cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
peg the needle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pegs the needle
form: pegging the needle
form: pegged the needle
form: pegged the needle
Senses: examples: text: "Even so, all six subjects immediately pegged the needle in their first attempt to reach midscale."
ref: 1957, Transactions of the New York Academy of Sciences:
text: "If that pegs the needle, then the wiring between the sender and gauge is bad."
ref: 1989 December, Popular Mechanics, volume 166, number 12:
glosses: To cause the hand of a dial indicator to reach the highest measurement, due to reaching the maximum measurable speed, pressure, etc.
examples: text: "There will be plenty of time to cool off when you're dead, so you might as well peg your needle to the red."
ref: 2008 August 22, Nick Barbaro, “The Luv Doc”, in The Austin Chronicle:
text: "Thus I suspected that a trip to Chelsea might peg the needle on the religious experience meter but if biodiesel one wanted, that is where one got it."
ref: 2014, John E. Conway, Buckrammer's Tales: The Continuing Catboat Summers Adventures:
text: 2016, May 28, Eddie Timanus, USA TODAY Sports.
"The returning talent figures to be pegging the needle on the hype meter once again."
glosses: To achieve the maximum level of something, to max out, to pull out all the stops.
price of eggs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: 2002, Sharon Elizabeth Doyle, "The Mother Hunt, Part 1", episode of A Nero Wolfe Mystery (teleplay).
"What has that got to do with the price of eggs in Reykjavik?"
text: "As to what all that has to do with the price of eggs, as they say, I'm not sure, which is why I called for a detour."
ref: 2007, Barry Head, Swansong: A Message of Love and Farewell:
text: "And besides, the question had "nothing to do with the 'price of eggs'."
ref: 2012, Walter R. Borneman, The Admirals: Nimitz, Halsey, Leahy, and King:
glosses: Something trivial or irrelevant, usually used to emphasize the lack of relationship of a non sequitur.
Related terms: price of tea in China
vadelect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vadelects
Senses: examples: text: My men at arms are ready for mounting, and I will give orders to my vadelect " to have my own arms ready for a present adventure.”
ref: 1822, William Bennett, Malpas: - Volume 1, page 67:
text: But if the sherife be a vadelect of the crowne, or other meniall servant of the king, there the challenge is good (5).
ref: 1832, Edward Coke, Francis Hargrave, The First Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England; Or, a Commentary Upon Littleton:
text: In Edward IV.'s days, while he was contending with King Henry VI. for the crown, they got possession of Guernsey, but were beat off by the valour of Richard Harleston, vadelect of the crown, as he was then called, for which the king rewarded him with the government, both of the island and castle.
ref: 1851, The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales:
glosses: A personal servant; a man who is a member of the household staff.
vadelects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vadelect
waggadash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: waggadashes
form: wagadash
Etymology: From Japanese 脇差 (wakizashi).
Senses: examples: text: Their disposition, according to the quality of their arms, is thus: first of all march their shot, that is, calievers, for muskets they have none, neither will they use any; then follow pikes, then cattans and targets, bows and arrows, waggadashes or hooks, and lastly, calievers again close the march ; and among all these they, have no colours, drums, trumpets, nor any sort of warlike music.
ref: 1758, Tobias George Smollett, The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature - Volume 6, page 108:
text: Towards evening, the king of Jedo sent me two suits of varnished armour, as a present to our king ; and sent likewise for myself a tatch and a waggadash, the former being a long sword which is only worn in Japan by soldiers of the highest rank, and the latter being a singular weapon resembling a Welsh hook.
ref: 1813, Robert Kerr, A General History of Voyages and Travels:
text: […] and enumerated various personal belongings, amongst others his Japanese weapons—his “cattans” and his “waggadash.”
ref: 1902, Transactions and Proceedings of the Japan Society, London:
text: He returned bearing gifts from the shogun for King James. These included two suits of armour, a katana and a waggadash (wakizashi) for himself.
ref: 2004, Gregory Irvine, A guide to Japanese art collections in the UK, page 13:
glosses: A wakizashi.
waggadashes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of waggadash
wagadash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wagadashes
Senses: examples: text: They were armed with a species of fire-arms, pikes, swords and targets, bows and arrows, and wagadashes, described as like a Welsh hook.
ref: 1855, Richard Hildreth, Japan: As it was and is, page 167:
text: Allso a tatch and a wagadash, a present from him to myselfe.
