off
form: roared off
form: roared off
Senses: glosses: To depart on or in a vehicle, usually dramatically or loudly with engine noises.
raw_tags: of a vehicle or person driving/riding one
roar out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: roars out
form: roaring out
form: roared out
form: roared out
Senses: glosses: To loudly proclaim; to declare or shout (something).
roar away
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: roars away
form: roaring away
form: roared away
form: roared away
Senses: glosses: To loudly or angrily depart.
set to
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sets to
form: setting to
form: set to
form: set to
Senses: examples: text: Having laid out the picnic, the hungry boys set to with gusto.
text: VVhen thou ſetſt to the vvork, look up tovvard Heaven, let thine eie lead thee as neer as it can; remember that there is thine Everlaſting Reſt; […]
ref: 1649, Richard Baxter, “The Abstract or Sum of All, for the Use of the Weak”, in The Saints Everlasting Rest: Or, A Treatise of the Blessed State of the Saints in Their Enjoyment of God in Glory. […], London: […] Rob[ert] White, for Thomas Underhil and Francis Tyton, […], →OCLC, part IV (Containing a Directory for the Getting and Keeping of the Heart in Heaven: […]), section 1, page 788:
glosses: To begin something with determination; to commence a long and difficult task or project.
examples: text: I set to with the rude man.
glosses: To fight.
set after
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sets after
form: setting after
form: set after
form: set after
Senses: glosses: To begin a chase or hunt for (someone or something).
put before
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: puts before
form: putting before
form: put before
form: put before
Senses: examples: text: I'd never put your brother before you.
glosses: To treat (someone or something) as more important than (someone or something else).
examples: text: I'd like to put my proposal before the committee.
glosses: To display a proposal or idea to (someone) to be considered.
topbill
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: topbills
form: topbilling
form: topbilled
form: topbilled
Etymology: From top + bill.
Senses: examples: text: Before she leaves for Spain in August, she will topbill a show with other classical singers entitled Best […]
ref: 1989, National Mid-week:
topics: broadcasting
media
television
glosses: To star in; to be the leading actor or actress in (a series, etc.).
examples: text: Michael Dudikoff is top-billed as the professional hitman who trains him.
ref: 2015, Clive Davies, Spinegrinder: The Movies Most Critics Won’t Write About:
topics: broadcasting
media
television
glosses: To give top billing to.
eight-legged essay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Calque of Chinese 八股文 (bāgǔwén).
Senses: examples: text: In "Notes of Ling-hsiao and I-shih," Kuo-wen chou-pao, chüan 9, No. 28, July 18, 1932, p. 1, Chang Ch'ien, native of Nan-t'ung, Kiangsu, who later founded the big cotton mills, is described as beginning to study poem and eight-legged essay writing at twelve, becoming sheng-yüan at the early age of sixteen.
ref: 1967, Chung-li Chang, “Preparation for Examination — A Major Activity of the Gentry”, in The Chinese Gentry Studies on Their Role in Nineteenth-Century Chinese Society, University of Washington Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 166:
topics: education
glosses: A portion of the Chinese imperial examination that consisted of writing an essay consisting of eight parts.
polyphthalamide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polyphthalamides
Senses: glosses: A thermoplastic synthetic resin containing polyamide where most of the carboxylic acid portion of the repeating unit is composed of a combination of terephthalic and isophthalic acids.
polyphthalamides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polyphthalamide
mesoventrite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mesoventrites
Senses: topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: A projecting part of the ventral thorax between the mid pair of legs of beetles.
trachydacites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trachydacite
trooplifts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trooplift
Star of the Sea
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Middle English sterre of þe see, a calque of Latin Stella Maris (“Polaris, the North Star; Mary, mother of Jesus”) and direct translation from the Latin and its descendants in other languages. Cf. Morning Star.
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: Synonym of Mary, mother of Jesus.
synonyms: word: Mary
word: mother of Jesus
Related terms: sea star
starfish
Blessed Virgin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Calque of Latin Beato Virgo and its descendants in other languages.
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: Synonym of Virgin Mary (“Mary, mother of Jesus”), particularly in Catholic contexts.
synonyms: word: Virgin Mary
extra: (“Mary, mother of Jesus”), particularly in Catholic contexts
Queen of Heaven
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Calque of Latin Regina Caeli and its descendants in other languages. Cf. Our Lady.
