cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
shillaber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shillabers
Etymology: See shill.
Senses: glosses: A shill; a confidence trickster.
shillabers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shillaber
chyloderma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: swelling of the scrotum resulting from chronic lymphatic obstruction
westness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From west + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being west or western.
wohlfahrtiosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Wohlfartia + -osis.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: myiasis caused by Wohlfahrtia magnifica, the spotted flesh fly
woodwardia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: woodwardias
Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Woodwardia, from the English Woodward (surname).
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any of the genus Woodwardia of chain ferns.
woodwardias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of woodwardia
wuchereriasis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -aɪəsɪs
Etymology: From Wuchereria + -iasis.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: infection by the nematode Wuchereria bancrofti
watermaster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: watermasters
Etymology: From water + master.
Senses: glosses: One who allocates the legal right to use water from certain sources.
Related terms: ditchrider
ditchtender
watermasters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of watermaster
Wolman disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after Moshe Wolman, one of the authors of the first case study, published in 1956.
Senses: glosses: A rare genetic disorder caused by deficiency of an enzyme known as lysosomal acid lipase (LAL or LIPA), necessary to break down certain lipids.
wikipedia: Moshe Wolman
windpuff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: windpuffs
Etymology: From wind + puff.
Senses: glosses: A windgall.
windpuffs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of windpuff
effumation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: effumations
Senses: glosses: The escape of vapour from the surface of the sea, lakes etc or from the tops of mountains.
tavas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tava
papyrological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From papyrology + -ical.
Senses: glosses: Of or related to papyrology.
Synonyms: word: papyral
Derived terms: papyrologically
papyrologically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From papyrological + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a papyrological manner or in terms of papyrology.
semicursive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɜː(ɹ)sɪv
Forms: form: semi-cursive
Etymology: From semi- + cursive.
Senses: glosses: Partially cursive.
glosses: Of or relating to a style of writing Chinese characters (xingshu) that is not as abbreviated as cursive.
Sandhya
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit संध्या (saṃdhyā, “twilight”).
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
keratoprosthesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: keratoprostheses
Etymology: From kerato- + prosthesis.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: A surgical procedure in which a severely damaged or diseased cornea is replaced with an artificial cornea.
topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The artificial cornea used in this procedure.
Derived terms: Boston keratoprosthesis
osteoodontokeratoprosthesis
Related terms: keratoprosthetic
keratoprosthetics
keratoprosthetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From kerato- + prosthetic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to keratoprosthesis.
keratoprostheses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of keratoprosthesis
osseointegrations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of osseointegration
underexcretion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From under- + excretion.
Senses: examples: text: Renal underexcretion of uric acid is the primary cause of hyperuricemia in about 90% of cases.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: inadequate excretion of something
overexcretion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From over- + excretion.
Senses: examples: overexcretion of phosphate in the urine
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: excessive excretion of something
chondrocalcinosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The radiographic evidence of calcification in hyaline and/or fibrocartilage.
fizz-buzz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A counting game in which players take turns speaking the next number in sequence, but having to replace certain multiples with the words "fizz" and "buzz".
Synonyms: bizz-buzz
buzz
clubzine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clubzines
Etymology: From club + zine.
Senses: examples: text: Frankly, there was no point of publishing a clubzine if the only thing we were going to discuss was "when's the next book coming out."
ref: 1997, Kevin Standlee, “Information on MythInformation?”, in alt.fan.asprin (Usenet):
glosses: An amateur magazine published by and for members of a club.
clubzines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clubzine
clubrushes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clubrush
chondrocranial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -eɪniəl
Etymology: From chondro- + cranial.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the chondrocranium.
chondrocrania
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chondrocranium
Jedis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Jedi
scoptical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more scoptical
form: most scoptical
Etymology: From Ancient Greek σκωπτικός (skōptikós, “given to mockery, jesting”) + -al.
Senses: examples: text: And therefore the Roman orator, discoursing of scoptical urbanity, or jesting, how far it was allowable in speeches and pleadings, lays down an excellent rule, fit to be owned by the most Christian charity, that two things were by no means to be made the subject of jest; namely, great crimes, and great miseries; […]
ref: a. 1717 (date written), Robert South, “Sermon VII. Part I. On the Manner of Administering Reproof.”, in Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions. […], new edition, volume III, London: […] Thomas Tegg, […], published 1843, →OCLC, page 242:
synonyms: scoptic
glosses: Jeering; jesting; jokey.