ref: 1991, Anthony Farrington, The English Factory in Japan: 1613-1623, page 1019:
text: The others of my cattans and wagadashes I will and bequeth unto my aforesaied sonne Joseph.
ref: 1995, William Corr, Adams the Pilot: The Life and Times of Captain William Adams, 1564-1620:
glosses: Alternative form of waggadash.
wagadashes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wagadash
Turins
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Turin
movie jail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: "They have this term in Hollywood, movie jail. When a director does this horrible movie that fails, he's in movie jail, where they're not letting him make another movie again."
ref: 2010, Alison Macor, Chainsaws, Slackers, and Spy Kids: Thirty Years of Filmmaking in Austin, Texas., University of Texas Press:
text: 2016, June 10, "10 Actors Who Got Sent to Movie Jail", Screenrant.
text: 2019, April 15, Gabe Worgaftik, AV Club.
"Movie jail is real. He's been there. He was excommunicated at Fox for a decade after turning down Speed 2 to go play Hamlet onstage in fucking Winnipeg."
topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: A state of derailment of a career or limited opportunities to which a film industry professional is seemingly relegated, usually as a result of making an unsuccessful film.
wait staff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wait staffs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of waitstaff.
in a big way
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: 1956, US Congress Senate Committee on the Judiciary, "Scope of Soviet Activity in the United States", U.S. Government Printing Office.
"We are moving up into the northwest in a big way next year so maybe I'll have a chance to come and visit you yet."
text: "Fred got into Pumping Iron in a big way."
ref: 1998, Cal Ripken Jr, Mike Bryan, The Only Way I Know: With Highlights from the 1997 Season:
text: "Noah's commitment paid off in a big way when only he, his wife and sons and his son's wives were saved from the flood that destroyed the entire earth [...]"
ref: 2008, Henry Abraham, How to Write a Book in 90 Days in God's Way:
glosses: To a great extent, emphatically, or with great passion.
ISCO
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of International Standard Classification of Occupations.
ISCO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ISCOs
Senses: topics: astrophysics
glosses: Acronym of innermost stable circular orbit.
Coordinate terms: black hole
ergosphere
event horizon
framedragging
Kerr black hole
Kerr metric
last photon orbit
photon sphere
Schwarzschild black hole
Schwarzschild radius
necrodonor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: necrodonors
Etymology: From necro- + donor.
Senses: glosses: A person who specifies that their body or an organ may be given to someone after their death
Related terms: necrodonation
necrodonors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of necrodonor
neocollagenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From neo- + collagenesis.
Senses: topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
glosses: The process of generating new collagen
neoendocrine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From neo- + endocrine.
Senses: examples: a neoendocrine tumour
glosses: newly-formed and endocrine
neomutation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: neomutations
Etymology: From neo- + mutation.
Senses: glosses: A mutation that has not been previously described / recorded
neomutations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neomutation
permastubble
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From perma- + stubble.
Senses: examples: text: "Jet shoved a chair behind his knees and he sat perspiring under permastubble over transparent skin that revealed blue veins."
ref: 2007, David McMillan, Escape: The True Story of the Only Westerner Ever to Escape:
text: "Supermacho, in that almost pretty way Spanish guys often are, with dark brown eyes, ridiculously thick eyelashes, and permastubble."
ref: 2014, Gemma Burgess, Love and Chaos: A Brooklyn Girls Novel:
glosses: A perpetual growth of stubble, especially if deliberately maintained as a matter of personal style.
Synonyms: designer stubble
neurodepression
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From neuro- + depression.
Senses: glosses: A reduction in nerve cell function
Related terms: neurodepressive
neutrocytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From neutrocyte + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or composed of neutrocytes
Derived terms: nonneutrocytic
nonaudiological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɒdʒɪkəl
Etymology: From non- + audiological.
Senses: glosses: Not audiological
nonautosomal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + autosomal.
Senses: glosses: Not autosomal
nonrepresentatively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From non- + representatively.
Senses: glosses: In a nonrepresentative manner
nucleome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nucleomes
Etymology: From nucleo- + -ome.
Senses: glosses: A genome of a cell nucleus
Toul
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A commune in Meurthe-et-Moselle department, Grand Est, France.
spudcan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spudcans
Senses: glosses: A conical structure at the base of a jack-up oil rig, providing stability.
occlusogingival
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From occluso- + gingival.
