cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
pseudorotation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudorotations
Etymology: From pseudo- + rotation.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A form of stereoisomerization that appears to have been produced by rotation of a molecule
Related terms: pseudorotational
stereoisomerization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stereoisomerizations
Etymology: From stereo- + isomerization.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: isomerization between stereoisomers
psychosine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: psychosines
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An intermediate (sphingosine galactoside) in the biosynthesis of cerebrosides.
pulsatance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pulsatances
Etymology: From pulsate + -ance.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: angular frequency (in radians per second)
pyrromethene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pyrromethenes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: dipyrrin
fault trace
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fault traces
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A line drawn on a map to represent the position of a fault line.
forearc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: forearcs
Etymology: From fore- + arc.
Senses: examples: text: These offshore Sonoman mountains likely formed an orogenic (mountainous) barrier to moisture inland, resulting in a mountain-shadow onshore desert punctuated by regional annual and large basin perennial streams draining into a forearc saline sea.
ref: 2012, Chinle Miller, “The Tectonic Forces of the Mesozoic”, in In Mesozoic Lands: The Mesozoic Geology of Arches and Canyonlands National Parks, Kindle edition, page 34:
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A region of raised rock debris which forms between the subduction zone and any associated volcano or volcanic chain.
radioanalytical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From radio- + analytical.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to radioanalysis
radiochromatograph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radiochromatographs
Etymology: From radio- + chromatograph.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any chromatograph in which the separated components are detected by their radioactivity.
radioenzymatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From radio- + enzymatic.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing any investigation into an enzyme by the use of a radioactive substrate.
radiogravimetric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more radiogravimetric
form: most radiogravimetric
Etymology: From radio- + gravimetric.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing a form of gravimetric analysis in which the radioactivity of a product is measured instead of its mass
radioiodination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radioiodinations
Etymology: From radio- + iodination.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The incorporation of any radioiodine into a compound or tissue.
Related terms: radioiodinated
radionuclidic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more radionuclidic
form: most radionuclidic
Etymology: From radionuclide + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to radionuclides
radiorelease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radioreleases
Etymology: From radio- + release.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The release of a radioactive substance during a chemical reaction.
ratemeter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ratemeters
form: rate meter
Etymology: From rate + -meter.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Any of several devices that measure the average rate of radioactive emissions over a specified time interval.
reductone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reductones
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of several strong, acidic reducing agents that are enediols, often derived from sugars by oxidation
enediol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: enediols
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of unsaturated diols of the form R-C(OH)=C(OH)-R for vicinal diols, or -C=C(OH)₂ for geminal diols, often produced by enolization. Alternative names for vicinal diols are ketene hydrate, 1,1-dihydroxyethene, and enolic form of a carboxylic acid.
Derived terms: enediolate
enolization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: enolizations
Etymology: From enol + -ization.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The conversion of a ketone into an enol
Derived terms: photoenolization
Related terms: tautomerization
releaser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: releasers
Etymology: From release + -er.
Senses: glosses: Anything that releases something.
glosses: The determining feature of a stimulus that produces a response.
topics: law
glosses: Alternative form of releasor.
repetency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: repetencies
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: wave number
wave number
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wave numbers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of wavenumber.
coccidial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From translingual Coccidia + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the Coccidia parasites.
Derived terms: anticoccidial
retroaddition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: retroadditions
Etymology: From retro- + addition.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A cycloelimination.
retrocycloaddition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: retrocycloadditions
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: cycloelimination
rheopexy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rheopecty
Etymology: From rheo- (“current”) + -pexy (“fixing (in place)”).
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A rheological phenomenon in which certain colloids solidify more quickly when subjected to shear
rotenoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rotenoids
Etymology: From rotenone + -oid.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of polycyclic compounds related to rotenone
rotameter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rotameters
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A device used to measure fluid flow, in which a float rises in a tapered vertical tube to a height dependent on the rate of flow through the tube
rubredoxin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rubredoxins
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of iron-sulfur proteins found in some bacteria
rugosity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rugosities
Etymology: From rugose + -ity, from Latin rugositas.
Senses: glosses: The state of being rugose.
glosses: A measure of how rugose something is.
selenenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more selenenic
form: most selenenic
Etymology: From selenium.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to selenenic acids or their derivatives
seleninic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪnɪk
Forms: form: more seleninic
form: most seleninic
Etymology: From selenium.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to seleninic acids or their derivatives
selenonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From selenium.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to selenonic acids or their derivatives
semicoke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: semicokes
Etymology: From semi- + coke.