Derived terms: scoptically
rostel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rostels
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A rostellum.
rostels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rostel
crop out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: crops out
form: cropping out
form: cropped out
form: cropped out
Senses: examples: text: Approximately 90 percent of the mapped area is covered by volcanic rocks of Quaternary age; rocks of Tertiary age crop out chiefly in the southeastern and southwestern parts of the area.
ref: 1972, Richard D. Krushensky, Geology of the Istarú Quadrangle, Costa Rica (Geological Survey Bulletin 1358), Washington: United States Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 6:
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: To appear at the surface of the ground; to outcrop.
raw_tags: of a seam or vein
examples: text: The peculiarities of the author are beginning to crop out.
text: First there was headache, then a frequent congested condition, which she described as a "rush of blood" to her head; and, by and by, vagaries and forebodings and despondent feelings began to crop out.
ref: 1873, Edward H[ammond] Clarke, M.D., Sex in Education; or, A Fair Chance for the Girls, Boston: James R[ipley] Osgood and Company, […] , →OCLC, pages 86–87:
synonyms: out#Verb
coordinate_terms: crop up#Verb
glosses: To become noticeable or manifest; to come to light.
examples: text: In fact, Newsweek chose to crop out two-thirds of the original photograph, which showed Mrs. Cheney, both of their daughters, and one of their grandchildren, who were also in the kitchen, getting ready for a simple family dinner.
ref: 2009 September 17, David Hume Kennerly, “Essay: Chop and Crop”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Mar 2023:
topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: To adjust the borders of an image in a way that would remove someone or something from it or make it fit a certain space.
Derived terms: word: cropout
consulters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of consulter
heuks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of heuk
epicedes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of epicede
epicedian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more epicedian
form: most epicedian
Senses: examples: text: I pray you let the drama halt while Chorus stalks to the footlights and drops an epicedian tear upon the fatness of Mr. Hoover.
ref: 1906, O. Henry, The Skylight Room:
glosses: epicedial
epicedian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: epicedians
Senses: glosses: An epicede.
epicedians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of epicedian
chief hare
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chief hares
Senses: glosses: A small mammal related to the rabbits, the pika.
chief hares
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chief hare
brickiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bricky + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: It was afterwards painted in fresco by Giulo Romano, and the colouring has its faults ; too much of that red hue, that opaque brickiness, that general diffusion of lights, and want of chiar-oscuro, that we see in his works[…]
ref: 1825, The Phrenological Journal and Miscellany, volume 2, page 342:
glosses: The quality of being bricky.
mastlin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of maslin.
lamentins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lamentin
cornu ammonis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cornua ammonis
form: cornu Ammonis
Etymology: From Latin cornū Ammōnis (“Ammon's horn”). See ammonite.
Senses: topics: biology
history
human-sciences
natural-sciences
paleontology
sciences
glosses: A fossil shell, curved like a ram's horn; an ammonite.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The hippocampus of the brain.
cornua ammonis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cornu ammonis
stellary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more stellary
form: most stellary
Senses: examples: text: stellary orbs
glosses: stellar; astral; relating to the stars
Derived terms: interstellary
statusless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From status + -less.
Senses: examples: text: It is only in such a classless, statusless society that the ideals of equality […] can be realized.
ref: 1984, Kai Nielsen, Equality and Liberty: A Defense of Radical Egalitarianism, page 284:
glosses: Devoid of status.
soly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: Seeing her selfe all soly succourlesse.
ref: 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
text: For Venus selfe doth soly couples seeme, / Both male and female through commixture ioynd.
ref: 1595, Ed. Spencer [i.e., Edmund Spenser], “Colin Clouts Come Home Againe”, in Colin Clouts Come Home Againe, London: […] T[homas] C[reede] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: Obsolete form of solely.
biju
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bijus
Etymology: From Hindi बिज्जू (bijjū).
Senses: glosses: The honey badger.
bitpop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bit + pop; see bit (“binary digit”) and pop music; and punning on Britpop.