Senses: topics: dentistry
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the occlusal and gingival sides of a tooth
oligosecretory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From oligo- + secretory.
Senses: glosses: That produces a relatively small amount of secretion
omphaloarteritis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From omphalo- + arteritis.
Senses: glosses: arteritis of the umbilicus
onchocercal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to worms of the genus Onchocerca or to the disease onchocerciasis
Derived terms: antionchocercal
ophiothamnid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ophiothamnids
Senses: glosses: Any brittle star of the family Ophiothamnidae
ophiothamnids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ophiothamnid
opiatergic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of opioidergic.
optoepigenetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From opto- + epigenetic.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Whose epigenetic activity is modulated by light
ornithochoric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ornitho- + -choric.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Relating to ornithochory
orotemperate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From oro- (“mountain”) + temperate.
Senses: glosses: Describing a temperate mountain climate
orthopanoramic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ortho- + panoramic.
Senses: topics: dentistry
medicine
sciences
glosses: By means of an orthopantomograph
oversmooths
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of oversmooth
oversupplement
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: oversupplements
form: oversupplementing
form: oversupplemented
form: oversupplemented
Etymology: From over- + supplement.
Senses: glosses: To supplement excessively
oversupplemented
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of oversupplement
oversupplemented
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: supplemented excessively
oxacilinase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of oxacillinase.
oxidonitrosative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of nitrosative, but especially relating to nitrogen dioxide
synonyms: word: nitrosative
word: but especially relating to nitrogen dioxide
oxobiodegradable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From oxo- + biodegradable.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of oxybiodegradable.
oxymorphine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of oxymorphone.
hot pie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hot pies
form: hotpie
Senses: examples: text: With those historic words, the hot pie—for long the national dish of Australia's common people, came into its own. In other words, the hot pie has entered society.
ref: 1963, Joyce Stirling, The Best of Joyce Stirling, page 58:
text: Between races at a county fair, according to "Pappy," a little merchant carried a basket up and down the rail, shouting "Hot pie . . . get yo' hot pie!"
ref: 2010, Gerald Carson, The Social History of Bourbon, page 153:
text: After the match one of my colleagues suggested we visit his uncle's club where we'd get a cup of tea and a hot pie.
ref: 2013, Robert Danskin, Beyond the Radical Road, page 61:
text: Her voice was barely audible above the sound of steam cycles purring past and a boy selling hot pies.
ref: 2014, Emma Jane Holloway, A Study in Silks:
text: Pukka has unveiled new plastic-free packaging for its range of hot pies, alongside a raft of recipe improvements.
ref: 2020 January 15, Jules Scullyon, “Pukka debuts plastic-free packaging for pie portfolio”, in FoodBev:
glosses: A savory pie (intended to be) served hot, especially one that is freshly baked.
examples: text: The two most popular pizza parlors (after we stopped calling it “LaBeetz” or “hot pie” and began calling it pizza) were One-O-Five and the Half Moon.
ref: 1997, The Ossining Historical Society, Ossining Remembered:
text: He takes a slice from the hot pie and folds it in half like a hot dog before biting into it. He's a pro at eating pizza.
ref: 2012, L. Divine, Drama High: Jayd's Legacy:
text: Marie Sharak, the co-owner of Sharkey's and someone who also made more than a few pizzas at her restaurant, addressed the issue of pizza versus hot pie.
ref: 2012, Jack Edward Shay, Bygone Binghamton:
text: Hot pies are topped with grated romano, while the traditional is topped with a mix of romano and mozzarella.
ref: 2016 October 24, “Searching for the story of Tier's 'hot pie'”, in Press & Sun-Bulletin:
glosses: A pizza made with romano cheese rather than mozzarella.
examples: text: Think about a hot pie taken out of the oven and left to cool on a 4 wire rack.
ref: 2003, Carol Chapman, Moira Sheehan, Catalyst: A Framework for Success:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hot, pie.
hot pies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hot pie
hotpie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hotpies
Senses: examples: text: l go into the close above Waverley, below the jolly Scotsman. This is my castle of hotpies and rest, one-half an ale.
ref: 1984, Jay Wright, Explications/interpretations, page 43:
text: Lightly brush edges with reserved egg to help seal the hotpie; crimp edges together with fork.