Senses: glosses: Any of a range of products intermediate in composition and consistency between coke and pitch, formed by the incomplete carbonization of coal.
semitrivial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From semi- + trivial.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: semisystematic
sigmatropic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɒpɪk
Forms: form: more sigmatropic
form: most sigmatropic
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing any rearrangement reaction in which single bonds are broken and others are formed
silathiane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: silathianes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of organosilicon compounds formally derived from the siloxanes by replacement of oxygen with sulfur
solvophobicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From solvophobic + -ity.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The condition of being solvophobic
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The degree to which a substance is solvophobic
solvophobic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more solvophobic
form: most solvophobic
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: lacking an affinity for a specific solvent; unable to absorb, or be wetted by a solvent
sorptive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to sorption or sorptivity
Derived terms: biosorptive
stereoblock
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From stereo- + block.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing a stereoregular block polymer
speech act
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: speech acts
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: An act carried out by speech, such as promising, ordering, greeting, warning, inviting and congratulating.
Hyponyms: utterance
act
Coordinate terms: illocutionary act
locutionary act
perlocutionary act
Derived terms: speech act participant
ground failure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ground failures
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: An effect of seismic activity, such as an earthquake, where the ground becomes very soft, due to the shaking, and acts like a liquid, causing landslides, spreading, and settling.
halfspace
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: halfspaces
Etymology: From half + space.
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Either of the two parts of a three-dimensional object cut by a two-dimensional plane
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A simple mathematical model of the structure of the Earth, as used in seismology.
harmonic tremor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: harmonic tremors
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A rhythmic shaking of the ground detectable by a seismograph, and associated with volcanic activity. Often a symptomatic warning of an eruption.
intraplate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + plate.
Senses: examples: text: And what causes these massive intraplate rupturings? Something deep within the Earth.
ref: 2003, Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything, BCA, page 189:
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Taking place within a single tectonic plate.
Related terms: interplate
stereoelement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stereoelements
Etymology: From stereo- + element.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A stereogenic grouping within a molecule; a stereogen.
stereogen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stereogens
Etymology: From stereo- + -gen.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A stereogenic grouping within a molecule; a stereoelement.
isoseismal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: isoseismals
Etymology: From iso- + seismal.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
synonyms: isoseist
glosses: A line on a map joining points of equal seismic intensity produced by an earthquake.
isoseismal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From iso- + seismal.
Senses: glosses: Being or relating to a line of this kind.
stereoformula
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stereoformulas
form: stereoformulae
Etymology: From stereo- + formula.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A two-dimensional representation of a three-dimensional molecular structure that indicates the spatial arrangement of bonds; a stereochemical formula
stereoheterotopic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more stereoheterotopic
form: most stereoheterotopic
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Either enantiotopic or diastereotopic
sublation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sublations
Etymology: From Latin sublātiō (“removal”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A flotation method in which the material to be separated is adsorbed on the surface of gas bubbles in a liquid and is collected on an upper layer of an immiscible liquid
glosses: Removal, taking away.
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
synonyms: Aufhebung
glosses: In Hegelian philosophy, the situation where a tension between contradictory opposites is resolved by the addition of a new term which pushes the old opposition into its relation.
Related terms: sublate
suffer
suffering
out of one's league
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: Feel her breath in my face / Her body close to me / Can't look in her eyes / She's out of my league
ref: 1987, Patrick Swayze, Stacy Widelitz, “She's Like the Wind”, performed by Patrick Swayze:
text: He has an unwitting instructor in his cocky, bullying co-worker and pal, Kent (Pablo Schreiber), a slimeball whose knockout wife, Carly (Piper Perabo), is way out of his league.
ref: 2008 June 3, Laura Collins-Hughes, “Neil LaBute Finds Reasons To Be Nice”, in New York Sun (theatre review), archived from the original on 05 Jun 2008:
glosses: In a situation in which one is mismatched with one or more others whose accomplishments, preparedness, or other characteristics are on a significantly higher or lower level than one's own.
examples: text: These questions are out of my league, please let me ask a higher-up.
text: Most U.S. authors trying to depict European sophistication seem indefinably out of their league, like children sashaying around in grown-up shoes.
ref: 1964 May 15, “Also Current (book reviews)”, in Time, archived from the original on 07 Mar 2012:
glosses: Out of one's depth; in a situation which one is poorly prepared to handle.
examples: text: An expensive car is out of your league right now, don't you think?
glosses: Too good or too expensive for one.