Senses: glosses: A genre of electronic music based on the sound chips of older (8-bit or 16-bit) computers, but often combined with modern equipment and vocals.
Related terms: chipmusic
chiptune
fakebit
enteroception
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
glosses: The reception of sensory stimuli from hollow internal organs.
myrobolan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: myrobolans
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of myrobalan.
myrobolans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of myrobolan
pedicelled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: pediceled
Etymology: From pedicel + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Having a pedicel.
pediceled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pedicelled.
cup-rose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cup-roses
Senses: glosses: The red poppy.
cup-roses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cup-rose
antisubsidence
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + subsidence.
Senses: examples: antisubsidence mining legislation
glosses: Countering or preventing subsidence of land.
Talmudical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Talmudical
form: most Talmudical
Senses: examples: text: It is the custom for the Sheli'ah Tzibbur to hold the Torah scroll in his arms when reciting Yekum purkan because it is a prayer for the health and happiness of the heads of talmudical academies, the rabbis and students who devote their lives to Torah.
ref: 1996, Macy Nulman, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer, page 374:
glosses: Talmudic
swingling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of swingle
swingling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: swinglings
Senses: examples: text: […] then lay over these sticks, either a clean old blanket, or, if that be not at hand, a quantity of the swinglings of flax […]
ref: 1787, The American Museum, Or Universal Magazine:
glosses: The act or process of beating flax in order to extract the fibres.
Derived terms: swingling tow
swingling tow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The coarse part of flax, separated from the finer part by swingling and hatchelling.
hatchelled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hatchel
hatchelling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hatchel
centuriators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of centuriator
centurist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: centurists
Senses: glosses: A centuriator.
centurists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of centurist
uncountableness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From uncountable + -ness.
Senses: glosses: uncountability
leg drop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leg drops
form: legdrop
Senses: glosses: An attack in professional wrestling in which the wrestler jumps and lands his or her leg across a fallen opponent.
chromism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chromisms
Etymology: From chromo- + -ism.
Senses: glosses: chromatism (the state of being colored)
examples: text: By adding mechanical stresses to the crystalline sample, regular structures disappeared, followed by luminescent chromism from orange to yellow.
ref: 2018, Yoshiki Chujo, New Polymeric Materials Based on Element-Blocks, page 9:
text: There are different types of chromism such as photochromism (induced by sunlight or UV rays), thermochromism (induced by changes in temperature), solvato chromism (induced by polarity of the solvent), hygrochromism (induced by moisture), ionochromism (induced by ions), halochromism (induced by pH value), acido chromism (induced by acids), chemochromism (induced by specifice chemical agents like dangerous gases, warfare agents, etc.) electrochromism (induced by electricity), piezochromism (induced by pressure), mechanochromism (induced by deformation of substances).
ref: 2021, Raffaello Papadakis, Dyes and Pigments, page 100:
glosses: Any process that causes the color of a compound to change.
chromisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chromism
'ud
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /uːd/
Forms: form: 'uds
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of oud (stringed instrument)
'ud
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /uːd/
/əd/
/uːd/
Senses: examples: text: Well, that ‘ud be imposing, too, on Tellson’s. For you cannot sarse the goose and not the gander.
ref: 1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities:
text: […] and figuring on where the engraved papers were going to come from that 'ud enable me to yank one of the bennies out of the eaves. Nobody ever saw me without an overcoat, and the right kind of an overcoat, […]
ref: 1902, Clarence Louis Cullen, More Ex-Tank Tales, page 32:
glosses: Nonstandard spelling of would.
'uds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of 'ud
aretaics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Ancient Greek ἀρετή (aretḗ, “virtue”) + -ics.
Senses: examples: text: it is with 'aretaics' […] that anything which can be called moral philosophy begins
ref: 1876, John Grote, Treatise on Moral Ideals:
topics: ethics
human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The ethical theory which excludes all relations between virtue and happiness; the science of virtue; contrasted with eudaemonics.
Related terms: aretaic
drop a deuce
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: drops a deuce
form: dropping a deuce
form: dropped a deuce
form: dropped a deuce
Etymology: From slang use of deuce (“number two”) in reference to feces.