ref: 2011, Kate Fiduccia, The Venison Cookbook: Venison Dishes from Fast to Fancy, page 112:
text: “He means the song will sell like hotpies on itunes,” Angie explained.
ref: 2016, Patrick Moran, Yellow Dog Red, page 113:
glosses: Alternative form of hot pie.
hotpies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hotpie
Crowborough
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈkɹəʊbəɹə/
/ˈkɹəʊbɹə/
Senses: examples: text: In the 1890s and in the early years of the present century there was considerable building development in the area around Sanderstead, Warlingham and Oxted, where large villas were springing up. East Grinstead, Tunbridge Wells and Uckfield were growing fast, as was that loosely knit "subtopia"—neither town, village nor country—which is known collectively as Crowborough.
ref: 1960 November, H. P. White, “The evolution of train services on the Southern's Oxted line”, in Trains Illustrated, page 662:
glosses: A town and civil parish with a town council in Wealden district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ5130).
Jouars-Pontchartrain
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A commune of Yvelines department, France.
salt bridge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: salt bridges
form: saltbridge
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A connection, typically containing a gel, between the two halves of an electrolytic cell.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A polar connection between parts of a macromolecule.
salt bridges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of salt bridge
Fontenay-le-Fleury
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A commune of Yvelines department, France.
Birminghamese
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Birminghamese
form: most Birminghamese
Etymology: From Birmingham + -ese.
Senses: examples: text: Annie was no different. With her generous Birminghamese attitude, she laid out two dozen candles.
ref: 2001, Annette Willoughby, Innocent in Africa, Authors OnLine, →ISBN, page 201:
glosses: Of or relating to the city of Birmingham, England.
Birminghamese
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Birmingham + -ese.
Senses: examples: text: Such a speaker not only knows which of his words with /aː/ are rendered with /æ/ in Birmingham, but also has a general expectation that words with /aː/ in RP will have either /aː/ or /æ/ in Birminghamese, but not other vowels.
ref: 1974 June, Martin D. S. Braine, “On What Might Constitute Learnable Phonology”, in Language, volume 50, number 2, →DOI, page 295:
glosses: The dialect of English language spoken in the city of Birmingham, England.
doctorese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From doctor + -ese.
Senses: examples: text: Yes, there it was—a record of the emergency room treatment he'd received. It took her a moment to translate the doctorese, but it sounded as if the impact of the steering wheel had bruised his heart, causing fluid to build up.
ref: 2009, Eileen Wilks, Mortal Sins, New York: Berkley Sensation, →ISBN, page 257:
glosses: The jargon used by medical doctors.
Synonyms: doctorspeak
medicalese
Trumpese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Trump + -ese.
Senses: examples: text: He stares at his tower. And speaks in characteristic rapid-fire Trumpese: "What-do-you-think? What-do-you-think? Am I right? Am I right? Should I get rid of G.M.?"
ref: 1980 November 17, Marie Brenner, “Trumping the Town”, in New York, volume 13, number 45, page 28:
text: In fact, it is no secret that “Trumpese” — as his phraseology is called — is by and large simple, characterized by repetition, easy grammar and elementary-level vocabulary.
ref: 2017 February 17, Tomohiro Osaki, “Japan’s interpreters struggle to make sense of 'Trumpese'”, in The Japan Times:
text: Trumpese is used by government spokespeople, who provide absurdly aggressive (and often comically untrue) responses.
ref: 2025 May 16, Anna Merlan, “The Hyper-Aggressive, Comically Loyal Government Flacks Who Talk Like Trump”, in Mother Jones, retrieved 16 May 2025:
glosses: The idiolect of Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States.
Synonyms: Trumpanese
Trumpspeak
palmarumycin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: palmarumycins
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of fungal metabolites that are derivatives of 1,8-dihydroxynaphthalene
palynomorphic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From palyno- + -morphic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to palynomorphs
panangiography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: panangiographies
Etymology: From pan- + angiography.
Senses: glosses: angiography of an entire organ (typically the brain)
pancreaticosplenectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pancreaticosplenectomies
Etymology: From pancreatico- + splenectomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: Removal of the pancreas and the spleen
panmacular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pan- + macular.
Senses: glosses: Throughout the entire macula
postpharyngitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + pharyngitic.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
hypernyms: postinfectious
coordinate_terms: synpharyngitic
;
pharyngitic
nonpharyngitic
glosses: Occurring after an episode of pharyngitis.
parafoveolar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From para- + foveolar.