Synonyms: beyond one's depth
beyond one's scope
out of one's depth
Related terms: outkick one's coverage
subphase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subphases
Etymology: From sub- + phase.
Senses: glosses: A subsection of a phase
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The liquid upon which a film or layer floats
substoichiometric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more substoichiometric
form: most substoichiometric
Etymology: From sub- + stoichiometric.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Involving less than the stoichiometric amount of a reagent
subtractive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -æktɪv
Forms: form: more subtractive
form: most subtractive
Etymology: From subtract + -ive.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to subtraction.
glosses: Of a colour: from which some wavelengths have been removed.
Related terms: additive
sulfinic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪnɪk
Forms: form: sulphinic
Etymology: From sulfur.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to sulfinic acids or their derivatives
Derived terms: sulfinic anhydride
superposability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From superpose + -ability.
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: congruence
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The ability to bring two particular stereochemical formulae into coincidence by no more than translation and rotation
gari
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of garri (“West African food made from cassava”).
gari
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Japanese ガリ.
Senses: glosses: Thinly sliced marinated ginger served as a condiment with sushi.
sydnone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sydnones
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of 1,2,3-oxadiazoles having an oxygen atom attached to the 5 position; they are mesoionic
Derived terms: sydnonimine
symproportionation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: symproportionations
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: comproportionation
synartetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more synartetic
form: most synartetic
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing the acceleration of a reaction due to neighbouring group participation.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonology
prosody
sciences
glosses: Having a continuous metre not separated by diaeresis.
Derived terms: asynartetic
syneresis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: synereses
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of synaeresis.
syntrophic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more syntrophic
form: most syntrophic
Etymology: From syntrophy + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to syntrophy.
syntrophy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: syntrophies
Etymology: From syn- + -trophy.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The relationship between the individuals of different species (especially of bacteria) in which one or both benefit nutritionally from the presence of the other
sweet hereafter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: the sweet hereafter
Senses: examples: text: Lord, what thou doest noo, an' why,
We maunna seek to ken;
But sune the sweet hereafter comes,
An' thou wilt tell us then.
ref: 1885, Mary Lee Demarest, "The Pathway o' the Sea," in A Library of Religious Poetry by Philip Shaff and Arthur Gilman (eds.), Funk and Wagnalls, New York, page 885
text: Miss Lacy Stafford of Taylorville was struck by an Illinois Central train at the Sangamon street crossing at 3 o'clock and in the eyes of the spectators she was wafted directly into the sweet hereafter by lightning express.
ref: 1903, "Woman Roiled Into Ditch by Train," The Daily Review (Decatur, Illinois), 22 Mar.
text: Owing to his sugarcane habit, his stubby front teeth are all pretty much gone to the sweet hereafter.
ref: 2003, Barbara Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible, →ISBN, page 174:
glosses: Heaven; paradise as enjoyed in the afterlife.
Synonyms: Elysian Fields
harka
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: harkas
Etymology: From Arabic حركة.
Senses: glosses: In Maghrebi history, a military campaign, often a punitive expedition against insurgents.
waterbike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: waterbikes
form: water bike
Etymology: From water + bike.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of water bicycle.
glosses: Alternative form of water bike.
glosses: Synonym of aquabike.
synonyms: word: aquabike
glosses: A pedalboat
Related terms: water bike
hydrobike
aqua bike
aquabike
Shaye
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name transferred from the surname or from Irish, variant of Shay.
Shea
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: shā
ipa: /ʃeɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
Etymology: Anglicised from Irish Ó Séaghdha.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
glosses: A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
Related terms: O'Shea
Shay
Shaye
accreditate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: accreditates
form: accreditating
form: accreditated
form: accreditated
Etymology: Perhaps by back-formation from accreditation.
Senses: examples: text: After I do this and I have proven it to be successful, now they want to accreditate, certify, and license. And, ironically the people that are going to do the accreditation and licensing don't even know what I do.
ref: 1978, United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control, Drug Trafficking in and Through Hawaii and Guam: Hearings:
glosses: To accredit.
adire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Yoruba àdìrẹ.