Senses: glosses: To release feces into a toilet; to defecate.
Synonyms: sense: to shit
word: drop a bomb
word: drop a chalupa
word: drop anchor
word: drop the kids off at the pool
word: defecate
phycoxanthin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phycoxanthine
Etymology: From phyco- + xanthin.
Senses: synonyms: diatomine
glosses: A yellowish colouring matter found in certain algae.
phycoxanthine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of phycoxanthin.
sexalicious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sexalicious
form: most sexalicious
Etymology: Blend of sex + delicious
Senses: examples: text: When Cosmo asked guys about the most sexalicious thing women could do after getting busy, this was their number-one plea: suggest a shower for two.
ref: 2005, Dr. Rajeev Sharma, New Kamasutra Sex Management Guide, page 262:
text: A blue-eyed cowboy with curved, sexalicious lips, her friend had added, licking her own in exaggeration.
ref: 2009, Alyssa Brooks, Larissa Lyons, Restrain Me, page 143:
text: "For your sake, I hope he is totally sexalicious."
ref: 2011, Neesha Meminger, Jazz in Love:
glosses: very sexually attractive
preshrunken
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of preshrink
morphon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: morphons
Etymology: From morpho- + -on.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A morphological individual, characterized by definiteness of form, according to Ernst Haeckel.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A unit of morphology.
Coordinate terms: lexon
phonon
semon
Derived terms: morphonic
Related terms: bion
morphons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of morphon
transformisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of transformism
coalitionisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coalitionism
mortrew
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mortrews
form: mortress
Etymology: See mortar.
Senses: synonyms: olla podrida
glosses: A dish of meat and other ingredients, cooked together
ollapodrida
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ollapodridas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of olla podrida.
mortrews
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mortrew
mortress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mortresses
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mortrew.
ollapodridas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ollapodrida
mortresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mortress
menil
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more menil
form: most menil
form: menel
Etymology: Uncertain. In old works, other spellings are mentioned (or rarely, used), including menald, menild, mennal. Perhaps from meanelled, from the also-obscure old term meanels, used for spots on the coats of horses.
Senses: examples: a menil buck
qualifier: especially a deer
glosses: Covered with spots; speckled; variegated.
raw_tags: of an animal
merkings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of merking
merknights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of merknight
retooler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: retoolers
Etymology: From retool + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who retools.
retoolers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of retooler
chaffwax
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chaffwaxes
form: chafewax
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A chancery officer who fitted wax for sealing writs and other documents.
chaffwaxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chaffwax
chafewax
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chafewaxes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chaffwax.
chafewaxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chafewax
aspergill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aspergills
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of aspergillum.
aspergills
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aspergill
crossbit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of crossbite
crossbiting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of crossbite
crossbitten
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of crossbite
convallaria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkɒn.vəˈlɛəɹi.ə/
ipa: /ˌkɑn.vəˈlɛɹi.ə/
rhymes: -ɛəɹi.ə
Forms: form: convallarias
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: glosses: Any member of the genus Convallaria; a lily of the valley.
convallarias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of convallaria
lilies of the Nile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lily of the Nile
ditransitives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ditransitive
autopsychological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more autopsychological
form: most autopsychological
Etymology: From auto- + psychological.
Senses: examples: text: If the psychological domain is subdivided into the autopsychological, consisting of 'for-me' entities, and the heteropsychological, comprised of the mental contents of other subjects, then there are two reasons why the epistemic aims of the constructional system are best served by the choice of an autopsychological basis.
ref: 1993, Thomas Oberdan, Protocols, Truth and Convention:
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: Describing the psychology of the self.
clavellated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: clavellate
Derived terms: clavellated ashes
soporous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more soporous
form: most soporous
form: soporose
Senses: examples: text: soporous condition
text: soporous state
glosses: Causing sleep; sleepy.
Related terms: soporific
gangliac
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to a ganglion; ganglial.
subducing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of subduce
subduced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of subduce
doxastically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more doxastically
form: most doxastically
Etymology: From doxastic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a doxastic manner.
cirsoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Ancient Greek κιρσός (kirsós, “a dilated vein”) + -oid.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: varicose
Derived terms: cirsoid aneurism
varicosely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more varicosely
form: most varicosely
Etymology: From varicose + -ly.