Senses: glosses: Through or across the foveola
thoracetra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thoracetron
Italexit
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɪtəˈlɛɡ.zɪt/
ipa: /ˌɪtəˈlɛk.sɪt/
rhymes: -ɛksɪt
Etymology: Blend of Italy + exit, modelled on earlier Brexit.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: The (possible) act of Italy's secession from the European Union.
parametrectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parametrectomies
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: Removal of the all or part of the parametrium
kiltwise
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From kilt + -wise.
Senses: glosses: Worn in the manner of a kilt.
paratyphoidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From paratyphoid + -al.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Relating to paratyphoid fever
pathoadaptability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From patho- + adaptability.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: adaptability to a disease
Related terms: pathoadaptive
chevened
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cheven
chevening
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cheven
pathocentric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From patho- + centric.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Centred on disease and its control
petiquette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of pet + etiquette.
Senses: examples: text: The dos and don’ts of good petiquette: four cardinal rules for dog owners [title]
ref: 2025 April 26, Libby Brooks, “The dos and don’ts of good petiquette: four cardinal rules for dog owners”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Good manners of a pet animal, or when dealing with pet animals.
peelability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From peel + -ability.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being peelable
hang one on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hangs one on
form: hanging one on
form: hung one on
form: hung one on
Etymology: Evidently not etymologically different from tie one on except by minor variation.
Senses: examples: text: We get along good all the time, me and the missus, but honest to God I wish she would let me alone for at least an hour in the morning until I pull myself together if I hung one on the night before.
ref: 1952, The New Yorker (volume 28, part 4, page 28)
synonyms: tie one on
glosses: To drink alcohol excessively, to the point of being drunk.
glosses: To fight or beat up (someone).
glosses: To burden or assign a take to (someone).
pelviperitonitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pelvi- + peritonitis.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: inflammation of the pelvic area and the peritoneum
flushables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flushable
polyplastidic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Relating to polyplastids
peptidogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to peptidogenesis
peptidogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The biogenesis of peptides
Related terms: peptidogenic
phagodeterrents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phagodeterrent
phagokinesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From phago- + -kinesis.
Senses: glosses: The deposition of a phagokinetic trail
phosphobacterium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phosphobacteria
Etymology: From phospho- + bacterium.
Senses: glosses: Any bacterium that solubilise phosphate (typically in soil)
phosphobacteria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phosphobacterium
soveraigntie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: [His head,] Wherein by curious ſoueraigntie of Art, / Are fixt his piercing inſtruments of ſight: / Whose fiery circles beare encompaſſed / A heauen of heauenly bodies in their Spheares: […]
ref: c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene i, signature B2, recto:
text: The King of Nauarre hath alſo tvvo parliaments which ſerue for the countries which he holdeth in ſoueraigntie.
ref: 1592, [John Eliot?], The Survay or Topographical Description of France: […], London: […] Iohn Wolfe, […], →OCLC, page 2:
text: Of all complexions the culd ſoueraigntie, / Do meete as at a faire in her faire cheeke, / VVhere ſeuerall vvorthies make one dignitie, / VVhere nothing vvantes, that vvant itſelfe doth ſeeke.
ref: c. 1595–1596 (date written), W. Shakespere [i.e., William Shakespeare], A Pleasant Conceited Comedie Called, Loues Labors Lost. […] (First Quarto), London: […] W[illiam] W[hite] for Cut[h]bert Burby, published 1598, →OCLC; republished as Shakspere’s Loves Labours Lost (Shakspere-Quarto Facsimiles; no. 5), London: W[illiam] Griggs, […], [1880], →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii], signature F, verso, lines 234–237:
text: But Fortune, oh, / She is corrupted, chang'd, and vvonne from thee, / Sh'adulterates hourely vvith thine Vnckle Iohn, / And vvith her golden hand hath pluckt on France / To tread dovvne faire reſpect of Soueraigntie, / And made his Maieſtie the bavvd to theirs.
ref: c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii], page 8, column 2:
text: You knovv my Father left me ſome preſcriptions / Of rare and prou'd effects, ſuch as his reading / And manifeſt experience, had collected / For generall ſoueraigntie: and that he vvil'd me / In heedfull'ſt reſeruation to beſtovv them, / As notes, vvhose faculties incluſiue vvere, / More then they vvere in note: […]
ref: c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii], page 234, column 2:
text: [Ordinaries in heraldry] are alſo called, moſt vvorthy partitions, in reſpect that albeit the Field be charged in diuers parts thereof, vvhether vvith things of one or of diuers kindes, yet is euery of them as effectuall as if it vvere onely one, by the Soueraigntie of theſe partitions being interpoſed betvveene them.
ref: 1610, John Guillim, “Sect[ion] II. Chap[ter] III.”, in A Display of Heraldrie: […], London: […] William Hall for Raphe Mab, →OCLC, page 43:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of sovereignty.
photoenvironment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photoenvironments
Etymology: From photo- + environment.