Senses: topics: Catholicism
Christianity
glosses: Synonym of Mary, mother of Jesus, in particular reference to her role as queen of Heaven.
synonyms: word: Mary
word: mother of Jesus
word: in particular reference to her role as queen of Heaven
Related terms: Heavenly Father
fox tossing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A bloodsport in which live foxes and other wild animals were tossed into the air using slings.
four-belt
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: boxing
government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
glosses: Relating to the four forms of professional heavyweight boxing - WBO, WBC, IBF and WBA
deperish
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: deperishes
form: deperishing
form: deperished
form: deperished
Etymology: From Middle English deperishen, from Old French deperiss-, extended stem of deperir, from Latin deperīre (“to die down, to perish gradually”).
Senses: examples: text: We shall pull him through this awkward pass; but sometimes I fear that we shall do so only to see him deperish from mere inanition and want of nourishment ...
ref: 1978, Patrick O'Brian, “Chapter Six”, in "Desolation Island", page 148:
text: One can assume that, the world takes care of its own. But, the being that chooses to renounce the needs of the self for the benefit of the whole should reap much fruit. It will likely not break down as it is supple. It will likely not deperish as fast as that which creates exaggerated friction within the whole. It will likely develop more gracefully, having allowed the world to develop freely within itself.
ref: 2014, Aleph Alpha, "Words of Tomorrow":
glosses: To waste away; to deteriorate.
file 13
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Just put it in file 13. It doesn't warrant a response.
text: If not, it’s not going to be of value to you or anyone else to put it in print after the event has taken place. Therefore it will be filed in file 13, and just in case you’re not familiar with this file, the army calls it the “waste-basket”.
ref: 1957, Cy Linder, “Piston Poppin’”, in American Motorcycling, page 34:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A trash can, wastepaper basket.
Synonyms: circular file
round file
couch gag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: couch gags
Senses: glosses: A visual joke at the end of the opening credits of a Simpsons episode, during which the Simpson family settles down to watch television.
aciniforms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aciniform
admedially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From ad- + medially.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: In an admedial manner or direction
adrenate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adrenates
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of adrenic acid
albuminome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: albuminomes
Etymology: From albumin + -ome.
Senses: examples: text: As such, a new area of interest for biomarker discovery is the analysis of the proteins bound to albumin, which one might term “the albuminome”.
ref: 2004, Brian A. Stanley, “Heart disease, clinical proteomics and mass spectrometry”, in Disease Markers, volume 20, page 167:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: All the albumins of a particular organism.
albuminomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of albuminome
allodapine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: allodapines
Senses: glosses: Any bee of the tribe Allodapini
allodapines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of allodapine
alloproliferative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From allo- + proliferative.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Relating to, or causing alloproliferation
alveolated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of alveolate.
alveolisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alveolisations
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of alveolization.
alveolization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alveolizations
Senses: glosses: The process or result of becoming alveolate.
Related terms: alveolize
amphitropism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From amphi- + -tropism.
Senses: glosses: The property of being amphitropic
anapleurotically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of anaplerotically.
angiogenins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of angiogenin
antennomaxillary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪləɹi
-æksɪlɛəɹi
Etymology: From antenno- + maxillary.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the antenna and jaw of an insect
antielastase
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: anti-elastase
Etymology: From anti- + elastase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: That inhibits the action of elastase
antipheromone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antipheromones
Etymology: From anti- + pheromone.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any compound that inhibits the action of a pheromone
antipheromones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antipheromone
antiprolific
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæn.ti.pɹəˈlɪf.ɪk/
ipa: /ˌæn.ti.pɹəˈlɪf.ɪk/
ipa: /-.taɪ.-/
ipa: /-ˌpɹoʊˈ-/
rhymes: -ɪfɪk
Etymology: From anti- + prolific.
Senses: glosses: That inhibits proliferation
antisenescent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + senescent.
Senses: glosses: Relating to antisenescence
araneophagic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From araneo- + -phagic.