Senses: examples: varicosely thickened
glosses: In a varicose manner.
spacelessness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From spaceless + -ness.
Senses: examples: 1987, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure
As I gaze out the airplane window while we fly above the clouds, I wonder if floating in this spacelessness is similar to the visual of dying.
glosses: The quality of being spaceless.
spacelessly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From spaceless + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a spaceless manner.
sclerodermic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: sclerodermic plate
text: sclerodermic spicule
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Having the integument, or skin, hard or covered with hard plates.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Of or relating to the Sclerodermata.
Synonyms: sclerodermous
Related terms: scleroderma
pifithrins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pifithrin
keratoscope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: keratoscopes
Etymology: From kerato- + -scope.
Senses: topics: medicine
ophthalmology
sciences
glosses: An ophthalmic instrument for assessing the shape of the anterior surface of the cornea.
Synonyms: Placido's disk
Derived terms: videokeratoscope
Related terms: keratoscopy
keratoscopic
keratoscopical
keratoscopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of keratoscope
keratoscopy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From kerato- + -scopy.
Senses: topics: medicine
ophthalmology
sciences
glosses: The measurement of the shape of the anterior surface of the cornea.
Derived terms: videokeratoscopy
Related terms: keratoscope
keratoscopic
keratoscopical
keratoscopic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From kerato- + -scopic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to keratoscopy
Synonyms: keratoscopical
Derived terms: videokeratoscopic
Related terms: keratoscopy
keratoscope
keratoscleritis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From kerato- + scleritis.
Senses: topics: medicine
ophthalmology
sciences
glosses: Inflammation of the cornea and the sclera of the eye.
scleritis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From scler(a) + -itis.
Senses: topics: medicine
ophthalmology
sciences
glosses: Inflammation of the sclera of the eye.
Derived terms: keratoscleritis
scleritic
nothing succeeds like success
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: examples: text: Always rising, Mr. Delamayn rose next to be Attorney-General. About the same time—so true it is that "nothing succeeds like success"—a childless relative died and left him a fortune.
ref: 1870, Wilkie Collins, Man and Wife, Prologue:
text: I gained considerable kudos for a lucky catch . . . and, as nothing succeeds like success, and the constant encouragement of the one great cricketer on the field was in itself an immense stimulus, I actually made a run or two in my very next innings.
ref: 1899, E. W. Hornung, “Gentlemen and Players”, in The Amateur Cracksman:
text: The theory of programmed learning is that nothing succeeds like success. It holds that some subjects are learned best when broken into tiny chunks of information that students can master one by one, each step providing its own little thrill of accomplishment.
ref: 1962 October 12, “Education: All-Programmed School”, in Time:
text: In television, nothing succeeds like success. So it was Sunday night at the 61st annual Primetime Emmy Awards, where five of the top six categories featured repeat winners from last year.
ref: 2009 September 20, Edward Wyatt, “Familiarity and a Few Surprises at the Emmys”, in New York Times, retrieved 11 Dec 2012:
glosses: People who are already successful tend to have additional successes.
Related terms: those that have, get
you can't put an old head on young shoulders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: you can't put a wise head on young shoulders
Senses: examples: text: "The boy seems to me a very good boy, but you can't put an old head on young shoulders."
ref: 1890, Horatio Alger, chapter 30, in Driven From Home:
text: "Young men will be young men; you can't put an old head on young shoulders," he added, repeating trite sayings as if they were original with himself.
ref: 1901, Pauline E. Hopkins, Hagar's Daughter, ch. 25 (Google preview) (in The Magazine Novels of Pauline Hopkins, Oxford, 1990
text: The one knock against Bobby is that he is not great defensively. I think that's a valid criticism, but not altogether fair. You can't put an old head on young shoulders.
ref: 1970 April 1, Punch Imlach, “In crystal ball, Bruins get nod for first place”, in Windsor Star, Canada, retrieved 11 Dec 2012, page 33:
text: "All of a sudden they are now short of experience in the centres and wing. As the old saying goes, you can't put an old head on young shoulders."
ref: 2010 December 14, Dean Ritchie, “Gutted Eels are left reeling”, in Herald Sun, Australia, retrieved 11 Dec 2012:
text: In those days I looked down on Stephens and repeated Russell's verdict with derision; which shows not only that you can't put an old head on young shoulders but that you shouldn't try.
ref: 2011, Frank O'Connor, “Introduction to A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man”, in The Best of Frank O'Connor, →ISBN, page 183:
glosses: Young people inevitably lack the experience and wisdom which come with age.