Senses: topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
glosses: An environment that has a particular level of light
photoenvironments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of photoenvironment
photoinhibiting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of photoinhibit
photophysiologies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of photophysiology
physiometric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From physio- + -metric.
Senses: glosses: Relating to physiometry
physiometry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: physiological measurement
Related terms: physiometric
phytomorph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phytomorphs
Etymology: From phyto- + -morph.
Senses: examples: text: The approach was to match proper names of identified phytomorphs with the names of plants in dialects of Nahuatl (Tucker and Talbert 2013).
ref: 2018, Jules Janick, Arthur O. Tucker, Unraveling the Voynich Codex, Springer, →ISBN, page 144:
glosses: The representation of a plant in art.
examples: text: Interpretational Criteria During the initial stages of counting, it became apparent that some of the phytomorphs observed do not conform to established classification schemes.
ref: 1995, Salvatore A. Engel-Di Mauro, A Phytolith Analysis of Buried Soils in the Young Loess Sequence of Hungary:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A specific morphology of a phytolith.
examples: text: Various features of the phytomorphs were illustrated, described, and discussed in some detail in the paper, and their similarity to various living algae were pointed out.
ref: 1946, National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on a Treatise on Marine Ecology and Paleoecology, Report
topics: biology
history
human-sciences
natural-sciences
paleontology
sciences
glosses: A hypothetical alga-like organism once thought to have had a symbiosis with some extinct fenestrid bryozoans, in an attempt to explain their unusual morphologies.
phytomorphs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phytomorph
podostemoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: podostemoids
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any plant of the subfamily Podostemoideae
podostemoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of podostemoid
polybranchiaspiform
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polybranchiaspiforms
Senses: glosses: Any extinct fish of the order †Polybranchiaspidiformes
polybranchiaspiforms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polybranchiaspiform
porkfish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: porkfish
form: porkfishes
Senses: glosses: Any grunt (fish) of the species Anisotremus virginicus.
portobiliary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From porto- + biliary.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the portal vein and the bile duct
postabortive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + abortive.
Senses: glosses: Following an abortion
postdictiveness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From postdictive + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being postdictive
posteruptively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: In a posteruptive manner
postgenitally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From post- + genitally.
Senses: glosses: In a postgenital manner
postimputation
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + imputation.
Senses: glosses: Following imputation
ISBNed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ISBN + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Furnished with an ISBN
predecide
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: predecides
form: predeciding
form: predecided
form: predecided
Etymology: From pre- + decide.
Senses: glosses: To decide in advance
Related terms: predecision
predecision
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: predecisions
Etymology: From pre- + decision.
Senses: glosses: A preliminary decision, or one made in advance
Related terms: predecide
prelexically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From pre- + lexically.
Senses: glosses: In a prelexical manner
prelocalize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: prelocalizes
form: prelocalizing
form: prelocalized
form: prelocalized
Etymology: From pre- + localize.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: To undergo prelocalization
prelocalized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of prelocalize
prelocalized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: localized in advance
protozoosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: protozooses
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: infection with a protozoan
caressable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more caressable
form: most caressable
Etymology: From caress + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able or fit to be caressed.
pseudomycelium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudomycelia
Etymology: From pseudo- + mycelium.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: An association of cells, in some bacteria and yeast, that resembles a mycelium
psychosexological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From psycho- + sexological.
Senses: glosses: psychological and sexological
Opening Government
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The team in a British Parliamentary Style debate which gets the first and third speech (of a total of eight).
Opening Opposition
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The team in a British Parliamentary Style debate which gets the second and fourth speech (of a total of eight).
Closing Government
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The team in a British Parliamentary Style debate which gets the fifth and seventh speech (of a total of eight).