Senses: glosses: That eats spiders
ascothoracic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to parasitic crustaceans of the infraclass Ascothoracida
autocitrullinated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From auto- + citrullinated.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Modified by autocitrullination
autocitrullination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From auto- + citrullination.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: citrullination of or by a citrullinated enzyme
baccatin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: baccatins
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of complex organic compounds present in the yew tree Taxus baccata
balaenopteroid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: balaenopteroids
Senses: glosses: Any baleen whale of the superfamily Balaenopteroidea
balaenopteroids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of balaenopteroid
barberpole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: barberpoles
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of barber pole.
benthonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of benthic.
synonyms: word: benthic
benthonic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: benthonics
Senses: glosses: Synonym of benthic.
synonyms: word: benthic
Derived terms: epibenthonic
benthoscape
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: benthoscapes
Etymology: From bentho- + -scape.
Senses: glosses: A landscape of the seafloor.
bicomissural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of bicommissural.
bradyopsia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bradyopsias
Etymology: From brady- + -opsia.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A failure of the eyes to respond quickly to changing light levels, or to perceive a moving object against a bright background
bronchodysplasia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bronchodysplasias
Etymology: From broncho- + dysplasia.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: bronchopulmonary dysplasia
calprismin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A protein present in the shell of the fan mussel
fan mussel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fan mussels
Senses: glosses: A marine bivalve mollusc, Atrina fragilis
cardiodynamic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cardio- + dynamic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to cardiodynamics
cardioencephalomyopathy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cardioencephalomyopathies
Etymology: From cardio- + encephalomyopathy.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Any disease that affects the heart, brain and spinal cord
cardiopharyngeal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪndʒiəl
-iːəl
Etymology: From cardio- + pharyngeal.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the heart and the pharynx (especially in early vertebrates).
catalysate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: catalysates
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The product of a catalytic reaction
catalysates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of catalysate
centrolateral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ætəɹəl
Etymology: From centro- + lateral.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: central and lateral
cephalomannine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: a taxol derivative, isolated from the Japanese yew Taxus cuspidata
cerebellectomize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cerebellectomizes
form: cerebellectomizing
form: cerebellectomized
form: cerebellectomized
Etymology: From cerebellectomy + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To perform a cerebellectomy.
cerebellectomized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cerebellectomize
cerebellectomized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Subjected to cerebellectomy
chemometrical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From chemo- + metrical.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chemometric.
chemosensitizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of chemosensitize
chemosymbioses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chemosymbiosis
chemotactical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chemotactic.
idiotica
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of idioticon
provang
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: provangs
Senses: examples: text: One Englishman named Walter Rumsey invented an "electuary" of coffee to be applied with an instrument called a provang.
ref: 2013 October 15, Kenneth Davids, Coffee: A Guide to Buying, Brewing, and Enjoying, Fifth Edition, St. Martin's Press, page 226:
text: In addition to using the provang, Rumsey proposed coffee and tobacco as effective remedies in creating a balanced humoural mixture in the stomach.
ref: 2017 July 5, Markman Ellis, Eighteenth-Century Coffee-House Culture, vol 4, Routledge, page 12:
text: How Rumsey's patients could enjoy coffee after an encounter with the provang is impossible to understand.
ref: 1954, Andrés Uribe Compuzano, Brown Gold: The Amazing Story of Coffee, Random House, page 13:
glosses: A 17th century medical instrument for cleansing the stomach, consisting of a whale-bone rod, with a silk button on the end.
codistribution
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: codistributions
Etymology: From co- + distribution.
Senses: glosses: A distribution of two or more things at the same time
Related terms: codistribute
codistributions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of codistribution
coendocytosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From co- + endocytosis.
Senses: glosses: The endocytosis of multiple things
coenosteal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to a coenosteum
coevaporate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: coevaporates
form: coevaporating
form: coevaporated
form: coevaporated
Etymology: From co- + evaporated.
Senses: glosses: To evaporate a mixture (of solutes or solvents)
Related terms: coevaporation
coevaporate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coevaporates
Etymology: From co- + evaporated.