Related terms: old head on young shoulders
there's life in the old dog yet
there's no fool like an old fool
youth is wasted on the young
you can't put a wise head on young shoulders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of you can't put an old head on young shoulders.
Shankar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Sanskrit शंकर (śaṃkara) meaning one who gives happiness.
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Sanskrit used commonly in India.
Related terms: Sankar
excardination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: excardinations
Senses: glosses: The freeing of a member of the clergy from the jurisdiction of a particular bishop
exclaustration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exclaustrations
Senses: glosses: The release of a monk (or nun) from their religious vows, and their subsequent return to the outside world.
minijack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: minijacks
Etymology: From mini- + jack.
Senses: glosses: A small jack (electrical connector), especially a 3.5 mm audio jack.
minijacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of minijack
exteroception
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exteroceptions
Senses: glosses: The perception of environmental stimuli acting on the body.
Coordinate terms: proprioception
kinesthesia
ferritization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: The formation of soil rich in iron and aluminium oxides with the loss of silica
psychalgic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more psychalgic
form: most psychalgic
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to psychalgia.
psychalgias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of psychalgia
allostimulatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From allo- + stimulatory.
Senses: glosses: Relating to allostimulation or an allostimulator
allostimulation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: allostimulations
Etymology: From allo- + stimulation.
Senses: glosses: stimulation by an alloantigen
apoptin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A short, nonstructural viral protein encoded by Chicken anemia virus.
arterivirus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arteriviruses
Senses: glosses: Any animal virus of the family Arteriviridae
Related terms: arteriviral
biotypic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From biotype + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to a biotype.
catagen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: catagens
Etymology: From cata- + -gen.
Senses: topics: dermatology
medicine
sciences
glosses: The formation of a club hair as part of the cessation phase of the hair growth cycle.
Derived terms: catagenic
Related terms: anagen
telogen
exogen
club hair
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: club hairs
Senses: glosses: A hair, having a club-shaped bulb, that is in a resting state, prior to shedding
collaboratories
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of collaboratory
cytochemokine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cytochemokines
Etymology: From cyto- + chemokine.
Senses: glosses: chemokine
cytochemokines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cytochemokine
glycolides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glycolide
subsectoral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From subsector + -al.
Senses: glosses: Relating to a subsector
synoviums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of synovium
synucleinopathy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: synucleinopathies
Etymology: From synuclein + -o- + -pathy.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Any of a group of diseases associated with abnormal deposition of synuclein.
synucleinopathies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of synucleinopathy
thematical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: thematic
beamtrain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beamtrains
Etymology: From beam + train.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The connected beams of light in an interferometer or similar device.
composograph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: composographs
Etymology: From compose + -graph.
Senses: glosses: A retouched photographic collage formerly used in sensationalist journalism.
composographs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of composograph
bicategories
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bicategory
blastwaves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blastwave
correntropy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of correlation + entropy.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A nonlinear measure of the similarity between two random variables
Derived terms: correntropic
extremizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of extremize
extremize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: extremizes
form: extremizing
form: extremized
form: extremized
Etymology: From extreme + -ize.
Senses: synonyms: extremify
glosses: To convert into an extreme form.
Derived terms: extremization
extremizer
Related terms: extremification
extremism
extremist
extremophile
femtolensing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From femto- + lensing.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A form of gravitational lensing in which the magnification has a dependency upon the wavelength of the light being observed
hadrochemical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hadro- + chemical.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Describing interactions between hadrons that have similarities with chemical reactions.
Related terms: hadrochemistry
hyperforest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyperforests
Etymology: From hyper- + forest.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A related group of hypertrees
hypertree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypertrees
Etymology: From hyper- + tree.