Senses: examples: text: These have contributed immensely to the development of many modem designs that have made adire to become acceptable as dress […]
ref: 1997, O. J. Nwanyanwu, Education for socio-economic & political development in Nigeria, page 250:
glosses: A type of traditional Yoruba tie-dyed cloth.
adiate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: adiates
form: adiating
form: adiated
form: adiated
Etymology: Coined in the mid-19th century. Latin adīre + -ate, cf Dutch adiëren.
Senses: examples: text: If he adiates, the adiation should take place unconditionally and without limitation of time.
ref: 1844, Hercules Tennant, The Notary's Manual: Containing: Instructions for the Notaries at the Cape of Good Hope:
topics: law
glosses: To receive an inheritance.
Related terms: aangaan
aanvaarden
kintergarden
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of kindergarten.
Related terms: kindergarden
Floridians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Floridian
dyssynchronies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dyssynchrony
dysynchronies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dysynchrony
droplight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: droplights
Etymology: From drop + light.
Senses: examples: text: The frameless droplights are fitted with an improved Beclewat catch, which is easier to operate than earlier designs.
ref: 1960 November, “New electric multiple-units for British Railways: Manchester/Liverpool and Crewe”, in Trains Illustrated, page 660:
text: And the old slam doors were very dated - especially with the need to pull down a droplight window, get your arm out of the window, fiddle for the handle, and open it (often with two or three attempts if you are elderly or just not used to these doors).
ref: 2019 October 23, Pip Dunn, “The next king of Scotland”, in Rail, page 50:
glosses: Alternative form of drop light.
drop light
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drop lights
form: droplight
Senses: examples: text: A single drop light burned far back, beyond an open, once-gilt elevator.
ref: 1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep, Penguin, published 2011, page 185:
glosses: A lamp that is suspended, for example, by a cable.
examples: text: The sliding door, which is fitted with a drop light, is shrouded with bristle-type draught excluders.
ref: 1954 February, “Third Class Corridor Brake Coaches for British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, pages 132-133:
text: Ventilation was by louvres and brass grilles over the windows and by droplights in the end doors.
ref: 1965, Cuthbert Hamilton Ellis, Railway carriages in the British Isles: from 1830 to 1914, page 58:
text: The side doors to the cab have been replaced by droplights and the train will not start unless these are closed or within a few inches of the closed position.
ref: 1964, The Indian Railway Gazette, volume 62, number 6, page 142:
topics: railways
transport
synonyms: drop window
glosses: A window in a train carriage that is opened by pushing it downward into the door.
stalkerazzi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stalkerazzo
form: stalkarazzi
Etymology: Blend of stalker + paparazzi.
Senses: glosses: Paparazzi who violate their targets' privacy in the manner of stalkers.
aboideau
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɑ.bwɑ.doʊ/
Forms: form: aboideaux
form: aboideaus
form: aboiteau
Etymology: Borrowed from Acadian French aboideau.
Senses: qualifier: Acadia
glosses: A tide gate, designed to protect marshland, so constructed as to let out water at low tide, but to prevent an influx of water at high tide.
walk the line
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: walks the line
form: walking the line
form: walked the line
form: walked the line
Senses: examples: text: I sat at dinner, but satisfied myself with nibbling bread crusts, and witnessing the forlorn and perilous efforts of my friends to walk the line between starvation and acute indigestion.
ref: 1914, Julian Hawthorne, chapter 13, in The Subterranean Brotherhood:
text: I began to walk the line between work and play.
ref: 27 January 1992, “It's Twyla Time Again”, in Newsweek:
glosses: To maintain an intermediate position between contrasting choices, opinions, etc.
examples: text: I keep a close watch on this heart of mine
I keep my eyes wide open all the time
I keep the ends out for the tie that binds
Because you're mine, I walk the line.
ref: 1956, Johnny Cash, “I Walk the Line”, Sun Records:
glosses: To act in a non-destructive or damaging manner, whether physically or mentally to those you hold dear and/or respect; to exercise self-control.
examples: text: And on a day we meet to walk the line
And set the wall between us once again.
ref: 1914, Robert Frost, Mending Wall:
glosses: To mark or secure a boundary by walking along it.
examples: text: A Baldwin High School student will be able to wear slacks to her graduation ceremony, under an order from the Maui School District. . . . "I'm very glad she'll be able to walk the line with her graduating class," Rosaga said.
ref: 2002 May 7, Gary Kubota, “Maui girl wins right to forget the dress”, in Honolulu Star-Bulletin, archived from the original on 09 Apr 2006:
text: Montano's family, including her parents, sons and fiance, Thomas Gallegos, planned to be on hand to see her walk the line and be honored by the UNM-VC Advisory Board, faculty and staff and her fellow associate degree graduates.
ref: 13 May 2006, “Graduation 2006: Valedictorian seeks better life for her family”, in Valencia County News-Bulletin.com, archived from the original on 16 Aug 2007:
topics: education
glosses: To participate in the procession at a graduation ceremony; to graduate.