Closing Opposition
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The team in a British Parliamentary Style debate which gets the sixth and eighth (last) speech.
pteraspidid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pteraspidids
Senses: glosses: Any extinct jawless fish of the family †Pteraspididae
pteraspidids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pteraspidid
pyrazinoate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pyrazinoates
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of pyrazinoic acid
pyrazinoates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pyrazinoate
pyropheophytin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pyropheophytins
Etymology: From pyro- + pheophytin.
Senses: glosses: Any of a group of substances, produced by heating chlorophyll, typically present in used olive oil
quadrofoil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quadrofoils
Etymology: From Blend of quadro- + hydrofoil.
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A hydrofoil (vessel) that has four wings.
Related terms: quadrifoil
quadrifoliate
quadrifoliolate
quatrefoil
quadrafoil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quadrafoils
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of quadrofoil.
quasirandomly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From quasi- + randomly.
Senses: glosses: In a quasirandom manner
quinocarbazole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quinocarbazoles
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Synonym of carbazolequinone.
synonyms: word: carbazolequinone
quinocarbazoles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quinocarbazole
Shettleston
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An eastern suburb of Glasgow, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6463).
Seaborg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Anglicised form of Swedish Sjöberg.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Swedish.
Derived terms: seaborgium
PERV
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PERVs
Senses: glosses: Acronym of porcine endogenous retrovirus.
Hypernyms: english: endogenous retrovirus
translation: endogenous retrovirus
word: ERV
english: retrovirus
translation: retrovirus
word: RV
Related terms: english: human endogenous retrovirus
translation: human endogenous retrovirus
word: HERV
english: endogenous retrovirus
translation: endogenous retrovirus
word: ERV
english: retrovirus
translation: retrovirus
word: RV
PERVs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of PERV
Flerov
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Flyorov
Etymology: Transliteration of Russian Флёров (Fljórov).
Senses: glosses: A transliteration of the Russian surname Флёров (Fljórov).
Derived terms: flerovium
Afon Wen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Llanystumdwy community, Gwynedd, Wales (OS grid ref SH4337).
Related terms: Afonwen
renumb
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: renumbs
form: renumbing
form: renumbed
form: renumbed
Etymology: From re- + numb.
Senses: topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
glosses: To numb again.
renumbing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of renumb
renumbs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of renumb
renumbed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of renumb
Afonwen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Afon-wen
Senses: glosses: A small village in Flintshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ1371).
Related terms: Afon Wen
Roentgen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Röntgen.
Meitner
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: mīt′nər
ipa: /ˈmaɪt.nə/
ipa: /ˈmaɪt.nɐ/
ipa: /ˈmaɪt.na/
ipa: /ˈmʌi̯t.nə/
ipa: /ˈməi̯t.nə/
ipa: /ˈmaɪt.nəɹ/
ipa: /ˈmʌɪt.nəɹ/
ipa: /ˈmɑet.nə/
ipa: /ˈmajʈ.nəʳ/
rhymes: -aɪtnə(ɹ)
Etymology: From German Meitner.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Derived terms: Auger-Meitner effect
meitnerate
meitnerium
Kremlebot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kremlebots
form: kremlebot
Etymology: From Russian кремлебо́т (kremlebót).
Senses: glosses: A person hired to make pro-Kremlin comments on social networks.
kremlebot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kremlebots
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Kremlebot.
kremlebots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kremlebot
Kremlebots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Kremlebot
Menai Bridge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after the Menai Suspension Bridge.
Senses: glosses: A town and community with a town council on the Menai Strait in Anglesey, Wales (OS grid ref SH5572).
wikipedia: Menai Bridge railway station
Menai Suspension Bridge
Dubna
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Transliteration of Russian Дубна́ (Dubná).
Senses: glosses: A city in Moscow Oblast, Russia.
Derived terms: dubnate
dubnium
Otley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Otleys
form: Ottley
Etymology: From the unattested Old English personal name *Otta + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).
Senses: glosses: A market town and civil parish with a town council in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2045).
glosses: A village and civil parish in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM2055).
glosses: An unincorporated community in Marion County, Iowa, United States.
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
Guiseley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈɡaɪzli/
Senses: glosses: A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1942).
Kisly
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Russian Ки́слый (Kíslyj) or Belarusian Кі́слы (Kísly), respectively from Russian ки́слый (kíslyj) and Belarusian кі́слы (kísly), both meaning "sour, acidic".