Senses: topics: graph-theory
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A form of hypergraph based on trees.
topics: graph-theory
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A hyperbolic tree.
maneouvre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of manoeuvre.
nanochain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanochains
Etymology: From nano- + chain.
Senses: glosses: A chain of nanoparticles
nanoflower
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanoflowers
Etymology: From nano- + flower.
Senses: glosses: A nanocrystal that resembles a flower
nanoflowers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nanoflower
parallelity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From parallel + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: The present section will discuss the role of the hand as a frame of reference in haptic parallelity tests.
ref: 2013, Miriam Ittyerah, Hand Preference and Hand Ability:
glosses: The condition of being parallel; parallelism.
rarefication
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rarefications
Senses: glosses: rarefaction
rotopulsator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rotopulsators
Etymology: From roto- + pulsator.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Any of a class of solutions to the n-body problem, in a curved space, whose configuration rotates during the motion.
n-body problem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The problem of predicting the motion of a group of celestial objects that interact with each other gravitationally.
superactivation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superactivations
Etymology: From super- + activation.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The activation of a pair of quantum channels that each have zero capacity in order to achieve a nonzero capacity.
urocystitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: urocystitides
Etymology: From urocyst + -itis.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Inflammation of the urinary bladder.
whatchamahoozie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whatchamahoozies
Senses: examples: text: "Sorry, that's the best whatchamahoozie we've ever seen, but since it's Not Invented Here, we don't dare use it."
ref: 1996 November 26, Peter Laws, “Re: Bailif”, in ok.general (Usenet), message-ID <Pine.GSO.3.95.961126130913.3881B-100000@toto.nssl.uoknor.edu>:
text: What I really meant is that I felt sorry for the people who appreciated their new whatchamahoozie for about 10 minutes after they got it home and ended up putting the daggone thing in a closet.
ref: 1998 May 13, Esjeje1, “Re: techno-hobbies”, in alt.fan.unabomber (Usenet), message-ID <1998051302113400.WAA14784@ladder03.news.aol.com>:
glosses: whatchamacallit
Synonyms: thingy
housecoated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From housecoat + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Wearing a housecoat.
underweared
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From underwear + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: So clad the Highland soldier is a great deal more comfortable and a great deal more sanely dressed, I believe, than the city dweller who is trousered and underweared within an inch of his life.
ref: 1918, Sir Harry Lauder, A Minstrel In France:
text: In these childhood years before her underweared bottom was erotized, she had already been focused onto underwear, because her mother had liked the child to be dressed as stylishly as possible[…]
ref: 2012, Robert J. Stoller, Sexual Excitement: Dynamics of Erotic Life, page 101:
antonyms: underwearless
glosses: Wearing underwear.
smudger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: smudgers
Etymology: From smudge + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Servile smudgers of history, prattling about an Emil Ludwig and a Thomas Mann season — meaning the Weimar period — as if it had produced me and as if I had used the Republic for a background!
ref: 1964, William Wasserstrom, Civil Liberties and the Arts: Selections from Twice a Year, 1938-48, page 230:
text: The tools can get rather exotic - spinners, rubber stamps, airbrush, smudgers, and so on.
ref: 2002, David Bergsland, Introduction to Digital Publishing, page 147:
glosses: One who, or that which, smudges.
examples: text: Smudger An old term for a photographer, one that alludes to dodgy developing.
ref: 2004, Ray Puxley, Britslang: An Uncensored A-Z of the People's Language, Including Rhyming Slang, Robson, published 2004, page 456:
glosses: A photographer.
smudgers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of smudger
sicky
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪki
Forms: form: sickies
Etymology: From sick + -y.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sickie (“sick day”).
sicky
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪki
Forms: form: more sicky
form: most sicky
Etymology: From sick + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Also consider how easy is it to clean with a sicky baby; can all of the cover and straps go in the washing machine or is it wipe clean only?
ref: 2011, Katy Handley, The Right Way, the Wrong Way Or Your Way?, page 43:
glosses: Covered in vomit.
something nasty in the woodshed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An unpalatable secret.
Related terms: skeleton in the closet
skeleton in the cupboard
whatchamahoozies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whatchamahoozie
Veltliner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Veltliners
Etymology: Apparently named after Valtellina in northern Italy, though no link is known between the grape and the region.