Related terms: toe the line
straight and narrow
billposting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bill + posting.
Senses: glosses: The sticking of posters, notices and advertisements on walls.
Related terms: billposter
bullet point
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bullet points
form: bullet-point
form: bulletpoint
Senses: examples: text: Bullet points don't have to be just round dots—you can use any small symbol to start off your line. Hyphens are popular, as are check marks and arrows.
ref: 1996, Marcia Layton, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Terrific Business Writing, page 110:
text: She had a list in front of her, written out in the neatest handwriting I had ever seen[…]Each item was prefaced by a perfectly round bullet point.
ref: 2021, Zoe Cannon, chapter 30, in Hound of Hades Books 1-4: An Urban Fantasy Thriller Box Set:
glosses: The symbol, typically a solid circle, that marks each item in a bulleted list.
examples: text: Bullet points should be short phrases that are parallel.
ref: 2007, Mary Ellen Guffey, Patricia Rogin, Kathleen Rhodes, Business Communication: Process and Product, page 374:
text: As she speaks, a network-designed PowerPoint is projected on a screen[…]The first bullet point says, “We love and support your kids like they are our own!” The next says, “Our school design is everything—it's all or nothing. Nothing is optional!”
ref: 2019, Robert Pondiscio, How The Other Half Learns: Equality, Excellence, and the Battle Over School Choice, page 262:
glosses: An item in a bulleted list.
examples: text: Panic is immune to debate, to analysis, to earnest and cognitively therapeutic bullet points.
ref: 2009, Michael Marshall, Bad Things, →ISBN, page 29:
text: Go through your employment history and pull out all the bullet points that demonstrate the five skills you have prioritized.
ref: 2011, Julie Gray, Write an Irresistible CV, →ISBN:
glosses: A succinct statement of the kind that might appear in a bulleted list.
Synonyms: word: bullet
word: dot point
Derived terms: english: verbal form
translation: verbal form
word: bullet-point
word: bullet-pointed
Related terms: bulleted
bulletize
bullet list
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bullet lists
Senses: glosses: Synonym of bulleted list.
synonyms: word: bulleted list
appealable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more appealable
form: most appealable
Etymology: From appeal + -able.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: That may be appealed, or sent to a higher court for judgement.
raw_tags: of a verdict etc.
examples: a criminal is appealable for manslaughter
glosses: That may be accused or called to answer by appeal.
Derived terms: appealability
inappealable
nonappealable
unappealable
Osama
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: ō-sä􂀽'mə
ipa: /əʊˈsɑːmə/
ipa: /oʊˈsɑmə/
rhymes: -ɑːmə
Forms: form: Usama
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic أُسَامَة (ʔusāma).
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Arabic.
subjugable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more subjugable
form: most subjugable
Senses: glosses: Capable of being subjugated
because you touch yourself at night
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: Young Peter: Why did all the dinosaurs die out?
Museum Guide: Because you touch yourself at night.
ref: 2000, Mike Barker and Matt Weitzman, Family Guy (TV series), "Wasted Talent"
text: >I'm sure I will sound like a giant newbie(because I am), but why does Fox
>hate futurama so much?
Because you touch yourself at night.
ref: 2003 Mar. 1, Rev Bleech_, "Fox" in alt.tv.futurama
text: 2019, Demons Rising (paperback), Dutch Van Alstin
[Tophat asks with a smirk,] "Why did you name him Xavier Ignacious?"
"Because you touch yourself at night, asshole," Solomon says.
glosses: Used to deflect a request for a reason.
bulleted list
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bulleted lists
Senses: synonyms: bullet list
coordinate_terms: numbered list
glosses: A list whose items start with the typographical bullet, that is •, or with other symbols other than numbers.