Senses: glosses: The solid residue of a coevaporation
coevaporated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of coevaporate
comissural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of commissural.
concocal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of confocal.
corbiculate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having corbiculae
corbiculate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: corbiculates
Senses: glosses: Any bee that has a corbicula (pollen basket)
corbiculates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of corbiculate
covisualized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of covisualize
crackliness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cracklinesses
Etymology: From crackly + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being crackly
glosses: A crackly sound
cyclosystem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyclosystems
Etymology: From cyclo- + system.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A gastropore of a hydrocoral together with its surrounding dactylopores
Related terms: cyclosystemate
cyclosystems
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyclosystem
cyclosystemate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having cyclosystems
cytomotive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cyto- + motive.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Relating to, or generating the movement of cells
dactylopore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dactylopores
Etymology: From dactylo- + pore.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A pore in the coenosteum of a hydrozoan, through which the dactylozooids protrude
dactylopores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dactylopore
dactylostyle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dactylostyles
Etymology: From dactylo- + -style.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A very small spicule on the wall of a dactylopore
dactylostyles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dactylostyle
dactylotome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dactylotomes
Etymology: From dactylo- + -tome.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: a small slit in a dactylopore
dactylotomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dactylotome
deiphonine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deiphonines
Senses: glosses: Any trilobite of the genus Deiphon
deoxyuridylate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deoxyuridylates
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of a deoxyuridylic acid
deoxyuridylic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deoxyuridylic acids
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: deoxyuridine phosphate
Related terms: deoxyuridylate
desulfoviridin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A dissimilatory sulfite reductase present in the bacterium Desulfovibrio desulfuricans
diafanization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of diaphanization.
dimaleate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dimaleates
Etymology: From di- + maleate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester containing two maleate ions or groups
Derived terms: afatinib dimaleate
distichoporine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: distichoporines
Senses: glosses: Any hydrozoan of the subfamily Distichoporinae (or of genus Distichopora)
dodecadienal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dodecadienals
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any aliphatic aldehyde that has twelve carbon atoms and two double bonds
dolichoderomorph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dolichoderomorphs
Senses: glosses: Any ant that has the form of a member of the subfamily Dolichoderinae
dolichoderomorphs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dolichoderomorph
portopulmonary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the portal system and the lungs.
echeme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: note: Recommended by Broughton
enpr: ĕk′ēm
ipa: /ˈɛk.iːm/
note: Recommended by Broughton
Forms: form: echemes
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἤχημα (ḗkhēma, “a sound”), from ἠχέω (ēkhéō, “I make sound, I chirp”) + -μᾰ (-mă, forming nouns form verbal stems). Introduced by Broughton (1976).
Senses: examples: text: This new term, then, is echeme, defined as: a first-order assemblage of syllables.
ref: [1976, W. B. Broughton, “Proposal for a new term ‘echeme’ to replace ‘chirp’ in animal acoustics”, in Physiological Entomology, volume 1, number 2, →DOI, pages 103–106:
text: The general pattern of the low-frequency sweep is repeated in each echeme and does not appear to change as the insect matures[…].
ref: 1978 July, William Latimer, Aspects of song interaction between the closely related bush cricket genera Platycleis and Metrioptera, DPhil Thesis, City of London Polytechnic (British Library’s microfilm copy), page 44:
text: [T]he echemes of yersini have a uniform sound, lacking the 'metallic' unevenness characteristic of the echeme-sequences of biguttulus.
ref: 1988, D.R. Ragge, W.J. Reynolds, “The songs and taxonomy of the grasshoppers of the Chorthippus biguttulus group in the Iberian Peninsula (Orthoptera: Acrididae)”, in Journal of Natural History, volume 22, number 4, →DOI, pages 897–929:
text: In sunlight, echemes are shorter, but echeme intervals are longer.
ref: 2021, Wilbur L. Hershberger, “Calling and courtship songs of the rare, robust ground cricket, Allonemobius walkeri”, in Journal of Orthoptera Research, volume 30, number 1, →DOI, pages 81–85:
topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: A unit of sound produced by insects that can be broken down into multiple physically more basic sound units (syllables).
echemes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of echeme
ecomorphologic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ecomorphological.
ectaheteromorph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ectaheteromorphs
Senses: glosses: Any poneromorph ant of the subfamilies Ectatomminae or Heteroponerinae
ectaheteromorphs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ectaheteromorph
ectonuclease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of endonuclease.
ectoparasitise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: ectoparasitises
form: ectoparasitising
form: ectoparasitised
form: ectoparasitised
Etymology: From ecto- + parasitise.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ectoparasitize.
ectoparasitised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ectoparasitise
ectoparasitised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: parasitised by ectoparasites
eicosatrienoate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eicosatrienoates
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of an eicosatrienoic acid
electrocoagulate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: electrocoagulates
form: electrocoagulating
form: electrocoagulated
form: electrocoagulated
Etymology: From electro- + coagulate.