Senses: glosses: A transliteration of the Belarusian surname Кі́слы (Kísly).
glosses: A transliteration of the Russian surname Ки́слый (Kíslyj).
ten-pins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ten-pin
Arthington
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2744).
glosses: A small town in Montserrado County, Liberia.
levoglucosans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of levoglucosan
periodontopathy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: periodontopathies
Senses: glosses: disease of the periodontium
Related terms: periodontopathic
periodontopathies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of periodontopathy
wear through
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: wears through
form: wearing through
form: wore through
form: worn through
Senses: examples: text: I have worn through two pairs of jeans since starting these dance classes
glosses: to use (something) too much so that a hole develops in it
wears through
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of wear through
wearing through
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of wear through
worn through
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of wear through
illuk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of cogon (“type of grass”).
synonyms: word: cogon
extra: type of grass
VCDs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of VCD
pupacidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pupicidal.
Hutton Gate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small area near Guisborough, Redcar and Cleveland borough, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ5914).
enterotoxaemias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of enterotoxaemia
stylosome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stylosomes
form: stylostome
Senses: glosses: A funnel- or channel-like structure formed in response to trombiculid mites injecting digestive enzymes into the skin.
stylosomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stylosome
Newport Pagnell
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town and civil parish with a town council in Milton Keynes borough, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP8743).
the curtain falls
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: But she's not gone yet and I've made arrangements for one more pig-sticking party up country before the Monkeys come in and the curtain falls for good.
ref: 2009, Hugh MacLennan, Return of the Sphinx, McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, →ISBN:
text: Probably its leader Paul Berenger is keen to bequeath it as his final legacy before the curtain falls for him.
ref: 2019 April 22, T.P. Saran, “Electoral Year and Reforms Due”, in Mauritius Times:
glosses: The end of something has come.
Related terms: curtains
Hudsonland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Hudson + -land.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Columbia (“the supercontinent”).
synonyms: word: Columbia
extra: the supercontinent
essing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ess
essed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ess
Sardines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sardine
Rhosllanerchrugog
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Rhosllannerchrugog
Etymology: From Welsh rhos (“moor”) + llannerch (“clearing”) + grugog (“heathery”).
Senses: glosses: A large village and community in Wrexham borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SJ2946).
Synonyms: Rhos
Vernian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Vernian
form: most Vernian
Etymology: From Verne + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to Jules Verne.
Vernes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Verne
x-radiation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: x-radiations
Senses: examples: text: It was therefore planned that the meiotic stages in spermatogenesis of this species should be subjected to x-radiations with and without the maturation-stimulating influences of the anterior pituitary hormone, to determine the rapidity with which the physical changes in chromosomes are brought about by x-radiation.
ref: 1950, Roberts Rugh, The Immediate and Delayed Morphological Effects of X-Radiations on Meiotic Chromosomes, page 4:
text: Radiation in the electromagnetic spectrum used in radiation therapy includes gamma and x-radiation; x-rays and gamma rays are found at the upper end of the spectrum with short wavelengths, high frequency, and high energies.
ref: 2010, Leia Levy, Mosby’s Radiation Therapy Study Guide and Exam Review:
text: With voltages above about 200 kV, in addition to efficiency we must consider the Compton effect, that is, the emission of x-radiation in a preferred direction instead of radiation with a spherical characteristic.
ref: 2014, Frank B. A. Früngel, Capacitor Discharges - Magnetohydrodynamics - X-Rays, page 292:
glosses: Alternative form of X-radiation.
x-radiations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of x-radiation
yadder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yadders
Senses: examples: text: and at nine o'clock of the same day, each of you shall set your stakes at the brim of the water, each stake a yard from another, and so yadder them with your yadders, and to stake them on each side with strut-stowers, that they stand three tides, without removing by the force of the water;
ref: 1815, Thomas Blount, Josiah Beckwith, Hercules Malebysse Beckwith -, Fragmenta Antiquitatis: Or, Ancient Tenures of Land, page 559:
glosses: A stake used for bracing.
yadder
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: It would be easy, and actually rather lazy of me, to regale you with all that stuff that you probably know already, like the Great Fire, Christopher Wren, the third biggest dome in the world, the Blitz, yadder, yadder, yadder.
ref: 2011, Terry Wood, Kray Twins Ate My Eagle Steak Sandwich:
glosses: Used to represent meaningless or implied verbiage.