Meronyms: bullet point
numbered list
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: numbered lists
Senses: glosses: A list whose items are numbered, with various styles including Arabic numerals and Roman numerals.
paysa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paysas
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of paisa (“currency”).
kilometric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more kilometric
form: most kilometric
Senses: glosses: Measured in kilometres/kilometers
Derived terms: kilometrically
subkilometric
geekier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of geeky: more geeky
geekiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of geeky: most geeky
furu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: furus
Etymology: Blend of fake + guru
Senses: glosses: A person who fraudulently poses as a guru.
sarki
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sarkis
Etymology: From Hausa sarkī.
Senses: glosses: The emir of a Hausa-Fulani emirate.
Derived terms: sarkiship
amra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A hog plum (Spondias mombin.
payment schedule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: payment schedules
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: A schedule defining the dates and amounts of payments to be made for a financial instrument such as a bond and a derivative.
devadasi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: devadasis
Etymology: From the Sanskrit देवदासी (devá-dāsī, “female servant of a deity”), from देव (devá, “deity, god”) and दासी (dāsī, “a female servant or slave”).
Senses: examples: text: It would be a century before the daughter of another devadasi mesmerized audiences around the world.
ref: 2017, Sunil Khilnani, Incarnations, Penguin, page 372:
synonyms: temple dancer
temple girl
glosses: A girl who underwent the Hindu religious practice of being "married" to a deity. In addition to taking care of the temple, she learned and practiced Bharatanatyam and other classical Indian arts, enjoying high social status.
Related terms: Nagarvadhu
harmonogram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: harmonograms
Etymology: From harmony + -o- + -gram.
Senses: glosses: An early form of Gantt chart.
glosses: An image created by the harmonograph.
diapedesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diapedeses
Etymology: From New Latin, from Ancient Greek, from dia- + Ancient Greek πηδᾰ́ω (pēdắō, “I leap”).
Senses: glosses: The migration of blood cells, especially leucocytes, through the intact walls of blood vessels into the surrounding tissue.
Related terms: diapedetic
Romola
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Italian Romola, feminine form of Romolo, from Latin Romulus.
Senses: examples: text: Price. Wot does Rummy stand for? Pet name praps?
Rummy. Romola. It was out of a new book. Somebody me mother wanted to grow up like.
Price. We're companions in misfortune, Rummy. Both of us got names that nobody cawnt pronounce. Consequently I'm Snobby and you're Rummy because Bill and Sally wasn't good enough for our parents.
ref: 1906, George Bernard Shaw, Major Barbara: Act I:
glosses: A female given name from Italian.
Shanae
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ʃəˈneɪ/
Etymology: Anglicization of Irish Sinéad q.v. based on its modern Irish pronunciation.
Doublet of Ivanka, Jan, Janelle, Janet, Janey, Janine, Jeanette, Jeanie, Jeannette, Jeannine, Jen, Jenna, Jenny, Jessie, Jo, Jody, Juanita, Sinead, and Vanna.
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Irish.
Darien
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛə.ɹi.ən/
ipa: /ˈdɛ.ɹi.ən/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiən
Senses: glosses: A male given name originating as a coinage, variant of Darian.
glosses: A female given name originating as a coinage, variant of Darian.
glosses: A city, the county seat of McIntosh County, Georgia, United States.
glosses: Alternative spelling of Darién.
upwards of
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: examples: text: The cheap ones won't last, while a good quality product could cost upwards of $500.
text: "[…] The quay is upwards of 1,000 feet in length, and capable of accommodating more than 100 sail of traders; and there are generally a considerable number of vessels of from 40 to 300 tons burden, from various parts of the world, waiting to receive their cargoes."
ref: 1945 May and June, Charles E. Lee, “The Penrhyn Railway and its Locomotives—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 142, text published 1848:
glosses: More than; in excess of.
catasta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: catastae
Etymology: From Latin catasta.
Senses: glosses: A platform for exhibiting slaves for sale.
glosses: A stage or place for torture.
Elvira
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Elviras
Etymology: A medieval Spanish royal name, of probably Gothic origin, and debated meaning, possibly 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gailjan) + *𐍅𐌴𐍂𐌴𐌹 (*wērei), thus "joyful sincerity". It became famous outside Spain after its appearance in Mozart's Don Giovanni (1787).
The place name Elvira is a contraction of the older Illiberi, new city.