Senses: glosses: To cause, or to undergo electrocoagulation
electrocoagulated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of electrocoagulate
electrocoagulated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: coagulated by electrocoagulation
electrodialytically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From electro- + dialytically.
Senses: glosses: In an electrodialytic manner
endochrinal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of endocrinal.
enterostatin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A pentapeptide found in the gut
equivolume
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From equi- + volume.
Senses: glosses: Having equal volume
equivolume
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: equivolumes
Etymology: From equi- + volume.
Senses: glosses: An equal volume (of something)
exocytotically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From exocytotic + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an exocytotic manner
ferriprotoporphyrinic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪnɪk
Senses: glosses: Related to ferriprotoporphyrin
slips under the radar
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of slip under the radar
slipping under the radar
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of slip under the radar
slipped under the radar
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of slip under the radar
fly under the radar
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: flies under the radar
form: flying under the radar
form: flew under the radar
form: flown under the radar
Etymology: From military contexts, where aircraft would fly low to avoid being detected by radar.
Senses: synonyms: slip under the radar
glosses: To go unnoticed, especially for a long period of time.
flies under the radar
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fly under the radar
flying under the radar
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fly under the radar
flew under the radar
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fly under the radar
heaves to
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of heave to
hoven to
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of heave to
deburring tools
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deburring tool
mixed-use
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The redevelopment of York station's surroundings to homes alongside office, retail and hospitality space demonstrates how land near stations is being adapted for mixed-use purposes to create well-connected urban areas.
ref: 2025 October 1, Richard Evans, “The value of the railway effect”, in RAIL, number 1045, page 58:
topics: business
real-estate
glosses: Of an urban development: blending residential, commercial, cultural, institutional, or entertainment uses, where those functions are physically and functionally integrated, and have routes that connect them for pedestrians.
deskscape
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deskscapes
Etymology: From desk + -scape.
Senses: glosses: The arrangement of items on a desk or desks.
deskscapes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deskscape
gift economy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gift economies
Senses: examples: text: Community activists will increasingly use hypermedia to replace corporate capitalism and big government with a hi-tech ‘gift economy’ in which information is freely exchanged between participants.
ref: 1995 September, Richard Barbrook, Andy Cameron, “The Californian Ideology”, in Mute, volume 1, number 3, →ISSN:
glosses: A traditional economy where valuable goods are not traded or sold, but rather given away, sometimes with the expectation that they (or goods of equivalent or higher value) will later be given back.
Related terms: sharing economy
gift economies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gift economy
scribedom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From scribe + -dom.
Senses: glosses: The world or sphere of scribes.
writerdom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From writer + -dom.
Senses: glosses: The world or sphere of writers.
shitdom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From shit + -dom.
Senses: glosses: A bad or wretched situation.
perturbedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From perturbed + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being perturbed.
Synonyms: anxiety
disquiet
perturbation
intranquility
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: intranquilities
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of intranquillity.
intranquilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of intranquility
antithromboplastin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of TFPI (“tissue factor pathway inhibitor”).
synonyms: word: TFPI
extra: tissue factor pathway inhibitor
renowns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of renown
renowns
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of renown
upridge
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: upridges
form: upridging
form: upridged
form: upridged
Etymology: From up- + ridge.
Senses: glosses: To raise up in ridges.
upridging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of upridge
upridges
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of upridge
pronunciamentos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pronunciamento
transpositively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From transpositive + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a transpositive manner.
scarlet runner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scarlet runners
Etymology: In reference to its red flowers and climbing habit.