Senses: glosses: A white wine made from a grape variety grown primarily in Austria, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic, often served with food.
Veltliners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Veltliner
urocystitides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of urocystitis
vivandieres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vivandiere
what the deuce
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: I don't know what the deuce you think you're doing.
glosses: An intensive form of what.
Synonyms: word: what the Devil
word: what on earth
word: what the hell
word: what the fuck
scramasaxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scramasax
velvet worm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: velvet worms
Etymology: From velvet + worm. Named after their velvety skin texture and worm-like appearance.
Senses: glosses: Any worm of the phylum Onychophora: an ecdysozoan organism with tiny eyes, antennae, multiple pairs of legs, and slime glands.
velvet worms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of velvet worm
velamentous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin velamentum (“covering, screen”), + -ous.
Senses: glosses: Veil-like.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to an abnormal condition during pregnancy in which the umbilical cord inserts into the fetal membranes, then travels within the membranes to the placenta, risking rupture of the exposed vessels.
vandalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vandalists
Etymology: From vandal + -ist; compare vandalism.
Senses: qualifier: non-native speakers' English
glosses: A vandal.
magnetitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more magnetitic
form: most magnetitic
Etymology: From magnetite + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the mineral magnetite.
goshdang
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From gosh + dang.
Senses: glosses: goddamn
goshdang
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: From gosh + dang.
Senses: glosses: goddamn
look-up
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: look-ups
Etymology: Deverbal from look up.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of lookup.
goshdangit
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: Contraction of gosh (“God”, euphemism) + dang (“damn”, euphemism) + it. Compare goshdarnit.
Senses: glosses: Euphemistic form of goddammit.
Lefebvrist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Lefebvrists
Etymology: From Lefebvre + -ist, after its founder, the French archbishop Marcel Lefebvre.
Senses: glosses: A member of the Society of Saint Pius X, an international traditionalist Catholic organisation.
wikipedia: Marcel Lefebvre
Synonyms: Lefebvrite
Lefebvrite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Lefebvrites
Etymology: From Lefebvre + -ite.
Senses: glosses: A Lefebvrist.
Lefebvrists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Lefebvrist
Lefebvrites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Lefebvrite
goshdarned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Euphemistic form of goddamned.
goshdanged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Euphemistic form of goddamned.
muffin pan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: muffin pans
Senses: glosses: A tray with round indentations for baking muffins.
mythization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mythizations
Etymology: From myth + -ization.
Senses: examples: text: Here a second form of myth arises: the mythization of explicitly human thoughts and creations.
ref: 1945, William Arrowsmith, James Fearon Brown, Barbara Howes, The Chimera: a rough beast, volumes 4-5, page 5:
glosses: conversion into a myth
mythizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mythization
repatriatable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From repatriate + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being repatriated.
repatriable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Capable of being repatriated.
muffin tin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: muffin tins
Senses: glosses: muffin pan
mastectomees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mastectomee
plasmepsin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plasmepsins
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of aspartic acid protease enzymes produced by the plasmodium parasite.
plasmepsins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plasmepsin
mokoros
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mokoro
menarchial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From menarche + -ial.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of menarcheal.
sunset years
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of twilight years.
synonyms: word: twilight years
gha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The letter Ƣ (minuscule: ƣ), formerly used in the Latin orthographies of various (mostly Turkic) languages, and usually representing a voiced velar fricative.
burqaless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From burqa + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without a burqa; not wearing a burqa.
farding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fard
farding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fardings
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of farthing.
Related terms: english: possibly etymologically unrelated
translation: possibly etymologically unrelated
word: fardingbag
appropriacy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: appropriacies
Senses: examples: text: Feedback can assume a great variety of forms, each of which may have different levels of effectiveness and appropriacy in various contexts.
ref: 2017, Di Zou, James Lambert, “Feedback methods for student voice in the digital age”, in British Journal of Educational Technology, volume 48, number 5, page 1081:
synonyms: appropriateness
antonyms: inappropriacy
glosses: The extent to which something is suitable or appropriate for a certain circumstance, occasion, etc.
appropriacies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of appropriacy