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Spanish, in quiet use since the 19th century.
glosses: Former name of Granada: a city in Spain; an ancient name for the city.
lost errand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lost errands
Senses: examples: text: The detective expressed his conviction that they were both on a lost errand. He was convinced that the boy would not make his appearance; although when pressed by Clive to do so, he declined to give the reasons for his conviction.
ref: 1891, Charles Dickens, A Bride of a Summer's Day:
glosses: Synonym of fool's errand.
synonyms: word: fool's errand
biodeterioration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biodeteriorations
Etymology: From bio- + deterioration.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any undesirable change in the properties of a material, a construction, or a process caused by the vital activities of organisms.
Related terms: biodeteriorate
deterioration
CEE
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Central and Eastern Europe.
strike-slip fault
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: strike-slip faults
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A fault where two blocks move horizontally in opposite directions along the fault line.
Related terms: left lateral
right lateral
transform fault
Elvy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
bioinorganic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bio- + inorganic.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing the influence of inorganic compounds (especially metals) on biological processes, or the metabolism and biosynthesis of inorganic materials (such as silica)
bioinorganic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bioinorganics
Etymology: From bio- + inorganic.
Senses: glosses: A drug or chemical of this kind.
bionanomaterial
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bionanomaterials
Etymology: From bio- + nanomaterial.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any nanomaterial of biological origin.
HCI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: HCIs
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of human-computer interaction.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of host-controller interface.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of highly charged ion.
HCI
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Home Computer Initiative.
coralline
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more coralline
form: most coralline
Etymology: From French corallin, from Latin corallinus, from corallium (“coral”), via Greek probably of Semitic origin. The taxonomic sense is a semantic loan from translingual Corallina and related terms.
Senses: examples: text: Drifting idly around a broad oceanic arc, the bottle collides softly with tens of thousands of pelagic plastics all colonized by hard-shelled organisms, including barnacles, coralline algae, foraminifera and bivalve molluscs.
ref: 2020, David Farrier, “The Bottle as Hero”, in Footprints, 4th Estate, →ISBN:
glosses: Of, relating to or pertaining to or resembling red algae of the family Corallinaceae.
examples: text: The pigeon rocked itself backwards and forwards on the bough, swelling out its breast feathers and laying its coralline beak upon them.
ref: 1934 October, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter 4, in Burmese Days, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, →OCLC:
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or resembling the material coral.
glosses: Describing rock formed from the skeletons of such algae.
Synonyms: coral
coralloid
coralloidal
Derived terms: coralline sponge
corallinite
corralline bedding
noncoralline
coralline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: corallines
Etymology: From French corallin, from Latin corallinus, from corallium (“coral”), via Greek probably of Semitic origin. The taxonomic sense is a semantic loan from translingual Corallina and related terms.
Senses: glosses: Any calcareous species of red algae of the family Corallinaceae.
glosses: An animal that resembles such a coral.
human-computer interaction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhjuːmənˌkəmˈpjuːtəˌɪntərˈakʃn/
Senses: glosses: The study of interaction between people and computers.
Synonyms: HCI
Petrea
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Petreas
Etymology: Borrowed from Romanian Petrea.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Romanian.
cosmeceutical
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cosmeceuticals
Etymology: Blend of cosmetic + pharmaceutical
Senses: glosses: Any cosmetic that is claimed to have a medicinal action
Related terms: nutricosmetics
Petrine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpiːtɹaɪn/
ipa: /ˈpiˌtɹaɪn/
Forms: form: more Petrine
form: most Petrine
Etymology: From Pet(e)r + -ine.
Senses: examples: text: the Petrine Epistles
text: ...the statement of Apost. Const. vi. 8, that his ordination was Pauline, rather than Petrine, according to the competing traditions of St. Epiphanus and Rufinus, in which case he is the particular link in the Pauline succession.
ref: 1889, Richard Frederick Littledale, The Petrine Claims: A Critical Inquiry, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, →OL, page 199:
text: And thus, in this connection, is intruded upon us the narrative in the Petrine Gospel, which afterwards became famous, and according to which the Cross was borne to heaven with Christ at the Ascension.
ref: 1896, A. H. Keane, transl., The Antichrist Legend: A Chapter in Christian and Jewish Folklore, London: Hutchinson and Co., translation of original by Wilhelm Bousset, →OL, page 235:
text: At the same time the tinctures of the reversed Petrine cross on the field and the chief changed from red to blue.
ref: 1992, Duane L. C. M. Galles, “The Reform of Ecclesiastical Heraldry Revisited”, in The American Benedictine Review, volume 43, number 4, →ISSN, page 424:
text: The Swiss theologian Hans Urs von Balthasar takes this approach, arguing that in the church there is a Marian principle of holy obedience complementary to the Petrine principle of orderly hierarchical rule.
ref: 2000 June 17, Elizabeth A. Johnson, “Mary of Nazareth: Friend of God and Prophet”, in America, volume 182, number 21:
glosses: Of or pertaining to people named Peter, particularly Saint Peter or Peter the Great.
glosses: Of or pertaining to people named Peter, particularly Saint Peter or Peter the Great.