Senses: glosses: Phaseolus coccineus, the runner bean
scarlet runners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scarlet runner
pediferous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪfəɹəs
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: pedigerous; having feet
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having a stalk or support.
pterylographically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: In terms of pterylography.
forgivableness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From forgivable + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being forgivable.
saxifragine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: So called because it can split rocks; see saxifrage. + -ine
Senses: glosses: A form of gunpowder employing barium nitrate in place of sulfur.
golden saxifrage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Any of various plants of the genus Chrysosplenium, having yellow flowers.
park in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: parks in
form: parking in
form: parked in
form: parked in
Senses: examples: text: I can't leave: I've been parked in by some inconsiderate jerk.
glosses: To park a vehicle in such a way as to prevent (a different vehicle) from leaving.
leading man
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leading men
Senses: examples: text: He was never intended as the leading man. He and Monica were never story-arced to get married.
ref: 2023 October 29, Zoe Williams, “‘An ironic, self-deprecating metrosexual’: how Matthew Perry captured the spirit of the age”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: A man who does or can play the lead role in a movie, play or other production; a person who frequently plays such roles.
glosses: The type of conventionally handsome and approachable man who is perceived as being capable of playing male lead roles in movies or other productions.
Coordinate terms: leading lady
leading woman
Related terms: sidekick
wests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of west
wests
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of west
thebaia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of thebaine.
amio
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Amiodarone.
polishing slate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polishing slates
Senses: glosses: A mineral used for polishing glass, marble, and metals, composed chiefly of silica, with a little alumina, lime, iron oxide, and water.
polishing slates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polishing slate
deep dyspareunia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Pain experienced on deep penetration during sexual intercourse.
BIB
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: BIB mum
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of brought in by.
topics: business
glosses: Abbreviation of business is business.
glosses: Initialism of bottled in bond.
Related terms: english: business is war
translation: business is war
word: BIW
english: business is a game
translation: business is a game
word: BIG
please explain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: please explains
Etymology: Likely originated from a 1996 interview with Australian politician Pauline Hanson, in which she replied with the phrase to a question including the word "xenophobic".
Senses: examples: ref: 2006 May 24, “QRU boss issued with please explain”, in ABC News, retrieved 03 Aug 2018:
ref: 2015 August 30, “Eade to issue AFL 'please explain'”, in SBS News, retrieved 03 Aug 2018:
text: 2018 "TRIALLED RULE CHANGES WOULD FLY IN THE FACE OF AFL’S MELBOURNE TANKING INVESTIGATION: GREEN" 1116 SEN, 25 July 2018. Accessed 3 August 2018.
"If the AFL do decide to trial new rule changes this season, Green believes his former club should present the competition’s hierarchy with a please explain, as they’re seemingly bringing the game into disrepute in a similar way they deemed Melbourne to have done so."
glosses: A request for explanation or clarification on an issue.
please explains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of please explain
veneficiously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more veneficiously
form: most veneficiously
Etymology: From veneficious + -ly.
Senses: glosses: poisonously or sorcerously
venenosalivary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Producing venom in the saliva.
bronzify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bronzifies
form: bronzifying
form: bronzified
form: bronzified
Etymology: From bronze + -ify.
Senses: glosses: To turn into bronze.
glosses: To make or become bronze in colour, as by tanning.
bronzified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bronzify
bronzifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bronzify
bronzifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bronzify
insincereness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From insincere + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being insincere; lack of sincerity.
parallelogrammatical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more parallelogrammatical
form: most parallelogrammatical
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of parallelogrammical.
protocollist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: protocollists
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of protocolist.
protocollists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of protocollist
pussydom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pussy + -dom.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being a pussy (coward, weakling).
glosses: The state of being a cat.
glosses: The quality of being a pussy (seen as having characteristics associated with cats).
raw_tags: of a woman or girl
tone color
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tone colors
Senses: glosses: Synonym of timbre (“quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume”).
synonyms: word: timbre
extra: quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume
speech tag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: speech tags
Senses: glosses: Synonym of dialogue tag.
synonyms: word: dialogue tag
dialog tag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of dialogue tag.
slickrock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slickrocks
Etymology: From slick + rock.
Senses: examples: text: Rubber or cord soles are best for climbing over “slickrocks.” Well-advised tenderfeet keep shirt collars buttoned and sleeves rolled down, for the desert and high mountain sun burns mercilessly.
ref: 1941, Writer’s Program of the Works Progress Administration, Utah: A Guide to the State, page xx:
text: Breaking camp the next morning, I asked Kent Frost about the origin of the term slickrock. “It isn’t necessarily limited to any particular geological formation?” I asked. ¶ “No, it isn’t,” Kent said. “It’s more like the whole country is slickrock, even where it’s crumbling away.”