Depicted upside-down.
raw_tags: of a cross
Derived terms: Petrinism
Petrinist
Petrinity
Petrinize
crystallographically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From crystallographic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: With regard to crystallography
adaptivity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adaptivities
Etymology: From adaptive + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being adaptive; capacity to adapt.
Synonyms: adaptiveness
multinucleated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more multinucleated
form: most multinucleated
Etymology: From multi- + nucleated.
Senses: glosses: Having multiple nuclei; multinucleate
left lateral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ætəɹəl
Forms: form: more left lateral
form: most left lateral
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Of a strike-slip fault, a block on the far side moving to the left when viewed from either side of the fault.
Related terms: sinistral
right lateral
osteoclastogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: osteoclastogeneses
Etymology: From osteoclast + -o- + -genesis.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The development of osteoclasts
Derived terms: neoosteoclastogenesis
hyperosteoclastogenesis
right lateral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ætəɹəl
Forms: form: more right lateral
form: most right lateral
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Of a strike-slip fault, a block on one side moving to the right when viewed from the other side.
Related terms: dextral
left lateral
ailings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈeɪ.lɪŋz/
Senses: glosses: plural of ailing
polyuridine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From poly- + uridine.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A long section of nucleic acid containing only the uridine nucleoside
Derived terms: homopolyuridine
Related terms: polyadenine
reselection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reselections
Etymology: From re- + selection.
Senses: glosses: A second or subsequent selection
mammilated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mammilated
form: most mammilated
Senses: examples: text: The skin on his foot was mammilated as a result of the infection.
glosses: Having relatively small protrusions from the exterior, most commonly the surface.
sinistral fault
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sinistral faults
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
coordinate_terms: dextral fault
glosses: A strike-slip fault that shows left lateral movement.
dextral fault
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dextral faults
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
coordinate_terms: sinistral fault
glosses: A strike-slip fault that shows right lateral movement.
scleractinian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌsklɪəɹækˈtɪniən/
Forms: form: more scleractinian
form: most scleractinian
Etymology: From translingual Scleractinia + -an.
Senses: examples: text: In the buildup to the big night—the mass spawning always occurs after sundown—the corals begin to “set,” which might be thought of as the scleractinian version of going into labor.
ref: 2014, Elizabeth Kolbert, chapter 7, in The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History, Henry Holt and Company:
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the corals of the order Scleractinia.
scleractinian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌsklɪəɹækˈtɪniən/
Forms: form: scleractinians
Etymology: From translingual Scleractinia + -an.
Senses: glosses: Any of the corals of the order Scleractinia.
spectroelectrochemistry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From spectro- + electrochemistry.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of many spectroscopic techniques used in chemistry
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Spectroscopic study of electrochemical processes
coactive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more coactive
form: most coactive
Etymology: See Latin coactum.
Senses: examples: text: any coactive power or the civil kind
ref: 1738–1741, William Warburton, The Divine Legation of Moses […], volume (please specify |volume=I, II.1, or II.2), London: […] Fletcher Gyles, […], →OCLC:
glosses: Serving to compel or constrain; compulsory; restrictive.
coactive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more coactive
form: most coactive
Etymology: From co- + active.
Senses: examples: text: Affection? thy Intention ſtabs the Center. / Thou do'ſt make poſſible things not ſo held, / Communicat'ſt vvith Dreames (hovv can this be?) / VVith vvhat's vnreall: thou coactiue art, / And fellow'ſt nothing.
ref: c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii], page 278, column 2:
english: Affection! Your intention stabs the heart. / You do make possible things not so held, / Communicate with dreams (how can this be?). / You are coactive with what's unreal / And associate with nothing.
translation: Affection! Your intention stabs the heart. / You do make possible things not so held, / Communicate with dreams (how can this be?). / You are coactive with what's unreal / And associate with nothing.
bold_translation_offsets: 142
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glosses: Acting in concurrence; united in action.
Derived terms: coactively
infantilizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of infantilize