ref: 1971, Edward Abbey, Slickrock: Endangered Canyons of the Southwest, →ISBN, page 11:
glosses: A rock or a rock formation made smooth by weathering.
rehybridise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rehybridises
form: rehybridising
form: rehybridised
form: rehybridised
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of rehybridize.
rehybridising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rehybridise
rehybridises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rehybridise
rehybridised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rehybridise
torrent ducks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of torrent duck
slickrocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slickrock
formicoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: formicoids
Senses: glosses: Any ant of the superfamily Formicoidea
formicoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of formicoid
frequentile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: frequentiles
Senses: glosses: Synonym of quantile.
synonyms: word: quantile
frequentiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of frequentile
gastropores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gastropore
gastrostomal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to gastrostomy
gastrostyle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gastrostyles
Etymology: From gastro- + -style.
Senses: glosses: A spicule that projects at the base of a gastropore and extends into the gastrozooid
gastrostyles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gastrostyle
gastrozooids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gastrozooid
rub one's hands together
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rubs one's hands together
form: rubbing one's hands together
form: rubbed one's hands together
form: rubbed one's hands together
form: rub one's hands
Senses: examples: 2017 Interest rate rise: What you are saying BBC News, 2 November 2017. Accessed 3 August 2018.
""It's been over 10 years and it's about time we got a little bit more," Ms Tongue pointed out. "I'm rubbing my hands together, definitely.""
2018 Riley Beveridge, No final decision on 2019 AFLW Fixture Brisbane Lions, 3 August 2018. Accessed 3 August 2018.
""But I thought when those two new teams came in … I was rubbing my hands together thinking 'we are going to get a legitimate competition here, we will play everyone once and head into a finals series, you beauty'."
glosses: To anticipate something eagerly.
Related terms: lick one's chops
geocorrection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: geocorrections
Etymology: From geo- + correction.
Senses: glosses: The correction of a map, typically by means of satellite imagery.
geopositions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of geoposition
globotetraose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A tetraose composed of globotriose combined with acetylgalactosamide
glycosamino
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glycosaminos
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any univalent radical derived from a glycosamine
guanosyltransferase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any transferase that catalyses transfer of a guanosyl group
guanosyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A univalent radical derived from guanosine
rubs one's hands together
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rub one's hands together
halictine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: halictines
Senses: glosses: Any bee of the subfamily Halictinae
halictines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of halictine
rubbing one's hands together
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rub one's hands together
rubbed one's hands together
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rub one's hands together
halocyanins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of halocyanin
Check Republic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of Czech Republic.
hemiallogeneic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hemi- + allogeneic.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: genetic different because of being derived from one parent of the same species and one from another
herpetocetine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: herpetocetines
Senses: glosses: Any mysticete of the subfamily Herpetocetinae
pussyology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pussy + -ology.
Senses: examples: text: Mr. Ward may rightly be considered the wizard of the north, for he was the pioneer of "practical pussyology" apart from the regular qualified veterinary who may look with a kind and pitying eye on cats' ailments and infirmities […]
ref: 1905, Frances Simpson, Cats for Pleasure and Profit, page 77:
glosses: The study of cats.
Related terms: pussyologist
heterodiploid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hetero- + diploid.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Having two different strands
raw_tags: of a chromosome
heterodiploid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heterodiploids
Etymology: From hetero- + diploid.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A cell or organism having such chromosomes
heterotrimerization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heterotrimerizations
Senses: glosses: The formation of heterotrimers
pussyologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pussyologists
Etymology: From pussy + -ologist.
Senses: examples: text: “Yeah, our friend, Zack, pussyologist,” said Gil “Zack, you do us proud, man.” “Well, you can laugh at me, but think about the way a woman's body is put together.
ref: 2002, H. Millard, Roaming the Wastelands, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 114:
text: Morning pussing is not a turn on.. Afternoon pussy is... / Ollie / Semper "Pussyologist" Fi
ref: 2004, Ollie North, “New Hope for Open Mikers....”, in alt.comedy.standup (Usenet), retrieved 03 Aug 2018:
text: I saw so much dick and pussy being flashed across the screen, that after a while, I became a dickologist and a pussyologist expert.
ref: 2011, Pathfinder, Fair Game, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 26:
glosses: Someone who specializes in knowledge of the vagina.
Related terms: pussyology
dickologist